Hi. I'm shrang and your everyday battler on the Smogon server. I've written a few warstories here and there back in 4th gen but I haven't written another in a looooong time. So, after a standard night playing Pokemon, I found a match which I really enjoyed and decided to warstory it. It was against Furai, a user that I've become reasonably acquainted with on my time at Smogon, especially in Ubers. Note: In this battle, I'm using the alt “Erioca”. The title comes from one of the most famous poems in the world (you can look up yourself).
An animated version of the log is pasted below (acknowledgements to Furai for taking it):
http://pokemon.aesoft.org/replay-Furai-vs-Erioca--29--2011-at-14h22
Note:
- Sandstorm and Leftovers are omitted unless a Pokemon takes Sandstorm damage without recovering it off.
- Commentary will be in black, scores and damages will be in red, while chat is in green, game text will be in blue
Firstly, let's get Team Preview out of the way:
My team:
Furai's team:
So, just by looking at Furai's team, I smell a Lucario weakness. If I can remove that Celebi, I could probably come into set Lucario up on Tyranitar and go for a sweep. With Deoxys-S in the lead position, I doubt Furai would want to risk it setting up layers, so I reckon his Tyranitar would stay as lead. With that in mind, I send Lucario into lead position, since it doesn't look like anything on his team (apart from Celebi) can take Close Combats to the face.
Battle between Erioca and Furai started!
Lucario: 100%
Tyranitar: 100%
Furai sent out Bangirasu! (Tyranitar)
Erioca sent out Lucario!
The foe's Bangirasu's Sand Stream whipped up a sandstorm!
And so, let's begin! Lucario comes out of the blocks, ready to pulverise that Tyranitar to a pulp. Unless that Tyranitar is a ScarfTar, which has been rising in usage lately, that Tyranitar is going to run back home to his mummy. From the look of Furai's team, though I suspect his Tyranitar is your bog standard Stealth Rock Tyranitar, since those are generally the ones put in lead, while apart from Skarmory, there aren't any other Stealth Rock users on his team (and what a waste Skarm would be as a Stealth Rock user). Although, if he does outspeed and Superpower me, then my mouse is straight above the tiny “X” at the top right hand corner of the window.
Start of turn 1
Furai called Bangirasu back!
Furai sent out Skar! (Skarmory)
Lucario used Close Combat!
The foe's Skar lost 49% of its health!
Lucario's Defense fell!
Lucario's Sp. Def. fell!
Lucario is hurt by its Life Orb!
Just like I predicted, Tyranitar is not Scarfed, and Furai sends in his Skarmory to take the hit. I was more expecting him to go to Celebi, but I guess he was scared that I might use Crunch to fish it out. Nevertheless, Lucario takes a mighty chunk of Skarmory's health. I mean look at how beast that is, what physical attacker can do THAT to Skarm? Terrakion, maybe. Anyway, I thought I could kill Skarmory with a second Close Combat, but after doing a damage calc after the match, I realised Lucario cannot 2HKO physically defensive Skarm without Stealth Rock. Oh well. Also, for some reason, I can't see Leftovers on that Skarm. Shed Shell, maybe?
Lucario: 90% (-1 Def / -1 SpD)
Skarmory: 51%
Start of turn 2
Lucario used Close Combat!
The foe's Skar lost 48% of its health!
Lucario's Defense fell!
Lucario's Sp. Def. fell!
Lucario is hurt by its Life Orb!
The foe's Skar used Roost!
The foe's Skar landed on the ground!
The foe's Skar regained health!
Yeah, so I realise my mistake after doing the damage calc after the match. Lucky that Skarm didn't decide to just Brave Bird me to death. Whatever, Skarmory just Roosts and lives another day, while I (finally) realise it pointless to continue.
Lucario: 80% (-2 Def / -2 SpD)
Skarmory: 53%
Start of turn 3
Erioca called Lucario back!
Erioca sent out Deoxys-S!
Deoxys-S is exerting its Pressure!
The foe's Skar used Roost!
The foe's Skar landed on the ground!
The foe's Skar regained health!
So, Lucario can come back and take a break and stop pounding at that metal bird. Seriously, how does Skarmory even fly? You'd think that a piece of steel, no matter how aerodynamic, is not taking off the ground without a rocket strapped to it. There's a reason aeroplanes are made of titanium. Game Freak, you fail physics forever.
Anyway, Deoxys-S comes in on the Roost and decides to set up fun hazards. Firstly, though, I want as little of his hazards on my side as possible.
Deoxys-S: “Hey!” *pulls down pants* “Get me if you can!”
Deoxys-S is buffeted by the sandstorm!
Start of turn 4
Furai called Skar back!
Furai sent out Bangirasu! (Tyranitar)
Deoxys-S used Taunt!
The foe's Bangirasu fell for the taunt!
Deoxys-S is buffeted by the sandstorm!
Deoxys-S: 94%
Tyranitar: 100%
Oh, look at that Tyranitar. Isn't he mad!
Start of turn 5
Deoxys-S used Stealth Rock!
Pointed stones float in the air around Furai's team!
The foe's Bangirasu used Pursuit!
