“…you mean it!”



Then Edgychu attacked Honey outright, forcing her to get back into the battle.

Oh dear.

This sums up how well our attempts to use Razor Leaf worked.

We switched back to BBC again, who quickly fainted. So we went back to Grotle again, with one turn wasted.

Predictably, Grotle went down in one hit. Honey tried to flee, but couldn’t escape. Also predictably.

Honey sent out the sacrifical lamb… frog… whatever. Seeing the difference in levels, she regretted it and sent out another Pokemon.

The only other Pokemon she had left conscious.

Which was exactly the same level as the sheepfrog. And also fainted in one hit.

Honey tried to run away again and failed. Edgychu will not be taunted.

This was really the only thing that could have happened.

After some grinding/trying to reach Edgychu again (with random wild encounters, the two were one and the same), we came back. This time, we only had Grotle and Sheepfrog conscious, with Grotle at 24 HP and, once again, no Razor Leaf. At Edgychu’s power levels, that would be a guaranteed 4HKO with Quick Attack doing 6 points of damage.

But, on the plus side, Grotle wasn’t paralyzed this time.

Oh, wait. Yes it was. Grotle was paralyzed again.

Predictably, the chat tried to use Razor Leaf multiple times. Which meant that Turbo Anarchy tried to use Razor Leaf even more times.

I think Agility really means “Wild Edgychu is showing off!”

So not much happened that turn.

It wasn’t very effective, only doing 5 points of damage. Remember, Quick Attack does 6 points of damage to Sap Grotle.

He’s definitely taunting us.

So now let’s use some strategy here.

As it happens, Grotle got back exactly as much health as it lost to the Thundershock.

Surprisingly, Edgychu didn’t seem to notice, and used the exact same move again and doing the exact same amount of damage. Which Grotle countered with Absorb, healing the exact same amount of damage.

Anyone else see the problem with Edgychu’s strategy here? Well, it gets worse.

AKA “How To Waste Your Turn.”

If Edgychu was counting on the paralysis to let it get this taunt in, it didn’t work. Sap Grotle now has more health than it had before the battle.

And that’s not even the clincher:

Lucky for him, this time Grotle was paralyzed. But his luck was not to last.

I suppose that could’ve had an effect if Razor Leaf wasn’t completely out of PP. (Yes, Blazed Glazed has a physical-special split.)

Things aren’t looking good for Mousey here.

And HERE is the clincher:

Yes, its final move before fainting was FREAKIN’ AGILITY.

Plodding wins the race.