6%! (OU Warstory [my first one on Smogon], Pre-Platinum)

[burnpsy]

The rules prevented me posting this any sooner...

This is a match that was done over the summer, before Platinum arrived, on Shoddy for the 1st Round of Pokebeach's Official Tournament. I was experimenting with a different moveset on my Swampert, but I decided to go with the previous one for this match, This would have been easier if I had kept the newer moveset.

burnpsy's Team:

Phazon's Team will be revealed at the end of the match...

Phazon-764's moves will look like this.
burnpsy's moves will look like this.
My comments will look like this.
other text will look like this.
Leftovers will be removed.
Nicknames will be removed.
Sandstorm/hail damage will be removed.
Scores will be shown after each KO.

Rules: Evasion Clause, OHKO Clause, Sleep Clause, Species Clause
Phazon-764 sent out Gengar (lvl 100 Gengar ?).
burnpsy sent out Graphix (lvl 100 Porygonz).
Porygonz's Download raised its stats!
Porygonz's attack was raised.
Phazon-764: gl
burnpsy: gl

This match opened up with the complimentary Gengar... >.< Of course, I knew I would do more damage if it didn't carry Focus Blast, So I took the risk...

Porygonz used Dark Pulse.
It's super effective!
Gengar lost 86% of its health.
Gengar used Thunderbolt.
Porygonz lost 56% of its health.

This tells me right away that Gengar did not carry Focus Blast, and even better, I was faster and prepared for the knock out... But, of course...

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Phazon-764 switched in Heatran (lvl 100 Heatran ?).
Porygonz used Dark Pulse.
It's not very effective...
A critical hit!
Heatran lost 27% of its health.

A switch was in my future instead of a KO... I'm within knockout range from its attack, so I have the perfect candidate to come in...

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burnpsy switched in SWAMPERT (lvl 100 Swampert ?).
Heatran used Earth Power.
Swampert lost 24% of its health.

That took less damage than I had initially thought... I have no Idea what was going through my head here, but I know I didn't think of...

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Phazon-764 switched in Celebi (lvl 100 Celebi).
Swampert used Earthquake.
It's not very effective...
Celebi lost 14% of its health.

...A Celebi switch-in...

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burnpsy switched in Blazer (lvl 100 Infernape ?).
Celebi used Leech Seed.
Infernape was seeded!
Infernape's health was sapped by leech seed!
Infernape lost 12% of its health.
Celebi regained health!
Celebi restored 8% of its health.

LEECH SEED!? I thought it was going to go for a quick KO... Well, I knew the drill here, one Flamethrower should knock this thing out...

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Phazon-764 switched in Gliscor (lvl 100 Gliscor ?).
Infernape used Flamethrower.
Gliscor lost 62% of its health.
Infernape lost 10% of its health.
Infernape's health was sapped by leech seed!
Infernape lost 12% of its health.
Gliscor regained health!
Gliscor restored 9% of its health.

I seem to get this a lot... Gliscor switching into a Flamethrower aimed at a Celebi... It does just as well, if not better, against a Gliscor.

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Phazon-764: =S
Phazon-764 switched in Vaporeon (lvl 100 Vaporeon ?).
Infernape used Flamethrower.
It's not very effective...
Vaporeon lost 18% of its health.
Infernape lost 10% of its health.
Infernape's health was sapped by leech seed!
Infernape lost 12% of its health.
Vaporeon regained health!
Vaporeon restored 7% of its health.

Infernape is in no condition to take on a Vaporeon, so I do the smart thing and switch to Umbreon...

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burnpsy switched in UMBREON (lvl 100 Umbreon ?).
Vaporeon used Surf.
Umbreon lost 23% of its health.
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Phazon-764 switched in Heatran (lvl 100 Heatran ?).
Umbreon used Mean Look.
Heatran was trapped!

Everything here goes according to plan. Expecting Toxic, he switches to Heatran, taking a Mean Look which leaves it at the mercy of...

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Heatran used Earth Power.
Umbreon lost 18% of its health.
Umbreon used Baton Pass.
burnpsy switched in SWAMPERT (lvl 100 Swampert ?).

Swampert, of course!

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Heatran used Earth Power.
Swampert lost 24% of its health.
Swampert used Earthquake.
It's super effective!
Heatran lost 154% of its health.
Phazon-764's Heatran fainted.
(5-6)
Leader: burnpsy

I like getting the first KO of the match, but I knew right away that he was going to send in...

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Phazon-764 switched in Celebi (lvl 100 Celebi).
burnpsy switched in UMBREON (lvl 100 Umbreon ?).
Celebi used Grass Knot.
Umbreon lost 14% of its health.
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Phazon-764 switched in Gengar (lvl 100 Gengar ?).
Umbreon used Mean Look.
Gengar was trapped!
---
Gengar used Explosion.
Umbreon lost 44% of its health.
Phazon-764's Gengar fainted.
(4-6)
Leader: burnpsy
Umbreon used Assurance.
But there was no target!

A bunch of switches, but they end in a Kamikaze by Gengar... not that it needed to explode...

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Phazon-764 switched in Tyranitar (lvl 100 Tyranitar ?).
Tyranitar's Sand Stream whipped up a sandstorm!
A sandstorm brewed!
Tyranitar used Taunt.
Umbreon fell for the taunt!
Umbreon used Wish.
Umbreon can't use Wish after the taunt!
The sandstorm rages.
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Tyranitar used Earthquake.
Umbreon lost 33% of its health.
burnpsy's UMBREON fainted.
(4-5)
Leader: burnpsy
Tyranitar lost 10% of its health.
The sandstorm rages.

He just outsmarted me there...

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burnpsy switched in Glider (lvl 100 Gliscor ?).
Phazon-764 switched in Gliscor (lvl 100 Gliscor ?).
Gliscor used Swords Dance.
Gliscor's attack was sharply raised.
The sandstorm rages.

It's Gliscor vs. Gliscor time! We spend the entire time healing and getting attack boosts, he ends up winning due to a flinch from Ice Fang. He also found an opportunity to use Stealth Rock.

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Gliscor used Swords Dance.
Gliscor's attack was sharply raised.
Gliscor used Roost.
Gliscor restored 50% of its health.
The sandstorm rages.
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Gliscor used Ice Fang.
It's super effective!
Gliscor lost 46% of its health.
Gliscor used Swords Dance.
Gliscor's attack was sharply raised.
The sandstorm rages.
---
Gliscor used Ice Fang.
It's super effective!
Gliscor lost 48% of its health.
Gliscor used Roost.
Gliscor restored 50% of its health.
The sandstorm rages.
---
Gliscor used Aerial Ace.
Gliscor lost 49% of its health.
Gliscor used Ice Fang.
It's super effective!
Gliscor lost 48% of its health.
The sandstorm rages.
---
Gliscor used Roost.
Gliscor restored 50% of its health.
Gliscor used Ice Fang.
It's super effective!
Gliscor lost 21% of its health.
The sandstorm rages.
---
Gliscor used Roost.
Gliscor restored 50% of its health.
Gliscor used Roost.
Gliscor restored 50% of its health.
The sandstorm rages.
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Gliscor used Aerial Ace.
Gliscor lost 51% of its health.
Gliscor used Stealth Rock.
Pointed stones float in the air around your foe's team!
The sandstorm rages.
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Gliscor used Aerial Ace.
Gliscor lost 51% of its health.
Gliscor used Roost.
Gliscor restored 50% of its health.
The sandstorm rages.
---
burnpsy: :(
Gliscor used Aerial Ace.
Gliscor lost 50% of its health.
Gliscor used Roost.
Gliscor restored 50% of its health.
The sandstorm rages.
---
Gliscor used Aerial Ace.
Gliscor lost 46% of its health.
Gliscor used Roost.
Gliscor restored 50% of its health.
The sandstorm rages.
---
Phazon-764: =o
Gliscor used Ice Fang.
It's super effective!
Gliscor lost 45% of its health.
Gliscor used Aerial Ace.
Gliscor lost 48% of its health.
The sandstorm rages.
---
Gliscor used Roost.
Gliscor restored 50% of its health.
Gliscor used Aerial Ace.
Gliscor lost 44% of its health.
The sandstorm rages.
---
Gliscor used Aerial Ace.
Gliscor lost 47% of its health.
Gliscor used Roost.
Gliscor restored 50% of its health.
The sandstorm rages.
---
Gliscor used Aerial Ace.
Gliscor lost 48% of its health.
Gliscor used Roost.
Gliscor restored 50% of its health.
The sandstorm rages.
---
Gliscor used Ice Fang.
It's super effective!
Gliscor lost 48% of its health.
Gliscor flinched!
The sandstorm rages.
---
Phazon-764: :O
Gliscor used Ice Fang.
It's super effective!
Gliscor lost 45% of its health.
burnpsy's Glider fainted.
(4-4)
The sandstorm rages.
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burnpsy: -_-
burnpsy switched in SWAMPERT (lvl 100 Swampert ?).
Pointed stones dug into Swampert.
Swampert lost 6% of its health.
Phazon-764 switched in Celebi (lvl 100 Celebi).
Swampert used Avalanche.
It's super effective!
Celebi lost 24% of its health.
The sandstorm rages.

