Hello everybody, this is me with a doubles warstory. I was trying to ladder on Pokemon Online, when I came across En Fuego on the ladder. In this warstory, I am Machamp. Our teams:-
HFB's team
En Fuego's team
Battle between En Fuego and Machamp started!
: 100%(Sashed)
: 100%
: 100%
: 100%
: 100% (Focus Sash)
: 100%
: Shocked
: 94%
: 1%(broken Sash)
: Surprised and wiped out
: 43%
: 62%
: 1%(broken Sash)
: 100%(locked into Energy Ball)
: 100%
: 49%
: Bowled over
: 100%
: 52%
: Swamped
: 80%
: 32%
: 90%
: 90%
: 23%
: Boiled pineapple
: 80%
: 90%
: 23%
: 56%
: 31%(Wacan eaten)
Ah, now Zapdos, one half of my offensive core is down. Luckily, I manage to bring in Celebi for free, and I’m going to rid it of its Choice Scarf to cripple one of these 2 sweepers. Gyarados uses Protect, which means I don’t get the kill with Discharge like I was hoping to. 3-3
: Shocked
: 90%
: 81%
: 13%
: 31%(Wacan eaten)
: 52%
: Signaled “Out”
: 13%
: 31%(locked into Waterfall)
Ladies and gentlemen, THIS is why you should run priority on your teams. I manage to pick off Zapdos, then get a full-powered Rock Slide to beat Gyarados. We say our ggs, as the final result is known. Toxicroak cannot beat both Scizor and Flygon together.
: 52%
: 70%
: Swiftly punched
: Crushed by rocks
And the game ends, with me winning 2-0. However, the game was a lot closer than the scoreline would suggest! I settle it with a swit Bullet punch.
: 52%
: 52%
: Punched swiftly
Now, for props and slops.
Props
Slops
Infernape-0
Starmie-1
Celebi-1
Scizor-1
Zapdos-1
Flygon-1
Vaporeon-0
Toxicroak
Kingdra-1
Ludicolo-1
Zapdos-2
Gyarados-0
MVP
Scizor@ Iron Plate
252 HP 252 Atk 4 Spe(At the time of the warstory, I had accidentally forgotten to set EVs and nature of Scizor, which probably explains some weird damage totals)
Adamant
-U-Turn
-Bullet Punch
-Brick Break
-Protect
This guy’s a beast, seriously. He’s got that admirable Bullet Punch, which allowed him to pick off 2 nearly dead Pokemon. U-Turn was important as it helped me to bring in Zapdos, while Brick Break is another core move which provides general coverage. Protect is part of my team's defenses against Explosion and Selfdestruct. Seriously, he can easily tank a hit and U-Turn out. I run 252 HP instead of 248, simply because entry haxards are so rare in doubles.
Round-Up
You don't find many doubles matches, and the level of competition is pretty low on PO. However, occasionally, you do run across Smogoners. Hope to see more double battles when SB2 comes out!
HFB's team
En Fuego's team
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Battle between En Fuego and Machamp started!
OK, here we go. Now its obvious right off the bat that En Fuego is running a Rain Dance team, so I need to make my plans. The most obvious thing to do is my standard start: Fake Out one Pokemon, and batter the other with Starmie. Now its blatantly obvious Toxicroak will Fake Out and Vaporeon will use Rain Dance, so I accordingly select my moves.
Ok, excellent. Now I’ve stopped Rain Dance from going up(with some crit hax), and did a bit of damage to Toxicroak, and prevented it from moving. I’ve managed to win the first part of this battle: The lead face off. He’s lost the chance to Fake Out further without switching, and does not have Rain Dance, meaning I will likely get another KO next turn. He now brings in Kingdra, which is going to be eating another Thunder from my Wide Lens Starmie. Also, PO does not show Life Orb recoil in the log, just saying. 6-5
Lots of stuff happens this term, and the game is leveled to 5-5. Infernape annoyingly misses out on KOing Toxicroak, and while I get some more hax with Starmie(hey, it has a 30% chance of happening), I lose Starmie. Now the lead phase is officially over, and I have a very annoying Toxicroak that is going to be healed regularly on my hands. Not good. I bring out my Scarf Celebi to net the KO on Kingdra before it can do something scary like setting up Rain Dance.
