Fighting in a Minefield
Introduction
Introduction
I haven't posted one of these in a while because I really haven't had any good UU battles recently (possibly due to the metagame, but who knows).
After coming home from seeing Avatar (AWESOME), I felt like laddering a bit, and the LC ladder is dead at ridiculous hours in the morning / at night, so I decided to try my luck on the UU ladder.
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My team:
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My team:
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I have been testing a team revolving around my favourite combination in the tier at the moment: Swellow and Froslass. These Pokemon are just so ridiculously broken together, imo, so I usually like keeping them both on my teams. Anyways, I had a couple easy matches to warm up, but I was not expecting this for my 3rd or 4th match!
This warstory is named 'fighting on a minefield' because I felt that avoiding residual damage was a huge part of how and why the match turned out as it did, for both players. Anyway, here is the battle:
I am using %'s but I rounded them to the nearest %, so if a Pokemon randomly gains or loses a % of HP it isn't craziness it is just rounding!
Battle:
Rules: Ladder Match, Sleep Clause, Freeze Clause, OHKO Clause, Evasion Clause, Species Clause, Strict Damage Clause
Heysup sent out Arcanine (lvl 100 Arcanine ?).
vielIeis sent out Uxie (lvl 100 Uxie).
Arcanine's intimidate cut Uxie's attack!
matty has entered the room.
Uhg, Uxie is one of the more annoying leads for Arcanine to face, especially Leftovers variants who don't have a "get out of paralysis" free card (AKA Lum Berry). My first concern about Uxie is the fact that it can set up Stealth Rock. My second concern is that it can set up screens. Anyway, Froslass is a good switch-in regardless; worst case scenario I get Thunder Waved. Once Spikes are up, teams have stupid amounts of trouble with Swellow.
Heysup switched in Froslass (lvl 100 Froslass ?).
Uxie used Thunder Wave.
Froslass is paralysed! It may be unable to move!
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(Prz)
Well, that was the "worst case scenario". However I am still in a great position since I am guaranteed at least one layer of Spikes(barring Paralysis..). He has a few options, depending on his move set. He could set up Stealth Rock or hit me with an attack, allowing me to get up possibly two layers of Spikes. Or he could U-turn out to something dangerous. Either way, Spikes Spikes Spikes!
Uxie used Knock Off.
It's super effective!
Froslass lost 5% of its health.
Uxie knocked off foe Froslass's Leftovers!
Froslass used Spikes.
Spikes were scattered around the foe's team!
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(Prz)
Knock Off, interesting. This leads me to believe that he has some sort of Rapid Spinner, otherwise Spikes would be too much for him to risk. 1 Layer down. Again, he can either set up Stealth Rock, hit me, or U-turn out.
Uxie used Stealth Rock.
Pointed stones float in the air around the foe's team!
Froslass is paralysed! It can't move!
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(Prz)
-_-. I guess it was bound to happen at some point. I'm assuming he is going to switch out this turn, since I don't believe he can do much to my bulky Froslass except watch me set up Spikes. Hopefully I can grab at least another layer of Spikes.
Uxie used U-turn.
It's not very effective...
Froslass lost 4% of its health.
vielIeis switched in Moltres (lvl 100 Moltres).
Moltres is exerting its pressure!
Froslass used Spikes.
Spikes were scattered around the foe's team!
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Which news do you want to hear first, the good news or the bad? Obviously the good news, which is that I got another layer of Spikes up. The bad news is that I lost momentum, and Moltres is an absolutely huge threat to my team. My main switch in to Moltres is Milotic, which easily avoids a 2HKO from most Moltres. I use a Life Orb Milotic, it's really awesome in this metagame with Arcanine everywhere.
Heysup switched in Milotic (lvl 100 Milotic ?).
Pointed stones dug into Milotic.
Milotic lost 12% of its health.
Moltres used Air Slash.
Milotic lost 46% of its health.
Moltres lost 10% of its health.
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Question: You know what's a bigger threat to my team than a Timid Moltres?
Answer: Modest Moltres.
I didn't want to sacrifice the SpA EVs to survive a modest Moltres 2HKO with Stealth Rock....but I guess I should consider that even though I have a spinner.
Anyway, I really need to get rid of this thing at all costs. Milotic is going to be useful later if he has a Spinner of some sort, since Milotic 2HKOes every Rapid Spinner.
I think my best best here is to unfortunately sacrifice Arcanine get some Life Orb recoil damage on Moltres and possibly put it in easy KO range for my other Pokemon.
Heysup switched in Arcanine (lvl 100 Arcanine ?).
Arcanine's intimidate cut Moltres's attack!
