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Just finished getting all my guys the Battle Tower ribbons. As usual, I divided them up into two teams, Team Bird (Skarmory, Grumpig, Blaziken) and what was originally called Team Fat (Slaking, Ludicolo, Rhydon) but ended up being called Team Slaking after Choice Band Slaking wrecking balled them to 107 Wins on a three save-reload limit.
I was afraid Ludicolo would be a problem because he underperformed in the main game, but Rain Dish + Leftovers + HP EVs made him insanely durable. It actually ended up being Team Bird that had the most problems (despite having Skarmory as a lead) because Blaziken of all things ended up being really disappointing. It's just unfortunate typing; the R/S Battle Tower is full of Starmie, Tentacruel, Alakazam, Gardevoir, Swampert, Miltoic, Kingler, Latios/Latias, all of which completely shut him down. With so many durable special attacking threats, Grumpig had to carry in a lot of cases. Team Bird could only manage 51 Wins on the three-reload rule, but all I wanted was for them to break 50.