Before I start I'd like to say that I'm fairly new to pokemon. I have been studying quite a bit lately but I make a lot of stupid mistakes due to lack of experience and just a general lapse of thought. That being said, I think I am an okay battler and I think you guys will enjoy reading this match even though it is slightly lopsided into my oppenent's favor. Although I guess that is to be expected considering that JA VP EOM is #2 on the UU ladder.
A little background info: I had faced JA VP EOM earlier today and I won due to a little bit of luck. This is our second match. I can't really say that I remembered much about his team at all at the time I faced him for the second time and I'm not sure if he remembered also. Either way I don't think it had much effect on the outcome of the match.
JA VP EOM's team:
Laundry's (my) team:
Rules: Ladder Match, Sleep Clause, Freeze Clause, OHKO Clause, Evasion Clause, Species Clause, Strict Damage Clause
JA VP EOM sent out Roserade (lvl 100 Roserade ?).
Laundry sent out Scyther (lvl 100 Scyther ?).
Fearing the sleep powder from Roserade I just aerial ace hoping that I'll get lucky and KO next turn with QA, or he'll switch into something and I'll get some free damage. I typically tend to do as much as I can with Scyther early game as he becomes less useful as the match moves on with more and more chances for the enemy to get SR up. This was kind of amateurish now that I think about it as I could have switched into Registeel and got the rocks down earlier and he wouldn't have been able to shuffle around to avoid leech seed so easily as he does later.
JA VP EOM switched in Spiritomb (lvl 100 Spiritomb ?).
Spiritomb is exerting its pressure!
Scyther used Aerial Ace.
Spiritomb lost 32% of its health.
Spiritomb's leftovers restored its health a little!
Spiritomb restored 6% of its health.
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I see the will-o-wisp coming and swords dance up. If I get two off (which I should, I don't remember his Spiritomb having much offense) it will do much more than cancel it out.
Scyther used Swords Dance.
Scyther's attack was sharply raised.
Spiritomb used Will-o-wisp.
Scyther was burned!
Scyther was hurt by its burn!
Scyther lost 12% of its health.
Spiritomb's leftovers restored its health a little!
Spiritomb restored 6% of its health.
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Scyther used Swords Dance.
Scyther's attack was sharply raised.
Spiritomb used Shadow Ball.
Scyther lost 36% of its health.
Scyther was hurt by its burn!
Scyther lost 12% of its health.
Spiritomb's leftovers restored its health a little!
Spiritomb restored 6% of its health.
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Hmm. Time to start attacking. Hopefully it doesn't do pitiful damage.
Scyther used Aerial Ace.
Spiritomb lost 47% of its health.
Spiritomb used Shadow Ball.
Scyther lost 39% of its health.
Laundry's Scyther fainted.
Spiritomb's leftovers restored its health a little!
Spiritomb restored 6% of its health.
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That was underwhelming. I bring in Shaymin to set up on Spiritomb with hopes of getting burned so I don't get poisoned later, but Registeel was the better choice as I could have used stealth rock or poisoned something, or even exploded if the opportunity presented itself.
Laundry switched in Shaymin (lvl 100 Shaymin).
JA VP EOM switched in Chansey (lvl 100 Chansey ?).
Shaymin used Substitute.
Shaymin lost 25% of its health.
Shaymin made a substitute!
Shaymin's leftovers restored its health a little!
Shaymin restored 6% of its health.
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Shaymin 81%
Chansey - 100%
Got the sub down, but now I have to stall out his Chansey. Leech seed should heal me up nicely.
Shaymin used Leech Seed.
Chansey was seeded!
Chansey used Stealth Rock.
Pointed stones float in the air around the foe's team!
Shaymin's leftovers restored its health a little!
Shaymin restored 6% of its health.
Chansey's health was sapped by leech seed!
Chansey lost 12% of its health.
Shaymin regained health!
Shaymin restored 13% of its health.
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Now that he's got the rocks down I might as well try and stay in and see if I can do some damage.
Shaymin used Seed Flare.
Chansey lost 18% of its health.
Chansey used Seismic Toss.
The substitute took damage for Shaymin!
Shaymin's substitute faded!
Chansey's leftovers restored its health a little!
Chansey restored 6% of its health.
Chansey's health was sapped by leech seed!
Chansey lost 12% of its health.
Shaymin regained health!
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I was hoping I got lucky and his Chansey catches the seed flare drop, but it didn't happen. It kinda sucks that I wasn't running 252 HP so he couldn't break my subs, but that's just how things go sometimes. I substitute in case he wants to toxic or switch because of leech seed.
JA VP EOM switched in Shaymin (lvl 100 Shaymin).
Shaymin used Substitute.
Shaymin lost 25% of its health.
Shaymin made a substitute!
Shaymin's leftovers restored its health a little!
Shaymin restored 6% of its health.
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Hm, interesting. I have air slash on my Shaymin so I test the waters and see what he's gonna do.
Shaymin used Air Slash.
It's super effective!
Shaymin lost 31% of its health.
Shaymin used Swords Dance.
Shaymin's attack was sharply raised.
Shaymin's leftovers restored its health a little!
Shaymin restored 6% of its health.
Shaymin's leftovers restored its health a little!
Shaymin restored 6% of its health.
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Even more interesting. Never seen this set before. I've got my sub up so I decide to stay in rather than let him get a sub on me or something if I switch to a counter.
Haven't seen this set before.
Shaymin used Air Slash.
It's super effective!
Shaymin lost 32% of its health.
Shaymin used Synthesis.
Shaymin restored 50% of its health.
Shaymin's leftovers restored its health a little!
Shaymin restored 6% of its health.
Shaymin's leftovers restored its health a little!
Shaymin restored 6% of its health.
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This just keeps getting better. I've still got my sub up and I don't feel like taking a bunch of stealth rock damage taking this thing out so I decide to stay in in case I get lucky and get some flinch hax.
Shaymin used Air Slash.
It's super effective!
A critical hit!
Shaymin lost 57% of its health.
Shaymin flinched!
Shaymin's leftovers restored its health a little!
Shaymin restored 6% of its health.
Shaymin's leftovers restored its health a little!
Shaymin restored 6% of its health.
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This was way more than I asked for. I air slash one more time just in case I get the 30% chance again.
Shaymin used Air Slash.
It's super effective!
Shaymin lost 29% of its health.
Shaymin flinched!
