[Text Only] Let’s Play: Pokémon Platinum [Nuzlocke Challenge] – Part 20

            Cynthia and I arrive safely in the Distortion world. There are no Pokemon here except Giratina and the Lake Trio. Time and Space is completely distorted in this world and all is dark and shadowy. Basically, all the rules of physics are broken here. Giratina flys past us and we begin to follow. We run into the 3 Lake Pokemon who deside to test us with small tests to see if we really can face a powerful Pokemon like Giratina. We pass and the Lake Trio leave the distortion world to slow the destruction of Sinnoh knowing that we can handle the threat.

            We eventually find Cyrus near the end of the world. Cynthia and Cyrus begin a long discussion about how our world is and why Cyrus would want to destroy it. After their discussion I step in to take charge of the situation. Cyrus and I prepare for our final battle.

            [Karen] Emploeon – Water/Steel Lv. 51

            Item: Quick Claw

            ~Surf ~Blizzard ~Brine ~Metal Claw

            [Tifa] Lucario – Fighting/Steel Lv. 51

            Item: Fist Plate

            ~Close Combat ~Dragon Pulse ~Aura Sphere ~ExtremeSpeed

            [Toshiba] Porygon2 – Normal Lv. 51

            Item: Magnet

            ~Psybeam ~Discharge ~Recover ~Magnet Rise

            [Eon] Umbreon – Dark Lv. 51

            Item: BlackGlasses

            ~Bite ~Quick Attack ~Sand-Attack ~Assurance

            The final battle between Cyrus and I begins! He starts the fight with his Lv. 45 Houndoom; a Dark/Fire type. I send out Empoleon who takes his Flamethrower attack pretty well and defeats it with one Surf attack. Next comes his Lv. 46 Water/Flying type; Gyarados. I know this thing has Earthquake so I get Emploeon out of there and send in Porygon2. Earthquake hits but Porygon2 takes it well. Gyarados uses Waterfall which does some decent damage but my Porygon2’s Discharge finishes it in one shot. Out comes his Honchkrow a Lv. 47 Dark/Flying type. I heal up Porygon2 since I need to take this thing out with Discharge. He uses Night Slash which does some damage. I out speed the Honchkrow and almost take it out with Discharge. He follows up with a Drill Peck which almost takes Porygon2 out. We both heal our Pokémon this turn. I tell Porygon2 to use Discharge yet again and Honchkrow still lives it even though he gets paralyzed. One final Discharge finishes it off. In comes his Weavile; a Lv. 48 Ice/Dark type. I send in Lucario this turn since Fighting will demolish this thing. Lucario takes a Fake Out just fine. He also handles and Ice Punch with ease and defeats it with Close Combat. Next up is his Lv. 46 Crobat; a Poison/Flying type. This thing is known to be trouble since it likes to use Toxic and then stacks up the Double Teams so you can’t hit it. I decide to send in Porygon2 who gets confused by Crobat’s Confuse Ray. Porygon2 takes a Cross Poison attack from Crobat and almost finishes it off with Psybeam but it just wasn’t strong enough. I heal up this turn fearing a critical hit and Cyrus does the same for his Crobat. Crobat then uses Toxic but misses. Porygon2 is still confused but manages to get off a Discharge, not leaving any chance of this thing surviving. Crobat goes down and Cyrus is defeated. Cyrus leaves saying that if we beat Giratina, this world and ours will cease to exist and that we will be doing his job for him. Cynthia tells me to not listen to him. She says that as long as I believe in the people I care for and my Pokémon, the world will never seem as bad as Cyrus made it to be. She says that this world won’t disappear and neither will ours. That being said, she heals up my Pokémon and we get ready to meet Giratina…

            I walk up to the Pokemon of the shadows and the fight begins. I send in Empoleon and Lucario to weaken it enough to catch it. I then start throwing Dusk Balls and Ultra Balls. If all else fails I will use my Master Ball to get this thing. After a lot of Dusk Balls and some praying I actually manage to get Giratina in a Dusk Ball on my first attempt of catching it! Cynthia congratulates me on the achievement but Cyrus is confused as to why the worlds still exist and what it is that compels us to protect  out “pathetic” world. After going completely insane (I think?) Cyrus leaves us to live his life on in the Distortion World and to create a new universe here… He is never to be seen again. Cynthia and I then head through the closing portal back to our world. The portal drops us off at Sendoff Spring just north of Pastoria. Cynthia tells me to go to Rowan’s lab to tell him what happened.

            I fly back to Sandgem Town where I go see Rowan. He thanks me for protecting the world from harm and tells me to go to Sunyshore City for my final badge. Before that, I decide that with Giratina in tow I’ll take a trip to Lake Verity. Now, I know that the rules of Nuzlocke say you can use Legendaries as long as you follow the other rules. As much as I despise using legendaries in normal playthough, in order to survive the rest of the game I need to use Giratina and the next Pokémon I decide to go after. I take my Ghost/Dragon type Giratina named “Hades” out of storage and head for the Lake.

            At Lake Verity, I pick up the TM for Fire Blast and head into the cave of Mespirit. I find Mespirit inside but it quickly flys off somewhere. This begins the hunt for Mespirit. You see, Mespirit is a “roaming Pokemon” who will randomly appear on routes in Sinnoh and you need to find it in order to catch it. However, if you don’t have a move that will keep it from fleeing a battle then this will take a long time. However, I have a trick up my sleeve.

            I take a quick detour to Jubilife City to pick up an app for my Poketch that will allow me to see what route Mespirit is on. Now, I head to Route 222 which is just west of Sunyshore City. This is a brand new route and given the nature of the run, I need to get Mespirit on a new route. Now the Pokemon here are Lv. 38-42. Mespirit is Lv. 50. Since Giratina is Lv. 47, if I use a repel it will keep the wild Pokemon under Lv. 47 away and will allow Mespirit who is above Lv. 47 to show up. I put my plan into action and it works perfectly! Mespirit is the first Pokemon I find on Route 222. To prevent it from running, I use my Master Ball to catch it in one go. Success! I catch Mespirit and name it “Zelda” since it reminds me of Princess Zelda for some stupid reason. I decide it would be best to train them both up to Lv. 52 or so to meet the levels of the rest of the team.