Monferno to the Rescue!
After battling on the ladder for a while, I've noticed more 'stallish' teams with the combition of Celebi + Heatran higher up in the ladder. They really make a great pair - Celebi easily being able to take those beastly (Water/Ground) attacks aimed at Heatran, and likewise the (Bug/Fire/Ice/Ghost?) attack's aimed at Celebi, Heatran can take it like a pro.
To be honest, these two combined are the biggest trouble my 'NFE' team runs into that I've faced so far (along with the other specific threats I find troubling for this team - Reuniclus, Choice Band Haxorus/Dragonite, Sub/Calm Mind Latias/Jirachi) which is precisely why I chose this match in particular. Not because of the way I played because to be honest I played alright but far from perfect. I mean it's not like I could make any super predictions here either (Scyther does not carry Brick Break so there is no way in hell I can make one of those nice predictions from the obvious switch from Celebi into Heatran, furthermore Magneton is Scarfed which is going to be a real negative this match because if I want to hit Celebi with Flash Cannon or Hidden Power, he can easily switch into Heatran whilst Hazard damage wears me down. Additionally my wall against Heatran, Porygon2 is doing a mere 10% with discharge to it which easily allows him to recover with leftovers plus he has the move Protect so I'm going in the negatives now. Furthermore I know if I go into Shellos to counter Heatran he's going into Celebi and Icy Wind does crappy damage to it. If I go into Monferno I'm totally out walled by Latias extra.) Anyway before I bore myself with my own voice lol, the point being, I chose this match because I'm fully aware of the difficulty my team has against Heatran + Celebi, not for epic predictions, not for epic nail biting exciting omg what's going to happen next experience, but just sheerly because based on the two teams and move sets, I know it's going to be a real challenge for me.
Warning: He's using a semi stall team so there is going to be a heck of a lot of switching. Stop reading now if this bores you/put's you off but if not, then enjoy!
Rosevee's team:
Victini493's team:
Battle between Rosevee and victini493 started!
Tier: Standard OU
Mode Singles
Variation: +22, -10
Rule: Rated
Rule: Sleep Clause
Rule: Species Clause
Rule: Wifi Battle
Yourteam: Magneton / Monferno / Shellos-East / Sandshrew / Porygon2 / Scyther
Opponent'steam: Terrakion / Skarmory / Latias / Lucario / Heatran / Celebi
victini493 sent out Terrakion!
Rosevee sent out Magneto (Magneton)!
100% vs
100%
Right I'm not liking this match up because I fear that Terrakion could possibly be Scarfed. Additionally, Magneton looks like an essential Pokemon to keep in order to trap his Skarmory and possibly revenge kill Lucario/Heatran. Therefore I decide to switch into SandShrew in order to determine his item and hopefully kill of Terrkion or set up Stealth Rocks depending on the assessment of the situation.
Turn 1
Rosevee called Magneto back!
Rosevee sent out Sandy (Sandshrew)!
The foe's Terrakion used Close Combat!
Sandy lost 40% of its health!
The foe's Terrakion's Defense fell!
The foe's Terrakion's Special Defense fell!
60% vs
100%
Ok, so it's looking like Terrakion is Choice Scarfed because Choice Band would definitely do over 50% damage to Sandshrew and I don't see LO damage either. I'm assuming now that he'll switch because he's not going to 2KO and nor would he want to take an Earthquake from Sandshrew with that def drop. Therefore I think it's safe for me to go for the Stealth Rocks this turn.
Turn 2
victini493 called Terrakion back!
victini493 sent out Celebi!
Sandy used Stealth Rock!
Pointed stones float in the air around victini493's team!
60% vs
100%
Woot! I safely manage to set up my Stealth Rocks which will help to break down the stallishness of the battle. Right now I don't like this matchup and I still want to keep Sandshrew for later because he has a decent amount of HP left plus I may need him to Rapid Spin anyway Stealth Rocks to keep my Scyther in good health. Switching into Scyther against Celebi seems like the only reasonable choice here.
Turn 3
victini493 called Celebi back!
victini493 sent out Latias!
Pointed stones dug into the foe's Latias!
Rosevee called Sandy back!
Rosevee sent out Blade (Scyther)!
The foe's Latias restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
100% vs
93%
Alright so it's a double switch here, but when thinking it through this gives me valuable information. He switched into Latias expecting my Monferno. This therefore means he probably isn't running Earth Power or Psychic on Celebi.
Right so I'm certain I can live any attack Latias throws at me, but secretly hoping that he doesn't know that and stays in while I attack.
Turn 4
victini493 called Latias back!
victini493 sent out Heatran!
Pointed stones dug into the foe's Heatran!
Blade used Bug Bite!
It's not very effective... The foe's Heatran lost 7% of its health!
The foe's Heatran restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
100% vs
86%
Dang. Here comes the Heatran. My team has serious difficulties with this combination since Scyther which can easily kill Celebi can't do squat to Heatran (no Brick Break)and I have no choice but to hope that I can wear one of them down through my attacks + SR damage.
Right, I see the leftovers and I'm fairly certain that he'll take this opportunity to set up his own Stealth Rocks but Sandshrew fails against Heatran so I have no choice but to go into Porygon2.
Turn 5
Rosevee called Blade back!
Rosevee sent out Uber Duck (Porygon2)!
Uber Duck traced the foe's Heatran's Flash Fire!
The foe's Heatran used Stealth Rock!
Pointed stones float in the air around Rosevee's team!
The foe's Heatran restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
100% vs
92%
This is going to sound ultra lame, but I'm going to go for the Discharge now secretly hoping to get a parahax (shhhh don't tell anyone or they'll tell me off for this xD) and to wear this thing down, because I seriously need Heatran to die.
Turn 6
Uber Duck used Discharge!
The foe's Heatran lost 10% of its health!
The foe's Heatran used Roar!
Pointed stones dug into Sandy!
Sandy (Sandshrew) was dragged out!
The foe's Heatran restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
Ok, so my attack is doing roughly the same amount as he is recovering from Leftovers. Not Good.
Anyway he roars me out into Sandshrew and I decide to stay in attack in case he over predicts here thinking that I'm going to switch out and thus use Roar again.
Turn 7
victini493 called Heatran back!
victini493 sent out Latias!
Pointed stones dug into the foe's Latias!
Sandy used Earthquake!
It had no effect!
The foe's Latias restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
53% vs
87%
Since he's using Latias and not Latios he's most likely going to set up with Calm Mind. I'm just praying to god he doesn't have Substitute or I will have lost this match for sure.
Switching out into Shellos looks like the safest bet here and hopefully I will be able to Toxic Latias and eventually kill it off.
Turn 8
Rosevee called Sandy back!
Rosevee sent out Bubblegum (Shellos-East)!
Pointed stones dug into Bubblegum!
The foe's Latias used Calm Mind!
The foe's Latias's Special Attack rose!
The foe's Latias's Special Defense rose!
