Powerful Setup Move With a Significant Drawback:
Name: Damned Deal
Type: Fairy
Category: Status
Power: --
Accuracy: --
PP: 5 (8)
Effect: When Damned Deal is successfully used, the message
"(The wild/The opposing/<Trainer>'s) <Pokémon> made a deal with forces beyond its understanding!!!!" is displayed to all players, and the user becomes the
center of attention. If another Pokémon (including allies) then directly causes the user to
faint by using a damaging move, Damned Deal will act differently depending on whether there are currently any
fainted Pokémon in the
party:
- If there is at least one fainted Pokémon in the party, all remaining conscious Pokémon in the user's party and the user's allies are first cured of all non-volatile status conditions (sleep, poison, paralysis, freeze, and burn) and confusion, before the next Pokémon in line that has fainted is revived with all of its HP and PP fully restored.
- If there are no fainted Pokémon in the party, the next Pokémon sent out to replace the user will have their highest stat (other than HP, accuracy or evasion) raised by three stages upon entering battle. In the case of a tie between multiple stats, Damned Deal will instead raise the Pokémon's critical hit ratio by three stages, and in which case will also cause later usages of Focus Energy and/or Dragon Cheer by the Pokémon to fail.
This move's effects lasts until the user performs another action; "inactive" turns such as those spent
sleeping (unless the user uses
Sleep Talk and
Snore), fully
paralysed,
frozen, being immobilised due to
infatuation and/or
flinching will only prolong the duration of the effect. Similarly to
Me First, the
Assault Vest does not prevent a Pokémon from selecting Damned Deal.
Damned Deal always fails if it is used after the first turn the user is out, or if the move is called by
Instruct or
moves that call other moves. If this move fails, the user of Damned Deal will additionally always be
cursed.
Flags: Snatch, Mirror
Description: Unlike others, I've elected to setup an ally rather than the user. This is Z-
Grudge +
Revival Blessing/
Lunar Dance or
Acupressure, with additional caveats. With great power comes great responsibility indeed... so please read the terms and conditions before making any deals that involve a life :D
Flavour: The user chooses to get knocked out in return for helping an ally. This move has different effects depending on whether the user has any fainted allies.
Powerful Ability:
Name: Showtime
Ability Effect: If the Pokemon has yet to execute its move, whenever another Pokémon successfully uses a damaging move, a Pokémon with the Ability Showtime will immediately use that move as well. Using a move through Showtime is a separate action to using the move originally selected. Showtime will not activate for a move copied by another Pokémon with through Showtime or Dancer, but it will activate on an
instructed move.
Showtime will not activate if all of the move's targets are
protected from it, if the move fails to affect any Pokémon, or if all targets are immune. If the Pokémon with Showtime is
confused, it may hurt itself instead of copying the move, even if it is protected by a move like
Protect or
Mat Block. If a Pokémon has
flinched, this also applies to moves it subsequently tries to copy with Showtime. A Pokémon with Showtime that is locked into a
consecutively executed move (such as Outrage or Rollout) or any move by
Encore or a held
Choice item will still try to copy the move, but will fail unless it is locked into that same move.
Moves used via Showtime are not considered the move used most recently (such as for the purpose of
Instruct,
Mimic or
Mirror Move), but damage dealt by them is considered for the purpose of
Counter,
Mirror Coat,
Metal Burst, and
Comeuppance.
Description: Think if Analytic meets Dancer but expanded. Or, to quote a certain meme, "Fine, I'll do it myself"
