Hey there Smogonites! I'm zdrup15, a regular poster on the Scramble Challenge Thread and a OU battler (I'm also beginning to play UU just for fun) and Sapientia is, ah... well... I think he's an ok player xD.
On the end of August I created a team that, after some changes (thanks RMT forums), became pretty good and I've decided I wanted to ladder. After a while, laddering didn't seem funny anymore and recently I've only tried to battle Smogon Top Players. One day I was on Pokemon Lab (that thing is beautiful) and I decided to challenge Sapientia.
Against all the odds, the challenge was accepted and the battle started!
This battle was on the Pokemon Lab so all the edits were made by me and I didn't post the percentages because I didn't want to be inaccurate.
zdrup15's team:
(Sapientia's team will be at the end)
- Sleep Clause
- Freeze Clause
- OHKO Clause
- Evasion Clause
- Species Clause
- Strict Damage Clause
- Soul Dew Clause
Extraneous information will be mentioned at first instance then omitted.
Score will be shown after a pokemon faints: zdrup15 - Sapientia
Sapientia sent out Jirachi (lvl 100 Jirachi)!
zdrup15 sent out Machamp (lvl 100 Machamp ?)!
Ok, the battle starts and this isn't too bad for me. Almost every Jirachi leads I've faced are TrickScarf and they usually use SR on the 1st turn because they can't risk being locked on T-Wave or Iron Head and they don't want to Trick a Scarf to my Anti-Lead. In these situations, D-Punch away!
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Begin turn #1
Jirachi used Stealth Rock!
Pointed stones float in the air around your foe's team!
Machamp used DynamicPunch!
Jirachi lost 43% of its health!
Jirachi became confused!
Jirachi's Leftovers restored its health a little!
Jirachi regained 6% of its health!
Ok, it has Lefties instead but I'm still on top and now Sapientia will have to switch. I could keep D-punching because even if the switch in was a ghost I would cripple it next turn with Payback but I also want to have SR on the field right from the start. So I switch in my Heatran.
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Begin turn #2
zdrup15 withdrew Machamp!
zdrup15 sent out Heatran (lvl 100 Heatran ?)!
Pointed stones dug into Heatran!
Heatran lost 48/385 (12%) of its health!
Sapientia withdrew Jirachi!
Sapientia sent out Zapdos (lvl 100 Zapdos)!
Zapdos is exerting its Pressure!
Heatran's Leftovers restored its health a little!
Heatran regained 24/385 (6%) of its health!
Zapdos? It may be a threat if it carries T-Wave but otherwise it's just setup fodder. I'll use SR as planned.
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Begin turn #3
Zapdos used Substitute!
Zapdos lost 25% of its health!
Zapdos made a substitute!
Heatran used Stealth Rock!
Pointed stones float in the air around your foe's team!
Zapdos's Leftovers restored its health a little!
Zapdos regained 6% of its health!
Substitute is a move I don't see many Zapdos using and this made me think: should I switch in Flygon to see if it has T-Wave? No, switching in a ground type would be too predictable and HP Ice is a common move on Zapdos. Celebi? No, Heat Wave hurts a lot and behind a Sub it can't be paralyzed. I'll have to take the risk and let Heatran take a shock and then start racking up some damage.
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Begin turn #4
Zapdos used Thunderbolt!
Heatran lost 97/385 (25%) of its health!
Heatran used Roar!
Sapientia sent out Jirachi (lvl 100 Jirachi)!
Pointed stones dug into Jirachi!
Yes, apparently Zapdos doesn't have T-Wave and I Roar it to scout Sapientia's team. Unfortunately, Jirachi comes out and I'm forced to switch in my Machamp because this time I'm sure it has T-Wave and Heatran walls the 2 pokemons I've seen so it has to be on the top of its game.
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Begin turn #5
zdrup15 withdrew Heatran!
zdrup15 sent out Machamp (lvl 100 Machamp ?)!
Pointed stones dug into Machamp!
Machamp lost 23/381 (6%) of its health!
Sapientia withdrew Jirachi!
Sapientia sent out Tyranitar (lvl 100 Tyranitar ?)!
Tyranitar's Sand Stream whipped up a sandstorm!
A sandstorm brewed!
Pointed stones dug into Tyranitar!
Tyranitar lost 12% of its health!
The sandstorm rages.
Machamp is buffeted by the sandstorm!
Machamp lost 23/381 (6%) of its health!
Tyranitar's Leftovers restored its health a little!
Tyranitar regained 6% of its health!
Sapientia switches in the SS guy and this end up being much better than I thought: I'll have another chance to D-punch and something will be confused because he won't risk losing T-Tar this early.
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Begin turn #6
Sapientia withdrew Tyranitar!
Sapientia sent out Zapdos (lvl 100 Zapdos)!
Zapdos is exerting its Pressure!
Pointed stones dug into Zapdos!
Zapdos lost 25% of its health!
Machamp used DynamicPunch!
It's not very effective...
Zapdos lost 22% of its health!
Zapdos became confused!
The sandstorm rages.
Zapdos enters the field again and this is a very good chance to try to finish it because it can't switch out again without becoming death fodder. Of course it could Roost off the damage and my Ice Punch wouldn't do much to it but this is a chance too good to pass because Zapdos can be really annowing against my team.
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Begin turn #7
Zapdos is confused!
It hurt itself in confusion!
Zapdos lost 6% of its health!
Machamp used Ice Punch!
It's super effective!
Zapdos lost 27% of its health!
Zapdos fainted!
The sandstorm rages.
Sapientia sent out Jirachi (lvl 100 Jirachi)!
6-5
Yes, the electric bird is now down and Machamp has completed its task: defeating at least one pokemon per match. Now Jirachi comes in and I start to think if Machamp is still usefull. Well, till now it defeats Jirachi and destroys T-Tar so I decide I will stay in front of Jirachi because I can still take 2 Iron Heads and all I need is a D-Punch to make it death fodder.
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Begin turn #8
Jirachi used Iron Head!
