PLA: Perfect Professor Oak Challenge - Noble 4, Electrode
Only 5 months since the last post! Hurray!!
I started the section by immediately tackling the worst part - the 3 Alpha Chimecho. My strategy was that with a smaller pool of Pokemon for the game to choose in an outbreak, Chimecho would pop up more frequently. IT WORKS AND THANK GOD (I think at least, I haven't scientifically tested that). Honestly, these weren't terrible and only took 15 or so hours. I even got a lucky 4th Alpha Chingling that I chose not to evolve!
My least favorite part of the section was probably just how easy it is to accidentally jump from a tall height and die, with no way to reliably get your stuff back (Thanks for shoehorning internet connectivity into the game, Nintendo). I also seemed to have pretty bad luck getting Nosepass to pop out of rocks, but nothing insanely terrible happened overall.
As for shinies, there are much fewer than normal, simply because of how little time I spent in the section. I'm okay with less shinies if it means I'm almost done with this challenge. The shiny Starly was actually a random Alpha spawn too, so that one was extra lucky. Golden Goomy is awesome too.
Only the Alabaster Icelands left! It's supposed to be the easiest section yet, which I am greatly looking forward to. My initial prediction of the challenge taking 350 hours might still be possible, but I'm thinking more like 400 now. Either way, surprised with how close I might be to hitting that estimate. Onward to the last section.