I’ve been playing Shoddy for a couple months now, and felt like trying my hand out at a warstory. With my team as follows, I’ll post WaffleSan’s at the end, since I don’t like seeing the opposing team right away when I read a warstory.
Xaqwais sent out Metagross.
WaffleSan sent out Tyranitar.
Tyranitar's Sand Stream whipped up a sandstorm!
A sandstorm brewed! Every mention of sandstorm will be removed, now on.
This situation works in my favor actually, since I run EQ on my Metagross.
Metagross used Earthquake.
It's super effective!
Tyranitar lost 62% of its health.
Tyranitar used Earthquake.
It's super effective!
Metagross lost 48% of its health.
Tyranitar restored 6% of its health.
Metagross: 52% but about to serve his purpose.
Tyranitar: 44% and about to leave
Hah, so now, this poor Tyranitar needs to switch out, else it’ll be dead.
WaffleSan switched in Swampert
Metagross used Stealth Rock.
Pointed stones float in the air around your foe's team!
Metagross: 52% and needs to leave.
Swampert: 100% + Stealth Rock (From now on, I’ll only mention hazards when they change)
Can’t take an Earthquake, and even if he doesn’t try to, I can’t really hurt it anyway, so I gotta switch.
Xaqwais switched in Skarmory
Swampert used Stealth Rock.
Skarmory: 100% and ready to go. + Stealth Rock
Swampert: 100% + Stealth Rock
I want to set up spikes since it’s good to get ‘em out early. Not scared of a Rapid Spinner, since a)they aren’t common on Sandstorm teams and b)no one uses them anymore.
Skarmory used Spikes.
Spikes were scattered around the foe's team!
Swampert used Roar.
Xaqwais switched in Metagross
Pointed stones dug into Metagross.
Metagross lost 6% of its health.
Metagross: 48% + SR
Swampert: 100% + SR & 1 Spike
Great, he has a similar strategy to me. I wasn’t able to get up spikes, but I don’t think he’s going to EQ so…
Metagross used Earthquake.
Swampert lost 29% of its health.
Swampert used Roar.
Xaqwais switched in Hippowdon
Pointed stones dug into Hippowdon.
Hippowdon lost 6% of its health.
Swampert restored 6% of its health.
Hippowdon restored 6% of its health.
Hippowdon: 100%
Swampert: 77%
I don’t want him to stay around forever now, so I go for a Toxic, just so he can’t stall out anymore.
Swampert used Waterfall.
It's super effective!
Hippowdon lost 40% of its health.
Hippowdon used Toxic.
Swampert was badly poisoned!
Swampert restored 6% of its health.
Swampert lost 6% of its health.
Hippowdon restored 6% of its health.
Hippowdon: 66% Hurt a bit, but landing that toxic made him feel better.
Swampert: 77% and feeling a bit sick.
So I’m not sure what he plans on doing right now, so I decide to get my defenses up to help stop any threat that comes in (or stays in) and hopefully heal up later.
Swampert used Refresh.
Hippowdon used Stockpile.
Hippowdon's defence was raised.
Hippowdon's special defence was raised.
Swampert restored 6% of its health.
Hippowdon restored 6% of its health.
Hippowdon: 72% with +1 (Special) Defense.
Swampert: 83% and all haha in my face.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen refresh on anything before. That did get me mad though, since I don’t have any surefire way to kill that Swampert. I’ll just heal up before I get roared away though.
Hippowdon used Slack Off.
Hippowdon restored 27% of its health.
Swampert used Roar.
Xaqwais switched in Rhyperior
Pointed stones dug into Rhyperior.
Rhyperior lost 6% of its health.
Swampert restored 6% of its health.
Rhyperior: 94% and feels exposed.
Swampert 89% and is taunting me.
Gah! Rhyperior is my late game sweeper and like to keep it a secret until that late game sweep. Waterfall should be coming, so I’ll switch to…
Xaqwais switched in Vaporeon
Pointed stones dug into Vaporeon.
Vaporeon lost 12% of its health.
Swampert used Waterfall.
Vaporeon's Water Absorb absorbed damage!
Vaporeon restored 13% of its health.
Vaporeon lost 6% of its health.
Vaporeon restored 6% of its health.
Swampert restored 6% of its health.
Vaporeon: 100% and ready to do whatever.
Swampert: 95%
I figure that if he can heal any status ailment off himself, let’s give him a status he can’t heal, since he won’t be able to do anything.
WaffleSan switched in Roserade
Roserade lost 24% of its health altogether.
Vaporeon used Yawn.
Roserade became drowsy!
Roserade lost 6% of its health.
Vaporeon lost 6% of its health.
Vaporeon restored 6% of its health.
Vaporeon: 100% but very threatened.
Roserade: 70% and very threatening, sans the yawn.
