After the destruction of the Origin Sanctum, Maxim had to go and find a new arena to house his gym. He wanted it to be bigger and better than ever before, and so he went searching for some way to boost his Normal types through the roof. Eventually, he got in contact with the Kalos scientist Dr. Zoran, and agreed to fund Zoran's research if he would build Maxim an arena. Zoran decided to build two, and this was his second concept.
This is a virtual arena, and if chosen will be built near Turnback Cave.
You reach a small hut in the woods near Veilstone City in the Sinnoh region. You've been searching for the ASB Normal Gym for a while now, but haven't had any luck finding anything that looks like a gym. Wanting more leads on this elusive gym, you knock, and what seems to be some kind of servant answers the door. "Hello? Ah traveler, you must be tired from your journey, come in and rest for a while." Grateful for the offer, you head on inside, and then you sit in a chair facing the servant. It seems rather small for a living space, in fact it seems to only house the servant himself. Upon asking about this he replies "Oh, I see the confusion, my friend is out right now, he's waiting for a challenger to his gym. Figuring this must be the gym leader you seek, you ask where he is, expecting to have to fetch him to battle him. The servant's eyes light up and he says "Oh so you're the challenger. Excellent, my master is waiting for you just this way."
He leads you down into the basement of the house, where you see a really strange sight, a portal to what seems to be another world. The servant motions for you to step inside, telling you not to worry, as that's where the gym is. You step inside and find yourself in another dimension in front of a large building, the doors of which automatically open. Inside you find Maxim.
"Ah hello there. You must be the challenger I was told about. Welcome to the Reverse World and my very own Inverse Coliseum. I trust you didn't have too much trouble finding this place. In truth, it's a bit difficult to give directions to this place, but at least you made it. In this arena, there is one rule and one rule only. All type advantages and disadvantages are switched. Simple right? I warn you though challenger, this is not going to be an easy fight!"
Summary:
This is an Inverse Battle, all type advantages and disadvantages are swapped.
This is a virtual arena, and if chosen will be built near Turnback Cave.
You reach a small hut in the woods near Veilstone City in the Sinnoh region. You've been searching for the ASB Normal Gym for a while now, but haven't had any luck finding anything that looks like a gym. Wanting more leads on this elusive gym, you knock, and what seems to be some kind of servant answers the door. "Hello? Ah traveler, you must be tired from your journey, come in and rest for a while." Grateful for the offer, you head on inside, and then you sit in a chair facing the servant. It seems rather small for a living space, in fact it seems to only house the servant himself. Upon asking about this he replies "Oh, I see the confusion, my friend is out right now, he's waiting for a challenger to his gym. Figuring this must be the gym leader you seek, you ask where he is, expecting to have to fetch him to battle him. The servant's eyes light up and he says "Oh so you're the challenger. Excellent, my master is waiting for you just this way."
He leads you down into the basement of the house, where you see a really strange sight, a portal to what seems to be another world. The servant motions for you to step inside, telling you not to worry, as that's where the gym is. You step inside and find yourself in another dimension in front of a large building, the doors of which automatically open. Inside you find Maxim.
"Ah hello there. You must be the challenger I was told about. Welcome to the Reverse World and my very own Inverse Coliseum. I trust you didn't have too much trouble finding this place. In truth, it's a bit difficult to give directions to this place, but at least you made it. In this arena, there is one rule and one rule only. All type advantages and disadvantages are switched. Simple right? I warn you though challenger, this is not going to be an easy fight!"
Summary:
This is an Inverse Battle, all type advantages and disadvantages are swapped.
