Pokemon SoulSilver Part 24: A dance with death, I taste the victory

[kjorteo]

In this update:

* More treatises on the music!
* Two more badges!
* A fantastic showing for the original party and even the second-stringers!
* Surprisingly tiny routes!
* WFGR does not condone or endorse bullying but we are not sure how else to describe what happened here, honestly!
* Erika confirmed bottom!
* Oops that last quip was maybe a bit dirty. Speaking of which, how about we wrap this up with a whole big speech on why WFGR still has the mature content flag set even though we are like the tamest thing?

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Some notable clips and highlights from this session:
A grueling journey
So Granbulls can just Limit Break apparently
Nice try, but not this time!
Oh, right, forgot about that
Just two besties with their beasties (thanks to SeireaSong for this clip)
absolute domination (thanks to SeireaSong for this clip)

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[penguinmayhem]

wait what there was another pokemon stream hang on i dont remember that aaaaaaa how did i miss this

[penguinmayhem]

I just want to geek out about the game's encounter design for a bit because I noticed things while watching this back and I think it's neat.

Erika's team is some fairly good shit, four fairly average mons with almost no physical coverage and quite a few weaknesses, but they all rely on Jumpluff getting off a Sunny Day + Leech Seed setup to boost their speed and surviveability, Tangela has insurance against Bug and Flying, and Bellossom is a complete troll with a Sitrus Berry and Sunny Day boosted Synthesis can let her just recover all her HP every turn. Though if you bring a fast fire type to this fight literally all she has to stop you is Ancient Power. _{also Erika ffs just call your girlfriend please getting random women to bully you is kinda weird}

Misty pulls it off much better, though. Her team seems purpose built to trip you up if you're not paying attention, luring you to jump to conclusions countering Golduck and Quagsire just to set you up for Lapras to beat you the fuck up. And then there's the absolute nightmare that is Starmie, who could have all sorts of shit. Does it have Thunder? Swift? Psychic? Surf? They also cover pretty much all the bases from the physical bulky Quagsire and Lapras to suddenly stupidly fast Starmie spamming special attacks and dishing out confusion. Golduck can Disable an easy Sweep and the rest of the team keeps you on the back foot, switching out constantly to keep up with her shit rather than taking the offensive.

Every time the game does this I love it. It's like you can see the game design trying to teach you how to anticipate and plan ahead, and how thinking you've got the upper hand can sometimes leave you open to unexpected twists.

If my calculations are correct, out of your entire lineup there's actually Cassandra who isn't weak to anything Starmie could throw at it and can hit for super-effective damage in return. But I'm not sure if I trust an Absol to deal with a fast as fuck confusion-spamming Starmie that knows Recover.

[penguinmayhem]

^{sorry but I just couldn't resist}

Erika confirmed bottom

Is this still a surprise in 2022? She's dating a goddamn psychic dominatrix?