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nol · 12-03-2014, 12:28 AM

Battles 131-140

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131. This one was against Pokemon Breeder Ina, who uses a roster of just 18 different Pokemon, but can use any one of 4 variants of those 18. The water-type Samurott she led off with had all the right moves to foil Durant. It used Detect the first turn to block Entrainment and then KOed Durant with Hydro Pump. Fortunately, Drapion is faster than Samurott, so it was able to use Substitute and Protect until Samurott used all 5 PP of Hydro Pump and then begin to use Acupressure to set up for the victory.

132. Standard Cloyster victory.

133. Standard Cloyster victory.

134. Blaziken KOed Durant the first turn with Flare Blitz, but I took my chances and went to Cloyster anyways. Cloyster didn't end up taking any damage as it took out Blaziken, Cradily, and Bastiodon (no Sturdy this time) in one hit.

135. Standard Cloyster victory.

136. Standard Cloyster victory.

137. Standard Cloyster victory.

138. The lead was Spiritomb, a Ghost/Dark type whose only attacking move is Sucker Punch (physical Dark, 80 power, 100% accuracy, increased priority that only works if the opponent is using an attacking move that turn). Since the trainer was a Hex Maniac and Spiritomb could do nothing to Drapion once it set up a Substitute, that's who I went to this time.

139. The opponent's lead Glaceon can be one of the more annoying Pokemon to go up against. Glaceon's an Ice type with mediocre Speed but good defenses and a high 130 base Special Attack, and especially concerning is its combination of Detect and the Bright Powder it holds. This time, it used Detect the first turn, used Blizzard the 2nd turn, and KOed Durant with a 2nd Blizzard on turn 3 as Entrainment thankfully connected; if Blizzard had frozen Durant before or if Entrainment missed I likely still could have set up Drapion by stalling out Blizzard's 5 PP, but having Truant on Glaceon made it much easier.

140. Talonflame KOed Durant with Flare Blitz, but the trainer was a Roller Skater so I was OK with setting up Cloyster, and it breezed through the match.

