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IF Greninja is under the effects of a Damaging Evasive Move, THEN Trick Room and replace all remaining instances of Low Sweep in your orders with Drain Punch the first instance, Reflect the second instance, Wish the third instance, pushing back actions on the second and third instances only. IF Greninja is to use Taunt, THEN Magic Coat and push back. IF Greninja is typed such that it resists or is immune to Fighting-typed attacks, THEN Knock Off the first instance, Rock Slide the second instance, Ice Punch the third instance, pushing back each instance.
Elevator Music is shockingly able to out damage, abuse subs and set up while ordering second with a Greninja. Skill frog gets in some decent chip damage while taking very little itself but it does unfortunately lose its Rare Candy (which is a pretty poor item choice for a Greninja these days anyway so thanks for that Ooraloo). EM now looks to abuse Jayy's Trick Room one would have to imagine.
Greninja was hurt by Spikes! [12 DMG]
Action 1
Gallade used Magic Coat Gallade became shrouded in a magic barrier [9 EN]
Greninja used Taunt The magic coat bounced it back! Greninja was taunted! [10 EN]
Action 2
Greninja sprung into the air! Greninja became Flying typed!
Greninja used Bounce CRIT [<=625] 8519/10000: NO
PARA [<=3000] 4136/10000: NO
(9 + 3 + (3-3)*1.5)*1.5 = 18 [18 DMG] [9 EN]
Gallade used Trick Room The dimensions were shifted! [9 EN]
Action 3
Gallade used Knock Off CRIT [<=625] 4497/10000: NO
(10 + (5-3)*1.5) = 13 Greninja's Rare Candy was knocked off! [13 DMG] [7 EN]
Greninja used U-Turn Greninja became Bug typed! CRIT [<=625] 7927/10000: NO
(7 + 3 + (3-3)*1.5) = 10 Greninja got ready to switch out! [10 DMG] [4 EN]
Leader Ooralevator Music
AX- 138-163/290-315: 48-52% Spikes (1)
IF (Knock Off is used outside of a combination) AND (Trick Room is up) THEN (use Bounce)
IF (a damaging Electric-type combination is used) THEN (use Dive (Suspend) ~ Dive (Attack))
IF (Bounce is disabled when you would use it) THEN (use Dive)
EM switches into exactly what I thought he would and his last pick is able to avoid the Spikes completely. Gyarados manages to get quick a few licks in too as Gallade is more worried about setting up and doesn't actually end up touching Gyarados. He then finally plays the trick we all knew was coming but all it ended up doing was cancelling out the losses of the round. Then again Encore is totally broken so the next step is sure to be far from pretty for our intrepid not leader.
IF Gyarados is under the effects of a Protective/Evasive Move A3, THEN Chill IF Gyarados is to use a Damaging Evasive Move A3 AND Gyarados did not use a suspended Damaging Evasive Move A2, THEN Pursuit IF Gyarados is under the effects of a Damaging Evasive Move A3, THEN Chill
That Trick Room sub abuse is proving to be absolutely crucial for EM here as Gyarados is able to spend a second round taking advantage of it (and the fact that Ooraloo actually filled its movepool with useful things) to KO Deoxys a whole lot sooner than I'm sure Jayy hoped. The legendary does manage to get its planned 4x SE combination in but Gyarados is still looking in decent shape all things considered. HP totals have more or less evened out but EM has the crucial Pokemon advantage, and happens to be just about the best player in this game at making the most of it.
Action 1
Deoxys-D ate its RageCandyBar!
Gyarados used Aqua Tail HIT [<=9000] 4266/10000: YES
CRIT [<=625] 6919/10000: NO
(9 + 3 + (6-6)*1.5 + (6-8)*1) = 10 [10 DMG] [8 EN]
Deoxys-D used Giga Thunder Punch CRIT [<=625] 3734/10000: NO
(23 + (5-3)*1.5)*2.25 = 58.5 Deoxys-D became sluggish (1a) [58.5 DMG] [24.9 EN]
Action 2
Gyarados tucked its head! Gyarados' Defence rose!
Deoxys-D needs to cool down!
Gyarados used Skull Bash CRIT [<=625] 9882/10000: NO
(13 + (6-6)*1.5 + (6-8)*1) = 11 [11 DMG] [10 EN]
Action 3
Gyarados used Giga Impact HIT [<=9000] 1469/10000: YES
CRIT [<=625] 9101/10000: NO
(16 + (6-6)*1.5 + (6-8)*1) = 14 Gyarados became sluggish! [15 DMG] [13.4 EN] Deoxys-D was knocked out!
Gyardos' Moxie raised its Attack!
Leader Ooralevator Music
BXA 79/290: 27% Spikes (1)
IF (Gallade is under the effect of a protective/evasive move when would act) THEN (use Chill)
IF (Encore is used) THEN (use Skull Bash)
IF (you are under the effect of Torment when you would act a3) THEN (use Dive a3)
Have I mentioned that encore fucking sucks? Like seriously in a game where one action can mean so much being able to lock in two is just silly. Fortunately for EM even being locked into fricken Tackle for the entire round didn't prevent Gyarados from dealing a decent chunk of damage. I suppose this is a good little indicator of the perils you can sometimes face leaving yourself sluggish. With the Trick Room finally fading it looks like Gyarados might have played its whole hand, but you never know what Elevator Music might come up with.
Action 1
Gyarados used Tackle CRIT [<=625] 9611/10000: NO
(6 + (6-3)*1.5) + 2 = 12.5 [12.5 DMG] [4 EN]
Gallade used Encore Gyarados was given an Encore [Tackle] (2a) [10 EN]
Like I said, Gyarados was already dead. It actually did pretty well for a reasonably out of the box pick though. Now its time to see what magic EM can produce with a skill frog, even if he does have to order first and walk on some spikes.
Action 1
Gyarados used Endure Gyarados braced itself! [15 EN]
Gallade used Toxic Gyarados was badly poisoned! [7 EN]
Gyarados is hurt by Toxic! [1 DMG] Gyarados was knocked out!
Leader Ooralevator Music
BXA 38/290: 13% Spikes (1)
IF (Endure is used) THEN (use Toxic and push actions back)
IF (Vacuum Wave is used in a combination) THEN (use Protect and push actions back)
IF (a damaging Fighting-type move is used) THEN (use Acrobatics)
Elevator Music did a pretty great job of making this match far closer than it deserved to be but ultimately turn order and Spikes prove too much to overcome and Jayy takes badge # something. Here's hoping we actually manage to find a decent Water gym leader for once in the near future.
Greninja was hurt by Spikes! [12 DMG]
Action 1
Gallade used Vacuum Wave CRIT [<=625] 1105/10000: NO
(4 + 3 + (3-2)*1.5)*1.5 = 12.75 [12.75 DMG] [3 EN]
Greninja used Acrobatics Greninja's Protean made it a Flying type! CRIT [<=625] 8591/10000: NO
(11 + 3 + (3-3)*1.5)*1.5 = 21 [21 DMG] [6 EN]
Action 2
Gallade used Thunder Punch CRIT [<=625] 9257/10000: NO
(8 + (5-3)*1.5)*1.5 = 16.5 [16.5 DMG] [6 EN] Greninja was knocked out!
Turn Order JJayyFeather
+20 CC
+1 Water Badge
+1 Sharp Beak
+1 Gym prize (some pack of idiots don't keep the gym OP up to date so just claim whatever you're due)
Vikavolt: 4 MC