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Funcoot posted...

Which fossil did you pick?

It doesn't really matter because I'm not going to use it in the run, but... Praise Helix, of course!

Anyways, I didnt expect either of the last two gyms gave me and Porygon much trouble, but they were, like Sabrina, easier than I expected. Both battles were just set up 3 Agility and then KO everything with Tri Attack or Psybeam when its needed. Blaines Arcanine survived a Tri Attack and did a ton of damage with Fire Blast, but it didnt KO, and aside from that, Porygon was never in any real danger. Now I have all of the badges and the last gyms went by so quickly, I got a little cocky and decided to go to Route 22 and fight the sixth Rival battle in this play session too. His Pidgeot finally, FINALLY forgot Sand Attack, so I was able to set up 3 Agility boosts on it without needing to worry about Accuracy drops. Pidgeot and Gyarados both went down to 1 Tri Attack and then 1 Psybeam (thankfully Gyarados didnt use Hydro Pump this time) and then his Alakazam, Rhyhorn, and Growlithe all went down easily. But then something unlucky happened Porygon leveled up. Why is this unlucky? You see, when your Pokemon levels up mid-battle, the game re-calculates your stats to their correct values, which reverses the effects of the Badge Boost Glitch. The Speed boosts from using Agility itself and the initial 12.5% boost that the normal Badge Boosts are still in play, but the extra 50% in Badge Boosts from the 3 uses of Agility and Gyarados lowering Porygon's Defense with Leer once are now gone. Thankfully, my rivals shitty gen 1 AI decided to never have his Venusaur use Razor Leaf, only using Poison Powder and a Potion while I 3-shotted it with Psybeam. Why is a trainer with Pokemon in the 40s still using normal Potions and not better ones? God, gen 1 is so scuffed.

Anyways, that rival battle is done. But next comes the hardest part of the game, the final gauntlet, the place where many gen 1 solo runs become very difficult: the Elite Four. Not only will I have to micromanage Porygons limited move slots with the variety of TMs that Ive saved up by only using Normal-type attacks and Psybeam so far, Ill have to micromanage Porygons experience points to not level up in the middle of battle and lose its badge boosts at an inopportune time. On top of that, due to the restrictions I put on myself during this playthrough (partly for more difficulty but also so I dont accidentally save after deleting a one-time TM move that I need) I need to beat the Elite Four and the Champion in a row without saving between any of them. Time to start thinking of a strategy.