Kanto Part 11: An Epic Showdown

Lance informed me last time that I had one more challenge ahead of me as Kris had beaten him first.

Enter Champion Kris:

This battle started out the way all rival battles start with him leading Pidgeot. I counter with Skrillex who takes care of it pretty easily with 2 shock waves, the second was a crit but it didn't matter. Next up was Rhydon, so I swapped into LLCoolJ. LL got another useless crit as Rhydon was taken out by surf. Next up was Venusaur. I went into Spears to try and lower its defense with acid. Venusaur started off by going for growth of the first 2 turns to set up pretty quickly. I spammed acid as that was the only thing I could do against it for the time being. Venusaur then went for sunny day, which was nice for Spears to get the speed boost. He went for another growth after setting the sun as I continued to spam acid. This turn he thinks it will be a great idea to click solar beam, which makes sense now since he has the sun up. I watch as Spears' health quickly drops all the way to zero.

Death comes for ye:
Spears the Vileplume

I decide to counter with Migos, knowing that he is weak to grass. I wanted to cheese my way through the rest of the battle. I hit it with dig as Venusaur went for his second solar beam, missing Migos and running out the sun. Next turn, Migos connected with dig as Venusaur went for sunny day again. Migos dug another hole while Venusaur got most of its health back from synthesis. The dig connected, but me being as smart as I am, forgot that solar beam was a one turn move with sun up causing Migos to take a direct hit to the face.

Death comes for ye:
Migos the Dugtrio

Just like that we had lost 1/3 of our team. Thankfully, Venusaur only had 2 solar beams left. I went into LL to burn one of them with protect and then swapped out into Meatloaf on the sunny day. After taking the solar beam, Meatloaf was eventually able to knock Venusaur out with a double-edge and avenge the fallen. Next up was the dreaded Alakazam. I healed on turn one was Zam set up a reflect. Zam then hit Meatloaf with a psychic as I went for a shadow ball. This series of events happened again before both of us had to heal up. After taking 2 more psychics, Meatloaf was able to finish Alakazam off with shadow ball. I used the first turn against Gyarados to heal up Meatloaf as she got hit by a dragon rage. I swapped into LL on another dragon rage. Gyarados began thrashing LL went for blizzard, thankfully connecting. The next 2 turns I healed LL and Meatloaf respectively as I waited for Gyarados to get confused. I swapped back into Meatloaf on the first turn that Gyarados was confused and got hit by dragon rage. Gyarados went back to thrash as Meatloaf returned the attacks with double-edge. I was then forced to heal up Meatloaf as Gyarados continued its rampage. I then got off a toxic for some chip damage, but Gyarados went for dragon rage 2 turns in a row allowing Meatloaf to finish it with double-edge. His last Pokemon was Arcanine. I used the first 2 turns of this battle to heal Meatloaf and LL as Arcanine hit Meatloaf with an extreme speed and flamethrower. I swapped into LL for the rest of the battle. After 4 extreme speeds from Arcanine, 1 full restore on LL, and 2 surfs...Arcanine was defeated. Our journey was over...we were the champion! I mourned the loss of the fallen team members during the hall of fame ceremony, but began preparing for our next journey in Johto. 

Run Update

Team: 4

LLCoolJ the Blastoise

Level: 48

Blizzard

Bite

Surf

Protect

Skrillex the Jolteon
Level: 49
Shock Wave
Bite
Thunder Wave
Sand-Attack

Meatloaf the Snorlax

Level: 49

Double-Edge
Shadow Ball
Earthquake
Toxic

Jagger the Aerodactyl
Level: 37
Wing Attack
Fly
Rock Tomb
Ancient Power

Boxed: 22

RatPack the Rattata - Level 3

Yardbirds the Pidgey - Level 4

OZZY the Zubat - Level 9

B52S the Weedle - Level 7

Criss the Meowth - Level 14

R. Kelly the Drowzee - Level 13

MELLO the Jigglypuff - Level 17

Ludacris the Voltorb - Level 16

BahaMen the Growlithe - Level 17

Ghost the Gastly - Level 14

Gaga the Horsea - Level 23

LitaFord the Poliwag - Level 22

Eminem the Magikarp - Level 5

Bieber the Venonat - Level 26

Crimson the Goldeen - Level 20

Rush the Doduo - Level 24

BeachBoy the Lapras - Level 25

Sia the Tangela - Level 20

Motorhead the Ponyta - Level 34

FFDP the Machop - Level 35

Blondie the Psyduck - Level 31

Babymetal the Tentacool - Level 5

Deaths: 5

TLC the Butterfree lvl 5-17

Birdman the Fearow lvl 3-35
White the Arbok lvl 5-44
Spears the Vileplume lvl 14-47
Migos the Dugtrio lvl 19-45

Kanto Part 10: Spooky Scary Dragons

Enter Agatha:

My strategy versus Agatha was to spam shadow ball with Meatloaf. After her first Gengar, this battle was fairly easy. It wasn't a tough battle, just super annoying. She began with the Gengar that knew double team and setup 2 of them right away. Next she felt a confuse ray was in order and Meatloaf missed 2 shadow balls before breaking out of confusion. Gengar landed another confuse ray and Meatloaf missed agin. Gengar then got to +3 evasion as Meatloaf hurt herself in confusion. At +4 evasion, Meatloaf was finally able to finish off that annoying Gengar. I decided to give her a break against Golbat and swapped into Skrillex to ko Golbat. Meatloaf then took care of Arbok with an earthquake and the last Gengar and Haunter with  more shadow balls.

3 down...1 to go.