A critical hit!
Machamp lost 231/381 (60%) of its health!
Machamp flinched!
The sandstorm rages.
... yeah, I shouldn't be surprised because this was done by the haxiest pokemon of the game. Anyways, this sucks because Machamp could have been very important.
New plans: Machamp can't take another Iron Head and I decide it's now officially death fodder so I'll switch. All that Sapientia knows about my team is that I have a Sp. Bulky Heatran and I still need to be sure Jirachi doesn't have T-Wave to know if Heatran can eliminate it. This seems the perfect occasion to find out.
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Begin turn #9
zdrup15 withdrew Machamp!
zdrup15 sent out Heatran (lvl 100 Heatran ?)!
Pointed stones dug into Heatran!
Heatran lost 48/385 (12%) of its health!
Jirachi used Iron Head!
It's not very effective...
Heatran lost 23/385 (5%) of its health!
The sandstorm rages.
I predicted well and I'll now proceed with my plan by switching in my ScarfGon.
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Begin turn #10
zdrup15 withdrew Heatran!
zdrup15 sent out Flygon (lvl 100 Flygon ?)!
Pointed stones dug into Flygon!
Flygon lost 18/302 (5%) of its health!
Sapientia withdrew Jirachi!
Sapientia sent out Tyranitar (lvl 100 Tyranitar ?)!
Tyranitar's Sand Stream whipped up a sandstorm!
Pointed stones dug into Tyranitar!
Tyranitar lost 12% of its health!
The sandstorm rages.
Ok, this turn didn't go as planned and Sapientia is now on top because I can't risk being locked on EQ so early in the game and I'm forced to U-Turn out of here.
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Begin turn #11
Sapientia withdrew Tyranitar!
Sapientia sent out Flygon (lvl 100 Flygon ?)!
Pointed stones dug into Flygon!
Flygon lost 6% of its health!
Flygon used U-turn!
Flygon lost 27% of its health!
zdrup15 withdrew Flygon!
zdrup15 sent out Gyarados (lvl 100 Gyarados ?)!
Gyarados's Intimidate cut Flygon's attack!
Pointed stones dug into Gyarados!
Gyarados lost 92/370 (24%) of its health!
The sandstorm rages.
Gyarados's Leftovers restored its health a little!
Gyarados regained 23/370 (6%) of its health!
Ah, well played. Flygon ensures the mementum is still on my opponent's side no matter what but at least I managed to lower its attack. But now I have to switch again because most Flygons have T-Punch (mine has) especially for Gyarados and I don't want to take the risk to lose it. My safest option is Heatran because Sapientia can't lock Flygon on EQ or my Gyarados would be able to setup till +2 and possibly sweep.
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Begin turn #12
zdrup15 withdrew Gyarados!
zdrup15 sent out Heatran (lvl 100 Heatran ?)!
Pointed stones dug into Heatran!
Heatran lost 48/385 (12%) of its health!
Flygon used ThunderPunch!
Heatran lost 49/385 (12%) of its health!
The sandstorm rages.
Ok, this may be an advantage of not being a famous player: the top players sometimes take us for noobs and make mistakes they normally wouldn't. All in all, my Heatran is back with only a scratch and ready to scout the opponent's team once again. ROAR!!!
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Begin turn #13
Sapientia withdrew Flygon!
Sapientia sent out Tyranitar (lvl 100 Tyranitar ?)!
Tyranitar's Sand Stream whipped up a sandstorm!
Pointed stones dug into Tyranitar!
Tyranitar lost 12% of its health!
Heatran used Roar!
Sapientia sent out Jirachi (lvl 100 Jirachi)!
Pointed stones dug into Jirachi!
Jirachi lost 6% of its health!
The sandstorm rages.
And I'm top again! Jirachi comes in and this time I decide I won't maintain the pattern: I will stay in and try to finish it so that Gyarados and Heatran can run without fearing T-Wave. I have both Earth Power and Lava Plume; both can finish it and EP can do more damage to T-Tar if it switches in but I select Lava Plume for another reason: burn. Yes, if Sapientia decides to switch in T-Tar I have a 30% chance of making it useless for the rest of the match!
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Begin turn #14
Sapientia withdrew Jirachi!
Sapientia sent out Tyranitar (lvl 100 Tyranitar ?)!
Tyranitar's Sand Stream whipped up a sandstorm!
Pointed stones dug into Tyranitar!
Tyranitar lost 12% of its health!
Heatran used Lava Plume!
It's not very effective...
Tyranitar lost 10% of its health!
The sandstorm rages.
In retrospective, I should have taken into account that the other 70% chances would put my opponent on a very good position to deal some damage to my team... Oh well, time to think again!
I've shown 3 pokemons of my team till now: a Gyarados, a Flygon and a Heatran. All of them would hate to take a STAB SE, Flygon would hate a STAB Crunch and Heatran wouldn't have time to hate a EQ because it would faint immediatly. However, by now, my opponent should be cursing Heatran and I think he'll do anything to finish it. Therefore, he'll probably opt for EQ so I'll switch to Gyarados.
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Begin turn #15
zdrup15 withdrew Heatran!
zdrup15 sent out Gyarados (lvl 100 Gyarados ?)!
Gyarados's Intimidate cut Tyranitar's attack!
Pointed stones dug into Gyarados!
Gyarados lost 92/370 (24%) of its health!
Tyranitar used Earthquake!
It doesn't affect Gyarados...
The sandstorm rages.
YES! I predict well and Gyarados enters the field with the chance to deal some damage! The way I play Gyarados is almost always the same: the 1st time it enters the field, I always select Waterfall or SE (the other moves are Taunt and DD) because some of its checks like ScarfRotom and Starmie aren't very bulky and take major damage from these attacks. I have a T-Tar in front of me so I go for the Waterfall.
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Begin turn #16
Sapientia withdrew Tyranitar!
Sapientia sent out Starmie (lvl 100 Starmie)!
Pointed stones dug into Starmie!
