Ongoing introduction to literacy-by-post! (des121 vs piscespixie)

[shadowpea]

Team piscespixie

Ninetales-Alola — Lv0

Ninetales-Alola
Level 1 0
EXP: 00 / 10
Techniques: None
Docile nature ( +None, -None )
Typing: Ice/Fairy
Abilities: Snow Cloak
Hidden Ability: Snow Warning (Locked)
HP: 85
Attack: 5
Defen.: 6
Sp.Atk: 6
Sp.Def: 7
Speed: 109
Size: 3
Weight: 2

Movepool
Level 0:
Avalanche
Calm Mind
Dark Pulse
Dazzling Gleam
Facade
Fake Tears
Feint Attack
Heal Bell
Hypnosis
Ice Beam
Ice Shard
Nasty Plot
Play Rough
Protect
Reflect
Rest
Roar
Round
Sleep Talk
Snore
Substitute
Tackle
Tail Whip
Toxic
Zen Headbutt

Level 1:
Agility
Aurora Beam
Baby-Doll Eyes
Captivate
Charm
Confide
Confuse Ray
Disarming Voice
Double Team
Encore
Extrasensory
Hail
Helping Hand
Howl
Mist
Misty Terrain
Pain Split
Powder Snow
Rain Dance
Role Play
Safeguard
Snowscape
Swagger
Swift
Weather Ball

Gothita — Lv0

Gothita
Level 0
EXP: 00 / 10
Techniques: None
Quirky nature ( +None, -None )
Typing: Psychic

Abilities: Frisk, Competitive
Hidden Ability: Shadow Tag (Locked)

HP: 80
Attack: 3
Defense: 4
Sp.Atk: 4
Sp.Def: 5
Speed: 45
Size: 1
Weight: 1

Movepool
Level 0:
Calm Mind
Dark Pulse
Energy Ball
Facade
Fake Tears
Feint Attack
Heal Bell
Heal Block
Hypnosis
Light Screen
Nasty Plot
Protect
Psychic
Reflect
Rest
Rock Slide
Round
Shadow Ball
Signal Beam
Sleep Talk
Snore
Substitute
Thunder Wave
Thunderbolt
Toxic
Uproar
Zen Headbutt

Dratini — Lv0

Dratini
Level 0
EXP: 00 / 10
Techniques: None
Hardy nature ( +None, -None )
Typing: Dragon

Abilities: Shed Skin
Hidden Ability: Marvel Scale (Locked)

HP: 75
Attack: 5
Defen.: 4
Sp.Atk: 4
Sp.Def: 4
Speed: 50
Size: 2
Weight: 1

Movepool
Level 0:
Aqua Jet
Dragon Pulse
Dragon Tail
Facade
Flamethrower
Ice Beam
Iron Head
Leer
Light Screen
Protect
Reflect
Rest
Round
Sleep Talk
Snore
Substitute
Surf
Thunder Wave
Thunderbolt
Toxic
Waterfall

backpack

Items:
1xOran Berry
1xLum Berry
1xMuscle Band
1xWise Glasses
1xWide Lens
1xLife Orb

Team des121

Jacob (Absol)

Level: 0
EXP: 0/10
Type: Dark

Abilities: Pressure, Super Luck Hidden Ability: Justified(Locked)

Stats:
HP: 85
Atk: 9
Def: 5
SpA: 6
SpD: 5
Spe: 75
Size: 3
Weight: 3


Moves:
[Level 0]
Aerial Ace
Air Slash
Calm Mind
Dark Pulse
Facade
Feint Attack
Flamethrower
Hone Claws
Ice Beam
Leer
Night Slash
Play Rough
Protect
Psycho Cut
Quick Attack
Rest
Rock Slide
Round
Shadow Ball
Shadow Claw
Slash
Sleep Talk
Snore
Strength
Substitute
Swords Dance
Thunder Wave
Thunderbolt
Toxic
Will-O-Wisp
X-Scissor
Zen Headbutt

Sawyer (Sawk)

Level: 0
EXP: 0/10

Type: Fighting

Abilities: Sturdy, Inner Focus Hidden Ability: Mold Breaker (Locked)

Stats:
HP: 90
Atk: 9
Def: 6
SpA: 3
SpD: 6
Spe: 85
Size: 3
Weight: 4

Moves:
[Level 0]
Brick Break
Bulk Up
Earthquake
Facade
Fire Punch
Focus Blast
Ice Punch
Leer
Poison Jab
Protect
Rest
Rock Slide
Round
Sleep Talk
Snore
Strength
Substitute
Thunder Punch
Toxic
Work Up
Zen Headbutt

Ethan ( Pawniard )

Species: Pawniard

Level 0 EXP: 00 / 10

Serious nature ( +None, -None )
Typing: Dark/Steel
Abilities: Defiant, Inner Focus Hidden Ability: Pressure (Locked)

HP: 80
Attack: 6
Defen.: 5
Sp.Atk: 3
Sp.Def: 3
Speed: 60
Size: 1
Weight: 2

Movepool
Level 0:
Aerial Ace
Air Slash
Brick Break
Dark Pulse
Facade
Feint Attack
Flash Cannon
Hone Claws
Iron Head
Leer
Metal Sound
Night Slash
Poison Jab
Protect
Psycho Cut
Rest
Rock Polish
Round
Screech
Shadow Claw
Slash
Sleep Talk
Snore
Substitute
Swords Dance
Thunder Wave
Toxic
X-Scissor

Backpack

1x Oran Berry
1x Lum Berry
1x: Lucky Egg
1x Muscle Band
1x Wise Glasses
1x Life Orb

welcome again piscespixie to battle by post, and i hope that you have been enjoying your stay so far! this will also be my first battle reffing or playing in about a year and it seems a lot has changed, so it'll be a learning experience for the both of us!

and des121...thanks for the 56 notifications. it is good to be back.

des121 sends and equips
piscespixie sends, equips and orders
des121 orders
i ref​

 

[des121]

hi pixie good luck against me and my partner pokemon.

Sending out Jacob the absol with oran berry.

"your psychic powers won't work on me.

 

[piscespixie]

i was hoping to use one of my other partners, but ninetales will have to handle this one too. go out there and show them what you’re made of!

w/ wise glasses

nasty plot | dazzling gleam | dazzling gleam

at the beginning of your turn, if absol is set to use a super-effective move, then use protect and push orders down on first occurrence. don’t do anything if it occurs more than once.

 

[des121]

You think your powerful no!

Thunder Wave, Flamethrower, Protect

 

[shadowpea]

at the beginning of your turn, if absol is set to use a super-effective move, then use protect and push orders down on first occurrence. don’t do anything if it occurs more than once.

hey! a couple of things about your sub:

protect doesn't work very well with "start of turn" subs because by the time it is your turn, it is priority 0. and since protect is a priority +4 move, the "window" to use it has passed already. checking at "start of step" would make the clause do what you want it to do here.

you also cannot sub for super-effective moves! you can check for specific moves or attacks of a specifc type, though, such as "dark-type attacks". note that attacks are not interchangeable with moves! you cannot sub for "dark-type moves" since that would include status moves like taunt as well.

finally, this bit did take a bit of clearing up for myself as well, but the gist of it is that you can't exactly tell ninetales to "don’t do anything if it occurs more than once", at least not like that, since it's not part of the timing-trigger-result structure. if you want this sub to only occur once, you can simply affix "once" to the beginning of your sub. something like: "once, at the start of the step, IF absol is to use a dark-type attack, THEN use protect and push down orders" would be perfectly functional.

des didn't try to interact with your sub at all so this doesn't affect the outcome of the battle, but there were still ways to make it work here...

spoiler

at level 0, absol's only supereffective attacks are flamethrower and rockslide. do note that movepools get much bigger as pokemon grow, but for now you can do this:

once, at start of step, IF absol is to use a fire-type attack, THEN use protect, ignore substitution 2 for the rest of the round, and push down orders
once, at start of step, IF absol is to use a rock-type attack, THEN use protect, ignore substitution 1 for the rest of the round, and push down orders

ignore substitution x works exactly as you would imagine, and combined they would ensure the subs would only trigger once.

do let me know if you have any questions!

 

[piscespixie]

hey! a couple of things about your sub:

protect doesn't work very well with "start of turn" subs because by the time it is your turn, it is priority 0. and since protect is a priority +4 move, the "window" to use it has passed already. checking at "start of step" would make the clause do what you want it to do here.

you also cannot sub for super-effective moves! you can check for specific moves or attacks of a specifc type, though, such as "dark-type attacks". note that attacks are not interchangeable with moves! you cannot sub for "dark-type moves" since that would include status moves like taunt as well.

