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Pentimento vs Walker vs sreservoir

Alright. Giga Drain energy from Ruin whenever he's not detect/protecting/impossible to hit because of clones or paralysis other reasons. If he is doing any of those, go for a Hypnosis on Nenya (unless she's already asleep, or she's detect/protect/impossible-to-hitting, then chill also); if you're too attracted/paralyzed to do anything, go invisible and Chill.

Giga Drain @ Ruin / Hypnosis @ Nenya / Chill x3
 
if ruin ever protects or becomes difficult for niska to hit, taunt niska if necessary; otherwise, icy wind ruin once, and chill the rest of the time.

taunt @ niska / icy wind @ ruin / chill x3

(stupid pokémon, can't even understand "if you have nothing to do, don't do anything")
 
Smack Down at Niska until it works, then just Bulldoze 'em.

Smack Down/Bulldoze @Niska x3
 
1 vs 1 vs 1 single/triple?
Style: Set
DQ: Standard week
Damage Cap: 35%
Banned Moves: OHKO's
Arena: Fleet Town

Fleet Town used to be a boisterous, prosperous city, made up of well-built houses, apartments, beautiful skyscrapers, everything you'd look for in a city. Unfortunately those times are long gone and all that's left are ruins.

Whatever destroyed the city did its job; there is not a single remaining building in Fleet Town that remains erect. The streets are littered with the remains of buildings - blocks of cement, wood, and bricks are strewn about carelessly. The ground itself is cracked and potholed; the once-pristine cement streets and beautiful sidewalks are now serve as a dangerous hazard to anyone who attempts to walk on them, whether by tripping over the cracks or fallen building parts or falling into holes.
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Team Pathos
1imko5.jpg

Gastly
Niska (Male)
Ability: Levitate
Health: 57%
Energy: 30%
Status: <3 Nenyaaaa~ Attracted to Nenya (mild; 25% chance of 'immobilized by love'), paralyzed (moderate; 20% chance of full paralysis)
Commands: Giga Drain @ Ruin / Hypnosis @ Nenya / Chill ~ Giga Drain @ Ruin / Hypnosis @ Nenya / Chill ~ Giga Drain @ Ruin / Hypnosis @ Nenya / Chill

Team Saint Walker
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Baltoy
Ruin (Genderless)
Ability: Levitate
Health: 43%
Energy: 30%
Status: Bluh. Confused (moderate; 50% chance of confusionfail)
Commands: Smack Down @ Niska / Bulldoze @ Niska ~ Smack Down @ Niska / Bulldoze @ Niska ~ Smack Down @ Niska / Bulldoze @ Niska

Team sreservoir
1imko5.jpg

Dratini
Nenya (Female)
Ability: Shed Skin
Health: 46%
Energy: 23%
Status: Get away from me! Natural Gift steel-typed; Taunt Mimicked.
Commands: Taunt @ Niska / Icy Wind @ Ruin / Chill ~ Taunt @ Niska / Icy Wind @ Ruin / Chill ~ Taunt @ Niska / Icy Wind @ Ruin / Chill
Signature Attribute: Some Natural Gift thing

Round 6 Begin!

With Niska paralyzed, Ruin is the fastest of the trio. He leaps high into the air and, spinning in a drill-like motion, he launches himself towards Niska. He hits, and feels a satisfying motion as his inertia transfers to Niska, propelling him into the ground. Niska tries to pull himself back up, to float back to his accustomed height, but for some reason he finds himself stuck to the ground, the mysterious force that normally holds him in the air dispelled. Nenya observes this with some interest, but then turns her attention to Ruin. Her eyes take on an icy-blue glow and, suddenly, a cold wind blows in from somewhere, buffeting Ruin and chilling its to his core, though the emotionless Baltoy doesn't show it. Then, as the wind dies away, Niska decides to take revenge on the Baltoy, and suddenly several orbs of energy tear themselves from it and pour into him.

Ruin begins to lift himself slowly up, at the same time casting glances at Niska to clearly say "look, I can do this and you can't". Then he slams himself back down again, and a wave of energy ripples outwards, tossing aside both Niska and Nenya and further ruining the ruins. Nenya opts simply to rest in the wake of this, coiling into a resting position and dozing off into a light sleep. Niska, meanwhile, causes more orbs of energy to pull free from Ruin and transfer themselves to him.

The final action looks to be a fairly similar repeat of the previous one. Ruin leaps up and slams back down, sending out a rippling wave of energy; Nenya remains coiled up and sleeping; Niska transfers more of Ruin's energy to him. As Nenya uncurls and Niska tries frantically to get airborne, the round draws to a close.

Round 6 End!

