[Raino] A decade-old childhood dream?

Hoo-hah. So I've had this game for almost a week now, give or take a few hours, and I'm finally on my way to the Ice Path. Yeah. Taking it nice and slow. Well, very nice, but even slower. And as I draw closer to the eighth and final gym of the Johto League, I am also closing in on the 60 hours played mark. Well at least I'll have at least have a level 50 team when I reach the Indigo Plateau, and not a level ~38 team with maybe one or two main pokemon around level 45.

That said, I'm actually only fifteen levels away from making a decade-old dream come true. To train and raise my very own Dragonite. And not just any Dragonite that you've won as a Dratini as some prize, or that you've caught halfway through the game, no. I'm talking about a Dratini you've had since the beginning, one that's been together with you through thick and thin, both hard times and good times. A lifelong companion. I love me some dragons, okay.

Alright, a quick summary! Since last time I've defeated Jasmine (shitshitshitshitshitshit), beaten Rocket Grunts down in the ground, battled alongside Lance's Dragonite (askjfadjasas), beaten more Rocket Grunts, defeated Pryce and his prized (pun oh-so intended) ice-type pokemon, defeated my Rival Silver once again and disbanded Team Rocket. Man, them female grunts looked good. And so my team is as follows:

Lv. 30 Anubis (Lucario) -> Lv. 38 Anubis (Lucario)
Lv. 31 Kaizer (Quilava) -> Lv. 41 Kaizer (Typhlosion)
Lv. 29 Mjollnir (Pikachu) -> Lv. 39 Mjollnir (Pikachu)
Lv. 28 Verano (Ivysaur) -> Lv. 35 Verano (Venusaur)
Lv. 30 Lockheed (Dragonair) -> Lv. 40 Lockheed (Dragonair)
Lv. 34 Slowpoke (Slowpoke) -> Lv. 40 Slowbro (Slowbro)

Hey, everyone's gone up almost 10 levels. 'Twas more than expected, honestly. Oh, speaking about leveling up. It seems all this grinding-in-one-spot-until-I'm-satified training has made my team's stats go all wonky. The stats don't match up to what's expected of their natures and things like that. Like how Kaizer's SP. ATK has surpassed everything except his Speed-stat, despite his Impish nature. Oh unpredictability, I find you highly amusing. I'm so glad this is purely a PvE team.

Back into the grass with me, Raino signing out.