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Yes, it's closely fought, it's brilliantly played, it's full of surprises approximately every 12 turns, and both players made less than 30 moves. NO forfeiting in this match!
Disclaimer: Product may contain trace amounts of hax.
Battle between b07 and min min started!
And so it begins. This is a warstory of a recent battle with user b07 on the PO server, which was one of the most intense matches I’ve had in a while. Comments will be in blue, percentages are given as "my pokemon > my switch-in/his pokemon > his switch-in". Let us rick and let us roll.
Tier: Wifi
Variation: +21, -11
Gulp. My rating was in the mid-1300s at the time, and for someone to have such a large advantage in points at such an hour where all the noobs were about is very scary indeed. I prep myself for a tough battle in which I would definitely lose.
Rule: Rated
Rule: Sleep Clause
Rule: Species Clause
Rule: Wifi Battle
min min: scizor jelli chanse rotomh glisc tios
The team I was using at the time was Team Trifecto, which I posted an RMT about a while ago. You can read it HERE.
In pictures:
Being a player on Wifi, I get to see his team as well. A long time ago I saw some elite battler dude spouting out my team in the battle chat before the battle started, and I adopted that practice in most of my matches ever since. Whoever was the first to do this was a genius, because not only can you assign a probably advantageous lineup accordingly and commit his team to memory, it totally messes with the noobs who have no idea what you’re doing especially if you use shorthand abbreviations.
But this guy isn’t a noob. From the get-go I see Latios, which is just about the last thing I’d want to face down. Chansey will also be a pain in the ass to beat down, more so now that b07 is probably experienced in the mysterious ways of switching, easily evading Scizor’s U-turns. Welp, nothing to do but to soldier on as much as I ramble on.
min min sent out Landorus! (
)
b07 sent out Gliscor! (
)
I change nothing and lead with Choice Scarf Landorus as usual. b07 leads with his Gliscor accordingly, which completely shuts down most Landorus. Luckily, this isn’t a common Landorus. It’s a shame that I have to use it that early and ruin the surprise factor, but against every Gliscor lead it’s always proved amazingly useful for clearing the way for Salamence and Scizor.
Go go go, Hidden Power Ice.
Start of turn 1
The foe's Gliscor used Protect!
The foe's Gliscor protected itself!
Landorus used Hidden Power!
The foe's Gliscor protected itself!
The foe's Gliscor's Toxic Orb activated!
The foe's Gliscor was poisoned!
vs
100% / 100%
...but my opponent isn’t the average Excadrill-spamming noob either. I should have seen the Protect coming from a mile away, but every Gliscor I’ve played that day probably used Ice Fang from the get-go. Faulty inductive arguments aside, this puts me in a predicament as he’s got a free switch to make, providing the momentum right from Turn 1.
I could switch out to something that had a fair chance against his possible switch-ins, but it’s rare that I predict so early in the game. Besides, he could either switch to Jellicent, Scizor, Chansey or Rotom-H, too many for me to guess, or use Swords Dance, which will be very problematic. So I stay in.
Start of turn 2
b07 called Gliscor back!
b07 sent out Jellicent! (
)
Landorus used Hidden Power!
It's not very effective...
The foe's Jellicent lost 6% of its health!
The foe's Jellicent restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
vs
>
100% / 100%>100%
Indeed, he switches out. Now I have to swap to either Rotom-W or Celebi to scare it away, and since I rarely get a chance to bring Celebi in that early for Stealth Rocks, in she goes!
Start of turn 3
min min called Landorus back!
min min sent out Celebi! (
)
The foe's Jellicent used Scald!
It's not very effective...
Celebi lost 40 HP! (9% of its health)
Celebi was burned!
Celebi is hurt by its burn!
The foe's Jellicent restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
>
vs
100%>76% / 100%
Perfecto. Now to use Stealth Rock while he switches to, oh I don't know, all the other members of his team that can take a Leaf Storm to the face. Leaf Storm from a Tinkerbell Celebi hurts everything badly, except stuff that resist it, and some that don't. Which includes...
Start of turn 4
b07 called Jellicent back!
b07 sent out Chansey! (
)
Celebi used Stealth Rock!