That is not good. My team could be destroyed by that Roserade, if it’s played right. I’m not sure if it’ll switch out or not, because of the yawn, but I do not want to risk a Leaf Storm to Vaporeon’s face.
Xaqwais switched in Skarmory
Skarmory lost 12% of its health.
WaffleSan switched in Jolteon
Jolteon lost 30% of its health altogether.
Skarmory restored 6% of its health.
Skarmory 94% and put in a bad situation.
Jolteon: 70% and thinking about having poultry for dinner.
Not a good switch. Dunno if he just wanted to put it out to dodge the yawn and threaten Vaporeon, or did he think that Skarm was coming in. Either way, good move by him, so I have to dodge.
Xaqwais switched in Hippowdon
Hippowdon lost 6% of its health.
Jolteon used Thunderbolt.
It doesn't affect Hippowdon...
Jolteon lost 6% of its health.
Hippowdon restored 6% of its health.
Hippowdon: 100% and felt a slight buzz.
Jolteon: 64% is slowly getting hurt.
Dunno what to do here, so I’ll try to find out more about his team and damage it at the same time.
Jolteon used Hidden Power.
It's super effective!
Hippowdon lost 50% of its health.
Jolteon lost 10% of its health.
Hippowdon used Roar.
WaffleSan switched in Roserade
Roserade lost 30% of its health altogether.
Hippowdon restored 6% of its health.
Hippowdon: 56%
Roserade: 40% and taking a beating every time it comes in
Ugh, it just had to be the roserade to come in. Gotta switch the grass attack so…
Xaqwais switched in Metagross
Metagross lost 6% of its health.
Roserade used Grass Knot.
It's not very effective...
Metagross lost 25% of its health.
Roserade lost 6% of its health.
Metagross: 15%
Roserade: 33%
I’m not sure if Bullet Punch will kill, since I’m not exactly sure how sturdy Roserades are. I’m pretty sure they’re pretty weak on the defensive side, but it didn’t help that I wasn’t even sure how effective steel was against grass/poison. Shows how much I know about my types. =P
Metagross used Bullet Punch.
Roserade lost 33% of its health.
WaffleSan's Roserade fainted.
6-5
Metagross 15%
And finally something dies, and it goes in my favor. It’s good to not have to worry about that Roserade though.
WaffleSan switched in Honchkrow
Honchkrow lost 25% of its health.
Honchkrow used Sucker Punch.
Metagross lost 15% of its health.
Xaqwais's Metagross fainted.
Honchkrow lost 10% of its health.
Honchkrow lost 6% of its health.
5-5
Honchkrow: 59%
And just like that, it’s tied again. Sucker Punch didn’t register in my mind, and I used Bullet punch. I need to switch in something that can resist the Sucker Punch so…
Xaqwais switched in Heatran
Heatran lost 12% of its health.
Fire Blast for STAB damage, don’t want to mess around and over predict.
WaffleSan switched in Swampert
Swampert lost 18% of its health altogether.
Heatran used Fire Blast.
It's not very effective...
Swampert lost 27% of its health.
Heatran restored 6% of its health.
Swampert restored 6% of its health.
Heatran: 94%
Swampert: 44%
Can’t let Heatran stay in, right?
Xaqwais switched in Vaporeon
Vaporeon lost 12% of its health.
Swampert used Roar.
Xaqwais switched in Skarmory
Skarmory lost 12% of its health.
Skarmory restored 6% of its health.
Swampert restored 6% of its health.
Skarmory 88%
Swampert: 50%
Fell for the same trick again. I should be faster though, so I can get rid of Swampert for now.
Skarmory used Whirlwind.
WaffleSan switched in Tyranitar
Tyranitar lost 24% of its health altogether.
Skarmory restored 6% of its health.
Tyranitar restored 6% of its health.
Skarmory 94%
Tyranitar 26%
I don’t feel threatened by TTar, so I’ll just set up spikes.
Skarmory used Spikes.
Tyranitar used Flamethrower.
It's super effective!
Skarmory lost 75% of its health.
Skarmory restored 6% of its health.
Tyranitar restored 6% of its health.
Skarmory: 25% and surprised. + SR
Tyranitar: 32% + SR and 2 Spikes
And now I definitely feel threatened. You’d think that he wouldn’t have it, since he didn’t use it on Metagross in the beginning of the match, but for now gotta dodge that Flamethrower.
Xaqwais switched in Vaporeon
Vaporeon lost 12% of its health.
Tyranitar used Flamethrower.
It's not very effective...
Vaporeon lost 7% of its health.
Vaporeon lost 6% of its health.
Vaporeon restored 6% of its health.
Tyranitar restored 6% of its health.
Vaporeon 81%
Tyranitar 38%
I’m not sure surf will kill it, because of the sandstorm, but I think I’ll go for it.
Vaporeon used Surf.
It's super effective!
Tyranitar lost 38% of its health.
