I was on my long haitus from the ASB, travelling with my Pokemon, having sworn to never battle again until I understood what it really meant to be a Pokemon trainer. During my inner search, I stumbled upon a cave filled with crystals and diamonds. It was a beautiful sight! I sensed an ancient force at work here, which I thought might help me have an epiphany...
Little did I know that I was not alone. It wasn't long before I saw that two trainers, my friend Alex and a member of an ancient Royal Guard, were about to battle. They surrounded a huge crystal, the center of the cave. Perhaps Alex had tresspassed and the ancient guard was going to punish him? I had no idea. Hidden from view, I whipped out my journal and started writing down every detail of this battle...
Format: 3v3 doubles
No switching
Items allowed
All abilities active
Arena:
The teams:
Ragnarokalex:
Rhyhorn (Gigaseth) Male
Nature:
Careful
Type:
Ground: STAB; Immune to all electrical attacks, can Dig through almost any substance, Evasive Digging reduced from 3 per action Energy Cost to 2 per action, superior senses in darkened cave surroundings.
Rock: STAB; Reduce damage from all special attacks by two (2) Base Attack Power during Sandstorm. Able to use Sand Tomb without losing focus.
Abilities:
Lightning Rod:
Type: Innate
These Pokemon naturally attract electricity to themselves and away from partners in double battles. When struck with an Electric attack, they transfer the energy into their body, using it to increase their Special Attack by one (1) stage. A boost gained this way by an opponent's attack will be maintained at the end of each round. Self-targeted attacks do not maintain boosts. If a Pokemon has a type immunity to Electric attacks, Lightning Rod will not activate.
Rock Head:
Type: Innate
This Pokemon’s hard body prevents it from taking recoil damage from moves such as Double-Edge, Flare Blitz, and Head Smash.
Reckless:
Type: Innate
This Pokemon has an innately aggressive nature that lets it use all-out attacks with recoil more effectively. Recoil attacks from this Pokemon have two (2) more Base Attack Power, and recoil percentage is unaffected.
Stats:
HP: 100
Atk: Rank 3
Def: Rank 3
SpA: Rank 1 (-)
SpD: Rank 3(+)
Spe: 25
Size Class: 3
Weight Class: 5
Base Rank Total: 14
EC: 0/9
DC: 0/5
MC: 0
Attacks: 12 Total
Horn Attack
Stomp
Tail Whip
Fury Attack
Scary Face
Rock Blast
Fire Fang
Ice Fang
Thunder Fang
Payback
Dig
Protect
Riolu (Aerza) Female
Nature:
Brave
Type:
Fighting: STAB; ignore weight restrictions of throwing/grappling moves. Superior reaction time in close quarters.
Abilities:
Steadfast:
Type: Innate
If this Pokemon is flinched, it becomes aware of the speed difference and increases speed by one (1) stage to make up the difference. This speed boost is maintained at the end of each round.
Inner Focus:
Type: Innate
When an opponent attempts to flinch this Pokemon, it stands firm and continues its attack. If it has another ability that would be activated by flinching, that ability activates.
Prankster: (Dreamworld)
Type: Innate
The Pokemon is always prepared for engaging in sneaky tactics and trickery, giving its non-damaging attacks an increase in priority level.
Stats:
HP: 90
Atk: Rank 4 (+)
Def: Rank 2
SpA: Rank 2
SpD: Rank 2
Spe: 51 (-) (-10% Evasion)
Size Class: 1
Weight Class: 2
Base Rank Total: 13
EC: 4/6
DC: 2/5
MC: 4
Attacks: 14 Total
Quick Attack
Foresight
Endure
Counter
Force Palm
Feint
Reversal
Screech
Blaze Kick
Bullet Punch
Sky Uppercut
Protect
Payback
Swagger
Aron (Malthir) Male
Nature:
Adamant
Type:
Steel: STAB; Immune to Sandstorm, highly insusceptible to toxic attacks, but can be corroded specifically by Acid and Acid Spray, can be magnetized. Superior senses in high-metal environments like construction sites or factories.
