BeachBoy
April 16th, 2008, 05:24 AM
G'day Pokécommunity, Beachy here!
Chya, so due to the recent addition of the Battle Logs Sub-forum, I decided to go fishing through my laptop to find some interesting battles to display to the PC public. Think I found a good one, so here goes...
About two weeks ago, I was yet again surfing around the forums. Also at the time taking a leave from shoddy, as battling became too much of an addiction. Though one late night... Kagami, otherwise known as Alex, stopped by my fan club and wondered wether I was up for a "BeachBrawl" over on shoddy. Which was quite surprising since in my Pokécommunity lifetime I had never seen him in the Pokémon Strategies & Movesets forum before. Accepting his request we both headed on shoddy to BEACHBRAWL!!11! battle.
I was eager to get in the swing of battling again, and my competitive fire began to fuel. Not only that, I had absolutely no clue how experienced Alex was. As far as I've seen, he's never in S&M, never heard him talk about competitive play, and somewhat rare to even see him outside of member fanclubs and misc. sections. So basically, assuming he isn't around S&M much, my fire raged with overwhelming confidence for the match. Which, for me, can usually be my worst enemy. XD
Before we get the ball rolling, I think it would be nice to know the team ahead of time to get you a better sense into my mind and play during the battle.
BeachBoy's Team
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As most of you know I'm an offensive kinda guy, full out berserker. So no surprise that this team settles with little walling and heavy powerhouse offense, pretty easy to see that just looking at this line up. ;D
Also, Kagami's team shall be secret here. So really, your viewing the battle just like me.
Ladder system rules apply in this battle, here's the quick run down.
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Evasion Clause
Freeze Clause
OHKO Clause
Sleep Clause
Species Clause
Timed Battle (tick tock, the clock's runnin')
Also, I know how Blueberry has urged us to be creative with our logs, so I will try my best. I don't think I can do very well in that aspect of changing the log so much. But hey, I'm givin' it a whirl as one of my favorite things to do on forums is battle log posting. I'm glad this was established... I put some effort into this, so hope you all enjoy it. ;D
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Kagami sent out Gyarados!
BeachBoy sent out Gyarados!
Equally matched, both monsters fiercely rush their ability of force, intimidate, down upon each other.
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Okay, the match has begun, first off, it's even. Dos on Dos, meaning Kagami must have some skill in him to use one of the more effective leads in today's metagame. Mmmm, I don't like the chances of stone edges, and he may switch himself. So I'll go to swampert as gyarados can't touch him, and if he dragon dances, my mud puppy can rawr the beast. Plus, my team is relient on getting rocks in early, and especially in this match as I know he has a gyarados.
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BeachBoy switched in Swampert.
Gyarados used Stone Edge. (not very effective.)
Swampert lost 7% of its health.
A part of an apple heals Swampert a tad.
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Swampert .// 99%
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As expected, he sheers out the stones. Swampert, my only true wall, wasn't damaged much... So pert should easily get rocks in, Kagami will probably switch if he has skill, as he's at a disadvantage here. Knowing the switch is coming, rocks have the perfect set up, and so gyarados won't like his next entry against me.
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Kagami switched in Skarmory.
Swampert used Stealth Rock.
Dark stones cover around Kagumi's team.
Pert's apple heals it perfectly.
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Perfect! Have the rocks up and cover some security for his leviathan later on. Pert against Skarmory, usually hydro pump swamperts can 2HKO skarmory. Though my swampert is different. I have Ice beam & Earthquake for the best type coverage in the game. So can't harm skarmory much. Mine as well switch out... ice beam won't harm it, and earthquake would erupt an LOL party. I think I'll bring in Salamence as skarmory could be a stealth rock version, rare yes, though mine as well get mence in for superior destruction. >D
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BeachBoy switched in Salamence.
Salamence's intimidate burns into Skarmory.
Skarmory used Spikes,
Spikes flew to the ground surrounding Salamence and the blue crew.
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Skarmory .// - 1 attack
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Well not stealth rock version of course, but I like that it's only a spiker. Half my team is immune to ground, so spikes don't cause much of a problem. I still don't know him well enough yet, so I'll contain myself and go full force meteor berserk on him. Still take a nice size out of skarm. And if he decides to switch I'll still leave some type of dent. Specsmence is a beast, so time to let it rip.
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Salamence used Draco Meteor. (not very effective.)
Skarmory lost 73% of its health.
Salamence's special attack was harshly lowered.
Skarmory used Whirlwind.
BeachBoy switched in Swampert.
Spikes scar into swampert exterior bites it's health away.
A leftover apple restores Skarm and Pert a little bit.
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Skarmory .// 33% .// - 1 attack
Swampert .// 94% .//
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Well instead, he whirled me away. Gah, I should've fire blast'd that metal bird to bits, but when you see a gyarados and skarmory don't ever be surprised a heatran is close by. Oh well, pert - skarm matchup once again. Last time I switched to mence, so maybe he'll switch to something to deal with it like a garchomp. Mmmm, I'll stay safe and ice beam. I'm still unsure of his tactics at this point.
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Skarmory fueled itself back to health with Roost.
Swampert used Ice Beam. (not very effective.)
Skarmory lost 13% of its health.
Both of their granysmith apples play a role in healing them.
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Skarmory .// 70% .// - 1 attack
Swampert .// 100%
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Well, at least it gave skarm a small amount of damage. Though roost didn't help. This turn didn't help me.... Time to get this metal bird outta here and scout his team. >]
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Skarmory used Spikes.
Spikes continue to layer swampert's side of the field.
Swampert used BGAAAHHHHHH (rawr) (roar)
Kagami switched in Jolteon.
Teeth like stones bite into Jolteon.
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Skarmory .// 64%
Jolteon .// 88%
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A jolteon ay? Dayum. Well jolteon spells hidden power grass all over it. Though... I still don't know Alex's play level yet. Losing swampert here wouldn't really hurt either, as I need to get these heavy hitters in here already. This stalling is bugging me deeply. Let's see some offense! >D Hmmmm.... he could predict I'm switching in fear of HP[grass] and then substitute. Mmmm, I'll earthquake this time. See where the dice rolls.
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Jolteon used Baton Pass.
Kagami switched in Skarmory.
Dark stones rip into Skarmory.
Swampert used Earthquake.
Skarmory laughs at the unaffected quake.