WaffleSan's Tyranitar fainted.
Vaporeon lost 6% of its health.
Vaporeon restored 6% of its health.
5-4
Vaporeon 81%
Nice, got the lead back. Hopefully I can keep it.
WaffleSan switched in Jolteon
Thunderbolt is coming so an easy choice easy predict.
Jolteon lost 31% of its health altogether.
Xaqwais switched in Hippowdon
Hippowdon lost 6% of its health.
Jolteon used Thunderbolt.
It doesn't affect Hippowdon...
Jolteon lost 6% of its health.
Hippowdon restored 6% of its health.
Hippowdon: 56%
Jolteon: 16%
I should be able to live a hit, and hopefully Jolteon will kill itself with Life Orb and Sandstorm.
Jolteon used Hidden Power.
It's super effective!
Hippowdon lost 49% of its health.
Jolteon lost 10% of its health.
Hippowdon used Slack Off.
Hippowdon restored 50% of its health.
Jolteon lost 5% of its health.
WaffleSan's Jolteon fainted.
Hippowdon restored 6% of its health.
5-3
Hippowdon 63% and happy
I’ve got a solid lead now, thanks to entry hazards and sandstorm. I’m pretty sure all his special sweepers are gone, so I’m fine on that side of the front.
WaffleSan switched in Swampert
Swampert lost 25% of its health altogether.
Hippowdon 63%
Swampert 25%
Dodge the water attack.
Xaqwais switched in Vaporeon
Vaporeon lost 12% of its health.
Swampert used Roar.
Xaqwais switched in Heatran
Heatran lost 12% of its health.
Heatran restored 6% of its health.
Swampert restored 6% of its health.
Heatran: 88% and surprised it’s back in.
Swampert: 31% and being quite devious
And I dodge the water attack, only to be roared into another pokemon weak to water/ground. Sigh…
Xaqwais switched in Vaporeon
Vaporeon lost 12% of its health.
Swampert used Waterfall.
Vaporeon's Water Absorb absorbed damage!
Vaporeon restored 25% of its health.
Vaporeon lost 6% of its health.
Vaporeon restored 6% of its health.
Swampert restored 6% of its health.
Vaporeon: 94% thanks to a get well present from Swampert
Swampert: 37% made a mistake
He took the bait this time, and being persistent finally payed off! I got to stop his Swampert now, since it’s being such a pain.
Vaporeon used Yawn.
Swampert became drowsy!
Swampert used Roar.
Xaqwais switched in Heatran
Heatran lost 12% of its health.
Heatran restored 6% of its health.
Swampert restored 6% of its health.
Heatran: 82% and won’t be staying long
Swampert: 43% and will hopefully be taking a nice nap
Let’s get up that last set of spikes.
Xaqwais switched in Skarmory
Skarmory lost 12% of its health.
Swampert used Waterfall.
Skarmory lost 12% of its health.
Xaqwais's Skarmory fainted.
Swampert restored 6% of its health.
Swampert fell asleep!
4-3
Big mistake there, the smart thing would be to go to Vaporeon, but I thought he would switch, and I wanted to heal Skarmory and get the last of the spikes up.
Xaqwais switched in Hippowdon
Hippowdon lost 6% of its health.
Hippowdon: 57%
Swampert: 49% - 0 turns asleep
WaffleSan switched in Honchkrow
Honchkrow lost 25% of its health.
Hippowdon used Slack Off.
Hippowdon restored 42% of its health.
Honchkrow lost 6% of its health.
Hippowdon: 100% and feeling rejuvenated.
Honchkrow: 28%
It’s not really a threat, so I’ll set up, now that his pHazer is sleeping.
Honchkrow used Drill Peck.
Hippowdon lost 32% of its health.
Honchkrow lost 10% of its health.
Hippowdon used Stockpile.
Hippowdon stockpiled 1!
Hippowdon's defence was raised.
Hippowdon's special defence was raised.
Honchkrow lost 6% of its health.
Hippowdon restored 6% of its health.
Hippowdon: 74% +1 (Special) Defence and feeling quite sturdy
Honchkrow: 14% and is taking a beating without doing anything
Stockpile Hippo is a beast, so I’ll let it continue being awesome. Honchkrow should die next turn anyway.
Honchkrow used Drill Peck.
Hippowdon lost 21% of its health.
Honchkrow lost 10% of its health.
Hippowdon used Stockpile.
Hippowdon stockpiled 2!
Hippowdon's defence was raised.
Hippowdon's special defence was raised.
Honchkrow lost 2% of its health.
WaffleSan's Honchkrow fainted.
Hippowdon restored 6% of its health.
4-2
Only two pokemon left, and the Swampert is sleeping! This should be in the bag, right?[/foreshadow]
WaffleSan switched in Swampert
Swampert lost 25% of its health altogether.
Swampert is fast asleep!
Hippowdon used Roar.
