Chapter 115. The Midele Curse.
Risky as it is, I decide not to use one of my 3 remaining Steels for now. Instead, I pick Fabiole (Clefairy) and train him:
After the training, I go to Battle Frontier. At Round 1 of Battle Factory my team looks like DPP, ORAS or SM OU = Scizor, Clefable and Gyarados. Obviously I easily win this round.
In round 2 I use a solid FGW core of another Gyarados, Chesnaught and Ninetales. Another easy round.
Dual Screens Regieleki was the main Mon of round 3. The teammates changed a lot, but ended up being Arcanine and Kommo-o (who didn,t battle at all).
In round 4 I get another FGW core, but its much less solid: Celebi, Entei and Mega Sharpedo. Flail Dodrio, Dhelmise and Alolan Ninetales eventually defeat me in a very unlucky battle.
At Battle Tower I use the Sandstorm core of Sidewinder, Dogga and Aero. I get my best result, even winning the Victory Ribbon:
However, I only get 60 wins, so I don,t get to battle Anabel. In battle 61 the lead is one my worst nightmares, a BU Corviknight. It defeats Sidewinder, then is Stalled out of Brave Birds by Aero. Dogga has to be sacked to a Marowak without defeating it and then Aero remains vs Marowak, Aggron and the lead Corviknight. Aero manages to defeat both Marowak and Aggron (PP Stalling this one), but gets outstalled by Corviknight and loses when both Pokemon start to use Struggle.
At Battle Palace I only get 18 wins. If Dogga attacked the last turn of battle 19, I could have continued, but this facility is clearly the hardest of the Frontier.
Battle Pike isn,t succesful either, though I do make it far, up to 7th round. Then I lose when an Hippowdon with like 1% of life avoids Rock Slide from Aero and smashes him with Weather Ball.
At Battle Pike I use Aero, Fabiole and Lodoso. I get 21 wins, then a Camerupt kills all my Mons with a Quick Claw.
Time to storm Micolo Lab again. Suddenly, a wild Pokemon appears:
Oh, shit this is like the final location of Midele Crystal, where many wild Mons apeared at level 100. You can,t escape from them and can,t catch them. Slow Pro is my lead vs the first Rayquaza. After taking 2 SEs and avoiding another one, Rayquaza is killed with Psychic:
After stocking lots of Potions and Ether Max, I start moving carefully, using the minimum number of steps. Aero is the lead, since he can outstall most legends before they have the chance to crit with some powerful move.
I look around for trainers:
That Shiny or Galarian Slowbro down there is probably a trainer. I will face him first. Before I do that, Aero has to defeat another Rayquaza.
Then I challenge the mysterious Slowbro:
Before battling, he tells me that he is a failed Micolo experiment and looking at his sprite, rightfully so:
The music of the battle fits a lot, its Lavender Town one. I lead with my own Slowbro vs Omastar but switch it out for Lodoso, predicting the Knock Off.
Omastar puts 2 layers of Spikes while Lodoso uses Curse.
Omastar puts the third layer before being hit by a weak +2 Shadow Ball.
Omastar misses Hydro Pump and gets hit by another Shadow Ball.
Omastar hits Hydro Pump and gets to red rank.
Omastar damages Lodoso again, who goes to sleep.
Omastar doesn,t miss a single Hydro Pump while Lodoso sleeps, but he manages to survive in red and use Rest again.
Omastar uses Hydro Pump twice, and then predicting the Rest, Cursed Slowbro withdraws it and sends Rhyperior of all things.
Though I know this will probably be a double sack, I have no option but to send Slow Pro into Sword Dance.
Slow Pr0 actually survives Stone Edge and kills Rhyperior with Surf:
Shedinja is next. I am again kinda forced to take Spikes damage with Sidewinder while the bug uses Sword Dance.
Shedinja uses Sword Dance again and survives Rock Slide with Focus Sash.
Cursed Slowbro withdraws Shedinja and sends actual Slowbro while Sidewinder uses Rest and wakes up.
Fastest Slowbro in the universe attacks first with Ice Beam, triggering Sand. Sidewinder paralyzes it with Glare.
Fabiole takes Spikes damage, crit Ice Beam and Sand damage. The Lavender Town music really foreshadows many deaths in this battle.
Fabiole uses Softboiled and takes Yawn.
Fabiole uses Calm Mind and avoids... FISSURE before getting asleep.
Ok, if you wanted dirty tactics, I will use mine own. I send Aero into the next Fissure.
