Never forget the obscure

[Chappers]

Edit: bah! how can I make the hp line up with the pictures since this forum seems to hate multiple spaces

Hello there, I've been lurking these forums for a little while but my internet has only just stabilised enough to actually start playing a few days ago. Being pretty inexperienced, I picked up a team that looked really good over on the RMT forum (http://www.smogon.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3449717) and after a day or so tweaked it around a bit to match my playing preferences. It has changed a little bit since I had this battle and I've peaked at rank #10 lately which shows just how good that guy is at team building.

In the actual battle i'm cutting out all the rain messages and shrinking the various leftovers/iron barbs etc, my comments will be in Red.

If anyone could come up with a better title name I'd be happy to switch it, I've always been awful with names

Battle between Chappers and No. 1 Machop Fan started!

Tier: Dream World
Variation: +9, -22
Rule: Rated
Rule: Sleep Clause
Rule: Species Clause
Rule: Wifi Battle

The Teams:

My team:

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Opponent's team:

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I look at his team, see a ditto in the lead position and then fail to actually check what the rest of his team is (this catches me unawares a few times, so I shall be writing as if I don't know the rest of his team.

Ditto scares me so I take the option where ditto can do the least harm to me and switch ferrothorn to my lead.

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No. 1 Machop Fan sent out Spy! (Ditto)
Chappers sent out Ferrothorn!
The foe's Spy transformed into Ferrothorn!

Everything goes as expected and he leads off with ditto. Now, time to start setting up hazards...
Start of turn 1 No. 1 Machop Fan called Spy back!
No. 1 Machop Fan sent out Varian! (Espeon)

Ferrothorn used Stealth Rock!
Ferrothorn's Stealth Rock was bounced back by Magic Mirror!
Pointed stones float in the air around Chappers's team!

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100% 100% 100%

Ah. I already forgot he had one of those, and I end up just placing them on my own field instead. Not too bad, I only have 1 poke weak to stealth rock.

Start of turn 2
Chappers called Ferrothorn back!
Chappers sent out Genesect!
Pointed stones dug into Genesect!

Genesect's Download activates!
Genesect's Attack rose!
The foe's Varian used Calm Mind!
The foe's Varian's Sp. Att. rose!
The foe's Varian's Sp. Def. rose!

NameXX is watching the battle.

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100% 87% 100%(+1SpA/+1SpD)

I switch to my scarfed Genesect to scare it out, and he starts to set up on me. U-turn looks to be my best choice here, as it will either annihilate his espeon if it's foolish enough to stay in, or at least scout out another of his pokemon.
Start of turn 3
No. 1 Machop Fan called Varian back!
No. 1 Machop Fan sent out Shelly! (Shedinja)

Genesect used U-turn!
The foe's Shelly's Wonder Guard evades the attack!

Chappers: lol
No. 1 Machop Fan: bad mistake on my part to Calm Mind :(

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87% 100% 100%

Uh-oh, a Shedinja. This means I'm now locked into a move which he is immune to, and checking through my team he's actually immune to five of them! Thus my only option here is to switch into Ferrothorn and try to get those hazards up.
Start of turn 4
Chappers called Genesect back!
Chappers sent out Ferrothorn!
Pointed stones dug into Ferrothorn!

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

Ferrothorn restored a little HP using its Leftovers!

>>>

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87% 100% 100%(+2Atk)

He now starts to set up on my helpless Genesect, and it's too early to guess what he's going to do next, so I go for the safe option and try to get rocks up again.
Start of turn 5
No. 1 Machop Fan called Shelly back!
No. 1 Machop Fan sent out Varian! (Espeon)

Ferrothorn used Stealth Rock!
Ferrothorn's Stealth Rock was bounced back by Magic Mirror!
But it failed!

NameXX stopped watching the battle.
Chappers: wow i have almost nothing to hit shedinja
No. 1 Machop Fan: >:D
Chappers: only entry hazards lol
No. 1 Machop Fan: excellent
No. 1 Machop Fan: lol
No. 1 Machop Fan: does that mean your Genesect is not Scarfed?
Chappers: it is scarfed
No. 1 Machop Fan: oh
Chappers: no flamethrower
Chappers: bug buzz instead

A lack of flamethrower really hurts on this match, as it would have gone so much easier, but usually bug buzz is better in rain so not much I could do.

