2v2 Single Battle
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DQ: Standard week
Damage cap: 49% (unless you'd rather something else)
Banned/restricted moves: OHKOs; cumulative 50% direct healing*
* as many healing moves allowed as needed to reach this cap
Arena: Mystic Locus
We battle in a mystical other dimension. Material is formed as needed for attacks and Pokemon; thus a water source for Surf, rocks for Rock Slide, etc. will appear out of the aether as needed. At the end of each round, a random non-Self-targeting move* will mysteriously form from the dimensional material and target one or both of the Pokemon battling.
* Therefore nothing along the lines of Acupressure, Howl, etc. Non-damaging attacks that target the enemy, like Swagger, can be called. (If I were reffing this, the easiest way I could think of doing this mechanic is to use a Metronome generator and reroll if it calls a Self-targeting move.)
Round 4
Jack_thePumpkinKing OO
Health:
63%
Energy:
70%
(Bongo-Bongo) Duskull [M] <Limber> @Reaper Cloth
Commands: Substitute/Facade/Headbutt x3
Status: Is no direct damage attacks a good thing? +2 Attack, -1 Sp, Attack, Badly Poisoned
Steel Scyther OO
Health:
60%
Energy:
81%
(Silentpaw) Purrloin [F] <Levitate>
Commands: Snatch ~ Sucker Punch ~ Rest
Status: Getting quite frustrated. Burned (Back left hip), +1 Accuracy
Silentpaw had begun to realize that she was ever so slightly losing position in this battle. This was not going to do. She was up against a Ghost-type for goodness sake, so she should most obviously be wiping the floor with this spooky menace. Of course, she was in no means out of it; the battle had essentially just begun. So with a small flick of the tail she began to do…nothing. She was intending just to wait for her opponent to do anything that she could use for herself. Slowly a dark and foreboding aura began to surround her, a look that suited her dark personality quite well. She would not be patient, but she would wait.
Bongo-Bongo was about to do something more than just nothing. His trainer had been expecting the exact move that his opponent had just prepared herself for. What better pleasure than spoiling Marcia’s plots? He quickly began to compose himself for his un-composing, taking just as much time as he needed, knowing that there was no rush against his seemingly unmoving opponent. Then, with a flourish of his Reaper Cloth he took off on his wild rampaging tackle again, transforming into the savage murder-beast of his own nightmares. He let out a seething wail as he tackled his fickle opponent to the quickly assembling ground. Once again, he spent a small amount of time returning his face to normal, and then floated back to his position, his hands in their trademarked position of being locked behind the back.
Now Silentpaw was in a bit of a pickle. The Purrloin was not sure how to interpret her trainer’s orders. She had been supposed to Snatch her opponents Substitiute, of which there was no sign. Her trainer had then intended for her to hit her opponent with a nice jarring Sucker Punch, but that had been assuming that she had had a Substitute at the time. Should she keep waiting, or should she go ahead and inflict some good ole pain. She hastily decided that she could wait either way, if he used a damaging move she would Sucker Punch, and if he Substituted, well, no harm done, she could still Snatch. She began to pace-float through the air slightly, as she was now quite impatient.
Well Bongo-Bongo was curious as well about his commands. He would normally go ahead and just assume that she was waiting to use Sucker Punch (and in the process fail miserably), but that dark aura was still there, signalling that she could still use Snatch. But Marcia had used Snatch on the last action, which meant that he should use Substitute here. Well, at least that’s how he interpreted his commands. With a wave of his hands a mound of green clay appeared, which he quickly began to mould into a rough model of himself. At this moment Silentpaw saw her chance, and she quickly jumped in and grabbed the model, changing it slightly to look like a Purrloin, or at least a skinny quadruped. Though she wasn’t quite sure she had followed her commands properly, the result had turned out generally OK.
Now Silentpaw had been commanded to just let herself fall into slumber. She was grateful that she could finally use a command that required no thinking about the current situation, but just relaxation. She eased herself onto her side and curled her legs in so she was a small ball of sleepiness. The Mystic Locus generated what felt like the most comfortable pillow on the world, one that was always on the colder side. She very quickly began to snooze, recovering her health, but slowly having her energy drained from her. But in her current position, she wasn’t going to complain.
And so Bongo-Bongo was once more in the compromising position. He had no substitute, he was poisoned (as he remembered this he ironically felt the pains of the toxins for the first time in the round), and his opponent was slowly regaining her health with no worries thanks to the cat-thing protecting her. Well, at least he could do something about that. Once more he turned into the Duskull from the Underworld, though he did this out of pure habit, as Marcia had no way of seeing his gruesome face. He sprint-levitated forward once more and delivered a crushing blow to the clay monstrosity. The blow made the representation loose a chunk of its head, and a whole leg, making it look much more like a failed Ditto transformation. While the battlers had slightly failed on the damage front this round, the Mystic Locus was not to be outdone. Out of the void it generated a drill, closely resembling those used by major excavation companies. This projectile began to spin and be launched forward, striking the “cat” with a fierce blow. The substitute quickly disintegrated, bringing a quick end to Silentpaw’s little friend.
End of Round 4
Jack_thePumpkinKing OO
Health:
59%
Energy:
52%
(Bongo-Bongo) Duskull [M] <Limber> @Reaper Cloth
Status: Frustrated that his strategy failed +2 Attack, -1 Sp, Attack, Badly Poisoned
Steel Scyther OO
Health:
83% [HEALTH CAPPED]
Energy:
45%
(Silentpaw) Purrloin [F] <Levitate>
Status: Peacefully slumbering. Deeply asleep, +1 Accuracy
Ref’s Notes
-Okay, so there was a big grey area when it comes to the Snatch, Sucker Punch, Substitute commands. The Attacks and Abilities Guide says that Snatch will take the next possible Self-status changing move. It does not say anything about whether this is limited by a change in action. Judging by the fact that Silentpaw would be forced to wait anyway to use Sucker Punch, I thought it was fair that she would wait and see what move Bongo-Bongo would perform. In the way of Bongo-Bongo actually performing Substitute on that action, he was ordered to move up his Substitute if Silentpaw had been ordered to Snatch on that specific action. As Silentpaw was not ordered to use Snatch on the 2nd action, he used Substitute. Hope this works for you guys
-The Mystic Locus produced Drill Run
-Before Resting Silentpaw had 33% health, thus recovering all 50%
-Steel Scyther to order commands next
