We All Scream For Ice Cream - Part 17

Route 6 is the first area that I head into.

I run into the first patch of grass and it is a...

Foongus! I had two of these in my last Nuzlocke. They were named Namless and Nameless2. They didn't fare too well...

I hope this guy, named Cracker fares better.

Immediately after catching this little guy I head to another area to catch a new teammate. 

The next area is the Cold Storage area, which I find a few okay items. Rocky Helmet and PP Up.

I see some grass alongside the Cold Storage area and head directly towards it, the first thing I run into is...

Um. I throw a Pokéball at it and catch the ice cream cone...

I find out that it is actually called a Vanillite, which I name Dexxter.

I deposit Shorty to make room for Dexxter because he will help me in the next Gym, but not as much as Tumbles. I head back to the Desert Resort to train the little duck. 

I train in the desert and into the Relic Castle, where I captured Odessa, and I fight some trainers that I left inside. I even score a Fossil. I had to roll for which Fossil I would receive. Either the Cover or Plume Fossil. 

I roll the Cover Fossil.

If I live long enough through this challenge I will score a pretty solid Water/Rock-type, Tirtouga.

I cannot get it yet, but when I do it will account for the city that creates it, since it isn't a Pokémon yet. But it's something to look forward towards.

After training up Tumbles, Xanadu and Cracker a bit I head over to Route 6, where the levels of the wild Pokémon are a little higher. 

There's lots of Grass-type here, which is great for Dexxter and Tumbles. 

Or... it would have been great to train Tumbles here, but he gets hit with a massive critcal hit Take Down from a Deerling and is taken out in a single hit. 

Tumbles takes his final soar through the air and floats gently into an open grave...

Well, since Tumbles is gone, I at least have a back-up this time. I send out Dexxter to start getting trained. During training and exploring Route 6 I find a Shiny Stone (which now allows Shorty to evolve at anytime) and the entrance to Chargestone Cave, but it is blocked by a yellow web.

After training for a while, I head back to Cold Storage and run into Cheren. 

I know that Team Plasma is hiding inside that building, but I realize something... I can train in the grass here, because the Pokémon in this area give a decent amount of experience so I go off to train.

I train so hard that Xanadu evolves!

With him evolved his Attack and Speed go through the roof. This is a Pokémon that may keep me in this challenge. And be careful when googling this Pokémon because it is a couple letters off from the dangerous drug krokodil and the pictures of those are gruesome...

I head into Cold Storage to look for Team Plasma.

Inside there are tons of items, trainers and lots of ice to slide around on. Eventually Cheren and I explored and searched the whole storage unit except for one last container.

Cheren and I head inside and find a sage surrounded by Plasma grunts trying to keep warm. As soon as they see us we become surrounded.

I beat four of the eight grunts and Clay appears with some of his own grunts and arrest the rest of them. He tells us before he leaves with his prisoners that we can now challenge him. 

I go off to train Dexxter a little more now so he can take on Clay. 

I go back off to Route 6 to train him against Grass-types and he is attacked by a Deerling. I use Icy Wind and Deerling uses Jump Kick, it takes Dexxter down to 1/3 HP and I know it will go down with another Icy Wind, so I use it...

It misses. 

I get hit by a Faint Attack, which brings Dexxter down to 2 HP. 

I'm not risking this battle anymore so I run. 

I can't...

Dexxter gets hit by Faint Attack again and...

Everything in my party is weak or partly weak against Ground. This is going to be a hard Gym fight, but which one hasn't...

At least I have Xanadu.

My Team:

Xanadu (Sandile) level 40 - Desert Resort

Catapult (Trubbish) level 22 - Route 5

Shorty (Minccino) level 20 - Route 16

Odessa (Yamask) level 23 - Relic Castle

Cracker (Foongus) 25 - Route 6

The Fallen:

Dexxter (Vanillite) level 30 - Cold Storage

Tumbles (Ducklett) level 29 - Driftveil Bridge

Conch (Liepard) level 34 - Route 2

Zkippy (Lillipup) level 15 - Route 1

Upstairs (Oshawott) level 12 - Nuvema Town

Butterball (Pansear) level 18 - Dreamyard

Yuko (Blitzle) level 15 - Route 3

Amasya (Roggenrola) level 18 - Wellspring Cave

Flathead (Timburr) level 17 - Pinwheel Forest

Woodrow (Scraggy) level 30 - Route 4

Cannot Catch At These Areas

Lostlorn Forest

Raise The Draw Bridge! - Part 16

Elesa said that she can help me get into the next city, which in turn will get me to the next gym. 

I head over to Route 4, where she said I would meet her, but before I can meet up with her.

Cheren wants to fight. Great, I just put Odessa out front to train.

He sends out a level 24 Liepard, which I then switch into my own (Conch). I'm meet with Torment. The next turn I Slash while Cheren uses Pursuit. I then follow up with an Assurance, which KO's his Liepard.

He then sends out a level 24 Panpour which Conch Slashes and then gets Scalded in return, luckily not being burned in the process, since that would just kill him (more or less) and I can't use any Burn Heals.

