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Metallica Fanboy vs Zero Moment vs Kratos Aurion

FWIW, if you are concerned about randomizing "invalid" attacks like counter, Negrek does have a metronome randomizer that can account for all moves that are uncallable as of Gen V. It wouldn't exclude thousand waves (unless Gen VI event moves aren't in there at all yet), but it's still quicker than just randomizing and looking things up.

I'm okay with calling any move as long as it doesn't cause some kind of mechanical problem, though! Gameplay mechanical problems, that is. If RND wants to cause the catastrophic failure of a skyscraper's key structural components, that's still totally cool.

Also,

~Random Number Degenerate would have used Power Swap on Alexandrite Dragon if it hadn’t been paralyzed. Just thought I’d mention that.

Poop.

TM41 ~ Withdraw ~ Struggle
 
Round 5

Metallica Fanboy
kecleon
Alexandrite Dragon (♂)
Health: 74%
Energy: 100%
Type: Fighting
Ability: Color Change
Status: Attack +6. Defense +1. Special Defense -2. Accuracy +1. Currently wearing a cleffa-sized present box on his head.

Zero Moment
Cleffaleftovers
Eurastar (♀)
Health: 54%
Energy: 100%
Type: Fairy
Abilities: Magic Guard
Status: Attack +1. Special Attack +1. Speed -2. About 15cm taller than normal. Movement Restricted (one more action).

Kratos Aurion
Cleffamagmarizer
Random Number Degenerate (♂)
Health: 66%
Energy: 100%
Type: Fairy
Ability: Magic Guard, Flash Fire
Status: Paralyzed (15% chance of full paralysis - will fade to 10% in two actions). Movement Restricted (one more action).​

Alexandrite Dragon started off round five by retreating into a somewhat familiar stance, his body at an angle to Eurastar and his hands cupped together. Between them, an erratically rippling sphere of water began to form, and slowly got bigger and bigger. The crowd heard a light hum for a second, but before they could ascertain anything more, the Kecleon launched the Water Pulse at Eurastar. The attack was a direct hit, as the onlookers could all very clearly see as the ball of water exploded in her face with a loud bang.

As soon as the water vapor cleared out of the air, though, it was evident that the attack wasn’t all that effective on the large Cleffa. In fact, she was meditating through the impact, and it almost seemed as if she hadn’t felt it at all, despite a nasty bruise proving otherwise. When she opened her eyes a moment later, it was clear that she’d at least concentrated through some of the impact, but at the same time she seemed a little bit drunk. Random Number Degenerate watched the scene play out before him, his paralysis once again making him unable to move. But that was getting better, thankfully, and he noticed that all the scales from the Thousand Waves attack earlier had been shaved off by now.

Alexandrite Dragon began to wave his finger in the air once again, and began to glow with a light blue aura. The box he was still wearing on his head also glowed with that aura, but nothing else seemed to happen, like the attack was ineffective. Alexandrite Dragon didn’t seem to notice.

Eurastar did, though, and took this chance. While the Kecleon was preoccupied with his useless attack, the large Cleffa staggered over to him, and began to wave her own finger in the air. And then, she began to thrash wildly around, gaining momentum quickly. Alexandrite Dragon was caught directly by the attack, and while Eurastar was still too short to really reach his head, he got a lot of bruises elsewhere from the attack.

Random Number Degenerate, meanwhile, decided to take advantage of the situation with its own attack this round. With an agility it shouldn’t have had due to its ever-present paralysis, the smaller Cleffa leapt high into the air, towards his two opponents. As he hit the peak of its arc and began to descend, he wrapped himself in a shimmering blue flame, and began to spin around just for good measure. Alexandrite Dragon’s body was only just starting to turn white when Eurastar kicked off of him one last time, knocking him to the ground. And then came Random Number Degenerate, right in the belly, knocking him even further into the ground, and into one of the many spikes scattered upon it.

There was a small explosion as the smaller Cleffa also bounced off of the Kecleon. Some members of the crowd gasped in sympathy with the poor creature as its body turned a deep blue, the color of a nasty bruise and also the color of the attack it had just been hit by. But it became evident soon that Random Number Degenerate, however hard he had hit Alexandrite Dragon, had gotten the angle of his attack just a little bit off. He had bounced straight upwards, and was now coming straight downwards.

