After the roaring success of my first warstory (actually, no... everybody hated it) I decided to make another. This battle was quite an interesting one, well at least in my opinion. It was almost completely hax-free, but this was spoiled by the fact that I had forgotten to check what rules my opponent had used when he challenged me. No sleep clause (and he had a Breloom) and to complete the picture, Garchomp showed his ugly head (I was on the Official Shoddy Server). So, let's crack on!
BUGMANIACBOB's TEAM
SHININGGENGAR's TEAM
The biggest and worst (sorry, but 'baddest' isn't a word) threats in OU against my team of trusty bugs. Yippee!
bugmaniacbob sent out Yanmega (lvl 100 Yanmega ?).
ShiningGengar sent out Gyarados (lvl 100 Gyarados ?).
Gyarados's intimidate cut Yanmega's attack!
Yanmega used Air Slash.
Gyarados lost 33% of its health.
Gyarados used Dragon Dance.
Gyarados's attack was raised.
Gyarados's speed was raised.
Gyarados's leftovers restored its health a little!
Gyarados restored 6% of its health.
Yanmega's Speed Boost raised its speed!
100%
73%
I attack here, not wanting to let him get way with a free Dragon Dance. DD Gyarados are terrible for my team if they can get a Dragon Dance or two up.
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Yanmega used Air Slash.
Gyarados lost 38% of its health.
Gyarados used Ice Fang.
It's super effective!
Yanmega lost 79% of its health.
Gyarados's leftovers restored its health a little!
Gyarados restored 6% of its health.
Yanmega's Speed Boost raised its speed!
21%
41%
I’m surprised. I would have thought that a +1 Gyarados would have crushed my little suicidal dragonfly of doom. I had a sash though, so it didn’t really matter. I think I can get a 3KO on Gyarados, with a little help from Lady Luck.
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Yanmega used Air Slash.
Gyarados lost 38% of its health.
Gyarados used Ice Fang.
It's super effective!
Yanmega lost 72% of its health.
bugmaniacbob's Yanmega fainted.
Gyarados's leftovers restored its health a little!
Gyarados restored 6% of its health.
FNT
9%
5-6
I think now would be the time to employ that well known and highly appropriate English phrase known as ‘bugger’. I like it, it has a certain phonetic resemblance to the word ‘bug’. The bad news is, his Gyarados was 3% away from a 3HKO. The good news is, he is now in revenge kill range.
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bugmaniacbob switched in Heracross (lvl 100 Heracross ?).
Heracross used Megahorn.
It's not very effective...
Gyarados lost 29% of its health.
ShiningGengar's Gyarados fainted.
100%
FNT
5-5
I was anticipating a switch, though I can’t remember what to. Perhaps he would switch to a Cresselia to sponge a Close Combat? I don’t know why he didn’t switch, although he probably thought I would stick the rocks up sooner or later which would render Gyarados useless (which I would have done, but for a series of unfortunate events which occur later on…).
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ShiningGengar switched in Gengar (lvl 100 Gengar ?).
bugmaniacbob switched in Scizor (lvl 100 Scizor ?).
Gengar used Hidden Power.
It's not very effective...
Scizor lost 14% of its health.
Scizor's leftovers restored its health a little!
Scizor restored 6% of its health.
92%
100%
A Gengar comes out. I doubt it has HP fire, since they usually carry HP ice, and apart from that, I cannot think of anything that can hurt my Scizor. I am right, although I am still clueless as to what hidden power he carries.
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ShiningGengar switched in Breloom (lvl 100 Breloom ?).
Scizor used Swords Dance.
Scizor's attack was sharply raised.
Breloom was badly poisoned!
Scizor's leftovers restored its health a little!
Scizor restored 6% of its health.
98%
100%
I expected him to switch, and I use the opportunity to throw up Swords Dance. However, in comes an unforeseen complication in the form of the fragile yet ferocious Breloom.
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Scizor used Bullet Punch.
Breloom lost 54% of its health.
Breloom used Spore.
Scizor fell asleep!
Breloom's Poison Heal restored health!
Breloom restored 12% of its health.
Scizor's leftovers restored its health a little!
Scizor restored 6% of its health.
100%
58%
It could not be more obvious what is coming, but I decide to stick around so that I can see more of Breloom’s moves. I am also unwilling to lose my Dance boost so I attempt to cause some damage to his Breloom with a Bullet Punch. I’m surprised it does over 50%, to be honest.
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Breloom used Substitute.
Breloom lost 25% of its health.
Breloom made a substitute!
Scizor is fast asleep!
Breloom's Poison Heal restored health!
Breloom restored 12% of its health.
100%
45%
Ah. So it is a Sub Breloom. That limits its options as far as attacks are concerned, but it is a fair bet that one is Focus Punch.
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Breloom is tightening its focus!
Scizor is fast asleep!
Breloom used Focus Punch.
Scizor lost 69% of its health.
Breloom's Poison Heal restored health!
Breloom restored 12% of its health.
Scizor's leftovers restored its health a little!
