3 vs. 3 singles
Style: Set
DQ: Five Days
Damage Cap: 30%
Banned Moves: All moves that would instantly faint a battler, Attract, Evasion, Direct Healings limited to 1 /pokémon, Chills limited to 3 /pokémon, Pain Split can only be used if the target is the first opponent the user encounters, and counts towards the direct healing limit. Finally, all Pokémon have access to the moves Snore and Sleep Talk.
Others: Pokémon at their lowest form of evolution only (Single-stagers are banned). First out must be pure Grass-type, second out must be pure Fire-type and third out must be *drumrolls* pure Water-type.
Round 1
Lord of the Fireflies (OOO)
Currently out: Shirin
Male Treecko
Ability: Overgrow
Item: Expert Belt
Health: 100%
Energy: 100%
Status: 1 Direct Healing move left, 3 Chills left.
Condition: Pondering existance.
Commands:
Safeguard/Dragonbreath (Climb lab) ~ Swords Dance/Safeguard/Dragonbreath ~ Aerial Ace/Dragonbreath/Swords Dance
Coloursfall (OOO)
Currently out: Kin
Female Shroomish
Ability: Poison Heal
Item: Toxic Orb
Health: 100%
Energy: 100%
Status: 1 Direct Healing move left, 3 Chills left.
Condition: Checking his opponent out curiously.
Commands:
Natural Gift ~ Natural Gift ~ Sludge Bomb
Arena: Professor Lab
Who's the said professor is not really important. It is a generic Professor Lab were starters are given away and where new trainers begin their journey to become the new Pokémon Champion, then register on Smogon and realize they suck and have their dreams shattered. Oh well. Said Professor (Actually let's just call him Prof. Said) left his town and lab for two trainers to battle, and he might regret it but anyways a bit of reconstruction work is a fart for the Almighty Prof. Said.
Anyways, the battle will take place outside the lab, because we want every move working, you know (There's also a stream for Surfing convenient isn't it). Since starter Pokémon will feel quite at home here, all attacks that match their type have their damage boosted by 2% after all calculations for 2% less energy. Besides that it's pretty much it.
Arena status: Unchanged.
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As crowds of young children petered out of the laboratory, three professionals in the area these children only began to crawl into gathered. Having picked a less busy time to minimize kid violence hazards, they noticed that the area gradually widened directly in front of the Pokémon research laboratory.
Earlier, one Professor Said allowed the battlers to mess around by his lab, so as long as the damage doesn't go further than what he can fix in a fart's worth in days. For those who will casually wreck cities whole in their duels, this was a tad limiting. But acceptable nonetheless. Said's definition of a fart's worth would surely be quite liberal, anyhow.
This being a place strongly connected to starters, the battlers decided to give their showdown a bit of a thematic. Namely, a restriction on what type of Pokémon can be sent out when. Considering their active squads, this left room for very little surprise (actually, no surprise whatsoever) on the initial draw.
Coloursfall released a small, roughly round Pokémon with what seemed to be a dull brown patch of skin spreading out over another stretch of skin, the one underneath being forest green. Lord of the Fireflies' response was a bipedal, vivid green gecko with a sash hung around the waist.
At the referee's signal, the battle began.
Shirin let out a sigh. It all felt so pointless. And yet, as always, doing it for long enough would likely suffice at keeping his mind out of it. With a burst of speed, he began to work his way up the walls of the laboratory -- a very extense road for one of his size, but at least eased by his natural climbing devices.
Once he was up there, however, he was quickly reminded not to let an opponent ever have his back for too long, as he was immediately struck by a ray of energy. Thankfully, the trajectory flung him into the roof instead of straight out of it, so, he didn't get thrown for a painful crash. In fact, it was all the more a prompt to march further into the high ground, so as to prevent another such blast from landing.
Feeling safer, he began to work on his own energy tricks; namely, he set up a protective veil around himself with it. It wouldn't outright prevent attacks, but it would nicely prevent a series of rough states.
Little did he know, the heightened standing would not protect him from the life-tracking Natural Gift. All of a sudden, it popped right out from beneath the roof -- a clear display that property damage had begun early this match -- for a straight jab across the side, knocking him off balance again.
The Treecko could tell, at this point, that eluding his enemy wouldn't be so eternally simple. Maybe that could be adressed later; his next command appropriately traded off the caution for effective offence. He moved back to the edge of the roof and, with a deep breath, took a leap of faith, spinning his tail in the air as he did.
It was an overwhelming success. The straight overhead blow struck Kin hard enough that she was dunked into the grass; the upwards follow-up pound was almost a formality after that one. Of course, his tail wasn't spared a degree of recoil from the massive impact, but it was minor enough that he could completely ignore it.
In no way appreaciating the humiliating hit, the Shroomish quickly tried to regain dominance over the match with a powerful counterattack. She munched up some of the grass that she was now completely surrounded by, and then let her Toxic Orb roll down from atop her head and gave it a lick. This, coupled with a few other chemicals, formed an effective chemical "capsule", with a minor explosive for an outer layer and a toxin for a core.
The mushroom Pokémon spat the horrible blob with high propulsion right into her foe's underarm. While the veil around him prevented any extensive poisoning, the burst and the skin contact were enough to cause at least a rash and major discomfort.
After that last blow, Coloursfall's sendout remembered to set into motion one thing her trainer had taught her. While the nasty substance oozed out by the Toxic Orb was still terrible to her taste, it was actually great for her unusual bodily systems. So, she reached out to give it a taste... But could only briefly touch it before the end of round was called.
Round 1 – End
Lord of the Fireflies (OOO)
Currently out: Shirin
Male Treecko
Ability: Overgrow
Item: Expert Belt
Health: 72%
Energy: 88%
Status: Under effects of Safeguard (6 more actions). 1 Direct Healing move left, 3 Chills left.
Condition: Utterly puzzled by that last attack.
Performed: Climb Lab ~ Safeguard ~ Aerial Ace
Coloursfall (OOO)
Currently out: Kin
Female Shroomish
Ability: Poison Heal
Item: Toxic Orb
Health: 83%
Energy: 85%
Status: Poisoned (Badly). 1 Direct Healing move left, 3 Chills left.
Condition: Rubbing her tongue on the ground.
Performed: Natural Gift ~ Natural Gift ~ Sludge Bomb
Arena status: Unchanged.
Additional notes:
- I figured climbing the lab AND using Safeguard in one action wouldn't be exactly possible; a normal house would be at the very least four times as tall as a Treecko, let alone a laboratory, which wouldn't make it a fast climb.
- Question: the damage/energy bonuses described in the arena go only for starters, or for any Pokémon?
- Coloursfall attacks first next round.
