Notes I took on each major battle that I thought was important. Unless otherwise specified, each battle written here is against a Gym Leader or Elite 4 member/Champion. I've added labels to make things clear here, but my raw text document did not clarify.
Roark
Sent in Covie against Torchic. Torchic Focused Energy while Covie missed Supersonic (once, she hit the next turn). Switched to Maus next while Torchic hit itself. He killed it in two turns with Water Gun.
Onix came next. Fucking lol. It got off 2 Rock Throws before dying to Water Gun.
Seel was the final opponent. Switched out to Covie to Supersonic... and forgot that Seel has ice moves.
She took 20 damage and lowered her speed, so I switched out to Leonid instead. He spammed Leer while tanking a few Icy Winds, then missed one on the turn I healed him on and KILLED SEEL WITH A CRIT TACKLE!! WOO!
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Gardenia
Start with Cerub out against... a fucking Mankey of course
Switched out to Covie. and resisted a crit Karate Chop. One Wing Attack OHKO'd it, and a FUCKING WAILORD CAME OUT NEXT LMAOOOOOOO
This is Gardenia's ace btw
Anyways, Covie got a Confuse Ray off and resisted a Water Pulse before I switched into Bully (who is once more proving my choice to evolve him into a Jolteon correct). Wailord hurt itself.
From there, three Thunder Shocks and its own confusion took it down no problem.
Finally, a PERSIAN came out to fight. Fuck, this might actually be difficult.
I say as I switch into Domo, who takes a Fake Out like a champ and immediately tanks SIX BITES IN A ROW, TWO OF WHICH MADE HIM FLINCH AND ALL OF WHICH PUT HIM INTO THE RED, to get an Attack rise on the SECOND-LAST TURN and DESTROY the Persian afterwards. FUCK YEAH
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Jupiter
Lead with Maiden against a (female) Zubat. Do something with this for plot.
Switched to Bully because I forgot Domo was part psychic. A single Thunder Shock took it out lol.
Next came a level 23 FLAREON and I thanked myself for not having sent out Domo before lol. Sent out Cerub instead and got a Sand-Attack to the face. Flareon kept spamming that for three turns in a row before a SINGLE Quick Attack got Cerub into the yellow. I instantly switched Covie in instead, which mitigated some of the damage of the next QA. She promptly confused the Flareon, and it hurt itself that turn. Some confusion damage combined with Covie's bites (and stopping halfway so she could heal) eventually took the Flareon down without issue, and Jupiter was defeated. Yay!
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Fantina
Began with Domo against a Trapinch, fuck fuck fuck. Thankfully it didn't have Arena Trap so I switched to Maiden, who was immediately brought into the yellow by a bite.
She then died to ANOTHER Bite because I wasn't paying attention and used a potion instead of a super potion when healing. Yay.
Sent out Covie next who dealt with the Trapinch immediately.
Octillery came out next which spooked me and I switched to Bully after a Confuse Ray (which made the Octillery hurt itself that turn). This is Fantina's fucking ace
Octillery hurt itself four times in a row and then Bully took it out with a Thunder Shock.
Mothim came last, thank god, and Bully killed it in two Shocks. Siiigh. I win.
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Maylene
Began with Moose against a Meowth. Spammed 3 Ancient Powers to kill it but never got the boost.
Noctowl came out next. Tanked a Take Down and started spamming Icy Winds next. It eventually killed itself with Take Down recoil while I healed and the team's Reflect wore off.
Finally, MAMOSWINE (ace) came out lol. Switched out to Benjamin in response. He tanked an Ice Fang and dealt back a Bubble Beam as Mamoswine set up Hail. That got Mamoswine down to half, so Benjamin tanked a Take Down and used Brine to take it out! Woo, victory!
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Crasher Wake
Began with Leif out against Wake's Magmar. Started with a Protect just in case it had Thunder Punch or some other bullshit, but it was just a Faint Attack. Quickly got to spamming Water Pulses (the first hit confused!)... for about a turn, until Wake switched into his LEVEL 37 CACTURNE (which was also confused immediately upon switch-in lmfao)
I immediately switched out to Covie as retaliation, who was quickly put into the yellow with a single Faint Attack. After I healed her she got off a Cross Poison, which crit and OHKO'd the Cacturne.