Scizor restored 6% of its health.
37%
57%
The Punch comes and does nearly 70% to me. I can stay in and pray I wake up, or switch out and lose my boosts, albeit activating sleep clause. I decide to stay in.
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Breloom is tightening its focus!
Scizor woke up!
Scizor used Roost.
Scizor restored 50% of its health.
Breloom used Focus Punch.
Scizor lost 63% of its health.
Breloom's Poison Heal restored health!
Breloom restored 12% of its health.
Scizor's leftovers restored its health a little!
Scizor restored 6% of its health.
24%
69%
YES! I wake up and restore my health. He can kill me now, but it means forfeiting a sub, meaning that my faster Pokémon that I switch in can smash it to bits. I opt for crushing his sub, since I assume he will Spore me, and switch something else into the Sub.
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Scizor used Bullet Punch.
The substitute took damage for Breloom!
Breloom's substitute faded!
Breloom used Spore.
Scizor fell asleep!
Breloom's Poison Heal restored health!
Breloom restored 12% of its health.
Scizor's leftovers restored its health a little!
Scizor restored 6% of its health.
30%
81%
Scizor is asleep again, but I know that I can now safely switch Gliscor in.
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bugmaniacbob switched in Gliscor (lvl 100 Gliscor ?).
Breloom used Substitute.
Breloom lost 25% of its health.
Breloom made a substitute!
Breloom's Poison Heal restored health!
Breloom restored 12% of its health.
100%
68%
In comes my all-purpose fighting-type answer. I know he has a Sub up, but he has little choice but to switch out. After all, what can Breloom do to Gliscor?
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Breloom used Spore.
Gliscor fell asleep!
Gliscor is fast asleep!
Breloom's Poison Heal restored health!
Breloom restored 12% of its health.
100%
80%
It was at this point that I realised my titanic error. His Breloom had a massive advantage in this battle now. Even so, I did my best not to panic and decided to try to stall it out.
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bugmaniacbob: uh... sleep clause?
Breloom is tightening its focus!
Gliscor is fast asleep!
Breloom used Focus Punch.
It's not very effective...
Gliscor lost 27% of its health.
Breloom's Poison Heal restored health!
Breloom restored 12% of its health.
Gliscor's leftovers restored its health a little!
Gliscor restored 6% of its health.
79%
92%
That attack did just over 25% to me, so Breloom will probably only get a 5HKO on me, enough time for me wake up and recover, probably.
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Breloom is tightening its focus!
Gliscor woke up!
Gliscor used Ice Fang.
It's super effective!
The substitute took damage for Breloom!
Breloom's substitute faded!
Breloom used Focus Punch.
It's not very effective...
Gliscor lost 23% of its health.
Breloom's Poison Heal restored health!
Breloom restored 12% of its health.
Gliscor's leftovers restored its health a little!
Gliscor restored 6% of its health.
62%
100%
I wake up and crush his Sub with Ice Fang. He now knows I can take him down with little fuss if I am given an opportunity, so he may now panic.
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ShiningGengar: no sleep clause
ShiningGengar: :)
bugmaniacbob: ?????????????
Breloom used Spore.
Gliscor fell asleep!
Gliscor is fast asleep!
Breloom's Poison Heal restored health!
Breloom restored 12% of its health.
Gliscor's leftovers restored its health a little!
Gliscor restored 6% of its health.
68%
100%
Well, at least he’s happy. This could drag on for a while, so put your feet up and scroll dozily down the page, or go have a snack while you wait. Oh, and I’ll keep the comments to a minimum.
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bugmaniacbob: ah, well, life goes on...
Breloom used Substitute.
Breloom lost 25% of its health.
Breloom made a substitute!
Gliscor is fast asleep!
Breloom's Poison Heal restored health!
Breloom restored 12% of its health.
Gliscor's leftovers restored its health a little!
Gliscor restored 6% of its health.
74%
87%
La-ti-di…
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ShiningGengar: ^^
Breloom used Seed Bomb.
Gliscor lost 27% of its health.
Gliscor is fast asleep!
Breloom's Poison Heal restored health!
Breloom restored 12% of its health.
Gliscor's leftovers restored its health a little!
Gliscor restored 6% of its health.
53%
99%
Doo-be-doo…
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Breloom used Seed Bomb.
Gliscor lost 30% of its health.
Gliscor woke up!
Gliscor used Roost.
Gliscor restored 50% of its health.
Breloom's Poison Heal restored health!
Breloom restored 12% of its health.
Gliscor's leftovers restored its health a little!
Gliscor restored 6% of its health.
73%
100%
Tum-ti-tum…
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ShiningGengar switched in Gengar (lvl 100 Gengar ?).
Gliscor used Roost.
Gliscor restored 50% of its health.
100%
100%
Ah, excellent. I am back to full health, and he has finally got bored and is trying to end this quickly. The bad news is, he has a special attacker out against a physical wall. I could switch Scizor in again, but there’s always a chance he would correctly guess my intentions.
