Richard Steel's Battle Stadium

[Punishment]

Sweet. I'll meet you there! Again, I'm using a different Pokemon than usual, so this still essentially a test for me.

Ohh dont worry I'm doing the same thing. Testing out a new team with only 4/6 members done.

 

[Richard Lynch]

Wow, great battle! A few haxes here and there, but nothing that really took away from the fun. Flinch hax sucks, though. XD

Oh, and I liked how you pulled a fast one on me at the end! I totally forgot about Togekiss, but then saw what you were getting at. I knew Focus Blast was enough to KO either of them, so I went with that, banking on it not missing.

Poor Starmie, though... she took a fall to let Dugtrio get another hit in on Ludicolo. Although I wasn't expecting Hydro Pump... that was instant death to Duggy.

Great battle, though! I had loads of fun.

And Ludicolo is officially on my "watch the hell out for" list. That thing's an effing tank, and having both a STABed Water and a STABed Grass leaves little it can't handle, except Blissey...and Leech Seed takes care of her for the most part.

EDIT:

I'll be back in about 45 minutes, where I can accept a few more challenges.

 

[Punishment]

I'm so happy my little Ludicolo got some action there.

That battle was intense. I'm not familiar with Duggie though. What steroids was it on because it OHKOed a near full health Milotic. (Basically doing 329 damage) I was completely blown away.

Hmm maybe Togekiss should go with Roost. Wish is nice but slow so it can cost me a future match.

Yeah near the end of the match I was trying to restore Toge's HP. Umbreon tried her best but when she fell I decided to use Metagross as a shield XD.

Well I have to two more Pokemon to work on as Umbreon and Metagross aren't part of this team ;)

Your Duggie is a beast so I'd have to watch out for it in future encounters.

I'm not sure about Aerodactyl though. Ludicolo and Togekiss did wonderful. That was a wonderful battle/test Richard. I'm looking forward to the next one. :)

 

[Richard Lynch]

I'm so happy my little Ludicolo got some action there.

That battle was intense. I'm not familiar with Duggie though. What steroids was it on because it OHKOed a near full health Milotic. (Basically doing 329 damage) I was completely blown away.

Hmm maybe Togekiss should go with Roost. Wish is nice but slow so it can cost me a future match.

Yeah near the end of the match I was trying to restore Toge's HP. Umbreon tried her best but when she fell I decided to use Metagross as a shield XD.

Well I have to two more Pokemon to work on as Umbreon and Metagross aren't part of this team ;)

Your Duggie is a beast so I'd have to watch out for it in future encounters.

I'm not sure about Aerodactyl though. Ludicolo and Togekiss did wonderful. That was a wonderful battle/test Richard. I'm looking forward to the next one. :)

My Dugtrio is Adamant, maxed Attack EVs (perfect IVs, if I remember) and for a little extra kick, I jacked him up with a Choice Band. That's why you only saw me use one move at a time (and why I had to let Starmie take a fall to bring Dugtrio back out), and that's why its attacks were basically devastating to anything that didn't resist them. Also, Milotic taking so much damage could depend on how you EV trained her... some go with max Defense EVs, like me, but sometimes people try to turn her into a Special Sweeper, or pure Special Wall.

Oh, plus, wasn't it a Critical Hit also? I know Stone Edge has a high critical hit ratio... with Dugtrio's Attack + Choice Band + Critical Hit, I don't think anyone could have survived that, even if your Milotic had max Defense EVs.

Actually, I was highly impressed that my Metagross took on your Aerodactyl single handedly. I assume your Aero is Jolly? An Adamant Arodactyl really scares Metagross, but with his awesome Defense he can usually go one-on-one with Jolly Aerodactyl.

 

[Punishment]

My Milotic actually doesnt follow metagame standard lol for its EV spread. Ive maxxed out Sp. Atk and with most of the remaining in HP and some a tad in Defense. She does have perfect IVs in defense by the way. Yes it was a critical hit so that explains a lot especially with Choice Band. It's just that I'm use to seeing my Milotic take electrical attacks and survive with enough to bounce a Hypnosis their way.

