1vs1 single
Style: Set
DQ: 7 days
Damage Cap: 45%
Banned Moves: OHKO's
Other: Aerodactyls only. Also, trainers don't have to worry about running out of air because Word of God said so.
Round 11
Crazy Linoone (O)
Currently out: Blazhy
Female Aerodactyl
Ability: Pressure
Hold Item: Expert Belt
Signature Attribute:
Mechanical Dragon
Health: 65%
Energy: 36%
Status: Burned (Light). Speed 2+, Special Attack 2-.
Condition: Nice cloth, sucker.
Commands:
Substitute (15%) ~ Chill/Captivate ~ Iron Tail
Wargle (O)
Currently out: Xero
Male Aerodactyl
Ability: Pressure
Health: 32%
Energy: 67%
Status: Paralyzed (Severe), Attracted (Light). Special Attack 4-.
Condition: GIVE IT BACK.
Commands:
Thief/Chill/Heat Wave ~ Thief/Chill/Heat Wave ~ Thief/Chill/Heat Wave
Arena: Jar of Air (Cookie Flavor)
It's a jar. Filled with cookie-scented air.
Is there really anything else to say about it?
The jar itself is large -- about three wailords in diameter and three wailords high, or high enough to Fly -- and made of some sort of clear, see-through material. While the material looks like glass and feels like glass and, in all essence, is glass, it's somehow unbreakable. The top of the jar is closed with an air-tight metal lid, to keep all the air inside the jar inside and the air outside the jar, out.
(How the trainers will get out might cause some problems, but there's been weirder arenas in ASBer, so it shouldn't cause that much of a problem.)
The best part? The air inside smells like cookies. The aroma of delicious, sweet, freshly baked cookies, right out of the oven, fills the jar, making anyone who takes a whiff start salivating like there's no tomorrow.
A pokemon can spend one action to take a deep breath of the delicious, cookie-scented air, which will energize the pokemon, restoring 5% energy and giving it a +1 boost in a random stat.
Too bad there's no actual cookies though.
Arena status: The bottom of the bottle is mildly damp.
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Controversy over the stupid piece of sash rose. Little by little, the event drifted away from a fight and became more of an exchange of sneakery.
Knowking full well that attempts to get the Expert Belt back would be made, Blazhy, becoming progressively sick of the repetitious process, clawed out another slice of the lid, molding it and giving it life energy.
Seeing this happen, Xero knew what he had to do. He was supposed to attack any hidden Substitutes savagely, and that was the most devious move of them all: the decoy was hidden in plain sight! With no hesitation, he began flapping his wings. He should have hesitated more, though, because his aim was way off.
Hesitation was to come inevitably, however, as the mechanical dragon made desperate pleas not to have the poor metallic thing destroyed... And reminded him of what was at stake. Namely, that pizza. This did little towards stopping the Heat Wave attack, but by the time it rolled in, its user was very distracted.
While her Substitute was engaged, Crazy Linoone's Pokémon saw a perfcet opportunity to strike. It was meant to be flawless, with absolutely no room for a miss. Tiny dispensers threw open along her tail, dripping a quickly solidifying liquid. Then, with a powerful charge, she flipped downards and let it rip.
... And then the target, by pure ass-backwards chance, flew away at the very last moment. There was no way to cut the movement sharp at that point; the Iron Tail attack ended up landing on the foot of the one who commanded it instead. Now both trainers had terrible footache! Eye for eye, foot for foot.
During the last few moments of the round, Xero finally managed to melt all of the Substitue. He eyed his Expert Belt eagerly, and then started to think it kinda looked like a pizza border, extra toasty. Hmmm.
Round 11 – End
Crazy Linoone (O)
Currently out: Blazhy
Female Aerodactyl
Ability: Pressure
Hold Item: Expert Belt
Signature Attribute:
Mechanical Dragon
Health: 50%
Energy: 18%
Status: Burned (Light). Speed 2+, Special Attack 2-.
Condition: OTL
Performed: Substitute (15%) ~ Captivate ~ Iron Tail (Missed)
Wargle (O)
Currently out: Xero
Male Aerodactyl
Ability: Pressure
Health: 32%
Energy: 46%
Status: Paralyzed (Moderate). Special Attack 6-.
Condition: Eye on the prize, mind on the other prize.
Performed: Heat Wave (Missed) ~ Heat Wave ~ Heat Wave
Arena status: The bottom of the bottle is mildly damp.
Additional notes:
- Causing Heat Wave not to be used due to the strange wording of the commands is tempting, but not exactly fair, I guess. If you wanted a loophole to exploit, you could have tried the fact that no commands were given for the unlikely occasion that Thief actually worked.
- I was going to deliberate on how well trying to aim Iron Tail would work. Then I accidentally clicked the randomizer and it gave me a flat 100. I suppose that's a no.
- Heat Wave on the third action broke the Substitute.
- Crazy Linoone attacks first next round.