Team Maxim:
Kangaskhan [Maya] (F)
Nature: Adamant (+1 Atk, -1 SpA)
Ability:
Parental Bond
Stats:
HP: 110
Atk: Rank 6 (+)
Def: Rank 4
SpA: Rank 1 (-)
SpD: Rank 4
Spe: 100
Size Class: 4
Weight Class: 5
Base Rank Total: 23
Type:
Normal
Abilities:
Early Bird/Scrappy/Inner Focus (H)/Parental Bond (M)
Stats:
HP: 110
Atk: Rank 4 (+)
Def: Rank 3
SpA: Rank 1 (-)
SpD: Rank 3
Spe: 90
Size Class: 4
Weight Class: 4
Base Rank Total: 18
MC: 1
AC: 5/5
Attacks (76/117):
Level Up*:
Bite
Chip Away
Comet Punch
Crunch
Dizzy Punch
Double Hit
Endure
Fake Out
Leer
Mega Punch
Outrage
Rage
Reversal
Sucker Punch
Tail Whip
Egg*:
Circle Throw
Counter
Crush Claw
Disable
Double-Edge
Endeavor
Focus Energy
Focus Punch
Foresight
Hammer Arm
Stomp
Trump Card
Uproar
Tutor:
Aqua Tail
Body Slam
Covet
Drain Punch
Dynamic Punch
Fire Punch
Fury Cutter
Headbutt
Helping Hand
Ice Punch
Icy Wind
Iron Tail
Low Kick
Mega Kick
Mimic
Seismic Toss
Sleep Talk
Spite
Thunder Punch
TM:
Aerial Ace
Attract
Bide
Brick Break
Bulldoze
Dig
Double Team
Earthquake
Facade
Fire Blast
Flamethrower
Focus Punch
Frustration
Giga Impact
Power Up Punch
Protect
Retaliate
Return
Roar
Rock Slide
Safeguard
Shadow Claw
Substitute
Toxic
Whirlpool
Work Up
Event*:
Feint Attack
Wish
Yawn
Snorlax [Kimli] (M)
Nature: Quiet (Adds One (1) Rank to Special Attack; Divides Base Speed by 1.15 and gives a flat 10 point decrease in evasion, effectively adding 10 accuracy (e.g. 85 becomes 95) on an opponent’s attacks.)
Type:
Normal
Abilities:
Immunity/Thick Fat/Gluttony (H)
Stats:
HP: 130
Atk: Rank 4
Def: Rank 3
SpA: Rank 4 (+)
SpD: Rank 4
Spe: 26 (30/1.15)
Size Class: 4
Weight Class: 9
Base Rank Total: 23
EC: 6/6
MC: 0
AC: 5/5
Attacks (106/122):
Level Up*:
Amnesia
Belly Drum
Block
Body Slam
Chip Away
Covet
Crunch
Defense Curl
Fling
Giga Impact
Harden
Headbutt
Heavy Slam
Last Resort
Lick
Metronome
Natural Gift
Odor Sleuth
Recycle
Rest
Rollout
Screech
Sleep Talk
Snatch
Snore
Stockpile
Swallow
Tackle
Yawn
Egg*:
After You
Belch
Charm
Counter
Curse
Double-Edge
Lick
Natural Gift
Pursuit
Selfdestruct
Whirlwind
Zen Headbutt
Tutor*:
Dynamicpunch
Endure
Fire Punch
Gunk Shot
Hyper Voice
Ice Punch
Icy Wind
Iron Head
Mega Kick
Mega Punch
Mimic
Mud-Slap
Outrage
Psych Up
Seed Bomb
Super Power
Thunderpunch
Uproar
TM:
Attract
Bide
Blizzard
Brick Break
Bubble Beam
Bulldoze
Confide
Double Team
Earthquake
Facade
Fire Blast
Flamethrower
Focus Blast
Focus Punch
Frustration
Hidden Power Flying
Hyper Beam
Ice Beam
Incinerate
Pay Day
Power Up Punch
Protect
Psychic
Psywave
Rage
Rain Dance
Reflect
Retaliate
Return
Rock Climb
Rock Slide
Secret Power
Seismic Toss
