Medic Plays A Real Pokemon Game for the First Time – Part 14

Okay! Dragon Gym time! I’ve always been a fan of dragon types but I actually don’t have many dragon types, aside from a noibat in a box somewhere. No, Toxel isn’t a dragon type. I’ve been a tad worried about this gym fight, mostly because I have no idea how many dragons I’ll have to fight, and I don’t have any strong ice Pokemon. I do have Snore, the Shiinotic I caught for the Dark Gym, who is a fairy type. However most dragons tend to breathe fire or have metal claws, and both are lethal to my little mushroom.

Totally not scary in any way, entering a dark castle...
Totally not scary in any way, entering a dark castle…

After a tiny bit of searching though, I grabbed a Bergmite from outside Spikemuth. I quickly evolved it into an Avalugg, made sure it had actually useful moves, then trained him up a bit. Finally, it was time to hit the Dragon Gym, the last badge I needed.

However, before I could fight Raihan, I needed to his Gym mission. For some reason, it was astonishingly simple. All I had to do was fight three trainers in double battles, where they were guaranteed to have a weather effect. I managed to chew through these trainers with relative ease. After all, weather types are mostly small debuffs or buffs, as long as the weather isn’t hitting you for super effective damage, then you should be fine.

A really simple challenge
A really simple challenge

Raihan’s battle was pretty much the same. He started off with a sandstorm, which didn’t hurt his Pokemon but also didn’t really hurt mine. Knowing I’d be facing dragons, I sent out Pointy the Avalugg and Snore the Shiinotic. And, through some sort of miracle, I didn’t lose either of my Pokemon. Weirdly though, Raihan only has two dragons: a Flygon and a Duraladon. His other Pokemon are rock types Sandaconda and Gigalith. Raihan’s fight was actually quite enjoyable, and Raihan himself seemed like he was cheering me on.

Although, to be fair, I was using Spore and just putting Raihan’s Pokemon to sleep. His last Pokemon, a Duraladon, was steel/dragon and honestly a bit of a worry, then became a massive threat once Raihan gigantamaxed it. Snore though put it to sleep straight away, wasting the Duraladon’s time and making it revert back to normal. Luckily, Raihan is impressed and wishes me good luck in the finals.

Oops all sleepy
Oops all sleepy

As I head outside once more, I bump into Hop, who is about to fight Raihan himself. We also bump into Sonia, who wants to have a quick chat. She’s still working on the connection of the Darkest Day and all the dynamaxing stuff. Her grandma comes along and gives her a lab coat, saying that Sonia is a professor now. That’s not how these things work, but oh well. They tell me to head to the train station and continue with my battling journey.

BADGES COMPLETE

Somehow, in the time it’s taken for me and Sonia to talk and for me to get to the train station, Hop has amazingly managed to beat Raihan as well, in record time. Seems like Hop has finally found a team that works for him. Anyway, both of us have defeated all eight gyms, and now it’s the next part of our adventure: time to go to Wyndon’s stadium, where the semi-finals await us. So on the train we go, straight to Wyndon and, hopefully, victory.

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Medic

Medic, also known as Phovos (or occasionally Dr Retvik Von Scribblesalot), writes 50% of all the articles on the Daily SPUF since she doesn't have anything better to do. A dedicated Medic main in Team Fortress 2 and an avid speedster in Warframe, Phovos has the unique skill of writing 500 words about very little in a very short space of time.

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