Genius! Pure Genius! He switched from double Ice weakness to a single Ice weakness![/sarcasm]

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burnpsy switched in TOGEKISS (lvl 100 Togekiss ?).
Pointed stones dug into Togekiss.
Togekiss lost 25% of its health.
Celebi used Grass Knot.
It's not very effective...
Togekiss lost 6% of its health.
The sandstorm rages.
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Celebi used Recover.
Celebi restored 50% of its health.
Togekiss used Thunder Wave.
Celebi is paralysed! It may be unable to move!
The sandstorm rages.
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Phazon-764 switched in Vaporeon (lvl 100 Vaporeon ?).
Togekiss used Roost.
Togekiss restored 50% of its health.
The sandstorm rages.
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Togekiss used Thunder Wave.
Vaporeon is paralysed! It may be unable to move!
Vaporeon used Hidden Power.
It's super effective!
Togekiss lost 23% of its health.
The sandstorm rages.

To sum this part up, I paralyzed Vaporeon while healing off the Stealth Rock damage, and he did some minimal damage... My next move was rather obvious as well...

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Togekiss used Nasty Plot.
Togekiss's special attack was sharply raised.
Vaporeon used Wish.
Vaporeon made a wish!
The sandstorm rages.
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Togekiss used Nasty Plot.
Togekiss's special attack was sharply raised.
Vaporeon is paralysed! It can't move!
The wish came true!
Vaporeon restored 50% of its health.
The sandstorm rages.
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Togekiss used Nasty Plot.
Togekiss's special attack was sharply raised.
Vaporeon used Hidden Power.
It's super effective!
Togekiss lost 25% of its health.
The sandstorm rages.
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Togekiss used Air Slash.
Vaporeon lost 112% of its health.
Phazon-764's Vaporeon fainted.
(3-4)
Leader: burnpsy
The sandstorm rages.

I get three easy Nasty Plots and say good bye to Vaporeon... This is where the match begins to get fast-paced...

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Phazon-764 switched in Tyranitar (lvl 100 Tyranitar ?).
Tyranitar's Sand Stream whipped up a sandstorm!
Tyranitar used Crunch.
Togekiss lost 52% of its health.
burnpsy's TOGEKISS fainted.
(3-3)
Tyranitar lost 10% of its health.
The sandstorm rages.

A quick Togekiss KO makes me simply give up my biggest chance of winning, I'm surprised Tyranitar was faster...

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burnpsy switched in SWAMPERT (lvl 100 Swampert ?).
Pointed stones dug into Swampert.
Swampert lost 6% of its health.
Phazon-764 switched in Celebi (lvl 100 Celebi).
Swampert used Avalanche.
It's super effective!
Celebi lost 24% of its health.
The sandstorm rages.
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burnpsy switched in Graphix (lvl 100 Porygonz).
Porygonz's Download raised its stats!
Porygonz's special attack was raised.
Pointed stones dug into Porygonz.
Porygonz lost 12% of its health.
Celebi used Grass Knot.
Porygonz lost 34% of its health.
burnpsy's Graphix fainted.
(3-2)
Leader: Phazon
The sandstorm rages.

Celebi switches into Avalanche, Porygon-Z switches into Grass Knot... Phazon finally gets in the lead...

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burnpsy switched in Blazer (lvl 100 Infernape ?).
Pointed stones dug into Infernape.
Infernape lost 12% of its health.
Infernape used Flamethrower.
It's super effective!
Celebi lost 110% of its health.
Phazon-764's Celebi fainted.
(2-2)
Infernape lost 10% of its health.
The sandstorm rages.

Celebi stays in for Flamethrower, which is a surprising indeed!

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burnpsy: :(
Phazon-764 switched in Gliscor (lvl 100 Gliscor ?).
Infernape used Flamethrower.
Infernape's attack missed!
Gliscor used Earthquake.
It's super effective!
Infernape lost 119% of its health.
burnpsy's Blazer fainted.
(2-1)
Leader: Phazon
The sandstorm rages.

Sand Veil gives Phazon another lucky KO... I guess it's just karma... I'm usually the one who gets hax, and I get much more of it as well!

