It's a trap! Baiting and switching to victory (an OU Warstory)

I've never written a warstory (even though I've had many battles that were probably good enough for a decent one). I was simply on my daily, monotonous laddering routine when I had this battle with wieselburger. By the middle of the match, I was out of ladder autopilot and in the middle of an intense battle that required all my skills as competitive pokemon battler.

Here is my team:
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Fairly balanced offense, tilted a bit more towards offense, so keeping up the momentum is extremely important for my team.

I won't reveal wieselburger's team yet.


chenman333's moves will look like this.
Wieselburger's moves will look like this.
other text will look like this.
Leftovers will be removed.
Sandstorm/hail damage will be removed.
Scores will be shown after each KO.
Rules: Ladder Match, Sleep Clause, Freeze Clause, OHKO Clause, Evasion Clause, Species Clause, Strict Damage Clause, Soul Dew Clause
chenman333 sent out Azelf (lvl 100 Azelf).
Wieselburger sent out Metagross1 (lvl 100 Metagross).
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vs.
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Azelf used Stealth Rock.
Pointed stones float in the air around the foe's team!
Metagross1 used Meteor Mash.
Metagross1's attack missed!

This is your fairly standard matchup; the top 2 leads of OU. Unfortunately, my Azelf loses to this Metagross as it has Meteor Mash and Bullet Punch. Luckily for me, Meteor Mash missed. I could explode here, but Metagross' resistance and high defense means that I'm probably better off booming on something else, so I'll switch to something that can take a hit, deal some damage, and keep momentum on my side.

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chenman333 switched in Scizor (lvl 100 Scizor ?).
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vs.
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Metagross1 used Stealth Rock.
Pointed stones float in the air around the foe's team!

He probably predicted an Explosion or something, so Scizor gets a free switch. I am sort of afraid of Explosion, but I don't think he is willing to use it on Scizor just yet. I'll bet on that and go with U Turn, absolutely one of the best moves of the game.

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Metagross1 used Meteor Mash.
It's not very effective...
Scizor lost 32% of its health.
Scizor used U-turn.
Metagross1 lost 44% of its health.
chenman333 switched in Rotom-c (lvl 100 Rotom-c).
Pointed stones dug into Rotom-c.
Rotom-c lost 12% of its health.
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100% vs.
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56%

Scizor takes a relatively minor hit, but brings me to Rotom who can turn Metagross into set up bait. I use a SubBoost Rotom, and Metagross is a good target to set up on. Hopefully I can stick around to get a few boosts, which will really force my opponent to bring something relatively fast and powerful in, and allow me to get rid of them early

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Rotom-c used Charge Beam.
Metagross1 lost 21% of its health.
Metagross1 used Meteor Mash.
It's not very effective...
Rotom-c lost 34% of its health.

Not only do I not get the boost but Meteor Mash does quite a number to Rotom; I typically run a bulkier Subcharger, but I needed the SpA EVs to take on Blissey. I'm going to have to go for the KO with Shadow Ball now, as Rotom is pretty useless once its bulk is gone and it cannot handle heavy attacks and live.

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Rotom-c used Shadow Ball.
Metagross1 lost 35% of its health.
Wieselburger's Metagross1 fainted.
(6-5)
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72%

First blood is drawn, but I'm at the mercy of whatever comes in. Considering the fact that Rotom is easily trapped by stuff like Scizor/Tyranitar, it could mean a bit of trouble (after all, nothing is more annoying than dying to a Pursuit).

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Wieselburger switched in Latias1 (lvl 100 Latias ?).
Pointed stones dug into Latias1.
Latias1 lost 12% of its health.
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72% vs.
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87%

I have no clue what to expect from Latias, but it is probably throwing out a dragon attack, and I don't want Rotom to die to a Specs Draco Meteor, which would be a bit of waste. There is of course, one pokemon that can switch into this thing (fairly) safely.

chenman333 switched in Scizor (lvl 100 Scizor ?).
Pointed stones dug into Scizor.
Scizor lost 12% of its health.
Latias1 used Surf.
Scizor lost 40% of its health.
Latias1 lost 10% of its health.
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15% vs.
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77%

