The Hound of CRUELTY! OP SHADOW DRAGONS! Pokemon Bushido Nuzlocke - EP8

Oh, can I get an encounter?

He's got a Hydreigon
and a Salamence.

I let them roam freely.
I let them attack

when they want...
what they... when they want.

We might have a problem here.

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Now, on the last episode
we caught a bunch

of different Pokemon,
so we're going to take

a look at them
'cause I really haven't had

the chance
to take a look at them.

We have Klutz Golurk
which is actually a terrible

terrible terrible terrible nature.

And then we have
Oblivious Mamoswine.

Also pretty terrible in terms
of natures.

I don't think either
of these Pokemon

are going to be usable for me

considering what is coming next,
which I'm assuming

to be the Water gym, right?
Like I'm assuming

it's the water dojo.

So, with that being said,
I'm pretty sure I'm going

to keep things the way they are
with these guys.

I think we have
a really solid team,

minus the Larvitar
which obviously needs

to get his heart gauge sorted.

But he's getting closer.
And we've got

some really cool members
of the team.

I'm going to give you
an item. I'm going

to give you a berry or something

just to make sure that
you got something good there.

So, we basically have
to head back to the ice route

that we were kind of rocking
on last time.

I came back to heal
and all that good stuff.

So, let's go back
to that ice route,

and we're going to continue here
on Pokemon Bushido.

All right. This is about
where we left off here

in Fubuki Bay.

And we do get to kind
of continue ahead here,

and I believe once we get
through this...

I'm going to check my map.

Once we get through the map,
we are headed to Izumi Village

which is where
the Shimizu Dojo is.

And then, there's also
a shrine there.

So, we're headed
toward third dojo.

So we've got our work
cut out for us.

Let's see what's good.

Let's battle some
of these trainers.

I'm sure they're going
to want to battle.

Yeah. They've got
all these Ice-type Pokemon

which can be a little tricky
for us, to be perfectly honest.

Like a Cloyster here.

This thing could be really scary
if it's got Shell Smash.

So, I might have to switch out
on this. Let's hope

I don't get trapped.
Let's see what they're going to do.

They are going
to do the Healing Ring.

Shimizu Healing Ring. Okay.

And it's going to give himself
a Special Attack boost,

'cause, 'cause why not?

If it's a special attacker,
Sunnyside's pretty good here.

Otherwise, I have
nothing for this.

Like, Cloyster's a problem.
I'm going to Megahorn.

And we'll see what that does.

That did okay.
He's got Water Gun.

Oh yeah. Cloyster doesn't
have the best moves.

So I should be okay to just
kind of Megahorn him

a few times and hopefully
beat him down here.

All right. Cloyser goes down.
Very nice.

Took a little while,
but we got there.

Couple levels
for everybody else. And...

Oh! No, no, no.
I do not want to evolve.

Cancel that evolution.

Okay. So Chansey now
has the ability to evolve,

but we do not want to evolve.

That is not, not what I want.

We have an Eviolite Chansey.
We do not want to evolve.

No, thank you.

All right. What do you
got for me, bro?

I found this Swinub,
but I'm not...

Is that really a Huntail?

I'm not sure I could
take care of it.

Can you take this Swinub for me?

I mean I can, but I already
got a Mamoswine, bro.

How is that a thing?

Dog, I get so,
I get so bamboozled.

I took the Mamoswine encounter
and then what happens?

I could have had
a Swinub for free.

The struggle is real, team.
The struggle is real.

Let's grab some of these items.
I got to figure out

how do I get over there.
I don't know.

This is a little tricky.

But I think I could figure it out.

I got a Bento Box.

All right. What do you got
going for me?

I'm starting to think
that I need new Pokemon.

What's, what's wrong
with your current Pokemon, buddy?

What do you got, Young Kenshi?
He's got a Lopunny.

Okay.

Not too shabby.
I can work with that.

What are you going to do?
What kind of shenanigan...

Oh, you don't have
any shenanigans.

How do you not have shenanigans?

You pretty... All these guys
have shenanigans.

You don't have shenanigans?
No one taught you

any super cool things?

This guy, he got
the short end of the stick.

I guess his dad
doesn't love him

or something. I'm not sure.

All these, all these people
I got to face they got...

Oh yeah. We're throwing
spikes on the field.

Oh yeah. Here's Toxic Spikes.

Oh yeah. We're just going
to trap you in a Whirlpool

and freeze your Pokemon,
because why not?

Here comes a Blissey.

That is XP that I definitely want.

I kind of want to go Larvitar,
and then switch back out.

If this Blissey
one-shots Larvitar,

I'm going to rage harder
than you've ever seen me rage.

So, pretty please,
don't one-shot me.

I'll actually cry.

Okay.

That was... I anticipated that,
so we're good.

I just want a lot of XP
on this thing,

'cause I really really
really want to get a Tyranitar.

I think having the opportunity
to change the weather,

even against you know...

Who's my lowest level?
Probably Nessy.

I probably want to give
the XP to Nessy.

Even having a Tyranitar
against a rain team

could be very valuable.
Changing the weather

to sand. Taking away
from the fact that they

would honestly,
obviously get that boost.

Give me myself
a Special Defense boost.

Even with that weakness
could be really valuable.

So, I'm going to beat up
this Blissey here.

I can't imagine it's that hard.

He went for Light Screen.
My Body Slam should do enough

to chip away here.

And it will.

So we'll work with that.
And then we'll see

how much XP we get.

