>>51462950This did not go well.
I left for the side areas now that I had Surf, because there's several good TMs to be found.
This led to Sylvanus dying to Rock Slide and Iwasaru getting Revenged in a place with nothing of value.
I left untouched Mistralton Cave for now, since dupe clause might give me a better chance for Axew later on.
Once in Twist Mountain, I greatly underestimated the bulk and/or the power of Duosion, leading to Carcinos kicking the proverbial rock. Second time now where I couldn't reach Crustle.
After getting through Twist Mountain, which is way longer when it's not Winter, and for little gain (You miss Substitute too), I wanted to hit the Gym before leveling up the team, mostly Glycon.
Then
>>51533301 happened. As it turns out, Shed Shell is bugged in BW, and if it's held by the first Pokemon in the party, it can't switch out.
I'm not mad, I'm more amazed, but I will not take responsibility for this.
Instead of going back and leveling the team as intended, I just had Tyr wipe the floor with Brycen with 3 and a half Brick Breaks.