Latias rarely ever fires off a HP Fire right off the bat, so Scizor, especially a fairly bulky one like mine, is generally a very good switch in. Unfortunately Latias decides to go with Surf instead of something like Draco Meteor. Since his team is fairly offense, I don't expect a Blissey or other dedicated special wall, so if I want Heatran to really do some heavy damage to his team, I need this thing dead. I'll sacrifice Scizor so that Azelf can finish this thing off.
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Scizor used Bullet Punch.
Latias1 lost 56% of its health.
Latias1 used Surf.
Scizor lost 15% of its health.
chenman333's Scizor fainted.
(5-5)
Latias1 lost 10% of its health.
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11%
Its tied up now, but a good trade. I doubt I'll need to be trapping anything else, and with the momentum I am about to gain combined with the fact that Scarf Latias is intact and ready to revenge, I'm sure I can handle anything.

A quick check up before the real fun starts:

Alive
chenman333:
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Wieselburger:
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Dead
chenman333:
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Wieselburger:
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Unfortunately for me, I haven't seen 4 of his pokemon, and he has seen 2 of mine and kill the other, so he can still do some surprising if he wants.

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chenman333 switched in Azelf (lvl 100 Azelf).
Pointed stones dug into Azelf.
Azelf lost 12% of its health.
Azelf used Psychic.
It's not very effective...
Latias1 lost 11% of its health.
Wieselburger's Latias1 fainted.
(5-4)
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87%

This is a pretty good moment for me. Azelf's speed and powerful Explosion means wieselburger needs to be very careful with what he switches in. I'm inclined to think a Scizor will pop out to try to bullet punch me; anything else risks getting exploded on, unless it is something really fast, but his team doesn't seem to be the hyperoffensive, fragile sweeper type so I'm going to bet against that.
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Wieselburger switched in Scizor1 (lvl 100 Scizor ?).
Pointed stones dug into Scizor1.
Scizor1 lost 12% of its health.
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87% vs.
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87%

As I expected, out comes Scizor with his priority. This matchup is not as bad as it seems; CB Scizor has only a very small chance of 1hkoing a Naive Azelf after Stealth Rock. I doubt he'll switch into a ghost because he wants to blow Azelf out and it is clear he doesn't know that his odds aren't that good.
Time to go boom.
Scizor1 used Bullet Punch.
A critical hit!
Azelf lost 88% of its health.
chenman333's Azelf fainted.
(4-4)
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chenman333: oh darn

Darn is right; I could've taken out that thing right there and make life for my Latias really easy. Now she has to be very careful what she wants to revenge and when she will do it. Oh well, rule number 542343: Have a backup plan.

chenman333 switched in Heatran (lvl 100 Heatran ?).
Pointed stones dug into Heatran.
Heatran lost 12% of its health.
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87%vs.
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87%
Out comes Heatran. Wieselburger has no idea what to expect. Is it Scarf? Is it a substituter? Or maybe it could even be Specs! It is actually a SubLO, a devastating combination that combines the easier prediction from substitute and the sizzling power that comes out of Life Orb. Oh, and he's Modest; yeah he really can kick a team without Blissey's ass. And without Latias, I can expect to deal some serious pain and make wieselburger sweat. Still, I don't know what is on his team, so I'm going to Substitute. Again, this keeps a lot of pressure on wieselburger, which is of course good for me.

Wieselburger switched in Gyarados1 (lvl 100 Gyarados ?).
Gyarados1's intimidate cut Heatran's attack!
Pointed stones dug into Gyarados1.
Gyarados1 lost 25% of its health.
Heatran used Substitute.
Heatran lost 25% of its health.
Heatran made a substitute!
Gyarados1's leftovers restored its health a little!

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62% vs.
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81%

I saw Leftovers recovery here, which probably means its a bulky Gyarados. Which sucks because even though this is a Modest LO Heatran, BulkyGyarados is not 2hkoed by LO Modest Fire Blast I believe. I'll give him a good smack and see what happens. No reason to waste a good Substitute.
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Heatran used Fire Blast.
It's not very effective...
Gyarados1 lost 39% of its health.
Heatran lost 10% of its health.
Gyarados1 used Waterfall.
It's super effective!
The substitute took damage for Heatran!
Heatran's substitute faded!
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52% vs.
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48%
It is indeed a bulky Gyarados, and I do not want to lose Heatran, as he essential to taking away any momentum that wieselburger can gain from using Scizor's Pursuit or Bullet Punch against Latias or Rotom. Since this is bulky Gyara, I can happily switch to Latias without fear of anything and put us both into a tight situation.
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chenman333 switched in Latias (lvl 100 Latias ?).
Pointed stones dug into Latias.
Latias lost 12% of its health.
Gyarados1 used Waterfall.
It's not very effective...
Latias lost 21% of its health.