It's super effective!
Deoxys-S lost 132 HP! (43% of its health)
Deoxys-S is buffeted by the sandstorm!
I'm sorry Deoxys, you're just going to be a martyr. You're going to let that Tyranitar release some of his anger while you do me some good and set up those lovely entry hazards, okay? Anyway, Tyranitar doesn't want Deoxys escaping, so he decided to use Pursuit, which in this case was not the best choice, seeing as another layer is coming. See, anger does cloud your better judgement!
Deoxys-S: 37%
Tyranitar: 100%
Start of turn 6
Deoxys-S used Spikes!
Spikes were scattered all around the feet of Furai's team!
The foe's Bangirasu used Pursuit!
It's super effective!
Deoxys-S lost 115 HP! (37% of its health)
Deoxys-S fainted!
Excellent. I have two layers up while Furai has none. Deoxys-S, your death is not in vain. Guess who's coming back to bring in more pain o_0.
X Deoxys-S: Stalked and killed on the way home
Tyranitar: 100%
Score: 5-6
Erioca sent out Lucario!
Lucario: 80%
Tyranitar: 100%
Lucario: “I'm baaaaaack!” Since Furai switched in Skarmory to Lucario last time, I reckon I should be able to Swords Dance up and majorly ruin that bird this time. Stealth Rock is up, and he doesn't have Leftovers. Most likely, he is going to die to a +2 Close Combat.
Tyranitar: “Uh-oh.”
Start of turn 7
Furai called Bangirasu back!
Furai sent out Sell A Bee! (Celebi)
Pointed stones dug into the foe's Sell A Bee!
The foe's Sell A Bee is hurt by spikes!
Lucario used Swords Dance!
Lucario's Attack sharply rose!
Ah crap, and I completely forgot that he still had Celebi. I actually don't carry Crunch or Ice Punch on this Lucario, but instead Bullet Punch to kill Terrakion and Gengar with (and be a much bigger pain to offensive teams in general). Even then, Celebis are ridiculously unpredictable with their EV spreads and movesets so I shouldn't be able to assume a slow Celebi anyway. Time to bring Lucario back, I guess.
Lucario: 80% (+2 Atk)
Celebi: 75%
Start of turn 8
Erioca called Lucario back!
Erioca sent out Tyranitar!
The foe's Sell A Bee used Psychic!
It had no effect!
Yep, wouldn't have worked. Choice Band Tyranitar get a free switch-in. An unboosted Celebi can't kill Tyranitar with anything (apart from probably Life Orbed Leaf Storm, in which he doesn't have). It seems reasonably safe to Pursuit, in my opinion. Time for your Celebi to get stalked and killed on the way home!
Tyranitar: 100%
Celebi: 75%
Start of turn 9
The foe's Sell A Bee used Giga Drain!
It's super effective!
Tyranitar lost 180 HP! (47% of its health)
Tyranitar had its energy drained!
Tyranitar used Pursuit!
It's super effective!
The foe's Sell A Bee lost 63% of its health!
Ow, looks like I overpredicted. Tyranitar doesn't look very safe in this position at all. I could probably kill the Celebi, but it's a bit of gamble. What if he rolled minimum damage? My Tyranitar isn't that bulky. Time to high-tail it out of there. Just saying though, look how much Pursuit did. Choice Band Tyranitar FTW!
Tyranitar: 53%
Celebi: 35%
Start of turn 10
Erioca called Tyranitar back!
Erioca sent out Celebi!
The foe's Sell A Bee used Giga Drain!
It's not very effective...
Celebi lost 60 HP! (17% of its health)
Celebi had its energy drained!
So I bring in my own Celebi to take the Giga Drain, just to be on the safe side. His Celebi has Psychic and Giga Drain. If I were to hazard a guess, his last two moves are likely to be Nasty Plot and Hidden Power Fire or Recover. Standard Celebis don't run much speed, and mine runs enough to outspeed Adamant Gliscor. I'm pretty sure my Celebi would win if he decides to stay in.
Celebi: 83% (shrang's)
Celebi: 44% (Furai's)
Start of turn 11
Furai called Sell A Bee back!
Furai sent out Bangirasu! (Tyranitar)
Pointed stones dug into the foe's Bangirasu!
The foe's Bangirasu is hurt by spikes!
Celebi used Nasty Plot!
Celebi's Sp. Att. sharply rose!
Mm, not the best scenario here. Still, his Tyranitar has Pursuit, and if it's anything like those MixTars, then he won't be able to kill me. I don't have Giga Drain on this Celebi after getting my ass handed to me by Conkelderp (in which I promptly gave it Psychic). I do have Earth Power though.
Celebi: 83% (+2 SpA)
Tyranitar: 75%
Start of turn 12
Celebi used Earth Power!
It's super effective!
The foe's Bangirasu lost 50% of its health!
The foe's Bangirasu used Crunch!
It's super effective!
Celebi lost 242 HP! (69% of its health)
Owwwwww... that hurt a lot. He DOES have Crunch after all. Although, I'm surprised that it didn't kill me. Specially Defensive Tyranitar sure is weak. I really wonder what that Tyranitar is holding though. That Crunch did way too little to be Choice Band (See how much my Tyranitar's Pursuit did as compared to that Crunch). Chople Berry, maybe? LOL Shed Shell? Whatever, to hell with it.
