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This run was going pretty well until I got to Mistralton City. Lost Krokorok, my strongest at that point, to a trainer in Celestial Tower when I really shouldn't have. I was tired and wasn't paying too much attention to his health, and risked taking a hit when I should've just healed him.
Emolga and Audino both died to crits while grinding on the nearby route. Deerling, Tynamo and Tirtouga were backup mons but they were too weak and ended up having to be sacrifices. Palpitoad died shortly after in a double battle, I tried to finish off a wild Deerling with Lilligant but instead gave it a Sap Sipper boost as it used Take Down on 'toad.
At this point I figured it was over, all I had left were Leavanny and Lilligant to take on the flying type gym but I figured i'd give it a shot anyway. Grinded them up to about lv.40 and Leavanny the god managed to pull through. Scope Lens gave her a few crits which really helped out, and I used my only X Defend vs Skyla which allowed Leavanny to barely live a couple hits that definitely would've killed otherwise.
Since then I've added Boldore (sturdy is such a great ability), Shelmet and Tranquil (both of whom died almost immediately) and Stunfisk. I was... less than thrilled about finding Stunfisk but it's surprisingly bulky and actually helped out against Brycen. I lost Leavanny to an Emolga who used Acrobatics immediately after I chose my attack and thought "shit I hope this thing doesn't learn Acrobatics." RIP. I was also pretty disappointed that Tranquil can't learn Acrobatics. What is with the distribution of this move
Next stop is Dragonspiral Tower to confront Team Plasma and hopefully find a new member for this distressingly small team.