>>21113796Cycling Road was one long, long, long ledge maze where if I let go of a directional button I would go back down. It was painful.
Got to Erika's Gym; first thing's first, my fear of OHKO spam came true, one trainer's Dewgong Horn Drill'd three Pokémon successfully in a row.
Got to Erika, here's the play-by-play:
Like the last three Gym Leaders, her entire team is Lv. 120. She starts off with Exeggutor. I send out Dragonite, Exeggutor outspeeds and OHKO's with Ice Beam. I send out Entei, OHKO with Flamethrower.
Then she sends out a Politoed. I send out Magneton, get ousped and OHKO'd with EQ. I send out Venemoth, Stun Spore it, revive Magneton (and Dragonite), and then Thunderbolt it. It survives barely, uses Full Restore, and I switched in Dragonite to save myself. Dragonite killed it with D-Edge and Fly.
Next is Nidoqueen, Suicune balks a Thunderbolt and 2HKO's it with Surf. Really offensive battle thus far, I expected status spam.
She sends out a Venusaur, Entei balks an Earthquake due to not having been touched yet, brings it low with Flamethrower, finishes it with Espeed.
After that is Granbull. Hitmonchan HJK's it, -barely- survives a Return (thanks, higher defense), and Mach Punches it to finish it.
Her final Pokémon is Tangela. It takes 33% to a Flamethrower, and takes out four of my team before I whittle it low enough for Entei's Espeed to take it down. Thank goodness Erika had already used all her healing items.
Elemental dogs proved MVP once again, getting almost all the kills. The battle was rather easy compared to the last two Gym battles, probably because it was more offensive and less stallish.
I have no idea where to go now since Celadon didn't seem to lead to anywhere new.
