Pokémon Sword Playthrough 36: Shady Staff
2I have got through the Semifinals Tournament, but something very suspicious is going on involving the staff member that Oleana gave the key to, and Leon has not returned. We get help from Piers, Marnie, and Team Yell in tracking down that suspicious person so we can enter Rose Tower and find Leon.
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After that whole scene with Oleana and the staff member of Macro Cosmos, we go around the plaza area of Wyndon and track down that staff member, who uses a bunch of Steel-type Pokémon. During these fights, Marnie will give us support, which will boost the stats of the Pokémon in the battle. Then Piers distracts the staff members, while also getting the attention of the people in Wyndon Station while we head off to Rose Tower. There are some items you can find outside, including a Cell Battery, which increases your Attack if hit by an Electric-type move, an Electric Seed, which boosts Defense in Electric Terrain, these items are one use. There is also a TM that you can find containing Eerie Impulse, which lowers the targets Special Attack by two stages, and not too many Pokémon can learn that move.
I like the song that plays during the Rose Tower climb, and the fact it even plays during the battles against the Macro Cosmos staff members while teaming up with Hop, this part of the game reminds me of Pokémon Sun & Moon, where it also had a lot of Double Battles around that part of the game.
For being a hundred floors, Rose Tower is one huge tower, it is meant to be based on The Shard, which is a very tall tower in London which is over 1000 feet and the tallest building in the United Kingdom.
After getting through a lot of Macro Cosmos staff and their Steel-type Pokémon, we get challenged by Oleana, I will go over her team, her personality reminds me of another character from Sun & Moon who used a similar-like team, but with different Pokémon.
Froslass: Hex, Icy Wind, Will-O-Wisp, Double Team
Tsareena: Trop Kick, Stomp, Attract, Acrobatics
Salazzle: Venoshock, Incinerate, Poison Gas, Dragon Pulse
Milotic: Surf, Safeguard, Aqua Ring, Recover
Garbodor: Gunk Shot, Stomping Tantrum, Rock Blast, Toxic Spikes
There is something strange about Oleana's team, three of her Pokémon are female-only species, and she has a Milotic, which is believed to be the most beautiful of all Pokémon, and then she has Garbodor, one of the most hated Gen 5 Pokémon, and what most people see as an ugly Pokémon, which feels out of place to the rest of her team.
Now to go over each of her team members, her Froslass can use Double Team and Will-O-Wisp, and if burned, Hex's power doubles, this can be an annoying threat if you don't take Froslass out quick enough. Tsareena has Attract if you have any male Pokémon in the fight, Salazzle's Poison Gas can even inflict poison on Steel and Poison-type Pokémon, and this will also double Venoshock's power, and if you don't have a good counter to Milotic, it can use Aqua Ring and Recover, making it tougher to take down, and it has Competitive, which will make Surf hit harder if you try to lower its stats.
Out of all the Pokémon that Oleana would Gigantamax, it is Garbodor, I find it unusual that Garbodor would get a Gigantamax form, this is the only Gen 5 Pokémon that can Gigantamax. Any of Garbodor's Poison-type moves turn into G-Max Malodor, which will poison the target, and it has Max Quake to counter any Steel and Rock-type Pokémon that try to wall its G-Max Malodor. When Gigantamax wears off, Garbodor can set up Toxic Spikes, and if it misses with Gunk Shot due to its accuracy, its Stomping Tantrum will become more powerful. Garbodor does have Weak Armor, which will make it easier to take down with Physical attacks, but it will only boost Garbodor's Speed even more.
After beating Oleana, we get a scene with Leon and Chairman Rose about some plans, I do wonder what the chairman's true motives are, and why Leon never showed up at the right time.
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