Hello, everyone! I took a huuuuge hiatus from pokemon for a while, and over the last couple of months I've been slowly working my way back into the scene. Not on the boards, of course, but I've been goofing off on the ladder. =P
Now anyways, I'm sure everyone has heard the commotion of Latias leaving OU and Salamence being a suspect: I honestly don't really care where everything is placed, to be honest. I just want to have fun. And honestly, the Latias metagame had become stale and boring. Don't turn this thread into a debate topic, haters: I'll simply ignore you. xD
With the ladder going up today I thought I would go ahead and try it out. I knew that Infernape would be a top-notch player with Latias gone, and I knew that everyone else knew it. And without even Mence to try and stop him, it was easy enough to run an all-physical set with CC, Overheat, ThunderPunch and Mach Punch(for Lucario/ Tyranitar, mostly). Otherwise, I just picked a couple of things I thought would work and threw them together into what I thought would be a pretty good and fun team.
So this warstory that you are about to read is only the third match I've had with this team: and it was 10x more exciting than any match I've had for a while. If that says anything about this metagame, then *insert McDonald's jingle here* I'm lovin' it!
First match was pretty even until I had a stall war against a Cresselia, Milotic, and Jirachi with my Forretress and Gyarados left(Infernape was around, but I never brought him in on account of being 100% walled by Cresselia). Milotic was just regular poisoned, Cresselia had Moonlight/Psychic/Reflect/Toxic, and Jirachi was odd Iron Head/ Fire Punch/ Wish/ Protect. With max spikes out(but no SR), I was able to wear down on Jirachi enough to beat it thanks to Roar on Gyarados. Eventually by the same effect Milotic fell too, with Recover being stalled out of PP. Against Cresselia I eventually had to force Psychic till that ran out, bringing in forrey only when the sp. defense drop occurred. Just when my forrey hit ~20% did my opponent run out of PP, and he/ she forfeited the match at that point. I would have warstory'd it, had it been not so terribly long. So onto the next match.
Second match was against an offensive team, which had a lot of Trick users. Eventually I gave Jirachi's Toxic Orb to a shaymin and CMed a couple of times, using the LO as extra power to run through(I think) a Zapdos and the sp. defense to go through Starmie. Also very close, but the score was considerably more one-sided that made me not want to use it(5-0).
And finally came this:
Rules: Ladder Match, Sleep Clause, Freeze Clause, OHKO Clause, Evasion Clause, Species Clause, Strict Damage Clause
bad ass sent out Forretress.
ss118 sent out Azelf.
Bluewind has entered the room.
I was curious as to why spectators were showing up in all my battles(I had ~5 in my Gyarados stallfest), when I realized that my opponent was the infamous Bad Ass! I was pretty sure I'd seen his name around the forums, so I prayed that this battle would be as good as the previous two.
At this point I'm really happy I'm running a +Sp. Attack nature: if it's Occa I'll be stripping a lot more, and if he switches I'll be stripping at least a little more. I really like Azelf leads because people tend to over-predict around them, just assuming about what they do.
bad ass switched in Jirachi.
Azelf used Fire Blast.
It's super effective!
Jirachi lost 88% of its health.
Azelf: 100% with Sash
Jirachi: 12%
And there we have it, folks: an over-prediction in one of my warstories that wasn't from me! ^^"
Now I figure he'll either Iron Head or U-Turn, neither of which my Azelf would like. Iron Head seems more likely, since allowing me to get up residual damage would be really costly to this Jirachi at this point. Forretress is the best switch-in, in any case.
matty has entered the room.
ss118 switched in Forretress.
Jirachi used Iron Head.
It's not very effective...
A critical hit!
Forretress lost 23% of its health.
Forretress's leftovers restored its health a little!
Forretress restored 6% of its health.
Forretress: 83%
Jirachi: 12%
Crap, now he can flinch straight through me! Oh wait, no you can't Jirachi, so go back to your pokeball and wait for Tyranitar or something before showing your pecker round these here parts.
Since I see no Leftovers, I can assume this is Scarf..... or is it Expert Belt? I've been messed with by that thing too many times: I decide to go back to Azelf. This way I'm not revealing new team members, and I can try and get SR back up. If it is scarfed, it will switch: if it is Expert Belt, Azelf can probably scare him out on a bluff since no one other than me would run a neutral speed nature on it.
bad ass switched in Forretress.
ss118 switched in Azelf.
He could also go back to Forrey and take everything back a step. I don't see a problem with Fire Blasting: I only force open his team even more, figuring out Fire resists that will probably get in Infernape's way later on.
ss118: back to square one eh?
ss118: xD
bad ass switched in Vaporeon.
Azelf used Fire Blast.
It's not very effective...
Vaporeon lost 18% of its health.
Vaporeon's leftovers restored its health a little!
Vaporeon restored 6% of its health.
Azelf: 100% with Sash
Vaporeon: 88%
...and here's one of the best Infernape counters ever to try and ruin everything. Thankfully, CC is a 2HKO with SR behind it, so if I can force Vaporeon to come into Infernape I can take it on still. Forretress will ensure that Vaporeon stays at critical health with Rapid Spin, so that is a problem. I'll need to get SR up and bring Infernape in on Forretress, then CC at it while Vaporeon comes in to take a Fire Blast or something. And unless he has an Infernape counter otherwise, I should be good. Azelf will do a good job at keeping Forretress away while getting SR up, so then my only problem at this point is predicting when Forretress will come in otherwise to try and remove it.
So that's my general gameplan. tl;dr - Get SR up, get Infernape in on Forrey, 2HKO Vaporeon. For now I'll try the power of max Sp. Attack Psychic against Vaporeon to see how it takes it.
Azelf used Psychic.
Vaporeon lost 36% of its health.
Vaporeon used Surf.
Azelf lost 65% of its health.
Vaporeon's leftovers restored its health a little!
Vaporeon restored 6% of its health.
Azelf: 35%
Vaporeon: 58%
Well that didn't take off nearly as much as I would of liked! Thank you Azelf for everything but I need to get SR up more than I need to do anything else at this point: thanks for forcing my opponent to show 3 team members...
bad ass switched in Rotom-h.
Azelf used Stealth Rock.
Pointed stones float in the air around the foe's team!
...or four team members. Now with SR up, I guess I'll leave in Azelf to scout the set and see if I can get any more damage off with Psychic.
Rotom-h used Thunderbolt.
Azelf lost 35% of its health.
ss118's Azelf fainted.
