One of the closest battles I'll ever have (warstory)

[genus]

So I was on shoddy, jonesing for a battle, and I felt the need to beat up on some incompetent players. As such, I put out the following notice:

<genus> looking for an engaging battle of sorts, in which my well thought out and carefully-constructed team is torn down by a combination of stunning strategies and clever tactics.

Within minutes, someone named 'razorcloud' challenged me. I figured this would probably be a quick match (he has cloud in his username, that does sound off some red flags and alarm bells), but a match nonetheless. I assembled my team and the battle began.

genus

vs.


razorcloud

As you may have noticed, he was using a gimmick team, which makes this summary all the more humiliating.

The summary itself, devoid of any Pokemon Green sprites (I promise)

razorcloud sent out Abomasnow.
genus sent out Vaporeon.
Abomasnow's Snow Warning started a blizzard!
Hail began to fall!

Abomasnow? I think I have this won allready.

Vaporeon used Toxic.
Abomasnow was badly poisoned!
Abomasnow used Energy Ball.
It's super effective!
Vaporeon lost 45% of its health.
The hail continues to fall.
Vaporeon is pelted by hail!
Vaporeon lost 6% of its health.
Abomasnow is hurt by poison!
Abomasnow lost 6% of its health.
Vaporeon's leftovers restored its health a little!
Vaporeon restored 6% of its health.

Poor judgement my end, using toxic on Abomasnow. What with the fact Abomasnow doesn't need to be worn down by poison to feint. Still, I can easily heal with Wish, and extra damage is always nice. Maybe he'll even switch something else in that toxic is useful against.

Vaporeon used Wish.
Vaporeon made a wish!
Abomasnow used Energy Ball.
It's super effective!
Vaporeon lost 40% of its health.
The hail continues to fall.
Vaporeon is pelted by hail!
Vaporeon lost 6% of its health.
Abomasnow's leftovers restored its health a little!
Abomasnow restored 6% of its health.
Abomasnow is hurt by poison!
Abomasnow lost 12% of its health.
Vaporeon's leftovers restored its health a little!
Vaporeon restored 6% of its health.
Vaporeon used Protect.
Vaporeon protected itself!
Abomasnow used Energy Ball.
Vaporeon protected itself!
The hail continues to fall.
Vaporeon is pelted by hail!
Vaporeon lost 6% of its health.
Abomasnow's leftovers restored its health a little!
Abomasnow restored 6% of its health.
Abomasnow is hurt by poison!
Abomasnow lost 19% of its health.
Vaporeon's leftovers restored its health a little!
Vaporeon restored 6% of its health.
The wish came true!
Vaporeon restored 50% of its health.

I'm at ~80% health, I figure I'll keep this up so I can force a switch.

Vaporeon used Wish.
Vaporeon made a wish!
Abomasnow used Energy Ball.
It's super effective!
Vaporeon lost 42% of its health.
Vaporeon's special defence was lowered.
The hail continues to fall.
Vaporeon is pelted by hail!
Vaporeon lost 6% of its health.
Abomasnow's leftovers restored its health a little!
Abomasnow restored 6% of its health.
Abomasnow is hurt by poison!
Abomasnow lost 25% of its health.
Vaporeon's leftovers restored its health a little!
Vaporeon restored 6% of its health.
Vaporeon used Protect.
Vaporeon protected itself!
Abomasnow used Energy Ball.
Vaporeon protected itself!
The hail continues to fall.
Vaporeon is pelted by hail!
Vaporeon lost 6% of its health.
Abomasnow's leftovers restored its health a little!
Abomasnow restored 6% of its health.
Abomasnow is hurt by poison!
Abomasnow lost 31% of its health.
Vaporeon's leftovers restored its health a little!
Vaporeon restored 6% of its health.
The wish came true!
Vaporeon restored 50% of its health.

The special defense redux hurts, but Vaporeon can take another hit and his Abomasnow is going down anyways. I decide to leave Vaporeon in.

razorcloud switched in Froslass.
Vaporeon used Wish.
Vaporeon made a wish!
The hail continues to fall.
Vaporeon is pelted by hail!
Vaporeon lost 6% of its health.
Vaporeon's leftovers restored its health a little!
Vaporeon restored 6% of its health.
Froslass used Thunderbolt.
It's super effective!
Vaporeon lost 55% of its health.
Vaporeon used Toxic.
Vaporeon's attack missed!
The hail continues to fall.
Vaporeon is pelted by hail!
Vaporeon lost 6% of its health.
Vaporeon's leftovers restored its health a little!
Vaporeon restored 6% of its health.
The wish came true!
Vaporeon restored 50% of its health.

Toxic missing annoys me (I hate Snow Veil), but I still keep Vaporeon in since it's not going down any time soon.

Froslass used Thunderbolt.
It's super effective!
Vaporeon lost 56% of its health.
Vaporeon used Wish.
Vaporeon made a wish!
The hail continues to fall.
Vaporeon is pelted by hail!
Vaporeon lost 6% of its health.
Vaporeon's leftovers restored its health a little!
Vaporeon restored 6% of its health.
Vaporeon used Protect.
Vaporeon protected itself!
Froslass used Thunderbolt.
Vaporeon protected itself!
The hail continues to fall.
Vaporeon is pelted by hail!
Vaporeon lost 6% of its health.
Vaporeon's leftovers restored its health a little!
Vaporeon restored 6% of its health.
The wish came true!
Vaporeon restored 50% of its health.

