On Knife's Edge
Hello Smogonites! I'm here with another Pokemon battle. If any of you care enough to read, please continue =P
(Side Note: After reviewing my 'NFE' versus OU matches I felt that you were right after all pwnemon, something was missing. Took me a while to figure out what it was, but I'm now fairly certain that it's the lack off offence. The 'NFE' team is more about taking people by surprise/ killing off Pokemon until you can get a sweep. A lack off offence in general means that there is less room for epic predictions/drama and therefore although the battle is more challenging (in reference to my 'NFE' team), it isn't as exciting. Anyway the point being, I've given up that team for now and have replaced it with one of my old mix tier teams instead.)
Right so I've been battling on the ladder with this team for about 2 days now (-peak 1288). I've had a few nice battles so far but this is the one that stuck in my mind the most because it was realllly close at the end. I love matches like that, where the ending could go either way. Anyway I don't want to give away too much right now.
Rosevee's Team:
Dennis's Team:
Battle between Rosevee and Dennis started!
Tier: Standard OU
Mode Singles
Variation: +19, -13
Rule: Rated
Rule: Sleep Clause
Rule: Species Clause
Rule: Wifi Battle
Rosevee sent out ThunderGOD (Manectric)!
Dennis sent out Staraptor!
100% vs
100%
OMG. He's using a mix tier team!! Lol this is the 1st time I've seen someone else on the ladder using a mix tier team (no Weather Pokemon and Chansey don't count *facepalm*).
Anyway, Staraptor is most likely either going to be Banded or Scarf, but since he's using it in the lead position it's probably Scarfed. Now it's either going to be Adamant or Jolly but I assume it will be Adamant for that extra kick in power. (The only reason I can think of to run Jolly over Adamant is maybe to outrun Adamant Scarf Terrakion (& Landorus) but it's probably not worth loosing that power in Staraptor's case.) Right, so if he's Adamant Nature it's safe for my Manectric to attack because I'm Scarfed and I'm going to outrun him. Here we go!
Turn 1
ThunderGOD used Thunderbolt!
It's super-effective! The foe's Staraptor lost 100% of its health!
The foe's Staraptor fainted!
Score is 6-5
100% vs
100%
Everything went according to plan! So I'm up by one already but of course the battle isn't over yet. He sends out Jolteon's and I'm Scarfed so I obviously have no choice but to switch out. I can either switch into Gliscor or Ferrothorn but Jolteon is either going to be running Hidden Power Ice or Grass most likely, so naturally Ferrothorn is the safest switch here since Jolteon can't do shit to it.
Turn 2
Rosevee called ThunderGOD back!
Rosevee sent out Thimble (Ferrothorn)!
The foe's Jolteon used Thunder Wave!
Thimble was paralyzed!
100% vs
100%
He nicely goes for the T-wave here but luckily for me Ferrothorn doesn't really care abut paralyse, in fact it feeds off of it - Gyro Ball will now have a stronger attack.
Right so I now have Ferrothorn out. He has a Volcarona. I wonder what he's going to do... I'm going to Switch into Manectric because I don't want this super bug setting up on me and sweeping. Switcheroo is going disable that bug by locking him into a move. With the rest of my team being resistant to it's stabs I should be able to work around it now.
Turn 3
Dennis called Jolteon back!
Dennis sent out Volcarona!
Rosevee called Thimble back!
Rosevee sent out ThunderGOD (Manectric)!
100% vs
100%
I hope he doesn't switch ;-;
Use Butterfly Dance! Use Butterfly Dance!
Turn 4
ThunderGOD used Switcheroo!
ThunderGOD switched items with the foe's Volcarona!
ThunderGOD obtained one Leftovers!
The foe's Volcarona obtained one Choice Scarf!
The foe's Volcarona used Quiver Dance!
The foe's Volcarona's Special Attack rose!
The foe's Volcarona's Special Defense rose!
The foe's Volcarona's Speed rose!
Phewph! Right so now an obvious switch is coming. I highly doubt he'll switch into Starmie or Azumarill because their electric weak, and Scizor will take a nasty hit from Manectric and won't be able to OHKO with Bullet Punch anyway, so the only thing he has left is Jolteon and therefore I'm just going to go for the Flamethrower now.
Turn 5
Dennis called Volcarona back!
Dennis sent out Jolteon!
ThunderGOD used Flamethrower!
The foe's Jolteon lost 41% of its health!
