Yeah, I went inactive for a while it seems, I don't know what happened, but here I am again, with Day 12!
I analyzed Juan's team on Bulbapedia again, and devised as good a plan as I can. I won't be able to get away with him not using Rain Dance when he sends out the Whiscash, so I'll have to stall just long enough so it won't count for anything. I'll send out Leviathan first, which will resist its Water Pulse, be immune to its Earthquake, and be able to use Dive to do decent damage(or Dragon Rage if that works better). Leviathan can also take out Juan's Crawdaunt, Luvdisc, and Sealeo with Thunderbolt(Fugly will be used too if needed, using Shock Wave). Darwin will also be useful, and I might actually send him out once the Whiscash is down, so I can get Rollout started. I'm gonna probably have Sparx sit this one out, because the Kingdra has Ice Beam. As far as the Kingdra, it has Double Team and Rest, and will be a pain, but for this problem, I'll likely rely on Fugly's Shock Wave. It's a loose plan, but it's what I've got to work with.
But first I've gotta train. I upped Darwin to lv 50 first, because he seems to be one of my best walls. I've seen him survive Self-Destructs and super-effective attacks, and I need that kind of defense for this battle. On Route 133, I fished and caught a lv 35 Sharpedo, which I nicknamed "Bruce"(I know I already used this name, but it's a different reference, plus that Bruce is dead).
Due to a lack of patience and a slight sense of security in the fact that his Pokemon couldn't do super-effective hits to my guys either, I decided to head to Juan after I got Leviathan to lv 49. He sent out Luvdisc first, a shock to me since I figured Whiscash would be his setup Pokemon due to Rain Dance, but it was a pleasant surprise. Leviathan used Thunderbolt, got it down to the red, and then he used a Hyper Potion, getting that out of the way so he won't use it on something useful. During that turn I used Flamethrower to conserve Thunderbolt's PP, then used Thunderbolt to finish off the Luvdisc. Then he sent the Whiscash out. He used Rain Dance early on, and his Water Pulse confused me and made me have to use a Hyper Potion of my own(which is fine, I had accumulated 10 of them anyhow), and conveniently, his Rain Dance wore out on the turn I finished him off with a Dragon Rage. Then his Sealeo came out. This is the one I wanted to switch to Darwin on, so I swapped Leviathan for Dazy, who was knocked out by Sealeo's Aurora Beam, Arceus bless his soul, and then Darwin came out. He used Defense Curl, to power up his Rollout. After 2 turns of Rollout, the Sealeo died, and Darwin took minimal damage. The Crawdaunt came out, but Darwin's 3rd-turn Rollout(still continuing from Sealeo's death) knocked it out in a single hit. And so, Juan only has his Kingdra left, and Darwin is on his 4th turn of Rollout. Kingdra uses Double Team....but it's for nothing! Darwin lands the 4th turn Rollout and takes down Kingdra in a single hit! And with that, I got my Rain Badge, and the TM for Water Pulse.
I released Dazy and withdrew U-Boat, and taught him Waterfall and Rock Smash so I could navigate Victory Road when I get there. Unfortunately, a small snafu has occurred. I have no Pokemon left that can learn Flash, and no Pokemon I will encounter can learn it either. So that part of Victory Road will be difficult.
When I got to Ever Grande City, I whipped out my Super Rod and encountered a lv 35 Corsola, but unfortunately Sparx killed it. Though to be fair, that Corsola just wouldn't stay in the damn Pokeball. But no huge loss, I think I have enough Water-types for the Elite Four, especially when you consider the fact that the Champion is a Water trainer.
I went inside Victory Road, and the first Pokemon I encountered was a lv 40 Hariyama...and I caught him!!! I nicknamed it "FatBastard", and that is the last Pokemon I can have for my Nuzlocke!
I took it to the Move Tutor to teach it Vital Throw so it was have a decent Fighting move, and I gave it the TM for Facade, since its Ability was Guts. So should FatBastard get Poisoned or whatever, he'll have an attack with 210 power. So that's a nice calm way to conclude Day Twelve.
Pokemon With Me:
"Leviathan" Gyarados lv49
"Fugly" Pelipper lv46
"Darwin" Azumarill lv50
"Sparx" Flygon lv46
"U-Boat" Sharpedo lv30
"FatBastard" Hariyama lv40
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
"Dazy" Spinda lv14
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
"Raphael" Torkoal lv36
"Dracula" Golbat lv34
"Bruce" Sharpedo lv35
