"Ah, another beautiful day today. Nora, what's the mail have to say today."
"Let's see...uh looks like there's a letter here from the Gym Committee. Apparently they will approve you if you referee this match with Texas and Rediamond."
"Oh, so that's how I'm supposed to get the job, curry favor with the higher ups by doing favors for them. I get it. When is it then?"
"Uhm, I don't think that's how it works. Pretty sure it's just a coincidence Texas is our trial match. Anyways, it's at the Unova Relic Castle on December 7 at 1:00 pm."
"All right then, I guess we'll just wait until...WAIT WHAT THAT'S AN HOUR FROM NOW AND A CONTINENT AWAY!"
Three hours and a bunch of hijinks later:
"Well hello everyone, I'm Maxim, your host for tonight. Today I've got something special for you all. A gym match between two of ASB's finest. Who will win? Only time will tell. Here are the rules for tonight's match."
"Who are our two competitors tonight you ask? Well let me introduce you to them."The Rules said:4 v 4 Gym Singles (Leader B7P4 v Challenger B4P4)
3 day dq
Relic Castle
Items=ON
Abilities=ALL
Switch=OK
20 Chills | 8 Recovers PER PLAYER
Arena: Relic Castle
Hidden away for centuries, a monster resides at the bottom of the ancient castle. And he is not happy to be disturbed.
Sand pours down from the higher levels in the gigantic throne room of the Relic Castle in Unova. But, that is not nearly so impressive as the set of columns and stone stairs leading up to the ancient throne, or the scope of the chamber. And those fail to capture the potential danger of the angry Volcarona hovering above you.
The arena revolves around both the natural layout of the room, and Volcarona intimidating non-bugs and assisting bug-types in his home.
-No natural water
-Hail, Rain Dance, and Sunny Day may not naturally be used
-Sandstorm costs three less energy to summon
-Trapping moves cost two less energy and last for an additional round
-Any rock move that requires natural rocks used by a non-bug type will result in Volcarona (neutral nature) attacking the user with Fire Spin. This shall be interpreted as Rock Throw, Rock Slide, Rock Tomb, Stone Edge, and Stealth Rock.
-Swarm is automatically active for all Pokemon who have it
-Fly and Bounce will only evade contact moves during their semi-invulnerable phase
"Here in the red corner, or far side of the room as it would happen, stands Rediamond ASB's very own Bug typed gym leader. Rediamond has always been known as an exceptional battler who is only held down by Bug's natural weaknesses. He's also a big roleplayer, and has tried a time or two to get a neat roleplaying game onto ASB. As you might expect, he's brought with him some of the cream of the crop in bug types, including an absolutely huge Volcarona that loves fire spinning any non-bug type using rock moves. In my opinion, the bug to watch for in this match is Aurumoth, Destroyer of Worlds, as it can deal reasonable damage to most of Texas's team and the ability to disguise as any other Pokemon for at least the first round is going to be invaluable this match. Without further ado, here's his team."
Team Rediamond:
AURUMOTH, DESTROY OF WORLDS (M)
Nature: Mild (+SpA, -Def)
Type: Psychic/Bug
Abilities: Weak Armor | No Guard | Illusion
HP: 110
Atk: 5
Def: 3
SpA: 5
SpD: 2
Spe: 94
Size Class: 4
Weight Class: 5
Base Rank Total: 22
EC: 9/9
MC: 0
DC: 5/5
Attacks: 28
Tackle
String Shot
Bug Bite
Sunny Day
Heal Pulse
Wish
Will-o-Wisp
Ancientpower
Dragon Dance
Quiver Dance
Silver Wind
Bug Buzz
Close Combat
Counter
Hydro Pump
Megahorn
Disable
Feint
Bug Bite
Helping Hand
Magic Coat
Trick
Skill Swap
Zen Headbutt
Icy Wind
Psyshock
Light Screen
Double Team
Reflect
Psychic
Toxic
Hidden Power [Fire 7]
Thunder
SolarBeam
Overheat
Blizzard
Karrablast [Titania] (F)
Nature: Brave (+Att, -Spe, -10% evasion)
Type: Bug/Steel
Abilities: Shell Armor | Overcoat | Swarm
Stats:
HP: 100
Atk: 6 (+)
Def: 4
SpA: 2
SpD: 4
Spe: 17 (-)
Size Class: 2
Weight Class: 3
Base Rank Total: 19
EC: 6/6
MC: 0
DC: 5/5
Moves: 39
Aerial Ace
Bug Bite
Bug Buzz
Counter
Double-Edge
Double Team
Endure
Facade
Faint Attack
False Swipe
Fell Stinger
Flail
Focus Blast
Frustration
Fury Attack
Fury Cutter
Giga Impact
Headbutt
Iron Defense
Iron Head
Knock Off
Leer
Megahorn
Peck
Protect
Pursuit
Quick Guard
Rain Dance
Rest
Reversal
Scary Face
Slash
Sleep Talk
Substitute
Swagger
Swords Dance
Toxic
Twinneedle
X-Scissor
Armaldo (M) [Diego Armaldo]
Nature: Careful (+SpD, -SpA)
Type: Bug/Rock
Abilities: Battle Armor | Swift swim
Stats:
HP: 100
Atk: Rank 5
Def: Rank 4
SpA: Rank 2 (-)
SpD: Rank 4 (+)
Spe: 45
Size Class: 3
Weight Class: 4
Base Rank Total: 20
EC: 6/6
MC: 2
DC: 5/5
Abilities:
Ability 1: Battle Armor: (Innate) This Pokemon’s thick armor prevents it from taking critical hits.
Ability 2 (DW): Swift Swim: (Innate) The Pokemon with this ability moves extremely fast in slick, rainy conditions, doubling (x2) its speed in the rain.
Total Moves: 51
Aerial Ace
Aqua Tail
Attract
Block
Brick Break
Bug Bite
Bulldoze
Cross Poison
Crush Claw
Dig
Double Team
Earthquake
Endure
Facade
Flash Cannon
Frustration
Giga Impact
Harden
Hone Claws
Iron Defense
Knock Off
Low Kick
Metal Claw
Mimic
Mud-Slap
Mud Sport
Protect
Rapid Spin
Rest
Return
Rock Blast
Rock Polish
Rock Slide
Sand Attack
Sandstorm
Scratch
Sleep Talk
Smack Down
Stealth Rock
Stone Edge
Strength
String Shot
Substitute
Sunny Day
Superpower
Swagger
Swords Dance
Toxic
Water Gun
Water Pulse
X-Scissor
Heracross [Corpus] (M)
Nature: Adamant (+1Att, -1SpAtt)
Type: Bug/Fighting
Abilities: Guts | Moxie | Swarm | Skill Link (Mega)
Stats:
HP: 100
Atk+: Rank 6
Def: Rank 3
SpA-: Rank 1
SpD: Rank 3
Spe: 85
Size Class: 3
Weight Class: 4
Base Rank Total: 19
MEGA HERACROSS:
HP: 100
Atk: Rank 9
Def: Rank 4
SpA: Rank 1
SpD: Rank 4
Spe: 75
Size Class: 3
Weight Class: 4
Base Rank Total: 24
MC: 0
DC: 5/5
Bullet Seed
Chip Away
Close Combat
Counter
Dig
Double Edge
Double Team
Earthquake
Endure
Facade
False Swipe
Feint
Focus Blast
Focus Punch
Frustration
Flail
Fling
Fury Cutter
Giga Impact
Harden
Helping Hand
Horn Attack
Hyper Beam
Iron Defense
Knock Off
Leer
Low Kick
Megahorn
Mimic
Natural Gift
Night Slash
Protect
Pursuit
Rain Dance
Rest
Retaliate
Return
Revenge
Reversal
Rock Slide
Rock Smash
Rock Throw
Rock Tomb
Secret Power
Seismic Toss
Shadow Claw
Sleep Talk
Smack Down
Snore
Stone Edge
Strength
Struggle Bug
Substitute
Sunny Day
Swagger
Swords Dance
Tackle
Take Down
Thief
Toxic
VacuumWave
Venoshock
Galvantula [Arachna] (F)
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Att)
Type: Bug/Electric
Abilities: CompoundEyes | Unnerve | Swarm
Stats:
HP: 100
Atk-: 2
Def: 2
SpA+: 5
SpD: 2
Spe: 108
Size Class: 2
Weight Class: 2
Base Rank Total: 18
EC: 6/6
MC: 0
DC: 5/5
Attacks: 35
Sticky Web
String Shot
Leech Life
Spider Web
Thunder Wave
Screech
Electroweb
Bug Bite
Gastro Acid
Agility
Discharge
Bug Buzz
Sucker Punch
Electroball
Fury Cutter
Slash
Disable
Pursuit
Pin Missile
Giga Drain
Sleep Talk
Bounce
Magnet Rise
Signal Beam
Light Screen
Volt Switch
Thunderbolt
Hidden Power Water 7
Rest
Rain Dance
Energy Ball
Substitute
Attract
Double Team
Protect
Syclant (F) [Scadi]
Type: Ice/Bug
Nature: Mild (+SpAtt, -Def) Abilities: CompoundEyes | Mountaineer | Technician
EC: 6/6
MC: 2
DC: 5/5
HP: 100
Atk: Rank 5
Def-: Rank 2
SpA+: Rank 5
SpD: Rank 3
Spe: 121
Size Class: 3
Weight Class: 4
Base Rank Total: 21
Total moves: 59
Acrobatics
Aerial Ace
Attract
Avalanche
Blizzard
Brick Break
Bug Bite
Bug Buzz
Bulldoze
Counter
Dig
Double Team
Earthquake
Earth Power
Endure
Facade
Focus Blast
Focus Energy
Focus Punch
Frost Breath
Frustration
Giga Impact
Hail
Hidden Power Rock 6
Hone Claws
Hyper Beam
Ice Beam
Ice Punch
Ice Shard
Icicle Crash
Icicle Spear
Icy Wind
Leech Life
Leer
Pin Missile
Protect
Rain Dance
Rest
Return
Rock Slide
Round
Scratch
Sheer Cold
Signal Beam
Silver Wind
Slash
Sleep Talk
SolarBeam
Spikes
Stone Edge
Substitute
Superpower
Swagger
Swords Dance
Tail Glow
Taunt
Toxic
U-Turn
Venoshock
Water Pulse
X-Scissor
Volcarona [Flare] (F)
Nature: Bold (+Def, -Att)
Type:
Bug/Fire: Bug STAB; More mobility in dense brush or forest conditions. Gain an extra guaranteed attack on multi-hit moves. Fire STAB; immune to burn, emit a low glow in dark places, takes additional damage if active open flames are exposed to a water attack. Superior senses in volcanic or brushfire areas.
Stats:
HP: 100
Atk-: Rank 1
Def+: Rank 4
SpA: Rank 5
SpD: Rank 4
Spe: 100
Size Class: 3
Weight Class: 3
Base Rank Total: 22
EC: 6/6
MC: 2
DC: 5/5
Abilities:
Flame Body: (Innate) This Pokemon’s external temperature is kept at such a high level that any contact attack used on this Pokemon has a 30% chance of burning the opponent.
Swarm: (Innate) When this Pokemon’s HP is lower than 33% (flat), the Base Attack Power of any Bug-typed attack is increased by 2. (eg Silver Wind goes from 6 to 8, X-Scissor from 8 to 10)
[DreamWorld]
Levitate: (Trait) This Pokemon naturally floats above the earth when released or easily takes flight, evading the Ground moves Bulldoze, Earthquake, Fissure, and Magnitude. Earth Power will have three (3) less Base Attack Power. Dig and Dive can strike a Levitating Pokemon if their user is over Size Class 4, has Levitate, is 3.5m or larger, or is a Flying-type. Otherwise Dig and Dive will miss. Ground moves can still hit. Levitate Pokemon will retain the Levitate trait when they use Skill Swap on an enemy, and will steal the opponent's ability (the user can specify if they want a foe or ally to gain Levitate from a Skill Swap.) If a Pokemon with Levitate uses Role Play, they will copy the opponent's abilities and retain Levitate.
Attacks: 60
Acrobatics
Aerial Ace
Amnesia
Bug Bite
Bug Buzz
Calm Mind
Double Edge
Double Team
Ember
Endure
Facade
Fiery Dance
Fire Blast
Fire Spin
Flame Charge
Flame Wheel
Flamethrower
Flare Blitz
Fly
Foresight
Frustration
Giga Drain
Gust
Heat Wave
Hidden Power Water (7)
Hurricane
Hyper Beam
Incinerate
Leech Life
Light Screen
Magnet Rise
Morning Sun
Overheat
Protect
Psychic
Quiver Dance
Rage Powder
Rest
Roost
Round
Safeguard
Signal Beam
Silver Wind
Sleep Talk
Snore
SolarBeam
String Shot
Struggle Bug
Substitute
Sunny Day
Swagger
Tailwind
Take Down
Thrash
Toxic
U-Turn
Whirlwind
Wild Charge
Will-o-Wisp
"And in the blue corner today, or the end nearest the entrance in this case, we have Texas Cloverleaf. Texas is a trainer who is quite affluent in both the battling and the political sides of ASB, being both the Dragon Gym Leader and the Policy Leader. He only has a little less political power in ASB than Deck does, and that's saying a lot. Today he's brought with him a pretty balanced team, not even any dragons today. On his side, watch out for Titan the Pyroak, a behemoth with not only more hp than normal, but the ability to go toe to toe with even Armaldo, the leader's usual answer to fire types."
Team Texas:
Emboar, HulaCloverPig, Male
Nature: Quiet (+1 SpAtk, -15% Spe, -10% Evasion)
Type: Fire / Fighting
Abilities: Blaze / Reckless
Stats:
HP: 110
Atk: Rank 5
Def: Rank 3
SpA: Rank 5 (+)
SpD: Rank 3
Spe: 56 (-)
Size Class: 3
Weight Class: 5
Base Rank Total: 22
EC: 9/9
MC: 0
AC: 5/5
Physical (21):
Arm Thrust
Assurance
Blast Burn
Body Slam
Bulldoze
Earthquake
Endeavor
Flame Charge
Flare Blitz
Giga Impact
Hammer Arm
Head Smash
Heat Crash
Low Kick
Rock Slide
Rollout
Stone Edge
Superpower
Tackle
Take Down
Wild Charge
Special (10):
Ember
Fire Blast
Flamethrower
Focus Blast
Grass Knot
Heat Wave
Hidden Power Ice (6)
Scald
Smog
Solarbeam
Other (17):
Curse
Defense Curl
Double Team
Helping Hand
Odor Sleuth
Protect
Rest
Roar
Sleep Talk
Substitute
Sunny Day
Tail Whip
Taunt
Toxic
Will-O-Wisp
Work Up
Yawn
Total Moves: 48/79
Egg: Heavy Slam, Magnitude, Thrash (9)
Gen V Tutor: Block, Covet, Fire Pledge, Fire Punch, Iron Head, Iron Tail, Snore, Thunderpunch (16)
Gen V TM: Attract, Brick Break, Bulk Up, Echoed Voice, Facade, Fling, Frustration, Gyro Ball, Hyper Beam, Incinerate, Low Sweep, Overheat, Poison Jab, Return, Rock Smash, Rock Tomb, Round, Smack Down, Strength, Swagger (40)
Gen VI TMs: ?
Stratagem
Nature: Modest(+1 S. Attack, -1 Attack)
Type: Rock
Abilities: Levitate / Technician / Mold Breaker (H)
Stats:
HP: 100
Atk: Rank 1 (-)
Def: Rank 3
SpA: Rank 6 (+)
SpD: Rank 3
Spe: 130
Size Class: 2
Weight Class: 3
Base Rank Total: 21
EC: 9/9
MC: 3
AC: 5/5
Moves:
Giga Drain
Weather Ball
Tackle
Defense Curl
Rollout
Rock Blast
Disable
Magnet Rise
Acupressure
Mud Shot
Power Gem
Double-Edge
Metal Sound
Paleo Wave
Rock Polish
Ancientpower
Earth Power
Head Smash
Electro Ball
Heat Wave
Mud-Slap
Ominous Wind
Sleep Talk
Snore
Swift
Stealth Rock
Trick
Vacuum Wave
Hone Claws
Calm Mind
Toxic
Hidden Power Flying (6)
Sunny Day
Hyper Beam
Protect
Rain Dance
Shadow Ball
Double Team
Flamethrower
Sandstorm
Fire Blast
Aerial Ace
Rest
Round
Echoed Voice
Energy Ball
False Swipe
Endure
Explosion
Flash
Stone Edge
Volt Switch
Rock Slide
Swagger
Substitute
Flash Cannon
Rock Climb
Total Moves: 57/74
Gen IV Tutor: Headbutt (3)
Gen IV TM: Secret Power, Natural Gift (6)
Gen V TM: Frustration, Smack Down, Earthquake, Return, Rock Tomb, Facade, Acrobatics, Embargo, Giga Impact, Rock Smash, Cut (22)
Gen VI TM: Confide, Dazzling Gleam, Nature Power (6)
Metagross, Rocky
Nature: Quiet (+1 SpAtk, -15% Speed, -10% Evasion)
Type: Steel / Psychic
Abilities: Clear Body / Light Metal (H)
Stats:
HP: 100
Atk: Rank 5
Def: Rank 5
SpA: Rank 4 (+)
SpD: Rank 3
Spe: 61 (-)
Size Class: 4
Weight Class: 9 (550 kg)
Base Rank Total: 22
EC: 9/9
MC: 0
AC: 5/5
Magnet Rise
Take Down
Metal Claw
Confusion
Scary Face
Hammer Arm
Hyper Beam
Zen Headbutt
Iron Defense
Iron Head
Thunderpunch
Meteor Mash
Bullet Punch
Pursuit
Agility
Earthquake
Stealth Rock
Hone Claws
Ice Punch
Protect
Reflect
Rock Smash
Psychic
Endure
Explosion
Rock Slide
Selfdestruct
Grass Knot
Shadow Ball
Block
Sleep Talk
Rest
Hidden Power Grass (6)
Aerial Ace
Giga Impact
Gyro Ball
Bulldoze
Flash Cannon
Double Team
Light Screen
Substitute
Icy Wind
Gravity
Trick
Toxic
Rock Polish
Iron Head
Total Moves: 47
Pyroak, Titan, (M)
Nature: Brave (plus Attack, minus Speed, -10% Evasion)
Type: Fire/Grass
Abilities: Rock Head / Battle Armor / Chlorophyll (H)
Stats:
HP: 120
Atk: Rank 4 (+)
Def: Rank 4
SpA: Rank 3
SpD: Rank 3
Spe: 52 (-)
Size Class: 4
Weight Class: 5
Base Rank Total: 20
EC: 9/9
MC: 0
AC: 5/5
Attacks:
Wood Hammer
Flare Blitz
Bullet Seed
Sweet Scent
Absorb
Growth
Ember
Leech Seed
Flame Wheel
Giga Drain
Fire Spin
Iron Defense
Synthesis
Lava Plume
Zap Cannon
Aromatherapy
Counter
Blaze Kick
Seed Bomb
Earth Power
Stealth Rock
Sleep Talk
Low Kick
Light Screen
Rock Slide
Swords Dance
Hidden Power Ice (6)
Substitute
Toxic
Sunny Day
Double Team
Rest
Earthquake
Solarbeam
Endure
Protect
Dragon Tail
Will-O-Wisp
Grass Knot
Total Moves: 38
"Well, whatever the case, this promises to be a pretty great match. May the best leader win!"
"You sure you plan to ref on time this time? You've been pretty bad at it so far."
"Shut up. Let's just flip the coin."
RNG Roll for going first: [1=Rediamond, 2=Texas]=2=Texas
Turn order:
Texas Sends out Pokemon and chooses item
Rediamond sends out Pokemon, chooses item, and orders
Texas orders
I ref