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Seriously, what is the with the substitutes? Gastly joins in and makes one for himself, though he is still affected by Leech Seed, healing Embirch in the bargain. Gyarados uses the time to his advantage by performing a Dragon Dance, putting him back at neutral attack and boosting his speed slightly from the comfort of behind a substitute. Once again, Minccino makes a substitute, though she is now very low on both health and energy. The fact that she is taking both Leech Seed and Burn damage isn't helping either. Embirch uses Ember on Minccino's substitute, but it remains standing, if singed, at which point the sandstorm kicks up again.
Gastly remembers what worked previously, so he launches a powerful Thunderbolt, shattering Gyarados' substitute. Poor thing never had a chance. Anyway, Gyarados does some shattering of his own when he destroys Minccino's substitute with an Aqua Tail. After her burn and leech seed, Minccino looks on the verge of fainting. She holds it together though and does some damage to Embirch's substitute with a nice Dig. Embirch, for his part, is exhausted, and simply chills. Uh oh! Sandstorm again, and this time it KOs Minccino (KOC goes to Gyarados).
Furious at the loss of a comrade, Gastly uses Will-o-wisp to burn Gyarados. Ouch, that looks pretty painful. Gyarados looks around confusedly, before doing nothing (A note here: This just happened in my match with Deck, and apparently, if something is KOed and the pokemon aren't specifically told to retarget based on that possibility, they do nothing... IDK but that's how it is I guess). Embirch ends the round by chilling yet again.
Speed Order: Gastly, Gyarados, Minccino, Embirch
Action One
Substitute 15 HP (12 energy)= Gastly 43 HP, 47 energy, 12 HP sub.
Gastly takes 3 damage from Leech Seed! 40 HP. (2 more actions) Embich 45 HP
Dragon Dance (7 energy)= Gyarados now at neutral Atk, +1 Speed. 35 energy, 15 HP sub
Substitute 15 HP (12 energy)= Minccino 13 HP, 12 energy. 15 HP sub
Minccino takes 2 burn damage! Minccino 11 HP
Minccino takes 3 damage from Leech Seed (1 more action)=8 HP, Embirch 48 Hp
Ember (3 energy)= 9 damage. Minccino has 6 HP sub left. Embirch 3 energy!
Everything takes 2 sandstorm damage. Gastly 38 HP. Minccino 6 HP. Embirch 46 HP. Gyarados 59 HP
Hall of Origin= 4 damage
Action Two
Thunderbolt (7 energy)= 23 damage. 40 energy. Gyarados’ substitute breaks!
Gastly takes 3 damage from Leech Seed (1 more action)! 36 HP. Embirch 49 HP
Aqua Tail (7 energy)= 18 damage. Minccino’s substitute breaks!
Dig (6 energy)= 8 damage, Embirch has 13 HP sub left. Minccino 4 energy
Minccino takes 2 damage from burn! Minccino 4 HP.
Minccino takes 3 damage from Leech Seed! Minccino 1 HP! Embirch 52 HP
Chill (+12 energy). Embirch 15 energy.
Everything takes 2 sandstorm damage. Gastly 34 HP. Minccino KO. Embirch 50 HP. Gyarados 57 HP
Hall of Origin= 6 damage
Action Three
WoW (7 energy)= Gastly 33 energy
RNG for hit (<=75 is yes)=34 yes. Gyarados has 2nd degree burn!
Gastly takes 3 damage from Leech Seed! Gastly 31 HP. Embirch 53 HP
Gyarados does nothing as attack was not specifically redirected (this is how it works according to Deck)
Takes 2 damage from burn! Gyarados 55 HP
Chill (+12 energy)= Embirch 27 energy
Everything takes 2 sandstorm damage. Gastly 29 HP. Embirch 51 HP. Gyarados 53 HP
Hall of Origin= 8 damage
Hall of Origin: 8 damage
Sandstorm just goes on and on
HP: 29 | SandStorm'd
Energy: 33 | KO
Boosts/Drops: none | KO
Other: 15 HP substitute, Perish Count (1) | KO
Alright that went perfectly! We get our last round of life to ease the way in for Itasca in its final showdown with Bertha.
Topsy: Use that Speed boost before it runs out to set up a 15 HP Substitute in front of Nappa's Hypnosis (I know MOAR SUBZZ!). Since it's so determined to put you to sleep, it should keep trying to Hypnosis over and over again, rendering itself useless before it faints. Then I want you to go after Bertha so as to help out Itasca next round. Aqua Tail it twice and break those Subs!
Kitch: Go for broke. You chilled last round for a reason. Giga Drain x3 (Bertha)! You should have just barely enough energy to launch the third one! Coupled with Topsy's Aqua Tails, this should leave Bertha low on health and nary a Substitute in sight.
Things seem to be winding down as the Perish Clock ticks toward zero. In the final frenzy of activity, Drillbur also makes a Substitute (WHEN WILL THE MADNESS CEASE!?), with Gyarados opening by creating yet another Substitute, which Gastly attempts to futilely put to sleep with Hypnosis. Embirch, on its part, nearly destroys Drillbur's sub right off the bat with a Giga Drain.
With its substitute still up (if barely), Drillbur uses the time to Hone its Claws, boosting attack and speed. Gyarados goes on the offensive from behind the safety of its substitute and breaks Drillbur's with a powerful Aqua Tail. Gastly meanwhile, keeps trying to hypnotize the substitute to sleep. Gyarados' speed boost really screwed Gastly over this round. Embirch, knowing what works, uses Giga Drain again, damaging Drillbur.
Drillbur yet again makes a replacement substitute. In a case of deja vu, Gyarados destroys Drillbur's substitute with an Aqua Tail while Gastly fails to hypnotize it, succumbing to energy exhaustion from the repeated attempts. While Embirch uses a last Giga Drain to inflict some major damage to Drillbur. Arceus laughs at the foolishness of all the pokemon before him as Gyarados faints from the Perish Clock, though he appears angry that the sandstorm has been still going on all this time.
Speed Order: Gyarados, Gastly, Drillbur, Embirch
Action One
25 HP substitute (22 energy)= Drillbur 65 HP, 78 energy. 25 HP substitute
Substitute 15 HP (12 energy)= Gyarados 38 HP, 15 HP Sub, 16 energy
Gyarados takes 2 burn damage. Gyarados 36 HP
Hypnosis (7 energy)= substitute is unaffected, 26 energy
Giga Drain (12 energy)= 19 damage. Embirch heals 10 HP. Drillbur’s substitute 6 HP
SANDSTORM: Embirch 59 HP, Gyarados 34 HP, Gastly 27 HP
Hall of Origin: 10 Damage
Action Two
Hone Claws (6 energy)= Drillbur 65 HP, 72 energy, +1 Atk, +1 acc
Aqua Tail (7 energy)= Drillbur’s substitute breaks
Gyarados takes 2 burn damage! Gyarados 32 HP, 15 HP sub
Hypnosis (11 energy)= substitute is unaffected, 15 energy
Giga Drain (16 energy)=19 damage. Drillbur 46 HP. Embirch heals 10 HP
SANDSTORM: Embirch 67 HP, Gyarados 30 HP, Gastly 25 HP
Hall of Origin: 12 Damage
Action Three
Subsitute 25 HP (22 energy)= Drillbur 21 HP, 50 energy, 25 HP substitute
Aqua Tail (11 energy)= Drillbur’s Substitute breaks
Gyarados takes 2 burn damage! Gyarados 28 HP, 15 HP substitute
Hypnosis (15 energy)= Gastly faints from energy loss!
Giga Drain (20 energy)= 19 damage. 2 HP. Embirch faints from energy loss.
Perish Song count hits 0. Embirch and Gyarados faint.
Hall of Origin 14 damage from Sandstorm
Hall of Origin: 14 damage
Sandstorm goes on and on...
HP: Down and Out | 2
Energy: KO | 50
Boosts/Drops: KO | +1 Atk, +1 acc
Other: KO | none
VS.
HP: Perish | Count'd
Energy: KO | KO
Boosts/Drops: KO | KO
Other: KO | KO
You guys are ROCK STARS! Kitch and Topsy, you are both already MVPs of this battle, so well done! I'll send in Itasca the PLICOWATT to finish things off.
"heya!"
Get to it, Itasca: Scald x3
And because I can: If Bertha uses Earthquake, replace that action with Counter!
Both trainers get 3 TC and all mons get the usual 1 EC, 2 MC, 1 DC
The following get KOC:
Torchic=2
Happiny=1
Tyranitar=1
Minccino=1
Gyarados=2
Gastly=2
Plicowatt=1
Embirch=1