blazheirio889 vs Jack_the_PumpkinKing

[Not Meowth]

1v1 single
Style: Set
DQ: 5 days
Damage Cap: 85%
Banned Moves: OHKOs, Chills, direct healing moves
Arena: Time Freeze Pocket

The battle takes place in a peculiar little area where time has more or less stopped. Sand is suspended in the air, birds are still in the sky, wings still extended, a leaf is upside-down in mid-air. Everything is at a standstill.

Well, not everything. Stuff that randomly runs into the Time Freeze Pocket can still move, albeit very, verrry slowly. For some reason, though, while actual movement takes a great deal of time and effort, projectiles still travel at the same speed. What this means is, all Pokemons' speeds are cut in half, and if they use a physical move, they are considered to move last in their priority bracket and use 4% more energy. Special moves still behave the same. Transportation moves such as Teleport cost 3% more energy, though they still keep their priority order.

Round Five​

blazheirio889 (O)

Yukianesa (F) <Inner Focus> @Dawn Stone
Health: 43%
Energy: 47%
Status: "help I'm trapped D:". -1 Attack, Burned (3% damage per round), unable to use Pebble Jet, trapped by Fire Spin (3 more actions).
Bide ~ Bide ~ Release Bide

Jack_The_PumpkinKing (O)

Volvagia (F) <Flash Fire> @Fire Stone
Health: 58%
Energy: 46%
Status: coolly confident. -1 Speed, recieves 2% extra damage from Ice moves (reducing to 1% in one round), Spited (+4% energy needed to use Flamethrower).
Dark Pulse/Protect/Imprison ~ Energy Ball/Protect/Imprison ~ Chill/Protect


As the fifth round opens, Yukianesa readies herself to attack. Then she hears her command (eventually) and growls frustratedly. She braces herself and reminds herself that she's still dealing some hurt... it's just gonna take a while. A red glow forms around her as a purple one cloaks Volvagia's body, as the Vulpix focuses on every ounce of her hatred for conehead. Her tails lift and wave in the air and her eyes glow an extremely dark purple, almost black. With a howl she lets the aura go in a tremendous rush of dark energy, which races across the arena and crashes into the Snorunt, unleashing a bone-chilling ghostly wail as it burns and tears at her. Yukianesa grunts in pain but stands her ground, the red aura surrounding her growing brighter, almost seeming to disappear among the Fire Spin as it tightens around her and burns her hide.

Confused at Yukianesa's seeming inaction, Volvagia shrugs it off and closes her eyes, summoning energy from the natural world around her. The floating leaves flash green and spit out tiny, shining green orbs, which cluster in front of Volvagia and group into an enormous glowing ball of energy. When it grows about the size of a basketball, she hits it with a paw and sends it careening across the arena until it crashes into Yukianesa, bursting and showering her with the energy. Again she groans in pain from the impact, but stands her ground and put her energy into absorbing the power of the attack. The Fire Spin burns her once more as the aura around her glows blindingly bright.

Finally, Yukianesa cracks a devious grin. Her aura blossoms into an enormous cloud of energy that swarms around her, and Volvagia yelps in fright as the Snorunt focuses the cloud into a concentrated wave of energy that blasts across the arena and slams into her, knocking her with incredible force. Whimpering sorely, she rolls slowly onto her front and tries to rest, but the referee sees what she's about to do, blows a whistle, and orders her to get up. The scold reaches her ears just as soon as she begins her chill-out, and she rises grumpily and sorely to her feet. At least her sores are beginning to heal over; they don't sting in the cold as much any more, anyway. The tornado of fire constricts around Yukianesa once more before slowly burning out, and the burn on her hide flares up and causes her considerable pain.


blazheirio889 (O)

Yukianesa (F) <Inner Focus> @Dawn Stone
Health: 23%
Energy: 40%
Status: "FREEEEEEEDOOOOOOOOOOMMMM". -1 Attack, Burned (3% damage per round), unable to use Pebble Jet.
Bide ~ Bide ~ Release Bide

Jack_The_PumpkinKing (O)

Volvagia (F) <Flash Fire> @Fire Stone
Health: 30%
Energy: 34%
Status: still dizzy from the massive Bide attack. -1 Speed, recieves 1% extra damage from Ice moves, Spited (+4% energy needed to use Flamethrower).
Dark Pulse ~ Energy Ball ~ none

Terrain Notes
Yup, it's terrain alright.

Final Notes
- Chills are banned, so Volvagia couldn't act on the last action.
- Fire Spin wore off at the end of the third action.
- The Ice-damage-worsening after-effects of Pebble Jet also lessened that action.
- Blazhy attacks first next round.

 

[blazheirio889]

Well, we're just about screwed. Let's pull out them stall techniques. 10% Substitute to start. If, on the next action, your Substitute has been broken, Protect against any attacks and Water Pulse if the Sub's still there, or if Volvagia doesn't attack you. If Volvagia uses Protect herself, Water Pulse the ground in front of you and roll around in it to soothe your burn. Last action, if your Substitute is gone and you used Protect last round, let's try our luck and use Sing. Also use it if Volvagia doesn't attack. If anything's blocking it (e.g. Substitute, Safeguard, Protect), Water Pulse instead. Also use Water Pulse if your Sub is still there. If you didn't use Protect last turn, Volvagia is about to attack, and your Substitute is gone, Protect.

Substitute (10%) ~ Protect/Water Pulse ~ Sing/Water Pulse/Protect

Hopefully my commands are coherent enough :| If clarification is needed, then I'll try my best to explain.