Enter Lance:

Lance led Gyarados and I countered with Skrillex. He chose to dragon rage Skrillex as I went for a shock wave, just barely missing an OHKO. Lance healed and Skrillex again connected a shock wave. One more shock wave and Gyarados was down. Next, Lance went into one of his Dragonair. Meatloaf entered the battle and ko'd it with 2 double-edges. His second dragonair was more of a problem. I was forced to heal on turn one as Dragonair landed an outrage. The second outrage critted Meatloaf as she went for a double-edge forcing me to heal once more the following turn. Luckily, Dragonair became confused after 3 outrages, but still landed a hyper beam. However, Meatloaf ate it up and finished it wiht shadow ball. In comes the feared Dragonite. LLCoolJ missed a blizzard as Dragonite went for safeguard. I land a double protect as Dragonite outrages. LL lands a blizzard to pop Dragonite's berry as it continues to outrage. I protect on the last outrage that causes confusion. Dragonite hits Meatloaf with a powerful hyper beam the same turn I swapped her in. Snorlax was able to pick up the KO thanks to the recharge on hyper beam. Last up was Aerodactyl. I decided to play the long game on this one. Aerodactyl connected with hyper beam as I once again healed up Meatloaf. On the recharge, I decided to attempt to toxic it, but Meatloaf missed. Next, Aerodactyl went for ancient power as Meatloaf once again missed a toxic. At this point, I decided I needed to damage this thing before he got the boost. Aerodactyl hit Meatloaf with a wing attack as she connected with a shadow ball. I was forced to heal before the incoming hyper beam. On the recharge I decided to have Meatloaf try again to toxic Aerodactyl. Thankfully, she was able to land it and get some solid chip damage on it. I healed again as Aerodactyl picked up the ancient power boost. I healed again to stall out the toxic and again Aerodactyl attacked with ancient power. This time, I swapped LL in on the hyper beam and proceeded to ko Aerodactyl on the following turn with a big surf.

My Elite Four challenge was finally at an end and with full party in tact. I had done it...or at least I would have if Kris hadn't arrived before me. Our toughest battle yet was still ahead and I could feel myself trembling at the battle before me.

Kanto Part 9: A Song of Fighting and Ice

The time had come for our final tests...

Enter Lorelei:

She started the battle with her trusty Dewgong. I started with Skrillex. After 2 shock waves, Lorelei had to heal, 2 more shock waves and it was down for the count. Cloyster was an easy knockout for Skrillex thanks to its low special defence. Skrillex came through in the clutch with a crit OHKO shock wave against the fat Slowbro. Here is where the battle gets really fun: Lapras. I hoped to hax my way through this battle as Lapras gave my team the most trouble. I started by thunder waving it only to be critted in return with a surf.Skrillex retaliated with a shock wave and lived an ice beam on low HP. Time for a quick heal, only to be critted by a body slam. Another heal, this time Lapras went for confuse ray. Skrillex went for a sand-attack, but he hurt himself in confusion. I was forced to use a full restore after taking 2 ice beams. I decided to try and lower Lapras' accuracy as much as possible and hope for many full paralysis. I got Lapras to -2 accuracy and started spamming shock waves. After 2 straight full para, Lapras' sitrus berry popped. Lorelei went for the full restore forcing me to thunder wave it again. 2 more shock waves, and the long drawn out battle with Lapras was over. Here final Pokemon was Jynx and I decided Meatloaf was my best counter for her. Meatloaf decided to take a little siesta, sleeping for 6 out of 9 turns. When she wasn't sleeping, her shadow balls were doing the most damage. Meatloaf came through in the end and Lorelei was defeated.

Enter Bruno:

Against every Elite Four member, I had at least one drawn out battle. Luckily, his first Pokemon was not that. Spears OHKO'd Onix with a giga drain after taking an earthquake. I had to rely on Spears against Hitmonchan as I wanted LLCoolJ to be as healthy as possible for Machamp. I thought putting Hitmonchan to sleep would be my best play. However, that was not the case. Hitmonchan decided to wake up after 1 or 2 turns...EVERY...SINGLE...TIME!! It frustrated me to no end and I felt that I was going to lose something in this battle based on how our second fight was going. After a lot of back and forth with attacks, heal after heal, Spears took care of Hitmonchan thanks to defense drops from acid. Spear's job was done, now it was up to LLCoolJ. After 3 surfs and 2 max potions, Hitmonlee was down. Next up was his ace, the massive Machamp.  I was super lucky in this fight as it could have been a lot worse. I was forced to heal on turn one as Champ missed a cross chop. LL hit with a crit surf, popping Champ's sitrus berry as he went for bulk up, the worst thing he could have gone for after getting some HP back. LL hit another surf as Machamp went for scary face, thank God! Machamp landed his last cross chop before being knocked out by LL with another surf. LL closed our second fight out by beating Onix.

Our challenge was coming to an end, but our hardest battles were yet to come.

Kanto Part 8: Meet the Squad

I wanted to share a little about the team I am bringing to the Elite Four.

LLCoolJ the Blastoise (Leftovers)

Surf

Blizzard

Bite

Protect

With a bit of luck and care, our starter has survived the long journey and hopefully will see it all the way through. His moveset has not changed in a while. Surf is there for a hard hitting STAB move for things I don't have a super effective move, Bruno's Onix, and Kris' Arcanine. Blizzard will help greatly against Lance and his Dragonites. Bite is there for Agatha, although I may save LL from having to face them and protect will allow me to scout for things and get some leftovers health back.

Meatloaf the Snorlax (Leftovers)
Double-Edge
Earthquake
Shadow Ball
Toxic

I decided to completely change Meatloaf's whole moveset. I was rocking double STAB, rest/sleep talk, but I figured this set was going to give me problems. I decided to just have her learn double-edge for a strong STAB move and I would deal with the recoil. Earthquake was there for an extra move. I would just click it if it was super effective or if I ran out of double-edges or shadow balls. Shadow ball allowed Meatloaf to easily handled Agatha's whole team and Kris' Alakazam. Meatloaf was our main wall so I taught her toxic to stall out opponents.

Skrillex the Jolteon
Shock Wave
Bite
Thunder Wave
Sand-Attack

Honestly, not much to say here about Skrillex's moves. This has been the standard moveset pretty much the whole game. I decided to keep thunder wave to slow some things down, which in combination with sand-attack, may come in handy. Bite will help against Agatha and shock wave is pretty much his only STAB move option (didn't want to grind up to learn thunder). 

