>>56418064Bad(-ish) news out of the way first, I lost Persian and Manectric to a Gym trainer because of some dumb mistakes, but neither of them seemed too helpful anyway, I just needed to get past the trainers
The good news is, our plan for Winona went very smoothly
I was wracking my brain for a while on how to figure out an opening move, because a fast Hawlucha + an Intimidate Gyarados are a bit of a wall to overcome, but then it hit me: I have Greninja with Mat Block
The first time I ever got to use the move ever, and it gave me the safest opening move: Close Combat and Earthquake get nulled, Audino Mega Evolves and knocks Hawlucha out with Draining Kiss (Mega Audino gets Fairy Aura in this, a considerable damage boost)
Greninja U-turns out of there, hitting Aerodactyl, equipped with a Focus Sash to withstand its Brave Bird, not that it even needed it, hanging on a sliver of HP like a champ
We get Bronzong in, we set up Stealth Rock to impair her Emolga and Dragonite, use Rock Tomb to do some Spd control, and from there it's a matter of exchanging blows
Audino's job was to stand its ground, heal up, use Yawn to put Pokemon to sleep and give me some breathing room, and my other Pokemon (who have to contend with both of Winona's Pokemon at once) dish out damage
That went incredibly well, thank goodness
And... now we face off with Team Aqua and Team Magma again
