I started my ascent of Battle Tower today. It’s a little different making a team for that since you have to stick with the same three pokémon for each 7-battle stretch. I chose a trio from my Team Twilight to take it on. Fili (Rotom) is my starter, Bith (Dusknoir) comes second when he can exploit a weakness and The Wave (Spiritomb) serves as team anchor and fends off any dark types.
The first 10 battles were pretty simple. I rarely needed to switch from Fili and I was surprised by how many things were sent at me that she was super effective against. This was still important practice since how well my team does relies heavily on proper use of Light Screen and/or Reflect. Identifying whether a foe uses attack or special attack is vital since Fili has so little defense on her own.
Around battle 14 I ran into a tough Shedinja which I thought would be easy pickings for my team, but Shadow Sneak combined with a Shedinja’s amazing attack wreaked some serious havoc on my party. Still, I managed to pull through relying on Bith’s defense and The Wave’s strategy to eek through. I was impressed by the little guy’s spunk so much that I’ve since been to Celadon City to teach Shadow Sneak to my own Shedinja.
Battle 21 was the first real boss fight of the tower. I won’t spoil who it is for those who haven’t done it, but it is cool. With both our last pokémon out, Bith vs. Milotic, it came down to one move to decide who would win. But I botched it. I though Milotic was a dragon type and used Ice Punch when it is in fact a water type. It narrowly survived my attack and came back with an Aurora Beam to finish off a weary and frustrated Bith. So close…but I’ll be back.
