Not bragging about skills (anyone skilled with BP teams would screw over a team with no pseudo/hazer like mine), but I thought this was rather amusing.
Rules: Ladder Match, Sleep Clause, Freeze Clause, OHKO Clause, Evasion Clause, Species Clause, Strict Damage Clause
Haste:
(no comment on how bad this team is in practical battles...I've managed an 11xx record using stuff like this due to common newbs)
jamesm:
6-6 - BATTLE START!
Drifloon pops out, and Ninjask threatens me right off the bat. It seems like countless times I've been destroyed by Metagross that have been BPed to...I figure I'm just screwed again, but I'm not one to quit battles ever. I'll even go through the humiliation of letting six of my Pokes get swept purely to be a good sport (people going that far is surprisingly rare, unfortunately). I'm not expecting this battle to be any different honestly.
Anyway, even though it's clear Ninjask is gonna Sub, my ghastly balloon calm minds for the heck of it... actually, not the smart thing to do. If anything I should've tried to take advantage of Protect instead. It uses Swords Dance as I destroy the sub. I worry he might Sub again, so I throw a Shadow Ball... but he uses Protect. At this point I'm guessing he'll BP, so I'll throw out a weapon that hurts nearly all, that being Will-O-Wisp. Out comes... Heracross. Oh noes, now it's double-powered!
jamesm: lol
Ooh, those words will come back to haunt you. I DO have some guys who can stop sweeping decently, so I'm not too worried about at least taking this guy. Of course, Driloon's dead. It misses its first Stone Edge, so I throw a decently powerful ball of spirit into it. Heracross remains at 16% health and burnt.
6-5 jamesm
Out comes my sweeper-stopper (in theory), Purugly.
Purugly used Fake Out.
Heracross lost 16% of its health.
jamesm's Heracross fainted.
Purugly lost 10% of its health.
5-5
Ninjask threatens again, as expected. It throws a Substitute as I Return. Next turn I attempt to zonk Ninjask with Hypnosis, but it only uses Protect. I correctly predict that he'll predict that I'll try to Hypnosis again (in other words, I predict he uses Sub), so I destroy the Sub. I like how Life Orb doesn't damage you when it comes to breaking subs. Ninjask is now down to 25% (no leftovers, eh...). I still can't risk a Sub blocking a Hypnosis, so I use Return as the baton gets passed to Porygon-Z.
jamesm switched in Porygonz (lvl 100 Porygonz).
Purugly used Return.
Porygonz lost 72% of its health.
Purugly lost 10% of its health.
Porygonz's leftovers restored its health a little!
Porygonz restored 6% of its health.
---
Purugly used Sucker Punch.
Porygonz lost 34% of its health.
jamesm's Porygonz fainted.
Purugly lost 10% of its health.
5-4 Haste
Out comes Ninjask. Now, if Ninjask uses Sub, I'll just break it and I'll be free to pull off a safe Hypnosis. James is smart enough to know that, so he protects once for a speed boost, then proceeds to BP again...Cresselia appears. I score a critical hit for 66% damage. I figure my Jolly Purugly should easily outspeed that even with a speed boost. However, this isn't quite enough to take out on with another Return, so I let it catch some zzz's. Then...
jamesm switched in Starmie (lvl 100 Starmie).
Purugly used Return.
Starmie lost 76% of its health.
Purugly lost 10% of its health.
Starmie's leftovers restored its health a little!
Starmie restored 6% of its health.
---
Purugly used Sucker Punch.
It's super effective!
Starmie lost 30% of its health.
jamesm's Starmie fainted.
Purugly lost 10% of its health.
5-3 Haste
I figure I've got the match easily in the bag at this point. However, a Pokemon that I fear greatly pops out of its Pokeball: Snorlax. I hate paralyzing Body Slams more than anything on the face of the earth, and being a tank on top of that? And Cresselia's already asleep.
I go for Slutbunny. Snorlax uses Curse...perfect. Even though Lopunny's dead, I'm free to give it a Choice Band via Trick as it dies to Body Slam.
4-3 Haste
Now Snorlax is stuck on Body Slam, so I sent out Mismagius and prepare to sweep the rest. Ninjask comes out again as I use a Calm Mind. It protects once, and BPs over to...Cresselia? It falls to a Shadow Ball.
4-2 Haste
Opponent quits. Urk.
Awesomeness goes to:
-Purugly making great use of its 4 moves.
-Burning the incoming Heracross (it helped rather than hurt) combined with some luck.
-Trickeroo screwing over Snorlax
Lameness goes to:
-Ninjask for being so lame all the time =P
-my allowing a Swords Dance to be passed to Heracross by using Calm Mind rather than threatening to KO Ninjask every turn.