A LUNATONE came out next, and after having traumatic flashbacks I switched back into Leif.
It immediately set up an Embargo after Polishing its Rock, and tried to Psywave (but missed, twice in a row). It only got a single hit off during the 5 turns it was alive as Leif skillfully killed it with Water Pulse.
Magmar came out for the final match, and its fate was pretty much sealed the second it did lol. Fell to Leif's Water Pulses in no time at all.
Victory (mostly dealt by a Water type in a Water type gym, lol)!
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Byron
Started with Kru out in front against Byron's Dusclops. Immediately switch into Covie as it Curses. Used bite and it flinched. Curse took Covie down to half health, so I switched back into Kru. I healed Covie up while Byron healed Dusclops, and I switched Covie in for the exact same scenario to repeat soon after. Kru then came in and took a Will-O-Wisp so I healed that next turn, and healed him again once a Shadow Punch took him down to half. Kind of just kept healing as it spammed Shadow Punch and got in a few Fire Punches in between. Finally killed it with a Thunder Punch, eventually.
Exeggutor came next, which scared the shit out of me until I remembered I had Moose. Switched him in, only for Exeggutor to Wood Hammer and take moose down to 8 FUCKIN HP in one go. Without a crit.
Immediately healed, and then it used Egg Bomb (which missed). Moose killed it next turn with a single Ice Fang.
Huntail came out last, and I switched over to Kru after healing him up a little. Kru tanked a Dive and I healed next turn. Kept on healing as it kept spamming Dive, then killed it with a pair of Thunder Punches I got through when it went for Brine instead of Dive.
Well, that was boring lol.
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Candice
Led with Cory against a Kecleon. Immediately put up a Light Screen just to be safe... and then nearly lost Cory to a NORMAL Slash. Fffeck.
Switched to Felix just to be safe. Tanked a Shadow Sneak and took out the Kecleon with an Ancient Power-Surf combo.
A Rotom came out next, so I chose Moose. Light Screen wore off then, so I went for an Ancient Power to make sure Moose was well-fortified. This kind of backfired when Rotom started spamming Double Team and OMINOUS WIND and got an omniboost... meanwhile, Moose only got one Ancient Power off and barely did anything. Healed for a few turns, then the Rotom used fucking SUBSTITUTE and Moose missed anyways so it didn't matter. Nearly managed to kill the Rotom with Substitute recoil... and then Candice healed. aaaAAAAA
Ended up giving up on Moose when he could no longer attack Rotom (Earthquake and Strength were the only moves with PP left, which... well...) and switched in Cory after healing him.
Immediately set up a Light Screen to ward off the Rotom's attacks. Then realized that Cory also couldn't do shit so I sent Moose back in and just used an Elixir so I could keep fighting with Moose. Immediately missed almost every single attack before finally killing the stupid fucking thing with two Ice Fangs right before the move ran out of PP.
Espeon (ace) came out next. It used Future Sight, which freaked me out, but two moves took it out so I wasn't too terrified after that.
GRANBULL came out last and Intimidated Moose. Moose was also at half health, so I switched out to Felix for some safety.
That did nothing because the Granbull immediately Roared and switched Moose back in and nearly killed him with a Future Sight.
That kind of helped Moose, though, since it got rid of the Intimidate effect and the Future Sight without killing anybody. Two attacks took it out soon after.
Woooo, fuck that Rotommmm
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final cyrus fight
Cyrus sends out (Heat) Rotom against Covie... who proceeds to MOP THE FLOOR WITH IT. Bites first turn and gets off a flinch, immediately confuses it next turn and it hurts itself, she gets another bite which is healed by a Full Restore, and then she just does the SAME EXACT THING again and beats the Rotom without taking ANY DAMAGE.
Cloyster comes next, which gives me a spook and I switch to Cory. Cloyster sets up Spikes, I set up Light Screen. Next turn it sets up more spikes while I Thunder Punch, which 3KOs (would've 2KO'd but it used Protect). No damage taken yet again because the thing just kept spamming Spikes, although the 3x stack is concerning.
