4 vs 4 Singles
Style: Set
DQ: 5 days
Damage Cap: 40%
Move Restrictions: OHKO moves are banned, Evasion moves (Double Team, Minimize, etc) are banned, Weather moves are banned, Direct Healing moves limited to 1 / Pokémon, Chills limited to 3 / Pokémon.
Other restrictions: Only Pokémon at their lowest stage of evolution (single-stage Pokémon are banned).
Arena: Underground Forest
Several meters under the sands of the Sahara desert grows an otherworldly forest. Nourished by an underground river and lighten up by rays of sun coming from various holes in the vault, this forgotten ecosystem is the home of various plants and animals that live in perfect harmony.
The battle will take place in a vast and mossy plain, in the middle of this huge underground forest. The plain is divided in two halves by a river, wide enough to contain two Wailmers side by side. Since the current is quite strong, battling in the river will cost additional energy. The opposite half can be accessed by a wood bridge dammed by generations of Bibarels, however if the bridge is hit by a strong attack it may break apart. Sharp rocks are scattered throughout the arena, and one must be careful not to fall on those. The vault is high enough for any Pokémon to fly. Tall trees are also scattered on the plain, and home of various bugs and other arboreal Pokémon.
Effects:
-- Due to the high humidity rate, all Water moves will deal an additional 1% damage and all Fire moves will deal 1% less damage after all calculations, and every mushroom-y Pokémon will gain a permanent +1 boost in special Defense, which isn't erased by Haze and co.
-- An action spent in the river will cost an additional 1% energy for water-type Pokémon and 2% for other Pokémon.
-- A Pokémon thrown against a rock will take 3% rock-type damage.
-- A Pokémon thrown against a tree will take 3% bug-type damage for disturbing its various inhabitants.
-- If the bridge is hit by an attack with 120 base power or higher, it will fall apart and the user of the move will be attacked by a horde of Bibarels that will deal 10% Normal-typed and 5% Water-typed damage.
-- At the beginning of each round, one of each of the following events will happen with equal possibility:
1. A bunch of Combee will fly around the battlers and give some Honey to each, restoring 5% Energy.
2. A Tropius will land near a random battler, offering a banana. The banana restores 5% Health.
3. A group of Jumpluff and Whimsicott will fly on top of a random battler, dropping cotton spores. The affected battler will be considered under the effects of Cotton Spore (-2 Speed) and Cotton Guard (+3 Defence) for the rest of the round.
4. A Nosepass will come rolling around clumsily. It has a 50% chance of hitting a random battler, dealing 5% Rock-Type damage. It will then feel terribly sorry and to catch up it will try to shield the hit Pokémon. For the rest of the round, all attacks aimed at the shielded Pokémon have half of their original accuracy.
5. A Slowpoke will come out of the river and activate the effect of Trick Room for the rest of the round. If Trick Room is already in effect, its duration will be extended by three actions.
6. A Luvdisk will swim to the battlers in the river and give them some help. Each battler currently in the river will regain 3% Health and Energy and will be cured of every status except infatuation.
7. A baby Kangaskhan will come running to the field and will sit there for the rest of the round. If a battler uses a damaging move that is wide-spread or has a chance to expand anywhere else than on the target, the baby will be hit and the mother Kangaskhan will arrive at very high speed and will strike the meanie with a terrible punch, dealing 10% Normal-type damage. Ghost-types are affected by this attack because the said Kangaskhan has the ability Scrappy. She will then flee with her baby.
8. A very noble and snobbish Ninetales will come out of the forest and will brag about the merits of Fire-types. Every Fire-type on the field will gain a +1 boost in Attack and Special Attack because of their increased confidence. This boost is permanent and can only be removed through the use of Haze and other boost-altering moves.
9. A group of Sneasel will appear out of what seems to be nowhere and steal the battlers’ item. If no item is hold, they will deal 4% Ice-type damage the Pokémon instead. The items are recovered after the battle, unless they are consumable (Berries, Air Balloon, Battery, etc.).
10. A lonely Shedinja will appear behind a random battler and transfer some Ghost-type energy. The battler gains the ability Wonder Guard for the rest of the round.
Team Lord of the Fireflies
Mars (Male)
Ability: Poison Heal
Health: 45%
Energy: 76%
Status: So uh what's going on then Attack +1, special attack +1.