Team Pathos
1imko5.jpg

Gastly
Niska (Male)
Ability: Levitate
Health: 39%
Energy: 6%
Status: I can't float! Speed -2; Attracted to Nenya (mild; 25% chance of 'immobilized by love'), paralyzed (moderate; 20% chance of full paralysis); Smacked Down.
Attacks Used: Giga Drain @ Ruin ~ Giga Drain @ Ruin ~ Giga Drain @ Ruin

Team Saint Walker
1imko5.jpg

Baltoy
Ruin (Genderless)
Ability: Levitate
Health: 19%
Energy: 18%
Status: Huh? Speed -1; Confused (moderate; 50% chance of confusionfail).
Attacks Used: Smack Down @ Niska ~ Bulldoze @ Niska ~ Bulldoze @ Niska

Team sreservoir
1imko5.jpg

Dratini
Nenya (Female)
Ability: Shed Skin
Health: 32%
Energy: 36%
Status: I feel rested, at least. Speed -2; Natural Gift steel-typed; Taunt Mimicked.
Attacks Used: Icy Wind @ Ruin ~ Chill ~ Chill
Signature Attribute: Some Natural Gift thing


Damage / Energy Calculations
Smack Down - 5% damage, 4% energy (accuracy roll 6, needed 100 to miss)
Icy Wind - 6% damage, 7% energy (accuracy roll 44, needed 95 or above to miss)
Giga Drain - 6% damage, restored 3% health (Niska), 8% energy (accuracy roll 49, needed 100 to miss)
Bulldoze - 11% damage (Niska), 7% damage (Nenya), 4% energy (accuracy roll 43, needed 100 to miss)
Chill - restored 10% energy (Nenya)
Giga Drain - 6% damage, restored 3% health (Niska), 8% energy (accuracy roll 8, needed 100 to miss)
Bulldoze - 11% damage (Niska), 7% damage (Nenya), 4% energy (accuracy roll 96, needed 100 to miss)
Chill - restored 10% energy (Nenya)
Giga Drain - 6% damage, restored 3% health (Niska), 8% energy (accuracy roll 79, needed 100 to miss)


Notes
- Niska managed not to be attracted or fully paralyzed at all this round.
- And Ruin managed not to confusionfail. Lucky all around.
- Bluh. In his current state, Niska literally cannot get any slower.
- Speed order for my reference: Baltoy (45), Dratini (30), Gastly (1).

Arena Notes
- Further ruined, if anything. Puddles are everywhere.
- Even more ruined than that, even! What not already has now been reduced to such a state by the Bulldoze.

Next Round
- Saint Walker attacks
- Pathos attacks
- sreservoir attacks
- I ref
 
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Dear self: when you do the calculations for two seperate Pokémon for a widespread attack, actually remember to change both targets' health totals. Thanks, self.
 
spam EQ until dead, may the best user of protect win.

Earthquake x3
 
... Right.

Chill on the first action. Then Perish Song whenever Nenya isn't protect/detecting (only once, obviously). If you're taunted, Explode. Whenever you can't attack, due to paralysis/attraction/whatever, Chill if you can or do nothing otherwise and delay your attack for the next action.

Perish Song / Chill / Explosion x3
 
set up reflect, then make a substitute to absorb an earthquake; the battle should be short enough that Niska's perish song won't even be relevant. then taunt Niska to provoke an explosion, which the substitute should be just barely cover after the earthquake; the damage caused should destroy the battlefield but may or may not finish ruin, depending on how the damage lost when attacking multiple targets is calculated. ruin should then faint from energy consumption, and if it doesn't, we're probably screwed.

reflect ~ substitute (10%) ~ taunt @ Niska
 
Pentimento said:
Originally Posted by Pentimento
1 vs 1 vs 1 single/triple?
Style: Set
DQ: Standard week
Damage Cap: 35%
Banned Moves: OHKO's
Arena: Fleet Town

Fleet Town used to be a boisterous, prosperous city, made up of well-built houses, apartments, beautiful skyscrapers, everything you'd look for in a city. Unfortunately those times are long gone and all that's left are ruins.

Whatever destroyed the city did its job; there is not a single remaining building in Fleet Town that remains erect. The streets are littered with the remains of buildings - blocks of cement, wood, and bricks are strewn about carelessly. The ground itself is cracked and potholed; the once-pristine cement streets and beautiful sidewalks are now serve as a dangerous hazard to anyone who attempts to walk on them, whether by tripping over the cracks or fallen building parts or falling into holes.
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Before the trainers had time to compose themselves, one of the many referees that had been moping about on this field suddenly materialized with a bunch of sound-proof earphones. "You'll need this," the beret-wearing referee said and gave each of the trainers one, before putting a pair itself (the other emergency referee didn't need the earphones because she was jelly and jelly doesn't have ears). Now that task is done, the beret-wearing referee pulled two referee flags out of its beret and waved them, officially starting the round after who knows how long.


Pentimento
Gastly
[Niska] Gastly (M)
Ability: Levitate
Signature Move: Bogart
Health: 39%
Energy: 6%
Commands: Perish Song / Chill / Explosion x3
Status: I can't float! Speed -2; Attracted to Nenya (mild), paralyzed (moderate); Smacked Down.

Walker
Baltoy
[Ruin] Baltoy (X)
Ability: Levitate
Health: 19%
Energy: 18%
Commands: Earthquake x3
Status: Huh? Speed -1; Confused (moderate).

sreservoir
Dratini
[Nenya] Dratini (F)
Ability: Shed Skin
Signature Attribute: Natural Gift something-or-other
Health: 32%
Energy: 36%
Commands: reflect ~ substitute (10%) ~ taunt @ Niska
Status: I feel rested, at least. Speed -2; Natural Gift steel-typed; Taunt Mimicked.


