Day Ten: Mossdeep Gym and Pacifidlog Town

I started today by training Sparx in the Mossdeep Gym. Unwanted died in there, which is fine, he was just a decoy Pokemon anyhow.  I replaced him with Jellybelly. I then took out all the trainers on Route 125 for further training, and revisited some of the people in my Match Call. Sparx evolved into a Vibrava during this training, learning Dragnbreath as well. And I gave him the Dig TM so he'd have a Ground attack. I know if I postponed his evolution he'd have learned Dig naturally, but I didn't feel like waiting that long, I wanted a Vibrava.

Then while training in Mt. Pyre, I got Sparx to evolve yet again, into a Flygon. It was about that time when I realized I should probably get that gym over with.

So Sparx and Leviathan took on Tate & Liz. They got pretty defensive, but let's just say thank Arceus for Dragon Rage, am I right? I am.

At the Space Center, I teamed up with Steven to chase off Team Magma. Again. You know, you wouldn't think an organization whose plans are frequently foiled by ten-year-olds could last this long. The only Pokemon I had to use was Fugly, but Steven lost his Metang near the end and had to bring out his Aggron...which knew Thunder...which was useful against Crobat...so yay...

After I got the HM for Dive, I taught it to Leviathan(after getting rid of Surf since Fugly already knew it) and headed down Route 127 but did not run into any Pokemon before I made it to the Seafloor Cavern, so I can catch one back there a little later. In Seafloor Cavern, however, I caught a lv31 Zubat(nicknamed "Alfred"). I continued through and fought the Team Aqua leader, whose Crobat was a big fan of confusing my team. Jellybelly was lost, but, hey, that's what decoys are for. I replaced Jellybelly with Dazy as my next decoy. Shut up, I'm not that bad a person.

I arrived in Sootopolis, took out my Super Rod, and caught me a lv37 Gyarados(nicknamed "Sadist"). So that could come in handy a little later(though hopefully Leviathan never dies). I went into the Cave of Origin and caught a lv34 Golbat(nicknamed "Edward").

Underwater, I killed the first Pokemon I encountered, a Clamperl. I play on an emulator, so I wouldn't have been able to evolve it, so it was useless to me. And on Route 126, I killed the first Pokemon there as well, a lv15 Tentacool. I'm just so sick of those things!

While surfing towards Pacifidlog Town, I got back on Route 127, took out my Super Rod, and caught a lv30 Sharpedo(nicknamed "U-Boat"). On Route 128, I caught a lv39 Wailmer(nicknamed "Beached") using the Super Rod.  And on Route 129, I killed a Wingull(I'm getting sick of them too. Why the hell is all of this region on water? I encountered nothing on Route 130, and on Route 131 I killed another Wingull. On arriving in Pacifidlog Town, I concluded Day Ten.

Pokemon With Me:
"Fugly" Pelipper lv44
"Darwin" Azumarill lv41
"Raphael" Torkoal lv36
"Leviathan" Gyarados lv45
"Sparx" Flygon lv45
"Dazy" Spinda lv14


Fallen Pokemon:
"Aquasellia" Marill lv5
"Insanity" Poochyena lv10
Whismur lv12
"Psychopath" Abra lv13
"Nega" Minun lv25
"Flamoo" Numel lv17
"FlamooII" Numel lv21
"Trip" Breloom lv33
"Bruce" Golbat lv25
"Hellican" Wingull lv30
"Pokeballer" Voltorb lv26
"Medicinal" Gloom lv26
"Poisonfish" Tentacruel lv31
"InsanityII" Mightyena lv28
"Freak Fish" Tentacool lv27
"Muppet" Shuppet lv27
"Big Bad" Mightyena lv28
"Unwanted" Wingull lv29
"Jellybelly" Tentacool lv24

Boxed Pokemon:

"Azure" Marill lv25
"Big Bill" Wingull lv25
"Skulkraken" Magikarp lv19
"The Clap" Spheal lv30
"Willy" Wailmer lv33
"Alfred" Zubat lv31
"Sadist" Gyarados lv37
"Edward" Golbat lv34
"U-Boat" Sharpedo lv30
"Beached" Wailmer lv39

Day Nine: Magma Hideout, Aqua Hideout, and Shoal Cave

I started today off by heading to the Magma Hideout after getting the Magma Emblem yesterday. I immediately caught a lv28 Torkoal(nicknamed "Raphael"). After defeating Team Magma, I used my Good Rod to catch a lv19 Magikarp(nicknamed "Skulkraken" after Gyarados's name in the Red/Blue Beta) on Route 122.

