Hello, Smogon! This is my first post here, though I've read a lot on the forums. I've finally decided to register. That's not important, though.
This (Shoddy) battle took place on Saturday, October 11, 2008. Wow, I sound so formal. Anyway, I just lost to a battler named jacknak, and I wanted to finish playing after a win. I pressed the “Find Match” button and who should show up but jacknak again! I hoped I would win this time. (I'm not very good, as can be seen from my rating, which currently hovers around 1400-1450.)
My (Non-Smogonite's) team:
I'll show jacknak's team at the end, so you can have a better idea of what I was thinking.
Formatting info:
Scores will be posted after each fainted Pokémon in this format: the number of my Pokémon left (the ones he'd fainted; the ones he'd seen) - the number of jacknak's Pokémon left (the ones I'd fainted; the ones I'd seen).
HP left and status for the Pokémon involved will be posted after each turn. They'll be in italics and color-coded.(by the way, some of the percentages may seem a bit off, but I included the excluded decimals of leftovers, burn, etc.)
Toxic will also have the number of turns it has had to build power.
Me and my Pokémon will be in green.
jacknak and his (I don't think “her”, do you?) Pokémon will be in blue. Also, his Dusknoir will have an asterisk (*) after it to distinguish it from mine.
Pokémon fainting will be in red.
Battle log will be bolded.
My commentary will be in regular font.
After-turn effects will not be omitted. (I just think that they do affect the battle, so they should be there.) However, for your convenience, their font size will be lowered and they'll be unbolded.
Rules: Ladder Match, Sleep Clause, Freeze Clause, OHKO Clause, Evasion Clause, Species Clause, Strict Damage Clause
jacknak sent out Azelf.
Non-Smogonite sent out Tyranitar.
Tyranitar's Sand Stream whipped up a sandstorm!
A sandstorm brewed!
Tyranitar: 100%
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So it begins. Now, I just battled him now and Tyranitar beat up his Azelf with Crunch, so I'll take his (hopeful) switch for a chance to stat-up. Yeah, that's the "benefit" of battling someone twice in a row: you can have an idea of what they're going to do.
jacknak switched in Suicune.
Suicune is exerting its pressure!
Tyranitar used Dragon Dance.
Tyranitar's attack was raised.
Tyranitar's speed was raised.
The sandstorm rages.
Suicune is buffetted by the sandstorm!
Suicune lost 6% of its health.
Suicune's leftovers restored its health a little!
Suicune restored 6% of its health.
Tyranitar: 100%, +1 Atk, +1 Spd
Azelf: 100%
Suicune: 100%
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Ah. This is bad. I have almost nothing against bulky waters, and pretty much waters in general. Well, at least I got a boost. All I can think of doing is just breaking through its defenses with Stone Edge, since he'd figure out Dragon Dance, and 2 +1 Stone Edges do more than 1 +2 Stone Edge. I just hope it'll be enough.
Tyranitar used Stone Edge.
Suicune lost 39% of its health.
Suicune used Calm Mind.
Suicune's special attack was raised.
Suicune's special defense was raised.
The sandstorm rages.
Suicune is buffetted by the sandstorm!
Suicune lost 6% of its health.
Suicune's leftovers restored its health a little!
Suicune restored 6% of its health.
Tyranitar: 100%, +1 Atk, +1 Spd
Suicune: 61%, +1 Sp Atk, +1 Sp Def
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Now, I expect that he will catch on and not allow me to do more damage, so he should Roar. I just want to hurt it as much as possible before being forced out.
Tyranitar used Stone Edge.
Suicune lost 39% of its health.
Suicune used Roar.
Non-Smogonite switched in Metagross.
The sandstorm rages.
Suicune is buffetted by the sandstorm!
Suicune lost 6% of its health.
Suicune's leftovers restored its health a little!
Suicune restored 6% of its health.
Tyranitar: 100%
Metagross: 100%
Suicune: 22%, +1 Sp Atk, +1 Sp Def
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Well, that's unlucky. I could have had a much better switch-in, but I guess I'll just go with what I've got. At this point, I don't want to send in Tyranitar because of the Calm Mind boost, since even with Sandstorm helping his Sp Def, Surf would really hurt, if he has that. I wonder if the Random Number Generator will allow me to somewhat ameliorate the bad switch-in with an attack boost (dumb move #1).
It's times like these when I wish I hadn't removed Thunderpunch from Metagross's moveset.
Suicune used Rest.
Suicune fell asleep!
Suicune restored 78% of its health.
Metagross used Meteor Mash.
Metagross's attack missed!
The sandstorm rages.
Suicune is buffetted by the sandstorm!
Suicune lost 6% of its health.
Suicune's leftovers restored its health a little!
Suicune restored 6% of its health.
Metagross: 100%
Suicune: 100%, Sleep, +1 Sp Atk, +1 Sp Def
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Gah. No such luck. I think I should send in my water resist at this point. Ice beam shouldn't faint Breloom if Suicune has it, as I have a turn to set up a Sub.
Non-Smogonite switched in Breloom.
Suicune is fast asleep!
The sandstorm rages.
Suicune is buffetted by the sandstorm!
Suicune lost 6% of its health.
Breloom is buffetted by the sandstorm!
Breloom lost 6% of its health.
Suicune's leftovers restored its health a little!
Suicune restored 6% of its health.
Breloom was badly poisoned!
Metagross: 100%
Breloom: 94%
Suicune: 100%, Sleep, +1 Sp Atk, +1 Sp Def
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Nothing happening...
Suicune is fast asleep!
Breloom used Substitute.
Breloom lost 25% of its health.
Breloom made a substitute!
The sandstorm rages.
Suicune is buffetted by the sandstorm!
Suicune lost 6% of its health.
Breloom is buffetted by the sandstorm!
Breloom lost 6% of its health.
Suicune's leftovers restored its health a little!
Suicune restored 6% of its health.
Breloom's Poison Heal restored health!
Breloom restored 12% of its health.
Breloom: 75%, Substitute
Suicune: 100%, Sleep, +1 Sp Atk, +1 Sp Def
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Good. Now, if he uses anything other than Roar, I can put him back to sleep. Please don't use Roar, please don't use Roar, please don't use Roar... *fingers crossed* (dumb move #2)
Breloom used Spore.
But it failed!
Suicune woke up!
Suicune used Roar.
Non-Smogonite switched in Dusknoir.
Dusknoir is exerting its pressure!
The sandstorm rages.
Suicune is buffetted by the sandstorm!
Suicune lost 6% of its health.
Dusknoir is buffetted by the sandstorm!
Dusknoir lost 6% of its health.
Suicune's leftovers restored its health a little!
Suicune restored 6% of its health.
Dusknoir's leftovers restored its health a little!
Dusknoir restored 6% of its health.
Breloom: 75%
Dusknoir: 100%
Suicune: 100%, +1 Sp Atk, +1 Sp Def
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I should have expected that. He probably thought I had SubPunch. Well, not exactly: I use an odd sort of moveset: Substitute, Swords Dance, Spore and Seed Bomb, since I couldn't stand being unable to hit Ghosts. Anyway, this is a better matchup, but I still can't do much. I may as well try to get some more damage on him and get him to Rest.
Suicune used Calm Mind.
Suicune's special attack was raised.
Suicune's special defense was raised.
Dusknoir used Night Shade.
Suicune lost 25% of its health.
The sandstorm rages.
Suicune is buffetted by the sandstorm!
Suicune lost 6% of its health.
Dusknoir is buffetted by the sandstorm!
Dusknoir lost 6% of its health.
Suicune's leftovers restored its health a little!
Suicune restored 6% of its health.
Dusknoir's leftovers restored its health a little!
Dusknoir restored 6% of its health.
Dusknoir: 100%
Suicune: 75%, +2 Sp Atk, +2 Sp Def
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Dum de dum...
Suicune used Calm Mind.
Suicune's special attack was raised.
Suicune's special defense was raised.
Dusknoir used Night Shade.
Suicune lost 25% of its health.
The sandstorm rages.
Suicune is buffetted by the sandstorm!
Suicune lost 6% of its health.
Dusknoir is buffetted by the sandstorm!
Dusknoir lost 6% of its health.
Suicune's leftovers restored its health a little!
Suicune restored 6% of its health.
Dusknoir's leftovers restored its health a little!
Dusknoir restored 6% of its health.
Dusknoir: 100%
Suicune: 50%, +3 Sp Atk, +3 Sp Def
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Waiting...
Suicune used Calm Mind.
Suicune's special attack was raised.
Suicune's special defense was raised.
Dusknoir used Night Shade.
Suicune lost 25% of its health.
The sandstorm rages.
Suicune is buffetted by the sandstorm!
Suicune lost 6% of its health.
Dusknoir is buffetted by the sandstorm!
Dusknoir lost 6% of its health.
Suicune's leftovers restored its health a little!
Suicune restored 6% of its health.
Dusknoir's leftovers restored its health a little!
Dusknoir restored 6% of its health.
Dusknoir: 100%
Suicune: 26%, +4 Sp Atk, +4 Sp Def
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One more...
Non-Smogonite switched in Breloom.
Suicune used Rest.
Suicune fell asleep!
Suicune restored 74% of its health.
The sandstorm rages.
Suicune is buffetted by the sandstorm!
Suicune lost 6% of its health.
Breloom is buffetted by the sandstorm!
Breloom lost 6% of its health.
Suicune's leftovers restored its health a little!
Suicune restored 6% of its health.
Breloom's Poison Heal restored health!
Breloom restored 12% of its health.
Dusknoir: 100%
Breloom: 81%
Suicune: 100%, Sleep, +4 Sp Atk, +4 Sp Def
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There we go! Breloom is in and ready to do a bit of damage. I'm going to Substitute again, in case he uses Surf or especially Ice Beam later. With 4 boosts, it would hurt Breloom, with his somewhat bad (read: pathetic) defenses.
jacknak: not gonna forget about ss this time
jacknak: hehe
Non-Smogonite: haha
He says this because he let Dusknoir Night Shade too much last time and Suicune was finished off by Sandstorm.