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bugmaniacbob switched in Scizor (lvl 100 Scizor ?).
Gengar used Hidden Power.
It's not very effective...
Scizor lost 16% of its health.
Scizor's leftovers restored its health a little!
Scizor restored 6% of its health.
26%
100%
He hits the hard wall that is my Scizor again. Looking back, he probably thought I would never dream of switching in a sleeping Pokémon, since it would give a stat-up sweeper that golden opportunity to set up on me.
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ShiningGengar switched in Skarmory (lvl 100 Skarmory ?).
Scizor is fast asleep!
Scizor's leftovers restored its health a little!
Scizor restored 6% of its health.
32%
100%
He switched in Skarmory. The steel bird is a serious problem for me, because almost all my sweepers are physical and the one who isn’t always dies quickly, not to mention the fact that Skarmory has Super Effective STAB to work with.
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Scizor is fast asleep!
Skarmory used Brave Bird.
Scizor lost 30% of its health.
Skarmory was hit by recoil!
Skarmory lost 10% of its health.
Scizor's leftovers restored its health a little!
Scizor restored 6% of its health.
Skarmory's leftovers restored its health a little!
Skarmory restored 6% of its health.
8%
96%
That was unexpected. I suppose one should never give a sleeping Pokémon the chance to wake up. One more hit, and I’m dead. Please wake up…
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Scizor is fast asleep!
Skarmory used Brave Bird.
Scizor lost 29% of its health.
bugmaniacbob's Scizor fainted.
Skarmory was hit by recoil!
Skarmory lost 2% of its health.
Skarmory's leftovers restored its health a little!
Skarmory restored 6% of its health.
FNT
100%
4-5
Couldn’t be helped. Scizor did his duty, warding off Gengar like that. It will probably really make a difference. Well-played Scizor, but you are no longer needed. I unleash my secret weapon, a little earlier than usual, but it is the only real member of my team who has an electric move. Come on Flygon, don’t let me down now!
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bugmaniacbob switched in Flygon (lvl 100 Flygon ?).
Flygon used Thunderpunch.
It's super effective!
Skarmory lost 36% of its health.
Flygon lost 10% of its health.
Skarmory used Stealth Rock.
Pointed stones float in the air around your foe's team!
Skarmory's leftovers restored its health a little!
Skarmory restored 6% of its health.
90%
70%
As expected, he takes the opportunity to lay the accursed rocks down. No matter, Forretress can clear them later. In the meantime, I have a bigger problem to worry about.
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Flygon used Thunderpunch.
It's super effective!
Skarmory lost 35% of its health
Flygon lost 10% of its health.
Skarmory used Whirlwind.
bugmaniacbob switched in Heracross (lvl 100 Heracross ?).
Pointed stones dug into Heracross.
Heracross lost 12% of its health.
Skarmory's leftovers restored its health a little!
Skarmory restored 6% of its health.
88%
41%
He still had a decent chunk of HP left, so he whirlwinds out Flygon. Heracross has plenty of power, but somehow I doubt he can kill Skarmory before he dies to Brave Bird. Thank you, Heracross. You did very well indeed.
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Heracross used Close Combat.
Skarmory lost 41% of its health.
ShiningGengar's Skarmory fainted.
Heracross's defence was lowered.
Heracross's special defence was lowered.
88%
FNT
4-4
What do you know? Heracross defeats Skarmory (just about) and evens up the score. I’m still in this!
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ShiningGengar switched in Gengar (lvl 100 Gengar ?).
bugmaniacbob switched in Forretress (lvl 100 Forretress ?).
Pointed stones dug into Forretress.
Forretress lost 12% of its health.
Gengar used Thunderbolt.
Forretress lost 46% of its health.
Forretress's leftovers restored its health a little!
Forretress restored 6% of its health.
48%
100%
In comes that irritating, omnipresent Gengar. No Scizor to scare it out this time, but Forretress is more than capable of standing up to the ghastly, giggling ghoul.
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ShiningGengar switched in Breloom (lvl 100 Breloom ?).
Forretress used Gyro Ball.
Breloom lost 48% of its health.
Breloom's Poison Heal restored health!
Breloom restored 12% of its health.
Forretress's leftovers restored its health a little!
Forretress restored 6% of its health.
54%
64%
A Gyro ball on a Scarf Gengar would have hit with monumental power, and so its not surprising that he switches out to that irritating Breloom again.
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Breloom used Spore.
Forretress fell asleep!
Forretress is fast asleep!
Breloom's Poison Heal restored health!
Breloom restored 12% of its health.
Forretress's leftovers restored its health a little!
Forretress restored 6% of its health.
60%
76%
Of course, I am spored again, and I am back in that difficult position again. If he subs up, I’m doomed.
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Breloom is tightening its focus!
Forretress is fast asleep!
Breloom used Focus Punch.
Forretress lost 48% of its health.
Breloom's Poison Heal restored health!
Breloom restored 12% of its health.
Forretress's leftovers restored its health a little!
Forretress restored 6% of its health.
12%
88%
If Forretress can just explode now, I would not be in this situation. This is my last chance to crush him, otherwise I will be 3HKO’ed and that is most undesirable at this point.
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Breloom used Seed Bomb.
It's not very effective...
Forretress lost 7% of its health.
Forretress is fast asleep!
Breloom's Poison Heal restored health!
Breloom restored 12% of its health.
Forretress's leftovers restored its health a little!
Forretress restored 6% of its health.
11%
100%
I don’t know why he Seed Bombed… perhaps he was worried I would wake up and make him lose focus. But it did minimal damage, which is good news for me. I now have another turn to wake up in.
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Breloom is tightening its focus!
Forretress is fast asleep!
Breloom used Focus Punch.
Forretress lost 48% of its health.
bugmaniacbob's Forretress fainted.
Breloom's Poison Heal restored health!
Breloom restored 12% of its health.
FNT
100%
3-4
Well, goodbye Forretress, you were no use at all. But your sacrifice means that I can safely switch in my Heracross, at least.
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bugmaniacbob switched in Heracross (lvl 100 Heracross ?).
Pointed stones dug into Heracross.
Heracross lost 12% of its health.
Heracross used Megahorn.
Breloom lost 104% of its health.
ShiningGengar's Breloom fainted.
76%
FNT
3-3
Heracross claims his third kill and rids me of that annoying Breloom for good. Now he may fall apart, which is good news for me.
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ShiningGengar switched in Garchomp (lvl 100 Garchomp ?).
bugmaniacbob switched in Gliscor (lvl 100 Gliscor ?).
Pointed stones dug into Gliscor.
Gliscor lost 12% of its health.
Garchomp used Fire Fang.
Gliscor lost 13% of its health.
Gliscor's leftovers restored its health a little!
Gliscor restored 6% of its health.
81%
100%
Aah! Trust Chomp to turn up at the time you least want him! My team is shattered, and I need something to stop him from running straight through me. I send in Gliscor, who shrugs off the fire fang. If it is a Choice Chomp, he has to switch. If he is an SD Chomp, he will stay in and Swords Dance, believing that I can do diddly squit back.
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Garchomp used Swords Dance.
Garchomp's attack was sharply raised.
Gliscor used Ice Fang.
It's super effective!
Garchomp lost 56% of its health.
Gliscor's leftovers restored its health a little!
Gliscor restored 6% of its health.
87%
44%
He Dances up, and I attack with Ice Fang. I pray that a) Gliscor’s sturdy defences can hold against Chomp and b) that Chomp doesn’t switch.
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Garchomp used Dragon Claw.
Gliscor lost 53% of its health.
Gliscor used Ice Fang.
It's super effective!
A critical hit!
Garchomp lost 116% of its health.
ShiningGengar's Garchomp fainted.
Gliscor's leftovers restored its health a little!
Gliscor restored 6% of its health.
40%
FNT
3-2
Gliscor takes down Garchomp with an utterly unnecessary critical hit. Why can’t the things happen when I want them to?
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ShiningGengar switched in Gengar (lvl 100 Gengar ?).
Gengar used Shadow Ball.
Gliscor lost 47% of its health.
bugmaniacbob's Gliscor fainted.
FNT
100%
2-2
In comes Scarf Gengar again. I decide to allow Gliscor to rest in peace. He did enough to stop the Chomp, so I think he deserves a rest.
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bugmaniacbob switched in Heracross (lvl 100 Heracross ?).
Pointed stones dug into Heracross.
Heracross lost 12% of its health.
Gengar used Shadow Ball.
Heracross lost 49% of its health.
Heracross used Night Slash.
It's super effective!
Gengar lost 104% of its health.
ShiningGengar's Gengar fainted.
14%
FNT
2-1
Heracross has good special defence and survives the Shadow Ball, while Night Slash gets an OHKO. There’s only one more to go.
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ShiningGengar switched in Blissey (lvl 100 Blissey ?).
bugmaniacbob switched in Flygon (lvl 100 Flygon ?).
Pointed stones dug into Flygon.
Flygon lost 6% of its health.
Blissey used Ice Beam.
It's super effective!
Flygon lost 92% of its health.
bugmaniacbob's Flygon fainted.
FNT
100%
1-1
Blissey. I can deal a lot of damage with Close Combat, however I am stuck in Night Slash and it is doubtful whether I can KO with a Night Slash from Heracross and an Earthquake from Flygon. I decide to sacrifice Flygon to the inevitable Ice Beam, and we are now equal in number of Pokémon remaining.
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bugmaniacbob switched in Heracross (lvl 100 Heracross ?).
Pointed stones dug into Heracross.
Heracross lost 12% of its health.
Heracross used Close Combat.
It's super effective!
Blissey lost 249% of its health.
ShiningGengar's Blissey fainted.
bugmaniacbob wins!
2%
FNT
1-0
My Heracross has only 2% of its health left, and with a last burst of energy utterly destroys his Blissey. Good Game, ShiningGengar, and thanks for an amazing battle!
bugmaniacbob: gg
ShiningGengar: ....
ShiningGengar: :)
Right, now on to the awards:
DIGS
BUGMANIACBOB's TEAM
SHININGGENGAR's TEAM
The biggest and worst (sorry, but 'baddest' isn't a word) threats in OU against my team of trusty bugs. Yippee!
bugmaniacbob sent out Yanmega (lvl 100 Yanmega ?).
ShiningGengar sent out Gyarados (lvl 100 Gyarados ?).
Gyarados's intimidate cut Yanmega's attack!
Yanmega used Air Slash.
Gyarados lost 33% of its health.
Gyarados used Dragon Dance.
Gyarados's attack was raised.
Gyarados's speed was raised.
Gyarados's leftovers restored its health a little!
Gyarados restored 6% of its health.
Yanmega's Speed Boost raised its speed!
I attack here, not wanting to let him get way with a free Dragon Dance. DD Gyarados are terrible for my team if they can get a Dragon Dance or two up.
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Yanmega used Air Slash.
Gyarados lost 38% of its health.
Gyarados used Ice Fang.
It's super effective!
Yanmega lost 79% of its health.
Gyarados's leftovers restored its health a little!
Gyarados restored 6% of its health.
Yanmega's Speed Boost raised its speed!
I’m surprised. I would have thought that a +1 Gyarados would have crushed my little suicidal dragonfly of doom. I had a sash though, so it didn’t really matter. I think I can get a 3KO on Gyarados, with a little help from Lady Luck.
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Yanmega used Air Slash.
Gyarados lost 38% of its health.
Gyarados used Ice Fang.
It's super effective!
Yanmega lost 72% of its health.
bugmaniacbob's Yanmega fainted.
Gyarados's leftovers restored its health a little!
Gyarados restored 6% of its health.
5-6
I think now would be the time to employ that well known and highly appropriate English phrase known as ‘bugger’. I like it, it has a certain phonetic resemblance to the word ‘bug’. The bad news is, his Gyarados was 3% away from a 3HKO. The good news is, he is now in revenge kill range.
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bugmaniacbob switched in Heracross (lvl 100 Heracross ?).
Heracross used Megahorn.
It's not very effective...
Gyarados lost 29% of its health.
ShiningGengar's Gyarados fainted.
5-5
I was anticipating a switch, though I can’t remember what to. Perhaps he would switch to a Cresselia to sponge a Close Combat? I don’t know why he didn’t switch, although he probably thought I would stick the rocks up sooner or later which would render Gyarados useless (which I would have done, but for a series of unfortunate events which occur later on…).
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ShiningGengar switched in Gengar (lvl 100 Gengar ?).
bugmaniacbob switched in Scizor (lvl 100 Scizor ?).
Gengar used Hidden Power.
It's not very effective...
Scizor lost 14% of its health.
Scizor's leftovers restored its health a little!
Scizor restored 6% of its health.
A Gengar comes out. I doubt it has HP fire, since they usually carry HP ice, and apart from that, I cannot think of anything that can hurt my Scizor. I am right, although I am still clueless as to what hidden power he carries.
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ShiningGengar switched in Breloom (lvl 100 Breloom ?).
Scizor used Swords Dance.
Scizor's attack was sharply raised.
Breloom was badly poisoned!
Scizor's leftovers restored its health a little!
Scizor restored 6% of its health.
I expected him to switch, and I use the opportunity to throw up Swords Dance. However, in comes an unforeseen complication in the form of the fragile yet ferocious Breloom.
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Scizor used Bullet Punch.
Breloom lost 54% of its health.
Breloom used Spore.
Scizor fell asleep!
Breloom's Poison Heal restored health!
Breloom restored 12% of its health.
Scizor's leftovers restored its health a little!
Scizor restored 6% of its health.
It could not be more obvious what is coming, but I decide to stick around so that I can see more of Breloom’s moves. I am also unwilling to lose my Dance boost so I attempt to cause some damage to his Breloom with a Bullet Punch. I’m surprised it does over 50%, to be honest.
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Breloom used Substitute.
Breloom lost 25% of its health.
Breloom made a substitute!
Scizor is fast asleep!
Breloom's Poison Heal restored health!
Breloom restored 12% of its health.
Ah. So it is a Sub Breloom. That limits its options as far as attacks are concerned, but it is a fair bet that one is Focus Punch.
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Breloom is tightening its focus!
Scizor is fast asleep!
Breloom used Focus Punch.
Scizor lost 69% of its health.
Breloom's Poison Heal restored health!
Breloom restored 12% of its health.
Scizor's leftovers restored its health a little!
Scizor restored 6% of its health.
The Punch comes and does nearly 70% to me. I can stay in and pray I wake up, or switch out and lose my boosts, albeit activating sleep clause. I decide to stay in.
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Breloom is tightening its focus!
Scizor woke up!
Scizor used Roost.
Scizor restored 50% of its health.
Breloom used Focus Punch.
Scizor lost 63% of its health.
Breloom's Poison Heal restored health!
Breloom restored 12% of its health.
Scizor's leftovers restored its health a little!
Scizor restored 6% of its health.
YES! I wake up and restore my health. He can kill me now, but it means forfeiting a sub, meaning that my faster Pokémon that I switch in can smash it to bits. I opt for crushing his sub, since I assume he will Spore me, and switch something else into the Sub.
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Scizor used Bullet Punch.
The substitute took damage for Breloom!
Breloom's substitute faded!
Breloom used Spore.
Scizor fell asleep!
Breloom's Poison Heal restored health!
Breloom restored 12% of its health.
Scizor's leftovers restored its health a little!
Scizor restored 6% of its health.
Scizor is asleep again, but I know that I can now safely switch Gliscor in.
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bugmaniacbob switched in Gliscor (lvl 100 Gliscor ?).
Breloom used Substitute.
Breloom lost 25% of its health.
Breloom made a substitute!
Breloom's Poison Heal restored health!
Breloom restored 12% of its health.
In comes my all-purpose fighting-type answer. I know he has a Sub up, but he has little choice but to switch out. After all, what can Breloom do to Gliscor?
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Breloom used Spore.
Gliscor fell asleep!
Gliscor is fast asleep!
Breloom's Poison Heal restored health!
Breloom restored 12% of its health.
It was at this point that I realised my titanic error. His Breloom had a massive advantage in this battle now. Even so, I did my best not to panic and decided to try to stall it out.
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bugmaniacbob: uh... sleep clause?
Breloom is tightening its focus!
Gliscor is fast asleep!
Breloom used Focus Punch.
It's not very effective...
Gliscor lost 27% of its health.
Breloom's Poison Heal restored health!
Breloom restored 12% of its health.
Gliscor's leftovers restored its health a little!
Gliscor restored 6% of its health.
That attack did just over 25% to me, so Breloom will probably only get a 5HKO on me, enough time for me wake up and recover, probably.
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Breloom is tightening its focus!
Gliscor woke up!
Gliscor used Ice Fang.
It's super effective!
The substitute took damage for Breloom!
Breloom's substitute faded!
Breloom used Focus Punch.
It's not very effective...
Gliscor lost 23% of its health.
Breloom's Poison Heal restored health!
Breloom restored 12% of its health.
Gliscor's leftovers restored its health a little!
Gliscor restored 6% of its health.
I wake up and crush his Sub with Ice Fang. He now knows I can take him down with little fuss if I am given an opportunity, so he may now panic.
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ShiningGengar: no sleep clause
ShiningGengar: :)
bugmaniacbob: ?????????????
Breloom used Spore.
Gliscor fell asleep!
Gliscor is fast asleep!
Breloom's Poison Heal restored health!
Breloom restored 12% of its health.
Gliscor's leftovers restored its health a little!
Gliscor restored 6% of its health.
Well, at least he’s happy. This could drag on for a while, so put your feet up and scroll dozily down the page, or go have a snack while you wait. Oh, and I’ll keep the comments to a minimum.
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bugmaniacbob: ah, well, life goes on...
Breloom used Substitute.
Breloom lost 25% of its health.
Breloom made a substitute!
Gliscor is fast asleep!
Breloom's Poison Heal restored health!
Breloom restored 12% of its health.
Gliscor's leftovers restored its health a little!
Gliscor restored 6% of its health.
La-ti-di…
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ShiningGengar: ^^
Breloom used Seed Bomb.
Gliscor lost 27% of its health.
Gliscor is fast asleep!
Breloom's Poison Heal restored health!
Breloom restored 12% of its health.
Gliscor's leftovers restored its health a little!
Gliscor restored 6% of its health.
Doo-be-doo…
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Breloom used Seed Bomb.
Gliscor lost 30% of its health.
Gliscor woke up!
Gliscor used Roost.
Gliscor restored 50% of its health.
Breloom's Poison Heal restored health!
Breloom restored 12% of its health.
Gliscor's leftovers restored its health a little!
Gliscor restored 6% of its health.
Tum-ti-tum…
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ShiningGengar switched in Gengar (lvl 100 Gengar ?).
Gliscor used Roost.
Gliscor restored 50% of its health.
Ah, excellent. I am back to full health, and he has finally got bored and is trying to end this quickly. The bad news is, he has a special attacker out against a physical wall. I could switch Scizor in again, but there’s always a chance he would correctly guess my intentions.
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bugmaniacbob switched in Scizor (lvl 100 Scizor ?).
Gengar used Hidden Power.
It's not very effective...
Scizor lost 16% of its health.
Scizor's leftovers restored its health a little!
Scizor restored 6% of its health.
He hits the hard wall that is my Scizor again. Looking back, he probably thought I would never dream of switching in a sleeping Pokémon, since it would give a stat-up sweeper that golden opportunity to set up on me.
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ShiningGengar switched in Skarmory (lvl 100 Skarmory ?).
Scizor is fast asleep!
