>>47019353This is actually the case with every single battle with blue. I have no idea where the whole "blue ambushes you at the end of long routes and caves" came from when ALL of his fights, barring the obvious champion battle, have healers in close proximity.
To date, wally in RS is the only rival character who actually does this with no nearby healer (silver too at the end of victory road but there are no trainers in victory road).