Part 4: The Route 3 Rout
With a shiny new Boulder Badge, Sojourn enters the battlegrounds of route 3, facing many adversaries, and then attempts to catch a new team mate.
Technical note: The game audio recorded a bit crackly for some reason, sorry, hopefully it's not too noticeable.
Correct, I did use the select button to change up the moves.
Yeah, Pokey seemed reluctant to poison pokemon at first, but now that she's evolved into a Beedrill it seems that hesitation has gone away. It'd be nice if I could pick up a stronger poison or bug type move than poison sting soon though.
Correct, I did use the select button to change up the moves.
Yeah, Pokey seemed reluctant to poison pokemon at first, but now that she's evolved into a Beedrill it seems that hesitation has gone away. It'd be nice if I could pick up a stronger poison or bug type move than poison sting soon though.
Part 6: The First to Fall
During the second part of the Mt. Moon journey, a valuable team member falls to the Nuzlocke challenge. A saddened Sojourn then arrives in Cerulean City.
Spivey! Why must the good die young!? Whose going to handle the rival's grass types!? Besides Margarine....
I'd recommend grinding to at least level 18 before fighting your rival. Otherwise you may have issues not wiping.
Man, seriously, Rattata get dangerous once they hit level 13. And Spivey's poor defense... She didn't stand a chance. I should've switched out for Poseidon but...
I was gonna look up Gary's party before challenging him, mostly so I get the number of pokemon correct, but yeah, Level 18 is typically the sweet spot for going forward.
Though truthfully, I am a itsy, bitsy bit worried about what might happen if I don't get a pokemon that can learn fly. It's something I wasn't considering with my no-dupe rule.
Man, seriously, Rattata get dangerous once they hit level 13. And Spivey's poor defense... She didn't stand a chance. I should've switched out for Poseidon but...
I was gonna look up Gary's party before challenging him, mostly so I get the number of pokemon correct, but yeah, Level 18 is typically the sweet spot for going forward.
Though truthfully, I am a itsy, bitsy bit worried about what might happen if I don't get a pokemon that can learn fly. It's something I wasn't considering with my no-dupe rule.
You should be able to find a Pidgey, they're reasonably common.
Part 7: Return of the Rival
In an effort to make sure none of his Pokemon share Spivey's fate, Sojourn trains Team Awesome to new heights of power, then squares off against Gary.
Yeah, I suppose I still have two more pokemon to look out for. I guess my main worry is that, once I have them, I need to protect them, because my no dupes clause won't let me make many mistakes in that regard.
Oh, and be sure to have Margarine in front in case an Abra pops up. I believe compound eyes gives sleep powder a better chance of hitting than a poke ball. After that don't waste time weakening it, just chuck poke balls at it and hope it doesn't teleport.
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Oh, and be sure to have Margarine in front in case an Abra pops up. I believe compound eyes gives sleep powder a better chance of hitting than a poke ball. After that don't waste time weakening it, just chuck poke balls at it and hope it doesn't teleport.
Oh how I love the nice blend of Sleep powder and Compoundeyes, It's almost like Spore, on a fast pokemon
Love bite. As weak as she is, when she works, Dr. Acula is pretty amusing in how she can shut down opponents. Confuse them and use bite or astonish and they seem to be mostly flinched or hitting themselves. Unfortunately Supersonic's accuracy really sucks.
Thanks for more nickname suggestions. We're thinking alike about Margarine up front. She's totally going to be my capture specialist, I don't want to waste any pokeballs, so even if it wasn't an abra I'm sleeping something up. And in the case of other pokemon, her tackle should be weak enough to soften them up without accidental killing.
Any suggestions for worse case scenario that I don't capture a bellsprout when facing Misty? I'm thinking Poseidon and Margarine are my best case, Poseidon's defense and resistence to water should let him soak some damage and he can retaliate with bite, Margarine is reasonably defensive against special attacks and can reliably sleep opponents. Everyone else just doesn't feel like they have the defensive capability to handle the damage Misty can deal out.
Love bite. As weak as she is, when she works, Dr. Acula is pretty amusing in how she can shut down opponents. Confuse them and use bite or astonish and they seem to be mostly flinched or hitting themselves. Unfortunately Supersonic's accuracy really sucks.
Thanks for more nickname suggestions. We're thinking alike about Margarine up front. She's totally going to be my capture specialist, I don't want to waste any pokeballs, so even if it wasn't an abra I'm sleeping something up. And in the case of other pokemon, her tackle should be weak enough to soften them up without accidental killing.
Any suggestions for worse case scenario that I don't capture a bellsprout when facing Misty? I'm thinking Poseidon and Margarine are my best case, Poseidon's defense and resistence to water should let him soak some damage and he can retaliate with bite, Margarine is reasonably defensive against special attacks and can reliably sleep opponents. Everyone else just doesn't feel like they have the defensive capability to handle the damage Misty can deal out.
Poseidon's bite is the best option for Starmie right now, Bite does double damage. If Pokey gets twineedle she may be the second best option. The Starmie has no psychic attacks.
Part 8: Picking on Picnickers
Sojourn searches for a Bellsprout to add to Team Awesome as a secret weapon against Misty while battling with trainers that are dating outside Bill's house.
Part 8: Picking on Picnickers
Sojourn searches for a Bellsprout to add to Team Awesome as a secret weapon against Misty while battling with trainers that are dating outside Bill's house.
I keep asking questions that are hard to answer myself. I think I'd go Wartortle or Gengar.
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Just no luck on the routes huh? At this rate I'm almost worried.
I suppose my luck with the RNG in battle is coming back as no luck avoiding dupes. Although... I think I might switch my plans up a bit and check out routes 5&6 (I believe you get access after visiting bill) for a bellsprout before taking on Misty.
As a side note, part of my reasoning to hold back Pokey, if the first team fails against Misty, I want at least a minor advantage on my roster for a secondary team instead of none.
Misty was a pushover back in Yellow, but then I got LeafGreen, and it all went downhill from there. At least I didn't have to grind a Nidoran until it got double kick to beat Brock, though.
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