ASB After Hours: Spenstar vs. Dark Pulse! (2 vs 2 Singles)

Good evening, and welcome to the Great Plains. Well, they were great until this rain came. Now everything's so marshy; I think I just saw a bunch of prairie Growlithe barely make it out of that patch of grass! Anyway, this terrain will play a critical role in tonight's battle between Spenstar and Dark Pulse...hey, where are they? Oh, wait, it's nighttime. Better break out the infrared goggles...Hey, this is pretty sweet! Here's all the stage information you'll need, as gathered by our team of specially-trained interns. (I wonder why they haven't come back yet...We'll have to send out a rescue team soon.)



Here are the rules for tonight's battle:

Spenstar says:

2Vs2, singles, DQ time is one day.

Click to expand...

Dark Pulse says:


And now, the Pokemon!







Flow of the Match:
Spenstar sends out a Pokemon.
Dark Pulse sends out a Pokemon and gives orders.
Spenstar gives orders.
I ref (read: FAIL).
Spenstar gives orders.
Dark Pulse gives orders.
I ref (read: FAIL) again.
etc.

All right, Spenstar, call forth your first Pokemon!

Alright! Let's do this! As I plant myself firmly onto the ground to prevent myself slipping, I send out Ruby, my beloved Staryu! (nice staryu pun btw xD) Ruby had a virus last time it was out of the Poke Ball, but it Naturally Cured itself so we're all good!

PS: I'd like to make this battle quick, I need the tokens before the tourney deadline D:

Starting with the water type... This shouldn't be too hard...

Bulbasaur
Overgrow (of course)

Start off with Sunny Day - You're going to need to see in this Dark Environment, then Sleep Powder Starmie. Then use Leech Seed to gain some recovery!

Sunny Day -> Sleep Powder -> Leech Seed

Okay, go Ruby! Start the battle with momentum by hitting Bulbasaur with a powerful Ice Beam! Aim for the bud; if you're able to freeze the bud on his back, both Sleep Powder and Leech Seed will fail. Follow up by using Rapid Spin to create a gust of wind that will blow away the sleep powder! If you (IE the ref) feel you must, you may use twice the normal energy to amplify the gust of wind to make sure sleep powder gets blown away. Finish with another Ice Beam, once again aimed at the bud in an attempt to freeze. If the first ice beam does freeze Bulbasaur's bud and make sleep powder and leech seed fail, hit 'im with a Swift instead of the Rapid Spin. Keep the second Ice Beam aimed at the bud though, to amplify the freeze effect!

Ice Beam(aimed at bud)-Rapid Spin-Ice Beam(aimed at bud) (sub Rapid Spin for Swift if Ice Beam freezes Bulbasaur's bud)

Round 1 Reffing




2Vs2, singles, DQ time is one day.
Switch = OK
ONE Ability
NO Items

Round 1 Begin!

Night on the prairie. What a perfect time for a Pokemon battle! Spenstar and Dark Pulse apparently think so, as they have come here in the hopes of beating each other at, what else, Pokemon. Spenstar releases Ruby the Staryu, and Dark Pulse responds with Rageface the Bulbasaur. Let the battle begin!

Ruby deftly maneuvers through the marshy field, drawing in close enough to launch an Ice Beam at Rageface's bulb. The range is close enough that the attack not only scores a critical hit, it also freezes Rageface's bulb! Rageface is in just enough of a rage to call forth a Sunny Day, improving accuracy for everyone. Unfortunately for him, however, it's going to take a few actions for that warmth to melt the ice off his bulb.

Ruby fires off its swiftest Swift, hitting the bogged-down Rageface with some tiny baby mini-Staryu. Oh, wait, those were just stars. My bad. I should have guessed they weren't Staryu when they exploded. Anyway, Rageface tries to conjure up a Sleep Powder, but its bulb is still too frozen for it to do anything.

Ruby ends the turn by launching a second Ice Beam at Rageface, doing further damage to him but not refreezing his sensitive little bud. Rageface attempts a Leech Seed, but those seeds aren't going anywhere just yet.

The Sun will be out(?) for another 4 turns. Its minimal heat has just managed to thaw Rageface's bulb out, allowing it to use bulb-based attacks next turn.