And down goes the first member of the match. He opened my opponent's team to reveal a total of four members, keeping SR off my side of the field, stripping one member of the opponent's team to an almost useless state, and finally got SR up while luring out a second scarfer. You did very well, Azelf, now sleep peacefully.
Stuck in Scarfed Thunderbolt: I could bring out my Forrey to try and lure my opponent's, but that would lead to a stalemate so I can't assume Bad Ass will do that. Gyarados is out, and I want to keep Jirachi and Infernape at good health for late-game. Jolteon is my best option, I guess.
ss118 switched in Jolteon.
Now my opponent WILL switch: nothing I've seen on his team so far can take a Jolteon, so I assume his counter for it will be showing up now. Fake Tears takes advantage of whatever he will bring in, since not many people ever expect it.
bad ass switched in Blissey.
Pointed stones dug into Blissey.
Blissey lost 12% of its health.
Jolteon used Fake Tears.
Blissey's special defence was harshly lowered.
Blissey's leftovers restored its health a little!
Blissey restored 6% of its health.
Jolteon: 100%
Blissey: 94% -2 Sp. Defense
This could work: but I would really not liked to be Toxic'd. I'll go to Jirachi so that if it Toxics, it won't affect me: if it has Thunder Wave, it will likely not use it so I won't have to worry about my Jirachi coming into Paralysis. Wow, that works out really well: I wish I could say that I planned it. T-T
bad ass switched in Rotom-h.
Pointed stones dug into Rotom-h.
Rotom-h lost 12% of its health.
ss118 switched in Jirachi.
Jirachi: 100%
Rotom-h: 88%
Well this was an interesting turn of events. I know I can take an Overheat so I'll just stay in and Psychic. I doubt I'll see Forretress come in without knowing my moveset, and I doubt he'll Trick, since I could be scarfed. I just need to be ready to move out so Forretress doesn't come in once he sees Psychic.
Rotom-h used Trick.
Rotom-h obtained Toxic Orb!
Jirachi obtained Choice Scarf!
Jirachi used Psychic.
Rotom-h lost 40% of its health.
Rotom-h was badly poisoned!
Jirachi: 100% stuck in Psychic
Rotom: 48% Toxic'd
...hahahahahahahaha!
That works perfectly! Now that I'm locked into Psychic he'll likely bring in Forretress or Blissey.... but the problem stands that Vaporeon could be coming in as well. If it took Azelf's MUCH more powerful Psychic like it did, it could come in and get a Wish off easily on this one. Forget the plan, I'd rather keep Vaporeon at low Health than even giving it a chance to get itself back to full HP. Jolteon doesn't fare too badly against Blissey or Forretress either, so let's go Jolteon!
bad ass switched in Forretress.
Pointed stones dug into Forretress.
Forretress lost 12% of its health.
ss118 switched in Jolteon.
Forretress's leftovers restored its health a little!
Forretress restored 6% of its health.
Jolteon: 100%
Forretress: 94%
And now I wish I went to Infernape. Oh well, better to have chance later on than to never have a chance at all. I figure he may switch out to conserve HP, so I'll just Thunderbolt instead of going with Fake Tears: I'll probably 3HKO just attacking, and if I fake Tears I turn it to a 2HKO, but I use a turn beforehand. So either way takes three turns: my way has more moments for random paralysis or a critical hit.
Jolteon used Thunderbolt.
Forretress lost 43% of its health.
Forretress used Toxic Spikes.
Toxic Spikes were scattered around the foe's team!
Forretress's leftovers restored its health a little!
Forretress restored 6% of its health.
Jolteon: 100%
Forretress: 57%
And there's the 3HKO. Toxic Spikes are bad but with Rotom-h holding a toxic orb I'm not too worried about being unable to spin them later. Keeping going, Jolteon!
Jolteon used Thunderbolt.
Forretress lost 42% of its health.
Forretress used Rapid Spin.
Forretress blew away the pointed stones!
Jolteon lost 8% of its health.
Jolteon's leftovers restored its health a little!
Jolteon restored 6% of its health.
Forretress's leftovers restored its health a little!
Forretress restored 6% of its health.
Jolteon: 100%
Forretress: 9%
Now THIS is what I was afraid of. I've lost my stones forever, but without Salamence around I think nothing becomes terrible to manage. Even then it wouldn't be that bad, but again, I digress. Thunderbolt again to try and kill off Forrey, but he'll likely go to Blissey. If Blissey could do something to me it probably would have tried too earlier, so I see no threat.
bad ass switched in Blissey.
Jolteon used Thunderbolt.
A critical hit!
Blissey lost 30% of its health.
Jolteon's leftovers restored its health a little!
Jolteon restored 2% of its health.
Blissey's leftovers restored its health a little!
Blissey restored 6% of its health.
Jolteon: 100%
Blissey: 70%
If only this crit could of happened a few turns earlier.... oh well. If it lacks Toxic I beat it 1 v 1, so now I just Wish, then Fake Tears, then Wish, then Thunderbolt/ Fake Tears continuously until he succumbs.
Jolteon used Wish.
Jolteon made a wish!
Blissey used Stealth Rock.
Pointed stones float in the air around the foe's team!
Blissey's leftovers restored its health a little!
Blissey restored 6% of its health.
OK with T-spikes and SR up I may be in a small bind: I'll just wear down Blissey a little though. Nothing on his team can come into me and Blissey loses, so if this is the case I can infinitely wear down until he loses: knowing Bad Ass, he has something else.
Jolteon used Fake Tears.
Blissey's special defence was harshly lowered.
Blissey used Seismic Toss.
Jolteon lost 37% of its health.
The wish came true!
Jolteon restored 37% of its health.
Blissey's leftovers restored its health a little!
Blissey restored 6% of its health.
Jolteon: 100%
Blissey: 83% -2 Sp. Defense
And now he'll probably reveal his second counter: either way I'll Wish up to conserve HP and get in a counter safely.
bad ass switched in Zapdos.
Zapdos is exerting its pressure!
Jolteon used Wish.
Jolteon made a wish!
And here it is: if this is an offensive one nothing can come in. In fact, looking at my team, I realize that Zapdos tears a HOLE into me. Well it can't OHKO me and I have a Wish: maybe it will Heat Wave with LO and I can 2HKO it?
Jolteon used Thunderbolt.
Zapdos lost 38% of its health.
Zapdos used Toxic.
Zapdos's attack missed!
The wish came true!
Zapdos's leftovers restored its health a little!
Zapdos restored 6% of its health.
Jolteon: 100%
Zapdos: 68%
Or it can be a defensive version and leave me fucked in the ass! I don't know if this has Heat Wave or not, so Jolteon will have to take. Sorry, beautiful. ='[
Jolteon used Fake Tears.