The foe's Latias restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
100% vs
93%
I use Toxic because it is vital that I start to wear Latias down, especially if it's a calm mind set (and 99% it is).
Turn 9
The foe's Latias used Dragon Pulse!
Bubblegum lost 28% of its health!
Bubblegum used Toxic!
The foe's Latias was badly poisoned!
The foe's Latias restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
The foe's Latias is hurt by poison!
Ok next I use Icy Wind to slow Latias down just in case I need to revenge kill with Scyther (whilst also hoping he doesn't switch back into Heatran lol).
Turn 10
The foe's Latias used Calm Mind!
The foe's Latias's Special Attack rose!
The foe's Latias's Special Defense rose!
Bubblegum used Icy Wind!
It's super-effective! A critical hit! The foe's Latias lost 25% of its health!
The foe's Latias's Speed fell!
The foe's Latias restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
The foe's Latias is hurt by poison!
Toxic is taking its tow now so I'm assuming he's going to attack. Recover will heal my health back up and hopefully up enough to outstall and kill this thing.
Turn 11
The foe's Latias used Dragon Pulse!
Bubblegum lost 41% of its health!
Bubblegum used Recover!
Bubblegum regained health!
The foe's Latias restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
The foe's Latias is hurt by poison!
Wooot! Shellos takes the hit like a beast xD. Now hopefully he'll let this thing die...
I'm using recover of course to try Toxic stall it to death.
Turn 12
victini493 called Latias back!
victini493 sent out Celebi!
Pointed stones dug into the foe's Celebi!
Bubblegum used Recover!
Bubblegum regained health!
The foe's Celebi restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
100% vs
93%
Dang. So he didn't let it die ;-;
He makes a safe switch into Celebi and once again I'm forced to make my own switch into an appropriate counter.
Turn 13
Rosevee called Bubblegum back!
Rosevee sent out Blade (Scyther)!
Pointed stones dug into Blade!
The foe's Celebi used Giga Drain!
It's not very effective... Blade lost 8% of its health!
Blade had its energy drained!
The foe's Celebi restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
42% vs
100%
I go into Scyther and right now I'm really wishing I had brick break on my move set so that I could predict and break this stall war but I don't...lol xD
I go for the roost just to ensure Stealth Rocks won't kill Scyther once I switch out and in and to also see what his next course of action is.
Turn 14
victini493 called Celebi back!
victini493 sent out Terrakion!
Pointed stones dug into the foe's Terrakion!
Blade used Roost!
Blade landed on the ground!
Blade regained health!
92% vs
93%
Right, here I thought that he would predict my switch into Sandshrew and therefore use Close Combat instead of Rock Slide because he's Choice Scarfed, but he actually decides to go straight for the Rock Slide instead and I end up catching a lucky break when his Rock Slide misses.
Turn 15
The foe's Terrakion used Rock Slide!
Blade avoided the attack!
Blade used Aerial Ace!
The foe's Terrakion lost 47% of its health!
Right so I know he's Scarfed but he might not know that I know that, so I take the opportunity to switch into Sandshrew which can absorb that hit like a beast.
35% vs
46%
After the low damage that move does to Sandshrew, I doubt he'll stay in so I go for the Rapid Spin to get rid of those nasty Stealth Rocks.
Turn 17
victini493 called Terrakion back!
victini493 sent out Celebi!
Pointed stones dug into the foe's Celebi!
Sandy used Rapid Spin!
The foe's Celebi lost 3% of its health!
Sandy blew away Stealth Rock!
The foe's Celebi restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
35% vs
90%
Alright. Back to square one. I don't like this match up so I switch into Scyther and right about now I feel like I'm fighting a loosing battle and wonder if I should just forfeit the match... =<
Turn 18
Rosevee called Sandy back!
Rosevee sent out Blade (Scyther)!
The foe's Celebi used Hidden Power!
It's super-effective! Blade lost 37% of its health!
The foe's Celebi restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
55% vs
96%
Starting to feel a little bit nooby here because there's nothing I can really do unless I manage to take down one of his key Pokemon i.e Heatran or Celebi.
I just end up attacking having lost the will to live... Just kidding =P I haven't waved the white flag just yet so I decide to continue my NFE trolliness.
Turn 19
victini493 called Celebi back!
victini493 sent out Heatran!
Pointed stones dug into the foe's Heatran!
Blade used Bug Bite!
It's not very effective... The foe's Heatran lost 7% of its health!
The foe's Heatran restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
55% vs
74%
Alright back to plan where I hopefully manage to chip away Heatran's HP. In goes Uber Duck!
Turn 20
Rosevee called Blade back!
Rosevee sent out Uber Duck (Porygon2)!
Uber Duck traced the foe's Heatran's Flash Fire!
The foe's Heatran used Roar!
Magneto (Magneton) was dragged out!
The foe's Heatran restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
100% >>>
100% vs
80%
Hmm well he's roared me into Magenton which is good for me so that I can use Volt Switch to chip away his HP and safely go into Porygon2.
Turn 21
Magneto used Volt Switch!
A critical hit! The foe's Heatran lost 46% of its health!
Rosevee called Magneto back!
Rosevee sent out Uber Duck (Porygon2)!
Uber Duck traced the foe's Heatran's Flash Fire!
The foe's Heatran used Lava Plume!
Uber Duck's Flash Fire raised the power of its Fire-type moves!
The foe's Heatran restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
100% vs
40%
Ok going to sound a bit repetitive here but it really is vital for me to take down this Heatran, so that's exactly what I'm going to try and do. Discharge go!
Turn 22
The foe's Heatran used Protect!
The foe's Heatran protected itself!
Uber Duck used Discharge!
The foe's Heatran protected itself from the attack!
The foe's Heatran restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
Ahhhh dang it. Of course TrollHeatran has protect Rosevee ;-;
Here we go again...
Turn 23
The foe's Heatran used Stealth Rock!
Pointed stones float in the air around Rosevee's team!
Uber Duck used Discharge!
The foe's Heatran lost 12% of its health!
The foe's Heatran restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
And again... (I'm so going to get told off for this lol)
Turn 24
victini493 called Heatran back!
victini493 sent out Latias!
Pointed stones dug into the foe's Latias!
Uber Duck used Discharge!
It's not very effective... The foe's Latias lost 6% of its health!
The foe's Latias restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
The foe's Latias is hurt by poison!
100% vs
30%
Oh hmmm so he's not wanting to let Heatran die just yet apparently. (It is a stall team after all). Well I assume he's going to use recover now so I can use Ice beam to bring it's HP back down.
Turn 25
The foe's Latias used Recover!
The foe's Latias regained health!
Uber Duck used Ice Beam!
It's super-effective! The foe's Latias lost 34% of its health!
The foe's Latias restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
The foe's Latias is hurt by poison!
Turn 26
victini493 called Latias back!
victini493 sent out Lucario!
Pointed stones dug into the foe's Lucario!
Uber Duck used Ice Beam!
