Forums · An early battle--on the edge of my seat all the way!

The first fight to give me pause...I'm still not sure how I won.

shanealt

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Jun 4 '08

Rules: Ladder Match, Sleep Clause, Freeze Clause, OHKO Clause, Evasion Clause, Species Clause, Strict Damage Clause
Serebii1997 sent out Mr. Speedy (lvl 100 Ninjask ?).
shanealt sent out Dani (lvl 100 Clefable ?).
Mr. Speedy used X-Scissor.
Dani lost 32% of its health.
Dani used Thunder Wave.
Mr. Speedy is paralysed! It may be unable to move!
Dani's leftovers restored its health a little!
Dani restored 6% of its health.
Mr. Speedy's Speed Boost raised its speed!

Nice and basic.  Dani and I had learned by now that Encoring on the first turn...not so smart, not when the opponent tends to switch out.  Thunder Wave is a lot more harmful.

Mr. Speedy used Substitute.
Mr. Speedy lost 25% of its health.
Mr. Speedy made a substitute!
Dani used Seismic Toss.
The substitute took damage for Mr. Speedy!
Mr. Speedy's substitute faded!
Mr. Speedy's leftovers restored its health a little!
Mr. Speedy restored 6% of its health.
Dani's leftovers restored its health a little!
Dani restored 6% of its health.
Mr. Speedy's Speed Boost raised its speed!

I figured the Ninjask would switch out, but instead it used Substitute, basically giving him a free speed boost for the turn.

Serebii1997: Wromg move FTL
Mr. Speedy used Baton Pass.
Serebii1997 switched in Power Out (lvl 100 Electivire ?).
Dani used Encore.
But it failed!
Dani's leftovers restored its health a little!
Dani restored 6% of its health.

Clearly I'm not so smart.  Dani and I were starting to sweat a little bit here.

shanealt switched in Donrai (lvl 100 Donphan ?).
Power Out used Thunderpunch.
It doesn't affect Donrai...

"Dani, return!", the trainer shouted, calling the Clefable back to her spherical home.  A mighty Donphan then leapt forward on command, sending the Electivire's lightning attack straight into the earth.

Serebii1997 switched in Suicune (lvl 100 Suicune).
Suicune is exerting its pressure!
Donrai used Stealth Rock.
Pointed stones float in the air around your foe's team!

I could have Earthquake'd, but really, it's not rocket science to assume that Electivire would switch out against a ground opponent, and this was a nice opportunity to set up Stealth Rock early on.

Serebii1997 switched in Is I Vampire? (lvl 100 Gliscor ?).
Pointed stones dug into Is I Vampire?.
Is I Vampire? lost 12% of its health.
shanealt switched in Line Nine (lvl 100 Lanturn ?).
Is I Vampire?'s leftovers restored its health a little!
Is I Vampire? restored 6% of its health.

Yes, yes You Is Vampire.

Is I Vampire? used Earthquake.
It's super effective!
Line Nine lost 90% of its health.
Line Nine used Ice Beam.
It's super effective!
Is I Vampire? lost 94% of its health.
Serebii1997's Is I Vampire? fainted.
Line Nine's leftovers restored its health a little!
Line Nine restored 6% of its health.

I wasn't expecting an Earthquake, for some reason.  But hey, Line Nine survived, right?  First blood to me!

shanealt: 6
Serebii1997: 5

Serebii1997 switched in Suicune (lvl 100 Suicune).
Suicune is exerting its pressure!
Pointed stones dug into Suicune.
Suicune lost 12% of its health.
Serebii1997 switched in Power Out (lvl 100 Electivire ?).
Pointed stones dug into Power Out.
Power Out lost 12% of its health.
shanealt switched in Wiseman (lvl 100 Slowking ?).

...eh, wasn't expecting that.  I thought I'd get a nice chance to cripple Suicune early on, but no.  Still, I did damage!  Yayyy!

shanealt switched in Donrai (lvl 100 Donphan ?).
Power Out used Earthquake.
Donrai lost 20% of its health.
Donrai's leftovers restored its health a little!
Donrai restored 6% of its health.

With no real desire to have my Slowking take physical electric damage, I swapped out to Donphan again.  I guess he expected a switch of some sort, though.  Otherwise, why Earthquake?