Suicune is fast asleep!
Breloom used Substitute.
Breloom lost 25% of its health.
Breloom made a substitute!
The sandstorm rages.
Suicune is buffetted by the sandstorm!
Suicune lost 6% of its health.
Breloom is buffetted by the sandstorm!
Breloom lost 6% of its health.
Suicune's leftovers restored its health a little!
Suicune restored 6% of its health.
Breloom's Poison Heal restored health!
Breloom restored 12% of its health.
Breloom: 62%, Substitute
Suicune: 100%, Sleep, +4 Sp Atk, +4 Sp Def
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Now to Seed Bomb him...
Suicune is fast asleep!
Breloom used Seed Bomb.
It's super effective!
Suicune lost 36% of its health.
The sandstorm rages.
Suicune is buffetted by the sandstorm!
Suicune lost 6% of its health.
Breloom is buffetted by the sandstorm!
Breloom lost 6% of its health.
Suicune's leftovers restored its health a little!
Suicune restored 6% of its health.
Breloom's Poison Heal restored health!
Breloom restored 12% of its health.
Breloom: 69%, Substitute
Suicune: 70%, Sleep, +4 Sp Atk, +4 Sp Def
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And again... Just this time he'll Surf or Roar. Surf shouldn't KO Breloom because he resists it, so I can take that chance. Roar might be a problem, but almost anything I have can take the Surf.
Breloom used Seed Bomb.
It's super effective!
Suicune lost 41% of its health.
Suicune woke up!
Suicune used Roar.
Non-Smogonite switched in Tyranitar.
Tyranitar's Sand Stream whipped up a sandstorm!
The sandstorm rages.
Suicune is buffetted by the sandstorm!
Suicune lost 6% of its health.
Suicune's leftovers restored its health a little!
Suicune restored 6% of its health.
Breloom: 69% Tyranitar: 100%
Suicune: 29%, +4 Sp Atk, +4 Sp Def
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Yeah. Almost anything. Could that have been worse? I have nothing else to absorb the incoming Surf, since they'd have to take 2 of them, so bye-bye Tyranitar. Your Sand Stream was really helpful. (kinda sorta)
Suicune used Surf.
It's super effective!
Tyranitar lost 100% of its health.
Non-Smogonite's Tyranitar fainted.
The sandstorm rages.
Suicune is buffetted by the sandstorm!
Suicune lost 6% of its health.
Suicune's leftovers restored its health a little!
Suicune restored 6% of its health.
Score: 5 (Tyranitar down; Metagross, Breloom, Dusknoir) - 6 (Azelf and Suicune)
Tyranitar: 0%
Suicune: 29%, +4 Sp Atk, +4 Sp Def
Now I have no super-powerful force to do damage! Yippee! *obvious sarcasm* I think Dusknoir is really the one who can withstand the damage best.
Non-Smogonite switched in Dusknoir.
Dusknoir is exerting its pressure!
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Wait a minute! He may think this is a good time to set up. I'll send Breloom in to kill it off! (dumb move #3; I recognize that this thought process is stupidity incarnate: he'd expect me to use Night Shade to faint Suicune easily. DO NOT make this type of move, any people whom I'm good enough to advise)
Non-Smogonite switched in Breloom.
Suicune used Surf.
It's not very effective...
Breloom lost 48% of its health.
The sandstorm rages.
Suicune is buffetted by the sandstorm!
Suicune lost 6% of its health.
Breloom is buffetted by the sandstorm!
Breloom lost 6% of its health.
Suicune's leftovers restored its health a little!
Suicune restored 6% of its health.
Breloom's Poison Heal restored health!
Breloom restored 12% of its health.
Dusknoir: 100%
Breloom: 27%
Suicune: 29%, +4 Sp Atk, +4 Sp Def
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As stated above, that was a really horrible move by me: Dusknoir could have taken the Surf and struck back with Night Shade, letting Sandstorm do the rest. Now I have to let Breloom faint.
Suicune used Surf.
It's not very effective...
Breloom lost 27% of its health.
Non-Smogonite's Breloom fainted.
The sandstorm rages.
Suicune is buffetted by the sandstorm!
Suicune lost 6% of its health.
Suicune's leftovers restored its health a little!
Suicune restored 6% of its health.
Score: 4 (Tyranitar and Breloom down; Metagross, Dusknoir) - 6 (Azelf and Suicune)
Breloom: 0%
Suicune: 29%, +4 Sp Atk, +4 Sp Def
Sorry Breloom... You will be avenged! I hope. I'll now do what I should have done before and lower his lead.
Non-Smogonite switched in Dusknoir.
Dusknoir is exerting its pressure!
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But wait! What if Surf can take out Dusknoir? What if it criticals? I'll Sucker Punch just in case. (this is not quite so stupid as my previous few moves, I think)
Dusknoir used Sucker Punch.
A critical hit!
Suicune lost 21% of its health.
Suicune used Surf.
Dusknoir lost 66% of its health.
The sandstorm rages.
Suicune is buffetted by the sandstorm!
Suicune lost 1% of its health.
jacknak's Suicune fainted.
Dusknoir is buffetted by the sandstorm!
Dusknoir lost 6% of its health.
Dusknoir's leftovers restored its health a little!
Dusknoir restored 6% of its health.
Score: 4 (Tyranitar and Breloom down; Metagross, Dusknoir) - 5 (Suicune down; Azelf)
Dusknoir: 34%
Suicune: 0%
Ahh, finally. I don't think the critical was really necessary in the long run. I'd have just Sucker Punched again. But that's in the past; no point thinking about it now!
jacknak switched in Shaymin-S.
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Hmm. This might be difficult. Shaymin should easily be able to beat poor, weak Dusknoir, regardless of what move it uses. I'll just try to get a bit more damage on it.
Dusknoir used Sucker Punch.
Shaymin-S lost 24% of its health.
Shaymin-S used Earth Power.
Dusknoir lost 32% of its health.
The sandstorm rages.
Shaymin-S is buffetted by the sandstorm!
Shaymin-S lost 6% of its health.
Dusknoir is buffetted by the sandstorm!
Dusknoir lost 2% of its health.
Non-Smogonite's Dusknoir fainted.
Score: 3 (Tyranitar, Breloom and Dusknoir down; Metagross) - 5 (Suicune down; Azelf, Shaymin-S)
Dusknoir: 0%
Shaymin-S: 70%
Now, if the opponent has out a strong attacker with no super-effective moves or boosts, I send out Shuckle, whose superior defenses will save the day! Even though I'm 2 Pokémon behind... again...
Non-Smogonite switched in Shuckle.
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Obviously, he's switching, since Shaymin can't do piddly damage to Shuckle. This is it, guys! The ultimate Shaymin-S counter! It doesn't deserve to be Uber, since it's so simple to beat. *more sarcasm* I'll take advantage of the switch to set up my Stealth Rocks.
jacknak switched in Salamence.
Salamence's intimidate cut Shuckle's attack!
Shuckle used Stealth Rock.
Pointed stones float in the air around your foe's team!
The sandstorm rages.
Salamence is buffetted by the sandstorm!
Salamence lost 6% of its health.
Salamence's leftovers restored its health a little!
Salamence restored 6% of its health.
Shuckle: 100%
Shaymin-S: 70%, Stealth Rock
Salamence: 100%, Stealth Rock
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Very nice. I can take the risk of Stone Edge, just because it's fairly uncommon, as far as I know. It won't do much damage even if he does have it. He probably switched in Salamence to try to set up on Shuckle, since everybody knows it's so easy to do.
Salamence used Dragon Dance.
Salamence's attack was raised.
Salamence's speed was raised.
Shuckle used Encore.
Salamence got an encore!
The sandstorm rages.
Salamence is buffetted by the sandstorm!
Salamence lost 6% of its health.
Salamence's leftovers restored its health a little!
Salamence restored 6% of its health.
Shuckle: 100%
Salamence: 100%, Stealth Rock, +1 Atk, +1 Spd, Encore
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I beg to differ. Heehee. I love you, Shuckle! Now he will either:
1) Be greedy and try to get more Dragon Dances, or
2) Be careful and switch out.
Either way, I'll Toxic whatever is/comes out.
Salamence used Dragon Dance.
Salamence's attack was raised.
Salamence's speed was raised.
Shuckle used Toxic.
Salamence was badly poisoned!
The sandstorm rages.
Salamence is buffetted by the sandstorm!
Salamence lost 6% of its health.
Salamence's leftovers restored its health a little!
Salamence restored 6% of its health.
Salamence is hurt by poison!
Salamence lost 6% of its health.
Shuckle: 100%
Salamence: 94%, Stealth Rock, Toxic 1, +2 Atk, +2 Spd, Encore
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Greed always leads to demise, young grasshopper. Now I can switch in Metagross unscathed to deal the final blow(s).
Non-Smogonite switched in Metagross.
Salamence used Dragon Dance.
Salamence's attack was raised.
Salamence's speed was raised.
The sandstorm rages.
Salamence is buffetted by the sandstorm!
Salamence lost 6% of its health.
Salamence's leftovers restored its health a little!
Salamence restored 6% of its health.
Salamence is hurt by poison!
Salamence lost 12% of its health.
Shuckle: 100%
Metagross: 100%
Salamence: 83%, Stealth Rock, Toxic 2, +3 Atk, +3 Spd, Encore
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Good, good. Meteor Mash, Metagross!
Salamence used Dragon Dance.
Salamence's attack was raised.
Salamence's speed was raised.
Metagross used Meteor Mash.
Salamence lost 56% of its health.
Metagross's attack was raised.
The sandstorm rages.
Salamence is buffetted by the sandstorm!
Salamence lost 6% of its health.
Salamence's leftovers restored its health a little!
Salamence restored 6% of its health.
Salamence is hurt by poison!
Salamence lost 18% of its health.
Metagross: 100%
Salamence: 7%, Stealth Rock, Toxic 3, +4 Atk, +4 Spd, Encore
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Great. Just when I don't need a boost... And again, Metagross!