An apple refreshes Skarmory a small amount.
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Skarmory .// 76%
Jolteon .// 88%
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Another tough turn. Instead of a sub or hidden power grass, he baton passes. He probably was trying to scout me by predicting I would switch. Nice move. Also skarm is back and again I can't touch him. That bird is too annoying. He'll lay those spikes down a final time... So I should continue to phaze him and scout what other pokemon he has.
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Skarmory used Spikes.
A final layer of spikes scattered the field.
Swampert used RAWR!
Kagami switched in Gyarados.
Gyarados's presence glares into Swampert.
Black oynx rocks shred through his leviathan.
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Skarmory .// 64%
Gyarados .// 75%
Swampert .// 100% .// -1 attack
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Okay just fine. Mmmm yeah, I'll take a unwanted fourth of health everytime I enter with lucario, heatran and swampert from here on out. Good thing that stones came to huant Gyarados, though it unfortuantely doesn't let me know anymore members of his team. I only have seen his Gyarados, Jolteon, and Skarmory. What else is he holding in the wings..... Swampert has, more then enough, filled his roll in this battle. Mine as well keep at it with him until he goes. I need an easy switch in, freeze hax could be nice as well. ;P
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Kagami switched in Skarmory.
Black cold stones fly though Skarmory.
Swampert used Ice Beam.
Skarmory lost 26% of its health.
Leftovers come in favor for Skarmory.
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Skarmory .// 32%
Swampert .// 100% .// -1 attack
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Ice beam did well actually. Now skarmory is little in health, which is an excellent chance to get some heavy dose of offense hitter in.... or he could expect that and whirlwind. Argh, what the heck is he going to do! I'll roar... if he roosts he'll get a nice kudo but at least I can get in more scouting. Sheesh this is rare, I'm usually shreding people at this point... With all this offense I'm surprised I have yet to touch that score board.
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Skarmory lays down for a minute to recover with Roost.
Swampert used RAWR!
Kagami switched in Lucario.
Scard rocks barely bite into Lucario.
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Lucario .// 97%
Skarmory .// 82%
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Mmmmmm, a lucario and a healthy skarmory. Lucario is so unpredictable first time out of the gate. Could be specsluke, could be SDluke, could be Mixluke (hehe) for all I know. He has a gyarados already for a physical threat, and jolteon as somewhat of a special. Makes more sense if this was Specsluke then... Mmmm he could attack, hurt me some and I could get some nice damage in. I'll earthquake to see how things go. Though he does have skarmory.... But I can't Ice beam, it would hurt luke less. Argh fine, quake the fool!
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Kagami switched in Skarmory.
Sharp stones dug into Skarmory.
Swampert used Earthquake. (doesn't affect Skarmory)
Leftovers kick in for the bird.
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Skarmory .// 76%
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*headdesk* Gah, it's just not my day. Well outpredicted me there again. Well this swampert vs. skarmory match up doesn't boat well for me, so I mine as well switch to a powerhouse to get the ball rolling in my favor.
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BeachBoy switched in Salamence.
The dragons sheer image makes Skarmory scream. (like a chicken)
Skarmory used Whirlwind.
BeachBoy switched in Gengar.
Skarmory's leftovers refresh some health.
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Skarmory .// 82% .// -1 attack
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Exactly the reason half of this team is immune to ground, spikes. I'm okay with the wind to gengar instead. Though again things get a bit hectic here in my head. The scenarios run throughout it like wild fire. Of course my gengar has thunderbolt, but it also has choice scarf, and what pokemon did we see earlier in this match? Jolteon. If I lock on jolteon I give Kagami not only a free turn, but an excellent chance to start some trouble if it carries Hidden power grass. So I'll hypnosis to not worry about jolteon...
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Gengar used Hypnosis.
Skarmory fell asleep! Zzzzzz
Leftovers help out skarmory some.
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Skarmory .// 88% .// -1 attack .// sleep status
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Stayed in, garh.... Well skarm is asleep, so now time to switch in some firepower to get things rolling in my favor.
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Kagami switched in Blissey. :O
Piercing rocks run into Blissey.
BeachBoy switched in Salamence.
The deep red wings make the pink blob huddle in fear.
A leftover apple replenishes Blissey.
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Blissey .// 94% .// -1 attack
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This is where I wish I switched to lucario, mmm that would have been great. Anyway, Specsmence isn't a threat with that pink blob around, and I just changed from Mixmence to Specsmence too. =/ Blissey could stealth rock, ice beam, possibly thunderwave Mence. Swampert will take those just fine. So here comes mud puppy!
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BeachBoy switched in Swampert.
Spikes flew onto the mud beast inflicting pain.
Blissey used Aromatherapy.
Swampert's and Blissey's lunch restores their health.
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Swampert .// 81%
Blissey .// 100% .// -1 attack
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So he heals the team, simple enough. Now Skarmory is free of sleep status he'll want to make it a Skarm/Pert match up once more. Aha, not this time bro! I could switch to heatran or rawr. I like scouting over Tran who would be walled by blissey anyways, so rawr it is!
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Kagami switched in Skarmory.
Pointy rocks flew into the metal chicken.
Swampert used RAWR!
Kagami switched in Infernape.
Pointed stones curve into Infernape.
Leftover's boost pert's health a bit.
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Skarmory .// 76%
Swampert .// 87%
Infernape .// 88%
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Exactly expected. Though Infernape, yet another versatile wall breaker, isn't very welcome with swampert. So far he seems to be thinking one step ahead, so I'll stay in and watch the nasty plot, earthquaking nape to a early exit.
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Infernape used Close Combat.
Swampert lost 42% of its health.
Infernape's defence was lowered.
Infernape's special defence was lowered.
Infernape's life orb enters in pain for Infernape.
Swampert used Earthquake. (super effective.)
Infernape lost 78% of its health.
Kagami's Infernape fainted.
Leftover's rescue swampert's mediocre health.
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Swampert .// 51%
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(6-5) - BeachBoy
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Well didn't Nasty Plot, but instead close combat'd. Finally touch the score board, and hopefully stay on the blue side the rest of the way. Now that he can switch anyone in, I expect skarmory to hit the scene, he obviously like the match up of Pert vs. Skarm, which in turn, I dislike. >.>
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Kagami switched in Skarmory.
Stones swirled into skarmory's armor.