Then I went through the Aqua Hideout. I learned that a lv30 Torkoal can withstand a lv30 Electrode's Selfdestruct. So that was nice. I taught Fugly Shock Wave to help me get through this area. He's been making good use of it so far.

On Route 124, I caught a lv29 Wingull(nicknamed "Unwanted"), and in Shoal Cave I caught a lv30 Spheal(nicknamed "The Clap").

While training south of Mt. Pyre, both Big Bad and Muppet gave their lives in order to preserve the lives of Raphael and Fugly. They will be greatly missed, especially considering the fact that the typing of the upcoming gym is Psychic. I figured now was the time to withdraw my Trump Card; I'm talking of course about Sparx, my lovely Trapinch!

I caught a lv33 Wailmer(nicknamed "Willy") using the Super Rod I got in Mossdeep City. After that, I concluded Day Nine.

Pokemon with Me:
"Leviathan" Gyarados lv44
"Darwin" Azumarill lv38
"Fugly" Pelipper lv38
"Raphael" Torkoal lv32
"Sparx" Trapinch lv26
"Unwanted" Wingull lv27

Fallen Pokemon:

"Aquasellia" Marill lv5
"Insanity" Poochyena lv10
Whismur lv12
"Psychopath" Abra lv13
"Nega" Minun lv25
"Flamoo" Numel lv17
"FlamooII" Numel lv21
"Trip" Breloom lv33
"Bruce" Golbat lv25
"Hellican" Wingull lv30
"Pokeballer" Voltorb lv26
"Medicinal" Gloom lv26
"Poisonfish" Tentacruel lv31
"InsanityII" Mightyena lv28
"Freak Fish" Tentacool lv27
"Muppet" Shuppet lv27
"Big Bad" Mightyena lv28

Boxed Pokemon:
"Dazy" Spinda lv14
"Azure" Marill lv25
"Jellybelly" Tentacool lv24
"Big Bill" Wingull lv25
"Skulkraken" Magikarp lv19
"The Clap" Spheal lv30
"Willy" Wailmer lv33

Day Eight: Fortree Gym and Mt. Pyre

I started the day by using Leviathan to utterly obliterate Winona at the Fortree Gym. So that was nice.

I then went straight to Mt. Pyre, where I caught a lv27 Shuppet(nicknamed "Muppet"). I used Leviathan to chase Team Aqua out, used a Rare Candy I found there to evolve Fugly into a Pelipper, and concluded Day Eight there.

Pokemon with Me:
"Leviathan" Gyarados lv41
"Darwin" Azumarill lv35
"Fugly" Pelipper lv28
"Big Bad" Mightyena lv 25
"Muppet" Shuppet lv27

Fallen Pokemon:

"Aquasellia" Marill lv5
"Insanity" Poochyena lv10
Whismur lv12
"Psychopath" Abra lv13
"Nega" Minun lv25
"Flamoo" Numel lv17
"FlamooII" Numel lv21
"Trip" Breloom lv33
"Bruce" Golbat lv25
"Hellican" Wingull lv30
"Pokeballer" Voltorb lv26
"Medicinal" Gloom lv26
"Poisonfish" Tentacruel lv31
"InsanityII" Mightyena lv28
"Freak Fish" Tentacool lv27

Boxed Pokemon:
"Dazy" Spinda lv14
"Sparx" Trapinch lv21
"Azure" Marill lv25
"Jellybelly" Tentacool lv24
"Big Bill" Wingull lv25

Day Seven: More Training

I spent the day leveling up, mostly Leviathan.

I caught a lv25 Mightyena(nicknamed "Big Bad") on Route 120, and a lv27 Wingull(nicknamed "Fugly") on Route 121.

In training, Freakfish and InsanityII died. I got Leviathan to lv40, and taught him Flamethrower. Between that, Thunderbolt, Surf, and Dragon Rage, he TOTALLY makes uses of his Attack stat. And that concluded Day Seven. I was busy, OKAY!?

