Battle Details: All of his pokemon are relatively high level, but this is due more to him being in the game a long time rather than having a ton of battle experience. This is the first gym battle Ryan is taking seriously after handwaving getting his ass handed to him by Ryme around when Min battled her! He’s not as studious as Min-Gi about these things though, and tends to make a lot of decisions based on what feels right in the moment and ✨vibes✨.
VS. FARIGIRAF Ryan will send out Dennis, who should actually be a pretty decent match-up - dark typing will make him immune to psychic attacks and crunch won’t do as much damage, but it’s evened out by the fact that Armor Tail will prevent Dennis from using anything affected by his Prankster ability or that has priority. Armor Tail affects Confide, Fake Tears, Flatter, Nasty Plot, Swagger, Torment, Flatter, Fake Out, and Sucker Punch.
This leaves him with just Bite, Assurance, Dark Pulse, Play Rough, and Foul Play. Uh-oh! No status moves at all! With this in mind, and considering Farigiraf has Reflect, it will probably be an endurance contest.
After being totally tripped up by the fact that Dennis can’t use literally the majority of his moves, he’ll cycle through the ones he has before figuring out that Dark Pulse is going to be his best bet. There will be a lot of Dennis trying fruitlessly to chew on Farigiraf’s ankles before this happens.
VS GARDEVOIR If Dennis outlasted Farigiraf, he won’t last long against Gardevoir - one Dazzling Gleam will probably take him out. Dune will come out to avenge him though. It’s a pretty good pick since he’s a steel type and is resistant to psychic, fairy, and grass moves, but if asked about his choice later, Ryan will shrug and say Gardevoir looked like she wouldn’t like worms.
He’ll use Mud Slap first to lower her accuracy, and then alternate between Iron Head and Iron Tail until the match is over.
VS ESPATHRA Bizarrely, this match will start out with Ryan yelling “YOU’VE GOT THIS DUNE, YOU’VE SEEN ALL DRESSED BATTLE BEFORE!” - referring of course to his own Espathra who isn’t in this battle.
Because of that though, Ryan is well equipped for this battle! He actually knows about Opportunist in advance, and he knows he needs to prioritize slowing Espathra down. He’ll start with Mud Slap again because speed won’t matter if its accuracy is bad, and then go in with Bulldoze, which lowers speed by one. Form there he’ll prioritize anything that will make being fast difficult for Espathra - from moves like Earthquake to Wrap, which Ryan calls out as an instruction to give it a big hug.
All of its moves do normal damage, so this match is about making Espathra slow down and take damage.
VS FLORGES Ryan is still not used to tera types and frankly? That looks like a grass pokemon. Yes, it’s a psychic gym but, whatever! It could be psychic/grass! That is literally a big flower lady!
This is going to lead to bringing out Spicy Curry, who is going to get his butt handed to him. It’s not that fire is weak necessarily, but he has a number of fighting moves that are going to be effectively useless. He’ll do his best, but he probably won’t last long.
After that, Ryan will send out Vogue to strike a pose! His strategy is pretty solid here, if a little basic - kitty’s going to Hone Claws (to up attack and accuracy) and then go in with Sucker Punch.
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Badge/Gym Leader: Tulip’s Psychic Badge
Elite/Regular: Regular
Team:
Dennis the Impidimp
Dune the Orthworm
Spicy Curry the Scorbunny
Vogue the Purugly
Battle Details:
All of his pokemon are relatively high level, but this is due more to him being in the game a long time rather than having a ton of battle experience. This is the first gym battle Ryan is taking seriously
after handwaving getting his ass handed to him by Ryme around when Min battled her! He’s not as studious as Min-Gi about these things though, and tends to make a lot of decisions based on what feels right in the moment and ✨vibes✨.VS. FARIGIRAF
Ryan will send out Dennis, who should actually be a pretty decent match-up - dark typing will make him immune to psychic attacks and crunch won’t do as much damage, but it’s evened out by the fact that Armor Tail will prevent Dennis from using anything affected by his Prankster ability or that has priority. Armor Tail affects Confide, Fake Tears, Flatter, Nasty Plot, Swagger, Torment, Flatter, Fake Out, and Sucker Punch.
This leaves him with just Bite, Assurance, Dark Pulse, Play Rough, and Foul Play. Uh-oh! No status moves at all! With this in mind, and considering Farigiraf has Reflect, it will probably be an endurance contest.
After being totally tripped up by the fact that Dennis can’t use literally the majority of his moves, he’ll cycle through the ones he has before figuring out that Dark Pulse is going to be his best bet. There will be a lot of Dennis trying fruitlessly to chew on Farigiraf’s ankles before this happens.
VS GARDEVOIR
If Dennis outlasted Farigiraf, he won’t last long against Gardevoir - one Dazzling Gleam will probably take him out. Dune will come out to avenge him though. It’s a pretty good pick since he’s a steel type and is resistant to psychic, fairy, and grass moves, but if asked about his choice later, Ryan will shrug and say Gardevoir looked like she wouldn’t like worms.
He’ll use Mud Slap first to lower her accuracy, and then alternate between Iron Head and Iron Tail until the match is over.
VS ESPATHRA
Bizarrely, this match will start out with Ryan yelling “YOU’VE GOT THIS DUNE, YOU’VE SEEN ALL DRESSED BATTLE BEFORE!” - referring of course to his own Espathra who isn’t in this battle.
Because of that though, Ryan is well equipped for this battle! He actually knows about Opportunist in advance, and he knows he needs to prioritize slowing Espathra down. He’ll start with Mud Slap again because speed won’t matter if its accuracy is bad, and then go in with Bulldoze, which lowers speed by one. Form there he’ll prioritize anything that will make being fast difficult for Espathra - from moves like Earthquake to Wrap, which Ryan calls out as an instruction to give it a big hug.
All of its moves do normal damage, so this match is about making Espathra slow down and take damage.
VS FLORGES
Ryan is still not used to tera types and frankly? That looks like a grass pokemon. Yes, it’s a psychic gym but, whatever! It could be psychic/grass! That is literally a big flower lady!
This is going to lead to bringing out Spicy Curry, who is going to get his butt handed to him. It’s not that fire is weak necessarily, but he has a number of fighting moves that are going to be effectively useless. He’ll do his best, but he probably won’t last long.
After that, Ryan will send out Vogue to strike a pose! His strategy is pretty solid here, if a little basic - kitty’s going to Hone Claws (to up attack and accuracy) and then go in with Sucker Punch.