I actually just lost on battle #176, making the final number 175.
How Rome Finally Fell
I get home from a tiring school day, poised to win another streak. (trying to win a round a day to shake off my rust) The team had destroyed the past two rounds the last two days, shocking me because I hadn't played in many months. I think one of the main mental errors I made was thinking that I was already back into the swing of the game board and was looking too far ahead to 200.
Anyway, warstory.
I wait as the panel selector flies past on the screen, wanting to sick Regice (which the team dislikes, but it's certainly not impossible) with a burn status, making Umbreon's job much much easier. (Because of the damn ability, I can't just sick it with crippling moves, sadly) Unfortunately, the button before burn was selected. (ally sleep) At this point I'm still fine, Salamence being asleep would be most preferred, since he wouldn't really be able to set up against this team. However, Umbreon was crippled. I stick around, trying to remove this status, but Regice starts duking out Focus Blast. I switch to Salamence, absorb it, then switch to Suicune to absorb the expected ice beam... Here's the fun part...
I absorbed the ice beam just fine and get two calm minds in as Regice goes crazy with thunderbolt. Which I'm fine with as well, because that's 2 PP knocked off each time. However, another unfortunate event strikes, as I rest for the second time, heartbreak... Thunderbolt crits, Suicune's red now, because Suicune is faster, I was stuck asleep, and so was Umbreon... Salamence can't take on a team with +0 Outrage, either.
You know what happens now, another unfortunate event. I designed my Umbreon for these moments to ride the storm against special attackers and perform magnificently. Focus blast misses some more, and I continue to stay asleep. I swear, I was asleep the max amount of turns. (At least 4, it truly sucked) So I can't yawn to give Salamence the window of opportunity to win it all. (+0 Outrage might not beat teams, but +1 can) So all I need is one yawn, get KO'd, I'd still win. But nope, stayed asleep the entire time, then KO'd by thunderbolt.
Salamence comes in, a lil bit weakened. I have to Outrage here, can't sub 'cause he'll just ice beam me to death. Outrage doesn't OHKO, Ice Beam in return smacks the team a loss.
So that's that, the team I proclaimed as immortal, has died. I still believe that, though, because god damn they're so magnificent, I dunno if I can make anything better than that that hasn't already been thought up).
An amazing amount of people have begged to know the team, so I'll gladly post it this weekend, now that the fun ride is over. Ya'know, third time really is the charm. Their third streak and they get within ~25 of 200? Hell, that was so much fun. So many close battles, entire rounds survived with choice items, etc. Looking back, I had so much fun, and this team really just rocks.