Pointed stones dug into Arcanine.
Arcanine lost 25% of its health.
Moltres used Air Slash.
Arcanine lost 62% of its health.
Moltres lost 10% of its health.
Arcanine's leftovers restored its health a little!
Arcanine restored 6% of its health.
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Moltres is a pain in the ass, however Arcanine can take another hit after Morning Sun, and I will always outspeed Modest variants. Maybe he'll miss???
vielIeis switched in Uxie (lvl 100 Uxie).
Arcanine used Morning Sun.
Arcanine restored 50% of its health.
Arcanine's leftovers restored its health a little!
Arcanine restored 6% of its health.
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Wow, that is a relief. Maybe he was scared of Thunder Fang, or maybe he wants to save Moltres's precious HP from Life Orb recoil, either way, I am happy that Moltres is not in anymore.
I need to get Stealth Rock up since Moltres will be stupidly annoying if I don't. Uxie can't stop Donphan from setting up Stealth Rock, the worst thing that could happen is that I get Leftovers Knocked Off, which is a great trade for Stealth Rock!
Heysup switched in Donphan (lvl 100 Donphan ?).
Pointed stones dug into Donphan.
Donphan lost 6% of its health.
Uxie used Knock Off.
Donphan lost 3% of its health.
Uxie knocked off foe Donphan's Leftovers!
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I have done a measly 10% to his team, while he has done a huge amount to my team already. Anyway, once I get Stealth Rock up that will change.
Uxie used U-turn.
Donphan lost 10% of its health.
vielIeis switched in Blastoise (lvl 100 Blastoise ?).
Blastoise was hurt by Spikes!
Blastoise lost 19% of its health.
Donphan used Stealth Rock.
Pointed stones float in the air around the foe's team!
Blastoise's leftovers restored its health a little!
Blastoise restored 6% of its health.
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Shit, Blastoise is one of the tougher Spinners to remove AND it's an obstacle for Swellow.
This next move is hugely important since it decides whether my Spikes and Stealth Rocks stay up. I think it's a good bet to assume Blastoise is going to use Surf first, since he knows I have a Spin Blocker. So I'll go to Sceptile to laugh at the Surf, scare off Blastoise, and hopeully get into a SubSeed cycle which can be deadly with entry hazards.
Heysup switched in Sceptile (lvl 100 Sceptile ?).
Pointed stones dug into Sceptile.
Sceptile lost 12% of its health.
Blastoise used Rapid Spin.
Blastoise blew away the spikes!
Blastoise blew away the pointed stones!
Sceptile lost 6% of its health.
Sceptile's leftovers restored its health a little!
Sceptile restored 6% of its health.
Blastoise's leftovers restored its health a little!
Blastoise restored 6% of its health.
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Damn it. He made an excellent prediction and basically removed everything I had worked for in these opening turns. This looks really bad for me. At least I can set up a Substitute and fire off a Leaf Storm at whatever comes in, I'm assuming it is Uxie since it has U-turn. Best to hit it hard while I can.
vielIeis switched in Uxie (lvl 100 Uxie).
Sceptile used Substitute.
Sceptile lost 25% of its health.
Sceptile made a substitute!
Sceptile's leftovers restored its health a little!
Sceptile restored 6% of its health.
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Sceptile used Leaf Storm.
Uxie lost 43% of its health.
Sceptile's special attack was harshly lowered.
Uxie used U-turn.
It's super effective!
The substitute took damage for Sceptile!
Sceptile's substitute faded!
vielIeis switched in Moltres (lvl 100 Moltres).
Moltres is exerting its pressure!
Sceptile's leftovers restored its health a little!
Sceptile restored 6% of its health.
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As expected, Leaf Storm hits Uxie pretty hard, however Moltres is in now, and I really can't do much about it. My switch-ins are severely crippled, and none of my Pokemon can really revenge kill it either. I think my only option right now is to sacrifice Sceptile and use Leech Seed on Moltres so that Arcanine can stall it out. Forcing a miss with Air Slash would be tedious as well as it would allow him to Roost as opposed to starting off with 80% HP after Life Orb.
Sceptile used Leech Seed.
Moltres was seeded!
Moltres used Air Slash.
It's super effective!
Sceptile lost 75% of its health.
Heysup's Sceptile fainted.
Moltres lost 10% of its health.
Heysup switched in Arcanine (lvl 100 Arcanine ?).
Arcanine's intimidate cut Moltres's attack!
Pointed stones dug into Arcanine.
Arcanine lost 25% of its health.