Aero uses Substitute, blocking Yawn.
Aero protects from Ice Beam.
Aero uses Fly. Slowbro cleverly gets paralyzed first turn and breaks the Sub on the second one.
Aero protects while Slowbro uses Slack Off.
Aero uses Substitute, broken by Ice Beam.
Aero protects from Ice Beam.
Aero puts Sub, broken by Ice Beam.
Aero protects from Ice Beam.
Aero uses Sub, broken by the last Ice Beam. From this moment, Aero fully walls Slowbro.
Predicting another Sub, Cursed Slowbro withdraws his actual Slowbro and sends Unown.
I actually predict the move the Unown will have, so I don,t use Protect:
Midele Power has priority, breaks Sub and raises all the Stats. Howerer, it still can,t hit whil Aero is flying, so Unown gets to red. I still have to sack something here, probably more than one Mon. Slow Pro is the first one to fall:
RIP Slow Pro. Never I thought I would be getting destroyed by Unown.
Can Dogga survive Midele Power from 75% after Spikes damage? We will never know, since the move also can crit:
RIP Dogga. She was a good girl.
Lodoso however does survive the Midele Power. Unown dies from Sandstorm:
What Lodoso can,t survive is a Parasect appearing after that:
RIP Lodoso. I am getting totally smashed.
Aero comes back and protects from Brick Break.
Aero uses Fly and kills Parasect:
Slowbro comes back. But Cursed Slowbro withdraws it right away and sends the lead Omastar while I use Sub.
Aero protects from Knock Off.
Aero kills Omastar with Rock Slide:
Battle is won at this point. Aero just spams Rock Slide until Slowbro dies. Shedinja dies from Sandstorm after that:
Cursed Slowbro tells me that he is suffering a lot and each day more:
However, he deserves it, since he made me suffer too:
Like with other Midele games, I don,t have high hopes at this point to getting to the end before losing the Nuzlocke. My Mons are dying faster than ever and it becomes harder and harder to survive. I still do have a lot of Mons at the PC, so I will be battling until the end. For now, I finish this tragic chapter. Fun fact: for me personally the number 15 is a very unlucky one, I have tons of bad memories associated with this number. I should therefore have expected that chapter 115 would have so many deaths vs a pathetic Unown.
Risky as it is, I decide not to use one of my 3 remaining Steels for now. Instead, I pick Fabiole (Clefairy) and train him:
After the training, I go to Battle Frontier. At Round 1 of Battle Factory my team looks like DPP, ORAS or SM OU = Scizor, Clefable and Gyarados. Obviously I easily win this round.
In round 2 I use a solid FGW core of another Gyarados, Chesnaught and Ninetales. Another easy round.
Dual Screens Regieleki was the main Mon of round 3. The teammates changed a lot, but ended up being Arcanine and Kommo-o (who didn,t battle at all).
In round 4 I get another FGW core, but its much less solid: Celebi, Entei and Mega Sharpedo. Flail Dodrio, Dhelmise and Alolan Ninetales eventually defeat me in a very unlucky battle.
At Battle Tower I use the Sandstorm core of Sidewinder, Dogga and Aero. I get my best result, even winning the Victory Ribbon:
However, I only get 60 wins, so I don,t get to battle Anabel. In battle 61 the lead is one my worst nightmares, a BU Corviknight. It defeats Sidewinder, then is Stalled out of Brave Birds by Aero. Dogga has to be sacked to a Marowak without defeating it and then Aero remains vs Marowak, Aggron and the lead Corviknight. Aero manages to defeat both Marowak and Aggron (PP Stalling this one), but gets outstalled by Corviknight and loses when both Pokemon start to use Struggle.
At Battle Palace I only get 18 wins. If Dogga attacked the last turn of battle 19, I could have continued, but this facility is clearly the hardest of the Frontier.
Battle Pike isn,t succesful either, though I do make it far, up to 7th round. Then I lose when an Hippowdon with like 1% of life avoids Rock Slide from Aero and smashes him with Weather Ball.
At Battle Pike I use Aero, Fabiole and Lodoso. I get 21 wins, then a Camerupt kills all my Mons with a Quick Claw.
Time to storm Micolo Lab again. Suddenly, a wild Pokemon appears:
Oh, shit this is like the final location of Midele Crystal, where many wild Mons apeared at level 100. You can,t escape from them and can,t catch them. Slow Pro is my lead vs the first Rayquaza. After taking 2 SEs and avoiding another one, Rayquaza is killed with Psychic:
After stocking lots of Potions and Ether Max, I start moving carefully, using the minimum number of steps. Aero is the lead, since he can outstall most legends before they have the chance to crit with some powerful move.