Starmie lost 12% of its health!
Gyarados used Waterfall!
It's not very effective...
Starmie lost 29% of its health!
The sandstorm rages.
Great, it's Starmie and, probably, an offensive one (Trick Scarfs can cripple Snorlax that is my biggest counter to it) as I don't see Lefties. So it's time for the big man to enter the field!
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Begin turn #17
zdrup15 withdrew Gyarados!
zdrup15 sent out Snorlax (lvl 100 Snorlax ?)!
Pointed stones dug into Snorlax!
Snorlax lost 62/503 (12%) of its health!
Starmie used Thunderbolt!
Snorlax lost 87/503 (17%) of its health!
Starmie lost 10% of its health!
The sandstorm rages.
Snorlax's Leftovers restored its health a little!
Snorlax regained 31/503 (6%) of its health!
My Carefull CurseLax takes T-bolt like a champion and will now show one of its main weapons: Body Slam (the other option was Fire Punch but that wouldn't even scratch T-Tar so...)!
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Begin turn #18
Sapientia withdrew Starmie!
Sapientia sent out Jirachi (lvl 100 Jirachi)!
Pointed stones dug into Jirachi!
Jirachi lost 6% of its health!
Snorlax used Body Slam!
It's not very effective...
Jirachi lost 12% of its health!
The sandstorm rages.
Jirachi comes in and somehow manages to resist a giant body slam without any major problems. However, I decide that I will make Jirachi my path to victory! I will setup on it and proceed to sweep Sapientia's team. Or, at least, Snorlax will die trying.
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Begin turn #19
Jirachi used Iron Head!
Snorlax lost 108/503 (21%) of its health!
Snorlax used Curse!
Snorlax's attack was raised!
Snorlax's defence was raised!
Snorlax's speed was lowered!
The sandstorm rages.
All goes like planned and Sapientia now knows he's in great danger so he'll probably switch giving me another turn to setup.
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Begin turn #20
Jirachi used Iron Head!
Snorlax lost 75/503 (14%) of its health!
Snorlax flinched!
The sandstorm rages.
Or he can continue believing on his Jirachi because it still hasn't failed in this battle... No problem, Snorlax is still good to go and I proceed to setup again.
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Begin turn #21
Jirachi used Iron Head!
Snorlax lost 69/503 (13%) of its health!
Snorlax flinched!
The sandstorm rages.
Hummmm, maybe I should be thinking about how to eliminate this ANNOYING POKEMON before attempting to sweep. Ok, time to finish it: Fire Punch!
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Begin turn #22
Jirachi used Iron Head!
Snorlax lost 78/503 (15%) of its health!
Snorlax used Fire Punch!
It's super effective!
Jirachi lost 41% of its health!
The sandstorm rages.
Snorlax fainted!
zdrup15 sent out Flygon (lvl 100 Flygon ?)!
Pointed stones dug into Flygon!
Flygon lost 18/302 (5%) of its health!
5-5
Ok, I was mentally prepared for that, I guess. Snorlax ended up being the LVP of my team due to bad luck and stupidity. At least I've crippled it and now Flygon should be able to finish the job. But, wait! I still haven't seen his team and I still don't wanna risk locking myself on something dangerous. Machamp will now be forced to come back to the field only to be killed by Jirachi so that I can keep the momentum and kill Jirachi. Then I'll bring Heatran onto the field and FINALLY FINISH THE JOB!
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Begin turn #23
Flygon used U-turn!
Jirachi lost 14% of its health!
zdrup15 withdrew Flygon!
zdrup15 sent out Machamp (lvl 100 Machamp ?)!
Pointed stones dug into Machamp!
Machamp lost 23/381 (6%) of its health!
Flygon went back to zdrup15!
Jirachi used Iron Head!
Machamp lost 12/381 (3%) of its health!
Machamp fainted!
The sandstorm rages.
zdrup15 sent out Heatran (lvl 100 Heatran ?)!
Pointed stones dug into Heatran!
Heatran lost 48/385 (12%) of its health!
4-5
Now I won't be cautious and I won't try to predict anything, I'LL EP THIS JIRACHI OR WHATEVER SWITCHES IN TO DEATH!!!
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Begin turn #24
Sapientia withdrew Jirachi!
Sapientia sent out Tyranitar (lvl 100 Tyranitar ?)!
Tyranitar's Sand Stream whipped up a sandstorm!
Pointed stones dug into Tyranitar!
Tyranitar lost 12% of its health!
Heatran used Earth Power!
A critical hit!
It's super effective!
Tyranitar lost 54% of its health!
Tyranitar fainted!
The sandstorm rages.
@zdrup15: sorry about the crit
Sapientia sent out Starmie (lvl 100 Starmie)!
Pointed stones dug into Starmie!
Starmie lost 12% of its health!
4-4
Ok, I know I was really annoyed by that damn Jirachi and I wanted to KO something but this wasn't what I meant. But I guess I can also have my bit of hax and this is great: I've KOed T-Tar and can now send my last Pokemons to the field to finish this damn Starmie as it will probably use either Hydro Pump or T-bolt (Sapientia won't use ice beam because Flygon is also KOed by Hydro Pump).
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Begin turn #25
zdrup15 withdrew Heatran!
zdrup15 sent out Celebi (lvl 100 Celebi)!
Pointed stones dug into Celebi!
Celebi lost 49/399 (12%) of its health!
Starmie used Recover!
Starmie regained 50% of its health!
The sandstorm rages.
This turned out even better than I was expecting again! Celebi is now out and I will proceed to kill these star(mie). Or... I could T-Wave first to make sure that any prediction Sapientia tries to make is paralyzed. I guess I'll go with the second choice because there's still one pokemon he has been hiding for me the whole time and I'd love to see it crippled.
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Begin turn #26
Sapientia withdrew Starmie!
Sapientia sent out Flygon (lvl 100 Flygon ?)!
Pointed stones dug into Flygon!
Flygon lost 6% of its health!
Celebi used Thunder Wave!
