Predictions and Hope: An OU Warstory

Hey Smogon, I recently had this battle with my new test team (as I am on my alternate account, Oranged), and it ended up being one of the most exciting one’s I’ve had. Thanks for checking out my warstory and I hope you enjoy it!

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Oranged’s Team:

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Oranged's moves will look like this.
kev-dog's moves will look like this.
other text will look like this.
Leftovers will be removed.
Nicknames will be removed.
Sandstorm/hail damage will be removed.
Scores will be shown after each KO.

Rules: Ladder Match, Sleep Clause, Freeze Clause, OHKO Clause, Evasion Clause, Species Clause, Strict Damage Clause, Soul Dew Clause


Oranged sent out Gliscor (lvl 100 Gliscor ?).
kev-dog sent out Roserade (lvl 100 Roserade ?).

Gliscor used Taunt.
Roserade fell for the taunt!
Roserade used Leaf Storm.
Roserade's attack missed!

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vs.
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kev-dog: ...

Gliscor, one of my favorite leads. I go for the taunt expecting the usual sleep powder, but instead he goes for the straight away attack. Though I was totally out predicted at this first chance, luck was on my side and gave me the opportunity to save Gliscor. So I go into a relatively safe grass resist…

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Oranged switched in Jirachi (lvl 100 Jirachi).

Roserade used Leaf Storm.
Roserade's attack missed!

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vs.
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… Only for him to miss again. I guess Stealth Rock would have helped, but really, I wasn’t going to risk Gliscor this early just for the lucky miss. I really don’t know his team yet, and I like to play cautiously in the beginning, so I go for the Fire Punch.

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kev-dog switched in Zapdos (lvl 100 Zapdos).
Zapdos is exerting its pressure!

Jirachi used Fire Punch.
Zapdos lost 19% of its health.
Zapdos was burned!
Zapdos was hurt by its burn!
Zapdos lost 12% of its health.

Jirachi.jpg
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kev-dog: wow

Wow is right, nothing yet has gone well for kev this game, and even though it is backed by Serene Grace, burn is still unexpected.

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Oranged switched in Heatran (lvl 100 Heatran ?).

Zapdos used Heat Wave.
Heatran's Flash Fire raised its fire power!
Zapdos was hurt by its burn!
Zapdos lost 12% of its health.

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kev-dog switched in Blastoise (lvl 100 Blastoise ?).

Heatran used Hidden Power.
It's not very effective...
Blastoise lost 9% of its health.

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Again, playing cautiously to scout out the team. As nothing Zapdos has will really threaten Heatran, he was a safe switch, and since he did not send in his own Heatran against Jirachi, I figure HP Ice will be safe but possibly surprising (which it wasn’t I guess).


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Oranged switched in Feraligatr (lvl 100 Feraligatr ?).

Blastoise used Hydro Pump.
It's not very effective...
Feraligatr lost 21% of its health.

The last few battles, Feraligatr has been monstruous when he has been allowed in against a bulky water. Thinking that Blastoise was either choiced or a support spinner, I feel pretty safe letting Feraligatr in. Hoping to draw back Zapdos or possibly Roserade, I go straight for Ice Punch.

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kev-dog switched in Dusknoir (lvl 100 Dusknoir ?).
Dusknoir is exerting its pressure!

Feraligatr used Ice Punch.
Dusknoir lost 20% of its health.
Feraligatr lost 10% of its health.

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Yeah so that didn’t work well, I lost half as much as the enemy with LO recoil… Well, whatever, nothing too bad has happened yet. I expect a WoW or a Thunderpunch, so let’s get in Jolteon for a free switch.

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Oranged switched in Jolteon (lvl 100 Jolteon ?).

Dusknoir used Earthquake.
It's super effective!
Jolteon lost 89% of its health.

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Or not I guess? First heavy hit of the game, and it happened to me, despite all my luck. Guess it’s karma. I know for sure he’s going to finish Jolteon off with Shadow Sneak, but I have a resist to switch to and Jolteon can at least be used for fodder later (sorry Jolteon! :[ ).

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Oranged switched in Heatran (lvl 100 Heatran ?).

Dusknoir used Shadow Sneak.
It's not very effective...
Heatran lost 7% of its health.

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Obvious switch, but it worked I guess.

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Heatran used Fire Blast.
Heatran's attack missed!
Dusknoir used Earthquake.
It's super effective!
Heatran lost 91% of its health.

kev-dog: that sucks

WOW! I am totally over-predicting. I had a certain feeling that he would switch out at this point, but why would he? He probably could have taken the fire blast, but the hit would have helped me greatly as well. Now I have two near dead sweepers that are pretty important to my team, and all he has is a burned zapdos. I really need to step it up.

