hey everyone, recently i played a best of 7 against XxSevagxX in gen 7 bh. he's a long-time bh player and since gen 8 has started he's really started to get good at both gen 8 and gen 7. i wanted to share how the games went from my perspective and reviving the lost art of warstories has been a long held goal of mine so here it is!!!!!
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7balancedhackmons-1251996564
XxSevagxX's team:
Gengar-Mega / Mewtwo-Mega-X / Kyogre-Primal / Dialga / Chansey / Zygarde-Complete
cityscapes's team:
Kyogre-Primal / Steelix-Mega / Giratina / Mewtwo-Mega-Y / Tapu Lele / Arceus-*
☆cityscapes: hf
☆XxSevagxX: hf
from preview, this doesn't look like an easy matchup. this team focuses mainly on poisoning imposter with mmy's tspikes, and this tends to fall apart vs a bulkier gar + imposter build such as this one (gar is obviously limited offensively but is hard to remove). as a result, the use for lele and mmy here will be severely limited; i can see gira and ogre actually putting in more work here. lures are also pretty much off the table with this team so that's kind of annoying.
he's almost definitely leading with imposter here cause it looks super free vs my team (in the case of trapper ogre/steelix you obviously have defensive options and still get information out of it). i'm gonna lead with arceus to stop him from really accomplishing anything productive.
Battle started between XxSevagxX and cityscapes!
XxSevagxX sent out Chansey!
Go! Arceus (Arceus-Fire)!
[Arceus is Normal type.]
[The opposing Chansey's Imposter]
The opposing Chansey transformed into Arceus-Fire!
this looks like a good time to activate the orb on gira. it's gonna be super important in this game, and finding opportunities to activate the orb looks pretty annoying vs him, with ogre/mmx often carrying knock and me not being able to come in on dialga/gar period. having a screen would be nice but gar and mmx feel super nonthreatening at this stage of the game.
Turn 1
Arceus, come back!
Go! Giratina!
XxSevagxX withdrew Chansey!
XxSevagxX sent out Mewtwo (Mewtwo-Mega-X)!
The opposing Mewtwo was badly poisoned!
Giratina was badly poisoned!
ph mmx is revealed, so i don't have to bother with reflect arceus for something like banded mmx later on. ogre looks very solid here because i have a solid chance of landing purify vs him at some point. as for the play here, hard ogre seems best; it takes care of both the likely plays (switching and hazards).
Turn 2
XxSevagxX withdrew Mewtwo!
XxSevagxX sent out Dialga!
Giratina, come back!
Go! Kyogre (Kyogre-Primal)!
he goes hard dialga vs my gira, meaning he's likely regenvest trying to come in on a stab and pivot out. other sets such as bounce to dissuade my hazards are also a possibility, but i don't want to miss the initiative vs a really annoying mon like this one. i want to knock its vest as soon as possible.
Turn 3
The opposing Dialga used Doom Desire!
The opposing Dialga chose Doom Desire as its destiny!
Kyogre used Knock Off!
(The opposing Dialga lost 15% of its health!)
turns out to be offensive doom desire with steelium. obviously ogre isn't doing anything vs it, and it's in a position to pose a threat here. luckily i have regenvest steelix as a pretty solid answer that can switch into this and threaten back with ground stab.
Turn 4
Kyogre, come back!
Go! Steelix (Steelix-Mega)!
The opposing Dialga used Tail Glow!
The opposing Dialga's Sp. Atk rose drastically!
lens steelium might kill me here? all i can really do is just hope i made the right call switching into this. arceus mightve been the better play.
Turn 5
The opposing Dialga used Core Enforcer!
It's not very effective...
(Steelix lost 42% of its health!)
Steelix used Precipice Blades!
It's super effective!
(The opposing Dialga lost 73% of its health!)
Steelix took the Doom Desire attack!
It's not very effective...
(Steelix lost 54% of its health!)
4% vs. 
12%
thankfully, i live the initial hit and smack him for 73 with brave pblades. shoutouts to regenvest steelix. i consider going to lele here to limit this to 0 kills, but he's almost certainly clicking steelium here to guarantee the kill on someone. maybe i can try to get cheeky with ogre berry activation but really doesn't seem worth it considering i'm giving him opportunities to come in later. i think i'll just stay in here.
Turn 6
Soul Dew Latias joined
The opposing Dialga surrounded itself with its Z-Power!
The opposing Dialga unleashes its full-force Z-Move!
The opposing Dialga used Corkscrew Crash!
It's not very effective...
(Steelix lost 4% of its health!)
Steelix fainted!
Go! Mewtwo (Mewtwo-Mega-Y)!
[Mewtwo's Teravolt]
Mewtwo is radiating a bursting aura!
5-6 
in retrospect, sacking lix wasn't great considering it was actually a pretty strong mon here, putting even more pressure on imposter and offensively threatening everyone on the opposing team. arceus mightve been a better pick although lunar dance is very nice here.
after i went to mmy i realized how bad of a set this was in general, if you can't kill gar that's never a good sign. even against a 12% dialga i didn't feel good clicking moves. if i miss here or he switches out, it's horrible.
Turn 7
Mewtwo used Bolt Strike!
It's not very effective...
(The opposing Dialga lost 12% of its health!)
Mewtwo lost some of its HP!
The opposing Dialga fainted!
XxSevagxX sent out Chansey!
[The opposing Chansey's Imposter]
The opposing Chansey transformed into Mewtwo-Mega-Y!
[The opposing Chansey's Teravolt]
The opposing Chansey is radiating a bursting aura!
5-5
luckily teravolt actually works in my favor here because he's scared of spikes so he lets dialga die. great to have that threat out of the way so ogre/gira are much less restricted. imposter being in here is really bad though. i can't trade tspikes here because gar will get an opportunity to come in, plus i don't have hazard removal so my strat of getting nonpoisoned lele/mmy in vs imposter is just not gonna happen. better to get some sort of initiative here, i'm gonna go lele and see how things go.
Turn 8
Mewtwo, come back!
Go! Tapu Lele!
The opposing Chansey used Toxic Spikes!
Poison spikes were scattered on the ground all around your team!
as expected, tspikes go up. he loses imposter as an immediate lele answer, so i get to do damage to ogre and see what set it is.
Turn 9
XxSevagxX withdrew Chansey!
XxSevagxX sent out Kyogre (Kyogre-Primal)!
Tapu Lele used Psystrike!
(The opposing Kyogre lost 43% of its health!)
no ph no fc, probably regenvest or bounce. if it's bounce i definitely want to press my advantage here, he's recovering and i might not get a second opportunity where ogre is forced to switch in, so i'm gonna go for qd here.
Turn 10
Tapu Lele used Quiver Dance!
Tapu Lele's Sp. Atk rose!
Tapu Lele's Sp. Def rose!
Tapu Lele's Speed rose!
The opposing Kyogre used U-turn!
(Tapu Lele lost 12% of its health!)
The opposing Kyogre went back to XxSevagxX!
XxSevagxX sent out Chansey!
[The opposing Chansey's Imposter]
The opposing Chansey transformed into Tapu Lele!
ogre is almost definitely regenvest, and imposter comes in at +1 with tspikes on my side. not good at all. i figure he'll try to convert the advantage immediately with moonblast, so i'm gonna click moonblast myself here.
Turn 11
The opposing Chansey used Quiver Dance!
The opposing Chansey's Sp. Atk rose!
The opposing Chansey's Sp. Def rose!
The opposing Chansey's Speed rose!
Tapu Lele used Moonblast!
(The opposing Chansey lost 8% of its health!)
The opposing Chansey's Sp. Atk fell!
he actually did qd here, but i got lucky with my moonblast spa drop. i realize just how scary qd is in this spot; it almost guarantees a kill seeing how i don't have steelix around and arceus is severely limited due to tspikes. better to go arc to prevent that threat.
Turn 12
Onyx Onix 7 joined
Tapu Lele, come back!
Go! Arceus (Arceus-Fire)!
[Arceus is Normal type.]
Arceus was poisoned!
The opposing Chansey used Moonblast!
(Arceus lost 41% of its health!)
Arceus was hurt by poison!
[tspikes] 46%, poisoned vs. @ 92%, +1 spa +2 spd +2 spe
TOWER OF POWER has arrived. imposter is no longer a threat for now; light screen just shuts it down super hard even if he clicks quiver dance again. gira can just come in at that point and threaten spectral. arc is losing a lot of hp here though, this is obviously unsustainable.
Turn 13
Arceus used Light Screen!
Light Screen made your team stronger against special moves!
The opposing Chansey used Moonblast!
(Arceus lost 20% of its health!)
Arceus was hurt by poison!
[tspikes, light screen 8 turns] 14%, poisoned vs. @ 92%, +1 spa +2 spd +2 spe
at least it can come in on a switch, better than nothing. still pretty dire though. gira is safe though, imposter is only at +1 so unless he crits through light screen i can recover everything off.
Turn 14
Arceus, come back!
Go! Giratina!
The opposing Chansey used Moonblast!
It's super effective!
(Giratina lost 38% of its health!)
[Giratina's Poison Heal]
Giratina had its HP restored.
pretty risk free spectral. the only threat to this he might have would be core/entrain zyg, which he probably would've brought in earlier if he had it. guessing zyg is some prank variant because his team is lacking it.
Turn 15
XxSevagxX withdrew Chansey!
XxSevagxX sent out Kyogre (Kyogre-Primal)!
Giratina used Spectral Thief!
(The opposing Kyogre lost 30% of its health!)
[Giratina's Poison Heal]
Giratina had its HP restored.
ogre takes a fat 30 on the switch, negating regen. he can core here which is annoying, but i feel like i don't really have a choice other than to just hit it again. this team is not flexible at all.
Turn 16
Giratina used Spectral Thief!
A critical hit!
(The opposing Kyogre lost 48% of its health!)
The opposing Kyogre used U-turn!
It's not very effective...
(Giratina lost 6% of its health!)
☆cityscapes: my b
☆XxSevagxX: lel np
The opposing Kyogre went back to XxSevagxX!
XxSevagxX sent out Chansey!
[The opposing Chansey's Imposter]
The opposing Chansey transformed into Giratina!
[Giratina's Poison Heal]
Giratina had its HP restored.
[tspikes, light screen 4 turns] 94%, tox vs. @ 92%, 45%
luckily he doesn't core (idk if he has it) and i also crit him for quite a bit of damage. this is a pretty good spot. imposter comes in but doesn't really threaten any big damage, gira is fairly weak and has great defenses. i'm gonna sap him so i can just sit here.
Turn 17
The opposing Chansey used Spectral Thief!
It's super effective!
(Giratina lost 45% of its health!)
Giratina used Strength Sap!
The opposing Chansey's Attack fell!
Giratina had its HP restored.
he wins the speed tie, so i get all my hp back. good stuff. mewtwo feels really horrible here, so i think i'll just go to it-- having it vs opposing imposter that can't kill it on the switch is probably its best way of forcing progress in this game.
Turn 18
Giratina, come back!
Go! Mewtwo (Mewtwo-Mega-Y)!
Mewtwo was poisoned!
[Mewtwo's Teravolt]
Mewtwo is radiating a bursting aura!
The opposing Chansey used Spectral Thief!
It's super effective!
(Mewtwo lost 57% of its health!)
Mewtwo was hurt by poison!
[tspikes, light screen 3 turns] 22%, poisoned vs. @ 92%, -1 atk
i'm pretty sure he can't punish this, none of his guys can uturn into gar here. tspikes are going up.
Turn 19
Mewtwo used Toxic Spikes!
Poison spikes were scattered on the ground all around the opposing team!
The opposing Chansey used Spectral Thief!
It's super effective!
(Mewtwo lost 22% of its health!)
Mewtwo fainted!
Go! Tapu Lele!
Tapu Lele was poisoned!
4-5
imposter is just eating moonblasts for nothing if he keeps it in, and thanks to tspikes the tables are turned-- ogre and zyg are no longer safe switchins at all. gar seems relatively likely, so i throw out a psystrike to try and catch him.
Turn 20
XxSevagxX withdrew Chansey!
XxSevagxX sent out Gengar (Gengar-Mega)!
The poison spikes disappeared from the ground around the opposing team!
Tapu Lele used Psystrike!
It's super effective!
(The opposing Gengar lost 100% of its health!)
The opposing Gengar fainted!
Tapu Lele was hurt by poison!
Your team's Light Screen wore off!
XxSevagxX sent out Chansey!
[The opposing Chansey's Imposter]
The opposing Chansey transformed into Tapu Lele!
4-4
that's huge. i can't take advantage of this a ton because my tspikes user is dead, but that's a pretty big threat just removed from the game. gira looks super strong at this point. imposter being in is disastrous, as always, but at least gira is at full hp so i can cover the qd option safely.
Turn 21
Tapu Lele, come back!
Go! Giratina!
The opposing Chansey used Moonblast!
It's super effective!
(Giratina lost 54% of its health!)
[Giratina's Poison Heal]
Giratina had its HP restored.
[tspikes] 58%, tox vs. @ 92%
scary damage, hopefully i don't die to 2 of these. i sap here cause it covers every option.
Turn 22
The opposing Chansey used Moonblast!
It's super effective!
(Giratina lost 47% of its health!)
Giratina used Strength Sap!
The opposing Chansey's Attack fell!
Giratina had its HP restored.
[Giratina's Poison Heal]
Giratina had its HP restored.
[tspikes] 55%, tox vs. @ 92%
luckily he gets a super low roll this time, but sap does not recover a lot from this. i need a backup plan. bluffing something like fc spectral or nuzzle on ogre seems solid; he doesn't know much about it other than knock.
Turn 23
Giratina, come back!
Go! Kyogre (Kyogre-Primal)!
Kyogre was poisoned!
The opposing Chansey used Moonblast!
(Kyogre lost 25% of its health!)
Kyogre's Sp. Atk fell!
Kyogre was hurt by poison!
[tspikes] 62%, poisoned vs. @ 92%
super scary position. i can lose here if he doesn't switch out. luckily moonblast is getting low on pp here.
Turn 24
XxSevagxX withdrew Chansey!
XxSevagxX sent out Mewtwo (Mewtwo-Mega-X)!
Kyogre used Knock Off!
(The opposing Mewtwo lost 25% of its health!)
Kyogre knocked off the opposing Mewtwo's Toxic Orb!
[The opposing Mewtwo's Poison Heal]
The opposing Mewtwo had its HP restored.
Kyogre was hurt by poison!
mmx comes in and takes a knock to the face. i figure that if he has any sort of coverage move or hazard, he'll go for it here to exploit gira being weakened. i think if i'm getting an opportunity to purify here, this is it.
Turn 25
The opposing Mewtwo used Spikes!
[Kyogre's Magic Bounce]
Kyogre bounced the Spikes back!
Spikes were scattered on the ground all around the opposing team!
Kyogre used Purify!
The opposing Mewtwo was cured of its poisoning!
Kyogre had its HP restored.
Kyogre was hurt by poison!
[tspikes] 87%, poisoned vs. 88% [spikes]
awesome. mmx no longer has longevity, spikes are on his side, and ogre gets healed up as a bonus. i could press my luck here with scald, but i figure it isn't worth it.