Spears the Vileplume

Giga Drain
Acid
Sleep Powder
Sunny Day

Much like Skrillex and Migos, Spears' moveset hasn't changed all that much. I decided to teach her sunny day to boost her speed thanks to chlorophyll. Sleep powder to be annoying and allow her to freely set sunny day. Giga drain and acid for STAB. I planned on using Spears specifically against Bruno since I was worried about his fighting type Pokemon.

Migos the Dugtrio

Rock Slide
Dig
Magnitude
Slash

Nothing new to report here. Dig and magnitude were unfortunately Migos' best STAB options since I did not teach him earthquake. Rock Slide to hit flying types and hopefully get some flinches. Slash was there because I didn't have a good fourth move for him. I was a little weary about using Migos at all in the Elite Four because of him being so frail, but I figured I'd roll with him since he has been on the team for a good part of our journey.

Jagger the Aerodactyl

Wing Attack
Fly
Rock Tomb
Ancient Power

Last, but not least, our newest addition to the team. Jagger was meant to be death fodder since he was the lowest leveled member of our team. There may be certain situations in which he could come in and be useful, but otherwise he will ride the pine until he has to make the ultimate sacrifice.

I'll split the Elite Four into 3 parts (Lorelei/Bruno, Agatha/Lance, Champion Kris). Stay tuned to swee how our journey ends!!

Kanto Part 7: The End?

With 7 badges down, we head on to our final gym challenge...will this be the end or will we live to fight another day?

Back at Viridian City, we make our way into the gym. We clear out the trainers here, run back to heal, and head straight for Giovanni

Viridian City Showdown

After the battle with Blaine, I didn't think we would have a quicker battle...but boy was I wrong. Spears easily took care of both Giovanni's Rhyhorns, Snorlax handled Dugtrio, and Blastoise elimnated the King and Queen to earn our final badge. The battle was not very eventful as it only lasted 6 turns. 

We made our way to Route 22 where Kris wanted to battle one last time before our final challenge.

Rival Battle #6

As usual, Kris led with his Pidgeot. I let Migos take care of him and he did not disappoint. The first 2 rock slides flinched Pidgeot and he was knocked out on the third. Kris then sent out Venusaur, which I figured would give a lot of problems to my team, so I went Meatloaf. This was a long drawn out battle thanks to synthesis and Venusaur being fully paralyzed from body slam. Eventually, Meatloaf was able to knock out Venusaur. Rhyhorn was no match for Spears and next up was Alakazam. The sole purpose of having Meatloaf on the team was specifically for Zam. Kris went right for the throat with a calm mind, however the rest of the battle consisted of absolutely nothing. The turns are as follows

Zam calm mind - Meatloaf body slam 

Zam disable (failed) - Meatloaf full para

Zam disable (miss) - Meatloaf full para

Zam disable (failed) - Meatloaf full para

Zam disable (miss) - Meatloaf shadow ball for the kill

Luckily, the rest of the battle went smoothly as Migos took care of Growlithe and Skrillex ko'd Gyarados.

It was finally time for the last stretch...Victory Road. We lost our encounter as Geodude would rather commit suicide, than join our team. The trainers here were good levels, but halfway through....White found itself getting critted by a flamethrower from Dawson's Charmeleon.

Death comes for ye:

White the Arbok

I decided to pick up Jagger the Aerodactyl from the box and train him up as much as I could before the Elite Four. If all else failed, at least I had some death fodder in case I needed to sac something off. (The image at the end was the squad after Giovanni.)

Run Update

Team: 6

LLCoolJ the Blastoise

Level: 46

Blizzard

Bite

Surf

Protect

Skrillex the Jolteon
Level: 46
Shock Wave
Bite
Thunder Wave
Sand-Attack

Meatloaf the Snorlax

Level: 47

Body Slam
Return
Rest
Sleep Talk

Spears the Vileplume
Level: 47
Giga Drain
Acid
Sleep Powder
Cut

Migos the Dugtrio
Level: 45
Dig
Magnitude
Rock Slide
Slash

Jagger the Aerodactyl
Level: 37
Wing Attack
Fly
Rock Tomb
Ancient Power

Boxed: 22

RatPack the Rattata - Level 3

Yardbirds the Pidgey - Level 4

OZZY the Zubat - Level 9

B52S the Weedle - Level 7

Criss the Meowth - Level 14

R. Kelly the Drowzee - Level 13

MELLO the Jigglypuff - Level 17

Ludacris the Voltorb - Level 16

BahaMen the Growlithe - Level 17

Ghost the Gastly - Level 14

Gaga the Horsea - Level 23

LitaFord the Poliwag - Level 22

Eminem the Magikarp - Level 5

Bieber the Venonat - Level 26

Crimson the Goldeen - Level 20

Rush the Doduo - Level 24

BeachBoy the Lapras - Level 25

Sia the Tangela - Level 20

Motorhead the Ponyta - Level 34

FFDP the Machop - Level 35

Blondie the Psyduck - Level 31

Babymetal the Tentacool - Level 5

Deaths: 3

TLC the Butterfree lvl 5-17

Birdman the Fearow lvl 3-35
White the Arbok lvl 5-44

Kanto Part 6: Flooding the Gym

With 2 badges in hand, we make our way towards the 7th gym on Cinnabar Island. First, we stop on Route 21 to pick up a new encounter.

New Pokemon

Species: Tangela

Name: Sia

Nature: Serious
Ability: Chlorophyll

I focused on training Skrillex here because I knew he wouldn't get many opportunities in Victory Road for grinding. Skrillex grew from level 39 to 41 on this route and we arrived on the island.

After a quick heal, we headed towards the Pokemon Lab to revive one of our two fossils. I chose not to revive Lord Helix because I already had LLCoolJ and felt Aerodactyl would be a better fit with the team if I needed to replace someone.

