Chapter 41. The House of Souls.
Before I enter Misty's Gym, Escombro (Hitmonlee) enters the team in the place of Sir Quag. Escombro is right now at level 63, even below Misty's Ace instead of surpassing it by 1 or 2 levels, like the rest of the team. I won,t train him, except with the trainers of Misty's Gym.
After beating said trainers, I challenge Misty:
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Misty leads with Golduck, bad match-up for Escombro. JuanPalomo takes Psychic.
JuanPalomo heals with Roost but next Psychic crits.
JuanPalomo heals again, taking another Psychic.
JuanPalomo heals again, taking another Psychic.
JuanPalomo heals again, taking another Psychic.
JuanPalomo heals one last time.
Ok, this strategy for sure won,t work, so JuanPalomo uses U-Turn. I send Pendulum. This is the turn Golduck decides to use Calm Mind.
I send Anisoptero into +1 Water Pulse.
Anisoptero uses U-Turn, which Golduck barely survives. Pendulum gets critted by Psychic.
Golduck damages Pendulum with Water Pulse. Pendulum heals with Sitrus Berry and kills the duck:
Quagsire is next. Nephentes takes the Earthquake.
Nephentes kills Quagsire with Energy Ball:
Lapras comes in. I switch Escombro into Blizzard.
Lapras somehow survives Hi Jump Kick, but uses Rain Dance, which will probably be a problem later.
Escombro finishes Lapras:
As I said, problems begin now. Kingler is Misty's next Mon. I need a sack here and maybe more than one Mon will die.
I sack Pendulum:
RIP Pendulum. I am once again without Psychic resists (unless I decide to train the Squirtle I have at the PC).
I send Nephentes. Kingler is faster but doesn,t KO with Crabhammer, so it dies from Energy Ball:
Lanturn comes. I send Eeveeto into Ice Beam. Rain ends.
Lanturn paralyzes Eeveeto with Thunderbolt, but gets the Special Attack lowered in exchange.
Lanturn uses Thunderbolt again. Eeveeto lowers his Special Attack with Moonblast again.
Lanturn heals with Recover. Eeveeto heals with Draining Kiss.
Lanturn uses Thunderbolt. Eeveeto lowers his Special Attack again with Moonblast.
Lanturn heals. Eeveeto can,t attack.
Lanturn uses Thunderbolt, Eeveeto only loses 9 HP from it but can,t attack.
Lanturn uses another Thunderbolt. Eeveeto recovers a little by using Draining Kiss.
Lanturn uses Thunderbolt, Eeveeto drops his Special Attack with Moonblast to -4 already.
Lanturn heals with Recover, Eeveeto with Draining Kiss.
Lanturn uses Thunderbolt, Eeveeto can,t move.
Lanturn uses Thunderbolt, Eeveeto can,t move.
Lanturn uses Thunderbolt, Eeveeto heals with Draining Kiss.
Lanturn uses Recover, Eeveeto can,t move.
Lanturn uses Thunderbolt, Eeveeto uses Draining Kiss.
Lanturn uses Thunderbolt, Eeveeto uses Moonblast.
Lanturn uses Recover, Eeveeto Moonblast.
Lanturn uses Thunderbolt, Eeveeto drops its Special Attack to -5.
Lanturn uses Recover, Eeveeto Draining Kiss.
Lanturn uses Thunderbolt, doing pathetic damage already. Eeveeto heals with Draining Kiss.
Lanturn uses Recover and takes Moonblast.
Lanturn uses Thunderbolt, his Special Attack goes down to -6.
Lanturn heals, Eeveeto heals to full too thanks to Draining Kiss.
Lanturn uses Thunderbolt. Eeveeto uses Dig. While Eeveeto is underground, Lanturn reveals Water Pulse as last move.
Ok, I am tired of this. While Lanturn heals, I send Escombro.
Escombro uses Earthquake and takes Ice Beam.
Escombro finishes Lanturn:
Misty finally sends her Starmie. I switch Eeveeto into Scald.
Starmie uses Scald, Eeveeto uses Moonblast.
Starmie uses Scald, Eeveeto Moonblast. Starmie heals with Sitrus Berry.
Starmie heals, but Eeveeto uses Shadow Ball.
Starmie heals again. Eeveeto drops its Special Defense with Shadow Ball.
Starmie heals again, Eeveeto outdamages the Recover with Shadow Ball.
Starmie heals but goes down to red already.
Starmie heals, Eeveeto can,t move.
Starmie uses Scald, Eeveeto finishes the battle with Shadow Ball:
So far, Misty has been the hardest Kanto leader. I had to sack one Mon and all my team got pretty damaged:
I get the useless Water Pulse TM and the badge.
Even though it will probably make most of my team unable to fight Erica, I go to Rock Tunnel. I teach Sir Quag Flash to enter, since its dark.