Pointed stones float in the air around b07's team!
Celebi is hurt by its burn!
vs
>
64% / 100%>100%
...the pale pink yonic symbol of luck, fertility and bitches. This is a very big problem, since only Scizor can hope to badly damage Chansey from the get-go. I swear, when this is over I'm going to take up LK's suggestion, use a Latios over Salamence and run Hammer Arm on Landorus just for this eggy monstrosity.
Either way, Chansey's as bulky as Jack Lalanne's reanimated buff body in a robot suit covered in raw beef with the cow still attached. I know I can't hurt anything else on his team other than Jellicent, who is switching out anyway, so I set up Stealth Rock on his side. Chansey won't like it without Leftovers, and if I keep the pressure on she won't be able to heal.
So I decide to switch to Scizor (my, I do ramble on).
Start of turn 5
min min called Celebi back!
min min sent out Scizor! (
)
The foe's Chansey used Stealth Rock!
Pointed stones float in the air around min min's team!
>
vs
59%>100% / 100%
b07 takes the opportunity to set up his own Stealth Rocks on my side of the field. That means Scizor can't just keep coming in to force Chansey out so often, which screws me over a lot more than I screw him over.
It's too early to use Superpower just yet, and U-turn is, as always, an awesome scouting and damaging move. VWOOP!
Start of turn 6
b07 called Chansey back!
b07 sent out Jellicent! (
)
Pointed stones dug into the foe's Jellicent!
Scizor used U-turn!
It's not very effective...
The foe's Jellicent lost 20% of its health!
min min called Scizor back!
Jellicent takes the U-turn like a champ. Celebi's already got Stealth Rock down, meaning it can't do much else to the incoming pokemon. My other bulky water killer is Rotom-W, who can burn any potential switch-ins like Chansey and Latios (Rotom-H, Gliscor and Scizor are well out of the picture, as superior typing and super-effective moves clearly > both). The residual damage should hurt them in the long run more than a Thunderbolt, and what idiot keeps a Jellicent in to a super-effective ionisation of particles in the air causing a current of electron flow towards its large, fleshy, delicious body?
min min sent out Rotom-W! (
)
Pointed stones dug into Rotom-W!
Rotom-W restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
The foe's Jellicent restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
>
vs
>
100%>93% / 100%>73%
In we go! Will-O-Wisp to put more hurt on Chansey than I'd ever do with Thunderbolt or Hydro Pump. Burning a Latios isn't that bad either, and at least it's better than putting a minor annoying blister onto Jellicent.
Start of turn 7
b07 called Jellicent back!
b07 sent out Chansey! (
)
Pointed stones dug into the foe's Chansey!
Rotom-W used Will-O-Wisp!
The foe's Chansey was burned!
Rotom-W restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
The foe's Chansey is hurt by its burn!
vs
100% / 73%>75%
Oh yay. I burned a Chansey. Sigh, time to get Scizor in to scare it out again.
Start of turn 8
min min called Rotom-W back!
min min sent out Scizor! (
)
Pointed stones dug into Scizor!
The foe's Chansey used Seismic Toss!
Scizor lost 100 HP! (29% of its health)
The foe's Chansey is hurt by its burn!
vs
100%>58% / 63%
Same old, same old.
Start of turn 9
b07 called Chansey back!
b07 sent out Gliscor! (
)
Pointed stones dug into the foe's Gliscor!
Scizor used U-turn!
It's not very effective...
The foe's Gliscor lost 17% of its health!
min min called Scizor back!
min min sent out Lucario! (
)
Pointed stones dug into Lucario!
Lucario is floating on a balloon!
The foe's Gliscor restored HP using its Poison Heal!
>
vs
58%>97% / 83%
Scizor scares Chansey out, and b07 hightails to his Gliscor. In turn, I U-turn to Lucario. Bad move on my part, since Gliscor has been the hardest counter to Lucario since the dawn Gen IV.
Hard counter my ass, bitch. Lucario, use Nasty Plot.
Now, b07's seen my Hidden Power Ice Landorus and Protected accordingly. If all goes well, he'll do so again just in case. Which is when I finally nab his do-nothing turn and get my game face on.