The foe's Jolteon restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
100% vs
65%
Looks like it's going to be an 3KO with Flamethrower. I could switch to Ferrothorn now but if I do that he'll switch too. If he does happen to carry Hidden Power Ice my team could possibly have a bit of trouble with it so I'm just going to attack and that will at least weaken it enough to be picked of my Feraligatr's Aqua Jet.
Turn 6
The foe's Jolteon used Shadow Ball!
ThunderGOD lost 44% of its health!
ThunderGOD's Special Defense fell!
ThunderGOD used Flamethrower!
The foe's Jolteon lost 37% of its health!
The foe's Jolteon restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
ThunderGOD restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
Ok so he get's a special defence drop here which is going to mean that Manectric will most likely be finished off in one hit now instead of two. In a way I'm kind of greatful for this though lol. If he hadn't got that special defence drop he could have possibly switched into Azumarill to absorb that Flamethrower and use Aqua Jet to finish me off, but right now his minds probably cloudy just wanting to finish that Manectric off. Therefore I'm going to switch into Ferrothorn because it's a safe switch and I don't want Manectric dying when he could still prove valuable to me.
Turn 7
Rosevee called ThunderGOD back!
Rosevee sent out Thimble (Ferrothorn)!
The foe's Jolteon used Shadow Ball!
It's not very effective... Thimble lost 7% of its health!
Thimble's Special Defense fell!
The foe's Jolteon restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
Thimble restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
99% vs
40%
Ok, so he's most likely going to switch back into Volcarona here. If I stay in this turn though he's most likely going to go for that Fiery Dance and then I can get my Flash Fire boost on my Rapidash =D. Anyway I'm not going to risk using Leech Seed or Spikes against Jolteon because I can't risk him passing a Sub to something like Scizor if he happens to run those moves, so Power Whip it is!
Turn 8
Dennis called Jolteon back!
Dennis sent out Volcarona!
Thimble used Power Whip!
It's not very effective... The foe's Volcarona lost 9% of its health!
Thimble restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
100% vs
91%
Ok time for that Flash Fire boost, I hope...
Turn 9
Rosevee called Thimble back!
Rosevee sent out Pegasus (Rapidash)!
The foe's Volcarona used Fiery Dance!
Pegasus's Flash Fire raised the power of its Fire-type moves!
100% vs
91%
Hmmm right, so it's obvious he's going to switch here. He only has two water type Pokmeon to absorb a possible powerful incoming boosted Flare Blitz. It will probably be Azumarill (because bulky) but I'm going to go for the Flame Charge here for two very good reasons. 1. if he switches into Starmie instead I can get the speed boost to outrun it and kill it with Wild Charge. 2. I don't want to waste valuable HP on recoil damage against Azumarill because it isn't as big of a threat to me and I need Rapidash to kept in good health because its the only thing that resists both of Volcarona's stabs which I don't want to risk a misprediction against it.
90 vs
78%
Turn 10
Dennis called Volcarona back!
Dennis sent out Azumarill!
Pegasus used Flame Charge!
It's not very effective... The foe's Azumarill lost 22% of its health!
Pegasus's Speed rose!
Pegasus is hurt by its life orb!
Right I can't risk him using Aqua Jet against me now, but I have a feeling he will probably expect me to switch into Ferrothorn (and thus use Super Power), so I'm just going to be annoying and switch into Latios lol. Either way Latios resists both Aqua Jet and Super Power XD (and I highly doubt he's going to use Ice Punch against Rapidash/Ferrothorn so I'm safe).
Turn 11
Rosevee called Pegasus back!
Rosevee sent out Skylor (Latios)!
The foe's Azumarill used Superpower!
It's not very effective... Skylor lost 51% of its health!
The foe's Azumarill's Attack fell!
The foe's Azumarill's Defense fell!
49% vs
78%
Phewph, it all went according to plan. Ok so now he's stuck on Super Power. He definitely isn't going to stay in and probably fearing that beastly Drago Meteor that Latios carries in general, he's probably going to switch into Scizor to take the hit so I'm going to go straight for the Hidden Power - Fire.
Turn 12
Dennis called Azumarill back!
Dennis sent out Wu-Tang (Scizor)!
Skylor used Hidden Power!
It's super-effective! The foe's Wu-Tang lost 100% of its health!
49% vs
0%
Score is 6-4
49% vs
100%
Alright so Latios is still on enough HP to be worth saving and Ferrothorn is a safe switch into Starmie. Let's do this thing!!
Turn 13
Rosevee called Skylor back!
Rosevee sent out Thimble (Ferrothorn)!
The foe's Starmie used Surf!
It's not very effective... Thimble lost 15% of its health!