Round 7​

For once, Niska was the slowest of the trio and struggled in annoyance as the baltoy moved first. Ruin was still feeling the side effects of all that weird sound going through its head, but it did feel fine enough to jump up, then slam down on the ground with much more force than a creature with mass that small is capable of. The earth quivered, and everyone found themselves trying to find something to steady themselves on as the shock wave hit them. One of the previously many pillars shook dangerously and collapsed, barely missing one of the referees and leaving the trainers coughing in a cloud of smoke. The battlers weren't affected though, and, while Niska was still writhing on the ground, Nenya decided to focus on defense instead. Closing her eyes and concentrating, the dratini formed a golden wall of energy around her, hoping that it will keep out whatever the other two pokemon throws at her.

It took quite a while before Niska got into a comfortable enough position to rest, and by that time he found himself not really caring about anything anymore. He was tired to the (metaphorical) bone, and he really just wanted the battle to end already, screw it all. Chilling did restore a bit of his energy though, but he knew that this wasn't going to last.

And to frank, it did. Ruin, true to its name, once again floated up into the air and slammed itself down again, destroying more buildings and pieces of buildings and what used to be pieces of buildings as the shock wave tore through the ground. The ground shook violently, and Ruin was deathly tired once it was finished. It could barely hover at this point now, and its head hurt like someone ran him over with a Bulldozer. The shiny golden dome mostly protected Nenya from the Earthquake, but Niska took the blunt of the damage and was really dying for the battle to be over.

The dratini was still on defense though -- the Reflect had protected her quite a lot, which meant that her trainer knew what was going on. Nenya kicked together a pile of dirt until it was vaguely dratini-shaped, and squeezed some of her own life force into it. The dirtini was definitely not as good-looking as Nenya would've liked, but whatever.

And then Niska started singing. Singing might not be a good word for it -- a death screech would probably be more appropriate, but that sounds sort of like death metal and this was definitely not metal. This was more like... somebody had combined Rebecca Black with Justing Bieber, fed the resultant mutant with poison oak, poop, and roadkill, then tossed it into a slow-cooker. Since both his listeners lacked hands to clamp their ears shut with, they were forced to listen to this horrible, terrible...thing... until Niska finally had to stop to catch his breath.

A feeling of Doom settled over the battlefield.

The referee took off its earphones, and Ruin, perhaps confused by that horrible sound or perhaps there were just way too many rocks lying on the ground, managed to trip over something and fall flat on its face. Ouch.

Nenya peeked at the battlefield from behind her shiny golden shield. It was obvious that she was the most well-off of the trio, with a Reflect and Substitute to protect her from further harm, and, feeling secure, she said something very nasty to Niska. Very, very nasty. The trainers should be thankful that their earphones had blocked out the sound. Niska twitched and swelled up to twice his size in anger. He was ready to explode -- or Explode -- but at the last moment, the fuse just went out and the gastly puffed back to normal size. A few more tries later, Niska huffed angrily and just gave up. He was too tired for this crap. No matter how hard he tried, he simply did not have energy to make himself explode.

... The feeling of Doom was getting stronger....


Pentimento
Gastly
[Niska] Gastly (M)
Ability: Levitate
Signature Move: Bogart
Health: 9%
Energy: 10%
Commands: Chill ~ Perish Song ~ Nothing
Status: Too tired to explode. Or do anything, for that matter. Paralyzed (mild); Taunted (2 actions).

Walker
Baltoy
[Ruin] Baltoy (X)
Ability: Levitate
Health: 15%
Energy: 5%
Commands: Earthquake ~ Earthquake ~ *confusionfail*
Status: BLARGLE Speed -1; Confused (mild)

sreservoir
Dratini
[Nenya] Dratini (F)
Ability: Shed Skin
Signature Attribute: Natural Gift something-or-other
Health: 9%
Energy: 21%
Commands: Reflect ~ Substitute (10%) ~ Taunt @ Niska
Status: Still alive? I think? Speed -2; Natural Gift steel-typed; Taunt Mimicked. Reflect (2 more actions).
Substitute (10%)

Arena Notes
- Further ruined, if anything. Puddles are everywhere.
- Even more ruined than that, even! What not already has now been reduced to such a state by the Bulldoze.
- In fact, it's more of a rocky field than a ruin now, much thanks to Ruin's Earthquakes.
- PERISH SONG COUNTDOWN: 7 more actions until everyone dies

Notes:
- Niska's attraction faded on the first action
- Huh. My Confusion/Attract/stuff scale is different from Squorn's, so please excuse me if it seems weird.
- Ruin hurt itself due to confusion on the third action, luckily for everyone involved who is not Ruin or Walker.
- Niska didn't have enough energy left for an Explosion. Although I gave him a chance to blow up, he didn't Explode because the RNG said so.

Other Notes
- ...Why is everybody still alive after this round. Why.
- Just a reference for the Pokémon’s base speeds, starting with the fastest: Ruin, Nenya, Niska
- sres, Walker, Pathos order in this order
 
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