Richard Steel's Battle Stadium

Hang on, I'm battling this other person first >_>

Ok I'm ready. Get on. xD Dude fled.
 
Shift, nice battle, but two things bothered me...

1.) How does an Aerodactyl survive a Focus Blast from Alakazam with Choice Specs? I mean, even with the Sandstream increase, I was nearly positive it'd OHKO him.

But that's not what really bothered me...

2.) Why was Focus Punch all of a sudden super effective against Skarmory? I mean, Skarmory is Steel/Flying, so Focus Punch is normal damage... and you did it plenty of times where it was normal damage, but that last time it was super effective. Very strange. I'm not saying you hacked (I don't think you could even hack for something like that?), I'm just saying I've never heard of a glitch quite like that before. :P And it was only that one time.

Ah well, good battle nonetheless! A bit heavy on the attackers (gotta throw a wall in there somewhere!), but you had me nervous near the end. I got quite lucky with Focus Blast hitting two times in a row. Alakazam saved the game for me. :) Although, I almost had to let Skarmory die, because Alakazam is nearly impossible to get into battle in the first place.

And hey! You got to see my new shiny Metagross! What do you think? Ain't he a beauty?

Anyways, I'm done with battling for tonight... tomorrow is another day, but I won't be on 'till later tomorrow. Like, after 11:00pm, EST. So Charlie, I expect to see you then! ;)
 
Your one lucky guy, I mean a shiny metagross, is he as good as your normal one?

And I am up for a battle, I decided to get myself a skarmory, mwahahahaha, but I won't use it as I don't want the battle to last for 3 million years (Happened with punishment), I'll use my other wall, its a legendarie, not Uber (Cressilia) Is she ok?

And yeah, so far the score rests at 1 - 2, although I am sure it is 1 - 3, but meh.

EDIT: Sorry didnt read that part, see you in a while then.
 
Paranoia said:
Your one lucky guy, I mean a shiny metagross, is he as good as your normal one?

And I am up for a battle, I decided to get myself a skarmory, mwahahahaha, but I won't use it as I don't want the battle to last for 3 million years (Happened with punishment), I'll use my other wall, its a legendarie, not Uber (Cressilia) Is she ok?

And yeah, so far the score rests at 1 - 2, although I am sure it is 1 - 3, but meh.

EDIT: Sorry didnt read that part, see you in a while then.
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Oh, of course he isn't. Shinies usually always suck... I mean, mine is Adamant with Thunder Punch (transferred from Emerald), and Life Orb gets him to hit harder, but he's basically just for show.

And a Cresselia? Hmmm... I shall have to ponder this. Would you mind if I used a legend myself? Seems fair... I just don't know which one. I do have my Jirachi I got a while ago, so maybe I could get it ready tomorrow since I'll be at work all day, and I always play Pokemon in between bouts of making believe I'm actually doing something productive. XD

We'll see what happens tomorrow! Hope to see ya on!

Oh, and I think it is 2-1 (me).
But I really don't remember.
 
I seriously didn't notice those. >_> I don't know how Aero survived that. Nor did I know that it said it was supereffective. I dunno what happened..

Shoot. Student was halfway to surpassing Master.

Argh, I'll try once again, with my secret weaphon, the first Pokemon I have ever EV trained on Diamond. ;]

And did I knock out your Claydol with Megahorn? I don't remember.
 
Richard Steel said:
And Legacy, that explains it. Still was A LOT, though.

I was trying out my new McIceGar, and it didn't quite work out. Next time we battle, expect someone different. You're very good, so I may have to pull out a few secret weapons. ;)
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I don't remember how much damage it actually did, but if you run the calculations, you'll find that the damage was pretty much what you'd expect from a Choice Band Lucario (Who I love, btw. Nobody seems to expect it. :P) I wouldn't have waited so long to battle you just to cheat when I finally do.

But, to be completely fair, I did have the unfair advantage. I'd already seen your battle with Cema, so I knew what to expect with your Pokémon, and with your Metagross in particular. If I was playing you without knowing what you had, I wouldn't have put Garchomp in my team, as I only added him and his massive 2 ATK IVs because, before that, I had a big Metagross weakness.

So, some surprises will definitely make the next battle more even from the beginning. And I'd imagine, now that you've seen my Pokémon too, I will be feeling the full force of revenge. ;P

And on another note, the luck seemed firmly on my side in that battle. How many times did you miss Hypnosis at the start, was it four or five times? Yet, I managed to hit two out of three Hypnosis' and all four Focus Blasts, also getting two critical hits.

I don't care how good a player you are, when you're coming up against that kind of luck, you're gonna have a very difficult job beating your opponent.

And finally, I hate Blissey. :( I only really have Lucario who is capable of killing her. So if you'd have been able to take him out, I would've pretty much lost by default. Which was pretty clear when Blissey ended up being your last Pokémon.
 
Richard Steel said:
Shift, nice battle, but two things bothered me...

1.) How does an Aerodactyl survive a Focus Blast from Alakazam with Choice Specs? I mean, even with the Sandstream increase, I was nearly positive it'd OHKO him.

But that's not what really bothered me...

2.) Why was Focus Punch all of a sudden super effective against Skarmory? I mean, Skarmory is Steel/Flying, so Focus Punch is normal damage... and you did it plenty of times where it was normal damage, but that last time it was super effective. Very strange. I'm not saying you hacked (I don't think you could even hack for something like that?), I'm just saying I've never heard of a glitch quite like that before. :P And it was only that one time.