Start of turn 10
The foe's Gliscor used Protect!
The foe's Gliscor protected itself!
Lucario used Nasty Plot!
Lucario's Sp. Att. sharply rose!
The foe's Gliscor restored HP using its Poison Heal!
vs
97% / 95%
YES. Probably expecting the gimmick Ice attack, Gliscor protects out of sheer habit. Most Gliscor are slower than 216 Spe Jolly in order to deal with Excadrill, which means Lucario can outspeed and KO with its +2 auxiliary coverage special attack.
Start of turn 11
b07 called Gliscor back!
b07 sent out Chansey! (
)
Pointed stones dug into the foe's Chansey!
Lucario used Shadow Ball!
It had no effect!
vs
>
97% / 95%>51%
...on hindsight, that move was pretty obvious given that b07 doesn't suck. Anyway, time to 2HKO with Aura Sphere. Chansey's a couple dozen percents above half health by now, and like Blissey, will be in OHKO range for my Aura Sphere. Bombs away!
Start of turn 12
Lucario used Aura Sphere!
It's super effective!
The foe's Chansey lost 41% of its health!
The foe's Chansey used Softboiled!
The foe's Chansey regained health!
vs
97%>60%
Lesson of the day: Chansey =/= Blissey. Takes something like this to happen before you learn that fact.
Aura Sphere does relatively sucky damage, so in the meantime I shall Nasty Plot to nasty levels while Chansey will Seismic Toss to do some damage. Chanseys always carry Toxic, not Thunder Wave, right?
Start of turn 13
Lucario used Nasty Plot!
Lucario's Sp. Att. sharply rose!
The foe's Chansey used Thunder Wave!
Lucario is paralyzed! It may be unable to move!
vs
Lesson of the day: Never have preconceived notions about Chansey. Well, it can't kill me or heal fast enough to outlive a +4 Aura Sphere, right?
97% / 60%
Start of turn 14
The foe's Chansey used Softboiled!
The foe's Chansey regained health!
Lucario is paralyzed! It can't move!
vs
97% / 100%
Lesson of the day: Fuck Chansey.
Start of turn 15
The foe's Chansey used Seismic Toss!
Lucario lost 100 HP! (35% of its health)
Lucario's Air Balloon popped!
Lucario used Aura Sphere!
It's super effective!
The foe's Chansey lost 70% of its health!
vs
62% / 30%
Finally, the power level of Lucario is enough to scare the woefully under-9000 Chansey away. Of course, b07 will be switching to his beloved Gliscor or Latios in order to take the Fighting attack. It logically follows that I use Shadow Ball. But what if Chansey stays in to heal up? What if I get fully paralysed? I'm getting a lot more cautious now after the previous misadventures. Meh, que sera sera.
Start of turn 16
b07 called Chansey back!
b07 sent out Gliscor! (
)
Pointed stones dug into the foe's Gliscor!
Lucario used Shadow Ball!
The foe's Gliscor lost 82% of its health!
The foe's Gliscor fainted!
b07 sent out Chansey! (
)
Pointed stones dug into the foe's Chansey!
vs
>
>
62% / 30%>0%>17%
Aaaaaaaand we have a knockout!
So he switches Chansey back in again. Lucario may be battered and broken, but he's still brimming with aura, and as they say in Brawl, "OH FUCK, HE'S AT 210% AND NOT DEAD!"
Start of turn 17
Lucario used Vacuum Wave!
It's super effective!
The foe's Chansey lost 16% of its health!
The foe's Chansey fainted!
b07 sent out Jellicent! (
)
Pointed stones dug into the foe's Jellicent!
vs
>
62% / 0% > 61%
min min: LAST STAND
min min: rawrrrr
Lucario takes down 2 pokemon on his lonesome, now he faces his third challenger! Jellicent packs a semi-decent special attack, and will definitely outspeed the desperately spasming Lucario. Will Scald do enough damage to kill? Will Lucario remain downed by his affliction? WILL THE OPPONENT FORFEIT?
TUNE IN TO THE NEXT POST TO FIND OUT!
no, this is not some interesting new way to evade the hundred-image limit and provide needless dramatic tension in a humorously dramatic way
Yes, it's closely fought, it's brilliantly played, it's full of surprises approximately every 12 turns, and both players made less than 30 moves. NO forfeiting in this match!
Disclaimer: Product may contain trace amounts of hax.
Battle between b07 and min min started!
And so it begins. This is a warstory of a recent battle with user b07 on the PO server, which was one of the most intense matches I’ve had in a while. Comments will be in blue, percentages are given as "my pokemon > my switch-in/his pokemon > his switch-in". Let us rick and let us roll.
Tier: Wifi
Variation: +21, -11
Gulp. My rating was in the mid-1300s at the time, and for someone to have such a large advantage in points at such an hour where all the noobs were about is very scary indeed. I prep myself for a tough battle in which I would definitely lose.
Rule: Rated
Rule: Sleep Clause
Rule: Species Clause
Rule: Wifi Battle
min min: scizor jelli chanse rotomh glisc tios
The team I was using at the time was Team Trifecto, which I posted an RMT about a while ago. You can read it HERE.
In pictures:
Being a player on Wifi, I get to see his team as well. A long time ago I saw some elite battler dude spouting out my team in the battle chat before the battle started, and I adopted that practice in most of my matches ever since. Whoever was the first to do this was a genius, because not only can you assign a probably advantageous lineup accordingly and commit his team to memory, it totally messes with the noobs who have no idea what you’re doing especially if you use shorthand abbreviations.
But this guy isn’t a noob. From the get-go I see Latios, which is just about the last thing I’d want to face down. Chansey will also be a pain in the ass to beat down, more so now that b07 is probably experienced in the mysterious ways of switching, easily evading Scizor’s U-turns. Welp, nothing to do but to soldier on as much as I ramble on.
min min sent out Landorus! (
b07 sent out Gliscor! (
I change nothing and lead with Choice Scarf Landorus as usual. b07 leads with his Gliscor accordingly, which completely shuts down most Landorus. Luckily, this isn’t a common Landorus. It’s a shame that I have to use it that early and ruin the surprise factor, but against every Gliscor lead it’s always proved amazingly useful for clearing the way for Salamence and Scizor.
Go go go, Hidden Power Ice.
Start of turn 1
The foe's Gliscor used Protect!
The foe's Gliscor protected itself!
Landorus used Hidden Power!
The foe's Gliscor protected itself!
The foe's Gliscor's Toxic Orb activated!
The foe's Gliscor was poisoned!
100% / 100%
...but my opponent isn’t the average Excadrill-spamming noob either. I should have seen the Protect coming from a mile away, but every Gliscor I’ve played that day probably used Ice Fang from the get-go. Faulty inductive arguments aside, this puts me in a predicament as he’s got a free switch to make, providing the momentum right from Turn 1.
I could switch out to something that had a fair chance against his possible switch-ins, but it’s rare that I predict so early in the game. Besides, he could either switch to Jellicent, Scizor, Chansey or Rotom-H, too many for me to guess, or use Swords Dance, which will be very problematic. So I stay in.
Start of turn 2
b07 called Gliscor back!
b07 sent out Jellicent! (
Landorus used Hidden Power!
It's not very effective...
The foe's Jellicent lost 6% of its health!
The foe's Jellicent restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
100% / 100%>100%
Indeed, he switches out. Now I have to swap to either Rotom-W or Celebi to scare it away, and since I rarely get a chance to bring Celebi in that early for Stealth Rocks, in she goes!
Start of turn 3
min min called Landorus back!
min min sent out Celebi! (
The foe's Jellicent used Scald!
It's not very effective...
Celebi lost 40 HP! (9% of its health)
Celebi was burned!
Celebi is hurt by its burn!
The foe's Jellicent restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
100%>76% / 100%
Perfecto. Now to use Stealth Rock while he switches to, oh I don't know, all the other members of his team that can take a Leaf Storm to the face. Leaf Storm from a Tinkerbell Celebi hurts everything badly, except stuff that resist it, and some that don't. Which includes...