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(Sceptile - 0%) 5-6
There goes Sceptile...sacrificing this early is never a good sign. I'm going to attempt to outstall his Air Slash with Leech Seed and Morning Sun on Arcanine. Well, either that or force him out.
vielIeis switched in Uxie (lvl 100 Uxie).
Arcanine used Morning Sun.
Arcanine restored 49% of its health.
Uxie's leftovers restored its health a little!
Uxie restored 6% of its health.
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This works well for me as well, since Arcanine is now health enough to stall out Moltres or at least take an Air Slash when I need to. This also gives me a chance to Rapid Spin Stealth Rock away. Since he is likely going to try and Thunder Wave Arcanine again, he seems to be having problems with it since it seems to be the only thin between Moltres and a sweep.
Heysup switched in Donphan (lvl 100 Donphan ?).
Pointed stones dug into Donphan.
Donphan lost 6% of its health.
Uxie used Knock Off.
Donphan lost 3% of its health.
Uxie's leftovers restored its health a little!
Uxie restored 6% of its health.
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Excellent. Now I can finally get these rocks off of the field. I can see that Blastoise or Moltres are probably going to be coming in though, which is bad news.
Uxie used U-turn.
Donphan lost 10% of its health.
vielIeis switched in Blastoise (lvl 100 Blastoise ?).
Donphan used Rapid Spin.
Donphan blew away the pointed stones!
Blastoise lost 5% of its health.
Blastoise's leftovers restored its health a little!
Blastoise restored 6% of its health.
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Well Donphan is slower than Blastoise and is easily in Blastoise's KO range. I wonder if I can take this chance to get Milotic healthy again, since Blastoise's Surf will barely damage it. Sceptile is gone anyway, so it's pretty well my only option.
Heysup switched in Milotic (lvl 100 Milotic ?).
Blastoise used Yawn.
Milotic became drowsy!
Blastoise's leftovers restored its health a little!
Blastoise restored 5% of its health.
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Damn, I need to switch out again, but I'm not sure if he is going to bother using Surf yet, since he can just spam Yawn until I let one of my Pokemon sleep. This is my chance to get Froslass out and set up Spikes once again. Froslass is paralyzed already, so Yawn will do nothing to it.
Heysup switched in Froslass (lvl 100 Froslass ?).
Blastoise used Yawn.
But it failed!
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(Prz)
That worked flawlessly. Anyway, this is why Froslass is the best Spikes: Blastoise can't spin away the Spikes while I'm setting them up.
Blastoise used Surf.
Froslass lost 37% of its health.
Froslass used Spikes.
Spikes were scattered around the foe's team!
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(Prz)
I got my layer of Spikes up, which will really help Swellow sweep late game...if possible.
Blastoise is a major obstacle for Swellow, since it's defensive enough to take a couple Facades. Luckily my Froslass carries Pain Split which allows me to severely weaken Blastoise and heal myself.
Blastoise used Surf.
Froslass lost 38% of its health.
Froslass used Pain Split.
Froslass restored 45% of its health.
Blastoise lost 43% of its health.
Blastoise's leftovers restored its health a little!
Blastoise restored 6% of its health.
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(Prz)
Froslass has exceptional longevity when given the right movepool and EVs. Anyway, now that he knows I have Pain Split he will probably try to heal one of his other Pokemon, so hopefully I can get some more Spikes up.
vielIeis switched in Uxie (lvl 100 Uxie).
Froslass used Spikes.
Spikes were scattered around the foe's team!
Uxie's leftovers restored its health a little!
Uxie restored 6% of its health.
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(Prz)
Shoot, or not. He is going to for sure set up Stealth Rock here, so I think I should take this chance to activate Swellow's Flame Orb and hit Uxie hard with U-turn to abuse the Spikes I just set up. If I'm lucky he will sacrifice Moltres or Blastoise to Swellow, since he doesn't seem to have much defense besides Uxie and Blastoise.
Heysup switched in Swellow (lvl 100 Swellow ?).
Uxie used Stealth Rock.
Pointed stones float in the air around the foe's team!
Swellow was burned!
Uxie's leftovers restored its health a little!
Uxie restored 6% of its health.
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(Brn)
As expected. I still don't know his entire team, so I don't want to start spamming Facade yet. However, I do know that he doesn't have a Ghost (didn't come in on Donphan) and that U-turn is always a safe move. I think my best bet is to go to Arcanine since it's the only Poekmon his Moltres doesn't absolutely destroy if he uses U-turn or predicts my switch. It's important that I use U-turn often because it a) abuses Spikes and b) allows me to minimize burn damage.
Swellow used U-turn.
It's super effective!
A critical hit!
Uxie lost 68% of its health.