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Skarmory used Roost.
Skarmory restored 32% of its health.
Swampert used Ice Beam. (not very effective.)
Skarmory lost 14% of its health.
Leftovers heal Skarmory & Swampert.
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Skarmory .// 92%
Swampert .// 57%
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Yup, brought the metal chicken back. I ice beamd in hopes of a switch as he may have thought I would switch. Unfortunately he outpredicts me once more and skarmory is fully healthy. =/ He's fully healthy, has all spikes down, is against a physical wall by the name of Swampert.... So he'll whirlwind of course. MMmmmm, I'll roar & see who gets it.
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Skarmory used Whirlwind.
BeachBoy switched in Gengar.
Leftovers help out skarmory.
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Skarmory .// 98%---
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He gets the phaze, but I don't mind finally getting swampert out of that annoying match up. Gar's back, again, shouldn't thunderbolt... Jolteon will probably make the appearence here... So a good time to give it sleep.
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Gengar used Hypnosis.
Gengar's attack missed!
Skarmory used Drill Peck.
Gengar lost 47% of its health.
Leftovers refresh skarmory's health fully.
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Gengar .// 53%
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*Glares at hax god* >.> Mmm, gengar misses, but he didn't switch to Jolteon... interesting. Well some one has to hit the Zzzz.
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Gengar used Hypnosis.
Gengar's attack missed!
Skarmory used Drill Peck.
Gengar lost 47% of its health.
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Gengar .// 6%
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Ouch, that doesn't help in any way. Gengar's role in sleeping jolteon failed. COME ON GENGAR, LAND A HYPNOSIS! lol (Yes, commentary deleted in log where I cursed at the skies incredibly, well okay I didn't curse off but I said come on a lot :x)
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Gengar used Hypnosis.
Skarmory fell asleep!
Zzzzzzz
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Gengar .// 6%
Skarmory .// 100% .// sleep status
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Okay metal chicken go night night. Last time I did this he went to blissey, so he'll probably do it again, Mhm time for Gyarados to re-enter the scene and get it's groove on with blissey in. >]
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Kagami switched in Blissey.
Pointed stones dug into Blissey.
BeachBoy switched in Gyarados.
Gyarados enters the area with such a confidence that blissey fears it.
The apple refreshes Blissey a tad.
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Blissey .// 94% .// -1 attack
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Perfect! Gyarados against blissey, shut down it's aroma and let the set up fun begin!
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Gyarados used Taunt. Bring it sista!
Blissey fell for the taunt!
Blissey used Aromatherapy.
Blissey can't use Aromatherapy after the taunt! (haha locked down)
Blissey's leftovers restored some health.
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Blissey .// 100% .// -1 attack .// Tuanted
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Now we're getting in that flow, just set up and Gyarados and wipe the floor with another team.
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Gyarados used Dragon Dance.
Gyarados's attack was raised.
Gyarados's speed was raised.
Blissey used Thunderbolt. (super effective!)
Gyarados lost 74% of its health.
The leviathan's tiny apple recovers a small amount.
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Gyarados .// 32% .// +1 attack & speed
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Thunderbolt?! Gah, didn't see that coming. I expected seismic toss or ice beam, since jolteon fills some electric need, oh well. Well that ruins the hopeful flow of DDrage. Gah, he won't let me get in my flow of destruction. :/ Oh well, mine as well get a nice hit in, maybe some lucky flinch too.
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Gyarados used Waterfall.
Blissey lost 53% of its health.
Blissey used Thunderbolt. (super effective)
Gyarados lost 32% of its health.
BeachBoy's Gyarados fainted.
Leftovers help out blissey.
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Blissey .// 53%
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(5 all)
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I really didn't expect his blissey to carry thunderbolt judging by the make up of his team. Cost me my leviathan and the lead. =/ Well Blissey is half health, I should bring out mence for the meteor destruction and finish off the pink blob.
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BeachBoy switched in Salamence.
Salamence's intimidate cut Blissey's attack!
Kagami switched in Lucario.
Stones scratch lucario a tad.
Salamence used Draco Meteor. (not very effective.)
Lucario lost 90% of its health.
Salamence's special attack was harshly lowered.
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Salamence .// 100 .// -2 Special attack
Lucario .// 5%
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Well... no hit for blissey, but instead severely weaken his Lucario. As mentioned before, I think it's a specsluke judging the build of his squad... So I'll go to swampert just in case it is Hidden power ice, or for some reason a swords dance lucario, whcih swampert could phaze.
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BeachBoy switched in Swampert.
Swampert was hurt by enraged Spikes! (-25%)
Lucario used Dragon Pulse.
Swampert lost 32% of its health.
BeachBoy's Swampert fainted.
(4 - 5) Kagami
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No swords dance, no hidden power ice, just the end of mud puppy. Who did an excellent job in this battle. Somewhat glad I no longer need to relie on it. I'll bring in gengar as I know I can then outspeed it, but gah jolteon yet again is still out there. Now I can't mess around with choice scarf and be locked into thunderbolt. Gengar's Hidden Power [ice] can finish lucario anyways.
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BeachBoy switched in Gengar.
Gengar used Hidden Power. (not very effective.)
Lucario lost 5% of its health.
Kagami's Lucario fainted.
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Gengar .// 6%
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(4 all)
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Good other threat out of the way, and not locked onto a jolteon. *phew* (small note: clock hits a number of seconds as I left the battle to go get a drink) :x
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Kagami switched in Jolteon.
Dark rocks ride into Jolteon.
Gengar used Hidden Power.
Jolteon lost 37% of its health.
Jolteon used & made a Substitute. (-25%)
Jolteon's Salac Berry raised its speed!
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Jolteon .// 12% .// Substitute .// +1 speed
Gengar .// 6%
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Well I got jolteon down to size, but just in aid by activating salac, and substitute is up. Only way I can break a sub without swampert at this point is sacrifice. Good job gengar.
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Jolteon used Thunderbolt.
Gengar lost 6% of its health.
BeachBoy's Gengar fainted.
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Jolteon .// 12% .// Substitute .// +1 speed
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(3 - 4) Kagami
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Has to bite the dust in order to get this dangerous sub out of the way. Heatran will become the next peice of meat. Salamence and Lucario have to stick around as long as Skarmory and Blissey are still able to battle.
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BeachBoy switched in Heatran.
