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Elite Four time. Pachirisu had to sit out due to power creep. Maybe I'll use one again in BDSP.
The E4 battles were pretty straightforward: Aaron wasn't a threat at all, Hana swept Bertha with Giga Drains, most of Flint's team was OHKO'd, and Mumaji swept Lucian with Shadow Balls (except Girafarig) and trolled his Bronzong with Perish Song.
>Cynthia
Dokyo sets up a screen on Spiritomb but can't hit hard enough with Shadow Ball, so Mukkuru enters to kill the ghost with Fly and Brave Bird. Milotic next, so Mukkuru hits it with a hard U-turn while it sets up Aqua Ring. Dokyo sets a screen again and tanks a Surf before swapping for Hana, who seeds and poisons Milotic. To avoid a Mirror Coat, I have to stall Milotic's HP to below half to guarantee a Giga Drain kill, which was simple enough. Lucario next, and Mukkuru switches into an Aura Sphere then kills with Close Combat. Hana tags back in to kill Gastrodon with Giga Drain. Cynthia's own Roserade comes out and hits Dokyo hard with Shadow Ball when it sets up another screen. Mukkuru saves Dokyo again and kills Roserade with Fly.
Finally, Garchomp enters and Mukkuru U-turns again, this time for the secret weapon Kaba to take the spotlight. Unfortunately, I accidentally screwed myself here since Chomp has Sand Veil, which procs with Kaba's Sand Stream activating. Several turns pass as Kaba tanks Giga Impacts and tries to land Ice Fangs, finally landing a crit that kills Chomp on a recharge turn.
Honestly didn't expect Pearl to be one of the games where I survive the E4 with a full team, but this team was really fun to use and I'm glad Staraptor could be redeemed after the Diamond death. Dawn's professional battling days are over as she moves on to new research tasks for Rowan, accompanied by Mukkuru, Hana, and Kaba. Up next is the final journey through Johto in SoulSilver...