Heysup switched in Arcanine (lvl 100 Arcanine ?).
Arcanine's intimidate cut Uxie's attack!
Pointed stones dug into Arcanine.
Arcanine lost 25% of its health.
Uxie used U-turn.
It's not very effective...
Arcanine lost 5% of its health.
vielIeis switched in Blastoise (lvl 100 Blastoise ?).
Blastoise was hurt by Spikes!
Blastoise lost 19% of its health.
Arcanine's leftovers restored its health a little!
Arcanine restored 6% of its health.
Blastoise's leftovers restored its health a little!
Blastoise restored 6% of its health.
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Luckily I crit, but that doesn't really help my scenario.
This is a problem. I can either risk sending Milotic into a Yawn with Stealth Rock on the field (BAD), or I can risk Arcanine or Froslass getting nailed by Surf. I think Arcanine is my safest bet since it actually survives Blastoise's Surf. However, the best I can do to Blastoise is Burn it, but at least that seals it's fate. I also don't mind Arcanine being Yawn since it will let me send Froslass in next anyway. I hope he Yawns.
Arcanine used Will-o-wisp.
Blastoise was burned!
Blastoise used Surf.
It's super effective!
Arcanine lost 68% of its health.
Arcanine's leftovers restored its health a little!
Arcanine restored 6% of its health.
Blastoise's leftovers restored its health a little!
Blastoise restored 6% of its health.
Blastoise was hurt by its burn!
Blastoise lost 12% of its health.
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Ugh, he didn't Yawn. Well that's fine I guess, all I need to do is somehow get Milotic out. This turn I think it's pretty obvious what he is going to do, my issue is that I need to pull off a very risky maneuver to come out of this with Froslass, Arcanine, and Spikes still intact. Here, I think it is obvious he will Spin because "why would I switch when Arcanine will die to SR next turn". Time for Froslass to block his Spin once again.
Heysup switched in Froslass (lvl 100 Froslass ?).
Pointed stones dug into Froslass.
Froslass lost 25% of its health.
Blastoise used Rapid Spin.
It doesn't affect Froslass...
Blastoise's leftovers restored its health a little!
Blastoise restored 6% of its health.
Blastoise was hurt by its burn!
Blastoise lost 12% of its health.
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(Prz)
Okay, so far so good. Now here I need to make another risky prediction, which is Switching Milotic in. His dilemma is that if I manage to set up another layer of Spikes, as long as one of his last Pokemon isn't Rhyperior, Regirock, Steelix, or Aggron, or something with some reasonable physical bulk, I will have an easy time plowing through his team. I'm assuming he has something with some respectable physical defense in that spot, but not more than Blastoise or Uxie since those are his best switch-ins. Anyway, hopefully my logic is sound and he doesn't use Rapid Spin.
Heysup switched in Milotic (lvl 100 Milotic ?).
Pointed stones dug into Milotic.
Milotic lost 12% of its health.
Blastoise used Surf.
It's not very effective...
A critical hit!
Milotic lost 22% of its health.
Blastoise's leftovers restored its health a little!
Blastoise restored 6% of its health.
Blastoise was hurt by its burn!
Blastoise lost 12% of its health.
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Awesome, I pulled it off as Milotic survives the critical hit Surf by a hair.
Now here is yet another situation where it's a possible win-lose prediction. With the lack of my Leftovers Recovery, I can assume he knows my Milotic is Life Orb. I think this means he will get Blastoise out of there while he still can, and let me sacrifice Milotic. Hopefully this means I can have a chance to recover.
Milotic used Recover.
Milotic restored 50% of its health.
Blastoise used Rapid Spin.
Blastoise blew away the spikes!
Milotic lost 2% of its health.
Blastoise's leftovers restored its health a little!
Blastoise restored 6% of its health.
Blastoise was hurt by its burn!
Blastoise lost 12% of its health.
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Son of a @#$%. He outpredicts me yet again. This is starting to look quite awful for me, I don't have Spikes up and I'm 1 Pokemon down with a bunch of my Pokemon who are incredibly weak. I guess at least I can recover again and get my Moltres switch-in back.
vielIeis switched in Umbreon (lvl 100 Umbreon ?).
Milotic used Recover.
Milotic restored 45% of its health.
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Well it seems I was dead on about his last Pokemon's defenses, however I don't think it will be that hard to get around Umbreon (at least with a physical attacker). I'm assuming it's going to either stall out my Life Orb Hydro Pump with Protect and Wish, or heal Blastoise. Either way, I can send in Donphan who can set up Stealth Rock, Spin, and possibly KO Umbreon or at least weaken it.
