The UU upset! (OU Warstory)

So, on Pokelab I've been using a UU team in the OU tier, just for lolz. The team consists of:

Ambipom
Evs: Speed, Attack
~Fake Out
~Taunt
~U-Turn
~Double Hit

Annoyer lead. I'm pretty sure everyone knows this one.

Claydol
Evs: SpDef, Def
~Explosion
~Light Screen
~Rapid Spin
~Stealth Rock

Wall/Spinner/SR user. Very stout Pokemon, though he does get outrun alot. I love suiciding him.

Arcanine
Evs :Att, Spd
~Extremespeed
~Fire Fang
~Crunch
~Roar

Physical Sweeper/Pseudo-Phazer. I get some lucky Flash Fire switch-ins, and he takes care of Ghosts quite efficiently.

Charizard
Evs: SpA, Spd
~Air Slash
~Flamethrower
~Focus Blast
~HP Ice

Pure special sweeper nothing too special here

Miltank
Evs: Def, HP
~Seismic Toss
~Milk Drink
~Toxic
~Substitute

My favorite member of the team! Such a surprisingly efficient wall and with Scrappy even hits Ghosts

Feraligator
Evs: Att, Spd
~Dragon Dance
~Earthquake
~Ice Punch
~Waterfall

My set-up sweeper. Two or three DDs and he's basically unstoppable.

So I just searched a random OU match and this is what I ended up with!

The unique ID for this battle is {2010-12-02-03:12:17}.
GHU Jockmaster sent out Ambipom (lvl 100 Ambipom ♂)!
2sly4u sent out Skarmory (lvl 100 Skarmory ♂)!
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Begin turn #1
Ambipom used Fake Out! It's not very effective...
Skarmory lost 10% of its health!
Skarmory flinched!

The usual Fake Out start. Was expecting a switch but whatevs free damage.
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Begin turn #2
Ambipom used Taunt!
Skarmory fell for the taunt!
Skarmory can't use Spikes after the taunt!

Attacking Skarms are quite rare, so of course I Taunt. All is going as planned. I'll U-Turn out next trun and send in a more qualified attacker.
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Begin turn #3
2sly4u withdrew Skarmory!
2sly4u sent out Rotom-c (lvl 100 Rotom-c)!
Ambipom used U-turn! It's not very effective... Rotom-c lost 10% of its health!
GHU Jockmaster withdrew Ambipom!
GHU Jockmaster sent out Arcanine (lvl 100 Arcanine ♂)!
Ambipom went back to GHU Jockmaster!
Rotom-c's Leftovers restored its health a little! Rotom-c regained 6% of its health!

Hmmm didn't really expect a Rotom switch-in, but it's all good. I have Arcanine almost solely to deal with Ghost Types so I throw him in.
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Begin turn #4
Arcanine used Crunch! It's super effective!
Rotom-c lost 81% of its health!
Arcanine lost 32/322 (9%) of its health!
Rotom-c used Thunder Wave!
Arcanine is paralysed! It may be unable to move!
Rotom-c's Leftovers restored its health a little! Rotom-c regained 6% of its health!

Wasn't really expecting a T-Wave, but I land the hit first (lost HP from Life Orb). Thought it would do more damage but hopefully get a KO with another Crunch.
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Begin turn #5
2sly4u withdrew Rotom-c!
2sly4u sent out Tentacruel (lvl 100 Tentacruel ♂)!
Arcanine used Crunch!
Tentacruel lost 43% of its health!
Arcanine lost 32/322 (9%) of its health!
Tentacruel's Black Sludge restored its health a little! Tentacruel regained 6% of its health!

Not too surprised by this switch in. Obviously my Arcanine is in danger so I'll switch him out the next turn.
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Begin turn #6
GHU Jockmaster withdrew Arcanine!
GHU Jockmaster sent out Feraligatr (lvl 100 Feraligatr ♂)!
Tentacruel used Toxic Spikes!
Toxic Spikes were scattered around the foe's team!
Tentacruel's Black Sludge restored its health a little! Tentacruel regained 6% of its health!

Hmmm he predicted my switch. Toxic Spikes aren't too much trouble I'll clean them up with Claydol later. Time to set up I feel very comfortable doing so on a Tentacruel.
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Begin turn #7
Feraligatr used Dragon Dance!
Feraligatr's attack was raised!
Feraligatr's speed was raised!
Tentacruel used Toxic Spikes!
Toxic Spikes were scattered around the foe's team!
Tentacruel's Black Sludge restored its health a little! Tentacruel regained 6% of its health!