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Dusknoir used Shadow Sneak.
It's not very effective...
Heatran lost 1% of its health.
Oranged's Heatran fainted.

(5-6)

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kev-dog: lol
Oranged: Yeah lol but its what i deserve
kev-dog: ha its W.e its part of this game we play

Even with all my luck so far, I am being beaten down. As kev said, it’s part of the game, but even with the game helping me, I am down nearly 2 pokemon! No real point in saving Heatran, so I let him die to the inevitable SS. I am really letting my team down at this point, but I go for a risky move that might let me get through a few members of his team.

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Oranged switched in Feraligatr (lvl 100 Feraligatr ?).

Feraligatr used Swords Dance.
Feraligatr's attack was sharply raised.
Dusknoir used Will-o-wisp.
Feraligatr was burned!
Feraligatr was hurt by its burn!
Feraligatr lost 12% of its health.

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… So he DID have WoW! Man that sucked. Well Feraligatr is pretty much scrapped now. (Feraligatr, my reliable fish, I even let you down too! :[ ).

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Feraligatr used Swords Dance.
Feraligatr's attack was sharply raised.
Dusknoir used Earthquake.
Feraligatr lost 24% of its health.
Feraligatr was hurt by its burn!
Feraligatr lost 12% of its health.

Might have been able to get more damage in if I attacked both turns, but I kind of expected him to switch into Blastoise to resist it anyway. So I might as well build up as much attack as possible for his last hurrah.

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Feraligatr used Aqua Jet.
Dusknoir lost 40% of its health.
Feraligatr lost 10% of its health.
Dusknoir used Shadow Sneak.
Feraligatr lost 10% of its health.
Oranged's Feraligatr fainted.

(4-6)

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Since my Feraligatr doesn’t run Waterfall anyway (Why use Feraligatr > Gyara if you are gonna use the same moves?), I go for the aqua jet for STAB and so I can beat the Shadow Sneak. Though it was a short life, your death will not be in vain! Dusknoir is now in range for another pokemon to avenge you!

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Oranged switched in Salamence (lvl 100 Salamence ?).
Salamence's Intimidate cut Dusknoir's attack!

Salamence used Draco Meteor.
Dusknoir lost 66% of its health.
kev-dog's Dusknoir fainted.
Salamence's special attack was harshly lowered.
Salamence lost 10% of its health.

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vs. X

(4-5)

So yeah. I have had all the luck so far, but I am still down one. Feraligatr performed his job in helping me weaken Dusknoir for the Draco Meteor, but my lack of a priority revenger is quite annoying. Plus I’m down 1 with a walking-dead Jolteon. Ugh…

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kev-dog switched in Weavile (lvl 100 Weavile ?).
Weavile is exerting its pressure!
Oranged switched in Jirachi (lvl 100 Jirachi).

Weavile used Ice Punch.
It's not very effective...
Jirachi lost 18% of its health.

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Knowing that he’s playing pretty straight-forwardly, I go for the Ice resist to take the hit. I assume he is choice banded (other than the anti-lead, I have not seen any other Weavile variations), so I predict the switch and…

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kev-dog switched in Zapdos (lvl 100 Zapdos).
Zapdos is exerting its pressure!

Jirachi used Substitute.
Jirachi lost 25% of its health.
Jirachi made a substitute!
Zapdos was hurt by its burn!
Zapdos lost 12% of its health.

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Sub up. Time to stall out the burn, zapdos. Despite my lack of leftovers, I hope I can flinch my way out of this without having to lose much more health to substitute.

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Jirachi used Iron Head.
It's not very effective...
Zapdos lost 14% of its health.
Zapdos flinched!
Zapdos was hurt by its burn!
Zapdos lost 12% of its health.

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Jirachi used Iron Head.
It's not very effective...
A critical hit!
Zapdos lost 26% of its health.
Zapdos flinched!
Zapdos was hurt by its burn!
Zapdos lost 12% of its health.

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Jirachi used Iron Head.
It's not very effective...
Zapdos lost 9% of its health.
kev-dog's Zapdos fainted.

(4-4)

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Wooh! A plan finally worked without me sacrificing much more than some substitute HP. Even though it is a 60% chance, I feel really lucky that it actually worked. With my Sub still intact, let’s see what he throws at me.

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kev-dog switched in Flygon (lvl 100 Flygon ?).

