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blazheirio889 vs Alraunne (Ref: Negrek)

Start with another Facade. Try to get back to that hole in the ice and hover over it and use Giga Drain, but use it to restore your energy instead of health like before, then lob a Sludge Bomb at the Shinx. If the Shinx gets out of range for the Giga Drain or Sludge Bomb, try to chill.

Facade ~ Giga Dain / Chill ~ Sludge Bomb / Chill
 
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Chill while Boo is using Facade, as best as you can. Afterwards, run as far away as you can, until you're fairly sure you're out of range, and fire off one or two Shock Waves, as much as your time allows.

Chill ~ Run away/Shock Wave ~ Shock Wave
 
Round Six​

blazeheirio889 (OO)
shinx
Retsurai (M)
Health: 45%
Energy: 31%
Chills: 2/5
- Lying quietly on the ice. +1 Attack

Alraunne (OO)
gastly
Boo (M)
Health: 54%
Energy: 22%
Chills: 1/5
- Frustrated and growing rather tired. Paralyzed (severe). -1 Defense

Retsurai just stays where he is, continuing to enjoy the sun and a lack of aggression on his opponent's part. The shinx is lucky, for Boo, too, remains as he was before. The more furiously the gastly struggles against his paralysis, the more tightly it seems to grip him. The choking, spluttering noises coming from the semisolid gastly continue for several seconds until Boo at last gives up and tries to relax, one eye twitching as what pass for muscles in his amorphous body seize at random. By the time the gastly has calmed down enough that his paralysis has eased and he can move easily, Retsurai is getting to his feet and shaking water from fur that had been pressed against the ice.

Seeing the murderous expression on Boo's face, Retsurai turns tail and runs for the edge of the lake, scrambling and slipping across the ice as he goes. Boo does his best to follow, but his paralysis makes him sluggish, and Retsurai easily outpaces him. As the shinx skirts the widening hole in the edge of the ice and leaps onto solid ground, Boo gives up following and merely hangs where he is, concentrating on his next attack. A green glow surrounds Retsurai as he bounds out into the tall grass ringing the pond, and his strides slow and become unsteady as the giga drain starts to sap away his energy. He finally stumbles to a halt, his chest heaving, while the giga drain aura flickers and dies around him. Although the attack transfers energy away from him and into Boo, the distance between the two pokémon not only weakens the attack but makes it harder for Boo to keep up, and the ghost can't even recoup the energy necessary to pull it off.

While Boo floats far away above the ice, Retsurai turns around and prepares to go on the offensive again. Charge hisses through his fur as he generates a broad wave of electricity and sends it lancing out in all direction. By the time the shock wave reaches Boo, a fair amount of its fury has been spent on empty air, but it stings nonetheless. The ghost shakes it off and, wearily, starts to draw up his own attack. Poisonous compounds suffusing his gaseous form condense and gather in his mouth, forming a big glob of semisolid, highly poisonous goop. The sludge bomb that Boo spits towards Retsurai falls short, though, bursting messily in the grass instead of on the shinx. Boo hisses while Retsurai backs away from the wide swatch of grass that's been slimed by the attack and which now emits a truly repulsive odor.

blazeheirio889 (OO)
shinx
Retsurai (M)
Health: 45%
Energy: 31%
Chills: 3/5
- Disgusted by the sludge bomb. +1 Attack

Alraunne (OO)
gastly
Boo (M)
Health: 49%
Energy: 9%
Chills: 1/5
- Absolutely exhausted. Paralyzed (severe). -1 Defense

Terrain Notes
Intense sunlight beats down on the arena (5 more actions), and a hole about one and a two feet in diameter has appeared near the shore between Retsurai and Boo. A hole struck in the ice near Boo is also expanding in the heat. The grass just in front of Retsurai is coated with viscous, poisonous liquid.

Final Notes
- Shock wave and giga drain cost more energy than usual and did less damage as a result of the distance between Boo and Retsurai when they were used.
- blazeheirio889 attacks first next round.
 
Alright, we're almost there!

First, I want you to use a Light Screen. If Boo seems to be preparing Snatch though, Chill instead. Then, Charge Beam away. If you don't think Charge Beam will reach, use Shock Wave instead. And if Boo Protects, use Double Team.
Finally, if Boo uses Hypnosis, try your best to close your eyes to avoid the attack, and then use Shock Wave.

