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Pokemon Riddle

Bingo, you win a +1 post, congratulations! Next riddle will be harder haha.

Just a heads up, I'm pretty sure that a few lines are missing from your riddle. There should be a line after Gyrados that would be Intimidate taking effect (this one is the most important because we are forced to eliminate Gyrados as an option without it), another one after Pokemon X used ??? for "Pokemon X's attack sharply rose," and a third one after Pokemon Y used Waterfall for Life Orb recoil. Please make sure your next riddle is more thorough.
 
Just a heads up, I'm pretty sure that a few lines are missing from your riddle. There should be a line after Gyrados that would be Intimidate taking effect (this one is the most important because we are forced to eliminate Gyrados as an option without it), another one after Pokemon X used ??? for "Pokemon X's attack sharply rose," and a third one after Pokemon Y used Waterfall for Life Orb recoil. Please make sure your next riddle is more thorough.

I was well aware of these, and I took them out for a specific reason. If I added them in everyone would know it would be Gyarados for y. Same for the attack raise, that basically gives away the move. Not showing Life Orb recoil makes the reader think about what actually happened. If you understand pokemon you should realize that Gyarados is the only pokemon to learn Waterfall that is weak to SR. Yes I could have made this riddle incredibly straightforward and easy, but really, where is the fun in that? Challenging the mind and actually thinking is one of the best things someone can do. Thus why I excluded a few details.
 
What do you mean Gyarados is the only pokemon that can learn waterfall and is weak to SR?

List of pokemon that learn waterfall and are weak to SR


EDIT: Also, "Gyarados" got a crit, apparently? Since

286 Atk vs 176 Def & 281 HP (80 Base Power): 183 - 216 (65.12% - 76.87%) << these are gyarados' stats

with STAB. im assuming strict damage clause on.

that opens new options, because if there's a crit hidden, then that opens new options for the "gyarados"

IF you don't show EVERY message, then there are a LOT of options.

Lucario could use Rain Dance, which would boost the Waterfall, and possibly allow more pokemon to get the kill on him.
Lucario could have used TOXIC.. which would have killed (6+12+25+66=109)
Lucario could have used Agility to outspeed something.
There could be crits.
There could be Super effective/not very effective messages you're not showing.

Basically.. there are way too many options. and therefore the puzzle is hardly even "challenging".


EDIT: R S E FR LG C XD D P P BR, could you please make sure your puzzle is 100% correct? Pokemon1 faints twice, and there may be other errors.
 
R S E FR LG C XD D P P BR, your riddle is pretty ridiculous. But anyway, I'll just post what I have so far (which isn't much at all), since I don't think I'll get the rest in a long time.

Pokemon1 - Pressure, Flying Type (i.e. weak to ancient power and has move roost) (most likely with 2nd type weak to C)
Moves: A, Roost, F

Pokemon 2 - Pressure, neutral to Extrasensory & E, weak to D
Moves: Leer, B, Blizzard

Pokemon3 - weak to A, resists Ice
Moves: Ancient Power, E, D

Pokemon4 - neutral to B & F
Moves: Extrasensory, C

Pokemon2 has to be Suicune, since it's the only pokemon that exerts pressure that learns leer and blizzard and is neutral to psychic.

Then I was trying to follow the line of Ancient Power to figure out Pokemon1 ... doing 59% with super effective max damage was interesting, because, uh, I couldn't find anything that fits. So, I'm assuming Ancient Power is not getting STAB. Pressure + Roost = Aerodactyl, Zapdos, Articuno, Moltres, or Ho-oh. I figured it SHOULD probably be a 4x weakness, since ancient power has low base power, so I started with Ho-oh, which only gets 59% damage from base 154 SpA (only Mewtwo). Mewtwo doesn't learn ancient power so Ho-oh is out. Then there's Articuno and Moltres that have pressure and are 4x weak. For both of them though, it's impossible since max damage is either 58% or 60% after rounding. So that leaves Zapdos and Aerodactyl for the 2x weakness. Now, Zapdos gets 59% max from Base 180 (Deoxys-A) Ancient Power, but yah, Deoxys doesn't learn ancient power (and wouldn't fit the other damage calculations anyway with its zero defenses). That means it has to be Aerodactyl, right? Aerodactyl gets 59% max from 322 to 324 SpA. Nothing has that SpA stat.

