Arceus Adventures: Stunning Drapion

On my days off, I have been mainlining Pokemon Legends: Arceus. It is my goal to actually finish a Pokedex for once. Not sure if these are gonna be regular posts, but I had this idea, so here we go.

For those of you not aware, Pokemon Legends: Arceus has a Pokedex that's unlike any other. It's a checklist of tasks you must complete to complete the research on a Pokemon rather than just catching them and calling it a day. One of these tasks is stunning a Pokemon by throwing items at it a certain number of times.

The Pokemon: Drapion

The most accessible Drapion resides in the Cobalt Coastlands. Specifically Gingko Landing. It is usually surrounded by a few Skorupi, it's unevovled forms. This Drapion is an Alpha Pokemon, another one of Pokemon Legends: Arceus' quirky things. Basically, it's big, it's angry, it will "kill" you.

First attempts involve battling all the Skorupi so I no longer have to deal with them. This does not work. They respawn really fast. Also, in finding this out, I often ended up in battles with maybe 2 Skorupi AND the Drapion, which I do not want to be battling. Just a clusterfuck, if ever there was one.

My final batch of attempts involve running straight up to the Drapion and pelting it with Sticky Globs. This works... kind of.

I run up to the Drapion. I throw a Sticky Glob. The notification pops up that I've managed to stun it. I back off so it can recover. I have to start rolling around immediately, because, of course, on this final batch of attempts, one of the Skorupi turns out to ALSO be an Alpha Pokemon. Just. My. Luck.

I have to stun Drapion a further 7 times after this in order to complete my task. It's an absolute miracle I didn't "die" while throwing Sticky Globs and being shot at with poison!

In the end, I managed to succeed in stunning Drapion the requisite number of times and then noped out of there. The things one must do in this game, I swear...