Ah well, good battle nonetheless! A bit heavy on the attackers (gotta throw a wall in there somewhere!), but you had me nervous near the end. I got quite lucky with Focus Blast hitting two times in a row. Alakazam saved the game for me. :) Although, I almost had to let Skarmory die, because Alakazam is nearly impossible to get into battle in the first place.

And hey! You got to see my new shiny Metagross! What do you think? Ain't he a beauty?

Anyways, I'm done with battling for tonight... tomorrow is another day, but I won't be on 'till later tomorrow. Like, after 11:00pm, EST. So Charlie, I expect to see you then! ;)
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in regards to skarmory, If he used roost, Then he just because a steel type and steel takes 2x damage(weakness) to fighting
 
Legacy said:
But, to be completely fair, I did have the unfair advantage. I'd already seen your battle with Cema, so I knew what to expect with your Pokémon, and with your Metagross in particular. If I was playing you without knowing what you had, I wouldn't have put Garchomp in my team, as I only added him and his massive 2 ATK IVs because, before that, I had a big Metagross weakness.
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At times my Metagross has a rough time getting into the scene, especially since I sometimes equip him with Life Orb, so he wants to take as little damage as possible on a switch in and Agility. And even with Garchomp, Meteor Mash is about a 2KO, and I've even seen it OHKO a weakened Chomp once. Gross' only concern is not being OHKOed himself by Earthquake. On average, 4 Pokes on my team are just meant to pave the way for my two Sweepers.

Nightofshadow said:
in regards to skarmory, If he used roost, Then he just because a steel type and steel takes 2x damage(weakness) to fighting
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I don't quite get that one... I used Roost plenty of times during a Focus Punch, and it was never "super effective"... just that last one. And either way, I've never heard of that secondary effect for Roost. Are you sure about it? Any place I can read up on it for myself? Because that really surprised me, in a bad sort of way. XD
 
Steel types are weak to fighting, Once a pokemon uses roost it doesnt have the flying attribute for one turn. So if you focus punch him on the turn he roosted then yes, It would be super effective.
 
Nightofshadow said:
Steel types are weak to fighting, Once a pokemon uses roost it doesnt have the flying attribute for one turn. So if you focus punch him on the turn he roosted then yes, It would be super effective.
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Yes, I recently learned this too. On the turn of Roost, your vurnerable to moves like Earthquake, too, as well as all ground moves for that turn.
 
Richard Steel said:
Shift, nice battle, but two things bothered me...

1.) How does an Aerodactyl survive a Focus Blast from Alakazam with Choice Specs? I mean, even with the Sandstream increase, I was nearly positive it'd OHKO him.

But that's not what really bothered me...

2.) Why was Focus Punch all of a sudden super effective against Skarmory? I mean, Skarmory is Steel/Flying, so Focus Punch is normal damage... and you did it plenty of times where it was normal damage, but that last time it was super effective. Very strange. I'm not saying you hacked (I don't think you could even hack for something like that?), I'm just saying I've never heard of a glitch quite like that before. :P And it was only that one time.

Ah well, good battle nonetheless! A bit heavy on the attackers (gotta throw a wall in there somewhere!), but you had me nervous near the end. I got quite lucky with Focus Blast hitting two times in a row. Alakazam saved the game for me. :) Although, I almost had to let Skarmory die, because Alakazam is nearly impossible to get into battle in the first place.

And hey! You got to see my new shiny Metagross! What do you think? Ain't he a beauty?

Anyways, I'm done with battling for tonight... tomorrow is another day, but I won't be on 'till later tomorrow. Like, after 11:00pm, EST. So Charlie, I expect to see you then! ;)
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I actually do remember hearing of this "glitch" in someone else's battle. Apparently an earthquake hit a Charizard, but this could just be because of what NightofShadow said, in that if it used roost it became just fire but I have never heard of that before. I guess I just learned a helpful tip.
 
Nightofshadow said:
Steel types are weak to fighting, Once a pokemon uses roost it doesnt have the flying attribute for one turn. So if you focus punch him on the turn he roosted then yes, It would be super effective.
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Wow, never would have thought!

I guess it could be beneficial, now that I know about it. It would make Skarmory's severe weakness to Electric slightly harder to pull off, granted it could outrun the enemy.

And I'm sure its possible (since Roost is a very common move these days) that it could be taken advantage of, if you predict right; like that Earthquake hitting a Charizard, as Charlie said.
 
Richard you ready for a battle?
 
Yea I am up to it, let me just finish my current battle and then I will let you know when I am ready.
 
Ok I am coming, let me just fix my team... one second.

EDIT - Ok I am ready, accept my invite please.
 
Richard Steel said:
At times my Metagross has a rough time getting into the scene, especially since I sometimes equip him with Life Orb, so he wants to take as little damage as possible on a switch in and Agility. And even with Garchomp, Meteor Mash is about a 2KO, and I've even seen it OHKO a weakened Chomp once. Gross' only concern is not being OHKOed himself by Earthquake. On average, 4 Pokes on my team are just meant to pave the way for my two Sweepers.
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Garchomp wasn't really meant to KO Metagross with an Earthquake. As I said, his ATK IV is abysmal. The plan was to outspeed Metagross and OHKO it with Fire Blast, which didn't quite work. Still, it did enough damage to both Metagross and, I believe, Skarmory to warrant its inclusion. But I don't think I'll be using that Garchomp again. I'll stick to my preferred team, even if does have trouble disposing of Metagross, Bronzong and, to a lesser extent, Skarmory.

On my team, two Pokémon are there to inflict status, wear down the opponent and just generally wall against sweepers, the two Choice item holders are to put the biggest dent possible in the opponent's team, while the final two Pokémon are designed to pick off the the weakened Pokémon after the Choice holders go down.
 
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