Serebii1997 switched in Suicune (lvl 100 Suicune).
Suicune is exerting its pressure!
Pointed stones dug into Suicune.
Suicune lost 12% of its health.
Donrai used Earthquake.
Suicune lost 23% of its health.
Suicune's leftovers restored its health a little!
Suicune restored 6% of its health.
Donrai's leftovers restored its health a little!
Donrai restored 6% of its health.

I doubted he'd stay in, but hey, Earthquake's useful.

shanealt switched in Nara (lvl 100 Meganium ?).
Suicune used Calm Mind.
Suicune's special attack was raised.
Suicune's special defence was raised.
Suicune's leftovers restored its health a little!
Suicune restored 6% of its health.

Oops.

Nara used Leech Seed.
Nara's attack missed!
Suicune used Ice Beam.
It's super effective!
Nara lost 53% of its health.
Nara's leftovers restored its health a little!
Nara restored 6% of its health.
Suicune's leftovers restored its health a little!
Suicune restored 6% of its health.

Meganium, maybe not the best choice.

Serebii1997: Haxxx
shanealt: Uh?
Nara used Energy Ball.
It's super effective!
Suicune lost 30% of its health.
Suicune used Ice Beam.
It's super effective!
Nara lost 53% of its health.
shanealt's Nara fainted.
Suicune's leftovers restored its health a little!
Suicune restored 6% of its health.

Well, that was a complete waste.

shanealt: 5
Serebii1997: 5

shanealt switched in Dani (lvl 100 Clefable ?).
Suicune used Surf.
Dani lost 33% of its health.
Dani used Encore.
Suicune got an encore!
Suicune's leftovers restored its health a little!
Suicune restored 6% of its health.
Dani's leftovers restored its health a little!
Dani restored 6% of its health.

I expected another Calm Mind, to be honest, but Clefable's enough of a special wall to make this work.

Suicune used Surf.
Dani lost 32% of its health.
Dani used Softboiled.
Dani restored 50% of its health.
Suicune's leftovers restored its health a little!
Suicune restored 6% of its health.
Dani's leftovers restored its health a little!
Dani restored 6% of its health.

Given that this Suicune was basically screwed, all I had to do was set myself up, and then...

Suicune used Surf.
Dani lost 37% of its health.
Dani used Thunder Wave.
Suicune is paralysed! It may be unable to move!
Dani's leftovers restored its health a little!
Dani restored 6% of its health.
Suicune's leftovers restored its health a little!
Suicune restored 6% of its health.

Why hasn't he switched out yet?

Dani used Seismic Toss.
Suicune lost 25% of its health.
Suicune is paralysed! It can't move!
Dani's leftovers restored its health a little!
Dani restored 6% of its health.
Suicune's leftovers restored its health a little!
Suicune restored 6% of its health.

I wasn't very confident with Suicune here, but I think it's turned out rather nicely, don't you?

Dani used Seismic Toss.
Suicune lost 25% of its health.
Suicune used Surf.
Dani lost 36% of its health.
Dani's leftovers restored its health a little!
Dani restored 6% of its health.
Suicune's leftovers restored its health a little!
Suicune restored 6% of its health.

Boring.  Sorry.

Dani used Softboiled.
Dani restored 50% of its health.
Suicune used Surf.
Dani lost 35% of its health.
Dani's leftovers restored its health a little!
Dani restored 6% of its health.
Suicune's leftovers restored its health a little!
Suicune restored 6% of its health.

Yawn.

Serebii1997 switched in Mr. Speedy (lvl 100 Ninjask ?).
Pointed stones dug into Mr. Speedy.
Mr. Speedy lost 50% of its health.
Dani used Softboiled.
Dani restored 50% of its health.
Dani's leftovers restored its health a little!
Dani restored 1% of its health.
Mr. Speedy's leftovers restored its health a little!
Mr. Speedy restored 6% of its health.

I guess he got sick of being Encore'd...right when it was probably about to end, go figure.  Anyway, we were basically back at the beginning.  Except, you know, the Ninjask was half-dead.

Dani used Encore.
But it failed!
Mr. Speedy used Substitute.
Mr. Speedy lost 25% of its health.
Mr. Speedy made a substitute!
Mr. Speedy's leftovers restored its health a little!
Mr. Speedy restored 6% of its health.
Mr. Speedy's Speed Boost raised its speed!

