1 vs 1
DQ Time: 3 Days
Damage Cap: 35%
Banned Moves: OHKO's, chills, direct healers
Terrain: Castelia City Square
Castelia City is the gateway to Unova, its port welcoming trainers from around the world. Today those trainers include a fair number from Asber, turned out to compete or spectate on the first round of the League Championship. The city square at the center of Castelia has been reserved for the first round of battle, its broad cobbled expanse providing plenty of room to fight and the central fountain offering a refuge for pokémon that would rather swim than stand. Skyscrapers rise on all sides, framing the scene with the imposing prosperity of Castelia City.
More than just Asber's own trainers have turned out for the battles, though; plenty of curious Castelia residents and tourists mill about the rim of the arena, hoping to catch a few exciting battles. To ensure that they don't go unsatisfied, the regional authorities have generously--and forcefully--provided some of Unova's most powerful pokémon for the trainers to test-drive and show off for the crowd. Unfortunately, with the number of battles that need to be run through before the TCoD League's lease on the square expires, some of the fights might have to be truncated a bit.
For this battle, you will be using a pokémon on loan from the Unova League. Your choices are below. The first player will get first pick of pokémon, and the second will make their pick and then attack as usual. This match will be capped at five rounds. If both pokémon are still standing at the end of round five, the pokémon's health and energy will be added together and the one with the most will be declared the winner.
Round 2/5
RespectTheBlade O
Health:
89%
Energy:
92%
(Edison) Galvantula [M] <Unnerve>
Commands: Rain Dance/Agility ~ Thunder/Agility ~ Electroweb/Agility
Status: Still shaking dirt off of his limbs. –1 Speed
Glace O
Health:
88%
Energy:
89%
Mienshao [M] <Regenerator>
Commands: Sunny Day ~ Stone Edge/Swords Dance ~ Façade/Swords Dance
Status: Hating the feeling of constriction. Paralyzed (severe)
Edison shook the last little bit of grime off of his limbs and began to assess his situation. He realized within a few seconds that he had a clear lead, though any more rock-type attacks would be troublesome at best. Playing into his trainer’s future strategy, the Galvantula slowly turned to the sky, and with a grace that surprised all watching the battle, the giant spider began to leap around in an intricate dance routine, combining spins and stomps, jumps and jives. At the end of the dance the arena seemed relatively unchanged, besides the few arachnophobia-ridden audience members who had very quickly escaped the scene when Edison had began to dance. However, soon dark and menacing storm clouds began to accumulate over the battlefield. In a matter of seconds the battlefield was being pelted by furious amounts of rain. A sarcastic cheer came from the audience, but besides that, all you could hear was the grumbles of those who had forgotten umbrellas. Mienshao sighed as his fur became sopped with water.
Mienshao was not really delighted to provide those who had forgotten their rain gear a reason to rejoice, but it was his trainer’s orders, and he wasn’t going to go against her. He did not have an intricate dance to perform to eliminate those pesky rain clouds; he just simply closed his eyes and called out to the sun. Soon all could feel the heat in the area beginning to rise, and the silhouette of the sun growing brighter behind the cloud cover. With a flash the rays of light broke through the Nimbus clouds, and the precipitation soon began to falter, before disappearing altogether. Above the sun was now as strong as ever, all traces of the clouds gone. Below, more people were able to relax again as the monsoon had passed, but those wearing heavy jackets were now feeling just as uncomfortable as many in the rain. It seemed that neither Edison nor Mienshao could please their audience members, but that didn’t really bother them much.