Turn 26
Kyogre, come back!
Go! Giratina!
The opposing Mewtwo used Low Kick!
It doesn't affect Giratina...
[Giratina's Poison Heal]
Giratina had its HP restored.
gira comes in on low kick. beautiful. more opportunities for me to click spectral, now with spikes added into the mix.
Turn 27
XxSevagxX withdrew Mewtwo!
XxSevagxX sent out Chansey!
The opposing Chansey was hurt by the spikes!
[The opposing Chansey's Imposter]
The opposing Chansey transformed into Giratina!
Giratina used Spectral Thief!
It's super effective!
(The opposing Chansey lost 20% of its health!)
[Giratina's Poison Heal]
Giratina had its HP restored.
[tspikes] 80%, tox vs. @ 59% [spikes]
nice damage on imposter aka the only mon that can stop lele from winning. zyg hasn't come in all game which leads me to assume it is indeed some prank set that can't do anything here. obviously i need to go ogre here in order to block sap.
Turn 28
Giratina, come back!
Go! Kyogre (Kyogre-Primal)!
The opposing Chansey used Spectral Thief!
(Kyogre lost 29% of its health!)
Kyogre was hurt by poison!
knock is free here. even if he predicts it and spectrals me, i'm safe cause of the berry. huge for not letting his guys freely come in here.
Turn 29
XxSevagxX withdrew Chansey!
XxSevagxX sent out Kyogre (Kyogre-Primal)!
The opposing Kyogre was hurt by the spikes!
Kyogre used Knock Off!
(The opposing Kyogre lost 29% of its health!)
Kyogre knocked off the opposing Kyogre's Assault Vest!
Kyogre was hurt by poison!
[tspikes] 33%, poisoned vs. 4% [spikes]
ogre takes the knock which negates any recovery it mightve gotten. i still feel obligated to throw out some sort of attack to go for the berry bluff. i choose scald because zyg looks annoying here.
Turn 30
XxSevagxX withdrew Kyogre!
XxSevagxX sent out Chansey!
The opposing Chansey was hurt by the spikes!
[The opposing Chansey's Imposter]
The opposing Chansey transformed into Kyogre-Primal!
Kyogre used Scald!
It's not very effective...
(The opposing Chansey lost 5% of its health!)
Kyogre was hurt by poison!
(Kyogre ate its Wiki Berry!)
Kyogre restored HP using its Wiki Berry!
the berry is eaten, removing any chance for a lure but also allowing me to switch out freely, although this isn't super applicable with imposter in here. he's staying in to recover, so i'm gonna stay in to knock. simple.
in retrospect, going to gira instead of scalding that turn would've been huge. denying imposter recovery yet again mightve led to it getting massively pressured and even dying altogether or leading to mons like ogre getting sacked. that said, this isn't the worst situation in the world.
Turn 31
Kyogre used Knock Off!
(The opposing Chansey lost 8% of its health!)
Kyogre knocked off the opposing Chansey's Eviolite!
The opposing Chansey used Recover!
The opposing Chansey had its HP restored.
Kyogre was hurt by poison!
eviolite gets knocked, making gira again even stronger. i figure he's expecting scald here, so im going for this really funny tech
Turn 32
The opposing Chansey used Knock Off!
(Kyogre lost 16% of its health!)
Kyogre used Purify!
[The opposing Chansey's Magic Bounce]
The opposing Chansey bounced the Purify back!
Kyogre was cured of its poisoning!
The opposing Chansey had its HP restored.
[tspikes] 43% vs. @ 100% [spikes]
tech activated!!!! although ogre is getting poisoned the next time it comes in, i have much better staying power for now. i get to sit there and click scald all day, although ogre is vulnerable to getting chipped into recover range
Turn 33
Soul Dew Latias: ...
The opposing Chansey used Knock Off!
(Kyogre lost 16% of its health!)
Kyogre used Scald!
It's not very effective...
(The opposing Chansey lost 6% of its health!)
no burn, unfortunate. definitely need to recover here, otherwise i can't deter impostered gira sap which means it can just wall me out.
Turn 34
XxSevagxX withdrew Chansey!
XxSevagxX sent out Mewtwo (Mewtwo-Mega-X)!
The opposing Mewtwo was hurt by the spikes!
Kyogre used Recover!
Kyogre had its HP restored.
mmx finds an opportunity to come in here. i need ogre healthy for reasons i stated before, so i don't want to take any risks here. going hard gira.
Turn 35
Kyogre, come back!
Go! Giratina!
The opposing Mewtwo used Icicle Spear!
It's super effective!
(Giratina lost 11% of its health!)
It's super effective!
(Giratina lost 14% of its health!)
It's super effective!
(Giratina lost 12% of its health!)
It's super effective!
(Giratina lost 13% of its health!)
It's super effective!
(Giratina lost 12% of its health!)
The Pokémon was hit 5 times!
[Giratina's Poison Heal]
Giratina had its HP restored.
[tspikes] 31%, tox vs. 75% [spikes]
i hate icicle spear. this is a really rough spot, i think i have to click sap and just hope i don't die.
Turn 36
☆cityscapes: oh wow
The opposing Mewtwo used Spikes!
Spikes were scattered on the ground all around your team!
Giratina used Strength Sap!
The opposing Mewtwo's Attack fell!
Giratina had its HP restored.
[tspikes, spikes] 100%, tox vs. 75% [spikes]
spikes there was an interesting play from him, recognizing that i needed to sap. my spike advantage is gone, although gira with a layer of spikes on each side still looks really strong. again, spectral here is great.
Turn 37
☆XxSevagxX: oh
The opposing Mewtwo used Icicle Spear!
It's super effective!
(Giratina lost 8% of its health!)
It's super effective!
(Giratina lost 8% of its health!)
It's super effective!
(Giratina lost 9% of its health!)
It's super effective!
(Giratina lost 7% of its health!)
It's super effective!
(Giratina lost 8% of its health!)
The Pokémon was hit 5 times!
Giratina used Spectral Thief!
It's super effective!
(The opposing Mewtwo lost 56% of its health!)
[Giratina's Poison Heal]
Giratina had its HP restored.
spear from him doesn't make much sense there, he isn't doing any meaningful damage to me here. in return he puts himself in range of 2 spikes and the next spectral is still free due to him being at -1 attack. looks great for me.
Turn 38
XxSevagxX withdrew Mewtwo!
XxSevagxX sent out Chansey!
The opposing Chansey was hurt by the spikes!
[The opposing Chansey's Imposter]
The opposing Chansey transformed into Giratina!
Giratina used Spectral Thief!
It's super effective!
(The opposing Chansey lost 30% of its health!)
[Giratina's Poison Heal]
Giratina had its HP restored.
[tspikes, spikes] 85%, tox vs. @ 51% [spikes]
this is why having chansey's eviolite gone + spikes are so nice here. half its hp gone on 1 switchin. this looks super winnable from here, lele has a very real chance of muscling through. obviously the play is ogre to block sap, although it does open me up to hard mmx into hard imposter to recover with ogre.
Turn 39
Giratina, come back!
Go! Kyogre (Kyogre-Primal)!
Kyogre was hurt by the spikes!
Kyogre was poisoned!
The opposing Chansey used Strength Sap!
[Kyogre's Magic Bounce]
Kyogre bounced the Strength Sap back!
The opposing Chansey's Attack fell!
Kyogre had its HP restored.
Kyogre was hurt by poison!
fortunately for me he saps right into the ogre, putting me in an even better spot as it removes the chip. scald here seems logical, zyg looks like a likely switchin and i do want that burned.
Turn 40
XxSevagxX withdrew Chansey!
XxSevagxX sent out Kyogre (Kyogre-Primal)!
The opposing Kyogre was hurt by the spikes!
Kyogre used Scald!
It's not very effective...
A critical hit!
(The opposing Kyogre lost 17% of its health!)
Kyogre was hurt by poison!
[tspikes, spikes] 88%, poisoned vs. 8% [spikes]
no burn, but a very nice crit. ogre cannot stay in here, period. this feels like a 50/50 between scald/hard gira and zyg/imposter, i choose to go for scald because it has a better reward table (having imposter burned is obviously awesome)
Turn 41
XxSevagxX withdrew Kyogre!
XxSevagxX sent out Zygarde (Zygarde-Complete)!
The opposing Zygarde was hurt by the spikes!
Kyogre used Scald!
(The opposing Zygarde lost 24% of its health!)
The opposing Zygarde was burned!
The opposing Zygarde was hurt by its burn!
Kyogre was hurt by poison!
zyg takes the burn. wonderful. i still don't know anything about this mon other than it likely being prank, so i'll play it safe and click recover here.
Turn 42
XxSevagxX withdrew Zygarde!
XxSevagxX sent out Kyogre (Kyogre-Primal)!
The opposing Kyogre was hurt by the spikes!
Kyogre used Recover!
Kyogre had its HP restored.
Kyogre was hurt by poison!
[tspikes, spikes] 88%, poisoned vs. 29% [spikes]
ogre comes back to get more hp. it looks pretty nonthreatening here although spin could be a pain. great opportunity to go hard gira, uturn into imposter isn't free cause of spikes, he can't core me cause spectral kills from this range, and i don't want to give his imposter opportunities to recover.
Turn 43
Kyogre, come back!
Go! Giratina!
Giratina was hurt by the spikes!
The opposing Kyogre used U-turn!
It's not very effective...
(Giratina lost 7% of its health!)
The opposing Kyogre went back to XxSevagxX!
XxSevagxX sent out Zygarde (Zygarde-Complete)!
The opposing Zygarde was hurt by the spikes!
[Giratina's Poison Heal]
Giratina had its HP restored.
The opposing Zygarde was hurt by its burn!
zyg comes in on gira. weird. i'll taunt it here to see what it does.
Turn 44
The opposing Zygarde used Shore Up!
The opposing Zygarde had its HP restored.
Giratina used Taunt!
The opposing Zygarde fell for the taunt!
[Giratina's Poison Heal]
Giratina had its HP restored.
The opposing Zygarde was hurt by its burn!
he's faster than me so likely prank. low kick looks fine here, i'm scared of a spectral pp stall scenario and it's only super bad if he goes imposter which isn't happening, period.
Turn 45
XxSevagxX withdrew Zygarde!
XxSevagxX sent out Kyogre (Kyogre-Primal)!
The opposing Kyogre was hurt by the spikes!
Giratina used Low Kick!
(The opposing Kyogre lost 28% of its health!)
[Giratina's Poison Heal]
Giratina had its HP restored.
[tspikes, spikes] 100%, tox vs. 22% [spikes]
in retrospect i don't think the pp stall thing is an issue at all, pretty dumb play lol. spectral here is free cause it kills ogre
Turn 46
XxSevagxX withdrew Kyogre!
XxSevagxX sent out Zygarde (Zygarde-Complete)!
The opposing Zygarde was hurt by the spikes!
Giratina used Spectral Thief!
(The opposing Zygarde lost 16% of its health!)
Giratina was hurt by the Rocky Helmet!
[Giratina's Poison Heal]
Giratina had its HP restored.
The opposing Zygarde was hurt by its burn!
zyg comes back in. i can obviously just taunt this, pretty sure if he had anything that could hurt me he would've clicked it by now.
Turn 47
The opposing Zygarde used Encore!
Giratina must do an encore!
Giratina used Spectral Thief!
(The opposing Zygarde lost 15% of its health!)
Giratina was hurt by the Rocky Helmet!
[Giratina's Poison Heal]
Giratina had its HP restored.
The opposing Zygarde was hurt by its burn!
encore here is pretty annoying and forces me out (he can stay in indefinitely and pp stall me out of spectrals). i really don't like the idea of going ogre here, so i figure the move is to go lele and try to make things happen.
Turn 48
Giratina, come back!
Go! Tapu Lele!
Tapu Lele was hurt by the spikes!
The opposing Zygarde used Shore Up!
The opposing Zygarde had its HP restored.
Tapu Lele was hurt by poison!
The opposing Zygarde was hurt by its burn!
[tspikes, spikes] 50%, poisoned vs. 72%, burned, 51% [spikes]
zmove here looks solid because he can't really lose any of his mons except for mmx. if ogre goes down, then my ogre goes crazy, clicks purify, and removes zyg's helmet so that's just getting overwhelmed. if zyg dies, gira wins on the spot. and i feel safe against the imposter revenge kill, i can sack lele to poison (or go hard arc on qd) and bring in arc to set light screen like before.
Turn 49
XxSevagxX withdrew Zygarde!
XxSevagxX sent out Chansey!
The opposing Chansey was hurt by the spikes!
[The opposing Chansey's Imposter]
The opposing Chansey transformed into Tapu Lele!
Tapu Lele surrounded itself with its Z-Power!
Tapu Lele unleashes its full-force Z-Move!
Tapu Lele used Twinkle Tackle!
(The opposing Chansey lost 32% of its health!)
Tapu Lele was hurt by poison!
[tspikes, spikes] 38%, poisoned vs. @ 6% [spikes]
imposter switches in (probably expecting sap). this is terrifying, i win if it dies but i lose if it gets the opportunity to sap. obviously one answer is sitting right in front of me (the speed tie) but i want insurance. going hard ogre to block the immediate sap.
Turn 50
Tapu Lele, come back!
Go! Kyogre (Kyogre-Primal)!
Kyogre was hurt by the spikes!
The opposing Chansey used Moonblast!
(Kyogre lost 26% of its health!)
Kyogre was hurt by poison!
rough prediction to miss. ogre dies to psystrike from this range and i basically have to risk the speed tie.
Turn 51
The opposing Chansey used Psystrike!
(Kyogre lost 37% of its health!)
Kyogre fainted!
☆cityscapes: hmm
☆cityscapes: mightve miscalculated
Go! Arceus (Arceus-Fire)!
[Arceus is Normal type.]
Arceus was hurt by the spikes!
3-4
light screen is obviously unfeasible cause i can get sapped and die. my plan is to lunar dance so lele can withstand whatever it takes to keep spamming moonblasts and hopefully beat imposter to autowin.
Turn 52
Soul Dew Latias: I would have chanced the Lele speed tie personally.
☆cityscapes: yeah im not quite sure about this play too
☆cityscapes: he has to stay in either way
Arceus used Lunar Dance!
Arceus fainted!
The opposing Chansey used Strength Sap!
But it failed!
☆cityscapes: i think thats a big mistake yeah
Go! Tapu Lele!
Tapu Lele became cloaked in mystical moonlight!
Tapu Lele was poisoned!
Tapu Lele was hurt by the spikes!
2-4
during the game i thought that was a big mistake and i autolost if he qd'd there, but looking at it from here i'm really not sure. gira came in and clicked spectral on sap, then taunt, and then he was forced out. although he did get a good amount of hp back, he was still not safe from lele at all and i'm pretty sure he was in moonblast range after another round of spikes. definitely not the best of lines especially without ogre, but i thought it was still pretty cool.