Shaymin's leftovers restored its health a little!
Shaymin restored 0% of its health.
Shaymin's leftovers restored its health a little!
Shaymin restored 6% of its health.
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I couldn't believe that it happened AGAIN. I feel pretty accomplished having effectively taken out his Shaymin. I air slash in the chance that he stays in to bring his revenge killer in (unlikely) but it's free damage. Leech seed was probably the better option here.
JA VP EOM switched in Chansey (lvl 100 Chansey ?).
Shaymin used Air Slash.
Chansey lost 9% of its health.
Chansey's leftovers restored its health a little!
Chansey restored 6% of its health.
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I know exactly what to do here. He'll probably heal so this is the perfect opportunity to leech seed.
Shaymin used Leech Seed.
Chansey was seeded!
Chansey used Softboiled.
Chansey restored 40% of its health.
Chansey's health was sapped by leech seed!
Chansey lost 12% of its health.
Shaymin regained health!
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Shaymin seed flares his Chansey in hopes of her getting the drop again.
JA VP EOM switched in Roserade (lvl 100 Roserade ?).
Shaymin used Seed Flare.
It's not very effective...
Roserade lost 15% of its health.
Roserade's special defence was harshly lowered.
Roserade's leftovers restored its health a little!
Roserade restored 6% of its health.
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Nice. I decided to use air slash as he's most likely going to switch out so I don't want to waste seed flare on something that 4x resists it like Altaria and two of his other pokemon are weak to it. If I get lucky I might score a KO on his Shaymin or Roserade.
JA VP EOM switched in Milotic (lvl 100 Milotic ?).
Shaymin used Air Slash.
Milotic lost 16% of its health.
Milotic's leftovers restored its health a little!
Milotic restored 6% of its health.
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No KOs :(. He's probably gonna switch back into Chansey so I figure I should leech seed, only I don't.
JA VP EOM switched in Chansey (lvl 100 Chansey ?).
Shaymin used Air Slash.
Chansey lost 8% of its health.
Chansey's leftovers restored its health a little!
Chansey restored 6% of its health.
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I must have misclicked here but it's no big deal. Shaymin fires off leech seed again. JA VP EOM must be getting pretty annoyed at this thing by now.
JA VP EOM switched in Shaymin (lvl 100 Shaymin).
Shaymin used Leech Seed.
Shaymin's leftovers restored its health a little!
Shaymin restored 6% of its health.
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No idea why he did this as it could have been good death fodder later in the game, but I kill him with ease anyways. Maybe he forgot that I was faster?
Shaymin used Air Slash.
It's super effective!
Shaymin lost 32% of its health.
JA VP EOM's Shaymin fainted.
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5-5
JA VP EOM switched in Roserade (lvl 100 Roserade ?).
At this point I'm still unclear what he's doing, but my sub is still up so I do quite a bit of damage to him.
Shaymin used Air Slash.
It's super effective!
Roserade lost 48% of its health.
Roserade used Hidden Power.
It's super effective!
The substitute took damage for Shaymin!
Shaymin's substitute faded!
Roserade's leftovers restored its health a little!
Roserade restored 6% of its health.
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Since I know I'm faster now I might as well go for it again.
JA VP EOM switched in Chansey (lvl 100 Chansey ?).
Shaymin used Air Slash.
Chansey lost 8% of its health.
Chansey's leftovers restored its health a little!
Chansey restored 6% of its health.
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I'm starting to see a pattern here! I substitute to avoid toxic and pray that he doesn't seismic toss me. If things go well here I can get back into the pattern of keeping him on the run while Shaymin annoys the hell out of his team.
Shaymin used Substitute.
Shaymin lost 25% of its health.
Shaymin made a substitute!
Chansey used Seismic Toss.
The substitute took damage for Shaymin!
Shaymin's substitute faded!
Shaymin's leftovers restored its health a little!
Shaymin restored 6% of its health.
Chansey's leftovers restored its health a little!
Chansey restored 6% of its health.
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I underestimate him and he does exactly what I wouldn't want him to do. At this point I have a 50/50 chance to get my next move right: either I sub now and leech seed later with the chance that he seismic tosses and I lose some health, or I leech seed now and cause him to switch getting a free sub. I decide that if I play mind games for too long I'm going to end up poisoned sooner or later and I might not even be able to sub at the end of it, so I take my chances in hopes that it pays off.
Shaymin used Leech Seed.
Chansey was seeded!
Chansey used Toxic.
Shaymin was badly poisoned!
Shaymin's leftovers restored its health a little!
Shaymin restored 6% of its health.
Shaymin is hurt by poison!
Shaymin lost 6% of its health.
Chansey's leftovers restored its health a little!
Chansey restored 6% of its health.
Chansey's health was sapped by leech seed!
Chansey lost 12% of its health.
Shaymin regained health!
Shaymin restored 19% of its health.
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Shit. I decide to stay in and play mind games with him for a little while hoping I get lucky and get an extra KO or a random critical. The first thing I should do though is substitute in the off chance that I can soak up some HP from Chansey. This was an extremely idiotic move as I knew that he liked to switch as soon as I get leech seed on Chansey and my HP was going to start dropping like a motherfucker.
JA VP EOM switched in Roserade (lvl 100 Roserade ?).
Shaymin used Substitute.
Shaymin lost 25% of its health.
Shaymin made a substitute!
Shaymin's leftovers restored its health a little!
Shaymin restored 6% of its health.
Shaymin is hurt by poison!
Shaymin lost 12% of its health.
Roserade's leftovers restored its health a little!
Roserade restored 6% of its health.
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Unsurprisingly he switches in Roserade. I air slash in case he wants to break my sub with poison STAB.
JA VP EOM switched in Chansey (lvl 100 Chansey ?).
Shaymin used Air Slash.
Chansey lost 8% of its health.
Shaymin's leftovers restored its health a little!
Shaymin restored 6% of its health.
Shaymin is hurt by poison!
Shaymin lost 18% of its health.
Chansey's leftovers restored its health a little!
Chansey restored 6% of its health.
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At this point JA VP EOM is doing a pretty good job of stalling me out. At this point I'm really just waiting to die so I decide to go all out.
JA VP EOM switched in Roserade (lvl 100 Roserade ?).
Shaymin used Seed Flare.
It's not very effective...
Roserade lost 15% of its health.
Roserade's special defence was harshly lowered.