I look around for trainers:
That Shiny or Galarian Slowbro down there is probably a trainer. I will face him first. Before I do that, Aero has to defeat another Rayquaza.
Then I challenge the mysterious Slowbro:
Before battling, he tells me that he is a failed Micolo experiment and looking at his sprite, rightfully so:
The music of the battle fits a lot, its Lavender Town one. I lead with my own Slowbro vs Omastar but switch it out for Lodoso, predicting the Knock Off.
Omastar puts 2 layers of Spikes while Lodoso uses Curse.
Omastar puts the third layer before being hit by a weak +2 Shadow Ball.
Omastar misses Hydro Pump and gets hit by another Shadow Ball.
Omastar hits Hydro Pump and gets to red rank.
Omastar damages Lodoso again, who goes to sleep.
Omastar doesn,t miss a single Hydro Pump while Lodoso sleeps, but he manages to survive in red and use Rest again.
Omastar uses Hydro Pump twice, and then predicting the Rest, Cursed Slowbro withdraws it and sends Rhyperior of all things.
Though I know this will probably be a double sack, I have no option but to send Slow Pro into Sword Dance.
Slow Pr0 actually survives Stone Edge and kills Rhyperior with Surf:
Shedinja is next. I am again kinda forced to take Spikes damage with Sidewinder while the bug uses Sword Dance.
Shedinja uses Sword Dance again and survives Rock Slide with Focus Sash.
Cursed Slowbro withdraws Shedinja and sends actual Slowbro while Sidewinder uses Rest and wakes up.
Fastest Slowbro in the universe attacks first with Ice Beam, triggering Sand. Sidewinder paralyzes it with Glare.
Fabiole takes Spikes damage, crit Ice Beam and Sand damage. The Lavender Town music really foreshadows many deaths in this battle.
Fabiole uses Softboiled and takes Yawn.
Fabiole uses Calm Mind and avoids... FISSURE before getting asleep.
Ok, if you wanted dirty tactics, I will use mine own. I send Aero into the next Fissure.
Aero uses Substitute, blocking Yawn.
Aero protects from Ice Beam.
Aero uses Fly. Slowbro cleverly gets paralyzed first turn and breaks the Sub on the second one.
Aero protects while Slowbro uses Slack Off.
Aero uses Substitute, broken by Ice Beam.
Aero protects from Ice Beam.
Aero puts Sub, broken by Ice Beam.
Aero protects from Ice Beam.
Aero uses Sub, broken by the last Ice Beam. From this moment, Aero fully walls Slowbro.
Predicting another Sub, Cursed Slowbro withdraws his actual Slowbro and sends Unown.
I actually predict the move the Unown will have, so I don,t use Protect:
Midele Power has priority, breaks Sub and raises all the Stats. Howerer, it still can,t hit whil Aero is flying, so Unown gets to red. I still have to sack something here, probably more than one Mon. Slow Pro is the first one to fall:
RIP Slow Pro. Never I thought I would be getting destroyed by Unown.
Can Dogga survive Midele Power from 75% after Spikes damage? We will never know, since the move also can crit:
RIP Dogga. She was a good girl.
Lodoso however does survive the Midele Power. Unown dies from Sandstorm:
What Lodoso can,t survive is a Parasect appearing after that:
RIP Lodoso. I am getting totally smashed.
Aero comes back and protects from Brick Break.
Aero uses Fly and kills Parasect:
Slowbro comes back. But Cursed Slowbro withdraws it right away and sends the lead Omastar while I use Sub.
Aero protects from Knock Off.
Aero kills Omastar with Rock Slide:
Battle is won at this point. Aero just spams Rock Slide until Slowbro dies. Shedinja dies from Sandstorm after that:
Cursed Slowbro tells me that he is suffering a lot and each day more:
However, he deserves it, since he made me suffer too:
Like with other Midele games, I don,t have high hopes at this point to getting to the end before losing the Nuzlocke. My Mons are dying faster than ever and it becomes harder and harder to survive. I still do have a lot of Mons at the PC, so I will be battling until the end. For now, I finish this tragic chapter. Fun fact: for me personally the number 15 is a very unlucky one, I have tons of bad memories associated with this number. I should therefore have expected that chapter 115 would have so many deaths vs a pathetic Unown.