LogFAQs > #980043486

Didn't get to play the past couple of days, but I played some today. I had multiple battles where random NPC trainers (like a trainer on route 14 with a Whiscash and a Honchkrow and one on route 15 with an Alolan Marowak) are wiping half of my team and forcing me to go back to heal. Things are getting rough. Anyways, I managed to make it through routes 14-15 to Acerola's trial and the battle against Totem Mimikyu. My gameplan against this thing was to lower Mimikyu's speed and break its disguise with my other Pokemon so my Gastly could then come in and finish it off with a super-effective, Choice Specs boosted (yes some guy gave me a Choice Specs earlier in the game), STAB Shadow Ball.

For the first attempt, I led with Magnemite, hoping to have it survive a hit and paralyze Mimikyu with Thunder Wave. Sadly, Mimikyu was holding a Lum Berry to heal a status and then Magnemite got KO'd before it could get a second Thunder Wave off. So I reset and readjusted my strategy for the second attempt. This time, I decided to have Mudbray and Popplio try to lower Mimikyu's speed stat (with Bulldoze and Icy Wind respectively) instead of doing it with paralysis. By the time Mudbray and Popplio both went down, their attacks had gotten Mimikyu to -4 speed and also KO'd the SOS-called Banette, so then I sent out Gastly to clean things up and it had enough power to get the job done. Also, I feel stupid typing this now, but I was so focused on the Ghost typing (because this was the Ghost trial) that it totally slipped my mind until after the battle was over that Mimikyu is also part Fairy, meaning Magnemite's Flash Cannon would have also been super-effective against it.

Oh well, whatever. Another Totem Pokemon down, another trial complete!