It doesn't affect Flygon...
The sandstorm rages.
Damn it!!! Why didn't I play simple? Now Sapientia has all the momentum and this is a win-win situation for him: if I stay, bye celebi and if I switch, he'll switch to a counter. Ok, in order to regain the control of the battle I decide to bring Flygon in on the most likely U-turn and proceed from there.
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Begin turn #27
zdrup15 withdrew Celebi!
zdrup15 sent out Flygon (lvl 100 Flygon ?)!
Pointed stones dug into Flygon!
Flygon lost 18/302 (5%) of its health!
Flygon used U-turn!
Flygon lost 87/302 (28%) of its health!
Sapientia withdrew Flygon!
Sapientia sent out Jirachi (lvl 100 Jirachi)!
Pointed stones dug into Jirachi!
Jirachi lost 6% of its health!
Flygon went back to Sapientia!
The sandstorm rages.
Ufff, it worked. Flygon took some damage but it's now ready to EQ this thing! And now, I'll do the most obvious move as Sapientia will probably try to outpredict me.
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Begin turn #28
Flygon used Earthquake!
It's super effective!
Jirachi lost 29% of its health!
Jirachi fainted!
The sandstorm rages.
Sapientia sent out Flygon (lvl 100 Flygon ?)!
Pointed stones dug into Flygon!
Flygon lost 6% of its health!
4-3
WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS, MY FRIENDS AND WE'LL... what?! What do you mean it's not over? I killed that thing 28 turns later and you tell me it's not over??? xD
Jokes aside, I'm now a bit nervous about his last pokemon because, if he has hidden it so well, it must have the potential to destroy me once the conditions are right.
He brings his Flygon in an attempt to regain the momentum and I'm now faced with a very difficult decision: what to do?
I can't switch to Celebi because he'll probably U-turn out killing my poor onion and leaving me with 2 pokes that can be swept by a lucario or a metagross.
Gyarados is not an option because Starmie is still alive and it may come in forcing me to switch again.
Well, I guess all I have to do is stay in and try because, if he U-turns, I'll certainly kill the switch in. If he doesn't, GG.
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Begin turn #29
Flygon used U-turn!
Flygon lost 78/302 (25%) of its health!
Sapientia withdrew Flygon!
Sapientia sent out Heatran (lvl 100 Heatran ?)!
Pointed stones dug into Heatran!
Heatran lost 12% of its health!
Flygon went back to Sapientia!
Flygon used Earthquake!
It's super effective!
Heatran lost 87% of its health!
Heatran fainted!
The sandstorm rages.
Sapientia sent out Flygon (lvl 100 Flygon ?)!
Pointed stones dug into Flygon!
Flygon lost 6% of its health!
4-2
It paid off!!! His hidden pokemon was Heatran and it entered the field to be EQed to death! This was a risky decision but now I'll certainly win the game! He has 2 pokemons: a Flygon and a Starmie.
I have: Flygon (locked on EQ), Heatran, Celebi and Gyarados.
I'm sure he'll use Outrage because he needs to make sure Flygon dies to have any chance to win. Knowing this, I switch in Gyarados to intimidate the Flygon so that I can kill it with Heatran while it's locked.
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Begin turn #30
zdrup15 withdrew Flygon!
zdrup15 sent out Gyarados (lvl 100 Gyarados ?)!
Gyarados's Intimidate cut Flygon's attack!
Pointed stones dug into Gyarados!
Gyarados lost 92/370 (24%) of its health!
Flygon used Outrage!
Gyarados lost 94/370 (25%) of its health!
Gyarados fainted!
The sandstorm rages.
zdrup15 sent out Heatran (lvl 100 Heatran ?)!
Pointed stones dug into Heatran!
Heatran lost 48/385 (12%) of its health!
3-2
It went great and I'll now proceed to kill Flygon with Lava Plume.
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Begin turn #31
Flygon used Outrage!
It's not very effective...
Heatran lost 60/385 (15%) of its health!
Heatran used Lava Plume!
It's not very effective...
Flygon lost 22% of its health!
The sandstorm rages.
My Heatran can still take 2 more turns of Outrage...
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Begin turn #32
Flygon used Outrage!
It's not very effective...
Heatran lost 53/385 (13%) of its health!
Flygon became confused due to fatigue!
Flygon became confused!
Heatran used Lava Plume!
A critical hit!
It's not very effective...
Flygon lost 27% of its health!
Flygon fainted!
The sandstorm rages.
Sapientia sent out Starmie (lvl 100 Starmie)!
Pointed stones dug into Starmie!
Starmie lost 12% of its health!
3-1
Yeah, like I said before, Heatran could still take one more turn of Outrage so this crit didn't matter at all. Now it's his Starmie against the World and the World will destroy it! Now all I have to do is play safely...
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Begin turn #33
@zdrup15: this one didn't matter
Starmie used Surf!
A critical hit!
It's super effective!
Heatran lost 103/385 (26%) of its health!
Heatran fainted!
Starmie lost 10% of its health!
The sandstorm rages.
zdrup15 sent out Celebi (lvl 100 Celebi)!
Pointed stones dug into Celebi!
Celebi lost 49/399 (12%) of its health!
2-1
Yeah, I could have switched in Flygon but I wanted to make sure this wasn't a super resistant Starmie that could take a U-turn xD
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Begin turn #34
Starmie used Ice Beam!
It's super effective!
Celebi lost 246/399 (61%) of its health!
Starmie lost 10% of its health!
Celebi used Leaf Storm!
Celebi's attack missed Starmie!
The sandstorm rages.
Celebi fainted!
zdrup15 sent out Flygon (lvl 100 Flygon ?)!
Pointed stones dug into Flygon!
Flygon lost 18/302 (5%) of its health!
1-1
Ok... I would be happy to win 2-0 but I guess 1-0 is a fair score. Now to the final move...
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Begin turn #35
@Sapientia: gg
Flygon used U-turn!
It's super effective!
Starmie lost 22% of its health!