Next is Heracross, so I send Covie back in. She absolutely TANKS a fucking CLOSE COMBAT and OHKO's the thing with a Wing Attack!!
Next comes a Gallade, and I have nothing good against this thing. Immediately set off a Confuse Ray... which does nothing, and Covie is immediately killed.
Cory comes in next and 2KO's with Thunder Punch.
Octillery comes out last and immediately dies because Thunder Punch.
Fuck, man.
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Volkner
Led with Vanya against a TORTERRA. Switched into Velma, who got Leech Seeded. She tanked a few Crunches so she could set up Spikes, and then I healed because Leech Seed. Did that a few times and stalled a LOT (thank you Synthesis), then Velma 2KO'd with Fly.
Slowbro came in next, so I sent in Cory. It used Slack Off for its first turn to heal (minimal) damage from Spikes, which allowed Cory to 2KO with Thunder Punch.
Espeon came next, so I sent in Alpha. It used Future Sight, which allowed for a free Hyper Voice... and Espeon could hardly touch Alpha anyways so it took out Espeon pretty easily lol.
Finally, ROSERADE (ace) came out, so I sent Velma back out. It got a crit Magical Leaf on the first turn, and then Velma used Fly to OHKO.
Victoryyyy
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Aaron
Started with Alpha out against an Electabuzz. Earth Power took out half its health, but it put up a Light Screen so it survived the next one and used a Thunderbolt (which thankfully didn't do much). Extreme Speed came out next to try and kill it, but Aaron used a Full Restore. Switched out to Vanya just to be safe, which is good because Electabuzz used a Thunderbolt next.
Aaron withdrew Electabuzz next to send out a Lickylicky, which tanked Vanya's Earthquake pretty well. Light Screen also wore off this time.
I switched Cory in next, which was a surprisingly good call because Lickylicky used Power Whip next and he tanked it. It kept spamming as I kept spamming and eventually Cory killed it with a Strength.
Whiscash (ace) came out next, so I brought out Wiggle, who tanked an Earthquake like a champ. That's my girl. It used Future Sight while I used Spore (just to be safe), and Wiggle tanked several Snores to get off an X-Scissor and kill it (after a shit ton of Giga Draining).
An Aerodactyl came afterwards, so I switched out to Felix (who tanked both an Ancient Power and a Crunch to get off a Surf and OHKO it). Woo!
Electabuzz came back out so I sent in Vanya once again, then had her Dig as Aaron switched out to Persian (which got OHKO'd by that Dig).
Electabuzz came out finally and it was instantly taken out by an Earthquake. Lmao.
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Bertha
Began with Cory against a Pidgeot. Set up Light Screen just to be safe, and Pidgeot went for Agility. Cory then tanked a Wing Attack and crit OHKO'd the Pidgeot.
Alpha came out next to fight a Blaziken, which started spamming Blaze Kick. Thankfully, Alpha 2KO'd with Psychic before it could do anything worse than get Alpha into the yellow.
Cory came out to fight a Crawdaunt... which thankfully missed a Crabhammer on its turn. Cory nearly OHKO'd with a Thunder Punch, but Bertha used a Full Restore so he had to Brick Break + Thunder Punch once more to take out the Crawdaunt properly.
Next came a Floatzel, so I healed because Cory was in the yellow. A single Thunder Punch OHKO'd this one.
Finally a Houndoom (ace) came out to fight, so I sent in Vanya. It used a Flamethrower which she thankfully tanked, and an Earthquake OHKO'd the thing before its Embargo could really fuck me up. Victory!
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Flint
Led with Cory against an Ursaring. Had Flashbacks to Hannah's death and 2KO'd with Brick Break despite Cory being in the yellow.
Stopped to heal since Feraligatr came out next... and started using Thrash. Cory lived on 8HP on the second Thrash turn, and Feraligatr was thankfully confused while I healed and hurt itself. Another Thunder Punch took the Feraligatr out.