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100% 100% 100%

He makes the obvious play here and switches back to Espeon on the predicted status - from his point of view, a leech seed was very likely and could have disposed of Shedinja swiftly. Sadly, I'm running spikes and stealth rock on this so that's not an option.
Start of turn 6
Chappers called Ferrothorn back!
Chappers sent out Politoed!
Pointed stones dug into Politoed!

Politoed's Drizzle made it rain!
The foe's Varian used Hidden Power!
It's not very effective...
Politoed lost 15 HP! (3% of its health)

Politoed restored a little HP using its Leftovers!

>>>

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100% 91% 100%

I don't want to keep Ferrothorn in any longer than I have to in case something is packing a surprise super effective attack. In this case I was dead on, as Espeon was carrying HP Fire, which would demolish the poor guy. So, I went to Politoed to set up my rain and, more importantly, begin my cunning plan to get rocks up.
Start of turn 7
The foe's Varian used Psyshock!
Politoed lost 166 HP! (43% of its health)

Politoed used Perish Song!
All Pokémon hearing the song will faint in three turns!

Politoed restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
The foe's Varian's perish count fell to 3.
Politoed's perish count fell to 3.

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54% 100%

Espeon deals out some pain on Politoed, but I manage to pull off my perish song, giving me a chance to get round that pesky magic bounce. This, however, will only work if Espeon doesn't switch out immediately.
Start of turn 8
Chappers called Politoed back!
Chappers sent out Ferrothorn!
Pointed stones dug into Ferrothorn!

The foe's Varian used Psyshock!
It's not very effective...
Ferrothorn lost 50 HP! (14% of its health)

Ferrothorn restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
The foe's Varian's perish count fell to 2.

>>>

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54% 86% 100%

He seemingly didn't catch on to my plan, and went for another psyshock not expecting me to go into Ferrothorn having revealed HP fire, and this turn guarantees my rocks going up a little later.
Start of turn 9
The foe's Varian used Hidden Power!
It's super effective!
Ferrothorn lost 116 HP! (32% of its health)

Ferrothorn used Stealth Rock!
Ferrothorn's Stealth Rock was bounced back by Magic Mirror!
But it failed!

Ferrothorn restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
The foe's Varian's perish count fell to 1.

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60% 100%

I had no idea when he was going to switch out, so I play it safe and go for a stealth rock, because at least that won't be setting up any more hazards on my side. However, he takes this oppertunity to nail my Ferrothorn with an HP Fire, but the rain softens the blow
Start of turn 10
No. 1 Machop Fan called Varian back!
No. 1 Machop Fan sent out Shelly! (Shedinja)

Ferrothorn used Stealth Rock!
Pointed stones float in the air around No. 1 Machop Fan's team!

Ferrothorn restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
Chappers: derp

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66% 100% 100%

Perish song forced the switch, so I can finally get my rocks up without that pesky Espeon bouncing them right back. The shedinja switch surprised me however as that was a very risky move if I had leech seed, which was still possible at this point due to only revealing rocks. If I had changed to anything else though, this would have been perfect so perhaps this was an overprediction on his part.
Start of turn 11
No. 1 Machop Fan called Shelly back!
No. 1 Machop Fan sent out Star! (Starmie)
Pointed stones dug into the foe's Star!

Ferrothorn used Thunder Wave!
The foe's Star is paralyzed! It may be unable to move!

The foe's Star restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
Ferrothorn restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
Chappers: uhh
Chappers: why switch out shedinja
Chappers: i couldn't touch it when it was in
Chappers: coulda swept me
No. 1 Machop Fan: Iron Barbs
Chappers: ohhhh

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72% 100% 92%(Par)

Yes that's right, two more things I forgot about, Iron barbs and the existence of a rapid spinner on his team, making that sneaky plan with the Perish song completely and utterly pointless, since my Thunder wave manages to hit something with Natural Cure to boot. However, I am seeing a pattern here in that he never keeps his Shedinja in vs Ferrothorn, which I can use to my advantage later.
Start of turn 12
Chappers called Ferrothorn back!
Chappers sent out Genesect!
Pointed stones dug into Genesect!

Genesect's Download activates!
Genesect's Attack rose!
The foe's Star used Rapid Spin!
It's not very effective...
A critical hit!
Genesect lost 11 HP! (3% of its health)
The foe's Star blew away Stealth Rock!

The foe's Star restored a little HP using its Leftovers!