Pokeball Factory music sounds at this place. There is a big variety of Mons and even one I can catch:
Kanto Golem was OU in GSC, so its forbidden to use. However, Alolan Golem was not OU in SM, which is the only Gen he was allowed to play, would have solved SS OU Meta if released there. In this game he didn,t get anything new besides Rapid Spin but its still an interesting Mon to use in the future.
I enter Rock Tunnel and defeat the famous Firebreather Dick, who in HGSS changed his name to Richard.
In the middle of the Tunnel I am forced to make Sir Quag an HM slave again and teach him Strength. As a reward, I give him the Iron I find in the Strength path. I find more items, Electrizer and the Thunder Wave TM among them. There is also an Electrode disguised as item, Escombro kills him.
At the end of the Strength path, there is an exit that brings me to Zapdos:
I decide not to kill Zapdos, I like legendary birds.
I then finish the Rock Tunnel, defeating the few trainers that are there. The south of Route 10 offers me a Volt Switch TM right away. I also defeat the 3 trainers of the route.
I enter Lavender Town. At the Pokemon Center, a boy tells me that the Radio Tower still doesn,t broadcast despite the Power Plant working.
Before going to the Radio Tower, I enter the House of Souls, there I start speaking to people, until one is not an ordinary woman...
...the Elite Four.
Agatha says that the Mon could not be here, since Mr. Fuji placed graves elsewhere after Radio Tower took over.
...the tower!
But he is pacifist, which is a reason for Agatha to mock him:
...trainer can do!
Agatha leads with Gengar. It misses Will-o-wisp vs Anisoptero and takes a crit Dragon Pulse.
Due to Speed Boost, Anisoptero is now faster than Gengar and finishes it:
Cursed Body activated and disables Dragon Pulse. Crobat is the next Mon Agatha sends. Anisoptero escapes with U-Turn and I send JuanPalomo into Air Slash.
Crobat is faster and heavily damages JuanPalomo with Poison Jab, taking Return.
I send Sir Quag, getting poisoned by Poison Jab.
Crobat flinches Sir Quag with Air Slash.
Eeveeto takes the next Air Slash.
Anisoptero takes Poison Jab and gets poisoned too. This already looks very bad.
Anisoptero finishes Crobat with Dragon Pulse:
Midreavus is next. Anisoptero escapes with U-Turn, I send Nephentes into Power Gem.
Then Misdreavus surpries me with Flamethrower, almost killing Nephentes, while avoiding Sleep Powder:
Escombro takes the next Flamethrower.
Escombro Knocks Eviolite and takes a lot of damage from Dazzling Gleam.
Escombro kills Misdreavus:
The moment of sacking a Mon arrives when Agatha sends Alolan Marowak. Escombro knocks his Thick Club at least:
RIP Escombro. Its surprising he lasted this long, being as frail as he is.
I send JuanPalomo. He uses Roost and takes a weak Fire Punch, without Thick Club, Marowak can,t hit hard.
JuanPalomo heals again and is burned by Fire Punch.
JuanPalomo damages Marowak with Fly and is hit by another Fire Punch.
JuanPalomo heals with Roost, but Marowak crits Fire Punch.
JuanPalomo heals again and is hit by Fire Punch.
Marowak survives the next Fly in red and uses Fire Punch again.
JuanPalomo heals with Roost and takes another Fire Punch.
JuanPalomo heals with Roost and takes another Fire Punch.
JuanPalomo heals one last time and takes another Fire Punch.
JuanPalomo kills Marowak but Cursed Body activates on Fly:
Agatha sends her ace Gengar. I have no switch-in for this. I therefore sack Nephentes.
RIP Nephentes. This battle is really hard.
I send Eeveeto. Gengar uses Will-o-wisp and takes Shadow Ball.
Gengar activates Quick Claw next turn and crits with Shadow Ball, surviving Eeveeto's Shadow Ball.
Agatha heals Gengar, but Eeveeto drops his Special Defense.
Gengar uses Shadow Ball and finally dies:
But the battle is not over yet:
Agatha is right. She has a very scary Arbok I have no switch-in for. I send Sir Quag, who dies to poison after taking Sludge Bomb:
RIP Sir Quag. If Crobat didn,t hax him, he could have survived this battle.
I send JuanPalomo and heal him with Full Restore, taking a Sludge Bomb.
JuanPalomo uses Return and is paralyzed by Glare.
However, JuanPalomo refuses to die and manages to attack next turn, killing the evil snake:
^JuanPalomo charging towards Arbok.
This battle was quite tragic and almost ended in complete disaster:
For murdering half of my team, Agatha gives me the Shadow Claw TM. At least the cemetery is right here, so Nephentes, Escombro and Sir Quag can be buried quickly.
Before finishing the chapter, I speak to Mr. Fuji. He doesn,t say anything relevant, but he is shown to be blocking stairs: