Time to fill my autism quota for the day
One of my favorite moments playing Pokemon starred Lilligant. Was Nuzlocking White ver, and things were going well until Mistralton. Between Chargestone Cave and Celestial Tower I managed to lose nearly all of my Pokemon, as well as all my backup Pokemon. Only Lilligant and Leavanny remained, and the gym was up next. I figured the run was over; two grass types against an army of flying type Pokemon? Nevertheless, I prepped as best I could and gave it a shot.
The general strategy was to hope for a lot of crits with Scope Lens Leavanny, while Lilligant provided Sleep Powder/Leech Seed support. Before this point I had never really used X items, and I was pleasanty suprised with how effective they are. They always seemed like a waste of time, but I suppose they are in a normal playthrough as you're rarely in such a shitty situation.
In the end, after spending my stock of healing wares and boosting items, we managed to defeat Skyla and claim the badge. I honestly felt proud of the two of them, which sounds rather silly now that I write it out. But I don't recall ever being that invested while playing Pokemon, and haven't again since. Ended up failing the run not too long after, don't remember how exactly but it was before the next gym.
I still have the Lilligant. On X version right now so maybe I'll get her a few ribbons for the hell of it. Sadly I seem to have misplaced Leavanny. I can't find her in any of my games or in Pokebank. I lost several Pokemon a while back when my SD card shit itself and I lost my Y save, so maybe that's what happened. RIP