Turn 53
☆XxSevagxX: damn
☆XxSevagxX: right
☆cityscapes: you had to qd there
☆cityscapes: that was the punish
☆XxSevagxX: i forgot about lunar dance
☆XxSevagxX: yea
☆XxSevagxX: yea
☆XxSevagxX: i totally forgot
Tapu Lele used Moonblast!
(The opposing Chansey lost 6% of its health!)
The opposing Chansey fainted!
Tapu Lele was hurt by poison!
XxSevagxX sent out Kyogre (Kyogre-Primal)!
The opposing Kyogre was hurt by the spikes!
2-3
luckily i don't have to deal with any of these messy calculations cause i win the speed tie and imposter is gone. game looks pretty much won at this point, he can't kill me at all.
Turn 54
Tapu Lele used Psystrike!
(The opposing Kyogre lost 42% of its health!)
The opposing Kyogre fainted!
Tapu Lele was hurt by poison!
XxSevagxX sent out Mewtwo (Mewtwo-Mega-X)!
The opposing Mewtwo was hurt by the spikes!
2-2
ogre genuinely just dies. this is over.
Turn 55
☆XxSevagxX: that was horrible by e
The opposing Mewtwo used Icicle Spear!
(Tapu Lele lost 6% of its health!)
(Tapu Lele lost 7% of its health!)
The Pokémon was hit 2 times!
Tapu Lele used Moonblast!
It's super effective!
(The opposing Mewtwo lost 7% of its health!)
The opposing Mewtwo fainted!
Tapu Lele was hurt by poison!
XxSevagxX sent out Zygarde (Zygarde-Complete)!
The opposing Zygarde was hurt by the spikes!
2-1
fun fact, there's this weird line where i might have actually lost to sunsteel mmx cause he has last mon zyg. gira is forced into clicking spectral to kill mmx and he can encore that for the 9 more pp it has to make me run into helmet and take waves damage. it all gets super messy and i didn't have to deal with it if i went gira instead of staying in. as it is though i'm fine here.
Turn 56
The opposing Zygarde used Shore Up!
The opposing Zygarde had its HP restored.
Tapu Lele used Moonblast!
It's super effective!
(The opposing Zygarde lost 50% of its health!)
Tapu Lele was hurt by poison!
The opposing Zygarde was hurt by its burn!
pretty simple matter from here. even if lele dies here to thousand waves into encore on sap, zyg doesn't have the jump on me so i can just click taunt instantly, denying any opportunities to encore and stalling him out of waves pp forcing him to struggle. bh is great.
Turn 57
The opposing Zygarde used Shore Up!
The opposing Zygarde had its HP restored.
Tapu Lele used Strength Sap!
The opposing Zygarde's Attack fell!
Tapu Lele had its HP restored.
Tapu Lele was hurt by poison!
The opposing Zygarde was hurt by its burn!
that doesn't even apply here though cause lele gets the sap opportunity and i can switch out now (although i dont have to).
Turn 58
Tapu Lele, come back!
Go! Giratina!
Giratina was hurt by the spikes!
The opposing Zygarde used Haze!
All stat changes were eliminated!
[Giratina's Poison Heal]
Giratina had its HP restored.
The opposing Zygarde was hurt by its burn!
this is over. gg.
Turn 59
☆XxSevagxX: gg
☆cityscapes: gg
XxSevagxX forfeited.
cityscapes won the battle!
overall, i think that this was a really cool game. a lot of the time these new teams just completely flop and lose unceremoniously, and this one would've too if i hadn't found just the right lines to a precise victory. it was really fun maneuvering the weird defensive game where both sides managed to get completely owned by lele. it did get a bit weird near the end, but that's pokemon.
XxSevagxX's team:
Gengar-Mega / Mewtwo-Mega-X / Kyogre-Primal / Dialga / Chansey / Zygarde-Complete
cityscapes's team:
Kyogre-Primal / Steelix-Mega / Giratina / Mewtwo-Mega-Y / Tapu Lele / Arceus-*
this is one of the new teams i made. the basic idea is you have mmy + lele stacked with tspikes to pressure imposter, the main hurdle for both of these pokemon. ogre lix gira is a classic defensive core. arc is added here cause i needed an mmy check + ghost resist. since i didnt have a prank, i opted for the TOWER OF POWER. this set is amazing cause it's a prank user that actually supports the team against wallbreakers. vs someone like kartana you can just have reflect up the whole game so they can't do anything. lunar dance is chosen over recover here because we have a Win Condition(TM) in lele.
☆XxSevagxX: hf
from preview, this doesn't look like an easy matchup. this team focuses mainly on poisoning imposter with mmy's tspikes, and this tends to fall apart vs a bulkier gar + imposter build such as this one (gar is obviously limited offensively but is hard to remove). as a result, the use for lele and mmy here will be severely limited; i can see gira and ogre actually putting in more work here. lures are also pretty much off the table with this team so that's kind of annoying.
he's almost definitely leading with imposter here cause it looks super free vs my team (in the case of trapper ogre/steelix you obviously have defensive options and still get information out of it). i'm gonna lead with arceus to stop him from really accomplishing anything productive.
Battle started between XxSevagxX and cityscapes!
XxSevagxX sent out Chansey!
Go! Arceus (Arceus-Fire)!
[Arceus is Normal type.]
[The opposing Chansey's Imposter]
The opposing Chansey transformed into Arceus-Fire!
this looks like a good time to activate the orb on gira. it's gonna be super important in this game, and finding opportunities to activate the orb looks pretty annoying vs him, with ogre/mmx often carrying knock and me not being able to come in on dialga/gar period. having a screen would be nice but gar and mmx feel super nonthreatening at this stage of the game.
Turn 1
Arceus, come back!
Go! Giratina!
XxSevagxX withdrew Chansey!
XxSevagxX sent out Mewtwo (Mewtwo-Mega-X)!
The opposing Mewtwo was badly poisoned!
Giratina was badly poisoned!
ph mmx is revealed, so i don't have to bother with reflect arceus for something like banded mmx later on. ogre looks very solid here because i have a solid chance of landing purify vs him at some point. as for the play here, hard ogre seems best; it takes care of both the likely plays (switching and hazards).
Turn 2
XxSevagxX withdrew Mewtwo!
XxSevagxX sent out Dialga!
Giratina, come back!
Go! Kyogre (Kyogre-Primal)!
he goes hard dialga vs my gira, meaning he's likely regenvest trying to come in on a stab and pivot out. other sets such as bounce to dissuade my hazards are also a possibility, but i don't want to miss the initiative vs a really annoying mon like this one. i want to knock its vest as soon as possible.
Turn 3
The opposing Dialga used Doom Desire!
The opposing Dialga chose Doom Desire as its destiny!
Kyogre used Knock Off!
(The opposing Dialga lost 15% of its health!)
turns out to be offensive doom desire with steelium. obviously ogre isn't doing anything vs it, and it's in a position to pose a threat here. luckily i have regenvest steelix as a pretty solid answer that can switch into this and threaten back with ground stab.
Turn 4
Kyogre, come back!
Go! Steelix (Steelix-Mega)!
The opposing Dialga used Tail Glow!
The opposing Dialga's Sp. Atk rose drastically!
lens steelium might kill me here? all i can really do is just hope i made the right call switching into this. arceus mightve been the better play.
Turn 5
The opposing Dialga used Core Enforcer!
It's not very effective...
(Steelix lost 42% of its health!)
Steelix used Precipice Blades!
It's super effective!
(The opposing Dialga lost 73% of its health!)
Steelix took the Doom Desire attack!
It's not very effective...
(Steelix lost 54% of its health!)
4% vs. 12%thankfully, i live the initial hit and smack him for 73 with brave pblades. shoutouts to regenvest steelix. i consider going to lele here to limit this to 0 kills, but he's almost certainly clicking steelium here to guarantee the kill on someone. maybe i can try to get cheeky with ogre berry activation but really doesn't seem worth it considering i'm giving him opportunities to come in later. i think i'll just stay in here.
Turn 6
Soul Dew Latias joined
The opposing Dialga surrounded itself with its Z-Power!
The opposing Dialga unleashes its full-force Z-Move!
The opposing Dialga used Corkscrew Crash!
It's not very effective...
(Steelix lost 4% of its health!)
Steelix fainted!
Go! Mewtwo (Mewtwo-Mega-Y)!
[Mewtwo's Teravolt]
Mewtwo is radiating a bursting aura!
5-6 in retrospect, sacking lix wasn't great considering it was actually a pretty strong mon here, putting even more pressure on imposter and offensively threatening everyone on the opposing team. arceus mightve been a better pick although lunar dance is very nice here.
after i went to mmy i realized how bad of a set this was in general, if you can't kill gar that's never a good sign. even against a 12% dialga i didn't feel good clicking moves. if i miss here or he switches out, it's horrible.
Turn 7
Mewtwo used Bolt Strike!
It's not very effective...
(The opposing Dialga lost 12% of its health!)
Mewtwo lost some of its HP!
The opposing Dialga fainted!
XxSevagxX sent out Chansey!
[The opposing Chansey's Imposter]
The opposing Chansey transformed into Mewtwo-Mega-Y!
[The opposing Chansey's Teravolt]
The opposing Chansey is radiating a bursting aura!
5-5 luckily teravolt actually works in my favor here because he's scared of spikes so he lets dialga die. great to have that threat out of the way so ogre/gira are much less restricted. imposter being in here is really bad though. i can't trade tspikes here because gar will get an opportunity to come in, plus i don't have hazard removal so my strat of getting nonpoisoned lele/mmy in vs imposter is just not gonna happen. better to get some sort of initiative here, i'm gonna go lele and see how things go.
Turn 8
Mewtwo, come back!
Go! Tapu Lele!
The opposing Chansey used Toxic Spikes!
Poison spikes were scattered on the ground all around your team!
as expected, tspikes go up. he loses imposter as an immediate lele answer, so i get to do damage to ogre and see what set it is.
Turn 9
XxSevagxX withdrew Chansey!
XxSevagxX sent out Kyogre (Kyogre-Primal)!
Tapu Lele used Psystrike!
(The opposing Kyogre lost 43% of its health!)
no ph no fc, probably regenvest or bounce. if it's bounce i definitely want to press my advantage here, he's recovering and i might not get a second opportunity where ogre is forced to switch in, so i'm gonna go for qd here.
Turn 10
Tapu Lele used Quiver Dance!
Tapu Lele's Sp. Atk rose!
Tapu Lele's Sp. Def rose!
Tapu Lele's Speed rose!
The opposing Kyogre used U-turn!
(Tapu Lele lost 12% of its health!)
The opposing Kyogre went back to XxSevagxX!
XxSevagxX sent out Chansey!
[The opposing Chansey's Imposter]
The opposing Chansey transformed into Tapu Lele!
ogre is almost definitely regenvest, and imposter comes in at +1 with tspikes on my side. not good at all. i figure he'll try to convert the advantage immediately with moonblast, so i'm gonna click moonblast myself here.
Turn 11
The opposing Chansey used Quiver Dance!
The opposing Chansey's Sp. Atk rose!
The opposing Chansey's Sp. Def rose!
The opposing Chansey's Speed rose!
Tapu Lele used Moonblast!
(The opposing Chansey lost 8% of its health!)
The opposing Chansey's Sp. Atk fell!
he actually did qd here, but i got lucky with my moonblast spa drop. i realize just how scary qd is in this spot; it almost guarantees a kill seeing how i don't have steelix around and arceus is severely limited due to tspikes. better to go arc to prevent that threat.
Turn 12
Onyx Onix 7 joined
Tapu Lele, come back!
Go! Arceus (Arceus-Fire)!
[Arceus is Normal type.]
Arceus was poisoned!
The opposing Chansey used Moonblast!
(Arceus lost 41% of its health!)
Arceus was hurt by poison!
[tspikes]
46%, poisoned vs. @ 92%, +1 spa +2 spd +2 speTOWER OF POWER has arrived. imposter is no longer a threat for now; light screen just shuts it down super hard even if he clicks quiver dance again. gira can just come in at that point and threaten spectral. arc is losing a lot of hp here though, this is obviously unsustainable.
Turn 13
Arceus used Light Screen!
Light Screen made your team stronger against special moves!
The opposing Chansey used Moonblast!
(Arceus lost 20% of its health!)
Arceus was hurt by poison!
[tspikes, light screen 8 turns]
14%, poisoned vs. @ 92%, +1 spa +2 spd +2 speat least it can come in on a switch, better than nothing. still pretty dire though. gira is safe though, imposter is only at +1 so unless he crits through light screen i can recover everything off.
Turn 14
Arceus, come back!
Go! Giratina!
The opposing Chansey used Moonblast!
It's super effective!
(Giratina lost 38% of its health!)
[Giratina's Poison Heal]
Giratina had its HP restored.
pretty risk free spectral. the only threat to this he might have would be core/entrain zyg, which he probably would've brought in earlier if he had it. guessing zyg is some prank variant because his team is lacking it.
Turn 15
XxSevagxX withdrew Chansey!
XxSevagxX sent out Kyogre (Kyogre-Primal)!
Giratina used Spectral Thief!
(The opposing Kyogre lost 30% of its health!)
[Giratina's Poison Heal]
Giratina had its HP restored.
ogre takes a fat 30 on the switch, negating regen. he can core here which is annoying, but i feel like i don't really have a choice other than to just hit it again. this team is not flexible at all.
Turn 16
Giratina used Spectral Thief!
A critical hit!
(The opposing Kyogre lost 48% of its health!)
The opposing Kyogre used U-turn!
It's not very effective...
(Giratina lost 6% of its health!)
☆cityscapes: my b
☆XxSevagxX: lel np
The opposing Kyogre went back to XxSevagxX!
XxSevagxX sent out Chansey!
[The opposing Chansey's Imposter]
The opposing Chansey transformed into Giratina!
[Giratina's Poison Heal]
Giratina had its HP restored.
[tspikes, light screen 4 turns]
94%, tox vs. @ 92%, 45%luckily he doesn't core (idk if he has it) and i also crit him for quite a bit of damage. this is a pretty good spot. imposter comes in but doesn't really threaten any big damage, gira is fairly weak and has great defenses. i'm gonna sap him so i can just sit here.
Turn 17
The opposing Chansey used Spectral Thief!
It's super effective!
(Giratina lost 45% of its health!)
Giratina used Strength Sap!
The opposing Chansey's Attack fell!
Giratina had its HP restored.
he wins the speed tie, so i get all my hp back. good stuff. mewtwo feels really horrible here, so i think i'll just go to it-- having it vs opposing imposter that can't kill it on the switch is probably its best way of forcing progress in this game.
Turn 18
Giratina, come back!
Go! Mewtwo (Mewtwo-Mega-Y)!
Mewtwo was poisoned!
[Mewtwo's Teravolt]
Mewtwo is radiating a bursting aura!
The opposing Chansey used Spectral Thief!
It's super effective!
(Mewtwo lost 57% of its health!)
Mewtwo was hurt by poison!
[tspikes, light screen 3 turns]
22%, poisoned vs. @ 92%, -1 atki'm pretty sure he can't punish this, none of his guys can uturn into gar here. tspikes are going up.
Turn 19
Mewtwo used Toxic Spikes!
Poison spikes were scattered on the ground all around the opposing team!