Rock: STAB; Reduce damage from all special attacks by two (2) Base Attack Power during Sandstorm. Able to use Sand Tomb without losing focus.
Abilities:
Sturdy:
Type: Innate
This Pokemon’s body is solidly constructed, reducing the Base Attack Power from an opponents incoming attacks by one (1). The effect is amplified on OHKO Moves, which are reduced by ten (10) Base Attack Power.
Rock Head:
Type: Innate
This Pokemon’s hard body prevents it from taking recoil damage from moves such as Double-Edge, Flare Blitz, and Head Smash.
Heavy Metal: (Dreamworld)
Type: Innate
The Pokemon's body structure is immensely dense, doubling its weight. Additionally the Base Attack Power of full contact attacks [Avalanche, Brave Bird, Body Slam, Bounce, Double-Edge, Dragon Rush, Extremespeed, Flare Blitz, Giga Impact, Headbutt, Head Charge, Head Smash, Heat Crash, Heavy Slam, Hi Jump Kick, Ice Ball, Iron Head, Jump Kick, Outrage, Petal Dance, Quick Attack, Revenge, Rollout, Slam, Spark, Steamroller, Submission, Superpower, Tackle, Take Down, Thrash, V-create, Volt Tackle, Waterfall, Wood Hammer, and Zen Headbutt is increased by two (2).] Seismic Toss, Vital Throw, and Circle Throw will fail against this Pokemon unless the user is a Fighting-type.
Stats:
HP: 90
Atk: Rank 4 (+)
Def: Rank 5
SpA: Rank 1 (-)
SpD: Rank 2
Spe: 40
Size Class: 2
Weight Class: 5 (120 kg)
Base Rank Total: 16
EC: 5/9
DC: 2/5
MC: 1
Attacks: 17 Total
Tackle
Harden
Mud-Slap
Headbutt
Metal Claw
Iron Defense
Roar
Take Down
Metal Burst
Heavy Slam
Protect
Head Smash
Dragon Rush
Superpower
Dig
Aerial Ace
Shadow Claw
The Royal Guard:
Kethzyal(Staryu) (Male)
Nature: Modest (+ to S.Attack, - to Attack)
Type: Water
Water: Water STAB; Can breathe and have excellent mobility when underwater, are less capable on land unless they are entirely amphibious.
Abilities:
Illuminate:(Activate) When this Pokemon initially goes out into the battlefield, it generates an intense light that blinds opponents, reducing their Accuracy stage by one (1). The accuracy drop is maintained at the end of each round. If an opponent switches in a new Pokemon, Illuminate can be activated again as an Action, and will affect all opponents.
Natural Cure:(Innate) This Pokemon’s body has the ability to heal itself of status afflictions over time, it goes into effect six (6) actions after being inflicted with a status. In switch battles, this Pokemon heals all status effects when switched out.
Analytic:(Innate)(DW) If this Pokemon attacks after its target during an action, its attacks have two (2) more Base Attack Power.
HP: 90
Atk: Rank 1 (-)
Def: Rank 2
SpA: Rank 4(+)
SpD: Rank 2
Spe: 85
Size Class: 2
Weight Class: 3
Base Rank Total: 14
Moves:(13)
Tackle
Harden
Water Gun
Rapid Spin
Recover
Camouflage
Swift
Hydro Pump
Power Gem
Light Screen
Protect
Ice Beam
Thunder
<Sneasel> [Lasfirlian] (Male)
Nature: Lonely (+1 to Attack, -1 to Def)
Type:
Ice: Ice STAB; immune to freezing and Sheer Cold, no vision loss or damage in Hail or snowstorm conditions, perfectly accurate and 30% Protect breaking Blizzard in Hail. Superior senses and mobility in frozen caves and other frigid arenas.