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67% vs.
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54%
Now, I know I must keep Latias alive. I still don't know what the other two pokemon are, and they could be very dangerous. I must keep this revenger alive, and since I know Scizor wants my blood and that Gyarados can't touch me (and is scared as hell), I pick the only real winning move I have: Go back to Heatran.
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chenman333 switched in Heatran (lvl 100 Heatran ?).
Pointed stones dug into Heatran.
Heatran lost 12% of its health.
Wieselburger switched in Scizor1 (lvl 100 Scizor ?).
Pointed stones dug into Scizor1.
Scizor1 lost 12% of its health.

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40% vs.
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74%
Absolutely wonderful, my prediction proves to be correct. I could Substitute, but since he switched in Gyarados last time, I'm pretty sure it is coming back in again (why reveal team members unnecessarily), and a Fire Blast should finish it after Stealth Rocks.
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Wieselburger switched in Gyarados1 (lvl 100 Gyarados ?).
Gyarados1's intimidate cut Heatran's attack!
Pointed stones dug into Gyarados1.
Gyarados1 lost 25% of its health.
Heatran used Fire Blast.
Heatran's attack missed!
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40% vs.
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35%
Another miss from Fire Blast could prove troublesome. Unfortunatlely, my HP Grass cannot kill a Bulky Gyarados with 35% HP, so I'm going to have to depend on the subpar accuracy yet again. Again, Substitue proved useful as it confirmed that my Heatran is faster, so I have nothing to fear except for a miss.
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Heatran used Fire Blast.
It's not very effective...
Gyarados1 lost 36% of its health.
Wieselburger's Gyarados1 fainted.
(4-3)
Heatran lost 10% of its health.

Even though I now have the advantage in terms of pokemon alive, I still do not know 2 pokemon, and Heatran is usually a pretty bad pokemon to be leaving in, as there are way too many things he can be set up on because of his low speed and common weaknesses. Pressure's on me.
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Wieselburger switched in Salamence1 (lvl 100 Salamence ?).
Salamence1's intimidate cut Heatran's attack!
Pointed stones dug into Salamence1.
Salamence1 lost 25% of its health.
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30% vs.
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75%

Yeah, this is so not cool. I have no clue what this Salamence is. Even though I don't know what it is, something is going to have to die, and its going to be Rotom. Rotom is not going to add much more to my team; he is weak to scizor and can't handle any kind of Salamence, and his need to boost his attack mulitple times means that this now fast paced game is too much for him to handle.

chenman333 switched in Rotom-c (lvl 100 Rotom-c).
Pointed stones dug into Rotom-c.
Rotom-c lost 12% of its health.
Salamence1 used Draco Meteor.
Salamence1's attack missed!

Doesn't matter. I want Rotom to die.
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Salamence1 used Draco Meteor.
Rotom-c lost 65% of its health.
chenman333's Rotom-c fainted.
(3-3)
Salamence1's special attack was harshly lowered.
Salamence1 lost 10% of its health.
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65%
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chenman333 switched in Latias (lvl 100 Latias ?).
Pointed stones dug into Latias.
Latias lost 12% of its health.
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54% vs.
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65%

Okay, now we are in the real heat of things. My Salamence is too slow to challenge this Mixmence, as it outsped my Rotom who runs the same speed as my Bulkymence, and Heatran will die easily to an Earthquake or Brick Break. It is essential I keep Latias alive, as this Salamence will kick my ass otherwise. My next move is risky; I am again going to do my bait and switch maneuver. However, I've already done it once, and I'm not sure if it will work again, and if he predicts my tactic, I'm screwed. But it is the only shot I have if I want to win.

chenman333 switched in Heatran (lvl 100 Heatran ?).
Pointed stones dug into Heatran.
Heatran lost 12% of its health.
Wieselburger switched in Scizor1 (lvl 100 Scizor ?).
Pointed stones dug into Scizor1.
Scizor1 lost 12% of its health.
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18% vs.
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63%