Hell let's do another lol
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Begin turn #8
Feraligatr used Dragon Dance!
Feraligatr's attack was raised!
Feraligatr's speed was raised!
Tentacruel used Surf!
It's not very effective... Feraligatr lost 55/311 (17%) of its health! Tentacruel's Black Sludge restored its health a little! Tentacruel regained 6% of its health!

Sir, may I have some more please? Don't see any direct threats besides maybe a Skarm Whirlwind at this point, so I'll do it again.
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Begin turn #9
Feraligatr used Dragon Dance!
Feraligatr's attack was raised!
Feraligatr's speed was raised!
Tentacruel used Surf!
It's not very effective... Feraligatr lost 58/311 (18%) of its health! Tentacruel's Black Sludge restored its health a little! Tentacruel regained 6% of its health!

That didnt hurt much at all! Time to start throwin some 'bows.
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Begin turn #10
2sly4u withdrew Tentacruel!
2sly4u sent out Skarmory (lvl 100 Skarmory ♂)!
Feraligatr used Earthquake!
It doesn't affect Skarmory...

Dammmmiiiittttt!!! Great prediction on his part. Hopefully I have enough attack to take him down...
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Begin turn #11
Feraligatr used Ice Punch!
Skarmory lost 35% of its health!
Skarmory used Whirlwind!
GHU Jockmaster sent out Miltank (lvl 100 Miltank ♀)!
Miltank was badly poisoned!
Miltank was badly poisoned by the Toxic Spikes!
Miltank is hurt by poison! Miltank lost 24/394 (6%) of its health!

Ugggghhh...in hindsight I know I should've used Waterfall. Might've gotten a lucky flinch, but I didn't. Instead my poor Miltank had to get a nasty poisoning. Guess I'll try to set up a wall for as long as possible.
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Begin turn #12
Miltank used Substitute!
Miltank lost 98/394 (24%) of its health!
Miltank made a substitute!
Skarmory used Spikes!
Spikes were scattered around the foe's team!
Miltank's Leftovers restored its health a little! Miltank regained 24/394 (6%) of its health!
Miltank is hurt by poison! Miltank lost 49/394 (12%) of its health!

Still setting up entry hazards?...Ok lol gives me some free time.
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Begin turn #13
Miltank used Seismic Toss!
Skarmory lost 29% of its health!
Skarmory used Spikes!
Spikes were scattered around the foe's team!
Miltank's Leftovers restored its health a little! Miltank regained 24/394 (6%) of its health!
Miltank is hurt by poison! Miltank lost 73/394 (18%) of its health!

Trying to desperatly Seismic Toss it to death now
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Begin turn #14
Miltank used Seismic Toss!
Skarmory lost 25% of its health!
Skarmory fainted!
Miltank's Leftovers restored its health a little! Miltank regained 24/394 (6%) of its health!
Miltank is hurt by poison! Miltank lost 98/394 (24%) of its health!
2sly4u sent out Swampert (lvl 100 Swampert ♀)!

Finally got that annoying bird out of the way. I don't truly understand this switch-in of his but I'll throw a Toxic on it then start Tossing again
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Begin turn #15
Miltank used Toxic!
Swampert was badly poisoned!
Swampert used Stealth Rock!
Pointed stones float in the air around your foe's team!
Miltank's Leftovers restored its health a little! Miltank regained 24/394 (6%) of its health!
Miltank is hurt by poison! Miltank lost 123/394 (31%) of its health! Swampert is hurt by poison! Swampert lost 6% of its health!

...more entry hazrds? Ok well Miltank is about to crash so I'll try to Heal up real quick to preserve some time for Swampert's poisoning to settle in.
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Begin turn #16
Miltank used Milk Drink!
Miltank regained 197/394 (50%) of its health!
Swampert used Earthquake!
Miltank's substitute took damage for it!
Miltank's substitute faded!
Miltank's Leftovers restored its health a little! Miltank regained 24/394 (6%) of its health!
Miltank is hurt by poison! Miltank lost 147/394 (37%) of its health! Swampert's Leftovers restored its health a little! Swampert regained 6% of its health!
Swampert is hurt by poison! Swampert lost 12% of its health!​

Oh well bye bye Sub. Now time for some cheap damage before the inevitable KO.
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Begin turn #17
Miltank used Seismic Toss!
Swampert lost 25% of its health!
Swampert used Earthquake!
Miltank lost 99/394 (25%) of its health!
Miltank fainted!
Swampert's Leftovers restored its health a little! Swampert regained 6% of its health!
Swampert is hurt by poison! Swampert lost 18% of its health!
GHU Jockmaster sent out Claydol (lvl 100 Claydol)!
Pointed stones dug into Claydol! Claydol lost 16/261 (6%) of its health!

