>>52849752After Schierke took care of one of the Emolgas, I read the next Volt Switch to get a free Dig on Zebstrika and she managed to push through the paralysis to kill it in one shot.
With this struck of luck I only had to sacrifice one of the mons to the remaining Emolga and I decided that it had to be Yamask after all.
Sorry little guy, maybe next time (in a game you can actually learn Pain Split hopefully).
Oh dear god I'm actually in the clear!
It looks like this disastrous run is finally turning around.
Although this gym has made me realize how vulnarable these rules are to status effects; one of the trainers previous to Elesa also paralyzed Schierke and I only had one paralyze heal on me.