fwiw it worked though lmaoooo

Madame Spritz almost, but did not quite, one-shot Dragapult. I was expecting Leon to use a potion, and then I could get a hit and then...??? idk what the plan was.

Au revoir, Madame Spritz.

The plan is now remembering that oh hey Lt. Snuggles knows Brutal Swing. Let's do that.

I FORGOT FAIRY WAS FULLY IMMUNE TO DRAGON THIS IS FANTASTIC. HAXORUS DOWN LET'S GOOO

Mr. Crowley ended up taking out Polteageist and Cursola. Just Gengar left.

My team now is Mr. Crowley, Lt. Snuggles, and Ginuwine, who I'm afraid to send out because I've realized that Lt. Snuggles doesn't have any attacks that will hit a ghost type. Time to keep Mr. Crowley in and hope...

But, like, Serj has definitely got this taken care of. Definitely. Surely.

Not if RNG has anything to say about it.

RIP, Serj.

I thought, it's okay, Zoomie-chan knows Bite, surely Zoomie-chan's got this.

Nope.

RIP, Zoomie-chan.

Finals time. Bede and Nessa were trivial. I was feeling good headed into the fight with Allister. Dusknoir and Chandelure went down with minimal trouble.

And then there was Polteageist.

I was sure that Sting would take care of it, and he might have, but...

RIP, Sting.

Snuggle-san was great. Sting was really stepping into the void left by Sir Slice. Things were looking good. I made it to Piers with no issues. I had him down to his Obstagoon. I thought, Snuggle-san's got this.

Too bad I've never learned a lesson in my entire life and hadn't evolved her yet.

I am Distraught at this point. I needed Ms. Olympia for the next gym and Jareth for the next two gyms. I'm sure I'm about to wipe.

BUT THEN. In my hour of need, King Croak saves the fuckin day.

I'm beginning to panic now. I have four dudes left, none of them at max health, two of them weak to water and/or ice. I send in Ms. Olympia to stall for time. Hyper potion her for three turns until I'm like, my only hope right now is that maybe I'm faster than Lapras.

I was not. RIP Ms. Olympia.

Sir Slice is the only one at full health at this point. I send him out, Dynamax him, and......forget that water resists steel. He tanks one hit and I'm like oh. fuck. I hyper potion him, but...

RIP Sir Slice.

I swapped her out for Jareth, who I hoped would outspeed Darmanitan as long as he could tank a single attack.

As it turns out, he could not. RIP, sweet Goblin King.

There was intense sun in the Hammerlocke Hills, so I skipped that habitat. Figure I'll hold out for foggy weather.

I made it to Hammerlocke but decided to grind a little more before heading to the next gym. I went back to the Riverbank/Bridge Field, where I almost killed Professor Bug too.

Too high, turns out. First casualty of the run. RIP Mrs. Splash.

Milo is down, on to Nessa. Madame Spritz is our Route 5 addition. Two madam(e)s??! I know, I don't love it. But tbh I have significant doubts about Madam Splash's longevity/usefulness. I can't decide if she's got garbage IVs or if it's just that she's a Magikarp. TBD.

Made it through the mine. Bede's Solosis nearly got Professor Bug with Endeavor, but Mr. Chonks managed the rest of the fight. Things will probably start getting more challenging now that I'm getting to the gyms, etc. Fingers crossed we don't lose anyone.

Anyway, meet Magnus, our Route 4 friend.

Galar Mine #1 addition: Roger

Definitely a 3 am quality nickname.

The party thus far

guys why does this seagull look like HP Lovecraft