Shaymin's leftovers restored its health a little!
Shaymin restored 6% of its health.
Shaymin is hurt by poison!
Shaymin lost 25% of its health.
Roserade's leftovers restored its health a little!
Roserade restored 6% of its health.
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His Sp.D drops but it doesn't really matter because he's switching next turn. I seed flare to weaken Chansey for later.
JA VP EOM switched in Chansey (lvl 100 Chansey ?).
Shaymin used Seed Flare.
Chansey lost 20% of its health.
Shaymin's leftovers restored its health a little!
Shaymin restored 6% of its health.
Shaymin is hurt by poison!
Shaymin lost 31% of its health.
Chansey's leftovers restored its health a little!
Chansey restored 6% of its health.
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I leech seed here in an effort to save Shaymin. I wasn't really thinking straight as I could have killed his Roserade here.
JA VP EOM switched in Roserade (lvl 100 Roserade ?).
Shaymin used Leech Seed.
Shaymin's attack missed!
Shaymin's leftovers restored its health a little!
Shaymin restored 6% of its health.
Shaymin is hurt by poison!
Shaymin lost 20% of its health.
Laundry's Shaymin fainted.
Roserade's leftovers restored its health a little!
Roserade restored 6% of its health.
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As I should have expected Roserade comes in and I die. Shaymin did quite a bit of damage before dying so I'm happy.
5-4
I decide to switch in Blaziken because he not only scares off Roserade, but he has super effective moves on all the pokemon he's switched in (besides Spiritomb obviously). I go with superpower in case he tries to soak up my fire blast with Chansey.
Laundry switched in Blaziken (lvl 100 Blaziken ?).
Pointed stones dug into Blaziken.
Blaziken lost 12% of its health.
JA VP EOM switched in Milotic (lvl 100 Milotic ?).
Blaziken used Superpower.
Milotic lost 39% of its health.
Blaziken's attack was lowered.
Blaziken's defence was lowered.
Milotic's leftovers restored its health a little!
Milotic restored 6% of its health.
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Either JA VP EOM is really, really good at outpredicting me or he is getting rather lucky. Either way I have no choice but to switch out as I'm locked into superpower. Registeel is the obvious choice.
Laundry switched in Registeel (lvl 100 Registeel).
Pointed stones dug into Registeel.
Registeel lost 6% of its health.
Milotic used Recover.
Milotic restored 42% of its health.
Registeel's leftovers restored its health a little!
Registeel restored 6% of its health.
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I've been wanting stealth rock support the whole game and I finally decide to go for it, but at this point it's not going to be anywhere near as effective.
JA VP EOM switched in Spiritomb (lvl 100 Spiritomb ?).
Spiritomb is exerting its pressure!
Registeel used Stealth Rock.
Pointed stones float in the air around the foe's team!
Spiritomb's leftovers restored its health a little!
Spiritomb restored 6% of its health.
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I expected this. I figure I should try to toxic stall him.
Registeel used Toxic.
Registeel's attack missed!
Spiritomb used Shadow Ball.
It's not very effective...
Registeel lost 8% of its health.
Registeel's leftovers restored its health a little!
Registeel restored 6% of its health.
Spiritomb's leftovers restored its health a little!
Spiritomb restored 6% of its health.
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Registeel used Toxic.
Spiritomb was badly poisoned!
Spiritomb used Will-o-wisp.
Registeel was burned!
Registeel's leftovers restored its health a little!
Registeel restored 2% of its health.
Registeel was hurt by its burn!
Registeel lost 12% of its health.
Spiritomb's leftovers restored its health a little!
Spiritomb restored 6% of its health.
Spiritomb is hurt by poison!
Spiritomb lost 6% of its health.
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Well, that was to be expected. The only thing I've really lost is some strength to my explosion. I ice punch to see what he's going to do next.
JA VP EOM switched in Milotic (lvl 100 Milotic ?).
Pointed stones dug into Milotic.
Milotic lost 12% of its health.
Registeel used Ice Punch.
It's not very effective...
Milotic lost 3% of its health.
Milotic's leftovers restored its health a little!
Milotic restored 6% of its health.
Registeel's leftovers restored its health a little!
Registeel restored 6% of its health.
Registeel was hurt by its burn!
Registeel lost 12% of its health.
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Milotic doesn't really like being poisoned so I go for it. If he switches again I get some stealth rock damage and a poison opportunity. Not much else I can really do.
JA VP EOM switched in Spiritomb (lvl 100 Spiritomb ?).
Spiritomb is exerting its pressure!
Pointed stones dug into Spiritomb.
Spiritomb lost 12% of its health.
Registeel used Toxic.
But it failed!
Registeel's leftovers restored its health a little!
Registeel restored 6% of its health.
Registeel was hurt by its burn!
Registeel lost 12% of its health.
Spiritomb's leftovers restored its health a little!
Spiritomb restored 6% of its health.
Spiritomb is hurt by poison!
Spiritomb lost 6% of its health.
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I use ice punch just to cancel his leftovers.
Registeel used Ice Punch.
Spiritomb lost 6% of its health.
Spiritomb used Rest.
Spiritomb fell asleep!
Spiritomb restored 60% of its health.
Registeel's leftovers restored its health a little!
Registeel restored 6% of its health.
Registeel was hurt by its burn!
Registeel lost 12% of its health.
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Now that I know that he's running rest I might as well switch out. Drapion seems like a good choice as he can set up on Spiritomb while he's sleeping and I want to save Rhydon for later.
JA VP EOM switched in Hitmontop (lvl 100 Hitmontop ?).
Pointed stones dug into Hitmontop.
Hitmontop lost 6% of its health.
Laundry switched in Drapion (lvl 100 Drapion ?).
Pointed stones dug into Drapion.
Drapion lost 12% of its health.
Hitmontop's leftovers restored its health a little!
Hitmontop restored 6% of its health.
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Gah, one of the worst pokemon he could have switched in at this point. I switch in Registeel to explode or at least to make him get the drop from close combat.
Laundry switched in Registeel (lvl 100 Registeel).
Pointed stones dug into Registeel.
Registeel lost 6% of its health.
Hitmontop used Earthquake.
It's super effective!
Registeel lost 27% of its health.
Registeel's leftovers restored its health a little!
Registeel restored 6% of its health.
Registeel was hurt by its burn!
Registeel lost 12% of its health.