Heatran was hurt a lot by Spikes!
Jolteon used Baton Pass.
Kagami switched in Gyarados.
Gyarados's intimidate cut Heatran's attack!
Pointed stones dug into Gyarados.
Heatran used Dragon Pulse.
The substitute took damage for Gyarados!
Gyarados's substitute ran off in horror.
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Heatran .// 75%
Gyarados .// 50%
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Gave the substitute to gyarados, probably thinking he can pull off a sweep here with dragon dance. Heatran did the job in saying bai bai to the substitute and now gyarados is forced to destroy heatran.
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Gyarados used Waterfall.
It's super effective!
Heatran lost 69% of its health.
Heatran used Dragon Pulse.
Gyarados lost 45% of its health.
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Heatran 7%
Gyarados 5%
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Heatran sacrficing itself once again, pulsing gyarados to exit, also putting gyarados in range for salamence's fireblast to KO.
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Gyarados used Waterfall.
It's super effective!
Heatran lost 6% of its health.
BeachBoy's Heatran fainted.
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Gyarados .// 5%
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(2 - 4) Kagami
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Okay good, heatran's down leaving the open switch in for salamence to intimidate. Then fireblast in case skarmory gets any crazy idea a dragon pulse/meteor would come.
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BeachBoy switched in Salamence.
Salamence's intimidate cut Gyarados's attack!
Gyarados used Stone Edge.
Gyarados's attack missed!
Salamence used Fire Blast. (not very effective)
Gyarados lost 5% of its health.
Kagami's Gyarados fainted.
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Salamence .// 100%
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(2 - 3) Kagami
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Salamence should have survived the stone edge anyways, as gyarados was intimidated as well. Getting the leviathan out of the way, around these turns I notice the plan... Salamence as Alex knows is specs version, meaning he has to bring out blissey next turn. When Blissey gets somewhat injured by fire blast when using aroma for skarmory, she'll leave the window flying right open for....
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Kagami switched in Blissey.
Stones charged upon the nurse.
Salamence used Fire Blast.
Blissey lost 22% of its health.
Blissey used Aromatherapy.
Blissey's leftovers restored its health a little! (+6%)
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Blissey .// 25%
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Alex fell right into the palm of my hands, did exactly what I expected. Now he has to softboil in order to survive.
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BeachBoy switched in Lucario.
Lucario was hurt by the three layers of Spikes!
Blissey used Softboiled. (+50%).
Leftovers activate for Blissey.
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Lucario .// 75%
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Check. Exactly what I was hoping for. Force blissey into a softboil to get Lucario in for all hail to break loose!
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Kagami switched in Skarmory.
Rip Rocks rushed across Skarmory's exterior.
Lucario used Close Combat. (A critical hit!)
Skarmory lost 88% of its health.
Kagami's Skarmory fainted.
Lucario's defence was lowered.
Lucario's special defence was lowered.
Lucario's orb burnt inside of him after his attack.
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Lucario .// 65%
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(2 all)
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Check. Even though it was a critical hit, I still would have 2HKO'd the annoying metal chicken. The window is open and the flow of this hurricane is at full force!
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Kagami switched in Jolteon.
Flying rocks carved Jolteon into submission.
Kagami's Jolteon fainted.
(2 - 1) BeachBoy
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Check. Also, this is a solid reason why it's very important for offensive teams to get Stealth Rocks in early. It really benefits as the match plays on, as shown here.
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Kagami switched in Blissey.
Stones rage the pink blob yet again.
Lucario used Close Combat. (super effective!)
Blissey lost 69% of its health.
Kagami's Blissey fainted.
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Checkmate.
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(2 - 0) BeachBoy wins!
Review...
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We'll that's the game, I did not play up to my best level, and somehow came out with a W. I tried to play around with various formats for this log, and I hope this one did okay for you all. Looking back on this game it shows one main thing... Keep your game play & thoughts simple, that and/or know your opponent. I over thought many plays and mispredicted sometimes, that and Kagami read me like a book. It's unfortunate to say hax played "somewhat" of a factor in this battle, I wish it never happened, but ay that's the game. :/ Only that little window of chance at the end gave me the win....where I waited the perfect opportunity for lucario to come in for the win. Setting up a strategy in today's metagame is vital, I must say. Mine is stealth rocks, get the team in a flow of destruction, and berserk the opponent into submission. Though Kagami was open with stealth rocks early, he ruptured my flow, except when he didn't see that tiny window of opportunity that lucario had to come in on blissey's softboil. I really enjoyed this game, and I believe he did as well. Another point, bulky waters (gyarados & swampert) are absolute beasts! Heatran for me, didn't do to well but that sacrifice was a key part in the battle. I could of put him in on various matchups on skarmory, but didn't, which is regretable. On the other side, dang that metal chicken, my biggest problem in the game. Consistently walled me, and set up spikes with ease....
Another thing is, don't go get a drink in the middle of a battle, I'll admit I did during this just for a second, but that shoddy time just seems to fly away. XD
As I said before, the main thing I hope you possibly learned is don't over analyze the situation. Usually keep things simple and you can do better, by hitting the pure basics I touched the score board for the first time in this battle. Though in the heat of battle, it is quite easy to runs many things from your head, I clearly did that here, and messed up my flow. Secondly, have a plan for skarmbliss in your team, yes it may be an overused and many could say it's a "bad" pair, but they are effective against certian teams, simple as that. Which is the reason my Specsmence is a Mixmence now. ;D This team is doing well, I don't use it much these days, it has flaws, but boy can it hit that high note in chaos when it gets rolling. (Team: 29-8)
So remember kids, sheer offense is a lot more fun than stalling. *anti-pop shott'd*
Credits & Thanks....
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- Alex, you were a great opponent, only one I recently faced that gave me consistent struggle to get in my offensive flow. Thank you & great game!
- Blueberry, you rock for getting this sub-forum in action!
- Sprites from the resource we all know, Pe2k.
- Rules button provided by my friend BJ & Myself. (he got the button image, I made it rules and border)
- Format Design, me of course ;P
- All of you readers too, I really hope you liked it as much as I did.
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Feel free to comment your opinion, rep it, whatever... I just hope you liked reading it after all the work that was put into it.