Next came a Gyarados. Fucking lol. It set up Rain, but that's all it could do before being destroyed by a Thunder Punch.
Next came Armaldo, lol x2, which met with Felix and got destroyed by a Rain-boosted Surf from my boy.
Last came a final Ursaring (ace), which Felix relentlessly Tickled so that it would do less damage (mainly because the Rain faded on this turn and I didn't want to risk leaving it alive and deadly), then used Surf twice. That NEARLY killed Ursaring... but it survived long enough to Rest.
Felix then used Ancient Power to try and get an Omniboost while tanking Snores, and Felix took the Ursaring out with a Surf after a little bit.
Victory, wooooo!
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Lucian
Led with Cory against a Seviper. Set up a Light Screen while Seviper used Swagger. That didn't really matter since I sent in Vanya next, who tanked a Poison Jab and OHKO'd the Seviper with an Earthquake.
A Kingler came out next, so I brought out Wiggle (who was immune to its Crabhammer that came next). The Kingler's Guillotine missed and Wiggle got off a successful Spore, so she easily 3KO'd with X-Scissor while the Kingler slept.
A fucking Shuckle (ace) came out next as Light Screen wore off. I immediately put it to sleep and sent in Felix, who 2KO'd with Surf.'
Next was (another) Electabuzz, so Vanya returned. I had her use Dig because I predicted Lucian would switch (which he did, into a Porygon2), and Vanya 3KO'd the Porygon with her Dig and two Crunches.
Electabuzz came back out and I healed because Vanya was in the yellow. Electabuzz started spamming Screech (presumably because otherwise it couldn't do anything), but didn't get to do anything because a single Earthquake killed it.
I won lol.
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Cynthia
Led with Cory against a FORRETRESS OH FUCK OH GOD OH NO
Instantly switched to Alpha because FUCK THAT EXPLOSION SHIT... and it just used Iron Defense. Cool, I'm still paranoid. Decided to use Earth Power mostly to kill time because I know this fucking thing is going to explode. It kept using Iron Defense.
Eventually it used Gyro Ball... which didn't do much, but I don't care fuck you I'm still anxious. Continued using Earth Power until it died a few turns later (Cynthia healed so it didn't go down as fast as it should've).
Honchkrow came next (ace?), which was bad news for my fucking ghost type. Sent in Felix just to be safe, and he was instantly taken to half health by a Dark Pulse. Cue repeated Protect + Healing spam until I eventually just switched back into Cory because he had slightly better Sp.Def and way better attacks.
Cory was almost immediately killed by a Night Slash, but he tanked a Dark Pulse to OHKO the Honchkrow shortly after.
Next came a Leafeon, so Wiggle came out... and immediately got GrassWhistle'd. Cue her tanking ineffective Magical Leaf after ineffective Magical Leaf before waking up, getting off a single Cross Poison (which also did nothing), before going to sleep again. Twice. Eventually I just got sick of it and put the Leafeon to sleep with Spore so that Wiggle could X-Scissor harder until it died.
Next came an Octillery which... outsped Wiggle and immediately got off an Ice Beam before I could Spore.
Fuck shit fuck shit fuck shit.
Had to send in Cory at half health because I had very few other options- healed up first turn. Kept healing after Cory got frozen the very next turn, then got off a single Thunder Punch that paralyzed (and was immediately healed over so it didn't matter). Next one crit OHKO'd at least.
Next came a Politoed that tanked a Thunder Punch at half health and nearly killed Cory with a Hyper Voice. It used Boucne while I healed, so it dodged the second Thunder Punch and did no damage. The next turn Cory killed it (with another Thunder Punch).
Finally came an ELECTIVIRE (REAL ACE), which was hilarious. It used Screech while I put up a Light Screen, then sent in Vanya. It kept spamming Screech...
...and tanked an Earthquake at ONE HP only to waste the opportunity by just using Screech again until it died to Vanya's Dig next turn. Lol.
Anyways... I won! I fucking won!! This whole stupid Nuzlocke is DONE!!! Oh my god, I'm FINALLY FUCKING FREE.
Thank god.
And all hail Alpha.