Dark Fox does Nuzlocke! - The Crystal Saga: Episode 9 (the Elite Four)

Rules pertaining to this run may be found in Episode 1.

Current Party:
F Princess the lvl 49 Typhlosion.
Soldier the lvl 45 Butterfree.
NotJayLeno the lvl 45 Raticate.
Raditz the lvl 44 Jumpluff.
Prophet the lvl 44 Noctowl.
Anthrax the lvl 43 Onix.




I step inside.




Will sends out Xatu. I open with Anthrax. Anthrax Rock Throws for about 45% damage. Will hits me with a Psychic for two-thirds of my health. Anthrax can't take another hit. I switch to Soldier. Xatu Psychics again for about a fourth of my health, and lowers my special defense. Sleep Powder puts Xatu to sleep. I use the next turn to hit Xatu with Gust. The next turn is used to heal Anthrax. Xatu is still asleep. Another Gust gives Xatu a sliver of health. Xatu psychics again, leaving Soldier with low yellow. I gust again, and Xatu is down. Jynx is next, so I switch to F Princess. I lead with Flame Wheel. It's a one-hit KO. Slowbro is next, so I switch to Raditz. Raditz opens with Stun Spore. Slowbro is paralyzed. It still manages to use Amnesia. I then tack it with Leech Seed. Slowbro can't move. I use Flash for good measure. Slowbro still can't move. I fully heal Soldier. Slowbro uses Curse. I use Flash again. Slowbro curses again. I attack with Mega Drain. Slowbro curses again. I Mega Drain, but Slowbro body slams Raditz... hard. Raditz loses over half health, but gets some back from Leech Seed, which kills Slowbro. Xatu is about to come out again. I send out Prophet. Xatu opens with Confuse Ray, and Prophet hits herself. Xatu uses Psychic for about 40%, but I manage to Hypnosis Xatu. Xatu is asleep, and Prophet smacks himself. Xatu is still asleep, and Prophet flies up high. Prophet hits with Fly for about 35%. Next turn, Xatu wakes up, uses Psychic, and leaves Prophet in the red. Prophet puts the bird back to sleep. I try using Thief, which does more damage than fly. Another turn asleep, another Thief, which knocks out Xatu. Exeggutor is last, so I resend out F Princess to finish this. One Flame Wheel finishes the job.




No deaths. I heal up. Next is Koga.




Koga sends out Ariados. I lead with Soldier. I test out Psybeam. A critical hit! Knockout. Crobat is next. I try sending Anthrax. Crobat Double Teams. Anthrax misses Bind. Crobat Double Teams again, but Bind hits this time. Crobat tries to use Toxic, but Anthrax avoids it. I try a Rock Throw that misses. Crobat tries Wing Attack. It does very little damage. Anthrax does another Rock Throw, but only does about 35%. Crobat is in the yellow due to Bind. Crobat tries Toxic again, which fails. Another Rock Throw. Critical Hit! (the RNG gods are upon me) Crobat goes down. Forretress is next, so F Princess comes out to play. One Flame Wheel is all it takes. Soldier comes back out to take care of Muk. Soldier hits with Psybeam, which only does about 40%. Muk Minimizes. Soldier uses Sleep Powder, which works. Soldier then uses Confusion. Muk is in the yellow. One more Psybeam, and Muk is taken down. Venomoth is last, so I send out Prophet. Hypnosis puts the bugger to sleep. I fly up into the air, and Venomoth wakes up to miss supersonic. Fly strikes Venomoth... and kills it with a crit. Seriously?




The Koga fight was completely one-sided. Three critical hit KOs? Yeah. Anyways, I am so ready for Bruno.




Bruno starts with Hitmontop, to which I respond with Prophet. Hitmontop Quick Attacks for a small amount. Prophet flies up high. Hitmontop uses Detect, a move I didn't anticipate. Fly fails. Another Quick Attack, then I use Hypnosis. While Hitmontop is asleep, I use Confusion. And again. And again. Hitmontop has a sliver of health, is asleep, and is confused. I finish Hitmontop with Thief. Prophet levels up. Onix is next, so I give him my Raditz. One Mega Drain, and Onix is no more, no crit necessary. I see Hitmonchan, which worries me, because I know that he has the elemental punches. I respond with F Princess, because she's the only one on my team with no weaknesses to Hitmonchan. It hits me with Mach Punch, to which I respond with Flame Wheel, which takes half of its health. Another Mach Punch, another Flame Wheel, done. Machamp is next, so Soldier comes out. I anticipated Rock Slide, so I put Machamp to sleep first. I pump two Psybeams into Machamp, but before the third, Machamp is saved by a Max Potion. I land a regular Psybeam after the potion, then I land (you guessed it) a crit Psybeam. Soldier levels up. Last is Hitmonlee, which Soldier stays in for. Soldier blasts it with Psybeam to confuse it. Hitmonlee hits itself. Like, really hard. Like, about a fourth of its health hard. I use Confusion to wrap this battle up.




The next gym leader is supposedly primarily Dark type, but that isn't the case. No healing is necessary between her and Bruno.