Salamence used Dragon Dance.
Salamence's attack was raised.
Salamence's speed was raised.
Metagross used Meteor Mash.
Salamence lost 7% of its health.
jacknak's Salamence fainted.
The sandstorm rages.
Score: 3 (Tyranitar, Breloom and Dusknoir down; Metagross, Shuckle) - 4 (Suicune and Salamence down; Azelf, Shaymin-S)
Metagross: 100%
Salamence: 0%, Stealth Rock
Good. That's out of the way.
jacknak switched in Heatran.
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Oh? Heatran? Now, generally, my Metagross can survive a Heatran's Fire Blast. I'm not being dumb; I'm just basing this off of prior experiences. Explosion should remove a chunk of Heatran's HP.
Pointed stones dug into Heatran.
Heatran lost 12% of its health.
Heatran used Fire Blast.
It's super effective!
Metagross lost 100% of its health.
Non-Smogonite's Metagross fainted.
The sandstorm rages.
Score: 2 (Tyranitar, Breloom, Metagross and Dusknoir down; Shuckle) - 4 (Suicune and Salamence down; Azelf, Shaymin-S, Heatran)
Metagross: 0%
Heatran: 88%, Stealth Rock
Eep. Didn't know that. Ah well, it wouldn't have really mattered anyway. Sorry Metagross!
Non-Smogonite switched in Flygon.
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I know he has Heatran, Azelf, Shaymin-S and ?. He will expect me to Earthquake, so I'll just use Flamethrower to take out the obvious Shaymin switch-in. He won't know what hit him!
jacknak switched in Shaymin-S.
Pointed stones dug into Shaymin-S.
Shaymin-S lost 25% of its health.
Flygon used Flamethrower.
It's super effective!
Shaymin-S lost 45% of its health.
jacknak's Shaymin-S fainted.
The sandstorm rages.
Score: 2 (Tyranitar, Breloom, Metagross and Dusknoir down; Shuckle, Flygon) - 3 (Suicune, Shaymin-S and Salamence down; Azelf, Heatran)
Flygon: 100%
Heatran: 88%, Stealth Rock
Shaymin-S: 0%, Stealth Rock
Yup. He didn't know what hit him. At least, I think he didn't. Do any of you have a Pokémon translator?
Non-Smogonite: yay!
Non-Smogonite: I can predict!
Heh. I'm happy.
jacknak switched in Dusknoir*.
Dusknoir* is exerting its pressure!
Pointed stones dug into Dusknoir*.
Dusknoir* lost 12% of its health.
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So that's his last Pokémon! It shouldn't be too much trouble, unless it has the uncommon Rest, with which it would be able to outstall anything I have. Now to Toxic him.
Non-Smogonite switched in Shuckle.
Dusknoir* used Will-o-wisp.
Dusknoir*'s attack missed!
The sandstorm rages.
Dusknoir* is buffetted by the sandstorm!
Dusknoir* lost 6% of its health.
Dusknoir*'s leftovers restored its health a little!
Dusknoir* restored 6% of its health.
Flygon: 100%
Shuckle: 100%
Dusknoir*: 88%, Stealth Rock
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Meh. Burn doesn't do much to Shuckle, anyway. I need to make sure I Toxic him so he can't outstall Shuckle or Flygon (if it has to come to that).
Dusknoir* used Will-o-wisp.
Shuckle was burned!
Shuckle used Toxic.
Dusknoir* was badly poisoned!
The sandstorm rages.
Dusknoir* is buffetted by the sandstorm!
Dusknoir* lost 6% of its health.
Dusknoir*'s leftovers restored its health a little!
Dusknoir* restored 6% of its health.
Dusknoir* is hurt by poison!
Dusknoir* lost 6% of its health.
Shuckle was hurt by its burn!
Shuckle lost 12% of its health.
Shuckle: 88%, Burn
Dusknoir*: 81%, Stealth Rock, Toxic 1
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Shuckle can easily stall him out now...
jacknak switched in Heatran.
Pointed stones dug into Heatran.
Heatran lost 12% of its health.
Shuckle used Encore.
But it failed!
The sandstorm rages.
Shuckle's leftovers restored its health a little!
Shuckle restored 6% of its health.
Shuckle was hurt by its burn!
Shuckle lost 12% of its health.
Shuckle: 81%, Burn
Dusknoir*: 81%, Stealth Rock, Toxic
Heatran: 75%, Stealth Rock
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Didn't expect that. Oh well, it doesn't matter. If he goes for Fire Blast, I can Encore it and send in Flygon (almost) scot-free!
Heatran used Dragon Pulse.
Shuckle lost 15% of its health.
Shuckle used Encore.
Heatran got an encore!
The sandstorm rages.
Shuckle's leftovers restored its health a little!
Shuckle restored 6% of its health.
Shuckle was hurt by its burn!
Shuckle lost 12% of its health.
Shuckle: 60%, Burn
Heatran: 75%, Stealth Rock
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I didn't think he would have that move, now that Garchomp's gone. Shows how new I am, I guess. Also, I should have realized a while ago that he was Choiced (Scarf?) when he wouldn't stay in against Flygon with Fire Blast, so Encore was useless. At any rate, now Flygon can't get in for a while.
Heatran used Dragon Pulse.
Shuckle lost 15% of its health.
Shuckle used Rest.
Shuckle fell asleep!
Shuckle restored 55% of its health.
The sandstorm rages.
Shuckle: 100%, Sleep
Heatran: 75%, Stealth Rock
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Generic turn, really. Now I expect he realizes that he can't do a thing to Shuckle, so he'll switch. I'll just have to wait out the Rest.
jacknak switched in Azelf.
Pointed stones dug into Azelf.
Azelf lost 12% of its health.
Shuckle is fast asleep!
The sandstorm rages.
Azelf is buffetted by the sandstorm!
Azelf lost 6% of its health.
Shuckle: 100%, Sleep
Heatran: 75%, Stealth Rock
Azelf: 81%, Stealth Rock
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All goes as planned...
Azelf used Nasty Plot.
Azelf's special attack was sharply raised.
Shuckle is fast asleep!
The sandstorm rages.
Azelf is buffetted by the sandstorm!
Azelf lost 6% of its health.
Shuckle: 100%, Sleep
Azelf: 75%, Stealth Rock
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And he throws a wrench in the works. Badbadbadbadbad. I know Azelf's offense is quite strong, so I know that I'm in trouble, so I hope Shuckle will pull through for a while. I'll try to make sure he either uses Nasty Plot again (yeah, right) or uses a move either a) weak against Shuckle to prevent Flygon from getting in or b) not too strong against Flygon.
Azelf used Psychic.
Shuckle lost 43% of its health.
Shuckle woke up!
Shuckle used Encore.
Azelf got an encore!
The sandstorm rages.
Azelf is buffetted by the sandstorm!
Azelf lost 6% of its health.
Shuckle's leftovers restored its health a little!
Shuckle restored 6% of its health.
Shuckle: 63%
Azelf: 69%, Stealth Rock, Encore
vs
Lovely. Shuckle can't survive 3 turns, so I'll have to use Toxic to wear out Azelf since Shuckle can't outstall the Psychic, unfortunately. Well, at least it isn't super-effective against Flygon.
Azelf used Psychic.
Shuckle lost 43% of its health.
Shuckle used Toxic.
Azelf was badly poisoned!
The sandstorm rages.
Azelf is buffetted by the sandstorm!
Azelf lost 6% of its health.
Azelf is hurt by poison!
Azelf lost 6% of its health.
Shuckle's leftovers restored its health a little!
Shuckle restored 6% of its health.
Shuckle: 27%
Azelf: 56%, Stealth Rock, Toxic 1, Encore
vs
Goodbye, Shuckle. You fought bravely. Sob.
Azelf used Psychic.
Shuckle lost 27% of its health.
Non-Smogonite's Shuckle fainted.
The sandstorm rages.
Azelf is buffetted by the sandstorm!
Azelf lost 6% of its health.
Azelf is hurt by poison!
Azelf lost 12% of its health.
Score: 1 (Tyranitar, Breloom, Metagross, Shuckle and Dusknoir down; Flygon) - 3 (Suicune, Shaymin-S and Salamence down; Azelf, Heatran, Dusknoir)
Shuckle: 0%
Azelf: 38%, Stealth Rock, Toxic 2, Encore
Flygon's my last hope. Please, Flygon, don't die...
Non-Smogonite switched in Flygon.
Azelf used Psychic.
Flygon lost 82% of its health.
Flygon used Roost.
Flygon restored 50% of its health.
The sandstorm rages.
Azelf is buffetted by the sandstorm!
Azelf lost 6% of its health.
Azelf is hurt by poison!
Azelf lost 19% of its health.
Flygon's leftovers restored its health a little!
Flygon restored 6% of its health.
Flygon: 74%
Azelf: 13%, Stealth Rock, Toxic 3, Encore
vs
YES! Awesome! That was close.
jacknak: gg
He really doesn't know what's coming.
Flygon used Quick Attack.
Azelf lost 13% of its health.
jacknak's Azelf fainted.
The sandstorm rages.
Flygon's leftovers restored its health a little!
Flygon restored 6% of its health.
Score: 1 (Tyranitar, Breloom, Metagross, Shuckle and Dusknoir down; Flygon) - 2 (Suicune, Shaymin-S, Azelf, and Salamence down; Heatran, Dusknoir)
Flygon: 80%
Azelf: 0%, Stealth Rock
jacknak: onmg
Non-Smogonite: haha
Non-Smogonite: gimmick!
The chat says it all, i.e. gimmicks can be helpful. Weird tidbit of the day: I have a Brave nature (don't laugh) to raise Quick Attack's power without diminishing Flamethrower's (Skarmory, Bronzong, Scizor) or my defenses. As you can see, if I hadn't, Flygon would have been toast.
jacknak switched in Dusknoir*.
Dusknoir* is exerting its pressure!
Pointed stones dug into Dusknoir*.