WaffleSan switched in Feraligatr
Feraligatr lost 31% of its health altogether.
Feraligatr lost 6% of its health.
Hippowdon restored 6% of its health.
Hippowdon: 65%
Feraligator: 63%
His late game sweeper. Let’s see how this goes down.
If I may make a suggestion, I would play The Final Countdown for the rest of the duration of the match, it’ll make it more intense =P
Xaqwais switched in Vaporeon
Vaporeon lost 12% of its health.
Feraligatr used Waterfall.
Vaporeon's Water Absorb absorbed damage!
Vaporeon restored 25% of its health.
Feraligatr lost 6% of its health.
Vaporeon lost 6% of its health.
Vaporeon restored 6% of its health.
Vaporeon: 80%
Feraligatr: 57%
Let’s get Hippowdon healed, so he can help out.
Feraligatr used Substitute.
Feraligatr lost 25% of its health.
Feraligatr made a substitute!
Vaporeon used Wish.
Vaporeon made a wish!
Feraligatr lost 6% of its health.
Vaporeon lost 6% of its health.
Vaporeon restored 6% of its health.
Vaporeon: 80%
Feraligatr: 26% + Substitute
Not good, I need to get rid of the substitute.
Xaqwais switched in Hippowdon
Hippowdon lost 6% of its health.
Feraligatr used Dragon Dance.
Feraligatr's attack was raised.
Feraligatr's speed was raised.
The wish came true!
Hippowdon restored 40% of its health.
Feraligatr is buffetted by the sandstorm!
Feraligatr's Liechi Berry raised its attack!
Hippowdon: 100% but scared for dear life.
Feraligatr: 20% + Substitute + 2 Attack +1 Speed
Not good.
Not good.
Not good.
I repeat: Not good. This thing is an absolute beast. I need to stall him out so sandstorm can kill him.
I hope…
Feraligatr used Waterfall.
It's super effective!
Hippowdon lost 100% of its health.
Xaqwais's Hippowdon fainted.
Feraligatr lost 6% of its health.
3-2
Stupid move, shoulda switched to Vaporeon for more stall time.
Xaqwais switched in Vaporeon
Vaporeon lost 12% of its health.
Vaporeon: 68%
Feraligatr: 14% + Substitute + 2 Attack + 1 Speed
I’m quite scared. D=
Vaporeon used Protect.
Vaporeon protected itself!
Feraligatr used Rock Slide.
Vaporeon protected itself!
Feraligatr lost 6% of its health.
Vaporeon lost 6% of its health.
Vaporeon restored 6% of its health.
Vaporeon: 68%
Feraligatr: 8% + Substitute + 2 Attack + 1 Speed
Feraligatr used Rock Slide.
A critical hit!
Vaporeon lost 68% of its health.
Xaqwais's Vaporeon fainted.
Feraligatr lost 6% of its health.
2-2
Feraligatr: 2% + Substitute + 2 Attack + 1 Speed
Xaqwais switched in Heatran
Heatran lost 12% of its health.
Feraligatr used Waterfall.
It's super effective!
Heatran lost 69% of its health.
Xaqwais's Heatran fainted.
Feraligatr lost 2% of its health.
WaffleSan's Feraligatr fainted.
1-1
If you haven’t turned on The Final Countdown yet, I suggest you do it now.
Xaqwais switched in Rhyperior
WaffleSan switched in Swampert
Rhyperior lost 6% of its health.
Swampert lost 25% of its health altogether.
Rhyperior: 88% and needs to be a little speedy.
Swampert: 13% - 1 turn of sleep.
It comes down to this. Is his Swampert faster than my Rhyperior? Will it wake up? Are you still reading and care enough to hit Ctrl+A (or ⌘+A) to see the conclusion?
Rhyperior used Earthquake.
Swampert lost 13% of its health.
WaffleSan's Swampert fainted.
Xaqwais wins!
Props:
-Entry Hazards/Sandstorm. They are the reason I won. They did their job, and prove how important spinners can be. Maybe I should get one, huh? =P
-Hippowdon for taking care of business. I’m telling you guys, run some stockpile action on that thing. It’s too beastly.
-Hippowdon, Vaporeon, and Heatran deserve some love for the beating they took from Feraligatr.
-Rhyperior for scoring the game winner. I run it with Rock Polish, but wasn’t able to use it. Don’t underestimate it.
Slops:
-Skarmory dying. That switch in was bad, and the match would have been more safe if I had played better and gotten more spikes out.
-The way Hippowdon died. I shoulda had Vaporeon sponge the Waterfall, protect, and risk the second protect. The game woulda been a bit safer that way.
-My writing skills and format I used for this Warstory. Probably won’t write another one, unless I get some good feedback, and a really, really good match comes up. I apologize for any math errors, (which there are)confusion, and bad writing while reading this. I took my basic format from a warstory by Reik, one of my favorites.
