>>38291727>Lorelei>Zapdos pretty much handled this one; only stumbled when Lapras' bulk managed to survive what had been OHKO Thunderbolts to hit back hard.>Had to swap out briefly for Ninetales when Jynx came in, then brought Zapdos back out to clean up Cloyster>Bruno>Solely a Slowbro showing>Next>Agatha>Expected Matilda to do well, but was disappointed - status effects continued to be a bitch to deal with>Rhydon brought in briefly to fend off Golbat and Arbok>Manage to pull through in the end; Matilda MVP>Lance>Lead in strong with Zapdos for Gyarados>Surprised when Aerodactyl brought in; Slowbro responds and washes it out>Continue on employing standard Ice Beam spam while tanking Hyper Beams and Outrages>Rival>Once more lead in with Zapdos; Pidgeot OHKO>Rhydon; Slowbro Surf OHKO>Gyarados (confusingly); switched back in Zapdos, OHKO>Alakazam; switch in Butterfree>General strat working, but blocked as Alakazam keeps getting healed back up>Manages to hit back with critical Psychic>Matilda... KO>WHY?!>Rhydon sent in, tanks Psychic assault for revenge kill>Exeggutor; Ninetales Flamethrower OHKO>Charizard; decided to leave Ninetales in while healing Slowbro to swap in next turn>Some crits later, Ninetales down>Slowbro returns to make the final killThis was about the most difficult run I've had I think going through the Kanto league, not nearly as easily won as when I did FireRed. Losing Matilda was awful; we'd come so far, I thought I was finally going to break this curse I've had with Butterfrees. For what it was worth, she stuck with me to the very last, further than any had done before.
All in all, I don't think I've had such a sporadic journey through Kanto since I started with Red last year. And with that I close the book on the original Gen 1 region, and the semi-last leg of my quest of Gen 3.
