arena descriptions said:
3 vs. 2 double
Switch
DQ: 5 days
Damage cap: 125%
Banned: OHKO, Direct Healing
Arena: The forest clearing
A clearing within a forest, blah blah blah, we've all heard this before. Water source nearby.
Additional: The one who accepts gets to choose if s/he is to be the one with 3 Pokémon (100% health/energy each) or 2 Pokémon (175% health/energy each).
EDIT: Sendout order: Let the one with three Pokémon be represented as A, and the one with two, B. A sends out 2 Pokémon, B sends out 2 Pokémon, A sends out one Pokémon.
For purposes of experience, unless Negrek objects, each side represents 3 EXP. Each Pokémon on the side with two Pokémon, represents 1 EXP each, but 3 EXP together.
The forest clearing has seen its share of battles. Being a clearing with access to water in the middle of the forest means that many, many, many trainers like to stop here for a rest, and trainers always mean pokemon battles. This time is no different. Two trainers, bulbasaur and Windyragon (from now on known as Dragon because it's easier to type) gathered at the clearing, ready to out-asian each other in a battle of wits. Actually, no, they're just here for a pokemon battle.
The referee waved a flag (it was too busy chewing on some food to speak), and the two trainers tossed their pokeballs. The field was briefly covered with bursts of blinding white light as the battling pokemon materialized on the field--a calm and slightly confused-looking shrew, a blue lizard with a rock-hard head, a moth, an excited orange otter, and a pill bug, all ready to fight. However, the battle today is rather...odd. Instead of having an even number of battling pokemon, there are instead five. Actually, no, there is an even number of pokemon. Vulkan scurried away, not participating in the battle for the moment.
The referee promptly got hit on the head by a brick that fell out of nowhere. "Grfmsdmmgh Round Start!"
bulbasaur (OOo)
[Aurum] Sandshrew (M) <Sand Veil> @Metronome
Health: 100%
Energy: 100%
Status: Is our opponent forgetting a pokemon?
Bagon (M) <Rock Head> @Lum Berry
Health: 100%
Energy: 100%
Status: Kill all the things!
Dragon (OO)
[Taggerung] Buizel (M) <Swift Swim>
Health: 175%
Energy: 175%
Status: Nonsensical tails ready!
Venipede (F) <Poison Point>
Health: 175%
Energy: 175%
Status: Feeling beefed up, if a bit outnumbered.
Round One
It was only the first action and the laws of physics and logic are already being defied. Taggerung the buizel, the fastest of five, spun its nonsensical tails like propellers (don't think about it!
Don't think about it!) and took into the air like some sort of neon orange helicopter. The buizel opened its mouth and sucked in air--uh oh, time to scram. At the same time, the referee, bulbasaur, and Venipede the nameless venipede leapt to the side, the purple pill bug displaying an impressive burst of speed as it scurried the heck outta there. The venipede escaped not a moment too soon; right after she reached a safe-looking spot behind the hovering Taggerung, the hovering buizel sent out an impressive blast of ice and cold wind, sending the three opponents unfortunate enough to be in his way flying backwards with the force. When the Blizzard stopped, bulbasaur's half of the field was covered with snow and ice. It gave the whole arena a rather festive cheer, really (unless you live in the southern hemisphere).
Aurum the sandshrew crawled out of the mess of fallen leaves and snow, his black beady eyes focused on the smug-looking buizel. That otter looked like danger. Aurum swiped his claws against his hard scales, sharpening them to dangerous points. Bagon wasn't about to sit around and plan ahead, however; he was here to kill things and that buizel had almost froze his scales off. Screaming in rage, the bagon recklessly threw himself at the hovering buizel and almost smacked the gloating otter right out of the air. Bagon landed on the ground, almost stepping on Venipede (who's still running in circles), feeling slightly less angry now that the buizel was wheezing in pain.
Vulkan blinked. Was he supposed to be doing something? Everyone else had finished already...
Meanwhile, Venipede had finished running in circles behind Taggerung. Her muscles warmed up and relaxed, she was feeling fast! Maybe fast enough to beat her partner buizel--or not, as the orange otter opened his mouth and filled up the arena with snow again. Even Bagon was caught in the fray and tossed back into a dragon's hell. Venipede decided that it might be a good idea to not interrupt Taggerung while the otter is busy freezing things and instead scurried about her side of the field, leaving a trail of small, purple, and very very pointy things in her wake.
