DAY 20

Hiker:
Dunsparce LV19 , Dunsparce LV19, Dunsparce LV19 vs Dondarrion LV28... spark kills.

Camper:
Skiploom LV21 vs Dondarrion LV28... two sparks kill and she reaches LV29.(now caught up to the team)
Marril LV21 vs Loras LV29... magic leaf kills.

I find revive (which I cant use) and I see a cave and a waterfall. I enter the cave and go down the ladder and out the cave. I surf on the water and have my first encounter of Route 47. Seel pops up and I catch it. I name it Manderly.

She gets sent to the PC and then I find a pearl. I battle a few wild mon and Loras gets to LV30.
 I enter the Cliff Cave and have another first encounter. Machop pops up. I catch and name it Wun Wun.

It's sent to the PC and then I exit the cave on the top floor and see trainers.

Double Team:
Magmar Lv25, Electrobuzz LV25 vs Clegane LV29, Selmy Lv29... brick break and dig kill each mon.

I find a lagging tail on the trail.

Young Couple:
Cloyster LV22, Onix LV22 vs Clegane LV29, Valyrian LV29... rock throw and aura beam nearly kill Clegane but double kick and strength takes those dudes down. Clegane reaches LV30.

I reach the safari zone. I find a nugget and 3 nest balls. I then heal my mon and then head to the safari zone. Once I reach the back of the zone I enter the grass and try for my first encounter. The first thing that pops up is sentret. I catch it with the help of bait. Sentret is named Frey and sent to the PC.

Next I do a tiny bit of training against some of the wild mon back outside the zone. Selmy gets to LV30, Dondarrion gets to LV30 and learns bubblbeam, Arya gets to LV30, Valyrian gets to LV30. Now that all my mon are LV30, I fly to Olivine City, heal my mon and enter the gym. Standing in front of Jasmine I prepare for battle by putting Clegane out front...

Please expect a delay on future posts for a week  while I play Pokémon Sword and Shield.

DAY 19

I land in Cherrygrove City and use Loras to begin head-butting trees. First encounter is Pineco LV3. I use poison powder to weaken it and then I catch it with a premier ball. I name pineco, Liddle and I put it into The PC.

I surf over the lake a minute and get a mystic water from a random dude. Next I fly to new bark town and can either headbutt, surf, or fish with a good rod. I decide to start with fishing. First encounter is a tentacool which I run (no doubles rule). Next encounter is magikarp which I also already have so I run. Next encounter is... chinchou LV20! (sweet!) I poison powder and then synthesis until its below half health. I toss a lure ball out and it catches it right away. I name chinchou, Dondarrion.

I fly back to Olivine City. I debate my choices again, now that I have more mon to choose from.

• Shaggy Dog (growlithe) would fill a new type coverage with fire and the damage output and speed is sweet but he will be hard to evolve.
• Celtigar (krabby) would be sweet as a water type and high attack but not super fast or defensive.
• Dondarrion (chinchou) would also be great coverage with both water and electric and I know once he gets to Lanturn the special defense will be great.
• Liddle (pineco) the bug/steel combo is cool and defensively the best choice. But I already have a steel type and finding another metal coat will be annoying. 

I go with Dondarrion for the best type coverage and special defense options. Also it is the highest level at the moment and the easiest/quickest to train. We battle some wild pokes by the docks in Olivine and Dondarrion reaches LV21 then LV22. While training I also stumble upon a back route behind the lighthouse and pick up TM57 Charge Beam. I make sure Dondarrion has a magnet as its item. Next we train in Route 40/41 and its geats all the way up to LV24 with alot of spark attacks and the occasional confuse ray. Also it learns take down. We heal back at Olivine and head back into the lighthouse to talk to the gym leader taking care of the sick mon in the lighthouse. I go thoroughout the lighthouse but im forgetting how to get to the top to talk to her. I search and eventully find a side door I forgot about. I fall throught that and find a rare candy and an ether. But I see trainers ahead that I did not face. We battle;

Sailor:
Krabby LV18, Krabby LV20 vs Dondarrion LV24... spark kills and Dondarrion reaches LV25.

Bird Keeper:
Spearow LV18, Fearow LV20, Spearow LV18 vs Dondarrion LV25 ... spark destroys them.

Sailor:
Poliwhirl LV20 vs Dondarrion LV25.. spark kills again.

Sailor:
Machop LV18, Machop LV18, Poliwhirl LV18 vs Dondarrion LV25... a mix of confuse ray and spark takes them all out but my HP is in the low twenties. Dondarrion reaches LV26.