To WaffleSan, Great match and I hope to face you again! Here’s his team:
Xaqwais sent out Metagross.
WaffleSan sent out Tyranitar.
Tyranitar's Sand Stream whipped up a sandstorm!
A sandstorm brewed! Every mention of sandstorm will be removed, now on.
This situation works in my favor actually, since I run EQ on my Metagross.
Metagross used Earthquake.
It's super effective!
Tyranitar lost 62% of its health.
Tyranitar used Earthquake.
It's super effective!
Metagross lost 48% of its health.
Tyranitar restored 6% of its health.
Metagross: 52% but about to serve his purpose.
Tyranitar: 44% and about to leave
Hah, so now, this poor Tyranitar needs to switch out, else it’ll be dead.
WaffleSan switched in Swampert
Metagross used Stealth Rock.
Pointed stones float in the air around your foe's team!
Metagross: 52% and needs to leave.
Swampert: 100% + Stealth Rock (From now on, I’ll only mention hazards when they change)
Can’t take an Earthquake, and even if he doesn’t try to, I can’t really hurt it anyway, so I gotta switch.
Xaqwais switched in Skarmory
Swampert used Stealth Rock.
Skarmory: 100% and ready to go. + Stealth Rock
Swampert: 100% + Stealth Rock
I want to set up spikes since it’s good to get ‘em out early. Not scared of a Rapid Spinner, since a)they aren’t common on Sandstorm teams and b)no one uses them anymore.
Skarmory used Spikes.
Spikes were scattered around the foe's team!
Swampert used Roar.
Xaqwais switched in Metagross
Pointed stones dug into Metagross.
Metagross lost 6% of its health.
Metagross: 48% + SR
Swampert: 100% + SR & 1 Spike
Great, he has a similar strategy to me. I wasn’t able to get up spikes, but I don’t think he’s going to EQ so…
Metagross used Earthquake.
Swampert lost 29% of its health.
Swampert used Roar.
Xaqwais switched in Hippowdon
Pointed stones dug into Hippowdon.
Hippowdon lost 6% of its health.
Swampert restored 6% of its health.
Hippowdon restored 6% of its health.
Hippowdon: 100%
Swampert: 77%
I don’t want him to stay around forever now, so I go for a Toxic, just so he can’t stall out anymore.
Swampert used Waterfall.
It's super effective!
Hippowdon lost 40% of its health.
Hippowdon used Toxic.
Swampert was badly poisoned!
Swampert restored 6% of its health.
Swampert lost 6% of its health.
Hippowdon restored 6% of its health.
Hippowdon: 66% Hurt a bit, but landing that toxic made him feel better.
Swampert: 77% and feeling a bit sick.
So I’m not sure what he plans on doing right now, so I decide to get my defenses up to help stop any threat that comes in (or stays in) and hopefully heal up later.
Swampert used Refresh.
Hippowdon used Stockpile.
Hippowdon's defence was raised.
Hippowdon's special defence was raised.
Swampert restored 6% of its health.
Hippowdon restored 6% of its health.
Hippowdon: 72% with +1 (Special) Defense.
Swampert: 83% and all haha in my face.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen refresh on anything before. That did get me mad though, since I don’t have any surefire way to kill that Swampert. I’ll just heal up before I get roared away though.
Hippowdon used Slack Off.
Hippowdon restored 27% of its health.
Swampert used Roar.
Xaqwais switched in Rhyperior
Pointed stones dug into Rhyperior.
Rhyperior lost 6% of its health.
Swampert restored 6% of its health.
Rhyperior: 94% and feels exposed.
Swampert 89% and is taunting me.
Gah! Rhyperior is my late game sweeper and like to keep it a secret until that late game sweep. Waterfall should be coming, so I’ll switch to…
Xaqwais switched in Vaporeon
Pointed stones dug into Vaporeon.
Vaporeon lost 12% of its health.
Swampert used Waterfall.
Vaporeon's Water Absorb absorbed damage!
Vaporeon restored 13% of its health.
Vaporeon lost 6% of its health.
Vaporeon restored 6% of its health.
Swampert restored 6% of its health.
Vaporeon: 100% and ready to do whatever.
Swampert: 95%
I figure that if he can heal any status ailment off himself, let’s give him a status he can’t heal, since he won’t be able to do anything.
WaffleSan switched in Roserade
Roserade lost 24% of its health altogether.
Vaporeon used Yawn.
Roserade became drowsy!
Roserade lost 6% of its health.
Vaporeon lost 6% of its health.
Vaporeon restored 6% of its health.
Vaporeon: 100% but very threatened.
Roserade: 70% and very threatening, sans the yawn.
That is not good. My team could be destroyed by that Roserade, if it’s played right. I’m not sure if it’ll switch out or not, because of the yawn, but I do not want to risk a Leaf Storm to Vaporeon’s face.