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At least I have SOME chance of surviving next turn if he chooses to use EQ again, or he'll use close combat to go for the guaranteed KO and I'll be able to revenge kill.
Hitmontop used Close Combat.
It's super effective!
Registeel lost 29% of its health.
Laundry's Registeel fainted.
Hitmontop's defence was lowered.
Hitmontop's special defence was lowered.
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5-3
Unsurprisingly, he went with CC. Blaziken's the obvious choice here as I don't know how fast he is and my other pokemon hate him. I go with thunderpunch hoping he goes with Milotic again.
Laundry switched in Blaziken (lvl 100 Blaziken ?).
Pointed stones dug into Blaziken.
Blaziken lost 12% of its health.
JA VP EOM switched in Roserade (lvl 100 Roserade ?).
Pointed stones dug into Roserade.
Roserade lost 12% of its health.
Blaziken used Thunderpunch.
It's not very effective...
Roserade lost 22% of its health.
Roserade's leftovers restored its health a little!
Roserade restored 6% of its health.
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Ugh. He's always one step ahead of me. Because I'm not really scared by Roserade I go for another thunderpunch. If I don't KO him this turn I'll definitely get him on the next.
Blaziken used Thunderpunch.
It's not very effective...
Roserade lost 22% of its health.
Roserade used Synthesis.
Roserade restored 50% of its health.
Roserade's leftovers restored its health a little!
Roserade restored 6% of its health.
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:(. I switch into Drapion to see if I can finally take out this Roserade.
Laundry switched in Drapion (lvl 100 Drapion ?).
Pointed stones dug into Drapion.
Drapion lost 12% of its health.
Roserade used Spikes.
Spikes were scattered around the foe's team!
Roserade's leftovers restored its health a little!
Roserade restored 6% of its health.
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Well that's annoying.
JA VP EOM switched in Hitmontop (lvl 100 Hitmontop ?).
Hitmontop's intimidate cut Drapion's attack!
Pointed stones dug into Hitmontop.
Hitmontop lost 6% of its health.
Drapion used Cross Poison.
Hitmontop lost 15% of its health.
Hitmontop's leftovers restored its health a little!
Hitmontop restored 6% of its health.
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I should have saw this coming. Something's going to die here so I pick Blaziken. At this point I'm just assuming I've lost the match as I've got nothing to take on this Hitmontop, but I really should have given this more thought.
Laundry switched in Blaziken (lvl 100 Blaziken ?).
Pointed stones dug into Blaziken.
Blaziken lost 12% of its health.
Blaziken was hurt by Spikes!
Blaziken lost 12% of its health.
Hitmontop used Earthquake.
It's super effective!
Blaziken lost 51% of its health.
Laundry's Blaziken fainted.
Hitmontop's leftovers restored its health a little!
Hitmontop restored 6% of its health.
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I pick Drapion hoping I can take advantage of the crithax and KO him.
Laundry switched in Drapion (lvl 100 Drapion ?).
Pointed stones dug into Drapion.
Drapion lost 12% of its health.
Drapion was hurt by Spikes!
Drapion lost 12% of its health.
Drapion used Cross Poison.
Hitmontop lost 24% of its health.
Hitmontop was poisoned!
Hitmontop used Earthquake.
It's super effective!
Drapion lost 49% of its health.
Hitmontop's leftovers restored its health a little!
Hitmontop restored 6% of its health.
Hitmontop is hurt by poison!
Hitmontop lost 12% of its health.
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Well, poison is a start.
Drapion used Cross Poison.
Hitmontop lost 25% of its health.
Hitmontop used Rapid Spin.
Hitmontop blew away the pointed stones!
Drapion lost 1% of its health.
Laundry's Drapion fainted.
Hitmontop's leftovers restored its health a little!
Hitmontop restored 6% of its health.
Hitmontop is hurt by poison!
Hitmontop lost 12% of its health.
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5-1
I don't get the KO and am forced to go with Rhydon. I figure he is going to mach punch me but if he's not running it I figure I should rock polish and I might be able to pull off a miracle sweep even though I would have to take out 5 pokemon with no SR support as he just blew away my stealth rock.
Laundry switched in Rhydon (lvl 100 Rhydon ?).
Pointed stones dug into Rhydon.
Rhydon lost 6% of its health.
Rhydon was hurt by Spikes!
Rhydon lost 12% of its health.
JA VP EOM switched in Chansey (lvl 100 Chansey ?).
Rhydon used Rock Polish.
Rhydon's speed was sharply raised.
Chansey's leftovers restored its health a little!
Chansey restored 6% of its health.
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He switches out so he can intimidate me later to make sure I don't pull off the sweep. Oh well. Even still, things are starting to look up as I could actually make this match a little more even. I EQ Chansey.
Rhydon used Earthquake.
Chansey lost 72% of its health.
Rhydon lost 10% of its health.
Chansey used Seismic Toss.
Rhydon lost 28% of its health.
Chansey's leftovers restored its health a little!
Chansey restored 6% of its health.
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Rhydon used Earthquake.
Chansey lost 9% of its health.
JA VP EOM's Chansey fainted.
Rhydon lost 10% of its health.
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4-1
JA VP EOM switched in Hitmontop (lvl 100 Hitmontop ?).
I'm pretty sure he doesn't have mach punch but it doesn't matter because there's nothing else I can do at this point. Intimidate sucks, but I don't have enough HP to sweep anyways because of life orb recoil.
Hitmontop's intimidate cut Rhydon's attack!
Rhydon used Earthquake.
Hitmontop lost 29% of its health.
JA VP EOM's Hitmontop fainted.
Rhydon lost 10% of its health.
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3-1
JA VP EOM switched in Milotic (lvl 100 Milotic ?).
Yeah, this is the end. It was a pretty good match.
Rhydon used Earthquake.
Milotic lost 35% of its health.
Rhydon lost 10% of its health.
Milotic used Surf.
It's super effective!
Rhydon lost 13% of its health.
Laundry's Rhydon fainted.
JA VP EOM wins!
Props:
- Rhydon for making things a little more even
- Shaymin for being annoying as hell
- Hitmontop for scaring the hell out of my team
- Roserade for being all around useful
- JA VP EOM's excellent prediction. He outpredicted me every single time he possibly could during this match
Slops:
- All my careless mistakes
- JA VP EOM's Shaymin for doing nothing
- Scyther for being absolutely useless
- Registeel for not exploding
- Tons of hax. I got lucky a lot.
