Rumble in the jungle!

This was a cautious battle against a cautious and thoughtful player. Has Pokémon World finally met its match? If you think you have what it takes to beat us, email us at pokemon-world@imagine-publishing.co.uk with your Friend Code!

Team Henrie

Jirachi
Steel/Psychic

Charizard
Fire/Flying

Regirock
Rock

We had a good spread of types. It’s just a pity our Charizard didn’t last longer. Jirachi was difficult to come by, though; we’re proud of him.

Team Alex

Drapion
Poison/Dark

Marowak
Ground

Gengar
Ghost/Poison

There were no crazy Pokémon in either line‑up, making the battle more about skill.

FIGHT!

For some odd reason the whole house smells like old feet. There is only one thing for it: we grab a clothes peg from the washing line and stick it on our nose. This is the only way we’re going to get through this battle without feeling sick! The battle begins with our little-used Jirachi. His odd-shaped head seems to take up most of the screen. Our opponent Alex, chooses the bone-headed Marowak. We decide to play it cautious and use Protect and wait to see what happens. Before Marowak can send out his first Earthquake attack, we send out the old Red/Blue favourite, Charizard. The Earthquake attack has no effect on him. Our Flamethrower attack almost KOs Marowak but not quite. Unfortunately his reply, Rock Slide, manages to floor Charizard. Oh dear. We switch in Regirock and he’s hit with an Earthquake attack. It’s strong but doesn’t kill him – we’re left with around 90HP or so.
Our own Earthquake attack thankfully takes down the Marowak’s last breath of health. At this point Regirock begins to rebuild his lost health with Leftovers. This is surprisingly effective. Next up from the enemy is Gengar. His stupid grin and purple face doesn’t scare us! Well maybe a little, because we used Protect and before he can attack we switch back in Jirachi and use Night Shade. Gengar Curses our triangular-headed friend, but our Psychic attack is Super Effective and gets rid of Gengar in one hit. We both switch for the final battle, so it’s back to Regirock for us and Drapion for Alex. Now it’s all about the attack spamming: we use Earthquake while Alex repeats Crunch. Luckily for us, Earthquake does more damage. And before we know it, Drapion is down and we are victorious!

THE FINAL WORD

It seems that Regirock’s powerful Earthquake attack coupled with his Leftovers saved us. Each time we were hit, the Leftovers scraped back enough health for him to survive two of our foe’s Crunch attacks, whereas his Drapion had no way of healing. It was a slow and measured match, making a change. Thankfully our switching tactics paid off. It doesn’t always work out that way, though!