I find Jasmine the gym leader at the top of the lighthouse. She is taking care of a sick Ampharos. She asks me to back to Cinawood City to get special medicine. I elevator down the light house and heal at the center.  I choose to surf to Cinawood City so that I can train. I beat up 5 wild mon and then make it to Cinawood. I pick up the medicine, heal, and head back. I battle and beat a tentacruel with Dondarrion. After the battle she reaches LV27. What? Dondarrion evolves into Lanturn! (o hell yes)

I get back to Olivine City and I run to the lighthouse and give medicine to the sick ampharos. Jasmine is super excited and heads back to the gym. As I leave the lighthouse the safari dude, Boboa calls me and let me know that the safari zone by Cinawood City is open. I surf over there and train as I go. Dondarrion gets to LV28. I heal when I get to Cinawood City and head through the tunnel to the west of the city. I exit the tunnel and enter Route 47... trainers ahead...

GYM BATTLE

Chuck vs Albert
Primeape LV29 vs Mertyns LV29... double team by primeape- pluck-tighting focus- pluck crit nearly kills primeape- lose focus- hyper potion on primeape- pluck- tight focus- pluck- lose focus- pluck- tighting focus- pluck misses- (crap) focus punch with crit OHKO's Mertyns-(NOOOOOOOO, seriously sad) I call out Selmy- tightening focus- aerial ace kills.
Poliwrath LV31 vs Selmy LV29... aerial ace- surf- aerial ace- surf- hypnosis on heracross (speed tie?)sleep- switch to Loras- focusing- magic leaf- lost focus- surf- magic leaf- body slam paralysis (jeez)- switch to Arya surf- wish- switch to Loras- surf- wish heal- tighten focus- poison powder- focus punch down to 14HP- switch to Clegane- focus up- dig- focus punch misses- dig- surf- dig kills.

I receive the Storm Badge, I can use HM Fly outside battle, TM01 Focus Punch. But the loss of Mertyns is a blow to the team. I leave the gym and the gym leaders wife rushes over and gives me HM Fly. I solemnly head to the center and gently set Metyns in the PC. R.I.P. my friend.

 This loss hurts the worse because of all the gyms and key battles she won me.

(I take a break from the game.)

Once I come back I have a hard choice of who to add to the team. I feel like I need better type coverage and something that has decent special defense. Also the next gym is a steel gym which I need to take into account. Now that I have a new HM Fly I teach it to Arya instead of metronome. I decide to fly back to a couple places I didn't get an encounter yet. After I pick up these encounters I will decide who to put on the team. As it stands my top two choices are Shaggy Dog (growlithe) and Certigar (krabby) because both have type coverage but they are not specifically special defensive mon....

DAY 18

Swimmer Boy:
Shellder LV21, Tentacool LV19, Tentacruel LV20 vs Loras LV26... magic leaf kills all. Loras reaches LV27 and I put Selmy first.

Swimmer Girl:
Goldeen LV20, Goldeen LV20, Seaking LV20 vs Selmy LV26... brick break crushes them all and Selmy reaches LV27. I switch to Valyrian to train.

Swimmer Boy:
Gyarados LV20, Gyarados LV20 vs Valyrian LV26... bite- rock tomb (speed down)- thrash- strength takes out the first one. thrash- rock tomb (speed down)- strength- thrash- rock tomb crit kills. Valyrian gets to LV27.

I switch to Mertyns.

Swimmer Girl:
Staryu LV20, Starmie LV20 vs Mertyns LV27... pluck kills. I take a wild tentacool and Mertyns gets to LV28.

Swimmer Boy:
Krabby LV23 vs Loras LV27... magic leaf kils.

Swimmer Boy:
Qwilfish LV23 vs Loras LV27... two magic leafs kill and then I beat a wild tentacool, Loras reaches LV28.

Swimmer Girl:
Horsea LV21, Horsea LV21 vs Arya LV27... extrasensory kills.

Two wild tenetacool later Arya gets to LV28 and learns wish. I head back to Cinawood City and heal my mon then head over to the gym. I put Selmy in the front of the team.

Black Belt:
Mankey LV23, Mankey LV23, Primeape LV25 vs Selmy Lv27... aerial ace destroys them. (heracross freaking rocks!)

Black Belt:
Hitmonlee LV27 vs Selmy LV27... aerial ace kills. then I go battle a wild tentacool and Selmy gets to LV28.

Black Belt:
Machop LV27, Machoke LV25 vs Clegane LV27... I use a combination of dig and surf to beat them.

That's it for the gym trainers. I heal and go back to Route 41 for more trainers.

Swimmer Girl:
Seel LV22 vs Clegane LV27... double kick beats it up and Clegane gains LV28.

I decide to do a little of training before my big gym match. I battle several tentacool and one mantine and Valyrian reaches LV28. I go back and heal then continue the grind. Mertyns gets to LV29, then Arya, Loras, Clegane, Selmy and lastly Valyrian again. I head back to Cinawood City. I heal my team. I put Mertyns in front in preparation for the fighting gym leader. I walk into the gym. I go to the back and turn off the water fall and then walk over to the gym leader...