Format: 3v3 Single
Style: Switch
DQ: 7 Days
Damage Cap: 35%
Banned/Restricted Moves: Fissure, Guillotine, Horn Drill, Weather Moves
Arena Description: Somewhere in Siberia
One of the coldest places on the planet, and right in the middle of winter, too. Even a "warm" day here is barely more than -10°. The battleground is relatively flat, with a couple of hills on either side. The ground is also covered with thick snow - this impairs movement for all terrestrial pokémon equivalent to a stat drop of -1 Speed, though if it's gotten rid of somehow this speed impairment will vanish. It's constantly snowing here, though not hailing - this snow will act like hail except without the residual damage.
The bitter cold makes it difficult to concentrate, and you have to keep your body temperature up. If a pokémon does not physically move while using their action, they will take 3% Ice-type damage from the cold and lose 2% Energy, with the exception of Fire-types, Ice-types, and pokémon with the abilities Thick Fat, Ice Body or Snow Cloak. This damage can also be avoided by using or being hit by an attack that generates heat - most Fire-type attacks, or Scald, even if the user doesn't move around while using or getting hit by the attack. Finally, Sheer Cold is useable in this battle, but its effect changes - instead of being a one-hit KO move, it now has a 100% chance of Freezing the opponent completely, and it maintains an unconditional 30% accuracy.
There is no water source unless one is to melt the snow first. Any water on the ground will freeze into ice three actions after it appears there, and any snow scraped off of the ground somehow will reappear in three actions.
Round 16
Superbird XXO
Health:
68%
Energy:
79%
(Deru) Houndour [F] <Ice Body> @Lucky Egg
Commands: Protect ~ Incinerate ~ Incinerate/Overheat
Status: Fretting. Speed -1, Paralyzed (severe), Badly poisoned (2% this round, 3% the next), Frozen (severe, ice attaching body to ground), Role Playing as Tilda Swinton
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Health:
82%
Energy:
65%
(Tilda Swinton) Snorunt [F] <Ice Body> @Dawn Stone
Commands: Water Pulse ~ Substitute/Secret Power/Disable ~ Substitute/Secret Power/Water Pulse
Status: Steam still flowing from her ears. Speed -1, Special Attack -1, Dawn Stone in effect, Taunted (1 more action)
While Deru struggled to free herself from her icy bindings, Tilda released five blasts of water, each spaced apart in even intervals, appearing slightly ring shaped to hide the sound waves they contained. The first one nearly reached Deru before a translucent shield materialized before her, taking the brunt of the attack and pushing the water off in all directions, letting it freeze against the ground. As each wave cascaded against the barrier, a booming
bwang could be heard, the pulses not reacting well with the clear wall. As the fifth wave was dispersed, Deru let the shield disappear, leaving her dangerously exposed once more.
Tilda grumbled a little bit, but she now felt a lot more level-headed. No longer bent on mutilating the already crippled Deru, Tilda turned back to her hidden passion: sculpting. Hurtful memories invaded her mind as she began to build a new likeness. The toned figure of her past lover kept intruding into her thoughts, and she had to stop herself from adding a feather crest to the top of her mold. Fighting back tears, she added finishing touches to the
snow-runt and flipped it around so the motionless face could stare at Deru. The Houndour was not interested in having another Tilda clone on the battlefield, so he breathed out a trail of flames. Rather than overwhelming Tilda and her substitute, these flames travelled slowly and methodically enclosed the substitute. Soon it was aflame, and like a haunting funeral pyre it burned away before Tilda’s eyes. Quickly, her work had been nullified.
Not to be dispirited, Tilda fired another thin beam of neon blue energy at Deru. Again, the blast struck the side already coated with ice, causing Tilda to wonder if her attacks were actually successful. Still, Deru grimaced as the beam struck her, which was enough proof for Tilda that she was at least whittling away at her. In these kinds of elements, she was perfectly happy to take as long as she needed. She was in her comfort zone.
Deru was not. She felt it was overdue to bring some real heat to this arena. She concentrated hard, letting her internal temperature rise and rise. To Tilda, it looked as if little was happening, almost as if Deru was just falling into a shuddering fit due to frustration. Beads of sweat started to appear on Deru’s forehead, but Tilda did not inspect closely enough to see them. She did notice the ice enclosing Derustart to melt. Small rivulets of water began to run down her snow shelter. Tilda knew that that meant heat. She backed up slightly and assumed a defensive position. Deru was now grinding her teeth, getting very near her breaking point. Shards of ice began to slide off of her, leaving behind snow that was not staying solid either. The branch of ice holding her to the ground was still holding fairly strong, but it was losing mass as well. Finally, Deru reached her goal.
Releasing a scream in tandem, Deru unleashed a gigantic wave of pure flame that washed over the arena. It was not red, orange, or blue. It was a blinding white, decimating the snow and ice in Deru’s general vicinity. The entirety of Deru’s coat burned away, leaving just a Houndour, no longer shivering from the cold. The pulse of primal heat seared Tilda, causing her to squeal in agony. The terrain was not so lucky as to stay solid. In a wide circle around Deru, all of the snow had melted and evaporated, leaving barren soil. In the centre was the Houndour, smirking, but with lolling tongue. She was panting hard, and she was still awkwardly in a tussle with her own limbs, but she had some confidence back.
End of Round 16
Superbird XXO
Health:
55%
Energy:
61%
(Deru) Houndour [F] <Flash Fire > @Lucky Egg
Status: Fired up. Special Attack -2, Paralyzed (severe), Badly poisoned (3% this round, 4% the next)
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Health:
51%
Energy:
52%
(Tilda Swinton) Snorunt [F] <Ice Body> @Dawn Stone
Status: Sweating profusely. Special Attack -1
Arena Notes:
-A circle with a diameter of about 10 metres has been cleared of all snow, leaving barren, earthy terrain. Deru is at the epicentre, and the attack has revealed the boulders used earlier in the fight (the feathers did not survive the blast). Snow will re-cover the area in one round
Ref Notes:
-Deru terrain damage: 4% health, 4% energy
-Overheat cancelled out the Role Play. There is no way Overheat could be controlled to only burn away the ice freezing Deru to the ground and not the ice she was using to act as Tilda. So Deru now has Flash Fire again and she is no longer taking terrain damage.
-Overheat pushed Tilda below 66% health, meaning she is no longer receiving a benefit from her Dawn Stone
-Overheat eliminated the speed losses for the next round
-Superbird commands next
