Character: Princess Allura | heartofalioness Badge/Gym Leader: Morty, Fog Badge Elite/Regular: Regular Team:Nara the Pyroar, Avara the LycanrocEloris the Skitty, and Headbando the Bewear Battle Details: First up is Nara versus Haunter. Of course being part Normal gives her immunity to Ghost moves, but not only does she have an experience advantage and slightly stronger stats all around, especially in Speed, Nara also knows Crunch. So Allura's strategy is to have Nara charge in close and wail on Haunter with as many Crunches and Fire Fangs as possible for the super-effective damage and the STAB and burn chance, respectively. Haunter has a lot of nasty status moves up its sleeve though, so Nara is armed with a Lum Berry to keep her out of a healing loop, at least for a while. If Haunter manages to get away, the Crunches should have lowered Haunter's already low Special Defense for Nara to hit it with Flamethrower before lunging in for another flurry of Crunches and Fire Fangs.
For Misdreavus, Allura plans on sending out Avara... but then Eloris decides you know what, Misdreavus looks like someone fun to play with, she wants to battle! So have a tiny pink cat, Morty. Normally this would be a very risky, considering the Skitty's squishier stats and Normalize rendering *all* of her moveset to a type the Screech Pokémon is immune to. But not only does Eloris have a considerable experience advantage over Misdreavus, the little kitty has two aces up her sleep: Foresight and Sing. So she'll set those up first to negate Misdreavus immunity to Normal and put it to sleep, which will double the power of the following Wake-Up Slap on top of the boost it already gets from Normalize. If that doesn't finish the job, Eloris will be in close enough to use Play Rough and Fury Swipes, and Payback if Misdreavus manages to land a heavy enough attack. She also has Heal Bell to protect her from the ghost's status-heavy moveset for at least a while, and Allura will arm her with a Sitrus Berry before going in.
Finally, it's only fitting that Allura uses one of Rainer's old Pokémon to take on the Ghost specialist's ace, especially one with considerably more experience. While the mutual immunity does cut down on a lot of Headbando's moveset, there are only two that Allura really needs: Brutal Swing and Payback. So like with Haunter, Allura's strategy is to try and close the gap as soon as possible and go at it with Brutal Swing, and if Gengar manages to get in a hit as well- especially if it still has access to Focus Blast- counter with Payback. Still, Gengar has a considerable Speed advantage (though that will help with the Payback portion of Allura's strategy), as well as a lot of status moves and the ability Cursed Body, so Allura will keep a close eye on the battle to keep Headbando healed, especially since Klutz means the Bewear can't use berries.
Fog Badge
Character: Princess Allura |
Badge/Gym Leader: Morty, Fog Badge
Elite/Regular: Regular
Team: Nara the Pyroar,
Avara the LycanrocEloris the Skitty, and Headbando the BewearBattle Details:
First up is Nara versus Haunter. Of course being part Normal gives her immunity to Ghost moves, but not only does she have an experience advantage and slightly stronger stats all around, especially in Speed, Nara also knows Crunch. So Allura's strategy is to have Nara charge in close and wail on Haunter with as many Crunches and Fire Fangs as possible for the super-effective damage and the STAB and burn chance, respectively. Haunter has a lot of nasty status moves up its sleeve though, so Nara is armed with a Lum Berry to keep her out of a healing loop, at least for a while. If Haunter manages to get away, the Crunches should have lowered Haunter's already low Special Defense for Nara to hit it with Flamethrower before lunging in for another flurry of Crunches and Fire Fangs.
For Misdreavus, Allura plans on sending out Avara... but then Eloris decides you know what, Misdreavus looks like someone fun to play with, she wants to battle! So have a tiny pink cat, Morty. Normally this would be a very risky, considering the Skitty's squishier stats and Normalize rendering *all* of her moveset to a type the Screech Pokémon is immune to. But not only does Eloris have a considerable experience advantage over Misdreavus, the little kitty has two aces up her sleep: Foresight and Sing. So she'll set those up first to negate Misdreavus immunity to Normal and put it to sleep, which will double the power of the following Wake-Up Slap on top of the boost it already gets from Normalize. If that doesn't finish the job, Eloris will be in close enough to use Play Rough and Fury Swipes, and Payback if Misdreavus manages to land a heavy enough attack. She also has Heal Bell to protect her from the ghost's status-heavy moveset for at least a while, and Allura will arm her with a Sitrus Berry before going in.
Finally, it's only fitting that Allura uses one of Rainer's old Pokémon to take on the Ghost specialist's ace, especially one with considerably more experience. While the mutual immunity does cut down on a lot of Headbando's moveset, there are only two that Allura really needs: Brutal Swing and Payback. So like with Haunter, Allura's strategy is to try and close the gap as soon as possible and go at it with Brutal Swing, and if Gengar manages to get in a hit as well- especially if it still has access to Focus Blast- counter with Payback. Still, Gengar has a considerable Speed advantage (though that will help with the Payback portion of Allura's strategy), as well as a lot of status moves and the ability Cursed Body, so Allura will keep a close eye on the battle to keep Headbando healed, especially since Klutz means the Bewear can't use berries.