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Team Tournament - R2: "MrL" vs. Dogfish44

Please do not post in here if you are not me, "MrL", or Dogfish44.

Rules:
- 5v5 Triples (Positioning OFF)
- ASB Arena
- All Abilities
- No Items
- 5 recovers/5 chills
- 2 Substitutions
- 2 Day DQ for battlers, 2/3 Day DQ for refs
- Self-KO clause; in the event of a double KO to end the match, the Pokemon that KOed itself through whatever means (self-KOing move, energy exhaustion, etc) loses.

Both battlers chose Switch=OK, so that's what we'll do!

Arena:

ASB Arena

Welcome ladies and gentlemen! We apologize for the wait. Today, we have the Triples match of the of the tournament between the The Star Gazers and Team Cruel Britannia! On the left, we have a cloaked figure that appears to be MrL representing the Star Gazers:

"MrL":

Bandit (Roserade)

Auron (Lucario)

Lumino (Krillowatt)

Nix (Xatu)

Kaiser (Scrafty)

Hmm... is it just my imagination, or is that actually two people...? Anyways, on the right we have Dogfish44 representing Cruel Brittania:

Dogfish44:

Teresa (Hydreigon)

Short Fuse (Electivire)

Nimbus (Cyclohm)

Formula (Krilowatt)

Rawk (Archeops)

Now, I've recieved a slip of paper from each challenger telling me what Pokemon they'll be sending out first (PM me your choices ;3). In a moment, those Pokemon will be sent out, and I'll then flip a coin to determine who orders first. Good luck, and may the best battler win!

Note: Sorry about the delay. I wanted to get this up a while ago but I've been on a plane/the road for the last few days with only phone internet. The rest of this match should go faster though, hopefully.

Now, I'll flip a coin to see who goes first:
RNG Roll [1 (MrL)|2 (Dogfish44)]: 1/2 (MrL)

Exciting! Good luck battlers!

Yep. This is totally MrL here. And now, the destruction of Rawk!

Also, Lumino, go ahead and trace Shield Dust!

Bandit: Sleep Powder Archeops -> Mega Drain Archeops
If Rawk uses Protect A1, Hidden Power Electivire and push back UNLESS Electivire uses Protect as well, in which case Hidden Power Cyclohm

Lumino: Thunder -> Hydro Pump (both Archeops)
If Rawk uses Protect A1, Earth Power Electivire and push back UNLESS Electivire uses Protect as well, in which case Earth Power Cyclohm

Kaiser: Fake Out Archeops -> Rock Slide
If Rawk uses Protect A1, Rock Slide and push back

http://i.imgur.com/MOvHv.gif

"Well this might actually be halfway entertaining. Let's see how good you are at covering your options. Archeops, you'll have to take a small beating to start, but I know you and it's nothing you can't handle!"

Archeops: Chill ~ Fly (Roserade)

Electivire: Earthquake (Sync w/Cyclohm) ~ Fire Punch (Bandit)

Cyclohm: Earthquake (Sync w/Electivire) ~ Fire Blast (Bandit)

Actions:

MrL

Dogfish44

Speed Order

Ladies and gentlemen, it appears that the match is finally starting! Krilowatt immediately activates its Trace ability to copy Cyclohm's Shield Dust, while Scrafty leers at the opposition with Intimidate to lower their Attack...

MrL's Scrafty then gets the first hit in, going with a swift Fake Out on Archeops. That's a smart move, as Krilowatt follows suit with a Thunder, and while Archeops is flinching, Roserade puts it to sleep with Sleep Powder. Not that good a start for Archeops. Hmm... what's this? Both Electivire and Cyclohm have timed two Earthquakes so that they happen in synchro, to avoid damaging each other while still hurting all of MrL's team. The attacks are unfortunately weakened from Scrafty's Intimidate, but it looks like they still put a sizeable dent in both Krilowatt and Roserade.

Krilowatt isn't pleased, and continues its assault on the sleeping Archeops by soaking it with Hydro Pump. Wow, it looks like the attack was a critical hit! The attack also seemed to wake up Archeops, as it just flew up into the sky..? Roserade tries to target it with a Mega Drain, but it can't reach Archeops. Electivire and Cyclohm seize the opportunity, and pound away at Roserade with a Fire Punch and Fire Blast respectively. These two Electric-type Pokemon are really working well in unison. I wouldn't expect anything less from Pokemon on a Gym Leader's team though. Scrafty, in an effort to protect Roserade, uses Rock Slide to try and hit Dogfish44's team. It failed to hit Archeops though, who is still in the air, and it didn't manage to do that much to Electivire and Cyclohm either. Archeops suddenly smashes into Roserade with Fly, leaving it at a critically low amount of HP. It's strange though... the attack did a little bit less than expected. Krilowatt's last hit must have made Archeops's Defeatist ability kick in...

It looks as though Dogfish44 has the advantage right now, but with both teams having a pretty weakened Pokemon, who knows what will happen next round?