Light Screen/Chill ~ Charge Beam/Shock Wave/Double Team ~ Charge Beam/Shock Wave/Double Team
 
Hmm... Boo, I have an idea. I don't know if you can do this, but try to look like you're doing something. If Shinx suspects you're about to do something to stop its light screen and it chills, you take some time to chill too.
And... there's not much you can do but chill, really.

Look like you're about to do something/Chill ~ Chill ~ Chill

(if I can't "look like you're about to do something" and "chill" within the same action, then just chill )
 
Round Seven​

blazeheirio889 (OO)
shinx
Retsurai (M)
Health: 45%
Energy: 31%
Chills: 3/5
- Disgusted by the sludge bomb. +1 Attack

Alraunne (OO)
gastly
Boo (M)
Health: 49%
Energy: 9%
Chills: 1/5
- Absolutely exhausted. Paralyzed (severe). -1 Defense

Boo blinks. Well, "pretend to attack" isn't a terribly specific command, but he'll do his best to menace. The gastly darts forward, ignoring his fatigue and opening his mouth wide, as though he intends to swoop down upon Retsurai and bite him. The shinx's fur bristles a bit as the gastly approaches, and he tries to figure out what Boo's up to. He has no idea whether it's a snatch attack or not; the gastly is coming at him, surely, but there is no trace of darkness around him as one might expect. Torn, watching as Boo drifts ever nearer, Retsurai finally decides to chill. When in doubt, take a break, after all.

As soon as Boo sees Retsurai settled peacefully in the grass, the ghost breaks off his feigned attack and relaxes himself, sinking into a near stupor of relaxation as he gives in to his fatigue. With his eyes and mouth closed, the gastly appears to be no more than a dark blob at the center of a purple haze. Retsurai is somewhat as he sees that the gastly was bluffing after all, but his chill puts him in too good a mood to linger on it long. Besides, he'll be getting the chance to get his revenge soon enough as it is. While Boo remains sunk deep in his chill, Retsurai eventually gets back up, stretches, and gets back to business.

Electrical energy ripples through the shinx's fur, crackling bolts jagging off at random as charge gathers. Retsurai channels the power into a dense beam, which shoots across the arena with a crackling hum. Boo shudders, bleary eyes blinking open as the charge beam hits, but then quickly sinks back to the edge of sleep, even as the electrical charge continues to ripple through his gaseous body. After a brief rest, Retsurai charges up another attack and lets it fly--but this one flies foul and misses its target completely.

blazeheirio889 (OO)
shinx
Retsurai (M)
Health: 45%
Energy: 31%
Chills: 4/5
- A bit annoyed. +1 Attack

Alraunne (OO)
gastly
Boo (M)
Health: 43%
Energy: 37%
Chills: 4/5
- Totally zoned out. Paralyzed (moderate). -1 Defense

Terrain Notes
Intense sunlight beats down on the arena (1 more action), and a hole about one and a two feet in diameter has appeared near the shore between Retsurai and Boo. A hole struck in the ice near Boo is also expanding in the heat. The grass just in front of Retsurai is coated with viscous, poisonous liquid.

Final Notes
- Boo's first chill restored less energy than it ordinarily would have, as he had to use a little to pretend to attack.
 
(I'm going to assume I'm going first since blazheirio went first last time, but it wasn't in the Final Notes this time)

Well, Boo, you're just about out of chills so now begins our final stand.
First, approach the Shinx and try one last Giga Drain for energy. If Shinx uses Protect, or some other unoffensive move that would weaken the Giga Drain, this will be your last chance to chill. Follow that up with a Fire Punch to make use of this last bit of sunshine. If the Shinx uses Rain Dance to put the flame out, use Facade. If Shinx uses Protect, use Haze. Finally, give that Shinx a good Licking while you're close to it. If Shinx didn't use Protect before and uses it now, use Haze then. I doubt the Shinx will Protect twice, but if you've used Haze once already, then... uh, I don't know. Rest? You don't really know a whole lot of unoffensive moves that don't target the opponent in some way...

