I made the decision to rush the rest of violet and i have an update. (all this was done yesterday)
I defeated tulip in alfornada. alfornada was very nice, i liked the moroccan inspiration and everyhting gave morocco in the design.
When they said i had to do ESP as the gym test, i thought it was therapy since what would i expect from Emotional Spectrum Practice?
Also tulip said that i slayed. i cringed so hard. why, gamefreak, why?
Details of the Battle:
Her team was easy at first, until her gardevoir came and i couldnt keep my meowscarada one-hit KO it with flower trick like i did with her farigiraf. this forced me to switch out and she one-hit KO'd my whole team, apart from meowscarada. i managed to defeat her gardevoir with a seed bomb and hen her espathra with a knock-off, which was super effective. her florges seemed easy, but 2 moonblasts knocked meowscarada out. while i covered the psychic type weakness with quite a few dark pokemon, she got me back and used fairy moves. i had to retreat and rematch her, switching my dreepy for my pyroar.
Rematch:
i ko'd her gardevoir with meowscarada my last pokemon (who literally ko'd all of her pokemon; my other pokemon were used as dummies to take all the damage) and flower trick ko'd espathra
Her florges was ko'd by a good knock-off. i won against tulip after a heart-racing rematch, with my last pokemon, meowscarada, on 23hp
I moved on to Grusha. in the middle of nowhere. it seems realistic that there is no city there, just a miscellaneous gym with only hikers.
i only did the gym test btw. i will be challenging her later today or tomorrow.
I did the gym test and i was confused why my miraidon was grey. is it bc of snow or smth? also why was i shocked when they said grusha in HIS prime. like i knew he was male why was i caught off-guard???