End of Round 1






The RNG hated Dark Pulse this round. When I rolled for the freeze and the crit, the roll came up 1 twice in a row, causing them both to succeed. Your move, Spenstar!

Oh my goodness! Ruby, you are truly awesome! The sun's not making your hidden power any stronger, so let's assault the bud some more with Ice Beam! Then, finish it off with another Ice Beam! Bulbasaur will surely be gone by then, so use the remainder of the turn to channel some Cosmic Power! If Bulbasaur uses a powder move or leech seed, respond by using Rapid Spin, and put twice the energy into it so that the winds you blow with it can blow away the sleep powder!

Ice Beam-Ice Beam-Cosmic Power (if Bulbasaur uses a "powder" or leech seed, use Rapid Spin with twice the effort to blow it away, and shift actions to the right)

Edit: Hold on a second... I specifically said that sunny day does nothing but improve accuracy in the arena, due to it being nighttime. If you're counting on the "minimal" heat to thaw out bulbasaur's bulb, then it's still frozen. sorry.

Well this is a complete letdown :(

my entire strategy was relying on Bulbasaur surviving the first attack, but now I might as well give up!

...wait a second... Overgrow is now active...

Alright Rageface! Show your inner rage by launching an Overgrow Boosted Power Whip!!! after that, launch an Overgrow Boosted Giga Drain to steal some life, and finish off with Another Power Whip

if Bulbasaur's Bulb thaws out, slot Sleep Powder in before other Actions (IE, remove the last power whip, use sleep powder, then the action that would have been done instead of sleep powder, is that too confusing)

Power Whip~Giga Drain~Power Whip/Giga Drain
Slot Sleep Powder before actions the moment the bulb is unfrozen

actually, Overgrow isn't active. Bulbasaur needs less than 30 HP for it to work, and he has 37.

oh, yeah, he has base 90...

oh well, if you attack at all, then Overgrow will be active :P

unless I freeze your butt off again >:D

-.-'

it's HAX I tell you, HAX!!!

(well, I guess it comes back to bite me, considering I use a confusion + Attract Froslass in UU)

regardless, I think this is meant to be done via VM or something :P

Dark Pulse said:

-.-'

it's HAX I tell you, HAX!!!

(well, I guess it comes back to bite me, considering I use a confusion + Attract Froslass in UU)

regardless, I think this is meant to be done via VM or something :P

Click to expand...

Some mons LIVE on hax! Others just like having it :)

Wait what's VM? o.O

Placeholder for reffing. I can't ref tonight, and I probably can't tomorrow. Please don't kick me out; I can ref early Monday morning and give you guys a chance to post. This will hopefully be done by the tournament deadline, but no guarantees...

Regarding Sunny Day thawing Bulbasaur's bulb: I figured the energy passing through its bulb would provide a little heat, possibly melting the ice over time (I allowed Sunny Day to work because I figured energy can pass through ice, but matter can't). Mostly, though, I just wanted to make up for that ridiculous hax. Plus, Staryu can probably KO Bulbasaur this turn anyway. I thought it made sense mechanics-wise (energy and heat go together), but I can see the discrepancy.

Rules:
2Vs2, singles, DQ time is one day.
Switch = OK
ONE Ability
NO Items




Round 2 Begin!

I didn’t have time
To write flavor; so instead
I wrote this haiku

EDIT: Spenstar, on the other hand, had plenty of time and wrote this nice flavor text for me!

Despite the "sun" being out, I don't feel any warmer. What I do feel is pity for that poor Rageface. Look at him; he's shivering, frigid, after his bud just thawed. Today isn't his day... Ruby, on the other hand, is in fine condition, and looks ready to get that energy flowing! Ruby appears to be doing something straight out of exercise class: a Rapid Spin at high energy. The superfast spinning creates a wind that wouldn't do much, but the shivering Rageface whimpers in pain from it. In an effort to strike back, the Bulbasaur fires a sleep powder from his newly-thawed bud at Ruby, but the winds of the energized Rapid Spin blow the spores away!