Alexandrite Dragon took his chance. As Random Number Degenerate descended upon him, he grabbed the Cleffa with both hands, and began to squeeze the life out of his poor opponent for several seconds before tossing the star-shaped pokémon away. Random Number Degenerate reminded himself once again not to mess with Alexandrite Dragon - it always seemed to end badly - and, for safety’s sake, targeted Eurastar with a Giga Drain. Eurastar grimaced in pain as the greenish orbs were pulled from her body, but there was little she could do through her dizziness - her thrashing had gotten too chaotic, and she’d tripped and fallen.

End of Round 5

Metallica Fanboy
kecleon
Alexandrite Dragon (♂)
Health: 44%
Energy: 100%
Type: Dragon
Ability: Color Change
Actions: Water Pulse@Eurastar ~ Recycle ~ Vice Grip@Random Number Degenerate
Status: Attack +6. Defense +1. Special Defense -2. Accuracy +1. Box: 5%

Zero Moment
Cleffaleftovers
Eurastar (♀)
Health: 44%
Energy: 100%
Type: Fairy
Abilities: Magic Guard
Actions: Meditate ~ Thrash@Alexandrite Dragon ~ Confused
Status: Attack +2. Special Attack +1. Speed -2. About 15cm taller than normal. Confused (30% chance of accidental self-harm)

Kratos Aurion
Cleffamagmarizer
Random Number Degenerate (♂)
Health: 58%
Energy: 100%
Type: Fairy
Ability: Magic Guard, Flash Fire
Actions: Fully paralyzed ~ Dragon Rush@Alexandrite (Critical Hit) ~ Giga Drain@Eurastar
Status: Moderately Paralyzed (10% chance of full paralysis - will fade to 5% in two actions).​

Arena Status:
~No civilians are seriously injured.
~There are spikes covering the ground. There is a 30% chance of landing on them on any given action.
~One building, away from the battlers, has a dent in it.
~The three battlers are standing in an approximately equilateral triangle from each other. Alexandrite Dragon is enraged but is also concealing fear from how much damage it’s taken. Random Number Degenerate is wary of his opponents. Eurastar is slightly drunk.

Referee Notes
~Eurastar would have used Perish Song action 3 had it not been confused. Just thought I’d mention that.
~Eurastar did not take damage from confusion due to Magic Guard.

Next Round:
~commands
~reffing
 
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You left off that bit about the dented building (assuming that's what you were talking about) in the arena status notes, just fyi. Evidence of destruction, no matter how minor, should always be accessible front and center!

TM09 ~ TM28 ~ TM01
 
Shouldn't the confusion be inflicted after the 2-3 turns it's being used, though?

It got confused by Water Pulse the action before it used Thrash. The confusion just didn't kick in until the third action - and since Thrash was interrupted and didn't end naturally, it wouldn't have renewed the confusion status (this is why it's a 30% chance currently, and not a 50% chance - it's been around for a little while)
 
Round 6

Metallica Fanboy
kecleon
Alexandrite Dragon (♂)
Health: 44%
Energy: 100%
Type: Dragon
Ability: Color Change
Status: Attack +6. Defense +1. Special Defense -2. Accuracy +1. Box: 5%

Zero Moment
Cleffaleftovers
Eurastar (♀)
Health: 44%
Energy: 100%
Type: Fairy
Ability: Magic Guard
Status: Attack +2. Special Attack +1. Speed -2. About 15cm taller than normal. Confused (30% chance of accidental self-harm)

Kratos Aurion
Cleffamagmarizer
Random Number Degenerate (♂)
Health: 58%
Energy: 100%
Type: Fairy
Abilities: Magic Guard, Flash Fire
Status: Moderately Paralyzed (10% chance of full paralysis - will fade to 5% in two actions).​

The referee waved his flag to begin the sixth round of the metronome battle, and, just like the last five rounds, Alexandrite Dragon was the first to start wiggling his finger. He soon grew a shadowy aura, and his facial expression became sinister, and the arena became slightly darker...but after a moment, it became that the Kecleon’s lack of battle experience was greatly holding the attack back. So much, in fact, that it didn’t even seem to do anything.