Hopefully this game is in the bag at this point. All I need to do is Fire Blast this thing out. Bullet Punch is not going to KO me, but I'll probably die from LO. Once that is done, hopefully Latias can finish off the remaining two pokemon.
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Scizor1 used Bullet Punch.
It's not very effective...
Heatran lost 12% of its health.
Heatran used Fire Blast.
It's super effective!
Scizor1 lost 63% of its health.
Wieselburger's Scizor1 fainted.
(3-2)
Heatran lost 6% of its health.
chenman333's Heatran fainted.
(2-2)

Both are dead, but with Scizor no longer here to menace me, I'm feeling pretty good.
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chenman333 switched in Latias (lvl 100 Latias ?).
Wieselburger switched in Heatran1 (lvl 100 Heatran ?).
Pointed stones dug into Latias.
Latias lost 12% of its health.
Pointed stones dug into Heatran1.
Heatran1 lost 12% of its health.
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42% vs.
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87%
This has suddenly turned much more complicated. Latias has a very high chance of dying to a HP Ice, and is definitely going to die if it is Dragon Pulse. If it is HP Ice, I lose because my Salamence can't beat both Heatran and a fast Salamence, even if this Heatran isn't Scarfed. I better hope its going to be DPulse.

Latias used Surf.
It's super effective!
Heatran1 lost 61% of its health.
Heatran1 used Dragon Pulse.
It's super effective!
Latias lost 42% of its health.
chenman333's Latias fainted.
(1-2)

As expected, Latias can't survive and can't KO Heatran either. I have to hope that Salamence can survive a Dragon Pulse after the SR and get his DD in.
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chenman333 switched in Salamence (lvl 100 Salamence ?).
Salamence's intimidate cut Heatran1's attack!
Pointed stones dug into Salamence.
Salamence lost 25% of its health.

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75% vs.
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27%
Heatran1 used Dragon Pulse.
It's super effective!

Can Salamence survive?
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Salamence lost 69% of its health.
Salamence used Dragon Dance.
Salamence's attack was raised.
Salamence's speed was raised.

GG right here. Bulkymence...he's a real tank!
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Salamence used Earthquake.
It's super effective!
Heatran1 lost 27% of its health.
Wieselburger's Heatran1 fainted.
(1-1)
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chenman333: whew
chenman333: gg
Wieselburger switched in Salamence1 (lvl 100 Salamence ?).
Salamence1's intimidate cut Salamence's attack!
Pointed stones dug into Salamence1.
Salamence1 lost 25% of its health.
Salamence used Dragon Claw.
It's super effective!
Salamence1 lost 40% of its health.
Wieselburger's Salamence1 fainted.
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12% RAWR I'M A MONSTER
(1-0)
chenman333 wins!
Wieselburger: gg
chenman333: that
chenman333: was a good game haha
Wieselburger: yeah
This log was formatted using Warmachine Version 1.0

Wieselburger's team:
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Strikingly similar to mine, 2/3 of em are the same pokemon​

Props:
-wieselburger for making me get out of autopilot mode
-Bulkymence being an absolute man in taking a Dragon Pulse and living through it
-Latias for being great bait and Heatran for keeping up the momentum
-wieselburger's scizor for scaring the shit out of me all the time

Slops:
-Rotom for doing shit...
-Azelf for getting his ass critical hitted when he could have saved me a lot of trouble and blown up scizor

First warstory, hope you enjoyed. I also hope I didn't make some retarded mistake in the middle of this.​
 
in retrospect this needs more expansion in the comments...i should learn to use the preview post thing more..unfortunately i can't edit for some reason....
 
Good, but as you said, needs more comments and also:

put down the health of each guy. It's hard to keep track =/
 
Well, I liked it. I'm not really a fan of the warstories with the typical bulky offense teams that are everywhere on the ladder, but this one was decent, had nice predictions, risky moves, and a lesser-used bulkyMence winning it. It's safe to say that this one broke the mold.

On another note, I agree with Eraddd on the criticisms. It would have made it easier to have the people's health right after each turn. I shouldn't have to infer and work out what the health is for each Pokemon.
 
