Good News: I defeated Elesa with no casualties. Yanmask w/Eviolite solo'd her. I also used X-items to increase its bulk.

Bad News: Sandile was killed by a couple of wild Whirlipedes. I thought Archen could 1-shot one with Pluck but I was wrong. That's why I didn't choose to attack the same target with both active mons. Sandile's Intimidate didn't save it either. Coincidentally, BOTH Whirlipedes used Bug Bite on the same exact turn, on the same exact pokemon. I'm no mathematician but I think those are 0.03% odds if wild Pokémon AI is completely random. It's unfortunate but I'm not gonna stress it; the run is far from over.

Did you guys know that Archen learns Acrobatics by level up? A mere 3 levels from its base level too. Talk about dev favoritism.