Celebi: 13% (+2 SpA)
Tyranitar: 25%
Start of turn 13
Furai called Bangirasu back!
Furai sent out Landbro! (Landorus)
Pointed stones dug into the foe's Landbro!
Celebi used Earth Power!
It had no effect!
Well, that was useless. There's not much use for a 13% Celebi anyway, may as well let him U-turn to something and then bring in my answer to whatever comes in, I guess. Bye Celebi.
Celebi: 13% (+2 SpA)
Landorus: 87%
Start of turn 14
The foe's Landbro used U-turn!
It's super effective!
Celebi lost 47 HP! (13% of its health)
Celebi fainted!
Furai called Landbro back!
Furai sent out Washington! (Rotom-W)
Pointed stones dug into the foe's Washington!
The foe's Washington is buffeted by the sandstorm!
Erioca sent out Tyranitar!
X Celebi: Rolled
Landorus: 87% (Switched out)
Rotom-W: 81%
Tyranitar: 53%
Score: 4-6
So he goes to Rotom-W, which I have virtually nothing to hurt it with. This is kind of bad. I would like this thing under 70% before I could try and sweep with Lucario with. It has no Leftovers, so I reckon this thing is Choice Scarfed (Specs is relatively rare). Hopefully, I can take a Hydro Pump with Tyranitar (or it misses), and then deal a truckload of damage to it with Stone Edge. If Tyranitar doesn't survive, I can also go in with Wobb and remove it.
Rotom-W: 81%
Tyranitar: 53%
Start of turn 15
The foe's Washington used Will-O-Wisp!
Tyranitar was burned!
Tyranitar used Stone Edge!
The attack of Tyranitar missed!
The foe's Washington is buffeted by the sandstorm!
Tyranitar is hurt by its burn!
WHAT THE HELL?! Which Choiced Rotom-W carries Will-O-Wisp? Anyway, that was just crap. Even a burned Tyranitar could have probably done 30-40% with Stone Edge. There is absolutely no use for Tyranitar any more, except to chip a little damage with Stone Edge into whatever he switches in.
Rotom-W: 75%
Tyranitar: 40% (Burned)
Start of turn 16
The foe's Washington used Hydro Pump!
It's super effective!
Tyranitar lost 152 HP! (40% of its health)
Tyranitar fainted!
The sandstorm rages!
The foe's Washington is buffeted by the sandstorm!
Okay, I'm really confused now. What the hell is that Rotom carrying? Expert Belt? Wide Lens? So yeah, this isn't looking very good. I would hope to chip down that Rotom-W just a little bit more and then find an opportunity to bring in Lucario.
Rotom-W: 69%
X Tyranitar: DROWN ALL'd
Score: 3-6
Erioca sent out Jirachi!
Jirachi is floating on a balloon!
Start of turn 17
Jirachi used Calm Mind!
Jirachi's Sp. Att. rose!
Jirachi's Sp. Def. rose!
The foe's Washington used Hydro Pump!
Jirachi lost 126 HP! (36% of its health)
Jirachi's Air Balloon popped!
This is looking pretty bad, actually. I'm on the way to getting 6-0'd. My Jirachi actually has nothing to take down that Rotom-W with whatsoever. Let's just give that Rotom-W a bit more damage and hope for the best.
Jirachi: 64% (+1 SpA / +1 SpD)
Rotom-W: 63%
The sandstorm rages!
The foe's Washington is buffeted by the sandstorm!
Start of turn 18
Jirachi used Flash Cannon!
It's not very effective...
The foe's Washington lost 14% of its health!
The foe's Washington used Volt Switch!
Jirachi lost 75 HP! (21% of its health)
Furai called Washington back!
Furai sent out Landbro! (Landorus)
Pointed stones dug into the foe's Landbro!
Well, that just failed completely. I'm changing this Jirachi set as soon as possible. I don't even know why I didn't use Thunderbolt, probably worried that he'll get a free switch-in to Landlos. So that's another death on my watch. Bye Jirachi.
Jirachi: 43% (+1 SpA / +1 SpD)
Rotom-W: 49%
Landorus: 75%
Start of turn 19
The foe's Landbro used Earthquake!
It's super effective!
Jirachi lost 141 HP! (41% of its health)
Jirachi fainted!
Since his Rotom-W isn't Scarfed, I would hazard a guess that this Landorus is Scarfed, otherwise he'd be lacking revenge killers. Guess which Pokemon roflstomps Scarfers?
X Jirachi: Fell down a fissure created by the Earthquake
Landorus: 75%
Score: 2-6
Erioca sent out Wobbuffet!
Wobbuffet: WOBBUFFET!!!!
Landorus: NOOOOOOOOOOO
Start of turn 20
The foe's Landbro used Earthquake!
Wobbuffet lost 243 HP! (46% of its health)
Wobbuffet used Counter!
The foe's Landbro lost 75% of its health!
The foe's Landbro fainted!