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burnpsy switched in SWAMPERT (lvl 100 Swampert ?).
Pointed stones dug into Swampert.
Swampert lost 6% of its health.
Phazon-764: Sand Vail FTW!
burnpsy: :(:(:(
Gliscor used Earthquake.
Swampert lost 25% of its health.
Swampert used Avalanche.
It's super effective!
Gliscor lost 75% of its health.
The sandstorm rages.
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Phazon-764: or FTL =[
Gliscor used Earthquake.
Swampert lost 24% of its health.
Swampert used Rest.
Swampert fell asleep!
Swampert restored 73% of its health.
The sandstorm rages.
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Gliscor used Roost.
Gliscor restored 50% of its health.
Swampert is fast asleep!
The sandstorm rages.
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Gliscor used Roost.
Gliscor restored 50% of its health.
Swampert is fast asleep!
The sandstorm rages.
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Gliscor used Earthquake.
Swampert lost 25% of its health.
Swampert woke up!
Swampert used Avalanche.
It's super effective!
Gliscor lost 75% of its health.
The sandstorm rages.
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Gliscor used Earthquake.
Swampert lost 26% of its health.
Swampert used Avalanche.
It's super effective!
Gliscor lost 85% of its health.
Phazon-764's Gliscor fainted.
(1-1)
The sandstorm rages.

...I may have survived that, but it left a rather huge dent in Swampert! :(

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Phazon-764 switched in Tyranitar (lvl 100 Tyranitar ?).
Tyranitar's Sand Stream whipped up a sandstorm!
Tyranitar used Dragon Dance.
Tyranitar's attack was raised.
Tyranitar's speed was raised.
Swampert used Earthquake.
It's super effective!
Tyranitar lost 77% of its health.
The sandstorm rages.

So close! At this point, Tyranitar held on with 6% of its health left... Since it had just used Dragon Dance, I knew this was game... So I just pressed Earthquake and...

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Tyranitar used Crunch.
Swampert lost 70% of its health.
burnpsy's SWAMPERT fainted.
(1-0)
Phazon-764 wins!
Phazon-764: :]
Phazon-764: gg
Phazon-764: i got scared
burnpsy: ).o
burnpsy: o.o
Phazon-764: :)
Phazon-764: Saving this
burnpsy: same
Phazon-764: maybe warstory?

Phazon's Team:

Props:

• Gliscor and Gliscor, for having such an intense mid-game fight
• Porygon-Z, for showing your superiority to Gengar
• Swampert, for almost winning
• Umbreon, for bringing that Heatran to its knees
• Tyranitar, for surviving by 6%
• This match in general

Slops:

• Heatran, for falling for my trick
• Phazon's Gliscor, for getting hax-ridden KOs every time it was sent out, and for setting up Stealth Rock
• Tyranitar, for starting that annoying Sandstorm
• Losing in Round 1 of the tournament

Phazon went on to lose in the next round! >.<

The log was partially formatted using Warmachine Version 1.0

 

[A.P.]

Nice warstory-I didn't know Porygon-Z could learn Dark Pulse.

Incidentally, what was your new Swampert moveset that you didn't use?

 

[burnpsy]

Nice warstory-I didn't know Porygon-Z could learn Dark Pulse.

Incidentally, what was your new Swampert moveset that you didn't use?

The moveset that I didn't use was the exact same thing except with Sleep Talk instead of Curse (which I didn't get a chance to use here). After I started using Sleep Talk indefiniely, it greatly helped the effectiveness of my Swampert... Also, I might have taken less damage against Gliscor in that case...

 

[muramasa]

It's rare that Umbreon ever actually does anything useful. Trapping Heatran to take it out with Swampert is a nice move though, since Heatran is so damn annoying.

 

[HECTORtu]

Needs more commentary + you both did make a lot of mistakes O_o.

 

[newbioform]

It'd be a lot better if you didn't give away the ending at the start. Also try include more commentary.

 

[Poppin]

I would've liked it more if you didn't give away the beginning >_>. I do have a few small rants, though :/-

1. Why would anyone keep a Gengar in on a Porygon-Z leading if it lacks Focus Blast? I really have my doubts that Tyranitar couldn't have survied a Nasty Plot boosted Hidden Power Fighting (considering that Phazon thought it was a Nasty Plot variant) and not have used Dragon Dance and KO'd with Crunch. Secondly, if this was pre-Platinum, why couldn't he have just used Hypnosis instead? :s

2. Why... exactly would Phazon switch a Heatran in on an Umbreon? First off it isn't doing a thing to it. Secondly, most, if not all Umbreon run Baton Pass. Mean Look or Curse would've been obvious followed up by a Baton Pass to something that could take it on. It's obvious that Heatran was Choice Scarfed. Finally, he had a fucking Nasty Plot Togekiss T_T.