Ugh… a Flygon… a revenge killer that can break apart the rest of my team… I have Gliscor to wall him, but Feraligatr is no longer here to aqua jet it, Heatran is no longer here to HP Ice the switch in case he decides to come in, and Salamence needs some time to DD in order to outspeed. My only chance is to trick out it’s scarf to let Jirachi become a revenge killer. Damn, I wanted to use Jirachi differently, but I guess it’s the best chance.

Flygon used U-turn.

Oh no…

The substitute took damage for Jirachi!
kev-dog switched in Blastoise (lvl 100 Blastoise ?).

Jirachi used Trick.
Jirachi obtained Leftovers!
Blastoise obtained Toxic Orb!
Blastoise was badly poisoned!

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Well… I have a mixed reaction to this. Blastoise would be much more annoying with leftovers, and leftovers is my favorite thing to trick to Jirachi. But now he knows that Jirachi is a tricker, so he will be much more cautious with Flygon, especially while I still have a sub up. Had Zapdos not been burned earlier, I might have tricked it instead. Fortunately, it was, so now I can use the toxic orb to stall out Blastoise instead. Despite the plan not working, at least it gives me another dead opponent.

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Jirachi used Iron Head.
It's not very effective...
Blastoise lost 15% of its health.
Blastoise flinched!
Blastoise is hurt by poison!
Blastoise lost 6% of its health.

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Jirachi used Iron Head.
It's not very effective...
Blastoise lost 15% of its health.
Blastoise used Hydro Pump.
The substitute took damage for Jirachi!
Jirachi's substitute faded!
Blastoise is hurt by poison!
Blastoise lost 12% of its health.

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Jirachi used Iron Head.
It's not very effective...
Blastoise lost 15% of its health.
Blastoise flinched!
Blastoise is hurt by poison!
Blastoise lost 18% of its health.

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Jirachi used Iron Head.
It's not very effective...
A critical hit!
Blastoise lost 18% of its health.
kev-dog's Blastoise fainted.

(4-3)

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Wow! I have actually made a return to having a chance in this battle! I don’t feel as bad about this stall out as I at least got my sub broken. But without my sub, it’s obvious what the next move will be.

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kev-dog switched in Flygon (lvl 100 Flygon ?).
Oranged switched in Gliscor (lvl 100 Gliscor ?).

Flygon used U-turn.
It's not very effective...
Gliscor lost 9% of its health.

kev-dog switched in Weavile (lvl 100 Weavile ?).
Weavile is exerting its pressure!

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I guess U-turn was the safe move over EQ, but either way it’s a NVE move against Gliscor. Man he is great. But against Weavile… he has no chance. Let’s go back to my valuable fodder to give me a chance against Weavile.

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Oranged switched in Jolteon (lvl 100 Jolteon ?).

Weavile used Swords Dance.
Weavile's attack was sharply raised.

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IT’S NOT BANDED?!!? Wow I am screwed, I am screwed, I am screwed. Jolteon was supposed to take the hit so Jirachi, Gliscor, and Salamence could be in prime position. But now… well, there is nothing else to do but attack, but I am sure he’ll Ice Shard and I am finished with only Jirachi and two 4x Ice weaknesses left.

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Jolteon used Thunderbolt.
Weavile lost 80% of its health.
Jolteon lost 10% of its health.
Weavile used Night Slash.
Jolteon lost 1% of its health.
Oranged's Jolteon fainted.

(3-3)

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Wow, I guess he doesn’t run Ice Shard. Maybe Swords Dance/Ice Punch/Night Slash/[Low Kick or Brick Break], with Expert Belt to fake a CB. Sneaky, kev-dog. The score is technically evened up now, though it was nearly even before with Jolteon nearly dead. But now Weavile is nearly dead and he can be taken out! You actually proved very useful Jolteon, you were not just fodder! (Still sorry for putting you in on EQ, man).

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Oranged switched in Jirachi (lvl 100 Jirachi).

Weavile used Night Slash.
Jirachi lost 66% of its health.
Jirachi used Iron Head.
It's super effective!
Weavile lost 20% of its health.
kev-dog's Weavile fainted.

(3-2)

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Wow, I did not realize Weavile would do that much. But Jirachi took it and we’re up 3-2. Let’s finish this!

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kev-dog switched in Roserade (lvl 100 Roserade ?).

Jirachi used Fire Punch.
It's super effective!
Roserade lost 87% of its health.
Roserade used Sleep Powder.
Jirachi fell asleep!

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With Jirachi weakened, and Gliscor not in to taunt, I go for Fire Punch to get some final damage in with Jirachi. His sleep doesn’t miss, and Jirachi is basically done. You did a great job Jirachi, but this will probably be farewell!

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Jirachi is fast asleep!
Roserade used Leaf Storm.
Roserade's attack missed!

