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Day 102.
Sneaking into Spikemuth, I immediately found myself swarmed by Team Yell goons, each one trying to block my path to the Gym Leader. After cutting through their lineup, I finally reached Piers, the edgy leader of Spikemuth, and the battle began.
Corviknight opened against Scrafty, softening it with Pluck before finishing it with two sharp Drill Pecks. Next came Malamar, and I led with Inteleon. Liquidation hit hard, but Malamar’s Contrary boosts made things dangerous. I prepared to pivot with U-turn, but the strike finished Malamar before the switch happened. That brought me to Falinks against Piers’s ace, Obstagoon. Falinks powered up with No Retreat, then stacked Iron Defenses and fired off multiple Reversals, eventually toppling Obstagoon, though not in a single hit as I’d hoped. Piers’s final Pokémon, Skuntank, was handled by Sandaconda—its Dig combined with a raging Sandstorm brought it down, sealing the win.
From there, I traveled to Hammerlocke to face Raihan, the final Gym Leader. His specialty was a double battle, opening with Flygon and Gigalith. I led with Falinks and Corviknight—Falinks chipped at Gigalith but took heavy damage, while Corviknight used Brave Bird to bring down Flygon. When Raihan sent out his Sandaconda, both of my Pokémon were weakened, so I swapped them for Inteleon and my own Sandaconda. Together, they turned the tide—Sandaconda buried Gigalith with Dig, while Inteleon sniped down Sandaconda with Snipe Shot. Finally, Raihan unleashed his ace, Duraludon, Dynamaxing it to tower over the battlefield. I responded by Dynamaxing Sandaconda, who powered through with repeated Max Quakes, toppling the steel giant and ending the match.
With Raihan defeated, I claimed my eighth badge. The Gym Challenge complete, I set off for Wyndon, the grand stage of Galar’s Pokémon League, catching a Duraludon along the way to add a powerhouse to my roster.
Sneaking into Spikemuth, I immediately found myself swarmed by Team Yell goons, each one trying to block my path to the Gym Leader. After cutting through their lineup, I finally reached Piers, the edgy leader of Spikemuth, and the battle began.
Corviknight opened against Scrafty, softening it with Pluck before finishing it with two sharp Drill Pecks. Next came Malamar, and I led with Inteleon. Liquidation hit hard, but Malamar’s Contrary boosts made things dangerous. I prepared to pivot with U-turn, but the strike finished Malamar before the switch happened. That brought me to Falinks against Piers’s ace, Obstagoon. Falinks powered up with No Retreat, then stacked Iron Defenses and fired off multiple Reversals, eventually toppling Obstagoon, though not in a single hit as I’d hoped. Piers’s final Pokémon, Skuntank, was handled by Sandaconda—its Dig combined with a raging Sandstorm brought it down, sealing the win.
From there, I traveled to Hammerlocke to face Raihan, the final Gym Leader. His specialty was a double battle, opening with Flygon and Gigalith. I led with Falinks and Corviknight—Falinks chipped at Gigalith but took heavy damage, while Corviknight used Brave Bird to bring down Flygon. When Raihan sent out his Sandaconda, both of my Pokémon were weakened, so I swapped them for Inteleon and my own Sandaconda. Together, they turned the tide—Sandaconda buried Gigalith with Dig, while Inteleon sniped down Sandaconda with Snipe Shot. Finally, Raihan unleashed his ace, Duraludon, Dynamaxing it to tower over the battlefield. I responded by Dynamaxing Sandaconda, who powered through with repeated Max Quakes, toppling the steel giant and ending the match.
With Raihan defeated, I claimed my eighth badge. The Gym Challenge complete, I set off for Wyndon, the grand stage of Galar’s Pokémon League, catching a Duraludon along the way to add a powerhouse to my roster.