Post-round:
"MrL":
http://sprites.pokecheck.org/i/560.gif |http://cap.smogon.com/Sprites/frontn...mkrilowatt.png| http://sprites.pokecheck.org/s/407.gif
Scrafty (M) | Krilowatt (M) | Roserade (M)
HP: 91 | HP: 106 | HP: 19
En: 90 | En: 86 | En: 86
Spe: 58 | Spe: 121 | Spe: 104
Status: N/A | Status: N/A | Status: N/A
Stats: N/A | Stats: +17% Acc | Stats: +12% Acc
Other: N/A | Other: Trace (Shield Dust, 4a) | Other: N/A

Calculations

http://i.imgur.com/MOvHv.gif

"Thanks for that Archeops, return."

Initiate Switch Phase.

Switching out Archeops.

Sending in Hydreigon.

"Hydreigon, do me proud!"

Hmmm... That didnt go too great, but I still think we can handle the situation.

Counterswitch Declined

http://i.imgur.com/MOvHv.gif

"Surprising. No matter, this shall continue!"

Hydreigon: Acrobatics (Roserade) ~ Rock Slide
IF Roserade uses a Protective/Evasive action A1, THEN switch around your actions.
IF Roserade uses Endure on an action you would use Acrobatics, THEN Redirect to Scrafty
KO Sub: IF Roserade is KOed by the time you're using Acrobatics, THEN Redirect to Scrafty
Electivire: Brick Break (Scrafty) ~ Rock Slide
IF Scrafty uses Counter, THEN replace that action with a Focus Blast (Scrafty)
IF Scrafty uses Protect, THEN Feint
KO Sub: IF Scrafty is KOed, THEN use Hidden Power on Krilowatt
Cyclohm: Twister + Gust ~ Cooldown [Gust (Scrafty)]
KO Sub: IF Scrafty is KOed, THEN Thunderbolt (Krilowatt)

http://i.imgur.com/MOvHv.gif

"I´m on holiday and this is testing my patience."

Bump for Typon/MrL/WaterWarrior

Sorry for the huge delay. I've been dreading this.. However, according to my calcs, Roserade should survive this round.

Scrafty: Fake Out (Cyclohm) -> Drain Punch (Hydreigon)
Roserade: Mega Drain (Electivire) -> Sleep Powder (Electivire)
Krilowatt: Follow Me -> Ice Beam (Hydreigon)

Dogfish44:

Bench

Actions:

MrL

Dogfish44

Speed Order

Dogfish44 swaps his weakened Archeops out for Hydreigon, and the Pokemon soon go at it again! Krilowatt starts by distracting all of the opposing Pokemon with Follow Me. Both Hydreigon and Electivire suddenly turn around... Scrafty also moves much faster than normal, and attempts to Fake Out Cyclohm. I don't know how effective it'll be against a Pokemon with Shield Dust though. Hydreigon, who was originally flying towards Roserade, slams into Krilowatt with an Acrobatics attack. That Follow Me from Krilowatt seems to have been pretty effective. Roserade then shoots out another beam, and sucks some energy from Electivire with Mega Drain. It does look a little better now, though still pretty weakened. The attack must have been boosted by Roserade's Technician ability, because it hit much harder than the average Mega Drain. Electivire then smacks Krilowatt with a Brick Break, even though it seemed like it first wanted to hit Scrafty. Having to change targets must have made the attack a little weaker. Cyclohm wasn't fazed by the Follow Me nor the Fake Out though, and whipped up a huge Twister+Gust combination that struck all three of MrL's Pokemon. Wow, it seemed like that hardly took anything out of Cyclohm, but it put a big dent in MrL's pokes...

Krilowatt picks itself up and shoots an Ice Beam at Hydreigon, and the dragon screeches out in pain. It retaliates by slamming rocks onto MrL's team with a Rock Slide. Both Krilowatt and Scrafty just shrug the blow off, but it seems like it scored a critical hit on Roserade, who faints onto the ground. Electivire tries to follow up with a second Rock Slide, but it completely misses Krilowatt and Scrafty. Scrafty then avenges its comrade by punching Hydreigon pretty hard. I'm guessing that was a Drain Punch, as it seems to have stolen some HP from Hydreigon.

Dogfish has spilled the first blood in this match, but let's see what happens next!

Post-round:
"MrL":
http://sprites.pokecheck.org/i/560.gif |http://cap.smogon.com/Sprites/frontn...mkrilowatt.png| http://sprites.pokecheck.org/s/407.gif
Scrafty (M) | Krilowatt (M) | Roserade (M)
HP: 80 | HP: 69 | HP: KO
En: 75 | En: 70 | En: KO
Spe: 58 | Spe: 121 | Spe: 104
Status: N/A | Status: N/A | Status: N/A
Stats: N/A | Stats: +17% Acc | Stats: +12% Acc
Other: N/A | Other: Trace (Shield Dust, 2a) | Other: N/A

Dogfish44:

Bench

Calculations

I'll send out Lucario in Roserade's place.

Lucario: Aura Sphere (Hydreigon) -> Drain Punch (Hydreigon)
If Hydreigon uses a Protective/Evasive move, target Electivire instead and push back.
KO Sub: IF Hydreigon is KO'd, target Electivire instead.