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kev-dog switched in Flygon (lvl 100 Flygon ?).
Jirachi is fast asleep!

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Flygon used Outrage.
Flygon went on a rampage!
It's not very effective...
Jirachi lost 27% of its health.
Jirachi is fast asleep!

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Flygon used Outrage.
It's not very effective...
Jirachi lost 26% of its health.
Oranged's Jirachi fainted.
Flygon's rampage ended.
Flygon became confused!

(2-2)

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Jirachi was a necessary sacrifice, but he stays alive for Flygon to become confused. What a great pokemon Jirachi was for me. Let’s see if we can pull a win out for him! (Jolteon: Ahem? Me: Yeah, yeah, you too).

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Oranged switched in Gliscor (lvl 100 Gliscor ?).
kev-dog switched in Roserade (lvl 100 Roserade ?).

Gliscor used Earthquake.
Roserade lost 13% of its health.
kev-dog's Roserade fainted.

(2-1)

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Ok, so at least that worked out. But now it’s his best revenge killer against my two guys who can’t outspeed him… yeah… well, let’s see; Flygon will almost definitely outrage, seeing as he is scarfed and he cannot switch out. Gliscor only has U-turn and EQ as attacking moves. So, I could switch out to Salamence for a surefire death, I could keep in Giscor to see if he can get Flygon down to confusion, or I could… I guess U-turn into Salamence after the hit? Salamence would die anyway. Let’s see if Gliscor can live until confusion.

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kev-dog switched in Flygon (lvl 100 Flygon ?).

Flygon used Outrage.
Flygon went on a rampage!
Gliscor lost 46% of its health.
Gliscor used Stealth Rock.
Pointed stones float in the air around the foe's team!

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Oh yes! It’s a 3HKO! I am so glad Stealth Rock is not in play. Let’s hope for no crits on Gliscor.

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Flygon used Outrage.
Gliscor lost 48% of its health.
Gliscor used Stealth Rock.
But it failed!

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Flygon used Outrage.
Gliscor lost 18% of its health.
Oranged's Gliscor fainted.
Flygon's rampage ended.
Flygon became confused!

(1-1)

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Gliscor, what a beast you are. Taking three Outrages to the face and sending him into confusion. I knew I needed to keep you alive. But even with the confusion… who’s Outrage will hit first? It could go either way, but I choose Outrage and hope for the best.

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Oranged switched in Salamence (lvl 100 Salamence ?).
Salamence's Intimidate cut Flygon's attack!

Oranged: please!!
kev-dog: this is intense lol



















Flygon is confused!






















It hurt itself in its confusion!
Flygon lost 12% of its health.
Salamence used Outrage.
Salamence went on a rampage!
It's super effective!
Flygon lost 88% of its health.
kev-dog's Flygon fainted.

(1-0)

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Oranged wins!
kev-dog: good battle regardless
Oranged: gg
kev-dog: gg​


kev-dog’s team:

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Props:
Kev-dog, for an amazing battle and for not raging at the “hax” or the ending.
Flygon, for keeping the pressure on my team and performing well as a scout and revenger.
Dusknoir, for breaking my early game strategy and almost totally destroying me (had Draco Meteor missed or not killed…).
Gliscor, for being able to take 3 Outrages to give me a chance to win.
Jirachi, the MVP, for walling, stalling, and dismantling a ton of his team (Zapdos, Blastoise, most of Roserade, and Weavile, with help from Jolteon).


Slops:
Me, for letting my special sweepers die so easily.
Weavile, for not having Ice Shard.
Blastoise, for basically doing nothing.
Roserade, for missing all those Leaf Storms.

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Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoyed it.
 
All I can say is... I never thought that that much hax was possible.
The teams were some what interesting, using some uncommon pokemon, but there was some really bad play (you could have u-turned out to salamence, letting gliscor take the hit, then switch back... or something). And yeah, the hax was unbelievable. Was that supposed to provoke interest? Just curious. Anyways, it wasn't really a great battle in any way.
Good try, but you should look through the archives and try and find what makes a battle interesting to read about (hint: great teams, clever tricks, smart predictions, etc)
 
A bit to much hax, quite a bit weird play.

But some praise on the Jirachi, I really liked the idea of toxic orb trick.. I actually think Im gonna steal that from you ;p

I also liked that you "talked" to your pokes in your comments, reminds me of myself when Im playing my DS.
 
Yeah I guess I should have done that, makes a ton of sense. I was kind of in the moment and forgot about intimidate...

Archive warstories are amazing, I doubt I'd reach that level, just thought it was a interesting battle with a good ending.