Meanwhile, Eurastar was busy harnessing the power of the Earth. She had forgotten by now that attacking Alexandrite Dragon was a bad idea lest he retaliate, and only remembered shortly after launching her attack, but hey! Whatever works, right? As the shadows around the chameleon pokémon began to recede, the ground beneath his feet opened up, and out flowed fiery blasts of dirt. Several of these blasts, each about half a meter in diameter, exploded throughout the intersection, and almost all of them struck Alexandrite Dragon. As his skin turned the same shade as the earth he’d just been struck with, the Kecleon swore revenge.

And then Random Number Degenerate received his attack from the Random Number God, and he grinned evilly. Quickly, while Eurastar and Alexandrite Dragon were preoccupied with each other, the smaller Cleffa’s grin turned into a wide open mouth. No sooner had it done so, then a blast of steaming water began to emerge at a very high water pressure. This blast hit Alexandrite Dragon right in the face, which was good because the present box he was still wearing protected him from a little bit of the damage, but it wasn’t enough - the box melted away, and as soon as it did, the chameleon pokémon was left particularly vulnerable to the water-type attack. His brown skin quickly turned blue in reaction to the attack, but the damage had already been done - the Kecleon was lucky to recover from the attack without a burn from the scalding water.

The first thing on Alexandrite Dragon’s mind at this point was retaliation. That attack was just unforgivable - hitting him while he was down? The nerve! He wiggled his finger angrily, and then smiled evilly as the Random Number God smiled down at him. He took off running towards Random Number Degenerate, ignoring the spikes he stepped on as he went, and moving too quickly for the poor little Cleffa to understand what was going on. And then--

Despite Random Number Degenerate’s small size and weight, the noise of the impact was heard several hundred feet away. The poor thing went flying out of the arena, until it hit an audience member in the head, delivering a nasty concussion. A not-that-considerate lady standing next to that audience member grabbed Random Number Degenerate and threw him back into the battle. They wanted a show, after all, and that wasn’t going to happen if one of the battlers was out of the ring.

But as Random Number Degenerate hit the pavement on his way back in, he wasn’t paying much attention to his surroundings, and ended up being very surprised as Eurastar landed harshly on top of him, after performing a graceful and surprisingly high leap through the air. Thankfully, Eurastar’s larger size didn’t stop her from being as bouncy as any other Cleffa, and the impact from the Flying Press attack wasn’t too harsh. Despite the beating he’d taken, Random Number Degenerate somehow managed to push himself to his feet and launch an attack at Alexandrite Dragon in retaliation. It was a medium punch to the side of the head - enough to spin the Kecleon around a little bit and turn his skin white, but not much more. Thankfully, he didn’t need to fear the beast’s retaliation for this attack, as Alexandrite Dragon looked a bit too tired to do anything else.

Meanwhile, Eurastar stuck her landing. And no sooner had she done so than her finger was waving back and forth once again - and this time, almost immediately, a wave of insects came out of nowhere from behind her and began to fly towards Alexandrite Dragon. The bugs found the Kecleon’s pale skin to be quite attractive, and they all collapsed on the chameleon pokémon, trying to eat him alive just as he didn’t have the energy to resist.

It was a nice diversion, which Random Number Degenerate used to wave his own finger in the air, for the last time this round. And this time, it was him onto whom the Random Number God smiled. His hand curled into a fist, and began to crackle with electricity - more and more, until the faint smell of burning reached some of the more sensitive noses in the crowd. After a little while, about when the insects began to dissipate from Alexandrite Dragon, he launched his attack at Eurastar...and completely whiffed the attack. Another one of the spectators ended up getting badly electrocuted, and more paramedics had to be called.

End of Round 6

Metallica Fanboy
kecleon
Alexandrite Dragon (♂)
Health: 12% (capped)
Energy: 100%
Type: Bug
Ability: Color Change
Actions: Night Shade@Random Number Degenerate ~ Giga Impact@Random Number Degenerate ~ Recharge
Status: Attack +6. Defense +1. Special Defense -2. Accuracy +1.

