"After all, Surprise is on our side." (A UU battle log)

Opposite Day · Feb 27, 2010

SURPRISES ARISES WITH MUTUAL DEMISES

INTRODUCTION:
Hello dear readers! This is my third log I've ever created, and I wanted to make it a little bit more awesome than the average log. Now, I've had my fair share of battles on the smogon ladder, and while I've tried OU for quite a bit, I've found that UU is way more fun for me due to reasons unknown. Having overheard a discussion going on the PC server about broken pokemon, I simply decided "heck yeah, a team full of broken pokes would be awesome", and after some mixing and matching 4 of the top five ended up on my team. After laddering a bit with it, I had a battle that made my blood rush, and after the final breathtaking moments of it I simply decided "wow, this battle is worthy of a real battle log!", and thus, I present to you what I'd like to call a ~~corsolog~~ log of a format that surely should be OU, if not Ubar.

My pokemon and commentary will be in this smexy orange.
chuie's pokemon and moves will be in this stunning red.
Rules: Ladder Match, Sleep Clause, Freeze Clause, OHKO Clause, Evasion Clause, Species Clause, Strict Damage Clause

MY TEAM IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE:

GO!

vs.

chuie sent out Ambipom.
Belly_Drum sent out Moltres.
Moltres is exerting its pressure!
Ambipom used Fake Out.
Moltres lost 41% of its health.
Ambipom lost 10% of its health.
Moltres flinched!
Moltres 59%
Ambipom 90%

Commentary

An Ambipom lead is a mixed bag of blessings and curses for my Moltres lead and this team in general. It's a blessing considering how SR will not be up very early in the match, which prevents Moltres from taking that horrible 50% at the moment it switches in. On the other hand, Ambipom = Fake Out, and even though this Moltres have been Ev'd to be able to take a Silk Scarf Fake Out + Return and be able to KO back, it also equals the demise of the fiery bird from turn 2.. However, this is a LO version of Ambipom, which very well might equal that the score will be 5-6 from the start, with his only loss being 20% from LO recoil..
With that in mind, I simply decide to spam off a Fire Blast and hope for the best.

vs.

chuie switched in Blastoise.
Moltres used Fire Blast.
It's not very effective...
Blastoise lost 36% of its health.
Moltres lost 10% of its health.
Blastoise's leftovers restored its health a little!
Moltres 49%
Blastoise 70%

vs.

Moltres used Hidden Power.
It's super effective!
Blastoise lost 61% of its health.
Moltres lost 10% of its health.
Blastoise used Toxic.
Moltres was badly poisoned!
Moltres is hurt by poison!
Moltres lost 6% of its health.
Blastoise's leftovers restored its health a little!
Moltres 33%/ Badly Poisoned
Blastoise 15%

vs.

chuie switched in Umbreon.
Moltres used Hidden Power.
Umbreon lost 17% of its health.
Moltres lost 10% of its health.
Moltres is hurt by poison!
Moltres lost 12% of its health.
Umbreon's leftovers restored its health a little!
Moltres 11%/ Badly Poisoned
Umbreon 89%

Commentary

I do not get to fry a monkey, but with even a resisted Fire Blast doing 30%-ish of damage to Blastoise, I'm rather pleased. Moltres is kinda like an improved Blaziken, because nothing really can switch into it's attacks without taking heavy damage, and Blastoise is no exeption. Seeing as I run HP Grass, a KO might very well be a possible result, as it should do around 60-70%. However, the turtle survives by a cannons width, and proceeds to status me with Toxic. In general, this might be a good thing, because now it has an immunity to sleeps and twaves from Venusaur and Registeel, respectively, but since I'm already down to 30%, getting toxistalled is as plausible an option as anything. Thus, after failing to KO the tortoise and doing pitiful damage to Umbreon, I decide to take the opportunity to heal up. After all, Umbreon can't do anything to Moltres, right?

vs.

