u/BeneficialPear3

Following on from the technician run - https://www.reddit.com/r/pokemonradicalred/s/GK9fKrIloq

Another really fun run overall, early game was easier than technician (so many Intimidate Pokemon even before brock) but hard game/E4 was harder.

Certain pokemon made this awful, competitive articuno double battle (double intimidate), defiant annihilape, contrary spinda. If you can’t get them out there quickly the stat boosts soon add up

The team didn’t change much from when I had it, it was very hard to go for Staraptor over Salamence but it was a lot more satisfying.

Insane run I had a lot of fun playing this. I was mega strict I could only use a pokemon if it currently had the Technician Ability, some of the more useful pokemon learn it on evolution or via dream patch which made it more of a challenge.

Brock #1 with spearow, Kriketune, meowth was awful.

This is one of the easiest E4 challenge runs I’ve had.

Eviolite Scyther narrowly missed out on the E4 team.

Breloom was the biggest surprise of the run, I thought it would get replaced with mega Sceptile but I was that impressed and it came in clutch up until getting the mega stone I thought I’d give it a go at the E4.

Life Orb - Floatzel - Surging Strikes - Jolly -was so OP. 1HKO and outsped Bruno’s Infernape & agathas Krookadile so they couldn’t set up rocks. If it could learn it before level 80 it would have made the game too easy.

Donphan & Maushold both really good, they’ve been in so many of my HC runs.

Kleavor & Scizor (mega) both really good, Pounce, Rock Tomb/Metal Claw, Accelerock/Bullet Punch, Dual wingbeat was so effective. Speed control, good STAB move, priority, dual wingbeat to make up for missing Scyther.

10/10 playthrough.