Wobbuffet: ^_^
Wobbuffet: 54%
X Landorus: Trapped in a dungeon and killed
Score: 2-5
Furai sent out Bangirasu! (Tyranitar)
Pointed stones dug into the foe's Bangirasu!
The foe's Bangirasu is hurt by spikes!
The foe's Bangirasu fainted!
Okay, moving on! Love those hazards.
Wobbuffet: 54%
X Tyranitar: Tripped over some Spikes!
Score: 2-4
Furai sent out Laidback! (Lucario)
Pointed stones dug into the foe's Laidback!
The foe's Laidback is hurt by spikes!
So, at this stage in the match, with my own Lucario still around, I do not want his Luke to set up, that would be gg. Fortunately for me, my Wobbuffet is running the spread that we use in Ubers. If he can survive a Specs Palkia Hydro Pump in the rain, I'd garner that he can take less than 54% from a Lucario Crunch to Encore it.
Wobbuffet: 54%
Lucario: 84%
Start of turn 21
The foe's Laidback used Crunch!
It's super effective!
Wobbuffet lost 262 HP! (49% of its health)
The foe's Laidback is hurt by its Life Orb!
Wobbuffet used Encore!
The foe's Laidback received an encore!
Wobbuffet is buffeted by the sandstorm!
Wobbuffet fainted!
Perfect. Lucario's locked into Crunch, which means free setup for my own Lucario. Look at how beast that Wobb is. He survived a Sand Force boosted Earthquake AND a Life Orb boosted super effective move and managed to kill one and Encore the other. Wobb for Ubers!
X Wobbuffet: I GOT SAND IN MY EYE
Lucario: 74%
Score: 1-4
Good! Now that Furai's jackal is locked into something harmless, I can finally unleash the storm. I'm 1-4 down, you say?
Lucario: “Kyaaaaaaaah!”
Oh yeah!
Erioca sent out Lucario!
Super Saiyan Lucario: 80%
Lucario: 74% (Encored)
Start of turn 22
Furai called Laidback back!
Furai sent out Washington! (Rotom-W)
Pointed stones dug into the foe's Washington!
Lucario used Swords Dance!
Lucario's Attack sharply rose!
The foe's Washington is buffeted by the sandstorm!
Super Saiyan Lucario: 80% (+2 Atk)
Rotom-W: 30%
It's time to win...
Start of turn 23
Lucario used ExtremeSpeed!
The foe's Washington lost 30% of its health!
The foe's Washington fainted!
Lucario is hurt by its Life Orb!
Lucario: “You are a stepping stone, and I'm moving up. Don't take it personally.” (You get a cookie for telling me where I got this quote from)
Super Saiyan Lucario: 70% (+2 Atk)
X Rotom-W: What is this I don't even-
Score: 1-3
Furai sent out Skar! (Skarmory)
Pointed stones dug into the foe's Skar!
FALCON...
Start of turn 24
Lucario used Close Combat!
The foe's Skar lost 87% of its health!
The foe's Skar fainted!
Lucario's Defense fell!
Lucario's Sp. Def. fell!
Lucario is hurt by its Life Orb!
...PAAWWNNCH!! Not so tough any more, are we, Skarmory? Look how beast Lucario is. Find me another Pokemon that has strong priority and can OHKO Skarm like that with a physical move not named Rock Arceus, I challenge you.
Super Saiyan Lucario: 60% (+2 Atk / -1 Def / -1 SpD)
X Skarmory: He... cannot be stopped!!
Score: 1-2
Furai sent out Sell A Bee! (Celebi)
Pointed stones dug into the foe's Sell A Bee!
The foe's Sell A Bee is hurt by spikes!
Bye bye.
Start of turn 25
Lucario used ExtremeSpeed!
The foe's Sell A Bee lost 20% of its health!
The foe's Sell A Bee fainted!
Lucario is hurt by its Life Orb!
Next!
Super Saiyan Lucario: 50% (+2 Atk / -1 Def / -1 SpD)
X Celebi: On the side of the road, lying on its back with a slash across its throat
Score: 1-1
Furai sent out Laidback! (Lucario)
Pointed stones dug into the foe's Laidback!
The foe's Laidback is hurt by spikes!
Erioca: sorry
Erioca: let me just do something
Super Saiyan Lucario: 50% (+2 Atk / -1 Def / -1 SpD)
Furai's Lucario: 59%
Yes, I'm going to shamelessly go do a damage calc. My Lucario is Adamant, so I'm speed-tieing with Furai's Lucario at best. So, after doing my damage calc, I see that +2 Adamant ExtremeSpeed does 52.48% - 61.70% to his Lucario. I really don't want to chance the Speed-tie here, and if his Lucario is Jolly, I'm losing full stop. Hopefully, this ExtremeSpeed can get a high damage roll and OHKO his Lucario, if not, we'll get a tie since it would die from Life Orb recoil anyway. So now, let's do that timpani roll!
Start of turn 26
Lucario used ExtremeSpeed!
It's not very effective...
The foe's Laidback lost 58% of its health!
Lucario is hurt by its Life Orb!
DAMN IT SO CLOSE
The foe's Laidback used Close Combat!