It's not very effective... The foe's Lucario lost 17% of its health!
100% vs
80%
Finally something is happening!! Right so I decide to go into Sandshrew as a death fodder against his Lucario.
Turn 27
Rosevee called Uber Duck back!
Rosevee sent out Sandy (Sandshrew)!
Pointed stones dug into Sandy!
The foe's Lucario used Swords Dance!
The foe's Lucario's Attack sharply rose!
28% vs
80%
Turn 28
The foe's Lucario used Close Combat!
A critical hit! Sandy lost 28% of its health!
Sandy fainted!
The foe's Lucario's Defense fell!
The foe's Lucario's Special Defense fell!
The foe's Lucario is hurt by its life orb!
Score is 5-6
Now that Sandshrew is down, I can safely bring in my Magneton to revenge kill Lucario (with Magnet Pull - yay he can't switch out).
100% vs
69%
Turn 29
Magneto used Thunderbolt!
The foe's Lucario lost 69% of its health!
The foe's Lucario fainted!
victini493 sent out Terrakion!
Pointed stones dug into the foe's Terrakion!
Score is 5-5
100% vs
40%
Ok it looks like I'll need to use Scyther as a death fodder since Magneton is still an essential Pokemon to keep for this battle. Scyther would be almost be completely useless for the remainder of the match anyway because of SR damage and Heatran/Skarmory.
Turn 30
Rosevee called Magneto back!
Rosevee sent out Blade (Scyther)!
Pointed stones dug into Blade!
The foe's Terrakion used Close Combat!
It's not very effective... Blade lost 4% of its health!
Blade fainted!
The foe's Terrakion's Defense fell!
The foe's Terrakion's Special Defense fell!
Rosevee sent out Gohan (Monferno)!
Pointed stones dug into Gohan!
Score is 4-5
I go into Monferno hoping to finish him off with a Mach Punch after that def drop from Close Combat.
87% vs
40%
Turn 31
victini493 called Terrakion back!
victini493 sent out Skarmory!
Pointed stones dug into the foe's Skarmory!
Gohan used Mach Punch!
The foe's Skarmory lost 7% of its health!
The foe's Skarmory restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
87% vs
86%
Ok so he switches again but this time into Skarmory. Oh please god almighty stay in so I can kill you with Magneton. Pleaseeeee!
Turn 32
Rosevee called Gohan back!
Rosevee sent out Magneto (Magneton)!
Pointed stones dug into Magneto!
The foe's Skarmory used Spikes!
Spikes were scattered all around the feet of Rosevee's team!
The foe's Skarmory restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
87% vs
92%
YES!!!! I can now trap Skarmory and kill it!
I decide to go for the Thunderbolt here rather than the Volt Switch because with SR and spikes up, I really want to be minimisize the amount of damage on my Pokemon caused as a result of switching.
Turn 33
Magneto used Thunderbolt!
It's super-effective! The foe's Skarmory lost 92% of its health!
The foe's Skarmory fainted!
victini493 sent out Latias!
Pointed stones dug into the foe's Latias!
Score is 4-4
87% vs
26%
He sends in Latias and it's just about good as dead, so I'm hoping I can finish it off with a Thunderbolt.
Turn 34
victini493 called Latias back!
victini493 sent out Celebi!
Pointed stones dug into the foe's Celebi!
Magneto used Thunderbolt!
It's not very effective... The foe's Celebi lost 21% of its health!
The foe's Celebi restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
87% vs
68%
Alright so he decides to go into Celebi to take the Thunderbolt. I'm going to switch into Porygon2 to try and weaken it with an Ice Beam.
(Yes I know this commantry is getting a bit boring but I'm not sure what else to say... it is a stall war afterall ;-;)
Turn 35
Rosevee called Magneto back!
Rosevee sent out Uber Duck (Porygon2)!
Pointed stones dug into Uber Duck!
Uber Duck is hurt by spikes!
Uber Duck traced the foe's Celebi's Natural Cure!
The foe's Celebi used Hidden Power!
Uber Duck lost 14% of its health!
The foe's Celebi restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
61% vs
68%
Right time to attack and unleash the super ultra epic powerful Ice Beam on Celebi!!
Turn 36
The foe's Celebi used Nasty Plot!
The foe's Celebi's Special Attack sharply rose!
Uber Duck used Ice Beam!
It's super-effective! The foe's Celebi lost 36% of its health!
The foe's Celebi restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
And here I finally see that it is a Nasty Plot set but I'm just going to keep attacking in the hope that I can finish it off with Magneton.
Turn 37
The foe's Celebi used Giga Drain!
Uber Duck lost 46% of its health!
Uber Duck had its energy drained!
Uber Duck used Ice Beam!
It's super-effective! The foe's Celebi lost 36% of its health!
The foe's Celebi restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
Turn 38
The foe's Celebi used Giga Drain!
Uber Duck lost 14% of its health!
Uber Duck fainted!
Uber Duck had its energy drained!
The foe's Celebi restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
Rosevee sent out Magneto (Magneton)!
Pointed stones dug into Magneto!
Magneto is hurt by spikes!
Score is 3-4
68% vs
51%
Once again, I'm really hoping he stays in so I can revenge kill this thing, and once again he switches out.
Turn 39
victini493 called Celebi back!
victini493 sent out Heatran!
Pointed stones dug into the foe's Heatran!
Magneto used Hidden Power!
The foe's Heatran's Flash Fire raised the power of its Fire-type moves!
The foe's Heatran restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
68% vs
32%
Ok so he's got a Flash Fire boost now which isn't so great for me. Shellos is the only thing I have that can absorb those hits from Heatran.
Turn 40
Rosevee called Magneto back!
Rosevee sent out Bubblegum (Shellos-East)!
Pointed stones dug into Bubblegum!
Bubblegum is hurt by spikes!
The foe's Heatran used Lava Plume!
It's not very effective... Bubblegum lost 16% of its health!
The foe's Heatran restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
59% vs
38%
Ok just in case he plans on switching into Celebi, I'm going to use Icy Wind.
Turn 41
The foe's Heatran used Lava Plume!
It's not very effective... Bubblegum lost 15% of its health!
Bubblegum used Icy Wind!
It's not very effective... The foe's Heatran lost 1% of its health!
The foe's Heatran's Speed fell!
The foe's Heatran restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
Ok.. he isn't switching. Maybe I can actually kill this megabeast now!! Best go for the recover first though because I don't want him to kill me.
Turn 42
The foe's Heatran used Protect!
The foe's Heatran protected itself!
Bubblegum used Recover!
Bubblegum regained health!
The foe's Heatran restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
Turn 43
Bubblegum used Scald!
It's super-effective! The foe's Heatran lost 20% of its health!
The foe's Heatran used Roar!
Pointed stones dug into Magneto!
Magneto is hurt by spikes!
Magneto (Magneton) was dragged out!