The opposing Chansey used Spectral Thief!
It's super effective!
(Mewtwo lost 22% of its health!)
Mewtwo fainted!
Go! Tapu Lele!
Tapu Lele was poisoned!
4-5 imposter is just eating moonblasts for nothing if he keeps it in, and thanks to tspikes the tables are turned-- ogre and zyg are no longer safe switchins at all. gar seems relatively likely, so i throw out a psystrike to try and catch him.
Turn 20
XxSevagxX withdrew Chansey!
XxSevagxX sent out Gengar (Gengar-Mega)!
The poison spikes disappeared from the ground around the opposing team!
Tapu Lele used Psystrike!
It's super effective!
(The opposing Gengar lost 100% of its health!)
The opposing Gengar fainted!
Tapu Lele was hurt by poison!
Your team's Light Screen wore off!
XxSevagxX sent out Chansey!
[The opposing Chansey's Imposter]
The opposing Chansey transformed into Tapu Lele!
4-4 that's huge. i can't take advantage of this a ton because my tspikes user is dead, but that's a pretty big threat just removed from the game. gira looks super strong at this point. imposter being in is disastrous, as always, but at least gira is at full hp so i can cover the qd option safely.
Turn 21
Tapu Lele, come back!
Go! Giratina!
The opposing Chansey used Moonblast!
It's super effective!
(Giratina lost 54% of its health!)
[Giratina's Poison Heal]
Giratina had its HP restored.
[tspikes]
58%, tox vs. @ 92%scary damage, hopefully i don't die to 2 of these. i sap here cause it covers every option.
Turn 22
The opposing Chansey used Moonblast!
It's super effective!
(Giratina lost 47% of its health!)
Giratina used Strength Sap!
The opposing Chansey's Attack fell!
Giratina had its HP restored.
[Giratina's Poison Heal]
Giratina had its HP restored.
[tspikes]
55%, tox vs. @ 92%luckily he gets a super low roll this time, but sap does not recover a lot from this. i need a backup plan. bluffing something like fc spectral or nuzzle on ogre seems solid; he doesn't know much about it other than knock.
Turn 23
Giratina, come back!
Go! Kyogre (Kyogre-Primal)!
Kyogre was poisoned!
The opposing Chansey used Moonblast!
(Kyogre lost 25% of its health!)
Kyogre's Sp. Atk fell!
Kyogre was hurt by poison!
[tspikes]
62%, poisoned vs. @ 92%super scary position. i can lose here if he doesn't switch out. luckily moonblast is getting low on pp here.
Turn 24
XxSevagxX withdrew Chansey!
XxSevagxX sent out Mewtwo (Mewtwo-Mega-X)!
Kyogre used Knock Off!
(The opposing Mewtwo lost 25% of its health!)
Kyogre knocked off the opposing Mewtwo's Toxic Orb!
[The opposing Mewtwo's Poison Heal]
The opposing Mewtwo had its HP restored.
Kyogre was hurt by poison!
mmx comes in and takes a knock to the face. i figure that if he has any sort of coverage move or hazard, he'll go for it here to exploit gira being weakened. i think if i'm getting an opportunity to purify here, this is it.
Turn 25
The opposing Mewtwo used Spikes!
[Kyogre's Magic Bounce]
Kyogre bounced the Spikes back!
Spikes were scattered on the ground all around the opposing team!
Kyogre used Purify!
The opposing Mewtwo was cured of its poisoning!
Kyogre had its HP restored.
Kyogre was hurt by poison!
[tspikes]
87%, poisoned vs. 88% [spikes]awesome. mmx no longer has longevity, spikes are on his side, and ogre gets healed up as a bonus. i could press my luck here with scald, but i figure it isn't worth it.
Turn 26
Kyogre, come back!
Go! Giratina!
The opposing Mewtwo used Low Kick!
It doesn't affect Giratina...
[Giratina's Poison Heal]
Giratina had its HP restored.
gira comes in on low kick. beautiful. more opportunities for me to click spectral, now with spikes added into the mix.
Turn 27
XxSevagxX withdrew Mewtwo!
XxSevagxX sent out Chansey!
The opposing Chansey was hurt by the spikes!
[The opposing Chansey's Imposter]
The opposing Chansey transformed into Giratina!
Giratina used Spectral Thief!
It's super effective!
(The opposing Chansey lost 20% of its health!)
[Giratina's Poison Heal]
Giratina had its HP restored.
[tspikes]
80%, tox vs. @ 59% [spikes]nice damage on imposter aka the only mon that can stop lele from winning. zyg hasn't come in all game which leads me to assume it is indeed some prank set that can't do anything here. obviously i need to go ogre here in order to block sap.
Turn 28
Giratina, come back!
Go! Kyogre (Kyogre-Primal)!
The opposing Chansey used Spectral Thief!
(Kyogre lost 29% of its health!)
Kyogre was hurt by poison!
knock is free here. even if he predicts it and spectrals me, i'm safe cause of the berry. huge for not letting his guys freely come in here.
Turn 29
XxSevagxX withdrew Chansey!
XxSevagxX sent out Kyogre (Kyogre-Primal)!
The opposing Kyogre was hurt by the spikes!
Kyogre used Knock Off!
(The opposing Kyogre lost 29% of its health!)
Kyogre knocked off the opposing Kyogre's Assault Vest!
Kyogre was hurt by poison!
[tspikes]
33%, poisoned vs. 4% [spikes]ogre takes the knock which negates any recovery it mightve gotten. i still feel obligated to throw out some sort of attack to go for the berry bluff. i choose scald because zyg looks annoying here.
Turn 30
XxSevagxX withdrew Kyogre!
XxSevagxX sent out Chansey!
The opposing Chansey was hurt by the spikes!
[The opposing Chansey's Imposter]
The opposing Chansey transformed into Kyogre-Primal!
Kyogre used Scald!
It's not very effective...
(The opposing Chansey lost 5% of its health!)
Kyogre was hurt by poison!
(Kyogre ate its Wiki Berry!)
Kyogre restored HP using its Wiki Berry!
the berry is eaten, removing any chance for a lure but also allowing me to switch out freely, although this isn't super applicable with imposter in here. he's staying in to recover, so i'm gonna stay in to knock. simple.
in retrospect, going to gira instead of scalding that turn would've been huge. denying imposter recovery yet again mightve led to it getting massively pressured and even dying altogether or leading to mons like ogre getting sacked. that said, this isn't the worst situation in the world.
Turn 31
Kyogre used Knock Off!
(The opposing Chansey lost 8% of its health!)
Kyogre knocked off the opposing Chansey's Eviolite!
The opposing Chansey used Recover!
The opposing Chansey had its HP restored.
Kyogre was hurt by poison!
eviolite gets knocked, making gira again even stronger. i figure he's expecting scald here, so im going for this really funny tech
Turn 32
The opposing Chansey used Knock Off!
(Kyogre lost 16% of its health!)
Kyogre used Purify!
[The opposing Chansey's Magic Bounce]
The opposing Chansey bounced the Purify back!
Kyogre was cured of its poisoning!
The opposing Chansey had its HP restored.
[tspikes]
43% vs. @ 100% [spikes]tech activated!!!! although ogre is getting poisoned the next time it comes in, i have much better staying power for now. i get to sit there and click scald all day, although ogre is vulnerable to getting chipped into recover range
Turn 33
Soul Dew Latias: ...
The opposing Chansey used Knock Off!
(Kyogre lost 16% of its health!)
Kyogre used Scald!
It's not very effective...
(The opposing Chansey lost 6% of its health!)
no burn, unfortunate. definitely need to recover here, otherwise i can't deter impostered gira sap which means it can just wall me out.
Turn 34
XxSevagxX withdrew Chansey!
XxSevagxX sent out Mewtwo (Mewtwo-Mega-X)!
The opposing Mewtwo was hurt by the spikes!
Kyogre used Recover!
Kyogre had its HP restored.
mmx finds an opportunity to come in here. i need ogre healthy for reasons i stated before, so i don't want to take any risks here. going hard gira.
Turn 35
Kyogre, come back!
Go! Giratina!
The opposing Mewtwo used Icicle Spear!
It's super effective!
(Giratina lost 11% of its health!)
It's super effective!
(Giratina lost 14% of its health!)
It's super effective!
(Giratina lost 12% of its health!)
It's super effective!
(Giratina lost 13% of its health!)
It's super effective!
(Giratina lost 12% of its health!)
The Pokémon was hit 5 times!
[Giratina's Poison Heal]
Giratina had its HP restored.
[tspikes]
31%, tox vs. 75% [spikes]i hate icicle spear. this is a really rough spot, i think i have to click sap and just hope i don't die.
Turn 36
☆cityscapes: oh wow
The opposing Mewtwo used Spikes!
Spikes were scattered on the ground all around your team!
Giratina used Strength Sap!
The opposing Mewtwo's Attack fell!
Giratina had its HP restored.
[tspikes, spikes]
100%, tox vs. 75% [spikes]spikes there was an interesting play from him, recognizing that i needed to sap. my spike advantage is gone, although gira with a layer of spikes on each side still looks really strong. again, spectral here is great.
Turn 37
☆XxSevagxX: oh
The opposing Mewtwo used Icicle Spear!
It's super effective!
(Giratina lost 8% of its health!)
It's super effective!
(Giratina lost 8% of its health!)
It's super effective!
(Giratina lost 9% of its health!)
It's super effective!
(Giratina lost 7% of its health!)
It's super effective!
(Giratina lost 8% of its health!)
The Pokémon was hit 5 times!
Giratina used Spectral Thief!
It's super effective!
(The opposing Mewtwo lost 56% of its health!)
[Giratina's Poison Heal]
Giratina had its HP restored.
spear from him doesn't make much sense there, he isn't doing any meaningful damage to me here. in return he puts himself in range of 2 spikes and the next spectral is still free due to him being at -1 attack. looks great for me.
Turn 38
XxSevagxX withdrew Mewtwo!
XxSevagxX sent out Chansey!
The opposing Chansey was hurt by the spikes!
[The opposing Chansey's Imposter]
The opposing Chansey transformed into Giratina!
Giratina used Spectral Thief!
It's super effective!
(The opposing Chansey lost 30% of its health!)
[Giratina's Poison Heal]
Giratina had its HP restored.
[tspikes, spikes]
85%, tox vs. @ 51% [spikes]this is why having chansey's eviolite gone + spikes are so nice here. half its hp gone on 1 switchin. this looks super winnable from here, lele has a very real chance of muscling through. obviously the play is ogre to block sap, although it does open me up to hard mmx into hard imposter to recover with ogre.
Turn 39
Giratina, come back!
Go! Kyogre (Kyogre-Primal)!
Kyogre was hurt by the spikes!
Kyogre was poisoned!
The opposing Chansey used Strength Sap!
[Kyogre's Magic Bounce]
Kyogre bounced the Strength Sap back!
The opposing Chansey's Attack fell!
Kyogre had its HP restored.
Kyogre was hurt by poison!
fortunately for me he saps right into the ogre, putting me in an even better spot as it removes the chip. scald here seems logical, zyg looks like a likely switchin and i do want that burned.
Turn 40
XxSevagxX withdrew Chansey!
XxSevagxX sent out Kyogre (Kyogre-Primal)!
The opposing Kyogre was hurt by the spikes!
Kyogre used Scald!
It's not very effective...
A critical hit!
(The opposing Kyogre lost 17% of its health!)
Kyogre was hurt by poison!
[tspikes, spikes]
88%, poisoned vs. 8% [spikes]no burn, but a very nice crit. ogre cannot stay in here, period. this feels like a 50/50 between scald/hard gira and zyg/imposter, i choose to go for scald because it has a better reward table (having imposter burned is obviously awesome)
Turn 41
XxSevagxX withdrew Kyogre!
XxSevagxX sent out Zygarde (Zygarde-Complete)!
The opposing Zygarde was hurt by the spikes!
Kyogre used Scald!
(The opposing Zygarde lost 24% of its health!)
The opposing Zygarde was burned!
The opposing Zygarde was hurt by its burn!
Kyogre was hurt by poison!
zyg takes the burn. wonderful. i still don't know anything about this mon other than it likely being prank, so i'll play it safe and click recover here.
Turn 42
XxSevagxX withdrew Zygarde!
XxSevagxX sent out Kyogre (Kyogre-Primal)!
The opposing Kyogre was hurt by the spikes!
Kyogre used Recover!
Kyogre had its HP restored.
Kyogre was hurt by poison!
[tspikes, spikes]
88%, poisoned vs. 29% [spikes]ogre comes back to get more hp. it looks pretty nonthreatening here although spin could be a pain. great opportunity to go hard gira, uturn into imposter isn't free cause of spikes, he can't core me cause spectral kills from this range, and i don't want to give his imposter opportunities to recover.
Turn 43
Kyogre, come back!
Go! Giratina!
Giratina was hurt by the spikes!
The opposing Kyogre used U-turn!
It's not very effective...
(Giratina lost 7% of its health!)
The opposing Kyogre went back to XxSevagxX!
XxSevagxX sent out Zygarde (Zygarde-Complete)!
The opposing Zygarde was hurt by the spikes!
[Giratina's Poison Heal]
Giratina had its HP restored.
The opposing Zygarde was hurt by its burn!
zyg comes in on gira. weird. i'll taunt it here to see what it does.
Turn 44
The opposing Zygarde used Shore Up!
The opposing Zygarde had its HP restored.
Giratina used Taunt!
The opposing Zygarde fell for the taunt!
[Giratina's Poison Heal]
Giratina had its HP restored.
The opposing Zygarde was hurt by its burn!
he's faster than me so likely prank. low kick looks fine here, i'm scared of a spectral pp stall scenario and it's only super bad if he goes imposter which isn't happening, period.
Turn 45
XxSevagxX withdrew Zygarde!
XxSevagxX sent out Kyogre (Kyogre-Primal)!
The opposing Kyogre was hurt by the spikes!
Giratina used Low Kick!
(The opposing Kyogre lost 28% of its health!)
[Giratina's Poison Heal]
Giratina had its HP restored.
[tspikes, spikes]
100%, tox vs. 22% [spikes]in retrospect i don't think the pp stall thing is an issue at all, pretty dumb play lol. spectral here is free cause it kills ogre
Turn 46
XxSevagxX withdrew Kyogre!
XxSevagxX sent out Zygarde (Zygarde-Complete)!
The opposing Zygarde was hurt by the spikes!
Giratina used Spectral Thief!
(The opposing Zygarde lost 16% of its health!)
Giratina was hurt by the Rocky Helmet!
[Giratina's Poison Heal]
Giratina had its HP restored.
The opposing Zygarde was hurt by its burn!
zyg comes back in. i can obviously just taunt this, pretty sure if he had anything that could hurt me he would've clicked it by now.
Turn 47
The opposing Zygarde used Encore!
Giratina must do an encore!
Giratina used Spectral Thief!
(The opposing Zygarde lost 15% of its health!)
Giratina was hurt by the Rocky Helmet!
[Giratina's Poison Heal]
Giratina had its HP restored.
