Re: Cosmic Blueberry vs. Chief Zackrai
2v2 singles
Style: set
DQ: five days
Damage Cap: 40%
Banned moves: Evasion, healing (including Rest), OHKOs, chills limited to 4/pokémon
Special: Only Pokémon at their lowest stage of evolution (including 1 stage Pokémon)
Arena: The Island
Yup, a small island (I mean REALLY small) lost in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, covered entirely of sand except for a small part in the middle, where some grass is randomly scattered, and a giant baobab in the exact center, covering almost one fifth of the island's surface. Of course, only small Pokémon can withstand a battle in that area.
Round 2
Chief Zackrai (OO)
Bes (X) <Levitate>
Health: 100%
Energy: 100%
Commands:
Grass Knot (x3)
-Hovering over the island.
In reserve:
Health: 100%
Energy: 96%
Cosmic Blueberry (OO)
Coat (M) <Oblivious>
Health: 93%
Energy: 95%
Commands:
Amnesia~Icy Wind/Toxic~Icy Wind/Ice Beam
-Feeling stronger but sluggish. +1 Attack, +1 Defense, -1 Speed.
The trainers yell orders, their rowboats swaying beneath them. As the referee stands up to declare the beginning of the battle, though, his canoe capsizes under him, flipping over. Spluttering water, he shouts, shaking his head. As the Pokémon look on in amusement, he waves his green flag.
Meanwhile, Bes eyes the scant vegetation surrounding the tree and raises its eyebrow. Even though there’s grass, it’s barely enough to do anything with it, really. It shrugs, and as he balances in the air on its one leg, his eyes glow purple. He raises his arms slightly, the grass in front of Coat gently raising and twisting around itself. Coat watches this display with fascination and scuttles forward to watch Bes’s performance. Of course, he runs into the knotted grass and trips, falling onto his face on the ground. Coat, though, just jumps back up onto his feet and shakes his head, not phased at all. Bes soon notices that Coat’s face appears blank, however, and then, he seems to be in a trance. The Swinub stares into the air at nothing in particular as he clears his mind of thoughts. Later, he seems to partially snap out of his empty state of mind, but he still appears dazed and almost unaware of what was happening.
The whirling Baltoy would have frowned, if it had a mouth. Coat wasn’t going to be moving much for a while, from what it could tell, and well, tripping something that isn’t walking around is difficult. It hung in the air, ready to attack, but this time, its eyes glowed green, willing the plants to grow. Sure enough, the grass sprouts under Coat, thicker and shining the color of Bes’s eyes. The blades wrap around the Swinub’s legs, tangling them; the Swinub falls backward, but Coat almost doesn’t notice it, and his empty expression is still there. Suddenly, Coat inhales deeply, taking in the warm air. When he exhales, though, the gust of wind is anything but hot; it chills the island down to wintry temperatures for several moments. Bes recoils from the chilly air at first, stung. Before the sun can heat the islet back up, frost creeps over all of the terrain, including the Baltoy. It levitates uncomfortably over the sand, its movement impaired by slick ice over its body.
Despite its condition, Bes is still the first to attack, his eyes once again sparking with green light. This time, the green is tinged with blue-white as the grass strains to grow out of the crystalline ice. Nevertheless, it breaks through the cover, already tied, and pulls from behind on Coat’s feet, and the Swinub tumbles down again. Just as before, the Swinub plops back onto his legs. Coat breathes another frosty gale of wind, encasing the Baltoy in another painful layer of frost.
Chief Zackrai (OO)
Bes (X) <Levitate>
Health: 88%
Energy: 91%
Actions:
Grass Knot~Grass Knot~Grass Knot
- Chilled and covered in ice crystals. Speed -2.
In reserve:
Health: 100%
Energy: 96%
Cosmic Blueberry (OO)
Coat (M) <Oblivious>
Health: 88%
Energy: 86%
Actions:
Amnesia~Icy Wind~Icy Wind
- Wondering why he tripped so much. +1 Attack, +1 Defense, +2 Special Defense, -1 Speed. Mud Bomb forgotten.
Arena Status: Much of the island is covered in slowly melting ice and frost.
Notes:
- Uh, is this repetitive?
- Because describing these moves can give a somewhat different impression of what is happening, here’s some clarification:
- Coat is under the effects of Amnesia (dulled mental facilities).
- Bes isn’t frozen, but he is slowed by what the A&A Guide describes as “a thin layer of frost covering its joints”.
- There was no extra energy involved in the third Grass Knot.
- Grass Knot isn’t exactly the best move to use against Swinub.
- By the way, the RNG was one number away from forgetting Icy Wind.
- Cosmic Blueberry orders first.