The foe's Heatran restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
50% vs
36%
Alright so I can either go for the Volt Switch or Thunderbolt here. If he uses protect though and sees my Volt Switch he'll most likely want to roar me out and I don't want to loose control of the situation so I use Thunderbolt.
Turn 44
The foe's Heatran used Protect!
The foe's Heatran protected itself!
Magneto used Thunderbolt!
The foe's Heatran protected itself from the attack!
The foe's Heatran restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
Now I can safely switch into Shellos to hopefully weaken Heatran.
Turn 45
Rosevee called Magneto back!
Rosevee sent out Bubblegum (Shellos-East)!
Pointed stones dug into Bubblegum!
Bubblegum is hurt by spikes!
The foe's Heatran used Lava Plume!
It's not very effective... Bubblegum lost 16% of its health!
The foe's Heatran restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
52% vs
48%
Now back to my master plan which I thought of many turns ago. "Kill Heatran."
Turn 46
The foe's Heatran used Protect!
The foe's Heatran protected itself!
Bubblegum used Recover!
Bubblegum regained health!
The foe's Heatran restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
Turn 47
Bubblegum used Scald!
It's super-effective! The foe's Heatran lost 21% of its health!
The foe's Heatran used Roar!
Pointed stones dug into Magneto!
Magneto is hurt by spikes!
Magneto (Magneton) was dragged out!
The foe's Heatran restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
31% vs
40%
I'm just going to Volt Switch here into Shellos and he's probably going to use Protect and then Roar but hopefully by the end of this he'll be on a low enough HP for either Magneton or Inferno to finish him off.
Turn 48
The foe's Heatran used Protect!
The foe's Heatran protected itself!
Magneto used Volt Switch!
The foe's Heatran protected itself from the attack!
The foe's Heatran restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
Turn 49
Magneto used Volt Switch!
The foe's Heatran lost 21% of its health!
Rosevee called Magneto back!
Rosevee sent out Bubblegum (Shellos-East)!
Pointed stones dug into Bubblegum!
Bubblegum is hurt by spikes!
The foe's Heatran used Roar!
Pointed stones dug into Magneto!
Magneto is hurt by spikes!
Magneto (Magneton) was dragged out!
The foe's Heatran restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
Hmmm I'm Roared into Magneton. With my remaining HP I doubt I can afford to Volt Switch out again (because of the SR/Spikes damage), so hopefully I can finally kill thing with a Thunderbolt.
Turn 50
The foe's Heatran used Protect!
The foe's Heatran protected itself!
Magneto used Thunderbolt!
The foe's Heatran protected itself from the attack!
The foe's Heatran restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
Turn 51
Magneto used Thunderbolt!
The foe's Heatran lost 30% of its health!
The foe's Heatran used Lava Plume!
It's super-effective! Magneto lost 12% of its health!
Magneto fainted!
The foe's Heatran restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
Rosevee sent out Gohan (Monferno)!
Pointed stones dug into Gohan!
Gohan is hurt by spikes!
Score is 3-4
62% vs
14%
Ok...... so it didn't die but maybe I can possibly use this to my advantage. I switch into Monferno because Heatran is on low enough HP to be revenge killed now by Mach Punch. But one problem - My Monferno's attack isn't strong enough to pick off the rest off his team. Hmmm. I know he has protect and he seems to abuse that move so hopefully I will be able to set up a bulk up against him. *Fingers crossed*
Turn 52
The foe's Heatran used Protect!
The foe's Heatran protected itself!
Gohan used Bulk Up!
Gohan's Attack rose!
Gohan's Defense rose!
The foe's Heatran restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
Phewph! My plan worked! Now I can finally finish of that Heatran that I've been dying to kill since the start of the match lol.
Turn 53
Gohan used Mach Punch!
It's super-effective! The foe's Heatran lost 18% of its health!
The foe's Heatran fainted!
victini493 sent out Latias!
Pointed stones dug into the foe's Latias!
Score is 3-3
62% vs
14%
So he sends out Latias and I think I can finish that off with a Mach Punch. Actually I have no choice in the matter (can't exactly switch into anything else because of the SR + Spikes hazard damage would most likely put anything into a clean KO range and I definitely wont be able to live the hazard damage plus the switch in damage if he chooses to attack. So yea I'm stuck put on Monferno. Fire Punch/Mach Punch isn't going to be doing much either way, if he chooses to recover I'm going to be pretty screwed here.
Turn 54
Gohan used Mach Punch!
It's not very effective... The foe's Latias lost 9% of its health!
The foe's Latias used Dragon Pulse!
Gohan lost 39% of its health!
The foe's Latias restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
The foe's Latias is hurt by poison!
Holy crap it didn't die!! and I am so glad that he didn't decide to Recover that turn - probably assuming he can kill of my Monferno at 62% HP.
Now I can finish Latias off with another Mach Punch!
Turn 55
Gohan used Mach Punch!
It's not very effective... The foe's Latias lost 4% of its health!
The foe's Latias fainted!
victini493 sent out Celebi!
Pointed stones dug into the foe's Celebi!
Score is 3-2
23% vs
36%
Monferno is on pretty low HP now but once again I don't have a choice but to stay in and attack since my remaining Pokemon are 'useless' against Celebi. I'm not entirely sure of the spread he's running on it but hopefully Monferno will be able to take a resistant hit (since its been revealed throughout the battle that he hasn't got Psychic or Earth Power and will therefore have to attack using a stab resistant Giga Drain), and then I can finally finish him off with a stab Blaze Fire Punch.
Turn 56
The foe's Celebi used Giga Drain!
It's not very effective... Gohan lost 19% of its health!
Gohan had its energy drained!
Gohan used Fire Punch!
It's super-effective! The foe's Celebi lost 44% of its health!
The foe's Celebi fainted!
victini493 sent out Terrakion!
Pointed stones dug into the foe's Terrakion!
Score is 3-1
OMG YES!! go go Monferno <3
Now I'm fairly certain I can finish of Terrakion... but you never know... ;P
4% vs
34%
Turn 57
Gohan used Mach Punch!
It's super-effective! The foe's Terrakion lost 34% of its health!
The foe's Terrakion fainted!
Score is 3-0
Rosevee won the battle!
GG Victini!!
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Props:
- To Monferno for being the Hero of my team this match.
- To Magneton for trapping and revenge killing two of my opponent's Pokemon (Thank God).
- To my opponent for making this match very challenging!
Slops:
- To Scyther and Sandshrew not really doing anything this battle.
- For not having more hazards on my team to break stall lol.
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I know this battle wasn't the most exciting battle in the world (because of all the switching and stall), but I found it super challenging and that's the way I like it. Hopefully when reading this war story you're not thinking omg when will this end but rather - can't wait to read on to see how you turn this battle around.