- Me for not getting stealth rock down sooner
A little background info: I had faced JA VP EOM earlier today and I won due to a little bit of luck. This is our second match. I can't really say that I remembered much about his team at all at the time I faced him for the second time and I'm not sure if he remembered also. Either way I don't think it had much effect on the outcome of the match.
JA VP EOM's team:
Laundry's (my) team:
Rules: Ladder Match, Sleep Clause, Freeze Clause, OHKO Clause, Evasion Clause, Species Clause, Strict Damage Clause
JA VP EOM sent out Roserade (lvl 100 Roserade ?).
Laundry sent out Scyther (lvl 100 Scyther ?).
Fearing the sleep powder from Roserade I just aerial ace hoping that I'll get lucky and KO next turn with QA, or he'll switch into something and I'll get some free damage. I typically tend to do as much as I can with Scyther early game as he becomes less useful as the match moves on with more and more chances for the enemy to get SR up. This was kind of amateurish now that I think about it as I could have switched into Registeel and got the rocks down earlier and he wouldn't have been able to shuffle around to avoid leech seed so easily as he does later.
JA VP EOM switched in Spiritomb (lvl 100 Spiritomb ?).
Spiritomb is exerting its pressure!
Scyther used Aerial Ace.
Spiritomb lost 32% of its health.
Spiritomb's leftovers restored its health a little!
Spiritomb restored 6% of its health.
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I see the will-o-wisp coming and swords dance up. If I get two off (which I should, I don't remember his Spiritomb having much offense) it will do much more than cancel it out.
Scyther used Swords Dance.
Scyther's attack was sharply raised.
Spiritomb used Will-o-wisp.
Scyther was burned!
Scyther was hurt by its burn!
Scyther lost 12% of its health.
Spiritomb's leftovers restored its health a little!
Spiritomb restored 6% of its health.
---
Scyther used Swords Dance.
Scyther's attack was sharply raised.
Spiritomb used Shadow Ball.
Scyther lost 36% of its health.
Scyther was hurt by its burn!
Scyther lost 12% of its health.
Spiritomb's leftovers restored its health a little!
Spiritomb restored 6% of its health.
---
Hmm. Time to start attacking. Hopefully it doesn't do pitiful damage.
Scyther used Aerial Ace.
Spiritomb lost 47% of its health.
Spiritomb used Shadow Ball.
Scyther lost 39% of its health.
Laundry's Scyther fainted.
Spiritomb's leftovers restored its health a little!
Spiritomb restored 6% of its health.
---
That was underwhelming. I bring in Shaymin to set up on Spiritomb with hopes of getting burned so I don't get poisoned later, but Registeel was the better choice as I could have used stealth rock or poisoned something, or even exploded if the opportunity presented itself.
Laundry switched in Shaymin (lvl 100 Shaymin).
JA VP EOM switched in Chansey (lvl 100 Chansey ?).
Shaymin used Substitute.
Shaymin lost 25% of its health.
Shaymin made a substitute!
Shaymin's leftovers restored its health a little!
Shaymin restored 6% of its health.
---
Shaymin 81%
Chansey - 100%
Got the sub down, but now I have to stall out his Chansey. Leech seed should heal me up nicely.
Shaymin used Leech Seed.
Chansey was seeded!
Chansey used Stealth Rock.
Pointed stones float in the air around the foe's team!
Shaymin's leftovers restored its health a little!
Shaymin restored 6% of its health.
Chansey's health was sapped by leech seed!
Chansey lost 12% of its health.
Shaymin regained health!
Shaymin restored 13% of its health.
---
Now that he's got the rocks down I might as well try and stay in and see if I can do some damage.
Shaymin used Seed Flare.
Chansey lost 18% of its health.
Chansey used Seismic Toss.
The substitute took damage for Shaymin!
Shaymin's substitute faded!
Chansey's leftovers restored its health a little!
Chansey restored 6% of its health.
Chansey's health was sapped by leech seed!
Chansey lost 12% of its health.
Shaymin regained health!
---
I was hoping I got lucky and his Chansey catches the seed flare drop, but it didn't happen. It kinda sucks that I wasn't running 252 HP so he couldn't break my subs, but that's just how things go sometimes. I substitute in case he wants to toxic or switch because of leech seed.
JA VP EOM switched in Shaymin (lvl 100 Shaymin).
Shaymin used Substitute.
Shaymin lost 25% of its health.
Shaymin made a substitute!
Shaymin's leftovers restored its health a little!
Shaymin restored 6% of its health.
---
Hm, interesting. I have air slash on my Shaymin so I test the waters and see what he's gonna do.
Shaymin used Air Slash.
It's super effective!
Shaymin lost 31% of its health.
Shaymin used Swords Dance.
Shaymin's attack was sharply raised.
Shaymin's leftovers restored its health a little!
Shaymin restored 6% of its health.
Shaymin's leftovers restored its health a little!
Shaymin restored 6% of its health.
---
Even more interesting. Never seen this set before. I've got my sub up so I decide to stay in rather than let him get a sub on me or something if I switch to a counter.
Haven't seen this set before.
Shaymin used Air Slash.
It's super effective!
Shaymin lost 32% of its health.
Shaymin used Synthesis.
Shaymin restored 50% of its health.
Shaymin's leftovers restored its health a little!
Shaymin restored 6% of its health.
Shaymin's leftovers restored its health a little!
Shaymin restored 6% of its health.
---
This just keeps getting better. I've still got my sub up and I don't feel like taking a bunch of stealth rock damage taking this thing out so I decide to stay in in case I get lucky and get some flinch hax.
Shaymin used Air Slash.
It's super effective!
A critical hit!
Shaymin lost 57% of its health.
Shaymin flinched!
Shaymin's leftovers restored its health a little!
Shaymin restored 6% of its health.
Shaymin's leftovers restored its health a little!
Shaymin restored 6% of its health.
---
This was way more than I asked for. I air slash one more time just in case I get the 30% chance again.
Shaymin used Air Slash.
It's super effective!
Shaymin lost 29% of its health.
Shaymin flinched!
Shaymin's leftovers restored its health a little!
Shaymin restored 0% of its health.
Shaymin's leftovers restored its health a little!
Shaymin restored 6% of its health.