All right. Give me all that XP.
Unlock this heart.

Let's get it.

Nice and chunk of 13,000 XP
right there. Oh my...

We got two levels?

Oh my go... We legitimately
just got two levels

on our Pokemon. That was wild.

I'm going to just potion up
a little bit,

and then we'll keep rocking.

And we get the TM for Hail.
So, this game really likes

to give you those different
weather TMs

which is good to know.

And now you guys get
to watch me absolutely struggle

as I usually do
with ice puzzles,

'cause you know... ice puzzles.

Oh, I found another TM
over here kind of being sneaky

on the side. It is Icy Wind.

I actually like that one.
That one's really good for us.

Okay. I'll take it.

Prepare to shiver!

All right. Here we go.
He's going to freeze me, isn't he?

He's going to freeze me.
I know he is.

He's got a Cryogonal.

Please don't freeze me.

I got Mercy
on the field this time.

I switch it up a little bit.

Don't you dare freeze me.

He's going to freeze me.

He's got Freezing...
Of course, every time, man.

They are just like, yeah,
we're going to freeze you,

no problem.

And he gives himself
Defense boost.

That kind of makes
this thing problematic.

He could have Freeze Dry
which also makes it problematic.

I actually got to go Sunnyside.

I don't think I can chance
dealing with a plus bulk.

He's got Reflect.

Ah, Cryogonal's going
to be so annoying, isn't it?

I know it's going
to be so annoying.

He does have Freeze Dry.
There it is.

I knew it was coming.

That is why I switched...
And he freezes...

He freezes me too.

Oh my god. You got
to be kidding me.

That's how much damage
I just did?

That's real life?
How am I going to beat this thing?

Why? Why does this happen to me?

What did I do to deserve
this situation

that I am consistently
finding myself in right now?

It is the struggle.

He has Recover.

You got to be kidding me.

This is so dumb.
Like why am I battling

this dumb Pokemon?

All right. Let's see
if this works.

I'm clicking Swords Dance,
and then I'm going

to Slash and try to crit him.

There's the Swords Dance.

I'm going to try
to crit him right now

with a Slash.

He's going to Freeze Dry me.

I don't get the crit, of course.
And now I got

to take another hit.

His Reflect does wear off.

I could try a Sucker Punch,
but if he knocks me out,

I'll be really salty.
So, I got to Ultra Jam,

unfortunately.

Let's see...

He's going to Freeze Dry me again.

I could take another one, though.

So I'm going to go for the Slash.

He goes for Reflect.
I need a crit. I don't get it.

I got to, I got to just assume
he's going to attack

with Sucker Punch.

Okay. I beat the Cryogonal.
That was big.

Gosh, this is so annoying.

He was so stally.

And here comes an Avalugg.
Oh god. Okay.

We are going
into Poseidon for this.

Avalugg is kind of a problem.
I do have the speed up on.

He's got Blizzard on his Avalugg.
And he freezes me!

What is going on?!

Why?

How do you freeze me
with an Avalugg?

That's so garbage.

Why?

Oh my good...
He's going to Billzzard again.

I don't know what's going
on right now.

This is ridiculous.

I don't like you at all.
I don't like this guy at all.

I think he's, he's not
very nice to me.

I will Aqua Tail.

That does nothing. he's so bulky.

This guy's so bulky.

This is insane.

All right.
Here's what I got to do.

I got to go Chansey.

Oh. He had
Reflect up still. Okay.

I'm going to Charm him
to drop his physical attack

so that way I can kind
of deal with,

'cause the Blizzards
aren't going to do anything.

I don't care about the Blizzards.

I care about his...

him going for like
a big physical attack here.

All right. I should be able
to seal the deal here

with Lapras.

Nessy's out on the field.
I've got Water Pulse.

And that should finish off
the Avalugg.

But jeez, you gave me
Cryogonal and Avalugg.

Two incredible bulky Pokemon
with screens, with Recover.

And we're still not done?

And a Kingdra now!

What is going on?

Like for real.

I'll go Sunnyside
and hope this thing

is a special attacker.

Although, I guess
I could have stayed in, but..

Laser Focus. Oh boy.

I think that means he might crit.
I got to heal,

and hope that this Kingdra
doesn't just blow me

back right now.

If it's a special attacker,
which most Kingdra are,

we should be okay, though.

Looks like he's
a special attacker.

It's got Bubble Beam,
so we should be okay.

I don't know what I'd be doing
right now without Sunnyside,

though, I'm going to be real
with you guys.

Like, I don't know
what I would be doing.

But this thing is holding it down.

And, I'm all here for it.

I'm telling you, I am here for it.

I'm going to finish you off
with the Double-Edge.

And we are going to get
through this very

very difficult battle
of some bulky bulky Pokemon.

My goodness.

Wow.

And Chansey is going
to always try to evolve.

I need to always remember
to cancel that.

Let me, let me use
my Katana here,

'cause we got kind
of wrecked there.

And then we'll keep
moving forward.

Up ahead is Izumi Village.
Before you get there,

you have to get past me. Oh boy.

All right.

Well, let's see what you're going
to do. You got two Mons.

One's a Kingler.

Okay.

You're going to freeze me?

Let's see it.

And Fre... Yeah.
Dude, this is so busted, dude.

Like this is the dumbest thing.

He gets an Attack and a Defense
and a Speed boost.

What?

All right. Well, Nessy
I hope you can take on

whatever this Kingler's going
to do right now,

'cause I need all the help
I can get.