Here's the link below though if you could not be bothered to read the whole thing lol:-
http://pokemon.aesoft.org/replay-victini493-vs-Rosevee--2011-11-24-5
(Side Note: If I ever make another war story though, it won't have such heavy stall next time lol (and thus hopefully my commentary will improve too) - I just wanted to use this match because I find Heatran + Celebi one of the most difficult things to deal with with this team. Although I didn't particularly play well (in a general sense), this battle was a real challenge (but I'm not sure if that will come across during the match since it is the kind of team you need to actually use in order to fully understand the individual difficulties one needs to overcome). Anyway... hopefully you guys liked it more than you hated it lol.)
After battling on the ladder for a while, I've noticed more 'stallish' teams with the combition of Celebi + Heatran higher up in the ladder. They really make a great pair - Celebi easily being able to take those beastly (Water/Ground) attacks aimed at Heatran, and likewise the (Bug/Fire/Ice/Ghost?) attack's aimed at Celebi, Heatran can take it like a pro.
To be honest, these two combined are the biggest trouble my 'NFE' team runs into that I've faced so far (along with the other specific threats I find troubling for this team - Reuniclus, Choice Band Haxorus/Dragonite, Sub/Calm Mind Latias/Jirachi) which is precisely why I chose this match in particular. Not because of the way I played because to be honest I played alright but far from perfect. I mean it's not like I could make any super predictions here either (Scyther does not carry Brick Break so there is no way in hell I can make one of those nice predictions from the obvious switch from Celebi into Heatran, furthermore Magneton is Scarfed which is going to be a real negative this match because if I want to hit Celebi with Flash Cannon or Hidden Power, he can easily switch into Heatran whilst Hazard damage wears me down. Additionally my wall against Heatran, Porygon2 is doing a mere 10% with discharge to it which easily allows him to recover with leftovers plus he has the move Protect so I'm going in the negatives now. Furthermore I know if I go into Shellos to counter Heatran he's going into Celebi and Icy Wind does crappy damage to it. If I go into Monferno I'm totally out walled by Latias extra.) Anyway before I bore myself with my own voice lol, the point being, I chose this match because I'm fully aware of the difficulty my team has against Heatran + Celebi, not for epic predictions, not for epic nail biting exciting omg what's going to happen next experience, but just sheerly because based on the two teams and move sets, I know it's going to be a real challenge for me.
Warning: He's using a semi stall team so there is going to be a heck of a lot of switching. Stop reading now if this bores you/put's you off but if not, then enjoy!
Rosevee's team:
Victini493's team:
Battle between Rosevee and victini493 started!
Tier: Standard OU
Mode Singles
Variation: +22, -10
Rule: Rated
Rule: Sleep Clause
Rule: Species Clause
Rule: Wifi Battle
Yourteam: Magneton / Monferno / Shellos-East / Sandshrew / Porygon2 / Scyther
Opponent'steam: Terrakion / Skarmory / Latias / Lucario / Heatran / Celebi
victini493 sent out Terrakion!
Rosevee sent out Magneto (Magneton)!
Right I'm not liking this match up because I fear that Terrakion could possibly be Scarfed. Additionally, Magneton looks like an essential Pokemon to keep in order to trap his Skarmory and possibly revenge kill Lucario/Heatran. Therefore I decide to switch into SandShrew in order to determine his item and hopefully kill of Terrkion or set up Stealth Rocks depending on the assessment of the situation.
Turn 1
Rosevee called Magneto back!
Rosevee sent out Sandy (Sandshrew)!
The foe's Terrakion used Close Combat!
Sandy lost 40% of its health!
The foe's Terrakion's Defense fell!
The foe's Terrakion's Special Defense fell!
Ok, so it's looking like Terrakion is Choice Scarfed because Choice Band would definitely do over 50% damage to Sandshrew and I don't see LO damage either. I'm assuming now that he'll switch because he's not going to 2KO and nor would he want to take an Earthquake from Sandshrew with that def drop. Therefore I think it's safe for me to go for the Stealth Rocks this turn.
Turn 2
victini493 called Terrakion back!
victini493 sent out Celebi!
Sandy used Stealth Rock!
Pointed stones float in the air around victini493's team!
Woot! I safely manage to set up my Stealth Rocks which will help to break down the stallishness of the battle. Right now I don't like this matchup and I still want to keep Sandshrew for later because he has a decent amount of HP left plus I may need him to Rapid Spin anyway Stealth Rocks to keep my Scyther in good health. Switching into Scyther against Celebi seems like the only reasonable choice here.
Turn 3
victini493 called Celebi back!
victini493 sent out Latias!
Pointed stones dug into the foe's Latias!
Rosevee called Sandy back!
Rosevee sent out Blade (Scyther)!
The foe's Latias restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
Alright so it's a double switch here, but when thinking it through this gives me valuable information. He switched into Latias expecting my Monferno. This therefore means he probably isn't running Earth Power or Psychic on Celebi.
Right so I'm certain I can live any attack Latias throws at me, but secretly hoping that he doesn't know that and stays in while I attack.
Turn 4
victini493 called Latias back!
victini493 sent out Heatran!
Pointed stones dug into the foe's Heatran!
Blade used Bug Bite!
It's not very effective... The foe's Heatran lost 7% of its health!
The foe's Heatran restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
Dang. Here comes the Heatran. My team has serious difficulties with this combination since Scyther which can easily kill Celebi can't do squat to Heatran (no Brick Break)and I have no choice but to hope that I can wear one of them down through my attacks + SR damage.
Right, I see the leftovers and I'm fairly certain that he'll take this opportunity to set up his own Stealth Rocks but Sandshrew fails against Heatran so I have no choice but to go into Porygon2.
Turn 5
Rosevee called Blade back!
Rosevee sent out Uber Duck (Porygon2)!
Uber Duck traced the foe's Heatran's Flash Fire!
The foe's Heatran used Stealth Rock!
Pointed stones float in the air around Rosevee's team!
The foe's Heatran restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
This is going to sound ultra lame, but I'm going to go for the Discharge now secretly hoping to get a parahax (shhhh don't tell anyone or they'll tell me off for this xD) and to wear this thing down, because I seriously need Heatran to die.
Turn 6
Uber Duck used Discharge!
The foe's Heatran lost 10% of its health!
The foe's Heatran used Roar!
Pointed stones dug into Sandy!
Sandy (Sandshrew) was dragged out!
The foe's Heatran restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
Ok, so my attack is doing roughly the same amount as he is recovering from Leftovers. Not Good.
Anyway he roars me out into Sandshrew and I decide to stay in attack in case he over predicts here thinking that I'm going to switch out and thus use Roar again.
Turn 7
victini493 called Heatran back!
victini493 sent out Latias!
Pointed stones dug into the foe's Latias!
Sandy used Earthquake!
It had no effect!
The foe's Latias restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
Since he's using Latias and not Latios he's most likely going to set up with Calm Mind. I'm just praying to god he doesn't have Substitute or I will have lost this match for sure.
Switching out into Shellos looks like the safest bet here and hopefully I will be able to Toxic Latias and eventually kill it off.
Turn 8
Rosevee called Sandy back!