>>>

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72% 72% 100%(Par)

I don't want any unnecessary damage to land on Ferrothorn at this point since it's my only answer to Shedinja, which an Ice beam would certainly count here.
Start of turn 13
No. 1 Machop Fan called Star back!
No. 1 Machop Fan sent out Shelly! (Shedinja)

Genesect used U-turn!
The foe's Shelly's Wonder Guard evades the attack!

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72% 100%(Par) 100%

I went for the all-too-obvious U-turn, which he easily predicts and switches back to Shedinja for free.

Start of turn 14
Chappers called Genesect back!
Chappers sent out Ferrothorn!
Pointed stones dug into Ferrothorn!

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

Ferrothorn restored a little HP using its Leftovers!

I switch back into Ferrothorn to scare Shedinja back out, and he makes his only safe move in swords dancing, but not being brave enough to double switch predicting mine.

>>>

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72% 72% 100%(+2Atk)
Start of turn 15
No. 1 Machop Fan called Shelly back!
No. 1 Machop Fan sent out Varian! (Espeon)

Ferrothorn used Power Whip!
The attack of Ferrothorn missed!

Ferrothorn restored a little HP using its Leftovers!

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78% 100% 100%

I predict his switch out into Espeon, but sadly my Power whip misses, which will really hurt later on.
Start of turn 16
Chappers called Ferrothorn back!
Chappers sent out Scizor!
Pointed stones dug into Scizor!

The foe's Varian used Hidden Power!
It's super effective!
Scizor lost 204 HP! (59% of its health)

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78% 28% 100%

I had no business staying in with Ferrothorn here, so I switch out to scizor to hopefully make him get greedy and stay in when he shouldn't on the next turn.
Start of turn 17
Scizor used Bullet Punch!
The foe's Varian lost 98% of its health!

The foe's Varian used Hidden Power!
It's super effective!
Scizor lost 97 HP! (28% of its health)
Scizor fainted!
No. 1 Machop Fan: 3 of your Pokemon are Fire-weak :/

The foe's Varian restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
Chappers: yes
Chappers sent out Genesect!
Pointed stones dug into Genesect!

Genesect's Download activates!
Genesect's Attack rose!

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0%(Fnt) 65% 8%

5-6
98%...So close it hurts, as either a higher roll on damage (I suspect, I haven't run any calcs) or Power Whip landing earlier would have saved my Scizor here. I send out Genesect again to scare off Espeon
Start of turn 18
Chappers called Genesect back!
Chappers sent out Ferrothorn!
Pointed stones dug into Ferrothorn!

No. 1 Machop Fan called Varian back!
No. 1 Machop Fan sent out Shelly! (Shedinja)

Ferrothorn restored a little HP using its Leftovers!

>>>

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65% 78% 8% 100%

I predict his switch back into Shedinja and pull off a double switch, putting me in a favourable position. So far he's been very unwilling to keep Shedinja in, so hopefully my next plan will work out.
Start of turn 19
No. 1 Machop Fan called Shelly back!
No. 1 Machop Fan sent out Varian! (Espeon)

Ferrothorn used Power Whip!
The foe's Varian lost 8% of its health!
The foe's Varian fainted!

Ferrothorn restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
No. 1 Machop Fan sent out Cairne! (Conkeldurr)

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82% 100% 0%(Fnt) 100%

5-5
Perfect! And this time Power whip doesn't miss to net the ko. No longer can he prevent rocks going up, forcing a lot more Starmie switch ins hopefully and a chance to take it out. Now he sends in Conkeldurr, which threatens a Drain Punch to annihilate Ferrothorn. Obviously I can't stay in on this, so I switch out to Latios, which will easily be able to ko, and I hope he doesn't predict this move with a payback.

 

[Chappers]

Start of turn 20
Chappers called Ferrothorn back!
Chappers sent out Latios!
Pointed stones dug into Latios!

The foe's Cairne used Nasty Plot!
The foe's Cairne's Sp. Att. sharply rose!

Chappers: wat
Chappers: nasty plot conkeldurr?

As you can see, this threw me for a loop, since I'd forgotton his team (still). I don't twig, and still think I can ko with a psyshock here, so I go for it.

>>>

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82% 82% 100%(+2SpA)
Start of turn 21
Latios used Psyshock!
It had no effect!

