Mawile vs. RespectTheBlade

1vs1 single

Style: Set

DQ: Five days.

Damage Cap: none~

Banned Moves: No energy/health restoring moves (Rest, Chill, Drain Punch, Leech Seed, etc.), Destiny Bond, Explosion, OHKO's.

Arena: A boat

A normal, cruise-ship-sized rowboat that is in the middle of the ocean. Oh, yeah, and it's about 50 miles away from Antarctica.

Other: Only Pokemon holding an evolution item may participate.

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Mawile's selectable Pokémon:
- Aureus (Male Vulpix - Flash Fire - @Fire Stone)

RespectTheBlade's selectable Pokémon:
- -273ºC (Female Snorunt - Ice Body - @Dawn Stone)
- King's English (Male Ralts - Synchronize - @Dawn Stone - Light Weight Arm)

The mighty RNG decrees that:
RespectTheBlade sends out
Mawile irrelevantly sends out and relevantly issues commands
RespectTheBlade issues commands
I ride a horse backwards (and ref)

Imma gonna get me a froslass.

You're up, 273. (who I may call zero. As in absolute zero.)

Let's go Aureus.

Flamethrower three times. If she tries to Disable, use Ember on her instead. If she uses Water Pulse, wait for her to attack and then use Disable.

Flamethrower/Ember/Disable ~ Flamethrower/Ember/Disable ~ Flamethrower/Ember/Disable

alright, zero, let's try and turn this in our favor.

First, I want you to Protect to try and save some of your health. Afterwards, let's go with a Rain Dance to weaken those Flamethrowers. Finish off with a Weather Ball.

Protect~Rain Dance~Weather Ball

1vs1 single
Style: Set
DQ: Five days.
Damage Cap: none~
Banned Moves: No energy/health restoring moves (Rest, Chill, Drain Punch, Leech Seed, etc.), Destiny Bond, Explosion, OHKO's.
Other: Only Pokemon holding an evolution item may participate.

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Arena: A boat

A normal, cruise-ship-sized rowboat that is in the middle of the ocean. Oh, yeah, and it's about 50 miles away from Antarctica.

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Arena status: Unchanged.


Multiple oars batter against the sea, whose waves seem to be calmer for the day. Not very calm, but, calmer than they had been before.

At what would be roughly the center of the giant rowboat, there were three people that didn't seem to be involved with the rowing. Rather, what they had in mind was one of those things that have been known to plow cities whole into chaos, and could be less than kind to the boat. That is, Pokémon battling.

Accounting for one particular rule of the challenge he had accepted, RespectTheBlade reached for the PokéBalls of the only two Pokémon he was allowed to sent out, then settled for one of them after a bit of thought. The sendout was a small, black creature covered by a structure that resembled a yellow poncho. She carried a small, translucent stone.

The other trainer, Mawile, smirked as it sent out its own Pokémon: a quadruped with reddish brown fur, with six crimson tails curling behind him, tightly clutching an orange stone.

At the referee's signal, the battle began.

Aureus would have preferred something of a more cunning plan, but, it seemed as though brute force alone was enough to reach for victory. With little effory, he blew a wide brush of flames against his target, using his internal fire sac. However, somehow, the blazes would dissipate upon reaching a certain radius around -273ºC. A faint green light gave it away -- it was Protect.

The Vulpix figured that he could use a little trick to get his opponent out of the shield. He stopped attacking, and let her think that was the cue to use the next move. However, she was abruptly interrupted by the linear inferno that she was now no longer able to fend off. As a Pokémon built for colder environments, the Snorunt had no business being around heat, let alone struck by a jet of flames.

It was easy to tell that there would be yet more fire to deal with. RespectTheBlade's Pokémon had but one means of diminishing the pain that these attacks would cause. She started... Dancing. At first it seemed silly, but then, stormclouds began to gather on otherwise clear skies. A thunder strike upon the seawater announced the tempest's beginning. The implications of this sort of weather were felt very soon by those on the boat, who were being thrown around by the agitation of the waves. Anticipating worse things to come, the referee sent his Aerodactyl out and started watching the battle from the air, as he had done on numerous other occasions.

