One arduous, but rarely dangerous, training montage later, Dante and Anagram are ready to take on Loser. First up is Dante vs. Lv. 9 Spearow. Lv. 9 Dante does what he does best--crit faces. OHKO (also Super Effective, of course), and it's time for Anagram to take on Eevee, Eevee's level 8, so I start Ana off with a Harden. Eevee tries to use Sand-Attack and fails. Next, confusion takes out a good chunk of Eevee's health, and with Harden in place, Eevee's Tackle did 5 damage (28HP left) Another trade of Confusion for Tackle, then after Anagram's third confusion, Eevee is tackling no more. No new level-ups from that battle, so here's the team as of the end of Rival Battle #2:
Anagram: Lv. 10 Butterfree
Dante: Lv. 9 Pikachu
Dead:
Hydras (Lv. 4 Nidoran male, died on Route 22 against Wild Mankey)
Bosh (Lv. 4 Rattatta, died in Viridian Forest against a trainer's Nidoran male)
Failed to capture:
Level 5 Mankey (escaped two Poké Balls, then got critted by Dante's Thundershock.)
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Ulti (in one of his Post-Contest Analyses): God of War turned a 5 hour deadlock into a total laugher
Anagram: Oh God, Tidus and Yuna were involved?