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So I actually wasn't going to play through Pokemon, but seeing you guys post about has made me choose otherwise.

I too chose Cyndaquil, as I used Totodile last playthrough and there's a different Grass type I want to use. I just used Cyndaquil/Quilava up until Azaela Town where I picked up a Slowpoke before defeating Bugsy.

On my way to Goldenrod I picked up an Oddish, however I wanted to put off the fight against Whitney and traveled north to do the Bug Catching Contest and grind a bit. I also intended to pick up the next member of my team, however I hit a slight roadblock.

The Pokemon I wanted was Yanma, however it only has a 1% encounter rate! I sat there for like two hours trying to find one to no avail. So I resorted to some other methods. I was already going to have to do this with the final member of my team since it's a SoulSilver exclusive so I don't think it's that big of a deal, but I went into my copy of Platinum and caught a Yanma. I decided that once I trade it over, I'm breed it and use the baby one on my team to sort of balance out the method I used.

Before going into Platinum though I decided it was time to fight Whitney and man is that Miltank built to be frustrating. I thought I had gone in fairly well prepared, I was wrong. Clefairy wasn't a major problem as Oddish poisoned it, allowing Quilava to knock it out incredibly easily. My plan for the Miltank was to put it to Sleep with Slowpoke's Yawn, then have Quilava Smokescreen it to death, so Rollout was less potent. This didn't work out very well at all. First of all I didn't realize Miltank came equipped with a Lum Berry, so I had to take extra hits just to put it back to sleep, but the second time it woke up after two turns. Still though I got three Smokescreens off and thought I'd be okay. Nope! Its Rollout hit every time, knocking out all three of my useful Pokemon, thankfully Togepi hatched so I used it as a sacrifice to Revive Quilava and finish the battle.

Despite how frustrating her fight can be, Whitney is actually one of my favorite gym leaders. Her fight requires actual strategy, she's easily the most memorable fight in the Johto games. Anyway I ended up heading north and defeated Sudowoodo before calling it a night.

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