Xaqwais switched in Skarmory
Skarmory lost 12% of its health.
WaffleSan switched in Jolteon
Jolteon lost 30% of its health altogether.
Skarmory restored 6% of its health.
Skarmory 94% and put in a bad situation.
Jolteon: 70% and thinking about having poultry for dinner.
Not a good switch. Dunno if he just wanted to put it out to dodge the yawn and threaten Vaporeon, or did he think that Skarm was coming in. Either way, good move by him, so I have to dodge.
Xaqwais switched in Hippowdon
Hippowdon lost 6% of its health.
Jolteon used Thunderbolt.
It doesn't affect Hippowdon...
Jolteon lost 6% of its health.
Hippowdon restored 6% of its health.
Hippowdon: 100% and felt a slight buzz.
Jolteon: 64% is slowly getting hurt.
Dunno what to do here, so I’ll try to find out more about his team and damage it at the same time.
Jolteon used Hidden Power.
It's super effective!
Hippowdon lost 50% of its health.
Jolteon lost 10% of its health.
Hippowdon used Roar.
WaffleSan switched in Roserade
Roserade lost 30% of its health altogether.
Hippowdon restored 6% of its health.
Hippowdon: 56%
Roserade: 40% and taking a beating every time it comes in
Ugh, it just had to be the roserade to come in. Gotta switch the grass attack so…
Xaqwais switched in Metagross
Metagross lost 6% of its health.
Roserade used Grass Knot.
It's not very effective...
Metagross lost 25% of its health.
Roserade lost 6% of its health.
Metagross: 15%
Roserade: 33%
I’m not sure if Bullet Punch will kill, since I’m not exactly sure how sturdy Roserades are. I’m pretty sure they’re pretty weak on the defensive side, but it didn’t help that I wasn’t even sure how effective steel was against grass/poison. Shows how much I know about my types. =P
Metagross used Bullet Punch.
Roserade lost 33% of its health.
WaffleSan's Roserade fainted.
6-5
Metagross 15%
And finally something dies, and it goes in my favor. It’s good to not have to worry about that Roserade though.
WaffleSan switched in Honchkrow
Honchkrow lost 25% of its health.
Honchkrow used Sucker Punch.
Metagross lost 15% of its health.
Xaqwais's Metagross fainted.
Honchkrow lost 10% of its health.
Honchkrow lost 6% of its health.
5-5
Honchkrow: 59%
And just like that, it’s tied again. Sucker Punch didn’t register in my mind, and I used Bullet punch. I need to switch in something that can resist the Sucker Punch so…
Xaqwais switched in Heatran
Heatran lost 12% of its health.
Fire Blast for STAB damage, don’t want to mess around and over predict.
WaffleSan switched in Swampert
Swampert lost 18% of its health altogether.
Heatran used Fire Blast.
It's not very effective...
Swampert lost 27% of its health.
Heatran restored 6% of its health.
Swampert restored 6% of its health.
Heatran: 94%
Swampert: 44%
Can’t let Heatran stay in, right?
Xaqwais switched in Vaporeon
Vaporeon lost 12% of its health.
Swampert used Roar.
Xaqwais switched in Skarmory
Skarmory lost 12% of its health.
Skarmory restored 6% of its health.
Swampert restored 6% of its health.
Skarmory 88%
Swampert: 50%
Fell for the same trick again. I should be faster though, so I can get rid of Swampert for now.
Skarmory used Whirlwind.
WaffleSan switched in Tyranitar
Tyranitar lost 24% of its health altogether.
Skarmory restored 6% of its health.
Tyranitar restored 6% of its health.
Skarmory 94%
Tyranitar 26%
I don’t feel threatened by TTar, so I’ll just set up spikes.
Skarmory used Spikes.
Tyranitar used Flamethrower.
It's super effective!
Skarmory lost 75% of its health.
Skarmory restored 6% of its health.
Tyranitar restored 6% of its health.
Skarmory: 25% and surprised. + SR
Tyranitar: 32% + SR and 2 Spikes
And now I definitely feel threatened. You’d think that he wouldn’t have it, since he didn’t use it on Metagross in the beginning of the match, but for now gotta dodge that Flamethrower.
Xaqwais switched in Vaporeon
Vaporeon lost 12% of its health.
Tyranitar used Flamethrower.
It's not very effective...
Vaporeon lost 7% of its health.
Vaporeon lost 6% of its health.
Vaporeon restored 6% of its health.
Tyranitar restored 6% of its health.
Vaporeon 81%
Tyranitar 38%
I’m not sure surf will kill it, because of the sandstorm, but I think I’ll go for it.
Vaporeon used Surf.
It's super effective!
Tyranitar lost 38% of its health.
WaffleSan's Tyranitar fainted.
Vaporeon lost 6% of its health.
Vaporeon restored 6% of its health.