Start of turn 4
b07 called Jellicent back!
b07 sent out Chansey! (
Celebi used Stealth Rock!
Pointed stones float in the air around b07's team!
Celebi is hurt by its burn!
64% / 100%>100%
...the pale pink yonic symbol of luck, fertility and bitches. This is a very big problem, since only Scizor can hope to badly damage Chansey from the get-go. I swear, when this is over I'm going to take up LK's suggestion, use a Latios over Salamence and run Hammer Arm on Landorus just for this eggy monstrosity.
Either way, Chansey's as bulky as Jack Lalanne's reanimated buff body in a robot suit covered in raw beef with the cow still attached. I know I can't hurt anything else on his team other than Jellicent, who is switching out anyway, so I set up Stealth Rock on his side. Chansey won't like it without Leftovers, and if I keep the pressure on she won't be able to heal.
So I decide to switch to Scizor (my, I do ramble on).
Start of turn 5
min min called Celebi back!
min min sent out Scizor! (
The foe's Chansey used Stealth Rock!
Pointed stones float in the air around min min's team!
59%>100% / 100%
b07 takes the opportunity to set up his own Stealth Rocks on my side of the field. That means Scizor can't just keep coming in to force Chansey out so often, which screws me over a lot more than I screw him over.
It's too early to use Superpower just yet, and U-turn is, as always, an awesome scouting and damaging move. VWOOP!
Start of turn 6
b07 called Chansey back!
b07 sent out Jellicent! (
Pointed stones dug into the foe's Jellicent!
Scizor used U-turn!
It's not very effective...
The foe's Jellicent lost 20% of its health!
min min called Scizor back!
Jellicent takes the U-turn like a champ. Celebi's already got Stealth Rock down, meaning it can't do much else to the incoming pokemon. My other bulky water killer is Rotom-W, who can burn any potential switch-ins like Chansey and Latios (Rotom-H, Gliscor and Scizor are well out of the picture, as superior typing and super-effective moves clearly > both). The residual damage should hurt them in the long run more than a Thunderbolt, and what idiot keeps a Jellicent in to a super-effective ionisation of particles in the air causing a current of electron flow towards its large, fleshy, delicious body?
min min sent out Rotom-W! (
Pointed stones dug into Rotom-W!
Rotom-W restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
The foe's Jellicent restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
100%>93% / 100%>73%
In we go! Will-O-Wisp to put more hurt on Chansey than I'd ever do with Thunderbolt or Hydro Pump. Burning a Latios isn't that bad either, and at least it's better than putting a minor annoying blister onto Jellicent.
Start of turn 7
b07 called Jellicent back!
b07 sent out Chansey! (
Pointed stones dug into the foe's Chansey!
Rotom-W used Will-O-Wisp!
The foe's Chansey was burned!
Rotom-W restored a little HP using its Leftovers!
The foe's Chansey is hurt by its burn!
100% / 73%>75%
Oh yay. I burned a Chansey. Sigh, time to get Scizor in to scare it out again.
Start of turn 8
min min called Rotom-W back!
min min sent out Scizor! (
Pointed stones dug into Scizor!
The foe's Chansey used Seismic Toss!
Scizor lost 100 HP! (29% of its health)
The foe's Chansey is hurt by its burn!
100%>58% / 63%
Same old, same old.
Start of turn 9
b07 called Chansey back!
b07 sent out Gliscor! (
Pointed stones dug into the foe's Gliscor!
Scizor used U-turn!
It's not very effective...
The foe's Gliscor lost 17% of its health!
min min called Scizor back!
min min sent out Lucario! (
Pointed stones dug into Lucario!
Lucario is floating on a balloon!
The foe's Gliscor restored HP using its Poison Heal!
58%>97% / 83%
Scizor scares Chansey out, and b07 hightails to his Gliscor. In turn, I U-turn to Lucario. Bad move on my part, since Gliscor has been the hardest counter to Lucario since the dawn Gen IV.
Hard counter my ass, bitch. Lucario, use Nasty Plot.
Now, b07's seen my Hidden Power Ice Landorus and Protected accordingly. If all goes well, he'll do so again just in case. Which is when I finally nab his do-nothing turn and get my game face on.