Yes you predicted right as my Aerodactyl is a Jolly one with max speed. I assume your Metagross must have had some Defense EVs because Aerodactyl usually takes off around 50% or more with Earthquake. Even though it had Focus Sash it still wasnt enough. XD

Meh Aerodactyls result was okay. Id have to see how it truly collaborates with the rest of the complete team to have my final say on it.

Though I didnt expect Ludicolo to actually survive that Earthquake from Duggie even though it resists it. Ludi hung on with 3 HP lol. And I am going to replace Hydro Pump with Surf as I know that 85% accuracy will screw me over in the future.

Until next time Richard. ;)

 

[Light Yagami]

next time we battle Richard, I'll try to give you more of a challenge. I'm in the works of a completely (or almost completely) new team. so be on the lookout

 

[c_dog]

i see my comments regarding duggie had richard implementing a duggy on his team. duggy was getting overlooked in D/P anyway. It's a very useful pokemon for sure and if i weren't so into perfecting my ash team i'd use it on an OU team.

 

[Richard Lynch]

i see my comments regarding duggie had richard implementing a duggy on his team. duggy was getting overlooked in D/P anyway. It's a very useful pokemon for sure and if i weren't so into perfecting my ash team i'd use it on an OU team.

Actually, it was DBsummit who turned me on to Dugtrio.

I still think it's slightly cheap, with Arena Trap... but once you know someone's using it, it becomes easier to kill. That's why I'm debating whether to keep Claydol, or go with Duggie.

Claydol serves as a member of my walls, with him my team walls every attack thrown at it. But with Dugtrio, I can kill most, if not all, of the SkarmBliss killers out there (including ThunderPunch Metagross and Electivire). It's already known that I use SkarmBliss, so anyone who throws in a Magnezone, Tyraniboah (never see those anymore, though), or even McIceGar, has a great shot against me.

 

[c_dog]

Actually, it was DBsummit who turned me on to Dugtrio.

I still think it's slightly cheap, with Arena Trap... but once you know someone's using it, it becomes easier to kill. That's why I'm debating whether to keep Claydol, or go with Duggie.

Claydol serves as a member of my walls, with him my team walls every attack thrown at it. But with Dugtrio, I can kill most, if not all, of the SkarmBliss killers out there (including ThunderPunch Metagross and Electivire). It's already known that I use SkarmBliss, so anyone who throws in a Magnezone, Tyraniboah (never see those anymore, though), or even McIceGar, has a great shot against me.

yeah, duggy's one of the skarm bliss killers out there. i did mention a couple pages earlier that it has arena trap and stab earthquake is a 2HKO on blissey. Blissey's really got no chance against duggy if it's trapped unless it has counter or ice beam or the like. i mentioned it, and i guess dbsummit showed you first hand just how it works.

 

[Richard Lynch]

yeah, duggy's one of the skarm bliss killers out there. i did mention a couple pages earlier that it has arena trap and stab earthquake is a 2HKO on blissey. Blissey's really got no chance against duggy if it's trapped unless it has counter or ice beam or the like. i mentioned it, and i guess dbsummit showed you first hand just how it works.

Dugtrio's more of a Blissey killer... Skarmory walls him no matter what. What I was getting at is that Duggie is a SkarmBliss killer killer. So it works well on my team, since he can easily take out Magnezone with a taste of his own medicine.

And yeah, I forgot about Dugtrio until DBsummit's was staring my Blissey in the face. She tried helplessly to Ice Beam it, but no such luck, since Dugtrio has surprisingly decent Special Defense. He crumbles to a Tackle, though. XD

I don't remember you mentioning him, though. Maybe I missed it. I just remember you writing an ultimatum that if people want to beat me, they have to carry a SkarmBliss killer, and not just copy my tactics. haha

 

[c_dog]

look on page 25

has your blissey ever been trapped by a dugtrio though? cuz dugtrio switching into a twave from blissey is almost like magnezone switching in on skarm. the only way blissey can save herself would be if she had counter since it usually takes 2 earthquakes to take her down.. it's a shame dugtrio's aren't as common anymore but if i had a blissey problem i'd pack a dugtrio too. magnezone+dugtrio is the best counter to skarm bliss, imo.

i guess from your post above your blissey hadn't been trapped by a dugtrio until recently. in fact dbsummit could have carried a duggy into your battle after reading my post...