Starmie fainted!
zdrup15 wins!
1-0
@zdrup15: very good game
Sapientia's team:
On the end of August I created a team that, after some changes (thanks RMT forums), became pretty good and I've decided I wanted to ladder. After a while, laddering didn't seem funny anymore and recently I've only tried to battle Smogon Top Players. One day I was on Pokemon Lab (that thing is beautiful) and I decided to challenge Sapientia.
Against all the odds, the challenge was accepted and the battle started!
This battle was on the Pokemon Lab so all the edits were made by me and I didn't post the percentages because I didn't want to be inaccurate.
zdrup15's team:
(Sapientia's team will be at the end)
- Sleep Clause
- Freeze Clause
- OHKO Clause
- Evasion Clause
- Species Clause
- Strict Damage Clause
- Soul Dew Clause
Extraneous information will be mentioned at first instance then omitted.
Score will be shown after a pokemon faints: zdrup15 - Sapientia
Sapientia sent out Jirachi (lvl 100 Jirachi)!
zdrup15 sent out Machamp (lvl 100 Machamp ?)!
Ok, the battle starts and this isn't too bad for me. Almost every Jirachi leads I've faced are TrickScarf and they usually use SR on the 1st turn because they can't risk being locked on T-Wave or Iron Head and they don't want to Trick a Scarf to my Anti-Lead. In these situations, D-Punch away!
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Begin turn #1
Jirachi used Stealth Rock!
Pointed stones float in the air around your foe's team!
Machamp used DynamicPunch!
Jirachi lost 43% of its health!
Jirachi became confused!
Jirachi's Leftovers restored its health a little!
Jirachi regained 6% of its health!
Ok, it has Lefties instead but I'm still on top and now Sapientia will have to switch. I could keep D-punching because even if the switch in was a ghost I would cripple it next turn with Payback but I also want to have SR on the field right from the start. So I switch in my Heatran.
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Begin turn #2
zdrup15 withdrew Machamp!
zdrup15 sent out Heatran (lvl 100 Heatran ?)!
Pointed stones dug into Heatran!
Heatran lost 48/385 (12%) of its health!
Sapientia withdrew Jirachi!
Sapientia sent out Zapdos (lvl 100 Zapdos)!
Zapdos is exerting its Pressure!
Heatran's Leftovers restored its health a little!
Heatran regained 24/385 (6%) of its health!
Zapdos? It may be a threat if it carries T-Wave but otherwise it's just setup fodder. I'll use SR as planned.
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Begin turn #3
Zapdos used Substitute!
Zapdos lost 25% of its health!
Zapdos made a substitute!
Heatran used Stealth Rock!
Pointed stones float in the air around your foe's team!
Zapdos's Leftovers restored its health a little!
Zapdos regained 6% of its health!
Substitute is a move I don't see many Zapdos using and this made me think: should I switch in Flygon to see if it has T-Wave? No, switching in a ground type would be too predictable and HP Ice is a common move on Zapdos. Celebi? No, Heat Wave hurts a lot and behind a Sub it can't be paralyzed. I'll have to take the risk and let Heatran take a shock and then start racking up some damage.
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Begin turn #4
Zapdos used Thunderbolt!
Heatran lost 97/385 (25%) of its health!
Heatran used Roar!
Sapientia sent out Jirachi (lvl 100 Jirachi)!
Pointed stones dug into Jirachi!
Yes, apparently Zapdos doesn't have T-Wave and I Roar it to scout Sapientia's team. Unfortunately, Jirachi comes out and I'm forced to switch in my Machamp because this time I'm sure it has T-Wave and Heatran walls the 2 pokemons I've seen so it has to be on the top of its game.
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Begin turn #5
zdrup15 withdrew Heatran!
zdrup15 sent out Machamp (lvl 100 Machamp ?)!
Pointed stones dug into Machamp!
Machamp lost 23/381 (6%) of its health!
Sapientia withdrew Jirachi!
Sapientia sent out Tyranitar (lvl 100 Tyranitar ?)!
Tyranitar's Sand Stream whipped up a sandstorm!
A sandstorm brewed!
Pointed stones dug into Tyranitar!
Tyranitar lost 12% of its health!
The sandstorm rages.
Machamp is buffeted by the sandstorm!
Machamp lost 23/381 (6%) of its health!
Tyranitar's Leftovers restored its health a little!
Tyranitar regained 6% of its health!
Sapientia switches in the SS guy and this end up being much better than I thought: I'll have another chance to D-punch and something will be confused because he won't risk losing T-Tar this early.
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Begin turn #6
Sapientia withdrew Tyranitar!
Sapientia sent out Zapdos (lvl 100 Zapdos)!
Zapdos is exerting its Pressure!
Pointed stones dug into Zapdos!
Zapdos lost 25% of its health!
Machamp used DynamicPunch!
It's not very effective...
Zapdos lost 22% of its health!
Zapdos became confused!
The sandstorm rages.
Zapdos enters the field again and this is a very good chance to try to finish it because it can't switch out again without becoming death fodder. Of course it could Roost off the damage and my Ice Punch wouldn't do much to it but this is a chance too good to pass because Zapdos can be really annowing against my team.
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Begin turn #7
Zapdos is confused!
It hurt itself in confusion!
Zapdos lost 6% of its health!
Machamp used Ice Punch!
It's super effective!
Zapdos lost 27% of its health!
Zapdos fainted!
The sandstorm rages.
Sapientia sent out Jirachi (lvl 100 Jirachi)!
6-5
Yes, the electric bird is now down and Machamp has completed its task: defeating at least one pokemon per match. Now Jirachi comes in and I start to think if Machamp is still usefull. Well, till now it defeats Jirachi and destroys T-Tar so I decide I will stay in front of Jirachi because I can still take 2 Iron Heads and all I need is a D-Punch to make it death fodder.
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Begin turn #8
Jirachi used Iron Head!
A critical hit!
Machamp lost 231/381 (60%) of its health!
Machamp flinched!
