3vs3 single
Style: Set
DQ: Four days
Damage Cap: 30%
Banned Moves: OHKO's and direct recovery moves.
Arena: Treeshroud Forest
Treeshroud Forest is a dense deciduous forest on an island far away. The trees are very close together, and undergrowth covers much of the forest floor, though there are some visible paths that a Pokemon could stay on if it were too big to maneuver between the tree trunks. This particular battle takes place in a small clearing about the size of a typical room in a house. This clearing is surrounded by bushes and smaller trees that are densely placed, and also has a couple of large trees in the center. As one gets farther and farther from the clearing, the oaks and other deciduous trees grow taller and thicker. The sky just above the clearing is hardly visible; if the weather were to change, it would be less effective than in an open space, and all effects due to the weather are halved. For example, instead of rain doubling the strength of Water moves, it would only multiply them by 1.5; instead of sunlight doubling the speed of a Pokemon with Chlorophyll, the Pokemon's speed would only increase to 1.5 times; etc.
Other: I'm still sort of a beginner at ASB; I'd prefer to battle with someone of about my skill level.
Round 1
Darksong OOO
Health:
100%
Energy:
100%
(Pandora) Venipede [F] <Poison Point>
Commands: Screech ~ Substitute (10%) ~ Payback
Status: Muttering to herself in her own language; producing small clicking noises
Richie OOO
Health:
100%
Energy:
100%
Gastly [M] <Levitate>
Commands: Toxic ~ Toxic ~ Hypnosis
Status: Feeling spooky
Both Pokemon, a few seconds after being released from their pokeballs, inspected their surroundings with interest. Pandora felt at home in a forest, though she would much more prefer to engage in a more guerrilla style of battling amongst the underbrush. Gastly stared up at the sun for a few seconds, wishing it were much, much lower in the sky. But complaining about the time of day would do no help to the Gastly. From whatever organs resided in his body, Gastly began to regurgitate some toxins from within himself. After coughing for a few seconds, an indeterminate blob of toxic waste emerged in his mouth. As unceremonious as possible, the ghost spat the blob forward at Pandora, using his long tongue to try and direct it at his opponent. Pandora however, saw that the blob was veering slightly off course, and using split second reflexes, she ducked her large abdomen out of the way, letting the blob hit the grass behind her, blackening and killing it almost instantly. Not deterred, Pandora opened her lazy eyelids wide, and emitted a “present” of her own from her mouth. An ear splitting screech emitted from her jaws, causing even the Gastly, who was used to frightening others, to squeeze his eyes shut, wishing he had hands to cover his ears. But his efforts were to no avail, and as the cacophony ended, he shivered, feeling weakened.
Determined not to fail a second time, Gastly conjured up a second glob of toxic sludge, and spent a few more seconds actually aiming the attack at Pandora, who looked on with the Venipede’s trademark sleepy gaze. He spat the blob ferociously, letting small toxic corpuscles spray the ground around where he released the glob. This time his aim was true, and Pandora could do nothing to avoid the attack. However, instead of recoiling as she was hit, the Venipede made no gesture at all. The toxins seeped through her exoskeleton and into her bloodstream, but she took no notice. With as much of a grimace as he could muster with a grin permanently plastered on his face, he realized that the bug before him was a Poison-type, and would not be effected by the toxins, whether they hit her or not. Pandora of course, had been informed of this by her trainer, and as such had barely taken any notice of the Gastly so far. Now she was forced to move with some real motive, and she took to the task with no complaint. Using her many claws to scrape at the ground, she frantically began to form a pile of dirt. When the mound was as large as her, she stood before it and imbued it with her life force, causing the dirt to morph and transform into a rough cope of Pandora herself. The only thing that betrayed it as something alive was its glowing yellow eyes. The Gastly continued to frown. Two Venipede would be harder to deal with than one.
Using his small arsenal of psychic powers, Gastly was next to try and put his opponent (or now “opponents”) to sleep. Tapping into the energy, he lit his eyes aglow with a foreboding red aura. He flew down lower to Pandora’s level, but as he tried to make eye contact, he saw that the yellow eyed dirt Venipede was blocking his attempts. As he strafed to the left the substitute floated to meet him, completely obscuring his view of the real Pandora. He tried to move forward and over the fake Venipede, but it seemed that the dirt creation was stronger than Gastly had originally anticipated, holding him in place with an invisible force. As he tried to fight against it, he lost his interest in the real Pandora, letting his eyes loose their glow. This turned out to be a mistake, as when he let his attention devote fully to the fake Venipede, Pandora took advantage, she jumped powerfully over her substitute, her legs scuttling frantically as she soared through the air. Gastly turned his head upward in shock, watching his opponent descend upon him. He was quite frightened to see that the Venipede was covered in a dark aura that seemed to exude an evil power that even the Gastly was not familiar with. He realized in the last second before he was crushed that she had used a dark-type attack, which was quite bad news. He gasped as Pandora struck him, forcing his barely tangible body to be compressed painfully. The physical onslaught lasted for only a few seconds, but even as Pandora removed herself, Gastly still grimaced. Throughout the entire display, Pandora’s substitute stood motionless, silently taunting the frustrated Gastly.
End of Round 1
Darksong OOO
Health:
90%
Energy:
87%
(Pandora) Venipede [F] <Poison Point>
Status: Content, though showing no signs of emotion
Subsitute:
10%
Richie OOO
Health:
84%
Energy:
92%
Gastly [M] <Levitate>
Status: Frustrated, though not completely deterred. Defense –2
Arena Notes:
-There is a Venipede sized hole in the ground beside Pandora’s substitute
Ref’s Notes:
-The first Toxic missed
-The second Toxic had no effect
-Darksong to order attacks next