Dusknoir* lost 12% of its health.
vs
Here we go. I'm just glad Shuckle managed to get in a Toxic. I weep for you, Shuckle. Thanks to that, Flygon should be able to outstall (it did come to this) him with Earthquake and Roost.
Flygon used Earthquake.
Dusknoir* lost 33% of its health.
Dusknoir* used Will-o-wisp.
Flygon was burned!
The sandstorm rages.
Dusknoir* is buffetted by the sandstorm!
Dusknoir* lost 6% of its health.
Flygon's leftovers restored its health a little!
Flygon restored 6% of its health.
Flygon was hurt by its burn!
Flygon lost 12% of its health.
Dusknoir*'s leftovers restored its health a little!
Dusknoir* restored 6% of its health.
Dusknoir* is hurt by poison!
Dusknoir* lost 6% of its health.
Flygon: 74%, Burn
Dusknoir*: 30%, Stealth Rock, Toxic 1
vs
OK, this might take a while now that Flygon's Attack is shot.
Flygon used Earthquake.
Dusknoir* lost 15% of its health.
Dusknoir* used Pain Split.
Dusknoir* restored 38% of its health.
Flygon lost 31% of its health.
The sandstorm rages.
Dusknoir* is buffetted by the sandstorm!
Dusknoir* lost 6% of its health.
Flygon's leftovers restored its health a little!
Flygon restored 6% of its health.
Flygon was hurt by its burn!
Flygon lost 12% of its health.
Dusknoir*'s leftovers restored its health a little!
Dusknoir* restored 6% of its health.
Dusknoir* is hurt by poison!
Dusknoir* lost 12% of its health.
Flygon: 37%, Burn
Dusknoir*: 41%, Stealth Rock, Toxic 2
vs
Oh. I forgot about Pain Split. It'll allow Flygon to be destroyed by Heatran's Dragon Pulse if I use Earthquake even once, so I need to keep his HP up by using Roost. Toxic will take him out in the end.
Flygon used Roost.
Flygon restored 50% of its health.
Dusknoir* used Pain Split.
Dusknoir* restored 33% of its health.
Flygon lost 27% of its health.
The sandstorm rages.
Dusknoir* is buffetted by the sandstorm!
Dusknoir* lost 6% of its health.
Flygon's leftovers restored its health a little!
Flygon restored 6% of its health.
Flygon was hurt by its burn!
Flygon lost 12% of its health.
Dusknoir*'s leftovers restored its health a little!
Dusknoir* restored 6% of its health.
Dusknoir* is hurt by poison!
Dusknoir* lost 18% of its health.
Flygon: 54%, Burn
Dusknoir*: 56%, Stealth Rock, Toxic 3
vs
I need Toxic to work it's magic, so you can skip the next few turns if you don't want to read a lot of stall. I've left it in for the people who do want to know what happens.
Flygon used Roost.
Flygon restored 46% of its health.
Dusknoir* used Pain Split.
Dusknoir* restored 34% of its health.
Flygon lost 27% of its health.
The sandstorm rages.
Dusknoir* is buffetted by the sandstorm!
Dusknoir* lost 6% of its health.
Flygon's leftovers restored its health a little!
Flygon restored 6% of its health.
Flygon was hurt by its burn!
Flygon lost 12% of its health.
Dusknoir*'s leftovers restored its health a little!
Dusknoir* restored 6% of its health.
Dusknoir* is hurt by poison!
Dusknoir* lost 24% of its health.
Flygon: 67%, Burn
Dusknoir*: 66%, Stealth Rock, Toxic 4
Flygon used Roost.
Flygon restored 34% of its health.
Dusknoir* used Pain Split.
Dusknoir* restored 29% of its health.
Flygon lost 24% of its health.
The sandstorm rages.
Dusknoir* is buffetted by the sandstorm!
Dusknoir* lost 6% of its health.
Flygon's leftovers restored its health a little!
Flygon restored 6% of its health.
Flygon was hurt by its burn!
Flygon lost 12% of its health.
Dusknoir*'s leftovers restored its health a little!
Dusknoir* restored 6% of its health.
Dusknoir* is hurt by poison!
Dusknoir* lost 31% of its health.
Flygon: 70%, Burn
Dusknoir*: 64%, Stealth Rock, Toxic 5
Flygon used Roost.
Flygon restored 30% of its health.
Dusknoir* used Pain Split.
Dusknoir* restored 30% of its health.
Flygon lost 24% of its health.
The sandstorm rages.
Dusknoir* is buffetted by the sandstorm!
Dusknoir* lost 6% of its health.
Flygon's leftovers restored its health a little!
Flygon restored 6% of its health.
Flygon was hurt by its burn!
Flygon lost 12% of its health.
Dusknoir*'s leftovers restored its health a little!
Dusknoir* restored 6% of its health.
Dusknoir* is hurt by poison!
Dusknoir* lost 37% of its health.
Flygon: 70%, Burn
Dusknoir*: 57%, Stealth Rock, Toxic 6
Flygon used Roost.
Flygon restored 30% of its health.
Dusknoir* used Pain Split.
Dusknoir* restored 33% of its health.
Flygon lost 27% of its health.
The sandstorm rages.
Dusknoir* is buffetted by the sandstorm!
Dusknoir* lost 6% of its health.
Flygon's leftovers restored its health a little!
Flygon restored 6% of its health.
Flygon was hurt by its burn!
Flygon lost 12% of its health.
Dusknoir*'s leftovers restored its health a little!
Dusknoir* restored 6% of its health.
Dusknoir* is hurt by poison!
Dusknoir* lost 43% of its health.
Flygon: 67%, Burn
Dusknoir*: 47%, Stealth Rock, Toxic 7
Flygon used Roost.
Flygon restored 33% of its health.
Dusknoir* used Pain Split.
Dusknoir* restored 38% of its health.
Flygon lost 31% of its health.
The sandstorm rages.
Dusknoir* is buffetted by the sandstorm!
Dusknoir* lost 6% of its health.
Flygon's leftovers restored its health a little!
Flygon restored 6% of its health.
Flygon was hurt by its burn!
Flygon lost 12% of its health.
Dusknoir*'s leftovers restored its health a little!
Dusknoir* restored 6% of its health.
Dusknoir* is hurt by poison!
Dusknoir* lost 49% of its health.
Flygon: 63%, Burn
Dusknoir*: 37%, Stealth Rock, Toxic 8
Dusknoir* used Shadow Sneak.
Flygon lost 16% of its health.
Flygon used Roost.
Flygon restored 50% of its health.
The sandstorm rages.
Dusknoir* is buffetted by the sandstorm!
Dusknoir* lost 6% of its health.
Flygon's leftovers restored its health a little!
Flygon restored 3% of its health.
Flygon was hurt by its burn!
Flygon lost 12% of its health.
Dusknoir*'s leftovers restored its health a little!
Dusknoir* restored 6% of its health.
Dusknoir* is hurt by poison!
Dusknoir* lost 37% of its health.
jacknak's Dusknoir fainted.
Score: 1 (Tyranitar, Breloom, Metagross, Shuckle and Dusknoir down; Flygon) - 1 (Suicune, Shaymin-S, Azelf, Dusknoir, and Salamence down; Heatran)
Flygon: 88%, Burn
Dusknoir*: 0%, Stealth Rock
I think he just got bored with the stall war. It was going downhill for him, anyway.
jacknak switched in Heatran.
Pointed stones dug into Heatran.
Heatran lost 12% of its health.
vs
This is it. If Flygon can survive a Dragon Pulse, I win. If not... that's bad.
jacknak: gg
Non-Smogonite: gg
We say our penultimate comments, and...
Heatran used Dragon Pulse.
It's super effective!
Flygon lost 64% of its health.
Flygon did not faint!
Flygon used Earthquake.
It's super effective!
Heatran lost 63% of its health.
jacknak's Heatran fainted.
Non-Smogonite wins!
jacknak: bah
jacknak: dang
jacknak: gg
Non-Smogonite: that was awesome
Non-Smogonite: really gg
Score: 1-0 (I don't really need to do this again, do I?)
Flygon: 24%, Burn
Heatran: 0%
So, in the end, it's Flygon who pulls through for me with less than 1/4 of his HP left and a Burn. Take that, Garchomp! You are NOT simply “better” than Flygon! And great game, jacknak.
Positive:
Flygon! For beating half of the opponent's team. And winning the game for me.
Shuckle! For being annoying and living on in Dusknoir's and Azelf's Toxics even after fainting, among other things. I love you, Shuckle!
Tyranitar. For Sand Stream's extra damage, which goes before Leftovers, thankfully (even though it hurt my team, too).
Sandstorm. For the Sp Def boost without which Shuckle wouldn't have survived (Azelf's Psychics).
Suicune... For demolishing my team... or my sanity...
Shoddy's Random Number Generator. For a lack of any real game-changing luck.
pokemonelite2000 and gamespot. For the sprites.
jacknak. For one of the best battles I've had. (sorry if it doesn't seem very good)
Negative:
Suicune. For demolishing my team and making me make many, many, many stupid mistakes.
Me. For sending Breloom up against a 3x boosted (though 0.5x resisted) Surf.
Me. For trying to use Meteor Mash on Suicune.
Basically everything I did or tried to do related to Suicune.
Me. For not having something to take care of Water Pokémon.
Me. For making so many stupid errors.
Me. For being so self-negative.
Neutral:
Some general luck on both sides. For having nothing to do with anything whatsoever.
Comments, critiques, etc. would be welcome. I'd prefer criticism on the warstory itself (commentary, formatting, et al), not the battle, which I admit is not up to par with others I've read and seen. I'm not asking for this to get sent to the Archive (if it's worthy, then I won't complain). I just want to get better at writing these. Thanks for reading all the way up to here!
By the way, about that Garchomp comment, that's just my opinion. It will be very controversial (and therefore irritating) to talk about. I'm just saying that Flygon has some things Garchomp doesn't, even if it's very few things. Most people would say that Garchomp does many (most?) things better, and I'd have to agree. Good thing, though: Flygon's allowed into OU!
jacknak's team (in order of appearance):
Ahhh. Finally done. I think. Have I missed anything?
