Classic Weather War(or not?)

[alexwolf]

Just an everyday battle i had with someone in the smogon server.
I thought it was somewhat exciting and also wanted to show some great pokes and sets that don't see a lot of use in OU like offensive T-Spikes Scolipede and defensive Rapid Spin Cloyster.
Here we go....

...My comments will be in bold letters...

Battle between alex wolf and Gepet started!

Tier: Standard OU
Mode: Singles
Variation: +11, -21
Rule: Rated
Rule: Sleep Clause
Rule: Species Clause
Rule: Wifi Battle

Your team: Ninetales / Cloyster / Scolipede / Volcarona / Latias / Dugtrio
Opponent's team: Politoed / Rotom-W / Ferrothorn / Dragonite / Scizor / Tentacruel

I decide to lead with Scolipede to setup T-Spikes and quickly lure Tentacruel to come in.My Scolipede also has Focus Sash so i can survive the first hit and then come back later to set up another one if i manage to keep SR off the field...


Gepet sent out Politoed!
alex wolf sent out Scolipede!
The foe's Politoed's Drizzle made it rain!
100% vs 100%

Start of turn 1
Scolipede used Toxic Spikes!
Poison spikes were scattered all around the feet of Gepet's team!

The foe's Politoed used Scald!
Scolipede lost 168 HP! (64% of its health)
Scolipede was burned!

Rain continues to fall!
Scolipede is hurt by its burn!

Everything goes as expected and even though i got burned it doesn't matter 'cause Scolipede is not meant to attack a lot anyway...Now i am going to switch into Ninetales to bring the sun up and lure Tentacruel in...

23,5%(burned)

Start of turn 2
alex wolf called Scolipede back!
alex wolf sent out Ninetales!

Ninetales's Drought intensified the sun's rays!
The foe's Politoed used Scald!
It's super effective!
Ninetales lost 72 HP! (20% of its health)

The sunlight is strong!
Ninetales restored a little HP using its Leftovers!

Not much to say here.Now i am pretty sure that he will be bringing his Tentacruel in as all of his other pokes either dislike fire moves or fear WoW/Toxic while Tentacruel doesn't give two shits as a boss he is!
Let's kill the boss with Dugtrio...


23,5% ----> 86,5%


Start of turn 3
alex wolf called Ninetales back!
alex wolf sent out Dugtrio!

Gepet called Politoed back!
Gepet sent out Tentacruel!
The poison spikes disappeared around the foe's Tentacruel's feet!

The sunlight is strong!

Goal achieved!The lure worked and now it is time for pay-off...


86,5% ---> 100% , 100%---> 100%

Start of turn 4
Dugtrio used Earthquake!
It's super effective!
The foe's Tentacruel lost 72% of its health!

The foe's Tentacruel used Scald!
It's super effective!
A critical hit!
Dugtrio lost 210 HP! (99% of its health)
Dugtrio was burned!

The sunlight is strong!
The foe's Tentacruel restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
Dugtrio is hurt by its burn!
Dugtrio fainted!
alex wolf: ...
alex wolf: lol
Gepet: lol
alex wolf sent out Scolipede!

...or not?Hax double strikes and ohkoes my beloved mole,bypassing even his sash with the stupid burn...
Of 'course it is only logical to expect boiling water to burn even more in bright sunshine right?
Now that my plans of killing this Tenta are ruined i am going to bring in Scolipede which can setup T-Spikes one more time before he dies,hopefully poisoning Toed when he comes in...


0%(dead from burn) , 34,5%

Start of turn 5
Scolipede used Toxic Spikes!
Poison spikes were scattered all around the feet of Gepet's team!

The foe's Tentacruel used Scald!
Scolipede lost 57 HP! (21% of its health)

The sunlight is strong!
The foe's Tentacruel restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
Scolipede is hurt by its burn!
Scolipede fainted!
alex wolf sent out Ninetales!

Here comes Ninetales to burn this squid since earthquakes can't kill it!
Going for the burn was the best move since everything in his team dislikes it,even Tenta with such low life.

0%(dead from burn) ---> 86,5% , 41%

Start of turn 6
Ninetales used Will-O-Wisp!
The foe's Tentacruel was burned!

The foe's Tentacruel used Rapid Spin!
Ninetales lost 8 HP! (2% of its health)
The foe's Tentacruel blew away Toxic Spikes!

The sunlight is strong!
Ninetales restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
The foe's Tentacruel restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
The foe's Tentacruel is hurt by its burn!

And while i burn him he goes for the spin.Pretty expected as he doesn't want his weather inducer poisoned.I guess i have to do it the hard way now,meaning to predict the switch in to Toed and then burn him.Now i will switch to Cloyster as i predict he will go for the T-Spikes which greatly affect my team...


91% , 35%(burned)

Start of turn 7
alex wolf called Ninetales back!
alex wolf sent out Cloyster!

Gepet called Tentacruel back!
Gepet sent out Politoed!

The foe's Politoed's Drizzle made it rain!
Rain continues to fall!

But he decided that having his rain back is more important...Ok i guess but i have to switch out since even though it resists water,Cloyster's S.Def sucks and i cannot seriously damage him anyway with Rock Blast with no setup or boosting item.
Time to bring in my proper water resist...


91% ---> 100%

35% ---> 100%


Start of turn 8
alex wolf called Cloyster back!
alex wolf sent out Latias!

The foe's Politoed used Perish Song!
All PokΞΉmon hearing the song will faint in three turns!

Rain continues to fall!
Latias's perish count fell to 3.
The foe's Politoed's perish count fell to 3.

As i switch to Latias Toed decides to sing around...
I guess he expected Cloyster to use Shell Smash,as this is what most of them do nowadays.I go for Roar,and i can't really remember why.
Maybe i missclicked or maybe i forgot that my T-Spikes were spun.
I should have seen the Toxic coming but since i don't carry Sub,there wasn't much i could do and this Latias is not meant to sweep anyway.I am just using him to have a safe switch in against strong water and electric attacks that murder this team.


100% ---> 100%


Start of turn 9
The foe's Politoed used Toxic!
Latias was poisoned!

Latias used Roar!
The foe's Rotom-W was dragged out!

Rain continues to fall!
Latias is hurt by poison!
Latias's perish count fell to 2.

Now after my stupid mistake i am going to start setting up to do some damage to whatever comes in...


93,5% , 100% --->

100%


Start of turn 10
Gepet called Rotom-W back!
Gepet sent out Scizor!

Latias used Calm Mind!
Latias's Sp. Att. rose!
Latias's Sp. Def. rose!

Rain continues to fall!
Latias restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
Latias is hurt by poison!
Latias's perish count fell to 1.

And my opponent smartly switches to his Scizor,while i stupidly setup.Since i don't know his set i am going to bet that this is the standart CB set.So he will either try to Pursuit me in which case i am dead or almost dead or he will use U-Turn to scout my switch in.
I am going to switch into Cloyster which will take anything except Superpower like a champ.


87% ,

100% ---> 100%


Start of turn 11
alex wolf called Latias back!
alex wolf sent out Cloyster!

The foe's Scizor used Swords Dance!
The foe's Scizor's Attack sharply rose!

Rain continues to fall!

Oh shit!What the hell am i going to do now?
Let's take a look at my options.I cannot switch into Ninetales since it may carry Superpower which will easily ohko.
I could switch into Volcarona which is physically defensive,but maybe i cannot ohko him if it is specially defensive and he could 2hko me with 2 Bug Bites.I know that i am overcomplicating this but Volcarona is my main sweeper and my only real way of doing something now that Latias is crippled so i have to be very careful.So my only option right now is to stay in and damage him a little bit with Rock Blast and then revenge kill him with Ninetales after he kills my Cloyster.No matter what things are not looking good for me.


87% ---> 100%



Start of turn 12
Cloyster used Rock Blast!
The foe's Scizor lost 7% of its health!
The foe's Scizor lost 6% of its health!
The foe's Scizor lost 6% of its health!
The foe's Scizor lost 7% of its health!
The foe's Scizor lost 6% of its health!
Hit 5 times!

The foe's Scizor used Bug Bite!
Cloyster lost 160 HP! (52% of its health)

Rain continues to fall!
Cloyster restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
The foe's Scizor restored a little HP using its Leftovers!

...and the beast that is called Cloyster took only 52% from a +2 Scizor's Bug Bite.It seems that this is a defensive Scizor with lefties so chances are that he lacks a fighting move.But still i cannot switch to Ninetales since a Bug Bite followed by BP will still kill me so i have to sacrifice Cloyster.Sry Cloyster you didn't get to shine like you do when dragons are around but you did ok...


54% , 74%


Start of turn 13
Cloyster used Rock Blast!
The foe's Scizor lost 7% of its health!
The foe's Scizor lost 7% of its health!
The foe's Scizor lost 6% of its health!
The foe's Scizor lost 7% of its health!
The foe's Scizor lost 7% of its health!
Hit 5 times!

The foe's Scizor used Bug Bite!
A critical hit!
Cloyster lost 161 HP! (53% of its health)
Cloyster fainted!

Rain continues to fall!
The foe's Scizor restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
alex wolf sent out Ninetales!

Ninetales's Drought intensified the sun's rays!

Now finally sun is up again and i must burn this shitty toed.I am almost sure he will bring him in so my only hope of winning is right here...


0%(dead) ---> 91% ,

46%


Start of turn 14
Gepet called Scizor back!
Gepet sent out Politoed!

The foe's Politoed's Drizzle made it rain!
Ninetales used Will-O-Wisp!
The foe's Politoed was burned!

Rain continues to fall!
Ninetales restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
The foe's Politoed is hurt by its burn!

...and fortunately it hits!I go for protect to make him take some burn damage as he will probably try to Toxic me or just go for the Scald.


97% , 46% ---> 87,5%(burned)


Start of turn 15
Gepet called Politoed back!
Gepet sent out Nattorei! (Ferrothorn)

Ninetales used Protect!
But it failed!

Rain continues to fall!
Ninetales restored a little HP using its Leftovers!

But unfortunately for me he switches to Ferro thinking that i will switch to Latias.And i say unfortunately because i don't carry neither of Fire Blast or Flamethrower,as i have Fire Spin.You will see later why i have this move.
Now i have to switch out since i cannot do anything to him and even though he doesn't yet know it eventually he will learn it,and he will stay in either way to tank the first hit while setting up hazards or leech seeding something.I go to Volcarona since it is the only poke that can threaten him right now(Latias is poisoned)and i hope he doesn't carry T-Wave...


100% , 87,5% ---> 100%


Start of turn 16
alex wolf called Ninetales back!
alex wolf sent out Volcarona!

The foe's Nattorei used Stealth Rock!
Pointed stones float in the air around alex wolf's team!

Rain continues to fall!

And the evil rocks are finally on my side.And to make things even better my spinner is dead and my only sweeper is 4x weak to them.
Now my only hope is to bring Ninetales in and hope that my weird move will do its job(Fire Spin).Let's see...


100% ---> 100%


Start of turn 17
alex wolf called Volcarona back!
alex wolf sent out Ninetales!
Pointed stones dug into Ninetales!

Ninetales's Drought intensified the sun's rays!
Gepet called Nattorei back!
Gepet sent out Dragonite!

The sunlight is strong!
Ninetales restored a little HP using its Leftovers!

And my opponent again makes a good prediction and brings in his Dragonite.Damn you Cloyster where are you now???
There are some good chances that this will be a rain abusing Nite which will greatly relieve me since they cannot do much to Ninetales.But if it is a physical variant it is propably the end for me.I go for the WoW just in case something of my pokes can withstand a hit from it after Ninetales dies...


100% ---> 81,5% , 100% ---> 100%


Start of turn 18
Gepet called Dragonite back!
Gepet sent out Politoed!

The foe's Politoed's Drizzle made it rain!
Ninetales used Will-O-Wisp!
The foe's Politoed is already burnt.

Rain continues to fall!
Ninetales restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
The foe's Politoed restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
The foe's Politoed is hurt by its burn!

Phewww....It is indeed a special variant because if it was a physical one he would just setup on me,while he could potentially kill my whole team even burned at this stage of the game.But right now my opponent brought this shitty toad again and this is my final chance to win.He has seen my 2 moves(WoW and Protect)and he propably assumes a standart fire move and Toxic or Disable on the last slot.
So now it is the time to go for the Fire Spin and try to kill him.He will most likey go for the Scald or switch out to something else again just in case i bring in Latias?Let's see...


87,5% , 100% ---> 81%


Start of turn 19
Ninetales used Fire Spin!
The attack of Ninetales missed!

The foe's Politoed used Toxic!
Ninetales was poisoned!

Rain continues to fall!
Ninetales restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
The foe's Politoed restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
Ninetales is hurt by poison!
The foe's Politoed is hurt by its burn!

What can i say now...?My attack missed but for a strange reason he went for the toxic.Why?If i went for Rona then Scald would have killed it and if i went for Latias Scald would at least do some damage.And against Ninetales Scald is definitely the best option since i don't have the luxury to sit around for many times anyway.So maybe it was a misplay.Whatever let's try once more and hope he doesn't switch out...I don't have any better options anyway.


87,5(toxiced) , 75%


Start of turn 20
Ninetales used Fire Spin!
It's not very effective...
The foe's Politoed lost 2% of its health!

The foe's Politoed used Perish Song!
All PokΞΉmon hearing the song will faint in three turns!

Rain continues to fall!
Ninetales restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
The foe's Politoed restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
Ninetales is hurt by poison!
The foe's Politoed is hurt by its burn!
The foe's Politoed was hurt by Fire Spin!
Ninetales's perish count fell to 3.
The foe's Politoed's perish count fell to 3.

And this is one of the most hilarious things i have ever seen in pokemon battles.Even funnier than someone using Perish Song when Wobb switches in and trap kills them.It seems that my opponent obviously forgot about Fire Spin's trapping effect and tried to use Perish Song to force out Latias,which he was expecting me to bring in.
But he ended up trapping himself.And Fire Spin lasts 4 turns minimum so the kill is guaranteed while i can safely disable his Scald and stall out the turns.Maybe i can still win this...



81% , 60%(trapped)

Start of turn 21
Ninetales used Protect!
Ninetales protected itself!

The foe's Politoed used Scald!
Ninetales protected itself!

Rain continues to fall!
Ninetales restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
The foe's Politoed restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
Ninetales is hurt by poison!
The foe's Politoed is hurt by its burn!
The foe's Politoed was hurt by Fire Spin!
Ninetales's perish count fell to 2.
The foe's Politoed's perish count fell to 2.

Time to Disable the Scald.


69%, 48%

Start of turn 22
Ninetales used Disable!
The foe's Politoed's Scald was disabled!

The foe's Politoed's Scald is disabled!

Rain continues to fall!
Ninetales restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
The foe's Politoed restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
Ninetales is hurt by poison!
The foe's Politoed is hurt by its burn!
The foe's Politoed was hurt by Fire Spin!
Ninetales's perish count fell to 1.
The foe's Politoed's perish count fell to 1.
Gepet: fffuuuuuuu

And now i just switch out while Politoed dies in vain!Pretty sadistic right?But i like it!I go to Latias obviously...


50% , 35%

Start of turn 23
alex wolf called Ninetales back!
alex wolf sent out Latias!
Pointed stones dug into Latias!

The foe's Politoed used Toxic!
Latias is already poisoned.

Rain continues to fall!
Latias restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
The foe's Politoed restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
Latias is hurt by poison!
The foe's Politoed is hurt by its burn!
The foe's Politoed's perish count fell to 0.
The foe's Politoed fainted!
Gepet sent out Scizor!

Now i will bring Ninetales again to setup sun and get a free setup oportunity,when Ninetales dies,for Rona.Go go go Kyubi!

50% ---> 87% ,

0%(dead from perish song) ---> 46%

Start of turn 24
alex wolf called Latias back!
alex wolf sent out Ninetales!
Pointed stones dug into Ninetales!

Ninetales's Drought intensified the sun's rays!
The foe's Scizor used Bug Bite!
It's not very effective...
Ninetales lost 86 HP! (24% of its health)
Ninetales fainted!

The sunlight is strong!
The foe's Scizor restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
alex wolf sent out Volcarona!
Pointed stones dug into Volcarona!

And my masterplan finally works out(not really).In the sunshine Scizor starts feeling like an ant in front of the fireworm.Time to dance and show this little ant which is the best bug out there!


87% ---> 0%(dead) --->50% , 53%

Start of turn 25
Gepet called Scizor back!
Gepet sent out Dragonite!

Volcarona used Quiver Dance!
Volcarona's Sp. Att. rose!
Volcarona's Sp. Def. rose!
Volcarona's Speed rose!

The sunlight is strong!
Volcarona restored a little HP using its Leftovers!

And in comes poor Dragonite!At this point of the game i am pretty sure i won since nothing in his team can stop me.I go for the sub to scout which move he will use...


53% ---> 100%


Setting up with Rona while tanking and healing so i am going to hide this...

Hide

Start of turn 26
Volcarona used Substitute!
Volcarona made a substitute!

The foe's Dragonite used Hurricane!
The attack of the foe's Dragonite missed!

The sunlight is strong!
Volcarona restored a little HP using its Leftovers!

And he goes for the Hurricane,which with only a 50% chance of hitting misses.Time for more setup as even huge dragons are afraid of fire moths in strong sunlight...

Start of turn 27
Volcarona used Quiver Dance!
Volcarona's Sp. Att. rose!
Volcarona's Sp. Def. rose!
Volcarona's Speed rose!

The foe's Dragonite used Surf!
It's super effective!
Volcarona's substitute took the damage!

The sunlight is strong!
Volcarona restored a little HP using its Leftovers!

Nothing to tell here just more setup...

Start of turn 28
Volcarona used Quiver Dance!
Volcarona's Sp. Att. rose!
Volcarona's Sp. Def. rose!
Volcarona's Speed rose!

The foe's Dragonite used Surf!
It's super effective!
Volcarona's substitute took the damage!

The sunlight is strong!
Volcarona restored a little HP using its Leftovers!

Go Surf somewhere else bro.....

Start of turn 29
Volcarona used Quiver Dance!
Volcarona's Sp. Att. rose!
Volcarona's Sp. Def. rose!
Volcarona's Speed rose!

The foe's Dragonite used Surf!
It's super effective!
Volcarona's substitute faded!

The sunlight is strong!
Volcarona restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
Gepet: lol
Gepet: crit

Finally my sub is down so time to make another.

Start of turn 30
Volcarona used Substitute!
Volcarona made a substitute!

The foe's Dragonite used Hurricane!
It's super effective!
A critical hit!
Volcarona's substitute faded!

The sunlight is strong!
Volcarona restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
Gepet: loooool
alex wolf: lol

That's why i freaking love sub!The game would have ended right here if i didn't have the sub up.Subs are great so let's make another one!

Start of turn 31
Volcarona used Substitute!
Volcarona made a substitute!

The foe's Dragonite used Hurricane!
It's super effective!
Volcarona's substitute faded!

The sunlight is strong!
Volcarona restored a little HP using its Leftovers!

Still hitting huh?Ok let's keep it rolling...But first i must let my bug rest a little from all these subs...

Start of turn 32
Volcarona used Morning Sun!
Volcarona regained health!

The foe's Dragonite used Hurricane!
The attack of the foe's Dragonite missed!

The only way he could have won is with a crit or if i got confused and he hit me with 2 or 3 Hurricanes after while i hit myself in confusion for 3 consecutive turns also.And all these with a 50% accuracy move.
Even the crit burn from Scald seems like an everyday happening compared to this...
Sub up!

The sunlight is strong!
Volcarona restored a little HP using its Leftovers!

Start of turn 33
Volcarona used Substitute!
Volcarona made a substitute!

The foe's Dragonite used Hurricane!
The attack of the foe's Dragonite missed!

The sunlight is strong!
Volcarona restored a little HP using its Leftovers!

Keep dodging baby!

Start of turn 34
Volcarona used Quiver Dance!
Volcarona's Sp. Att. rose!
Volcarona's Sp. Def. rose!
Volcarona's Speed rose!

The foe's Dragonite used Hurricane!
It's super effective!
Volcarona's substitute faded!

The sunlight is strong!
Volcarona restored a little HP using its Leftovers!

He manages to break my sub after all these boosts?Expected if you take into account his respectable 100 base S.Atck and stab.One more sub is all i need...

Start of turn 35
Volcarona used Substitute!
Volcarona made a substitute!

The foe's Dragonite used Hurricane!
The attack of the foe's Dragonite missed!

The sunlight is strong!
Volcarona restored a little HP using its Leftovers!

One more dance and i am ready to go!

Start of turn 36
Volcarona used Quiver Dance!
Volcarona's Sp. Att. rose!
Volcarona's Sp. Def. rose!
Volcarona's Speed rose!

The foe's Dragonite used Hurricane!
It's super effective!
A critical hit!
Volcarona's substitute faded!

The sunlight is strong!
Volcarona restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
Gepet: lol

Another freaging hit!!!Sub ftw!

Start of turn 37
Volcarona used Substitute!
Volcarona made a substitute!

The foe's Dragonite used Hurricane!
The attack of the foe's Dragonite missed!

The sunlight is strong!
Volcarona restored a little HP using its Leftovers!

A sweep is always better when you do it with full life!

Start of turn 38
Volcarona used Morning Sun!
Volcarona regained health!

The foe's Dragonite used Hurricane!
It's super effective!
Volcarona's substitute took the damage!

The sunlight is strong!

Time for payabck after everything i endured!

Start of turn 39
Volcarona used Flamethrower!
It's not very effective...
The foe's Dragonite lost 60% of its health!

The foe's Dragonite used Hurricane!
It's super effective!
Volcarona's substitute faded!

The sunlight is strong!
The foe's Dragonite restored a little HP using its Leftovers!

Subing up.

Start of turn 40
Volcarona used Substitute!
Volcarona made a substitute!

The foe's Dragonite used Hurricane!
The attack of the foe's Dragonite missed!

The sunlight is strong!
Volcarona restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
The foe's Dragonite restored a little HP using its Leftovers!

And the game is pretty much over!No comments for the last turns...

75% i think(behind a sub) , 100%


Start of turn 41
Volcarona used Flamethrower!
It's not very effective...
The foe's Dragonite lost 51% of its health!
The foe's Dragonite fainted!

The sunlight is strong!
Volcarona restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
Gepet: gg
Gepet sent out Tentacruel!


0%(dead) ---> 35%


Start of turn 42
Volcarona used Flamethrower!
It's not very effective...
The foe's Tentacruel lost 33% of its health!
The foe's Tentacruel fainted!

The sunlight is strong!
Volcarona restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
Gepet sent out Rotom-W!

0%(dead) --->

100%


Start of turn 43
Volcarona used Flamethrower!
It's not very effective...
A critical hit!
The foe's Rotom-W lost 100% of its health!
The foe's Rotom-W fainted!

The sunlight is strong!
Volcarona restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
Gepet sent out Nattorei! (Ferrothorn)

0% (dead) ---> 100%


Start of turn 44
Volcarona used Flamethrower!
It's super effective!
The foe's Nattorei lost 100% of its health!
The foe's Nattorei fainted!

The sunlight is strong!
Volcarona restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
Gepet sent out Scizor!

0%(dead) ---> 46%

Start of turn 45
The foe's Scizor used Bullet Punch!
It's not very effective...
Volcarona's substitute took the damage!
Volcarona's Flame Body activates!
The foe's Scizor was burned!

Volcarona used Flamethrower!
It's super effective!
The foe's Scizor lost 46% of its health!
The foe's Scizor fainted!

0% (dead)

alex wolf won the battle!
alex wolf: thx for the battle!!!
Gepet: =(



That's why i love Volcarona!Such a beast that has turned upside down so many battles for me!
Sry if the end was a little bit boring and not so surprising at all but after all these struggling you can hardly call this game an easy win or a boring game in general.
My opponent made some serious misplays in the end but that somehow evens out from the early hax that i got with Dugtrio!

Props

- Ninetales for sadistically killing the oppsoing weather inducer!
- Volcarona for 6-0 koing a whole team!
- Tentacruel for absorbing the spikes and killing dugtrio
- My opponent's prediction in general was good

Slops

- Crucial hax
- Some misplays from both me and my opponent
- Me letting Latias get poisoned

Thx for the read guys,enjoy and rate!

 

[Jaetheho]

good so far, im guessing youll finish it.

i think it was too haxy and the opponent wasnt all that good with him perish songing ninetales. (what was he thinking)

if he saw fire spin miss on the turn, he should NOT have perish songed on the next turn.

some big misplays, but overall good.

edit: i just realized your volcarona is a mono-attacker. how interesting.

edit2: story was overall too short, just felt like you were showing off your volcarona.

dont get me wrong. i love the fier moth.

 

[Woodchuck]

Um, this warstory was... not very good at all. I mean, at least you weren't in control the whole time. Both you and your opponent were equally bad. I can say that much.

 

[skitz0phrenic]

A good number of misplays on both ends and quite a bit of hax.

Firespin Ninetales is really cool though. You inspired me to give it a shot next time I build a sun team.

 

[alexwolf]

good so far, im guessing youll finish it.

i think it was too haxy and the opponent wasnt all that good with him perish songing ninetales. (what was he thinking)

if he saw fire spin miss on the turn, he should NOT have perish songed on the next turn.

some big misplays, but overall good.

edit: i just realized your volcarona is a mono-attacker. how interesting.

edit2: story was overall too short, just felt like you were showing off your volcarona.

dont get me wrong. i love the fier moth.

Yes it was a little showoff but it is amazing.
Mono attacking Rona with Sub and Morning Sun is awesome.
Also Fire Spin Ninetales is good to if used with the proper support(T-Spikes).
And finally defensive Cloyster is a boos even though he didn't get to shine in this match.
I hope he really becomes more popular now that Dnite is the most used poke in OU!

Um, this warstory was... not very good at all. I mean, at least you weren't in control the whole time. Both you and your opponent were equally bad. I can say that much.

I accept your criticism but don't forget that dugtrio plays a vital role to my strategy and after it got haxed i was at a pretty big disadvantage.
If it hadn't die,T-Spikes would be up and i could proceed to kill Toad from the first turn he switched in(when i used WoW)with Fire Spin.

 

[jessifer]

This wasn't the best warstory ever. Firespin ninetales and Mono-attacking Volcarona are interesting though.

 

[alphatron]

Magma Storm heatran>fire spin Ninetales.

The shining moment of this match was when you trapped politoed and had him die to his perish song. Otherwise, I wouldn't really call this warstory material.

 

[nite skye]

agree that perish songing after having revealed spin was just retarded on his part, but otherwise i enjoyed it. and flame body can activate while hitting a sub? (not related to the story exactly, but it caught my eye)

 

[Jaetheho]

no it cant. its a bug on po

 

[Jayde]

which means it can.

I had fun, I guess other people just have higher standards than I do. Warstories are for entertainment, not for showcasing perfect battling.

 

[danmo96]

Warstories are for entertainment, not for showcasing perfect battling.

this, as evidenced by http://www.smogon.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3456840

 

[alexwolf]

Magma Storm heatran>fire spin Ninetales.

The shining moment of this match was when you trapped politoed and had him die to his perish song. Otherwise, I wouldn't really call this warstory material.

It depends.
Ninetales also has the Protect-Disable combo which allows you to survive the assaults of every weather inducer out there until they die from Fire Spin and toxic damage!
Also Fire Spin has reliable enough accuracy for me while Magma Storm doesn't...
Also by giving to Ninetales the job of killing the opposing weather inducer i have more free slots to work with.But if you give this job to Heatran you have even less to chose from because Ninetales and Heatran are just setting up your sun,and ensuring the setup will remain of course.
So in my case the job is done by one pokemin,while in your case the same job is done by 2 pokes.
Of 'course Heatran has many other attributes that help the team but traping is its main if you are using the trapping set.

Each one is equally good,and they both have their uses,imo.

 

[blarajan]

no it cant. its a bug on po

It's not a bug on PO. It's an in-game mechanic. Contact abilities such as Effect Spore, Poison Point, and Flame Body can all be triggered with an active Substitute. Play the game, know your shit, and read the research thread that has answered these sorts of claims before you make incorrect assertions like facts.

 

[Jaetheho]

It's not a bug on PO. It's an in-game mechanic. Contact abilities such as Effect Spore, Poison Point, and Flame Body can all be triggered with an active Substitute. Play the game, know your shit, and read the research thread that has answered these sorts of claims before you make incorrect assertions like facts.

How about YOU read the shit before you make absurd assertions huh?

Here is a quote from... THE RESEARCH THREAD.

Holds true for all contact abilities.

Conversely, if you attack a Pokemon with a contact ability while it has a Substitute up, its contact ability will not activate. (Yes, this is currently programmed incorrectly on PO, but will be fixed next update.)

 

[CommandurrClowncrete]

Why did you use calm mind, when your latias was already struck by perish song?
Why did your opponent use perish song after seeing fire spin?

Some misplays, but okay overall. I like seeing unique sets being used.

 

[Banedon]

No offense meant but I couldn't enjoy this warstory. Unorthodox sets are fine as long as they're used well, but this game was simply misplay after misplay on both players' part, which killed the warstory for me.

Imo warstory a better battle next time :)

 

[alphatron]

which means it can.

I had fun, I guess other people just have higher standards than I do. Warstories are for entertainment, not for showcasing perfect battling.

You are right and the warstory was definitely entertaining. Putting fire spin Ninetales to good use and showcasing mono attacking Volcorona were both cool. But it was mainly a sweep once Volc hit the field and sweeps aren't interesting to watch. I'm not saying that I prefer close matches only, but still. And misplays can get annoying as well as hax (Duggy being dispatched by Tentacruel for example).

It depends.
Ninetales also has the Protect-Disable combo which allows you to survive the assaults of every weather inducer out there until they die from Fire Spin and toxic damage!
Also Fire Spin has reliable enough accuracy for me while Magma Storm doesn't...
Also by giving to Ninetales the job of killing the opposing weather inducer i have more free slots to work with.But if you give this job to Heatran you have even less to chose from because Ninetales and Heatran are just setting up your sun,and ensuring the setup will remain of course.
So in my case the job is done by one pokemin,while in your case the same job is done by 2 pokes.
Of 'course Heatran has many other attributes that help the team but traping is its main if you are using the trapping set.

Each one is equally good,and they both have their uses,imo.

Well, it's more the case of not putting Ninetales' life at risk while heatran is free to offer up more support. The Ninetales set can now be something completely different (safeguard, sunny day, roar, etc) while heatran is still trapping and removing what needs to be trapped in addition to more pokemon who would have little issue actually killing Ninetales, but can't take him on thanks to his massive bulk. Yes, magma storm accuracy sucks, but it actually allows me to deal damage with it while need be. Ninetales will never be killing anything with fire spin (this matters because Ninetales can benefit from some offensive presence).

Of course, having Ninetales run the trapping set lets Heatran run a more offensive set overall if you're using both. So it all comes down to preference.

How about YOU read the shit before you make absurd assertions huh?

Here is a quote from... THE RESEARCH THREAD.

TOTALLY PIZZZOWNED

 

[blarajan]

Okay. So let's just clarify things.

That was a superb answer and a wrong one. You see, when the Pokémon that has a Sub up attacks, even the Sub animation fades and the actual Pokémon sprite attacks.

The actual Pokémon attacks, not its substitute, so obviously Static paralyzes and Flame Body burns. So the answer is yes, your Dragonite will get burned.

Peterko confirms that a Pokemon with Flame Body but a Substitute up (such as Flame Body Volcarona behind a Substitute) can burn your Pokemon if it attacks it with a contact move.

I didn't read the warstory--I thought that's what we were discussing, so I retract my comment.

 

[Jaetheho]

no. thats when when the opponent has a sub.
for example..
if a scizor with a sub attacks a volcarona, it can get burned.
but if a volc has a sub, scizor cannot be burned.

 

[alexwolf]

Why did you use calm mind, when your latias was already struck by perish song?
Why did your opponent use perish song after seeing fire spin?

Some misplays, but okay overall. I like seeing unique sets being used.

I used CM because i didnt't think too much and went for boosting to try and hit whatever came in hard.Yeah i know it sounds very stupid...
And my opponent used Perish Song,i think,because he didn't remember Fire Spin's trapping effects.A misplay also propably but it was a funny one!

No offense meant but I couldn't enjoy this warstory. Unorthodox sets are fine as long as they're used well, but this game was simply misplay after misplay on both players' part, which killed the warstory for me.

Imo warstory a better battle next time :)

Thx for the rate,will try harder next time!

 

[roscoe]

i liked the use of scolipede and the commentary was entertaining, good job

 

[Yamata no Orochi]

This warstory was...sorry but it was bad. 3/10

 

[Lee]

I think everybody's being a bit harsh. You were relying on your mono-attack Volcorona to sweep and you based your game around that so it led to one or two interesting plays. The first one being your attempt to lure out Tentacruel although I'm not sure that was a good use of your Scolipede. Still, the double switch to Duggy was sexy and I got a good laugh out of how pitifully weak non-CB Dugtrio is.

Given that that Volcarona could never sweep in the rain, I'd like to say the Fire Spin trap on Politoed was the second one but it was kinda tainted by your opponent's Perish Song misplay. I'm sure you've caught some Toeds in spectacular style with that combo but this one lost its shine.

Your opponent didn't seem to be playing with any real direction though - once he had Stealth Rock up he should really have been using Rotom-W to lure in Latias and then Volt Switching to Scizor to try and go for a sweep (Volcarona could counter him but only once) but he got caught up in a weather war that ultimately wouldn't have stopped him from doing that. I notice people doing that a lot - they oughta remember that it's not about waiting for the storm to pass, it's about learning to dance in the rain! ;D

(or sun in this case)

 

[alexwolf]

I think everybody's being a bit harsh. You were relying on your mono-attack Volcorona to sweep and you based your game around that so it led to one or two interesting plays. The first one being your attempt to lure out Tentacruel although I'm not sure that was a good use of your Scolipede. Still, the double switch to Duggy was sexy and I got a good laugh out of how pitifully weak non-CB Dugtrio is.

Given that that Volcarona could never sweep in the rain, I'd like to say the Fire Spin trap on Politoed was the second one but it was kinda tainted by your opponent's Perish Song misplay. I'm sure you've caught some Toeds in spectacular style with that combo but this one lost its shine.

Your opponent didn't seem to be playing with any real direction though - once he had Stealth Rock up he should really have been using Rotom-W to lure in Latias and then Volt Switching to Scizor to try and go for a sweep (Volcarona could counter him but only once) but he got caught up in a weather war that ultimately wouldn't have stopped him from doing that. I notice people doing that a lot - they oughta remember that it's not about waiting for the storm to pass, it's about learning to dance in the rain! ;D

(or sun in this case)

Thx for the feedback Lee!
You are right on the spot that this team is all about supporting my mono attacking Rona sweep and i try to always have this in my mind when playing a battle!
Also the misplay by my opponent using Perish Song after seeing Fire Spin kind of ruined the suspense but still trap killing a Politoed with Fire Spin is hilarious!