Bagon once again popped his head out of the snow and decided that he needed to murder something. He once again tossed himself recklessly at the flying buizel, making Taggerung almost choke on a mouthful of snow, before landing on the ground in a most gracefully. By that I mean straight into a patch of Toxic Spikes. Giving out a horrific yelp of pain, the Bagon leapt into the air and bounced back to his side of the battle field. Dark purple poison oozed out of the small puncture wounds on his foot, and the Bagon instinctively tossed the small berry he was holding into his mouth. The healing properties of the Lum Berry soon took its effect, and the dark poison ooze faded away to nothing.
Commercial Break
Camera scans over various wooden crates and boxes. Inside of each each are mountains of fresh, juicy berries of all the colors of the rainbow and more. The camera pans over crates of deliciously red Cheri Berries, shocking blue Yache Berries, mysterious Enigma Berries, and mouth-watering Sitrus Berries. Soft, cheerful music is playing in the background.
Then, the camera zooms out, showing a small, odd-looking building surrounded by berry trees. A trainer stands to the side of the building.
"Come buy some berries at Blastoise's Sunnenrain Berry Mart!"
The trainer says with a smile.
Now back to your regularly scheduled programming.
Aurum, shivering from the cold, popped his head out of the snow. Tagg had definitely attacked by now, so it was now his turn. The sandshrew roared (read: squeaked), and the dirt below Taggerung's feet exploded in an impressive burst of earthly energy. Taggerung merely snickered at the attack, completely unaffected by the spray of dirt and grass due to his nonsensical tails.
Taggerung opened its mouth again and gave the battle more winter cheer (apologies again for those who live in the southern hemisphere). Venipede, after deciding that the Bagon didn't look very poisoned (it wasn't oozing or coughing with pain or anything), once again scurried around behind Taggerung until the ground was absolutely covered with spikey purple things. Only Arceus knows how the bug can produce so much mass out of nowhere. Taggerung, tired but triumphant, ended his barrage of Blizzard attacks and surveyed his handiwork. Yes, bulbasaur's side of the field is absolutely covered with snow now. The Bagon's probably frozen to death by this point--what's this?
Bagon seemed to have learned from the previous two Blizzards. He managed to escape the last barrage of ice and wind by hiding behind his teammate Vulkan and warming himself with the insect's heat. Now, filled with rage and ready to take some revenge, he once again threw himself head-first at Taggerung--and smacked straight into the heavily spiked ground while the orange otter laughed behind him. This time, there was no Lum Berry to save the Bagon, and the dragon winced as the poison sunk into his system.
Meanwhile, frustrated that his attacks would do no good but having no other choice, Aurum screamed again and watched the earth explode harmlessly below the flying Taggerung.
bulbasaur (OOo)
[Aurum] Sandshrew (M) <Sand Veil> @Metronome
Health: 58%
Energy: 90%
Moves: Hone Claws ~ Earth Power ~ Earth Power
Status: So... cold... Attack +1, Accuracy +1
Bagon (M) <Rock Head>
Health: 69%
Energy: 79%
Moves: Double Edge @ Tagg ~ Double Edge @ Tagg ~ Double Edge @ Tagg
Status: Murderous and freezing cold. Badly Poisoned (1%)
Dragon (OO)
[Taggerung] Buizel (M) <Swift Swim>
Health: 147%
Energy: 151%
Moves: fly up and Blizzard ~ Blizzard ~ Blizzard
Status: Neiner neiner you can't touch me >:D ; Flying a few feet off the ground
Venipede (F) <Poison Point>
Health: 175%
Energy: 169%
Moves: Agility ~ Toxic Spikes ~ Toxic Spikes
Status: Very glad that she's on Tagg's side; Speed + 2
Arena Notes:
- bulbasaur's side of the field is covered with snow and looks as if it had been hit by a blizzard--oh wait....
- Dragon's side of the field is covered with a thick layer of Toxic Spikes. It would hurt of anyone landed on there.
Notes:
- Tagg can't fly high enough to dodge Double Edge without using Fly, but it made Bagon use up more energy since it is pretty far away. Double Edge also has reduced accuracy.
- Bagon ate his Lum Berry in the middle of the second action, causing Venipede to Toxic Spikes again.
- The third Blizzard missed Bagon
- But the third Double Edge missed Taggerung, so I guess they're equal
- I wonder if Blastoise will pay me for the commercial?
- I'm using a modified Negrek scale that takes a pokemon's base stats into consideration. There should not be more than a +-4% of difference from "normal" calculations though.
- Dragon commands first
- bulbasaur commands
- I fix the wall of text later