He Swords Dances.
We're about to get wrecked.

We are about
to get wrecked, guys.

This is not good.

This is no longer a joke.

We are about to get wrecked.

I am going to Confuse Ray.
He's got Razor Shell.

Okay. The good news is

the AI might be really bad,
and just keep clicking

Water moves.

The other moves he could have
would be Stomp

or maybe Metal Claw.

Luckily, Kingler doesn't have
the best movepool.

He does hit himself in confusion,
take massive damage.

A para would be massive
right now.

He is taking hail as well.

Hit yourself again.

He has Slam!

Okay. We live that barely.

Okay. This is, this is why
this is such a bad situation

for me.

I have to basically Ultra Jam

to full.

And then, we just have
to hope he doesn't crit.

Or he misses Slam
or goes for a Water move.

Or hits himself in confusion.
Let's go!

The hax gods are with us today,
ladies and gentlemen.

The hax gods are with us today.

Whoo! And here comes a Glalie.

But this Glalie doesn't have
all those boosts,

so it's a little less scary.

I do get a Confuse Ray off.

And, now I can...

Now I can go for Body Slam.

One thing I just thought of guys,
I'm going to be real,

I just had a thought
as I'm like mid-battle right now

of how great it would be
to have Leftovers.

And I remember whenever
our Pokemon had the opportunity,

I think it was Chansey,
to learn the move Covet.

And I also remember earlier
in the game we found

Munchlax.

So, maybe I'm going
to actually be able

to double back,
and go try to get some Leftovers.

I don't know if Munchlax
will hold Leftovers

like Snorlax does.

But if it does,
we could get some Leftovers

for this team,
which we desperately need,

'cause looking at Pokemon
like Lapras here, Nessy,

like it could really really benefit
from having Leftovers

in these battles,
especially some of these battles

they get drawn one out so long.

So, I think that's going
to be a priority as long

as I don't forget.

So, I'm going to learn Rain Dance.
But, honestly

we're not really...

It's kind of cool,
but not really that good.

So, I'll probably skip that.

Especially with the water dojo.

And Sunnyside gets another level,
going to try

to evolve. I got to cancel
that again.

Perfect. All right.
Well, that's good.

We're still moving.
Let's heal up, and then

we'll keep moving forward.

Oh my goodness.
Thank goodness.

We are in Izumi Village.

Oh, and there's someone there.
Is that a rival?

I don't know, but I might
have to battle him.

Well, we made it to Izumi Village.

Ah, aDrive. This is...
Oh, this is the guy

that's supposed
to be in the Akui Clan, isn't it?

This is rather convenient.
I need to tell you something,

but this absolutely needs
to stay between us.

Do you understand?

I'm on a mission here
with the Akui Clan.

Obviously, I don't agree
with that they're doing,

so I'm trying to put a stop
to it from behind the scenes.

Do you think
you can help me? Sure.

The Akui Clan has come here
with Kuro, the Hound of Cruelty.

He plans to forcefully
summon Cobalion and enslave it.

We need to do everything
we can to stop Kuro

before he summons Cobalion.

If he succeeds,
things will not end well.

Meet me at the Izumi Shrine.

Okay. So he's going
to the Izumi Shrine.

I am not going there
right now, because your boy

needs to search this town,
see what I'm missing,

and you know,
kind of talk to everybody

and figure out what's good.

I'm going to also double back.
There's a couple things

I want to do, like I said,
that Munchlax thing

I think is worth entertaining.

You got a Sandslash in the bath.
Ain't it getting burned up?

This thing's 4x weak to fire.

I don't know about that decision,
I'm going to be honest

with you.

And let's head
into the market, see if there's

anything new in here.

What's going on here?

Step right up and buy
some notes cheaper

than scrolls, but one-time use.

They can only be used once,
they teach you stronger moves.

Oh, that's an interesting concept.

So, instead of buying scrolls,
you can buy notes.

I've got all these.
I don't need any of these.

I might want to grab
a few more potions

just to have them.

'Cause I've been going
through them like...

who knows?

Just like crazy, really.

And what about you?

Let's see these notes.

Oh. That's what
I'm talking about. Oka...

Buggenaut, I'm so sorry.

That's really painful.

Close Combat. Toxic Spikes.

Bro, these are amazing.

These are actually amazing.

Okay. So Thunderbolt,
I 100% want that.

'Cause Thunderbolt
we can give to Lapras.

Stealth Rock is really good too.

I don't think anything
on my team really benefits

from it right now.

Swords Dance is quite nice.

Close Combat, Toxic Spikes,
Earthquake.

I have Earthquake.

Cosmic Power's really cool.
Calm Mind, another one.

I got to look at the team.
I mean we have Outrage and stuff

as an option there too.

But this is really big.

I got to see if there's
anything good for Sunnyside.

Everyone else is probably
relatively okay, though.

Sunnyside could learn
Stealth Rock.

That could be actually
worth considering.

Yeah. These are really
really good stuff.

Nothing that is like
going to be super gamechanging

for me right now,
but definitely some stuff

in our bag that could
be really good.

And, let's take a look.

So we do have
the Thunderbolt Note.

And the reason I wanted
to grab that is because I knew

Nessy would be able to learn it.

And I think that getting rid
of Body Slam and having,

you know, Bolt-Beam coverage
with water coverage

is a really good combination.
So, I just thought

that that was really valuable.
Especially with the

water dojo coming.

All right. Let me, let me head
back a few...

Well, I think I explored
most of the things here.