Scizor's leftovers restored its health a little!
Scizor restored 6% of its health.
He switched in Skarmory. The steel bird is a serious problem for me, because almost all my sweepers are physical and the one who isn’t always dies quickly, not to mention the fact that Skarmory has Super Effective STAB to work with.
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Scizor is fast asleep!
Skarmory used Brave Bird.
Scizor lost 30% of its health.
Skarmory was hit by recoil!
Skarmory lost 10% of its health.
Scizor's leftovers restored its health a little!
Scizor restored 6% of its health.
Skarmory's leftovers restored its health a little!
Skarmory restored 6% of its health.
That was unexpected. I suppose one should never give a sleeping Pokémon the chance to wake up. One more hit, and I’m dead. Please wake up…
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Scizor is fast asleep!
Skarmory used Brave Bird.
Scizor lost 29% of its health.
bugmaniacbob's Scizor fainted.
Skarmory was hit by recoil!
Skarmory lost 2% of its health.
Skarmory's leftovers restored its health a little!
Skarmory restored 6% of its health.
4-5
Couldn’t be helped. Scizor did his duty, warding off Gengar like that. It will probably really make a difference. Well-played Scizor, but you are no longer needed. I unleash my secret weapon, a little earlier than usual, but it is the only real member of my team who has an electric move. Come on Flygon, don’t let me down now!
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bugmaniacbob switched in Flygon (lvl 100 Flygon ?).
Flygon used Thunderpunch.
It's super effective!
Skarmory lost 36% of its health.
Flygon lost 10% of its health.
Skarmory used Stealth Rock.
Pointed stones float in the air around your foe's team!
Skarmory's leftovers restored its health a little!
Skarmory restored 6% of its health.
As expected, he takes the opportunity to lay the accursed rocks down. No matter, Forretress can clear them later. In the meantime, I have a bigger problem to worry about.
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Flygon used Thunderpunch.
It's super effective!
Skarmory lost 35% of its health
Flygon lost 10% of its health.
Skarmory used Whirlwind.
bugmaniacbob switched in Heracross (lvl 100 Heracross ?).
Pointed stones dug into Heracross.
Heracross lost 12% of its health.
Skarmory's leftovers restored its health a little!
Skarmory restored 6% of its health.
He still had a decent chunk of HP left, so he whirlwinds out Flygon. Heracross has plenty of power, but somehow I doubt he can kill Skarmory before he dies to Brave Bird. Thank you, Heracross. You did very well indeed.
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Heracross used Close Combat.
Skarmory lost 41% of its health.
ShiningGengar's Skarmory fainted.
Heracross's defence was lowered.
Heracross's special defence was lowered.
4-4
What do you know? Heracross defeats Skarmory (just about) and evens up the score. I’m still in this!
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ShiningGengar switched in Gengar (lvl 100 Gengar ?).
bugmaniacbob switched in Forretress (lvl 100 Forretress ?).
Pointed stones dug into Forretress.
Forretress lost 12% of its health.
Gengar used Thunderbolt.
Forretress lost 46% of its health.
Forretress's leftovers restored its health a little!
Forretress restored 6% of its health.
In comes that irritating, omnipresent Gengar. No Scizor to scare it out this time, but Forretress is more than capable of standing up to the ghastly, giggling ghoul.
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ShiningGengar switched in Breloom (lvl 100 Breloom ?).
Forretress used Gyro Ball.
Breloom lost 48% of its health.
Breloom's Poison Heal restored health!
Breloom restored 12% of its health.
Forretress's leftovers restored its health a little!
Forretress restored 6% of its health.
A Gyro ball on a Scarf Gengar would have hit with monumental power, and so its not surprising that he switches out to that irritating Breloom again.
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Breloom used Spore.
Forretress fell asleep!
Forretress is fast asleep!
Breloom's Poison Heal restored health!
Breloom restored 12% of its health.
Forretress's leftovers restored its health a little!
Forretress restored 6% of its health.
Of course, I am spored again, and I am back in that difficult position again. If he subs up, I’m doomed.
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Breloom is tightening its focus!
Forretress is fast asleep!
Breloom used Focus Punch.
Forretress lost 48% of its health.
Breloom's Poison Heal restored health!
Breloom restored 12% of its health.
Forretress's leftovers restored its health a little!
Forretress restored 6% of its health.
If Forretress can just explode now, I would not be in this situation. This is my last chance to crush him, otherwise I will be 3HKO’ed and that is most undesirable at this point.
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Breloom used Seed Bomb.
It's not very effective...
Forretress lost 7% of its health.
Forretress is fast asleep!
Breloom's Poison Heal restored health!
Breloom restored 12% of its health.
Forretress's leftovers restored its health a little!
Forretress restored 6% of its health.
I don’t know why he Seed Bombed… perhaps he was worried I would wake up and make him lose focus. But it did minimal damage, which is good news for me. I now have another turn to wake up in.
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Breloom is tightening its focus!
Forretress is fast asleep!
Breloom used Focus Punch.