The foe's Starmie is hurt by its life orb!
Thimble restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
91% vs
90%
Alright so in case he switches out into Volcarona, I'm going to use Leech Seed. Leech Seed should bring Volcarona's health down enough for Rapidash to OHKO with Flare Blitz.
Turn 14
The foe's Starmie used Hidden Power!
It's super-effective! Thimble lost 63% of its health!
The foe's Starmie is hurt by its life orb!
Thimble used Leech Seed!
The foe's Starmie was seeded!
Thimble restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
The foe's Starmie is sapped by leech seed.
What da hell!?!
Hidden Power Fire O.O zomg, did not expect that... Well ok hmmm, he has leech seed on him and I want to save Ferrothorn later for that Jolteon. If he's going to use Hidden Power Fire again it wont be doing much so I'm just going to switch into Latios.
Turn 15
Dennis called Starmie back!
Dennis sent out Volcarona!
Rosevee called Thimble back!
Rosevee sent out Skylor (Latios)!
48% vs
90%
I didn't expect him to switch out but anyway he decides to goe into Volcarona. Luckily I still have Rapidash who is going to resist both stabs.
Turn 16
Rosevee called Skylor back!
Rosevee sent out Pegasus (Rapidash)!
The foe's Volcarona used Bug Buzz!
It's not very effective... Pegasus lost 28% of its health!
Pegasus's Special Defense fell!
62% vs
90%
Hmmm a special defence drop but it's still looking like I can dish out another hit. I no longer have much use for Rapidash and this bug is still somewhat of a threat to me so I'm just gonna go for the Flare Blitz which won't KO even at max damage but at least it will be on low enough health for Feraligatr to finish it off.
Go Rapidash! Fry that Bug!
Turn 17
The foe's Volcarona used Bug Buzz!
It's not very effective... Pegasus lost 42% of its health!
Pegasus used Flare Blitz!
The foe's Volcarona lost 75% of its health!
Pegasus is hit with recoil!
Pegasus fainted!
Score is 5-4
100% vs
15%
Please don't get burn hax. Please don't get burn hax.
Turn 18
Chopper used Aqua Jet!
It's super-effective! The foe's Volcarona lost 14% of its health!
The foe's Volcarona fainted!
Dennis sent out Azumarill!
Score is 5-3
100% vs
77%
Feraligatr is still on 100% HP (with no burn hax ;P) and I still need to save him for later so I will therefore need to find a death fodder. Don't think I have much use left for Latios since Starmies Ice Beam is going to kill it and his Jolteon has Shadow Ball, so it looks like Latios is getting the sack =<
Turn 19
Rosevee called Chopper back!
Rosevee sent out Skylor (Latios)!
The foe's Azumarill used Return!
Skylor lost 48% of its health!
Skylor fainted!
Score is 4-3
42% vs
77%
Alright he's stuck on Return so I'm going to send in Ferrothorn. He doesn't have a safe switch for Power Whip therefore it's safe to go for it (whilst hoping it hits lol because it's looking like a 2KO from that Banded Return.)
Turn 20
The foe's Azumarill used Return!
It's not very effective... Thimble lost 23% of its health!
Thimble's Iron Barbs hurts the foe's Azumarill!
Thimble used Power Whip!
It's super-effective! A critical hit! The foe's Azumarill lost 65% of its health!
The foe's Azumarill fainted!
I get a Crit here but it doesn't matter because I've already done damage calculations and it had >100% chance to OHKO. Rawr!
Score is 4-2
25% vs
67%
He switches into Starmie and I know he carries the Hidden Power Fire but letting any of my other Pokemon take further damage just isn't worth the risk when Ferrothorn is about as good as dead anyway. (At least Starmie going to take LO damage from this attack.)
Turn 21
The foe's Starmie used Hidden Power!
It's super-effective! Thimble lost 24% of its health!
Thimble fainted!
The foe's Starmie is hurt by its life orb!
Score is 3-2
61% vs
58%
Right so now I'm thinking that I've definitely lost this match because the remainder of my Pokemon are Starmie weak ;-;. I use Thunderbolt even though I know it's pointless because I'm going to be easily finished off by a LO stab Surf from Starmie.
Turn 22
Dennis called Starmie back!
Dennis sent out Jolteon!
ThunderGOD used Thunderbolt!
The foe's Jolteon's Volt Absorb absorbs the attack!
The foe's Jolteon restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
ThunderGOD restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
67% vs
70%
OMG. I did not expect that. Umm well I'm just going to stay in and attack because A. Manectric is off no use to me now and B. If he's running HP Ice I'm doomed anyway lol.