Pokemon with Me:
"Leviathan" Gyarados lv40
"Darwin" Azumarill lv35
"Fugly" Wingull lv27
"Big Bad" Mightyena lv25

Fallen Pokemon:
"Aquasellia" Marill lv5

"Insanity" Poochyena lv10
Whismur lv12
"Psychopath" Abra lv13
"Nega" Minun lv25
"Flamoo" Numel lv17
"FlamooII" Numel lv21
"Trip" Breloom lv33
"Bruce" Golbat lv25
"Hellican" Wingull lv30
"Pokeballer" Voltorb lv26
"Medicinal" Gloom lv26
"Poisonfish" Tentacruel lv31
"InsanityII" Mightyena lv28
"Freak Fish" Tentacool lv27

Boxed Pokemon:
"Dazy" Spinda lv14
"Sparx" Trapinch lv21
"Azure" Marill lv25
"Jellybelly" Tentacool lv24
"Big Bill" Wingull lv25

Day Six: The Weather Institute

Started the day off pretty poorly, while revisiting some trainers registered in Match Call, Medicinal had to be sacrificed for the survival of the rest of the team.

Leviathan single-handedly chased Team Aqua out of the Weather Institute(well, in a Double Battle, Darwin helped too) using his Thunderbolt. That's a confidence booster for the upcoming Flying gym. The Castform I got as my reward, however, had to be released, as Medicinal was already captured on that same route. *sigh*

On the way to the next town, May came speeding up on her bicycle, challenging me to a match. Leviathan once again acted like the Tiger-blooded Adonis he is and beat May's team into submission. I love Dragon Rage.

On the way to Fortree a trainer was apparently hiding behind a tree and surprised me, and as a result, Poisonfish died at the hands of his Manectric, which is fine really, I have 2 others anyhow. My team does seem to have a high level of weakness to Electric types, which is something I should take care of. Leviathan would not be able to hold his own in that area, I don't think.

Once I reached Fortree, I decided to conclude Day Six of my Nuzlocke Challenge.

Pokemon with Me:
"Leviathan" Gyarados lv32
"Darwin" Azumarill lv32
"InsanityII" Mightyena lv28
"Freak Fish" Tentacool lv27

Fallen Pokemon:


"Aquasellia" Marill lv5
"Insanity" Poochyena lv10
Whismur lv12
"Psychopath" Abra lv13
"Nega" Minun lv25
"Flamoo" Numel lv17
"FlamooII" Numel lv21
"Trip" Breloom lv33
"Bruce" Golbat lv25
"Hellican" Wingull lv30
"Pokeballer" Voltorb lv26
"Medicinal" Gloom lv26
"Poisonfish" Tentacruel lv31

Boxed Pokemon:
"Dazy" Spinda lv14
"Sparx" Trapinch lv21
"Azure" Marill lv26
"Jellybelly" Tentacool lv24
"Big Bill" Wingull lv25

Day Five: Just Some Training

Today was exhausting so I didn't have time for storyline advancement, so I just did some training.

Poisonfish evolved into a Tentacruel, and Medicinal evolved into a Gloom.

Sadly, Pokeballer died against a wild Tentacool while training, I thought he would be able to take a Bubblebeam but apparently not. The loss of that Pokemon and my tiredness from my day is what concluded Day Five.

Pokemon with Me:
"Leviathan" Gyarados lv29
"InsanityII" Mightyena lv25
"Darwin" Azumarill lv32
"Poisonfish" Tentacruel lv31
"Medicinal" Gloom lv26

Fallen Pokemon:

"Aquasellia" Marill lv5

"Insanity" Poochyena lv10

Whismur lv12

"Psychopath" Abra lv13

"Nega" Minun lv25

"Flamoo" Numel lv17

"FlamooII" Numel lv21

"Trip" Breloom lv33

"Bruce" Golbat lv25

"Hellican" Wingull lv30

"Pokeballer" Voltorb lv26

Boxed Pokemon:

"Dazy" Spinda lv14

"Sparx" Trapinch lv21

"Azure" Marill lv26

"Jellybelly" Tentacool lv24

"Big Bill" Wingull lv25

"Freak Fish" Tentacool lv27

Day Four: Petalburg Gym

Today I started out by training against the trainers in Petalburg Gym. In the Accuracy Room, FlamooII was killed by a Delcatty.

I fought Norman shortly after that. Trip eliminated his first 3 Pokemon without breaking a sweat. He used Leech Seed on the Slaking, then Stun Spore, all was going well, unfortunately... I was not expecting him to use Facade. Between the STAB and the effect of Paralysis on Facade, Trip had no chance of survival, and regrettably joined the ranks of the dead. Leviathan was able to clean up, so I still got the badge, but Trip shall never be forgotten. Without him, I would never have made it past Rustboro Gym. A moment of silence for a great Pokemon!