Start of turn 10
The foe's Gliscor used Protect!
The foe's Gliscor protected itself!
Lucario used Nasty Plot!
Lucario's Sp. Att. sharply rose!
The foe's Gliscor restored HP using its Poison Heal!
97% / 95%
YES. Probably expecting the gimmick Ice attack, Gliscor protects out of sheer habit. Most Gliscor are slower than 216 Spe Jolly in order to deal with Excadrill, which means Lucario can outspeed and KO with its +2 auxiliary coverage special attack.
Start of turn 11
b07 called Gliscor back!
b07 sent out Chansey! (
Pointed stones dug into the foe's Chansey!
Lucario used Shadow Ball!
It had no effect!
97% / 95%>51%
...on hindsight, that move was pretty obvious given that b07 doesn't suck. Anyway, time to 2HKO with Aura Sphere. Chansey's a couple dozen percents above half health by now, and like Blissey, will be in OHKO range for my Aura Sphere. Bombs away!
Start of turn 12
Lucario used Aura Sphere!
It's super effective!
The foe's Chansey lost 41% of its health!
The foe's Chansey used Softboiled!
The foe's Chansey regained health!
97%>60%
Lesson of the day: Chansey =/= Blissey. Takes something like this to happen before you learn that fact.
Aura Sphere does relatively sucky damage, so in the meantime I shall Nasty Plot to nasty levels while Chansey will Seismic Toss to do some damage. Chanseys always carry Toxic, not Thunder Wave, right?
Start of turn 13
Lucario used Nasty Plot!
Lucario's Sp. Att. sharply rose!
The foe's Chansey used Thunder Wave!
Lucario is paralyzed! It may be unable to move!
Lesson of the day: Never have preconceived notions about Chansey. Well, it can't kill me or heal fast enough to outlive a +4 Aura Sphere, right?
97% / 60%
Start of turn 14
The foe's Chansey used Softboiled!
The foe's Chansey regained health!
Lucario is paralyzed! It can't move!
97% / 100%
Lesson of the day: Fuck Chansey.
Start of turn 15
The foe's Chansey used Seismic Toss!
Lucario lost 100 HP! (35% of its health)
Lucario's Air Balloon popped!
Lucario used Aura Sphere!
It's super effective!
The foe's Chansey lost 70% of its health!
62% / 30%
Finally, the power level of Lucario is enough to scare the woefully under-9000 Chansey away. Of course, b07 will be switching to his beloved Gliscor or Latios in order to take the Fighting attack. It logically follows that I use Shadow Ball. But what if Chansey stays in to heal up? What if I get fully paralysed? I'm getting a lot more cautious now after the previous misadventures. Meh, que sera sera.
Start of turn 16
b07 called Chansey back!
b07 sent out Gliscor! (
Pointed stones dug into the foe's Gliscor!
Lucario used Shadow Ball!
The foe's Gliscor lost 82% of its health!
The foe's Gliscor fainted!
b07 sent out Chansey! (
Pointed stones dug into the foe's Chansey!
62% / 30%>0%>17%
Aaaaaaaand we have a knockout!
So he switches Chansey back in again. Lucario may be battered and broken, but he's still brimming with aura, and as they say in Brawl, "OH FUCK, HE'S AT 210% AND NOT DEAD!"
Start of turn 17
Lucario used Vacuum Wave!
It's super effective!
The foe's Chansey lost 16% of its health!
The foe's Chansey fainted!
b07 sent out Jellicent! (
Pointed stones dug into the foe's Jellicent!
62% / 0% > 61%
min min: LAST STAND
min min: rawrrrr
Lucario takes down 2 pokemon on his lonesome, now he faces his third challenger! Jellicent packs a semi-decent special attack, and will definitely outspeed the desperately spasming Lucario. Will Scald do enough damage to kill? Will Lucario remain downed by his affliction? WILL THE OPPONENT FORFEIT?
TUNE IN TO THE NEXT POST TO FIND OUT!
no, this is not some interesting new way to evade the hundred-image limit and provide needless dramatic tension in a humorously dramatic way
