>>44226766>>44231446God this shit takes forever to update. This may come as a surprise to some, but playing 3 games takes 3 times as long.
Nobody died to Winona, but my Manectric died to the famous Milotic on the rain route. My Cacturne was still a Cacnea with no Giga Drain yet, so I opted for Manectric.
To be honest, I cared the least about this mon across all 3 teams.But losing Manectric left a pretty big Winona weakness in Ruby, and I'm pretty proud of my strategy. Solrock -- the perpetual beast -- learned Cosmic Power while fighting the gym trainers, so I set up to +6/+6 Defenses against Swellow. Once I finally hit a Rock Throw, I (for the first time in my life) used a Guard Spec to protect against Skarmory's Sand Attacks. Skarmory took forever and ended up getting a few Sand Attacks in, but I still hit Altaria often enough to kill it before it set up.
A similar Bulk Up strategy in Emerald was almost thwarted by Swablu's Perish Song, so I had Vigoroth set up on Pellipper instead. Skarmory was still only 3HKO'd by a +6 Secret Power, because of course it was.
Sapphire actually used Sandslash to beat Altaria. I set up a Sandstorm, then when it missed due to Sand Veil, I struck with Rock Tombs. I ended up paralyzed and on 4HP, but I got it before it set up too much.
Solrock, Sandslash, and Vigoroth
(tied with Skarmory) are the MVPs across the teams, so I'm pumped they all took out Winona's ace.