*silence*

I taught Leviathan Surf, and used it in Petalburg City to catch another Marill(nicknamed "Azure"), this one lv26. On Route 105, I caught a lv24 Tentacool(nicknamed "Jellybelly"). On Route 106, I caught a lv25 Wingull(nicknamed "Big Bill"). On Route 108, I caught a lv30 Wingull(nicknamed "Hellican").

While surfing towards Slateport, I saw an item on the field, just past 2 trainers, so I decided to face them in a Double Battle. I was not expecting one of them to have a Manectric, 2 actually. I had 5 Pokemon with me, 4 of which were weak against Electric. Bruce and Hellican did not make it out alive. The worst part is that the item ended up just being a Star Piece. They died for a mere Star Piece!!!!

Just before I arrived in Slateport, I encountered and captured a lv30 Tentacool(nicknamed "Poisonfish"), on Route 109. In New Mauville, I caught a lv24 Voltorb(nicknamed "Pokeballer"). On Route 118, I caught yet another Tentacool(nicknamed "Freak Fish"), a lv27. On Route 119, I caught a lv25 Oddish(nicknamed "Medicinal").

I decided to take a break before tackling Team Aqua at the Weather Institute, and that concludes Day Four.

Pokemon with Me:
"Leviathan" Gyarados lv28
"InsanityII" Mightyena lv25
"Darwin" Azumarill lv31
"Poisonfish" Tentacool lv30
"Pokeballer" Voltorb lv24
"Medicinal" Oddish lv25

Fallen Pokemon:

"Aquasellia" Marill lv5
"Insanity" Poochyena lv10
Whismur lv12
"Psychopath" Abra lv13
"Nega" Minun lv25
"Flamoo" Numel lv17
"FlamooII" Numel lv21
"Trip" Breloom lv33
"Bruce" Golbat lv25
"Hellican" Wingull lv30

Boxed Pokemon:
"Dazy" Spinda lv14
"Sparx" Trapinch lv21
"Azure" Marill lv26
"Jellybelly" Tentacool lv24
"Big Bill" Wingull lv25
"Freak Fish" Tentacool lv27

Day Three: Maudville Gym and Lavaridge Gym

I reached Mauville and got my Mach Bike, allowing me to train on Cycle Road. I caught another Poochyena(nicknamed "InsanityII") on Route 117, this one was lv13.

I continued to train Leviathan, Nega, and InsanityII on Route 117, until Leviathan reached lv15 and learned Tackle. At that point, I took him to the Verdanturf end of the Rusturf Tunnel and had him level up against many Whismur(can you say "HP EVs"?). After a while, Leviathan became a Gyarados and learned Bite.

For some additional training, I challenged the Winstrate Family on Route 111. I beat them all, however, Nega died there at lv25. Once InsanityII became a Mightyena, I stopped training, and headed to the gym, where I beat Wattson using, once again, only Trip.

I headed up Route 111, using InsanityII's Rock Smash. Once I reached Route 112, I caught a lv14 Marill(nicknamed "Darwin"). In the nearby Fiery Path cave, I caught a lv16 Numel(nicknamed "Flamoo"). On Route 113, I caught a lv14 Spinda(nicknamed "Dazy"), which I boxed once I reached Fallarbor Town, to use as a safety net if ever necessary. At Route 114, I failed at catching a Swablu. However, once I reached Meteor Falls, I did succeed at catching a Zubat(nicknamed "Bruce").

I trained hard, and evolved Darwin into an Azumarill, and Bruce into a Golbat. Flamoo died in training at the hands of a Barboach and my own idiocy, really. But it didn't matter, because after the mess on Mt. Chimney, I caught a better Numel(nicknamed "FlamooII") at Jagged Pass, at lv21.

Once Leviathan was lv25 and Darwin was lv30, I challenged Flannery for my fourth badge. Darwin went through her first 3 Pokemon easily, using Bubblebeam. But her Torkoal used Attract on Darwin, so I switched to Leviathan and used Dragon Rage, bypassing Torkoal's Defense stat.

After I got that badge, May approached me and gave me the Go-Goggles, which allowed me to enter the desert on Route 111. I entered the Mirage Tower and caught a Trapinch(nicknamed "Sparx") at lv21. I grabbed the Claw Fossil, trained a bit, and went to Petalburg City to conclude Day Three.