There's another well.

Oh. Can I get an encounter?

A Slowpoke attacked.

Okay. So...

I mean we already
have a Slowpoke.

We already had one.
So, unfortunately we don't

get another one.

I guess dupes clause
is optional, though, right?

Dupes clause is optional.
I guess I could catch this

as my encounter here.

I probably should.

I probably should.

Especially since
I can evolve it now.

So, let's throw a Quick Ball
at it, and we can get

a Galarian Slowbro
or Galarian Slowking now.

So, I might as well
just bring back Dopey...

and add it to the PC for now.

Something to consider.
You know, dupes clause

is optional so I'll take it.

And this will be...

We'll just name you...

I'll name you Mopey.

You could be Mopey
instead of Dopey.

We need all the encounters
we can get,

so I guess I'll take that.

Oh, there's a Snom here.
I could have had a Frosmoth.

All right. So, Double-Edge
has been a solid move,

but I'm going to give it
Covet for now.

I may decide to change
that back, or maybe

even grab Hyper Voice

from that Move Relearner.
But for now, I want

to have Covet,

because I think having
the opportunity

to steal some items
could be massive.

So, I'm going to take
the Eviolite off of it

so we can utilize Covet.

And I'm going to fly
to where like kind

of the beginning of the game
where the Munchlax spawned,

and see if maybe
I can grab a Munchlax.

And...

I think it was out here.

Maybe grab some Leftovers
if that would be usable

for us.

All right. Here's a Munchlax.
Let's see if it works.

I stole his Leftovers. Let's go.

That was exactly what we wanted.

It worked out. All right.
I'm going to grab

one more Lefty,
so I have two of them.

And I think we're in good shape.

And, let's go!

We got two Lefties now.

Big pickups for us.

And I can give you back
your Eviolite now.

And now I have two members
of the team which can benefit

from Leftovers at any time I want

which immediately Nessy
comes to mind.

So, I'll take that.

And I'll give you Leftovers.

And then I'm going
to probably give...

Oh, you have the Lucky Egg.
But that's okay.

And then I'm going
to probably give

Poseidon Leftovers for now.

I'm not sure,
but it's nice to have.

One thing someone else
told me that I can utilize

while I'm kind of thinking
of stealing stuff

was I guess we could do it
at the town I was just at,

but we have the opportunity
to Thief things.

So, let's see what
we have here too,

'cause I might want
to use this guy.

It's a Bold nature
which honestly is pretty good.

I probably need to evolve Mopey,
to be honest.

I probably need to have Mopey
on the team, to be honest.

Just because things
are kind of dire right now

for the squad.

So, I'll have to figure that out.
We'll probably have

to do some sort
of evolution there, but...

I can take the Talonflame
back to where we were.

And then I have to head
to the Izumi Shrine

which is going
to be really challenging.

I have to train up a team.

I have to make sure
everyone's trained up

before I go to the shrine.
I know I do.

So, let me do a little bit
of grinding,

let me figure out
what I want to do

with the team here.
I have to probably box...

I have to box the Larvitar,
for sure.

'Cause he's just not ready
to do his thing yet.

But he will be.

And then, I think honestly
like with the team I have,

I could really benefit
from having this on my team

right now. So, I think
that's what I'm going to do.

'Cause that gives me
a Fighting resist, which I think

is really big.

All right. So now I have
the opportunity

to get the Galarica Cuff
or the Galarica Wreath.

And I could choose
to get either Slowbro

or Slowking.

I'm going to just do
a little bit of quick research

on the two of them,
so I know what I'm getting myself

into, and then I'll
make the decision.

All right. So I decided
on the Wreath.

I think that that's the best
of the decisions right now.

So I am going to evolve
this thing, because it's

desperately needing
an upgrade, and I desperately need

some good members
of the team. So,

I'm going to evolve Mopey right now
into Galarian Slowking.

This thing will really benefit
from some of those notes

or TMs that we can grab as well.
We saw like Psychic

and things like that.

So a lot of opportunities there.

And now we evolve it
into a Slowking.

Wants to learn Eerie Spell
which is cool.

I don't think
it's very good, though.

It removes three PP
from their las...

Oh, it does damage too.
Oh, that's actually solid then.

And he already had Psychic
and Psych Up and stuff.

So, I guess that's really good.

Removes three PP
from the last move.

Yeah. That's fine.
That's better than Psychic

I guess in this context.

Especially if I had to like
stall things out.

Another Mon that would
be really good with Leftovers too.

So we'll utilize that.

I do want to go just double check
the Move Tutor

for King.

And, we do have opportunities
for things like Trick Room now

I think. So...

Let's see what it can learn.

So I'm going to give him
Slack Off to start.

I think that that's a good bet.

And he could also learn Surf.

I'm going to want to give him
a Poison move too.

I think I saw some good stuff
at those notes.

I picked the wrong Pokemon.

Okay. So I'm definitely
buying Calm Mind here.

And then, I think...

I mean we could have Gunk Shot.
I don't think

that's that good, but...

We could potentially give him
Ice Beam as well,

and he'll have Psychic-Ice Beam
which I think is good.

Or I could consider
something a little different.

I would love to have Sludge Bomb.
I don't think that

that's an option.

I got to check if he can learn
Thunderbolt.

That might not be bad.

Okay. So he can
learn Flamethrower.

So I'll rock
with Flamethrower for now.

This is a good movesets—
Eerie Spell, Calm Mind,

Flamethrower, Slack Off.
I love that.