Zapdos's special defence was harshly lowered.
Zapdos used Toxic.
Jolteon was badly poisoned!
Jolteon is hurt by poison!
Jolteon lost 6% of its health.
Zapdos's leftovers restored its health a little!
Zapdos restored 6% of its health.
Jolteon: 94% Toxic'd
Zapdos: 74% -2 Sp. Defense
He'll likely go to Blissey: but I have a small plan at this point. If I keep up with the "obvious" moves for the moment, later on he'll continuously expect them, allowing me to potentially set up and go. Psychological warfare is something you usually don't expect this early, but I know that random playstyle changes are the best way to turn around games and surprise opponents. Well, here goes nothing.
bad ass switched in Blissey.
Jolteon used Thunderbolt.
Blissey lost 17% of its health.
Jolteon's leftovers restored its health a little!
Jolteon restored 6% of its health.
Jolteon is hurt by poison!
Jolteon lost 12% of its health.
Blissey's leftovers restored its health a little!
Blissey restored 6% of its health.
Jolteon: 88% Toxic'd
Blissey: 72%
Hmmmmm.... I should invest in LO and a good Zapdos check sometime.
Now's a good time to get Forrey in. I need T-spikes to be able to beat Blissey with either Jolteon or Jirachi, plus I can force some toxic damage on Rotom if it tries to come in. If I get super-lucky he'll bring in Forretress so I can spin. =)
ss118 switched in Forretress.
Pointed stones dug into Forretress.
Forretress lost 12% of its health.
Blissey used Softboiled.
Blissey restored 28% of its health.
Forretress's leftovers restored its health a little!
Forretress restored 6% of its health.
Forretress: 94%
Blissey: 100%
Step one complete: now to get up the T-spikes. Spinning is useless at this point, since Rotom will just come in. Payback would get it, but no need to get ballsy at this point. Toxic Spikes do a good job, because then I can wear down on Blissey and, luckily, Vaporeon.
bad ass switched in Forretress.
Forretress used Toxic Spikes.
Toxic Spikes were scattered around the foe's team!
Forretress's leftovers restored its health a little!
Forretress restored 6% of its health.
Forretress's leftovers restored its health a little!
Forretress restored 6% of its health.
Wait wait wait, what? Is he really going to sacrifice his hard-earned SR and T-spikes of his own? Especially when I haven't revealed Gyarados or Infernape yet?
Forretress used Rapid Spin.
Forretress blew away the pointed stones!
Forretress blew away the toxic spikes!
It's not very effective...
Forretress lost 1% of its health.
Forretress used Rapid Spin.
Forretress blew away the toxic spikes!
It's not very effective...
Forretress lost 1% of its health.
Forretress's leftovers restored its health a little!
Forretress restored 6% of its health.
Forretress's leftovers restored its health a little!
Forretress restored 6% of its health.
Holy shit, he did! I don't feel like dealing with any residual damage, so I'll just spin again.
Forretress used Rapid Spin
It's not very effective...
Forretress lost 1% of its health.
Forretress used Spikes.
Spikes were scattered around the foe's team!
Forretress's leftovers restored its health a little!
Forretress restored 6% of its health.
Forretress's leftovers restored its health a little!
Forretress restored 6% of its health.
...or he could just plain be slower or continuously lose the speed tie. Might as well keep spinning: Spikes aren't that much of a terrible hassle, so it wouldn't bother me terribly if Spikes still remained.
bad ass switched in Zapdos.
Zapdos is exerting its pressure!
Forretress used Rapid Spin.
Forretress blew away the spikes!
Zapdos lost 5% of its health.
Zapdos's leftovers restored its health a little!
Zapdos restored 6% of its health.
Forretress's leftovers restored its health a little!
Forretress restored 5% of its health.
Forretress: 100%
Zapdos: 80%
Well, no spikes, but now I have to deal with this.... monstrosity. I don't have any switch-ins other than Jolteon, who is already poisoned: just hope for no substitute because that would be a-
ss118 switched in Jolteon.
Zapdos used Substitute.
Zapdos lost 25% of its health.
Zapdos made a substitute!
Jolteon's leftovers restored its health a little!
Jolteon restored 6% of its health.
Jolteon is hurt by poison!
Jolteon lost 6% of its health.
Zapdos's leftovers restored its health a little!
Zapdos restored 6% of its health.
Jolteon: 100%
Zapdos: 61%
-BITCH! This is going to be a pain, but I can get out of this loop at the cost of Jolteon: I don't know how I will fight this later, but if I play my cards right Infernape can take it.... maybe....
Thunderbolt till he Roosts, and then Fake Tears as he subs again. Then Thunderbolt continuously until he roosts and switches: it's all I got, really.
Jolteon used Thunderbolt.
The substitute took damage for Zapdos!
Zapdos's substitute faded!
Zapdos used Roost.
Zapdos restored 44% of its health.
Jolteon's leftovers restored its health a little!
Jolteon restored 6% of its health.
Jolteon is hurt by poison!
Jolteon lost 12% of its health.
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Jolteon used Fake Tears.
Zapdos's special defence was harshly lowered.
Zapdos used Substitute.
Zapdos lost 25% of its health.
Zapdos made a substitute!
Jolteon's leftovers restored its health a little!
Jolteon restored 6% of its health.
Jolteon is hurt by poison!
Jolteon lost 19% of its health.
Zapdos's leftovers restored its health a little!
Zapdos restored 6% of its health.
---
Jolteon used Thunderbolt.
The substitute took damage for Zapdos!
Zapdos's substitute faded!
Zapdos used Substitute.
Zapdos lost 25% of its health.
Zapdos made a substitute!
Jolteon's leftovers restored its health a little!
Jolteon restored 6% of its health.
Jolteon is hurt by poison!
Jolteon lost 25% of its health.
Zapdos's leftovers restored its health a little!
Zapdos restored 6% of its health.
---
Jolteon used Wish.
Jolteon made a wish!
Zapdos used Substitute.
But it failed!
Jolteon's leftovers restored its health a little!
Jolteon restored 6% of its health.
Jolteon is hurt by poison!
Jolteon lost 31% of its health.
Zapdos's leftovers restored its health a little!
Zapdos restored 6% of its health.
I wished here to complicate things: now my opponent has to think about me trying to stall my (inevitable) death while keeping a sub up.
Jolteon used Thunderbolt.
The substitute took damage for Zapdos!
Zapdos's substitute faded!
Zapdos used Substitute.
Zapdos lost 25% of its health.