Turn 23
The foe's Jolteon used Shadow Ball!
A critical hit! ThunderGOD lost 67% of its health!
ThunderGOD fainted!
The foe's Jolteon restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
Score is 2-2
He gets a Crit here but it doesn't really matter because based on my remaining health I would have been 2KO'd anyway. Hmm so right now I'm wondering if he carries HP Ice... Since I see the Shadow Ball though, it could possibly mean that he's running HP Grass and that Shadowball is just used for extra coverage (for Latios? maybe...) Well we'll never know unless I continue lol.
100% vs
76%
Turn 24
The foe's Jolteon used Shadow Ball!
Batman lost 27% of its health!
Batman's Special Defense fell!
Batman used Earthquake!
It's super-effective! The foe's Jolteon lost 76% of its health!
The foe's Jolteon fainted!
Score is 2-1
73% vs
58%
Alright so he has Starmie and I have two Starmie weak Pokemon. Not Good. I just use Protect even though I know my fate is inevitable unless I think of a plan quickly...
Turn 25
Batman used Protect!
Batman protected itself!
The foe's Starmie used Ice Beam!
Batman protected itself from the attack!
Batman restored HP using its Poison Heal!
Gahhh think Rosevee! Think!
Holy Crap I still could win this!!! He has Life Orb so if I can take his Starmie down to a low enough health Feraligatr mayyy be able to finish it off. He's not going to risk using Thunderbolt against a Gliscor, unless perhaps he can read my mind and predicts this switch... lol
Turn 26
Rosevee called Batman back!
Rosevee sent out Chopper (Feraligatr)!
The foe's Starmie used Ice Beam!
It's not very effective... Chopper lost 18% of its health!
The foe's Starmie is hurt by its life orb!
Chopper restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
88% vs
48%
Feraligatr takes the Ice Beam like a pro!! but it still did a fair chunk of damage... Hmm anyway I'm going to switch back into Gliscor now to get that HP down even lower from the LO damage.
Turn 27
Rosevee called Chopper back!
Rosevee sent out Batman (Gliscor)!
The foe's Starmie used Thunderbolt!
It had no effect!
Batman restored HP using its Poison Heal!
97% vs
48%
Hmmm so I can either switch back into Feraligatr or just let Gliscor die hmmm. Well I'm just going to let Gliscor die for two very good reasons. 1. Can't afford having him predict me (and Thunderbolt) otherwise I won't stand a chance. 2. I doubt Feraligatr can take another hit from Ice Beam anyway and still have enough HP left to live the LO Thunderbolt too.
Turn 28
The foe's Starmie used Ice Beam!
It's super-effective! Batman lost 97% of its health!
Batman fainted!
The foe's Starmie is hurt by its life orb!
Score is 1-1
87% vs
38%
Right so it call comes down to this! Feraliagtr versus Starmie Rawr!
Hmmm so I'm fairly certain I can live a Thunderbolt (- it isn't worth doing a damage calculation for this though this late in the battle.) Hmm now assuming I live the Thunderbolt what would do more damage: Resistant Base 120 Super Power + a weak -1 base 40 stab Torrent Aqua Jet OR a Resistant Base 75 Ice Punch + a stronger base 40 stab Torrent Aqua Jet?!?!
Well the answer is I don't know because I was too lazy to do all that maths at the time lol. When it comes to Pokemon battling sometimes you just gotta trust your gut instinct =P
Turn 29
The foe's Starmie used Thunderbolt!
It's super-effective! Chopper lost 80% of its health!
The foe's Starmie is hurt by its life orb!
Chopper used Ice Punch!
It's not very effective... The foe's Starmie lost 18% of its health!
Chopper restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
Wooot!
Here we go!! It all comes down to this!! Aqua Jet gooo!!
Turn 30
Chopper used Aqua Jet!
It's not very effective... The foe's Starmie lost 9% of its health!
The foe's Starmie fainted!
Rosevee won the battle!
Good Game Dennis!!! =D
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Props:
- To my opponent for using a cool team!! (I can see you put a lot of thought into it for it to work around the current OU Metagame but the only thing you may possibly need to worry about is Gastrodon/Rotom-W/Tentacruel, but other than that I think it's well put together =)
Slops:
- OMG. I can't think of anything lol - (minor hax but in my opinion none of it made a crucial difference.)
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I picked this battle because in my opinion it was fun/exciting and it had an epic ending! It was one of the closest matches I've had so far (enough though the guy was using a mix tier team lol).