So that must then mean the ancient power must get STAB. Oh, I haven't even accounted for the ancient power user resisting ice. The only thing resisting ice that gets STAB that isn't magcargo are kabutops and omastar. Omastar does too much to Aero, Articuno, Ho-oh, and Moltres and not enough to Zapdos. Kabutops's damage calculations don't work either. So then, I'm stuck. I guess I thought something wrong along the way, or we're using different damage calculators.

O yah, Pokemon1 fainted twice... uh, yah.
 
Then there's Articuno and Moltres that have pressure and are 4x weak. For both of them though, it's impossible since max damage is either 58% or 60% after rounding.

If by "rounding" you mean you rounded up, that is incorrect. You always round down in Pokemon. So if the damage was like 59.6%, it would actually be 59%.
 
I was well aware of these, and I took them out for a specific reason. If I added them in everyone would know it would be Gyarados for y. Same for the attack raise, that basically gives away the move. Not showing Life Orb recoil makes the reader think about what actually happened. If you understand pokemon you should realize that Gyarados is the only pokemon to learn Waterfall that is weak to SR. Yes I could have made this riddle incredibly straightforward and easy, but really, where is the fun in that? Challenging the mind and actually thinking is one of the best things someone can do. Thus why I excluded a few details.

What I meant by this is that there should at least be ??? in the place of the lines of text I mentioned. Without them, a reader would be forced to conclude that when Pokemon Y switched in nothing happened, which is not the case. You can't simply remove lines of text from the riddle, as that often times allows for more than one correct anwser. Given the awnser you said was correct, your riddle should look something more like this: (edits in bold)

Trainer 1 switched in x
Pointed stones dug into x
x lost 3% of its health.
Trainer 2 switched in y
Pointed stones dug into y.
y lost 25% of its health.
??? (Gyrados' Intimidate taking effect)
x used ??.
??? (assuming move ?? is Swords Dance, this line would be something to the effect of "Lucarios Attack sharply rose; this could also be Toxic or Sandstrom, but if this were the case then there would need to be another line for the actual damage taken)
---

x used Crunch.
y lost 66% of its health.
x lost 10% of its health.
y used Waterfall.
x lost 87% of its health.
Trainer 1's x fainted.
??? (Gyrados's Life Orb recoil/poison damage from Toxic/Sandstorm damage)
Trainer 2's y fainted.
That being said, I have a few other critiques of this riddle. First, as madjohnflint has already brought to your attention, Gyrados is by no means the only fully evolved Pokemon that learns Waterfall and is weak to Stealth Rock. Off the top of my head, Dewgong, Lugia and Rayquaza can all learn Waterfall and are weak to SR, in addition to any others that may be on the list madjohnflint posted.

Second, the damage calculations do not match up with the percentages listed in your riddle. A max IV, no EV, neutral, Life Orbed Gyrados attacking a similar Lucario does a maximum of 76.87% damage with Waterfall:
286 Atk vs 176 Def & 281 HP (80 Base Power): 183 - 216 (65.12% - 76.87%)
However, in the same situation, a Choice Banded Gyrados, or a no item Gyrados boosted by the rain, does 87% damage to Lucario:
429 Atk vs 176 Def & 281 HP (80 Base Power): 210 - 247 (74.73% - 87.90%) (Choice Band)
286 Atk vs 176 Def & 281 HP (80 Base Power): 210 - 247 (74.73% - 87.90%) (Rain Dance)
If it were in fact the case that Gyrados was banded, then the ?? move could not be SD, it would have to be either Toxic, Sandstorm, Rain Dance or one of the many very weak moves at Lucario's disposal. No matter what the move though, there would have to be at least 1 more line after "pokemon x used ??," representing a field effect, or Gyrados taking a small amount of direct damage or residual damage.

Also a +1 (Intimidate + SD) max IV, no EV, neutral Life Orbed Lucario attacking a similar Gyrados with Crunch does a maximum of 52.87% damage:
384 Atk vs 194 Def & 331 HP (80 Base Power): 148 - 175 (44.71% - 52.87%)
So that calculation is off as well.

Please don't interpret this (or my previous post) post as an attack on you, your intelligence or your understanding of competitive Pokemon. I simply wanted to point out some inconsistincies in your riddle, and hopefully help you make better ones in the future.
 
Forget mine. Here are the answers.

