Here it comes,
dear fellow gamers: the most insane, challenging Bug 'Mon run of them all. Did
I manage to do the deed? You'll have to wait for the official battle report for
the answer — let's keep the suspense alive! For now, let's line up the many
specifications of that most unique run.
A Shedinja run automatically doubles with a non-damage run — do or die indeed.
I would have to worry about Flying, Fire, Rock, Ghost and Dark Moves, but also
about Poison, Hail and Sandstorm damage. I would improvise on the spot
regarding the latter category; as for the former, I decided to raise my
one-shooting chances by picking up the right Nature for my Nincada. The only
important stats were Speed and Attack: with only 1 HP, literally nothing else
would matter. I needed a boosted Attack and a untouched Speed, i.e. a Nincada
with a Lonely or Naughty Nature. I finally got the former, and it didn't
disappoint: once leveled up all the way to the big 100 and after gobbling a
dozen Proteins reaped by my crew of Zigzagoons, my little Unakite boasted
an healthy Attack of 264. Pretty good for a Bug 'Mon , shall I say, and
probably one of the five best Attack stats ever boasted by my One and 'Monlies.
High Attack was
all nice and well, but it wouldn't be enough: to make it, I would also need
powerful Moves that would guarantee one-shooting. Since Hyper Beam and Solar
Beam were out because of their two-turn activation, my only realistic options
were Return and Shadow Ball; and lo and behold, I spent nearly all my run
spamming that duo. The other two slots were occupied by Thief, which I kept for
a plan I'll detail in the next paragraph, and Confuse Ray, which came in handy
in a couple of situations I'll detail in the next
post.
As mighty as Return and Shadow Ball were, I had an inkling their raw power
wouldn't be enough against some 'Mons — I'm looking your way, Steven's team. I
needed even more oomph to be sure to make it alive — to make it, full
stop — and that extra oomph would be provided by none other than Type-boosting
items. The Silk Scarf was easy enough to snatch in Dewford; the Spell Tag, on
the other hand, was a whole other can of worms. It was only available at Mount
Pyre, where Shuppets had a 5% chance of holding one. I went there and started
spamming Thief at all the Shuppets I encountered; and wouldn't you know, I
still didn't have a Spell Tag after 60 Thief in a row. I decided to change
tactics and throw Ultra Balls instead; and this time around, it only took a
dozen Shuppets to land me a Spell Tag. Was my Thief bugged, or was I simply
supremely unlucky? Guess I'll never know, but I got my Spell Tag all the same.
It came in handy indeed, as you'll see very soon.
Indeed, I'm done with the preliminaries; I'll meet you again in the battle
report, in which
you'll finally learn if my Unakite made it all the way to the Champion and
beyond. Until then, dear fellow gamers, keep playing and take care!
Was Unakite
holding the Silk Scarf? You can't "steal" the hold item if your Thief
user is already holding something.
And Confuse Ray is a thing of nightmares. A 100% hit chance confusing move is
so annoying. It probably claimed hundreds of my Poke's during all my runs these
last decades.
Isleif7 November 2020 at 10:03
Nope, Unakite
wasn't holding anything; hence the weirdness of that whole situation. Guess
I'll never know for sure if bad luck or a mysterious glitch was to blame. :P
Confuse Ray was a run-saver, plain and simple. It's the very first time I find
myself relying so much on a Status Move during a solo run; it was an
interesting change of pace, and it kinda opened new strategic avenues for me.
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