>>36476656It's been a while since the last update. After getting blindsided by DICKS I needed some time to mourn, and to think carefully about how best to proceed. I didn't want to just mindlessly grind all day because that's no fun, but on the other hand Red's ace is going to be level NINETY SEVEN and fully-evolved to boot, and my team was at 55. I made an executive decision to add a second legendary to the team to replace IceIceBaby (NINETY. FUCKING. SEVEN. Don't @ me), spent quite a bit of time Thiefing TMs and valuable items from the local wildlife (High Jump Kick with gen 6 power and and gen 2 crash damage is TOO STRONK), and chased down the last few encounters I'd overlooked for good measure (except the roaming gerbils, because despite following an allegedly "mathematically optimal" guide, I still couldn't find them after like three hours). After all was said and done I did do some grinding against the E4 just to get everyone on par with Mew (which got to 68 just grinding for rare TMs). I'm scared but also excited. Time to climb this fucking mountain
and get BTFO.SIDE NOTE: I decided to reinstate the token clause but only once I reach the endgame and have my final team locked down. This way I can abuse the token clause to collect legendaries without ruining the spirit of the challenge (yes, I have two on my team, but those were legit encounters and DID I MENTION HIS ACE IS LV. 97?) Incidentally I managed to catch everything except Raikou and Entei, a new record. I might hunt down whatever they were randomized to and try to encounter them with tokens once I beat Red just for shits and giggles.