 

[Punishment]

Well if Magnezone and Dugtrio can work as a pair to counter SkarmBliss I will now decree it Magnetrio. XD

I only fear two Pokemon now. : /

Electrive and Dugtrio but the latter to a lesser extent.

 

[c_dog]

Well if Magnezone and Dugtrio can work as a pair to counter SkarmBliss I will now decree it Magnetrio. XD

I only fear two Pokemon now. : /

Electrive and Dugtrio but the latter to a lesser extent.

haha, unfortunately i might have opened a can of worms with that one. :/ dugtrio can be very annoying.. it's a great scavenger pokemon that finishes off weakened pokemon. It's the BEST revenge pokemon, ever and I always wished ash had one so i can add one to my team without feeling guilty :P it's not just a blissey killer.

 

[Richard Lynch]

look on page 25


i guess from your post above your blissey hadn't been trapped by a dugtrio until recently. in fact dbsummit could have carried a duggy into your battle after reading my post...

Nah, DBsummit destroyed me with Dugtrio back in my original battle thread, if I remember correctly. Or at least at the near beginning of this thread. Trust me, I had a Dugtrio incident long before you mentioned it.

I actually got really pissed at DBsummit for doing that. haha, pulled the old switcheroo on me, and completely caught me off guard. It was brilliant, though!

 

[DBsummit]

Er yeah, refer to page 3 for that incident. And c_dog, stop acting like you've all of a sudden given us a revelation about Dugtrio.

 

[c_dog]

well i hardly see any dugtrio's around anymore so i was surprised that at least one person on PC still uses it this often. dugtrio can be scary and i used to dread it because i needed to keep all my pokemon at as high hp as possible in case my foe unleashes the dugtrio on me.


anyway,richard, are you still there? i could use a battle. i lost to cema today so i'm not feeling all that confident right now X_X;;

 

[Richard Lynch]

well i hardly see any dugtrio's around anymore so i was surprised that at least one person on PC still uses it this often. dugtrio can be scary and i used to dread it because i needed to keep all my pokemon at as high hp as possible in case my foe unleashes the dugtrio on me.


anyway,richard, are you still there? i could use a battle. i lost to cema today so i'm not feeling all that confident right now X_X;;

heh, was it against his new team? I battled him a bit earlier, and won. Only reason I broke a sweat was because I underestimated his Metagross (max Defense EVs can catch you by surprise). But either way, I got caught watching Bizarre Foods on the Travel Channel, so I think I'm done with battles for tonight. However, tomorrow I'll be on all night, so be sure to get your confidence back and catch me tomorrow night!

 

[Akuchiki Byakuya]

I want to battle you tomorrow, i have a new poke and it does fairly well. I will be using my yanmega but I will follow the sleep clause. And please don't complain about hacks if I win beause I won't if I lose.

 

[71796]

want to battle? looking for my first battle.

 

[Richard Lynch]

I want to battle you tomorrow, i have a new poke and it does fairly well. I will be using my yanmega but I will follow the sleep clause. And please don't complain about hacks if I win beause I won't if I lose.

Alright, it's a date!

But let it be known that I'll complain about hax all I want. What you have to keep in mind is to not take those kinds of complaints (from me or from anyone) personally, because no one can truly control hax. Okay? Let's not get into another dispute over anything, I don't think my thread could handle it.

EDIT:

want to battle? looking for my first battle.

Tomorrow night, alright? Probably around the same time, I could do.

My waiting list, far as I know, is:

c_dog

ooka_100

71796

I'm off to bed now, so if anyone else wants to have a battle tomorrow night, just post here or PM.