Shadow Ball
Smack Down
Substitute
Surf
Swagger
Take Down
Thunder
Thunderbolt
Toxic
Water Pulse
Whirlpool
Wild Charge
Work Up
Zap Cannon
Event*:
Fissure
Lovely Kiss
Refresh
Splash
Sweet Kiss
Porygon-Z (Matrix)
Nature: Modest (Sp. Atk increased by *, Attack decreased by *)
Type:
Normal
Abilities:
Adaptability/Download/Analytic (H)
Stats:
HP: 100
Atk: Rank 2 (-)
Def: Rank 3
SpA: Rank 6 (+)
SpD: Rank 3
Spe: 90
Size Class: 2
Weight Class: 3
Base Rank Total: 20
EC: 9/9
MC: 0
AC: 5/5
Attacks (68/81):
Level Up*:
Agility
Conversion
Conversion 2
Defense Curl
Discharge
Embargo
Hyper Beam
Lock-On
Magic Coat
Magnet Rise
Nasty Plot
Psybeam
Recover
Recycle
Sharpen
Signal Beam
Tackle
Tri Attack
Trick Room
Zap Cannon
Tutor:
Electroweb
Endure
Foul Play
Gravity
Icy Wind
Iron Tail
Last Resort
Mimic
Pain Split
Sleep Talk
Snore
Trick
Wonder Room
Uproar
TM:
Aerial Ace
Bide
Blizzard
Confide
Charge Beam
Dark Pulse
Double Team
Facade
Flash
Frustration
Giga Impact
Hidden Power Fighting
Ice Beam
Protect
Psychic
Psych Up
Psyshock
Rain Dance
Return
Shadow Ball
Shock Wave
Sleep Talk
Solarbeam
Substitute
Sunny Day
Swagger
Swift
Teleport
Thief
Thunder
Thunderbolt
Thunder Wave
Toxic
Event*:
Barrier
Exploud [Shriek] (M)
Nature: Quiet (+1 SpA, -15% Speed, -10% Evasion)
Type:
Normal
Abilities:
Soundproof/Scrappy (H)
Stats:
HP: 110
Atk: Rank 3
Def: Rank 3
SpA: Rank 4 (+)
SpD: Rank 3
Spe: 59 (68/1.15)
Size Class: 3
Weight Class: 4
Base Rank Total: 19
EC: 9/9
MC: 1
AC: 5/5
Attacks (46/99):
Level Up*:
Astonish
Bite
Boomburst
Crunch
Fire Fang
Howl
Hyper Beam
Hyper Voice
Ice Fang
Pound
Rest
Roar
Screech
Sleep Talk
Stomp
Supersonic
Synchronoise
Thunder Fang
Uproar
Egg:
Circle Throw
Disarming Voice
Endeavor
Extrasensory
Hammer Arm
Smoke Screen
Tutor:
Counter
Low Kick
Shock Wave
Water Pulse
Zen Headbutt
TM:
Avalanche
Brick Break
Double Team
Earthquake
Flamethrower
Focus Blast
Ice Beam
Protect
Rock Slide
Shadow Ball
Substitute
Surf
Taunt
Torment
Toxic
Whirlpool
Delcatty [Top Cat] (M)
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Type:
Normal
Abilities:
Cute Charm/Normalize/Wonder Skin (H)
Stats:
HP: 100
Atk: Rank 4 (+)
Def: Rank 3
SpA: Rank 1 (-)
SpD: Rank 2
Spe: 70
Size Class: 1
Weight Class: 2
Base Rank Total: 12
EC: 6/6
MC: 0
AC: 5/5
Attacks (32):
Level Up:
Assist
Attract
Captivate
Charm
Copycat
Covet
Double-Edge
Doubleslap
Faint Attack
Fake Out
Foresight
Growl
Heal Bell
Play Rough
Sing
Tackle
Tail Whip
Wake Up Slap
Egg:
Helping Hand
Last Resort
Psych Up
Simple Beam
Sucker Punch
Wish
TM:
Dig
Facade
Protect
Retaliate
Safeguard
Substitute
Toxic
Wild Charge
*Credit to Complications for the Sprite!