Pokemon1 = Moltres
Pokemon2 = Suicune
Pokemon3 = Registeel
Pokemon4 = Mesprit

A = Fire Spin
B = Mirror Coat
C = Bubblebeam
D = Charge Beam
E = Superpower
F = Sky Attack
 
If by "rounding" you mean you rounded up, that is incorrect. You always round down in Pokemon. So if the damage was like 59.6%, it would actually be 59%.
By rounding, I meant round up if it's >= xx.5% and down if it's less. While in the actual pokemon game, all the stat points and damage numbers round down, there's no such thing as the percents rounding down, because, well, there isn't really a "damage calculator" calculating percent damages inside the pokemon game, so I don't think it's fair to say you "always" round down. If we're not talking about what happens in the actual pokemon game though, let's say we're talking about shoddy, then no, if something gets down to 1HP and hangs on with a focus sash, it says the pokemon lost 100% health and hangs on with focus sash, not 99% from rounding down. So if it is actually true that we always round down, it's merely something we (the players) arbitrarily set for ourselves which I did not know beforehand.
 
So I think I'll try my hand at creating one of these riddles.

Same conditions as usual: neutral natures, no EVs, max IVs, no items, lvl 100, max damage and no NFEs. (note: all damage calculations were done using http://libelldra.com/competitive/damage/)

Start Battle!
Carl sent out Groudon.
Not-Carl sent out X.
Groudon’s Drought intensified the sun’s rays!
Groudon used Swords Dance.
Groudon’s attack sharply rose!
X used Stun Spore.
Groudon was paralyzed.
The sun is shining.
X lost 12% of its health.

Turn 2
X used Seed Bomb.
It’s super effective!
Groudon lost 44% of its health.
Groudon used Fire Punch.
It’s super effective!
X lost 500% of its health.
X fainted.
The sun is shining.

Turn 3
Not-Carl sent out Metagross.
Groudon used Thunder Wave.
Metagross was paralyzed!
Metagross used A.
Groudon lost 179% of its health.
???(1).
???(2).
The sun is shining.

Turn 4
Carl sent out Y.
Not-Carl sent out Rayquaza.
Rayquaza used Swords Dance.
Rayquza’s Attack sharply rose!
Y used B.
???(3).
The sun is shining.

Turn 5
Y used Sleep Powder.
Rayquaza fell asleep.
Rayquaza is asleep.
The sun is shining.

Find A, B, X, Y and ???(1, 2 and 3), given that Y has only one ability and resists Earthquake. There should be just enough information to do so, if not please let me know and I will make the necessary edits. Obviously some will be easier to determine than others, but, alas, such is the nature of these riddles.

Good luck!
 
X = Parasect
Y = Bellossom / Exeggutor
A = Explosion
B =
1. Groudon fainted
2. Metagross fainted
3.

I'm unsure about what B and 3 are, I can tell you it's probably a stat-up move or something, but I can't tell because there's no attack after. Exeggutor and Bellossom have Chlorophyll, but neither learn a speed stat-up move because Rayquaza goes first the first turn and second the next turn unless there's a speed tie I missed.
 
X = Parasect (though the D.Calculator says that the maximum is 464.37%...)
Y = Exxegutor
A = Explosion
B = Trick Room
1 = Groudon fainted
2 = Metagross fainted
3 = Exxegutor twisted the dimensions! (or something like that)
 
Alright, time for another 'Dogfish44 approved riddle'

Dogfish44 sent out X
Opponent sent out Groudon
Groudons Drought intensified the suns rays
Groudon used Thunder Wave
???
X used Y
???
???

X used Z
???
Groudon used Toxic
???
???

X used A
???
Groudon used B
???
???

Groudon used B
Its super effective!!!
X lost 45% of its health
X used Hidden Power (Water)
Its Super Effective!
Groudon lost 48% of its health.
???

X used Hidden Power
Its super effective
Groudon lost 52% of its health.
Groudon fainted!

Find out:
X
Y
Z
A
B

Good luck (Only 1 solution I think)
 
Explosion only does 120% according to my calcuator. Maybe I did something wrong. I also got only 308% for Fire Punch on Parasect and 150% to Sunflora (it could have been Sunflora also, because of Solar Power).

B (and 3) could be almost anything because Rayquaza could have tried to use Avalance the following turn and go last.

Here is the answer:

X = Parasect (thanks for the answer Age of Kings, :-P; although I think Sunflora would have worked if it hadn't said 500%)
Y = Bellossom
A = Explosion
B = Gastro Acid
1. Groudon fainted
2. Metagross fainted
3. Gastro Acid negated Air Lock (or whatever)

EDIT: My answer also works, right?
 
Explosion only does 120% according to my calcuator. Maybe I did something wrong. I also got only 308% for Fire Punch on Parasect and 150% to Sunflora (it could have been Sunflora also, because of Solar Power).