Dark: Dark STAB; immunity to all telepathic and telekinetic attacks, better performance in all darkened and especially twilight conditions. Can use any Dark-type attack regardless of Attraction.
Abilities:
Inner Focus:(Innate) When an opponent attempts to flinch this Pokemon, it stands firm and continues its attack. If it has another ability that would be activated by flinching, that ability activates.
Keen Eye:(Innate) This Pokemon has extremely good vision and cannot have its accuracy lowered by an opponent through any means (including accuracy lowering attacks, Smogs, Hazes, Fog, etc.). Its attacks are still affected by an opponent’s evasion and the Pokemon's own accuracy.
Pickpocket:(DW)(Innate) This Pokemon's mischievous nature and greed make it very effective at pawning off an opponents item. If this Pokemon has no item and either it or the opposing Pokemon strikes with a contact attack, their item is stolen and becomes the held item of this Pokemon. Pokemon with Pickpocket can be commanded to swap items with an ally, and only they will need to expend an action to do so because of their swifter sleight of hand.
Stats:
HP: 90
Atk: Rank 4(+)
Def: Rank 1(-)
SpA: Rank 2
SpD: Rank 3
Spe: 115
Size Class: 2
Weight Class: 3
Base Rank Total: 17
EC: 0/6
MC: 0
DC: 0/5
Attacks:(14)
Agility
Leer
Taunt
Scratch
Screech
Fury Swipes
Faint Attack
Quick Attack
Counter
Fake Out
Crush Claw
Protect
Shadow Claw
Dig
Thadural [Rebble] [Male]
Nature: Modest(+1 S. Attack, -1 Attack)
Type: Rock
Rock: Rock STAB; Take 2 less damage from all special attacks during Sandstorm. Able to use Sand Tomb without losing focus.
Abilities:
Levitate: (Innate) This Pokemon naturally floats above the earth when released or easily takes flight, evading Ground moves like Earthquake, Bulldoze, and Magnitude. Other Ground moves can still hit.
Technician: (Innate) This Pokemon is more skilled at performing weaker moves, causing any of their attacks that normally deal 6 or below base damage to have their base damage multiplied by 1.5. (e.g. Aerial Ace goes from 6 to 9, Mach Punch goes from 4 to 6, etc.) The Energy Cost for a one-hit or two-hit attack is increased by one (1). Each hit in a multi-hit move is boosted by one (1) damage, and the Energy Cost for multi-hit attacks is increased by two (2).
Mold Breaker (DW): (Innate) Whenever this Pokemon attacks, it emits an invisible, blindingly quick pulse preceding the attack that disables the opponents natural abilities (e.g. Levitators plummet towards the ground before Earthquake hits, Volt Absorb will not absorb electric attacks, Clear Body does not prevent stat-drops, etc.)
HP: 90
Atk: Rank 1 (-)
Def: Rank 2
SpA: Rank 4(+)
SpD: Rank 2
Spe: 90
Size Class: 1
Weight Class: 2
Base Rank Total: 14
Moves:(14)
Tackle
Defense Curl
Rollout
Rock Blast
Disable
Acupressure
Mud Shot
Power Gem
Earth Power
Metal Sound
Paleo Wave
Protect
Fire Blast
Energy Ball
Alright! Here's how it's going to go down
The Royal Guard, since he made the arena, sends out his mons first
Ragnarokalex sends out his mons and attacks
The Royal Guard attacks
I ref
and then we'll see what happens...
The crystal will glow starting at the end of the first round. The glow will change every turn. LET THE BATTLE BEGIN!
Little did I know that I was not alone. It wasn't long before I saw that two trainers, my friend Alex and a member of an ancient Royal Guard, were about to battle. They surrounded a huge crystal, the center of the cave. Perhaps Alex had tresspassed and the ancient guard was going to punish him? I had no idea. Hidden from view, I whipped out my journal and started writing down every detail of this battle...