---
I couldn't believe that it happened AGAIN. I feel pretty accomplished having effectively taken out his Shaymin. I air slash in the chance that he stays in to bring his revenge killer in (unlikely) but it's free damage. Leech seed was probably the better option here.
JA VP EOM switched in Chansey (lvl 100 Chansey ?).
Shaymin used Air Slash.
Chansey lost 9% of its health.
Chansey's leftovers restored its health a little!
Chansey restored 6% of its health.
---
I know exactly what to do here. He'll probably heal so this is the perfect opportunity to leech seed.
Shaymin used Leech Seed.
Chansey was seeded!
Chansey used Softboiled.
Chansey restored 40% of its health.
Chansey's health was sapped by leech seed!
Chansey lost 12% of its health.
Shaymin regained health!
---
Shaymin seed flares his Chansey in hopes of her getting the drop again.
JA VP EOM switched in Roserade (lvl 100 Roserade ?).
Shaymin used Seed Flare.
It's not very effective...
Roserade lost 15% of its health.
Roserade's special defence was harshly lowered.
Roserade's leftovers restored its health a little!
Roserade restored 6% of its health.
---
Nice. I decided to use air slash as he's most likely going to switch out so I don't want to waste seed flare on something that 4x resists it like Altaria and two of his other pokemon are weak to it. If I get lucky I might score a KO on his Shaymin or Roserade.
JA VP EOM switched in Milotic (lvl 100 Milotic ?).
Shaymin used Air Slash.
Milotic lost 16% of its health.
Milotic's leftovers restored its health a little!
Milotic restored 6% of its health.
---
No KOs :(. He's probably gonna switch back into Chansey so I figure I should leech seed, only I don't.
JA VP EOM switched in Chansey (lvl 100 Chansey ?).
Shaymin used Air Slash.
Chansey lost 8% of its health.
Chansey's leftovers restored its health a little!
Chansey restored 6% of its health.
---
I must have misclicked here but it's no big deal. Shaymin fires off leech seed again. JA VP EOM must be getting pretty annoyed at this thing by now.
JA VP EOM switched in Shaymin (lvl 100 Shaymin).
Shaymin used Leech Seed.
Shaymin's leftovers restored its health a little!
Shaymin restored 6% of its health.
---
No idea why he did this as it could have been good death fodder later in the game, but I kill him with ease anyways. Maybe he forgot that I was faster?
Shaymin used Air Slash.
It's super effective!
Shaymin lost 32% of its health.
JA VP EOM's Shaymin fainted.
---
5-5
JA VP EOM switched in Roserade (lvl 100 Roserade ?).
At this point I'm still unclear what he's doing, but my sub is still up so I do quite a bit of damage to him.
Shaymin used Air Slash.
It's super effective!
Roserade lost 48% of its health.
Roserade used Hidden Power.
It's super effective!
The substitute took damage for Shaymin!
Shaymin's substitute faded!
Roserade's leftovers restored its health a little!
Roserade restored 6% of its health.
---
Since I know I'm faster now I might as well go for it again.
JA VP EOM switched in Chansey (lvl 100 Chansey ?).
Shaymin used Air Slash.
Chansey lost 8% of its health.
Chansey's leftovers restored its health a little!
Chansey restored 6% of its health.
---
I'm starting to see a pattern here! I substitute to avoid toxic and pray that he doesn't seismic toss me. If things go well here I can get back into the pattern of keeping him on the run while Shaymin annoys the hell out of his team.
Shaymin used Substitute.
Shaymin lost 25% of its health.
Shaymin made a substitute!
Chansey used Seismic Toss.
The substitute took damage for Shaymin!
Shaymin's substitute faded!
Shaymin's leftovers restored its health a little!
Shaymin restored 6% of its health.
Chansey's leftovers restored its health a little!
Chansey restored 6% of its health.
---
I underestimate him and he does exactly what I wouldn't want him to do. At this point I have a 50/50 chance to get my next move right: either I sub now and leech seed later with the chance that he seismic tosses and I lose some health, or I leech seed now and cause him to switch getting a free sub. I decide that if I play mind games for too long I'm going to end up poisoned sooner or later and I might not even be able to sub at the end of it, so I take my chances in hopes that it pays off.
Shaymin used Leech Seed.
Chansey was seeded!
Chansey used Toxic.
Shaymin was badly poisoned!
Shaymin's leftovers restored its health a little!
Shaymin restored 6% of its health.
Shaymin is hurt by poison!
Shaymin lost 6% of its health.
Chansey's leftovers restored its health a little!
Chansey restored 6% of its health.
Chansey's health was sapped by leech seed!
Chansey lost 12% of its health.
Shaymin regained health!
Shaymin restored 19% of its health.
---
Shit. I decide to stay in and play mind games with him for a little while hoping I get lucky and get an extra KO or a random critical. The first thing I should do though is substitute in the off chance that I can soak up some HP from Chansey. This was an extremely idiotic move as I knew that he liked to switch as soon as I get leech seed on Chansey and my HP was going to start dropping like a motherfucker.
JA VP EOM switched in Roserade (lvl 100 Roserade ?).
Shaymin used Substitute.
Shaymin lost 25% of its health.
Shaymin made a substitute!
Shaymin's leftovers restored its health a little!
Shaymin restored 6% of its health.
Shaymin is hurt by poison!
Shaymin lost 12% of its health.
Roserade's leftovers restored its health a little!
Roserade restored 6% of its health.
---
Unsurprisingly he switches in Roserade. I air slash in case he wants to break my sub with poison STAB.
JA VP EOM switched in Chansey (lvl 100 Chansey ?).
Shaymin used Air Slash.
Chansey lost 8% of its health.
Shaymin's leftovers restored its health a little!
Shaymin restored 6% of its health.
Shaymin is hurt by poison!
Shaymin lost 18% of its health.
Chansey's leftovers restored its health a little!
Chansey restored 6% of its health.
---
At this point JA VP EOM is doing a pretty good job of stalling me out. At this point I'm really just waiting to die so I decide to go all out.
JA VP EOM switched in Roserade (lvl 100 Roserade ?).
Shaymin used Seed Flare.
It's not very effective...
Roserade lost 15% of its health.
Roserade's special defence was harshly lowered.
Shaymin's leftovers restored its health a little!
Shaymin restored 6% of its health.
Shaymin is hurt by poison!
Shaymin lost 25% of its health.
Roserade's leftovers restored its health a little!