finally, this bit did take a bit of clearing up for myself as well, but the gist of it is that you can't exactly tell ninetales to "don’t do anything if it occurs more than once", at least not like that, since it's not part of the timing-trigger-result structure. if you want this sub to only occur once, you can simply affix "once" to the beginning of your sub. something like: "once, at the start of the step, IF absol is to use a dark-type attack, THEN use protect and push down orders" would be perfectly functional.

des didn't try to interact with your sub at all so this doesn't affect the outcome of the battle, but there were still ways to make it work here...

spoiler

at level 0, absol's only supereffective attacks are flamethrower and rockslide. do note that movepools get much bigger as pokemon grow, but for now you can do this:

once, at start of step, IF absol is to use a fire-type attack, THEN use protect, ignore substitution 2 for the rest of the round, and push down orders
once, at start of step, IF absol is to use a rock-type attack, THEN use protect, ignore substitution 1 for the rest of the round, and push down orders

ignore substitution x works exactly as you would imagine, and combined they would ensure the subs would only trigger once.

do let me know if you have any questions!

oh shit, sorry! i keep misunderstanding these subs haha. do we need to reorder? i'm fine to just go with my original orders and remove any substitutions to make it easier.

 

[shadowpea]

oh shit, sorry! i keep misunderstanding these subs haha. do we need to reorder? i'm fine to just go with my original orders and remove any substitutions to make it easier.

no worries! sub rules are difficult to get the hang of for pretty much everyone. i'm going to let you reorder here, although if you just want to use your original orders there's nothing wrong with that.

 

[piscespixie]

w/ wise glasses

nasty plot | dazzling gleam | dazzling gleam

 

[des121]

shadowpea I reordered

 

[shadowpea]

ROUND 1​

(sorry for lateness, had a busy couple of days with an exam to boot)

Team piscespixie

Ninetales-Alola @ Wise Glasses
HP: 85/85 | EN: 30/30
Stats: 5/6/7/7/109 | Type: Ice/Fairy | Abilities: Snow Cloak
Status: OK

Team des121

Absol @ Oran Berry
HP: 85/85 | EN: 30/30
Stats: 9/5/6/5/75 | Type: Dark | Abilities: Pressure / Super Luck
Status: OK​

action

roll 10d600: 330, 112, 600, 129, 201, 399, 192, 424, 431, 22
[low rolls = hit, effect, crit etc]

step 1

ninetales uses nasty plot! (-3 EN )
+2 spatk (5t)

absol uses thunder wave! (-3 EN )
hit? (330) yes
ninetales is paralyzed (1 strain)

step 2

absol used flamethrower! (-3 EN )
crit? (112) no
burn? (600) no
(9+6-7)*1.5=12 damage

ninetales uses dazzling gleam! (-3 EN )
crit? (129) no
(8+3+7-5)*1.5+4*2=28 damage
absol eats its oran berry! (+9 HP, -1 EN )

step 3
absol uses protect! (-4 EN )
absol gains protection

ninetales uses dazzling gleam! (-3 EN )
absol has protection

ninetales's paralysis worsened! (+1 strain)

round summary

85-12=73 HP
30-3-3-3=21 EN
85-28+9=66 HP
30-3-3-4-1=19 EN

Team piscespixie

Ninetales-Alola @ Wise Glasses
HP: 73/85 | EN: 21/30
Stats: 5/6/7/7/55 | Type: Ice/Fairy | Abilities: Snow Cloak
Status: +2 SpA (3t), Paralysis (2)

Team des121

Absol @ Nothing
HP: 66/85 | EN: 19/30
Stats: 9/5/6/5/75 | Type: Dark | Abilities: Pressure / Super Luck
Status: OK​

alright! ninetales immediately boosts up with nasty plot while absol retaliated with a thunder wave. both pokemon exchange blows and absol stalls, ending on relatively even hitpoints, although absol had to consume its berry to make up the difference. how does pixie push through with ninetales and how does des take advantage of the paralysis? we shall see!

(any corrections will be inserted here)

des121 orders
piscespixie orders
i ref​

 

[des121]

pixie nice job but not good enough! you are running out of luck!