Format: 3v3 doubles
No switching
Items allowed
All abilities active
Arena:
This arena is an ancient and wonderous place. The central (and only feature) is an ENORMOUS crystal in the center of the arena 20ft above the ground that glows with a special aura. The crystal mimics a random pokemon type, radiaiting that type(which is completly random) the effect of this glow gives any pokemon of the same type a bonus of one rank (1) to all of it's stats while penalizing any pokemon of a opposite type (ie, fire aura weakens grass, bug, steel, ice) the second effect strengthens any attack of the same type by adding +3 to it's BAP(it weakens attacks of the opposite type ie fire aura weakens fire, bug, steel, ice type moves) the aura switches after every round. The arena consists of a fifty(50) foot prefect circle with no walls, the ground itself is marble meaning, No digging! Going outside this 50 foot arena means a 5 hp reduction. and you're teleported directly under the crystal. the lighting is simulated daylight with the execption of dark which completly darkens the field. hopefully i don't get to many questions about this arena(because I hopefully explained it well).
The teams:
Ragnarokalex:
Rhyhorn (Gigaseth) Male
Nature:
Careful
Type:
Ground: STAB; Immune to all electrical attacks, can Dig through almost any substance, Evasive Digging reduced from 3 per action Energy Cost to 2 per action, superior senses in darkened cave surroundings.
Rock: STAB; Reduce damage from all special attacks by two (2) Base Attack Power during Sandstorm. Able to use Sand Tomb without losing focus.
Abilities:
Lightning Rod:
Type: Innate
These Pokemon naturally attract electricity to themselves and away from partners in double battles. When struck with an Electric attack, they transfer the energy into their body, using it to increase their Special Attack by one (1) stage. A boost gained this way by an opponent's attack will be maintained at the end of each round. Self-targeted attacks do not maintain boosts. If a Pokemon has a type immunity to Electric attacks, Lightning Rod will not activate.
Rock Head:
Type: Innate
This Pokemon’s hard body prevents it from taking recoil damage from moves such as Double-Edge, Flare Blitz, and Head Smash.
Reckless:
Type: Innate
This Pokemon has an innately aggressive nature that lets it use all-out attacks with recoil more effectively. Recoil attacks from this Pokemon have two (2) more Base Attack Power, and recoil percentage is unaffected.
Stats:
HP: 100
Atk: Rank 3
Def: Rank 3
SpA: Rank 1 (-)
SpD: Rank 3(+)
Spe: 25
Size Class: 3
Weight Class: 5
Base Rank Total: 14
EC: 0/9
DC: 0/5
MC: 0
Attacks: 12 Total
Horn Attack
Stomp
Tail Whip
Fury Attack
Scary Face
Rock Blast
Fire Fang
Ice Fang
Thunder Fang
Payback
Dig
Protect
Riolu (Aerza) Female
Nature:
Brave
Type:
Fighting: STAB; ignore weight restrictions of throwing/grappling moves. Superior reaction time in close quarters.
Abilities:
Steadfast:
Type: Innate
If this Pokemon is flinched, it becomes aware of the speed difference and increases speed by one (1) stage to make up the difference. This speed boost is maintained at the end of each round.
Inner Focus:
Type: Innate
When an opponent attempts to flinch this Pokemon, it stands firm and continues its attack. If it has another ability that would be activated by flinching, that ability activates.
Prankster: (Dreamworld)
Type: Innate
The Pokemon is always prepared for engaging in sneaky tactics and trickery, giving its non-damaging attacks an increase in priority level.