Giga Drain (energy) / Chill ~ Fire Punch / Facade / Haze ~ Lick / Haze / Rest
 
First, use Substitute at the cost of 15% of your health (Do so as quickly as possible, before Boo can get close enough for the Giga Drain). Then you can go ahead and chill for a bit. Finally, give Boo a good Crunch. If you can manage it, try to Crunch him... *evil grin* on his tongue, while he's licking away at your Substitute.
Substitute (15%) ~ Chill ~ Crunch (On the tongue)
 
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Round Eight​

blazheirio889 (OO)
shinx
Retsurai (M)
Health: 45%
Energy: 31%
Chills: 4/5
- A bit annoyed. +1 Attack

Alraunne (OO)
gastly
Boo (M)
Health: 43%
Energy: 37%
Chills: 4/5
- Totally zoned out. Paralyzed (moderate). -1 Defense

Boo is brought out of his chill by a terrible feeling of constriction and discomfort. Paralysis once more clutches at his body, leaving him twitching and struggling to pull himself back to full alertness. Retsurai, on the other hand, merely frowns at the failure of his second charge beam, then gets started on his next attack. The air around him sizzles with discharge as thick tendrils of lightning crackle out of his fur. This is no ordinary lightning, though; thick and a silver too bright to look at, it hangs impossibly in the air after being discharged instead of jumping immediately to the ground. A dense net of lightning weaves itself in the air around Retsurai, then drifts forward, condensing as it goes into the rough suggestion of a shinx. The brilliant, hissing substitute stands mutely in front of its master, waiting to defend him from harm.

The appearance of the substitute means, at least, that Boo isn't going to have to attempt a giga drain; there's no way to suck energy out of that avatar of electricity. Instead, he tries to relax again and give his unstable body time to sort itself out. As Boo resumes chilling, the sunlight beaming down from above slowly fades out, returning the air to its previous springtime chill.

Retsurai, too, gets in on the inaction. Moving towards the shore and skirting the area befouled by the sludge bomb, Retsurai settles down in some tall reeds at the edge of the water. He would be quite inconspicuous if it weren't for the scintillating substitute standing in front of him on the ice, but as it is, Boo has no trouble figuring out where he's gone once the ghost rises out of his chill again. He's annoyed to notice that the sunlight has weakened, meaning that his fire attack will pack less of a punch, but at least the time spent chilling has let his paralysis recede again.

As it turns out, though, he doesn't even get a chance to let his fire punch rip. By the time he's made it near the edge of the ice where Retsurai and his substitute are hanging out, the shinx is getting up and readying himself for his next attack. The shinx grins at Boo, exposing a mouthful of blackened teeth. Suddenly, Boo finds he really wishes he were back at the center of the lake, with all that ice between him and his opponent... but by now it's far too late to get away as Retsurai leaps on him and takes a huge bite out of his ghostly form, injecting caustic dark energy deep into the ghost's system.

As soon as the pain has receded enough for Boo to focus again, he swoops down at Retsurai, tongue extended to its fullest and dripping ghostly slime. Retsurai's substitute shoves the Shinx out of the way, though, and Boo's lick attack ends up striking the lightning creature instead. Caustic saliva sizzles through some of the crackling tendrils of electricity that make up its body, but overall it looks barely worse for the wear. Boo, meanwhile, retreats a bit, working his tongue in and out of his mouth with a grimace on his fare. Contact with the electrical substitute has left it afflicted by a weird tingling sensation.

blazheirio889 (OO)
shinx
Retsurai (M)
Health: 30%
Energy: 27%
Chills: 5/5
- Smirking at Boo. Has a substitute with 13% health. +1 Attack

Alraunne (OO)
gastly
Boo (M)
Health: 28%
Energy: 42%
Chills: 5/5
- My tongue! Paralyzed (moderate). -1 Defense

Terrain Notes
There is a hole about two feet in diameter has at the edge of the shore behind Retsurai, and another large hole out near the middle of the lake. The grass just behind Retsurai is coated with viscous, poisonous liquid.

Final Notes
- The effectiveness of Boo's chill was reduced in effectiveness due to the discomfort caused by his full paralysis.
- In the second action, Retsurai was too far away from Boo for the ghost to float over and attack with fire punch in a single action.
- Sorry, blazheirio, but your edit was made after I'd started writing up the reffing, and I didn't see it until I went to post this; too late.
- blazheirio889 attacks first next round.
 
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Ah, it doesn't matter that much then. It's no problem.

Anyways, it looks like we're almost there! Step back on the ice (It shouldn't take you a full action, since you're so close to the lake) and give me another two Crunches. That should be enough to knock out the little bugger. However, if he protects or somehow renders your attack impossible, do nothing. Don't wanna waste energy, do we?
Anyways, Double Team doesn't count as something that'll render your attack impossible, but I want you to use Shock Wave if that happens. Also use Shock Wave on the second action if the Gastly uses Torment/Spite/similar.
If there is a third action, use Crunch, or Shock Wave if you can't use Crunch due to Spite or if Boo has Double Team'd. If Boo managed to break your Substitute and appears to be readying a big bang, Protect.
Finally, if Boo seems to be trying a Hypnosis on you, close your eyes and fire off a Shock Wave instead.

