>>37137340Sorry about the double-post, but kind of important update. First death in this run. And all things considered, I was expecting something like that in this gym battle.
Frankly Breloom more than made up for his loss within the first two matches - had he not taken out Norman's Vigoroth and the first Slaking, we wouldn't have been able to win. Couldn't stand up to the second though after all that. And we barely got through it either - Marshtomp proved just bulky enough that the second Slaking couldn't outright kill, and taking advantage of its loafing and need to charge up for Focus Punch, we were able to wear him down to KO, (ignoring when he healed up with Slack Off or Hyper Potions - fuck you dad).
So with all that said and done, now we're down a heavy-hitter. Makuhita's back on the team, and we got a new teammate in a revived Anorith. (Kind of wish I hadn't picked the fossil 'til after I lost Breloom so I could have gotten Lileep, but eh, coulda woulda shoulda.)