Oof Challenge

I was hesitant to even enter the gym, so we did a bit of training to get the team on par. Bo and Betty learned super fang, which is an insane move that halves the opponents HP. All of the team also had yawn, so I sent Betty out to Yawn the Meditite to sleep, and she managed to get 2 Super fangs in before fainting. We switched in Benson and hyper fanged to finish the Meditite.

Machoke was next, and honestly, he wasn’t nearly as hard. One yawn, Benson was ko’D, then I switched in Beryl who gave two hyper fangs and he was out for the count.

Now was the moment I was most fearful of - Lucario. Beryl was instantly knocked out, so Barney entered the battle and managed to take a hit, landing on like, 2HP, and get a Yawn in before being taken out. I sent out Bo to half the Lucario’s HP, then quarter it. He then got a hyper fang in before being defeated.

Once again it was Billie who saved the day, after just-about taking a hit, she rock smashed and ended Lucario.

It was a triumphant battle and the entire team pulled their weight. I could not be more proud.

Apologies for the delay, we purchased Bloodbourne from some guy in Hearthome and I’ve been hooked. It’s a nice little break from our perilous adventure.

Anyway, we headed South and battled what’s-his-name again, he wasn’t much of a threat. The battles which came afterwards though (many against wild Bibarrel) left us a bit worse for wear. Betty gathered us some berries but she believes the yellow ones are bad luck. After a quick lunch break we set off to Solaceon town.

Benson was eager to explore the ruins, but Betty didn’t want to get her paws dirty so she waited outside. After chatting to the townsfolk, we set off North where trainers proceeded to almost destroy us.

Hearthome is a nice city, but they don't let Bidoof into Amity Square because they don't think they're as cute as an empoleon. Urm, okay, whatever, we had fun at the Contest Hall anyway. Betty loves to dance.

I was a little worried about the ghostly gym, but as almost all of my Doofs have Yawn now, we had a strategy ready to go.

Benson opened with Stealth rock, and we yawned the Dusknall to sleep. Roll-out won us the battle and gave us a head start on the Haunter. He was a little harder, confused Benson and Billie, but we pulled through.

Mismagius actually wasn't too difficult. And I surprisingly had little trouble with this gym. So far Off Challenge isn't too hard, but I do have the best team ever.

It's a sad day my friends, as we took on those bowl-cut baddies once again in Eterna City. I underestimated Jupiter's Skuntank, which was higher than my highest Doof (now Billie) and didn't go in with much of a plan.... the first time.

We raced back to the center and I got Benson to jot down some ideas. Basically using the same strategy as with Cranidos, but he drew better pictures this time. However, we still mainly won on luck due to roll-outs not missing. Did I mention we keep missing? Betty thinks it’s something to do with our chakra.

After finally beating Jupiter, we left for the Gym which was far easier in comparison. A few headbutts and returns took out Turtwig and Cherubi, then I switched in Beryl who has the highest special defense. Thanks to Benson’s plan of giving everyone berries to hold, we had our second badge.

I taught Grass Knot to Betty who had the highest Special attack. We got a free bike and I bought each Bidoof a helmet of their own so they could enjoy the cycle south, on the way to Hearthome City.

We helped Barney to make a bouquet for Betty, and they seem to be on good terms now. After basking in the flowerbeds, it came to our attention that those Galactic guys were causing trouble. Never fear flower-pot-people, Team Oof is here!

Real talk though, I was admittedly worried about Mars and her Purrugly in the Valley Windworks. We lead with Benson and set up Stealth rocks, which didn’t do much really. Roll-outs took out her Zubat, and after Benson fainted I switched to Billie and chipped away at the thing’s HP using Rock smash.

Battle won, Team Oof were crowned the heroes of Flora…Flomora…Floara... Flower town, there was a big celebration and everything. Then we headed to Eterna Forest.

Some lady who was dressed as a plant asked for out autographs, then also wanted to be escorted through the forest. Of course, Team Oof came through for her, and we arrived at Eterna City.

Love this town. After taking the ’doofs for a well-deserved field trip to the museum, we had a picnic in the coal mine and practiced battling some rock types. Billie and Bo ate some more dirt. I taught Billie Rock Smash while we levelled up to match the first gym leader, Roark.

We entered the gym brimming with confidence. I used Billie to make qui… erm… slow paced work of his Geodude and Onix, but knew we needed another strategy for Cranidos, and luckily Benson had came up with one.

We growled away his attack stat, losing Billie and Betty in the process. Then Bo went in with his ’returns’ before fainting too. Beryl eventually took the win with headbutts. Her husband Barney was napping throughout.

And like that, we obtained our first badge and TM Stealth Rock!

We headed back to Jubilife and beat up some Team Galactic grunts with urm ’help’ from Professor Rowen’s assistant. His penguin just fainted though, so really the day was saved thanks to Team Oof.

Heading north, we were excited to visit Flower town! After all, Barney needs to make it up to Beryl for napping through her gym battle.

Team Oof is doing fairly well, after some adventures through the tall grass we arrived in Jubilife city. Here, we beat up some school kids and bothered some clowns, before making quick work of that hyper blonde kid. I named him Dale because he always looked like a Dale to me, that could have been funny but he’s not the star of the show - Barney is, he’s the highest level after all.

Benson demands we use strategy but the ‘doofs only have 3 moves each. Aside from Bo who has 'Return' since his attack stat was the lowest and he likes me the best. From what I have googled it seems Return actually isn’t affected by attack stat. This could be completely wrong though. Im not spending any more time on google when there’s Bidoof to train.

Betty seems to think three clowns means it's going to rain, but the sky's are pretty clear. Perhaps she means rain Pokedollars because we're going to win so many battles.

Alright guys, heres the dream team! In the order they were caught. I aimed for 3 Bidoodes and 3 Bidettes to keep it balanced.

Barney is the mildest one, he likes to win battles but never brags. Beryl is his wife, she is mild too and can be pretty stubborn. Its a little awkward when they argue but they married young so what can you expect? Betty is naive and a bit mischievous, she believes in some crazy superstitious stuff. Bo is the baby of the group, he‘s just happy and likes to eat mud. Billie is kind of my favourite, shes tough and eats everything. She probably taught Bo that eating mud would toughen him up. Finally, we have the brains, Benson. He’s a bit finicky and always coming up with hair-brained schemes. He's going to be useful for our strategic planning.

Helloooo world. Today I’ve decided to attempt something spectacular. A Bidoof run of Pokémon Platinum! Yes, I do hate myself, why do you ask?  Rules are as follows: I must use the first 6 Bidoof I catch. No hunting for natures or IVs.  Items can be used but NO revives or max revives in battle.  No over-levelling to win with brute force. This means I can go slightly higher than the gyms if necessary, but I can’t just keep levelling up. Currently I’m capping it at 3 levels higher but we will see how this goes. Finally, I can die, it’s not a Nuzlocke. I lose if I give up, or can’t find any way to proceed without ridiculously over-levelling. 

Alright, I’m getting pumped. So on that note, I Bid-oof you good day!