Commands: Leech Seed / Drain Punch / Snatch ~ Leech Seed / Drain Punch / Snatch ~ Leech Seed / Drain Punch / Snatch
Chills: 0/3
Healings: 0/1
Team Blastoise Fortooate
Quetzal (Female)
Ability: Natural Cure
Health: 90%
Energy: 61%
Status: GRR WHY DID THAT THING HAVE TO SHIELD HIM >C Safeguard active (three more rounds).
Commands: Heat Wave ~ Heat Wave ~ Heat Wave
Signature Attribute: Rayquazic Envy
Round 17 Begin!
As the round begins, a brilliantly white Ninetales darts in from somewhere. It looks at the battlers with some disdain, seeing there are no fire-types there, and then turns and leaps away, disappearing into the trees. It suddenly occurs to the ref to look at the tree that was on fire; it seems to have burned away all the leaves, but the trunk is in mysteriously good shape.
Her attention snapping back to the battle, she watches as Mars manouvres a large, brown seed to the top of his body. Aiming carefully, he launches it at Quetzal; it flies in a lovely parabolic arc towards her and hits, landing in one of her cottony wings and bursting open, a mass of vines beginning to take root and digging into her body. Several buds begin to form, opening slightly; green energy begins to occasionally emerge from them, floating over to Mars, who happily absorbs them. Quetzal glares at him, and then begins to concentrate her energy; she opens her beak and exhales strongly, a rippling wave of heat spreading over the arena and engulfing Mars; he grimaces, but does his best not to show how much it hurts. Meanwhile, Quetzal suddenly notices that her flight's becoming strained and difficult; the vines in her wing are impeding her significantly.
As the attack ceases, Mars immediately runs over to Quetzal. Cloaking himself in a red, fighting-type aura, he leaps up into the flying form and headbutts it hard, and at the same time the energy he's surrounded with saps away some of her health; she winces, while he grins at the recovery it provides. His relief is short-lived, though, as she suddenly exhales another plume of hot air at him; unprepared this time, he can't help but betray his pain, and Quetzal does the beaked equivalent of a grin.
Once more he conjures up an aura of reddish energy, leaping into the air and smashing into her side, once more siphoning away some of her health for his own use. As she breathes out yet another wave of hot air, she notices just how difficult her flight's becoming; she reflects that she might, even, be forced to land sometime soon, should the vines continue to grow.
Round 17 End!
Team Lord of the Fireflies
Mars (Male)
Ability: Poison Heal
Health: 18% (CAPPED)
Energy: 55%
Status: Argh, it burns... Attack +1, special attack +1.
Attacks Used: Leech Seed ~ Drain Punch ~ Drain Punch
Chills: 0/3
Healings: 0/1
Team Blastoise Fortooate
Quetzal (Female)
Ability: Natural Cure
Health: 69%
Energy: 31%
Status: Rgh, I can barely fly. Safeguard active (two more rounds); Seeded (3% per round), wing restricted by Leech Seed (2% energy per action spent in flight).
Attacks Used: Heat Wave ~ Heat Wave ~ Heat Wave
Signature Attribute: Rayquazic Envy
Damage / Energy Calculations
Leech Seed - 5% energy (accuracy roll 19, needed 90 or above to miss)
Heat Wave - 15% damage, 8% energy (accuracy roll 74, needed 90 or above to miss)
Drain Punch - 9% damage, restored 5% health (Mars), 8% energy (accuracy roll 20, needed 100 to miss)
Heat Wave - 15% damage, 8% energy (accuracy roll 82, needed 90 or above to miss)
Drain Punch - 9% damage, restored 5% health (Mars), 8% energy (accuracy roll 12, needed 100 to miss)
Heat Wave - 15% damage, 8% energy (accuracy roll 3, needed 90 or above to miss)
Notes
- Sorry for the lack of description on the second and third actions; I couldn't think of much for the repetitive moves.
Arena Notes
- This round, the Ninetales appeared; it didn't do anything, since there were no fire-types.
- A tree is on fire; its leaves are all gone, but the trunk still seems to be in a bizarrely good state.
- There are many large craters next to a pile of rubble.
- There's a pile of iron filings in front of where Nikola once was.
Next Round
- Blastoise Fortooate attacks
- Lord of the Fireflies attacks
- I ref