Crunch/Shock Wave/Standby ~ Crunch/Shock Wave/Standby ~Crunch/Shock Wave/Protect (If Boo looks like he's going to use Explosion)

Edit: Sorry for the constant editing, but is it just me or did Boo go from 43% to 18% HP from a single Crunch?
 
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(Yeah, I'd like to know if he really took that much damage too. That seems like a lot more than he'd take from other Crunches.)
 
Word from Negrek

Negrek said:
Boo's health represents a math error and he's actually at 28%. blazheirio889 can give new commands if desired, and I will edit Boo's health when I'm able to this weekend.
Click to expand...
 
Bwah, sorry. I sorta... forgot. ._.

Okay, Boo, this looks like our final-final stand. At this point, I don't think we can take down the Shinx normally, so bring it down with you! Use Mean Look, but make sure that you take the first Crunch. I don't think the first one will take you down. Then, use Destiny Bond. This should end it, but if it doesn't, I guess Perish Song or something.

Mean Look ~ Destiny Bond ~ Perish Song if you're both not knocked out by now
 
Round Nine​

blazheirio889 (OO)
shinx
Retsurai (M)
Health: 30%
Energy: 27%
Chills: 5/5
- Smirking at Boo. Has a substitute with 13% health. +1 Attack

Alraunne (OO)
gastly
Boo (M)
Health: 28%
Energy: 42%
Chills: 5/5
- My tongue! Paralyzed (moderate). -1 Defense

As Boo makes disgruntled spitting noises, trying to scrape the tingling feeling in his tongue off on his fangs, Retsurai steps forward. The shinx leaps up and snaps at Boo again, teeth ripping black-edged wounds in the gastly's amorphous body. Boo lets out a lisping snarl of pain and retreats a bit, struggling to keep himself together. By now the gastly is in a sorry state indeed, his body tattered and leaking black smoke. He has enough fight left in him to give Retsurai a truly nasty look, though, a glare that has enough power to freeze the shinx in place out of terror.

Retsurai's substitute comes to his rescue, though, stepping between him and Boo. Retsurai blinks and gives himself a shake as the crackling substitute fills his field of vision; it feels like the afterimage of Boo's luminous, cruel eyes is still etched into his retinas, but their spell is broken. Disgusted that he would fall for such a trick, Retsurai growls and darts around his substitute again, caustic black energy making his teeth ache as he prepares another crunch.

This time, the powerful attack is too much for Boo. Retsurai's crunch attack tears another great chunk out of his body, and though the gastly struggles to remain conscious, it's a losing battle. Boo's eyes close and he dissolves into a swirling black haze that is, almost immediately, drawn back into the safety of his pokéball.

blazheirio889 (OO)
shinx
Retsurai (M)
Health: 30%
Energy: 13%
Chills: 5/5
- Very tired, but elated by his victory. Has a substitute with 13% health. +1 Attack

Alraunne (XO)
gastly
Boo (M)
Health: 0%
Energy: 40%
Chills: 5/5
Knocked Out!

Terrain Notes
There is a hole about two feet in diameter has at the edge of the shore behind Retsurai, and another large hole out near the middle of the lake. The grass just behind Retsurai is coated with viscous, poisonous liquid.

Final Notes
- Alraunne sends out her next pokémon
- blazheirio889 attacks
- Alraunne attacks
 
Ah, a fellow electric type. You don't have much energy left, so let's go out with a bang! Set up the stage with Toxic, then Take Down away. If Mei Protects against the Toxic or uses Safeguard, basically if you can't use Toxic on her for whatever reason, use Howl and move Toxic to the next action. At any rate, if Mei is unreachable for the last two actions, do nothing (A substitute doesn't count). If Mei is underground for the 1st or 3rd actions, do your best to fill up the hole with a Mud Slap on the 1st action and give me a loud Roar if she's underground for the 3rd action. During the 2nd action, is she's underground, just do nothing.

Toxic/Do nothing/Mud Slap ~ Take Down/Toxic/Do nothing ~ Take Down/Do nothing/Roar

...Hopefully my commands were coherent enough...
 
Start out with Double Team. Then, use Attract. Follow that up with a Sweet Kiss- hopefully you and your clones going in for a big kiss will bewilder him enough!

Double Team ~ Attract ~ Sweet Kiss
 
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