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A Journey of Two, a Pokemon Story

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[X] Face the Gym Week 44 - Setting aside the entire week to face the gym, you could get it out of the way now.

Get it done so we have more free time to bully team rocket
 
[X] Face the Gym Week 44 - Setting aside the entire week to face the gym, you could get it out of the way now.

Oh, shit Willow has no time let's hurry this up. Thank God we gave her the hard battles to train up her Pokemon with this last adventure.
 
[X] Face the Gym Week 45 - Adding a few days to train may be worthwhile even if you can already win. Plus it'd allow you to see which Pokemon Willow finds.
Willow! Willow! Willow!
 
[X] Face the Gym Week 44 - Setting aside the entire week to face the gym, you could get it out of the way now.

We made out like bandits. I wonder what they'd have done if we claimed the whole base for ourselves.
 
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Kanto Week 44 Part 1 - The Last Gym New
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    • [X] Face the Gym Week 44 - Setting aside the entire week to face the gym, you could get it out of the way now.

    Violet and Willow relaxed on the bench in front of the gym as they waited for it to open. Staring at the morning sunrise, the two trainers were taking a moment to relax after their recent raid on the Rocket Lab.

    Willow, who was practically vibrating at the thought of getting her seventh badge, rolled backward over the back of the bench. Landing on her feet, she looked at Violet for confirmation of her strategy. "So, I'm thinking of just sprinting through the maze as fast as possible."

    The Fuchsia Gym was known for its unique method of testing gym participants. Rather than have an attendant challenge the trainee, they instead simply had to reach Gym Leader Koga. "Working through the maze is half the fun," Violet muttered softly. "But … your plan works."

    "Of course it does!" Willow said with a smirk. "Besides, you've seen the work I've put in, there's no way my 'mons and I fail."

    Violet frowned, looking at Willow to study her plan. It was rather straightforward for her, she had been traveling with her friend for months now so knew all her tells. Relying on frequent switching and constant strategy changes would throw off anyone, but there were a few issues Violet could see. "Well-"

    "Wait, wait, wait," Willow waved her hands causing Violet's mouth to close with a click. "I wanna figure out what you saw first."

    Violet raised an eyebrow, curious about what Willow was going to say. "Go on …"

    Willow hummed in thought, subconsciously pacing back and forth as her mind raced. "...You think I should use Minun's Baton Pass at the start?"

    "Not necessarily," Violet replied. "But what's the danger of poison types?"

    "Toxic," Willow said with a pout. "And Toxic Spikes, which worries me more."

    "And Explosion," Violet added, clarifying her comment at Willow's confused expression. "Koga has three Weezings."

    "At least it'll be exciting!"

    The maze was a lot easier than Violet had expected. She didn't think the panels would be made out of glass, nor that she'd be able to see the entire room from the entrance. It was a little tricky to try and visualize how the various glass panels translated to their position in space, but after around a minute or so the map became clearer. A part of her wanted to simply fly over them with Dragonite, but based on Koga's expression that wouldn't be well received.

    Willow meanwhile simply sprinted through the maze, often (quite literally) running into dead ends. But the combination of her speed and dedication did allow her to eventually traverse it a few minutes after Violet did.

    Koga meanwhile, looked at Violet with an appraising look. "Violet, right?"

    Violet immediately turned a shade of crimson at having been recognized. Nodding hesitantly, she glanced to the side and saw several of the attendants whispering to each other and pointing at her. "Ye-yeah."

    Koga's gaze lingered on Violet for a moment longer, "I've heard about your recent accomplishments." He said calmly, a faint smile tugging at the corner of his lips. "On behalf of the League, I have to thank you for your decisive actions in the face of danger."

    Tugging her hat down in an effort to hide her face, Violet shuffled on her feet. "C-c-can we start the battle?"

    Momentarily taken aback, the gym leader blinked before smoothing out his surprise. "Very well," his gaze sharpened and his hand drifted subconsciously to his first Pokeball.

    It would be a six-on-six battle with 20 switches per contestant, the arena itself was mostly standard with the only deviation being a faint smell of incense that hung in the gym itself.

    Koga will open with his strongest Weezing and will immediately set up an array of Toxic Spikes over two rounds. After this, he'll readjust but will prefer to Muk who will use a series of Minimizes and Belch.

    His first Weezing is a fairly powerful Pokemon that's focused on defense but is relatively weak to elemental attacks. They do know Heat Wave, however, which allows them to face off against Magnezone. Moreover, if Dragonite is sent in, Koga will almost certainly use Explosion at the earliest opportunity.

    Weezing also holds Leftovers which allows them to heal each round.

    If Forretress is sent in, Koga will instead order Weezing to use Taunt before conducting his setup.

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    [] Bait out Explosion - Send in Dragonite and attack aggressively (without using Outrage). The instant Koga uses Explosion, use Protect then continue the battle.
    [] Disallow the Set Up - Send in Umbreon and use Taunt. After this, a combination of Dark Pulses and Hyper Beams will allow for an extended range engagement that should be to Umbreon's advantage.
    [] Send in Slowbro - Requiring practice and training, sending in Slowbro isn't optimal. However, it would make the battle more challenging and give him valuable experience which is useful on its own.
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    • [X] Disallow the Set Up - Send in Umbreon and use Taunt. After this, a combination of Dark Pulses and Hyper Beams will allow for an extended range engagement that should be to Umbreon's advantage.

    I'd actually like to use Slowbro to fight Muk. It should be quite the extended battle considering Muk's use of Minimize, and Slowbro's regeneration capabilities which will be good training for him without overly impacting the rest of the battle. And, if things do get out of hand we can simply have Gengar use Curse to clean up the battle since it can't miss so Evasion is useless against it.
     
    [X] Disallow the Set Up - Send in Umbreon and use Taunt. After this, a combination of Dark Pulses and Hyper Beams will allow for an extended range engagement that should be to Umbreon's advantage.
     
    [X] Disallow the Set Up - Send in Umbreon and use Taunt. After this, a combination of Dark Pulses and Hyper Beams will allow for an extended range engagement that should be to Umbreon's advantage.
     
    [X] Disallow the Set Up - Send in Umbreon and use Taunt. After this, a combination of Dark Pulses and Hyper Beams will allow for an extended range engagement that should be to Umbreon's advantage.
     
    [X] Disallow the Set Up - Send in Umbreon and use Taunt. After this, a combination of Dark Pulses and Hyper Beams will allow for an extended range engagement that should be to Umbreon's advantage.
     
    [X] Bait out Explosion - Send in Dragonite and attack aggressively (without using Outrage). The instant Koga uses Explosion, use Protect then continue the battle.

    Worst case he calls us out on baiting the explosion and goes for the battlefield setup, in which case we take out one of three explosives. Our steel type in Forretress and our poison in Gengar don't care about toxic spikes at all so long as we focus on those two and keep Dragonite in as long as we can he have a reliable team to sweep with. Plus even if we do go with someone else they can handle a couple turns of poison damage, it's not like any of our pokemon take advantage of drawn out combat due to our lack of setup capabilities.
     
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