Nice game, I beat the game with Cubone and Cacnea, and though I love Scyther, I haven't found a reliable way to push pass area 4. Perhaps adding healing options may help, such as items or map choice. Also for item management, I want to be able to skip berries (for money or health for example). Once I had a such a good run that I chose berry instead of health, and ended up maxing out the slots too soon with common berries.
thank you so much for the wonderful update! I think it made the game much more complete :) thanks to the potions I could win with Scyther/Scizor and Pikachu. Also, I think Swords dance (and Nasty Plot?) description should be "Increase 1.2 Base Attack", as the current description sounds more like Increase 1.2 Current Attack".