>>38355004And. It. Is. DONE!!
>Sidney>More of a team effort than I'd have thought. Lead in first with Manectric to take out the Mightyena.>Chose Sharpedo to safely switch in against Shiftry's psychic attack - Ice Beamed>Back to Manectric to zap Crawdaunt>Hariyama takes the remaining Absol and Cacturne>Phoebe>Sharpedo>Crunch>Ghosts>OMNOMNOMNOMNOM>Glacia>Hariyama crushes ice>Aggron briefly fills in against Glalie with Shadow Ball>Drake>Sharpedo commences with standard ice-spam strategy>Attempts at bringing down Kingdra with Crunches do not succeed before it charges up during Dragon Dances>Forced to switch in Corsola to take the hit; KO>Sharpedo brought back in for the finishing blow>Remaining dragons put on ice>Wallace>Manectric shuts down Wailmer and Gyarados>Bellossom switches into Whiscash's Earthquake; protracted fight ends with enemy thoroughly drained>Milotic put to sleep before swapping out for Manectric; awakens and fight proceeds between water and electric attacks, but we triumph>Tentacruel manages to deal critical Hydro Pump hit; KO>Sharpedo chows down on squid>Final showdown; Bellossom VS. Ludicolo>Attempts to use evasive maneuvers prove fruitless; Sludge Bombs seize victory!And with that, we come to the end of an era. Gen 3 was hell of a slog more than I thought it would be, and proved to be much more brutal in the end game than I remembered it being. Hoenn in particular seemed to always be a headache in one way or another, and reminded me all the same frustrations I had with them when they were first released. For now... Not sure what. Might take a break just for a bit before I make a move onto anything with Gen 4.