He sends out his Servine which is now level 26. Conch uses Slash and he counters with a Leech Seed. Conch uses Assurance next, which activates Servine's Sitrus Berry, and Servine uses Growth setting himself to deal more damage next turn. Leech Seed hits me and activates my own Oran Berry. Conch Slashes again and Servine counters with a Leaf Tornado.

Conch is at 11 HP...

Leech Seed hasn't sucked at my health yet, but it is going to...

It activates and Servine sucks the life out of Conch... for the last time... 

I send out Catapult which knocks him out with an Acid Spray and a Sludge, but only after taking two Leaf Tornadoes himself.

Tranquil is his last Pokémon, which is the evolved form of Pidove.

I send out Xanadu, which gets off a big Rock Tomb and he counters with Air Cutter. Xanadu finishes it off with Crunch. 

I need to mourn Conch, but Elesa drags me from grieving.

Alder the Pokémon Champion is here and greets us and Cheren immediately disses him, but Alder is pretty snappy himself and throws it back at Cheren.

He heals our Pokémon, which means he heals Conch, but Conch can't be revived... because he's dead.

Alder wants us to fight with some kids...

I'm always up fro cracking a few skulls after I lose my strongest teammate.

Cheren and I team up and take down these toddlers. It's supposed to be Alder's way of teaching Cheren that everything isn't about becoming stronger, but about having fun and becoming friends with them. 

Cheren can't and won't admit that he is wrong and sulks off. 

I become mopey as I realize I have lost Conch...

I lower him into a grave and bid him farewell.

Elesa makes a call and allows the bridge to be lowered when I finally make my way back to Route 4. 

Driftveil Bridge leads to Driftveil City. On this bridge there are no trainers, but... there are shadows of Pokémon that fly above it. Sometimes they drop wings, which power-up Pokémon and sometimes... they have a Pokémon in them!

Like Ducklett...

I run into this little Water/Flying-type and catch it. I name him Tumbles and I'm excited for this guy because he will be insanely powerful in the next gym, which is Ground.

I head into Driftveil, which has water that I can Surf and Fish on, but I have no poles or the HM for Surf yet, so I will have to wait to catch a new Pokémon here. 

Cheren and the Gym Leader are talking when I head deeper into the City and Clay is pissed at us.

He had captured some Team Plasma members, but they escaped when he raised the bridge. Both Cheren and I agree that it's not our fault for him being a moron, but he blames us anyways and forces us to find them before we can challenge him in his gym.

Before searching I explore the city and find very little, but this city is situated in an area that can catch me three new Pokémon, right now!

I take a couple deep breaths and head to the first area.

My Team:

Tumbles (Ducklett) level 24 - Driftveil Bridge

Xanadu (Sandile) level 31 - Desert Resort

Catapult (Trubbish) level 22 - Route 5

Shorty (Minccino) level 19 - Route 16

Odessa (Yamask) level 22 - Relic Castle

The Fallen:

Conch (Liepard) level 34 - Route 2

Zkippy (Lillipup) level 15 - Route 1

Upstairs (Oshawott) level 12 - Nuvema Town

Butterball (Pansear) level 18 - Dreamyard

Yuko (Blitzle) level 15 - Route 3

Amasya (Roggenrola) level 18 - Wellspring Cave

Flathead (Timburr) level 17 - Pinwheel Forest

Woodrow (Scraggy) level 30 - Route 4

Cannot Catch At These Areas

Lostlorn Forest

Elesa, The Sparky Roller Coaster Model - Part 15

We left off last time when something had happened to Xanadu.

He was changing... evolving into...

Krokorok, he's a little stronger and a little faster. It puts my heart at a little more ease now that I have two Pokémon that can hold their own.

I think that I have the power enough to take on the gym. Xanadu is strong and Conch can even help because it has Limber, which means it cannot be paralyzed. 

I head to the gym and I am stopped by N. He said he wants to talk to me for a little bit, so I allow him to talk to me. We head to the Ferris Wheel and he blurts out, without even any build-up, that he is the King of Team Plasma and he was asked personally by Ghetsis to save Pokémon. 

He then asks me to battle him, but I have no choice. 

He has four Pokémon all from the desert area. 

Xanadu is able to take out all of them with a single Dig, until he comes to Darumaka.

For this little guy it takes two hits, but he does hit Xanadu with a Fire Punch.

The last Pokémon that N has is Sigilyph. 

This strange guy has caused problems in the past with me, but with all of the Dark-types that I have it is actually very very simply fixed with a hearty Crunch. 

N is defeated and tells me that he is going to become the Pokémon Champion and the only way to stop him is take him on as Champion. 

N leaves and I'm about to head into the gym, but I get nervous. I decide to use some trainers I kept on the back burner for training now. 

I head back to the Desert Resort.

I fight through trainers and get items like Heart Scale, Rawst Berries and a Firestone.

Then as I'm exploring I remember something. There is an extra area with a different name here!

I head into the other area called Relic Castle. 

I fight a couple trainers here and the first Pokémon I run into is a Sandile, which I already have so I skip it (as per the rules) and try again...

It's the Ghost with a human face, Yamask. I catch it with no problems and name it with the next name off the list, Odessa. 