The sandstorm rages.
... yeah, I shouldn't be surprised because this was done by the haxiest pokemon of the game. Anyways, this sucks because Machamp could have been very important.
New plans: Machamp can't take another Iron Head and I decide it's now officially death fodder so I'll switch. All that Sapientia knows about my team is that I have a Sp. Bulky Heatran and I still need to be sure Jirachi doesn't have T-Wave to know if Heatran can eliminate it. This seems the perfect occasion to find out.
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Begin turn #9
zdrup15 withdrew Machamp!
zdrup15 sent out Heatran (lvl 100 Heatran ?)!
Pointed stones dug into Heatran!
Heatran lost 48/385 (12%) of its health!
Jirachi used Iron Head!
It's not very effective...
Heatran lost 23/385 (5%) of its health!
The sandstorm rages.
I predicted well and I'll now proceed with my plan by switching in my ScarfGon.
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Begin turn #10
zdrup15 withdrew Heatran!
zdrup15 sent out Flygon (lvl 100 Flygon ?)!
Pointed stones dug into Flygon!
Flygon lost 18/302 (5%) of its health!
Sapientia withdrew Jirachi!
Sapientia sent out Tyranitar (lvl 100 Tyranitar ?)!
Tyranitar's Sand Stream whipped up a sandstorm!
Pointed stones dug into Tyranitar!
Tyranitar lost 12% of its health!
The sandstorm rages.
Ok, this turn didn't go as planned and Sapientia is now on top because I can't risk being locked on EQ so early in the game and I'm forced to U-Turn out of here.
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Begin turn #11
Sapientia withdrew Tyranitar!
Sapientia sent out Flygon (lvl 100 Flygon ?)!
Pointed stones dug into Flygon!
Flygon lost 6% of its health!
Flygon used U-turn!
Flygon lost 27% of its health!
zdrup15 withdrew Flygon!
zdrup15 sent out Gyarados (lvl 100 Gyarados ?)!
Gyarados's Intimidate cut Flygon's attack!
Pointed stones dug into Gyarados!
Gyarados lost 92/370 (24%) of its health!
The sandstorm rages.
Gyarados's Leftovers restored its health a little!
Gyarados regained 23/370 (6%) of its health!
Ah, well played. Flygon ensures the mementum is still on my opponent's side no matter what but at least I managed to lower its attack. But now I have to switch again because most Flygons have T-Punch (mine has) especially for Gyarados and I don't want to take the risk to lose it. My safest option is Heatran because Sapientia can't lock Flygon on EQ or my Gyarados would be able to setup till +2 and possibly sweep.
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Begin turn #12
zdrup15 withdrew Gyarados!
zdrup15 sent out Heatran (lvl 100 Heatran ?)!
Pointed stones dug into Heatran!
Heatran lost 48/385 (12%) of its health!
Flygon used ThunderPunch!
Heatran lost 49/385 (12%) of its health!
The sandstorm rages.
Ok, this may be an advantage of not being a famous player: the top players sometimes take us for noobs and make mistakes they normally wouldn't. All in all, my Heatran is back with only a scratch and ready to scout the opponent's team once again. ROAR!!!
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Begin turn #13
Sapientia withdrew Flygon!
Sapientia sent out Tyranitar (lvl 100 Tyranitar ?)!
Tyranitar's Sand Stream whipped up a sandstorm!
Pointed stones dug into Tyranitar!
Tyranitar lost 12% of its health!
Heatran used Roar!
Sapientia sent out Jirachi (lvl 100 Jirachi)!
Pointed stones dug into Jirachi!
Jirachi lost 6% of its health!
The sandstorm rages.
And I'm top again! Jirachi comes in and this time I decide I won't maintain the pattern: I will stay in and try to finish it so that Gyarados and Heatran can run without fearing T-Wave. I have both Earth Power and Lava Plume; both can finish it and EP can do more damage to T-Tar if it switches in but I select Lava Plume for another reason: burn. Yes, if Sapientia decides to switch in T-Tar I have a 30% chance of making it useless for the rest of the match!
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Begin turn #14
Sapientia withdrew Jirachi!
Sapientia sent out Tyranitar (lvl 100 Tyranitar ?)!
Tyranitar's Sand Stream whipped up a sandstorm!
Pointed stones dug into Tyranitar!
Tyranitar lost 12% of its health!
Heatran used Lava Plume!
It's not very effective...
Tyranitar lost 10% of its health!
The sandstorm rages.
In retrospective, I should have taken into account that the other 70% chances would put my opponent on a very good position to deal some damage to my team... Oh well, time to think again!
I've shown 3 pokemons of my team till now: a Gyarados, a Flygon and a Heatran. All of them would hate to take a STAB SE, Flygon would hate a STAB Crunch and Heatran wouldn't have time to hate a EQ because it would faint immediatly. However, by now, my opponent should be cursing Heatran and I think he'll do anything to finish it. Therefore, he'll probably opt for EQ so I'll switch to Gyarados.
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Begin turn #15
zdrup15 withdrew Heatran!
zdrup15 sent out Gyarados (lvl 100 Gyarados ?)!
Gyarados's Intimidate cut Tyranitar's attack!
Pointed stones dug into Gyarados!
Gyarados lost 92/370 (24%) of its health!
Tyranitar used Earthquake!
It doesn't affect Gyarados...
The sandstorm rages.
YES! I predict well and Gyarados enters the field with the chance to deal some damage! The way I play Gyarados is almost always the same: the 1st time it enters the field, I always select Waterfall or SE (the other moves are Taunt and DD) because some of its checks like ScarfRotom and Starmie aren't very bulky and take major damage from these attacks. I have a T-Tar in front of me so I go for the Waterfall.
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Begin turn #16
Sapientia withdrew Tyranitar!
Sapientia sent out Starmie (lvl 100 Starmie)!
Pointed stones dug into Starmie!
Starmie lost 12% of its health!
Gyarados used Waterfall!
It's not very effective...
Starmie lost 29% of its health!