I think that's really good.

All right. Time to do
a little grind sesh.

Ey. I just got the message
that Larvitar can be purified.

Yes! We can unlock the door
to its heart.

Okay. So we need to go do that.
I am not waiting

any longer than I have to.

I am on speed up, by the way,
'cause I'm grinding,

but I'm going to unlock
this thing's heart.

Let's head to
a different shrine to do it,

'cause I have the ability
to unlock one Pokemon's heart.

So, let's head...

Where is the easiest shrine
to get to?

Probably, probably this one
to be honest.

So let's head back here.

We're going to head
to the shrine real quick.

And we're going to unlock
this thing's heart, baby.

Let's get it.

All right. Let's purify Larvitar.

Larvitar opened the door
to its heart.

You purified two Pokemon.
He gets Dark Pulse, Crunch.

Lv. 47.

Wants to learn Thrash.

Oh my god. He...
Look at this moveset! What?

Wants to learn Sandstorm.

No. I'm good with that.

He wants to learn Hyper Beam.

Nah, I'm good.

And he is evolving into Pupitar.

And then, we will almost
have a Tyranitar as well

which is phenomenal.

Phenomenal, baby.

This was big.

This is a big pickup for us.

And I'm going to name you Darude,
'cause you were setting up

the sandstorm.

(chuckles)

I think that's kind of funny.

So now we have a Pupitar
at Lv. 46.

Adamant nature. Shed Skin.

Dark Pulse, Crunch,
Earthquake, Stone Edge.

Very very strong.

Very powerful.

And he's got perfect IVs.
I mean that's just amazing stuff.

All right. I'm going
to keep training,

but that was a big win for us.

All right. So I think
this is the team I'm going

to move forward with for now.
We've got Mopey,

Sunnyside, Nessy,

Fawkes, Je, and Poseidon.

Those are going to be the homies
that we're going

to rock with

moving forward here.
I'm assuming I'm going

to have to battle this Cobalion
and things like that.

So, things could get kind
of tricky here pretty quick,

but I think this is a good team.

I obviously boxed
a few other Pokemon.

Potentially temporarily
more than anything, but...

Let me just make sure
I've got my items sorted,

and then we will move forward
and see what's good,

because we could have
some tough stuff

ahead of us, you know?

I'm sorry, but the Shimizu Dojo
is not accepting

trainers at the time.

All right. Well, we kind
of figured that.

So, I do believe we have
to surf this way.

I'm going to throw down a Repel.
Oh, you know

what I need? I need potions.

Let me go get potions.

All right. So, here's Izumi Pass.

And I guess this is my encounter,
and it is a Seaking.

All right. So here's Izumi Pass
which means

we do get a new encounter.

And do I use healing items
in battle? I mean I guess I do

if I have to.

You've got a Sharpedo.
Oh god. If he traps me,

I'm dead.

Like legit if he traps me,
I'm dead.

Don't trap me, please.

Healing Ring. Okay.
That's fine. I can work

with Healing Ring.

I got really scared for a second.

He gets a Special Attack boost.

I'm going to go Nessy.

If he goes for a Dark-type move,
this could really hurt,

but I do have Thunderbolt,
at least.

If he goes for a Water move,
we're fine.

There's a Liquidation. Okay.

That's fine. He doesn't have
the Healing Ring.

I can go for Thunderbolt here.

He does have Crunch.

Big damage, but Thunderbolt,
sick animation.

Does a significant chunk.
He does have a Sitrus Berry.

Jeez.

And he's going to heal up
with Healing Ring too.

But I think a Thunderbolt
finishes him here.

Here comes a Liquidation
to heal me back up.

I love that. I wonder
how this dojo's going to go,

if they're going to just
keep healing me.

I am all about it.

Nessy doing big things here.

What else you got for me?

Here comes a Palossand.

Honestly, I can just Water Pulse.
This is in rain.

Even with Water Compaction,
this is going

to be really good.

He gets a Defense boost.

If he Body Presses me,
I'm dead though.

He Iron Defenses. We're okay.

Does Palo... Yeah.
Palossand gets...

Does he get Body Press?
I don't know.

Water Compaction should
have been an immunity,

by the way.

Xenoverse changed that,
but this game did not.

It should have been
an immunity to Water.

Or at least like reduction
in damage or something too.

So, we do have an encounter here
on Shimizu Pass.

I'm definitely going to grab it.

There's a Crabominable
in front of me,

which I could potentially grab
if I want it.

I want to see what else is here.
There's a shaking

patch of grass which
generally yields good things.

I think I'm going to take
the shaking patch of grass.

Let's see what we got.

Give me something good, please.

I need something good.

(laughs)

Dupes clause activated
on the Blissey. Okay.

Well, listen, at least...

I'm a little annoyed,
because I legitimately

just trained a bunch,
and I could have been training

against Blisseys which would
have saved me time.

But, now I know
that I have this option for later.

So, that's good.
Let's grab another encounter.

Kicking around the sand
is so much fun.

I have a Repel down,
so I didn't get my encounter yet.

Aside from the Blissey.

An Obstagoon.

I've been here.

I've seen this before.

Oh god. Don't trap me.

Don't trap me. Okay.
He didn't trap me.

I got to switch out.

I've seen this before.
I know exactly how this goes.

I think I go Nessy.

Or I go Fawkes,
'cause then I can Flamethrower

and potentially burn him
if he hits me with a physical move.

We just do not want
to get countered again.