I'm getting pretty tired of this, so I decide it's time to bring in Blissey to change things around.

genus switched in Blissey.
Froslass used Thunderbolt.
Blissey lost 9% of its health.
The hail continues to fall.
Blissey is pelted by hail!
Blissey lost 6% of its health.
Blissey's leftovers restored its health a little!
Blissey restored 6% of its health.
razorcloud switched in Mamoswine.
Blissey used Thunder Wave.
It doesn't affect Mamoswine...
The hail continues to fall.
Blissey is pelted by hail!
Blissey lost 6% of its health.
Blissey's leftovers restored its health a little!
Blissey restored 6% of its health.

Balls, Mamoswine. I didn't even get to cripple a sweeper before needing to switch out. It's at this point I realize he is running an ice team.

genus switched in Slowbro.
Mamoswine used Earthquake.
Slowbro lost 53% of its health.
The hail continues to fall.
Slowbro is pelted by hail!
Slowbro lost 6% of its health.
Slowbro's leftovers restored its health a little!
Slowbro restored 6% of its health.

That did much more damage than I thought. I can't just let Slowbro die, and I can Wishpass to him pretty easily, so I decide to switch things up. Making Mamoswine out to be a choice bander...

genus switched in Salamence.
Salamence's intimidate cut Mamoswine's attack!
Mamoswine used Earthquake.
It doesn't affect Salamence...
The hail continues to fall.
Salamence is pelted by hail!
Salamence lost 6% of its health.
razorcloud switched in Arcanine.
Salamence used Draco Meteor.
A critical hit!
Arcanine lost 260% of its health.
razorcloud's Arcanine fainted.
Salamence's special attack was harshly lowered.
The hail continues to fall.
Salamence is pelted by hail!
Salamence lost 6% of its health.

6-5 genus

That part surprised me. Arcanine isn't the sort of pokemon you expect to show up on an ice team. Or any team.

razorcloud switched in Mamoswine.
genus switched in Slowbro.
Mamoswine used Ice Shard.
It's not very effective...
Slowbro lost 10% of its health.
The hail continues to fall.
Slowbro is pelted by hail!
Slowbro lost 6% of its health.
Slowbro's leftovers restored its health a little!
Slowbro restored 6% of its health.
razorcloud switched in Abomasnow.
Abomasnow's Snow Warning started a blizzard!
Slowbro used Slack Off.
Slowbro restored 50% of its health.
The hail continues to fall.
Slowbro is pelted by hail!
Slowbro lost 6% of its health.
Abomasnow's leftovers restored its health a little!
Abomasnow restored 6% of its health.
Abomasnow is hurt by poison!
Abomasnow lost 6% of its health.
Slowbro's leftovers restored its health a little!
Slowbro restored 6% of its health.

I leave Slowbro in, hoping that Calm Mind+leftovers will let it survive an Energy Ball.

Abomasnow used Energy Ball.
It's super effective!
Slowbro lost 53% of its health.
Slowbro used Calm Mind.
Slowbro's special attack was raised.
Slowbro's special defence was raised.
The hail continues to fall.
Slowbro is pelted by hail!
Slowbro lost 6% of its health.
Abomasnow's leftovers restored its health a little!
Abomasnow restored 6% of its health.
Abomasnow is hurt by poison!
Abomasnow lost 12% of its health.
Slowbro's leftovers restored its health a little!
Slowbro restored 6% of its health.

And then I remember that there's a Hailstorm going on.

Abomasnow used Energy Ball.
It's super effective!
Slowbro lost 36% of its health.
genus's Slowbro fainted.
The hail continues to fall.
Abomasnow's leftovers restored its health a little!
Abomasnow restored 6% of its health.
Abomasnow is hurt by poison!
Abomasnow lost 19% of its health

5-5 all

And then I foolishly sacrifice a very useful pokemon. Still, I figure, no matter. I have some pretty potent pokemon laying around, what could an ice team possibly due to force a loss?

genus switched in Weavile.
Weavile is exerting its pressure!
Weavile used Brick Break.
It's super effective!
Abomasnow lost 50% of its health.
razorcloud's Abomasnow fainted.

5-4 genus

Yeah, a rinky-dink ice team has nothing on me.

The hail continues to fall.
razorcloud switched in Cloyster.
Weavile used Swords Dance.
Weavile's attack was sharply raised.
Cloyster used Toxic Spikes.
Spikes were scattered everywhere!
Toxic Spikes were scattered around the foe's team!
The hail continues to fall.

Toxic Spikes, hail, and 2 pokemon who now have very high evasion rates. Now I'm starting to worry; this team's starting to look decent.

Weavile used Brick Break.
It's super effective!
Cloyster lost 79% of its health.
Cloyster used Explosion.
Weavile lost 162% of its health.
Weavile hung on using its Focus Sash!
razorcloud's Cloyster fainted.
The hail continues to fall.