The sandstorm rages.
Great, it's Starmie and, probably, an offensive one (Trick Scarfs can cripple Snorlax that is my biggest counter to it) as I don't see Lefties. So it's time for the big man to enter the field!
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Begin turn #17
zdrup15 withdrew Gyarados!
zdrup15 sent out Snorlax (lvl 100 Snorlax ?)!
Pointed stones dug into Snorlax!
Snorlax lost 62/503 (12%) of its health!
Starmie used Thunderbolt!
Snorlax lost 87/503 (17%) of its health!
Starmie lost 10% of its health!
The sandstorm rages.
Snorlax's Leftovers restored its health a little!
Snorlax regained 31/503 (6%) of its health!
My Carefull CurseLax takes T-bolt like a champion and will now show one of its main weapons: Body Slam (the other option was Fire Punch but that wouldn't even scratch T-Tar so...)!
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Begin turn #18
Sapientia withdrew Starmie!
Sapientia sent out Jirachi (lvl 100 Jirachi)!
Pointed stones dug into Jirachi!
Jirachi lost 6% of its health!
Snorlax used Body Slam!
It's not very effective...
Jirachi lost 12% of its health!
The sandstorm rages.
Jirachi comes in and somehow manages to resist a giant body slam without any major problems. However, I decide that I will make Jirachi my path to victory! I will setup on it and proceed to sweep Sapientia's team. Or, at least, Snorlax will die trying.
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Begin turn #19
Jirachi used Iron Head!
Snorlax lost 108/503 (21%) of its health!
Snorlax used Curse!
Snorlax's attack was raised!
Snorlax's defence was raised!
Snorlax's speed was lowered!
The sandstorm rages.
All goes like planned and Sapientia now knows he's in great danger so he'll probably switch giving me another turn to setup.
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Begin turn #20
Jirachi used Iron Head!
Snorlax lost 75/503 (14%) of its health!
Snorlax flinched!
The sandstorm rages.
Or he can continue believing on his Jirachi because it still hasn't failed in this battle... No problem, Snorlax is still good to go and I proceed to setup again.
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Begin turn #21
Jirachi used Iron Head!
Snorlax lost 69/503 (13%) of its health!
Snorlax flinched!
The sandstorm rages.
Hummmm, maybe I should be thinking about how to eliminate this ANNOYING POKEMON before attempting to sweep. Ok, time to finish it: Fire Punch!
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Begin turn #22
Jirachi used Iron Head!
Snorlax lost 78/503 (15%) of its health!
Snorlax used Fire Punch!
It's super effective!
Jirachi lost 41% of its health!
The sandstorm rages.
Snorlax fainted!
zdrup15 sent out Flygon (lvl 100 Flygon ?)!
Pointed stones dug into Flygon!
Flygon lost 18/302 (5%) of its health!
5-5
Ok, I was mentally prepared for that, I guess. Snorlax ended up being the LVP of my team due to bad luck and stupidity. At least I've crippled it and now Flygon should be able to finish the job. But, wait! I still haven't seen his team and I still don't wanna risk locking myself on something dangerous. Machamp will now be forced to come back to the field only to be killed by Jirachi so that I can keep the momentum and kill Jirachi. Then I'll bring Heatran onto the field and FINALLY FINISH THE JOB!
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Begin turn #23
Flygon used U-turn!
Jirachi lost 14% of its health!
zdrup15 withdrew Flygon!
zdrup15 sent out Machamp (lvl 100 Machamp ?)!
Pointed stones dug into Machamp!
Machamp lost 23/381 (6%) of its health!
Flygon went back to zdrup15!
Jirachi used Iron Head!
Machamp lost 12/381 (3%) of its health!
Machamp fainted!
The sandstorm rages.
zdrup15 sent out Heatran (lvl 100 Heatran ?)!
Pointed stones dug into Heatran!
Heatran lost 48/385 (12%) of its health!
4-5
Now I won't be cautious and I won't try to predict anything, I'LL EP THIS JIRACHI OR WHATEVER SWITCHES IN TO DEATH!!!
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Begin turn #24
Sapientia withdrew Jirachi!
Sapientia sent out Tyranitar (lvl 100 Tyranitar ?)!
Tyranitar's Sand Stream whipped up a sandstorm!
Pointed stones dug into Tyranitar!
Tyranitar lost 12% of its health!
Heatran used Earth Power!
A critical hit!
It's super effective!
Tyranitar lost 54% of its health!
Tyranitar fainted!
The sandstorm rages.
@zdrup15: sorry about the crit
Sapientia sent out Starmie (lvl 100 Starmie)!
Pointed stones dug into Starmie!
Starmie lost 12% of its health!
4-4
Ok, I know I was really annoyed by that damn Jirachi and I wanted to KO something but this wasn't what I meant. But I guess I can also have my bit of hax and this is great: I've KOed T-Tar and can now send my last Pokemons to the field to finish this damn Starmie as it will probably use either Hydro Pump or T-bolt (Sapientia won't use ice beam because Flygon is also KOed by Hydro Pump).
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Begin turn #25
zdrup15 withdrew Heatran!
zdrup15 sent out Celebi (lvl 100 Celebi)!
Pointed stones dug into Celebi!
Celebi lost 49/399 (12%) of its health!
Starmie used Recover!
Starmie regained 50% of its health!
The sandstorm rages.
This turned out even better than I was expecting again! Celebi is now out and I will proceed to kill these star(mie). Or... I could T-Wave first to make sure that any prediction Sapientia tries to make is paralyzed. I guess I'll go with the second choice because there's still one pokemon he has been hiding for me the whole time and I'd love to see it crippled.
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Begin turn #26
Sapientia withdrew Starmie!
Sapientia sent out Flygon (lvl 100 Flygon ?)!
Pointed stones dug into Flygon!
Flygon lost 6% of its health!
Celebi used Thunder Wave!
It doesn't affect Flygon...
The sandstorm rages.
