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Update since I finished the Ghost Trial
>altough I boxed Torkoal, I figure Drought Turtle mite b cool
>go find Plumeria in front of Aether house
>lead with Torkoal
>Torkoal is fucking awesome, defeats Golbat with barely a scratch
>surely it can beat Salazzle easy
>"Salazzle used Sludge Bomb"
>"Norma fainted!"
>oh
>after all said and done, keep going forward
>catch a Slowpoke, decide to add it to the team and train it alongside the Sandshrew
>catch a few more pokémon along the way
>small detour to get my catch on Haina Desert
>sad it wasn't a Tranpinch
>what the fuck was that weird Sandygast event on Route 16
>reach Po Town
>take on the grunts pretty easy
>eve find an Ice Stone lying around, evolve Sandshrew
>eventually only ya boi stands int he way of me rescuing a Yungoos
>Remember in my Sun Nuzlocke when his beast of a Golisopod OHKO'd a Mudsdale, so plan carefully
>lead with Toucannon, immediately nuke Golisopod with Flying Z.move
>golisopod down
>Masquerain comes out
>Masquerain is actually Guzma's hidden powerhouse
>Intimidates Toucannon, Beak Blast doesn't do much, but Air Slash does more than half Toucannon's HP
>swap out for Sandslash
>takes Air Slash quite well, but Bug Buzz next turn puts it in red
>Icicle Spear Masquerain
>unfortunately only hit 2 times, Masquerain at 50% HP
>swap to Crobat, predicting Bug Buzz
>I was right
>swiftly finish Masquerain with Acrobatics
>Pinsir comes out
>Crobat 2HKOs with Acrobatics as well, tanking a Throat Chop
>Po Town is also full of Totem Stickers
>like holy shit, there's at least 10 lyig around or so
>get a call from Oak, time to get my Totem catch
>get Totem Araquanid
>box it, plan to use it eventually
Making my way back to Aether foundation. The upcoming Lusamine, Guzma and Nanu battles were quite challenging for me in Sun, hoping things go smoothly