The rumbling deck made it tougher to even stand, let alone fight. Aureus still didn't bother moving out of his original position, and put the correct landing of the attack in jeopardy. Nonetheless, he still managed to have a ray of flames hit his enemy. Even if it wasn't for damage as massive as earlier, as the watter dropping from the sky weakened the fire.

-273ºC counterattacked by firing a strange white ball, seeming to be made of energy, at the sky. It vanished among the rainclouds, but then dropped down, now having assumed the shape of a drop of water. It hit its target on the head with audible impact.


Arena status: It's raining heavily (8 more actions). The agitated waves are shaking the boat, making it so attacks will either require more effort, or be likelier to miss.

Additional notes:
- I feel nerdy for having understood -273ºC's name on sight.
- Flamethrower was Protected against successfully on the first action.
- RespectTheBlade attacks first next round.

yaay. nerd power.

Anyway, I'm sorry to say this, but we're probably screwed. So, Zero, Water Pulse and hope for confusion. If at any point she tries to Disable, or if she Protects, use Double Team. and, if at any point she uses Flamethrower, Disable her back.

Water Pulse/Double Team/Disable x3

Sunny Day ~ Heat Wave ~ Heat Wave

>:3

1vs1 single
Style: Set
DQ: Five days.
Damage Cap: none~
Banned Moves: No energy/health restoring moves (Rest, Chill, Drain Punch, Leech Seed, etc.), Destiny Bond, Explosion, OHKO's.
Other: Only Pokemon holding an evolution item may participate.

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Arena: A boat

A normal, cruise-ship-sized rowboat that is in the middle of the ocean. Oh, yeah, and it's about 50 miles away from Antarctica.

Click to expand...

Arena status: It's raining heavily (8 more actions). The agitated waves are shaking the boat, making it so attacks will either require more effort, or be likelier to miss.


The wrath of the seas gave the rowboat no truce. Even as commands were issued, there was massive agitation on the deck.

But Aureus had no mind for fighting in conditions like those for much longer. Rather, he used his natural Fire-type powers for an arcane howl that bolstered the sunlight formerly covered by the stormclouds, making it pierce right through them. The tempest was substituted for clear skies and solar warmth.

The boat being settled was good news for -273ºC, but the sunlight wasn't. She could use it to have less trouble performing Water-type attacks, seeing as these would mostly rely on molten ice, but the new climate condition would still mess up the attack's consistency and ability to cause reliable damage. Regardless, she started praying that she'd hit the right spot -- while knowing that she probably wouldn't -- as she shot a ball of water and sound which had its target flinching, but hardly fazed otherwise.

It was easy to assume that what was coming next was a barrage of Flamethrowers. The Snorunt readied her Disable... Only to be hit by an entirely different attack. It was hardly visible, but very easy to feel, as it consisted mainly of an extremely heated gale of wind that the intense sunlight wasn't exactly hampering.

The absolute zero Pokémon (or at least, the one named after it) quickly spat out another Water Pulse before backing off and hiding inside her poncho-like carapace. Surprisingly, it worked -- she did feel a slight amount of heat coming her way, but none of the pure inferno that the attack was at full force. She seized the opportunity for launching another Water-type attack just before the round ended.


Arena status: It's sunny (6 more actions). The sea has calmed down and deck is stable.

Additional notes:
- Heat Wave on the last action missed.
- I get a feeling that this battle will be very short.
- Mawile attacks first next round.

Fire Blast x3, unless she uses Protect or Disable. If she does, use Disable.

Fire Blast/Disable ~ Fire Blast/Disable ~ Fire Blast/Disable

Well, this is disastrous. I am not one to that takes kindly to raging infernoes of firey death being launched at my snorunt.

So, let's try and remedy this situation.

Zero, I want you to Disable the first Fire Blast. That means she won't be able to attack, even if you do lose the ability to Disable. I then want you to use Water Pulse twice. Hopefully we can get some confusion. If you die/faint, don't worry. You'll evolve into a Frosslass and we will personally destroy that vulpix.

Disable~Water Pulse~Water Pulse

1vs1 single
Style: Set
DQ: Five days.
Damage Cap: none~
Banned Moves: No energy/health restoring moves (Rest, Chill, Drain Punch, Leech Seed, etc.), Destiny Bond, Explosion, OHKO's.
Other: Only Pokemon holding an evolution item may participate.

Click to expand...

Arena: A boat

A normal, cruise-ship-sized rowboat that is in the middle of the ocean. Oh, yeah, and it's about 50 miles away from Antarctica.

Click to expand...

Arena status: It's sunny (6 more actions). The sea has calmed down and deck is stable.


-273ºC felt dreadful. She knew from the get-go her chances were slim, but, seeing the situation progressively worsen was no less painful.

What truly was painful, though, was the attack that was about to be launched at her. With a glint in his eyes, Aureus carefully fashioned a symbol out of flames in the air, and then, upon completion, blasted the star-in-a-circle-shaped blaze into his hapless target. The exploding fire briefly cloaked her. By the time the Fire Blast had vanished, its victim was on the ground, charred and covered in minor burns, but still aware.

Springing back to action, the Snorunt tapped into mysterious powers she hardly was aware she had in order to invade her enemy's mind, placing a mental block in what seemed to be the area last activated. If she had to be struck by further fiery attacks, it would have to be of the less painful sort. Or so she thought, at least.

When she was once more aware of her surroundings, however, the attack she had just used was being used right back at her. She felt her mysterious power going out of reach as her opponent invoked the meta logic by Disabling Disable. With a feeling that that was bad, the Ice-type Pokémon started to attack once more, again shooting a blast of water, wrapped in sound.

The Vulpix that was constantly on the receiving end of these attacks hardly seemed to mind. What was problematic, however, was carrying out his own commands. Now it was time for one more powerful inferno, and yet, he seemed unable to muster it. He could do little until the end of the round but take one more Water Pulse quietly.


Arena status: It's sunny (3 more actions). The sea has calmed down and deck is stable.

Additional notes:
- At the third action, Aureus failed to use Fire Blast due to Disable. This failed attempt costed no energy, by the way.
- RespectTheBlade, you won't be able to personally destroy that Vulpix once you have a Froslass. Because, by that point, that Vulpix will no longer be a Vulpix.
- RespectTheBlade attacks first next round.

...*grumbledetailsgrumble*
Well, zero, we don't really stand much of a chance. under normal circumstances I would have you explode, but you can't learn explosion. So, I want you to Water Pulse again, on the slim chance that it might confuse. and if you die, you will evolve. And when you evolve, we can finally get revenge on that Ninetales. (better? -_-)

Water Pulse/Die X3

1vs1 single
Style: Set
DQ: Five days.
Damage Cap: none~
Banned Moves: No energy/health restoring moves (Rest, Chill, Drain Punch, Leech Seed, etc.), Destiny Bond, Explosion, OHKO's.
Other: Only Pokemon holding an evolution item may participate.

Click to expand...

Arena: A boat

A normal, cruise-ship-sized rowboat that is in the middle of the ocean. Oh, yeah, and it's about 50 miles away from Antarctica.

Click to expand...

Arena status: It's sunny (3 more actions). The sea has calmed down and deck is stable.


Figuring that the battle was probably as good as over, the referee returned to the deck and recalled his Aerodactyl before giving the signal to recommence battling once more.

-273ºC stood in place, seeming mildly dizzy. Aureus' trainer hollered, "FINISH HER", and the Vulpix delivered with swiftness and elegance, taking an emphatically deep breath before blowing an infernal wave of heat. Upon being hit by the attack, the Snorunt sttutered around the arena dramatically for a few seconds, then dropped to the ground, stiff, eyes closed.

The fox Pokémon could already feel the power of his Fire Stone calling out to him after the curb stomp battle. His defeated enemy would be feeling the same way, except she happens to not be feeling at all at the moment. Both battlers were recalled.

As the sun set and Antartica started to get within sight, Mawile started to sing a Sex Bob-Omb song while RespectTheBlade sang one by Fall Out Boy, whereas Metallica Fanboy chose to forgo his name's obvious implactions in favor of strutting around the boat while going on about something about boats and oysters and tickets to that thing you love and diamonds and anything being possible. And all of a sudden, he was on a horse.


Arena status: It's sunny (3 more actions). The sea has calmed down and deck is stable.

Additional notes:
- Smell like a man, man.

So, Mawile gets $8, I get $5, RespectTheBlase gets $3, Aureus gets two points of experience and -273ºC gets one.

Old Spice whistle.