This (Shoddy) battle took place on Saturday, October 11, 2008. Wow, I sound so formal. Anyway, I just lost to a battler named jacknak, and I wanted to finish playing after a win. I pressed the “Find Match” button and who should show up but jacknak again! I hoped I would win this time. (I'm not very good, as can be seen from my rating, which currently hovers around 1400-1450.)
My (Non-Smogonite's) team:
I'll show jacknak's team at the end, so you can have a better idea of what I was thinking.
Formatting info:
Scores will be posted after each fainted Pokémon in this format: the number of my Pokémon left (the ones he'd fainted; the ones he'd seen) - the number of jacknak's Pokémon left (the ones I'd fainted; the ones I'd seen).
HP left and status for the Pokémon involved will be posted after each turn. They'll be in italics and color-coded.(by the way, some of the percentages may seem a bit off, but I included the excluded decimals of leftovers, burn, etc.)
Toxic will also have the number of turns it has had to build power.
Me and my Pokémon will be in green.
jacknak and his (I don't think “her”, do you?) Pokémon will be in blue. Also, his Dusknoir will have an asterisk (*) after it to distinguish it from mine.
Pokémon fainting will be in red.
Battle log will be bolded.
My commentary will be in regular font.
After-turn effects will not be omitted. (I just think that they do affect the battle, so they should be there.) However, for your convenience, their font size will be lowered and they'll be unbolded.
Rules: Ladder Match, Sleep Clause, Freeze Clause, OHKO Clause, Evasion Clause, Species Clause, Strict Damage Clause
jacknak sent out Azelf.
Non-Smogonite sent out Tyranitar.
Tyranitar's Sand Stream whipped up a sandstorm!
A sandstorm brewed!
Tyranitar: 100%
Azelf: 100%
So it begins. Now, I just battled him now and Tyranitar beat up his Azelf with Crunch, so I'll take his (hopeful) switch for a chance to stat-up. Yeah, that's the "benefit" of battling someone twice in a row: you can have an idea of what they're going to do.
jacknak switched in Suicune.
Suicune is exerting its pressure!
Tyranitar used Dragon Dance.
Tyranitar's attack was raised.
Tyranitar's speed was raised.
The sandstorm rages.
Suicune is buffetted by the sandstorm!
Suicune lost 6% of its health.
Suicune's leftovers restored its health a little!
Suicune restored 6% of its health.
Tyranitar: 100%, +1 Atk, +1 Spd
Azelf: 100%
Suicune: 100%
Ah. This is bad. I have almost nothing against bulky waters, and pretty much waters in general. Well, at least I got a boost. All I can think of doing is just breaking through its defenses with Stone Edge, since he'd figure out Dragon Dance, and 2 +1 Stone Edges do more than 1 +2 Stone Edge. I just hope it'll be enough.
Tyranitar used Stone Edge.
Suicune lost 39% of its health.
Suicune used Calm Mind.
Suicune's special attack was raised.
Suicune's special defense was raised.
The sandstorm rages.
Suicune is buffetted by the sandstorm!
Suicune lost 6% of its health.
Suicune's leftovers restored its health a little!
Suicune restored 6% of its health.
Tyranitar: 100%, +1 Atk, +1 Spd
Suicune: 61%, +1 Sp Atk, +1 Sp Def
Now, I expect that he will catch on and not allow me to do more damage, so he should Roar. I just want to hurt it as much as possible before being forced out.
Tyranitar used Stone Edge.
Suicune lost 39% of its health.
Suicune used Roar.
Non-Smogonite switched in Metagross.
The sandstorm rages.
Suicune is buffetted by the sandstorm!
Suicune lost 6% of its health.
Suicune's leftovers restored its health a little!
Suicune restored 6% of its health.
Tyranitar: 100%
Metagross: 100%
Suicune: 22%, +1 Sp Atk, +1 Sp Def
Well, that's unlucky. I could have had a much better switch-in, but I guess I'll just go with what I've got. At this point, I don't want to send in Tyranitar because of the Calm Mind boost, since even with Sandstorm helping his Sp Def, Surf would really hurt, if he has that. I wonder if the Random Number Generator will allow me to somewhat ameliorate the bad switch-in with an attack boost (dumb move #1).
It's times like these when I wish I hadn't removed Thunderpunch from Metagross's moveset.
Suicune used Rest.
Suicune fell asleep!
Suicune restored 78% of its health.
Metagross used Meteor Mash.
Metagross's attack missed!
The sandstorm rages.
Suicune is buffetted by the sandstorm!
Suicune lost 6% of its health.
Suicune's leftovers restored its health a little!
Suicune restored 6% of its health.
Metagross: 100%
Suicune: 100%, Sleep, +1 Sp Atk, +1 Sp Def
Gah. No such luck. I think I should send in my water resist at this point. Ice beam shouldn't faint Breloom if Suicune has it, as I have a turn to set up a Sub.
Non-Smogonite switched in Breloom.
Suicune is fast asleep!
The sandstorm rages.
Suicune is buffetted by the sandstorm!
Suicune lost 6% of its health.
Breloom is buffetted by the sandstorm!
Breloom lost 6% of its health.
Suicune's leftovers restored its health a little!
Suicune restored 6% of its health.
Breloom was badly poisoned!
Metagross: 100%
Breloom: 94%
Suicune: 100%, Sleep, +1 Sp Atk, +1 Sp Def
Nothing happening...
Suicune is fast asleep!
Breloom used Substitute.
Breloom lost 25% of its health.
Breloom made a substitute!
The sandstorm rages.
Suicune is buffetted by the sandstorm!
Suicune lost 6% of its health.
Breloom is buffetted by the sandstorm!
Breloom lost 6% of its health.
Suicune's leftovers restored its health a little!
Suicune restored 6% of its health.
Breloom's Poison Heal restored health!
Breloom restored 12% of its health.
Breloom: 75%, Substitute
Suicune: 100%, Sleep, +1 Sp Atk, +1 Sp Def
Good. Now, if he uses anything other than Roar, I can put him back to sleep. Please don't use Roar, please don't use Roar, please don't use Roar... *fingers crossed* (dumb move #2)
Breloom used Spore.
But it failed!
Suicune woke up!
Suicune used Roar.
Non-Smogonite switched in Dusknoir.
Dusknoir is exerting its pressure!
The sandstorm rages.
Suicune is buffetted by the sandstorm!
Suicune lost 6% of its health.
Dusknoir is buffetted by the sandstorm!
Dusknoir lost 6% of its health.
Suicune's leftovers restored its health a little!
Suicune restored 6% of its health.
Dusknoir's leftovers restored its health a little!
Dusknoir restored 6% of its health.
Breloom: 75%
Dusknoir: 100%
Suicune: 100%, +1 Sp Atk, +1 Sp Def
I should have expected that. He probably thought I had SubPunch. Well, not exactly: I use an odd sort of moveset: Substitute, Swords Dance, Spore and Seed Bomb, since I couldn't stand being unable to hit Ghosts. Anyway, this is a better matchup, but I still can't do much. I may as well try to get some more damage on him and get him to Rest.
Suicune used Calm Mind.
Suicune's special attack was raised.
Suicune's special defense was raised.
Dusknoir used Night Shade.
Suicune lost 25% of its health.
The sandstorm rages.
Suicune is buffetted by the sandstorm!
Suicune lost 6% of its health.
Dusknoir is buffetted by the sandstorm!
Dusknoir lost 6% of its health.
Suicune's leftovers restored its health a little!
Suicune restored 6% of its health.
Dusknoir's leftovers restored its health a little!
Dusknoir restored 6% of its health.
Dusknoir: 100%
Suicune: 75%, +2 Sp Atk, +2 Sp Def
Dum de dum...
Suicune used Calm Mind.
Suicune's special attack was raised.
Suicune's special defense was raised.
Dusknoir used Night Shade.
Suicune lost 25% of its health.
The sandstorm rages.
Suicune is buffetted by the sandstorm!
Suicune lost 6% of its health.
Dusknoir is buffetted by the sandstorm!
Dusknoir lost 6% of its health.
Suicune's leftovers restored its health a little!
Suicune restored 6% of its health.
Dusknoir's leftovers restored its health a little!
Dusknoir restored 6% of its health.
Dusknoir: 100%
Suicune: 50%, +3 Sp Atk, +3 Sp Def
Waiting...
Suicune used Calm Mind.
Suicune's special attack was raised.
Suicune's special defense was raised.
Dusknoir used Night Shade.
Suicune lost 25% of its health.
The sandstorm rages.
Suicune is buffetted by the sandstorm!
Suicune lost 6% of its health.
Dusknoir is buffetted by the sandstorm!
Dusknoir lost 6% of its health.
Suicune's leftovers restored its health a little!
Suicune restored 6% of its health.
Dusknoir's leftovers restored its health a little!
Dusknoir restored 6% of its health.
Dusknoir: 100%
Suicune: 26%, +4 Sp Atk, +4 Sp Def
One more...
Non-Smogonite switched in Breloom.
Suicune used Rest.
Suicune fell asleep!
Suicune restored 74% of its health.
The sandstorm rages.
Suicune is buffetted by the sandstorm!
Suicune lost 6% of its health.
Breloom is buffetted by the sandstorm!
Breloom lost 6% of its health.
Suicune's leftovers restored its health a little!
Suicune restored 6% of its health.
Breloom's Poison Heal restored health!
Breloom restored 12% of its health.
Dusknoir: 100%
Breloom: 81%
Suicune: 100%, Sleep, +4 Sp Atk, +4 Sp Def
There we go! Breloom is in and ready to do a bit of damage. I'm going to Substitute again, in case he uses Surf or especially Ice Beam later. With 4 boosts, it would hurt Breloom, with his somewhat bad (read: pathetic) defenses.
jacknak: not gonna forget about ss this time
jacknak: hehe
Non-Smogonite: haha
He says this because he let Dusknoir Night Shade too much last time and Suicune was finished off by Sandstorm.
