Final Platinum Update!
Neptune
Raiden
Nocturna
Garm
Ansu
Swed Chef
Second time's the charm! My victory pretty much hinged on whether Neptune could live an Earthquake from Cynthia's Garchomp and with 40 HP or so to spare, which then left it open for an Ice Beam. Her Lucario turned out to be easier to deal with the second time around, nearly made a big muck up since I accidentally healed with e Super Potion instead of a Hyper Potion but it took enough damage to go down to Ansu's Psychic.
Figuring out who my MvP this time around is actually pretty tough because this team was actually pretty well rounded overall as a lot of the weaknesses I had were pretty well covered...
As far as the E4 goes...Swed Chef gave me that early chip damage for a lot of pokes, and dishing out those Earthquakes and Stone Edges, Ansu almost solo'd both Bertha and Lucian with Grass Knot and Shadow Ball, Garm and Nocturna handled Aron effectively, Garm also did well against Cynthia's Spiritomb and helped me set up after dropping the Stealth Rocks, Neptune of course taking out Cynthia's Garchomp (after a second try) as well as putting in work against Flint...
As far as during the main game...I definitely noticed Nocturna, Ansu, and Neptune putting in some work...Garm had his moments as well being a solid dark type as well as having that fire coverage, Swed Chef was a bit of a late game addition so he didn't quite stand out as much as he could've because of that but as said he proved useful during the elite four...Raiden on the other hand, not that Luxray was a bad pokemon (apart from being slow at times) pretty signifies why I never usually use Electric types as he wasn't quite as useful in situations that other pokemon I had were better suited for...
I think I'll give it to Neptune, overall he served as a pretty solid core to my team as my team was built around him as other key members such as Garm and Nocturna complimented him rather well...His steel typing was especially useful...Especially for catching legends, in this Gen steel resists all of Giratina's attacks as well as worked well for the Lake Guardians which made him tank hits really well while I was desperately chucking balls at them...
So...guess Hoenn's next then...don't think I'll be able to finish ALL of the regions before sun and moon especially since I'm having a few days here and there without any gameplay but let's see if I can get through Hoenn and the Delta Episode before the bomb drops...