It's super effective!
Lucario lost 114 HP! (40% of its health)
Lucario fainted!
The foe's Laidback's Defense fell!
The foe's Laidback's Sp. Def. fell!
The foe's Laidback is hurt by its Life Orb!
The foe's Laidback fainted!
Ah well... I guess I was hoping for a bit much. I guess that's a tie then. No-one loses ladder points, which is nice. A very exciting match Furai, hope we can do more of these in the future!
Tie between Erioca and Furai!
Erioca: gg
Furai: omg
Furai: awesome match
X Super Saiyan Lucario: Double KO
X Furai's Lucario: Double KO
Score: 0-0
Props:
Furai, for being a great opponent
Me, for keeping up
Deoxys-S, for being one awesome entry hazard layer
Wobb, for being a broken piece of crap
The match, for being fast paced and exciting
Slops:
Jirachi, for doing absolutely nothing (but that's probably just me who gave it a bad set)
Some bad plays by me
And my MVP is...
Of course it's Lucario. I mean, what other Pokemon can bring back a match from 4-1 down? Calm Mind Manaphy, maybe, but hey. That jackal is one strong fucker.
Hopefully this was enjoyable to read. Catch you all next time!
An animated version of the log is pasted below (acknowledgements to Furai for taking it):
http://pokemon.aesoft.org/replay-Furai-vs-Erioca--29--2011-at-14h22
Note:
- Sandstorm and Leftovers are omitted unless a Pokemon takes Sandstorm damage without recovering it off.
- Commentary will be in black, scores and damages will be in red, while chat is in green, game text will be in blue
Firstly, let's get Team Preview out of the way:
My team:
Furai's team:
So, just by looking at Furai's team, I smell a Lucario weakness. If I can remove that Celebi, I could probably come into set Lucario up on Tyranitar and go for a sweep. With Deoxys-S in the lead position, I doubt Furai would want to risk it setting up layers, so I reckon his Tyranitar would stay as lead. With that in mind, I send Lucario into lead position, since it doesn't look like anything on his team (apart from Celebi) can take Close Combats to the face.
Battle between Erioca and Furai started!
Furai sent out Bangirasu! (Tyranitar)
Erioca sent out Lucario!
The foe's Bangirasu's Sand Stream whipped up a sandstorm!
And so, let's begin! Lucario comes out of the blocks, ready to pulverise that Tyranitar to a pulp. Unless that Tyranitar is a ScarfTar, which has been rising in usage lately, that Tyranitar is going to run back home to his mummy. From the look of Furai's team, though I suspect his Tyranitar is your bog standard Stealth Rock Tyranitar, since those are generally the ones put in lead, while apart from Skarmory, there aren't any other Stealth Rock users on his team (and what a waste Skarm would be as a Stealth Rock user). Although, if he does outspeed and Superpower me, then my mouse is straight above the tiny “X” at the top right hand corner of the window.
Start of turn 1
Furai called Bangirasu back!
Furai sent out Skar! (Skarmory)
Lucario used Close Combat!
The foe's Skar lost 49% of its health!
Lucario's Defense fell!
Lucario's Sp. Def. fell!
Lucario is hurt by its Life Orb!
Just like I predicted, Tyranitar is not Scarfed, and Furai sends in his Skarmory to take the hit. I was more expecting him to go to Celebi, but I guess he was scared that I might use Crunch to fish it out. Nevertheless, Lucario takes a mighty chunk of Skarmory's health. I mean look at how beast that is, what physical attacker can do THAT to Skarm? Terrakion, maybe. Anyway, I thought I could kill Skarmory with a second Close Combat, but after doing a damage calc after the match, I realised Lucario cannot 2HKO physically defensive Skarm without Stealth Rock. Oh well. Also, for some reason, I can't see Leftovers on that Skarm. Shed Shell, maybe?
Start of turn 2
Lucario used Close Combat!
The foe's Skar lost 48% of its health!
Lucario's Defense fell!
Lucario's Sp. Def. fell!
Lucario is hurt by its Life Orb!
The foe's Skar used Roost!
The foe's Skar landed on the ground!
The foe's Skar regained health!
Yeah, so I realise my mistake after doing the damage calc after the match. Lucky that Skarm didn't decide to just Brave Bird me to death. Whatever, Skarmory just Roosts and lives another day, while I (finally) realise it pointless to continue.
Start of turn 3
Erioca called Lucario back!
Erioca sent out Deoxys-S!
Deoxys-S is exerting its Pressure!
The foe's Skar used Roost!
The foe's Skar landed on the ground!
The foe's Skar regained health!
So, Lucario can come back and take a break and stop pounding at that metal bird. Seriously, how does Skarmory even fly? You'd think that a piece of steel, no matter how aerodynamic, is not taking off the ground without a rocket strapped to it. There's a reason aeroplanes are made of titanium. Game Freak, you fail physics forever.
Anyway, Deoxys-S comes in on the Roost and decides to set up fun hazards. Firstly, though, I want as little of his hazards on my side as possible.
Deoxys-S: “Hey!” *pulls down pants* “Get me if you can!”