5-4
Vaporeon 81%
Nice, got the lead back. Hopefully I can keep it.
WaffleSan switched in Jolteon
Thunderbolt is coming so an easy choice easy predict.
Jolteon lost 31% of its health altogether.
Xaqwais switched in Hippowdon
Hippowdon lost 6% of its health.
Jolteon used Thunderbolt.
It doesn't affect Hippowdon...
Jolteon lost 6% of its health.
Hippowdon restored 6% of its health.
Hippowdon: 56%
Jolteon: 16%
I should be able to live a hit, and hopefully Jolteon will kill itself with Life Orb and Sandstorm.
Jolteon used Hidden Power.
It's super effective!
Hippowdon lost 49% of its health.
Jolteon lost 10% of its health.
Hippowdon used Slack Off.
Hippowdon restored 50% of its health.
Jolteon lost 5% of its health.
WaffleSan's Jolteon fainted.
Hippowdon restored 6% of its health.
5-3
Hippowdon 63% and happy
I’ve got a solid lead now, thanks to entry hazards and sandstorm. I’m pretty sure all his special sweepers are gone, so I’m fine on that side of the front.
WaffleSan switched in Swampert
Swampert lost 25% of its health altogether.
Hippowdon 63%
Swampert 25%
Dodge the water attack.
Xaqwais switched in Vaporeon
Vaporeon lost 12% of its health.
Swampert used Roar.
Xaqwais switched in Heatran
Heatran lost 12% of its health.
Heatran restored 6% of its health.
Swampert restored 6% of its health.
Heatran: 88% and surprised it’s back in.
Swampert: 31% and being quite devious
And I dodge the water attack, only to be roared into another pokemon weak to water/ground. Sigh…
Xaqwais switched in Vaporeon
Vaporeon lost 12% of its health.
Swampert used Waterfall.
Vaporeon's Water Absorb absorbed damage!
Vaporeon restored 25% of its health.
Vaporeon lost 6% of its health.
Vaporeon restored 6% of its health.
Swampert restored 6% of its health.
Vaporeon: 94% thanks to a get well present from Swampert
Swampert: 37% made a mistake
He took the bait this time, and being persistent finally payed off! I got to stop his Swampert now, since it’s being such a pain.
Vaporeon used Yawn.
Swampert became drowsy!
Swampert used Roar.
Xaqwais switched in Heatran
Heatran lost 12% of its health.
Heatran restored 6% of its health.
Swampert restored 6% of its health.
Heatran: 82% and won’t be staying long
Swampert: 43% and will hopefully be taking a nice nap
Let’s get up that last set of spikes.
Xaqwais switched in Skarmory
Skarmory lost 12% of its health.
Swampert used Waterfall.
Skarmory lost 12% of its health.
Xaqwais's Skarmory fainted.
Swampert restored 6% of its health.
Swampert fell asleep!
4-3
Big mistake there, the smart thing would be to go to Vaporeon, but I thought he would switch, and I wanted to heal Skarmory and get the last of the spikes up.
Xaqwais switched in Hippowdon
Hippowdon lost 6% of its health.
Hippowdon: 57%
Swampert: 49% - 0 turns asleep
WaffleSan switched in Honchkrow
Honchkrow lost 25% of its health.
Hippowdon used Slack Off.
Hippowdon restored 42% of its health.
Honchkrow lost 6% of its health.
Hippowdon: 100% and feeling rejuvenated.
Honchkrow: 28%
It’s not really a threat, so I’ll set up, now that his pHazer is sleeping.
Honchkrow used Drill Peck.
Hippowdon lost 32% of its health.
Honchkrow lost 10% of its health.
Hippowdon used Stockpile.
Hippowdon stockpiled 1!
Hippowdon's defence was raised.
Hippowdon's special defence was raised.
Honchkrow lost 6% of its health.
Hippowdon restored 6% of its health.
Hippowdon: 74% +1 (Special) Defence and feeling quite sturdy
Honchkrow: 14% and is taking a beating without doing anything
Stockpile Hippo is a beast, so I’ll let it continue being awesome. Honchkrow should die next turn anyway.
Honchkrow used Drill Peck.
Hippowdon lost 21% of its health.
Honchkrow lost 10% of its health.
Hippowdon used Stockpile.
Hippowdon stockpiled 2!
Hippowdon's defence was raised.
Hippowdon's special defence was raised.
Honchkrow lost 2% of its health.
WaffleSan's Honchkrow fainted.
Hippowdon restored 6% of its health.
4-2
Only two pokemon left, and the Swampert is sleeping! This should be in the bag, right?[/foreshadow]
WaffleSan switched in Swampert
Swampert lost 25% of its health altogether.
Swampert is fast asleep!
Hippowdon used Roar.
WaffleSan switched in Feraligatr
Feraligatr lost 31% of its health altogether.