The foe's Cairne used Dark Pulse!
It's super effective!
A critical hit!
Chappers: wat
Latios lost 265 HP! (87% of its health)
Latios fainted!
Chappers: oh

Chappers: fail
No. 1 Machop Fan: XD
Chappers: i get it
No. 1 Machop Fan: I love doing that
Chappers sent out Genesect!
Pointed stones dug into Genesect!

Genesect's Download activates!
Genesect's Attack rose!

>>>

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0%(Fnt) 47% 100%(+2SpA)

4-5
Yeah. That's a Zoroark and I fell for it hook, line and sinker at the expense of my Latios. I send in Genesect, who could easily ko this sneaky little devil. Since last time I pulled a double switch here, I predict him to change into something that is not Shedinja, and U-turn.

Start of turn 22
No. 1 Machop Fan called Cairne back!
No. 1 Machop Fan sent out Shelly! (Shedinja)

Genesect used U-turn!
The foe's Shelly's Wonder Guard evades the attack!

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47% 100% 100%

And that was a massive overprediction, giving Shedinja another free switch in, while rocks slowly wear down my Genesect.
Start of turn 23
Chappers called Genesect back!
Chappers sent out Ferrothorn!
Pointed stones dug into Ferrothorn!

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

Ferrothorn restored a little HP using its Leftovers!

>>>

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47% 82% 100%

I make the obvious move, not wanting to overpredict twice in a row and go to Ferrothorn. He still plays it safe and goes for another Swords Dance. He really hates staying in with Shedinja here, so I predict a switch and Power whip.
Start of turn 24
No. 1 Machop Fan called Shelly back!
No. 1 Machop Fan sent out Cairne! (Conkeldurr)

Ferrothorn used Power Whip!
The foe's Cairne lost 79% of its health!

Ferrothorn restored a little HP using its Leftovers!

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88% 100% 21%

Wow, Zoroark is a lot frailer than I expected, and that did a ton. I still can't stay in on Zoroark though, as I know they carry Flamethrower. However, I don't really have any good switch ins either as Politoed dies to Flamethrower + Dark Pulse, Genesect dies to Flamethrower and I need my Thundurus healthy. So, time to fodder out my Genesect for a safe Thundurus switch in.
Start of turn 25
Chappers called Ferrothorn back!
Chappers sent out Genesect!
Pointed stones dug into Genesect!

Genesect's Download activates!
Genesect's Attack rose!
The foe's Foxtrot used Flamethrower!
It's super effective!
Genesect lost 97 HP! (34% of its health)
Genesect fainted!

No. 1 Machop Fan: that's a relief
Chappers sent out Thundurus!
Pointed stones dug into Thundurus!
Chappers: :(

>>>

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88% 0%(Fnt) 82% 21%

3-5
Not much to say here, everything went as expected.

Start of turn 26
Thundurus used Thunder!
The foe's Foxtrot lost 20% of its health!
The foe's Foxtrot fainted!

Thundurus restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
No. 1 Machop Fan sent out Cairne! (Conkeldurr)

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88% 0%(Fnt) 100%

3-4
I pray he doesn't make the obvious move of switching into Shedinja again, and go for the Thunder to revenge. He sends out the real Conkeldurr this time, which tells me it's carrying Stone edge. Time for my secret weapon!
Start of turn 27
Thundurus used Substitute!
Thundurus made a substitute!

The foe's Cairne used Stone Edge!
It's super effective!
A critical hit!
Thundurus's substitute faded!

Thundurus restored a little HP using its Leftovers!

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67% 100%

Substitute spam! This basically carries on until he misses, or I run out of hp to sub.
Start of turn 28
Thundurus used Substitute!
Thundurus made a substitute!

The foe's Cairne used Stone Edge!
It's super effective!
A critical hit!
Thundurus's substitute faded!

Thundurus restored a little HP using its Leftovers!

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46% 100%

Another useless crit here, pretty amusing.
Start of turn 29
Thundurus used Substitute!
Thundurus made a substitute!

The foe's Cairne used Stone Edge!
The attack of the foe's Cairne missed!

Thundurus restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
No. 1 Machop Fan: o.O

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25%(Sub) 100%

And a miss, perfect! I don't go for the obvious nasty plot here (I am carrying it) as I don't want a possible Ditto to get it, and I don't need it for Starmie or Shedinja.
Start of turn 30
Thundurus used Thunder!
The foe's Cairne lost 65% of its health!

The foe's Cairne used Stone Edge!
It's super effective!
Thundurus's substitute faded!

Thundurus restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
No. 1 Machop Fan: 2 crits on subs :/

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31% 34%

Sadly this Stone edge does connect and breaks my sub, perhaps I should have gone for another sub here just in case he misses, but I want that Conkeldurr dead.
Start of turn 31
Thundurus used Thunder!
The foe's Cairne lost 34% of its health!
The foe's Cairne fainted!

Thundurus restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
Chappers: hehe
No. 1 Machop Fan sent out Spy! (Ditto)

The foe's Spy transformed into Thundurus!

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37% 0%(Fnt) 100%

3-3
So Conkeldurr dies as expected, and he sends in his Ditto to revenge.
Start of turn 32
The foe's Spy used Thunder!
Thundurus lost 111 HP! (37% of its health)
Thundurus fainted!

Chappers: oh ye scarf
Chappers: dangit
Chappers sent out Ferrothorn!
Pointed stones dug into Ferrothorn!

>>>

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0%(Fnt) 88% 100%

2-3
I forgot about the scarf, but in hindsight I would have done the exact same thing and fodder him out anyway, so no harm done.
Start of turn 33
The foe's Spy used Thunder!
It's not very effective...
Ferrothorn lost 75 HP! (21% of its health)

Ferrothorn used Thunder Wave!
The foe's Spy is paralyzed! It may be unable to move!

Ferrothorn restored a little HP using its Leftovers!

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73% 100%(Par)

I go for the Thunder wave here, hoping to get some parahax, or at least cripple it for future switch ins.
Start of turn 34
The foe's Spy used Thunder!
It's not very effective...
Ferrothorn lost 74 HP! (21% of its health)

Ferrothorn used Stealth Rock!
Pointed stones float in the air around No. 1 Machop Fan's team!

Ferrothorn restored a little HP using its Leftovers!

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58%(Par) 100%(Par)

Now I get my rocks up, to force Starmie to waste a turn rapid spinning.
Start of turn 35
The foe's Spy used Thunder!
It's not very effective...
Ferrothorn lost 69 HP! (19% of its health)
Ferrothorn is paralyzed! It may be unable to move!

Ferrothorn used Power Whip!
It's not very effective...
The foe's Spy lost 29% of its health!

Ferrothorn restored a little HP using its Leftovers!

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45%(Par) 71%(Par)

I don't see any point to setting spikes up, and I'm starting to get worried about my Ferrothorn's hp. Sadly he did paralyze me, but it's time to Power whip away. Thankfully I'm killing him faster than he's killing me at least.
Start of turn 36
The foe's Spy used Thunder!
It's not very effective...
Ferrothorn lost 67 HP! (19% of its health)

Ferrothorn used Power Whip!
It's not very effective...
The foe's Spy lost 31% of its health!

Ferrothorn restored a little HP using its Leftovers!

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32%(Par) 40%(Par)

More power whips
Start of turn 37
No. 1 Machop Fan called Spy back!
No. 1 Machop Fan sent out Star! (Starmie)
Pointed stones dug into the foe's Star!

Ferrothorn is paralyzed! It can't move!

The foe's Star restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
Ferrothorn restored a little HP using its Leftovers!

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>>>

38%(Par) 40%(Par) 94%

This turn was horrible, as I don't doubt that Power whip would have done enourmous damage to his Starmie. I am surprised he didn't just leave his Ditto in to die here, as it wears down Ferrothorn and Starmie crushes Politoed with Thunderbolt, plus makes his starmie less likely to eat a Power whip to the face.
Start of turn 38
Chappers called Ferrothorn back!
Chappers sent out Politoed!
Pointed stones dug into Politoed!

The foe's Star used Rapid Spin!
Politoed lost 13 HP! (3% of its health)
The foe's Star blew away Stealth Rock!

The foe's Star restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
Politoed restored a little HP using its Leftovers!

>>>

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38%(Par) 45% 100%

Horrible misplay on my part here, I should have gone for the power whip while it had to rapid spin, but I was really afraid of losing my Ferrothorn so I went to Politoed to try and sleep it for free attacks from Ferrothorn.
Start of turn 39
The foe's Star used Thunderbolt!
It's super effective!
Politoed lost 136 HP! (35% of its health)

Politoed used Hypnosis!
The foe's Star fell asleep!

Politoed restored a little HP using its Leftovers!

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15% 100%(Slp)

He cripples me with thunderbolt, but at least Hypnosis lands. Now, to switch back to Ferrothorn and get whipping.
Start of turn 40
No. 1 Machop Fan called Star back!
No. 1 Machop Fan sent out Spy! (Ditto)

The foe's Spy transformed into Politoed!
Chappers called Politoed back!
Chappers sent out Ferrothorn!
Pointed stones dug into Ferrothorn!

Ferrothorn restored a little HP using its Leftovers!

>>>

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15% 38%(Par) 100%(Slp) 39%(Par)

I didn't see this coming, but I really should have, since it gets rid of his sleep guaranteed and lets Ditto come back in on something that's not Ferrothorn.
Start of turn 41
The foe's Spy used Ice Beam!
Ferrothorn lost 48 HP! (13% of its health)

Ferrothorn is paralyzed! It can't move!

Ferrothorn restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
No. 1 Machop Fan: interesting

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31%(Par) 39%(Par)

I know my politoed is a more defensive variant for surviving longer in weather wars, so I'm not afraid of this and decide to kill it. Sadly, I get paralyzed again here but it doesn't make a huge difference.
Start of turn 42
The foe's Spy used Ice Beam!
Ferrothorn lost 50 HP! (14% of its health)

Ferrothorn used Power Whip!
It's super effective!
The foe's Spy lost 39% of its health!
The foe's Spy fainted!

Ferrothorn restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
No. 1 Machop Fan sent out Star! (Starmie)

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23%(Par) 0%(Fnt) 100%

I survived, but Ferrothorn is now dangerously low. I was trying desperately to keep Ferrothorn alive here so I make a huge misplay and fodder out Politoed.
Start of turn 43
Chappers called Ferrothorn back!
Chappers sent out Politoed!
Pointed stones dug into Politoed!

The foe's Star used Hydro Pump!
It's not very effective...
Politoed lost 6 HP! (1% of its health)
Politoed fainted!
Chappers: gg

Chappers sent out Ferrothorn!
Pointed stones dug into Ferrothorn!

>>>

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23%(Par) 0%(Fnt) 12%(Par) 100%

1-2
Well, all that succeeded in doing was losing politoed and putting extra rocks damage on Ferrothorn, shutting out my final hopes.
Start of turn 44
The foe's Star used Thunderbolt!
It's not very effective...
A critical hit!
Ferrothorn lost 45 HP! (12% of its health)
Ferrothorn fainted!

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0%(Fnt) 100%

0-2
Pretty sure this crit was unnecessary and my opponent takes the game with a close 2-0. Also, surprisingly the only crit in the game which didn't touch a sub, which was nice.
No. 1 Machop Fan won the battle!

Some after game chat, not particularly interesting

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No. 1 Machop Fan:

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Another win for a GIMMICK team! :/
No. 1 Machop Fan: this would make a good warstory IMO
Chappers: i almost didn't have ferrothorn:)
Chappers: post it if you like
No. 1 Machop Fan: lol
Chappers: had a rachi until this morning
Chappers: but yeah that one was pretty fun
No. 1 Machop Fan: Starmie's new to my team
Chappers: it helps a lot
No. 1 Machop Fan: I used to use Excardill
Chappers: i'd say starmie is better for your team
Chappers: well i'm looking forward to reading that warstory:)
No. 1 Machop Fan: its point was to be a Rapid Spinner
Chappers: yeah
No. 1 Machop Fan: and I've decided not to do one
Chappers: ok
Chappers: but yeah i am pretty fire weak but i rely on rain to reduce that
Chappers: hp fire in rain isn't too scary

So that's the game, and easily the goofiest match I've had so far

Props:
My opponent for actually using a Shedinja team and the great game
Shedinja for walling the hell out of me
Ferrothorn for doing likewise to him
Zoroark for the surprise ko
Espeon for bouncing everything back in my face
Genesect for constantly threating everything but Shedinja

Slops:
Latios for doing absolutely nothing
Me for chickening out with Ferrothorn on the second to last turn, although a rain-boosted Hydro pump might have koed anyway

MVP:

Ferrothorn for scoring two koes and just being almost impossible to stop

 

[VKCA]

Lovely formating hombre.

 

[macle]

You're terrible predicting skills kinda turned me off from the warstory. His moves were really obvious for the most part.