(small note: if you notice mistakes like spelling and what not, PM me, I'm tired so there should be mistakes here and there, anyways... I'll edit this later with more personalizaton of spikes/SR too~)
Chya, so due to the recent addition of the Battle Logs Sub-forum, I decided to go fishing through my laptop to find some interesting battles to display to the PC public. Think I found a good one, so here goes...
About two weeks ago, I was yet again surfing around the forums. Also at the time taking a leave from shoddy, as battling became too much of an addiction. Though one late night... Kagami, otherwise known as Alex, stopped by my fan club and wondered wether I was up for a "BeachBrawl" over on shoddy. Which was quite surprising since in my Pokécommunity lifetime I had never seen him in the Pokémon Strategies & Movesets forum before. Accepting his request we both headed on shoddy to BEACHBRAWL!!11! battle.
I was eager to get in the swing of battling again, and my competitive fire began to fuel. Not only that, I had absolutely no clue how experienced Alex was. As far as I've seen, he's never in S&M, never heard him talk about competitive play, and somewhat rare to even see him outside of member fanclubs and misc. sections. So basically, assuming he isn't around S&M much, my fire raged with overwhelming confidence for the match. Which, for me, can usually be my worst enemy. XD
Before we get the ball rolling, I think it would be nice to know the team ahead of time to get you a better sense into my mind and play during the battle.
BeachBoy's Team
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As most of you know I'm an offensive kinda guy, full out berserker. So no surprise that this team settles with little walling and heavy powerhouse offense, pretty easy to see that just looking at this line up. ;D
Also, Kagami's team shall be secret here. So really, your viewing the battle just like me.
Ladder system rules apply in this battle, here's the quick run down.
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Evasion Clause
Freeze Clause
OHKO Clause
Sleep Clause
Species Clause
Timed Battle (tick tock, the clock's runnin')
Also, I know how Blueberry has urged us to be creative with our logs, so I will try my best. I don't think I can do very well in that aspect of changing the log so much. But hey, I'm givin' it a whirl as one of my favorite things to do on forums is battle log posting. I'm glad this was established... I put some effort into this, so hope you all enjoy it. ;D
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Kagami sent out Gyarados!
BeachBoy sent out Gyarados!
Equally matched, both monsters fiercely rush their ability of force, intimidate, down upon each other.
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Okay, the match has begun, first off, it's even. Dos on Dos, meaning Kagami must have some skill in him to use one of the more effective leads in today's metagame. Mmmm, I don't like the chances of stone edges, and he may switch himself. So I'll go to swampert as gyarados can't touch him, and if he dragon dances, my mud puppy can rawr the beast. Plus, my team is relient on getting rocks in early, and especially in this match as I know he has a gyarados.
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BeachBoy switched in Swampert.
Gyarados used Stone Edge. (not very effective.)
Swampert lost 7% of its health.
A part of an apple heals Swampert a tad.
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Swampert .// 99%
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As expected, he sheers out the stones. Swampert, my only true wall, wasn't damaged much... So pert should easily get rocks in, Kagami will probably switch if he has skill, as he's at a disadvantage here. Knowing the switch is coming, rocks have the perfect set up, and so gyarados won't like his next entry against me.
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Kagami switched in Skarmory.
Swampert used Stealth Rock.
Dark stones cover around Kagumi's team.
Pert's apple heals it perfectly.
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Perfect! Have the rocks up and cover some security for his leviathan later on. Pert against Skarmory, usually hydro pump swamperts can 2HKO skarmory. Though my swampert is different. I have Ice beam & Earthquake for the best type coverage in the game. So can't harm skarmory much. Mine as well switch out... ice beam won't harm it, and earthquake would erupt an LOL party. I think I'll bring in Salamence as skarmory could be a stealth rock version, rare yes, though mine as well get mence in for superior destruction. >D
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BeachBoy switched in Salamence.
Salamence's intimidate burns into Skarmory.
Skarmory used Spikes,
Spikes flew to the ground surrounding Salamence and the blue crew.
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Skarmory .// - 1 attack
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Well not stealth rock version of course, but I like that it's only a spiker. Half my team is immune to ground, so spikes don't cause much of a problem. I still don't know him well enough yet, so I'll contain myself and go full force meteor berserk on him. Still take a nice size out of skarm. And if he decides to switch I'll still leave some type of dent. Specsmence is a beast, so time to let it rip.
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Salamence used Draco Meteor. (not very effective.)
Skarmory lost 73% of its health.
Salamence's special attack was harshly lowered.
Skarmory used Whirlwind.
BeachBoy switched in Swampert.
Spikes scar into swampert exterior bites it's health away.
A leftover apple restores Skarm and Pert a little bit.
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Skarmory .// 33% .// - 1 attack
Swampert .// 94% .//
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Well instead, he whirled me away. Gah, I should've fire blast'd that metal bird to bits, but when you see a gyarados and skarmory don't ever be surprised a heatran is close by. Oh well, pert - skarm matchup once again. Last time I switched to mence, so maybe he'll switch to something to deal with it like a garchomp. Mmmm, I'll stay safe and ice beam. I'm still unsure of his tactics at this point.
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Skarmory fueled itself back to health with Roost.
Swampert used Ice Beam. (not very effective.)
Skarmory lost 13% of its health.
Both of their granysmith apples play a role in healing them.
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Skarmory .// 70% .// - 1 attack
Swampert .// 100%
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Well, at least it gave skarm a small amount of damage. Though roost didn't help. This turn didn't help me.... Time to get this metal bird outta here and scout his team. >]
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Skarmory used Spikes.
Spikes continue to layer swampert's side of the field.
Swampert used BGAAAHHHHHH (rawr) (roar)
Kagami switched in Jolteon.
Teeth like stones bite into Jolteon.
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Skarmory .// 64%
Jolteon .// 88%
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A jolteon ay? Dayum. Well jolteon spells hidden power grass all over it. Though... I still don't know Alex's play level yet. Losing swampert here wouldn't really hurt either, as I need to get these heavy hitters in here already. This stalling is bugging me deeply. Let's see some offense! >D Hmmmm.... he could predict I'm switching in fear of HP[grass] and then substitute. Mmmm, I'll earthquake this time. See where the dice rolls.
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Jolteon used Baton Pass.
Kagami switched in Skarmory.
Dark stones rip into Skarmory.
Swampert used Earthquake.
Skarmory laughs at the unaffected quake.
An apple refreshes Skarmory a small amount.