Karen starts with Umbreon. I respond with NotJayLeno. I attack with Strength. Umbreon uses Sand-Attack. I use Strength again, and Umbreon uses Feint Attack. Another Strength, and we have a dead Umbreon. I see Vileplume is next, so naturally, I send out F Princess. Flame Wheel. Boom. Done. F Princess levels up. Gengar shows up. I pick Soldier again. Gengar places a Curse on Soldier. Soldier uses Sleep Powder, then takes damage from Curse. I switch out to Prophet while Gengar remains asleep. Prophet uses Confusion, leaving Gengar with very little health.

Then, it happens.

Gengar wakes up.

Gengar uses Destiny Bond.

Prophet uses Confusion.

Down goes Gengar.


Down goes Prophet.


Prophet is no more.

The game does not tell me which Pokemon is next. To be safe, I send out NotJayLeno. Murkrow comes out. I attempt Super Fang, but NotJayLeno misses. Murkrow responds with Feint Attack. Super Fang connects the second time, but so does the other Feint Attack. One more, and NotJayLeno goes down. I use the next turn to heal NotJayLeno. I get greeted by another Feint Attack. The next turn, I use Strength, and Murkrow goes down. Last is Houndoom, so I respond with Anthrax.

Anthrax goes down with one Crunch.


Anthrax is no more.

To avenge Anthrax and Prophet, I send out F Princess. F Princess uses Earthquake, and Houndoom is taken down.




Umm, wow. I did not expect two of my members to go down to Karen. I'm gonna go take a lunch, and tackle Lance. He has three Dragonites. This might not be very fun.








Gyrados on his side. Raditz on mine.



Raditz opens with Stun Spore. Gyrados is paralyzed, but uses Rain Dance. Raditz latches on Leech Seed. Gyrados uses Hyper Beam, dropping Raditz to mid yellow. Raditz uses Mega Drain, which does little. Leech seed gives some health back. Raditz uses another Mega Drain. Gyrados can't move this turn. Another Mega Drain. Gyrados still can't move. Gyrados is now in the red, and the rain stops. Raditz uses another Mega Drain, and Gyrados is down.


Raditz levels up. Lance is about to send out one of the three Dragonites. I send out NotJayLeno.


This Dragonite knows either Blizzard or Thunder. NotJayLeno opens with Super Fang. Dragonite paralyzes with Thunder Wave. Dragonite uses Hyper Beam, knocking me down to low yellow. I pop a full restore immediately. While Dragonite recharges, I finish it with Cut.


NotJayLeno levels up. Another Dragonite? NotJayLeno stays in.


I start again with Super Fang, and get another Thunder Wave in response. My face is hit with a Hyper Beam. I use Cut this time, saving Strength for later. This plays out the same as before, so I use a full restore while Dragonite recharges. Strength brings this beast down.


Aerodactyl is next. I don't know who to send out. I finally decide on Raditz.


Raditz gives it a Stun Spore to paralyze. I receive a critical rock slide...


Raditz is no more.

NotJayLeno is next.


NotJayLeno attacks with Iron Tail. It hits, and leaves Aerodactyl with a sliver of health. I receive a Wing Attack, which does about 30%. I use Cut. Aerodactyl is down.


Here comes Charizard. I respond with F Princess.


I attack with Swift. Charizard attacks with Wing Attack. Swift again, less than half on Charizard. Charizard responds with Flamethrower, which does even less. Another Swift. Charizard uses Hyper Beam, which knocks me under half. I use the recharge turn to heal F Princess, just in case. After that, one swift, and he's done.


The final Dragonite approacheth. I send out NotJayLeno.


I open with Super Fang. Dragonite attacks with Hyper Beam...


No! Not only did I think that Dragonite would Thunder Wave first, but I didn't think a Hyper Beam would kill me!

NotJayLeno is no more.

I send out F Princess once more to finish off this monster.


F Princess uses Swift. Dragonite must recharge. Another Swift, but Dragonite isn't dead! Dragonite counters with... Safeguard. lol. But then Lance uses a full restore! That fiend! F Princess uses Flame Wheel, and gets a crit, which would've been a nice way to finish off Dragonite, but whatever. F Princess uses Swift again, and Dragonite uses Outrage, taking off 5/8ths of F Princess' health. I use another Swift, and Dragonite uses Outrage again. I can't take another hit like that, so I heal F Princess. Dragonite hits her with... HYPER BEAM? Oh, yeah... Safeguard prevented Confusion... dammit. F Princess takes the hit like the champ, remaining in the green. Swift again, and Dragonite must recharge with red health. It's not injured enough to take out spectacularly with Flame Wheel, so I kill it with Swift.


It's over.






























Well, not exactly.

In Memorium

Anthrax the Onix

Prophet the Noctowl

Raditz the Jumpluff

Not Jay Leno the Raticate

STATUS: Champion of Johto
BADGES: 8
DEATHS: 7
SURVIVORS: 15

The Surviving Champions!

Soldier the level 46 Butterfree!

Flame Princess the level 50 Typhlosion!