The short and concise comments actually held my interest. A quick, to the point read of a battle with a good example of the bait-switch tactic. Too many warstories are tl:dr.
 
its a trap!!! great quote =p admiral ackbar ftw

comments were a little lacking imo it went too fast for me, maybe thats how it is suppoesd to be, but baiting is a very underrated strategy, especially since you can kill heatran with magnezone by locking it onto HP grass/ice or dragon pulse =p
 
nice warstory. it was easier to figure out the overall picture in this than most warstories, probably due to (1) the comments because they explained who you had to keep alive for the endgame (2) the formatting made it easy to figure out what was going on (3) the diagram when the score was 5-5 was p cool. really standard teams (zzzz) but i think the comments more than made up for that. good job.
 
That was a very good battle, and the comments weren't as lacking as Eraddd said they were. What makes warstory comments good in my opinion is if they show what the players were thinking during the battle and what predictions they made. Your comments did just that. There was some hax (Meteor Mash missing, Fire Blast missing, and the critical hit of Bullet Punch) but not enough to make the battle bad. The teams were bog standard (Your opponent used all five of the top five OUs) but that doesn't matter.

Excellent warstory, I have to say.
 
Not a half bad warstory... for a rook. =P

The above posters were right, the HP additions does make this an easier to follow read.
 
Ah good warstory, I think I actually played against this team on one of my test accounts. The prediction and comments were very good and I can't seem to find anything wrong with it, the only thing I can think of now is that it being your first warstory makes it even better for me.
 
this was a good warstory,yeah bulky DDmence deserves more love.i thought your gonna be doomed once you lost latias

good work!8/10
 
Well, the percentages make a huge difference. It's a lot easier to follow now. Cool.

Again, I hope to see more of your warstories in the future.
 
I normally don't read Warstories, but I read this one and I really liked it. The format is great, the Hp %'s is helpful, and you made some very nice switches (I wish I played more opponents that fell for things like that.) Very good read, make more in the future!
 
This was an above-average warstory. Not-too-long-but-great commentary, good predictions and you also reeled in the readers - something essential for a great warstory. Too bad this battle didn't streach out for longer, as there were predictions, but slightly not enough. lol

Seriously, a great start. Good luck with your future warstories!
 
Absolutely wonderful, my prediction proves to be correct.

I'm sure that Stathakis would say that you just got lucky, lol.

Definitely a nice read, and a good first warstory.
 
This was a great warstory, especially for a first attempt. Bulkymence is really good!
 
I'm sure that Stathakis would say that you just got lucky, lol.


yes, yes I would. at the point in the match where he said that, all he knew about the team was that there was metagross, gyarados, and scizor on it. if the guy was playing heavy sacrifice offense and decided to dd with gyarados and sac it, that switch to heatran would have been game-losing. so yes, in a sense, he got very very lucky. however, his team is built to predict, so he predicts. I have nothing against prediction except that it leaves too much up to chance, especially at that early a stage of the game where he knows near nothing about the other guy's team.


anywho, good gue--I mean predictions. your longterm thinking looks sharp enough by the comments in this warstory, though, so props on that. you should give no-prediction offense a run sometime.
 
yes, yes I would. at the point in the match where he said that, all he knew about the team was that there was metagross, gyarados, and scizor on it. if the guy was playing heavy sacrifice offense and decided to dd with gyarados and sac it, that switch to heatran would have been game-losing. so yes, in a sense, he got very very lucky. however, his team is built to predict, so he predicts. I have nothing against prediction except that it leaves too much up to chance, especially at that early a stage of the game where he knows near nothing about the other guy's team.


anywho, good gue--I mean predictions. your longterm thinking looks sharp enough by the comments in this warstory, though, so props on that. you should give no-prediction offense a run sometime.

It could've been game losing. In retrospect, I could have still won if I used Thunderbolt on Gyarados. As long as Salamence could have come in on Scizor's Pursuit, after 1 DD, the match would've been mine. So even if he did decide to DD up as I switched to Heatran, as long as Scizor came in on Latias after she Tbolted or something and used Pursuit, I think I would've won.

But yeah, it was lucky because I didn't know if he had something like Scarfgengar or Scarfrachi waiting in the wings to kill my Salamence.

What exactly do you mean by "no prediction" offense? I think all forms of play require some ability to guess at what your opponent is about to do, though I guess something like stall minimalizes the need. But sometimes you still need to, otherwise if your opponent is hot and is guessing your moves right and you aren't guessing what he is guessing, you will be at a constant disadvantage throughout the match.
 
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