Pulperising Piplup

Graphic title I know. For those who don't know I am a huge Pokemom fan I have been for years. Ever since I found a gold block that fitted into my square Nintendo SP (that gold square being pokemon heart gold) and so I played that and well I had no clue what I was doing (for instance teaching a Charmander dig - I now cry about that) and since then I learned and found souls silver (forever my favourite game). I then went onto playing the DS and bought bought the games and to this day I still do. My favourite pokemon are Cyndaquil and Piplup. Along with the main games I play the myster dungeon ones.  I am loving the Y and X games,especially with this year's events. Earlier this month a got Mew and next month Celebi!! Well recently I decided to go back  to Pokemon Myster Dungeon Explorers of Darkness. I restarted and so I've been playing and well it is frustrating. As always through the questions I got Charmander and as always I choose Piplup as my partner (kind of regretting) and well we are so far into the game where we are in the quick sand caves.  And honestly? Piplup is pissing me off. Not only are we bashing again storms (which reduces health) and fighting our way to the next staircase he always gets himself into trouble. He takes on too much, and well we were down to minimal health and the storm keeps coming. We enter a floor where the stairs are near, and oh look a sleeping pokemon. Neither of us have the health to take another beating (conicedently freshly out of Oran berries) so we sneak up but no Piplup has to throw a bubble thing at it and guess what he misses so it attacks him and he dies and we are beamed off. It's annoying because this isn't even a one time thing, I'm always the one taking a beating and he's just a prick really. I've taken a step back because quite frankly I want to punch piplup. I adore the games and he is a helpful partner but by god he's always the one getting killed and taking the team down...
So yeah I had to rant somewhere about the myster dungeon frustration. I sometimes wish it would let me carry on without him, like we would get further or better yet I wish Piplup had some common sense!