Forretress lost 48% of its health.
bugmaniacbob's Forretress fainted.
Breloom's Poison Heal restored health!
Breloom restored 12% of its health.
3-4
Well, goodbye Forretress, you were no use at all. But your sacrifice means that I can safely switch in my Heracross, at least.
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bugmaniacbob switched in Heracross (lvl 100 Heracross ?).
Pointed stones dug into Heracross.
Heracross lost 12% of its health.
Heracross used Megahorn.
Breloom lost 104% of its health.
ShiningGengar's Breloom fainted.
3-3
Heracross claims his third kill and rids me of that annoying Breloom for good. Now he may fall apart, which is good news for me.
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ShiningGengar switched in Garchomp (lvl 100 Garchomp ?).
bugmaniacbob switched in Gliscor (lvl 100 Gliscor ?).
Pointed stones dug into Gliscor.
Gliscor lost 12% of its health.
Garchomp used Fire Fang.
Gliscor lost 13% of its health.
Gliscor's leftovers restored its health a little!
Gliscor restored 6% of its health.
Aah! Trust Chomp to turn up at the time you least want him! My team is shattered, and I need something to stop him from running straight through me. I send in Gliscor, who shrugs off the fire fang. If it is a Choice Chomp, he has to switch. If he is an SD Chomp, he will stay in and Swords Dance, believing that I can do diddly squit back.
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Garchomp used Swords Dance.
Garchomp's attack was sharply raised.
Gliscor used Ice Fang.
It's super effective!
Garchomp lost 56% of its health.
Gliscor's leftovers restored its health a little!
Gliscor restored 6% of its health.
He Dances up, and I attack with Ice Fang. I pray that a) Gliscor’s sturdy defences can hold against Chomp and b) that Chomp doesn’t switch.
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Garchomp used Dragon Claw.
Gliscor lost 53% of its health.
Gliscor used Ice Fang.
It's super effective!
A critical hit!
Garchomp lost 116% of its health.
ShiningGengar's Garchomp fainted.
Gliscor's leftovers restored its health a little!
Gliscor restored 6% of its health.
3-2
Gliscor takes down Garchomp with an utterly unnecessary critical hit. Why can’t the things happen when I want them to?
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ShiningGengar switched in Gengar (lvl 100 Gengar ?).
Gengar used Shadow Ball.
Gliscor lost 47% of its health.
bugmaniacbob's Gliscor fainted.
2-2
In comes Scarf Gengar again. I decide to allow Gliscor to rest in peace. He did enough to stop the Chomp, so I think he deserves a rest.
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bugmaniacbob switched in Heracross (lvl 100 Heracross ?).
Pointed stones dug into Heracross.
Heracross lost 12% of its health.
Gengar used Shadow Ball.
Heracross lost 49% of its health.
Heracross used Night Slash.
It's super effective!
Gengar lost 104% of its health.
ShiningGengar's Gengar fainted.
2-1
Heracross has good special defence and survives the Shadow Ball, while Night Slash gets an OHKO. There’s only one more to go.
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ShiningGengar switched in Blissey (lvl 100 Blissey ?).
bugmaniacbob switched in Flygon (lvl 100 Flygon ?).
Pointed stones dug into Flygon.
Flygon lost 6% of its health.
Blissey used Ice Beam.
It's super effective!
Flygon lost 92% of its health.
bugmaniacbob's Flygon fainted.
1-1
Blissey. I can deal a lot of damage with Close Combat, however I am stuck in Night Slash and it is doubtful whether I can KO with a Night Slash from Heracross and an Earthquake from Flygon. I decide to sacrifice Flygon to the inevitable Ice Beam, and we are now equal in number of Pokémon remaining.
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bugmaniacbob switched in Heracross (lvl 100 Heracross ?).
Pointed stones dug into Heracross.
Heracross lost 12% of its health.
Heracross used Close Combat.
It's super effective!
Blissey lost 249% of its health.
ShiningGengar's Blissey fainted.
bugmaniacbob wins!
1-0
My Heracross has only 2% of its health left, and with a last burst of energy utterly destroys his Blissey. Good Game, ShiningGengar, and thanks for an amazing battle!
bugmaniacbob: gg
ShiningGengar: ....
ShiningGengar: :)
Right, now on to the awards:
DIGS
- HERACROSS: Claimed 5 victims in the battle. Bravo, ScarfCross!
- SCIZOR: Warded off ScarfGar twice, though unable to stop Breloom.
- GLISCOR: Took on Garchomp and Breloom and won, both times.
- FLYGON: Wore down Skarmory into Hera's KO range.
- SHININGGENGAR: Gave me a battle to remember.
- YANMEGA: Failed to 3KO Gyarados.
- FORRETRESS: A UU Pokemon: Utterly Useless.
- BRELOOM: God, that thing's a beast with no Sleep Clause. If it hadn't switched out I would have lost (although admittedly it would've run out of Focus Punches eventually...)
- GARCHOMP: For failing to sweep, even in lategame.