New Pokemon

Species: Aerodactyl

Name: Jagger

Nature: Adamant
Ability: Pressure

Next, we headed to the Pokemon Mansion where we failed our encounter and quickly ran to the basement and picked up the key. I avoided many of the trainers in this area because I wanted to use this area for grinding later.

Cinnabar Island Showdown

I did choose to fight all the trainers in Blaine's gym to get a few extra levels on LL before he faced off against Blaine. This battle was one of the least stressful gym battles I had. I decided the best play was to solo his team with LL. It only took him 6 surfs and 1 hyper potion to run through Blaine's team.

After the battle, Bill needed some help on the Sevii Islands. We decided to join him, mostly because we couldn't progress if we didn't. This part of the game was kind of pointless, just allowed me to get a few encounters and do a bit of training. 

Kindle Road encounter:

New Pokemon

Species: Ponyta

Name: Motorhead

Nature: Bold
Ability: Run Away

Mt. Ember encounter:

New Pokemon

Species: Machop

Name: FFDP

Nature: Lonely
Ability: Guts

Bond Bridge encounter:

New Pokemon

Species: Psyduck

Name: Blondie

Nature: Gentle
Ability: Swift Swim

Route 20 encounter:

New Pokemon

Species: Tentacool

Name: Babymetal

Nature: Careful
Ability: Clear Body

With all that out of the way, next up was our final gym challenge against a familiar foe.

Run Update

Team: 6

LLCoolJ the Blastoise

Level: 43

Blizzard

Bite

Surf

Protect

Skrillex the Jolteon
Level: 41
Shock Wave
Bite
Thunder Wave
Sand-Attack

Meatloaf the Snorlax

Level: 40

Body Slam
Return
Rest
Sleep Talk

Spears the Vileplume
Level: 40
Giga Drain
Acid
Sleep Powder
Cut

Migos the Dugtrio
Level: 40
Dig
Magnitude
Rock Slide
Slash

White the Arbok
Level: 40
Acid
Dig
Strength
Glare

Boxed: 23

RatPack the Rattata - Level 3

Yardbirds the Pidgey - Level 4

OZZY the Zubat - Level 9

B52S the Weedle - Level 7

Criss the Meowth - Level 14

R. Kelly the Drowzee - Level 13

MELLO the Jigglypuff - Level 17

Ludacris the Voltorb - Level 16

BahaMen the Growlithe - Level 17

Ghost the Gastly - Level 14

Gaga the Horsea - Level 23

LitaFord the Poliwag - Level 22

Eminem the Magikarp - Level 5

Bieber the Venonat - Level 26

Crimson the Goldeen - Level 20

Rush the Doduo - Level 24

BeachBoy the Lapras - Level 25

Sia the Tangela - Level 20

Jagger the Aerodactyl - Level 5

Motorhead the Ponyta - Level 34

FFDP the Machop - Level 35

Blondie the Psyduck - Level 31

Babymetal the Tentacool - Level 5

Deaths: 2

TLC the Butterfree lvl 5-17

Birdman the Fearow lvl 3-35

Kanto Part 5: The Grind

We continue our journey with a few goals in mind: get as many encounters as I can, grind as much as possible, and take on Koga and Sabrina. Side note, I messed up the image at the end, but all the encounters listed in this section are correct. It just has some spoilers for the coming posts.

We revisited Route 8 to start off our grinding nothing too crazy happening here. Skrillex grew to level 29 and LL grew to level 27. After our first battle on Route 10, Skrillex leveled up to 30 and learned bite. I also happened to use my thunderstone:

Evolution

Species: Jolteon

Name: Skrillex

I taught him double kick and shock wave here as well. Route 10 was a quick trip (Spears grew to level 28) and we moved back to Celadon to see what Team Rocket was up to. Again, nothing too crazy here, but we did get to meet the leader of Team Rocket who gave us the Silph Scope. We made our way to the Pokemon Tower to see if we could find Mr. Fuji who apparently had gone missing. Our trip was immediately interrupted by Kris who was itching to pick a fight. 

Rival Battle #4

This was a very short battle. Kris once again led Pidgeotto who was easily ko'd by Skrillex. He then thought his Gyarados would be able to get rid of Skrillex, but he was easily mistaken. LL handled his Growlithe and Kadabra, while Birdman took care of Ivysaur. After Kris left in shame, we continued up the tower only to be stopped again, but this time by a new friend.

New Pokemon

Species: Gastly

Name: Ghost

Nature: Calm
Ability: Levitate

We ran through the rest of the tower and saved Mr. Fuji who gave us the Poke Flute so we could now wake up Snorlax. We ended up critting the one on Route 12, however the one on Route 16 was more willing to join us.

New Pokemon

Species: Snorlax

Name: Meatloaf

Nature: Hasty
Ability: Immunity

I decided to go back and get some fishing encounters since we received the Super Rod.

In Vermilion City:

New Pokemon

Species: Horsea

Name: Gaga

Nature: Naive
Ability: Swift Swim

In Viridian City:

New Pokemon

Species: Poliwag

Name: LitaFord

Nature: Adamant
Ability: Damp

Next, we made our way along Route 13, 14, and 15 grinding and getting encounters when possible.

Route 13: 

New Pokemon

Species: Magikarp

Name: Eminem

Nature: Gentle
Ability: Swift Swim

Route14:

New Pokemon

Species: Venonat

Name: Bieber

Nature: Naughty
Ability: Compound Eyes

We failed Route 15, 17 and Paras ran from us in the Safari Zone, but on Route 18 

New Pokemon

Species: Doduo

Name: Rush

Nature: Serious
Ability: Run Away

Everything was going smoothly and the team was shaping up nicely. I knew the bikers on Cycling Road would be an issue because of explosions and I didn't have the best things to deal with poison types. One of the bikers named Hideo decided to test my skill. He led with Weezing and I led Birdman who hit him with a fly doing almost 50%. Weezing returned the favor by poisoning Birdman. We decided to fly again, taking 12 damage from poison. This time, Birdman hits Weezing for just under 50% and it lived on 1 HP. Weezing lands a crit sludge dropping Birdman's HP to 12....which was unfortunate as I watched her slowly die to poison. This death hit the team hard as it was just bad luck, but we had all grown extremely attached to Birdman.