Feraligatr lost 6% of its health.
Hippowdon restored 6% of its health.
Hippowdon: 65%
Feraligator: 63%
His late game sweeper. Let’s see how this goes down.
If I may make a suggestion, I would play The Final Countdown for the rest of the duration of the match, it’ll make it more intense =P
Xaqwais switched in Vaporeon
Vaporeon lost 12% of its health.
Feraligatr used Waterfall.
Vaporeon's Water Absorb absorbed damage!
Vaporeon restored 25% of its health.
Feraligatr lost 6% of its health.
Vaporeon lost 6% of its health.
Vaporeon restored 6% of its health.
Vaporeon: 80%
Feraligatr: 57%
Let’s get Hippowdon healed, so he can help out.
Feraligatr used Substitute.
Feraligatr lost 25% of its health.
Feraligatr made a substitute!
Vaporeon used Wish.
Vaporeon made a wish!
Feraligatr lost 6% of its health.
Vaporeon lost 6% of its health.
Vaporeon restored 6% of its health.
Vaporeon: 80%
Feraligatr: 26% + Substitute
Not good, I need to get rid of the substitute.
Xaqwais switched in Hippowdon
Hippowdon lost 6% of its health.
Feraligatr used Dragon Dance.
Feraligatr's attack was raised.
Feraligatr's speed was raised.
The wish came true!
Hippowdon restored 40% of its health.
Feraligatr is buffetted by the sandstorm!
Feraligatr's Liechi Berry raised its attack!
Hippowdon: 100% but scared for dear life.
Feraligatr: 20% + Substitute + 2 Attack +1 Speed
Not good.
Not good.
Not good.
I repeat: Not good. This thing is an absolute beast. I need to stall him out so sandstorm can kill him.
I hope…
Feraligatr used Waterfall.
It's super effective!
Hippowdon lost 100% of its health.
Xaqwais's Hippowdon fainted.
Feraligatr lost 6% of its health.
3-2
Stupid move, shoulda switched to Vaporeon for more stall time.
Xaqwais switched in Vaporeon
Vaporeon lost 12% of its health.
Vaporeon: 68%
Feraligatr: 14% + Substitute + 2 Attack + 1 Speed
I’m quite scared. D=
Vaporeon used Protect.
Vaporeon protected itself!
Feraligatr used Rock Slide.
Vaporeon protected itself!
Feraligatr lost 6% of its health.
Vaporeon lost 6% of its health.
Vaporeon restored 6% of its health.
Vaporeon: 68%
Feraligatr: 8% + Substitute + 2 Attack + 1 Speed
Feraligatr used Rock Slide.
A critical hit!
Vaporeon lost 68% of its health.
Xaqwais's Vaporeon fainted.
Feraligatr lost 6% of its health.
2-2
Feraligatr: 2% + Substitute + 2 Attack + 1 Speed
Xaqwais switched in Heatran
Heatran lost 12% of its health.
Feraligatr used Waterfall.
It's super effective!
Heatran lost 69% of its health.
Xaqwais's Heatran fainted.
Feraligatr lost 2% of its health.
WaffleSan's Feraligatr fainted.
1-1
If you haven’t turned on The Final Countdown yet, I suggest you do it now.
Xaqwais switched in Rhyperior
WaffleSan switched in Swampert
Rhyperior lost 6% of its health.
Swampert lost 25% of its health altogether.
Rhyperior: 88% and needs to be a little speedy.
Swampert: 13% - 1 turn of sleep.
It comes down to this. Is his Swampert faster than my Rhyperior? Will it wake up? Are you still reading and care enough to hit Ctrl+A (or ⌘+A) to see the conclusion?
Rhyperior used Earthquake.
Swampert lost 13% of its health.
WaffleSan's Swampert fainted.
Xaqwais wins!
Props:
-Entry Hazards/Sandstorm. They are the reason I won. They did their job, and prove how important spinners can be. Maybe I should get one, huh? =P
-Hippowdon for taking care of business. I’m telling you guys, run some stockpile action on that thing. It’s too beastly.
-Hippowdon, Vaporeon, and Heatran deserve some love for the beating they took from Feraligatr.
-Rhyperior for scoring the game winner. I run it with Rock Polish, but wasn’t able to use it. Don’t underestimate it.
Slops:
-Skarmory dying. That switch in was bad, and the match would have been more safe if I had played better and gotten more spikes out.
-The way Hippowdon died. I shoulda had Vaporeon sponge the Waterfall, protect, and risk the second protect. The game woulda been a bit safer that way.
-My writing skills and format I used for this Warstory. Probably won’t write another one, unless I get some good feedback, and a really, really good match comes up. I apologize for any math errors, (which there are)confusion, and bad writing while reading this. I took my basic format from a warstory by Reik, one of my favorites.
To WaffleSan, Great match and I hope to face you again! Here’s his team:
