Pokemon Nuzlocke Project - Alpha Sapphire: Part 9 (Elite Four and Champion)
So close yet so far...
I was pretty confident going into the final stage of the journey. Aside from a nerve-wracking moment while battling Sidney, the first three Elite Four matches went well.
And then... Drake's Salamence happened. It took out Racar (Absol) and Sharka (Manectric) with Dragon Rush. As you can imagine, yeah, I was upset about that.
So, after Drake was eventually defeated, I was left with only four pokes to face Steven with.
Long story short, Wymal (Sandslash) was defeated by Cradily. PS: The heal-stalling battle between Varan (Azumarill) and Cradily was an absolute nightmare that I thought would never end.
Turns out I had bigger things to worry about with Steven's Mega Metagross. It proceeded to make light work of Ciarc (Blaziken) and Eljam (Crobat) with Zen Headbutt. I was down to just one pokemon.
I wasn't feeling confident anymore and it was pretty justified as Varan was defeated by a combination of Meteor Mash and Giga Impact.
That spells the end of the run. I may try another nuzlocke of ORAS in the future but I believe I will be attempting X/Y next.