I expected a Substitute.  I forgot that I Thunder-Wave'd.  This is why I should pay attention, no?

shanealt: Crap, I thought you'd go before me.
Dani used Seismic Toss.
The substitute took damage for Mr. Speedy!
Mr. Speedy's substitute faded!
Mr. Speedy used Baton Pass.
Serebii1997: Para
Serebii1997 switched in Power Out (lvl 100 Electivire ?).
Pointed stones dug into Power Out.
Power Out lost 12% of its health.

With nothing to do, I at least wanted to keep him from switching out a Substitute.  Ninjask with a Substitute isn't a big threat, especially since it already had a status effect, but once it passed that protection to someone else, it would have been a problem.

shanealt: Oh, right.
Power Out used Ice Punch.
Dani lost 24% of its health.
Dani used Seismic Toss.
Power Out lost 34% of its health.
Dani's leftovers restored its health a little!
Dani restored 6% of its health.

I think he expected me to switch, especially considering what came next:

Serebii1997: This is a pretty good game
shanealt: I'm enjoying it, definitely.
Power Out used Cross Chop.
It's super effective!
Dani lost 82% of its health.
Dani used Seismic Toss.
Power Out lost 34% of its health.
Dani's leftovers restored its health a little!
Dani restored 6% of its health.

Really surprised I didn't die here.  I think I held on by the edge of my teeth.

shanealt switched in Wiseman (lvl 100 Slowking ?).
Power Out used Earthquake.
Wiseman lost 39% of its health.

My first instinct was to switch to Donphan, and I think he knew it, because I'd done it twice.  So he decided to hit me with with a nice, neutral attack.

shanealt switched in Line Nine (lvl 100 Lanturn ?).
Power Out used Thunderpunch.
Line Nine's Volt Absorb absorbed damage!
Line Nine restored 25% of its health.
Line Nine's leftovers restored its health a little!
Line Nine restored 6% of its health.

I'd led him to hit me with a lightning attack, hit my Slowking's weakness, so I used the opportunity to heal up my ailing Lanturn.

shanealt: Thaaaank you.
Serebii1997: Nice
Power Out used Earthquake.
It's super effective!
Line Nine lost 47% of its health.
shanealt's Line Nine fainted.

Then I screwed up.  C'est la vie.

Serebii1997: 5
shanealt: 4

Serebii1997: lol
shanealt: Ahahaha.
shanealt: Touche.
shanealt switched in Donrai (lvl 100 Donphan ?).
Donrai used Ice Shard.
Power Out lost 7% of its health.
Serebii1997's Power Out fainted.
Donrai's leftovers restored its health a little!
Donrai restored 6% of its health.

I was getting pretty sick of that Electivire.  My Lanturn had to be avenged!

shanealt: 4
Serebii1997: 4

Serebii1997 switched in Suicune (lvl 100 Suicune).
Suicune is exerting its pressure!
Pointed stones dug into Suicune.
Suicune lost 12% of its health.
shanealt switched in Wiseman (lvl 100 Slowking ?).
Suicune used Surf.
It's not very effective...
Wiseman lost 9% of its health.
Suicune's leftovers restored its health a little!
Suicune restored 6% of its health.

I figured my Slowking was probably my best bet to try walling a weak Suicune, even if I couldn't hit it with anything solid.

Wiseman used Surf.
It's not very effective...
Suicune lost 14% of its health.
Suicune used Roar.
shanealt switched in Donrai (lvl 100 Donphan ?).
Donrai's leftovers restored its health a little!
Donrai restored 2% of its health.
Suicune's leftovers restored its health a little!
Suicune restored 6% of its health.

ROAAAAAAAR.  Meep.

Serebii1997 switched in Mr. Speedy (lvl 100 Ninjask ?).
Pointed stones dug into Mr. Speedy.
Mr. Speedy lost 18% of its health.
Serebii1997's Mr. Speedy fainted.
Donrai used Earthquake.
But there was no target!

I hate prediction.  Although at this point, it's not like his Ninjask was good for anything else.

shanealt: 4
Serebii1997: 3

Serebii1997 switched in Hot Monkey (lvl 100 Infernape ?).
Pointed stones dug into Hot Monkey.
Hot Monkey lost 12% of its health.
Hot Monkey used Grass Knot.
It's super effective!
Donrai lost 100% of its health.
shanealt's Donrai fainted.
Hot Monkey lost 10% of its health.

...I sincerely didn't think that an Infernape could do real damage to my Donphan.  I really didn't.  I started to get really worried right about now.

shanealt: 3
Serebii1997: 3

shanealt: ...huh, I did not know Infernape could use Grass Knot.
Serebii1997: Mixape
shanealt switched in Illumina (lvl 100 Togekiss ?).
Serebii1997 switched in I LIKE SD (lvl 100 Lucario ?).
Pointed stones dug into I LIKE SD.
I LIKE SD lost 3% of its health.
Illumina used Air Slash.
I LIKE SD lost 58% of its health.

Time for payback.  As much as I love my Togekiss, I hate using really overused Pokemon, so I wanted to use it as little as possible.  Not an option anymore

I LIKE SD used Aura Sphere.
Illumina lost 61% of its health.
Illumina used Aura Sphere.
It's super effective!
I LIKE SD lost 39% of its health.
Serebii1997's I LIKE SD fainted.

shanealt: 3
Serebii1997: 2

Serebii1997 switched in Hot Monkey (lvl 100 Infernape ?).
Pointed stones dug into Hot Monkey.
Hot Monkey lost 12% of its health.
Hot Monkey used Flamethrower.
Illumina lost 39% of its health.
shanealt's Illumina fainted.
Hot Monkey lost 10% of its health.

I forget if I tried healing or if I tried sweeping with Air Slash.  I guess it doesn't matter, I died anyway.

shanealt switched in Wiseman (lvl 100 Slowking ?).
Hot Monkey used Grass Knot.
It's super effective!
Wiseman lost 37% of its health.
Hot Monkey lost 10% of its health.
Wiseman used Surf.
It's super effective!
Hot Monkey lost 46% of its health.
Serebii1997's Hot Monkey fainted.

I was feeling pretty desperate here, but I think it worked out nicely.

shanealt: 3
Serebii1997: 1

Serebii1997 switched in Suicune (lvl 100 Suicune).
Suicune is exerting its pressure!
Pointed stones dug into Suicune.
Suicune lost 12% of its health.
Wiseman used Slack Off.
Wiseman restored 50% of its health.
Suicune used Surf.
It's not very effective...
A critical hit!
Wiseman lost 17% of its health.
Suicune's leftovers restored its health a little!
Suicune restored 6% of its health.

Much more confident by now.  There wasn't much his Suicune could do to me, and since only one of us had a healing move...

Serebii1997: Great game, warstory?
Wiseman used Surf.
It's not very effective...
Suicune lost 12% of its health.
Suicune used Surf.
It's not very effective...
Wiseman lost 9% of its health.
Suicune's leftovers restored its health a little!
Suicune restored 6% of its health.

Slowly chipping away.

shanealt: I'd think so, yeah.
shanealt: I'm new, but my most interesting so far.
Serebii1997: Cool, I'll post it
Wiseman used Surf.
It's not very effective...
Suicune lost 8% of its health.
Serebii1997's Suicune fainted.
shanealt wins!
shanealt: Really good game, thank you.
shanealt: Learned a lot about my weaknesses.
Serebii1997: Yeah, really great game =]

...he was going to post it?  Oops.  I thought he said "post it".  Well, I went through all this trouble, I'm going to post it anyway.

shanealt: 3
Serebii1997: 0

Victory!

Props:
-switching my Lanturn into a Thunder Punch to heal a Pokemon that would have died otherwise.
-screwing up the Suicune with Encore.
-using my Donphan to halt electric attacks with a switch.

Slops:
-letting my Lanturn die immediately after getting it healed.
-not knowing that Infernape could use Grass Knot.  Oops!
-wasting a turn because I forgot that Ninjask was paralyzed.
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iamcool

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Aug 7 '08

nice warstory, comments were lagging at some part but i enjoyed it, u played good but warstory's should be close not 3-0 so that's only for future refrence, now that was a very fun read and i hope u can keep it up, one of the best warstory's i have ever read
have a nice day
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JellyDemon

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Aug 7 '08

Epic switchin with Lanturn :3

rofl@Serebii1997. I'm haunted by the fact that I'm facing 11-year olds on Shoddy... >___>
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Slowflake

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Aug 7 '08

Good one. Liked the Lanturn bit a lot... even if it's on the weak side, I love the little guy. Definitely get rid of Meganium though. It's not the game's worst starter for nothing.
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iamcool

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Aug 7 '08

also i;m happy to see lanturn getting use as he is the most underrated fuckers in all of the pokes, i mean it got good resistances, only 2 pokes resist bolt-beam and he's one of em, he has good defences and a base 125 hp stat followed by great resistances and good stabs
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