>>56440977The first of four gatekeepers barring me from Hoenn's vast, vast ocean is Aqua Admin Matt, for his first bout
We had a good plan, and it went mostly well, but there's some stuff I could've optimized a bit better, and the AI almost tripped me up a bit
First off, we blast his Pelipper out of the sky with Thunder, which even when unboosted and off of Gyarados's lower Sp Atk, still wiped it out
This baits Heliolisk's Thunder, which Emolga can null with Lightning Rod, Encore to get another boost, then slam incoming stuff with Hurricane
When Heliolisk came back in, I used Protect just to see what it'd go for next, and apparently it was Focus Blast of all things
+2 Hurricane two shots Heliolisk and not even a Crit Focus Blast would kill, but a Crit Weather Ball WOULD (which it did use after), so I just almost foolishly lost Emolga there
Then, his Gyarados came in, and I used Baton Pass, right after realizing I'd be passing the -1 Atk drop to whoever too
I think it should've been Cloyster to pass to (as it could use Freeze Dry) but my brain kind of blanked and I just ended up passing to my own Gyarados to also use Intimidate, then into Kommo-o to set up
I also got flinched once or twice, although thankfully all I needed was one Shell Smash to seal the deal, and we took out his Seismitoad in the process
His Toxicroak made things a bit sweaty because I just had to let it set up to +6, but Aegislash completely hard walls it... provided it runs out of Sucker Punch uses
I had to stall that out, and I think I just need to put Substitute over Iron Head next time since that's not hitting anything, and a Sub would protect me from Sucker Punch
Overall, it went okay, but I need to remember some things for the next time since I'd have to fight him again after Magma Hideout, and his sets don't really change that much
Team Magma's next, so it's time to turn up the heat
