>>46057287After the little grinding setback I mentioned here
>>46057809 I can finally say I beat Elesa, and holy shit did Vikala and Cross do work here. The entire gym was "The Dig Siblings Show". Vikala's performance has been incredible so far, way beyond my initial expectations.
I also caught a lot of stuff, almost got my ass handed to me by random trainers with Darumaka or Tranquill, and lost the Desert Resort catch that happened to be a Darumaka that wouldn't get in the ball and was about to destroy me. The real hard parts are going to start coming now though, so I have to not get cocky. I did find a Fire Stone in the Desert Resort, should I evolve Chester now or does Growlithe have anything particularly useful that I should hold out for?