Suicune is fast asleep!
Breloom used Substitute.
Breloom lost 25% of its health.
Breloom made a substitute!
The sandstorm rages.
Suicune is buffetted by the sandstorm!
Suicune lost 6% of its health.
Breloom is buffetted by the sandstorm!
Breloom lost 6% of its health.
Suicune's leftovers restored its health a little!
Suicune restored 6% of its health.
Breloom's Poison Heal restored health!
Breloom restored 12% of its health.
Breloom: 62%, Substitute
Suicune: 100%, Sleep, +4 Sp Atk, +4 Sp Def
Now to Seed Bomb him...
Suicune is fast asleep!
Breloom used Seed Bomb.
It's super effective!
Suicune lost 36% of its health.
The sandstorm rages.
Suicune is buffetted by the sandstorm!
Suicune lost 6% of its health.
Breloom is buffetted by the sandstorm!
Breloom lost 6% of its health.
Suicune's leftovers restored its health a little!
Suicune restored 6% of its health.
Breloom's Poison Heal restored health!
Breloom restored 12% of its health.
Breloom: 69%, Substitute
Suicune: 70%, Sleep, +4 Sp Atk, +4 Sp Def
And again... Just this time he'll Surf or Roar. Surf shouldn't KO Breloom because he resists it, so I can take that chance. Roar might be a problem, but almost anything I have can take the Surf.
Breloom used Seed Bomb.
It's super effective!
Suicune lost 41% of its health.
Suicune woke up!
Suicune used Roar.
Non-Smogonite switched in Tyranitar.
Tyranitar's Sand Stream whipped up a sandstorm!
The sandstorm rages.
Suicune is buffetted by the sandstorm!
Suicune lost 6% of its health.
Suicune's leftovers restored its health a little!
Suicune restored 6% of its health.
Breloom: 69% Tyranitar: 100%
Suicune: 29%, +4 Sp Atk, +4 Sp Def
Yeah. Almost anything. Could that have been worse? I have nothing else to absorb the incoming Surf, since they'd have to take 2 of them, so bye-bye Tyranitar. Your Sand Stream was really helpful. (kinda sorta)
Suicune used Surf.
It's super effective!
Tyranitar lost 100% of its health.
Non-Smogonite's Tyranitar fainted.
The sandstorm rages.
Suicune is buffetted by the sandstorm!
Suicune lost 6% of its health.
Suicune's leftovers restored its health a little!
Suicune restored 6% of its health.
Score: 5 (Tyranitar down; Metagross, Breloom, Dusknoir) - 6 (Azelf and Suicune)
Tyranitar: 0%
Suicune: 29%, +4 Sp Atk, +4 Sp Def
Now I have no super-powerful force to do damage! Yippee! *obvious sarcasm* I think Dusknoir is really the one who can withstand the damage best.
Non-Smogonite switched in Dusknoir.
Dusknoir is exerting its pressure!
Wait a minute! He may think this is a good time to set up. I'll send Breloom in to kill it off! (dumb move #3; I recognize that this thought process is stupidity incarnate: he'd expect me to use Night Shade to faint Suicune easily. DO NOT make this type of move, any people whom I'm good enough to advise)
Non-Smogonite switched in Breloom.
Suicune used Surf.
It's not very effective...
Breloom lost 48% of its health.
The sandstorm rages.
Suicune is buffetted by the sandstorm!
Suicune lost 6% of its health.
Breloom is buffetted by the sandstorm!
Breloom lost 6% of its health.
Suicune's leftovers restored its health a little!
Suicune restored 6% of its health.
Breloom's Poison Heal restored health!
Breloom restored 12% of its health.
Dusknoir: 100%
Breloom: 27%
Suicune: 29%, +4 Sp Atk, +4 Sp Def
As stated above, that was a really horrible move by me: Dusknoir could have taken the Surf and struck back with Night Shade, letting Sandstorm do the rest. Now I have to let Breloom faint.
Suicune used Surf.
It's not very effective...
Breloom lost 27% of its health.
Non-Smogonite's Breloom fainted.
The sandstorm rages.
Suicune is buffetted by the sandstorm!
Suicune lost 6% of its health.
Suicune's leftovers restored its health a little!
Suicune restored 6% of its health.
Score: 4 (Tyranitar and Breloom down; Metagross, Dusknoir) - 6 (Azelf and Suicune)
Breloom: 0%
Suicune: 29%, +4 Sp Atk, +4 Sp Def
Sorry Breloom... You will be avenged! I hope. I'll now do what I should have done before and lower his lead.
Non-Smogonite switched in Dusknoir.
Dusknoir is exerting its pressure!
But wait! What if Surf can take out Dusknoir? What if it criticals? I'll Sucker Punch just in case. (this is not quite so stupid as my previous few moves, I think)
Dusknoir used Sucker Punch.
A critical hit!
Suicune lost 21% of its health.
Suicune used Surf.
Dusknoir lost 66% of its health.
The sandstorm rages.
Suicune is buffetted by the sandstorm!
Suicune lost 1% of its health.
jacknak's Suicune fainted.
Dusknoir is buffetted by the sandstorm!
Dusknoir lost 6% of its health.
Dusknoir's leftovers restored its health a little!
Dusknoir restored 6% of its health.
Score: 4 (Tyranitar and Breloom down; Metagross, Dusknoir) - 5 (Suicune down; Azelf)
Dusknoir: 34%
Suicune: 0%
Ahh, finally. I don't think the critical was really necessary in the long run. I'd have just Sucker Punched again. But that's in the past; no point thinking about it now!
jacknak switched in Shaymin-S.
Hmm. This might be difficult. Shaymin should easily be able to beat poor, weak Dusknoir, regardless of what move it uses. I'll just try to get a bit more damage on it.
Dusknoir used Sucker Punch.
Shaymin-S lost 24% of its health.
Shaymin-S used Earth Power.
Dusknoir lost 32% of its health.
The sandstorm rages.
Shaymin-S is buffetted by the sandstorm!
Shaymin-S lost 6% of its health.
Dusknoir is buffetted by the sandstorm!
Dusknoir lost 2% of its health.
Non-Smogonite's Dusknoir fainted.
Score: 3 (Tyranitar, Breloom and Dusknoir down; Metagross) - 5 (Suicune down; Azelf, Shaymin-S)
Dusknoir: 0%
Shaymin-S: 70%
Now, if the opponent has out a strong attacker with no super-effective moves or boosts, I send out Shuckle, whose superior defenses will save the day! Even though I'm 2 Pokémon behind... again...
Non-Smogonite switched in Shuckle.
Obviously, he's switching, since Shaymin can't do piddly damage to Shuckle. This is it, guys! The ultimate Shaymin-S counter! It doesn't deserve to be Uber, since it's so simple to beat. *more sarcasm* I'll take advantage of the switch to set up my Stealth Rocks.
jacknak switched in Salamence.
Salamence's intimidate cut Shuckle's attack!
Shuckle used Stealth Rock.
Pointed stones float in the air around your foe's team!
The sandstorm rages.
Salamence is buffetted by the sandstorm!
Salamence lost 6% of its health.
Salamence's leftovers restored its health a little!
Salamence restored 6% of its health.
Shuckle: 100%
Shaymin-S: 70%, Stealth Rock
Salamence: 100%, Stealth Rock
Very nice. I can take the risk of Stone Edge, just because it's fairly uncommon, as far as I know. It won't do much damage even if he does have it. He probably switched in Salamence to try to set up on Shuckle, since everybody knows it's so easy to do.
Salamence used Dragon Dance.
Salamence's attack was raised.
Salamence's speed was raised.
Shuckle used Encore.
Salamence got an encore!
The sandstorm rages.
Salamence is buffetted by the sandstorm!
Salamence lost 6% of its health.
Salamence's leftovers restored its health a little!
Salamence restored 6% of its health.
Shuckle: 100%
Salamence: 100%, Stealth Rock, +1 Atk, +1 Spd, Encore
I beg to differ. Heehee. I love you, Shuckle! Now he will either:
1) Be greedy and try to get more Dragon Dances, or
2) Be careful and switch out.
Either way, I'll Toxic whatever is/comes out.
Salamence used Dragon Dance.
Salamence's attack was raised.
Salamence's speed was raised.
Shuckle used Toxic.
Salamence was badly poisoned!
The sandstorm rages.
Salamence is buffetted by the sandstorm!
Salamence lost 6% of its health.
Salamence's leftovers restored its health a little!
Salamence restored 6% of its health.
Salamence is hurt by poison!
Salamence lost 6% of its health.
Shuckle: 100%
Salamence: 94%, Stealth Rock, Toxic 1, +2 Atk, +2 Spd, Encore
Greed always leads to demise, young grasshopper. Now I can switch in Metagross unscathed to deal the final blow(s).
Non-Smogonite switched in Metagross.
Salamence used Dragon Dance.
Salamence's attack was raised.
Salamence's speed was raised.
The sandstorm rages.
Salamence is buffetted by the sandstorm!
Salamence lost 6% of its health.
Salamence's leftovers restored its health a little!
Salamence restored 6% of its health.
Salamence is hurt by poison!
Salamence lost 12% of its health.
Shuckle: 100%
Metagross: 100%
Salamence: 83%, Stealth Rock, Toxic 2, +3 Atk, +3 Spd, Encore
Good, good. Meteor Mash, Metagross!
Salamence used Dragon Dance.
Salamence's attack was raised.
Salamence's speed was raised.
Metagross used Meteor Mash.
Salamence lost 56% of its health.
Metagross's attack was raised.
The sandstorm rages.
Salamence is buffetted by the sandstorm!
Salamence lost 6% of its health.
Salamence's leftovers restored its health a little!
Salamence restored 6% of its health.
Salamence is hurt by poison!
Salamence lost 18% of its health.
Metagross: 100%
Salamence: 7%, Stealth Rock, Toxic 3, +4 Atk, +4 Spd, Encore
Great. Just when I don't need a boost... And again, Metagross!