Ruby, now ready to go on the offensive, strikes Rageface with another Ice Beam! The already cold Bulbasaur cries out in pain from the ultracold energy. Desperately, he attempts to strike back with a Power Whip, but in his pain, he loses the power to aim well and the attack misses! Mercilessly, Ruby puts Rageface out of his misery with a final Ice Beam, and the cries of pain finally go silent as Rageface faints. Before Dark Pulse could call back his fallen comrade, though, it seems the prairie Growlithe have decided to take action; they drag Rageface to a nearby fire they made to warm him up!

Round 2 End






Dark Pulse, mon and actions. Sun's out for four more turns.

If I may, I see a couple things. One, the second ice beam is a consecutive move and therefore costs 2 more energy. Two, if you want, I can write the flavor and PM it to you, and all you have to do is post it over the haiku.

ugh, I got no hope now...

I'm sending in TrollFace, who will U-turn, Work up, U-turn...

guess there's not much else I can do...

Since the sun does not reduce the power of water attacks in this battlefield, start with Bubblebeam! Then I want you to use Harden to cancel out Work Up. Finish the round with another Bubblebeam!

oh! I almost forgot! Hustle is it's ability, and If I can, can I Enable it after work up? if not, just have it enabled from the start

Rules:
2Vs2, singles, DQ time is one day.
Switch = OK
ONE Ability
NO Items




Round 3 Begin!

trollface begins Round Three by Hustling to avenge the death of its teammate. Ruby responds with a powerful spray of bubbles, dealing a large amount of damage to poor little trollface. However, trollface isn’t about to give up and Hustles back with a mighty U-Turn, quickly running away from Ruby.

Ruby decides to go on the defensive and opts to Harden this turn, stiffening its scales to give it some extra armor. trollface is still annoyed at the loss of Rageface, and this gets him Worked Up into a rage that boosts his offensive prowess. The two stare (as much as a starfish can stare) each other down, bracing for the final action of this round.

Ruby moves first, launching another barrage of bubbles at the now-friendless daruma. Poor little trollface does not look happy (or healthy) after this latest attack, and, in fact looks a little slower, but he uses his Working Up and Hustling to launch a second U-Turn directly at Ruby’s Hardened body.

Three turns of Sun-like substance remain.

End Round 3




Spenstar, you're up!

Here we go! You can do this Ruby! Just keep attacking with Bubblebeams!

Bubblebeam-Bubblebeam-Bubblebeam

edit: so glad Ruby hasn't evolved and gained a u-turn weakness yet x)

oh yeah, staryu is Mono-Water!!!

in that case, let's try a Mighty Brick Break! followed by a U-Turn, and another Brick Break!!!

of course, Hustle is still Active...

Rules:
2Vs2, singles, DQ time is one day.
Switch = OK
ONE Ability
NO Items



Round 4 Begin!

EDIT: Flavor!

Ruby launches yet another Bubblebeam in trollface's direction, inflicting a large wound with nothing more than some powerful bubbles. trollface is unhappy; he almost gets a rageface (poor Rageface ;_;) as he launches a Brick Break that connects with Ruby hardened scales.

Ruby wants this battle DONE and shoots off ANOTHER Bubblebeam. trollface is appalled that a Pokemon would use the same attack twice in a row and decides to teach Ruby a lesson with U-Turn. Unfortunately, trollface is Hustling so much that the attack misses!

Ruby then closes the battle with its third and final Bubblebeam. trollface looks disappointed, angry, and tired as he falls over, his health gone at last. Spenstar wins!

End Round 4



Spenstar and Dark Pulse get 2 TC.
Ruby, trollface, and Rageface all get 1 EC, 2 MC, and 1 DC. (Does Revenankh get any since it was never used in battle?)
Ruby gets 2 KOC.
I get 4 RC.

Good game, guys! This post will be fully updated tomorrow.

awesome! Looking forward to the flavor x) Thanks for reffing! and GG Dark Pulse!

well done! 1 DC for RageFace, I'm really Close to getting that Chlorophyl boost!

Dummy007 said:

trollface is appalled that a Pokemon would use the same attack twice in a row and decides to teach Ruby a lesson with U-Turn.

Click to expand...

I just realized that this makes any pokemon called trollface a hypocrite x)