Zapdos made a substitute!
The wish came true!
Jolteon restored 50% of its health.
Jolteon's leftovers restored its health a little!
Jolteon restored 6% of its health.
Jolteon is hurt by poison!
Jolteon lost 37% of its health.
Zapdos's leftovers restored its health a little!
Zapdos restored 6% of its health.
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Jolteon used Thunderbolt.
The substitute took damage for Zapdos!
Zapdos's substitute faded!
Zapdos used Roost.
Zapdos restored 50% of its health.
Jolteon's leftovers restored its health a little!
Jolteon restored 6% of its health.
Jolteon is hurt by poison!
Jolteon lost 44% of its health.
Zapdos's leftovers restored its health a little!
Zapdos restored 1% of its health.
So a Zapdos at full health: but to avoid being in range for other team members he'll def go to Blissey. Either way my trap has been set: he may think he has me in a bind, but I've already thought enough turns ahead to have a plan ready to take back momentum.
bad ass switched in Blissey.
Jolteon used Thunderbolt.
Blissey lost 14% of its health.
Jolteon's leftovers restored its health a little!
Jolteon restored 6% of its health.
Jolteon is hurt by poison!
Jolteon lost 12% of its health.
ss118's Jolteon fainted.
Blissey's leftovers restored its health a little!
Blissey restored 6% of its health.
Now is make it or break it: Jirachi has been standing uselessly to the side, and he's itching to make a re-appearance. I don't go to Infernape because I don't want to cause any prediction war: rather, I'll take advantage of his conservative switches to break through this meddlesome whore, and that little Zapdos too! *wicked witch of the west cackle*
ss118 switched in Jirachi.
Here's step one: be obvious. Trick will screw up that whore if it stays in, but I know she will not: rather, I expect a switch to Jirachi to take the scarf.
bad ass switched in Jirachi.
Jirachi used Trick.
Jirachi obtained Choice Scarf!
Jirachi obtained Choice Scarf!
Now here's what my next step is: stay in!
Confused? Allow me to elaborate: from what he's seen of my team, I'm running an Sp. Attacking crew with members designed to help me break down Blissey. Explosion Azelf, Fake Tears Jolteon, Toxic Orb Trick Jirachi, and even Toxic Spikes Forretress: they all help to wear down on this one pokemon and attempt to overwhelm stall. With that in mind he knows I want Blissey out: I'm confident that he'll bring in Blissey again to try and take advantage of some Sp. Attacker or Zapdos to take advantage of my inability to handle it well. Either way his team gets crippled one precious member.
bad ass switched in Rotom-h.
Jirachi used Trick.
Jirachi obtained Toxic Orb!
Rotom-h obtained Choice Scarf!
Rotom-h is hurt by poison!
Rotom-h lost 6% of its health.
Jirachi: 100% and back to normal
Rotom-h: 38% Toxic'd
I didn't even consider Rotom-h: this makes things a lot more interesting! With two electric types on the opposing team I don't see use for Gyarados: I'll bring him in so he either takes a Thunderbolt, an Overheat, or a Scarf. I hope it's an Overheat.
ss118 switched in Gyarados.
Gyarados's Intimidate cut Rotom-h's attack!
Rotom-h used Trick.
Rotom-h obtained Leftovers!
Gyarados obtained Choice Scarf!
Rotom-h is hurt by poison!
Rotom-h lost 12% of its health.
Rotom-h's leftovers restored its health a little!
Rotom-h restored 6% of its health.
Gyarados: 100% but Scarfed
Rotom: 32% Toxic'd
This is fine: he doesn't know what set I'm running, so he'll probably run in fear of Waterfall: Vaporeon's coming in and I can't stop it. Infernape can't kill it, and without Jolteon I have nothing to threaten it enough. Forretress is coming in: get Spikes up to put Vaporeon into 2HKO range for Infernape. If he wishes he'll likely go to Forretress to spin and because he's at ~20% health or something: bring in Infernape and go with my original plan of luring out Vaporeon and killing it, allowing me to go for the win.
bad ass switched in Vaporeon.
ss118 switched in Forretress.
Vaporeon's leftovers restored its health a little!
Vaporeon restored 6% of its health.
If he goes straight to Forretress I can go to Jirachi and start CMing: if he wishes I go to Infernape and execute that tiny plan I've been trying to do since the beginning of the match.
Vaporeon used Wish.
Vaporeon made a wish!
Forretress used Spikes.
Spikes were scattered around the foe's team!
Vaporeon's leftovers restored its health a little!
Vaporeon restored 6% of its health.
OH MY GOD, I may do it!
....but what if he Surfs? At that point it would be game over. It's not an impossible scenario, seeing as he has a wish going and he knows I don't have explosion. And besides, bringing Infernape into Vaporeon is generally suicide....
*the untouched pokeball on my side glows bright red, burning me as I call out in pain*
...Your right, Infernape! Now isn't the time to doubt you! I've been hiding you for too long, time for you to shine!
GO, INFERNAPE!
bad ass switched in Forretress.
Forretress was hurt by Spikes!
Forretress lost 12% of its health.
ss118 switched in Infernape.
The wish came true!
Forretress restored 50% of its health.
Forretress's leftovers restored its health a little!
Forretress restored 6% of its health.
Infernape: 100% and burning with passion.
Forretress: Shitting his figurative pants.
I knew I could count on you, Infernape!
Now go, Close Combat!
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To be continued...
to read part two, go to the second page
Now anyways, I'm sure everyone has heard the commotion of Latias leaving OU and Salamence being a suspect: I honestly don't really care where everything is placed, to be honest. I just want to have fun. And honestly, the Latias metagame had become stale and boring. Don't turn this thread into a debate topic, haters: I'll simply ignore you. xD
With the ladder going up today I thought I would go ahead and try it out. I knew that Infernape would be a top-notch player with Latias gone, and I knew that everyone else knew it. And without even Mence to try and stop him, it was easy enough to run an all-physical set with CC, Overheat, ThunderPunch and Mach Punch(for Lucario/ Tyranitar, mostly). Otherwise, I just picked a couple of things I thought would work and threw them together into what I thought would be a pretty good and fun team.
