Character: Steven Durante | fingersandteeth Badge/Gym Leader: LET'S BEAT MISTY (I mean we're in Cerulean already might as well stop at the Gym on the way home) Elite/Regular: JUST REGULAR THANK YOU Team:Fangorn the Phantump (Lvl 50), with Charlotte the Galvantula (Lvl 41) as emergency back-up Battle Details: Honestly? This is Fangorn's fight to win or lose. He's got all the type advantage plus 10-15 levels on Misty's. Charlotte's mostly just here in case he needs to get switched out temporarily to heal--which he might, because even though he's definitely making use of HP-draining moves to keep healing throughout the fights, he's also going to use Wood Hammer to end fights fast--and because she also has type advantage and is about the same level as Misty's.
ANYWAY. Steven wants to be able to control who he's facing, so whenever Misty's pokemon enter battle, Fangorn will be using Ingrain to keep them there, the seed them with Leech Seed for that sweet, sweet slow HP drain. His basic strategy here is to use Wood Hammer to stomp hard on his opponent and then use Horn Leech to restore even more HP from it.
Since Golduck is a straight-up water poke, he won't be deviating much from the basic strategy outlined above. With Lapras, since it's vulnerable to Fighting moves, he'll likely throw in some Rock Smashing on its shell, thanks to Armin very kindly letting him borrow said HM. With Starmie, since it's vulnerable to Ghost moves, he'll likely toss in a bit of Phantom Force as well.
HOPEFULLY Charlotte won't need to sub in, but if she does, she'll be using Electroweb and Electro Ball in tandem, with some Bug Bite against Starmie if needed.
Character: Steven Durante | fingersandteeth Badge/Gym Leader: hitting up Erika in Celadon while he's still in Kanto Elite/Regular: dear lord just the regular team plz Team:William-the-Bloody the Woobat (Lvl 35) and Charlotte the Galvantula (Lvl 41) Battle Details: Okay. I know what you're thinking. Aren't William and Charlotte a wee bit underleveled for this battle? And it's true. They are, especially William. But here's the other thing: they're both resistant to Grass and this is a Grass gym. So we're going to try this anyway! Also, all of Erika's team is vulnerable to Flying and two of them are vulnerable to Bug, so these two crazy kids should have a fighting chance. And honestly, Steven just wants to get cleared for Flying out of battle.
SPEAKING OF FLYING, William is going to do a lot of that specific move to avoid getting hit as much! Thanks to Armin lending Steven his HMs, he's got that one now--he's just not cleared to use it out of battle. Which, you know, is why we're here in the first place. With fifteen uses of Fly, that averages to five per gym 'mon, although he may use more on Jumpluff for reasons we'll get to in a sec. He'll also be spamming his other flying moves as much as possible: Gust, Air Cutter, and Air Slash. If any of them are female, he'll also use his Attract to make them more reluctant to attack him.
If at all possible, William will be the only one of the two facing Jumpluff, since Jumpluff ain't vulnerable to bugs although thankfully it isn't resistant either. But once we're on Tangrowth and Bellossom, then Charlotte will switch in whenever William needs a moment to rest and get healed, so she can use her Bug Bite and the X-Scissor that Steven got at the Goldenrod department store for her to inflict damage against them too, as well as her Sticky Web to lower their speed.
Steven's brought some potions, so hopefully through regular switching out coupled with their type advantages, William and Charlotte will ultimately carry the day, despite the 10-15 and 4-9 level gap. It just, you know, might take a while and be a little bit grueling. IT'S FINE.
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Badge/Gym Leader: LET'S BEAT MISTY (I mean we're in Cerulean already might as well stop at the Gym on the way home)
Elite/Regular: JUST REGULAR THANK YOU
Team: Fangorn the Phantump (Lvl 50), with Charlotte the Galvantula (Lvl 41) as emergency back-up
Battle Details: Honestly? This is Fangorn's fight to win or lose. He's got all the type advantage plus 10-15 levels on Misty's. Charlotte's mostly just here in case he needs to get switched out temporarily to heal--which he might, because even though he's definitely making use of HP-draining moves to keep healing throughout the fights, he's also going to use Wood Hammer to end fights fast--and because she also has type advantage and is about the same level as Misty's.
ANYWAY. Steven wants to be able to control who he's facing, so whenever Misty's pokemon enter battle, Fangorn will be using Ingrain to keep them there, the seed them with Leech Seed for that sweet, sweet slow HP drain. His basic strategy here is to use Wood Hammer to stomp hard on his opponent and then use Horn Leech to restore even more HP from it.
Since Golduck is a straight-up water poke, he won't be deviating much from the basic strategy outlined above. With Lapras, since it's vulnerable to Fighting moves, he'll likely throw in some Rock Smashing on its shell, thanks to Armin very kindly letting him borrow said HM. With Starmie, since it's vulnerable to Ghost moves, he'll likely toss in a bit of Phantom Force as well.
HOPEFULLY Charlotte won't need to sub in, but if she does, she'll be using Electroweb and Electro Ball in tandem, with some Bug Bite against Starmie if needed.
Character: Steven Durante |
Badge/Gym Leader: hitting up Erika in Celadon while he's still in Kanto
Elite/Regular: dear lord just the regular team plz
Team: William-the-Bloody the Woobat (Lvl 35) and Charlotte the Galvantula (Lvl 41)
Battle Details: Okay. I know what you're thinking. Aren't William and Charlotte a wee bit underleveled for this battle? And it's true. They are, especially William. But here's the other thing: they're both resistant to Grass and this is a Grass gym. So we're going to try this anyway! Also, all of Erika's team is vulnerable to Flying and two of them are vulnerable to Bug, so these two crazy kids should have a fighting chance. And honestly, Steven just wants to get cleared for Flying out of battle.
SPEAKING OF FLYING, William is going to do a lot of that specific move to avoid getting hit as much! Thanks to Armin lending Steven his HMs, he's got that one now--he's just not cleared to use it out of battle. Which, you know, is why we're here in the first place. With fifteen uses of Fly, that averages to five per gym 'mon, although he may use more on Jumpluff for reasons we'll get to in a sec. He'll also be spamming his other flying moves as much as possible: Gust, Air Cutter, and Air Slash. If any of them are female, he'll also use his Attract to make them more reluctant to attack him.
If at all possible, William will be the only one of the two facing Jumpluff, since Jumpluff ain't vulnerable to bugs although thankfully it isn't resistant either. But once we're on Tangrowth and Bellossom, then Charlotte will switch in whenever William needs a moment to rest and get healed, so she can use her Bug Bite and the X-Scissor that Steven got at the Goldenrod department store for her to inflict damage against them too, as well as her Sticky Web to lower their speed.
Steven's brought some potions, so hopefully through regular switching out coupled with their type advantages, William and Charlotte will ultimately carry the day, despite the 10-15 and 4-9 level gap. It just, you know, might take a while and be a little bit grueling. IT'S FINE.