Scrafty: Fake Out (Hydreigon) -> Drain Punch (Hydreigon)
If Hydreigon uses Acrobatics, Counter it.
If Hydreigon uses a Protective/Evasive move, target Electivire and push back.
KO Sub: If Hydreigon is KO'd, target Electivire instead.

Krilowatt: Ice Beam (Hydreigon) -> Earth Power (Electivire)
If Hydreigon uses a Protective/Evasive move A1, use Hydro Pump (Electivire) instead.
If Electivire uses a Protective/Evasive move A2, target Cyclohm instead.

"Soon" needs to pick up the pace -__-

Bumping to say that I ordered

http://i.imgur.com/MOvHv.gif

"Let's play a fun game of dodgems"

Electivire: HP Grass (Krilowatt) ~ HP Grass (Krilowatt)
IF Krilowatt is KOed by A2, THEN use Brick Break on Lucario A2

Cyclohm: HP Ground (Krilowatt) ~ HP Ground (Krilowatt)
IF Krilowatt is KOed by A2, THEN use Flamethrower on Lucario A2

Hydreigon: Acrobatics (Krilowatt) ~ Fly (Krilowatt)
IF Krilowatt is KOed by A2, THEN redirect Fly to Lucario A2

Dogfish44:

Bench

Actions:

MrL

Dogfish44

Speed Order

To replace the fallen Roserade, Lucario is sent out, and MrL's team seems to be out for revenge. Krilowatt shoots a second Ice Beam at Hydreigon, while Hydreigon whirls past Scrafty to deliver an Acrobatics to Krilowatt. Lucario then releases a ball of pure aura in an Aura Sphere that smacks Hydreigon really good. MrL's team looks like its targeting solely Hydreigon to try and KO it. On that note, both Electivire and Cyclohm gang up on Krilowatt with two Hidden Power attacks. Dogfish44 also seems to be using the strategy of attacking just one enemy. Scrafty was faked out by Hydreigon's Acrobatics, and attempted to use Counter, but it didn't seem to work as Hydreigon didn't actually attack it...

Krilowatt mixes things up by attacking Electivire with Earth Power, manipulating the ground around it to hit Electivire with its one weakness. Dogfish44 knows that Hydreigon is going to be attacked by the two Fighting-types, and tells it to dodge by flying up high in the air! That's a good plan, since obviously neither Lucario nor Scrafty can gain that altitude or aim their attacks that high. This becomes apparent as Lucario is unable to land a Drain Punch. Electivire counterattacks Krilowatt with another Hidden Power, and Cyclohm also follows up with Hidden Power. Krilowatt looks like its unable to take that much power, and falls over, knocked out. Scrafty attemps to hit Hydreigon, but its Drain Punch also misses. Hydreigon then tries to attack Krilowatt with Fly, but I guess it didn't notice it was already knocked out.

Dogfish seems to be slowly securing his advantage, but his Hydreigon isn't looking too good, even though it did dodge the last two attacks. We'll see I guess...

Post-round:
"MrL":
http://sprites.pokecheck.org/i/560.gif |http://cap.smogon.com/Sprites/frontn...mkrilowatt.png| http://sprites.pokecheck.org/i/448.gif
Scrafty (M) | Krilowatt (M) | Lucario (M)
HP: 80 | HP: KO | HP: 100
En: 59 | En: KO | En: 83
Spe: 58 | Spe: 121 | Spe: 104
Status: N/A | Status: N/A | Status: N/A
Stats: N/A | Stats: +17% Acc | Stats: +12% Acc
Other: N/A | Other: Trace (Shield Dust, 2a) | Other: N/A

Dogfish44:

Bench

Calculations

http://i.imgur.com/MOvHv.gif

"And as Xatu is coming out, I will switch once again. Hydreigon returns, Krilowatt is sent out."

Cyclohm: Thunderbolt (Xatu) ~ Thunderbolt (Xatu)
IF Xatu is Enduring AND is at 1 HP, redirect to Scrafty
IF Xatu uses Fly, THEN use Thunder (Xatu)

Electivire: Thunderbolt (Xatu) ~ Thunderbolt (Xatu)
IF Xatu is Enduring AND is at 1 HP, redirect to Scrafty
IF Xatu uses Fly, THEN use Thunder (Xatu)

Krilowatt: Thunderbolt (Xatu) ~ Thunderbolt (Xatu)
IF Xatu is Enduring AND is at 1 HP, redirect to Scrafty
IF Xatu uses Fly, THEN use Thunder (Xatu)

ALL: IF Xatu is KOed, THEN redirect to Scrafty

OK, since this has been going on for too long, and I won't feel as guilty about UC payment to E_M, I'm calling DQ with approval here.

No hard feelings :3

Alright then.

Dogfish44 is the victor! Cruel Britannia gains one win.

Rewards
Dogfish44: 3 CC
- Hydreigon: 3 MC / 1 KOC
- Electivire: 3 MC
- Cyclohm: 3 MC / 1 KOC
- Krilowatt: 3 MC
- Archeops: 3 MC
MrL: N/A
Elevator Music: 2 UC