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yadazhai · Sep 18th, 2012, 11:23:00 AM

I've finally passed the 1K milestone in the battle subway with my Durant team.

Here's a summary of a battle in the mid 900s where the AI got some stupid luck, both in the battle and with the team picks.

Facing Lickilicky/Dragonite/Bronzong

Turn 1:
Whimiscott used Taunt
Lickilicky used Explosion
Whimiscott hung on with its focus sash

Turn 2: Trainer sends in Dragonite
Dragonite's QC activates
Dragonite used Fire Punch
Whimiscott fainted

(Whimiscott was supposed to use Knock Off to remove QC)

Turn 3: I send in Durant
Dragonite's QC activates
Dragonite used Fire Punch
Durant fainted

(Seriously? Two QC activations in a row??!)

Turn 4-15ish: I send in Dragonite and try to set up

His thunderpunch will always break my dragonite's sub, so I should not be able to set up very much on him.
However, the AI occassionally decides to use Earthquake for some silly reason, allowing me to get to +2 with a sub and ~60% hp. Thankfully, I did not get paralyzed by thunderpunch.

Trainer sends in Bronzong:
835 | Bronzong | Brave | Lum Berry | Safeguard | Rock Slide | Zen Headbutt | Trick Room | HP/Atk

Bronzong always want to have both a Safeguard AND a trick room up so between Protect and Substitute, I can waste all of his Safeguard and TR turns. Then, when he tries to set them up again, I get a free turn to use dragon claw to wear it down and eventually faint it.

I was quite fortunate to win this battle but it shows how scary Explosion can be for this team because it allowed Durant to get killed before it does its job. There's really nothing any cripple->set_up team can do against a first-turn explosion though...

Sep 18th, 2012, 11:23:00 AM	#1989
yadazhai Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 52	I've finally passed the 1K milestone in the battle subway with my Durant team. Here's a summary of a battle in the mid 900s where the AI got some stupid luck, both in the battle and with the team picks. Facing Lickilicky/Dragonite/Bronzong Turn 1: Whimiscott used Taunt Lickilicky used Explosion Whimiscott hung on with its focus sash Turn 2: Trainer sends in Dragonite Dragonite's QC activates Dragonite used Fire Punch Whimiscott fainted (Whimiscott was supposed to use Knock Off to remove QC) Turn 3: I send in Durant Dragonite's QC activates Dragonite used Fire Punch Durant fainted (Seriously? Two QC activations in a row??!) Turn 4-15ish: I send in Dragonite and try to set up His thunderpunch will always break my dragonite's sub, so I should not be able to set up very much on him. However, the AI occassionally decides to use Earthquake for some silly reason, allowing me to get to +2 with a sub and ~60% hp. Thankfully, I did not get paralyzed by thunderpunch. Trainer sends in Bronzong: 835 \| Bronzong \| Brave \| Lum Berry \| Safeguard \| Rock Slide \| Zen Headbutt \| Trick Room \| HP/Atk Bronzong always want to have both a Safeguard AND a trick room up so between Protect and Substitute, I can waste all of his Safeguard and TR turns. Then, when he tries to set them up again, I get a free turn to use dragon claw to wear it down and eventually faint it. I was quite fortunate to win this battle but it shows how scary Explosion can be for this team because it allowed Durant to get killed before it does its job. There's really nothing any cripple->set_up team can do against a first-turn explosion though...