All right. Let's see
what he's going to do.

He goes for Counter. Yup.

I learned my lesson, bro.
I learned my lesson.

I'm gong to Flamethrower you.

You can Counter me all day.
He goes for Take Down,

but I'm going to try to burn him.

Wow. That did a lot of damage.

Okay. So, that's not
a strategy anymore.

We'll go Nessy and I'll just hit him
with Water Pulses then.

That is not a strategy.

Obstagoon made me so angry
in the last episode.

I no longer like this thing.
He's got Counter, Take Down,

Scary Face.

I'm going to Water Pulse him.
He probably Countered here.

Yup. He Countered. That's fine.

Listen. You can do that all day.
I know what to expect

from you now. I know you're going
to try to Counter me,

so I am not,

not going to make
that same mistake twice.

No, thank you.

All right. What else you
got for me?

Here comes a Mr. Rime. Okay.

He is Ice and Psychic
I think, right?

So, honestly unless
he Freeze Dries me,

I really like Poseidon
just coming in and Aqua Tailing here.

He could Freeze Dry me though,
but let's see.

This should be okay.
He's got Sucker Punch.

All right. I mean Aqua Tail
should do a lot,

'cause it's boosted. He's going
to Sucker Punch me again.

Mr. Rime going for Sucker Punch
is just really funny to me.

But we are going to beat him.
I'll get an extra level there

on a couple Pokemon.

I want to learn Swords Dance,

which I do think is potentially
really worthwhile.

I think Swords Dance
is really worthwhile.

So I'm going to get rid
of Megahorn.

I'm going to keep Slash.

There's an old school
kind of strategy of utilizing

Water and Normal-types
together offensively,

because they kind
of complement each other,

so we'll try to utilize that.
But, let me throw Je

in the front, and then let's
see what our encounter

is going to be.

It could be Gorebyss,
if I want Gorebyss.

And there's
another trainer up here.

Let's see what you do.

Okay. So, this Shimizu Clan
is blocking that area off

for now.

And here's a shaking piece
of grass. So let's see

what this entails.
Maybe it's Blissey again.

I'm trying to see
if I get something

other than Blissey.

Mr. Rime. Oh, well,
there you go. Mr. Rime

is my encounter.

I definitely cannot stay in
with Je, but I will

switch around to Sunnyside,
and we'll get

this thing captured.

All right. This should catch him.
He's in red and sleeping,

so...

Nice. Mrs. Rime!

I'm going to name you...

Ice and Psychic.
Honestly, not that great.

I'm going to name you...

I'm going to name you Miss Rhyme,

spelled like that.
I feel like that's kind of cool.

All right. So, we've got
our encounter here.

It was not Crabominable.

I think I can move forward.
I'm a little weaken on Fawkes,

but generally speaking
we should be okay.

I'm going to Rock Smash this.

We got one other battle
in front of me,

and then I think we can head
to the next location

which is where the Akui Clan
is most likely to be.

And that's where, you know,
the problem start to hit,

but we'll see what we got here.
A Lapras.

Please don't trap me
with a Water move,

because then I'm dead.

Every time this happens.

I don't know how I'm going
to get around this.

Misty Terrain. Okay.
I can work with that.

I can work with that.
That's fine.

And it's going to give him
a Speed and Defense

and a Special Defense boost.
Of course.

I don't want to get Freeze Dried.

My own Nessy is probably
my best bet actually,

so I should be okay.
I'm going to speed

through this, though.

And we are going
to beat the Lapras there,

unscathed.

Leftovers is really nice.
Nessy wants to learn Hydro Pump

which I am going to grab
over Water Pulse,

just because it's essentially
double the damage.

Steel Wing on Fawkes
is kind of cool over Aerial Ace

or Flail.

Might be not a bad thing
to hit som... like a Rock-type

or something.

And let's see what else
you got for me.

A Mamoswine.

Okay. That's fine.
I just click Hydro Pump.

As long as I don't miss.

Of course, he does Amnesia
and I missed,

so that's a thing.

Let's just keep trying.

I just missed three Hydro Pumps
in a row, so I'm not

really sure what to make of that.

It's a bit frustrating.

I kind of have to go Poseidon now
or heal up Nessy.

So I'll go Poseidon, I guess?

And I hit the Aqua Tail
and blew back the Mamoswine.

So, good bye.

Get out of my face.

All right. Let me use
my Katana to heal up,

and then we're headed
into the next area.

And things are about
to get real wild.

All right. We are here
on the Izumi Shrine,

and Kayoko's here.

It looks like we made it
just in time.

Kuro's at the shrine right now,
making preparations

to summon Cobalion.

I'll hide back here
and wait for my chance.

Go talk to him.

All right. So I do get
a new encounter

in this location as well,
but I did Repel as I happen.

And it looks like
we can head forward

and see this Cobalion situation
shaking down.

All right.

Here it comes.

As the light gleams in the sky,
my Katana shall be the one

to cast shadows on the world.

With the power of the Akui Clan
invested in me,

I dedicate my soul
to the darkness!

That should be the last
of the prayers.

What do you want?

Are you here to play the role
of the hero?

I'll have you know,
I'm not nearly as stupid

as Mashiro or as silent
as Hotoke.

I've never understood one thing.

Do you know
what that one thing is?

I've never understood
why people don't use

Pokemon correctly.

Obstagoon, Double-Edge!

All right. Here we go.

Later.

Oh, you're awake? Good.

I wanted to do this earlier,
but I wanted you to see this.