Time to set up a little surprise of my own...don't think a physical tanking Swampert will be able to OHKO, so he'll probably try to block a Spin.
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Begin turn #18
2sly4u withdrew Swampert!
2sly4u sent out Rotom-c (lvl 100 Rotom-c)!
Claydol used Stealth Rock!
Pointed stones float in the air around your foe's team!
Rotom-c's Leftovers restored its health a little! Rotom-c regained 6% of its health!

Don't think I wanna let Claydol take a Shadow Ball, so I'll send in a more offensive Pokemon to finish off the little electric ghost.
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Begin turn #19
GHU Jockmaster withdrew Claydol!
GHU Jockmaster sent out Arcanine (lvl 100 Arcanine ♂)!
Arcanine was hurt by Spikes! Arcanine lost 60/322 (18%) of its health! Pointed stones dug into Arcanine! Arcanine lost 80/322 (24%) of its health!
Rotom-c used Pain Split! Rotom-c regained 4% of its health!
Arcanine lost 16/322 (4%) of its health!
Rotom-c's Leftovers restored its health a little! Rotom-c regained 6% of its health!

Failed recovery on his part. Don't know how I'm gonna pull this off, but I'll attempt to Crunch.
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Begin turn #20
Rotom-c used Thunderbolt! A critical hit!
Arcanine lost 102/322 (31%) of its health!
Arcanine fainted!
Rotom-c's Leftovers restored its health a little! Rotom-c regained 6% of its health!
GHU Jockmaster sent out Charizard (lvl 100 Charizard ♂)!
Pointed stones dug into Charizard! Charizard lost 149/298 (50%) of its health!

Yeahhhh he got me. Might as well send in Charizard to revenge kill. SR really hurts...no wonder he's UU.
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Begin turn #21
Charizard used Flamethrower!
Rotom-c lost 39% of its health!
Rotom-c used Thunderbolt! A critical hit! It's super effective!
Charizard lost 149/298 (50%) of its health!
Charizard fainted!
Rotom-c's Leftovers restored its health a little! Rotom-c regained 6% of its health!
GHU Jockmaster sent out Ambipom (lvl 100 Ambipom ♂)!
Ambipom was badly poisoned! Ambipom was badly poisoned by the Toxic Spikes!
Ambipom was hurt by Spikes! Ambipom lost 54/292 (18%) of its health! Pointed stones dug into Ambipom! Ambipom lost 36/292 (12%) of its health!

Thought that would take him out, but he's barely hanging on and took out my 'Zard in retaliation. Gonna try to do something desperate with my Ambipom to get this Rotom out of here so I can Spin with Claydol.
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Begin turn #22
Ambipom used U-turn! A critical hit! It's not very effective...
Rotom-c lost 12% of its health!
Rotom-c fainted!
GHU Jockmaster withdrew Ambipom!
GHU Jockmaster sent out Claydol (lvl 100 Claydol)!
Pointed stones dug into Claydol! Claydol lost 16/261 (6%) of its health! Ambipom went back to GHU Jockmaster!
2sly4u sent out Swampert (lvl 100 Swampert ♀)!
Pointed stones dug into Swampert! Swampert lost 6% of its health!

EXTREMELY lucky crit, exactly what I needed. Now I can safely spin all of this B.S. away.
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Begin turn #23
Claydol used Rapid Spin!
Swampert lost 4% of its health!
Claydol blew away the Toxic Spikes!
Claydol blew away the Spikes!
Claydol blew away the Stealth Rock!
Swampert used Aqua Tail! It's super effective!
Claydol lost 222/261 (85%) of its health!
Swampert's Leftovers restored its health a little! Swampert regained 6% of its health!
Swampert is hurt by poison! Swampert lost 6% of its health!

Such a relief to get all of those away. I noticed that my Claydol was faster so now we say goodbye to our multi-eyed friend.
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Begin turn #24
Claydol used Explosion!
Claydol lost 7/261 (2%) of its health!
Claydol fainted!
Swampert lost 41% of its health!
Swampert fainted!
2sly4u sent out Magnezone (lvl 100 Magnezone)!
Pointed stones dug into Magnezone! Magnezone lost 6% of its health!
GHU Jockmaster sent out Ambipom (lvl 100 Ambipom ♂)!

Might as well send out Ambipom; I don't know if my Feraligator is faster than his Magnezone and Ambipom is about to faint anyways.
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Begin turn #25
Ambipom used Fake Out! It's not very effective...
Magnezone lost 14% of its health!
Magnezone flinched!
Ambipom is hurt by poison! Ambipom lost 18/292 (6%) of its health!