Moltres used Roost.
Moltres restored 50% of its health.
Umbreon used Wish.
Umbreon made a wish!
Moltres is hurt by poison!
Moltres lost 19% of its health.
Umbreon's leftovers restored its health a little!
Moltres 32%/ Badly Poisoned
Umbreon 89%/Wish

vs.

Belly_Drum switched in Hitmontop.
Umbreon used Baton Pass.
chuie switched in Blastoise.
The wish came true!
Blastoise restored 50% of its health.
Blastoise's leftovers restored its health a little!
Blastoise restored 6% of its health.
Hitmontop 100%
Blastoise 71%

vs.

Belly_Drum switched in Venusaur.
Blastoise used Toxic.
Blastoise's leftovers restored its health a little!

Venusaur 100%
Blastoise 77%

Commentary

I don't want to rack up toxic damage, so Hitmontop feels like a fairly safe switch-in to whatever could've taken the opportunity to switch-in and threaten with rock-type attacks. However, that damn Umbreon passes that wish to the nearly dead turtle, and in just a few seconds all the remaining damage that Moltres accumulated during the few turns this battle have lasted is essentially his own LO damage. Judging by my opponents previous moves however, it seems like a fairly obvious status move is coming.. and I'm actually right! I'm fairly certain that he'll switch into some resist, but that'll probably be some flying-type of some kind, and thus EQ is out of the question. Whatever he'll bring in will have to take a power whip to the face...

vs.

chuie switched in Moltres.
Moltres is exerting its pressure!
Venusaur used Power Whip.
It's not very effective...
Moltres lost 16% of its health.
Venusaur lost 10% of its health.

Venusaur 90%
Moltres 84%

vs.

Belly_Drum switched in Moltres.
Moltres is exerting its pressure!
Moltres used Air Slash.
Moltres lost 31% of its health.
Belly_Drum's Moltres fainted.

Moltres 0%// Fainted
Moltres 84%

Commentary

In my experience, there are two things that laugh at a SD Venusaur in UU. The first thing is a fellow swords dancer with Technician and Aerial Ace... and the second one is a Moltres. Now, at this point I decide that Venusaur might be much more useful during the match as a helper for PZ and Aggron than Moltres would be, so I sacrifice the flaming avian without a second thought. No damage tells me that it is either a scarfed or a specs version... either way, if it is locked in Air Slash, Blastoise should be a fairly safe switch-in. (yep, I'm a copycat)

BATTLE RECAP:
5-6: chuie

Belly_Drum's Team Status.
Moltres: 0%// Fainted
Hitmontop: 100%
Blastoise: 100%
Venusaur: 90%
Aggron: 100%
Porygon-Z: 100%

chuie's Team Status.
Ambipom: 80%
Moltres: 84%
Blastoise: 77%
Umbreon: 89%

vs.

Belly_Drum switched in Blastoise.
chuie switched in Umbreon.
Blastoise used Surf.
Umbreon lost 23% of its health.
Umbreon's leftovers restored its health a little!

Blastoise 100%
Umbreon 72%

vs.

Belly_Drum switched in Venusaur.
Umbreon used Wish.
Umbreon made a wish!
Umbreon's leftovers restored its health a little!

Venusaur 90%
Umbreon 78%

Commentary

I half-way expected it to stay in, but he simply switched to Umbreon in order to sponge the hit. Now, anything Blastoise'll toss at Umbreon will do pitiful damage.. so what should I do? In the end I decide that Moltres in general is a menace to me, since it puts a hurt on basically everything on my team as well. (as explained earlier, ugh) How to get rid of it? Behold the ancient ninja move of DOUBLE SWITCHING!

vs.

chuie switched in Moltres.
Moltres is exerting its pressure!
Belly_Drum switched in Blastoise.
The wish came true!
Moltres restored 16% of its health.

Blastoise 100%
Moltres 100%

vs.

Blastoise used Surf.
It's super effective!
Moltres lost 100% of its health.
chuie's Moltres fainted.

Blastoise 100%
Moltres 0%// Fainted

Commentary

You can perhaps not teach an old dog new tricks, but that doesn't mean that the old tricks are no good! And yes, I run a Scarf Blastoise. The reason why I didn't Water Spout from the beginning was simply that it would ruin the surprise, and if I had made it known that I did run a scarfed Blastoise, he never would've dared to keep Moltres in on it. (and the reason why I didn't use Water Spout this time as well was simply the fact that it might be scarfed as well, and thus Surf felt like it was the superior option) With Moltres out of the way, Venusaur is clear to go. Boo yah!

chuie: you put a scarf
chuie: on a blastoise?
Belly_Drum: oh yes I did
chuie: oh dear

BATTLE RECAP:
5-5: Tie

Belly_Drum's Team Status.
Moltres: 0%// Fainted
Hitmontop: 100%
Blastoise: 100%
Venusaur: 90%
Aggron: 100%
Porygon-Z: 100%

chuie's Team Status.
Ambipom: 80%
Moltres: 0%// Fainted
Blastoise: 77%
Umbreon: 78%

vs.

chuie switched in Blastoise.
chuie switched in Torterra.
Belly_Drum switched in Venusaur.

Venusaur 90%
Torterra 100%

vs.

Venusaur used Power Whip.
Torterra lost 37% of its health.
Venusaur lost 10% of its health.
Torterra used Stealth Rock.
Pointed stones float in the air around the foe's team!
Torterra's leftovers restored its health a little!

Venusaur 80%
Torterra 69%

vs.

Venusaur used Power Whip.
Torterra lost 37% of its health.
Venusaur lost 10% of its health.
Torterra used Earthquake.
Venusaur lost 51% of its health.
Torterra's leftovers restored its health a little!

Venusaur 19%
Torterra 38%

vs.

Venusaur used Power Whip.
Torterra lost 38% of its health.
chuie's Torterra fainted.
Venusaur lost 10% of its health.

Venusaur 9%
Torterra 0%// Fainted

Commentary

I'm essentially put in the exact same situation here as I did to my opponent before, however, from experience Torterra does "only" around 50% with EQ to Venusaur. Simply put, if it rock polishes, I can revenge kill it with Technitop, and if it strikes right off the bat, it's scarf PZ/Toise bait. Either way I'm guaranteed at least two attacks, however, he simply decides to set SR up. With Moltres dead from a local storm, SR is no big deal to me, and with Overgrow kicking in as an added bonus, Torterra razes down to it's fellow Grass type (yes, this might be seen upon as proof that Gen I kicks Gen IV's ass anytime lol) With Venu down at 7% though, it seems incredibly prone to a revenge kill..

vs.

chuie switched in Ambipom.
Ambipom used Return.
Venusaur lost 10% of its health.
Belly_Drum's Venusaur fainted.
Ambipom lost 10% of its health.

Venusaur 0%// Fainted
Ambipom 70%

BATTLE RECAP:
4-4: Tie

Belly_Drum's Team Status.
Moltres: 0%// Fainted
Hitmontop: 100%
Blastoise: 100%
Venusaur: 0%// Fainted
Aggron: 100%
Porygon-Z: 100%

chuie's Team Status.
Rocks
Ambipom: 70%
Moltres: 0%// Fainted
Blastoise: 77%
Umbreon: 78%
Torterra: 0// Fainted

vs.

Belly_Drum switched in Hitmontop.
Pointed stones dug into Hitmontop.
chuie switched in Spiritomb.
Spiritomb is exerting its pressure!
Hitmontop used Revenge.
It doesn't affect Spiritomb...
Hitmontop's leftovers restored its health a little!

Hitmontop 100%
Spiritomb 100%

vs.

Belly_Drum switched in Porygonz.
Porygonz's Download raised its stats!
Porygonz's special attack was raised.
Pointed stones dug into Porygonz.
Spiritomb used Shadow Sneak.
It doesn't affect Porygonz...