Rock slide, Flamethrower, quick attack.

once, at start of step, IF ninetales -alola is to use a fairy-type attack, THEN use protect, ignore substitution 2 for the rest of the round, and push down orders

 

[piscespixie]

we don’t give up that easily!



protect | ice beam | ice beam

 

[shadowpea]

ROUND 2​

Team piscespixie

Ninetales-Alola @ Wise Glasses
HP: 73/85 | EN: 21/30
Stats: 5/6/7/7/55 | Type: Ice/Fairy | Abilities: Snow Cloak
Status: +2 SpA (3t), Paralysis (2)

Team des121

Absol @ Nothing
HP: 66/85 | EN: 19/30
Stats: 9/5/6/5/75 | Type: Dark | Abilities: Pressure / Super Luck
Status: OK​

action

roll 10d600: 463, 226, 41, 588, 410, 430, 77, 18, 201, 266
action 1

ninetales used protect! (-4 EN )
ninetales protection

absol used rock slide! (-3 EN )
ninetales has protection

action 2

absol used flamethrower! (-3 EN )
crit? (463) nope
burn? (226) nope
(9+6-7)*1.5=12 damage

ninetaues used ice beam! (-3 EN )
crit? (41) nope
frost? (588) nope
9+3+7-6+4*2=21 damage

action 3

absol used quick attack! (-2 EN )
crit? (410) nope
4+9-6=7 damage

ninetaues used ice beam! (-3 EN )
crit? (430) nope
frost? (77) nope
9+3+7-6+4*2=21 damage

ninetales spatk boosts goes away

ninetales +1 strain

round summary

73-12-7=54 HP
21-4-3-3=11 EN
66-21-21=24 HP
19-3-3-2=11 EN

Team piscespixie

Ninetales-Alola @ Wise Glasses
HP: 54/85 | EN: 11/30
Stats: 5/6/7/7/55 | Type: Ice/Fairy | Abilities: Snow Cloak
Status: Paralysis (3)

Team des121

Absol @ Nothing
HP: 24/85 | EN: 11/30
Stats: 9/5/6/5/75 | Type: Dark | Abilities: Pressure / Super Luck
Status: OK​

instead of chancing the rock slide flinch, ninetales elects to go for the guarenteed protect before bypassing absol's substitutions by firing off two powerful ice beams instead! absol, for its part, seems to favor conserving energy this round, and with ninetales's extra exertion protecting itself the two pokemon are now at equal EN, though the HP gap is substantially greater...

(any corrections will be inserted here)

piscespixie orders
des121 orders
i ref​

 

[piscespixie]

let’s wrap this up and show that you can have both beauty and power!



dazzling gleam | dazzling gleam | dazzling gleam

at start of step, if Absol is to use rock slide, then use protect

 

[des121]

you are going down!

Protect, Rock Slide, Flamethrower

 

[shadowpea]

ROUND 3
​

Team piscespixie

Ninetales-Alola @ Wise Glasses
HP: 54/85 | EN: 11/30
Stats: 5/6/7/7/55 | Type: Ice/Fairy | Abilities: Snow Cloak
Status: Paralysis (3)

Team des121

Absol @ Nothing
HP: 24/85 | EN: 11/30
Stats: 9/5/6/5/75 | Type: Dark | Abilities: Pressure / Super Luck
Status: OK​

action

roll d10: ```502, 421, 281, 137, 446, 499, 393, 320, 226, 543, 521, 429, 161, 286, 195```

step 1

absol used protect! (-4 EN )
gains protection

ninetales uses dazzling gleam! (-3 EN )
absol has protection

step 2

ninetales used protect! (-4 EN )
gains protection

absol used rock slide! (-3 EN )
ninetales has protection

step 3

absol used flamethrower! (-3 EN )
crit? (505) no
burn? (421) no
(9+6-7)*1.5=12 damage

ninetales used dazzling gleam! (-3 EN )
crit? (281) nope
(8+3+7-5)*1.5=20 damage

ninetales's paralysis worsened! (+1 strain)

round summary

54-12=42 HP
11-3-4-3=1 EN
24-20-4 HP
11-4-3-3=1 EN

Team piscespixie

Ninetales-Alola @ Wise Glasses
HP: 42/85 | EN: 1/30
Stats: 5/6/7/7/55 | Type: Ice/Fairy | Abilities: Snow Cloak
Status: Paralysis (4)

Team des121

Absol @ Nothing
HP: 4/85 | EN: 1/30
Stats: 9/5/6/5/75 | Type: Dark | Abilities: Pressure / Super Luck
Status: OK​

a much less exciting yet very tense round this time. absol was able to take advantage of ninetales' substitution to minimize the number of blows traded this round - good thing too, since it's only hanging on with a handful of hitpoints. the "combat" this round managed to deplete both pokemon's energy reserves though, and with ninetales's paralysis coming to a critical point, how will the next round play out?

(corrections will be inserted here)

des121 orders
piscespixie orders
i ref​

 

[des121]

so tired!

Chill