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Skarmory .// 76%
Jolteon .// 88%
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Another tough turn. Instead of a sub or hidden power grass, he baton passes. He probably was trying to scout me by predicting I would switch. Nice move. Also skarm is back and again I can't touch him. That bird is too annoying. He'll lay those spikes down a final time... So I should continue to phaze him and scout what other pokemon he has.
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Skarmory used Spikes.
A final layer of spikes scattered the field.
Swampert used RAWR!
Kagami switched in Gyarados.
Gyarados's presence glares into Swampert.
Black oynx rocks shred through his leviathan.
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Skarmory .// 64%
Gyarados .// 75%
Swampert .// 100% .// -1 attack
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Okay just fine. Mmmm yeah, I'll take a unwanted fourth of health everytime I enter with lucario, heatran and swampert from here on out. Good thing that stones came to huant Gyarados, though it unfortuantely doesn't let me know anymore members of his team. I only have seen his Gyarados, Jolteon, and Skarmory. What else is he holding in the wings..... Swampert has, more then enough, filled his roll in this battle. Mine as well keep at it with him until he goes. I need an easy switch in, freeze hax could be nice as well. ;P
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Kagami switched in Skarmory.
Black cold stones fly though Skarmory.
Swampert used Ice Beam.
Skarmory lost 26% of its health.
Leftovers come in favor for Skarmory.
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Skarmory .// 32%
Swampert .// 100% .// -1 attack
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Ice beam did well actually. Now skarmory is little in health, which is an excellent chance to get some heavy dose of offense hitter in.... or he could expect that and whirlwind. Argh, what the heck is he going to do! I'll roar... if he roosts he'll get a nice kudo but at least I can get in more scouting. Sheesh this is rare, I'm usually shreding people at this point... With all this offense I'm surprised I have yet to touch that score board.
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Skarmory lays down for a minute to recover with Roost.
Swampert used RAWR!
Kagami switched in Lucario.
Scard rocks barely bite into Lucario.
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Lucario .// 97%
Skarmory .// 82%
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Mmmmmm, a lucario and a healthy skarmory. Lucario is so unpredictable first time out of the gate. Could be specsluke, could be SDluke, could be Mixluke (hehe) for all I know. He has a gyarados already for a physical threat, and jolteon as somewhat of a special. Makes more sense if this was Specsluke then... Mmmm he could attack, hurt me some and I could get some nice damage in. I'll earthquake to see how things go. Though he does have skarmory.... But I can't Ice beam, it would hurt luke less. Argh fine, quake the fool!
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Kagami switched in Skarmory.
Sharp stones dug into Skarmory.
Swampert used Earthquake. (doesn't affect Skarmory)
Leftovers kick in for the bird.
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Skarmory .// 76%
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*headdesk* Gah, it's just not my day. Well outpredicted me there again. Well this swampert vs. skarmory match up doesn't boat well for me, so I mine as well switch to a powerhouse to get the ball rolling in my favor.
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BeachBoy switched in Salamence.
The dragons sheer image makes Skarmory scream. (like a chicken)
Skarmory used Whirlwind.
BeachBoy switched in Gengar.
Skarmory's leftovers refresh some health.
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Skarmory .// 82% .// -1 attack
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Exactly the reason half of this team is immune to ground, spikes. I'm okay with the wind to gengar instead. Though again things get a bit hectic here in my head. The scenarios run throughout it like wild fire. Of course my gengar has thunderbolt, but it also has choice scarf, and what pokemon did we see earlier in this match? Jolteon. If I lock on jolteon I give Kagami not only a free turn, but an excellent chance to start some trouble if it carries Hidden power grass. So I'll hypnosis to not worry about jolteon...
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Gengar used Hypnosis.
Skarmory fell asleep! Zzzzzz
Leftovers help out skarmory some.
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Skarmory .// 88% .// -1 attack .// sleep status
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Stayed in, garh.... Well skarm is asleep, so now time to switch in some firepower to get things rolling in my favor.
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Kagami switched in Blissey. :O
Piercing rocks run into Blissey.
BeachBoy switched in Salamence.
The deep red wings make the pink blob huddle in fear.
A leftover apple replenishes Blissey.
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Blissey .// 94% .// -1 attack
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This is where I wish I switched to lucario, mmm that would have been great. Anyway, Specsmence isn't a threat with that pink blob around, and I just changed from Mixmence to Specsmence too. =/ Blissey could stealth rock, ice beam, possibly thunderwave Mence. Swampert will take those just fine. So here comes mud puppy!
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BeachBoy switched in Swampert.
Spikes flew onto the mud beast inflicting pain.
Blissey used Aromatherapy.
Swampert's and Blissey's lunch restores their health.
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Swampert .// 81%
Blissey .// 100% .// -1 attack
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So he heals the team, simple enough. Now Skarmory is free of sleep status he'll want to make it a Skarm/Pert match up once more. Aha, not this time bro! I could switch to heatran or rawr. I like scouting over Tran who would be walled by blissey anyways, so rawr it is!
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Kagami switched in Skarmory.
Pointy rocks flew into the metal chicken.
Swampert used RAWR!
Kagami switched in Infernape.
Pointed stones curve into Infernape.
Leftover's boost pert's health a bit.
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Skarmory .// 76%
Swampert .// 87%
Infernape .// 88%
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Exactly expected. Though Infernape, yet another versatile wall breaker, isn't very welcome with swampert. So far he seems to be thinking one step ahead, so I'll stay in and watch the nasty plot, earthquaking nape to a early exit.
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Infernape used Close Combat.
Swampert lost 42% of its health.
Infernape's defence was lowered.
Infernape's special defence was lowered.
Infernape's life orb enters in pain for Infernape.
Swampert used Earthquake. (super effective.)
Infernape lost 78% of its health.
Kagami's Infernape fainted.
Leftover's rescue swampert's mediocre health.
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Swampert .// 51%
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(6-5) - BeachBoy
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Well didn't Nasty Plot, but instead close combat'd. Finally touch the score board, and hopefully stay on the blue side the rest of the way. Now that he can switch anyone in, I expect skarmory to hit the scene, he obviously like the match up of Pert vs. Skarm, which in turn, I dislike. >.>
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Kagami switched in Skarmory.
Stones swirled into skarmory's armor.
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Skarmory used Roost.