I predict the Sucker Punch correctly, bring in Scizor for free, and nab the KO on Kingdra. He sends out Ludicolo, and now I’m in a fix. Energy Ball is not really going to do too much to either of them, necessitating a switch. Toxicroak is also healing very fast, and is bound to be a nuisance soon, but the main Rain sweepers are my prime targets, so I have to predict around Croak until then. 5-4.
Wow, the log for this turn is pretty long. I play against more Sucker punch mindgames to bring in Infernape for a sacrifice. I pull out my secret weapon on Scizor, U-Turn(which, while not the beast that it is in singles, is still great to pull out of the blue in doubles), to net some heavy damage on Ludicolo and switch. Since I now have the choice of bringing in 2 Pokemon, I choose to start wreaking havoc with my ZapGon offensive core, my replacement for ZapChomp. Toxicroak is also very healthy now, and I need to hope En Fuego switches, or it could be a pain in the neck. 4-4
I get rid of Ludicolo before it can pull out a Rain Dance, and the Bug Bite intended for Ludicolo redirects to Toxicroak. In hindsight, Earthquake would have been a better choice this turn, but I overpredicted a switch to a Pokemon immune to ground attacks. I plan to EQ the next turn, as I doubt if my opponent has another EQ resist on his team, considering he did not switch Toxicroak.4-3
Screw Zapdos, it finally gets Rain Dance up. Now I’m in deep trouble, since Zapdos’ Thunder STINGS. My EQ comes a turn too late, doing no damage at all. Discharge eats Gyarados’ Wacan Berry, and Gyara Intimidates Flygon, making it close to useless. I don’t have U-Turn, so I have to switch and hope En Fuego does not hit my switch in hard. Also, good play by En Fuego in ensuring my EQ gets wasted.
Ah, now Zapdos, one half of my offensive core is down. Luckily, I manage to bring in Celebi for free, and I’m going to rid it of its Choice Scarf to cripple one of these 2 sweepers. Gyarados uses Protect, which means I don’t get the kill with Discharge like I was hoping to. 3-3
Plan succeeds. I Trick my Choice Scarf, and protect with Scizor, so as to scout what move En Fuego uses. Unfortunately, Zapdos KOs Celebi with Signal Beam, which I completely forgot about, as I run only Heat Wave on my Zapdos. Oh well, I bring back Flygon for the final act. I did make an error, by not killing Zapdos this turn, but luckily it did not make a difference in the end.2-3
Ladies and gentlemen, THIS is why you should run priority on your teams. I manage to pick off Zapdos, then get a full-powered Rock Slide to beat Gyarados. We say our ggs, as the final result is known. Toxicroak cannot beat both Scizor and Flygon together.
And the game ends, with me winning 2-0. However, the game was a lot closer than the scoreline would suggest! I settle it with a swit Bullet punch.
Now, for props and slops.
Props
- Scizor for being such a pro and allowing Zapdos safe entry.
- Infernape and Starmie for cementing why they are excellent leads.
- Celebi for successfully crippling Gyarados, stopping it from stalling time with Protect.
Slops
- Allowing Toxicroak to survive so long and be a general pain in the neck with forcing prediction.
- Flygon failing to do any damage Turn 6.
- Celebi getting KO’d by Signal Beam out of the blue.
- Forgetting to set EVs and Nature for Scizor.
Infernape-0
Starmie-1
Celebi-1
Scizor-1
Zapdos-1
Flygon-1
Vaporeon-0
Toxicroak
Kingdra-1
Ludicolo-1
Zapdos-2
Gyarados-0
MVP
Scizor@ Iron Plate
252 HP 252 Atk 4 Spe(At the time of the warstory, I had accidentally forgotten to set EVs and nature of Scizor, which probably explains some weird damage totals)
Adamant
-U-Turn
-Bullet Punch
-Brick Break
-Protect
This guy’s a beast, seriously. He’s got that admirable Bullet Punch, which allowed him to pick off 2 nearly dead Pokemon. U-Turn was important as it helped me to bring in Zapdos, while Brick Break is another core move which provides general coverage. Protect is part of my team's defenses against Explosion and Selfdestruct. Seriously, he can easily tank a hit and U-Turn out. I run 252 HP instead of 248, simply because entry haxards are so rare in doubles.
Round-Up
You don't find many doubles matches, and the level of competition is pretty low on PO. However, occasionally, you do run across Smogoners. Hope to see more double battles when SB2 comes out!
