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I'm finally at Opelucid City, got all my encounters.
Encounters:
>Undella Bay
Conomor the Mantyke. I need to catch a Remoraid to even evolve this guy, so he remains in the barracks.
>Route 13
Troude the Solrock. Not much to comment on, so he joins the barracks.
>Route 12
Misha the Tranquill. Same deal here.
>Village Bridge
Nanna the Lapras. Now this was what I was waiting for. It took half an hour, but since I already got the other encounters from the rippling Surf spots (Marill and Basculin), that means I was guaranteed to encounter Lapras. Not guaranteed to catch Lapras though, since Perish Song made me sweat a bit. But we caught her, and Lapras joins the team. Her Ice Beam, once learned, will be very helpful against Drayden.
>Route 11
Ran into a Karrablast, KO'd it trying to weaken it. Whoops.
>Route 9
Galzus the Pawniard. Now this guy's cool, and because of how high the level curve goes, it might actually be viable to evolve him and have him battle ready. I'll consider that but for now he joins the barracks. If Bisharp could singlehandedly sweep Caitlin and Shauntal then that means I just have to worry about Marshal, Grimsley, and Iris. We'll see though, I'm probably gonna theorycraft the hell out of the Elite Four when I get there.
>Seaside Cave
Machyua the Boldore. Another consideration, because she has Stealth Rock and Sturdy. That can break the Focus Sash from Iris's Haxorus, but I'd have to wonder if she could contribute anything else other than that. I can also evolve her if I wanted to, because I have another system and another copy of the game, but I'm not sure what the rules are regarding that, though I guess that all just depends on the player.
A lot of encounters, a few interesting Pokemon. I'm gonna spend the rest of the day grinding to get everyone to Lv 50 at least.
