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I went through Route 18 to Couriway Town, where I had to battle Professor Sycamore. He had the 3 fully evolved Kanto starters and he was pretty easy to beat. I also got the TM for U-Turn here, which Fletchling can learn, but I dont think would be helpful because a neutral Return does more damage than a super-effective U-Turn. Then I started to go through Route 19, and when I made it to the bridge, I ended up in a sequence where I have to battle Shauna, Tierno, and Trevor (the three non-rival friends in this game) all in a row before I can advance further.

The first time I tried, I beat Shauna but lost to Tierno. Shaunas Goodra survived a Return and damaged Fletchling with Dragon Pulse, and you dont get a chance to heal between the Shauna and Tierno battles so that damage persisted. After that, Tiernos Talonflame survived a Return, its Flame Body ability kicked in and burned Fletchling, and Talonflames attack combined with the burn damage knocked Fletchling out before I could use any items to heal. The second time, I was smarter with using Swords Dance and items, and I made it past Shauna and Tierno. Trevor was nice enough to heal my Fletchling before he battled me, but then his Aerodactyl wiped the floor with her since it resisted all of her moves, outsped her, confused her with Supersonic, and got a lucky Ancient Power omni-boost too. I lost to these goofs twice despite my Fletchling being over 20 levels higher than their Pokemon.

Now that I know Aerodactyl is the biggest threat, Im going back to the move reminder to have Fletchling relearn Steel Wing before I try again.