I really like how they play on your expectations of how the trial will go from the last game

Welp, here we go, off to face the schooled Wishi--NOPE SURPRISE ARAQUANID MUTHAFUCKA

RIGHT

Even going so far as to show the Wishiwashi start to gather together before ARAQUANID crashed the party

...Speaking of party crashers... Boota, get ready, buddy.

...Is this it? Poipole?

That wasn't too bad, actually.

Super annoying, but I was able to wear it down eventually.

Then again, having advance warning and a Pokémon specifically ready to fight it helped.

<-- me, if I didn't have warning

And yes, Ground-type attacks still hit it despite floating

So thank you for the advice!

On another note, Dartrix doesn't like you touching its fringe feather in Pokémon Refresh, unsurprisingly

If you do, it opens its eyes to glare at you, and if you keep it up, it jumps back with the most hilariously offended expression

"I say, good madam, I SAY!"

dartrix please

But yeah wHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT THING

I had nothing ready to fight a pure poison type and a solid half my team is weak

Yeah, having an Alolan Diglett made it much easier, since the Steel subtype made all those Fury Attacks much less painful

And floating meant nothing to Ground attacks, thankfully

Did it ever use anything other than Fury Attack or the occasional Charm against you?