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A Pyroak's armor is as hard as steel. It is padded with leaves to reduce the shock of attacks.
Although Pyroak prefer long-range combat, they can use their heavy cannons to deal powerful physical blows.
I went over that scene and it looks a lot like C. Falcon.
http://img514.imageshack.us/my.php?image=cfconfirmedas3.png
Doesn't that red and yellow helmet (though it could be something else) look familiar?
Starting advantage is you have a higher chance of winning that the opponent, and is based on the the information you have. There are ton of things that could stop a nasty plot, but your opponent might not be able to stop it. You can never truly know if you have the advantage unless you know...
I think Starting Advantage means that you are at an advantage within the information of the first round.
EX: You use nasty plot on the first turn while they use stealth rock, assume you can take out that pokemon. You have the advantage in this situation. You could very well sweep his team if...