Zero Moment
Cleffaleftovers
Eurastar (♀)
Health: 47%
Energy: 100%
Type: Fairy
Ability: Magic Guard
Actions: Earth Power@Alexandrite Dragon ~ Flying Press@Random Number Degenerate ~ Attack Order@Alexandrite Dragon
Status: Attack +2. Special Attack +1. Speed -2. About 15cm taller than normal. Mildly confused (10% chance to hurt self in confusion)

Kratos Aurion
Cleffamagmarizer
Random Number Degenerate (♂)
Health: 30%
Energy: 100%
Type: Fairy
Abilities: Magic Guard, Flash Fire
Actions: Scald@Alexandrite Dragon ~ Dizzy Punch@Alexandrite Dragon ~ Zap Cannon@Eurastar (Missed)
Status: Mildly Paralyzed (5% chance of full paralysis - will fade completely two actions).​

Arena Status:
~One civilian has been taken to the hospital for a head wound inflicted by a soft blunt object traveling at high speed. Another is currently comatose on the ground, and paramedics haven’t taken him yet. It is unknown whether either of these people are planning to press charges.
~One building, away from the battlers, has a bit of a dent in it.
~The center of the intersection, while still flat and easily navigable, is in tatters from the Earth Power attack.
~There are spikes covering the ground. There is a 30% chance of landing on them on any given action.
~Alexandrite Dragon is standing a couple of meters away from the center of the intersection. Random Number Degenerate is near him but a couple more meters towards the edge, and Eurastar is about three meters removed from both of them, keeping her distance for the time being.

Next Round:
~commands
~reffing, hopefully more timely this time (sheesh, this is the only battle I’m reffing, can’t I even make weekly deadlines?)
 
How very unsporting, ganging up on the only one who has fully developed limbs. I guess you must have gotten their alarm into code red.

Anyways, now's your last chance to decimate this entire place. Break it down!

Earthquake ~ Magma Storm ~ Draco Meteor
 
Hmmm... may have to settle for straight-up human carnage as opposed to large-scale destruction of property. I'm... disappointed, but I'll live. More casualties, Degenerate! If we can't appease the gods of randomness then I'm sure there's some demon or other'll out there who'll accept a blood sacrifice.

Super Glitch ~ Super Glitch ~ Super Glitch
 
Round 7

Metallica Fanboy
kecleon
Alexandrite Dragon (♂)
Health: 12%
Energy: 100%
Type: Bug
Ability: Color Change
Status: Attack +6. Defense +1. Special Defense -2. Accuracy +1.

Zero Moment
Cleffaleftovers
Eurastar (♀)
Health: 47%
Energy: 100%
Type: Fairy
Ability: Magic Guard
Status: Attack +2. Special Attack +1. Speed -2. About 15cm taller than normal. Mildly confused (10% chance to hurt self in confusion)

Kratos Aurion
Cleffamagmarizer
Random Number Degenerate (♂)
Health: 30%
Energy: 100%
Type: Fairy
Abilities: Magic Guard, Flash Fire
Status: Mildly Paralyzed (5% chance of full paralysis - will fade completely two actions).​

Alexandrite Dragon gritted his teeth as Round Seven began, determined not to be the first to fall in this battle. His first move was one to increase his survivability, rather than to damage his opponents - a green pulse began to spread from his feet across the entire arena, and as it went grass began to inexplicably carpet the intersection, growing most densely in the spots where the last round’s Earth Power had blown away the pavement. It was soft grass, like a carpet, and very soothing to all the combatants - even some of the onlookers jumped into the arena and lay down.

With the nice soft grass now covering the arena, Random Number Degenerate felt liberated - free at last from his paralysis and constriction of movement. He might not be as big as his two opponents, but he could certainly show them what a little Cleffa was capable of. ...that is, if the Random Number God came through for him. He wiggled his finger in hopeful anticipation, and before long a beam burst from his hand straight towards Alexandrite Dragon. It was a thin beam, though, and didn’t seem to do any damage to the Kecleon - in fact, it almost seemed too simple, like something was going on that the crowd didn’t know about.