Heysup switched in Donphan (lvl 100 Donphan ?).
Pointed stones dug into Donphan.
Donphan lost 6% of its health.
Umbreon used Mean Look.
Donphan was trapped!
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Mean Look... this could get pretty awful if he is a Curse variant, though I can always burn it and beat it with Arcanine and Milotic. Anyway, I think it's pretty obvious that my primary concern right now is getting Stealth Rock off the field so Swellow, Arcanine, and Froslass can function.
Umbreon used Toxic.
Donphan was badly poisoned!
Donphan used Rapid Spin.
Donphan blew away the pointed stones!
Umbreon lost 5% of its health.
Umbreon's leftovers restored its health a little!
Umbreon restored 5% of its health.
Donphan is hurt by poison!
Donphan lost 6% of its health.
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(Psn)
Toxic is better than it being Curse at least, though I will still undoubtedly lose Donphan now. That's another Pokemon down for me, but at least I can set up Stealth Rock so that he can't freely switch Moltres in.
Umbreon used Wish.
Umbreon made a wish!
Donphan used Stealth Rock.
Pointed stones float in the air around the foe's team!
Donphan is hurt by poison!
Donphan lost 12% of its health.
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(Psn)
Alright, time for me to pelt him with Earthquake and hopefully crit. I might even be able to KO Umbreon if it doesn't use Protect.
Umbreon used Toxic.
But it failed!
Donphan used Earthquake.
Umbreon lost 45% of its health.
The wish came true!
Umbreon restored 45% of its health.
Donphan is hurt by poison!
Donphan lost 19% of its health.
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(Psn)
Alright, so while I wait for Donphan to bite the dust, I think about my next plan of action. I think the best thing I can do is honestly set up Spikes so that Umbreon can't stall out Swellow (I don't know if it has Protect or an attacking move yet).
Umbreon used Wish.
Umbreon made a wish!
Donphan used Earthquake.
Umbreon lost 42% of its health.
Umbreon's leftovers restored its health a little!
Umbreon restored 6% of its health.
Donphan is hurt by poison!
Donphan lost 17% of its health.
Heysup's Donphan fainted.
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4-6
(Psn)(Donphan - 0%) vs
There goes Donphan. Froslass is my best choice right now, once I have Spikes up and Blastoise gone I should have an easy time sweeping. It's getting to that stage without losing that's going to be the problem...
Heysup switched in Froslass (lvl 100 Froslass ?).
(Prz)
Now he is either going to switch to Blastoise, which is OK since he would still be in KO range from Milotic, or he will Taunt or use Payback and heal itself with Wish. Either way, Spikes are my key to winning this battle.
vielIeis switched in Blastoise (lvl 100 Blastoise ?).
Pointed stones dug into Blastoise.
Blastoise lost 12% of its health.
Froslass used Spikes.
Spikes were scattered around the foe's team!
The wish came true!
Blastoise restored 50% of its health.
Blastoise's leftovers restored its health a little!
Blastoise restored 6% of its health.
Blastoise was hurt by its burn!
Blastoise lost 12% of its health.
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(Prz)
Alright, I'm not willing to give up Froslass yet, but if he gets rid of Rocks here I am in deep shit since Moltres can switch in freely and destroy me. I think Froslass being alive is pretty important for back-up Spikes and Spin Blocking if he manages to outpredict me. It also can still heal from Umbreon.
Heysup switched in Milotic (lvl 100 Milotic ?).
Blastoise used Surf.
It's not very effective...
Milotic lost 11% of its health.
Blastoise's leftovers restored its health a little!
Blastoise restored 6% of its health.
Blastoise was hurt by its burn!
Blastoise lost 12% of its health.
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vielIeis: i win this
vielIeis: and you know that
Heysup: hmm
I know nothing! I have two options here: I can either risk the 79.49% I have to KO him from 50%, or I can attempt to maneuver around Rapid Spin with Froslass in order to make sure he is KOed 100% of the time. Either way, he will probably switch out, but 79.49% is a pretty big number, I think I can rely on it.
Milotic used Hidden Power.
It's super effective!
Blastoise lost 49% of its health.
Milotic lost 10% of its health.
Blastoise used Rapid Spin.
Blastoise blew away the spikes!
Blastoise blew away the pointed stones!
Milotic lost 2% of its health.
Blastoise's leftovers restored its health a little!
Blastoise restored 6% of its health.
Blastoise was hurt by its burn!
Blastoise lost 8% of its health.
vielIeis's Blastoise fainted.