Roserade restored 6% of its health.
---
His Sp.D drops but it doesn't really matter because he's switching next turn. I seed flare to weaken Chansey for later.
JA VP EOM switched in Chansey (lvl 100 Chansey ?).
Shaymin used Seed Flare.
Chansey lost 20% of its health.
Shaymin's leftovers restored its health a little!
Shaymin restored 6% of its health.
Shaymin is hurt by poison!
Shaymin lost 31% of its health.
Chansey's leftovers restored its health a little!
Chansey restored 6% of its health.
---
I leech seed here in an effort to save Shaymin. I wasn't really thinking straight as I could have killed his Roserade here.
JA VP EOM switched in Roserade (lvl 100 Roserade ?).
Shaymin used Leech Seed.
Shaymin's attack missed!
Shaymin's leftovers restored its health a little!
Shaymin restored 6% of its health.
Shaymin is hurt by poison!
Shaymin lost 20% of its health.
Laundry's Shaymin fainted.
Roserade's leftovers restored its health a little!
Roserade restored 6% of its health.
---
As I should have expected Roserade comes in and I die. Shaymin did quite a bit of damage before dying so I'm happy.
5-4
I decide to switch in Blaziken because he not only scares off Roserade, but he has super effective moves on all the pokemon he's switched in (besides Spiritomb obviously). I go with superpower in case he tries to soak up my fire blast with Chansey.
Laundry switched in Blaziken (lvl 100 Blaziken ?).
Pointed stones dug into Blaziken.
Blaziken lost 12% of its health.
JA VP EOM switched in Milotic (lvl 100 Milotic ?).
Blaziken used Superpower.
Milotic lost 39% of its health.
Blaziken's attack was lowered.
Blaziken's defence was lowered.
Milotic's leftovers restored its health a little!
Milotic restored 6% of its health.
---
Either JA VP EOM is really, really good at outpredicting me or he is getting rather lucky. Either way I have no choice but to switch out as I'm locked into superpower. Registeel is the obvious choice.
Laundry switched in Registeel (lvl 100 Registeel).
Pointed stones dug into Registeel.
Registeel lost 6% of its health.
Milotic used Recover.
Milotic restored 42% of its health.
Registeel's leftovers restored its health a little!
Registeel restored 6% of its health.
---
I've been wanting stealth rock support the whole game and I finally decide to go for it, but at this point it's not going to be anywhere near as effective.
JA VP EOM switched in Spiritomb (lvl 100 Spiritomb ?).
Spiritomb is exerting its pressure!
Registeel used Stealth Rock.
Pointed stones float in the air around the foe's team!
Spiritomb's leftovers restored its health a little!
Spiritomb restored 6% of its health.
---
I expected this. I figure I should try to toxic stall him.
Registeel used Toxic.
Registeel's attack missed!
Spiritomb used Shadow Ball.
It's not very effective...
Registeel lost 8% of its health.
Registeel's leftovers restored its health a little!
Registeel restored 6% of its health.
Spiritomb's leftovers restored its health a little!
Spiritomb restored 6% of its health.
---
Registeel used Toxic.
Spiritomb was badly poisoned!
Spiritomb used Will-o-wisp.
Registeel was burned!
Registeel's leftovers restored its health a little!
Registeel restored 2% of its health.
Registeel was hurt by its burn!
Registeel lost 12% of its health.
Spiritomb's leftovers restored its health a little!
Spiritomb restored 6% of its health.
Spiritomb is hurt by poison!
Spiritomb lost 6% of its health.
---
Well, that was to be expected. The only thing I've really lost is some strength to my explosion. I ice punch to see what he's going to do next.
JA VP EOM switched in Milotic (lvl 100 Milotic ?).
Pointed stones dug into Milotic.
Milotic lost 12% of its health.
Registeel used Ice Punch.
It's not very effective...
Milotic lost 3% of its health.
Milotic's leftovers restored its health a little!
Milotic restored 6% of its health.
Registeel's leftovers restored its health a little!
Registeel restored 6% of its health.
Registeel was hurt by its burn!
Registeel lost 12% of its health.
---
Milotic doesn't really like being poisoned so I go for it. If he switches again I get some stealth rock damage and a poison opportunity. Not much else I can really do.
JA VP EOM switched in Spiritomb (lvl 100 Spiritomb ?).
Spiritomb is exerting its pressure!
Pointed stones dug into Spiritomb.
Spiritomb lost 12% of its health.
Registeel used Toxic.
But it failed!
Registeel's leftovers restored its health a little!
Registeel restored 6% of its health.
Registeel was hurt by its burn!
Registeel lost 12% of its health.
Spiritomb's leftovers restored its health a little!
Spiritomb restored 6% of its health.
Spiritomb is hurt by poison!
Spiritomb lost 6% of its health.
---
I use ice punch just to cancel his leftovers.
Registeel used Ice Punch.
Spiritomb lost 6% of its health.
Spiritomb used Rest.
Spiritomb fell asleep!
Spiritomb restored 60% of its health.
Registeel's leftovers restored its health a little!
Registeel restored 6% of its health.
Registeel was hurt by its burn!
Registeel lost 12% of its health.
---
Now that I know that he's running rest I might as well switch out. Drapion seems like a good choice as he can set up on Spiritomb while he's sleeping and I want to save Rhydon for later.
JA VP EOM switched in Hitmontop (lvl 100 Hitmontop ?).
Pointed stones dug into Hitmontop.
Hitmontop lost 6% of its health.
Laundry switched in Drapion (lvl 100 Drapion ?).
Pointed stones dug into Drapion.
Drapion lost 12% of its health.
Hitmontop's leftovers restored its health a little!
Hitmontop restored 6% of its health.
---
Gah, one of the worst pokemon he could have switched in at this point. I switch in Registeel to explode or at least to make him get the drop from close combat.
Laundry switched in Registeel (lvl 100 Registeel).
Pointed stones dug into Registeel.
Registeel lost 6% of its health.
Hitmontop used Earthquake.
It's super effective!
Registeel lost 27% of its health.
Registeel's leftovers restored its health a little!
Registeel restored 6% of its health.
Registeel was hurt by its burn!
Registeel lost 12% of its health.
---
At least I have SOME chance of surviving next turn if he chooses to use EQ again, or he'll use close combat to go for the guaranteed KO and I'll be able to revenge kill.
