If he had used Close Combat, the Def drop plus the increased BP on Avalanche from getting hit first would have OHKO'd Pinsir. X-Scissor on the Avalanche would barely have let Pinsir survive. X-Scissor non-crit followed by CC would have killed Piloswine, but he was switching out to Relicanth either way. If Piloswine HAD stayed in, Relicanth would have come in for free and OHKO'd Pinsir anyway.
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Freezing Rain (NU Warstory): PurpleWeezing vs HeYsUp
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If he had used Close Combat, the Def drop plus the increased BP on Avalanche from getting hit first would have OHKO'd Pinsir. X-Scissor on the Avalanche would barely have let Pinsir survive. X-Scissor non-crit followed by CC would have killed Piloswine, but he was switching out to Relicanth either way. If Piloswine HAD stayed in, Relicanth would have come in for free and OHKO'd Pinsir anyway.
Basically this.
If he had Close Combatted, than I would have been in the same situation BUT I could take a solid chunck of HP off Pinsir with Ice Shard, and even KO it with Medicham or Snover, and be at a big disadvantage. With the X-Scissor Crit, he still had full defenses, making an Ice Shard relatively worthless.
The stuff in the box is theorymon about the whole crit situation. I just thought it was interesting to think about.
Now to the real point of the post. I thought it was a pretty good warstory, but as some others have pointed out it was a little less exciting than it could have been because there were so many sacrifices (which makes for a little less prediction which is always interesting). But the fact that it was NU and both of you had well-constructed teams more than made up for that.
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I don't get it. This is what actually happened:
Turn 2
X-Scissor (crit, 20% left)
Stealth Rock
instead if this happened
Turn 2
X-Scissor (no crit, 60% left)
Stealth Rock
now you have three choices for your next turn
1. Avalanche
Turn 3
Close Combat (KO)
2. Ice Shard
Turn 3
Ice Shard (lol% again)
Close Combat (KO)
3. Switch to Relicanth
Turn 3
Close Combat (42% left)
Turn 4
Close Combat (KO)
Out of these three worlds none is superior to a world in which Pinsir crit you the first turn. If you sacrificed Piloswine it would be the equivalent of choice 1. If you ice sharded after the crit it would be the same as choice 2. Choice 3 is clearly stupid -- it could even be said that the crit was good because it let you get Relicanth in on an X-Scissor rather than a Close Combat.Now to the real point of the post. I thought it was a pretty good warstory, but as some others have pointed out it was a little less exciting than it could have been because there were so many sacrifices (which makes for a little less prediction which is always interesting). But the fact that it was NU and both of you had well-constructed teams more than made up for that.
Well firstly, I did not think he had Close Combat at the moment, and it would have given me a chance to damage Pinsir with Ice Shard rather then just end up sacrificing Relicanth later.
Not to mention, if he had used Close Combat, I would not be forced to sacrifice Relicanth because I would have known he carried close combat.
And in a Hyperoffensive metagame, such as NU, Sacrifices are basically needed and part of the game. For example, Flareon was sacrificed because nothing on my team can take a waterfall, not because I didnt want to risk prediction. I see where youre coming from though.
Not to mention, if he had used Close Combat, I would not be forced to sacrifice Relicanth because I would have known he carried close combat.
And in a Hyperoffensive metagame, such as NU, Sacrifices are basically needed and part of the game. For example, Flareon was sacrificed because nothing on my team can take a waterfall, not because I didnt want to risk prediction. I see where youre coming from though.