Death comes for ye:
Birdman the Fearow

Evolution

Species: Blastoise

Name: LLCoolJ

With the loss of a friend, we carefully laid her to rest and decided to add Meatloaf to the team for some extra bulk. We finished the Cycling Road and headed back into Saffron City. We cleared out all of the Silph Co., gained a little gift, and battled Kris once again.

New Pokemon

Species: Lapras

Name: BeachBoy

Nature: Brave
Ability: Shell Armor

Rival Battle #5

Again Kris' battle was underwhelming as it was almost a repeat of before. Skrillex took care of Pidgeot and Gyarados with 2 shock waves, LL surfed all over Growlithe, and Meatloaf put in the finest of work against Venusaur and Alakazam.

We finished up here and made our way to the dojo for a few more levels before taking on Sabrina. I chose to battle Sabrina first since I was already in Saffron.

Saffron City Showdown

Sabrina's gym was a scary place for me so I avoided all the trainers and headed straight for her. Apparently her goal was to set up on me and my goal was for Meatloaf to flatten everything she had. She led Kadabra and immediately went for a calm mind as Meatloaf finished it with a body slam. Mr. Mime was the exact same play. Next was Venomoth. She used psybeam as Meatloaf went for a body slam. Next she healed and Mealoaf attacked with return. The third psybeam was able to confuse Meatloaf who hurt herself. I decided to use a full restore because I wasn't going to be playing that game. Venomoth went for a gust and Meatloaf ko'd with a body slam. Her Alakazam was another repeat of the start of the battle. However, Zam lived the first body slam so Sabrina healed, but it wasn't able to live the second.

With another badge earned, we headed right for Koga. 

Fuchsia City Showdown

Koga wasn't a huge problem for the team. White handled the first Koffing with a couple strengths, Migos ko'd Muk with a magnitude 7, LL surfed the second Koffing, and Meatloaf finished the battle with a huge body slam on the Weezing. She was able to paralyze Weezing on the first body slam and Koga used a full heal on the second.

Run Update

Team: 6

LLCoolJ the Blastoise

Level: 38

Water Pulse

Bite

Surf

Protect

Skrillex the Jolteon
Level: 39
Shock Wave
Bite
Thunder Wave
Sand-Attack

Meatloaf the Snorlax

Level: 39

Body Slam
Return
Rest
Sleep Talk

Spears the Vileplume
Level: 38
Giga Drain
Acid
Sleep Powder
Cut

Migos the Dugtrio
Level: 39
Dig
Magnitude
Rock Slide
Slash

White the Arbok
Level: 38
Acid
Dig
Strength
Glare

Boxed: 17

RatPack the Rattata - Level 3

Yardbirds the Pidgey - Level 4
OZZY the Zubat - Level 9
B52S the Weedle - Level 7
Criss the Meowth - Level 14
R. Kelly the Drowzee - Level 13
MELLO the Jigglypuff - Level 17
Ludacris the Voltorb - Level 16
BahaMen the Growlithe - Level 17
Ghost the Gastly - Level 14
Gaga the Horsea - Level 23
LitaFord the Poliwag - Level 22
Eminem the Magikarp - Level 5
Bieber the Venonat - Level 26
Crimson the Goldeen - Level 20
Rush the Doduo - Level 24
BeachBoy the Lapras - Level 25

Deaths: 2

TLC the Butterfree lvl 5-17
Birdman the Fearow lvl 3-35

Kanto Part 4: THIS GYM IS GREAT!

(I wanted to preface this part: this section of the game is extremely short and repetitive. So in order to not make a drawn out post, I will just post the highlights of my grinding, encounters, and then head into the gym battle. This short post should make up for the next couple which should have a little more content. So without further ado, please enjoy.)

3 down, 5 to go I thought to myself as I exited the gym. Before making our way to Rock Tunnel, I felt it would be best to do a little exploring. I make a quick cut through Diglett's Tunnel to Route 2 to pick up flash, although I'm never going to use it, and then head to Pewter to get the Old Amber. With new items in hand, we continue on our journey.

Route 9 was just a grinding spot as Birdman, White, LL, and Spears all grew to level 24. We failed our encounter after 3 encounters, but were fortunate to get our Route 10 encounter...

New Pokemon

Species: Voltorb
Name: Ludacris
Nature: Gentle

Ability: Static

Rock Tunnel had no luck for us in the way of an encounter as well. We made the trek through the dark cave battling all the trainers to grab a few extra levels. Migos learned rock slide thanks to some dude lurking in the darkness.

Here are the levels gained in Rock Tunnel:

Spears 24->26

LLCoolJ 24->26

Migos 23->24

Birdman 24->25

We exit the cave, avoid the trainers, and make our way to Lavender Town. After a quick heal, we skip over to Route 8 for one battle and an encounter.

New Pokemon
Species: Growlithe
Name: BahaMen

Nature: Jolly
Ability: Flash Fire

Once again, we dodge all the other trainers for now and head to Celadon City. Along the way, we fail another encounter on Route 7. 

We have a couple of things to do here before we challenge Erika. First, I make my way over to the Department store to buy a leaf stone, thunder stone, some fresh water, and to trade the drinks for TMs. Next, we make our way to the restaurant to pick up the coin case to feed my gambling addiction, which isn't a problem in this game...voltorb flip is a different thing, but we will talk about it when we get there, and make our way to the game corner. I see some shady dude lurking in the back and of course he wants to battle. White takes care of his Raticate and grows to level 25 and Migos handles Zubat. I then head to the prize area and debate on whether I want Dratini, Porygon, or if I want to go and get the Eevee. Ultimately, I decide to get Eevee after I had tea with a lady that reminded me of my grandma. After getting Eevee, I decided to hold off on using my thunder stone until later. However, Spears appreciated my purchasing of a leaf stone.