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4-5
Damn Shoddy Battle and its douchebaggery! That puts me in some deep shit, Moltres is free to roam the sky without taking 50% per switch-in. At least Blastoise is out of the way? :(
vielIeis switched in Sceptile (lvl 100 Sceptile ?).
Heysup: that damn 20.51% chance
vielIeis: lo milotic Oo
Alright, so he has a Sceptile which could potentially be problematic, but I don't think he is going to be Specs or Life Orb since he is using a mainly defensive team besides Moltres (who is still alive and well unfortunately). Arcanine is probably my best bet because I don't want to lose my one hope of beating Moltres. Worst case scenario: he Leaf Storms and KOes Arcanine. Best case scenario: I heal Arcanine up.
Heysup switched in Arcanine (lvl 100 Arcanine ?).
Arcanine's intimidate cut Sceptile's attack!
Sceptile used Substitute.
Sceptile lost 25% of its health.
Sceptile made a substitute!
Sceptile's leftovers restored its health a little!
Sceptile restored 6% of its health.
Arcanine's leftovers restored its health a little!
Arcanine restored 6% of its health.
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Well at least he didn't attack me. Now just incase he has an attack that can KO me, I am going to use ExtremeSpeed to break his substitute. If he doesn't have anything to hit me with, I am free to heal myself back up.
Arcanine used Extremespeed.
The substitute took damage for Sceptile!
Sceptile's substitute faded!
Sceptile used Leech Seed.
Arcanine was seeded!
Sceptile's leftovers restored its health a little!
Sceptile restored 6% of its health.
Arcanine's leftovers restored its health a little!
Arcanine restored 6% of its health.
Arcanine's health was sapped by leech seed!
Arcanine lost 12% of its health.
Sceptile regained health!
Sceptile restored 13% of its health.
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Well it looks like I can use Morning Sun and heal myself up. This is a pretty cocky move on his part since I think he knows Arcanine will be able to outheal Moltres's Air Slash. If he uses Roost on Moltres I can simply switch to Milotic and force him back out. Things are still looking grim though, as my best check for Moltres is 2HKOed...
Sceptile used Substitute.
Sceptile lost 25% of its health.
Sceptile made a substitute!
Arcanine used Morning Sun.
Arcanine restored 50% of its health.
Sceptile's leftovers restored its health a little!
Sceptile restored 6% of its health.
Arcanine's leftovers restored its health a little!
Arcanine restored 6% of its health.
Arcanine's health was sapped by leech seed!
Arcanine lost 12% of its health.
Sceptile regained health!
Sceptile restored 13% of its health.
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Time to heal up again! Once I heal up I am going to attempt to mind game him into giving me a chance to Flare Blitz and OHKO him.
Sceptile used Energy Ball.
It's not very effective...
Arcanine lost 17% of its health.
Arcanine used Morning Sun.
Arcanine restored 50% of its health.
Sceptile's leftovers restored its health a little!
Sceptile restored 6% of its health.
Arcanine's leftovers restored its health a little!
Arcanine restored 6% of its health.
Arcanine's health was sapped by leech seed!
Arcanine lost 12% of its health.
Sceptile regained health!
Sceptile restored 1% of its health.
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Alright, I'm healthy enough to take him on now. Let's see if I can manage to trick him into wasting Substitutes.
vielIeis switched in Umbreon (lvl 100 Umbreon ?).
Arcanine used Flare Blitz.
Umbreon lost 48% of its health.
Arcanine was hit by recoil!
Arcanine lost 18% of its health.
Arcanine's leftovers restored its health a little!
Arcanine restored 6% of its health.
Arcanine's health was sapped by leech seed!
Arcanine lost 12% of its health.
Umbreon regained health!
Umbreon restored 11% of its health.
Umbreon's leftovers restored its health a little!
Umbreon restored 6% of its health.
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Umbreon, interesting. He could easily outheal me with Wish, Protect, and Leech Seed, so this is still a bad matchup for me. However I am happy that Umbreon is weakened enough for Swellow to beat. Speaking of Swellow, there is no better time for me to switch it in since if he uses Protect now he can't use it to buy a turn for Flame Orb to hurt Swellow. It's worth a shot anyway.
Heysup switched in Swellow (lvl 100 Swellow ?).
Umbreon used Toxic.
But it failed!
Swellow was hurt by its burn!
Swellow lost 12% of its health.
Umbreon's leftovers restored its health a little!
Umbreon restored 6% of its health.
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(Brn)
Toxic again I see, that's actually great news. He has nothing to take Swellow's Facade now, so time to start spamming Facade! Actually, I need to play this well since I only have so many attacks on Swellow.
Swellow used Facade.
A critical hit!