I like the perish song -> ferrothorn to set up sr. I don't know why you didn't power whip the starmie...

You should really write down teams before battles...

 

[ginganinja]

well it was a good read and you made a good effort with formatting so well done there. I am at a loss however as to why at Turn 12 (?) when it was Ferro vs Starmie, you switched out to Genocent. You knew that Starmie was a Rapid Spinner, you had Rain to decrease a rare HP Fire and Power Whip (I imagine) would have OHKOed letting you keep your hazards up.

 

[Stratos]

The commentary was lacking, but the format and battle were good. 6/10

 

[Chappers]

Basically not going for the power whip was a massive misplay, not much else to that really, my only thought process at the time was keeping all damage off Ferrothorn.

 

[No. 1 Machop Fan]

Originally, this team was actually meant to just be a fun, non-competitive team full of gimmicks! It only became my main team because it became so surprisingly successful (as gloated constantly in my sig). Shedinja is one such gimmick, but my experience with this team has allowed me to pretty much master the Shed Pokémon.

When I battle, rather than going head-to-head with power, I play tricks and mind games with my opponent, quickly using numerous forms of trickery to break my opponent's momentum, as seen in this battle. Oftentimes I also use my opponent's moves against them, like with Espeon's Magic Bounce.

Part of the reason I play with such cunning is because I think it makes Pokémon more fun. >:D

 

[Daenym]

Ok, as soon as I opened up the spoiler for your opponent's team, this had my attention.

The battle itself felt somewhat lacking, but I really enjoyed Shedinja mindgames.

And the Nasty Plot Conkeldurr thing made me crack up :D

 

[Tenodera]

Nasty Plot Conkeldurr would pwn. Lol.

I actually thought that although the commentary wasn't long, it was insightful and level-headed. Some of the Ferrothorn-related hax hurt though, but otherwise the battle had very little of that. Fewer misplays would have made this a really awesome first warstory!

I can completely relate to forgetting your opponent's team! Whether we like it or not, some of us are still playing without team preview.

 

[Xephyr]

Nasty Plot Conkeldurr isn't a joke, guys. It's serious business. Nasty Plot/Focus Blast/Grass Knot/Hidden Power Fire sweeps unprepared teams.

 

[TM13IceBeam]

Imagine a Conkeldurr using Nasty Plot.

Imagine a gruff, rough, tough guy with 2 fucking concrete slabs in his arms and a clown nose actually thinking.

There you go, that's why its funny.

Also, Shedinja ftw. 7/10.

 

[His Eminence Lord Poppington II]

Originally, this team was actually meant to just be a fun, non-competitive team full of gimmicks! It only became my main team because it became so surprisingly successful (as gloated constantly in my sig). Shedinja is one such gimmick, but my experience with this team has allowed me to pretty much master the Shed Pokémon.

When I battle, rather than going head-to-head with power, I play tricks and mind games with my opponent, quickly using numerous forms of trickery to break my opponent's momentum, as seen in this battle. Oftentimes I also use my opponent's moves against them, like with Espeon's Magic Bounce.

Part of the reason I play with such cunning is because I think it makes Pokémon more fun. >:D

it's pokemon, not a 6 month siege of a medieval stronghold. that being said chappers played in a ridiculously predictable manner but the format redeems the warstory somewhat.

 

[FriedEgg]

Nasty plot Conkeldurr had me in hysterics. So did your mention of leech seed. Somehow he knew you weren't running leech seed, but how? It's not like he found out on the first turn of the battle.

...wait a sec...

 

[SP458]

NP Conkeldurr, so funny... I'd have switched to Thundurus just after the Nasty Plot. Print Screen + Paint is a useful tool to get your opponent's team if you don't have paper and a pencil close to you.

Apart from that misplay when facing Zoroark, there are all these overpredictions by Shedinja. TBH, your opponent fully exploited its abilities.
Wonderful format and passable comments.

Format: 10/10
Battle: 5/10
Commentary: 6/10
Overall: 6/10

 

[Citizen]

Uhh guys the format was decent (but it still sometimes got really confusing) but that doesn't excuse the actual warstory, which is, frankly, pretty bad. I mean, both players were just outright pussies and didn't dare to try anything different or outlandish. You say that Shedinja walled you to hell but what did it do? Every single time it just set up SD before switching out when it could've just scored free damage. And seriously, just.use.power.whip.already. Starmie and Espeon could've been non-factors early on in the game if you didn't repeatedly try and use SR.

