As I mentioned yesterday, one of my most memorable boss fights was finally defeating Liza and Tate on Pokemon Emerald.
For the uninitiated, Liza and Tate add a Xatu and a Clayol to their Lunatone and Solrock for Emerald, and said Claydol’s attacks can really hurt your Pokemon. For a long time, I struggled against them, even going so far as to walk away from the game for a while.
Then, looking at the type chart a few weeks later gave me an idea: What if I went at them with two Pokemon that were part Flying, which would essentially nullify their Ground moves?
So I started a fresh file and made my way through the game until I arrived in Mossdeep City with a lv. 40ish team. My plan was to use a Beautifly (named Rainbow) and a Gyarados (named Umi), with my Gardevoir (named Zelda) stalling if either of them fell.
The bout commenced, and despite some inital struggle, I slowly but surely wore down their HP, until both the Xatu and the Claydol went down. Now only Lunatone and Solrock were left…and my heart was pounding as I wrestled with them–if I kept up my strategy, they too would fall.
Let’s just say the whole state heard my triumphant “YAHOO!!!” when they finally fell.
I went on to finally finish the game and unlock the Battle Frontier.
Speaking of the Battle Frontier, I wonder what D/P’s Frontier is like?
Until then, happy gaming;
SparklingBlue
SparklingBlue
August 8, 2008 at 10:11 pm
Cynthia wasn’t that bad for me, but I almost had a similar experience with Fantina–I would’ve lost had Tails, my Floatzel, not came through for me.
Will
August 8, 2008 at 8:34 pm
I had a similar experience with Pokemon games today, battling the Champion of Pokemon Diamond. Boy, that was nerve wracking going against her seemingly invinsible lvl. 66 Garchomp with my lvl. 56 Luxray. And the fact that she liberally uses Full Restore’s like nothing made it even more heart pounding.
I did eventually beat her the second time around, and let’s just say I’m not going to take on the Champion again after that battle.