B (and 3) could be almost anything because Rayquaza could have tried to use Avalance the following turn and go last.

Here is the answer:

X = Parasect (thanks for the answer Age of Kings, :-P; although I think Sunflora would have worked if it hadn't said 500%)
Y = Bellossom
A = Explosion
B = Gastro Acid
1. Groudon fainted
2. Metagross fainted
3. Gastro Acid negated Air Lock (or whatever)

EDIT: My answer also works, right?

Well done, although I failed to realize that Bellossom got Gastro Acid. The anwser I had was Exeggutor using worry seed, with ??? being "Rayquaza acquired Insomnia," but your solution is perfectly valid as well. I also forgot about Avalanche on Rayquaza- it appears I'll need to examine my next riddle more closely.

I'm also a bit unsure about the damage on Parasect from Fire Punch, as my calculations gave 499.62% as the max, but I don't think that was factoring in Dry Skin's 25% boost to damage from fire attacks. Make sure you were factoring in the 4x weakness, the sun, Swords Dance, and using the proper stats for the calculation and Libelldra should give you the damage output I got.
 
Well done, although I failed to realize that Bellossom got Gastro Acid. The anwser I had was Exeggutor using worry seed, with ??? being "Rayquaza acquired Insomnia," but your solution is perfectly valid as well. I also forgot about Avalanche on Rayquaza- it appears I'll need to examine my next riddle more closely.

I'm also a bit unsure about the damage on Parasect from Fire Punch, as my calculations gave 499.62% as the max, but I don't think that was factoring in Dry Skin's 25% boost to damage from fire attacks. Make sure you were factoring in the 4x weakness, the sun, Swords Dance, and using the proper stats for the calculation and Libelldra should give you the damage output I got.
Really? I was sure Trick Room was it. Guess not, though that works too =/
Alright, time for another 'Dogfish44 approved riddle'

Dogfish44 sent out X
Opponent sent out Groudon
Groudons Drought intensified the suns rays
Groudon used Thunder Wave
X was paralyzed!
X used Trick Room!
X twisted the dimensions!
The sun continues to shine!

X used Z
???
Groudon used Toxic
But it failed!
The sun continues to shine!

X used A
???
Groudon used B
???
The sun continues to shine!

Groudon used B
Its super effective!!!
X lost 45% of its health
X used Hidden Power (Water)
Its Super Effective!
Groudon lost 48% of its health.
The sun continues to shine!

X used Hidden Power
Its super effective
Groudon lost 52% of its health.
Groudon fainted!

Find out:
X
Y
Z
A
B

Good luck (Only 1 solution I think)
That's the best I got, lol. It's midnight for me, I'm half dead inside...
 
I forgot Swords Dance, lol.

The anwser I had was Exeggutor using worry seed, with ??? being "Rayquaza acquired Insomnia," but your solution is perfectly valid as well.

That doesn't work as Sleep Powder put Rayquaza to sleep, which is pervented by Insomnia.

See.

Turn 5
Y used Sleep Powder.
Rayquaza fell asleep.
Rayquaza is asleep.
The sun is shining.
 
I forgot Swords Dance, lol.

The anwser I had was Exeggutor using worry seed, with ??? being "Rayquaza acquired Insomnia," but your solution is perfectly valid as well.

That doesn't work as Sleep Powder put Rayquaza to sleep, which is pervented by Insomnia.

See.

Turn 5
Y used Sleep Powder.
Rayquaza fell asleep.
Rayquaza is asleep.
The sun is shining.

Oh, wow. How did I miss that one? I'll really need to do better on my next one. Thanks for pointing that out.
 
My first Pokémon Riddle^^

Rules:neutral natures, no EVs, no Hidden Powers, Strict Damage clause on, max IVs, no items, lvl 100, max damage and no NFEs

I used libelldra for the damage calcs.

here we go


Zarator sent out Entei
Non-Zarator sent out A
Entei is exerting its Pressure!
A found Entei's Flame Plate!
Entei used X.
It's supereffective!
A lost 68% of its health
A used Curse.
???(1)
A fainted.

Non-Zarator sent out Smeargle.
Zarator sent out B
Non-Zarator sent out Porygon-2
???(3)

Porygon-2 used X.
It's supereffective!
B lost 100% of its health.
B fainted.

Zarator sent out Entei
Entei is exerting its Pressure
Entei used Return.
???(4)
Porygon-2 used Recover.
But its HP is full!