The opposing Zygarde was hurt by its burn!
encore here is pretty annoying and forces me out (he can stay in indefinitely and pp stall me out of spectrals). i really don't like the idea of going ogre here, so i figure the move is to go lele and try to make things happen.
Turn 48
Giratina, come back!
Go! Tapu Lele!
Tapu Lele was hurt by the spikes!
The opposing Zygarde used Shore Up!
The opposing Zygarde had its HP restored.
Tapu Lele was hurt by poison!
The opposing Zygarde was hurt by its burn!
[tspikes, spikes]
50%, poisoned vs. 72%, burned, 51% [spikes]zmove here looks solid because he can't really lose any of his mons except for mmx. if ogre goes down, then my ogre goes crazy, clicks purify, and removes zyg's helmet so that's just getting overwhelmed. if zyg dies, gira wins on the spot. and i feel safe against the imposter revenge kill, i can sack lele to poison (or go hard arc on qd) and bring in arc to set light screen like before.
Turn 49
XxSevagxX withdrew Zygarde!
XxSevagxX sent out Chansey!
The opposing Chansey was hurt by the spikes!
[The opposing Chansey's Imposter]
The opposing Chansey transformed into Tapu Lele!
Tapu Lele surrounded itself with its Z-Power!
Tapu Lele unleashes its full-force Z-Move!
Tapu Lele used Twinkle Tackle!
(The opposing Chansey lost 32% of its health!)
Tapu Lele was hurt by poison!
[tspikes, spikes]
38%, poisoned vs. @ 6% [spikes]imposter switches in (probably expecting sap). this is terrifying, i win if it dies but i lose if it gets the opportunity to sap. obviously one answer is sitting right in front of me (the speed tie) but i want insurance. going hard ogre to block the immediate sap.
Turn 50
Tapu Lele, come back!
Go! Kyogre (Kyogre-Primal)!
Kyogre was hurt by the spikes!
The opposing Chansey used Moonblast!
(Kyogre lost 26% of its health!)
Kyogre was hurt by poison!
rough prediction to miss. ogre dies to psystrike from this range and i basically have to risk the speed tie.
Turn 51
The opposing Chansey used Psystrike!
(Kyogre lost 37% of its health!)
Kyogre fainted!
☆cityscapes: hmm
☆cityscapes: mightve miscalculated
Go! Arceus (Arceus-Fire)!
[Arceus is Normal type.]
Arceus was hurt by the spikes!
3-4 light screen is obviously unfeasible cause i can get sapped and die. my plan is to lunar dance so lele can withstand whatever it takes to keep spamming moonblasts and hopefully beat imposter to autowin.
Turn 52
Soul Dew Latias: I would have chanced the Lele speed tie personally.
☆cityscapes: yeah im not quite sure about this play too
☆cityscapes: he has to stay in either way
Arceus used Lunar Dance!
Arceus fainted!
The opposing Chansey used Strength Sap!
But it failed!
☆cityscapes: i think thats a big mistake yeah
Go! Tapu Lele!
Tapu Lele became cloaked in mystical moonlight!
Tapu Lele was poisoned!
Tapu Lele was hurt by the spikes!
2-4 during the game i thought that was a big mistake and i autolost if he qd'd there, but looking at it from here i'm really not sure. gira came in and clicked spectral on sap, then taunt, and then he was forced out. although he did get a good amount of hp back, he was still not safe from lele at all and i'm pretty sure he was in moonblast range after another round of spikes. definitely not the best of lines especially without ogre, but i thought it was still pretty cool.
Turn 53
☆XxSevagxX: damn
☆XxSevagxX: right
☆cityscapes: you had to qd there
☆cityscapes: that was the punish
☆XxSevagxX: i forgot about lunar dance
☆XxSevagxX: yea
☆XxSevagxX: yea
☆XxSevagxX: i totally forgot
Tapu Lele used Moonblast!
(The opposing Chansey lost 6% of its health!)
The opposing Chansey fainted!
Tapu Lele was hurt by poison!
XxSevagxX sent out Kyogre (Kyogre-Primal)!
The opposing Kyogre was hurt by the spikes!
2-3 luckily i don't have to deal with any of these messy calculations cause i win the speed tie and imposter is gone. game looks pretty much won at this point, he can't kill me at all.
Turn 54
Tapu Lele used Psystrike!
(The opposing Kyogre lost 42% of its health!)
The opposing Kyogre fainted!
Tapu Lele was hurt by poison!
XxSevagxX sent out Mewtwo (Mewtwo-Mega-X)!
The opposing Mewtwo was hurt by the spikes!
2-2 ogre genuinely just dies. this is over.
Turn 55
☆XxSevagxX: that was horrible by e
The opposing Mewtwo used Icicle Spear!
(Tapu Lele lost 6% of its health!)
(Tapu Lele lost 7% of its health!)
The Pokémon was hit 2 times!
Tapu Lele used Moonblast!
It's super effective!
(The opposing Mewtwo lost 7% of its health!)
The opposing Mewtwo fainted!
Tapu Lele was hurt by poison!
XxSevagxX sent out Zygarde (Zygarde-Complete)!
The opposing Zygarde was hurt by the spikes!
2-1 fun fact, there's this weird line where i might have actually lost to sunsteel mmx cause he has last mon zyg. gira is forced into clicking spectral to kill mmx and he can encore that for the 9 more pp it has to make me run into helmet and take waves damage. it all gets super messy and i didn't have to deal with it if i went gira instead of staying in. as it is though i'm fine here.
Turn 56
The opposing Zygarde used Shore Up!
The opposing Zygarde had its HP restored.
Tapu Lele used Moonblast!
It's super effective!
(The opposing Zygarde lost 50% of its health!)
Tapu Lele was hurt by poison!
The opposing Zygarde was hurt by its burn!
pretty simple matter from here. even if lele dies here to thousand waves into encore on sap, zyg doesn't have the jump on me so i can just click taunt instantly, denying any opportunities to encore and stalling him out of waves pp forcing him to struggle. bh is great.
Turn 57
The opposing Zygarde used Shore Up!
The opposing Zygarde had its HP restored.
Tapu Lele used Strength Sap!
The opposing Zygarde's Attack fell!
Tapu Lele had its HP restored.
Tapu Lele was hurt by poison!
The opposing Zygarde was hurt by its burn!
that doesn't even apply here though cause lele gets the sap opportunity and i can switch out now (although i dont have to).
Turn 58
Tapu Lele, come back!
Go! Giratina!
Giratina was hurt by the spikes!
The opposing Zygarde used Haze!
All stat changes were eliminated!
[Giratina's Poison Heal]
Giratina had its HP restored.
The opposing Zygarde was hurt by its burn!
this is over. gg.
Turn 59
☆XxSevagxX: gg
☆cityscapes: gg
XxSevagxX forfeited.
cityscapes won the battle!
overall, i think that this was a really cool game. a lot of the time these new teams just completely flop and lose unceremoniously, and this one would've too if i hadn't found just the right lines to a precise victory. it was really fun maneuvering the weird defensive game where both sides managed to get completely owned by lele. it did get a bit weird near the end, but that's pokemon.
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7balancedhackmons-1252002547
cityscapes's team:
Xerneas / Kyogre-Primal / Arceus-* / Shaymin / Giratina / Yveltal
XxSevagxX's team:
Blaziken-Mega / Venusaur-Mega / Cresselia / Giratina / Gengar-Mega / Gyarados-Mega
☆cityscapes: hf
☆XxSevagxX: you too
my immediate thought entering this battle is "i hope this isn't sun", but sun does seem unlikely here because offensive venu on sun simply doesn't work and gar on sun doesn't make any sense. outside of that, not sure what to expect, this is definitely a new team and can be taken one of several ways. it does look annoying though because i'm up against 3 water resists and a xern counter (venu) so making progress might be rough, i'm a fan of yveltal here though cause hurricanes will hurt and av on gyara can be knocked by ogre.
Battle started between cityscapes and XxSevagxX!
Go! Giratina!
XxSevagxX sent out 12 pc. Bucket Meal (Blaziken-Mega)!
i figured blaziken would lead here cause none of my guys outspeed it (except arc) so it makes sense that he'd want the free kill here. gira isn't super valuable here and can get rocks as a bonus.
Turn 1
☆cityscapes: holy cow
☆XxSevagxX: all 12 pieces
Soul Dew Latias joined
Giratina used Stealth Rock!
Pointed stones float in the air around the opposing team!
The opposing 12 pc. Bucket Meal used U-turn!
It's not very effective...
(Giratina lost 23% of its health!)
The opposing 12 pc. Bucket Meal went back to XxSevagxX!
XxSevagxX sent out Large Beverage (Gyarados-Mega)!
Pointed stones dug into the opposing Large Beverage!
The opposing Large Beverage was badly poisoned!
from the damage on gira i can be pretty sure that this is cb lens blaziken, about what i was expecting.
ph gyara. this is gonna get really ugly, i don't want to let this spin at all cause someone else might be bounce and i think hazards are really important here. at the same time leaving gira in is just a recipe for disaster and leaves me open to burning recover pp, getting statused, letting up spikes, and other bad things. yveltal looks like the best switchin here.
Turn 2
Giratina, come back!
Go! Yveltal!
The opposing Large Beverage used Knock Off!
It's not very effective...
(Yveltal lost 9% of its health!)
The opposing Large Beverage was hurt by the Rocky Helmet!
The opposing Large Beverage knocked off Yveltal's Rocky Helmet!
[The opposing Large Beverage's Poison Heal]
The opposing Large Beverage had its HP restored.
i lose the helmet, but i get an opportunity here as he's probably going to spin or pivot out. qd into hurricane will definitely hurt here.
Turn 3
Yveltal used Quiver Dance!
Yveltal's Sp. Atk rose!
Yveltal's Sp. Def rose!
Yveltal's Speed rose!
The opposing Large Beverage used Rapid Spin!
(Yveltal lost 2% of its health!)
The pointed stones disappeared from around the opposing team!
[The opposing Large Beverage's Poison Heal]
The opposing Large Beverage had its HP restored.
unfortunately i don't have rain up so i might miss, but hurricane here looks pretty devastating. let's do it.
Turn 4
Onyx Onix 7 joined
Yveltal used Hurricane!
(The opposing Large Beverage lost 51% of its health!)
The opposing Large Beverage became confused!
The opposing Large Beverage is confused!
It hurt itself in its confusion!
[The opposing Large Beverage's Poison Heal]
The opposing Large Beverage had its HP restored.
pretty lucky self hit here, gyara can actually die if i hit another. and having gyara out of the picture looks really really good here cause it's the only dark resist. let's do it.
Turn 5
☆cityscapes: my b
☆cityscapes: unfort
The opposing Large Beverage is confused!
The opposing Large Beverage used King's Shield!
The opposing Large Beverage protected itself!
Yveltal used Hurricane!
The opposing Large Beverage protected itself!
[The opposing Large Beverage's Poison Heal]
The opposing Large Beverage had its HP restored.
89%, +1 spa +1 spd +1 spe vs. 
59%, confusion 2 turns, tox
shield takes him out of 2hko range. i'm debating staying in to try again, but at this point it doesn't seem worth it at all. in retrospect though i did have baton pass which was really a much better play (if he spectrals he still loses to entrain).
Turn 6
Yveltal, come back!
Go! Shaymin!
[Shaymin's Drizzle]
It started to rain!
The opposing Large Beverage snapped out of its confusion!
The opposing Large Beverage used Glare!
Shaymin is paralyzed! It may be unable to move!
(Rain continues to fall.)
[The opposing Large Beverage's Poison Heal]
The opposing Large Beverage had its HP restored.
shaymin is in, retaining tempo on gyara and setting up the rain as well. entrain and knot both look solid here but i like entrain better as it also has utility vs expected switchins such as gira and blaziken. getting parad is annoying but as shaymin it's not terrible compared to w other mons.
Turn 7
The opposing Large Beverage used Knock Off!
(Shaymin lost 36% of its health!)
The opposing Large Beverage knocked off Shaymin's Damp Rock!
Shaymin used Entrainment!
[The opposing Large Beverage's Poison Heal]
[The opposing Large Beverage's Drizzle]
The opposing Large Beverage acquired Drizzle!
(Rain continues to fall.)
The opposing Large Beverage was hurt by poison!
rly not sure why he stayed in here but not a bad trade at all. losing 8 turn rain isnt ideal but thunder/hurricane are still def usable and i'm not planning to lean super hard into the water stab this game. meanwhile gyara is low and forced to switch out. i'm gonna go to ogre predicting blaziken here.
Turn 8
XxSevagxX withdrew Large Beverage!
XxSevagxX sent out Crispy Colonol Box (Giratina)!
Shaymin, come back!
Go! Kyogre (Kyogre-Primal)!
(Rain continues to fall.)
gira comes in vs ogre. not ideal, but i like having the opportunity to knock here in case of regenvest.
Turn 9
Kyogre used Knock Off!
It's super effective!
(The opposing Crispy Colonol Box lost 37% of its health!)
Kyogre knocked off the opposing Crispy Colonol Box's Lagging Tail!
The opposing Crispy Colonol Box used U-turn!
(Kyogre lost 13% of its health!)
The opposing Crispy Colonol Box went back to XxSevagxX!
XxSevagxX sent out Tenders Share Meal (Venusaur-Mega)!
(Rain continues to fall.)
lagging tail indicates prob prank on gira. good for xern. venu is in, i don't like this mon at all cause it counters xern. knock isnt safe cause he can anchor me potentially. best to just get damage on this.
Turn 10
Kyogre used Water Spout!
It's not very effective...
(The opposing Tenders Share Meal lost 53% of its health!)
The opposing Tenders Share Meal used Nuzzle!
It's super effective!
(Kyogre lost 9% of its health!)
Kyogre is paralyzed! It may be unable to move!
(Rain continues to fall.)
The opposing Tenders Share Meal restored a little HP using its Black Sludge!
[rain 3 turns] 78%, par vs. 
54%
not good at all. sludge heals him up and i can't count on the same 53 roll again due to nuzzle weakening water spout. in general i'm severely lacking on punishes for this mon. going gira to set rocks again isn't even that good cause it lets gyara come in again, i feel like i'm out of options here. need to let yveltal take nuzzle even though it's otherwise super good here.
Turn 11
Kyogre, come back!
Go! Yveltal!
The opposing Tenders Share Meal used Shore Up!
The opposing Tenders Share Meal had its HP restored.
(Rain continues to fall.)
at least this is taking massive damage here from hurricane. nuzzle is gonna suck though.
Turn 12
Yveltal used Hurricane!
It's super effective!
(The opposing Tenders Share Meal lost 79% of its health!)
The opposing Tenders Share Meal used Nuzzle!
It's super effective!
(Yveltal lost 5% of its health!)
Yveltal is paralyzed! It may be unable to move!
(Rain continues to fall.)
The opposing Tenders Share Meal restored a little HP using its Black Sludge!
if he recovers here on full para i lose, but there's no way he goes for that. either way hurricane again looks pretty safe here, doesn't give him opportunities to get any of his guys in.
Turn 13
XxSevagxX withdrew Tenders Share Meal!
XxSevagxX sent out Pot Pie Fill Up (Cresselia)!