Deoxys-S is buffeted by the sandstorm!
Start of turn 4
Furai called Skar back!
Furai sent out Bangirasu! (Tyranitar)
Deoxys-S used Taunt!
The foe's Bangirasu fell for the taunt!
Deoxys-S is buffeted by the sandstorm!
Oh, look at that Tyranitar. Isn't he mad!
Start of turn 5
Deoxys-S used Stealth Rock!
Pointed stones float in the air around Furai's team!
The foe's Bangirasu used Pursuit!
It's super effective!
Deoxys-S lost 132 HP! (43% of its health)
Deoxys-S is buffeted by the sandstorm!
I'm sorry Deoxys, you're just going to be a martyr. You're going to let that Tyranitar release some of his anger while you do me some good and set up those lovely entry hazards, okay? Anyway, Tyranitar doesn't want Deoxys escaping, so he decided to use Pursuit, which in this case was not the best choice, seeing as another layer is coming. See, anger does cloud your better judgement!
Start of turn 6
Deoxys-S used Spikes!
Spikes were scattered all around the feet of Furai's team!
The foe's Bangirasu used Pursuit!
It's super effective!
Deoxys-S lost 115 HP! (37% of its health)
Deoxys-S fainted!
Excellent. I have two layers up while Furai has none. Deoxys-S, your death is not in vain. Guess who's coming back to bring in more pain o_0.
X Deoxys-S: Stalked and killed on the way home
Score: 5-6
Erioca sent out Lucario!
Lucario: “I'm baaaaaack!” Since Furai switched in Skarmory to Lucario last time, I reckon I should be able to Swords Dance up and majorly ruin that bird this time. Stealth Rock is up, and he doesn't have Leftovers. Most likely, he is going to die to a +2 Close Combat.
Tyranitar: “Uh-oh.”
Start of turn 7
Furai called Bangirasu back!
Furai sent out Sell A Bee! (Celebi)
Pointed stones dug into the foe's Sell A Bee!
The foe's Sell A Bee is hurt by spikes!
Lucario used Swords Dance!
Lucario's Attack sharply rose!
Ah crap, and I completely forgot that he still had Celebi. I actually don't carry Crunch or Ice Punch on this Lucario, but instead Bullet Punch to kill Terrakion and Gengar with (and be a much bigger pain to offensive teams in general). Even then, Celebis are ridiculously unpredictable with their EV spreads and movesets so I shouldn't be able to assume a slow Celebi anyway. Time to bring Lucario back, I guess.
Start of turn 8
Erioca called Lucario back!
Erioca sent out Tyranitar!
The foe's Sell A Bee used Psychic!
It had no effect!
Yep, wouldn't have worked. Choice Band Tyranitar get a free switch-in. An unboosted Celebi can't kill Tyranitar with anything (apart from probably Life Orbed Leaf Storm, in which he doesn't have). It seems reasonably safe to Pursuit, in my opinion. Time for your Celebi to get stalked and killed on the way home!
Start of turn 9
The foe's Sell A Bee used Giga Drain!
It's super effective!
Tyranitar lost 180 HP! (47% of its health)
Tyranitar had its energy drained!
Tyranitar used Pursuit!
It's super effective!
The foe's Sell A Bee lost 63% of its health!
Ow, looks like I overpredicted. Tyranitar doesn't look very safe in this position at all. I could probably kill the Celebi, but it's a bit of gamble. What if he rolled minimum damage? My Tyranitar isn't that bulky. Time to high-tail it out of there. Just saying though, look how much Pursuit did. Choice Band Tyranitar FTW!
Start of turn 10
Erioca called Tyranitar back!
Erioca sent out Celebi!
The foe's Sell A Bee used Giga Drain!
It's not very effective...
Celebi lost 60 HP! (17% of its health)
Celebi had its energy drained!
So I bring in my own Celebi to take the Giga Drain, just to be on the safe side. His Celebi has Psychic and Giga Drain. If I were to hazard a guess, his last two moves are likely to be Nasty Plot and Hidden Power Fire or Recover. Standard Celebis don't run much speed, and mine runs enough to outspeed Adamant Gliscor. I'm pretty sure my Celebi would win if he decides to stay in.
Start of turn 11
Furai called Sell A Bee back!
Furai sent out Bangirasu! (Tyranitar)
Pointed stones dug into the foe's Bangirasu!
The foe's Bangirasu is hurt by spikes!
Celebi used Nasty Plot!
Celebi's Sp. Att. sharply rose!
Mm, not the best scenario here. Still, his Tyranitar has Pursuit, and if it's anything like those MixTars, then he won't be able to kill me. I don't have Giga Drain on this Celebi after getting my ass handed to me by Conkelderp (in which I promptly gave it Psychic). I do have Earth Power though.
Start of turn 12
Celebi used Earth Power!
It's super effective!
The foe's Bangirasu lost 50% of its health!
The foe's Bangirasu used Crunch!
It's super effective!
