Hi guys. I need some help beating this woman for the first time. I trained my team by going through the Elite Four until the team faints about twice already (each time I got to the third/fourth guy's steel/psychic, can't remember it's name). I got to the champion the third time round, and yes I stupidly saved that time. I don't mind losing to her and just doing that all again, but I've gotten very close to beating her several times. It just seems a waste.
Anyway here's my team, and yes I realise I have two ground types in there. I didn't research too well b4 playing and was surprised to find that Gastrodon was water/ground. My other team mate was Ponyta which I stopped training to leave room for Lucario. Oh well:
STARAPTOR / Level 51
Moves: Fly, Defog, Close Combat, Aerial Ace
Item : Sky Plate
This I keep using on the ghost/dark, it does the most damage to it. However it's usually weak when I bring it out much later to fight Lucario or Roselia's evo. Plus it usually dies during the terrible battle against Garchomp
LUXRAY / Level 49
Moves: Thunder Fang, Strength, Shock Wave, Crunch
Item : Quick Claw
Because it's speed is quite low it takes off half damage to the Milotic, whose ice beam takes off 2/3's. If I'm lucky it gets parlyzed and you'd think I 'd be able to finish it off, but that time it takes it to red and it fully heals. You can imagine the reaction :/
LUCARIO / Level 49
Moves: Close Combat, Drain Punch, Rock Smash, Aura Sphere
Item : Fist Plate
Is second in line to fight Garchomp as Drain Punch does do it's duty, not much pp and as everything is faster than me it's futile to raise it's pp when I run out, if it even survives that long.
DRAPION / Level 49
Moves: Poison Fang, Crunch, Dark Pulse, Fire Fang
Item : Blackglasses
If I don't use Staraptor I use this against the ghost, doesn't do as well most of the time. If it's full health it's ok against a few others. It's usually dead by the time the last two come out, and that's always Lucario or Roserade.
GASTRODON / Level 50
Moves: Surf, Waterfall, Mud Bomb, Water Pulse
Item : Wise Glasses
Excellent special so it usually does ok against one of the enemy team, it's usually my last one out though. Again Milotic or the newly brought out Roserade kills all hope.
TORTERRA / Level 50
Moves: Earthquake, Synthesis, Mega Drain, Razor Leaf
Item : Shell Bell
Knocks her Gastrodon in one hit, if it doesnt then she wastes one/two items on it.. which I'm ok with. Is the best against Garchomp with Earthquake and Mega Drain. However most of the time I need to use Full Restores, and in the next move I'm back down to yellow. It's a very slow battle. Would be nice to use against Milotic if it wasn't for that rotten Ice Beam.
My this post is long. I have to get rid of some of the hm's I know that (defog for example), and Close Combat isn't too good. The furthest I've gotten against this girl is one left, and that was Roserade. Unfortunately Gastrodon was my last which knocked out Lucario, leaving it in the yellow. You can imagine what happened next. And yes I had used my many revies already. I've probably already answered my own question by explaining all that anyhow, but a second opinion would be nice. My second game team in Pearl was a bit more prepared for this moment than this, it always is.
Anyway here's my team, and yes I realise I have two ground types in there. I didn't research too well b4 playing and was surprised to find that Gastrodon was water/ground. My other team mate was Ponyta which I stopped training to leave room for Lucario. Oh well:
STARAPTOR / Level 51
Moves: Fly, Defog, Close Combat, Aerial Ace
Item : Sky Plate
This I keep using on the ghost/dark, it does the most damage to it. However it's usually weak when I bring it out much later to fight Lucario or Roselia's evo. Plus it usually dies during the terrible battle against Garchomp
LUXRAY / Level 49
Moves: Thunder Fang, Strength, Shock Wave, Crunch
Item : Quick Claw
Because it's speed is quite low it takes off half damage to the Milotic, whose ice beam takes off 2/3's. If I'm lucky it gets parlyzed and you'd think I 'd be able to finish it off, but that time it takes it to red and it fully heals. You can imagine the reaction :/
LUCARIO / Level 49
Moves: Close Combat, Drain Punch, Rock Smash, Aura Sphere
Item : Fist Plate
Is second in line to fight Garchomp as Drain Punch does do it's duty, not much pp and as everything is faster than me it's futile to raise it's pp when I run out, if it even survives that long.
DRAPION / Level 49
Moves: Poison Fang, Crunch, Dark Pulse, Fire Fang
Item : Blackglasses
If I don't use Staraptor I use this against the ghost, doesn't do as well most of the time. If it's full health it's ok against a few others. It's usually dead by the time the last two come out, and that's always Lucario or Roserade.
GASTRODON / Level 50
Moves: Surf, Waterfall, Mud Bomb, Water Pulse
Item : Wise Glasses
Excellent special so it usually does ok against one of the enemy team, it's usually my last one out though. Again Milotic or the newly brought out Roserade kills all hope.
TORTERRA / Level 50
Moves: Earthquake, Synthesis, Mega Drain, Razor Leaf
Item : Shell Bell
Knocks her Gastrodon in one hit, if it doesnt then she wastes one/two items on it.. which I'm ok with. Is the best against Garchomp with Earthquake and Mega Drain. However most of the time I need to use Full Restores, and in the next move I'm back down to yellow. It's a very slow battle. Would be nice to use against Milotic if it wasn't for that rotten Ice Beam.
My this post is long. I have to get rid of some of the hm's I know that (defog for example), and Close Combat isn't too good. The furthest I've gotten against this girl is one left, and that was Roserade. Unfortunately Gastrodon was my last which knocked out Lucario, leaving it in the yellow. You can imagine what happened next. And yes I had used my many revies already. I've probably already answered my own question by explaining all that anyhow, but a second opinion would be nice. My second game team in Pearl was a bit more prepared for this moment than this, it always is.