Entei used Y
A critical hit!
Porygon-2 lost 80% of its life.
Porygon-2 used Recycle.
But it failed!



Find out:
1) what Pokémon A and B are
2) Which moves X and Y are
3) what paragraphs ???(1,2,3,4) stand for
 
A=Banette
X= Shadow Ball
???(1)=Banette lost 50% hp
there is no ???(2) lol
B=Shedinja
???(3)=Porygon2 traced Shedinja's wonderguard!
???(4)=Wonderguard protected Porygon2 (or whatever it says)

But then I think there are a few problems on the last turn. First, move Y does not hit P2 for Supereffective damage. This is a problem because P2 traced wonderguard; wonderguard is the only ability that a ghost/psychic pokemon has that can make return do nothing.

also, i dont even know if theres anything that can hit p2 for 80% w/ a crit from entei, physical or special, stab or no stab..

@DOGFISH44

Good riddle (UNLESS THERE ARE ERRORS) because i tried for a while and got nothing. Tried Golduck, but couldnt get Groudon to do the right amount of damage. Tried various other pokes to boost/lower stats to try to get the right amount of damage.. didnt work
 
My first Pokémon Riddle^^

Rules:neutral natures, no EVs, no Hidden Powers, Strict Damage clause on, max IVs, no items, lvl 100, max damage and no NFEs

I used libelldra for the damage calcs.

here we go


Zarator sent out Entei
Non-Zarator sent out A
Entei is exerting its Pressure!
A found Entei's Flame Plate!
Entei used X.
It's supereffective!
A lost 68% of its health
A used Curse.
???(1)
A fainted.

Non-Zarator sent out Smeargle.
Zarator sent out B
Non-Zarator sent out Porygon-2
???(3)

Porygon-2 used X.
It's supereffective!
B lost 100% of its health.
B fainted.

Zarator sent out Entei
Entei is exerting its Pressure
Entei used Return.
???(4)
Porygon-2 used Recover.
But its HP is full!

Entei used Y
A critical hit!
Porygon-2 lost 80% of its life.
Porygon-2 used Recycle.
But it failed!



Find out:
1) what Pokémon A and B are
2) Which moves X and Y are
3) what paragraphs ???(1,2,3,4) stand for

A) Banette
B) Shedninja/Unknown
X) Shadow Ball
Y) Heat Wave?
1) Banette lost 50% of its health and placed a curse on Entei.
2) this one doesn't exist
3) Porygon-2's Download raised it's Special Attack.
4) Porygon-2 evaded the attack?

and clearly Entei has an item...

Shedninja/Unknown are the only two Pokemon that are slower than Proygon-2, take super effective damage from Shadow Ball are frail enough to be OHKOed by Porygon-2's Shadow Ball. Even at +1 from Download, Slowbro, Slowking, Exeggutor, and Dusknoir are not OHKOed by Shadow Ball.

EDIT: Damn, beaten to it.

@ madjohnflint: Entei's Heat Wave does 80.06% minimum to Porygon-2 when Heat Plate is taken into account
 
Oh right, forgot about the heat plate. hehe my bad

EDIT: but you said that was MINIMUM damage, when the riddle creator stated MAX damage for all calcs. ill run a few and see what i get.

Ah, of course.

Entei used FIRE FANG LOLOL

A=Banette
X= Shadow Ball
???(1)=Banette lost 50% hp
there is no ???(2) lol
B=Shedinja
???(3)=Porygon2 traced Shedinja's wonderguard!
???(4)=Wonderguard protected Porygon2 (or whatever it says)
Y=Fire Fang

Nice puzzle :D
 
EDIT: but you said that was MINIMUM damage, when the riddle creator stated MAX damage for all calcs. ill run a few and see what i get.
I thought that's what strict damage clause meant, but I wasn't sure. I'll take your word for it that Fire Fang works, I only bothered to check Entei's special attacks.

However, assuming that the awnser is Porygon-2 tracing Wonderguard brings up two other issues. One, Wonderguard can not be traced by Trace. Second, Even if Wonderguard was traced, there is only one move in Entei's movepool that can hit Porygon-2 for super effective damage- Rock Smash. Given the conditions set out at the begining of the battle, the most Entei can hit a Wonderguard Porygn-2 for is 55%.

So, I submit this as an awnser:

A) Banette
B) Shedninja
X) Shadow Ball
Y) Fire Fang
1) Banette cut its health and laid a curse on Entei.
2) does not exist
3) Porygon-2's Download raised its Special Attack.
4) Porygon-2 evaded the attack.
 
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