5-3 genus

And now I've essentially lost another valuable pokemon. I'm just waiting for another bombshell. Mamoswine's going to be a pain to take down, Blissey and Vaporeon are losing ~12% health every turn so really can't wall too well, Dugtrio is useless against the tankish Mamoswine and nippy Froslass, Salamence is 4x weak to the type all his pokemon are packing, and Weavile has 1 hp and toxic spikes to look forward to. Oh, and I still don't know what his last pokemon is. I'm nervous.

genus switched in Vaporeon.
Vaporeon was poisoned!
Vaporeon was poisoned by the Toxic Spikes!
Mamoswine used Ice Shard.
It's not very effective...
Vaporeon lost 13% of its health.
The hail continues to fall.
Vaporeon is pelted by hail!
Vaporeon lost 6% of its health.
Vaporeon's leftovers restored its health a little!
Vaporeon restored 6% of its health.
Vaporeon is hurt by poison!
Vaporeon lost 12% of its health.
razorcloud switched in Froslass.
Vaporeon used Wish.
Vaporeon made a wish!
The hail continues to fall.
Vaporeon is pelted by hail!
Vaporeon lost 6% of its health.
Vaporeon's leftovers restored its health a little!
Vaporeon restored 6% of its health.
Vaporeon is hurt by poison!
Vaporeon lost 12% of its health.

And here's Froslass to ruin my day. Vaporeon's not doing much for me this round...I guess I'll let it feint if it means I can get an ailment on Froslass.

Vaporeon used Protect.
Vaporeon protected itself!
Froslass used Thunderbolt.
Vaporeon protected itself!
The hail continues to fall.
Vaporeon is pelted by hail!
Vaporeon lost 6% of its health.
Vaporeon's leftovers restored its health a little!
Vaporeon restored 6% of its health.
Vaporeon is hurt by poison!
Vaporeon lost 12% of its health.
The wish came true!
Vaporeon restored 50% of its health.
Froslass used Thunderbolt.
It's super effective!
Vaporeon lost 37% of its health.
Vaporeon used Toxic.
Froslass was badly poisoned!
The hail continues to fall.
Vaporeon is pelted by hail!
Vaporeon lost 6% of its health.
Froslass is hurt by poison!
Froslass lost 6% of its health.
Vaporeon's leftovers restored its health a little!
Vaporeon restored 6% of its health.
Vaporeon is hurt by poison!
Vaporeon lost 12% of its health.

Vaporeon used Protect.
Vaporeon protected itself!
Froslass used Thunderbolt.
Vaporeon protected itself!
The hail continues to fall.
Vaporeon is pelted by hail!
Vaporeon lost 6% of its health.
Froslass is hurt by poison!
Froslass lost 12% of its health.
Vaporeon's leftovers restored its health a little!
Vaporeon restored 6% of its health.
Vaporeon is hurt by poison!
Vaporeon lost 12% of its health.
genus's Vaporeon fainted.

4-3 genus

And then I realize: now Blissey can't paralyze Froslass to let Salamence have an easy time of it. I've made a tactical blunder, and this does not bode well.

genus switched in Blissey.
Blissey was poisoned!
Blissey was poisoned by the Toxic Spikes!
razorcloud switched in Mamoswine.
Blissey used Seismic Toss.
Mamoswine lost 27% of its health.
The hail continues to fall.
Blissey is pelted by hail!
Blissey lost 6% of its health.
Blissey's leftovers restored its health a little!
Blissey restored 6% of its health.
Blissey is hurt by poison!
Blissey lost 12% of its health.

Mamoswine...again. Earthquake won't ko, but in conjunction with toxic spikes it gets rid of the only wall I have left. Ok, maybe I'll switch in Salamence. There's the distinct possibility I'll dodge another Earthquake.

genus switched in Salamence.
Salamence's intimidate cut Mamoswine's attack!
Mamoswine used Stone Edge.
It's super effective!
Salamence lost 87% of its health.
The hail continues to fall.
Salamence is pelted by hail!
Salamence lost 6% of its health.
genus's Salamence fainted.

3-3 all

To recap: I have Dugtrio, a low health Blissey, and Weavile with 1 hp left. He has a Choice Bander, a Froslass who outspeeds Dugtrio, and a mystery pokemon that doesn't need to do anything to outlive Weavile.

genus switched in Dugtrio.
Dugtrio was poisoned!
Dugtrio was poisoned by the Toxic Spikes!
Dugtrio used Earthquake.
Mamoswine lost 68% of its health.
Mamoswine used Stone Edge.
It's not very effective...
Dugtrio lost 50% of its health.
The hail continues to fall.
Dugtrio is pelted by hail!
Dugtrio lost 6% of its health.
Dugtrio is hurt by poison!
Dugtrio lost 12% of its health.

Mamoswine is about to be feinted by Dugtrio. I hope this gives Blissey an easy time, but I'm deathly afraid of Weavile in that last slot.

Dugtrio used Earthquake.
A critical hit!
Mamoswine lost 134% of its health.
razorcloud's Mamoswine fainted.
The hail continues to fall.
Dugtrio is pelted by hail!
Dugtrio lost 6% of its health.
Dugtrio is hurt by poison!
Dugtrio lost 12% of its health.

3-2 genus

razorcloud switched in Froslass.

I really, really hope that his Froslass is modest, and that Snow Cloak doesn't activate, and that Earthquake brings it to within an ice beam of feinting. I do not like my chances at all.

Froslass used Psychic.
Dugtrio lost 52% of its health.
genus's Dugtrio fainted.
The hail continues to fall.
Froslass is hurt by poison!
Froslass lost 6% of its health.

genus switched in Blissey.
Blissey was poisoned!
Blissey was poisoned by the Toxic Spikes!
Froslass used Blizzard.
Blissey lost 16% of its health.
Blissey used Ice Beam.
It's not very effective...
Froslass lost 15% of its health.
The hail continues to fall.
Blissey is pelted by hail!
Blissey lost 6% of its health.
Froslass is hurt by poison!
Froslass lost 12% of its health.
Blissey's leftovers restored its health a little!
Blissey restored 6% of its health.
Blissey is hurt by poison!
Blissey lost 12% of its health.

This will be a close one. Blissey lost its leftovers recovery, and is losing 12% health from poision, and 16% from Froslass' attacks for an astounding 28% health per turn. Right now, she's at a little less than 50%. A single mistake will cost me the match; I can't let Weavile come out in its present condition.

Froslass used Blizzard.
Blissey lost 16% of its health.
Blissey used Softboiled.
Blissey restored 50% of its health.
The hail continues to fall.
Blissey is pelted by hail!
Blissey lost 6% of its health.
Froslass is hurt by poison!
Froslass lost 18% of its health.
Blissey's leftovers restored its health a little!
Blissey restored 6% of its health.
Blissey is hurt by poison!
Blissey lost 12% of its health.

razorcloud switched in Glaceon.
Blissey used Softboiled.
Blissey restored 50% of its health.
The hail continues to fall.
Blissey is pelted by hail!
Blissey lost 6% of its health.
Blissey's leftovers restored its health a little!
Blissey restored 6% of its health.
Blissey is hurt by poison!
Blissey lost 12% of its health.

Well, at least it's not Weavile. Given Glaceon's high special attack, I don't think this one is lasting much longer.

Glaceon used Wish.
Glaceon made a wish!
Blissey used Thunder Wave.
Glaceon is paralysed! It may be unable to move!
The hail continues to fall.
Blissey is pelted by hail!
Blissey lost 6% of its health.
Blissey's leftovers restored its health a little!
Blissey restored 6% of its health.
Blissey is hurt by poison!
Blissey lost 12% of its health.

It's a wishpasser. I get the idea there will be many back and forth switches between Froslass and Glaceon, and my Blissey is going to feint after Softboiled loses all its pp, or something hits for critical. This next exchange is very long...unfortunately for you, dear reader, I will not be providing play-by-plays until something of note happens.

Blissey used Softboiled.
Blissey restored 50% of its health.
Glaceon used Blizzard.
Blissey lost 22% of its health.
The hail continues to fall.
Blissey is pelted by hail!
Blissey lost 6% of its health.
Blissey's leftovers restored its health a little!
Blissey restored 6% of its health.
Blissey is hurt by poison!
Blissey lost 12% of its health.
The wish came true!
Glaceon restored 50% of its health.

Blissey used Seismic Toss.
Glaceon lost 30% of its health.
Glaceon is paralysed! It can't move!
The hail continues to fall.
Blissey is pelted by hail!
Blissey lost 6% of its health.
Glaceon's leftovers restored its health a little!
Glaceon restored 6% of its health.
Blissey's leftovers restored its health a little!
Blissey restored 6% of its health.
Blissey is hurt by poison!
Blissey lost 12% of its health.

Blissey used Softboiled.
Blissey restored 50% of its health.
Glaceon used Wish.
Glaceon made a wish!
The hail continues to fall.
Blissey is pelted by hail!
Blissey lost 6% of its health.
Glaceon's leftovers restored its health a little!
Glaceon restored 6% of its health.
Blissey's leftovers restored its health a little!
Blissey restored 6% of its health.
Blissey is hurt by poison!
Blissey lost 12% of its health.

Blissey used Softboiled.
Blissey restored 50% of its health.
Glaceon used Blizzard.
Blissey lost 24% of its health.
The hail continues to fall.
Blissey is pelted by hail!
Blissey lost 6% of its health.
Glaceon's leftovers restored its health a little!
Glaceon restored 6% of its health.
Blissey's leftovers restored its health a little!
Blissey restored 6% of its health.
Blissey is hurt by poison!
Blissey lost 12% of its health.
The wish came true!
Glaceon restored 50% of its health.

Blissey used Seismic Toss.
Blissey's attack missed!
Glaceon used Blizzard.
Blissey lost 24% of its health.
The hail continues to fall.
Blissey is pelted by hail!
Blissey lost 6% of its health.
Blissey's leftovers restored its health a little!
Blissey restored 6% of its health.
Blissey is hurt by poison!
Blissey lost 12% of its health.

Oh yeah, Glaceon has an evasion increasing ability. This makes me think I have no chance at all. At least it doesn't have Yawn or anything.

Blissey used Softboiled.
Blissey restored 50% of its health.
Glaceon used Blizzard.
Blissey lost 23% of its health.
The hail continues to fall.
Blissey is pelted by hail!
Blissey lost 6% of its health.
Blissey's leftovers restored its health a little!
Blissey restored 6% of its health.
Blissey is hurt by poison!
Blissey lost 12% of its health.

Blissey used Softboiled.
Blissey restored 50% of its health.
Glaceon used Blizzard.
Blissey lost 22% of its health.
The hail continues to fall.
Blissey is pelted by hail!
Blissey lost 6% of its health.
Blissey's leftovers restored its health a little!
Blissey restored 6% of its health.
Blissey is hurt by poison!
Blissey lost 12% of its health.

Blissey used Softboiled.
Blissey restored 50% of its health.
Glaceon used Wish.
Glaceon made a wish!
The hail continues to fall.
Blissey is pelted by hail!
Blissey lost 6% of its health.
Blissey's leftovers restored its health a little!
Blissey restored 6% of its health.
Blissey is hurt by poison!
Blissey lost 12% of its health.

razorcloud switched in Froslass.
Blissey used Ice Beam.
Blissey's attack missed!
The hail continues to fall.
Blissey is pelted by hail!
Blissey lost 6% of its health.
Froslass is hurt by poison!
Froslass lost 6% of its health.
Blissey's leftovers restored its health a little!
Blissey restored 6% of its health.
Blissey is hurt by poison!
Blissey lost 12% of its health.
The wish came true!
Froslass restored 50% of its health.

Froslass used Blizzard.
Blissey lost 16% of its health.
Blissey used Ice Beam.
It's not very effective...
Froslass lost 13% of its health.
The hail continues to fall.
Blissey is pelted by hail!
Blissey lost 6% of its health.
Froslass is hurt by poison!
Froslass lost 12% of its health.
Blissey's leftovers restored its health a little!
Blissey restored 6% of its health.
Blissey is hurt by poison!
Blissey lost 12% of its health.

Froslass used Blizzard.
Blissey lost 16% of its health.
Blissey used Softboiled.
Blissey restored 50% of its health.
The hail continues to fall.
Blissey is pelted by hail!
Blissey lost 6% of its health.
Froslass is hurt by poison!
Froslass lost 18% of its health.
Blissey's leftovers restored its health a little!
Blissey restored 6% of its health.
Blissey is hurt by poison!
Blissey lost 12% of its health.

razorcloud switched in Glaceon.
Blissey used Softboiled.
Blissey restored 50% of its health.
The hail continues to fall.
Blissey is pelted by hail!
Blissey lost 6% of its health.
Blissey's leftovers restored its health a little!
Blissey restored 6% of its health.
Blissey is hurt by poison!
Blissey lost 12% of its health.

razorcloud: grr how much PP
razorcloud: for soft boiled
genus: 6
Blissey used Seismic Toss.
Glaceon lost 30% of its health.
Glaceon is paralysed! It can't move!
The hail continues to fall.
Blissey is pelted by hail!
Blissey lost 6% of its health.
Glaceon's leftovers restored its health a little!
Glaceon restored 6% of its health.
Blissey's leftovers restored its health a little!
Blissey restored 6% of its health.
Blissey is hurt by poison!
Blissey lost 12% of its health.

For your benefit: 6 pp remain on Softboiled.

Blissey used Ice Beam.
Blissey's attack missed!
Glaceon used Mirror Coat.
But it failed!
The hail continues to fall.
Blissey is pelted by hail!
Blissey lost 6% of its health.
Glaceon's leftovers restored its health a little!
Glaceon restored 6% of its health.
Blissey's leftovers restored its health a little!
Blissey restored 6% of its health.
Blissey is hurt by poison!
Blissey lost 12% of its health.

razorcloud switched in Froslass.
Blissey used Seismic Toss.
Blissey's attack missed!
The hail continues to fall.
Blissey is pelted by hail!
Blissey lost 6% of its health.
Froslass is hurt by poison!
Froslass lost 6% of its health.
Blissey's leftovers restored its health a little!
Blissey restored 6% of its health.
Blissey is hurt by poison!
Blissey lost 12% of its health.

Froslass used Blizzard.
Blissey lost 17% of its health.
Blissey used Ice Beam.
Blissey's attack missed!
The hail continues to fall.
Blissey is pelted by hail!
Blissey lost 6% of its health.
Froslass is hurt by poison!
Froslass lost 12% of its health.
Blissey's leftovers restored its health a little!
Blissey restored 6% of its health.
Blissey is hurt by poison!
Blissey lost 12% of its health.

Froslass used Blizzard.
Blissey lost 16% of its health.
Blissey used Softboiled.
Blissey restored 50% of its health.
The hail continues to fall.
Blissey is pelted by hail!
Blissey lost 6% of its health.
Froslass is hurt by poison!
Froslass lost 18% of its health.
razorcloud's Froslass fainted.
Blissey's leftovers restored its health a little!
Blissey restored 6% of its health.
Blissey is hurt by poison!
Blissey lost 12% of its health.

2-1 genus

I still have to take out a Wishing Glaceon. Blissey's going down soon, I need to get in as many Seismic Tosses as possible so Brick Break will ko once it feints.

razorcloud switched in Glaceon.
Blissey used Seismic Toss.
Glaceon lost 30% of its health.
Glaceon used Wish.
Glaceon made a wish!
The hail continues to fall.
Blissey is pelted by hail!
Blissey lost 6% of its health.
Glaceon's leftovers restored its health a little!
Glaceon restored 6% of its health.
Blissey's leftovers restored its health a little!
Blissey restored 6% of its health.
Blissey is hurt by poison!
Blissey lost 12% of its health.

Blissey used Softboiled.
Blissey restored 50% of its health.
Glaceon used Blizzard.
Blissey lost 24% of its health.
The hail continues to fall.
Blissey is pelted by hail!
Blissey lost 6% of its health.
Glaceon's leftovers restored its health a little!
Glaceon restored 6% of its health.
Blissey's leftovers restored its health a little!
Blissey restored 6% of its health.
Blissey is hurt by poison!
Blissey lost 12% of its health.
The wish came true!
Glaceon restored 50% of its health.

Blissey used Softboiled.
Blissey restored 50% of its health.
Glaceon used Wish.
Glaceon made a wish!
The hail continues to fall.
Blissey is pelted by hail!
Blissey lost 6% of its health.
Blissey's leftovers restored its health a little!
Blissey restored 6% of its health.
Blissey is hurt by poison!
Blissey lost 12% of its health.

Blissey used Thunder Wave.
But it failed!
Glaceon is paralysed! It can't move!
The hail continues to fall.
Blissey is pelted by hail!
Blissey lost 6% of its health.
Blissey's leftovers restored its health a little!
Blissey restored 6% of its health.
Blissey is hurt by poison!
Blissey lost 12% of its health.
The wish came true!
Glaceon restored 50% of its health.

Conserving pp, I know Seismic Toss will be a waste since Wish will heal it to full and I don't want to use Softboiled again, and would rather not play the freezehax game in the likely chance he calls shenanigans.

Blissey used Seismic Toss.
Blissey's attack missed!
Glaceon is paralysed! It can't move!
The hail continues to fall.
Blissey is pelted by hail!
Blissey lost 6% of its health.
Blissey's leftovers restored its health a little!
Blissey restored 6% of its health.
Blissey is hurt by poison!
Blissey lost 12% of its health.

Now imagine if that Glaceon had Double Team too...

Blissey used Softboiled.
Blissey restored 50% of its health.
Glaceon is paralysed! It can't move!
The hail continues to fall.
Blissey is pelted by hail!
Blissey lost 6% of its health.
Blissey's leftovers restored its health a little!
Blissey restored 6% of its health.
Blissey is hurt by poison!
Blissey lost 12% of its health.

Blissey used Seismic Toss.
Glaceon lost 30% of its health.
Glaceon used Wish.
Glaceon made a wish!
The hail continues to fall.
Blissey is pelted by hail!
Blissey lost 6% of its health.
Glaceon's leftovers restored its health a little!
Glaceon restored 6% of its health.
Blissey's leftovers restored its health a little!
Blissey restored 6% of its health.
Blissey is hurt by poison!
Blissey lost 12% of its health.

Blissey used Seismic Toss.
Glaceon lost 30% of its health.
Glaceon used Shadow Ball.
It doesn't affect Blissey...
The hail continues to fall.
Blissey is pelted by hail!
Blissey lost 6% of its health.
Glaceon's leftovers restored its health a little!
Glaceon restored 6% of its health.
Blissey's leftovers restored its health a little!
Blissey restored 6% of its health.
Blissey is hurt by poison!
Blissey lost 12% of its health.
The wish came true!
Glaceon restored 50% of its health.

Blissey used Seismic Toss.
Blissey's attack missed!
Glaceon is paralysed! It can't move!
The hail continues to fall.
Blissey is pelted by hail!
Blissey lost 6% of its health.
Blissey's leftovers restored its health a little!
Blissey restored 6% of its health.
Blissey is hurt by poison!
Blissey lost 12% of its health.

Blissey used Seismic Toss.
Glaceon lost 30% of its health.
Glaceon used Wish.
Glaceon made a wish!
The hail continues to fall.
Blissey is pelted by hail!
Blissey lost 6% of its health.
Glaceon's leftovers restored its health a little!
Glaceon restored 6% of its health.
Blissey's leftovers restored its health a little!
Blissey restored 6% of its health.
Blissey is hurt by poison!
Blissey lost 12% of its health.

Blissey used Softboiled.
Blissey restored 50% of its health.
Glaceon used Mirror Coat.
But it failed!
The hail continues to fall.
Blissey is pelted by hail!
Blissey lost 6% of its health.
Glaceon's leftovers restored its health a little!
Glaceon restored 6% of its health.
Blissey's leftovers restored its health a little!
Blissey restored 6% of its health.
Blissey is hurt by poison!
Blissey lost 12% of its health.
The wish came true!
Glaceon restored 50% of its health.

I have 1 pp left on Softboiled, he has 9 on Wish. This is going to be a really close showdown.

Blissey used Seismic Toss.
Glaceon lost 30% of its health.
Glaceon used Wish.
Glaceon made a wish!
The hail continues to fall.
Blissey is pelted by hail!
Blissey lost 6% of its health.
Glaceon's leftovers restored its health a little!
Glaceon restored 6% of its health.
Blissey's leftovers restored its health a little!
Blissey restored 6% of its health.
Blissey is hurt by poison!
Blissey lost 12% of its health.

Blissey used Seismic Toss.
Glaceon lost 30% of its health.
Glaceon used Mirror Coat.
But it failed!
The hail continues to fall.
Blissey is pelted by hail!
Blissey lost 6% of its health.
Glaceon's leftovers restored its health a little!
Glaceon restored 6% of its health.
Blissey's leftovers restored its health a little!
Blissey restored 6% of its health.
Blissey is hurt by poison!
Blissey lost 12% of its health.
The wish came true!
Glaceon restored 50% of its health.

Blissey used Seismic Toss.
Glaceon lost 30% of its health.
Glaceon used Wish.
Glaceon made a wish!
The hail continues to fall.
Blissey is pelted by hail!
Blissey lost 6% of its health.
Glaceon's leftovers restored its health a little!
Glaceon restored 6% of its health.
Blissey's leftovers restored its health a little!
Blissey restored 6% of its health.
Blissey is hurt by poison!
Blissey lost 12% of its health.

Blissey used Softboiled.
Blissey restored 50% of its health.
Glaceon is paralysed! It can't move!
The hail continues to fall.
Blissey is pelted by hail!
Blissey lost 6% of its health.
Glaceon's leftovers restored its health a little!
Glaceon restored 6% of its health.
Blissey's leftovers restored its health a little!
Blissey restored 6% of its health.
Blissey is hurt by poison!
Blissey lost 12% of its health.
The wish came true!
Glaceon restored 50% of its health.

I'm out of pp for Softboiled. The match is coming to a dramatic close.

Blissey used Seismic Toss.
Glaceon lost 30% of its health.
Glaceon used Wish.
Glaceon made a wish!
The hail continues to fall.
Blissey is pelted by hail!
Blissey lost 6% of its health.
Glaceon's leftovers restored its health a little!
Glaceon restored 6% of its health.
Blissey's leftovers restored its health a little!
Blissey restored 6% of its health.
Blissey is hurt by poison!
Blissey lost 12% of its health.

Blissey used Seismic Toss.
Glaceon lost 30% of its health.
Glaceon used Mirror Coat.
But it failed!
The hail continues to fall.
Blissey is pelted by hail!
Blissey lost 6% of its health.
Glaceon's leftovers restored its health a little!
Glaceon restored 6% of its health.
Blissey's leftovers restored its health a little!
Blissey restored 6% of its health.
Blissey is hurt by poison!
Blissey lost 12% of its health.
The wish came true!
Glaceon restored 50% of its health.

Blissey used Seismic Toss.
Glaceon lost 30% of its health.
Glaceon is paralysed! It can't move!
The hail continues to fall.
Blissey is pelted by hail!
Blissey lost 6% of its health.
Glaceon's leftovers restored its health a little!
Glaceon restored 6% of its health.
Blissey's leftovers restored its health a little!
Blissey restored 6% of its health.
Blissey is hurt by poison!
Blissey lost 12% of its health.

Blissey used Seismic Toss.
Glaceon lost 30% of its health.
Glaceon used Wish.
Glaceon made a wish!
The hail continues to fall.
Blissey is pelted by hail!
Blissey lost 6% of its health.
Glaceon's leftovers restored its health a little!
Glaceon restored 6% of its health.
Blissey's leftovers restored its health a little!
Blissey restored 6% of its health.
Blissey is hurt by poison!
Blissey lost 12% of its health.

Blissey used Seismic Toss.
Glaceon lost 30% of its health.
Glaceon used Mirror Coat.
But it failed!
The hail continues to fall.
Blissey is pelted by hail!
Blissey lost 6% of its health.
Glaceon's leftovers restored its health a little!
Glaceon restored 6% of its health.
Blissey's leftovers restored its health a little!
Blissey restored 6% of its health.
Blissey is hurt by poison!
Blissey lost 12% of its health.
The wish came true!
Glaceon restored 50% of its health.

Blissey used Seismic Toss.
Glaceon lost 30% of its health.
Glaceon is paralysed! It can't move!
The hail continues to fall.
Blissey is pelted by hail!
Blissey lost 6% of its health.
Glaceon's leftovers restored its health a little!
Glaceon restored 6% of its health.
Blissey's leftovers restored its health a little!
Blissey restored 6% of its health.
Blissey is hurt by poison!
Blissey lost 12% of its health.

Blissey used Seismic Toss.
Glaceon lost 30% of its health.
Glaceon used Mirror Coat.
But it failed!
The hail continues to fall.
Blissey is pelted by hail!
Blissey lost 6% of its health.
genus's Blissey fainted.
Glaceon's leftovers restored its health a little!
Glaceon restored 6% of its health.

1-1 all

This is going to be a photo finish for either side. Brick Break could miss because of Snow Veil, it could do less than ~40% damage due to Glaceon's pumped defense, or it could connect and feint it. It's a very tense moment.


genus switched in Weavile.
Weavile is exerting its pressure!
Weavile was poisoned!
Weavile was poisoned by the Toxic Spikes!

A very, very tense moment.

Weavile used Brick Break.

This is about as exciting as sex.

It's super effective!

Because Weavile used a fighting attack, and Glaceon is ice type. The problem is how much damage it will do.

Glaceon lost 46% of its health.
razorcloud's Glaceon fainted.
genus wins!

And by the skin of my teeth pushing against the glass exterior of the buildings face slowing my descent enough so I only suffer a broken leg and some skinned teeth as I fall down 30 stories.

