Round 9
Wargle
Glauert - Skrelp (♂)
Health: 15%
Energy: 40%
Type: Poison / Water
Ability: Adaptability
Condition: Glad to be away from the action for now.
Status: Severely burned.
Commands: Rain Dance / Chill / Dive (attack) ~ Chill / Dive (attack) / Dive (Down) ~ Chill / Dive (attack) / Dive (Down)
Murkrow
Bendigeidfran - Murkrow (♂)
Health: 22%
Energy: 48%
Type: Dark / Flying
Ability: Super Luck
Condition: Getting desperate.
Status: Speed -1.
Commands: Sky Attack ~ Sky Attack @Porkpie ~ Protect / Psych Up @ Porkpie
The Omskivar
Porkpie - Tepig (♀)
Health: 64%
Energy: 51%
Type: Fire
Ability: Blaze
Condition: Pressing the advantage for all it’s worth.
Status: Speed +1. Badly poisoned. (4%). Hidden Power Dark.
Commands: Protect ~ Flame Charge @ Bendi / Magnitude / Double Team ~ Head Smash @ Bendi / Magnitude / Double Team
Round nine began with Porkpie putting up another Protect shield – definitely not the first in this battle, and, as the pokémon in this battle continued to get more and more desperate, most certainly not the last. Although, Porkpie was by far the most healthy of the battlers at the moment, so it seemed somewhat ironic. Regardless, Bendigeidfran took advantage of the attack by beginning to charge up what was, without competition, his most powerful attack. And as he began to inherit a deep reddish-orange glow, a blue orb slowly rose out of the nearby lake with a splash, floating lazily towards the clouds. As it reached them, its glow steadily increased in intensity until there was a flash, and a crack of thunder, and lots and lots of rain.
Though Porkpie flinched a little bit as she let down her Protect, being a Fire-type and all, she didn’t let the rain extinguish her next attack, a flaming charge towards Bendigeidfran. The rain did interfere with the flames, and the resulting impact wasn’t quite as harsh as it could have been, but as she bounced off of Bendigeidfran, Porkpie felt even more confident in her agility. That was, until Bendigeidfran’s glow suddenly increased to an intensity well above what anyone was expecting, completely enveloping the pokémon and then shooting forward in a transient image of its maker. The Sky Attack impacted Porkpie quite harshly, as expected, throwing the piglet pokémon backwards to roll pitifully along the ground.
Fearing an immediate conterattack, however, Bendigeidfran decided to use Protect, and as Porkpie pushed herself up from the ground and saw her opponent, she knew she could capitalize on that. Glauert still wasn’t back from the lake, so he probably wasn’t a threat – here’s what she could do, she could take this battle by storm. Six pokémon? Try nine! With this thought, Porkpie broke into a fast run, in a wide circle around Bendigeidfran. The Murkrow watched warily as he sustained his green shield, getting anxious about this situation, and by the time he let the shield down, he was staring at seven confident, glaring Porkpies, ready to do whatever it would take to win this battle.
Nothing was heard from the lake.
End of Round 9
Wargle
Glauert - Skrelp (♂)
Health: 9%
Energy: 55%
Type: Poison / Water
Ability: Adaptability
Condition: Just chillin’. Getting a little worried.
Status: Severely burned.
Actions: Rain Dance ~ Chill ~ Chill
Murkrow
Bendigeidfran - Murkrow (♂)
Health: 17%
Energy: 36%
Type: Dark / Flying
Ability: Super Luck
Condition: Nearly terrified.
Status: Speed -1.
Actions: Sky Attack ~ Protect
The Omskivar
Porkpie - Tepig (♀)
Health: 58%
Energy: 44%
Type: Fire
Ability: Blaze
Condition: Confident.
Status: Speed +2. Has 6 clones. Badly poisoned. (6%). Hidden Power Dark.
Actions: Protect ~ Flame Charge @ Bendigeidfran ~ Double Team (6 clones)
Referee Notes
~Bendigeidfran’s Sky Attack missed.
~If Porkpie had used Head Smash, that would have missed too.
~The number of clones for Porkpie to make wasn’t specified, so I set it to Porkpie’s maximum, which happens to be about 6.
~As per my reffing scale, the rain did nothing to destroy any of Porkpie’s clones.
~Due to being under soothing water, Glauert’s burn damage was reduced a little bit. It also just occurred to me that I forgot to calculate for it last round. I’m not going to go back on that – if I did factor it in now, Glauert would be down – just to make this a little bit more fun. If all of you agree for me to reverse that decision, then I will, although still not sure who the KO exp would go to.
~Wargle commands first next round, followed by Murkrow and The Omskivar.