Umm so... hmm please comment guys ^^
ps. I know there isn't a lot of humour in my commantary.. but I can't help the fact that I'm not funny ;-; lol
Battle Log:-
http://pokemon.aesoft.org/replay-Rosevee-vs-Dennis--2011-11-29-6
Hello Smogonites! I'm here with another Pokemon battle. If any of you care enough to read, please continue =P
(Side Note: After reviewing my 'NFE' versus OU matches I felt that you were right after all pwnemon, something was missing. Took me a while to figure out what it was, but I'm now fairly certain that it's the lack off offence. The 'NFE' team is more about taking people by surprise/ killing off Pokemon until you can get a sweep. A lack off offence in general means that there is less room for epic predictions/drama and therefore although the battle is more challenging (in reference to my 'NFE' team), it isn't as exciting. Anyway the point being, I've given up that team for now and have replaced it with one of my old mix tier teams instead.)
Right so I've been battling on the ladder with this team for about 2 days now (-peak 1288). I've had a few nice battles so far but this is the one that stuck in my mind the most because it was realllly close at the end. I love matches like that, where the ending could go either way. Anyway I don't want to give away too much right now.
Rosevee's Team:
Dennis's Team:
Battle between Rosevee and Dennis started!
Tier: Standard OU
Mode Singles
Variation: +19, -13
Rule: Rated
Rule: Sleep Clause
Rule: Species Clause
Rule: Wifi Battle
Rosevee sent out ThunderGOD (Manectric)!
Dennis sent out Staraptor!
OMG. He's using a mix tier team!! Lol this is the 1st time I've seen someone else on the ladder using a mix tier team (no Weather Pokemon and Chansey don't count *facepalm*).
Anyway, Staraptor is most likely either going to be Banded or Scarf, but since he's using it in the lead position it's probably Scarfed. Now it's either going to be Adamant or Jolly but I assume it will be Adamant for that extra kick in power. (The only reason I can think of to run Jolly over Adamant is maybe to outrun Adamant Scarf Terrakion (& Landorus) but it's probably not worth loosing that power in Staraptor's case.) Right, so if he's Adamant Nature it's safe for my Manectric to attack because I'm Scarfed and I'm going to outrun him. Here we go!
Turn 1
ThunderGOD used Thunderbolt!
It's super-effective! The foe's Staraptor lost 100% of its health!
The foe's Staraptor fainted!
Score is 6-5
Everything went according to plan! So I'm up by one already but of course the battle isn't over yet. He sends out Jolteon's and I'm Scarfed so I obviously have no choice but to switch out. I can either switch into Gliscor or Ferrothorn but Jolteon is either going to be running Hidden Power Ice or Grass most likely, so naturally Ferrothorn is the safest switch here since Jolteon can't do shit to it.
Turn 2
Rosevee called ThunderGOD back!
Rosevee sent out Thimble (Ferrothorn)!
The foe's Jolteon used Thunder Wave!
Thimble was paralyzed!
He nicely goes for the T-wave here but luckily for me Ferrothorn doesn't really care abut paralyse, in fact it feeds off of it - Gyro Ball will now have a stronger attack.
Right so I now have Ferrothorn out. He has a Volcarona. I wonder what he's going to do... I'm going to Switch into Manectric because I don't want this super bug setting up on me and sweeping. Switcheroo is going disable that bug by locking him into a move. With the rest of my team being resistant to it's stabs I should be able to work around it now.
Turn 3
Dennis called Jolteon back!
Dennis sent out Volcarona!
Rosevee called Thimble back!
Rosevee sent out ThunderGOD (Manectric)!
I hope he doesn't switch ;-;
Use Butterfly Dance! Use Butterfly Dance!
Turn 4
ThunderGOD used Switcheroo!
ThunderGOD switched items with the foe's Volcarona!
ThunderGOD obtained one Leftovers!
The foe's Volcarona obtained one Choice Scarf!
The foe's Volcarona used Quiver Dance!
The foe's Volcarona's Special Attack rose!
The foe's Volcarona's Special Defense rose!
The foe's Volcarona's Speed rose!
Phewph! Right so now an obvious switch is coming. I highly doubt he'll switch into Starmie or Azumarill because their electric weak, and Scizor will take a nasty hit from Manectric and won't be able to OHKO with Bullet Punch anyway, so the only thing he has left is Jolteon and therefore I'm just going to go for the Flamethrower now.
Turn 5
Dennis called Volcarona back!
Dennis sent out Jolteon!
ThunderGOD used Flamethrower!
The foe's Jolteon lost 41% of its health!
The foe's Jolteon restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
Looks like it's going to be an 3KO with Flamethrower. I could switch to Ferrothorn now but if I do that he'll switch too. If he does happen to carry Hidden Power Ice my team could possibly have a bit of trouble with it so I'm just going to attack and that will at least weaken it enough to be picked of my Feraligatr's Aqua Jet.
Turn 6
The foe's Jolteon used Shadow Ball!
ThunderGOD lost 44% of its health!
ThunderGOD's Special Defense fell!
ThunderGOD used Flamethrower!
The foe's Jolteon lost 37% of its health!
The foe's Jolteon restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
ThunderGOD restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
Ok so he get's a special defence drop here which is going to mean that Manectric will most likely be finished off in one hit now instead of two. In a way I'm kind of greatful for this though lol. If he hadn't got that special defence drop he could have possibly switched into Azumarill to absorb that Flamethrower and use Aqua Jet to finish me off, but right now his minds probably cloudy just wanting to finish that Manectric off. Therefore I'm going to switch into Ferrothorn because it's a safe switch and I don't want Manectric dying when he could still prove valuable to me.
Turn 7
Rosevee called ThunderGOD back!
Rosevee sent out Thimble (Ferrothorn)!
The foe's Jolteon used Shadow Ball!
It's not very effective... Thimble lost 7% of its health!
Thimble's Special Defense fell!
The foe's Jolteon restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
Thimble restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
Ok, so he's most likely going to switch back into Volcarona here. If I stay in this turn though he's most likely going to go for that Fiery Dance and then I can get my Flash Fire boost on my Rapidash =D. Anyway I'm not going to risk using Leech Seed or Spikes against Jolteon because I can't risk him passing a Sub to something like Scizor if he happens to run those moves, so Power Whip it is!
Turn 8
Dennis called Jolteon back!
Dennis sent out Volcarona!
Thimble used Power Whip!
It's not very effective... The foe's Volcarona lost 9% of its health!
Thimble restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
Ok time for that Flash Fire boost, I hope...
Turn 9
Rosevee called Thimble back!
Rosevee sent out Pegasus (Rapidash)!
The foe's Volcarona used Fiery Dance!
Pegasus's Flash Fire raised the power of its Fire-type moves!
Hmmm right, so it's obvious he's going to switch here. He only has two water type Pokmeon to absorb a possible powerful incoming boosted Flare Blitz. It will probably be Azumarill (because bulky) but I'm going to go for the Flame Charge here for two very good reasons. 1. if he switches into Starmie instead I can get the speed boost to outrun it and kill it with Wild Charge. 2. I don't want to waste valuable HP on recoil damage against Azumarill because it isn't as big of a threat to me and I need Rapidash to kept in good health because its the only thing that resists both of Volcarona's stabs which I don't want to risk a misprediction against it.
Turn 10
Dennis called Volcarona back!
Dennis sent out Azumarill!
Pegasus used Flame Charge!
It's not very effective... The foe's Azumarill lost 22% of its health!
Pegasus's Speed rose!
Pegasus is hurt by its life orb!
Right I can't risk him using Aqua Jet against me now, but I have a feeling he will probably expect me to switch into Ferrothorn (and thus use Super Power), so I'm just going to be annoying and switch into Latios lol. Either way Latios resists both Aqua Jet and Super Power XD (and I highly doubt he's going to use Ice Punch against Rapidash/Ferrothorn so I'm safe).
Turn 11
Rosevee called Pegasus back!
Rosevee sent out Skylor (Latios)!
The foe's Azumarill used Superpower!
It's not very effective... Skylor lost 51% of its health!
The foe's Azumarill's Attack fell!
The foe's Azumarill's Defense fell!
Phewph, it all went according to plan. Ok so now he's stuck on Super Power. He definitely isn't going to stay in and probably fearing that beastly Drago Meteor that Latios carries in general, he's probably going to switch into Scizor to take the hit so I'm going to go straight for the Hidden Power - Fire.
Turn 12
Dennis called Azumarill back!
Dennis sent out Wu-Tang (Scizor)!
Skylor used Hidden Power!
It's super-effective! The foe's Wu-Tang lost 100% of its health!
Score is 6-4
Alright so Latios is still on enough HP to be worth saving and Ferrothorn is a safe switch into Starmie. Let's do this thing!!
Turn 13
Rosevee called Skylor back!
Rosevee sent out Thimble (Ferrothorn)!
The foe's Starmie used Surf!
It's not very effective... Thimble lost 15% of its health!
