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Well, everything on the way to Shalour City was out to kill me. Forgot to avoid a trainer on the way back to the Geosenge Pokemon Center with half my team paralyzed, both from my new catch and from a Force Palm Mienfoo. Despite having Light Screen, Dolmayan wasn't able to survive one extra Psybeam, and Huxley couldn't outspeed to end the battle. Almost lost Alea, too, but she managed to break through paralysis at the last moment. fuckin' brutal to lose a starter to a throwaway encounter like this, but he made it this far, at least.
Ran back to get my Route 10 encounter, and thankfully the game lets you access some grass on Route 12. Gamefreak somehow managed to put two extremely vital items for this team in Shalour, being an Eviolite for Gallia and a Soothe Bell to get Turner to Espeon faster. Makes my life easier, at least. Super Training is in my future, and the Reflection Cave encounter to pad out the team a little more. Korrina's got a fairly formidable team in this hack, but it'll hopefully work out alright.
(Ability Capsules being available to buy after the second gym is a godsend, too, since it got me Technician Scyther (with a Swords Dance TM in my back pocket), and HAs seem to be changed in this, so it's nice to know I'm getting Magic Bounce Espeon.)