3. Why would anyone keep Celebi in on an Infernape with less than 70% of its health left knowing damn well it's a Leech Seed variant that would fall to a single Life Orb Flamethrower? If you tried to Nasty Plot, Celebi could've either done some damage with Grass Knot and let the Sandstorm and Life Orb wear it down. Celebi could've switched in to rape Swampert and finish off Gliscor >_>. That 1-1 win really wasn't that exciting if you think about it.

Also, more comments would've been nice.

 

[wildfire393]

You seem to be overly eager to stat-up. Both your Gliscor and your Togekiss stat-upped past the point where they needed too, which left them vulnerable to KOing. A single Nasty Plot/Swords Dance is usually enough to sweep. Especially on Togekiss, where Thunderwave + Air Slash tends to sweep on its own.

 

[forbidden]

You seem to be overly eager to stat-up. Both your Gliscor and your Togekiss stat-upped past the point where they needed too, which left them vulnerable to KOing. A single Nasty Plot/Swords Dance is usually enough to sweep. Especially on Togekiss, where Thunderwave + Air Slash tends to sweep on its own.

Gliscor because he had no ice fang and resorted to Aerial Ace. Togekiss because he is expecting T-Tar to come in after Togekiss KOed someone and his moveset is Air Slash/Roost/T-Wave/Nasty Plot which T-Tar resists, but T-Tar ended up being Jolly 252 speed which was faster than minimal speed togekiss.

Overall it was a good battle but lacked commentary. I believe that you should have won but you were haxed by sand veil which lost you the match.

I would've liked it more if you didn't give away the beginning >_>. I do have a few small rants, though :/-

1. Why would anyone keep a Gengar in on a Porygon-Z leading if it lacks Focus Blast? I really have my doubts that Tyranitar couldn't have survied a Nasty Plot boosted Hidden Power Fighting (considering that Phazon thought it was a Nasty Plot variant) and not have used Dragon Dance and KO'd with Crunch. Secondly, if this was pre-Platinum, why couldn't he have just used Hypnosis instead? :s

2. Why... exactly would Phazon switch a Heatran in on an Umbreon? First off it isn't doing a thing to it. Secondly, most, if not all Umbreon run Baton Pass. Mean Look or Curse would've been obvious followed up by a Baton Pass to something that could take it on. It's obvious that Heatran was Choice Scarfed. Finally, he had a fucking Nasty Plot Togekiss T_T.

3. Why would anyone keep Celebi in on an Infernape with less than 70% of its health left knowing damn well it's a Leech Seed variant that would fall to a single Life Orb Flamethrower? If you tried to Nasty Plot, Celebi could've either done some damage with Grass Knot and let the Sandstorm and Life Orb wear it down. Celebi could've switched in to rape Swampert and finish off Gliscor >_>. That 1-1 win really wasn't that exciting if you think about it.

Also, more comments would've been nice.

1. P-Z leads are usually scarf and he probably knows that Gengar will survive a dark pulse or decided to risk it incase it nasty plots instead.

2. Lack of information, the Heatran user thought Umbreon was an annoyer instead of trap passer and switched in Heatran to take the expected Toxic. This was explained in the commentary I believe.

3. Not sure about this one..I assume its because at that point the opponent gives up knowing he lost. It was Swampert+Infernape vs Celebi+Gliscor+T-tar. All of those are KOed by standard infernape. Perhaps he was praying for sand veil hax? He still had a fighting chance if he attempts to outstall infernape by switching between T-Tar/Celebi and maybe Gliscor to take close combat.

 

[dr4g0n]

Not a bad story, but I definitely agree in that you didn't need to overdo the stat upping thing.

WTF???? T-tar outspeeds Togekiss??? What did you do to it, run a negative nature?

Using Umbreon was effective. It's rare that the traditional trap-pass still works, but it was done well here, especially as Heatran would have given you problems.

 

[DT]

I think you overdid it Gliscor vs Gliscor, i get the GLiscor switching into FLamethrowers too lol. overall good Story.

 

[Chinese Dood]

Yeah, what the other people said.

The first thing I thought of though when you successfully trapped Heatran though was: "Oh ok, it should be game right there if the heatran is scarfed decides to use Earth Power," (and it did) since I see that you had two flyers... But instead you baton passed to Swampert for the quick kill. If you had baton passed to Gliscor (or Togekiss, but Gliscor's better in this case), it would have got its +6 with no damage from Earth Power, and... yah, it would have been over fast.

 

[PazzaK]

Good game, quite well played and shame 'bout losing in speed to tyranitar.