But while Alexandrite Dragon was distracted, Eurastar took the opportunity to launch his own attack. Her finger crackled with electricity, and after a few seconds she sent a quick shockwave through the air towards her larger opponent. Alexandrite Dragon took the attack without moving, but it looked like it did more than it should have, like he’d lost even more resistance to it - and, perhaps more surprisingly, his body didn’t change color this time, it just remained the sickly greenish color it had been before the attack hit.

Before the Shock Wave could dissipate, Alexandrite Dragon retaliated by trying to capture some of the sparks from the attack - he succeeded just a little bit, and sent his own, much weaker, shock wave through the air back towards Eurastar. This one didn’t do damage, though - rather, it seemed to send a weak pulse through the larger Cleffa’s body, disrupting its concentration and unfocusing its attention.

Excellent, thought Random Number Degenerate, looking on. With that little bit of electricity in its body, his own electric-type attack that the Random Number God just gave him would do even more damage! One-upping his opponent’s last action, both of Random Number Degenerate’s hands began to crackle with sparks, much stronger than those of his opponent. He put his hands together and fired a gigantic bolt of electricity at Eurastar.

Just like the last one, the attack missed completely, and went right past Eurastar to instead hit the ambulance that had just arrived to care for the poor spectator from last round. It didn’t look like anyone was hurt, but there was an audible pop from inside the vehicle, and it became immediately evident that some of the equipment had just been compromised. Another ambulance was called.

This time, Eurastar noticed that he had been the intended target, and so decided to respond. The Random Number God granted him the power of ice this time, and without hesitation the larger Cleffa opened his mouth and released a bitterly cold blast of freezing air at Random Number Degenerate. The little Cleffa shivered and tried desperately to maintain his footing and composure against this icy attack that seemed to penetrate to his core.

But he didn’t have time to do that - Alexandrite Dragon didn’t give him time. After waving his finger one last time, he took off sprinting towards his smaller, and increasingly more battered, opponent. He didn’t care about the spikes, still hidden in the grass, he stepped on as he went, only about making his attack land. Gritting his teeth, he jumped, and Random Number Degenerate cowered in fear. But the jump was small, and rather than attack, Alexandrite Dragon instead turned his landing into a roll. And as he came out of that roll, only then did his foot meet Random Number Degenerate’s face.

The poor Cleffa had just undergone two harsh attacks, and his head was spinning - he couldn’t think fast enough to avoid the third one, and was just as surprised when Eurastar’s foot impacted his head, from a different angle this time. Suddenly, after all this time, Random Number Degenerate was suddenly feeling drained, and woozy, just like his opponent probably was. But that was no excuse to not try - he had to try even harder, give 110%, and make his trainer proud! So, as soon as Eurastar bounced off of him, Random Number Degenerate made a last-ditch attempt to deal some damage, and released a sickening burst of acid from his mouth. It was very painful going up, but it seemed to be worth it, as Eurastar’s skin became tingly and her face scrunched into an expression of annoyance and irritation.

End of Round 7

Metallica Fanboy
kecleon
Alexandrite Dragon (♂)
Health: 5%
Energy: 100%
Type: Bug
Ability: Simple
Actions: Grassy Terrain ~ Eerie Impulse@Eurastar ~ Rolling Kick@Random Number Degenerate
Status: Attack +6. Defense +1. Special Defense -2. Accuracy +1.

Zero Moment
Cleffaleftovers
Eurastar (♀)
Health: 49%
Energy: 100%
Type: Fairy
Ability: Magic Guard
Actions: Shock Wave@Alexandrite Dragon ~ Frost Breath@Random Number Degenerate (crit) ~ Stomp@Random Number Degenerate
Status: Attack +2. Special Attack -1. Special Defense -2. Speed -2. About 15cm taller than normal.

