Vs. Bede

I have been giving Trash the Zigzagoon a lot of attention recently. After my most recent teammate shuffle (henceforth called "the great purge"), I have been waffling with respect to the roles that I have pokemon filling. I have been curious about what Trash has to offer the team other than "Pickup" and those sweet face markings. Trash knows how to party, but she had yet to prove herself.

Bede led with the Psychic type Solosis. Trash was able to take it out handily with its STAB Payback. Hmm. Maybe Trash has a place here after  all...

His next pokemon was called Hatenna and my immediate reaction was just "what the fuck is that?" For some reason, I was seeing a blobfish in its design. I had no clue what type it should be, but my first instinct was water.

It had the ability Anticipation; ancitipation activates  on switch in and clues the trainers in that the opposing pokemon has a super effective move against it.

When I noticed that Anticipation activated,  I knew that something that Trash knew would hit it super effectively.

Trash's Moves: Payback, Headbutt, BabyDoll Eyes, Lick

Since Headbutt is normal and BabyDoll Eyes is a status move this meant that either the dark type Payback or the Ghost Type Lick were effective against it. Since Dark and Giost are effective against the same tyes--Ghost and Psychic--I knew that I could choose either move to hit Hatenna effectively.

Payback scored a huge hit, but Hatenna retaliated with Disarming Voice and sent Trash packing.

I had figured out that Hatenna was either a Psychic or Ghost type and decided to test this out by sending in Bleppo the Dottler for some recon. If Struggle Bug hit it for Super Effective damage, then Hatenna is a Psycjic type. If it hits it weakly, then it is a Ghost.


Just cross your fingers and take a big breath and...

Psychic

Sometimes a gamble pays off.

Bede sent out Gothita for his third pokemon and then it clicks all of the sudden.  He is a psychic type specialist.  For being the best pokemon trainer ever, I sure can be dense sometimes...

Pokédex:33/54

Current Squad:

Thwackey/Cheeto/lvl 17
Nickit/Kat-Kit/lvl 16
Chewtle/Snorkle/lvl 16
Rookidee/Chirpy/lvl 16
Dottler/Bleppo/lvl 16

Stufful/Stuffy/lvl 15

On Rotation: Growlithe, Zigzagoon