Now I'll go for some more cheap damage before the KO.
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Begin turn #26
Ambipom used Double Hit! It's not very effective...
Magnezone lost 12% of its health! It's not very effective...
Magnezone lost 12% of its health! Hit 2 time(s)!
Magnezone used Thunderbolt!
Ambipom lost 184/292 (63%) of its health!
Ambipom fainted!
Magnezone lost 10% of its health!
GHU Jockmaster sent out Feraligatr (lvl 100 Feraligatr ♂)!

All right Feraligator...it's all up to you. Let's do this.
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Begin turn #27
Feraligatr used Earthquake! It's super effective!
Magnezone lost 45% of its health!
Magnezone fainted!
2sly4u sent out Flygon (lvl 100 Flygon ♂)!
Pointed stones dug into Flygon! Flygon lost 6% of its health!

YES!! It was faster, so i got a huge threat out of my hair. This Flygon will be faster than me, so hopefully no hax will happen...if not Ice Punch will surely OHKO
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Begin turn #28
Flygon used Outrage!
Feraligatr lost 187/311 (60%) of its health!
Feraligatr used Ice Punch! It's super effective!
Flygon lost 93% of its health!
Flygon fainted!
2sly4u sent out Tentacruel (lvl 100 Tentacruel ♂)!
Pointed stones dug into Tentacruel! Tentacruel lost 12% of its health!

Oh no...I don't know if I can finish him off and he will surely deplete the small amount of HP I have left. Hopefully Feraligator has enough Attack to finish him.
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Begin turn #29
Feraligatr used Earthquake! It's super effective!
Tentacruel lost 72% of its health!
Tentacruel fainted!

GHU Jockmaster wins!

Pretty much crapped my pants. Feraligator swept the last half of his team single-handedly. This is by far the best UU team I've ever tested; it even does well in OU tiers!

Rate the team, comment on moves, anything! Thanks for reading!
Adding pics later!
 
That's a great warstory! Pictures would be nice, but seeing as I can read for ever I didn't mind the endless text. So this proves UU>OU. Awesome! I guess this is why they don't mix tiers! 9/10 for pure pwnage. Are you going to include Props and Slops? They're always good fun! Your Feraligatr really kicked some ass out there! I support your Claydol, too. It's so overshadowed these days! Looking forward to reading more!
 

Athenodoros

Official Smogon Know-It-All
Quite meh. Pictures are good, health updates are better, comments are fabulous and a decent battle is the best, and unfortunately none of them are here. Check the warstory archive to have a look at what is considered to be a good and well-formatted warstory.
 
Fail to understand the meaning behind LevitatingLamprey's 9/10 for this. Clear that both of thse people need to have a good look at the warstory archive, and find out what battles are fit to be posted in a warstory. Added to this that there were absolutely no pictures and poor formatting, and this was a pain to read.
 
Fail to understand the meaning behind LevitatingLamprey's 9/10 for this.
Assuming you're not being sarcastic, that's because he obviously like UU more than OU, and supports it for that sole reason.

I'm gonna have to echo the general consensus and say get pictures and health updaes. Read one turn in and gave up. When you update it, i'll read it..
 
Fair enough, one of them had to be, it was a 50/50 chance i would pick the right one. Guess it just fell the wrong way this time.

But either way, i second the notion that this isn't worth anywhere near that score.
 

Azure Demon

Guest
I really didn't see anything to great in this battle, your opponent played down right horribly, you played pretty bad at times, and also commentary was lacking. You made no great predictions and your opponent didn't
Either. This gets a 3/10 it just lacked all around for me. Check out the warstory archive so you can get a sense of a good warstory.
 
Fair enough, one of them had to be, it was a 50/50 chance i would pick the right one. Guess it just fell the wrong way this time.

But either way, i second the notion that this isn't worth anywhere near that score.

All right, sorry for your confusion, but I was obviously being sarcastic there.
 
Hate to clog up the thread, but now BOTH of you were being sarcastic? So, can someone just explain to me what the actual consensus is?

And to make this a useful post, i read another few turns in, but stopped when he left Arcanine in to kill Rotom, even though he risked (and got) a T-Wave. :(

EDIT: Make that: I read unti his Feraligatr got 3 DD's. That pretty much sums up what i think of this. Not a great battle by far.
 
Oh god, now you are confusing me too. I thought he was sarcastic, and I was sarcastic about his being sarcastic, and now I dont know if you are being sarcastic about....Gah just forget it. This warstory is getting too many posts, all just saying it was a meh warstory and w/e. I think w might have to lock this thread now.
 
The team is great, I love the synergy. Unfortunately, that's not what's in question here: it's the warstory itself.

Hax and a few pretty bad misplays on both sides, and the comments seemed more a hinderance than a part of the story.

Rating: 5/10

I do look forward to more warstories from you, but you may want to add sprites and damage percentages next time.

Oh, and welcome to Smogon.
 

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