Still in Attempt 1 of Sterling Silver, and this feels like a gauntlet. Bugsy, then my rival, and now Gardenia. I can't believe I have to use 2 days to prep each fight. Shout-out to *Kabuto the Parasect* for Leech Life - Base 100 Def and Sp def is nothing to scuff at 😆. Also, I had to risk *Live the Togetic* to getting crit against Maylene & Gardenia. My heart can't take much more 😍. So how did I do?

Also, here are the extra rules I added to help me in this difficulty hack:

1. *Gift clause*: Gift mons don't count as encounters, so I can hatch them anywhere at my convenience 🌟. For example, I can hatch the Togepi egg I got in Violet City even though I caught a Goldeen there.

2. *MVP clause*: The MVP of a gym battle gets to be shiny and perfect IVs 👑. For example, *Ryuki the Gyarados* carried my battle against Bugsy knocking out 4 of his mons, so I got to change its O Atk IV to 31.

3. *Evolution clause*: When a teammate evolves to its final stage, it can learn its Lv1 moves only if it cannot learn them by level up. For example, *Raia the Noctowl* gets to learn Heat wave and Psycho shift as soon as it evolves, but not Hurricane since it gets it by Lv56.

[Sterling Silver] Up against Gardenia... To me my Kamen Riders 🤭