Stats:
HP: 90
Atk: Rank 4 (+)
Def: Rank 2
SpA: Rank 2
SpD: Rank 2
Spe: 51 (-) (-10% Evasion)
Size Class: 1
Weight Class: 2
Base Rank Total: 13
EC: 4/6
DC: 2/5
MC: 4
Attacks: 14 Total
Quick Attack
Foresight
Endure
Counter
Force Palm
Feint
Reversal
Screech
Blaze Kick
Bullet Punch
Sky Uppercut
Protect
Payback
Swagger
Aron (Malthir) Male
Nature:
Adamant
Type:
Steel: STAB; Immune to Sandstorm, highly insusceptible to toxic attacks, but can be corroded specifically by Acid and Acid Spray, can be magnetized. Superior senses in high-metal environments like construction sites or factories.
Rock: STAB; Reduce damage from all special attacks by two (2) Base Attack Power during Sandstorm. Able to use Sand Tomb without losing focus.
Abilities:
Sturdy:
Type: Innate
This Pokemon’s body is solidly constructed, reducing the Base Attack Power from an opponents incoming attacks by one (1). The effect is amplified on OHKO Moves, which are reduced by ten (10) Base Attack Power.
Rock Head:
Type: Innate
This Pokemon’s hard body prevents it from taking recoil damage from moves such as Double-Edge, Flare Blitz, and Head Smash.
Heavy Metal: (Dreamworld)
Type: Innate
The Pokemon's body structure is immensely dense, doubling its weight. Additionally the Base Attack Power of full contact attacks [Avalanche, Brave Bird, Body Slam, Bounce, Double-Edge, Dragon Rush, Extremespeed, Flare Blitz, Giga Impact, Headbutt, Head Charge, Head Smash, Heat Crash, Heavy Slam, Hi Jump Kick, Ice Ball, Iron Head, Jump Kick, Outrage, Petal Dance, Quick Attack, Revenge, Rollout, Slam, Spark, Steamroller, Submission, Superpower, Tackle, Take Down, Thrash, V-create, Volt Tackle, Waterfall, Wood Hammer, and Zen Headbutt is increased by two (2).] Seismic Toss, Vital Throw, and Circle Throw will fail against this Pokemon unless the user is a Fighting-type.
Stats:
HP: 90
Atk: Rank 4 (+)
Def: Rank 5
SpA: Rank 1 (-)
SpD: Rank 2
Spe: 40
Size Class: 2
Weight Class: 5 (120 kg)
Base Rank Total: 16
EC: 5/9
DC: 2/5
MC: 1
Attacks: 17 Total
Tackle
Harden
Mud-Slap
Headbutt
Metal Claw
Iron Defense
Roar
Take Down
Metal Burst
Heavy Slam
Protect
Head Smash
Dragon Rush
Superpower
Dig
Aerial Ace
Shadow Claw
The Royal Guard:
Kethzyal(Staryu) (Male)
Nature: Modest (+ to S.Attack, - to Attack)
Type: Water
Water: Water STAB; Can breathe and have excellent mobility when underwater, are less capable on land unless they are entirely amphibious.
Abilities:
Illuminate:(Activate) When this Pokemon initially goes out into the battlefield, it generates an intense light that blinds opponents, reducing their Accuracy stage by one (1). The accuracy drop is maintained at the end of each round. If an opponent switches in a new Pokemon, Illuminate can be activated again as an Action, and will affect all opponents.
Natural Cure:(Innate) This Pokemon’s body has the ability to heal itself of status afflictions over time, it goes into effect six (6) actions after being inflicted with a status. In switch battles, this Pokemon heals all status effects when switched out.
Analytic:(Innate)(DW) If this Pokemon attacks after its target during an action, its attacks have two (2) more Base Attack Power.
HP: 90
Atk: Rank 1 (-)
Def: Rank 2
SpA: Rank 4(+)
SpD: Rank 2
Spe: 85
Size Class: 2
Weight Class: 3
Base Rank Total: 14
Moves:(13)
Tackle
Harden
Water Gun
Rapid Spin
Recover
Camouflage
Swift
Hydro Pump
Power Gem
Light Screen
Protect
Ice Beam
Thunder
<Sneasel> [Lasfirlian] (Male)
Nature: Lonely (+1 to Attack, -1 to Def)
Type:
Ice: Ice STAB; immune to freezing and Sheer Cold, no vision loss or damage in Hail or snowstorm conditions, perfectly accurate and 30% Protect breaking Blizzard in Hail. Superior senses and mobility in frozen caves and other frigid arenas.