Damn it!!! Why didn't I play simple? Now Sapientia has all the momentum and this is a win-win situation for him: if I stay, bye celebi and if I switch, he'll switch to a counter. Ok, in order to regain the control of the battle I decide to bring Flygon in on the most likely U-turn and proceed from there.
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Begin turn #27
zdrup15 withdrew Celebi!
zdrup15 sent out Flygon (lvl 100 Flygon ?)!
Pointed stones dug into Flygon!
Flygon lost 18/302 (5%) of its health!
Flygon used U-turn!
Flygon lost 87/302 (28%) of its health!
Sapientia withdrew Flygon!
Sapientia sent out Jirachi (lvl 100 Jirachi)!
Pointed stones dug into Jirachi!
Jirachi lost 6% of its health!
Flygon went back to Sapientia!
The sandstorm rages.
Ufff, it worked. Flygon took some damage but it's now ready to EQ this thing! And now, I'll do the most obvious move as Sapientia will probably try to outpredict me.
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Begin turn #28
Flygon used Earthquake!
It's super effective!
Jirachi lost 29% of its health!
Jirachi fainted!
The sandstorm rages.
Sapientia sent out Flygon (lvl 100 Flygon ?)!
Pointed stones dug into Flygon!
Flygon lost 6% of its health!
4-3
WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS, MY FRIENDS AND WE'LL... what?! What do you mean it's not over? I killed that thing 28 turns later and you tell me it's not over??? xD
Jokes aside, I'm now a bit nervous about his last pokemon because, if he has hidden it so well, it must have the potential to destroy me once the conditions are right.
He brings his Flygon in an attempt to regain the momentum and I'm now faced with a very difficult decision: what to do?
I can't switch to Celebi because he'll probably U-turn out killing my poor onion and leaving me with 2 pokes that can be swept by a lucario or a metagross.
Gyarados is not an option because Starmie is still alive and it may come in forcing me to switch again.
Well, I guess all I have to do is stay in and try because, if he U-turns, I'll certainly kill the switch in. If he doesn't, GG.
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Begin turn #29
Flygon used U-turn!
Flygon lost 78/302 (25%) of its health!
Sapientia withdrew Flygon!
Sapientia sent out Heatran (lvl 100 Heatran ?)!
Pointed stones dug into Heatran!
Heatran lost 12% of its health!
Flygon went back to Sapientia!
Flygon used Earthquake!
It's super effective!
Heatran lost 87% of its health!
Heatran fainted!
The sandstorm rages.
Sapientia sent out Flygon (lvl 100 Flygon ?)!
Pointed stones dug into Flygon!
Flygon lost 6% of its health!
4-2
It paid off!!! His hidden pokemon was Heatran and it entered the field to be EQed to death! This was a risky decision but now I'll certainly win the game! He has 2 pokemons: a Flygon and a Starmie.
I have: Flygon (locked on EQ), Heatran, Celebi and Gyarados.
I'm sure he'll use Outrage because he needs to make sure Flygon dies to have any chance to win. Knowing this, I switch in Gyarados to intimidate the Flygon so that I can kill it with Heatran while it's locked.
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Begin turn #30
zdrup15 withdrew Flygon!
zdrup15 sent out Gyarados (lvl 100 Gyarados ?)!
Gyarados's Intimidate cut Flygon's attack!
Pointed stones dug into Gyarados!
Gyarados lost 92/370 (24%) of its health!
Flygon used Outrage!
Gyarados lost 94/370 (25%) of its health!
Gyarados fainted!
The sandstorm rages.
zdrup15 sent out Heatran (lvl 100 Heatran ?)!
Pointed stones dug into Heatran!
Heatran lost 48/385 (12%) of its health!
3-2
It went great and I'll now proceed to kill Flygon with Lava Plume.
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Begin turn #31
Flygon used Outrage!
It's not very effective...
Heatran lost 60/385 (15%) of its health!
Heatran used Lava Plume!
It's not very effective...
Flygon lost 22% of its health!
The sandstorm rages.
My Heatran can still take 2 more turns of Outrage...
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Begin turn #32
Flygon used Outrage!
It's not very effective...
Heatran lost 53/385 (13%) of its health!
Flygon became confused due to fatigue!
Flygon became confused!
Heatran used Lava Plume!
A critical hit!
It's not very effective...
Flygon lost 27% of its health!
Flygon fainted!
The sandstorm rages.
Sapientia sent out Starmie (lvl 100 Starmie)!
Pointed stones dug into Starmie!
Starmie lost 12% of its health!
3-1
Yeah, like I said before, Heatran could still take one more turn of Outrage so this crit didn't matter at all. Now it's his Starmie against the World and the World will destroy it! Now all I have to do is play safely...
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Begin turn #33
@zdrup15: this one didn't matter
Starmie used Surf!
A critical hit!
It's super effective!
Heatran lost 103/385 (26%) of its health!
Heatran fainted!
Starmie lost 10% of its health!
The sandstorm rages.
zdrup15 sent out Celebi (lvl 100 Celebi)!
Pointed stones dug into Celebi!
Celebi lost 49/399 (12%) of its health!
2-1
Yeah, I could have switched in Flygon but I wanted to make sure this wasn't a super resistant Starmie that could take a U-turn xD
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Begin turn #34
Starmie used Ice Beam!
It's super effective!
Celebi lost 246/399 (61%) of its health!
Starmie lost 10% of its health!
Celebi used Leaf Storm!
Celebi's attack missed Starmie!
The sandstorm rages.
Celebi fainted!
zdrup15 sent out Flygon (lvl 100 Flygon ?)!
Pointed stones dug into Flygon!
Flygon lost 18/302 (5%) of its health!
1-1
Ok... I would be happy to win 2-0 but I guess 1-0 is a fair score. Now to the final move...
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Begin turn #35
@Sapientia: gg
Flygon used U-turn!
It's super effective!
Starmie lost 22% of its health!
Starmie fainted!
zdrup15 wins!
1-0
@zdrup15: very good game
Sapientia's team:
