Hey there Smogon. It was a lovely day to be outside when Sce4 and I were laddering on PS! Eventually, we came across each other and happened to have this awesome battle out of which we made a warstory. Seeing as how it was on PS! we had to copy and paste the logs and insert the pictures by hand and manually format everything. The damage percentages also had to be calculated by hand since the actual battle disappeared. Finally, due to picture (some of which could not be resized apparently -_-) limits, this warstory is broken up into two posts. So please bear with us and excuse all the discrepancies. Now without further ado we would like to present our joint warstory. Enjoy!
VS.
Namikaze
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Sce4’s comments will look like this
Kazekage joined.
samarium joined.
Format: OU
Rated battle
Rule: Sleep Clause
Rule: Species Clause
Rule: OHKO Clause
Rule: Evasion Clause
Kazekage's team: Conkeldurr / Jirachi / Dragonite / Rotom-Wash / Celebi / Landorus-Therian
samarium's team: Jolteon / Salamence / Latios / Scizor / Rotom-Wash / Deoxys-Defense
Battle between Kazekage and samarium started!
Kazekage sent out Rotom-W (Rotom-Wash)!
samarium sent out Latios!
100% vs
100%
I did a little research and it turned out that Samarium was ranked as #41 on the ladder. On PS this meant you were a decent battler and knew what you were doing. His team preview gave me shivers, seeing two dragons. In all my previous battles, two dragons had been the reason why I had lost because one would die taking out Jirachi and the other would run through a weakened team. From that I could tell that the only way I stood a shot at winning this was to have my Jirachi stay alive throughout the entire match, as to sponge hits from both of them and hopefully paralyze them back giving my other Pokemon a shot at the KOs. I decided to lead of with Rotom-W seeing as how if he had a dragon lead, he would be forced to use a dragon attack allowing a safe switch in for Jirachi.
It may seem odd not to lead with deoxys-d, but generally my opponent will send out their best answer to it so it's a stupid idea. Unless they have a dedicated lead or prankster abuser, then deoxys can shine. Anyway, I chose latios as Draco Meteor will kill anything on his team that doesn't cast wishes, and it's faster than his whole team providing lando-t isn't scarfed. I was glad to see rotom-w as it can't really do anything noteworthy to latios, I don't even think hp ice will do that much.
Turn 1 (6 – 6)
Kazekage called Rotom-W back!
Kazekage sent out Jirachi!
The foe's Latios used Draco Meteor!
It's not very effective... Jirachi lost 31% of its health!
The foe's Latios's Special Attack harshly fell!
Jirachi restored HP using its Leftovers!
100% --> 
75% vs 100%
Things go exactly as I had hoped for this turn. I’m assuming that his Latios is a scarfed one which meant that I could get a free turn to set up rocks. But that would allow his Salamence to come in and KO with EQ after which it would have its way with me, resulting in a very short match. Spreading paralysis was the safest way to go at this point.
So jirachi is in relatively safely, which is annoying as hell. What decent person plays with jirachi? None of them. It was invented only because Game Freak is equally as evil. Anyway, it's probably specially defensive given the damage latios did so it’s going to try to paralyze me, and because I’m worried it could use body slam instead of thunder wave I think scizor is my safest bet.
Turn 2 (6 - 6)
samarium called Latios back!
samarium sent out Scizor!
Jirachi used Body Slam!
It's not very effective... The foe's Scizor lost 10% of its health!
Jirachi restored HP using its Leftovers!
81% vs
90% <-- 100%
Scizors are usually banded. From seeing two banded pokes on Samarium’s team, I could tell that he’d be switching in and out a lot. As far as I was concerned, Scizor could not KO Jirachi and so I went for the rocks.
Safely in, the paralysis wouldn’t have mattered much but I’m still glad I didn’t get paralyzed, and jirachi can’t do much now so I assume it will either lay rocks or switch, so I may as well u-turn out.
Turn 3 (6 - 6)
Jirachi used Stealth Rock!
Pointed stones float in the air around the foe's team!
The foe's Scizor used U-turn!
Jirachi lost 54% of its health!
samarium called Scizor back!
samarium sent out Latios!
Pointed stones dug into the foe's Latios!
Jirachi restored HP using its Leftovers!
33% vs 88% <-- 90%
I wasn’t planning on tearing my hair out this early in the match, but there I was with fistfuls of my gorgeous locks fluttering about. Jirachi was now in KO range from any of Latios’ attacks. I could not afford to lose Jirachi with his Latios nearly unscathed. Draco meteor would leave me with 1% or so and that would put my opponent’s Latios at risk to being paralyzed with a Sp. Atk drop. Hoping that my opponent would play safely and use surf, I chose to make the safer move and switched to Rotom who could subsequently burn his next switch in. If he used Draco Meteor I’d have Jirachi come back in on the next turn and body slam forcing him to switch around more and rack up hazard damage.
I bring in latios to finish up as I want him to know as little as possible about my other sets, not that they’re unusual. On reflection, Draco Meteor would have been the best choice as (I think) it would have killed jirachi and anything else that tried to switch in. But as jirachi is such a thorn in this team’s side I only thought about getting the neutral hit.
Turn 4 (6 - 6)
Kazekage called Jirachi back!
Kazekage sent out Rotom-W (Rotom-Wash)!
The foe's Latios used Surf!
It's not very effective... Rotom-W lost 30% of its health!
Rotom-W restored HP using its Leftovers!
33% --> 76% vs 88%
Ok, so far so good…
Again, Rotom-W can do little to Latios so I decide to stay in and surf again to scout what he wants to do.
Turn 5 (6 - 6)
The foe's Latios used Surf!
It's not very effective... Rotom-W lost 30% of its health!
Rotom-W used Will-O-Wisp!
The attack of Rotom-W missed!
Rotom-W restored HP using its Leftovers!
52% vs 88%
Aw darn it. Rotom would be unable to do much to that Latios at this point, so pain split seemed like the best option, granting Rotom more health and allowing it one more shot at burn. I contemplated switching to Celebi, but that wouldn’t be the best thing to do since I would be unable to touch Latios.
The miss didn’t matter that much. Latios doesn’t care much about burns. And I probably would’ve switched him into jirachi more as there was no longer a need to fear paralysis. Anyway, I’m predicting a switch here so I go to my entry hazard layer as I realize by this point they are going to be very useful and, to be honest, it's who I send in when I don't know who else to turn to.
Turn 6 (6 - 6)
samarium called Latios back!
samarium sent out Deoxys-Defense!
Pointed stones dug into the foe's Deoxys-Defense!
The foe's Deoxys-Defense is exerting its pressure!
Rotom-W used Pain Split!
The battlers shared their pain!
The foe's Deoxys-Defense restored HP using its Leftovers!
Rotom-W restored HP using its Leftovers!
81% vs 71% <--
88%
When I first saw Deoxys-D in the team preview, I was a bit confused. I wasn’t sure if it was OU as there were better spikers and stealth rockers in the game, namely Ferrothorn. I didn’t really have a way to play around it so going for the next best thing, I tried to drown it.
He'll either attack or switch, either way this would be a good time to lay some hazards.
Turn 7 (6 - 6)
The foe's Deoxys-Defense used Stealth Rock!
Pointed stones float in the air around your team!
Rotom-W used Hydro Pump!
The attack of Rotom-W missed!
The foe's Deoxys-Defense restored HP using its Leftovers!
Rotom-W restored HP using its Leftovers!
87% vs 77%
WTF Rotom! Are you blind!? That’s two times this game already. He had a free layer of entry hazards up, and I assumed that there was more to come. But once again, not being sure about what a Deoxys could do, instead of switching directly to Rotom, I tried scouting a bit.
Time for some spikes.
Turn 8 (6 - 6)
The foe's Deoxys-Defense used Spikes!
Spikes were scattered all around the feet of your team!
Rotom-W used Volt Switch!
The foe's Deoxys-Defense lost 27% of its health!
Kazekage called Rotom-W back!
Kazekage sent out Jirachi!
Jirachi is hurt by the spikes!
Pointed stones dug into Jirachi!
The foe's Deoxys-Defense restored HP using its Leftovers!
Jirachi restored HP using its Leftovers!
87% --> 20% vs 56%
For those of you who couldn’t tell, Jirachi was saying his last prayers. Night Shade would dispatch of me quickly and the match was as good as over. GG Samarium, except not really because let’s face it, I’m a genuine idiot.
There’s no point in switching here as I assume an attack is coming, and Deoxys really doesn’t mind those. So more spikes!
Turn 9 (6 - 6)
The foe's Deoxys-Defense used Spikes!
Spikes were scattered all around the feet of your team!
Jirachi used Wish!
The foe's Deoxys-Defense restored HP using its Leftovers!
Jirachi restored HP using its Leftovers!
26% vs 62%
What just happened? Did Samarium misclick? Had the planets aligned in my favor? Will Bleach ever end? All these questions had to wait to be answered. Its prayer had gone through and now with a new lease on life Jirachi now went back to do what the world notoriously hates it for doing.
Okay, I now realize I should’ve used taunt. Then jirachi wouldn’t have been able to heal and I could still lay my hazards. Ah well, may as well finish laying them now.
Turn 10 (6 - 6)
The foe's Deoxys-Defense used Spikes!
Spikes were scattered all around the feet of your team!
Jirachi used Body Slam!
The foe's Deoxys-Defense lost 15% of its health!
The foe's Deoxys-Defense was paralyzed! It may be unable to move!
Jirachi's wish came true!
The foe's Deoxys-Defense restored HP using its Leftovers!
Jirachi restored HP using its Leftovers!
81% vs 51% (Par)
Looking good Jirachi. Now let’s hope Samarium switches out predicting Iron Head abuse. Only to eat more of my 1.1kg Body Slams that is.
Ok deoxys, you've done your main job. But before switching use taunt so that it can’t heal a teammate with wish.
Turn 11 (6 - 6)
Jirachi used Body Slam!
The foe's Deoxys-Defense lost 14% of its health!
The foe's Deoxys-Defense used Taunt!
Jirachi fell for the taunt!
Jirachi restored HP using its Leftovers!
The foe's Deoxys-Defense restored HP using its Leftovers!
87% (Taunt) vs 43% (Par)
Taunt? This turn reminded me of just how little I knew about Deoxys. It was one of those suicide lead sets that spammed entry hazards and then was quickly disposed of. Samarium would probably go on to Night Shade me, which would result in my Jirachi being in KO range again by the time I had finished Deoxys off. Well, too bad for you that I’m on to your antics. Iron head abuse ought to show you whose boss.
I figure jirachi, the annoying thing it is, will iron head here as he now assumes I'm not switching. I could easily bring in rotom in an attempt to burn it and kill it quicker. But at this point I'd rather have momentum so scizor is the better option as it will do more damage if jirachi stays in whereas volt switching will do practically nothing and leave him free to paralyze something.
Turn 12 (6 - 6)
samarium called Deoxys-Defense back!
samarium sent out Scizor!
Pointed stones dug into the foe's Scizor!
Jirachi used Iron Head!
It's not very effective... The foe's Scizor lost 14% of its health!
Jirachi restored HP using its Leftovers!
93% (Taunt) vs
61% <-- 43% (Par)
Aw darn it again. I believe I was outsmarted, outwitted and outplayed just now. Being slower Scizor could take a Body Slam and U-Turn out to a dragon who would KO. But I’ve learned from my mistakes. I’m saving my pixie for another day.
U-turn should be obvious but even so there’s little he can do to stop be gaining the momentum here.
Turn 13 (6 - 6)
Kazekage called Jirachi back!
Kazekage sent out Landorus-Therian!
Pointed stones dug into Landorus-Therian!
Landorus-Therian intimidates the foe's Scizor!
The foe's Scizor's Attack fell!
The foe's Scizor used U-turn!
It's not very effective... Landorus-Therian lost 26% of its health!
samarium called Scizor back!
samarium sent out Rotom-Wash!
Pointed stones dug into the foe's Rotom-Wash!
The foe's Rotom-Wash restored HP using its Leftovers!
93% -->
62% vs94% <--61%
Wow, even after an Intimidate, I took over 25% from a resisted U-Turn? Banded Scizor always has been and forever will be something to be scared of. Before dealing with those dragon’s I need to take care of it. Seeing as how I was in the face of a lefties carrying Rotom-W, I knew exactly how to go about this.
I really don't like facing lando-t. Intimidate can be used to ruin Salamence in the early stages of a sweep, and scarved variants will outspeed jolteon as well. I figure, if I burn it, it won't be scary at all. Still intimidating but I can't stop that. I would've volt switched here to keep momentum but had lando-t stayed in I'd be screwed.
Turn 14 (6 - 6)
Kazekage called Landorus-Therian back!
Kazekage sent out Celebi!
Celebi is hurt by the spikes!
Pointed stones dug into Celebi!
The foe's Rotom-Wash used Will-O-Wisp!
The attack of the foe's Rotom-Wash missed!
The foe's Rotom-Wash restored HP using its Leftovers!
62% --> 
63% vs 100%
That could not have gone better. With entry hazards tearing my Pokemon a new one with every switch, I had to take a little damage as I possibly could. Now I’ll Giga Drain so that Scizor could switch in. My Celebi carries an expert belt which I guess fools others into believing it has specs or a scarf. Samarium would hopefully follow this consensus and U-Turn only to eat HP Fire. On a side note, I’m thinking all Rotom’s should go to some kind of an accuracy school. So far every move that did not have perfect accuracy has missed, which seriously blows.
Does will-o-wisp ever hit? I guess it doesn’t matter that much, celebi isn’t a massive threat. Instinctively I go to switch in scizor, but the threat of hidden power fire deters me. Latios, on the other hand, can hover out of any skirmish with celebi without sustaining too much damage so that seems like the best choice. If celebi does carry hp ice, surely it's not about to be used.
Turn 15 (6 - 6)
samarium called Rotom-Wash back!
samarium sent out Latios!
Pointed stones dug into the foe's Latios!
Celebi used Giga Drain!
It's not very effective... The foe's Latios lost 18% of its health!
The foe's Latios had its energy drained!
70% vs
57% <--100%
Oh boy. This is why Samarium is #41 on the ladder and will probably continue to climb up there. He’s been making smart educated choices the entire battle. I could definitely learn a thing or two from him. Draco Meteor is expected and so Jirachi’s going to come in and foil his plans again. I don’t mind being tricked to hold a scarf since my rocks weren’t going anywhere and Jirachi could just spam Iron Head.
It is really tempting to just call upon some meteors to annihilate everything, but the hateful little pixie on my opponent’s team is still alive. After this match I’m trading psyshock for HP fire, I run away from most speed ties regardless.
Turn 16 (6 - 6)
Kazekage called Celebi back!
Kazekage sent out Jirachi!
Pointed stones dug into Jirachi!
Jirachi is hurt by the spikes!
The foe's Latios used Surf!
Jirachi lost 30% of its health!
Jirachi restored HP using its Leftovers!
70% -->
32% vs
57%
Once again, Samarium makes the safer and smarter move. Latios had taken a fair bit of damage at this point and so I was content with sacrificing my Jirachi to getting that paralysis on it. That would essentially remove Latios from the game and leave me with one dragon to deal with. That light at the end of the tunnel seemed to be getting brighter every turn.
Surf did less than I thought it would. I guess most jirachis I face are on rain teams. Well I’m not leaving latios as it can destroy everything on his team bar jirachi, once that's gone I may get away with a dragon pulse sweep. However, I don’t want anything else to get paralyzed (I hate you jirachi), so I’ll send in deoxys to die.
Turn 17 (6 - 6)
samarium called Latios back!
samarium sent out Deoxys-Defense!
Pointed stones dug into the foe's Deoxys-Defense!
The foe's Deoxys-Defense is exerting its pressure!
Jirachi used Body Slam!
The foe's Deoxys-Defense lost 14% of its health!
The foe's Deoxys-Defense restored HP using its Leftovers!
Jirachi restored HP using its Leftovers!
38% vs 31% (Par) <--57%
This is the third time in a row that Samarium has foiled my plans to rule the world. Whatever, Deoxys can just watch as I return to full health so that Jirachi can take another shot at those dragons.
Hopefully my opponent will go for another attack and I can taunt him, preventing him from healing and bringing me closer to finishing this. If he uses Wish I might just commit suicide.
Turn 18 (6 - 6)
Jirachi used Wish!
The foe's Deoxys-Defense used Taunt!
Jirachi fell for the taunt!
Jirachi restored HP using its Leftovers!
The foe's Deoxys-Defense restored HP using its Leftovers!
44% (Taunt) vs 37% (Par)
Nothing to say here. My wish went through and now I’ll throw my Iron Heads to beat out his Night Shade with added flinches on the side.
I hate you jirachi. So much. But I’m not surprised, by this point I think I know my opponent well enough to know he’s a sensible battler, like myself. Now I just wait for Deoxys to be killed so I can revenge jirachi with Salamence EQ and finish this, so I just press a random button.
Turn 19 (6 - 6)
The foe's Deoxys-Defense used Magic Coat!
The foe's Deoxys-Defense shrouded itself with Magic Coat!
Jirachi used Iron Head!
The foe's Deoxys-Defense lost 23% of its health!
Jirachi's wish came true!
The foe's Deoxys-Defense restored HP using its Leftovers!
100% (Taunt) vs 20% (Par)
WHOA WHOA WHOA. Magic coat? Of all moves in the world, why magic coat? I guess it would beat taunters seeing as how Deoxys is neutered by them. Samarium had finally left an opening, and I intended to capitalize on this opportunity. I could have Dragonite come in a dragon dance the day away, but should his Salamence be scarfed, I’d be open to being revenge killed. The next best move was…
After rereading this and seeing how useless taunt and magic coat proved to be in this match I feel like I should explain deoxys' role. Obviously a team using scarf mence and specs jolt loves entry hazards. However, on an offensive team like mine giving an opponent a chance to perform some dances can be fatal, so something like ferrothorn would be stupid, hence taunt. And magic coat practically guarantees I'll get hazards up in some way, and it's very useful against pranksters.
Turn 20 (6 - 6)
Kazekage called Jirachi back!
Kazekage sent out Landorus-Therian!
Pointed stones dug into Landorus-Therian!
Landorus-Therian intimidates the foe's Deoxys-Defense!
The foe's Deoxys-Defense's Attack fell!
The foe's Deoxys-Defense used Magic Coat!
The foe's Deoxys-Defense shrouded itself with Magic Coat!
The foe's Deoxys-Defense restored HP using its Leftovers!
100% -->
50% vs
26% (Par)
Nothing you can do to my Landorus bro. I could go for EQ but Latios and Rotom-W would force me to play some more switching games that I absolutely could not afford to play. Keeping in mind Samarium’s safe playing nature, I thought that he would switch in to Rotom-W. Go ahead do it. I dare you.
I got annoyed here as I just wanted deoxys to die so I could get on with the match, it also means I can't just revenge jirachi.
Turn 21 (6 - 6)
Landorus-Therian used Gravity!
Gravity intensified!
The foe's Deoxys-Defense used Taunt!
Landorus-Therian fell for the taunt!
The foe's Deoxys-Defense restored HP using its Leftovers!
50% (Taunt) vs 32% (Par)
*Sigh* That would be the safest move possible wouldn’t it? Well at least now everything eats a painful EQ at the hands of my Lando.
This move made me so happy, as the last few moves had been extremely frustrating but now deoxys can die and I can revenge it easily knowing now that it's not scarved.
Turn 22 (6 - 5)
The foe's Deoxys-Defense used Magic Coat!
The foe's Deoxys-Defense shrouded itself with Magic Coat!
Landorus-Therian used Earthquake!
The foe's Deoxys-Defense lost 30% of its health!
Landorus-Therian lost some of its HP!
The foe's Deoxys-Defense fainted!
samarium sent out Jolteon!
Pointed stones dug into the foe's Jolteon!
40% (Taunt) vs 88% <--
0%
The devil finally bit the dust. Now Jolteon coming in on Landorus? That’s a dead give away of an incoming HP Ice.
Finally, I bring in specs jolt to kill Lando-T. Yes I know thunderbolt or volt switch would be better moves but if he does stay in I will feel so pathetically stupid, so hp ice it is, at least there's nothing to lose.
Turn 23 (6 - 5)
Kazekage called Landorus-Therian back!
Kazekage sent out Jirachi!
Pointed stones dug into Jirachi!
Jirachi is hurt by the spikes!
The foe's Jolteon used Hidden Power!
It's not very effective... Jirachi lost 7% of its health!
Jirachi restored HP using its Leftovers!
40% --> 68% vs 88%
Jirachi, you’re the star of this show. Seeing as how Jolteon had no lefties, I could only see it holding a choice specs. Which meant a Pokemon would be switching right into my Body Slam.
Jirachi is really starting to annoy me so I decide to bring in rotom and burn it, I know I will probably get paralyzed but I just really wanted to see jirachi writhing in burning pain. Besides I’m sure he’s expecting me to switch to scizor, which generally means switching to rotom is a good idea.
Turn 24 (6 - 5)
samarium called Jolteon back!
samarium sent out Rotom-Wash!
Pointed stones dug into the foe's Rotom-Wash!
Jirachi used Body Slam!
The foe's Rotom-Wash lost 22% of its health!
The foe's Rotom-Wash restored HP using its Leftovers!
Jirachi restored HP using its Leftovers!
74% vs 66% <--
88%
Ok Rotom-W again. This gives Celebi another shot at luring in Scizor for a KO. Though I took a note of how Jirachi seems to be failing when it comes to paralyzing my opponents. Sure I got the Deoxys, but that guy didn’t care about it now did it?
Okay I was quite lucky to get away with that. I’m fully intent on going for will-o-wisp, I mean it’s not going to miss again, is it? But surely that would be what he’s expecting, I mean what else can rotom do to jirachi? Plus he’s got a conkeldurr, who surely has guts. Therefore I decide to KO the, what I now believe to be, the conkeldurr looking to power up.
Turn 25 (6 - 5)
Kazekage called Jirachi back!
Kazekage sent out Celebi!
Celebi is hurt by the spikes!
Pointed stones dug into Celebi!
The foe's Rotom-Wash used Hydro Pump!
It's not very effective... Celebi lost 23% of its health!
The foe's Rotom-Wash restored HP using its Leftovers!
Gravity returned to normal!
74% --> 10% vs
94%
Same strategy as last time. Samarium could also switch to his Latios, but we’ve danced before haven’t we?
In retrospect, that seemed very obvious. But at the time I was almost certain conkeldurr was coming in. Anyway, we’ve all learnt that latios has nothing to fear from celebi so that seems like the safest bet.
Turn 26 (6 - 5)
samarium called Rotom-Wash back!
samarium sent out Latios!
Pointed stones dug into the foe's Latios!
Celebi used Giga Drain!
It's not very effective... The foe's Latios lost 20% of its health!
The foe's Latios had its energy drained!
18% vs
25% <--94%
Ok Samarium. So far you’ve gotten the better of me with just about every move. This time I’m ready though. I see your surf and raise you a Rotom. Or was I supposed to call it and then raise? Either way, your chips are mine.
To be honest, I’m not expecting jirachi to switch in, but I decide to ride the waves regardless because I really want it dead.
Turn 27 (6 - 5)
Kazekage called Celebi back!
Kazekage sent out Rotom-W (Rotom-Wash)!
Pointed stones dug into Rotom-W!
The foe's Latios used Surf!
It's not very effective... Rotom-W lost 29% of its health!
Rotom-W restored HP using its Leftovers!
18% --> 62% vs25%
Volt-Switch gets the KO and keeps my offensive momentum going at this point. Spreading a burn would be pointless given the fact that both of our Rotom’s are blind. Pain split would also be pointless as most of his Pokemon don’t have enough health to offer me any real recovery.
Why does it have to be between choice or recoil for latios? Can’t I just have immense power, switch moves and not take damage for it? Is that too much to ask? I guess it is. But it’s still annoying that I can’t just use dragon pulse now. Anyway, I still believe latios can be useful. I would switch to jolteon on the predictable volt switch but the amount of times I’ve switched him into a hydro pump stops me. With no brighter ideas I go to rotom as, with leftovers, it's my only poke with any form of recovery (I go for thunderbolt instead of pain split as there are times when you want to use an electric move but don't want to switch rotom out).
Turn 28 (6 - 5)
samarium called Latios back!
samarium sent out Rotom-Wash!
Pointed stones dug into the foe's Rotom-Wash!
Rotom-W used Volt Switch!
The foe's Rotom-Wash lost 42% of its health!
Kazekage called Rotom-W back!
Kazekage sent out Landorus-Therian!
Pointed stones dug into Landorus-Therian!
Landorus-Therian intimidates the foe's Rotom-Wash!
The foe's Rotom-Wash's Attack fell!
The foe's Rotom-Wash restored HP using its Leftovers!
62% --> 27% vs
46%
Well, well, well. If it isn’t this match up again. But things are going to be different this time Rotom. You see my Landorus carries Stone Edge, which packs just enough of a punch to KO just about everything you have left. I’m sure I had Samarium figured out for once. He was going to sacrifice a poke to get a safe switch in and maybe bring in Salamence.
That did more than I thought it would to rotom. Also the fact he brought in lando-t means that he will stone edge. Which means something will die. At this point I think latios is the most expendable member with such little health and I won't need him anymore if his death means I can bring in Salamence for free.
Sce4
VS.
Namikaze
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Kazekage joined.
samarium joined.
Format: OU
Rated battle
Rule: Sleep Clause
Rule: Species Clause
Rule: OHKO Clause
Rule: Evasion Clause
Kazekage's team: Conkeldurr / Jirachi / Dragonite / Rotom-Wash / Celebi / Landorus-Therian
samarium's team: Jolteon / Salamence / Latios / Scizor / Rotom-Wash / Deoxys-Defense
Battle between Kazekage and samarium started!
Kazekage sent out Rotom-W (Rotom-Wash)!
samarium sent out Latios!
100% vs
I did a little research and it turned out that Samarium was ranked as #41 on the ladder. On PS this meant you were a decent battler and knew what you were doing. His team preview gave me shivers, seeing two dragons. In all my previous battles, two dragons had been the reason why I had lost because one would die taking out Jirachi and the other would run through a weakened team. From that I could tell that the only way I stood a shot at winning this was to have my Jirachi stay alive throughout the entire match, as to sponge hits from both of them and hopefully paralyze them back giving my other Pokemon a shot at the KOs. I decided to lead of with Rotom-W seeing as how if he had a dragon lead, he would be forced to use a dragon attack allowing a safe switch in for Jirachi.
It may seem odd not to lead with deoxys-d, but generally my opponent will send out their best answer to it so it's a stupid idea. Unless they have a dedicated lead or prankster abuser, then deoxys can shine. Anyway, I chose latios as Draco Meteor will kill anything on his team that doesn't cast wishes, and it's faster than his whole team providing lando-t isn't scarfed. I was glad to see rotom-w as it can't really do anything noteworthy to latios, I don't even think hp ice will do that much.
Turn 1 (6 – 6)
Kazekage called Rotom-W back!
Kazekage sent out Jirachi!
The foe's Latios used Draco Meteor!
It's not very effective... Jirachi lost 31% of its health!
The foe's Latios's Special Attack harshly fell!
Jirachi restored HP using its Leftovers!
100% --> 
75% vs 100%
Things go exactly as I had hoped for this turn. I’m assuming that his Latios is a scarfed one which meant that I could get a free turn to set up rocks. But that would allow his Salamence to come in and KO with EQ after which it would have its way with me, resulting in a very short match. Spreading paralysis was the safest way to go at this point.
So jirachi is in relatively safely, which is annoying as hell. What decent person plays with jirachi? None of them. It was invented only because Game Freak is equally as evil. Anyway, it's probably specially defensive given the damage latios did so it’s going to try to paralyze me, and because I’m worried it could use body slam instead of thunder wave I think scizor is my safest bet.
Turn 2 (6 - 6)
samarium called Latios back!
samarium sent out Scizor!
Jirachi used Body Slam!
It's not very effective... The foe's Scizor lost 10% of its health!
Jirachi restored HP using its Leftovers!
81% vs
100%
Scizors are usually banded. From seeing two banded pokes on Samarium’s team, I could tell that he’d be switching in and out a lot. As far as I was concerned, Scizor could not KO Jirachi and so I went for the rocks.
Safely in, the paralysis wouldn’t have mattered much but I’m still glad I didn’t get paralyzed, and jirachi can’t do much now so I assume it will either lay rocks or switch, so I may as well u-turn out.
Turn 3 (6 - 6)
Jirachi used Stealth Rock!
Pointed stones float in the air around the foe's team!
The foe's Scizor used U-turn!
Jirachi lost 54% of its health!
samarium called Scizor back!
samarium sent out Latios!
Pointed stones dug into the foe's Latios!
Jirachi restored HP using its Leftovers!
33% vs 88% <-- 90%
I wasn’t planning on tearing my hair out this early in the match, but there I was with fistfuls of my gorgeous locks fluttering about. Jirachi was now in KO range from any of Latios’ attacks. I could not afford to lose Jirachi with his Latios nearly unscathed. Draco meteor would leave me with 1% or so and that would put my opponent’s Latios at risk to being paralyzed with a Sp. Atk drop. Hoping that my opponent would play safely and use surf, I chose to make the safer move and switched to Rotom who could subsequently burn his next switch in. If he used Draco Meteor I’d have Jirachi come back in on the next turn and body slam forcing him to switch around more and rack up hazard damage.
I bring in latios to finish up as I want him to know as little as possible about my other sets, not that they’re unusual. On reflection, Draco Meteor would have been the best choice as (I think) it would have killed jirachi and anything else that tried to switch in. But as jirachi is such a thorn in this team’s side I only thought about getting the neutral hit.
Turn 4 (6 - 6)
Kazekage called Jirachi back!
Kazekage sent out Rotom-W (Rotom-Wash)!
The foe's Latios used Surf!
It's not very effective... Rotom-W lost 30% of its health!
Rotom-W restored HP using its Leftovers!
33% --> 76% vs 88%
Ok, so far so good…
Again, Rotom-W can do little to Latios so I decide to stay in and surf again to scout what he wants to do.
Turn 5 (6 - 6)
The foe's Latios used Surf!
It's not very effective... Rotom-W lost 30% of its health!
Rotom-W used Will-O-Wisp!
The attack of Rotom-W missed!
Rotom-W restored HP using its Leftovers!
52% vs 88%
Aw darn it. Rotom would be unable to do much to that Latios at this point, so pain split seemed like the best option, granting Rotom more health and allowing it one more shot at burn. I contemplated switching to Celebi, but that wouldn’t be the best thing to do since I would be unable to touch Latios.
The miss didn’t matter that much. Latios doesn’t care much about burns. And I probably would’ve switched him into jirachi more as there was no longer a need to fear paralysis. Anyway, I’m predicting a switch here so I go to my entry hazard layer as I realize by this point they are going to be very useful and, to be honest, it's who I send in when I don't know who else to turn to.
Turn 6 (6 - 6)
samarium called Latios back!
samarium sent out Deoxys-Defense!
Pointed stones dug into the foe's Deoxys-Defense!
The foe's Deoxys-Defense is exerting its pressure!
Rotom-W used Pain Split!
The battlers shared their pain!
The foe's Deoxys-Defense restored HP using its Leftovers!
Rotom-W restored HP using its Leftovers!
81% vs 
71% <--
When I first saw Deoxys-D in the team preview, I was a bit confused. I wasn’t sure if it was OU as there were better spikers and stealth rockers in the game, namely Ferrothorn. I didn’t really have a way to play around it so going for the next best thing, I tried to drown it.
He'll either attack or switch, either way this would be a good time to lay some hazards.
Turn 7 (6 - 6)
The foe's Deoxys-Defense used Stealth Rock!
Pointed stones float in the air around your team!
Rotom-W used Hydro Pump!
The attack of Rotom-W missed!
The foe's Deoxys-Defense restored HP using its Leftovers!
Rotom-W restored HP using its Leftovers!
87% vs 77%
WTF Rotom! Are you blind!? That’s two times this game already. He had a free layer of entry hazards up, and I assumed that there was more to come. But once again, not being sure about what a Deoxys could do, instead of switching directly to Rotom, I tried scouting a bit.
Time for some spikes.
Turn 8 (6 - 6)
The foe's Deoxys-Defense used Spikes!
Spikes were scattered all around the feet of your team!
Rotom-W used Volt Switch!
The foe's Deoxys-Defense lost 27% of its health!
Kazekage called Rotom-W back!
Kazekage sent out Jirachi!
Jirachi is hurt by the spikes!
Pointed stones dug into Jirachi!
The foe's Deoxys-Defense restored HP using its Leftovers!
Jirachi restored HP using its Leftovers!
87% --> 20% vs 56%
For those of you who couldn’t tell, Jirachi was saying his last prayers. Night Shade would dispatch of me quickly and the match was as good as over. GG Samarium, except not really because let’s face it, I’m a genuine idiot.
There’s no point in switching here as I assume an attack is coming, and Deoxys really doesn’t mind those. So more spikes!
Turn 9 (6 - 6)
The foe's Deoxys-Defense used Spikes!
Spikes were scattered all around the feet of your team!
Jirachi used Wish!
The foe's Deoxys-Defense restored HP using its Leftovers!
Jirachi restored HP using its Leftovers!
26% vs 62%
What just happened? Did Samarium misclick? Had the planets aligned in my favor? Will Bleach ever end? All these questions had to wait to be answered. Its prayer had gone through and now with a new lease on life Jirachi now went back to do what the world notoriously hates it for doing.
Okay, I now realize I should’ve used taunt. Then jirachi wouldn’t have been able to heal and I could still lay my hazards. Ah well, may as well finish laying them now.
Turn 10 (6 - 6)
The foe's Deoxys-Defense used Spikes!
Spikes were scattered all around the feet of your team!
Jirachi used Body Slam!
The foe's Deoxys-Defense lost 15% of its health!
The foe's Deoxys-Defense was paralyzed! It may be unable to move!
Jirachi's wish came true!
The foe's Deoxys-Defense restored HP using its Leftovers!
Jirachi restored HP using its Leftovers!
81% vs 51% (Par)
Looking good Jirachi. Now let’s hope Samarium switches out predicting Iron Head abuse. Only to eat more of my 1.1kg Body Slams that is.
Ok deoxys, you've done your main job. But before switching use taunt so that it can’t heal a teammate with wish.
Turn 11 (6 - 6)
Jirachi used Body Slam!
The foe's Deoxys-Defense lost 14% of its health!
The foe's Deoxys-Defense used Taunt!
Jirachi fell for the taunt!
Jirachi restored HP using its Leftovers!
The foe's Deoxys-Defense restored HP using its Leftovers!
87% (Taunt) vs 43% (Par)
Taunt? This turn reminded me of just how little I knew about Deoxys. It was one of those suicide lead sets that spammed entry hazards and then was quickly disposed of. Samarium would probably go on to Night Shade me, which would result in my Jirachi being in KO range again by the time I had finished Deoxys off. Well, too bad for you that I’m on to your antics. Iron head abuse ought to show you whose boss.
I figure jirachi, the annoying thing it is, will iron head here as he now assumes I'm not switching. I could easily bring in rotom in an attempt to burn it and kill it quicker. But at this point I'd rather have momentum so scizor is the better option as it will do more damage if jirachi stays in whereas volt switching will do practically nothing and leave him free to paralyze something.
Turn 12 (6 - 6)
samarium called Deoxys-Defense back!
samarium sent out Scizor!
Pointed stones dug into the foe's Scizor!
Jirachi used Iron Head!
It's not very effective... The foe's Scizor lost 14% of its health!
Jirachi restored HP using its Leftovers!
93% (Taunt) vs
43% (Par)
Aw darn it again. I believe I was outsmarted, outwitted and outplayed just now. Being slower Scizor could take a Body Slam and U-Turn out to a dragon who would KO. But I’ve learned from my mistakes. I’m saving my pixie for another day.
U-turn should be obvious but even so there’s little he can do to stop be gaining the momentum here.
Turn 13 (6 - 6)
Kazekage called Jirachi back!
Kazekage sent out Landorus-Therian!
Pointed stones dug into Landorus-Therian!
Landorus-Therian intimidates the foe's Scizor!
The foe's Scizor's Attack fell!
The foe's Scizor used U-turn!
It's not very effective... Landorus-Therian lost 26% of its health!
samarium called Scizor back!
samarium sent out Rotom-Wash!
Pointed stones dug into the foe's Rotom-Wash!
The foe's Rotom-Wash restored HP using its Leftovers!
93% -->
62% vs94% <--61%
Wow, even after an Intimidate, I took over 25% from a resisted U-Turn? Banded Scizor always has been and forever will be something to be scared of. Before dealing with those dragon’s I need to take care of it. Seeing as how I was in the face of a lefties carrying Rotom-W, I knew exactly how to go about this.
I really don't like facing lando-t. Intimidate can be used to ruin Salamence in the early stages of a sweep, and scarved variants will outspeed jolteon as well. I figure, if I burn it, it won't be scary at all. Still intimidating but I can't stop that. I would've volt switched here to keep momentum but had lando-t stayed in I'd be screwed.
Turn 14 (6 - 6)
Kazekage called Landorus-Therian back!
Kazekage sent out Celebi!
Celebi is hurt by the spikes!
Pointed stones dug into Celebi!
The foe's Rotom-Wash used Will-O-Wisp!
The attack of the foe's Rotom-Wash missed!
The foe's Rotom-Wash restored HP using its Leftovers!
62% --> 
63% vs 100%
That could not have gone better. With entry hazards tearing my Pokemon a new one with every switch, I had to take a little damage as I possibly could. Now I’ll Giga Drain so that Scizor could switch in. My Celebi carries an expert belt which I guess fools others into believing it has specs or a scarf. Samarium would hopefully follow this consensus and U-Turn only to eat HP Fire. On a side note, I’m thinking all Rotom’s should go to some kind of an accuracy school. So far every move that did not have perfect accuracy has missed, which seriously blows.
Does will-o-wisp ever hit? I guess it doesn’t matter that much, celebi isn’t a massive threat. Instinctively I go to switch in scizor, but the threat of hidden power fire deters me. Latios, on the other hand, can hover out of any skirmish with celebi without sustaining too much damage so that seems like the best choice. If celebi does carry hp ice, surely it's not about to be used.
Turn 15 (6 - 6)
samarium called Rotom-Wash back!
samarium sent out Latios!
Pointed stones dug into the foe's Latios!
Celebi used Giga Drain!
It's not very effective... The foe's Latios lost 18% of its health!
The foe's Latios had its energy drained!
70% vs
100%
Oh boy. This is why Samarium is #41 on the ladder and will probably continue to climb up there. He’s been making smart educated choices the entire battle. I could definitely learn a thing or two from him. Draco Meteor is expected and so Jirachi’s going to come in and foil his plans again. I don’t mind being tricked to hold a scarf since my rocks weren’t going anywhere and Jirachi could just spam Iron Head.
It is really tempting to just call upon some meteors to annihilate everything, but the hateful little pixie on my opponent’s team is still alive. After this match I’m trading psyshock for HP fire, I run away from most speed ties regardless.
Turn 16 (6 - 6)
Kazekage called Celebi back!
Kazekage sent out Jirachi!
Pointed stones dug into Jirachi!
Jirachi is hurt by the spikes!
The foe's Latios used Surf!
Jirachi lost 30% of its health!
Jirachi restored HP using its Leftovers!
70% -->
Once again, Samarium makes the safer and smarter move. Latios had taken a fair bit of damage at this point and so I was content with sacrificing my Jirachi to getting that paralysis on it. That would essentially remove Latios from the game and leave me with one dragon to deal with. That light at the end of the tunnel seemed to be getting brighter every turn.
Surf did less than I thought it would. I guess most jirachis I face are on rain teams. Well I’m not leaving latios as it can destroy everything on his team bar jirachi, once that's gone I may get away with a dragon pulse sweep. However, I don’t want anything else to get paralyzed (I hate you jirachi), so I’ll send in deoxys to die.
Turn 17 (6 - 6)
samarium called Latios back!
samarium sent out Deoxys-Defense!
Pointed stones dug into the foe's Deoxys-Defense!
The foe's Deoxys-Defense is exerting its pressure!
Jirachi used Body Slam!
The foe's Deoxys-Defense lost 14% of its health!
The foe's Deoxys-Defense restored HP using its Leftovers!
Jirachi restored HP using its Leftovers!
38% vs 31% (Par) <--57%
This is the third time in a row that Samarium has foiled my plans to rule the world. Whatever, Deoxys can just watch as I return to full health so that Jirachi can take another shot at those dragons.
Hopefully my opponent will go for another attack and I can taunt him, preventing him from healing and bringing me closer to finishing this. If he uses Wish I might just commit suicide.
Turn 18 (6 - 6)
Jirachi used Wish!
The foe's Deoxys-Defense used Taunt!
Jirachi fell for the taunt!
Jirachi restored HP using its Leftovers!
The foe's Deoxys-Defense restored HP using its Leftovers!
44% (Taunt) vs 37% (Par)
Nothing to say here. My wish went through and now I’ll throw my Iron Heads to beat out his Night Shade with added flinches on the side.
I hate you jirachi. So much. But I’m not surprised, by this point I think I know my opponent well enough to know he’s a sensible battler, like myself. Now I just wait for Deoxys to be killed so I can revenge jirachi with Salamence EQ and finish this, so I just press a random button.
Turn 19 (6 - 6)
The foe's Deoxys-Defense used Magic Coat!
The foe's Deoxys-Defense shrouded itself with Magic Coat!
Jirachi used Iron Head!
The foe's Deoxys-Defense lost 23% of its health!
Jirachi's wish came true!
The foe's Deoxys-Defense restored HP using its Leftovers!
100% (Taunt) vs 20% (Par)
WHOA WHOA WHOA. Magic coat? Of all moves in the world, why magic coat? I guess it would beat taunters seeing as how Deoxys is neutered by them. Samarium had finally left an opening, and I intended to capitalize on this opportunity. I could have Dragonite come in a dragon dance the day away, but should his Salamence be scarfed, I’d be open to being revenge killed. The next best move was…
After rereading this and seeing how useless taunt and magic coat proved to be in this match I feel like I should explain deoxys' role. Obviously a team using scarf mence and specs jolt loves entry hazards. However, on an offensive team like mine giving an opponent a chance to perform some dances can be fatal, so something like ferrothorn would be stupid, hence taunt. And magic coat practically guarantees I'll get hazards up in some way, and it's very useful against pranksters.
Turn 20 (6 - 6)
Kazekage called Jirachi back!
Kazekage sent out Landorus-Therian!
Pointed stones dug into Landorus-Therian!
Landorus-Therian intimidates the foe's Deoxys-Defense!
The foe's Deoxys-Defense's Attack fell!
The foe's Deoxys-Defense used Magic Coat!
The foe's Deoxys-Defense shrouded itself with Magic Coat!
The foe's Deoxys-Defense restored HP using its Leftovers!
100% -->
Nothing you can do to my Landorus bro. I could go for EQ but Latios and Rotom-W would force me to play some more switching games that I absolutely could not afford to play. Keeping in mind Samarium’s safe playing nature, I thought that he would switch in to Rotom-W. Go ahead do it. I dare you.
I got annoyed here as I just wanted deoxys to die so I could get on with the match, it also means I can't just revenge jirachi.
Turn 21 (6 - 6)
Landorus-Therian used Gravity!
Gravity intensified!
The foe's Deoxys-Defense used Taunt!
Landorus-Therian fell for the taunt!