Dark: Dark STAB; immunity to all telepathic and telekinetic attacks, better performance in all darkened and especially twilight conditions. Can use any Dark-type attack regardless of Attraction.
Abilities:
Inner Focus:(Innate) When an opponent attempts to flinch this Pokemon, it stands firm and continues its attack. If it has another ability that would be activated by flinching, that ability activates.
Keen Eye:(Innate) This Pokemon has extremely good vision and cannot have its accuracy lowered by an opponent through any means (including accuracy lowering attacks, Smogs, Hazes, Fog, etc.). Its attacks are still affected by an opponent’s evasion and the Pokemon's own accuracy.
Pickpocket:(DW)(Innate) This Pokemon's mischievous nature and greed make it very effective at pawning off an opponents item. If this Pokemon has no item and either it or the opposing Pokemon strikes with a contact attack, their item is stolen and becomes the held item of this Pokemon. Pokemon with Pickpocket can be commanded to swap items with an ally, and only they will need to expend an action to do so because of their swifter sleight of hand.
Stats:
HP: 90
Atk: Rank 4(+)
Def: Rank 1(-)
SpA: Rank 2
SpD: Rank 3
Spe: 115
Size Class: 2
Weight Class: 3
Base Rank Total: 17
EC: 0/6
MC: 0
DC: 0/5
Attacks:(14)
Agility
Leer
Taunt
Scratch
Screech
Fury Swipes
Faint Attack
Quick Attack
Counter
Fake Out
Crush Claw
Protect
Shadow Claw
Dig
Thadural [Rebble] [Male]
Nature: Modest(+1 S. Attack, -1 Attack)
Type: Rock
Rock: Rock STAB; Take 2 less damage from all special attacks during Sandstorm. Able to use Sand Tomb without losing focus.
Abilities:
Levitate: (Innate) This Pokemon naturally floats above the earth when released or easily takes flight, evading Ground moves like Earthquake, Bulldoze, and Magnitude. Other Ground moves can still hit.
Technician: (Innate) This Pokemon is more skilled at performing weaker moves, causing any of their attacks that normally deal 6 or below base damage to have their base damage multiplied by 1.5. (e.g. Aerial Ace goes from 6 to 9, Mach Punch goes from 4 to 6, etc.) The Energy Cost for a one-hit or two-hit attack is increased by one (1). Each hit in a multi-hit move is boosted by one (1) damage, and the Energy Cost for multi-hit attacks is increased by two (2).
Mold Breaker (DW): (Innate) Whenever this Pokemon attacks, it emits an invisible, blindingly quick pulse preceding the attack that disables the opponents natural abilities (e.g. Levitators plummet towards the ground before Earthquake hits, Volt Absorb will not absorb electric attacks, Clear Body does not prevent stat-drops, etc.)
HP: 90
Atk: Rank 1 (-)
Def: Rank 2
SpA: Rank 4(+)
SpD: Rank 2
Spe: 90
Size Class: 1
Weight Class: 2
Base Rank Total: 14
Moves:(14)
Tackle
Defense Curl
Rollout
Rock Blast
Disable
Acupressure
Mud Shot
Power Gem
Earth Power
Metal Sound
Paleo Wave
Protect
Fire Blast
Energy Ball
Alright! Here's how it's going to go down
The Royal Guard, since he made the arena, sends out his mons first
Ragnarokalex sends out his mons and attacks
The Royal Guard attacks
I ref
and then we'll see what happens...
The crystal will glow starting at the end of the first round. The glow will change every turn. LET THE BATTLE BEGIN!