Yveltal used Hurricane!
(The opposing Pot Pie Fill Up lost 27% of its health!)
The rain stopped.
cress is in. really not sure why he went to this or what it does. in retrospect again i shouldve bp'd here instead of hard switching, plus xern was prob better than arc to go to here. no chance he clicks knock or nuzzle vs this. rain stopping also sucks cause it means blaziken can actually come in here.
Turn 14
XxSevagxX withdrew Pot Pie Fill Up!
XxSevagxX sent out 12 pc. Bucket Meal (Blaziken-Mega)!
Yveltal, come back!
Go! Arceus (Arceus-Dark)!
[Arceus is Steel type.]
blaziken is in. i need to sack here, think losing shaymin is best because it's not finding many opportunities to come in later. sacking ogre is also good.
Turn 15
+stresh joined
☆cityscapes: ooh
Arceus, come back!
Go! Shaymin!
[Shaymin's Drizzle]
It started to rain!
The opposing 12 pc. Bucket Meal used V-create!
It's super effective!
(Shaymin lost 64% of its health!)
The opposing 12 pc. Bucket Meal's Speed fell!
The opposing 12 pc. Bucket Meal's Defense fell!
The opposing 12 pc. Bucket Meal's Sp. Def fell!
Shaymin fainted!
(Rain continues to fall.)
Go! Xerneas!
5-6 
now xern finally has the opportunity to properly come in, and i even get to qd for free because he can't kill me with rain up. nice to not have venu as a hard answer too.
Turn 16
XxSevagxX withdrew 12 pc. Bucket Meal!
XxSevagxX sent out Pot Pie Fill Up (Cresselia)!
Xerneas used Quiver Dance!
Xerneas's Sp. Atk rose!
Xerneas's Sp. Def rose!
Xerneas's Speed rose!
(Rain continues to fall.)
Xerneas was badly poisoned!
cress comes in, gonna thunder this to try and para it.
Turn 17
The opposing Pot Pie Fill Up used Encore!
Xerneas must do an encore!
Xerneas used Quiver Dance!
Xerneas's Sp. Atk rose!
Xerneas's Sp. Def rose!
Xerneas's Speed rose!
(Rain continues to fall.)
cress reveals prank encore, really not good. i don't have good hazard pressure to exploit this and i didn't count on another xern hard counter being present. if i want to win i'll be forced to rely on mons like yveltal. maybe ogre can work as a switchin here that can take uturn?
Turn 18
Xerneas, come back!
Go! Kyogre (Kyogre-Primal)!
XxSevagxX withdrew Pot Pie Fill Up!
XxSevagxX sent out 12 pc. Bucket Meal (Blaziken-Mega)!
(Rain continues to fall.)
blaziken comes in and im slower. gira looks like the switchin here, it discourages cc and can get rocks back up.
Turn 19
Kyogre, come back!
Go! Giratina!
The opposing 12 pc. Bucket Meal used U-turn!
It's not very effective...
(Giratina lost 21% of its health!)
The opposing 12 pc. Bucket Meal went back to XxSevagxX!
XxSevagxX sent out Max & Cheese (Gengar-Mega)!
The rain stopped.
gar comes in rather than gyara, surprisingly enough. i think rocks here is a fine play, just continues to limit gyara and even if i die the position is very much playable.
Turn 20
Giratina used Stealth Rock!
Pointed stones float in the air around the opposing team!
The opposing Max & Cheese used Volt Switch!
It's not very effective...
(Giratina lost 8% of its health!)
Soul Dew Latias: Watch out for Bolt Beak on Blaziken
The opposing Max & Cheese went back to XxSevagxX!
XxSevagxX sent out Tenders Share Meal (Venusaur-Mega)!
Pointed stones dug into the opposing Tenders Share Meal!
The opposing Tenders Share Meal restored a little HP using its Black Sludge!
luckily he doesn't even moongeist and just volt switches out to venu, banking on a slow gira. this is why i never run slow giras.
Turn 21
Giratina used Core Enforcer!
(The opposing Tenders Share Meal lost 21% of its health!)
The opposing Tenders Share Meal fainted!
XxSevagxX sent out Max & Cheese (Gengar-Mega)!
Pointed stones dug into the opposing Max & Cheese!
5-5
nice benefit to get from gira here. moongeist is coming and i don't have good counterplay (yveltal avoids the 2hko but cannot afford to get weakened here). sacking ogre mightve been better than gira though.
Turn 22
The opposing Max & Cheese used Moongeist Beam!
It's super effective!
(Giratina lost 48% of its health!)
Giratina fainted!
Go! Yveltal!
4-5
revdance looks pretty free here. gyara has lots of difficulty actually killing me or preventing setup, and blaziken could just run into me and die to hurricane (i don't have good odds on this which is why i didn't like the line before).
Turn 23
XxSevagxX withdrew Max & Cheese!
XxSevagxX sent out Crispy Colonol Box (Giratina)!
Pointed stones dug into the opposing Crispy Colonol Box!
Yveltal is paralyzed! It can't move!
Turn 24
The opposing Crispy Colonol Box used U-turn!
(Yveltal lost 6% of its health!)
The opposing Crispy Colonol Box went back to XxSevagxX!
XxSevagxX sent out 12 pc. Bucket Meal (Blaziken-Mega)!
Pointed stones dug into the opposing 12 pc. Bucket Meal!
Yveltal is paralyzed! It can't move!
78%, par vs. 88% [rocks]
couple of unfort full paras means blaziken gets to just come in. ogre is the sack here, it's slower than everything and generally pretty awful. this is a pretty bad position, i'm not expecting much to come out of it.
Turn 25
☆XxSevagxX: my b
☆cityscapes: rip
Yveltal, come back!
Go! Kyogre (Kyogre-Primal)!
The opposing 12 pc. Bucket Meal used Close Combat!
(Kyogre lost 78% of its health!)
The opposing 12 pc. Bucket Meal's Defense fell!
The opposing 12 pc. Bucket Meal's Sp. Def fell!
Kyogre fainted!
3-5
Go! Xerneas!
earth power just in case blaziken stays in and cause i know i'm not getting any benefit out of qd here.
at this point in the game, something really crucial is knowing which pivot move cress has, if any at all (could also be anchor). either way it's better to force in cress as often as i can cause it lets in my breaker (yveltal) and generally can't do much.
Turn 26
XxSevagxX withdrew 12 pc. Bucket Meal!
XxSevagxX sent out Pot Pie Fill Up (Cresselia)!
Pointed stones dug into the opposing Pot Pie Fill Up!
Xerneas used Earth Power!
(The opposing Pot Pie Fill Up lost 18% of its health!)
i expect something like uturn here. gonna go to arceus cause he cant uturn to blaziken on it (arc types only get revealed at the end of the turn, if you uturn on it you see it's resisted but can't be sure it's not like flying or fairy)
Turn 27
Xerneas, come back!
Go! Arceus (Arceus-Dark)!
[Arceus is Steel type.]
The opposing Pot Pie Fill Up used Shore Up!
The opposing Pot Pie Fill Up had its HP restored.
yeah, this isn't good at all. just gonna click doom desire to get something in the air.
Turn 28
The opposing Pot Pie Fill Up used Parting Shot!
Arceus's Attack fell!
Arceus's Sp. Atk fell!
XxSevagxX withdrew Pot Pie Fill Up!
XxSevagxX sent out Crispy Colonol Box (Giratina)!
Pointed stones dug into the opposing Crispy Colonol Box!
Arceus used Doom Desire!
Arceus chose Doom Desire as its destiny!
big turn. cress reveals prank parting shot as its pivot move (which can be blocked by yveltal) and he plays way too passively around steelceus, likely scared of a more offensive set even though i literally always run anchor desire spectral recover. anyway, i'm able to make some progress here by going yveltal.
Turn 29
Arceus, come back!
Go! Yveltal!
The opposing Crispy Colonol Box used Shore Up!
The opposing Crispy Colonol Box had its HP restored.
revdance here will absolutely shred pretty much anything he goes to.
Turn 30
The opposing Crispy Colonol Box used U-turn!
(Yveltal lost 7% of its health!)
The opposing Crispy Colonol Box went back to XxSevagxX!
XxSevagxX sent out Large Beverage (Gyarados-Mega)!
Pointed stones dug into the opposing Large Beverage!
Yveltal used Revelation Dance!
It's not very effective...
(The opposing Large Beverage lost 14% of its health!)
The opposing Large Beverage took the Doom Desire attack!
It's not very effective...
(The opposing Large Beverage lost 9% of its health!)
The opposing Large Beverage fainted!
XxSevagxX sent out 12 pc. Bucket Meal (Blaziken-Mega)!
Pointed stones dug into the opposing 12 pc. Bucket Meal!
3-4
gyara is sent directly to hell and blaziken comes in. hopefully he didnt get cued in to my ability by the low knock damage earlier, and hopefully i hit hurricane thru para (52.5% chance).
Turn 31
The opposing 12 pc. Bucket Meal used V-create!
(Yveltal lost 59% of its health!)
The opposing 12 pc. Bucket Meal's Speed fell!
The opposing 12 pc. Bucket Meal's Defense fell!
The opposing 12 pc. Bucket Meal's Sp. Def fell!
Yveltal used Hurricane!
It's super effective!
(The opposing 12 pc. Bucket Meal lost 76% of its health!)
The opposing 12 pc. Bucket Meal fainted!
☆XxSevagxX: omg
Soul Dew Latias: It was Fur Coat the whole time!
XxSevagxX sent out Max & Cheese (Gengar-Mega)!
Pointed stones dug into the opposing Max & Cheese!
3-3
awesome, blaziken is out of the game and he loses his primary way of making progress so my slow mons (xern and steelceus) can form a really formidable core here. i just have to not die to scarf adapt gar and i'll be fine.
Turn 32
The opposing Max & Cheese used Moongeist Beam!
It's not very effective...
(Yveltal lost 12% of its health!)
Yveltal fainted!
Go! Arceus (Arceus-Dark)!
[Arceus is Steel type.]
2-3
sacked yveltal cause hes parad and at 12% and generally does nothing. gonna drop zmove with steelceus cause he doesn't really have a good response to it.
Turn 33
XxSevagxX withdrew Max & Cheese!
XxSevagxX sent out Crispy Colonol Box (Giratina)!
Pointed stones dug into the opposing Crispy Colonol Box!
Arceus surrounded itself with its Z-Power!
Arceus unleashes its full-force Z-Move!
Arceus used Corkscrew Crash!
(The opposing Crispy Colonol Box lost 42% of its health!)
100% vs. 33% [rocks]
gira comes in, annoying that he eats the zmove but it's a free doom desire.
Turn 34
Arceus used Doom Desire!
Arceus chose Doom Desire as its destiny!
The opposing Crispy Colonol Box used Shore Up!
The opposing Crispy Colonol Box had its HP restored.
Turn 35
Arceus, come back!
Go! Xerneas!
The opposing Crispy Colonol Box used Spectral Thief!
(Xerneas lost 25% of its health!)
[Xerneas's Poison Heal]
Xerneas had its HP restored.
although cress will still force me out here, it gets annoyed a lot more with a doom desire in the air. i get a couple opportunities to fish for thunder paras here.
Turn 36
XxSevagxX withdrew Crispy Colonol Box!
XxSevagxX sent out Pot Pie Fill Up (Cresselia)!
Pointed stones dug into the opposing Pot Pie Fill Up!
Xerneas used Moonblast!
(The opposing Pot Pie Fill Up lost 24% of its health!)
The opposing Pot Pie Fill Up took the Doom Desire attack!
(The opposing Pot Pie Fill Up lost 22% of its health!)
[Xerneas's Poison Heal]
Xerneas had its HP restored.
100%, tox vs. 35% [rocks]
Turn 37
The opposing Pot Pie Fill Up used Shore Up!
The opposing Pot Pie Fill Up had its HP restored.
Xerneas used Thunder!
(The opposing Pot Pie Fill Up lost 20% of its health!)
Turn 38
The opposing Pot Pie Fill Up used Shore Up!
The opposing Pot Pie Fill Up had its HP restored.
Xerneas used Thunder!
A critical hit!
(The opposing Pot Pie Fill Up lost 28% of its health!)
The opposing Pot Pie Fill Up is paralyzed! It may be unable to move!
fortune strikes, and suddenly his answer looks a lot more shaky. now i get opportunities to quiver dance up cause i don't have anything beter to do.
Turn 39
The opposing Pot Pie Fill Up used Shore Up!
The opposing Pot Pie Fill Up had its HP restored.
Xerneas used Quiver Dance!
Xerneas's Sp. Atk rose!
Xerneas's Sp. Def rose!
Xerneas's Speed rose!
he recovered despite being at 72% (virgin play) so i'm forced out by the threat of encore.
Turn 40
Xerneas, come back!
Go! Arceus (Arceus-Dark)!
[Arceus is Steel type.]
The opposing Pot Pie Fill Up used Encore!
But it failed!
Turn 41
The opposing Pot Pie Fill Up used Parting Shot!
Arceus's Attack fell!
Arceus's Sp. Atk fell!
XxSevagxX withdrew Pot Pie Fill Up!
XxSevagxX sent out Crispy Colonol Box (Giratina)!
Pointed stones dug into the opposing Crispy Colonol Box!
Arceus used Doom Desire!
Arceus chose Doom Desire as its destiny!
another free doom desire. really liking this cycle, he can't keep this up forever and steelceus can even hit guys with spectral if needed.
Turn 42
Arceus, come back!
Go! Xerneas!
The opposing Crispy Colonol Box used U-turn!
It's not very effective...
(Xerneas lost 6% of its health!)
The opposing Crispy Colonol Box went back to XxSevagxX!
XxSevagxX sent out Max & Cheese (Gengar-Mega)!
Pointed stones dug into the opposing Max & Cheese!
[Xerneas's Poison Heal]
Xerneas had its HP restored.
gar comes in. an ambitious play, especially with doom desire in the air. i think steelceus is pretty safe, but regardless i expect volt switch here so doesn't matter much either way.
Turn 43
Xerneas, come back!
Go! Arceus (Arceus-Dark)!
[Arceus is Steel type.]
The opposing Max & Cheese used Sludge Wave!
It doesn't affect Arceus...
The opposing Max & Cheese took the Doom Desire attack!
(The opposing Max & Cheese lost 60% of its health!)
100% vs. 3% [rocks]
sludge wave there was crazy, and he pays the price (gar is now in range of everything). gonna anchor here then harass the switchin.
Turn 44
Soul Dew Latias: ...
XxSevagxX withdrew Max & Cheese!
XxSevagxX sent out Pot Pie Fill Up (Cresselia)!
Pointed stones dug into the opposing Pot Pie Fill Up!
Arceus used Anchor Shot!
(The opposing Pot Pie Fill Up lost 19% of its health!)
The opposing Pot Pie Fill Up can no longer escape!
Turn 45
Soul Dew Latias: Sev my man
The opposing Pot Pie Fill Up surrounded itself with its Z-Power!
The opposing Pot Pie Fill Up used Z-Parting Shot!
Arceus's Attack fell!
Arceus's Sp. Atk fell!