Kratos Aurion
Cleffamagmarizer
Random Number Degenerate (♂)
Health: 5%
Energy: 100%
Type: Fairy
Abilities: Magic Guard, Flash Fire
Actions: Simple Beam@Alexandrite Dragon ~ Zap Cannon@Eurastar (Missed) ~ Acid Spray@Eurastar
Status: Very tired, but otherwise normal.​

Arena Status:
~One civilian has been taken to the hospital for a head wound inflicted by a soft blunt object traveling at high speed. Another is currently comatose on the ground, and paramedics were a bit held up - the defibrillator isn’t working. Gee, I wonder why.
~Next to the latter is a stationary ambulance. Though the vehicle itself is OK, most of the elictrical equipment inside it has overloaded and short-circuited.
~One building, away from the battlers, has a bit of a dent in it.
~The center of the intersection, while still flat and easily navigable, is in tatters from the Earth Power attack. However, it is covered in luscious and comfortable Grassy Terrain, and will continue to be for three more actions.
~There are spikes covering the ground. There is a 30% chance of landing on them on any given action.
~Alexandrite Dragon and Random Number Degenerate share the resolve of not being the first to fall in this battle. Eurastar is feeling pleased, as if she’s already won. The three battlers are in a triangle of about a meter.

Next Round:
~commands
~reffing
 
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Gaining Simple doesn't affect already existing stat changes.

Also, Alexandrite Dragon, don't disappoint me like that. You're literally improving the terrain instead of ruining it. Of course, unless you're meaning to use all that grass as fuel for the raging flames... Right?

Fire Blast ~ Magma Storm ~ Eruption
 
Oh, come on, zap cannon again? Look, if you're going to pull from the "moves metronome calls all the time even though nobody wants them" list, you could at least have gone with explosion.

TM14 ~ TM28 ~ TM42
 
Round 8

Metallica Fanboy
kecleon
Alexandrite Dragon (♂)
Health: 5%
Energy: 100%
Type: Bug
Ability: Simple
Status: Attack +6. Defense +1. Special Defense -2. Accuracy +1.

Zero Moment
Cleffaleftovers
Eurastar (♀)
Health: 49%
Energy: 100%
Type: Fairy
Ability: Magic Guard
Status: Attack +2. Special Attack -1. Special Defense -2. Speed -2. About 15cm taller than normal.

Kratos Aurion
Cleffamagmarizer
Random Number Degenerate (♂)
Health: 5%
Energy: 100%
Type: Fairy
Abilities: Magic Guard, Flash Fire
Status: Very tired, but otherwise normal.​

Going into Round Eight, Alexandrite Dragon was filled with fighting spirit. He might be tired, but he was going to win this thing, dang it! One last time, he waved his finger in the air, making a desperate plea to the Random Number God to grant him some means of winning!

Just like Eurastar had done a few rounds ago, Alexandrite Dragon now summoned, using the power of the Random Number God, a swarm of insects to feast on his opponents. Mostly just Random Number Degenerate, whom he saw as competition. Even if he couldn’t win, he could at least keep himself from being the first one out of the competition.

And just as Random Number Degenerate passed out and Alexandrite Dragon beamed with pride, the Kecleon’s vision went white and he passed out too. Eurastar grinned smugly behind him as the rainbow-colored flames dissipated. She was truly a star, and the victor of a depressingly non-destructive Metronome battle.

...or so everyone thought, but then she used Metronome one last time, and got Spacial Rend out of it. Chaos ensued, but by that point the ref had left and it was someone else’s problem now.

End of Battle!

Metallica Fanboy
kecleon
Alexandrite Dragon (♂)
Health: 0%
Energy: 95%
Type: Bug
Ability: Simple
Actions: Attack Order@Random Number Degenerate
Status: Knocked Out!

Zero Moment
Cleffaleftovers
Eurastar (♀)
Health: 49%
Energy: 96%
Type: Fairy
Ability: Magic Guard
Actions: Mystical Fire@Alexandrite Dragon
Status: Attack +2. Special Attack -1. Special Defense -2. Speed -2. About 15cm taller than normal. Victorious!

Kratos Aurion
Cleffamagmarizer
Random Number Degenerate (♂)
Health: 0%
Energy: 100%
Type: Fairy
Abilities: Magic Guard, Flash Fire
Actions: None
Status: Knocked Out!​

Battle Results
~Zero Moment is the winner!...don’t know if that means anything, really.
~No rewards, as per the battle description. Fun battle!
 
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