Porygon-Z 87%/ +1 Special Attack
Spiritomb 100%

Commentary

I had almost forgot about that silly monkey. He returns, probably in order to prevent anything from taking "less" damage, since he'll outspeed Venusaur and hit anything on a switch anyway. I try to literally revenge-kill him again with that monkey, but the ancient art of standing on your head and spinning doesn't get to show off versus that freakape. Instead, he brings in a Spiritomb, which will either WOW me, or attack with a shadow ball or something. Either way PZ feels like a fairly safe switch-in, as it might immediately threaten whatever he brings out. However, as I have no idea what set he's running on that tomb, I just decide to play safe and Dark Pulse away for some possible flinch hax. (I should probably add SR on this team somewhere in order to prevent situations like this..)

Opposite Day · Feb 27, 2010

vs.

chuie switched in Umbreon.
Porygonz used Dark Pulse.
It's not very effective...
Umbreon lost 11% of its health.
Umbreon's leftovers restored its health a little!

Porygon-Z 87%/+1 Special Attack
Umbreon 73%

vs.

Belly_Drum switched in Blastoise.
Pointed stones dug into Blastoise.
Umbreon used Baton Pass.
chuie switched in Blastoise.
Blastoise's leftovers restored its health a little!
Blastoise restored 6% of its health.

Blastoise 87%
Blastoise 83%

vs.

Blastoise used Hidden Power.
It's super effective!
Blastoise lost 38% of its health.
Blastoise used Toxic.
Blastoise's attack missed!
Blastoise's leftovers restored its health a little!

Blastoise 87%
Blastoise 51%

vs.

Blastoise used Hidden Power.
It's super effective!
Blastoise lost 39% of its health.
Blastoise used Toxic.
Blastoise was badly poisoned!
Blastoise is hurt by poison!
Blastoise lost 6% of its health.
Blastoise's leftovers restored its health a little!

Blastoise 81%/Badly Poisoned
Blastoise 18%

Commentary

Meh, safe alternative it was, but ass damage it did. Since Blastoise is at 87% after SR, Water Spout would still be a fairly powerful alternative, however before I get to attack, he baton passes into the other pokemon we have in common on both our team, his Asstoise. Now, I run HP Grass on this one too (Nothing is worse than having Quagsire wall you), so even though this isn't nearly as powerful as Moltres' HP, it should still leave a dent. He toxics yet another poke of mine, but at this point I'm so obsessed with killing that damned turtle that I do not realize the obvious switch-in...

vs.

chuie switched in Umbreon.
Blastoise used Hidden Power.
Umbreon lost 10% of its health.
Blastoise is hurt by poison!
Blastoise lost 12% of its health.
Umbreon's leftovers restored its health a little!

Blastoise 69%/Badly Poisoned
Umbreon 75%

vs.

Belly_Drum switched in Aggron.
Pointed stones dug into Aggron.
Umbreon used Wish.
Umbreon made a wish!
Umbreon's leftovers restored its health a little!

Aggron 94%
Umbreon 82%

Commentary

Meet the third choicer on this team, Aggron. To put it simple, I'm bored of ass damage, and it is time to show off possibly the most broken set of all of UU..

vs.

Aggron used Head Smash.
Umbreon lost 83% of its health.
chuie's Umbreon fainted.

Aggron 94%
Umbreon 0%// Fainted

Commentary

What's the difference between a CB Aggron and a Truck? The truck's got wheels. : P

BATTLE RECAP:
4-3: Belly_Drum

Belly_Drum's Team Status.
Moltres: 0%// Fainted
Hitmontop: 100%
Blastoise: 69%/ Badly Poisoned
Venusaur: 0%// Fainted
Aggron: 94%
Porygon-Z: 87%

chuie's Team Status.
Rocks
Ambipom: 70%
Moltres: 0%// Fainted
Blastoise: 18%
Umbreon: 0%// Fainted
Torterra: 0%// Fainted
Spiritomb: 100%

vs.

chuie switched in Blastoise.
Belly_Drum switched in Hitmontop.
Pointed stones dug into Hitmontop.
Blastoise used Surf.
Hitmontop lost 44% of its health.
Blastoise's leftovers restored its health a little!
Hitmontop's leftovers restored its health a little!