Rosevee sent out Bubblegum (Shellos-East)!
Pointed stones dug into Bubblegum!
The foe's Latias used Calm Mind!
The foe's Latias's Special Attack rose!
The foe's Latias's Special Defense rose!
The foe's Latias restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
I use Toxic because it is vital that I start to wear Latias down, especially if it's a calm mind set (and 99% it is).
Turn 9
The foe's Latias used Dragon Pulse!
Bubblegum lost 28% of its health!
Bubblegum used Toxic!
The foe's Latias was badly poisoned!
The foe's Latias restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
The foe's Latias is hurt by poison!
Ok next I use Icy Wind to slow Latias down just in case I need to revenge kill with Scyther (whilst also hoping he doesn't switch back into Heatran lol).
Turn 10
The foe's Latias used Calm Mind!
The foe's Latias's Special Attack rose!
The foe's Latias's Special Defense rose!
Bubblegum used Icy Wind!
It's super-effective! A critical hit! The foe's Latias lost 25% of its health!
The foe's Latias's Speed fell!
The foe's Latias restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
The foe's Latias is hurt by poison!
Toxic is taking its tow now so I'm assuming he's going to attack. Recover will heal my health back up and hopefully up enough to outstall and kill this thing.
Turn 11
The foe's Latias used Dragon Pulse!
Bubblegum lost 41% of its health!
Bubblegum used Recover!
Bubblegum regained health!
The foe's Latias restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
The foe's Latias is hurt by poison!
Wooot! Shellos takes the hit like a beast xD. Now hopefully he'll let this thing die...
I'm using recover of course to try Toxic stall it to death.
Turn 12
victini493 called Latias back!
victini493 sent out Celebi!
Pointed stones dug into the foe's Celebi!
Bubblegum used Recover!
Bubblegum regained health!
The foe's Celebi restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
Dang. So he didn't let it die ;-;
He makes a safe switch into Celebi and once again I'm forced to make my own switch into an appropriate counter.
Turn 13
Rosevee called Bubblegum back!
Rosevee sent out Blade (Scyther)!
Pointed stones dug into Blade!
The foe's Celebi used Giga Drain!
It's not very effective... Blade lost 8% of its health!
Blade had its energy drained!
The foe's Celebi restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
I go into Scyther and right now I'm really wishing I had brick break on my move set so that I could predict and break this stall war but I don't...lol xD
I go for the roost just to ensure Stealth Rocks won't kill Scyther once I switch out and in and to also see what his next course of action is.
Turn 14
victini493 called Celebi back!
victini493 sent out Terrakion!
Pointed stones dug into the foe's Terrakion!
Blade used Roost!
Blade landed on the ground!
Blade regained health!
Right, here I thought that he would predict my switch into Sandshrew and therefore use Close Combat instead of Rock Slide because he's Choice Scarfed, but he actually decides to go straight for the Rock Slide instead and I end up catching a lucky break when his Rock Slide misses.
Turn 15
The foe's Terrakion used Rock Slide!
Blade avoided the attack!
Blade used Aerial Ace!
The foe's Terrakion lost 47% of its health!
Right so I know he's Scarfed but he might not know that I know that, so I take the opportunity to switch into Sandshrew which can absorb that hit like a beast.
After the low damage that move does to Sandshrew, I doubt he'll stay in so I go for the Rapid Spin to get rid of those nasty Stealth Rocks.
Turn 17
victini493 called Terrakion back!
victini493 sent out Celebi!
Pointed stones dug into the foe's Celebi!
Sandy used Rapid Spin!
The foe's Celebi lost 3% of its health!
Sandy blew away Stealth Rock!
The foe's Celebi restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
Alright. Back to square one. I don't like this match up so I switch into Scyther and right about now I feel like I'm fighting a loosing battle and wonder if I should just forfeit the match... =<
Turn 18
Rosevee called Sandy back!
Rosevee sent out Blade (Scyther)!
The foe's Celebi used Hidden Power!
It's super-effective! Blade lost 37% of its health!
The foe's Celebi restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
Starting to feel a little bit nooby here because there's nothing I can really do unless I manage to take down one of his key Pokemon i.e Heatran or Celebi.
I just end up attacking having lost the will to live... Just kidding =P I haven't waved the white flag just yet so I decide to continue my NFE trolliness.
Turn 19
victini493 called Celebi back!
victini493 sent out Heatran!
Pointed stones dug into the foe's Heatran!
Blade used Bug Bite!
It's not very effective... The foe's Heatran lost 7% of its health!
The foe's Heatran restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
Alright back to plan where I hopefully manage to chip away Heatran's HP. In goes Uber Duck!
Turn 20
Rosevee called Blade back!
Rosevee sent out Uber Duck (Porygon2)!
Uber Duck traced the foe's Heatran's Flash Fire!
The foe's Heatran used Roar!
Magneto (Magneton) was dragged out!
The foe's Heatran restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
Hmm well he's roared me into Magenton which is good for me so that I can use Volt Switch to chip away his HP and safely go into Porygon2.
Turn 21
Magneto used Volt Switch!
A critical hit! The foe's Heatran lost 46% of its health!
Rosevee called Magneto back!
Rosevee sent out Uber Duck (Porygon2)!
Uber Duck traced the foe's Heatran's Flash Fire!
The foe's Heatran used Lava Plume!
Uber Duck's Flash Fire raised the power of its Fire-type moves!
The foe's Heatran restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
Ok going to sound a bit repetitive here but it really is vital for me to take down this Heatran, so that's exactly what I'm going to try and do. Discharge go!
Turn 22
The foe's Heatran used Protect!
The foe's Heatran protected itself!
Uber Duck used Discharge!
The foe's Heatran protected itself from the attack!
The foe's Heatran restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
Ahhhh dang it. Of course TrollHeatran has protect Rosevee ;-;
Here we go again...
Turn 23
The foe's Heatran used Stealth Rock!
Pointed stones float in the air around Rosevee's team!
Uber Duck used Discharge!
The foe's Heatran lost 12% of its health!
The foe's Heatran restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
And again... (I'm so going to get told off for this lol)
Turn 24
victini493 called Heatran back!
victini493 sent out Latias!
Pointed stones dug into the foe's Latias!
Uber Duck used Discharge!
It's not very effective... The foe's Latias lost 6% of its health!
The foe's Latias restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
The foe's Latias is hurt by poison!
Oh hmmm so he's not wanting to let Heatran die just yet apparently. (It is a stall team after all). Well I assume he's going to use recover now so I can use Ice beam to bring it's HP back down.
Turn 25
The foe's Latias used Recover!
The foe's Latias regained health!
Uber Duck used Ice Beam!
It's super-effective! The foe's Latias lost 34% of its health!
The foe's Latias restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
The foe's Latias is hurt by poison!
Turn 26
victini493 called Latias back!
victini493 sent out Lucario!
Pointed stones dug into the foe's Lucario!
Uber Duck used Ice Beam!