They call me the Hound of Cruelty
for one reason.

One reason of my favorite pastimes
is watching people suffer.

And you, my friend,
are you going to suffer.

However, I want to ask you
some questions first.

I take it you're
the Royal Samurai's son, right?

So tell me, does your status
mean anything to you?

This world works in hierarchies.

I supervise the grunts,
but the grunts supervise

their Pokemon.

Pokemon have been put
at the bottom of the hierarchy

for centuries.

What gives us, as humans,
any right to enslave Pokemon?

We merely capture them
and contain them in tiny contraptions,

purely to be used in battle.

But not me you see.

Despite my cruelty,
I show a certain level

of compassion to mine.

He's got a Hydriegon
and a Salamence.

I let them roam freely.
I let them attack when they want,

what they... when they want.

We might have a problem here.

You see, that's all I'm doing now.
By making Pokemon turn

into Shadow Pokemon,
I simply give them

their primitive instincts back.

This way, they can be
as savage and dangerous

as they'd like.

So tell me, aDrive Masayoshi.
Look to my eyes, and tell me

what I'm doing is wrong.

So tell me, aDrive Masayoshi.
Look to my eyes, and tell me

what I'm doing is wrong.

Are my actio...

Are my actions truly worse
than yours?

Have I sinned more than you?

I don't expect an answer.

Yes, of course you have!

Ah, it seems we have visitors.
I took my time talking

and now I'll be paying the price.

Closyter, Teleport!

Ah, the water dojo.

Mai Hitomu,
leader of the Shimizu Clan.

I don't remember giving you
permission to use

my full name, Kuro Masuda.

Masuda.

You're as stubborn as ever.

A hard-heaeded girl like you
will have never have

success with men.

You'll be coming with me.

I won't be going anywhere,
unfortunately.

Salamence, Fly!

(shrugs)

aDrive, are you all right?

I should have gotten here sooner.

Thankfully, your friend Kayoko
warned me about

what was happening.

If I had to guess, I'd assume
that Kuro is still somewhere

around here.

He's probably hiding
in Hikari Cave.

If you head on to Izumi Pass
and go to the right

of the island,
you'll find Hikari Cave.

My Kenshi and I will need
to investigate this area further.

All right. Well, we know
that's about to go down.

I do get a new encounter
here as well

which is the good news.

So, I might as well
grab that real quick

before I forget about it,
'cause you know,

that happens sometimes.

So, let me let my Repel run out
and then we'll see

what we grab.

And our encounter
is going to be...

A Mienshao.

Which honestly isn't that bad.

I can work with that.

I need a Fighting-type.

I think that

that could be solid.

I don't really have a way
to weaken him without

dealing a ton of damage to him.

I guess I could Flamethrower
with Mopey in rain

is probably fine.

I think that'll work.

And we caught him.

Nice. Mienshao.

Not a bad pickup.

Like I said, really offensive
Fighting-type Pokemon.

I'm going to name you Ramen.

And hopefully not spell it wrong.
There we go.

And it looks like we're headed
to this cave now.

So, we'll take that.

Could have had
a Malamar again, I guess.

And here's the cave
they were talking about.

So let's head in here.

And it is Hikari Cave.
I do have a Repel

that I just posted. So...
Or used up.

So, we are going
to see what we can get.

I like to kind of hold off
of my encounters.

Although, I can't say
it's really benefited us a ton,

but...

Oh boy. What is this?

The table has a puzzle...
Oh god. Really?

I hate these things.

All right. We got it.
It's Virizion.

Took me awhile to get there,
but we got it.

Oh. They're going
to make me do another one,

aren't they? Lovely.

And I got Terrakion
significantly faster,

so that's nice.

And Cobalion wasn't to bad either.

So, we've finished
all three puzzles.

And here it comes. Oh boy.

All right. Well, everyone's
healed up.

So, I guess it's going
to be what it's going to be.

I kind of want to lead
with Nessy though

if I'm being honest.

Yeah. This is tricky
no matter what though.

I'm going to be real.
This is really bad no matter what.

Okay. Well, see what happens.

How brave of you to follow you.

Unfortunately, this plays
rather well in my favor.

Now, I get to watch you suffer
at my own hands.

I've talked to you for long enough,
haven't I?

Now that the food
is properly cooked...

I think we're going to battle him.

It's time to feast.

All right. Well, let's see
what we got.

Yikes.

Yikes, yikes, yikes.

Okay.

Admin Kuro.

He's going to lead off
with a Pangoro.

And Nessy is not
a good lead for me.

So let's see
what he's going to do.

He is going to go
for Tranquilizer Kunai,

and he's going
to put me to sleep.

And, now... Okay.
We get to jump into it.

So, I have to Talonflame
and hope he goes

for a Fighting move,
and maybe burns himself.

He goes for Bullet Punch,
so that's actually...

better than perfect.

And then I get to Acrobatics.

And this probably one-shots
or comes close.

Yeah.

Not quite, but he goes
for Knock Off,

but I don't have an item. So...

This is actually fine.

I'm able to...
I get a Flame Body, but

that's fine. I'm able
to beat the Pangoro,

so that's one down.

That's one down.

That's a good start.

Could have been
a little better, but it works.

Here comes a Salamence.

Now, my best way
to deal with Salamence

is actually asleep,
so that's a thing.

In fact... Yeah.
I have to basically go Nessy,

and I have to heal off
the sleep now.

So, let's hope he doesn't go...

He goes for a Fire Blast.