And no, the NP Roobushin wasn't *funny*, it was a horrible play. Any competent person knows that 1. Roobushin doesn't learn NP and 2. Fighting types are perfect disguises for Zoroark (you even saw that there was a Zoroark in team preview). All this coupled with short and undescriptive commentary and the fact that you tell the opponent crucial facts that could help them score a win adds up to one mediocre warstory.

 

[No. 1 Machop Fan]

Uhh guys the format was decent (but it still sometimes got really confusing) but that doesn't excuse the actual warstory, which is, frankly, pretty bad. I mean, both players were just outright pussies and didn't dare to try anything different or outlandish. You say that Shedinja walled you to hell but what did it do? Every single time it just set up SD before switching out when it could've just scored free damage. And seriously, just.use.power.whip.already. Starmie and Espeon could've been non-factors early on in the game if you didn't repeatedly try and use SR.

And no, the NP Roobushin wasn't *funny*, it was a horrible play. Any competent person knows that 1. Roobushin doesn't learn NP and 2. Fighting types are perfect disguises for Zoroark (you even saw that there was a Zoroark in team preview). All this coupled with short and undescriptive commentary and the fact that you tell the opponent crucial facts that could help them score a win adds up to one mediocre warstory.

My team in itself is different and outlandish. It grabs a bunch of fun gimmicks and puts them together, and somehow it works!

Also, am I a pussy for playing with nerd-brains rather than power? I play with brains and cunning mainly because it's a lot more fun. Not only that, but my play style actually got me as high as the top 50 in the Dream World tier, and I've remained in the top 100 for a while now.

 

[No Luck Involved]

This was a really funny warstory! The battle was filled with mistakes and facepalm moments but I felt they were rather hilarious and enjoyable to read! Espeon walling your Ferro over and over... and Latios staying in on a Nasty Plot Conkeldurr (doh). This obviously wasn't meant to be a showcase of Pokemon genius and player skill. It's nice to see a not so serious Warstory once in a while and the this was a funny battle with an interesting team. It's a thumbs up from me!

 

[Prankster]

I kinda wanted to stop when you revealed that your genesect does not have flame thrower and is scarfed. Never reveal anything about your team to your opponent. Good read, though
I also liked how you recorded a losing warstory. Havent seen one of those for a while
Also, how is your team a gimmick team? It seems pretty normal to me.

 

[Benny in a Jet]

You really love your Ferrothorn don't you? You sacrificed half your team to keep him safe. -_-
Other then that, it's clear you put effort into this warstory, but the misplays and your predictability around MB Espeon turned me off. 6.5/10
NP Conk FTW xO

 

[Lone_Prodigy]

I never like including chat messages in a battle. It's almost always irrelevant. Except when you reveal your Pokemon's moves (which you shouldn't).

5/10. The amount of misplays made this warstory hard to read. Format is good though.

 

[His Eminence Lord Poppington II]

machop you are being extremely obnoxious in your flaunting of supposed 'cunning', 'nerd-brains' and the like. please, stop trying to make it out that you're a super-special player who lives off his wits and devilry whilst using his wiles to beat his opponents into submission. that being said the warstory was actually pretty damn terrible, i was too nice earlier.

 

[Stratos]

machop you are being extremely obnoxious with in your flaunting of supposed 'cunning', 'nerd-brains' and the like. please, stop trying to make it out that you're a super-special player who lives off his wits and devilry whilst using his wiles to beat his opponents into submission.

This is so incredibly true, it's really off-putting how you think that you're the only one in Pokemon with decent prediction skills and that you're "only at 45 because you're using gimmicks" and like seriously just shush.

 

[No. 1 Machop Fan]

Geez, sorry I'm so overconfident! >_>

"Be careful what you wish for cuz you just might get it"

 

[gabezj]

This was a really funny warstory! The battle was filled with mistakes and facepalm moments but I felt they were rather hilarious and enjoyable to read! Espeon walling your Ferro over and over... and Latios staying in on a Nasty Plot Conkeldurr (doh). This obviously wasn't meant to be a showcase of Pokemon genius and player skill. It's nice to see a not so serious Warstory once in a while and the this was a funny battle with an interesting team. It's a thumbs up from me!

This. Too many people are hating just because this warstory isnt just like all the others yet remains just as enjoyable.