Yeah I was puzzled too but if he had EQ'd, it would basically have been the same. He would switch, Rose would die, etc.

Thanks about Jirachi, it is a variation on on the set by Picklesword (he uses leftovers and thunderwave instead of toxic orb and trick if I remember correctly), but i think the variation makes the set a lot more versatile.

Edit: Oh, Gliscor was not scarfed. I just did not know what to do with Gliscor at the end.
 
I used 4 of Gliscor's moves in the battle, and I did not use roost, therefore, I did not have roost. Plus roost with no good attack to hit Flygon would be pointless anyway, actually, it would give him more time to snap out of confusion.

The battle gets better from then on, I assure you... and remember, it is backed by Serene Grace people! Burn on Fire Punch is a 1/5 chance, and flinch on Iron Head is a 3/5 chance (when used by Jirachi).
 
Why the fuck did you think Dusknoir didn't have WoW? There was no reason for you to assume that.

Because he didn't WoW the first time when he switched to jolteon.

Interesting, lotta hax, but a nice read nonetheless.
 
@Deaga: He knew that I had Heatran, yet he put in Dusknoir anyway. I was really expecting to see WoW here and only here, as later on I would be sure to absorb it with Heatran, or more likely, Thunder Punch, as without it, Zapdos would have done better against Feraligatr. He probably saw this reasoning and played to catch me off guard by killing Heatran. Instead, he crippled Jolteon.
 
By the way, in the last few turns you should have just U-Turn instead of Stealth Rock with Gliscor. It would have increased your chance of winning significantly. It would have gone like this:

Flygon used Outrage 46 % damage.
Gliscor U-Turn. Salamence Intimidate.

Salamence switch out to Gliscor.
Flygon used Outrage .

Flygon used Outrage KO Gliscor.
Salamence switch in Intimidate.

-2 Scarf Flygon can only KO with Outrage if it crits. Also, even if the 2nd outrage crit Gliscor, Salamence would still win unless the 3rd outrage also crits.

EDIT: Also, yeah, lol 3 Leaf Storm misses. Pretty bad hax.
 
While the battle itself wasn't great, and alot of hax was on your side, the ending was still good. Its OK, not great but I liked the battle's outcome, and how it was decided. But Chinese Dood is right, you could have won without that intensity in the ending.
 
By the way, in the last few turns you should have just U-Turn instead of Stealth Rock with Gliscor. It would have increased your chance of winning significantly. It would have gone like this:

Flygon used Outrage 46 % damage.
Gliscor U-Turn. Salamence Intimidate.

Salamence switch out to Gliscor.
Flygon used Outrage .

Flygon used Outrage KO Gliscor.
Salamence switch in Intimidate.

-2 Scarf Flygon can only KO with Outrage if it crits. Also, even if the 2nd outrage crit Gliscor, Salamence would still win unless the 3rd outrage also crits.

EDIT: Also, yeah, lol 3 Leaf Storm misses. Pretty bad hax.

We already acknowledged that (U-turn -> Intimidate). And the only miss that really mattered was the one in the first part of the match anyway, all others were against Jirachi I think.
 
Pretty much seconding what everyone else has already said. The battle was okayish, but the hax and a few misplays were a big turn off.
 
The one interesting thing was the use of Toxic Orb on Jirachi (and the presence of Feraligatr and Blastoise I guess), but even that was overshadowed by the shameless hax you used it for. And, with all of that, you only won on a 50/50 chance at the end because of pretty severe misplaying. Try to show off a battle that showcases skill over luck next time.
 
Quite possible the worst warstory I have ever read.

You actually have the audacity to masquerade this battle as "intense?"
It was simply awful.

Nobody likes hax but both parties played horribly.

The worst offense was wasting Feraligatr. Nobody should ever risk
setting up on a pokemon that commonly carries WoW even if he hasn't used it before unless you are 100% he doesn't have it.

Your comments were terrible and this one in particular exemplifies that.

IT’S NOT BANDED?!!? Wow I am screwed, I am screwed, I am screwed. Jolteon was supposed to take the hit so Jirachi, Gliscor, and Salamence could be in prime position. But now… well, there is nothing else to do but attack, but I am sure he’ll Ice Shard and I am finished with only Jirachi and two 4x Ice weaknesses left.

You didn't even bother to check damage calculations? You have nothing to fear from Night Slash (barring a crit) due to it's low base power.

The ending wasn't even "Intense" when you could guarantee the win but Intimidating Flygon twice. (Once from the U-turn and the second from sacking Gliscor)

The title was a disappointment. Shoddy predictions and hopping for luck.

1/10
 
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