Celebi lost 242 HP! (69% of its health)
Owwwwww... that hurt a lot. He DOES have Crunch after all. Although, I'm surprised that it didn't kill me. Specially Defensive Tyranitar sure is weak. I really wonder what that Tyranitar is holding though. That Crunch did way too little to be Choice Band (See how much my Tyranitar's Pursuit did as compared to that Crunch). Chople Berry, maybe? LOL Shed Shell? Whatever, to hell with it.
Start of turn 13
Furai called Bangirasu back!
Furai sent out Landbro! (Landorus)
Pointed stones dug into the foe's Landbro!
Celebi used Earth Power!
It had no effect!
Well, that was useless. There's not much use for a 13% Celebi anyway, may as well let him U-turn to something and then bring in my answer to whatever comes in, I guess. Bye Celebi.
Start of turn 14
The foe's Landbro used U-turn!
It's super effective!
Celebi lost 47 HP! (13% of its health)
Celebi fainted!
Furai called Landbro back!
Furai sent out Washington! (Rotom-W)
Pointed stones dug into the foe's Washington!
The foe's Washington is buffeted by the sandstorm!
Erioca sent out Tyranitar!
X Celebi: Rolled
Score: 4-6
So he goes to Rotom-W, which I have virtually nothing to hurt it with. This is kind of bad. I would like this thing under 70% before I could try and sweep with Lucario with. It has no Leftovers, so I reckon this thing is Choice Scarfed (Specs is relatively rare). Hopefully, I can take a Hydro Pump with Tyranitar (or it misses), and then deal a truckload of damage to it with Stone Edge. If Tyranitar doesn't survive, I can also go in with Wobb and remove it.
Start of turn 15
The foe's Washington used Will-O-Wisp!
Tyranitar was burned!
Tyranitar used Stone Edge!
The attack of Tyranitar missed!
The foe's Washington is buffeted by the sandstorm!
Tyranitar is hurt by its burn!
WHAT THE HELL?! Which Choiced Rotom-W carries Will-O-Wisp? Anyway, that was just crap. Even a burned Tyranitar could have probably done 30-40% with Stone Edge. There is absolutely no use for Tyranitar any more, except to chip a little damage with Stone Edge into whatever he switches in.
Start of turn 16
The foe's Washington used Hydro Pump!
It's super effective!
Tyranitar lost 152 HP! (40% of its health)
Tyranitar fainted!
The sandstorm rages!
The foe's Washington is buffeted by the sandstorm!
Okay, I'm really confused now. What the hell is that Rotom carrying? Expert Belt? Wide Lens? So yeah, this isn't looking very good. I would hope to chip down that Rotom-W just a little bit more and then find an opportunity to bring in Lucario.
X Tyranitar: DROWN ALL'd
Score: 3-6
Erioca sent out Jirachi!
Jirachi is floating on a balloon!
Start of turn 17
Jirachi used Calm Mind!
Jirachi's Sp. Att. rose!
Jirachi's Sp. Def. rose!
The foe's Washington used Hydro Pump!
Jirachi lost 126 HP! (36% of its health)
Jirachi's Air Balloon popped!
This is looking pretty bad, actually. I'm on the way to getting 6-0'd. My Jirachi actually has nothing to take down that Rotom-W with whatsoever. Let's just give that Rotom-W a bit more damage and hope for the best.
The sandstorm rages!
The foe's Washington is buffeted by the sandstorm!
Start of turn 18
Jirachi used Flash Cannon!
It's not very effective...
The foe's Washington lost 14% of its health!
The foe's Washington used Volt Switch!
Jirachi lost 75 HP! (21% of its health)
Furai called Washington back!
Furai sent out Landbro! (Landorus)
Pointed stones dug into the foe's Landbro!
Well, that just failed completely. I'm changing this Jirachi set as soon as possible. I don't even know why I didn't use Thunderbolt, probably worried that he'll get a free switch-in to Landlos. So that's another death on my watch. Bye Jirachi.
Start of turn 19
The foe's Landbro used Earthquake!
It's super effective!
Jirachi lost 141 HP! (41% of its health)
Jirachi fainted!
Since his Rotom-W isn't Scarfed, I would hazard a guess that this Landorus is Scarfed, otherwise he'd be lacking revenge killers. Guess which Pokemon roflstomps Scarfers?
X Jirachi: Fell down a fissure created by the Earthquake
Score: 2-6
Erioca sent out Wobbuffet!
Wobbuffet: WOBBUFFET!!!!
Landorus: NOOOOOOOOOOO
Start of turn 20
The foe's Landbro used Earthquake!
Wobbuffet lost 243 HP! (46% of its health)
Wobbuffet used Counter!
The foe's Landbro lost 75% of its health!
The foe's Landbro fainted!
Wobbuffet: ^_^
X Landorus: Trapped in a dungeon and killed
Score: 2-5
Furai sent out Bangirasu! (Tyranitar)
Pointed stones dug into the foe's Bangirasu!
The foe's Bangirasu is hurt by spikes!
The foe's Bangirasu fainted!
Okay, moving on! Love those hazards.
X Tyranitar: Tripped over some Spikes!
Score: 2-4
Furai sent out Laidback! (Lucario)
Pointed stones dug into the foe's Laidback!
The foe's Laidback is hurt by spikes!