Hitmontop 56%
Blastoise 25%

vs.

chuie switched in Spiritomb.
Spiritomb is exerting its pressure!
Hitmontop used Revenge.
It doesn't affect Spiritomb...
Hitmontop's leftovers restored its health a little!

Hitmontop 63%
Spiritomb 100%

vs.

Spiritomb used Pursuit.
It's not very effective...
Hitmontop lost 30% of its health.
Belly_Drum switched in Blastoise.
Pointed stones dug into Blastoise.
Blastoise is hurt by poison!
Blastoise lost 6% of its health.

Blastoise 51%/ Badly Poisoned
Spiritomb 100%

Commentary

The thing about CB Aggron is that it is incredibly prone to revenge killing. Now, the only way he is designed is to hit stuff on the switch, and thus I go to Hitmontop in order to trade some life against a switch-in to my benefit. The plan is simply to lure in Tomb by using a fighting-attack, and find out what set it is running by doing damage. The best possible situation would be to manage to get something killed on my side, with Tomb still out, so I can outspeed with Aggron and kill either that or whatever switches in. Thus, I prepare to sacrifice Blastoise.

vs.

Blastoise used Hidden Power.
Spiritomb lost 23% of its health.
Spiritomb used Pursuit.
Blastoise lost 28% of its health.
Blastoise is hurt by poison!
Blastoise lost 12% of its health.

Blastoise 21%/ Badly Poisoned
Spiritomb 77%

vs.

Blastoise used Hidden Power.
Spiritomb lost 21% of its health.
Spiritomb used Pursuit.
Blastoise lost 12% of its health.
Belly_Drum's Blastoise fainted.

Blastoise 0%// Fainted
Spiritomb 56%

vs.

Belly_Drum switched in Aggron.
Pointed stones dug into Aggron.
chuie switched in Blastoise.
Aggron used Head Smash.
Blastoise lost 26% of its health.
chuie's Blastoise fainted.

Aggron 87%
Blastoise 0%// Fainted

Commentary

Now everything is going as expected. I simply ran HP in order to prevent him from switching in Blastoise/catching him on the switch, and with tomb having no lefties = CB version. Now CB Tomb is effortlessly walled by Aggron, and with it locked into Pursuit the switch is fairly obvious. The funny thing is that the same pokes on these teams tend to die at the same time, Moltres fainted first for both teams, and as soon as one turtle falls, the other one follows almost immediately. Ah, irony at work. Now, it is fairly obvious that Ambipom will switch in and kill Aggron, but that will not suffice for my plans, due to it being the beast of this team. In other words, I'll have to rely on PZ to take a low kick, and thus if I can lure out Spiritomb so I can outspeed it with Aggron that would be fantastic.

BATTLE RECAP:
3-2: Belly_Drum

Belly_Drum's Team Status.
Moltres: 0%// Fainted
Hitmontop: 33%
Blastoise: 0%// Fainted
Venusaur: 0%// Fainted
Aggron: 87%
Porygon-Z: 87%

chuie's Team Status.
Rocks
Ambipom: 70%
Moltres: 0%// Fainted
Blastoise: 0%// Fainted
Umbreon: 0%// Fainted
Torterra: 0%// Fainted
Spiritomb: 56%

vs.

chuie switched in Ambipom.
Belly_Drum switched in Porygonz.
Porygonz's Download raised its stats!
Porygonz's special attack was raised.
Pointed stones dug into Porygonz.
Ambipom used Low Kick.
It's super effective!
Porygonz lost 49% of its health.
Ambipom lost 10% of its health.
Porygon-Z 26%/ +1 Special Attack
Ambipom 60%

vs.

chuie switched in Spiritomb.
Spiritomb is exerting its pressure!
Porygonz used Tri Attack.
It doesn't affect Spiritomb...
Porygon-Z 26%/ +1 Special Attack
Spiritomb 57%

vs.