New Pokemon

Species: Eevee
Name: Skrillex
Nature: Serious
Ability: Run Away

Evolution

Species: Vileplume

Name: Spears

At this point there is nothing left to do other than to head to the gym. As I approached the gym, I see an elderly gentleman climbing on top of a ladder. I wonder if the gym is closed since he is working on repairing the roof I think just as I reach the doors. "HEHEHE! THIS GYM IS GREAT! IT'S FULL OF WOMEN!" he shouts at me as I walk into the gym. "Perv" I say as I shake my head at the old man. He isn't wrong though...I use the lasses, beautys, cooltrainers, and picknickers in this gym to get some levels for my newly acquired Skrillex. After one last heal, it is time for Erika. Before I start, I turn around and see the old man still in the window, but this time he is giving me a thumbs up and making other gestures at me that an elderly person probably shouldn't be doing. Erika seems to have just woken from a nap, and who would blame her in this gym.

Celadon City Showdown

My game plan is very simple for her: let Birdman take care of business. Erika leads Victreebel and I led Birdman. Birdman hits 3 aerial aces and takes no damage. Victreebel missed a stun spore and then had to be healed. For her next Pokemon, Tangela, I decide to give Birdman a break and send out Spears. She lands 3 acids to knock Tangela out. Erika's final Pokemon was a Vileplume of her own and I send Birdman back out. Birdman connects an aerial ace as she gets paralyzed by Vileplume. Vileplume then gets a defence drop off of acid, but it doesn't matter to Birdman as she ko's Vileplume in return. 

Our journey has reached the halfway point. I wonder what else is in store for us.

Run Update

Team: 6

LLCoolJ the Squirtle

Level: 26

Water Pulse

Bite

Mega Kick

Withdraw

Skrillex the Eevee

Level: 27

Quick Attack
Sand-Attack
Growl
Helping Hand

Birdman the Fearow

Level: 28

Aerial Ace

Pursuit

Leer

Fly

Spears the Vileplume
Level: 27
Absorb
Acid
Sleep Powder
Cut

Migos the Diglett
Level: 25
Dig
Magnitude
Scratch
Rock Slide

White the Arbok
Level: 25
Poison Sting
Bite
Dig
Glare

Boxed: 9

RatPack the Rattata - Level 3

Yardbirds the Pidgey - Level 4
OZZY the Zubat - Level 9
B52S the Weedle - Level 7
Criss the Meowth - Level 14
R. Kelly the Drowzee - Level 13
MELLO the Jigglypuff - Level 17
Ludacris the Voltorb - Level 16
BahaMen the Growlithe - Level 17

Deaths: 1

TLC the Butterfree lvl 5-17

Kanto Part 3: Smooth Sailing

Continuing on after our victory over Misty, we make our way back through the underground path to Route 6. This is a perfect opportunity for some grinding. Have to make sure we are ready for Surge since I don't have the best matchup. The trainers here are pretty weak and we move through them quickly. Birdman was my main focus as she grew to level 19 and learned pursuit. After exploring Vermilion City and seeing all it has to offer, I decided it was time to look past my fear of drowning and visit the S.S. Anne.

My plan here was to switch train Migos to get ready for Surge. I guess my levels weren't that good as I found myself constantly running back to heal. We made our way through the bottom part of the ship and the main floor. I decided next to make my way to the kitchen only to find that the chefs were throwing out perfectly good berries, at least I hoped they were fresh! Before anyone could see, I picked them out of the trash, mmm, and stuffed them in my bag. The rest of the trainers on the boat were no problem for our team.

Evolution

Species: Fearow

Name: Birdman

I heard there was a cut master on board the ship so I wet to seek out his guidance. As I approached the captain's quarters, who should I run into other than Kris.

Rival Battle #3

It was a battle of the birds as Kris led Pidgeotto and I led Birdman. Birdman leered him twice and finished him with a crit peck. Next, Kris went into his Raticate and I into LL. Raticate missed his first hyper fang as I water pulsed him. Then knocked him out on the next turn with water pulse as LL grew to level 22. Krist sends out Ivysaur and I swap back into Birdman who hits Ivysaur with a peck as it puts me to sleep. I use my second turn to heal and Ivysaur whips it's vines. Birdman sleeps for one turn then knockout Ivysaur with another peck. For his last Pokemon, Kadabra, I swap back into LL. Apparently his Kadabra hasn't gotten any better as it uses its two turns to click disable. LL knocks it out after a bite and water pulse. With that annoyance out of the way, we continue to climb the stairs to see the captain. "Will you rub my back please? I'm a little seasick," the captain says to me. Why captain a boat if you get seasick I think to myself as I oblige the man's odd request. He thanks me and gives me cut. The boat sails away and I head back to the Poke Center.

I contemplate heading right to the gym, but I need something other than Migos to help with Surge. I had taken White out of the box to replace TLC, RIP, but I had no intentions of using him until I remember he could learn dig. I teach him dig and make my way to route 11 to train him up. White was only level 14 and the rest of my team was nearing the level cap so I had to be careful about which Pokemon I used. I quickly moved through the trainers until White was level 19, which also happened to be after I beat the last trainer. I fed him 3 pieces of candy and watched as my team was now ready.

Evolution

Species: Arbok

Name: White

Vermilion City Showdown

My plan here was to use White against Voltorb and Migos against Pikachu and Raichu. White used dig turn 1 and Voltorb missed its shock wave while White was underground. White hit it hard with dig and Voltorb missed a sonic boom. Surge thought it was a good idea to heal as White bit back. White finished the battle off with a dig. Surge then went into Pikachu who Migos handled easily with a magnitude 10. Raichu wasn't as annoying as it could have been with double team. Raichu began the battle with quick attack as Migos hit back with a magnitude 7. Raichu used double team on the second turn, but Migos broke through with another magnitude 7 to earn us our third badge!

