Pokémon Shield Nuzlocke Diary #2 (Motostoke-Milo)

Day 2 finally started with the league registration, where I picked number 10, since I'm the playmaker after all 😎 Then I went fishing in Motostoke and... I have a Magikarp on the team... Oh boy... It is named Naydra from Zelda Breath of the Wild. I LOVE Gyarados very much and it has always been in my top 10, and in this gen it will be learned at level 21 Waterfall. This doesn't do me any good for the 1st gym since the level cap is 20, but after that she will be able to do a lot of things on her own. And I'm really looking forward to it... 😈 After the introduction of the Gym Leaders and the small realization that at some point there would be a fight against Allister and Raihan and that I was damned afraid of it, I moved on to Route 3, where I caught a Pancham, which I named after Paul Phoenix from Tekken. After a few trainer battles, I arrived at the Galar mine and caught a Woobat called Squeekly, named after the bats from the Donkey Kong Country series. The fight against Bede afterwards was the toughest test for my team so far, as his Hatenna caused me more problems than I thought, but this hurdle was also overcome and I moved on to the last route before the arena. There Wooloo became my encounter and now wears the venerable name of King Rauru from Zelda Teara of the Kingdom. In the arena challenge I assumed nothing bad, however... an Oddish managed to crit my Snorunt with acid and... we have the first Locke fatality... R.I.P. Snorunt/Eula... 😓

So the rage was immense! My team was itching to destroy Milo! Pidove had no problems against the Gossifleur and defeated it with 2 Air Cutters. Eldegoss was a bigger problem: Max Overgrowth barely survived Pidove, which is why I had to switch to Thwackey. After he survived the last two Max attacks, his Dynamax disappeared and it was time to let Gyarados play... 3 times Max Darkness was enough to defeat Eldegoss and thus get me the first badge! I won, but there was still a gap left by Snorunt to fill. For now, Wooloo will do it, because Nessa's level cap is at 24, so I would have a Dubwool for her.