Salamence used Dragon Dance.
Salamence's attack was raised.
Salamence's speed was raised.
Metagross used Meteor Mash.
Salamence lost 7% of its health.
jacknak's Salamence fainted.
The sandstorm rages.
Score: 3 (Tyranitar, Breloom and Dusknoir down; Metagross, Shuckle) - 4 (Suicune and Salamence down; Azelf, Shaymin-S)
Metagross: 100%
Salamence: 0%, Stealth Rock
Good. That's out of the way.
jacknak switched in Heatran.
Oh? Heatran? Now, generally, my Metagross can survive a Heatran's Fire Blast. I'm not being dumb; I'm just basing this off of prior experiences. Explosion should remove a chunk of Heatran's HP.
Pointed stones dug into Heatran.
Heatran lost 12% of its health.
Heatran used Fire Blast.
It's super effective!
Metagross lost 100% of its health.
Non-Smogonite's Metagross fainted.
The sandstorm rages.
Score: 2 (Tyranitar, Breloom, Metagross and Dusknoir down; Shuckle) - 4 (Suicune and Salamence down; Azelf, Shaymin-S, Heatran)
Metagross: 0%
Heatran: 88%, Stealth Rock
Eep. Didn't know that. Ah well, it wouldn't have really mattered anyway. Sorry Metagross!
Non-Smogonite switched in Flygon.
I know he has Heatran, Azelf, Shaymin-S and ?. He will expect me to Earthquake, so I'll just use Flamethrower to take out the obvious Shaymin switch-in. He won't know what hit him!
jacknak switched in Shaymin-S.
Pointed stones dug into Shaymin-S.
Shaymin-S lost 25% of its health.
Flygon used Flamethrower.
It's super effective!
Shaymin-S lost 45% of its health.
jacknak's Shaymin-S fainted.
The sandstorm rages.
Score: 2 (Tyranitar, Breloom, Metagross and Dusknoir down; Shuckle, Flygon) - 3 (Suicune, Shaymin-S and Salamence down; Azelf, Heatran)
Flygon: 100%
Heatran: 88%, Stealth Rock
Shaymin-S: 0%, Stealth Rock
Yup. He didn't know what hit him. At least, I think he didn't. Do any of you have a Pokémon translator?
Non-Smogonite: yay!
Non-Smogonite: I can predict!
Heh. I'm happy.
jacknak switched in Dusknoir*.
Dusknoir* is exerting its pressure!
Pointed stones dug into Dusknoir*.
Dusknoir* lost 12% of its health.
So that's his last Pokémon! It shouldn't be too much trouble, unless it has the uncommon Rest, with which it would be able to outstall anything I have. Now to Toxic him.
Non-Smogonite switched in Shuckle.
Dusknoir* used Will-o-wisp.
Dusknoir*'s attack missed!
The sandstorm rages.
Dusknoir* is buffetted by the sandstorm!
Dusknoir* lost 6% of its health.
Dusknoir*'s leftovers restored its health a little!
Dusknoir* restored 6% of its health.
Flygon: 100%
Shuckle: 100%
Dusknoir*: 88%, Stealth Rock
Meh. Burn doesn't do much to Shuckle, anyway. I need to make sure I Toxic him so he can't outstall Shuckle or Flygon (if it has to come to that).
Dusknoir* used Will-o-wisp.
Shuckle was burned!
Shuckle used Toxic.
Dusknoir* was badly poisoned!
The sandstorm rages.
Dusknoir* is buffetted by the sandstorm!
Dusknoir* lost 6% of its health.
Dusknoir*'s leftovers restored its health a little!
Dusknoir* restored 6% of its health.
Dusknoir* is hurt by poison!
Dusknoir* lost 6% of its health.
Shuckle was hurt by its burn!
Shuckle lost 12% of its health.
Shuckle: 88%, Burn
Dusknoir*: 81%, Stealth Rock, Toxic 1
Shuckle can easily stall him out now...
jacknak switched in Heatran.
Pointed stones dug into Heatran.
Heatran lost 12% of its health.
Shuckle used Encore.
But it failed!
The sandstorm rages.
Shuckle's leftovers restored its health a little!
Shuckle restored 6% of its health.
Shuckle was hurt by its burn!
Shuckle lost 12% of its health.
Shuckle: 81%, Burn
Dusknoir*: 81%, Stealth Rock, Toxic
Heatran: 75%, Stealth Rock
Didn't expect that. Oh well, it doesn't matter. If he goes for Fire Blast, I can Encore it and send in Flygon (almost) scot-free!
Heatran used Dragon Pulse.
Shuckle lost 15% of its health.
Shuckle used Encore.
Heatran got an encore!
The sandstorm rages.
Shuckle's leftovers restored its health a little!
Shuckle restored 6% of its health.
Shuckle was hurt by its burn!
Shuckle lost 12% of its health.
Shuckle: 60%, Burn
Heatran: 75%, Stealth Rock
I didn't think he would have that move, now that Garchomp's gone. Shows how new I am, I guess. Also, I should have realized a while ago that he was Choiced (Scarf?) when he wouldn't stay in against Flygon with Fire Blast, so Encore was useless. At any rate, now Flygon can't get in for a while.
Heatran used Dragon Pulse.
Shuckle lost 15% of its health.
Shuckle used Rest.
Shuckle fell asleep!
Shuckle restored 55% of its health.
The sandstorm rages.
Shuckle: 100%, Sleep
Heatran: 75%, Stealth Rock
Generic turn, really. Now I expect he realizes that he can't do a thing to Shuckle, so he'll switch. I'll just have to wait out the Rest.
jacknak switched in Azelf.
Pointed stones dug into Azelf.
Azelf lost 12% of its health.
Shuckle is fast asleep!
The sandstorm rages.
Azelf is buffetted by the sandstorm!
Azelf lost 6% of its health.
Shuckle: 100%, Sleep
Heatran: 75%, Stealth Rock
Azelf: 81%, Stealth Rock
All goes as planned...
Azelf used Nasty Plot.
Azelf's special attack was sharply raised.
Shuckle is fast asleep!
The sandstorm rages.
Azelf is buffetted by the sandstorm!
Azelf lost 6% of its health.
Shuckle: 100%, Sleep
Azelf: 75%, Stealth Rock
And he throws a wrench in the works. Badbadbadbadbad. I know Azelf's offense is quite strong, so I know that I'm in trouble, so I hope Shuckle will pull through for a while. I'll try to make sure he either uses Nasty Plot again (yeah, right) or uses a move either a) weak against Shuckle to prevent Flygon from getting in or b) not too strong against Flygon.
Azelf used Psychic.
Shuckle lost 43% of its health.
Shuckle woke up!
Shuckle used Encore.
Azelf got an encore!
The sandstorm rages.
Azelf is buffetted by the sandstorm!
Azelf lost 6% of its health.
Shuckle's leftovers restored its health a little!
Shuckle restored 6% of its health.
Shuckle: 63%
Azelf: 69%, Stealth Rock, Encore
Lovely. Shuckle can't survive 3 turns, so I'll have to use Toxic to wear out Azelf since Shuckle can't outstall the Psychic, unfortunately. Well, at least it isn't super-effective against Flygon.
Azelf used Psychic.
Shuckle lost 43% of its health.
Shuckle used Toxic.
Azelf was badly poisoned!
The sandstorm rages.
Azelf is buffetted by the sandstorm!
Azelf lost 6% of its health.
Azelf is hurt by poison!
Azelf lost 6% of its health.
Shuckle's leftovers restored its health a little!
Shuckle restored 6% of its health.
Shuckle: 27%
Azelf: 56%, Stealth Rock, Toxic 1, Encore
Goodbye, Shuckle. You fought bravely. Sob.
Azelf used Psychic.
Shuckle lost 27% of its health.
Non-Smogonite's Shuckle fainted.
The sandstorm rages.
Azelf is buffetted by the sandstorm!
Azelf lost 6% of its health.
Azelf is hurt by poison!
Azelf lost 12% of its health.
Score: 1 (Tyranitar, Breloom, Metagross, Shuckle and Dusknoir down; Flygon) - 3 (Suicune, Shaymin-S and Salamence down; Azelf, Heatran, Dusknoir)
Shuckle: 0%
Azelf: 38%, Stealth Rock, Toxic 2, Encore
Flygon's my last hope. Please, Flygon, don't die...
Non-Smogonite switched in Flygon.
Azelf used Psychic.
Flygon lost 82% of its health.
Flygon used Roost.
Flygon restored 50% of its health.
The sandstorm rages.
Azelf is buffetted by the sandstorm!
Azelf lost 6% of its health.
Azelf is hurt by poison!
Azelf lost 19% of its health.
Flygon's leftovers restored its health a little!
Flygon restored 6% of its health.
Flygon: 74%
Azelf: 13%, Stealth Rock, Toxic 3, Encore
YES! Awesome! That was close.
jacknak: gg
He really doesn't know what's coming.
Flygon used Quick Attack.
Azelf lost 13% of its health.
jacknak's Azelf fainted.
The sandstorm rages.
Flygon's leftovers restored its health a little!
Flygon restored 6% of its health.
Score: 1 (Tyranitar, Breloom, Metagross, Shuckle and Dusknoir down; Flygon) - 2 (Suicune, Shaymin-S, Azelf, and Salamence down; Heatran, Dusknoir)
Flygon: 80%
Azelf: 0%, Stealth Rock
jacknak: onmg
Non-Smogonite: haha
Non-Smogonite: gimmick!
The chat says it all, i.e. gimmicks can be helpful. Weird tidbit of the day: I have a Brave nature (don't laugh) to raise Quick Attack's power without diminishing Flamethrower's (Skarmory, Bronzong, Scizor) or my defenses. As you can see, if I hadn't, Flygon would have been toast.
jacknak switched in Dusknoir*.
Dusknoir* is exerting its pressure!
Pointed stones dug into Dusknoir*.
Dusknoir* lost 12% of its health.