Run Update

Team: 6

LLCoolJ the Squirtle

Level: 23

Water Pulse

Bite

Mega Kick

Withdraw

MELLO the Jigglypuff

Level: 17

Pound

Sing

Mega Punch

Disable

Birdman the Fearow

Level: 22

Peck

Pursuit

Leer

Fury Attack

Spears the Gloom
Level: 23
Absorb
Poison Powder
Sleep Powder
Cut

Migos the Diglett
Level: 23
Dig
Magnitude
Scratch
Growl

White the Arbok
Level: 22
Poison Sting
Bite
Dig
Glare

Boxed: 6

RatPack the Rattata - Level 3

Yardbirds the Pidgey - Level 4
OZZY the Zubat - Level 9
B52S the Weedle - Level 7
Criss the Meowth - Level 14
R. Kelly the Drowzee - Level 13

Deaths: 1

TLC the Butterfree lvl 5-17 

Kanto Part 2: Drowning in Water

I quickly grab my Boulder Badge from Brock and the newly acquired Rock Tomb and storm out of the gym. After a quick heal, it is time to take on the glorious Mt. Moon. On my way, one of Oak's aides decides I'm not going fast enough and he gives me running shoes. "Here you go Michael. You just need to ---" I throw the shoes on and zoom away down Route 3 before he could finish. The trainers here are a nice way for the rest of the team to gain some levels as I smash bird after bird, bug after bug along the way. I'm finally able to get my first encounter on the route, secretly hoping for one of the Nidos or Mankey. My first encounter was a Pidgey so I look again, only to find another Pidgey. Last chance I thought to myself.

New Pokemon

Species: Jigglypuff

Name: MELLO

Nature: Impish
Ability: Cute Charm

Not quite what I had in mind, but we'll roll with it. With that out of the way, I approached the giant cave that is Mt. Moon. I entered to get another new friend for the team, which you probably could guess who it is...

New Pokemon

Species: Zubat

Name: OZZY

Nature: Naive
Ability: Inner Focus

I decide to quickly get through Mt. Moon. I find the Zubats to be extremely annoying and not very good for leveling up. I've also had some bad luck in Mt. Moon on previous visits so I knew which areas I needed to be cautious. I have no problem on the main floor until I decide to take on some super nerd named Jovan. The worst thing for my team at this point was an electric type...luckily for me this nerd had 2. I decide to lead MELLO and try to put the Magnemite to sleep which luckily she lands the first one. I swap to TLC because she is my most expendable member. Thankfully, Magnemite decided it wanted to take a nice long nap and TLC came through with the knockout. His next Pokemon was Voltorb which led me to swap back to MELLO and try the same strategy. Unfortunately, I was not so lucky this time as MELLO missed 2 Sings. I decided to scrap that idea and just try to knock it out before any harm came to my team. MELLO's defense was lowered twice and Voltorb needed just two more hits, but MELLO wasn't able to finish the job. Voltorb decided now was the time to get a crit tackle. My heart stopped as I watched MELLO's HP rapidly drop all the way to 2. Not taking the risk to get the last hit, I swapped to TLC to finish the job. After the close call, I leave the cave to heal and then proceed the rest of the way. At the end, I decided to praise Lord Helix and take a fossil. I decided to teach Mega Punch and Mega Kick to MELLO and LL respectively and then get my encounter.

New Pokemon

Species: Ekans

Name: White (named after Whitesnake)

Nature: Jolly
Ability: Shed Skin

With the newly acquired Pokemon in hand, we finally arrived at Cerulean City and the home of the enchanting Misty. I make my way to the Poke Center for some R&R before getting some cash and kicking some butt. Kris decides he wants to show off his "strong" and "smart" Pokemon to me. He leads Pidgeotto and I counter with LL. After 1 quick attack, he pro plays me and hard swaps to Bulbasaur. TLC is my obvious answer and she has no problem taking Bulbasaur down. He decided to go back into Pidgeotto and I back into LL. After a drawn out battle thanks to the awesome move that is sand-attack, Pidgeotto falls. His last two Pokemon are no challenge for Birdman and we walk away 2-0 vs Kris. Not as strong or smart as lead on to believe.  Routes 24 and 25 were uneventful, just a great grinding spot and 2 new catches.

New Pokemon

Species: Weedle

Name: B52S

Nature: Mild
Ability: Shield Dust

New Pokemon

Species: Oddish

Name: Spears

Nature: Adamant
Ability: Chlorophyll

I help Bill out with his "problem" in exchange for a boat ticket, fear of drowning activated, and make my way back down to Cerulean. I wanted to go get a few more catches before taking on Misty to put a semi-solid team together. I head to Route 5 and have 0 luck after 3 attempts so I move on. Route 6 granted me an adorable little kitty.

New Pokemon

Species: Meowth

Name: Criss

Nature: Sassy
Ability: Pickup

And Route 11 gives me a creeper.

New Pokemon

Species: Drowzee

Name: R. Kelly

Nature: Calm
Ability: Insomnia

And the obvious...

New Pokemon

Species: Diglett

Name: Migos

Nature: Sassy
Ability: Arena Trap

I decide to swap White with Migos to get aquainted with the rest of my team and head over to the Cerulean City Gym.

Cerulean City Showdown

My strategy going into this battle was to use everyone except Spears, who evolved into Gloom prior to the battle, and LL against Staryu to save health. Misty led Staryu and I led TLC. TLC landed the first poison powder. After a series of water pulses from Staryu and confusions from TLC, we both healed. TLC hurt herself in confusion the turn after, got hit by a water pulse, and then couldn't take a crit water pulse and silently fell asleep in eternal slumber. Furious by the loss of a dear friend, Birdman was out for blood and decided to pop back. However it was TLC and the poison that ultimately bested Staryu, revenge from the grave is the best kind of revenge. 

Death comes for ye:
TLC the Butterfree

The battle with Starmie was less anticlimactic. Spears missed her first 2 sleep powders forcing me to burn a potion while continuing to take swifts. She landed the third and Starmie slept for 4 turns until its defeat. Our second badge was earned, but at the cost of a close friend. 

