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It seems like Alch really wants to troll SoS this round, and that's exactly what he does. Vladimir's Sludge Bomb leaves a fair dent in Drain...whose own Hidden Power promptly crits on Vladimir's 2 HP Sub. >.> I guess the RNG just felt like trolling today or something.
The rest of the round is uneventful. Vladimir races past a Scald before promptly Disabling Drain's Hidden Power. Drain just sits and stares blankly on Action 3 instead of doing anything because of this, leaving SoS facepalming. To conclude, time remains normal for the next round, meaning I get to be lazy again! :D
Vladimir takes the initiative this round by blasting Drain with a ridiculous amount of toxic sludge. He doesn't look too fazed, however; instead, he starts glowing purple before launching an even more powerful psychic blast back at Vladimir. Drain takes a little damage from poison, but Vladimir still took more damage this action.
Drain then throws up a screen that prevents any of Vladimir's paralyzing spores from making contact. Vladimir looks a little disappointed, but not as much Alch, who promptly begins to rant about how biased this battle has been. SoS pulls out some earplugs and settles down for a long nap.
Several hours later, it appears that Alch has forgotten what happened on Action 1 and orders Vladimir to use another Sludge Bomb. He reluctantly complies, leading to another Mirror Coat from Drain. SoS starts to chuckle quietly while Alch begins to yell something about ragequitting.
Actually, speaking of ragequitting, next round is going to be reverse timeflow, so Alch might want to do just that...except for the fact that next round promises to be the last, meaning that would make this entire match a waste for him. Looks like he'll be sticking around after all...
Hey, I just realized that I forgot to include the next round's timeflow in the calcs section, athough I did include it in the flavor. Does this affect either of your actions?
(I know this round is supposed to have reversed reffing, but, for all intents and purposes, let's say I reffed it backwards and then reversed it, okay? :D)
Drain, anticipating a Giga Drain from Vladimir, preps a Mirror Coat to reflect the attack. Unfortunately, the reversed time actually causes Vladimir's Giga Drain to hit after Drain has run out of time on his Mirror Coat. SoS looks very disappointed right now...
...But he needn't be for long. Drain's next attack, a bone-chilling Ice Beam, scores a critical hit on Vladimir, leaving him really low on HP. Vladimir responds to this attack by speeding down all the way across the arena, leaving him with a really embarrassed expression on his face.
Action 3 turns out to be a repeat of Action 1, with SoS failing at his orders again, but there is a catch this time: Vladimir runs out of energy and therefore faints! This means that the victory goes to Son_of_Shadoo! AND THE CROWD GOES DLIW! The two proud competitors shake hands, as Alch sets off for Celestial Tower and SoS heads out to trim his mustache. (And Dummy007 rakes in the profit. :P)
Mirror Coat (Shellos) [Failed]
0 damage
Energy Cost: 6
Giga Drain (Venonat) [Crit Roll: 4189; no crit]
((8 + 3*1.5 – 3*1.5) * 1.5) * 1/3 = 4 damage
HP Restored: 1
Energy Cost: 12
Venonat fainted from exhaustion!
Post-Action:
-2 HP (Shellos)
Total Damage:
-22 HP (Shellos)
-12 HP (Venonat)
Prize Time!
Son_of_Shadoo and Alchemator each receive 2 CC.
Godwin (Psyduck) receives 1 EC, 2 MC, and 1 DC.
Tough Nut (Ferroseed) receives 1 EC, 2 MC, and 1 KOC.
Drain (Shellos) and Vladimir (Venonat) each receive 1 EC, 2 MC, 1 DC, and 1 KOC.
Dummy007 receives 5 UC.
Good match, guys! I'll have to steal this arena some time. I think Alch stood a decent chance at winning this, but a combination of hax and the arena destroyed his hope, not to underplay SoS's battling skills. Whatever you think of the outcome, good luck in the future!
GG Alch, I do have to concede you're probably the better of us, I just got absurdly lucky, haha. Perhaps next time we can have a real test of our skills! Now, I have some evolutions to claim...