Pokemon with Me:
"Trip" Breloom lv32
"Leviathan" Gyrarados lv26
"InsanityII" Mightyena lv23
"Darwin" Azumarril lv31
"Bruce" Golbat lv25
"FlamooII" Numel lv21

Fallen Pokemon:
"Aquasellia" Marill lv5
"Insanity" Poochyena lv10
Whismur lv12
"Psychopath" Abra lv13
"Nega" Minun lv25
"Flamoo" Numel lv17

Boxed Pokemon:
"Dazy" Spinda lv14
"Sparx" Trapinch lv21

Day Two: Dewford Gym and Slateport Town

Once I got to Dewford Town, I talked to a fisherman in town and acquired an Old Rod. I then proceeded to Granite Cave, where the first Pokemon I saw was a lv8 Abra(nicknamed "Psychopath"). I caught it with a Great Ball before it could Teleport away.

After training in Granite Cave for a while, I decided to use the Dewford Gym's lower Trainers to train, having Psychopath at the lead and switching out. Whismur was lv12, and Psychopath was lv13. However, in the darkness of the Gym, I did not realize I had walked into a Double Battle. I survived, but sadly, Whismur and Psychopath did not. I was once again down to just Shroomish.

I used the Old Rod to catch a lv6 Magikarp(nicknamed "Leviathan") in Dewford Town. I trained it and Trip in Granite Cave. Leviathan reached lv9, whereas Trip reached lv23, and evolved into a Breloom, and learned Mach Punch, which replaced Tackle in his moveset.

Having run out of patience, I challenged Brawly, and as with Roxanne, Trip conquered this gym single-handedly. I went to deliver the letter to Steven in Granite Cave, and navigated it blindly so I would not have to teach anyone Flash.

After arriving at Slateport, I went to Route 110 and caught a lv13 Minun(nicknamed "Nega"). Did some storyline and training, and concluded Day Two there.

Pokemon With Me:
"Trip" Breloom lv25
"Leviathan" Magikarp lv10
"Nega" Minun lv19

Fallen Pokemon
"Aquasellia" Marill lv5
"Insanity" Poochyena lv10
Whismur lv12
"Psychopath" Abra lv13

Day One: Beginning and Rustboro Gym

The Pokemon that I chose to start with was Torchic, which means May has a Mudkip. It was not until Petalburg Woods in which I was finally able to catch a Pokemon, and that was Shroomish(nicknamed "Trip"). After getting out of the woods, I caught a Marill(nicknamed "Aquasellia"), on Route 104.

Aquasellia was only really caught to be used as a distraction for Trip for the Double Battle on the bridge between the woods and Rustboro City, because I'm a terrible person like that. She actually would have survived, had I been paying more attention and noticed the enemy's Seedot was using Bide.

Before challenging Roxanne for my first badge, I caught a Poochyena(nicknamed "Insanity") on Route 116. Before it could be used, however, it died at the hands of a Whismur, who survived Insanity's Tackle with 1 HP left.

I challenged Roxanne with just Trip at lv15, and easily won thanks to the type advantage and a variety of healing attacks like Mega Drain and Leech Seed, as well as Stun Spore.

I then went to the Rusturf Tunnel and caught a Whismur, who I sadly forgot to nickname.

Trip, now lv 16, triumphed over May, the rival. This concludes Day One.

Pokemon With Me:
"Trip" the Shroomish (lv16)
Whismur (lv8)

Fallen Pokemon:
"Aquasellia" Marill (lv5)
"Insanity" Poochyena (lv10)

The Nuzlocke Challenge

Once I found out about the Nuzlocke Challenge, I had to take it on. For those unaware of the Nuzlocke Challenge, here's a link:

http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Nuzlocke_Challenge

I'm doing this on Pokemon Emerald, with the following rules:

1) Fainted Pokemon must be released.
2) The player can only catch the first Pokemon in each area, and none else.
3) Battle Style is "Set".
4) The starter Pokemon must be released after the first capture.
5) No held items.
6) No more than 10 balls may be purchased at each mart, and no more than 5 of any other item may be purchased at each mart.
7) No Master Balls.
8) No legendaries.

Follow the epic journey of Sven(the character's name) through Hoenn as he embarks on the Nuzlocke Challenge!