It's not very effective... The foe's Lucario lost 17% of its health!
Finally something is happening!! Right so I decide to go into Sandshrew as a death fodder against his Lucario.
Turn 27
Rosevee called Uber Duck back!
Rosevee sent out Sandy (Sandshrew)!
Pointed stones dug into Sandy!
The foe's Lucario used Swords Dance!
The foe's Lucario's Attack sharply rose!
Turn 28
The foe's Lucario used Close Combat!
A critical hit! Sandy lost 28% of its health!
Sandy fainted!
The foe's Lucario's Defense fell!
The foe's Lucario's Special Defense fell!
The foe's Lucario is hurt by its life orb!
Score is 5-6
Now that Sandshrew is down, I can safely bring in my Magneton to revenge kill Lucario (with Magnet Pull - yay he can't switch out).
Turn 29
Magneto used Thunderbolt!
The foe's Lucario lost 69% of its health!
The foe's Lucario fainted!
victini493 sent out Terrakion!
Pointed stones dug into the foe's Terrakion!
Score is 5-5
Ok it looks like I'll need to use Scyther as a death fodder since Magneton is still an essential Pokemon to keep for this battle. Scyther would be almost be completely useless for the remainder of the match anyway because of SR damage and Heatran/Skarmory.
Turn 30
Rosevee called Magneto back!
Rosevee sent out Blade (Scyther)!
Pointed stones dug into Blade!
The foe's Terrakion used Close Combat!
It's not very effective... Blade lost 4% of its health!
Blade fainted!
The foe's Terrakion's Defense fell!
The foe's Terrakion's Special Defense fell!
Rosevee sent out Gohan (Monferno)!
Pointed stones dug into Gohan!
Score is 4-5
I go into Monferno hoping to finish him off with a Mach Punch after that def drop from Close Combat.
Turn 31
victini493 called Terrakion back!
victini493 sent out Skarmory!
Pointed stones dug into the foe's Skarmory!
Gohan used Mach Punch!
The foe's Skarmory lost 7% of its health!
The foe's Skarmory restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
Ok so he switches again but this time into Skarmory. Oh please god almighty stay in so I can kill you with Magneton. Pleaseeeee!
Turn 32
Rosevee called Gohan back!
Rosevee sent out Magneto (Magneton)!
Pointed stones dug into Magneto!
The foe's Skarmory used Spikes!
Spikes were scattered all around the feet of Rosevee's team!
The foe's Skarmory restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
YES!!!! I can now trap Skarmory and kill it!
I decide to go for the Thunderbolt here rather than the Volt Switch because with SR and spikes up, I really want to be minimisize the amount of damage on my Pokemon caused as a result of switching.
Turn 33
Magneto used Thunderbolt!
It's super-effective! The foe's Skarmory lost 92% of its health!
The foe's Skarmory fainted!
victini493 sent out Latias!
Pointed stones dug into the foe's Latias!
Score is 4-4
He sends in Latias and it's just about good as dead, so I'm hoping I can finish it off with a Thunderbolt.
Turn 34
victini493 called Latias back!
victini493 sent out Celebi!
Pointed stones dug into the foe's Celebi!
Magneto used Thunderbolt!
It's not very effective... The foe's Celebi lost 21% of its health!
The foe's Celebi restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
Alright so he decides to go into Celebi to take the Thunderbolt. I'm going to switch into Porygon2 to try and weaken it with an Ice Beam.
(Yes I know this commantry is getting a bit boring but I'm not sure what else to say... it is a stall war afterall ;-;)
Turn 35
Rosevee called Magneto back!
Rosevee sent out Uber Duck (Porygon2)!
Pointed stones dug into Uber Duck!
Uber Duck is hurt by spikes!
Uber Duck traced the foe's Celebi's Natural Cure!
The foe's Celebi used Hidden Power!
Uber Duck lost 14% of its health!
The foe's Celebi restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
Right time to attack and unleash the super ultra epic powerful Ice Beam on Celebi!!
Turn 36
The foe's Celebi used Nasty Plot!
The foe's Celebi's Special Attack sharply rose!
Uber Duck used Ice Beam!
It's super-effective! The foe's Celebi lost 36% of its health!
The foe's Celebi restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
And here I finally see that it is a Nasty Plot set but I'm just going to keep attacking in the hope that I can finish it off with Magneton.
Turn 37
The foe's Celebi used Giga Drain!
Uber Duck lost 46% of its health!
Uber Duck had its energy drained!
Uber Duck used Ice Beam!
It's super-effective! The foe's Celebi lost 36% of its health!
The foe's Celebi restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
Turn 38
The foe's Celebi used Giga Drain!
Uber Duck lost 14% of its health!
Uber Duck fainted!
Uber Duck had its energy drained!
The foe's Celebi restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
Rosevee sent out Magneto (Magneton)!
Pointed stones dug into Magneto!
Magneto is hurt by spikes!
Score is 3-4
Once again, I'm really hoping he stays in so I can revenge kill this thing, and once again he switches out.
Turn 39
victini493 called Celebi back!
victini493 sent out Heatran!
Pointed stones dug into the foe's Heatran!
Magneto used Hidden Power!
The foe's Heatran's Flash Fire raised the power of its Fire-type moves!
The foe's Heatran restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
Ok so he's got a Flash Fire boost now which isn't so great for me. Shellos is the only thing I have that can absorb those hits from Heatran.
Turn 40
Rosevee called Magneto back!
Rosevee sent out Bubblegum (Shellos-East)!
Pointed stones dug into Bubblegum!
Bubblegum is hurt by spikes!
The foe's Heatran used Lava Plume!
It's not very effective... Bubblegum lost 16% of its health!
The foe's Heatran restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
Ok just in case he plans on switching into Celebi, I'm going to use Icy Wind.
Turn 41
The foe's Heatran used Lava Plume!
It's not very effective... Bubblegum lost 15% of its health!
Bubblegum used Icy Wind!
It's not very effective... The foe's Heatran lost 1% of its health!
The foe's Heatran's Speed fell!
The foe's Heatran restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
Ok.. he isn't switching. Maybe I can actually kill this megabeast now!! Best go for the recover first though because I don't want him to kill me.
Turn 42
The foe's Heatran used Protect!
The foe's Heatran protected itself!
Bubblegum used Recover!
Bubblegum regained health!
The foe's Heatran restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
Turn 43
Bubblegum used Scald!
It's super-effective! The foe's Heatran lost 20% of its health!
The foe's Heatran used Roar!
Pointed stones dug into Magneto!
Magneto is hurt by spikes!
Magneto (Magneton) was dragged out!
The foe's Heatran restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
Alright so I can either go for the Volt Switch or Thunderbolt here. If he uses protect though and sees my Volt Switch he'll most likely want to roar me out and I don't want to loose control of the situation so I use Thunderbolt.
Turn 44
The foe's Heatran used Protect!
The foe's Heatran protected itself!
Magneto used Thunderbolt!