1-0 genus

Things to note
-Why weather is so important
-How useful Toxic Spikes can be
-Why Sandstream+Stealth Rock is so common
-The use of 3 stallers turns nearly any match into a stallwar
-Sometimes it's a good idea to predict your opponent's predictions
-Be very careful with which pokemon you sacrifice, as you're probably better off risking a switch
-Use the right ailments on the right pokemon
-Never underestimate your opponent just because they use a certain pokemon or name themselves after a Final Fantasy character

Things to Ignore
-The fact that my main team was slaughtered by a gimmick team
-The fact that his Glaceon would have easily feinted Blissey had it used Blizzard more
-The fact I killed off 2 members of my team just because I didn't want to risk a switch
-The clunky format, sorry but I'm not rewriting something Shoddy allready made out.
-Everything bad I said about razorcloud if you're razorcloud.

 

[Bologo]

Honestly, this was basically just a log. I'd recommend taking out Leftovers recovery where it doesn't matter because it's just making the story really long. The last few turns where there's absolutely no commentary you should take out because they were unimportant and long...you could just explain what had happened in those turns before the important turn...y'know just sum them up in a few sentences. Also, please separate the turns, it was a little hard to read all those turns cumped together.

Yeah, I know Shoddybattle already made it out, but the format you get from saving logs isn't exactly the best either.

About the actual battle, it seems like you could've just switched Dugtrio into one of those Froslass bolts, trapped it and killed it instead of your Vaporeon trying to outstall them.

But it was a close battle, I'll give you that. :]

 

[Saturn]

Interesting. I remember razorcloud, though I don't really remember you. At least no forced 'funny' dialogue to hinder my reading... No fire-moves/fighting on team? You could've swept him....

 

[Yoshi King]

HOLY FUCK way too much log there, drawn-out matches like this are never good despite how close they are. @_@ Sorry, but oh well.

Also, slops for "spoiling" a false ending. Try not to allude to the outcome of the match in any way.

 

[Solar Crash]

Hmm. Abomasnow could have Blizzard'ed through the Protect. Also, this was very long and pointless, to be very frank with you. Shadow Ball on Glaceon trying to hit Blissey, a Wish vs. Softboiled stall war, and a lot of other things.

I'm normally not one to be harsh, but this was a rather disappointing battle. You were running an OU team vs. a gimmick team, and while you noted that before, this probably isn't the best warstory to talk about as a result.

I'm actually fond of the Blizzard/Hail duo, and your opponent's team at least made me smile, but that aside, I'm sure that if you play things out better against other people with competitive teams, you'll have "closer battles."

Pardon for the rudeness though. You probably could have cleaned up the text to shorten the stall war though. Just something to keep in mind for the future.

 

[Kyril]

i think you snagged teh reason why there is arcanine on ateam and froslass, froslass stops fighting weakness, arcanine absorbs fire to stop fire weakness, thats why froslass and arcanine is on teh team really

 

[Hipmonlee]

I liked the battle, one thing that did bug me a bit is *fainted.

Have a nice day.

 

[DevilinDenial]

I actually loved this log, although it does get a little long towards the end. Talk about close, I've never seen any match so close as this. Your opponent played very well, and you did at most points.

genus switched in Weavile.
Weavile is exerting its pressure!
Weavile was poisoned!
Weavile was poisoned by the Toxic Spikes!

A very, very tense moment.

Weavile used Brick Break.

This is about as exciting as sex.

I'm sigging this, lol.

 

[Havak]

I'm pretty sure Arcanine was there to switch into Fire Attacks.

._.

 

[nomargu46]

i personally didnt like this logstory. needs more STORY in the warstory please. and also, i know its more official, but you can cut out all of the "pelted by hail" or "recovered with leftovers" unless it's important because it drags on the log a whole bunch.

 

[Queen]

Now see, I actually enjoyed this warstory. There's no lame side story that's of no real relevance being told and we're not being subjected to piss poor jokes that Carson Daly wouldn't even touch. When I read a warstory I want a battle log, not something that's akin to a poorly made fanfic.

Anyways, concerning razorcloud's team I think I know why Arcanine is there:

1.) To absorb fire attacks.
2.) To deal with Steels and other ice pokemon (mainly Weavile).

Initially razorcloud had Lapras on his team, but I think he ended up switching it out as it was the "weakest" link and thus replaced it with something stronger that'd support the team; in this case the replacement being Arcanine.

Either way props to him for sticking with the Ice set for the most part.

 

[choop]

I liked the battle, i really like ice teams, but the story-telling left a bit to be desired.

 

[Burn Jack]

There were 3000 words of pure battle in the middle that just sat there asking to be tldred, made worse by the lack of any commentary. You need more story and less war; the log is far too dense to be really enjoyed.

 

[Murkrow]

Now see, I actually enjoyed this warstory. There's no lame side story that's of no real relevance being told and we're not being subjected to piss poor jokes that Carson Daly wouldn't even touch. When I read a warstory I want a battle log, not something that's akin to a poorly made fanfic.

I liked it too. I think too many people try using the narrative approach and end up opening their story with some corny or clichéd introduction. Sometimes that works, but I prefer reading this kind.

A lot of it was "wall of text" stall toward the end, but he warns you of that and you can just skim it.

And not to detract from your victory, but I'm pretty impressed with how the hail team fared. :)