Now after the training I feel a little safer. 

I head back to the gym.

Inside I'm floored by what I see... 

It's a Tron-esque Roller Coaster! I ride the shuttle around to fight trainers and make my way to the Gym Leader.

It doesn't take long until I walk up to her and start the battle with Elesa. 

She sends out her first of three, and Emolga. 

Xanadu is out to counter it's first attack of an Aerial Ace with a Rock Tomb, which lowers its Speed. Xanadu throws another Rock Tomb, but misses and is hit with another Aerial Ace. Again this happens, but the fourth time is the charm and Emolga goes down.

Elesa must have little imagination, because she sends out another Emolga. 

Xanadu is too weak to go through all of that again, so I switch him out with Conch. 

Conch starts it out with a Fake Out, which is a free hit and then goes back for a Slash, which takes out her second mon.

The third and final Pokémon is always the strongest. She sends out her Zebstrika.

This is what Yuko would've become...

Conch Slashes at him and gets hit by a Spark. Conch winds up for another Slash and... it's a critical hit!

Zebstrika goes down and I took out Elesa!

She gives me a TM for Volt Switch and Bolt Badge!

I guess I'm not so stuck up the creek without a paddle like I thought!

My Team:

Conch (Liepard) level 34 - Route 2

Xanadu (Sandile) level 31 - Desert Resort

Catapult (Trubbish) level 21 - Route 5

Shorty (Minccino) level 19 - Route 16

Odessa (Yamask) level 21 - Relic Castle

The Fallen:

Zkippy (Lillipup) level 15 - Route 1

Upstairs (Oshawott) level 12 - Nuvema Town

Butterball (Pansear) level 18 - Dreamyard

Yuko (Blitzle) level 15 - Route 3

Amasya (Roggenrola) level 18 - Wellspring Cave

Flathead (Timburr) level 17 - Pinwheel Forest

Woodrow (Scraggy) level 30 - Route 4

Cannot Catch At These Areas

Lostlorn Forest

My Team Gets a Little Dirtier, A Little Fluffier, And A Little Dumber - Part 14

After training for a bit I head to Nimbasa City. I know past it there are more Pokémon that I can catch and that's all I need at the moment. 

After entering the gate in front of the city Juniper talks to us about some pretty stupid things and hands us all a few Ultra Balls, but then aftewards runs off. 

When entering the city, the first thing I see is Team Plasma bullying an elderly man, who actually turns out to be the Day Care man. Before I can even offer any help he runs behind me and asks me to fight them for him.

I fight them and win with Conch taking out both Pokémon and then Team Plasma runs off. I can practically see them licking their wounds as they make their way to the amusement park in Nimbasa.

The old man thanks me and gives me a bicycle, which will help me move about Unova even more quickly!

The old man runs off and Bianca sneaks up from behind and talks to me about a few things, but then runs off. What else is new.

I head into the nearest Center and heal up and buy a couple TMs for Thunder Wave and Gyro Ball.

Now it's exploration time!

I find someone who gives me a Soothe Bell, another who gives me a Sun Stone, and the amazing person who gives me HM 04, which contains Strength. 

But...

I need to catch Pokémon!

I head directly to Route 5 after exploring the city and directly into the grass...

A pile of garbage? I take a closer look at it...

It's a Trubbish. It's a Poison-type, which at least isn't weak against Fighting! His name shall be Catapult.

I catch it and run out of Route 5 and off to Route 16, which is on the opposite side of Nimbasa City.

I have to fight through a couple trainers first before I can reach the grass, which helps train Xanadu.

Into the grass I go...

It's a Mincinno, this adorable chinchilla Pokémon is a Normal-type, which isn't Dark, but it still is weak against Fighting. I currently have a team of four, but three are weak to Fighting. I name her Shorty.

There's a small area off to the side in Route 16 called Lostlorn Forest. I'm hoping to catch a nice Bug or Grass-type in here. 

I head into the grass and...

It's a Cottonee! It's a Grass-type. It rejects the first ball I send its way so I think it needs to be weakened. I have to be careful because Xanadu is weak to Grass, so I throw an Assurance its way. 

Cottonee is KO'ed with a critical hit.....

I killed the only Pokémon in this area that I could catch... and it was something that could have really helped my team out....

I run back over to Route 4 and fight the trainers there, but the bridge is up so I cannot proceed. 

Xanadu is getting pretty strong now... so strong that something happens to him. 

Something that can be talked about next time.

My Team:

Conch (Liepard) level 34 - Route 2

Xanadu (Sandile) level 29 - Desert Resort

Catapult (Trubbish) level 21 - Route 5

Shorty (Minccino) level 19 - Route 16

The Fallen:

Zkippy (Lillipup) level 15 - Route 1

Upstairs (Oshawott) level 12 - Nuvema Town

Butterball (Pansear) level 18 - Dreamyard

Yuko (Blitzle) level 15 - Route 3

Amasya (Roggenrola) level 18 - Wellspring Cave

Flathead (Timburr) level 17 - Pinwheel Forest

Woodrow (Scraggy) level 30 - Route 4

Cannot Catch At These Areas

Lostlorn Forest