So, at this stage in the match, with my own Lucario still around, I do not want his Luke to set up, that would be gg. Fortunately for me, my Wobbuffet is running the spread that we use in Ubers. If he can survive a Specs Palkia Hydro Pump in the rain, I'd garner that he can take less than 54% from a Lucario Crunch to Encore it.
Start of turn 21
The foe's Laidback used Crunch!
It's super effective!
Wobbuffet lost 262 HP! (49% of its health)
The foe's Laidback is hurt by its Life Orb!
Wobbuffet used Encore!
The foe's Laidback received an encore!
Wobbuffet is buffeted by the sandstorm!
Wobbuffet fainted!
Perfect. Lucario's locked into Crunch, which means free setup for my own Lucario. Look at how beast that Wobb is. He survived a Sand Force boosted Earthquake AND a Life Orb boosted super effective move and managed to kill one and Encore the other. Wobb for Ubers!
X Wobbuffet: I GOT SAND IN MY EYE
Score: 1-4
Good! Now that Furai's jackal is locked into something harmless, I can finally unleash the storm. I'm 1-4 down, you say?
Lucario: “Kyaaaaaaaah!”
Oh yeah!
Erioca sent out Lucario!
Start of turn 22
Furai called Laidback back!
Furai sent out Washington! (Rotom-W)
Pointed stones dug into the foe's Washington!
Lucario used Swords Dance!
Lucario's Attack sharply rose!
The foe's Washington is buffeted by the sandstorm!
It's time to win...
Start of turn 23
Lucario used ExtremeSpeed!
The foe's Washington lost 30% of its health!
The foe's Washington fainted!
Lucario is hurt by its Life Orb!
Lucario: “You are a stepping stone, and I'm moving up. Don't take it personally.” (You get a cookie for telling me where I got this quote from)
X Rotom-W: What is this I don't even-
Score: 1-3
Furai sent out Skar! (Skarmory)
Pointed stones dug into the foe's Skar!
FALCON...
Start of turn 24
Lucario used Close Combat!
The foe's Skar lost 87% of its health!
The foe's Skar fainted!
Lucario's Defense fell!
Lucario's Sp. Def. fell!
Lucario is hurt by its Life Orb!
...PAAWWNNCH!! Not so tough any more, are we, Skarmory? Look how beast Lucario is. Find me another Pokemon that has strong priority and can OHKO Skarm like that with a physical move not named Rock Arceus, I challenge you.
X Skarmory: He... cannot be stopped!!
Score: 1-2
Furai sent out Sell A Bee! (Celebi)
Pointed stones dug into the foe's Sell A Bee!
The foe's Sell A Bee is hurt by spikes!
Bye bye.
Start of turn 25
Lucario used ExtremeSpeed!
The foe's Sell A Bee lost 20% of its health!
The foe's Sell A Bee fainted!
Lucario is hurt by its Life Orb!
Next!
X Celebi: On the side of the road, lying on its back with a slash across its throat
Score: 1-1
Furai sent out Laidback! (Lucario)
Pointed stones dug into the foe's Laidback!
The foe's Laidback is hurt by spikes!
Erioca: sorry
Erioca: let me just do something
Yes, I'm going to shamelessly go do a damage calc. My Lucario is Adamant, so I'm speed-tieing with Furai's Lucario at best. So, after doing my damage calc, I see that +2 Adamant ExtremeSpeed does 52.48% - 61.70% to his Lucario. I really don't want to chance the Speed-tie here, and if his Lucario is Jolly, I'm losing full stop. Hopefully, this ExtremeSpeed can get a high damage roll and OHKO his Lucario, if not, we'll get a tie since it would die from Life Orb recoil anyway. So now, let's do that timpani roll!
Start of turn 26
Lucario used ExtremeSpeed!
It's not very effective...
The foe's Laidback lost 58% of its health!
Lucario is hurt by its Life Orb!
DAMN IT SO CLOSE
The foe's Laidback used Close Combat!
It's super effective!
Lucario lost 114 HP! (40% of its health)
Lucario fainted!
The foe's Laidback's Defense fell!
The foe's Laidback's Sp. Def. fell!
The foe's Laidback is hurt by its Life Orb!
The foe's Laidback fainted!
Ah well... I guess I was hoping for a bit much. I guess that's a tie then. No-one loses ladder points, which is nice. A very exciting match Furai, hope we can do more of these in the future!
Tie between Erioca and Furai!
Erioca: gg
Furai: omg
Furai: awesome match
X Super Saiyan Lucario: Double KO
X Furai's Lucario: Double KO
Score: 0-0
Props:
Furai, for being a great opponent
Me, for keeping up
Deoxys-S, for being one awesome entry hazard layer
Wobb, for being a broken piece of crap
The match, for being fast paced and exciting
Slops:
Jirachi, for doing absolutely nothing (but that's probably just me who gave it a bad set)
Some bad plays by me
And my MVP is...
Of course it's Lucario. I mean, what other Pokemon can bring back a match from 4-1 down? Calm Mind Manaphy, maybe, but hey. That jackal is one strong fucker.
Hopefully this was enjoyable to read. Catch you all next time!