-lack of use for Spiritomb and Honchkrow (who I <3 for its Scope Lens + Super Luck)
Rules: Ladder Match, Sleep Clause, Freeze Clause, OHKO Clause, Evasion Clause, Species Clause, Strict Damage Clause
Haste:
jamesm:
6-6 - BATTLE START!
Drifloon pops out, and Ninjask threatens me right off the bat. It seems like countless times I've been destroyed by Metagross that have been BPed to...I figure I'm just screwed again, but I'm not one to quit battles ever. I'll even go through the humiliation of letting six of my Pokes get swept purely to be a good sport (people going that far is surprisingly rare, unfortunately). I'm not expecting this battle to be any different honestly.
Anyway, even though it's clear Ninjask is gonna Sub, my ghastly balloon calm minds for the heck of it... actually, not the smart thing to do. If anything I should've tried to take advantage of Protect instead. It uses Swords Dance as I destroy the sub. I worry he might Sub again, so I throw a Shadow Ball... but he uses Protect. At this point I'm guessing he'll BP, so I'll throw out a weapon that hurts nearly all, that being Will-O-Wisp. Out comes... Heracross. Oh noes, now it's double-powered!
jamesm: lol
Ooh, those words will come back to haunt you. I DO have some guys who can stop sweeping decently, so I'm not too worried about at least taking this guy. Of course, Driloon's dead. It misses its first Stone Edge, so I throw a decently powerful ball of spirit into it. Heracross remains at 16% health and burnt.
6-5 jamesm
Out comes my sweeper-stopper (in theory), Purugly.
Purugly used Fake Out.
Heracross lost 16% of its health.
jamesm's Heracross fainted.
Purugly lost 10% of its health.
5-5
Ninjask threatens again, as expected. It throws a Substitute as I Return. Next turn I attempt to zonk Ninjask with Hypnosis, but it only uses Protect. I correctly predict that he'll predict that I'll try to Hypnosis again (in other words, I predict he uses Sub), so I destroy the Sub. I like how Life Orb doesn't damage you when it comes to breaking subs. Ninjask is now down to 25% (no leftovers, eh...). I still can't risk a Sub blocking a Hypnosis, so I use Return as the baton gets passed to Porygon-Z.
jamesm switched in Porygonz (lvl 100 Porygonz).
Purugly used Return.
Porygonz lost 72% of its health.
Purugly lost 10% of its health.
Porygonz's leftovers restored its health a little!
Porygonz restored 6% of its health.
---
Purugly used Sucker Punch.
Porygonz lost 34% of its health.
jamesm's Porygonz fainted.
Purugly lost 10% of its health.
5-4 Haste
Out comes Ninjask. Now, if Ninjask uses Sub, I'll just break it and I'll be free to pull off a safe Hypnosis. James is smart enough to know that, so he protects once for a speed boost, then proceeds to BP again...Cresselia appears. I score a critical hit for 66% damage. I figure my Jolly Purugly should easily outspeed that even with a speed boost. However, this isn't quite enough to take out on with another Return, so I let it catch some zzz's. Then...
jamesm switched in Starmie (lvl 100 Starmie).
Purugly used Return.
Starmie lost 76% of its health.
Purugly lost 10% of its health.
Starmie's leftovers restored its health a little!
Starmie restored 6% of its health.
---
Purugly used Sucker Punch.
It's super effective!
Starmie lost 30% of its health.
jamesm's Starmie fainted.
Purugly lost 10% of its health.
5-3 Haste
I figure I've got the match easily in the bag at this point. However, a Pokemon that I fear greatly pops out of its Pokeball: Snorlax. I hate paralyzing Body Slams more than anything on the face of the earth, and being a tank on top of that? And Cresselia's already asleep.
I go for Slutbunny. Snorlax uses Curse...perfect. Even though Lopunny's dead, I'm free to give it a Choice Band via Trick as it dies to Body Slam.
4-3 Haste
Now Snorlax is stuck on Body Slam, so I sent out Mismagius and prepare to sweep the rest. Ninjask comes out again as I use a Calm Mind. It protects once, and BPs over to...Cresselia? It falls to a Shadow Ball.
4-2 Haste
Opponent quits. Urk.
Awesomeness goes to:
-Purugly making great use of its 4 moves.
-Burning the incoming Heracross (it helped rather than hurt) combined with some luck.
-Trickeroo screwing over Snorlax
Lameness goes to:
-Ninjask for being so lame all the time =P
-my allowing a Swords Dance to be passed to Heracross by using Calm Mind rather than threatening to KO Ninjask every turn.
-lack of use for Spiritomb and Honchkrow (who I <3 for its Scope Lens + Super Luck)