Edison did not like the furious sun now beating down on him, and with a bit of hesitation he began to prepare his next attack. He looked far into the sky and saw another cloud, much smaller than the ones he had generated, floating atop one of the many skyscrapers. It was considerably far away, but it would have to do. The capacity of the attack was too much for Edison to contain in his body, so instead he created a link between himself and the cloud, summoning up a goliath blast of energy to be launched from the cloud. He fuelled it with a great deal of energy, and when he looked up again the cloud had expanded and was now looking menacingly grey. Soon the mass of precipitation began to crackle with electricity, and with a giant crack of thunder a magnificent fork of lightning came down on an angle headed straight for Mienshao. It wasn’t as accurate as it could have been if the rain clouds had still been positioned above, but Edison’s luck held true, and the bolt hit Mienshao with an immense form. Mienshao screamed as he felt his body fizzle with the electricity coursing through it, and he felt his knees about to buckle. But no, he wasn’t going to give up that easily.
Mienshao stared at his opponent once more, in a fit of pure anger he called out a taunt, which the Galvantula quite clearly ignored. But now, Mienshao was about to return to his element, using his long training to his advantage. In a much more practiced way than the tarantula he was facing, Mienshao began to twirl and twist around, pulling himself into a feeling of Zen and power together. He tried to go as fast as possible, but his limbs were still horribly hampered, and he could not use his full potential, eventually he realized it was no use, he would not be able to get the full gain, and he started to slow himself down, eventually stopping altogether, panting slightly. Even though he had not been able to perform all of the attack he still felt a boost in his power, and he was looking forward to being able to wreak some real panic against his opponent. He had gone past the point of always being nice and refined, and just wanted to inflict some hurt at this annoying opponent of his.
Edison did not like the new spring in the step of his opponent, and he was a bit afraid to see what would come of that warrior dance that Mienshao had just performed. Of course, he couldn’t just sit there waiting to see how his opponent would act, and so he decided to proceed with his trainer’s orders. For the umpteenth time Edison began to charge electricity in his body, this time directing it at the back of his abdomen where he produced his trademark electric webs. He quickly scuttled around so he was facing away from his opponent, and then with a backwards thrust he sent a gigantic silky yellow web heading for his opponent. Now normally Mienshao would have had a better chance at dodging this giant silky offensive, but in his current paralyzed state he could do nothing but simply let the attack strike him, hoping it didn’t hurt him too much. As the web struck, all of the electricity accumulated over top of Mienshao, and he yelped in pain once more as he felt the electrical charges wreak havoc on his body. In his paralyzed state he had a great amount of trouble trying to pull himself out of the mess of silk, and when he finally did he was still covered in the sticky stuff, effectively slowing him down even more.
Mienshao was starting to feel down in the dumps again. He felt like a Mienfoo once more, always feeling like he would never attain that status of being a strong Mienshao. Well, he had gotten here, and now he was going to try with all of his might to make this tarantula suffer. He used all of the anger that he had felt from being paralyzed and sustaining a heck of a lot of damage to fuel his next attack, and with a now simply depressing speed he set off at the Galvantula. As he approached he let his face turn completely demonic, dropping the at-peace look that he had kept on his face for the duration of the battle. Well, Edison may have been the one with the ability Unnerve, but he certainly felt that the tides were being turned now. He slowly backed away as this horrible beast emerged him, and he shut his eyes when he Mienshao got too close. With a small leap Mienshao landed a greatly powerful tackle that knocked Edison back into the pile of dirt behind him. The pain was excruciating, but Edison gritted his proverbial teeth and dug himself out of the pile, ready to fight on.
End of Round 2/5
RespectTheBlade O
Health:
75%
Energy:
79%
(Edison) Galvantula [M] <Unnerve>
Status: Once again removing dirt. –1 Speed
Glace O
Health:
65%
Energy:
75%
Mienshao [M] <Regenerator>
Status: Getting tired of all of these electric attacks. Paralyzed (moderate), +1 Attack, -1 Speed
Arena Notes:
-The sun is shining brightly (4 more actions)
-The cobble has been disrupted behind where Edison stands, a large pile of dirt mixed in with the stones residing there now. There is also a Galvantula shaped indent in it from the Facade
Ref’s Notes
-I finally decided to split up my End of Round Notes
-Swords Dance only increased Mienshao’s Attack stat by one as he is physically disabled by the paralysis
-Amazingly enough there was no paralysis fail
-Glace to order attacks next