The foe's Starmie is hurt by its life orb!
Thimble restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
Alright so in case he switches out into Volcarona, I'm going to use Leech Seed. Leech Seed should bring Volcarona's health down enough for Rapidash to OHKO with Flare Blitz.
Turn 14
The foe's Starmie used Hidden Power!
It's super-effective! Thimble lost 63% of its health!
The foe's Starmie is hurt by its life orb!
Thimble used Leech Seed!
The foe's Starmie was seeded!
Thimble restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
The foe's Starmie is sapped by leech seed.
What da hell!?!
Hidden Power Fire O.O zomg, did not expect that... Well ok hmmm, he has leech seed on him and I want to save Ferrothorn later for that Jolteon. If he's going to use Hidden Power Fire again it wont be doing much so I'm just going to switch into Latios.
Turn 15
Dennis called Starmie back!
Dennis sent out Volcarona!
Rosevee called Thimble back!
Rosevee sent out Skylor (Latios)!
I didn't expect him to switch out but anyway he decides to goe into Volcarona. Luckily I still have Rapidash who is going to resist both stabs.
Turn 16
Rosevee called Skylor back!
Rosevee sent out Pegasus (Rapidash)!
The foe's Volcarona used Bug Buzz!
It's not very effective... Pegasus lost 28% of its health!
Pegasus's Special Defense fell!
Hmmm a special defence drop but it's still looking like I can dish out another hit. I no longer have much use for Rapidash and this bug is still somewhat of a threat to me so I'm just gonna go for the Flare Blitz which won't KO even at max damage but at least it will be on low enough health for Feraligatr to finish it off.
Go Rapidash! Fry that Bug!
Turn 17
The foe's Volcarona used Bug Buzz!
It's not very effective... Pegasus lost 42% of its health!
Pegasus used Flare Blitz!
The foe's Volcarona lost 75% of its health!
Pegasus is hit with recoil!
Pegasus fainted!
Score is 5-4
Please don't get burn hax. Please don't get burn hax.
Turn 18
Chopper used Aqua Jet!
It's super-effective! The foe's Volcarona lost 14% of its health!
The foe's Volcarona fainted!
Dennis sent out Azumarill!
Score is 5-3
Feraligatr is still on 100% HP (with no burn hax ;P) and I still need to save him for later so I will therefore need to find a death fodder. Don't think I have much use left for Latios since Starmies Ice Beam is going to kill it and his Jolteon has Shadow Ball, so it looks like Latios is getting the sack =<
Turn 19
Rosevee called Chopper back!
Rosevee sent out Skylor (Latios)!
The foe's Azumarill used Return!
Skylor lost 48% of its health!
Skylor fainted!
Score is 4-3
Alright he's stuck on Return so I'm going to send in Ferrothorn. He doesn't have a safe switch for Power Whip therefore it's safe to go for it (whilst hoping it hits lol because it's looking like a 2KO from that Banded Return.)
Turn 20
The foe's Azumarill used Return!
It's not very effective... Thimble lost 23% of its health!
Thimble's Iron Barbs hurts the foe's Azumarill!
Thimble used Power Whip!
It's super-effective! A critical hit! The foe's Azumarill lost 65% of its health!
The foe's Azumarill fainted!
I get a Crit here but it doesn't matter because I've already done damage calculations and it had >100% chance to OHKO. Rawr!
Score is 4-2
He switches into Starmie and I know he carries the Hidden Power Fire but letting any of my other Pokemon take further damage just isn't worth the risk when Ferrothorn is about as good as dead anyway. (At least Starmie going to take LO damage from this attack.)
Turn 21
The foe's Starmie used Hidden Power!
It's super-effective! Thimble lost 24% of its health!
Thimble fainted!
The foe's Starmie is hurt by its life orb!
Score is 3-2
Right so now I'm thinking that I've definitely lost this match because the remainder of my Pokemon are Starmie weak ;-;. I use Thunderbolt even though I know it's pointless because I'm going to be easily finished off by a LO stab Surf from Starmie.
Turn 22
Dennis called Starmie back!
Dennis sent out Jolteon!
ThunderGOD used Thunderbolt!
The foe's Jolteon's Volt Absorb absorbs the attack!
The foe's Jolteon restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
ThunderGOD restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
OMG. I did not expect that. Umm well I'm just going to stay in and attack because A. Manectric is off no use to me now and B. If he's running HP Ice I'm doomed anyway lol.
Turn 23
The foe's Jolteon used Shadow Ball!
A critical hit! ThunderGOD lost 67% of its health!