The opposing Pot Pie Fill Up will restore its replacement's HP using its Z-Power!
XxSevagxX withdrew Pot Pie Fill Up!
XxSevagxX sent out Max & Cheese (Gengar-Mega)!
The opposing Max & Cheese's HP was restored by the Z-Power!
Pointed stones dug into the opposing Max & Cheese!
Arceus used Spectral Thief!
It's super effective!
(The opposing Max & Cheese lost 34% of its health!)
100% vs. 54% [sr]
z parting shot, definitely came out of nowhere. i could spam recover here but i really don't like the endgame scenario after that, gar will get more opportunities to come in vs xern which i hate. better to try and kill it now while he's pressured to be aggressive.
Turn 46
☆cityscapes: oh
☆cityscapes: nice
The opposing Max & Cheese used Moongeist Beam!
(Arceus lost 48% of its health!)
Arceus used Spectral Thief!
It's super effective!
(The opposing Max & Cheese lost 33% of its health!)
the moment of truth
Turn 47
☆XxSevagxX: cmon
Soul Dew Latias: OMEGA CRIT ACTIVATE
☆cityscapes: i wonder what the roll is
☆cityscapes: but dont feel like calcing
☆cityscapes: you better not be timid gar
The opposing Max & Cheese used Moongeist Beam!
(Arceus lost 52% of its health!)
Arceus fainted!
☆cityscapes: oo
☆XxSevagxX: 252+ SpA Adaptability Gengar-Mega Moongeist Beam vs. 252 HP / 252 SpD Arceus: 204-242 (45.9 - 54.5%) -- 56.6% chance to 2HKO
Go! Xerneas!
1-3
unfortunate. i only have xern left at this point, which can't really do much.
Turn 48
☆cityscapes: yeah that was in your favor
☆cityscapes: what happens here is my question
XxSevagxX withdrew Max & Cheese!
XxSevagxX sent out Pot Pie Fill Up (Cresselia)!
Pointed stones dug into the opposing Pot Pie Fill Up!
Xerneas used Moonblast!
(The opposing Pot Pie Fill Up lost 26% of its health!)
Turn 49
The opposing Pot Pie Fill Up used Encore!
Xerneas must do an encore!
Xerneas used Moonblast!
(The opposing Pot Pie Fill Up lost 25% of its health!)
he sacks cress here to confirm into gar, i don't get any full paras. i think qd initially also lost most of the time.
Turn 50
☆cityscapes: oh
The opposing Pot Pie Fill Up used Haze!
All stat changes were eliminated!
Xerneas used Moonblast!
(The opposing Pot Pie Fill Up lost 5% of its health!)
The opposing Pot Pie Fill Up fainted!
☆cityscapes: smart play
XxSevagxX sent out Max & Cheese (Gengar-Mega)!
Pointed stones dug into the opposing Max & Cheese!
1-2
Turn 51
☆XxSevagxX: thx
The opposing Max & Cheese used Sludge Wave!
It's super effective!
(Xerneas lost 100% of its health!)
Xerneas fainted!
XxSevagxX won the battle!
☆XxSevagxX: gg
☆cityscapes: gg
this one really came down to the wire as well. unfortunately his solid water resists prevented me from really showing off the team, but luckily this isn't a team that needs fancy play in order to be effective thanks to the solid backbone. this game was super interesting to me because i felt super disadvantaged throughout the game, but in practice his really passive mons left him lacking options as well. fascinating matchup and really cool game.
cityscapes's team:
Xerneas / Kyogre-Primal / Arceus-* / Shaymin / Giratina / Yveltal
XxSevagxX's team:
Blaziken-Mega / Venusaur-Mega / Cresselia / Giratina / Gengar-Mega / Gyarados-Mega
https://pokepast.es/62622e9bff80f4af semirain is super cool, it's rain but you have a strong defensive backbone and many attacking options other than spamming water moves (which doesn't work with pdon around). here we have 3 attacks xern with thunder and hurricane yveltal which are incredibly cool sets that take advantage of the rain.
☆XxSevagxX: you too
my immediate thought entering this battle is "i hope this isn't sun", but sun does seem unlikely here because offensive venu on sun simply doesn't work and gar on sun doesn't make any sense. outside of that, not sure what to expect, this is definitely a new team and can be taken one of several ways. it does look annoying though because i'm up against 3 water resists and a xern counter (venu) so making progress might be rough, i'm a fan of yveltal here though cause hurricanes will hurt and av on gyara can be knocked by ogre.
Battle started between cityscapes and XxSevagxX!
Go! Giratina!
XxSevagxX sent out 12 pc. Bucket Meal (Blaziken-Mega)!
i figured blaziken would lead here cause none of my guys outspeed it (except arc) so it makes sense that he'd want the free kill here. gira isn't super valuable here and can get rocks as a bonus.
Turn 1
☆cityscapes: holy cow
☆XxSevagxX: all 12 pieces
Soul Dew Latias joined
Giratina used Stealth Rock!
Pointed stones float in the air around the opposing team!
The opposing 12 pc. Bucket Meal used U-turn!
It's not very effective...
(Giratina lost 23% of its health!)
The opposing 12 pc. Bucket Meal went back to XxSevagxX!
XxSevagxX sent out Large Beverage (Gyarados-Mega)!
Pointed stones dug into the opposing Large Beverage!
The opposing Large Beverage was badly poisoned!
from the damage on gira i can be pretty sure that this is cb lens blaziken, about what i was expecting.
ph gyara. this is gonna get really ugly, i don't want to let this spin at all cause someone else might be bounce and i think hazards are really important here. at the same time leaving gira in is just a recipe for disaster and leaves me open to burning recover pp, getting statused, letting up spikes, and other bad things. yveltal looks like the best switchin here.
Turn 2
Giratina, come back!
Go! Yveltal!
The opposing Large Beverage used Knock Off!
It's not very effective...
(Yveltal lost 9% of its health!)
The opposing Large Beverage was hurt by the Rocky Helmet!
The opposing Large Beverage knocked off Yveltal's Rocky Helmet!
[The opposing Large Beverage's Poison Heal]
The opposing Large Beverage had its HP restored.
i lose the helmet, but i get an opportunity here as he's probably going to spin or pivot out. qd into hurricane will definitely hurt here.
Turn 3
Yveltal used Quiver Dance!
Yveltal's Sp. Atk rose!
Yveltal's Sp. Def rose!
Yveltal's Speed rose!
The opposing Large Beverage used Rapid Spin!
(Yveltal lost 2% of its health!)
The pointed stones disappeared from around the opposing team!
[The opposing Large Beverage's Poison Heal]
The opposing Large Beverage had its HP restored.
unfortunately i don't have rain up so i might miss, but hurricane here looks pretty devastating. let's do it.
Turn 4
Onyx Onix 7 joined
Yveltal used Hurricane!
(The opposing Large Beverage lost 51% of its health!)
The opposing Large Beverage became confused!
The opposing Large Beverage is confused!
It hurt itself in its confusion!
[The opposing Large Beverage's Poison Heal]
The opposing Large Beverage had its HP restored.
pretty lucky self hit here, gyara can actually die if i hit another. and having gyara out of the picture looks really really good here cause it's the only dark resist. let's do it.
Turn 5
☆cityscapes: my b
☆cityscapes: unfort
The opposing Large Beverage is confused!
The opposing Large Beverage used King's Shield!
The opposing Large Beverage protected itself!
Yveltal used Hurricane!
The opposing Large Beverage protected itself!
[The opposing Large Beverage's Poison Heal]
The opposing Large Beverage had its HP restored.
89%, +1 spa +1 spd +1 spe vs. 59%, confusion 2 turns, toxshield takes him out of 2hko range. i'm debating staying in to try again, but at this point it doesn't seem worth it at all. in retrospect though i did have baton pass which was really a much better play (if he spectrals he still loses to entrain).
Turn 6
Yveltal, come back!
Go! Shaymin!
[Shaymin's Drizzle]
It started to rain!
The opposing Large Beverage snapped out of its confusion!
The opposing Large Beverage used Glare!
Shaymin is paralyzed! It may be unable to move!
(Rain continues to fall.)
[The opposing Large Beverage's Poison Heal]
The opposing Large Beverage had its HP restored.
shaymin is in, retaining tempo on gyara and setting up the rain as well. entrain and knot both look solid here but i like entrain better as it also has utility vs expected switchins such as gira and blaziken. getting parad is annoying but as shaymin it's not terrible compared to w other mons.
Turn 7
The opposing Large Beverage used Knock Off!
(Shaymin lost 36% of its health!)
The opposing Large Beverage knocked off Shaymin's Damp Rock!
Shaymin used Entrainment!
[The opposing Large Beverage's Poison Heal]
[The opposing Large Beverage's Drizzle]
The opposing Large Beverage acquired Drizzle!
(Rain continues to fall.)
The opposing Large Beverage was hurt by poison!
rly not sure why he stayed in here but not a bad trade at all. losing 8 turn rain isnt ideal but thunder/hurricane are still def usable and i'm not planning to lean super hard into the water stab this game. meanwhile gyara is low and forced to switch out. i'm gonna go to ogre predicting blaziken here.
Turn 8
XxSevagxX withdrew Large Beverage!
XxSevagxX sent out Crispy Colonol Box (Giratina)!
Shaymin, come back!
Go! Kyogre (Kyogre-Primal)!
(Rain continues to fall.)
gira comes in vs ogre. not ideal, but i like having the opportunity to knock here in case of regenvest.
Turn 9
Kyogre used Knock Off!
It's super effective!
(The opposing Crispy Colonol Box lost 37% of its health!)
Kyogre knocked off the opposing Crispy Colonol Box's Lagging Tail!
The opposing Crispy Colonol Box used U-turn!
(Kyogre lost 13% of its health!)
The opposing Crispy Colonol Box went back to XxSevagxX!
XxSevagxX sent out Tenders Share Meal (Venusaur-Mega)!
(Rain continues to fall.)
lagging tail indicates prob prank on gira. good for xern. venu is in, i don't like this mon at all cause it counters xern. knock isnt safe cause he can anchor me potentially. best to just get damage on this.
Turn 10
Kyogre used Water Spout!
It's not very effective...
(The opposing Tenders Share Meal lost 53% of its health!)
The opposing Tenders Share Meal used Nuzzle!
It's super effective!
(Kyogre lost 9% of its health!)
Kyogre is paralyzed! It may be unable to move!
(Rain continues to fall.)
The opposing Tenders Share Meal restored a little HP using its Black Sludge!
[rain 3 turns]
78%, par vs. 54%not good at all. sludge heals him up and i can't count on the same 53 roll again due to nuzzle weakening water spout. in general i'm severely lacking on punishes for this mon. going gira to set rocks again isn't even that good cause it lets gyara come in again, i feel like i'm out of options here. need to let yveltal take nuzzle even though it's otherwise super good here.
Turn 11
Kyogre, come back!
Go! Yveltal!
The opposing Tenders Share Meal used Shore Up!
The opposing Tenders Share Meal had its HP restored.
(Rain continues to fall.)
at least this is taking massive damage here from hurricane. nuzzle is gonna suck though.
Turn 12
Yveltal used Hurricane!
It's super effective!
(The opposing Tenders Share Meal lost 79% of its health!)
The opposing Tenders Share Meal used Nuzzle!
It's super effective!
(Yveltal lost 5% of its health!)
Yveltal is paralyzed! It may be unable to move!
(Rain continues to fall.)
The opposing Tenders Share Meal restored a little HP using its Black Sludge!
if he recovers here on full para i lose, but there's no way he goes for that. either way hurricane again looks pretty safe here, doesn't give him opportunities to get any of his guys in.
Turn 13
XxSevagxX withdrew Tenders Share Meal!
XxSevagxX sent out Pot Pie Fill Up (Cresselia)!
Yveltal used Hurricane!
(The opposing Pot Pie Fill Up lost 27% of its health!)
The rain stopped.
cress is in. really not sure why he went to this or what it does. in retrospect again i shouldve bp'd here instead of hard switching, plus xern was prob better than arc to go to here. no chance he clicks knock or nuzzle vs this. rain stopping also sucks cause it means blaziken can actually come in here.
Turn 14
XxSevagxX withdrew Pot Pie Fill Up!
XxSevagxX sent out 12 pc. Bucket Meal (Blaziken-Mega)!
Yveltal, come back!
Go! Arceus (Arceus-Dark)!
[Arceus is Steel type.]
blaziken is in. i need to sack here, think losing shaymin is best because it's not finding many opportunities to come in later. sacking ogre is also good.
Turn 15
+stresh joined
☆cityscapes: ooh
Arceus, come back!
Go! Shaymin!
[Shaymin's Drizzle]
It started to rain!
The opposing 12 pc. Bucket Meal used V-create!
It's super effective!
(Shaymin lost 64% of its health!)
The opposing 12 pc. Bucket Meal's Speed fell!
The opposing 12 pc. Bucket Meal's Defense fell!
The opposing 12 pc. Bucket Meal's Sp. Def fell!
Shaymin fainted!
(Rain continues to fall.)
Go! Xerneas!
5-6 now xern finally has the opportunity to properly come in, and i even get to qd for free because he can't kill me with rain up. nice to not have venu as a hard answer too.
Turn 16
XxSevagxX withdrew 12 pc. Bucket Meal!
XxSevagxX sent out Pot Pie Fill Up (Cresselia)!
Xerneas used Quiver Dance!
Xerneas's Sp. Atk rose!
Xerneas's Sp. Def rose!
Xerneas's Speed rose!
(Rain continues to fall.)
Xerneas was badly poisoned!
cress comes in, gonna thunder this to try and para it.
Turn 17
The opposing Pot Pie Fill Up used Encore!
Xerneas must do an encore!
Xerneas used Quiver Dance!
Xerneas's Sp. Atk rose!
Xerneas's Sp. Def rose!
Xerneas's Speed rose!
(Rain continues to fall.)
cress reveals prank encore, really not good. i don't have good hazard pressure to exploit this and i didn't count on another xern hard counter being present. if i want to win i'll be forced to rely on mons like yveltal. maybe ogre can work as a switchin here that can take uturn?
Turn 18
Xerneas, come back!
Go! Kyogre (Kyogre-Primal)!
XxSevagxX withdrew Pot Pie Fill Up!
XxSevagxX sent out 12 pc. Bucket Meal (Blaziken-Mega)!
(Rain continues to fall.)
blaziken comes in and im slower. gira looks like the switchin here, it discourages cc and can get rocks back up.
Turn 19
Kyogre, come back!
Go! Giratina!
The opposing 12 pc. Bucket Meal used U-turn!
It's not very effective...
(Giratina lost 21% of its health!)
The opposing 12 pc. Bucket Meal went back to XxSevagxX!
XxSevagxX sent out Max & Cheese (Gengar-Mega)!
The rain stopped.
gar comes in rather than gyara, surprisingly enough. i think rocks here is a fine play, just continues to limit gyara and even if i die the position is very much playable.
Turn 20
Giratina used Stealth Rock!
Pointed stones float in the air around the opposing team!
The opposing Max & Cheese used Volt Switch!
