The Darkest Day

The finals are mow at an end and the last one standing has earned the right to battle Leon.

Hop met me in the locker rooms  beforehand and wished me luck. I walked onto the pitch, ready for the grand finale. It is the same group as what I used in the previous round: Cheeto, Trash, Snorkle, Eurypyro, Kituguma, and MmeTrunks. I know that his Charizard is going to be the one to Dynamax, so I should have Drednaw ready to tske on that role for me. Although, Kitiguma might give us an early lead if I find the opportunity...

Just as we were about to begin, Leon and I were interrupted.

Chairman Rose appeared on the screen and announced that he was unleashing all the Dynamax energy that is company has been collecting. His aim is to block out the sun and bring about "The Darkest Day" in order to save Galar's Future.

I have absolutely no clue how this makes sense.

With the end of the world potentially at hand, Hop and I decided to try to do something. Noting the connection between the Darkest Day and how we started our journey, Hop suggested that we go home to scope out that mysterious pokemon that we encountered in the fog.

Hop and I returned to the Slumbering Weald to seek out this Sword and Shield Pokemon that we saw on the game's box art.

Taken just before I failed to catch a Raid Charizard

Sonya met us there and informed us that the pokemon in question were named Zacian and Zamazenta because the creators of this game were losing at scrabble and needed high point words. Hop was very sure that the two of us could awaken them by finding the original sword and shield that the two pokemon used.

We stumbled out of the fog and into a magical clearing straight out of The Legend of Zelda. Here would surely be Master Sword. Or, in this case, a rusted shield for me and a rusted sword for Hop.

With the mcguffins in hand, Hop and I set off to confront Chairman Rose in the Dulynamax Powerplant in Hammerlocke City.

Yveltal!

I had just enough time to save my game before Yveltal emerged from its cocoon.  I know that this pokemon was cranky after its slumber because it attacked the first thing it saw: me.

Oh, so that's where the "Y" comes in!  It's all starting to come together now...  I guess the title screen should have given it away to me, but as we have already decided: I am a huge moron.

Legendary Pokemon Yveltal Catch Attempt #1:
Since this was my first attempt at catching a legendary pokemon in "Y-version" I really had no clue what to expect.  I know that the 2-minute cutscene of Yveltal screeching and flexing its muscles was meant to show-off its power, but I wasn't sure if this was going to be a repeat of the Y-version gym battles or not.  Would this be a simple battle or a rough slog?

Yveltal started the battle by killing every single pokemon in my team before I could throw one Ultraball...Okay, time to get serious.

Legendary Pokemon Yveltal Catch Attempt #The Second One:
I decided to stop screwing around and opened with Pikachu and used Thunderbolt to try to take off a big chunk of its health...wait too much...please stop going down...I killed it in one hit...damn...

Legendary Pokemon Yveltal Catch Attempt #C:
Fine, so its one of those "everything-or-nothing" matches huh?  I tightened my belt and decided to take a chance with Nuzzle+Electroball to Paralyze it, then weaken it just enough to keep it alive.  Luck was on my side--Yveltal was now Paralyzed and at an HP level in the red.  Now, its a matter of staying lucky by keeping alive long enough for one of my Ultraballs to bring it in.  Go Ultraball! ... Nope.

Three turns and three Ultraballs later Pikachu is gone and so is Venusaur, but Ultraball #4: Passes the first check, the second check, the third check, the fourth check, caught!  And on the fourth Ultraball too!  Legendaries have either gotten a lot easier to catch (how many Ultraballs did I waste on Mewtwo before I decided to burn my Masterball, anyways?) or I'm just awesome.

Current Squad:

GRENINJA/Froakles/lvl.42
VENUSAUR/Venus/lvl.41
FLAREON/Hotfoot/lvl.42
SCRAFTY/Scrappy/lvl.41
HIPPOWDON*/Leviathan/lvl.43
AERODACTYL/Scarydactyl/lvl.40

On Rotation: Gardevoir, Lucario, Pikachu, Skrelp