Umbreon lost 40% of its health.
vielIeis's Umbreon fainted.
Swellow was hurt by its burn!
Swellow lost 12% of its health.
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4-4
(Brn)
An unnecessary crit KOes Umbreon as he doesn't want to sacrifice anything else. Who is next?
vielIeis switched in Uxie (lvl 100 Uxie).
(Brn)(Swellow - 76%) vs (Uxie - 14%)
Uxie. I think I'm going to U-turn out so I don't need to take another round of Burn damage when I KO it. Again, when using Swellow minimizing Stealth Rock and burn damage is super important.
Swellow used U-turn.
It's super effective!
Uxie lost 14% of its health.
vielIeis's Uxie fainted.
Heysup switched in Froslass (lvl 100 Froslass ?).
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4-3
(Prz) (Froslass - 36%) vs (Uxie - 0%)
Froslass is essentially useless at this point besides the possible Spikes it could set up. However, since Blastoise is down, it doesn't quite matter to me.
vielIeis switched in Raikou (lvl 100 Raikou).
(Prz) (Froslass - 36%) vs (Raikou - 100%)
This could be awful if he is SubCM. In fact I could easily lose right here if he is SubCM. I need to Taunt it just to make sure it can't take out Arcanine and Swellow with boosted Thunderbolts.
Raikou is exerting its pressure!
Raikou used Shadow Ball.
It's super effective!
Froslass lost 36% of its health.
Heysup's Froslass fainted.
Raikou lost 10% of its health.
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3-3
(Prz) (Froslass - 0%) vs (Raikou - 90%)
Thankfully it's Life Orb. I simply need to revenge kill Raikou now.
Side note: Froslass had a great battle. It showed how Froslass CAN last throughout most of the match.
Heysup switched in Swellow (lvl 100 Swellow ?).
(Brn)(Swellow - 76%) vs (Raikou - 90%)
Hopefully he switches in Moltres to take Facade, but I think he will just let me hit Raikou. Swellow is stomping through his team!
Swellow used Facade.
Raikou lost 90% of its health.
vielIeis's Raikou fainted.
Swellow was hurt by its burn!
Swellow lost 12% of its health.
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3-2
(Brn)(Swellow - 64%) vs (Raikou - 0%)
Raikou down, who's next!
vielIeis switched in Sceptile (lvl 100 Sceptile ?).
(Brn) (Swellow - 64%) vs (Sceptile - 100%)
Shit. I can't OHKO Sceptile without sacrificing Swellow, and I'm really not ready to do that since Swellow is clearly my key to victory. I think the best thing for me to do here is U-turn out and send in Arcanine to deal with Sceptile once again.
Swellow used U-turn.
It's super effective!
Sceptile lost 74% of its health.
Heysup switched in Arcanine (lvl 100 Arcanine ?).
Arcanine's intimidate cut Sceptile's attack!
Sceptile used Substitute.
Sceptile lost 25% of its health.
Sceptile made a substitute!
Sceptile's leftovers restored its health a little!
Sceptile restored 6% of its health.
Arcanine's leftovers restored its health a little!
Arcanine restored 6% of its health.
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(Arcanine - 67%) vs (Sceptile - 7%)
Bleh, it still got a Substitute up. I think the smartest thing for him to do right now is to Leech Seed me and beat me with Moltres. However I think I smell a comeback!
Sceptile used Leech Seed.
Arcanine was seeded!
Arcanine used Flare Blitz.
It's super effective!
The substitute took damage for Sceptile!
Sceptile's substitute faded!
Arcanine was hit by recoil!
Arcanine lost 8% of its health.
Sceptile's leftovers restored its health a little!
Sceptile restored 6% of its health.
Arcanine's leftovers restored its health a little!
Arcanine restored 6% of its health.
Arcanine's health was sapped by leech seed!
Arcanine lost 12% of its health.
Sceptile regained health!
Sceptile restored 13% of its health.
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(Arcanine - 53%) vs (Sceptile - 25%)
As expected, he used Leech Seed. However I can now finish him with ExtremeSpeed, hopefully allowing me to beat him with Swellow since I will be safe from another burn damage tick.
vielIeis switched in Moltres (lvl 100 Moltres).
Moltres is exerting its pressure!
Arcanine used Extremespeed.
Moltres lost 27% of its health.
Arcanine's leftovers restored its health a little!
Arcanine restored 6% of its health.
Arcanine's health was sapped by leech seed!
Arcanine lost 12% of its health.
Moltres regained health!
Moltres restored 13% of its health.
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(Arcanine - 47%) vs (Moltres - 55%)
Ugh. That is a great play by him and it puts me in a horrible situation. I need to actually hit him with Flare Blitz the turn he decides to Attack in order for him to be in Facade KO range, otherwise I think I'm in trouble. I will ExtremeSpeed initially though so I don't hit myself with recoil damage and faint prematurely.
Arcanine used Extremespeed.
Moltres lost 27% of its health.
Moltres used Roost.
Moltres restored 50% of its health.
Arcanine's leftovers restored its health a little!
Arcanine restored 6% of its health.
Arcanine's health was sapped by leech seed!
Arcanine lost 12% of its health.
Moltres regained health!
Moltres restored 13% of its health.
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(Arcanine - 41%) vs (Moltres - 90%)
This blows :(. However I think it is time for me to sacrifice Arcanine to hit him as hard as I can, putting him in Swellow KO range.
Arcanine used Flare Blitz.
It's not very effective...
Moltres lost 31% of its health.
Arcanine was hit by recoil!
Arcanine lost 10% of its health.
Moltres used Air Slash.
Arcanine lost 29% of its health.
Heysup's Arcanine fainted.
Moltres lost 10% of its health.
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2-2
(Arcanine - 0%) vs (Moltres - 49%)
Yes! I got him into Facade KO range. Time to send out Swellow and hopefully finish this.
Heysup switched in Swellow (lvl 100 Swellow ?).
vielIeis: fuckin swellow
vielIeis: >-<
(Brn) (Swellow - 64%) vs (Moltres - 49%)
Indeed. Swellow has been a huge pain in the ass to him this match. Facade spamming time!
Swellow used Facade.
Moltres lost 50% of its health.
vielIeis's Moltres fainted.
Swellow was hurt by its burn!
Swellow lost 12% of its health.
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2-1
(Brn)(Swellow - 52%) vs (Moltres - 0%)
One more.
vielIeis switched in Sceptile (lvl 100 Sceptile ?).
(Brn) (Swellow -52%) vs (Sceptile - 25%)
I hope I don't miss...you know with Bright Powder being so common. I just want to point out here that if I had switched into Stealth Rock a couple times, Swellow would be no more. That's why I think it's so important to be careful when to send Swellow out.
Swellow used Facade.
Sceptile lost 25% of its health.
vielIeis's Sceptile fainted.
Heysup wins!
2-0
(Brn) (Swellow - 52%) vs (Sceptile - 0%)
Whew, that was a tough match, I didn't think I had a chance until I turned the tide late game with Swellow. Good game vielleis!
vielIeis: gg
matty: game was legit
Heysup: gg
matty has left the room.
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Vielieis team:
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Props: Vielieis team:
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- Swellow is awesome.
- Froslass is awesome.
- Moltres is a huge threat.
- Very fun intense battle based in keeping Spikes on the field and minimizing burn damage!
- Him not having an effective Swellow counter.
- Me not having an effective Moltres counter.
Swellow (M) @ Flame Orb
Ability: Guts
EVs: 252 Atk/4 Def/252 Spd
Jolly nature (+Spd, -SAtk)
- Brave Bird
- Facade
- Quick Attack
- U-turn
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Swellow was unbelievable this match. It helped abuse Spikes with U-turn and turned the tide of the with a late game sweep.
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Also, ding 2000?
Couple shout outs:
eric the espeon: Grats on mods and everything. Thanks for being super nice and reasonable all the time. FATHER OF LC.
Gen_Empoleon: Gine_Empoleon. Thanks for helping me study for calculus and being cool.
SDS: SDS is the only person with 3 personalities I know. One is cool, another is smart, and the last one is just a huge douchebag.
Vader: Vader is a cool guy. We are living proof that Jews and Arabs can get a long. Learn from us Middle-East!
Elevator Music: Our ladder races are always fun, and it's nice to be second best sometimes :)
Fuzznip and Xia: Thanks for being ballin grammar checkers
GK: my number 1 buddy in LC.
Beef: my ex-number 1 buddy in LC. Come back you dumbass.
Dracoyoshi: slugma sucks, GET OVER IT!
Macle: We dislike the same people. Mooocle.
MGX, Askaninjask, Dubulous, Altair, Tennisace, Kannon, iss, Psyke etc: Thanks for being really cool in IRC and on the forums. Stay active!
Deck Knight: We are the sons of Abraham.
Xianglongfa: Froslass is broken bud.
reachzero: Thanks for being understanding all of the time :)
Lemmiwinks MkII: Thanks for keeping me in check in the UU forum.
I guess I'll stop here before I get flamed/trolled and/or ICBB :)
I hope you enjoyed this warstory :)