The foe's Deoxys-Defense restored HP using its Leftovers!
50% (Taunt) vs 32% (Par)
*Sigh* That would be the safest move possible wouldn’t it? Well at least now everything eats a painful EQ at the hands of my Lando.
This move made me so happy, as the last few moves had been extremely frustrating but now deoxys can die and I can revenge it easily knowing now that it's not scarved.
Turn 22 (6 - 5)
The foe's Deoxys-Defense used Magic Coat!
The foe's Deoxys-Defense shrouded itself with Magic Coat!
Landorus-Therian used Earthquake!
The foe's Deoxys-Defense lost 30% of its health!
Landorus-Therian lost some of its HP!
The foe's Deoxys-Defense fainted!
samarium sent out Jolteon!
Pointed stones dug into the foe's Jolteon!
40% (Taunt) vs 
88% <--
0%The devil finally bit the dust. Now Jolteon coming in on Landorus? That’s a dead give away of an incoming HP Ice.
Finally, I bring in specs jolt to kill Lando-T. Yes I know thunderbolt or volt switch would be better moves but if he does stay in I will feel so pathetically stupid, so hp ice it is, at least there's nothing to lose.
Turn 23 (6 - 5)
Kazekage called Landorus-Therian back!
Kazekage sent out Jirachi!
Pointed stones dug into Jirachi!
Jirachi is hurt by the spikes!
The foe's Jolteon used Hidden Power!
It's not very effective... Jirachi lost 7% of its health!
Jirachi restored HP using its Leftovers!
40% --> 68% vs 88%
Jirachi, you’re the star of this show. Seeing as how Jolteon had no lefties, I could only see it holding a choice specs. Which meant a Pokemon would be switching right into my Body Slam.
Jirachi is really starting to annoy me so I decide to bring in rotom and burn it, I know I will probably get paralyzed but I just really wanted to see jirachi writhing in burning pain. Besides I’m sure he’s expecting me to switch to scizor, which generally means switching to rotom is a good idea.
Turn 24 (6 - 5)
samarium called Jolteon back!
samarium sent out Rotom-Wash!
Pointed stones dug into the foe's Rotom-Wash!
Jirachi used Body Slam!
The foe's Rotom-Wash lost 22% of its health!
The foe's Rotom-Wash restored HP using its Leftovers!
Jirachi restored HP using its Leftovers!
74% vs 66% <--
Ok Rotom-W again. This gives Celebi another shot at luring in Scizor for a KO. Though I took a note of how Jirachi seems to be failing when it comes to paralyzing my opponents. Sure I got the Deoxys, but that guy didn’t care about it now did it?
Okay I was quite lucky to get away with that. I’m fully intent on going for will-o-wisp, I mean it’s not going to miss again, is it? But surely that would be what he’s expecting, I mean what else can rotom do to jirachi? Plus he’s got a conkeldurr, who surely has guts. Therefore I decide to KO the, what I now believe to be, the conkeldurr looking to power up.
Turn 25 (6 - 5)
Kazekage called Jirachi back!
Kazekage sent out Celebi!
Celebi is hurt by the spikes!
Pointed stones dug into Celebi!
The foe's Rotom-Wash used Hydro Pump!
It's not very effective... Celebi lost 23% of its health!
The foe's Rotom-Wash restored HP using its Leftovers!
Gravity returned to normal!
74% --> 10% vs
Same strategy as last time. Samarium could also switch to his Latios, but we’ve danced before haven’t we?
In retrospect, that seemed very obvious. But at the time I was almost certain conkeldurr was coming in. Anyway, we’ve all learnt that latios has nothing to fear from celebi so that seems like the safest bet.
Turn 26 (6 - 5)
samarium called Rotom-Wash back!
samarium sent out Latios!
Pointed stones dug into the foe's Latios!
Celebi used Giga Drain!
It's not very effective... The foe's Latios lost 20% of its health!
The foe's Latios had its energy drained!
18% vs
94%
Ok Samarium. So far you’ve gotten the better of me with just about every move. This time I’m ready though. I see your surf and raise you a Rotom. Or was I supposed to call it and then raise? Either way, your chips are mine.
To be honest, I’m not expecting jirachi to switch in, but I decide to ride the waves regardless because I really want it dead.
Turn 27 (6 - 5)
Kazekage called Celebi back!
Kazekage sent out Rotom-W (Rotom-Wash)!
Pointed stones dug into Rotom-W!
The foe's Latios used Surf!
It's not very effective... Rotom-W lost 29% of its health!
Rotom-W restored HP using its Leftovers!
18% --> 62% vs25%
Volt-Switch gets the KO and keeps my offensive momentum going at this point. Spreading a burn would be pointless given the fact that both of our Rotom’s are blind. Pain split would also be pointless as most of his Pokemon don’t have enough health to offer me any real recovery.
Why does it have to be between choice or recoil for latios? Can’t I just have immense power, switch moves and not take damage for it? Is that too much to ask? I guess it is. But it’s still annoying that I can’t just use dragon pulse now. Anyway, I still believe latios can be useful. I would switch to jolteon on the predictable volt switch but the amount of times I’ve switched him into a hydro pump stops me. With no brighter ideas I go to rotom as, with leftovers, it's my only poke with any form of recovery (I go for thunderbolt instead of pain split as there are times when you want to use an electric move but don't want to switch rotom out).
Turn 28 (6 - 5)
samarium called Latios back!
samarium sent out Rotom-Wash!
Pointed stones dug into the foe's Rotom-Wash!
Rotom-W used Volt Switch!
The foe's Rotom-Wash lost 42% of its health!
Kazekage called Rotom-W back!
Kazekage sent out Landorus-Therian!
Pointed stones dug into Landorus-Therian!
Landorus-Therian intimidates the foe's Rotom-Wash!
The foe's Rotom-Wash's Attack fell!
The foe's Rotom-Wash restored HP using its Leftovers!
62% --> 27% vs
Well, well, well. If it isn’t this match up again. But things are going to be different this time Rotom. You see my Landorus carries Stone Edge, which packs just enough of a punch to KO just about everything you have left. I’m sure I had Samarium figured out for once. He was going to sacrifice a poke to get a safe switch in and maybe bring in Salamence.
That did more than I thought it would to rotom. Also the fact he brought in lando-t means that he will stone edge. Which means something will die. At this point I think latios is the most expendable member with such little health and I won't need him anymore if his death means I can bring in Salamence for free.