Ursaring [Major Ursa] (M)
Nature: Adamant (Increases Attack by *, Decreases Special Attack by *)
Type:
Normal
Abilities:
Guts/Quick Feet/Unnerve (H)
Stats:
HP: 100
Atk: Rank 6 (+)
Def: Rank 3
SpA: Rank 2 (-)
SpD: Rank 3
Spe: 55
Size Class: 3
Weight Class: 5
Base Rank Total: 19
EC: 6/6
MC: 0
AC: 5/5
Attacks (34/108):
Level Up:
Covet
Faint Attack
Fake Tears
Fury Swipes
Hammer Arm
Leer
Lick
Rest
Scratch
Sweet Scent
Thrash
Egg:
Close Combat
Counter
Double-Edge
Night Slash
Play Rough
Yawn
Tutor:
Dynamic Punch
Endure
Fire Punch
Ice Punch
Seed Bomb
Sleep Talk
Thunder Punch
TM:
Brick Break
Double Team
Earthquake
Protect
Rock Slide
Shadow Claw
Smack Down
Swords Dance
Taunt
Torment
Team Willow:
Here comes a candle to light you to bed.
Here comes a chopper to chop off your head.
Lillian [Female Trevenant]
Type: Ghost | Grass
Ghost: Ghost STAB; immune to the effects of full trapping moves and the Arena Trap, Magnet Pull, and Shadow Tag abilities. Ghost types can switch out while affected by a partial trapping move, but they will be damaged every action by their effect.
Grass: Grass STAB; immunity to Leech Seed, Worry Seed, and all "Powder" based attacks (Poisonpowder, Powder, Rage Powder, Sleep Powder, Spore, Stun Spore). Unable to have Petal Dance disrupted by oncoming damage. Ignores Arena restrictions on Grass attacks requiring an external grass source. Bloom Command.
Abilities: Natural Cure | Harvest | Frisk [Hidden Ability | Unlocked]
Natural Cure: This Pokemon's body has the ability to heal itself of status afflictions over time, it goes into effect six (6) actions after being inflicted with a status. In switch battles, this Pokemon heals all status effects when switched out.
Harvest: At the end of each round, this Pokemon can recycle or restore a berry that has been used or partially used. If the weather is Sunny Day, the Berry will be fully restored / recycled 100% of the time. If the weather is not Sunny Day, the Berry will be fully restored / recycled 50% of the time. This check occurs immediately after the final action of a round, before any arena effects that might change the weather take effect. If the Berry can be activated again, it will do so on the first action of the next round. If a berry cannot be recycled, Harvest cannot regrow it.
Frisk: The Pokemon has intimate knowledge of the opponent's held item and ignores any item-based increases or decreases in damage, BAP and STAB from the opponent's item. This will not block the increase in BAP moves like Acrobatics and Knock Off that incur when an item is or isn't held. Item-Based increase in ranks (Such as from Rare Candy) are not negated by Frisk. The Pokemon will not be affected by Fling or Natural Gift.
Nature: Quiet
Stats:
HP | Atk | Def | Spa | Spd | Spe | SC | WC | BRT
100 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 48 (-10% Evasion) | 3 | 3 | 18
EC: 6/6
MC: 3
AC: 5/5
Moves (33)
Horn Leech
Tackle
Confuse Ray
Astonish
Growth
Ingrain
Feint Attack
Leech Seed
Phantom Force
Will-O-Wisp
Destiny Bond
Forest's Curse
Wood Hammer
Curse
Bestow
Grudge
Imprison
Venom Drench
Seed Bomb
Giga Drain
Magic Coat
Pain Split
Trick
Poison Jab
Rock Slide
Bulldoze
Shadow Claw
Energy Ball
Protect
Dig
Psychic
Trick Room
Please don't make any sudden moves..
You don't know the half of the abuse..
Mabel [Female Mandibuzz]
Type: Dark | Flying
Dark: Dark STAB; ignores Attract and Confusion status entirely when using Dark-type damaging and non-damaging attacks.
Flying: Flying STAB; immunity to Ground attacks and the Arena Trap Ability except under the effects of Smack Down and Gravity, even for ground-based flying Pokemon. Will always hit foes with Dig (except other Flying types) and Dive. Cannot be hit by Dive unless the attacking Pokemon has a si e class greater than four (4). Unaffected by Spikes or Toxic Spikes. when switching in. Able to hit Pokemon in the evasive stage of Bounce, Fly or Sky Drop with single target moves that hit Pokemon on the field regardless of position.