The foe's Heatran protected itself from the attack!
The foe's Heatran restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
Now I can safely switch into Shellos to hopefully weaken Heatran.
Turn 45
Rosevee called Magneto back!
Rosevee sent out Bubblegum (Shellos-East)!
Pointed stones dug into Bubblegum!
Bubblegum is hurt by spikes!
The foe's Heatran used Lava Plume!
It's not very effective... Bubblegum lost 16% of its health!
The foe's Heatran restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
Now back to my master plan which I thought of many turns ago. "Kill Heatran."
Turn 46
The foe's Heatran used Protect!
The foe's Heatran protected itself!
Bubblegum used Recover!
Bubblegum regained health!
The foe's Heatran restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
Turn 47
Bubblegum used Scald!
It's super-effective! The foe's Heatran lost 21% of its health!
The foe's Heatran used Roar!
Pointed stones dug into Magneto!
Magneto is hurt by spikes!
Magneto (Magneton) was dragged out!
The foe's Heatran restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
I'm just going to Volt Switch here into Shellos and he's probably going to use Protect and then Roar but hopefully by the end of this he'll be on a low enough HP for either Magneton or Inferno to finish him off.
Turn 48
The foe's Heatran used Protect!
The foe's Heatran protected itself!
Magneto used Volt Switch!
The foe's Heatran protected itself from the attack!
The foe's Heatran restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
Turn 49
Magneto used Volt Switch!
The foe's Heatran lost 21% of its health!
Rosevee called Magneto back!
Rosevee sent out Bubblegum (Shellos-East)!
Pointed stones dug into Bubblegum!
Bubblegum is hurt by spikes!
The foe's Heatran used Roar!
Pointed stones dug into Magneto!
Magneto is hurt by spikes!
Magneto (Magneton) was dragged out!
The foe's Heatran restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
Hmmm I'm Roared into Magneton. With my remaining HP I doubt I can afford to Volt Switch out again (because of the SR/Spikes damage), so hopefully I can finally kill thing with a Thunderbolt.
Turn 50
The foe's Heatran used Protect!
The foe's Heatran protected itself!
Magneto used Thunderbolt!
The foe's Heatran protected itself from the attack!
The foe's Heatran restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
Turn 51
Magneto used Thunderbolt!
The foe's Heatran lost 30% of its health!
The foe's Heatran used Lava Plume!
It's super-effective! Magneto lost 12% of its health!
Magneto fainted!
The foe's Heatran restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
Rosevee sent out Gohan (Monferno)!
Pointed stones dug into Gohan!
Gohan is hurt by spikes!
Score is 3-4
Ok...... so it didn't die but maybe I can possibly use this to my advantage. I switch into Monferno because Heatran is on low enough HP to be revenge killed now by Mach Punch. But one problem - My Monferno's attack isn't strong enough to pick off the rest off his team. Hmmm. I know he has protect and he seems to abuse that move so hopefully I will be able to set up a bulk up against him. *Fingers crossed*
Turn 52
The foe's Heatran used Protect!
The foe's Heatran protected itself!
Gohan used Bulk Up!
Gohan's Attack rose!
Gohan's Defense rose!
The foe's Heatran restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
Phewph! My plan worked! Now I can finally finish of that Heatran that I've been dying to kill since the start of the match lol.
Turn 53
Gohan used Mach Punch!
It's super-effective! The foe's Heatran lost 18% of its health!
The foe's Heatran fainted!
victini493 sent out Latias!
Pointed stones dug into the foe's Latias!
Score is 3-3
So he sends out Latias and I think I can finish that off with a Mach Punch. Actually I have no choice in the matter (can't exactly switch into anything else because of the SR + Spikes hazard damage would most likely put anything into a clean KO range and I definitely wont be able to live the hazard damage plus the switch in damage if he chooses to attack. So yea I'm stuck put on Monferno. Fire Punch/Mach Punch isn't going to be doing much either way, if he chooses to recover I'm going to be pretty screwed here.
Turn 54
Gohan used Mach Punch!
It's not very effective... The foe's Latias lost 9% of its health!
The foe's Latias used Dragon Pulse!
Gohan lost 39% of its health!
The foe's Latias restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
The foe's Latias is hurt by poison!
Holy crap it didn't die!! and I am so glad that he didn't decide to Recover that turn - probably assuming he can kill of my Monferno at 62% HP.
Now I can finish Latias off with another Mach Punch!
Turn 55
Gohan used Mach Punch!
It's not very effective... The foe's Latias lost 4% of its health!
The foe's Latias fainted!
victini493 sent out Celebi!
Pointed stones dug into the foe's Celebi!
Score is 3-2
Monferno is on pretty low HP now but once again I don't have a choice but to stay in and attack since my remaining Pokemon are 'useless' against Celebi. I'm not entirely sure of the spread he's running on it but hopefully Monferno will be able to take a resistant hit (since its been revealed throughout the battle that he hasn't got Psychic or Earth Power and will therefore have to attack using a stab resistant Giga Drain), and then I can finally finish him off with a stab Blaze Fire Punch.
Turn 56
The foe's Celebi used Giga Drain!
It's not very effective... Gohan lost 19% of its health!
Gohan had its energy drained!
Gohan used Fire Punch!
It's super-effective! The foe's Celebi lost 44% of its health!
The foe's Celebi fainted!
victini493 sent out Terrakion!
Pointed stones dug into the foe's Terrakion!
Score is 3-1
OMG YES!! go go Monferno <3
Now I'm fairly certain I can finish of Terrakion... but you never know... ;P
Turn 57
Gohan used Mach Punch!
It's super-effective! The foe's Terrakion lost 34% of its health!
The foe's Terrakion fainted!
Score is 3-0
Rosevee won the battle!
GG Victini!!
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Props:
- To Monferno for being the Hero of my team this match.
- To Magneton for trapping and revenge killing two of my opponent's Pokemon (Thank God).
- To my opponent for making this match very challenging!
Slops:
- To Scyther and Sandshrew not really doing anything this battle.
- For not having more hazards on my team to break stall lol.
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I know this battle wasn't the most exciting battle in the world (because of all the switching and stall), but I found it super challenging and that's the way I like it. Hopefully when reading this war story you're not thinking omg when will this end but rather - can't wait to read on to see how you turn this battle around.
Here's the link below though if you could not be bothered to read the whole thing lol:-
http://pokemon.aesoft.org/replay-victini493-vs-Rosevee--2011-11-24-5
(Side Note: If I ever make another war story though, it won't have such heavy stall next time lol (and thus hopefully my commentary will improve too) - I just wanted to use this match because I find Heatran + Celebi one of the most difficult things to deal with with this team. Although I didn't particularly play well (in a general sense), this battle was a real challenge (but I'm not sure if that will come across during the match since it is the kind of team you need to actually use in order to fully understand the individual difficulties one needs to overcome). Anyway... hopefully you guys liked it more than you hated it lol.)