Skarmory restored 32% of its health.
Swampert used Ice Beam. (not very effective.)
Skarmory lost 14% of its health.
Leftovers heal Skarmory & Swampert.
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Skarmory .// 92%
Swampert .// 57%
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Yup, brought the metal chicken back. I ice beamd in hopes of a switch as he may have thought I would switch. Unfortunately he outpredicts me once more and skarmory is fully healthy. =/ He's fully healthy, has all spikes down, is against a physical wall by the name of Swampert.... So he'll whirlwind of course. MMmmmm, I'll roar & see who gets it.
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Skarmory used Whirlwind.
BeachBoy switched in Gengar.
Leftovers help out skarmory.
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Skarmory .// 98%---
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He gets the phaze, but I don't mind finally getting swampert out of that annoying match up. Gar's back, again, shouldn't thunderbolt... Jolteon will probably make the appearence here... So a good time to give it sleep.
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Gengar used Hypnosis.
Gengar's attack missed!
Skarmory used Drill Peck.
Gengar lost 47% of its health.
Leftovers refresh skarmory's health fully.
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Gengar .// 53%
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*Glares at hax god* >.> Mmm, gengar misses, but he didn't switch to Jolteon... interesting. Well some one has to hit the Zzzz.
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Gengar used Hypnosis.
Gengar's attack missed!
Skarmory used Drill Peck.
Gengar lost 47% of its health.
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Gengar .// 6%
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Ouch, that doesn't help in any way. Gengar's role in sleeping jolteon failed. COME ON GENGAR, LAND A HYPNOSIS! lol (Yes, commentary deleted in log where I cursed at the skies incredibly, well okay I didn't curse off but I said come on a lot :x)
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Gengar used Hypnosis.
Skarmory fell asleep!
Zzzzzzz
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Gengar .// 6%
Skarmory .// 100% .// sleep status
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Okay metal chicken go night night. Last time I did this he went to blissey, so he'll probably do it again, Mhm time for Gyarados to re-enter the scene and get it's groove on with blissey in. >]
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Kagami switched in Blissey.
Pointed stones dug into Blissey.
BeachBoy switched in Gyarados.
Gyarados enters the area with such a confidence that blissey fears it.
The apple refreshes Blissey a tad.
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Blissey .// 94% .// -1 attack
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Perfect! Gyarados against blissey, shut down it's aroma and let the set up fun begin!
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Gyarados used Taunt. Bring it sista!
Blissey fell for the taunt!
Blissey used Aromatherapy.
Blissey can't use Aromatherapy after the taunt! (haha locked down)
Blissey's leftovers restored some health.
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Blissey .// 100% .// -1 attack .// Tuanted
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Now we're getting in that flow, just set up and Gyarados and wipe the floor with another team.
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Gyarados used Dragon Dance.
Gyarados's attack was raised.
Gyarados's speed was raised.
Blissey used Thunderbolt. (super effective!)
Gyarados lost 74% of its health.
The leviathan's tiny apple recovers a small amount.
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Gyarados .// 32% .// +1 attack & speed
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Thunderbolt?! Gah, didn't see that coming. I expected seismic toss or ice beam, since jolteon fills some electric need, oh well. Well that ruins the hopeful flow of DDrage. Gah, he won't let me get in my flow of destruction. :/ Oh well, mine as well get a nice hit in, maybe some lucky flinch too.
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Gyarados used Waterfall.
Blissey lost 53% of its health.
Blissey used Thunderbolt. (super effective)
Gyarados lost 32% of its health.
BeachBoy's Gyarados fainted.
Leftovers help out blissey.
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Blissey .// 53%
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I really didn't expect his blissey to carry thunderbolt judging by the make up of his team. Cost me my leviathan and the lead. =/ Well Blissey is half health, I should bring out mence for the meteor destruction and finish off the pink blob.
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BeachBoy switched in Salamence.
Salamence's intimidate cut Blissey's attack!
Kagami switched in Lucario.
Stones scratch lucario a tad.
Salamence used Draco Meteor. (not very effective.)
Lucario lost 90% of its health.
Salamence's special attack was harshly lowered.
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Salamence .// 100 .// -2 Special attack
Lucario .// 5%
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Well... no hit for blissey, but instead severely weaken his Lucario. As mentioned before, I think it's a specsluke judging the build of his squad... So I'll go to swampert just in case it is Hidden power ice, or for some reason a swords dance lucario, whcih swampert could phaze.
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BeachBoy switched in Swampert.
Swampert was hurt by enraged Spikes! (-25%)
Lucario used Dragon Pulse.
Swampert lost 32% of its health.
BeachBoy's Swampert fainted.
(4 - 5) Kagami
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No swords dance, no hidden power ice, just the end of mud puppy. Who did an excellent job in this battle. Somewhat glad I no longer need to relie on it. I'll bring in gengar as I know I can then outspeed it, but gah jolteon yet again is still out there. Now I can't mess around with choice scarf and be locked into thunderbolt. Gengar's Hidden Power [ice] can finish lucario anyways.
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BeachBoy switched in Gengar.
Gengar used Hidden Power. (not very effective.)
Lucario lost 5% of its health.
Kagami's Lucario fainted.
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Gengar .// 6%
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(4 all)
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Good other threat out of the way, and not locked onto a jolteon. *phew* (small note: clock hits a number of seconds as I left the battle to go get a drink) :x
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Kagami switched in Jolteon.
Dark rocks ride into Jolteon.
Gengar used Hidden Power.
Jolteon lost 37% of its health.
Jolteon used & made a Substitute. (-25%)
Jolteon's Salac Berry raised its speed!
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Jolteon .// 12% .// Substitute .// +1 speed
Gengar .// 6%
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Well I got jolteon down to size, but just in aid by activating salac, and substitute is up. Only way I can break a sub without swampert at this point is sacrifice. Good job gengar.
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Jolteon used Thunderbolt.
Gengar lost 6% of its health.
BeachBoy's Gengar fainted.
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Jolteon .// 12% .// Substitute .// +1 speed
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(3 - 4) Kagami
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Has to bite the dust in order to get this dangerous sub out of the way. Heatran will become the next peice of meat. Salamence and Lucario have to stick around as long as Skarmory and Blissey are still able to battle.
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BeachBoy switched in Heatran.
Heatran was hurt a lot by Spikes!