Run Update

Team: 5

LLCoolJ the Squirtle

Level: 19

Water Gun

Bite

Mega Kick

Withdraw

MELLO the Jigglypuff

Level: 15

Pound

Sing

Mega Punch

Disable

Birdman the Spearow

Level: 17

Peck

Growl

Leer

Fury Attack

Spears the Gloom
Level: 21
Absorb
Poison Powder
Sleep Powder
Stun Spore

Migos the Diglett
Level: 19
Dig
Magnitude
Scratch
Growl

Boxed: 7

RatPack the Rattata - Level 3

Yardbirds the Pidgey - Level 4
OZZY the Zubat - Level 9
White the Ekans - Level 11
B52S the Weedle - Level 7
Criss the Meowth - Level 14
R. Kelly the Drowzee - Level 13

Deaths: 1

TLC the Butterfree lvl 5-17 

Kanto Part 1: Crushing the Rock Master

Our journey began one day as I was cleaning out my closet. I noticed my old Gameboy Advanced SP sitting in a box with Fire Red already in the slot. It was as if fate had decided I should do a generations nuzlocke as I had just finished browsing r/nuzlocke, and seeing all these generations nuzlockes, and now I was being hit with this nostalgia trip. As is the motto of nuzlockes, you only live once...so I decided to go for it.

I was so excited to start my journey that I quickly leapt from my bed and rushed down the stairs. I ran past my mom and out the front door. Of course no one was out except for some dude wanting to talk to me about science, fyi I hate science, so I decide to ditch this town and make my way towards some excitement. As soon as I reach my freedom that is Route 1, Oak has to come around and be a buzzkill telling me "You need a Pokemon." and "It is dangerous to go alone." So I follow the old man back to his lab to get a Pokemon of my own. His grandson, Kris, isn't too happy that I get first choice. Sucks to suck I think to myself as I reach for the Pokeball containing the water type Pokemon, Squirtle.

New Pokemon

Species: Squirtle

Name: LLCoolJ

Nature: Modest

Ability: Torrent

Apparently since I got to choose first, Kris thinks it is alright to be a jerk and challenges me to a battle. LL is able to take out his Bulbasaur despite an early crit against him and having to burn my early potion. I do some quick grinding on the road to Viridian City, pick up another free potion, and LL learns his first STAB move.  After a quick heal at the Poke Center, I pay the mart a visit and see what I can get with all this money burning a hole in my pocket. "Hey you came from Pallet Town? Prof. Oak's parcel came in, will you take it to him?" the clerk shouts at me from across the counter. I grab Oak's package and make my way back home...guess my adventure can wait. Oak decides to reward me with a Pokedex and some Pokeballs which I gladly accept and head to Route 1.

New Pokemon

Species: Rattata

Name: RatPack

Nature: Relaxed

Ability: Guts

After the getting the obvious early game Pokemon, I make my way to Route 22.

New Pokemon

Species: Spearow

Name: Birdman

Nature: Lonely
Ability: Keen Eye

And with a turtle, a bird, and a rat, Route 2 is my next best visit.

New Pokemon

Species: Pidgey

Name: Yardbirds

Nature: Relaxed
Ability: Keen Eye

I make my way into Viridian Forest just to scout out the landscape and catch a new Pokemon.

New Pokemon

Species: Caterpie

Name: TLC

Nature: Hasty

Ability: Shield Dust

Before making my way completely through Viridian Forest, I decide to let RatPack and Yardbirds take a nice rest in the PC and continue on with only 3. I hate bugs so I quickly go through the forest while training TLC and Birdman. Through some love and care, TLC evolves into Butterfree and we exit the forest. I quickly head to the center and heal, buy some potions, and advance towards the Pewter City Gym. This kid, Liam told me I was "lightyears from facing Brock", so I had LL blow bubbles in his face and move past him.

Pewter City Showdown

The battle with Brock began with Geodude and LL who quickly dispatched Geodude with a bubble. Brock then went to his reliable Onix who was no match for LL thanks to a crit bubble. LL gained two levels and we obtained our first badge!

Run Update

Team: 3

LLCoolJ the Squirtle

Level: 13

Water Gun

Bubble

Tackle

Withdraw

TLC the Butterfree

Level: 10

Confusion

Tackle

String Shot

Harden

Birdman the Spearow

Level: 8

Peck

Growl

Leer

Boxed: 2

RatPack the Rattata - Level 3

Yardbirds the Pidgey - Level 4

Deaths: 0

Intro/Rules

Hello fellow Nuzlockers! My name is Thenatural1991! I've been doing various Nuzlocke challenges for the past 2.5 years. In 2018, I completed a Dice Challenge variant for each region successfully completing 5/7 regions. This year, I wanted to try something I've never done before...doing a Generations Nuzlocke and blogging about it. I decided I wanted to branch out in the ways of recording my nuzlockes and I figured that since I am a terrible artist, I would try to write about them.

Here are the rules for my Generations Nuzlocke:

I will be playing through the generations in the following order: Fire Red, Soul Silver, Diamond, White 2, Alpha Sapphire, X, Moon. All games will be played on cartridge so this order was the most logical for me.

1. Each Pokemon that faints is considered dead and must be permaboxed.
2. You can only catch the first Pokemon you encounter in an area.
3. All Pokemon must be nicknamed after musicians or musical groups.
4. No legendaries.
5. Dupes Clause- May re-encounter up to 3 times. If after 3 tris I still encounter a Pokemon I have already caught, I forfeit that encounter.
6. I cannot reuse Pokemon from a previous generation if I used it at any point on my team.
7. Starter is chosen from Trainer ID (1-3 grass, 4-6 fire, 7-9 water, 0 choice).
8. Offspring of surviving Elite 4 teams will be transferred up to the next game.
9. Level limit based on next gym leader's highest leveled Pokemon.

Without further ado...the world of Pokemon and adventure awaits.