Porygonz used Tri Attack.
It doesn't affect Spiritomb...
Spiritomb used Pursuit.
Porygonz lost 27% of its health.
Belly_Drum's Porygonz fainted.
Porygon-Z 0%// Fainted
Spiritomb 57%

Commentary

It is kinda an ass move of me to actually use Tri Attack, but meh, my brain died the moment I chose to use it. (Also, if I got to KO Tomb by accident, Aggron would have no free switch-in, and would easily get killed by Ambipom, and I'm not 100% certain that Mach Punch from Top will KO) Simply put, I decide to stay in on the predicted pursuit in defiance even though I'd do no damage. Heck yeah. Incoming Truck Attack!

BATTLE RECAP:
2-2: Tie

Belly_Drum's Team Status.
Moltres: 0%// Fainted
Hitmontop: 33%
Blastoise: 0%// Fainted
Venusaur: 0%// Fainted
Aggron: 87%
Porygon-Z: 0%// Fainted

chuie's Team Status.
Rocks
Ambipom: 70%
Moltres: 0%// Fainted
Blastoise: 0%// Fainted
Umbreon: 0%// Fainted
Torterra: 0%// Fainted
Spiritomb: 56%

vs.

Belly_Drum switched in Aggron.
Pointed stones dug into Aggron.
Aggron used Head Smash.
Spiritomb lost 57% of its health.
chuie's Spiritomb fainted.
Aggron 82%
Spiritomb 0%// Fainted

vs.

chuie switched in Ambipom.
Ambipom used Low Kick.
It's super effective!
Aggron lost 82% of its health.
Belly_Drum's Aggron fainted.
Ambipom lost 10% of its health.
Aggron 0%// Fainted
Ambipom 50%

vs.

Belly_Drum switched in Hitmontop.
Pointed stones dug into Hitmontop.
Hitmontop used Mach Punch.
It's super effective!
Ambipom lost 50% of its health.
chuie's Ambipom fainted.
Hitmontop 63%
Ambipom 0%// Fainted

Commentary

Heh, Aggron dies as expected, and with no Fake Out Ambipom dies easily to the fantastic thing called priority. Hitmontop got his revenge, Aggron got to kill stuff, and even though the big surprise of this team (Scarftoise) was revealed early, I had like I had no choice but to do so. Overall a big kudos to Chuie for what was truly a good battle IMO.

FINAL RESULT:
1-0: Belly_Drum

Belly_Drum's Team Status.
Moltres: 0%// Fainted
Hitmontop: 33%
Blastoise: 0%// Fainted
Venusaur: 0%// Fainted
Aggron: 0%// Fainted
Porygon-Z: 0%// Fainted

chuie's Team Status.
Rocks
Ambipom: 0%// Fainted
Moltres: 0%// Fainted
Blastoise: 0%// Fainted
Umbreon: 0%// Fainted
Torterra: 0%// Fainted
Spiritomb: 0%// Fainted

Props and Slops:

Props:
∞Aggron for being damn awesome
∞Blastoise for being even more damn awesome
∞ Spiritomb for being a menace (but in a good way(no W-O-W! : D ))
∞ chuie for the great match

Slops:
∞ Ambipom for making life hell for just about everything on my team
∞ Asstoise for surviving too long
∞ P-Z for doing next to no damage
∞ Me for causing P-Z to do next to no damage -.-

Credits:
Postman for CSS. I really cannot say this enough, so go here and check out what a really great log does look like. (It starts from around 1/3 down on the page)

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Aurafire · Feb 28, 2010

This log hurt my eyes ;-;

Seriously, the yellow background + the yellow text have got to go. Yellow is about the worst color you can use when formatting a post, lol >.<

Otherwise, the battle was decent as well as the commentary. CB Aggron is indeed quite the beast.

Opposite Day · Mar 1, 2010

Updated the background in order to hopefully make it less eye-hurting.

"After all, Surprise is on our side." (A UU battle log)

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