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A ghost-type is the first to spawn, and Orion quickly runs through a list of things he knows of Sandygast. He has one himself, and if they work the same in game... dual-type, with ground, with a focus on defense. Water attacks could further increase their defense but as he's not a mage, he doesn't have to worry about that unless the Sandygast somehow has access to one and he accidentally Mirror Moves it. Unlikely.[break][break]

Dodging out of the way of a Hypnosis, he realises he'll need to take this foe down quick.[break][break]

As he pulls an arrow from his quiver, ghostly chains encircle the shaft when he draws back and fires. The Spirit Shackle prevents the mob from fleeing and, though it's not under a status effect to double the power, the Hex is still doubled in damage thanks to Sandygast's weakness.[break][break]

It dissipates to become part of the endless sands, leaving only its loot behind.

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Another ground type. Unfortunately, this one was neither psychic nor ghost type, and so Orion's familiarity with the species cannot be relied upon.[break][break]

It does, however, summon a sandstorm the moment it spawns. Either it has access to the move or otherwise it's ability allows it: either way, it's frustrating for the ranger as he gets battered with sand and his visibility is compromised by the haze.[break][break]

His electric move out of the question, Orion leaps into the air with Bounce in order to dodge the hippo's crunching jaws. He slams down a moment later, crashing into his opponent. Paralyzing it, he follows up with a Hex that takes it down, its body disintegrating into pixels.

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The rumble of the earth announces its presence before Orion turns to see it: a Rhyperior charging toward him.[break][break]

Yelping in alarm, glad that he's alone in his office so that no one sees him nearly drop his controllers in surprise, the ranger narrowly manages to bounce up and out of the way of its hammer arms. Being airborne also, thankfully, helps with the earthquake...[break][break]

... until the move executes and he finds himself slamming back to earth, colliding with the bulky mini-boss for minimal damage. Flying-type attacks were resisted and electric attacks were utterly useless, so he was going to need to rely on his affinity for ghost. Thank Arceus for STAB.[break][break]

Extending its arm like a cannon, the Rhyperior fires off a volley of rock blasts toward him. Orion dodges most of them but one crashes painfully into his shoulder and sends him sprawling. However, as the earth quakes once again, he gets an idea: mirror move.[break][break]

Wrestling control of the shaking ground from his foe, Orion turns the beasts own assault against it. He dives in close to bait out another round of hammer arm and then bounces out of range, using his mirror move to mimic the fighting-type attack and infuse the energy within his arrows. His ability of Long Reach meant that he could maintain a safe distance, and he lets out a victorious whoop when the Rhyperior crumbles into pixels and loot.[break][break]

Arceus, this game was intense!

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