Hitmontop used Close Combat.
It's super effective!
Registeel lost 29% of its health.
Laundry's Registeel fainted.
Hitmontop's defence was lowered.
Hitmontop's special defence was lowered.
---
5-3
Unsurprisingly, he went with CC. Blaziken's the obvious choice here as I don't know how fast he is and my other pokemon hate him. I go with thunderpunch hoping he goes with Milotic again.
Laundry switched in Blaziken (lvl 100 Blaziken ?).
Pointed stones dug into Blaziken.
Blaziken lost 12% of its health.
JA VP EOM switched in Roserade (lvl 100 Roserade ?).
Pointed stones dug into Roserade.
Roserade lost 12% of its health.
Blaziken used Thunderpunch.
It's not very effective...
Roserade lost 22% of its health.
Roserade's leftovers restored its health a little!
Roserade restored 6% of its health.
---
Ugh. He's always one step ahead of me. Because I'm not really scared by Roserade I go for another thunderpunch. If I don't KO him this turn I'll definitely get him on the next.
Blaziken used Thunderpunch.
It's not very effective...
Roserade lost 22% of its health.
Roserade used Synthesis.
Roserade restored 50% of its health.
Roserade's leftovers restored its health a little!
Roserade restored 6% of its health.
---
:(. I switch into Drapion to see if I can finally take out this Roserade.
Laundry switched in Drapion (lvl 100 Drapion ?).
Pointed stones dug into Drapion.
Drapion lost 12% of its health.
Roserade used Spikes.
Spikes were scattered around the foe's team!
Roserade's leftovers restored its health a little!
Roserade restored 6% of its health.
---
Well that's annoying.
JA VP EOM switched in Hitmontop (lvl 100 Hitmontop ?).
Hitmontop's intimidate cut Drapion's attack!
Pointed stones dug into Hitmontop.
Hitmontop lost 6% of its health.
Drapion used Cross Poison.
Hitmontop lost 15% of its health.
Hitmontop's leftovers restored its health a little!
Hitmontop restored 6% of its health.
---
I should have saw this coming. Something's going to die here so I pick Blaziken. At this point I'm just assuming I've lost the match as I've got nothing to take on this Hitmontop, but I really should have given this more thought.
Laundry switched in Blaziken (lvl 100 Blaziken ?).
Pointed stones dug into Blaziken.
Blaziken lost 12% of its health.
Blaziken was hurt by Spikes!
Blaziken lost 12% of its health.
Hitmontop used Earthquake.
It's super effective!
Blaziken lost 51% of its health.
Laundry's Blaziken fainted.
Hitmontop's leftovers restored its health a little!
Hitmontop restored 6% of its health.
---
I pick Drapion hoping I can take advantage of the crithax and KO him.
Laundry switched in Drapion (lvl 100 Drapion ?).
Pointed stones dug into Drapion.
Drapion lost 12% of its health.
Drapion was hurt by Spikes!
Drapion lost 12% of its health.
Drapion used Cross Poison.
Hitmontop lost 24% of its health.
Hitmontop was poisoned!
Hitmontop used Earthquake.
It's super effective!
Drapion lost 49% of its health.
Hitmontop's leftovers restored its health a little!
Hitmontop restored 6% of its health.
Hitmontop is hurt by poison!
Hitmontop lost 12% of its health.
---
Well, poison is a start.
Drapion used Cross Poison.
Hitmontop lost 25% of its health.
Hitmontop used Rapid Spin.
Hitmontop blew away the pointed stones!
Drapion lost 1% of its health.
Laundry's Drapion fainted.
Hitmontop's leftovers restored its health a little!
Hitmontop restored 6% of its health.
Hitmontop is hurt by poison!
Hitmontop lost 12% of its health.
---
5-1
I don't get the KO and am forced to go with Rhydon. I figure he is going to mach punch me but if he's not running it I figure I should rock polish and I might be able to pull off a miracle sweep even though I would have to take out 5 pokemon with no SR support as he just blew away my stealth rock.
Laundry switched in Rhydon (lvl 100 Rhydon ?).
Pointed stones dug into Rhydon.
Rhydon lost 6% of its health.
Rhydon was hurt by Spikes!
Rhydon lost 12% of its health.
JA VP EOM switched in Chansey (lvl 100 Chansey ?).
Rhydon used Rock Polish.
Rhydon's speed was sharply raised.
Chansey's leftovers restored its health a little!
Chansey restored 6% of its health.
---
He switches out so he can intimidate me later to make sure I don't pull off the sweep. Oh well. Even still, things are starting to look up as I could actually make this match a little more even. I EQ Chansey.
Rhydon used Earthquake.
Chansey lost 72% of its health.
Rhydon lost 10% of its health.
Chansey used Seismic Toss.
Rhydon lost 28% of its health.
Chansey's leftovers restored its health a little!
Chansey restored 6% of its health.
---
Rhydon used Earthquake.
Chansey lost 9% of its health.
JA VP EOM's Chansey fainted.
Rhydon lost 10% of its health.
---
4-1
JA VP EOM switched in Hitmontop (lvl 100 Hitmontop ?).
I'm pretty sure he doesn't have mach punch but it doesn't matter because there's nothing else I can do at this point. Intimidate sucks, but I don't have enough HP to sweep anyways because of life orb recoil.
Hitmontop's intimidate cut Rhydon's attack!
Rhydon used Earthquake.
Hitmontop lost 29% of its health.
JA VP EOM's Hitmontop fainted.
Rhydon lost 10% of its health.
---
3-1
JA VP EOM switched in Milotic (lvl 100 Milotic ?).
Yeah, this is the end. It was a pretty good match.
Rhydon used Earthquake.
Milotic lost 35% of its health.
Rhydon lost 10% of its health.
Milotic used Surf.
It's super effective!
Rhydon lost 13% of its health.
Laundry's Rhydon fainted.
JA VP EOM wins!
Props:
- Rhydon for making things a little more even
- Shaymin for being annoying as hell
- Hitmontop for scaring the hell out of my team
- Roserade for being all around useful
- JA VP EOM's excellent prediction. He outpredicted me every single time he possibly could during this match
Slops:
- All my careless mistakes
- JA VP EOM's Shaymin for doing nothing
- Scyther for being absolutely useless
- Registeel for not exploding
- Tons of hax. I got lucky a lot.
- Me for not getting stealth rock down sooner
