"The tale of Evan the Umbreon"

(True story, somewhat paraphrased)I played through Crystal for the first time fairly recently. I decided to use Bill's gifted Eevee and I named him Evan. At first, he was one of my strongest Pokemon, but before too long he was struggling to get by. He wasn't warming up to me enough to evolve, he was really closed off.After my battle with Clair, I like to think Evan saw how much I love him, despite his relative weakness to the rest of my team. So on the trek leading up to victory road, he finally evolved into Umbreon.And that Umbreon was my ace after that point, beating down half of the inconsiderate Silver's team, crushing Will mostly by himself, and holding his own against Lance, who was the fight of my life up to that point.The journey to Kanto, however, was when Evan really shined for me. Sabrina nor Koga were a match for him, and after learning zap cannon he played a huge part against Misty.Blue was the first battle in a while to give me trouble, but Evan didn't dissapoint. He took down Exeggutor, finished off Gyarados, and almost beat Alakazam 1v1 before falling to it. The rest of my team cleaned up shop after, but the mvp was clear.As I'm sure you all know, only one thing was left. Red. After climbing to mount silver, I was confident in my plan to defeat him. Evan played a huge role in that plan, taking down Espeon and finishing Snorlax with a crit return, the moment I knew training him was worth it.Blastoise and Evan were the only ones left before long. I had tried to fight the Blastoise with my Kadabra, but he got one hit off and stood little chance thereafter. It was raining, and I wasn't sure Evan could win it for us. But he did. Zap cannon crit right out the gate, and in a string of full paralysis and bite flinches, I chipped away about half of it's health.The Blastoise broke through though, and Evan nearly got ohkod under the rain. I knew I needed to do something there and then, and once again, my dear Umbreon didn't dissapoint. A crit zap cannon put him barely outside healing range, letting 1 more bite finish the job, winning me the battle.Do you guys have a Pokemon to ramble about? Whether it's a regional ace, a competitive Pokemon, a shiny...I'm curious to hear your stories down below! via /r/pokemon https://ift.tt/3seEedr