 

[JackPK]

Countering complicated chains of commands makes for difficult-to-decide but simple-to-read commands la la la~

Destroy her Sub with another Heat Wave. If you can, try to put some extra energy into it to make it hotter so maybe the Sub'll burn faster so maybe Yuki'll get hit by the very last of it. Then use Quick Attack because it will make her Protect and it will let you get very close to her so maybe your accuracy will be a teensy bit better. Cover your ears to block Sing and then use Fire Blast. If you get put to sleep, go with Sleep Talk.

extra-hot Heat Wave ~ Quick Attack, then cover ears ~ Fire Blast/Sleep Talk

 

[Not Meowth]

1v1 single
Style: Set
DQ: 5 days
Damage Cap: 85%
Banned Moves: OHKOs, Chills, direct healing moves
Arena: Time Freeze Pocket

The battle takes place in a peculiar little area where time has more or less stopped. Sand is suspended in the air, birds are still in the sky, wings still extended, a leaf is upside-down in mid-air. Everything is at a standstill.

Well, not everything. Stuff that randomly runs into the Time Freeze Pocket can still move, albeit very, verrry slowly. For some reason, though, while actual movement takes a great deal of time and effort, projectiles still travel at the same speed. What this means is, all Pokemons' speeds are cut in half, and if they use a physical move, they are considered to move last in their priority bracket and use 4% more energy. Special moves still behave the same. Transportation moves such as Teleport cost 3% more energy, though they still keep their priority order.

Round Six​

blazheirio889 (O)

Yukianesa (F) <Inner Focus> @Dawn Stone
Health: 23%
Energy: 40%
Status: "FREEEEEEEDOOOOOOOOOOMMMM". -1 Attack, Burned (3% damage per round), unable to use Pebble Jet.
Substitute (10%) ~ Protect/Water Pulse ~ Sing/Water Pulse/Protect

Jack_The_PumpkinKing (O)

Volvagia (F) <Flash Fire> @Fire Stone
Health: 30%
Energy: 34%
Status: still dizzy from the massive Bide attack. -1 Speed, recieves 1% extra damage from Ice moves, Spited (+4% energy needed to use Flamethrower).
extra-hot Heat Wave ~ Quick Attack, then cover ears ~ Fire Blast/Sleep Talk


Slightly fed up of this constant modelling, Yukianesa spits up another shining glob of life energy and shapes it into a rough cone shape. She feels vaguely safe behind her new shield, but making it took a big chunk out of her HP. If the substitute doesn't hold out, this could be her last round. Volvagia amiles at the flimsy substitute as she breathes out a cloud of scaldingly hot air, raising the temperature of the arena to unbearable levels until the air begins to singe the leaves as they float in the air around the arena. In the intolerable heat, Yukianesa's substitute melts in a matter of seconds, and the Snorunt groans in frustration.

Desperate for some defense against whatever devastating assault Volvagia was preparing to unleash, Yukianesa summons a wall of energy which solidifies into a gleaming, transparent shield. Through it, she sees Volvagia trotting in slow motion across the arena- due to the slowing of time, she barely appears to be moving. Yukianesa sighs and holds up her energy shield for what seems like a decade as she waits for the Vulpix to just hit it already. After a painfully long wait Volvagia finally completes her journey, bouncing ineffectually off the wall, which dissipates into a cloud of sparks. Yukianesa returns to her fighting posture, as Volvagia crouches on the floor in front of her with her paws on her head.

Yukianesa growls at Volvagia for blocking her ears, but nonetheless closes her eyes and begins to sing a lullaby, making it especially loud to try to better infiltrate Volvagia's closed ears. However the Vulpix clamps her paws down harder, and Yukianesa's song is barely heard. Volvagia opens her mouth and begins charging an enormous fireball, and Yukianesa opens her eyes just in time to see it spinning through the air towards her. Her song is cut short as the inferno blasts into her and fans out into an enormous, flaming star, bathing her in a fierce storm of flames. As it dies down the Snorunt struggles desperately to remain on her feet, but flops to the ground with a sigh, defeated.


blazheirio889 (X)

Yukianesa (F) <Inner Focus> @Dawn Stone
Health: 0%
Energy: 28%
Status: Knocked out!
Substitute (10%) ~ Protect ~ Sing

Jack_The_PumpkinKing (O)

Volvagia (F) <Flash Fire> @Fire Stone
Health: 30%
Energy: 17%
Status: "IWONIWONIWON!! :D". -1 Speed, recieves 1% extra damage from Ice moves, Spited (+4% energy needed to use Flamethrower).
extra-hot Heat Wave ~ Quick Attack, then cover ears ~ Fire Blast

Terrain Notes
The ground around Yukianesa is horribly charred; little else to mention.

Final Notes
- Heat Wave couldn't hurt Yukianesa; substitutes absorb an entire attack, even if the total damage of that attack exceeds the HP of the substitute.
- every time I look on Bulbapedia to check these things I'm reminded how awesome it is that the Japanese call the move Substitute "Scapegoat". D:
- I lowered Sing's accuracy by one level since Volvagia's ears were covered. Unfortunately for Blazhy I happened to roll a 52 and it missed.

Anyway, the battle is over and Jack is the winner. He receives $8, Blazhy receives $3 and I receive $5. Volvagia gets 2 exp and Yukianesa gets 1.
And thus ends my first full battle reffed, whoo~

 

[blazheirio889]

Whooo, nice match, Jack :D Damnit Sing would've hit if not for the covering ears thing (though I'd probably be screwed at any rate).

If you're up for it, y'wanna rematch sometime?

 

[JackPK]

Wonderful battle! Thanks for reffing, Mike, and thanks for such a great fight, Blazhy! (If I'd been put to sleep or if Fire Blast had missed, you would have totally gotten an energy win, no doubt.)

I could totally go for a rematch. Since you made this arena, I'll come up with one next time. :)