It feels so good man, anybody else ever get that feeling? First you get rocked like a roggenrola but then comeback later on and absolutely destroy the gym leader?
1st playthrough charlotte roasted me sideways so many times I lost count. I couldn't, didn't know how, and had to train up a noibat from like level 30 all the way to a level 65 Noivern just to stand a chance. Even then it still took multiple tries and some good luck.
This playthrough I was expecting her to deliver the hurts again.
Not only do I win first attempt, but I didn't even end up using my full team. In fact I lost only one pokemon(Rapidash) and that's because fire blast missed twice in a row(it would right? lol). I used Gigalith, Hariyama, Typhlosion and Rapidash. fake out +Stealth rock + rockslide + flash fire = GGs. Her Typhlosion no longer having energy ball made taking him and Darmy down at the same time(key) a lot easier. Just don't let Ninetales show up with him because that will make his solarbeam a death ray for any rock type.
Really general advice to anyone playing Reborn: Typhlosion is INCREDIBLE, I'm a believer now. I never liked the dude too much before but Reborn with its field stuff makes him an absolute monster once he gets eruption(so yeah heart scale on evolution). Those 9 red shards are worth it, believe me. I got him and Rapidash juiced up off a heatwave and went to town with the both of them, just WRECKED except rotom KOing Rapidash due to fire blast missing TWICE ugh that never happens :/
Rather than fight the fire, embrace it and turn it against her. That was my mistake first playthrough, not having anyone who could take advantage of her field and constantly aiming to destroy/subdue it instead. That just leaves you more likely for error.or getting screwed over. Darminitan getting a flinch or crit off rock slide will ruin you though so be careful.
But man I'm so happy right now. It's weird because the same thing happened with Shade where last playthrough he ended up forcing me to change like nearly my entire team while this time I beat him first attempt. On the other hand it was the opposite with Luna and Noel who were a lot harder this time compared to last playthough where they were fairly easy.