It's not very effective...
(Giratina lost 8% of its health!)
Soul Dew Latias: Watch out for Bolt Beak on Blaziken
The opposing Max & Cheese went back to XxSevagxX!
XxSevagxX sent out Tenders Share Meal (Venusaur-Mega)!
Pointed stones dug into the opposing Tenders Share Meal!
The opposing Tenders Share Meal restored a little HP using its Black Sludge!
luckily he doesn't even moongeist and just volt switches out to venu, banking on a slow gira. this is why i never run slow giras.
Turn 21
Giratina used Core Enforcer!
(The opposing Tenders Share Meal lost 21% of its health!)
The opposing Tenders Share Meal fainted!
XxSevagxX sent out Max & Cheese (Gengar-Mega)!
Pointed stones dug into the opposing Max & Cheese!
5-5 nice benefit to get from gira here. moongeist is coming and i don't have good counterplay (yveltal avoids the 2hko but cannot afford to get weakened here). sacking ogre mightve been better than gira though.
Turn 22
The opposing Max & Cheese used Moongeist Beam!
It's super effective!
(Giratina lost 48% of its health!)
Giratina fainted!
Go! Yveltal!
4-5 revdance looks pretty free here. gyara has lots of difficulty actually killing me or preventing setup, and blaziken could just run into me and die to hurricane (i don't have good odds on this which is why i didn't like the line before).
Turn 23
XxSevagxX withdrew Max & Cheese!
XxSevagxX sent out Crispy Colonol Box (Giratina)!
Pointed stones dug into the opposing Crispy Colonol Box!
Yveltal is paralyzed! It can't move!
Turn 24
The opposing Crispy Colonol Box used U-turn!
(Yveltal lost 6% of its health!)
The opposing Crispy Colonol Box went back to XxSevagxX!
XxSevagxX sent out 12 pc. Bucket Meal (Blaziken-Mega)!
Pointed stones dug into the opposing 12 pc. Bucket Meal!
Yveltal is paralyzed! It can't move!
78%, par vs. 88% [rocks]couple of unfort full paras means blaziken gets to just come in. ogre is the sack here, it's slower than everything and generally pretty awful. this is a pretty bad position, i'm not expecting much to come out of it.
Turn 25
☆XxSevagxX: my b
☆cityscapes: rip
Yveltal, come back!
Go! Kyogre (Kyogre-Primal)!
The opposing 12 pc. Bucket Meal used Close Combat!
(Kyogre lost 78% of its health!)
The opposing 12 pc. Bucket Meal's Defense fell!
The opposing 12 pc. Bucket Meal's Sp. Def fell!
Kyogre fainted!
3-5 Go! Xerneas!
earth power just in case blaziken stays in and cause i know i'm not getting any benefit out of qd here.
at this point in the game, something really crucial is knowing which pivot move cress has, if any at all (could also be anchor). either way it's better to force in cress as often as i can cause it lets in my breaker (yveltal) and generally can't do much.
Turn 26
XxSevagxX withdrew 12 pc. Bucket Meal!
XxSevagxX sent out Pot Pie Fill Up (Cresselia)!
Pointed stones dug into the opposing Pot Pie Fill Up!
Xerneas used Earth Power!
(The opposing Pot Pie Fill Up lost 18% of its health!)
i expect something like uturn here. gonna go to arceus cause he cant uturn to blaziken on it (arc types only get revealed at the end of the turn, if you uturn on it you see it's resisted but can't be sure it's not like flying or fairy)
Turn 27
Xerneas, come back!
Go! Arceus (Arceus-Dark)!
[Arceus is Steel type.]
The opposing Pot Pie Fill Up used Shore Up!
The opposing Pot Pie Fill Up had its HP restored.
yeah, this isn't good at all. just gonna click doom desire to get something in the air.
Turn 28
The opposing Pot Pie Fill Up used Parting Shot!
Arceus's Attack fell!
Arceus's Sp. Atk fell!
XxSevagxX withdrew Pot Pie Fill Up!
XxSevagxX sent out Crispy Colonol Box (Giratina)!
Pointed stones dug into the opposing Crispy Colonol Box!
Arceus used Doom Desire!
Arceus chose Doom Desire as its destiny!
big turn. cress reveals prank parting shot as its pivot move (which can be blocked by yveltal) and he plays way too passively around steelceus, likely scared of a more offensive set even though i literally always run anchor desire spectral recover. anyway, i'm able to make some progress here by going yveltal.
Turn 29
Arceus, come back!
Go! Yveltal!
The opposing Crispy Colonol Box used Shore Up!
The opposing Crispy Colonol Box had its HP restored.
revdance here will absolutely shred pretty much anything he goes to.
Turn 30
The opposing Crispy Colonol Box used U-turn!
(Yveltal lost 7% of its health!)
The opposing Crispy Colonol Box went back to XxSevagxX!
XxSevagxX sent out Large Beverage (Gyarados-Mega)!
Pointed stones dug into the opposing Large Beverage!
Yveltal used Revelation Dance!
It's not very effective...
(The opposing Large Beverage lost 14% of its health!)
The opposing Large Beverage took the Doom Desire attack!
It's not very effective...
(The opposing Large Beverage lost 9% of its health!)
The opposing Large Beverage fainted!
XxSevagxX sent out 12 pc. Bucket Meal (Blaziken-Mega)!
Pointed stones dug into the opposing 12 pc. Bucket Meal!
3-4 gyara is sent directly to hell and blaziken comes in. hopefully he didnt get cued in to my ability by the low knock damage earlier, and hopefully i hit hurricane thru para (52.5% chance).
Turn 31
The opposing 12 pc. Bucket Meal used V-create!
(Yveltal lost 59% of its health!)
The opposing 12 pc. Bucket Meal's Speed fell!
The opposing 12 pc. Bucket Meal's Defense fell!
The opposing 12 pc. Bucket Meal's Sp. Def fell!
Yveltal used Hurricane!
It's super effective!
(The opposing 12 pc. Bucket Meal lost 76% of its health!)
The opposing 12 pc. Bucket Meal fainted!
☆XxSevagxX: omg
Soul Dew Latias: It was Fur Coat the whole time!
XxSevagxX sent out Max & Cheese (Gengar-Mega)!
Pointed stones dug into the opposing Max & Cheese!
3-3 awesome, blaziken is out of the game and he loses his primary way of making progress so my slow mons (xern and steelceus) can form a really formidable core here. i just have to not die to scarf adapt gar and i'll be fine.
Turn 32
The opposing Max & Cheese used Moongeist Beam!
It's not very effective...
(Yveltal lost 12% of its health!)
Yveltal fainted!
Go! Arceus (Arceus-Dark)!
[Arceus is Steel type.]
2-3 sacked yveltal cause hes parad and at 12% and generally does nothing. gonna drop zmove with steelceus cause he doesn't really have a good response to it.
Turn 33
XxSevagxX withdrew Max & Cheese!
XxSevagxX sent out Crispy Colonol Box (Giratina)!
Pointed stones dug into the opposing Crispy Colonol Box!
Arceus surrounded itself with its Z-Power!
Arceus unleashes its full-force Z-Move!
Arceus used Corkscrew Crash!
(The opposing Crispy Colonol Box lost 42% of its health!)
100% vs. 33% [rocks]gira comes in, annoying that he eats the zmove but it's a free doom desire.
Turn 34
Arceus used Doom Desire!
Arceus chose Doom Desire as its destiny!
The opposing Crispy Colonol Box used Shore Up!
The opposing Crispy Colonol Box had its HP restored.
Turn 35
Arceus, come back!
Go! Xerneas!
The opposing Crispy Colonol Box used Spectral Thief!
(Xerneas lost 25% of its health!)
[Xerneas's Poison Heal]
Xerneas had its HP restored.
although cress will still force me out here, it gets annoyed a lot more with a doom desire in the air. i get a couple opportunities to fish for thunder paras here.
Turn 36
XxSevagxX withdrew Crispy Colonol Box!
XxSevagxX sent out Pot Pie Fill Up (Cresselia)!
Pointed stones dug into the opposing Pot Pie Fill Up!
Xerneas used Moonblast!
(The opposing Pot Pie Fill Up lost 24% of its health!)
The opposing Pot Pie Fill Up took the Doom Desire attack!
(The opposing Pot Pie Fill Up lost 22% of its health!)
[Xerneas's Poison Heal]
Xerneas had its HP restored.
100%, tox vs. 35% [rocks]Turn 37
The opposing Pot Pie Fill Up used Shore Up!
The opposing Pot Pie Fill Up had its HP restored.
Xerneas used Thunder!
(The opposing Pot Pie Fill Up lost 20% of its health!)
Turn 38
The opposing Pot Pie Fill Up used Shore Up!
The opposing Pot Pie Fill Up had its HP restored.
Xerneas used Thunder!
A critical hit!
(The opposing Pot Pie Fill Up lost 28% of its health!)
The opposing Pot Pie Fill Up is paralyzed! It may be unable to move!
fortune strikes, and suddenly his answer looks a lot more shaky. now i get opportunities to quiver dance up cause i don't have anything beter to do.
Turn 39
The opposing Pot Pie Fill Up used Shore Up!
The opposing Pot Pie Fill Up had its HP restored.
Xerneas used Quiver Dance!
Xerneas's Sp. Atk rose!
Xerneas's Sp. Def rose!
Xerneas's Speed rose!
he recovered despite being at 72% (virgin play) so i'm forced out by the threat of encore.
Turn 40
Xerneas, come back!
Go! Arceus (Arceus-Dark)!
[Arceus is Steel type.]
The opposing Pot Pie Fill Up used Encore!
But it failed!
Turn 41
The opposing Pot Pie Fill Up used Parting Shot!
Arceus's Attack fell!
Arceus's Sp. Atk fell!
XxSevagxX withdrew Pot Pie Fill Up!
XxSevagxX sent out Crispy Colonol Box (Giratina)!
Pointed stones dug into the opposing Crispy Colonol Box!
Arceus used Doom Desire!
Arceus chose Doom Desire as its destiny!
another free doom desire. really liking this cycle, he can't keep this up forever and steelceus can even hit guys with spectral if needed.
Turn 42
Arceus, come back!
Go! Xerneas!
The opposing Crispy Colonol Box used U-turn!
It's not very effective...
(Xerneas lost 6% of its health!)
The opposing Crispy Colonol Box went back to XxSevagxX!
XxSevagxX sent out Max & Cheese (Gengar-Mega)!
Pointed stones dug into the opposing Max & Cheese!
[Xerneas's Poison Heal]
Xerneas had its HP restored.
gar comes in. an ambitious play, especially with doom desire in the air. i think steelceus is pretty safe, but regardless i expect volt switch here so doesn't matter much either way.
Turn 43
Xerneas, come back!
Go! Arceus (Arceus-Dark)!
[Arceus is Steel type.]
The opposing Max & Cheese used Sludge Wave!
It doesn't affect Arceus...
The opposing Max & Cheese took the Doom Desire attack!
(The opposing Max & Cheese lost 60% of its health!)
100% vs. 3% [rocks]sludge wave there was crazy, and he pays the price (gar is now in range of everything). gonna anchor here then harass the switchin.
Turn 44
Soul Dew Latias: ...
XxSevagxX withdrew Max & Cheese!
XxSevagxX sent out Pot Pie Fill Up (Cresselia)!
Pointed stones dug into the opposing Pot Pie Fill Up!
Arceus used Anchor Shot!
(The opposing Pot Pie Fill Up lost 19% of its health!)
The opposing Pot Pie Fill Up can no longer escape!
Turn 45
Soul Dew Latias: Sev my man
The opposing Pot Pie Fill Up surrounded itself with its Z-Power!
The opposing Pot Pie Fill Up used Z-Parting Shot!
Arceus's Attack fell!
Arceus's Sp. Atk fell!
The opposing Pot Pie Fill Up will restore its replacement's HP using its Z-Power!
XxSevagxX withdrew Pot Pie Fill Up!
XxSevagxX sent out Max & Cheese (Gengar-Mega)!
The opposing Max & Cheese's HP was restored by the Z-Power!
Pointed stones dug into the opposing Max & Cheese!
Arceus used Spectral Thief!
It's super effective!
(The opposing Max & Cheese lost 34% of its health!)
100% vs. 54% [sr]z parting shot, definitely came out of nowhere. i could spam recover here but i really don't like the endgame scenario after that, gar will get more opportunities to come in vs xern which i hate. better to try and kill it now while he's pressured to be aggressive.
Turn 46
☆cityscapes: oh
☆cityscapes: nice
The opposing Max & Cheese used Moongeist Beam!
(Arceus lost 48% of its health!)
Arceus used Spectral Thief!
It's super effective!
(The opposing Max & Cheese lost 33% of its health!)
the moment of truth
Turn 47
☆XxSevagxX: cmon
Soul Dew Latias: OMEGA CRIT ACTIVATE
☆cityscapes: i wonder what the roll is
☆cityscapes: but dont feel like calcing
☆cityscapes: you better not be timid gar
The opposing Max & Cheese used Moongeist Beam!
(Arceus lost 52% of its health!)
Arceus fainted!
☆cityscapes: oo
☆XxSevagxX: 252+ SpA Adaptability Gengar-Mega Moongeist Beam vs. 252 HP / 252 SpD Arceus: 204-242 (45.9 - 54.5%) -- 56.6% chance to 2HKO
Go! Xerneas!
1-3 unfortunate. i only have xern left at this point, which can't really do much.
Turn 48
☆cityscapes: yeah that was in your favor
☆cityscapes: what happens here is my question
XxSevagxX withdrew Max & Cheese!
XxSevagxX sent out Pot Pie Fill Up (Cresselia)!
Pointed stones dug into the opposing Pot Pie Fill Up!
Xerneas used Moonblast!
(The opposing Pot Pie Fill Up lost 26% of its health!)
Turn 49
The opposing Pot Pie Fill Up used Encore!
Xerneas must do an encore!
Xerneas used Moonblast!
(The opposing Pot Pie Fill Up lost 25% of its health!)
he sacks cress here to confirm into gar, i don't get any full paras. i think qd initially also lost most of the time.
Turn 50
☆cityscapes: oh
The opposing Pot Pie Fill Up used Haze!
All stat changes were eliminated!
Xerneas used Moonblast!
(The opposing Pot Pie Fill Up lost 5% of its health!)
The opposing Pot Pie Fill Up fainted!
☆cityscapes: smart play
XxSevagxX sent out Max & Cheese (Gengar-Mega)!
Pointed stones dug into the opposing Max & Cheese!
1-2 Turn 51
☆XxSevagxX: thx
The opposing Max & Cheese used Sludge Wave!
It's super effective!
(Xerneas lost 100% of its health!)
Xerneas fainted!
XxSevagxX won the battle!
☆XxSevagxX: gg
☆cityscapes: gg
this one really came down to the wire as well. unfortunately his solid water resists prevented me from really showing off the team, but luckily this isn't a team that needs fancy play in order to be effective thanks to the solid backbone. this game was super interesting to me because i felt super disadvantaged throughout the game, but in practice his really passive mons left him lacking options as well. fascinating matchup and really cool game.
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