Here we go. I'm just glad Shuckle managed to get in a Toxic. I weep for you, Shuckle. Thanks to that, Flygon should be able to outstall (it did come to this) him with Earthquake and Roost.
Flygon used Earthquake.
Dusknoir* lost 33% of its health.
Dusknoir* used Will-o-wisp.
Flygon was burned!
The sandstorm rages.
Dusknoir* is buffetted by the sandstorm!
Dusknoir* lost 6% of its health.
Flygon's leftovers restored its health a little!
Flygon restored 6% of its health.
Flygon was hurt by its burn!
Flygon lost 12% of its health.
Dusknoir*'s leftovers restored its health a little!
Dusknoir* restored 6% of its health.
Dusknoir* is hurt by poison!
Dusknoir* lost 6% of its health.
Flygon: 74%, Burn
Dusknoir*: 30%, Stealth Rock, Toxic 1
OK, this might take a while now that Flygon's Attack is shot.
Flygon used Earthquake.
Dusknoir* lost 15% of its health.
Dusknoir* used Pain Split.
Dusknoir* restored 38% of its health.
Flygon lost 31% of its health.
The sandstorm rages.
Dusknoir* is buffetted by the sandstorm!
Dusknoir* lost 6% of its health.
Flygon's leftovers restored its health a little!
Flygon restored 6% of its health.
Flygon was hurt by its burn!
Flygon lost 12% of its health.
Dusknoir*'s leftovers restored its health a little!
Dusknoir* restored 6% of its health.
Dusknoir* is hurt by poison!
Dusknoir* lost 12% of its health.
Flygon: 37%, Burn
Dusknoir*: 41%, Stealth Rock, Toxic 2
Oh. I forgot about Pain Split. It'll allow Flygon to be destroyed by Heatran's Dragon Pulse if I use Earthquake even once, so I need to keep his HP up by using Roost. Toxic will take him out in the end.
Flygon used Roost.
Flygon restored 50% of its health.
Dusknoir* used Pain Split.
Dusknoir* restored 33% of its health.
Flygon lost 27% of its health.
The sandstorm rages.
Dusknoir* is buffetted by the sandstorm!
Dusknoir* lost 6% of its health.
Flygon's leftovers restored its health a little!
Flygon restored 6% of its health.
Flygon was hurt by its burn!
Flygon lost 12% of its health.
Dusknoir*'s leftovers restored its health a little!
Dusknoir* restored 6% of its health.
Dusknoir* is hurt by poison!
Dusknoir* lost 18% of its health.
Flygon: 54%, Burn
Dusknoir*: 56%, Stealth Rock, Toxic 3
I need Toxic to work it's magic, so you can skip the next few turns if you don't want to read a lot of stall. I've left it in for the people who do want to know what happens.
Flygon used Roost.
Flygon restored 46% of its health.
Dusknoir* used Pain Split.
Dusknoir* restored 34% of its health.
Flygon lost 27% of its health.
The sandstorm rages.
Dusknoir* is buffetted by the sandstorm!
Dusknoir* lost 6% of its health.
Flygon's leftovers restored its health a little!
Flygon restored 6% of its health.
Flygon was hurt by its burn!
Flygon lost 12% of its health.
Dusknoir*'s leftovers restored its health a little!
Dusknoir* restored 6% of its health.
Dusknoir* is hurt by poison!
Dusknoir* lost 24% of its health.
Flygon: 67%, Burn
Dusknoir*: 66%, Stealth Rock, Toxic 4
Flygon used Roost.
Flygon restored 34% of its health.
Dusknoir* used Pain Split.
Dusknoir* restored 29% of its health.
Flygon lost 24% of its health.
The sandstorm rages.
Dusknoir* is buffetted by the sandstorm!
Dusknoir* lost 6% of its health.
Flygon's leftovers restored its health a little!
Flygon restored 6% of its health.
Flygon was hurt by its burn!
Flygon lost 12% of its health.
Dusknoir*'s leftovers restored its health a little!
Dusknoir* restored 6% of its health.
Dusknoir* is hurt by poison!
Dusknoir* lost 31% of its health.
Flygon: 70%, Burn
Dusknoir*: 64%, Stealth Rock, Toxic 5
Flygon used Roost.
Flygon restored 30% of its health.
Dusknoir* used Pain Split.
Dusknoir* restored 30% of its health.
Flygon lost 24% of its health.
The sandstorm rages.
Dusknoir* is buffetted by the sandstorm!
Dusknoir* lost 6% of its health.
Flygon's leftovers restored its health a little!
Flygon restored 6% of its health.
Flygon was hurt by its burn!
Flygon lost 12% of its health.
Dusknoir*'s leftovers restored its health a little!
Dusknoir* restored 6% of its health.
Dusknoir* is hurt by poison!
Dusknoir* lost 37% of its health.
Flygon: 70%, Burn
Dusknoir*: 57%, Stealth Rock, Toxic 6
Flygon used Roost.
Flygon restored 30% of its health.
Dusknoir* used Pain Split.
Dusknoir* restored 33% of its health.
Flygon lost 27% of its health.
The sandstorm rages.
Dusknoir* is buffetted by the sandstorm!
Dusknoir* lost 6% of its health.
Flygon's leftovers restored its health a little!
Flygon restored 6% of its health.
Flygon was hurt by its burn!
Flygon lost 12% of its health.
Dusknoir*'s leftovers restored its health a little!
Dusknoir* restored 6% of its health.
Dusknoir* is hurt by poison!
Dusknoir* lost 43% of its health.
Flygon: 67%, Burn
Dusknoir*: 47%, Stealth Rock, Toxic 7
Flygon used Roost.
Flygon restored 33% of its health.
Dusknoir* used Pain Split.
Dusknoir* restored 38% of its health.
Flygon lost 31% of its health.
The sandstorm rages.
Dusknoir* is buffetted by the sandstorm!
Dusknoir* lost 6% of its health.
Flygon's leftovers restored its health a little!
Flygon restored 6% of its health.
Flygon was hurt by its burn!
Flygon lost 12% of its health.
Dusknoir*'s leftovers restored its health a little!
Dusknoir* restored 6% of its health.
Dusknoir* is hurt by poison!
Dusknoir* lost 49% of its health.
Flygon: 63%, Burn
Dusknoir*: 37%, Stealth Rock, Toxic 8
Dusknoir* used Shadow Sneak.
Flygon lost 16% of its health.
Flygon used Roost.
Flygon restored 50% of its health.
The sandstorm rages.
Dusknoir* is buffetted by the sandstorm!
Dusknoir* lost 6% of its health.
Flygon's leftovers restored its health a little!
Flygon restored 3% of its health.
Flygon was hurt by its burn!
Flygon lost 12% of its health.
Dusknoir*'s leftovers restored its health a little!
Dusknoir* restored 6% of its health.
Dusknoir* is hurt by poison!
Dusknoir* lost 37% of its health.
jacknak's Dusknoir fainted.
Score: 1 (Tyranitar, Breloom, Metagross, Shuckle and Dusknoir down; Flygon) - 1 (Suicune, Shaymin-S, Azelf, Dusknoir, and Salamence down; Heatran)
Flygon: 88%, Burn
Dusknoir*: 0%, Stealth Rock
I think he just got bored with the stall war. It was going downhill for him, anyway.
jacknak switched in Heatran.
Pointed stones dug into Heatran.
Heatran lost 12% of its health.
This is it. If Flygon can survive a Dragon Pulse, I win. If not... that's bad.
jacknak: gg
Non-Smogonite: gg
We say our penultimate comments, and...
Heatran used Dragon Pulse.
It's super effective!
Flygon lost 64% of its health.
Flygon did not faint!
Flygon used Earthquake.
It's super effective!
Heatran lost 63% of its health.
jacknak's Heatran fainted.
Non-Smogonite wins!
jacknak: bah
jacknak: dang
jacknak: gg
Non-Smogonite: that was awesome
Non-Smogonite: really gg
Score: 1-0 (I don't really need to do this again, do I?)
Flygon: 24%, Burn
Heatran: 0%
So, in the end, it's Flygon who pulls through for me with less than 1/4 of his HP left and a Burn. Take that, Garchomp! You are NOT simply “better” than Flygon! And great game, jacknak.
Positive:
Flygon! For beating half of the opponent's team. And winning the game for me.
Shuckle! For being annoying and living on in Dusknoir's and Azelf's Toxics even after fainting, among other things. I love you, Shuckle!
Tyranitar. For Sand Stream's extra damage, which goes before Leftovers, thankfully (even though it hurt my team, too).
Sandstorm. For the Sp Def boost without which Shuckle wouldn't have survived (Azelf's Psychics).
Suicune... For demolishing my team... or my sanity...
Shoddy's Random Number Generator. For a lack of any real game-changing luck.
pokemonelite2000 and gamespot. For the sprites.
jacknak. For one of the best battles I've had. (sorry if it doesn't seem very good)
Negative:
Suicune. For demolishing my team and making me make many, many, many stupid mistakes.
Me. For sending Breloom up against a 3x boosted (though 0.5x resisted) Surf.
Me. For trying to use Meteor Mash on Suicune.
Basically everything I did or tried to do related to Suicune.
Me. For not having something to take care of Water Pokémon.
Me. For making so many stupid errors.
Me. For being so self-negative.
Neutral:
Some general luck on both sides. For having nothing to do with anything whatsoever.
Comments, critiques, etc. would be welcome. I'd prefer criticism on the warstory itself (commentary, formatting, et al), not the battle, which I admit is not up to par with others I've read and seen. I'm not asking for this to get sent to the Archive (if it's worthy, then I won't complain). I just want to get better at writing these. Thanks for reading all the way up to here!
By the way, about that Garchomp comment, that's just my opinion. It will be very controversial (and therefore irritating) to talk about. I'm just saying that Flygon has some things Garchomp doesn't, even if it's very few things. Most people would say that Garchomp does many (most?) things better, and I'd have to agree. Good thing, though: Flygon's allowed into OU!
jacknak's team (in order of appearance):
Ahhh. Finally done. I think. Have I missed anything?
