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Lucas (M) Ability: Swarm, Early Bird HP: 35 EN: 46 SPEED: 47 STAT: -10% Eva OTHER: Reflect (3a) 2 Recoveries/4 Chills
Round 9 is on, and despite his extremely worrying HP stat Delg is out here to do what he can. This starts off him unleashing a Fake Out. The move is generally quite useful for dealing some free damage, but Lucas' reflect is so strong that the move in fact does zero damage! Wow, that's embarassing. I guess it did get one more round off that reflect for Raiza. Right after Lucas' forced flinch it is time for a combo off. Both Pokemon in fact use priority within the move, but Delg's got more than a little bit of a speed advantage. His Quick Ice Punch is able to do some damage despite the reflect, and it certainly looks to have set up well for Raiza. Lucas then finishes off the crafty Sneasel with a clever combination that combines speed and healing, the Mach Drain Punch. It does however come at a high energy cost. Thanks to the KO of Delg (yes, a Ledyba now has two KOs) there was no third action this round, which means Raiza gets a free action next time around with Lucas still recovering. He does have one last action of reflect to deal with though.
Lucas (M) Ability: Swarm, Early Bird HP: 29 EN: 23 SPEED: 47 STAT: -10% Eva OTHER: Reflect (1a), Cooldown (1a), Swarm 2 Recoveries/4 Chills
We're down to the one on one here, and Raiza is most certainly looking the stronger of the two. Lucas has already performed above anyone's expectations with his two KOs also, but unfortuately his trainer is doing the absolute utmost to ensure that tally stays at 2. This begins with a useless order to Protect, when the Ledyba is far too busy cooling down from his previous combo. Scratchet goes ahead and Taunts Lucas, as if to add to his already growing frustration. Raiza is now into damage mode, starting with another Aerial Ace to some decent damage. I bet he looks forward to when he has access to STAB and some higher powered flying moves. Meanwhile Lucas is trying his hardest to chill but is much too infuriated. Raiza then rushes in with three very quick Fury Swipes, and Lucas liked the move so much he tried to Encore it. Of course this also fails thanks to the taunt. Poor old Lucas looks to be very much on the way out here too.
lol, I guess that makes sense, though I never had any experience with a combo ending a round early before. bah, lets go out with a bang
Mach Punch + Drain Punch Combo - cool down/faint from energy loss - good game
If (though i believe it to be impossible) Ledyba is not KOd at action 3, lets do a Comet Punch
Lucas (M) Ability: Swarm, Early Bird HP: 7 EN: 13 SPEED: 47 STAT: -10% Eva OTHER: Swarm, Taunted (3a) 2 Recoveries/4 Chills
The end is certainly nigh in this rotation battle, and Lucas seems all too keen to make sure it comes even faster. He dashes at Raiza with the same Mach Drain Punch that took out Delg, and while it does some damage and drains some health it also uses up all his energy and the hard working Ledyba faints from exhaustion. Raiza, who didn't do anything except get punched in the face to earn that KO, seems content with the result. And whether you would believe it or not, the rotation format has seen the two most unlikely candidates taking home the bulk of the knock outs!
Ehh...gg jas61292, was fun to play against you. You did a good job, but in the end, that early advantage payed dividends, I guess.
Thanks for reffing deadfox081, much appreciated. So true about the comment about who got the bulk of the KO's.
Other than that, this was a fun arena to play on, albeit very luck-based. I would use this arena again in the future. I'd have to say that ironically, for such a luck-based arena, it does do a great job to level the playing field a bit, which is a bit nice. :)
Yeah, gg. I kinda screwed up a little in the begining, but I must say I really like the arena. It was pretty fun (and Ledyba got 2 KOs, which totally makes it worth it).