ThunderGOD fainted!
The foe's Jolteon restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
Score is 2-2
He gets a Crit here but it doesn't really matter because based on my remaining health I would have been 2KO'd anyway. Hmm so right now I'm wondering if he carries HP Ice... Since I see the Shadow Ball though, it could possibly mean that he's running HP Grass and that Shadowball is just used for extra coverage (for Latios? maybe...) Well we'll never know unless I continue lol.
Turn 24
The foe's Jolteon used Shadow Ball!
Batman lost 27% of its health!
Batman's Special Defense fell!
Batman used Earthquake!
It's super-effective! The foe's Jolteon lost 76% of its health!
The foe's Jolteon fainted!
Score is 2-1
Alright so he has Starmie and I have two Starmie weak Pokemon. Not Good. I just use Protect even though I know my fate is inevitable unless I think of a plan quickly...
Turn 25
Batman used Protect!
Batman protected itself!
The foe's Starmie used Ice Beam!
Batman protected itself from the attack!
Batman restored HP using its Poison Heal!
Gahhh think Rosevee! Think!
Holy Crap I still could win this!!! He has Life Orb so if I can take his Starmie down to a low enough health Feraligatr mayyy be able to finish it off. He's not going to risk using Thunderbolt against a Gliscor, unless perhaps he can read my mind and predicts this switch... lol
Turn 26
Rosevee called Batman back!
Rosevee sent out Chopper (Feraligatr)!
The foe's Starmie used Ice Beam!
It's not very effective... Chopper lost 18% of its health!
The foe's Starmie is hurt by its life orb!
Chopper restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
Feraligatr takes the Ice Beam like a pro!! but it still did a fair chunk of damage... Hmm anyway I'm going to switch back into Gliscor now to get that HP down even lower from the LO damage.
Turn 27
Rosevee called Chopper back!
Rosevee sent out Batman (Gliscor)!
The foe's Starmie used Thunderbolt!
It had no effect!
Batman restored HP using its Poison Heal!
Hmmm so I can either switch back into Feraligatr or just let Gliscor die hmmm. Well I'm just going to let Gliscor die for two very good reasons. 1. Can't afford having him predict me (and Thunderbolt) otherwise I won't stand a chance. 2. I doubt Feraligatr can take another hit from Ice Beam anyway and still have enough HP left to live the LO Thunderbolt too.
Turn 28
The foe's Starmie used Ice Beam!
It's super-effective! Batman lost 97% of its health!
Batman fainted!
The foe's Starmie is hurt by its life orb!
Score is 1-1
Right so it call comes down to this! Feraliagtr versus Starmie Rawr!
Hmmm so I'm fairly certain I can live a Thunderbolt (- it isn't worth doing a damage calculation for this though this late in the battle.) Hmm now assuming I live the Thunderbolt what would do more damage: Resistant Base 120 Super Power + a weak -1 base 40 stab Torrent Aqua Jet OR a Resistant Base 75 Ice Punch + a stronger base 40 stab Torrent Aqua Jet?!?!
Well the answer is I don't know because I was too lazy to do all that maths at the time lol. When it comes to Pokemon battling sometimes you just gotta trust your gut instinct =P
Turn 29
The foe's Starmie used Thunderbolt!
It's super-effective! Chopper lost 80% of its health!
The foe's Starmie is hurt by its life orb!
Chopper used Ice Punch!
It's not very effective... The foe's Starmie lost 18% of its health!
Chopper restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
Wooot!
Here we go!! It all comes down to this!! Aqua Jet gooo!!
Turn 30
Chopper used Aqua Jet!
It's not very effective... The foe's Starmie lost 9% of its health!
The foe's Starmie fainted!
Rosevee won the battle!
Good Game Dennis!!! =D
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Props:
- To my opponent for using a cool team!! (I can see you put a lot of thought into it for it to work around the current OU Metagame but the only thing you may possibly need to worry about is Gastrodon/Rotom-W/Tentacruel, but other than that I think it's well put together =)
Slops:
- OMG. I can't think of anything lol - (minor hax but in my opinion none of it made a crucial difference.)
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I picked this battle because in my opinion it was fun/exciting and it had an epic ending! It was one of the closest matches I've had so far (enough though the guy was using a mix tier team lol).
Umm so... hmm please comment guys ^^
ps. I know there isn't a lot of humour in my commantary.. but I can't help the fact that I'm not funny ;-; lol
Battle Log:-
http://pokemon.aesoft.org/replay-Rosevee-vs-Dennis--2011-11-29-6
