>>45495701>>45498244>>45498462Despite shenanigans owing to my computer freaking out, I managed to handily beat Winona with Tension's Ice Beam (albeit I did suffer a close call with Altaria hanging on and smacking me with EQ)
Things proceeded as normal from there, taking care of all the Team Aqua shit and all the trainers on the routes around Lilycove and then heading over to Mossdeep to fight Tate and Liza
Going in, I was way too fucking cocky. I really should've grinded up the team to at least level 44 on the surrounding routes but I was A: impatient and B: sure that Tension's Surf, Studio's Shadow Ball, and Poet's Silver Wind could easily carry me.
I quickly make it to them and shit hits the goddamn fan
>Almost immediately, Tate and Liza double team Poet, knocking her out instantly and Studio's Shadow Ball does jack and shit>Send out Tension and pray to god they don't target her with Psychic>Thankfully they don't and I manage to knock both mons down to a sliver, but they're both healed up almost immediately>What follows is at least 2-3 minutes of me battering them with Surfs and Shadow Balls while they sit behind a Light Screen and Sunny Day and attack Studio, occasionally throwing a hit unto Tension>After a fucking ETERNITY, I manage to knock out Lunatone, then Solrock for the winGonna be honest, I'm really bummed about losing Poet, because like most deaths this run, it was due to making stupid mistakes and getting cocky.
In terms of 5th and 6th team members, the next part of the game is very HM heavy so I won't really have that luxury, which is fine since my main 4 should be able to carry me for a while.
>>45498830>Beating Flannery without deathsNice. She can be absolutely nasty