That's a neutral hit.

We can take that relatively well.
And having Leftovers

is pretty clutch.

So, he is going
to go for Berserker Dance,

and he's going to give himself
a Dragon Dance boost.

But in replacement,
he loses defenses.

And then he's going
to go for a Flame Kunai,

but I'm already asleep,
so that's fine.

I need to heal off this,
this burn ASAP.

And then I need to get off
an Ice Beam.

Oh wait. I'm asleep.

I need to heal off this sleep.

I probably have to use
a Lum Berry.

So let's just hope he doesn't go

for a physical Dragon move.

He goes for Fire Blast again.

That's a-okay.

As long as... And he burns me.

At least I can't be put to sleep
or anything again.

So I just need to get off
an Ice Beam right now.

If I can get off this Ice Beam,
we're fine.

He Fire Blasts again. Okay.

This is good.

This is actually fine.

This is actually fine.
I'm going to get rid of Salamence

with an Ice Beam,
so he's going to one-shot.

No problem.

But I have two
weakened members now.

So that's the only downside.
But, we do get a level.

Sunnyside to 60. Je gets a level.

All right. What's next?

I am a little nervous.

Here comes Obstagoon.

Okay. So this is like
the one thing that I'm like

really really scared off.

Because he's going
to deal so much damage to me,

and I don't really have
a switch in.

Ya, I really don't.

I think my play is actually to

go for a super...

an Ultra Jam,

and heal up Nessy and just
see what he wants to do first.

So he goes for Obstruct
which is fine.

That doesn't do anything to me.

And he's going to be...
Oh. He's Flame Orb.

Okay. Well, now we know.

He's going to one-shot
anything he hits.

He legitimately one-shots
anything right now.

I have to Hydro Pump
and hope I don't miss.

Oh, we're dead.

Nessy!

Don't miss, don't miss, dont...

You missed. You missed.

You had to just hit that
and you missed.

Okay.

Okay. Okay. Okay.

Okay. Okay.

All right. Maybe it goes
for Obstruct here.

I'm going to heal up,
get to full, maybe it Obstructs.

He Obstructs. Okay. That's huge.

Okay. So, now I don't think
I risk the Hydro Pump.

I think I go Ice Beam.

He Obstructs again.

Okay. I get a little bit
of healing.

I'll take some burn.

I don't have a switch in.
I have to Ice Beam.

He Obstructs again and it fails.

That does nothing. Okay.

That did not nearly as much
as I was hoping it would.

All right. I got to take
a Close Combat.

I do have a Close Combat
switch in Mopey,

but if he goes
for a Dark-type move,

I get wrecked.

He goes for a Facade.

Nessy, you legend for living that!

Oh my god. Guts boosted Facade
and we lived.

Oh my goodness, Nessy.

Here comes that Gallade.

Okay. I have to go Mopey

on Gallade.

I may be able to set up
on this thing.

Oh, he's going to set up on me.

Just kidding.

Okay. No setting up.
I go for Eerie Spell.

He's going to Swords Dance...
He just went +4.

If he has Shadow Sneak,
I'm doomed.

Zen Headbutt.

And there goes Mopey.

What's my play now?

Earthquake with Je?

I think it's Earthquake with Je
or Aqua Tail with Poseidon.

I think it's Earthquake with Je.

Come on.

Okay.

Okay. I got rid of Gallade.

Oh my gosh.

Here comes Incineroar.

I can work with this.

Honestly, I think I set up
with Dragon Dance,

and try to win this right now
with Dragon Dance.

He tries to Earthquake me,
but I have Levitate.

I'm Dragon Dancing again.

I'm gong for the sweep.
Because if he has Hydreigon

on the back, I need
to be able to one-shot it

with Dragon Claw.

He Flare Blitzes me.

I Earthquake.

Okay. I beat his Incineroar.

Come on.

And it is Hydreigon.
It's Shadow Dreigon.

And he's got Berserker Dance.

And he gets a Defense drop.

And then he's going to poison me.

I have to...

I think I Dragon Claw.

I may lose Je here, but I'm +2.

I lived!

Okay.

Okay, okay, okay.

I'm going into...

I think I go Sunnyside,
and I might be able

to catch this thing.

This could be a huge capture.

Sunnyside, I need you
to tank these hits.

Shadow Half.

I think that means he always
does half, half my health.

He's going to knock himself out.

He knocked himself out,
so I don't get to catch him.

But I beat him without
losing anymore Pokemon.

So I mean I guess that's a win.

I would have loved to catch him,

but it wasn't worth the risk.
I had to save,

save the Pokemon.

I certainly didn't expect that.
It's rather hard

to maintain composure
after suffering defeat, isn't it?

Lucky for me, it isn't over.

I still have Cobalion.

Hydreigon, Draco Meteor!

aDrive, watch out!

Toucannon.

Kuro Masuda. He's terrifying.
But we have to hurry

to the shrine to stop him.

All right. Well, I ain't going
to no shrine now.

I'm going to heal up
and tweak my team.

I got poison and all sorts
of stuff right now.

Do I have my Katana?

I already used it.

So I'm going to have
to heal up the squad.

And I will catch you guys
in the next episode.

I am not going to thr shrine
right now.

I have done enough.

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as we head to the shrine,

and then the dojo,
and all sorts of crazy stuff.

Unfortunately, a tough lost.

New member of the team,
Mopey goes down,

but I got through that battle.
So, I can't complain.

I'll see you guys
in the next one. Peace!