Before the Radio Tower, I biked around picking up a few items like the MysticWater and Pink Bow. I also caught Maya, but her moveset is dogshit for now so I'll use her as an HM Slave until Kanto. She will get decent TMs and she will join the team properly.
After the Radio Tower, I went to the Whirl Islands. Not for Lugia, but because I needed balls. When I added the Pokeball rule I didn't anticipate going to extra dungeons in search of balls because I keep running out.
I caught a few things and I was excited that I had a few extra Pokemon to choose between. Of course, as soon as that happens, Schwarz dies to Selfdestruct. I brought in Don. He's holding the Pink Bow, but there isn't an image for that, so I used the Silk Scarf.
In the Clair fight, I used an X Special on Ladyboy and then set up a Light Screen. As it turned out, that move wasn't very important because Ice Punch one-shot all of her Dragonair. When she switched into Kingdra, I switched to Ampere because as much as I love Ladyboy, his defense is garbage. Ampere took a critical Hyper Beam like a CHAMP and retaliated with a few ThunderPunches.
In the absence of my starter, Ladyboy has definitely stepped up as team leader.
Also Eve is pretty low level because I want her to evolve before level 36. I decided on Umbreon for sure.
>>43347925You have a nice team. Good luck!