Jolteon used Baton Pass.
Kagami switched in Gyarados.
Gyarados's intimidate cut Heatran's attack!
Pointed stones dug into Gyarados.
Heatran used Dragon Pulse.
The substitute took damage for Gyarados!
Gyarados's substitute ran off in horror.
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Heatran .// 75%
Gyarados .// 50%
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Gave the substitute to gyarados, probably thinking he can pull off a sweep here with dragon dance. Heatran did the job in saying bai bai to the substitute and now gyarados is forced to destroy heatran.
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Gyarados used Waterfall.
It's super effective!
Heatran lost 69% of its health.
Heatran used Dragon Pulse.
Gyarados lost 45% of its health.
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Heatran 7%
Gyarados 5%
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Heatran sacrficing itself once again, pulsing gyarados to exit, also putting gyarados in range for salamence's fireblast to KO.
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Gyarados used Waterfall.
It's super effective!
Heatran lost 6% of its health.
BeachBoy's Heatran fainted.
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Gyarados .// 5%
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(2 - 4) Kagami
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Okay good, heatran's down leaving the open switch in for salamence to intimidate. Then fireblast in case skarmory gets any crazy idea a dragon pulse/meteor would come.
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BeachBoy switched in Salamence.
Salamence's intimidate cut Gyarados's attack!
Gyarados used Stone Edge.
Gyarados's attack missed!
Salamence used Fire Blast. (not very effective)
Gyarados lost 5% of its health.
Kagami's Gyarados fainted.
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Salamence .// 100%
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(2 - 3) Kagami
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Salamence should have survived the stone edge anyways, as gyarados was intimidated as well. Getting the leviathan out of the way, around these turns I notice the plan... Salamence as Alex knows is specs version, meaning he has to bring out blissey next turn. When Blissey gets somewhat injured by fire blast when using aroma for skarmory, she'll leave the window flying right open for....
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Kagami switched in Blissey.
Stones charged upon the nurse.
Salamence used Fire Blast.
Blissey lost 22% of its health.
Blissey used Aromatherapy.
Blissey's leftovers restored its health a little! (+6%)
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Blissey .// 25%
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Alex fell right into the palm of my hands, did exactly what I expected. Now he has to softboil in order to survive.
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BeachBoy switched in Lucario.
Lucario was hurt by the three layers of Spikes!
Blissey used Softboiled. (+50%).
Leftovers activate for Blissey.
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Lucario .// 75%
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Check. Exactly what I was hoping for. Force blissey into a softboil to get Lucario in for all hail to break loose!
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Kagami switched in Skarmory.
Rip Rocks rushed across Skarmory's exterior.
Lucario used Close Combat. (A critical hit!)
Skarmory lost 88% of its health.
Kagami's Skarmory fainted.
Lucario's defence was lowered.
Lucario's special defence was lowered.
Lucario's orb burnt inside of him after his attack.
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Lucario .// 65%
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(2 all)
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Check. Even though it was a critical hit, I still would have 2HKO'd the annoying metal chicken. The window is open and the flow of this hurricane is at full force!
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Kagami switched in Jolteon.
Flying rocks carved Jolteon into submission.
Kagami's Jolteon fainted.
(2 - 1) BeachBoy
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Check. Also, this is a solid reason why it's very important for offensive teams to get Stealth Rocks in early. It really benefits as the match plays on, as shown here.
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Kagami switched in Blissey.
Stones rage the pink blob yet again.
Lucario used Close Combat. (super effective!)
Blissey lost 69% of its health.
Kagami's Blissey fainted.
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Checkmate.
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(2 - 0) BeachBoy wins!
Review...
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We'll that's the game, I did not play up to my best level, and somehow came out with a W. I tried to play around with various formats for this log, and I hope this one did okay for you all. Looking back on this game it shows one main thing... Keep your game play & thoughts simple, that and/or know your opponent. I over thought many plays and mispredicted sometimes, that and Kagami read me like a book. It's unfortunate to say hax played "somewhat" of a factor in this battle, I wish it never happened, but ay that's the game. :/ Only that little window of chance at the end gave me the win....where I waited the perfect opportunity for lucario to come in for the win. Setting up a strategy in today's metagame is vital, I must say. Mine is stealth rocks, get the team in a flow of destruction, and berserk the opponent into submission. Though Kagami was open with stealth rocks early, he ruptured my flow, except when he didn't see that tiny window of opportunity that lucario had to come in on blissey's softboil. I really enjoyed this game, and I believe he did as well. Another point, bulky waters (gyarados & swampert) are absolute beasts! Heatran for me, didn't do to well but that sacrifice was a key part in the battle. I could of put him in on various matchups on skarmory, but didn't, which is regretable. On the other side, dang that metal chicken, my biggest problem in the game. Consistently walled me, and set up spikes with ease....
Another thing is, don't go get a drink in the middle of a battle, I'll admit I did during this just for a second, but that shoddy time just seems to fly away. XD
As I said before, the main thing I hope you possibly learned is don't over analyze the situation. Usually keep things simple and you can do better, by hitting the pure basics I touched the score board for the first time in this battle. Though in the heat of battle, it is quite easy to runs many things from your head, I clearly did that here, and messed up my flow. Secondly, have a plan for skarmbliss in your team, yes it may be an overused and many could say it's a "bad" pair, but they are effective against certian teams, simple as that. Which is the reason my Specsmence is a Mixmence now. ;D This team is doing well, I don't use it much these days, it has flaws, but boy can it hit that high note in chaos when it gets rolling. (Team: 29-8)
So remember kids, sheer offense is a lot more fun than stalling. *anti-pop shott'd*
Credits & Thanks....
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- Alex, you were a great opponent, only one I recently faced that gave me consistent struggle to get in my offensive flow. Thank you & great game!
- Blueberry, you rock for getting this sub-forum in action!
- Sprites from the resource we all know, Pe2k.
- Rules button provided by my friend BJ & Myself. (he got the button image, I made it rules and border)
- Format Design, me of course ;P
- All of you readers too, I really hope you liked it as much as I did.
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Feel free to comment your opinion, rep it, whatever... I just hope you liked reading it after all the work that was put into it.
(small note: if you notice mistakes like spelling and what not, PM me, I'm tired so there should be mistakes here and there, anyways... I'll edit this later with more personalizaton of spikes/SR too~)