Abilities: Big Pecks | Overcoat | Weak Armor [Hidden Ability]
Big Pecks: This Pokemon's sturdy wings prevent its defense from being lowered. The rate its defense stage drops towards its natural stage after a boost is also halved from one every round to once every two (2) rounds.
Overcoat: This Pokemon has a sturdy exterior that rebuffs the elements, making it immune to damage inflicted by bad weather. The Pokemon is also immune to "Powder" moves. (Full List: Cotton Spore, Poison Powder, Powder, Rage Powder, Sleep Powder, Spore, Stun Spore.) If the Pokemon is already immune to at least one (1) kind of weather, or powder attacks by typing or a different ability, Overcoat reduces the Base Attack Power of all oncoming attacks by one (1).
Weak Armor: By default the Pokemon loosens its worn defensive armor so that it will break off when an opponent uses a contact attack, reducing the Pokemon's Defense and increasing their Speed by one (1) stage for each hit. When toggled, no effect.
Nature: Careful
Stats:
HP | Atk | Def | Spa | Spd | Spe | SC | WC | BRT
110 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 80 | 2 | 3 | 19
EC: 6/6
MC: 0
AC: 5/5
Moves (29)
Whirlwind
Bone Rush
Gust
Leer
Fury Attack
Pluck
Nasty Plot
Flatter
Feint Attack
Mirror Move
Brave Bird
Air Slash
Foul Play
Roost
Steel Wing
Scary Face
Knock Off
Heat Wave
Protect
Rock Tomb
Substitute
Taunt
Payback
Fly
Toxic
Aerial Ace
U-Turn
Torment
Facade
Sprite credit goes to the wonderful TorterraX
The winner and the loser told the fallen priest-
"It's a cold, cold place in the arms of a thief"!
Brownie [Female Sableye]
Type: Dark | Ghost
Dark: Dark STAB; ignores Attract and Confusion status entirely when using Dark-type damaging and non-damaging attacks.
Ghost: Ghost STAB; immune to the effects of full trapping moves and the Arena Trap, Magnet Pull, and Shadow Tag abilities. Ghost types can switch out while affected by a partial trapping move, but they will be damaged every action by their effect.
Abilities: Keen Eye | Stall | Prankster [ Hidden Ability, Unlocked ]
Keen Eye: This Pokemon has extremely good vision and cannot have its accuracy lowered by an opponent through any means (including accuracy lowering attacks, Smogs, Hazes, Fog, etc.). Its vision also enables it to see through any attempts by an opponent to increase their own evasion.
Stall: This Pokemon has a watchful eye and immense patience. It can be ordered to attack last on any action regardless of ordinary attack priority. If an opponent orders their Pokemon to attack after the user of Stall, that attack will fail. Against another user of Stall, the trainer who issues attacks first has precedence and the opponent's attack will fail.
Prankster: The Pokemon is always prepared for engaging in sneaky tactics and trickery, giving its non-damaging attacks a +1 increase in priority level.
Nature: Brave
Stats:
HP | Atk | Def | Spa | Spd | Spe | SC | WC | BRT
90 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 43 (-10% Evasion) | 1 | 2 | 16
EC: N|A
MC: 0
AC: 5/5
Moves (32):
Mean Look
Zen Headbutt
Leer
Scratch
Foresight
Night Shade
Astonish
Fury Swipes
Detect
Shadow Sneak
Feint Attack
Fake Out
Punishment
Shadow Claw
Knock Off
Power Gem
Foul Play
Confuse Ray
Metal Burst
Moonlight
Sucker Punch
Imprison
Nasty Plot
Counter
Magic Coat
Toxic
Taunt
Protect
Substitute
Will-O-Wisp
Endure
Poison Jab
It's a wonder how Maxim just changes his standard team to knowingly eke out the best advantages of Normal-types in an Inverse battle. Let's see how this match will plays out without Megas, as the Gym Committee (who hasn't arrived yet) watches the battle (in a post-match tape) to decide whether this Gym arena will be accepted.
Maxim leads and equips
Willow follows with orders and recovery limits
Maxim counters
I reff