Battles 141-150

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Battles 151-160

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Battles 161-170

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12-03-2014, 12:28 AM	#13
nol Banned Join Date: Oct 2003	Battles 131-140 Spoiler 131. This one was against Pokemon Breeder Ina, who uses a roster of just 18 different Pokemon, but can use any one of 4 variants of those 18. The water-type Samurott she led off with had all the right moves to foil Durant. It used Detect the first turn to block Entrainment and then KOed Durant with Hydro Pump. Fortunately, Drapion is faster than Samurott, so it was able to use Substitute and Protect until Samurott used all 5 PP of Hydro Pump and then begin to use Acupressure to set up for the victory. 132. Standard Cloyster victory. 133. Standard Cloyster victory. 134. Blaziken KOed Durant the first turn with Flare Blitz, but I took my chances and went to Cloyster anyways. Cloyster didn't end up taking any damage as it took out Blaziken, Cradily, and Bastiodon (no Sturdy this time) in one hit. 135. Standard Cloyster victory. 136. Standard Cloyster victory. 137. Standard Cloyster victory. 138. The lead was Spiritomb, a Ghost/Dark type whose only attacking move is Sucker Punch (physical Dark, 80 power, 100% accuracy, increased priority that only works if the opponent is using an attacking move that turn). Since the trainer was a Hex Maniac and Spiritomb could do nothing to Drapion once it set up a Substitute, that's who I went to this time. 139. The opponent's lead Glaceon can be one of the more annoying Pokemon to go up against. Glaceon's an Ice type with mediocre Speed but good defenses and a high 130 base Special Attack, and especially concerning is its combination of Detect and the Bright Powder it holds. This time, it used Detect the first turn, used Blizzard the 2nd turn, and KOed Durant with a 2nd Blizzard on turn 3 as Entrainment thankfully connected; if Blizzard had frozen Durant before or if Entrainment missed I likely still could have set up Drapion by stalling out Blizzard's 5 PP, but having Truant on Glaceon made it much easier. 140. Talonflame KOed Durant with Flare Blitz, but the trainer was a Roller Skater so I was OK with setting up Cloyster, and it breezed through the match. Battles 141-150 Spoiler 141. Set up Cloyster but the 2nd Pokemon was Donphan, whose Quick Claw activated to hit Cloyster with Stone Edge and bring it down to 1 HP. Cloyster was able to KO the 3rd Pokemon with Icicle Spear without any further damage. 142. Standard Cloyster victory. 143. The lead Pokemon Granbull, a generic Fairy-type with pretty mediocre stats, took out Durant with Fire Fang. I played it safe and brought Drapion in 2nd. 144. Standard Cloyster victory. 145. Faced a Veteran trainer whose first Pokemon was Articuno, an Ice/Flying type with well-rounded stats. This Articuno had the status move Reflect, which halves all damage the user's team takes from physical attacks for 5 turns, so I had to take my time with Cloyster so I could KO Articuno on the turn Reflect's protection expired. The third Pokemon was Registeel, which required 2 Icicle Spears to KO, but could only do meager damage back with Earthquake. 146. The lead, Noivern, a speedy Dragon/Flying type, KOed Durant with Flamethrower but I went ahead and set up Cloyster. Don't remember if it was a trainer that made Cloyster a 100% safe choice, but Cloyster took out everything without incident. 147. Arcanine, a Fire type with above-average stats all around, took out Durant on the first turn using a Fire move that was not Flare Blitz, which the most common Arcanine variant uses against Durant. This tipped me off that it was a non-standard trainer since I wasn't paying close attention before the battle began, so I played it safe and set up Drapion. Had I seen that the trainer was Punk Guy Puck, whose Pokemon can all possibly have the ability Intimidate (lowers the opponent's Attack by 1 stage), I'd have known that setting up Cloyster would have been safe and much quicker. 148. Standard Cloyster victory. 149. Standard Cloyster victory. 150. Standard Cloyster victory. Battles 151-160 Spoiler 151. Standard Cloyster victory. 152. Standard Cloyster victory. 153. The lead Pokemon was Glaceon, and the first three turns played out identically to battle 139. However the trainer I was against (Ace Trainer Jai, who specializes in Pokemon with high Special Attack), didn't have anything that could stop Cloyster, so I set it up for the quicker victory. 154. Standard Cloyster victory. 155. Standard Cloyster victory. 156. The lead here was Skuntank, which is one of the worst Pokemon to face as a lead. It is the only Pokemon in the Battle Maison that knows Explosion and can also one-hit KO Durant (with Fire Blast). Once I bring Cloyster in, I'm pretty much at the mercy of when it decides to use Explosion on me. Luckily, it uses other attacks this time and allows Cloyster to use its 3 Shell Smashes to max out its stats and sweep through the rest of the team. 157. Pyroar, a Fire/Normal type with good Speed and Special Attack and bad everything else, KOes Durant with Overheat (special Fire, 130 power, 90% accuracy, lowers the user's Special Attack two stages). I set up Cloyster anyways and it doesn't take any hits this battle. 158. Cloyster sets up, and the 2nd Pokemon is Leafeon. Its Quick Claw doesn't activate, which is nice because Honchkrow, the 3rd Pokemon, could have finished off Cloyster with Sucker Punch. Even if that happened, I could have used Entrainment on Honchkrow with Druant and won with Drapion, but combos like Leafeon/Honchkrow are why I'll take longer and set up Drapion at times if Durant is incapacitated. 159. Eelektross KOs Durant with Flamethrower, and this time I do set up Drapion. 160. Delphox, a Fire/Psychic, KOs Durant with Overheat. Again, I go to Drapion. Overheat's side effect of lowering Delphox's Special Attack means that Drapion rarely even has its Substitute broken while setting up. Battles 161-170 Spoiler 161. The opponent led off with Venusaur. See Battle #125 for how that scenario plays out. 162. Flareon, a slower Fire-type Pokemon with high Attack, KOed Durant with Overheat. I set up Drapion with no difficulty. 163. Standard Cloyster victory. 164. The first Pokemon, Hippowdon, a slow defensive Ground-type, had the ability Sand Stream, so I switched to Drapion after Entraining to waste a few turns until the sandstorm wore off, then switched to Cloyster for an incident-free victory. 165. Emboar, a Fire/Fighting type, KOed Durant with Flare Blitz, but I set up Cloyster, and none of the remaining Pokemon could touch it. 166. A routine battle, but Lapras came out 3rd and took a little longer for Cloyster to KO. 167. Scrafty, a Dark/Fighting Pokemon with good defenses, led off. Scrafty knows Protect, and was relatively "smart" about when to use it, fending off several Entrainment attempts before KOing Durant the turn it finally got to pass on Truant to Scrafty. From there, I set up Cloyster because Scrafty takes 1/4th damage from Knock Off and the type of Trainer I was up against (Battle Girl) doesn't have many Pokemon that can hurt Cloyster. 168. Everything was fine until Avalugg came out 2nd. Avalugg is an Ice type with super high Defense, so Icicle Spear wasn't an option. It can potentially have Sturdy as an ability, but this time it didn't and Surf was able to KO it. 169. Leafeon came out 2nd, and this time Quick Claw went off and it took Cloyster to 1HP. Thankfully the 3rd Pokemon was outsped and KOed by Icicle Spear 170. Standard Cloyster victory. Last edited by nol : 12-03-2014 at 02:12 AM.