Azelf @ Focus Sash
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 4 Atk/252 Spd/252 SAtk
Rash nature (+SAtk, -SDef)
- Psychic
- Fire Blast
- Stealth Rock
- Explosion
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Jolteon (M) @ Leftovers
Ability: Volt Absorb
EVs: 4 HP/252 Spd/252 SAtk
Timid nature (+Spd, -Atk)
- Thunderbolt
- Hidden Power [Ice]
- Wish
- Fake Tears
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Forretress (M) @ Leftovers
Ability: Sturdy
EVs: 252 HP/24 Def/232 SDef
Impish nature (+Def, -SAtk)
- Rapid Spin
- Spikes
- Toxic Spikes
- Payback
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Gyarados (F) @ Leftovers
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 248 HP/248 Def/12 Spd
Impish nature (+Def, -SAtk)
- Waterfall
- Sleep Talk
- Rest
- Roar
---
Jirachi @ Toxic Orb
Ability: Serene Grace
EVs: 40 HP/216 Spd/252 SAtk
Timid nature (+Spd, -Atk)
- Psychic
- Thunderbolt
- Calm Mind
- Trick
---
Infernape (M) @ Life Orb
Ability: Blaze
EVs: 252 Atk/252 Spd/4 SAtk
Hasty nature (+Spd, -Def)
- Close Combat
- Overheat
- Thunderpunch
- Mach Punch
---
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 4 Atk/252 Spd/252 SAtk
Rash nature (+SAtk, -SDef)
- Psychic
- Fire Blast
- Stealth Rock
- Explosion
---
Jolteon (M) @ Leftovers
Ability: Volt Absorb
EVs: 4 HP/252 Spd/252 SAtk
Timid nature (+Spd, -Atk)
- Thunderbolt
- Hidden Power [Ice]
- Wish
- Fake Tears
---
Forretress (M) @ Leftovers
Ability: Sturdy
EVs: 252 HP/24 Def/232 SDef
Impish nature (+Def, -SAtk)
- Rapid Spin
- Spikes
- Toxic Spikes
- Payback
---
Gyarados (F) @ Leftovers
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 248 HP/248 Def/12 Spd
Impish nature (+Def, -SAtk)
- Waterfall
- Sleep Talk
- Rest
- Roar
---
Jirachi @ Toxic Orb
Ability: Serene Grace
EVs: 40 HP/216 Spd/252 SAtk
Timid nature (+Spd, -Atk)
- Psychic
- Thunderbolt
- Calm Mind
- Trick
---
Infernape (M) @ Life Orb
Ability: Blaze
EVs: 252 Atk/252 Spd/4 SAtk
Hasty nature (+Spd, -Def)
- Close Combat
- Overheat
- Thunderpunch
- Mach Punch
---
First match was pretty even until I had a stall war against a Cresselia, Milotic, and Jirachi with my Forretress and Gyarados left(Infernape was around, but I never brought him in on account of being 100% walled by Cresselia). Milotic was just regular poisoned, Cresselia had Moonlight/Psychic/Reflect/Toxic, and Jirachi was odd Iron Head/ Fire Punch/ Wish/ Protect. With max spikes out(but no SR), I was able to wear down on Jirachi enough to beat it thanks to Roar on Gyarados. Eventually by the same effect Milotic fell too, with Recover being stalled out of PP. Against Cresselia I eventually had to force Psychic till that ran out, bringing in forrey only when the sp. defense drop occurred. Just when my forrey hit ~20% did my opponent run out of PP, and he/ she forfeited the match at that point. I would have warstory'd it, had it been not so terribly long. So onto the next match.
Second match was against an offensive team, which had a lot of Trick users. Eventually I gave Jirachi's Toxic Orb to a shaymin and CMed a couple of times, using the LO as extra power to run through(I think) a Zapdos and the sp. defense to go through Starmie. Also very close, but the score was considerably more one-sided that made me not want to use it(5-0).
And finally came this:
Rules: Ladder Match, Sleep Clause, Freeze Clause, OHKO Clause, Evasion Clause, Species Clause, Strict Damage Clause
bad ass sent out Forretress.
ss118 sent out Azelf.
Bluewind has entered the room.
I was curious as to why spectators were showing up in all my battles(I had ~5 in my Gyarados stallfest), when I realized that my opponent was the infamous Bad Ass! I was pretty sure I'd seen his name around the forums, so I prayed that this battle would be as good as the previous two.
At this point I'm really happy I'm running a +Sp. Attack nature: if it's Occa I'll be stripping a lot more, and if he switches I'll be stripping at least a little more. I really like Azelf leads because people tend to over-predict around them, just assuming about what they do.
bad ass switched in Jirachi.
Azelf used Fire Blast.
It's super effective!
Jirachi lost 88% of its health.
Azelf: 100% with Sash
Jirachi: 12%
And there we have it, folks: an over-prediction in one of my warstories that wasn't from me! ^^"
Now I figure he'll either Iron Head or U-Turn, neither of which my Azelf would like. Iron Head seems more likely, since allowing me to get up residual damage would be really costly to this Jirachi at this point. Forretress is the best switch-in, in any case.
matty has entered the room.
ss118 switched in Forretress.
Jirachi used Iron Head.
It's not very effective...
A critical hit!
Forretress lost 23% of its health.
Forretress's leftovers restored its health a little!
Forretress restored 6% of its health.
Forretress: 83%
Jirachi: 12%
Crap, now he can flinch straight through me! Oh wait, no you can't Jirachi, so go back to your pokeball and wait for Tyranitar or something before showing your pecker round these here parts.
Since I see no Leftovers, I can assume this is Scarf..... or is it Expert Belt? I've been messed with by that thing too many times: I decide to go back to Azelf. This way I'm not revealing new team members, and I can try and get SR back up. If it is scarfed, it will switch: if it is Expert Belt, Azelf can probably scare him out on a bluff since no one other than me would run a neutral speed nature on it.
bad ass switched in Forretress.
ss118 switched in Azelf.
He could also go back to Forrey and take everything back a step. I don't see a problem with Fire Blasting: I only force open his team even more, figuring out Fire resists that will probably get in Infernape's way later on.
ss118: back to square one eh?
ss118: xD
bad ass switched in Vaporeon.
Azelf used Fire Blast.
It's not very effective...
Vaporeon lost 18% of its health.
Vaporeon's leftovers restored its health a little!
Vaporeon restored 6% of its health.
Azelf: 100% with Sash
Vaporeon: 88%
...and here's one of the best Infernape counters ever to try and ruin everything. Thankfully, CC is a 2HKO with SR behind it, so if I can force Vaporeon to come into Infernape I can take it on still. Forretress will ensure that Vaporeon stays at critical health with Rapid Spin, so that is a problem. I'll need to get SR up and bring Infernape in on Forretress, then CC at it while Vaporeon comes in to take a Fire Blast or something. And unless he has an Infernape counter otherwise, I should be good. Azelf will do a good job at keeping Forretress away while getting SR up, so then my only problem at this point is predicting when Forretress will come in otherwise to try and remove it.
So that's my general gameplan. tl;dr - Get SR up, get Infernape in on Forrey, 2HKO Vaporeon. For now I'll try the power of max Sp. Attack Psychic against Vaporeon to see how it takes it.
Azelf used Psychic.
Vaporeon lost 36% of its health.
Vaporeon used Surf.
Azelf lost 65% of its health.
Vaporeon's leftovers restored its health a little!
Vaporeon restored 6% of its health.
Azelf: 35%
Vaporeon: 58%
Well that didn't take off nearly as much as I would of liked! Thank you Azelf for everything but I need to get SR up more than I need to do anything else at this point: thanks for forcing my opponent to show 3 team members...
bad ass switched in Rotom-h.
Azelf used Stealth Rock.
Pointed stones float in the air around the foe's team!
...or four team members. Now with SR up, I guess I'll leave in Azelf to scout the set and see if I can get any more damage off with Psychic.
Rotom-h used Thunderbolt.
Azelf lost 35% of its health.
ss118's Azelf fainted.
And down goes the first member of the match. He opened my opponent's team to reveal a total of four members, keeping SR off my side of the field, stripping one member of the opponent's team to an almost useless state, and finally got SR up while luring out a second scarfer. You did very well, Azelf, now sleep peacefully.
Stuck in Scarfed Thunderbolt: I could bring out my Forrey to try and lure my opponent's, but that would lead to a stalemate so I can't assume Bad Ass will do that. Gyarados is out, and I want to keep Jirachi and Infernape at good health for late-game. Jolteon is my best option, I guess.
ss118 switched in Jolteon.
Now my opponent WILL switch: nothing I've seen on his team so far can take a Jolteon, so I assume his counter for it will be showing up now. Fake Tears takes advantage of whatever he will bring in, since not many people ever expect it.
bad ass switched in Blissey.
Pointed stones dug into Blissey.
Blissey lost 12% of its health.
Jolteon used Fake Tears.
Blissey's special defence was harshly lowered.
Blissey's leftovers restored its health a little!
Blissey restored 6% of its health.
Jolteon: 100%
Blissey: 94% -2 Sp. Defense
This could work: but I would really not liked to be Toxic'd. I'll go to Jirachi so that if it Toxics, it won't affect me: if it has Thunder Wave, it will likely not use it so I won't have to worry about my Jirachi coming into Paralysis. Wow, that works out really well: I wish I could say that I planned it. T-T
bad ass switched in Rotom-h.
Pointed stones dug into Rotom-h.
Rotom-h lost 12% of its health.
ss118 switched in Jirachi.
Jirachi: 100%
Rotom-h: 88%
Well this was an interesting turn of events. I know I can take an Overheat so I'll just stay in and Psychic. I doubt I'll see Forretress come in without knowing my moveset, and I doubt he'll Trick, since I could be scarfed. I just need to be ready to move out so Forretress doesn't come in once he sees Psychic.
Rotom-h used Trick.
Rotom-h obtained Toxic Orb!
Jirachi obtained Choice Scarf!
Jirachi used Psychic.
Rotom-h lost 40% of its health.
Rotom-h was badly poisoned!
Jirachi: 100% stuck in Psychic
Rotom: 48% Toxic'd
...hahahahahahahaha!
That works perfectly! Now that I'm locked into Psychic he'll likely bring in Forretress or Blissey.... but the problem stands that Vaporeon could be coming in as well. If it took Azelf's MUCH more powerful Psychic like it did, it could come in and get a Wish off easily on this one. Forget the plan, I'd rather keep Vaporeon at low Health than even giving it a chance to get itself back to full HP. Jolteon doesn't fare too badly against Blissey or Forretress either, so let's go Jolteon!
bad ass switched in Forretress.
Pointed stones dug into Forretress.
Forretress lost 12% of its health.
ss118 switched in Jolteon.
Forretress's leftovers restored its health a little!
Forretress restored 6% of its health.
Jolteon: 100%
Forretress: 94%
And now I wish I went to Infernape. Oh well, better to have chance later on than to never have a chance at all. I figure he may switch out to conserve HP, so I'll just Thunderbolt instead of going with Fake Tears: I'll probably 3HKO just attacking, and if I fake Tears I turn it to a 2HKO, but I use a turn beforehand. So either way takes three turns: my way has more moments for random paralysis or a critical hit.
Jolteon used Thunderbolt.
Forretress lost 43% of its health.
Forretress used Toxic Spikes.
Toxic Spikes were scattered around the foe's team!
Forretress's leftovers restored its health a little!
Forretress restored 6% of its health.
Jolteon: 100%
Forretress: 57%
And there's the 3HKO. Toxic Spikes are bad but with Rotom-h holding a toxic orb I'm not too worried about being unable to spin them later. Keeping going, Jolteon!
Jolteon used Thunderbolt.
Forretress lost 42% of its health.
Forretress used Rapid Spin.
Forretress blew away the pointed stones!
Jolteon lost 8% of its health.
Jolteon's leftovers restored its health a little!
Jolteon restored 6% of its health.
Forretress's leftovers restored its health a little!
Forretress restored 6% of its health.
Jolteon: 100%
Forretress: 9%
Now THIS is what I was afraid of. I've lost my stones forever, but without Salamence around I think nothing becomes terrible to manage. Even then it wouldn't be that bad, but again, I digress. Thunderbolt again to try and kill off Forrey, but he'll likely go to Blissey. If Blissey could do something to me it probably would have tried too earlier, so I see no threat.
bad ass switched in Blissey.
Jolteon used Thunderbolt.
A critical hit!
Blissey lost 30% of its health.
Jolteon's leftovers restored its health a little!
Jolteon restored 2% of its health.
Blissey's leftovers restored its health a little!
Blissey restored 6% of its health.
Jolteon: 100%
Blissey: 70%
If only this crit could of happened a few turns earlier.... oh well. If it lacks Toxic I beat it 1 v 1, so now I just Wish, then Fake Tears, then Wish, then Thunderbolt/ Fake Tears continuously until he succumbs.
Jolteon used Wish.
Jolteon made a wish!
Blissey used Stealth Rock.
Pointed stones float in the air around the foe's team!
Blissey's leftovers restored its health a little!
Blissey restored 6% of its health.
OK with T-spikes and SR up I may be in a small bind: I'll just wear down Blissey a little though. Nothing on his team can come into me and Blissey loses, so if this is the case I can infinitely wear down until he loses: knowing Bad Ass, he has something else.
Jolteon used Fake Tears.
Blissey's special defence was harshly lowered.
Blissey used Seismic Toss.
Jolteon lost 37% of its health.
The wish came true!
Jolteon restored 37% of its health.
Blissey's leftovers restored its health a little!
Blissey restored 6% of its health.
Jolteon: 100%
Blissey: 83% -2 Sp. Defense
And now he'll probably reveal his second counter: either way I'll Wish up to conserve HP and get in a counter safely.
bad ass switched in Zapdos.
Zapdos is exerting its pressure!
Jolteon used Wish.
Jolteon made a wish!
And here it is: if this is an offensive one nothing can come in. In fact, looking at my team, I realize that Zapdos tears a HOLE into me. Well it can't OHKO me and I have a Wish: maybe it will Heat Wave with LO and I can 2HKO it?
Jolteon used Thunderbolt.
Zapdos lost 38% of its health.
Zapdos used Toxic.
Zapdos's attack missed!
The wish came true!
Zapdos's leftovers restored its health a little!
Zapdos restored 6% of its health.
Jolteon: 100%
Zapdos: 68%
Or it can be a defensive version and leave me fucked in the ass! I don't know if this has Heat Wave or not, so Jolteon will have to take. Sorry, beautiful. ='[
Jolteon used Fake Tears.
Zapdos's special defence was harshly lowered.
Zapdos used Toxic.
Jolteon was badly poisoned!
Jolteon is hurt by poison!
Jolteon lost 6% of its health.
Zapdos's leftovers restored its health a little!
Zapdos restored 6% of its health.
Jolteon: 94% Toxic'd
Zapdos: 74% -2 Sp. Defense
He'll likely go to Blissey: but I have a small plan at this point. If I keep up with the "obvious" moves for the moment, later on he'll continuously expect them, allowing me to potentially set up and go. Psychological warfare is something you usually don't expect this early, but I know that random playstyle changes are the best way to turn around games and surprise opponents. Well, here goes nothing.
bad ass switched in Blissey.
Jolteon used Thunderbolt.
Blissey lost 17% of its health.
Jolteon's leftovers restored its health a little!
Jolteon restored 6% of its health.
Jolteon is hurt by poison!
Jolteon lost 12% of its health.
Blissey's leftovers restored its health a little!
Blissey restored 6% of its health.
Jolteon: 88% Toxic'd
Blissey: 72%
Hmmmmm.... I should invest in LO and a good Zapdos check sometime.
Now's a good time to get Forrey in. I need T-spikes to be able to beat Blissey with either Jolteon or Jirachi, plus I can force some toxic damage on Rotom if it tries to come in. If I get super-lucky he'll bring in Forretress so I can spin. =)
ss118 switched in Forretress.
Pointed stones dug into Forretress.
Forretress lost 12% of its health.
Blissey used Softboiled.
Blissey restored 28% of its health.
Forretress's leftovers restored its health a little!
Forretress restored 6% of its health.
Forretress: 94%
Blissey: 100%
Step one complete: now to get up the T-spikes. Spinning is useless at this point, since Rotom will just come in. Payback would get it, but no need to get ballsy at this point. Toxic Spikes do a good job, because then I can wear down on Blissey and, luckily, Vaporeon.
bad ass switched in Forretress.
Forretress used Toxic Spikes.
Toxic Spikes were scattered around the foe's team!
Forretress's leftovers restored its health a little!
Forretress restored 6% of its health.
Forretress's leftovers restored its health a little!
Forretress restored 6% of its health.
Wait wait wait, what? Is he really going to sacrifice his hard-earned SR and T-spikes of his own? Especially when I haven't revealed Gyarados or Infernape yet?
Forretress used Rapid Spin.
Forretress blew away the pointed stones!
Forretress blew away the toxic spikes!
It's not very effective...
Forretress lost 1% of its health.
Forretress used Rapid Spin.
Forretress blew away the toxic spikes!
It's not very effective...
Forretress lost 1% of its health.
Forretress's leftovers restored its health a little!
Forretress restored 6% of its health.
Forretress's leftovers restored its health a little!
Forretress restored 6% of its health.
Holy shit, he did! I don't feel like dealing with any residual damage, so I'll just spin again.
Forretress used Rapid Spin
It's not very effective...
Forretress lost 1% of its health.
Forretress used Spikes.
Spikes were scattered around the foe's team!
Forretress's leftovers restored its health a little!
Forretress restored 6% of its health.
Forretress's leftovers restored its health a little!
Forretress restored 6% of its health.
...or he could just plain be slower or continuously lose the speed tie. Might as well keep spinning: Spikes aren't that much of a terrible hassle, so it wouldn't bother me terribly if Spikes still remained.
bad ass switched in Zapdos.
Zapdos is exerting its pressure!
Forretress used Rapid Spin.
Forretress blew away the spikes!
Zapdos lost 5% of its health.
Zapdos's leftovers restored its health a little!
Zapdos restored 6% of its health.
Forretress's leftovers restored its health a little!
Forretress restored 5% of its health.
Forretress: 100%
Zapdos: 80%
Well, no spikes, but now I have to deal with this.... monstrosity. I don't have any switch-ins other than Jolteon, who is already poisoned: just hope for no substitute because that would be a-
ss118 switched in Jolteon.
Zapdos used Substitute.
Zapdos lost 25% of its health.
Zapdos made a substitute!
Jolteon's leftovers restored its health a little!
Jolteon restored 6% of its health.
Jolteon is hurt by poison!
Jolteon lost 6% of its health.
Zapdos's leftovers restored its health a little!
Zapdos restored 6% of its health.
Jolteon: 100%
Zapdos: 61%
-BITCH! This is going to be a pain, but I can get out of this loop at the cost of Jolteon: I don't know how I will fight this later, but if I play my cards right Infernape can take it.... maybe....
Thunderbolt till he Roosts, and then Fake Tears as he subs again. Then Thunderbolt continuously until he roosts and switches: it's all I got, really.
Jolteon used Thunderbolt.
The substitute took damage for Zapdos!
Zapdos's substitute faded!
Zapdos used Roost.
Zapdos restored 44% of its health.
Jolteon's leftovers restored its health a little!
Jolteon restored 6% of its health.
Jolteon is hurt by poison!
Jolteon lost 12% of its health.
---
Jolteon used Fake Tears.
Zapdos's special defence was harshly lowered.
Zapdos used Substitute.
Zapdos lost 25% of its health.
Zapdos made a substitute!
Jolteon's leftovers restored its health a little!
Jolteon restored 6% of its health.
Jolteon is hurt by poison!
Jolteon lost 19% of its health.
Zapdos's leftovers restored its health a little!
Zapdos restored 6% of its health.
---
Jolteon used Thunderbolt.
The substitute took damage for Zapdos!
Zapdos's substitute faded!
Zapdos used Substitute.
Zapdos lost 25% of its health.
Zapdos made a substitute!
Jolteon's leftovers restored its health a little!
Jolteon restored 6% of its health.
Jolteon is hurt by poison!
Jolteon lost 25% of its health.
Zapdos's leftovers restored its health a little!
Zapdos restored 6% of its health.
---
Jolteon used Wish.
Jolteon made a wish!
Zapdos used Substitute.
But it failed!
Jolteon's leftovers restored its health a little!
Jolteon restored 6% of its health.
Jolteon is hurt by poison!
Jolteon lost 31% of its health.
Zapdos's leftovers restored its health a little!
Zapdos restored 6% of its health.
I wished here to complicate things: now my opponent has to think about me trying to stall my (inevitable) death while keeping a sub up.
Jolteon used Thunderbolt.
The substitute took damage for Zapdos!
Zapdos's substitute faded!
Zapdos used Substitute.
Zapdos lost 25% of its health.
Zapdos made a substitute!
The wish came true!
Jolteon restored 50% of its health.
Jolteon's leftovers restored its health a little!
Jolteon restored 6% of its health.
Jolteon is hurt by poison!
Jolteon lost 37% of its health.
Zapdos's leftovers restored its health a little!
Zapdos restored 6% of its health.
---
Jolteon used Thunderbolt.
The substitute took damage for Zapdos!
Zapdos's substitute faded!
Zapdos used Roost.
Zapdos restored 50% of its health.
Jolteon's leftovers restored its health a little!
Jolteon restored 6% of its health.
Jolteon is hurt by poison!
Jolteon lost 44% of its health.
Zapdos's leftovers restored its health a little!
Zapdos restored 1% of its health.
So a Zapdos at full health: but to avoid being in range for other team members he'll def go to Blissey. Either way my trap has been set: he may think he has me in a bind, but I've already thought enough turns ahead to have a plan ready to take back momentum.
bad ass switched in Blissey.
Jolteon used Thunderbolt.
Blissey lost 14% of its health.
Jolteon's leftovers restored its health a little!
Jolteon restored 6% of its health.
Jolteon is hurt by poison!
Jolteon lost 12% of its health.
ss118's Jolteon fainted.
Blissey's leftovers restored its health a little!
Blissey restored 6% of its health.
Now is make it or break it: Jirachi has been standing uselessly to the side, and he's itching to make a re-appearance. I don't go to Infernape because I don't want to cause any prediction war: rather, I'll take advantage of his conservative switches to break through this meddlesome whore, and that little Zapdos too! *wicked witch of the west cackle*
ss118 switched in Jirachi.
Here's step one: be obvious. Trick will screw up that whore if it stays in, but I know she will not: rather, I expect a switch to Jirachi to take the scarf.
bad ass switched in Jirachi.
Jirachi used Trick.
Jirachi obtained Choice Scarf!
Jirachi obtained Choice Scarf!
Now here's what my next step is: stay in!
Confused? Allow me to elaborate: from what he's seen of my team, I'm running an Sp. Attacking crew with members designed to help me break down Blissey. Explosion Azelf, Fake Tears Jolteon, Toxic Orb Trick Jirachi, and even Toxic Spikes Forretress: they all help to wear down on this one pokemon and attempt to overwhelm stall. With that in mind he knows I want Blissey out: I'm confident that he'll bring in Blissey again to try and take advantage of some Sp. Attacker or Zapdos to take advantage of my inability to handle it well. Either way his team gets crippled one precious member.
bad ass switched in Rotom-h.
Jirachi used Trick.
Jirachi obtained Toxic Orb!
Rotom-h obtained Choice Scarf!
Rotom-h is hurt by poison!
Rotom-h lost 6% of its health.
Jirachi: 100% and back to normal
Rotom-h: 38% Toxic'd
I didn't even consider Rotom-h: this makes things a lot more interesting! With two electric types on the opposing team I don't see use for Gyarados: I'll bring him in so he either takes a Thunderbolt, an Overheat, or a Scarf. I hope it's an Overheat.
ss118 switched in Gyarados.
Gyarados's Intimidate cut Rotom-h's attack!
Rotom-h used Trick.
Rotom-h obtained Leftovers!
Gyarados obtained Choice Scarf!
Rotom-h is hurt by poison!
Rotom-h lost 12% of its health.
Rotom-h's leftovers restored its health a little!
Rotom-h restored 6% of its health.
Gyarados: 100% but Scarfed
Rotom: 32% Toxic'd
This is fine: he doesn't know what set I'm running, so he'll probably run in fear of Waterfall: Vaporeon's coming in and I can't stop it. Infernape can't kill it, and without Jolteon I have nothing to threaten it enough. Forretress is coming in: get Spikes up to put Vaporeon into 2HKO range for Infernape. If he wishes he'll likely go to Forretress to spin and because he's at ~20% health or something: bring in Infernape and go with my original plan of luring out Vaporeon and killing it, allowing me to go for the win.
bad ass switched in Vaporeon.
ss118 switched in Forretress.
Vaporeon's leftovers restored its health a little!
Vaporeon restored 6% of its health.
If he goes straight to Forretress I can go to Jirachi and start CMing: if he wishes I go to Infernape and execute that tiny plan I've been trying to do since the beginning of the match.
Vaporeon used Wish.
Vaporeon made a wish!
Forretress used Spikes.
Spikes were scattered around the foe's team!
Vaporeon's leftovers restored its health a little!
Vaporeon restored 6% of its health.
OH MY GOD, I may do it!
....but what if he Surfs? At that point it would be game over. It's not an impossible scenario, seeing as he has a wish going and he knows I don't have explosion. And besides, bringing Infernape into Vaporeon is generally suicide....
*the untouched pokeball on my side glows bright red, burning me as I call out in pain*
...Your right, Infernape! Now isn't the time to doubt you! I've been hiding you for too long, time for you to shine!
GO, INFERNAPE!
bad ass switched in Forretress.
Forretress was hurt by Spikes!
Forretress lost 12% of its health.
ss118 switched in Infernape.
The wish came true!
Forretress restored 50% of its health.
Forretress's leftovers restored its health a little!
Forretress restored 6% of its health.
Infernape: 100% and burning with passion.
Forretress: Shitting his figurative pants.
I knew I could count on you, Infernape!
Now go, Close Combat!
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To be continued...
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