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t3h Icy
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Lessons with Icy Aug 19, 2011 22:34:21 GMT -8

Post by t3h Icy on Aug 19, 2011 22:34:21 GMT -8

During and after this match, I tried to explain to Garrin Red how to see the big picture and realize just how trapped he was, but he didn't. I'm hoping explaining my match throughout will help, and perhaps help others too. Maybe it'll just click. :>

Battle Log:
Battle Mode: Red/Blue/Yellow
Rule: Sleep Clause
Rule: Freeze Clause
Rule: Self-KO Clause
Rule: Apply PP Ups
Rule: Battle Timeout
Rule: Unrated
Rule: Evasion Clause
t3h Icy vs Garrin Red. Begin!
t3h Icy sent out Jynx (Lv.100 Jynx)!
Garrin Red sent out Gengar (Lv.100 Gengar)!
t3h Icy: word up
Garrin Red: Hi

Begin Turn #1
Garrin Red's Gengar used Hypnosis!
Garrin Red's Gengar's attack missed!
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t3h Icy's Jynx used Lovely Kiss!
Garrin Red's Gengar fell asleep!
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End of turn #1

Excellent start, but not necessarily "hax". It's a 1/3 chance.

t3h Icy's Jynx: 100% HP
Garrin Red's Gengar: 323 HP (Slp)
t3h Icy: this new server is pretty fast hmm?
Garrin Red: Can't tell the difference, lol

Begin Turn #2
Garrin Red withdrew Garrin Red's Gengar!
Garrin Red sent out Chansey (Lv.100 Chansey)!
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t3h Icy's Jynx used Blizzard!
(143 damage)
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End of turn #2
t3h Icy's Jynx: 100% HP
Garrin Red's Chansey: 560 HP

Throwing out a Blizzard for damage/freezing

Begin Turn #3
t3h Icy withdrew t3h Icy's Jynx!
t3h Icy sent out Chansey (Lv.100 Chansey)!
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Garrin Red withdrew Garrin Red's Chansey!
Garrin Red sent out Exeggutor (Lv.100 Exeggutor)!
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End of turn #3
t3h Icy's Chansey: 100% HP
Garrin Red's Exeggutor: 393 HP

Absorb Paralysis against Chansey for some simple pressure, but I was mistaken.

Begin Turn #4
t3h Icy withdrew t3h Icy's Chansey!
t3h Icy sent out Exeggutor (Lv.100 Exeggutor)!
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Garrin Red's Exeggutor used Sleep Powder!
t3h Icy's Exeggutor fell asleep!
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End of turn #4
t3h Icy's Exeggutor: 100% HP (Slp)
Garrin Red's Exeggutor: 393 HP

I chose to send in Eggy over Jynx since I like using Jynx for damage. More a fun, experimental move.

Begin Turn #5
t3h Icy withdrew t3h Icy's Exeggutor!
t3h Icy sent out Jynx (Lv.100 Jynx)!
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Garrin Red's Exeggutor used Double-Edge!
(38% damage)
Garrin Red's Exeggutor is hit with recoil!
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End of turn #5
t3h Icy's Jynx: 62% HP
Garrin Red's Exeggutor: 362 HP

Switching to Jynx to fight Eggy.

Begin Turn #6
Garrin Red withdrew Garrin Red's Exeggutor!
Garrin Red sent out Chansey (Lv.100 Chansey)!
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t3h Icy's Jynx used Counter!
(250 damage)
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End of turn #6
t3h Icy's Jynx: 62% HP
Garrin Red's Chansey: 310 HP
Garrin Red: Oh

Worst case is he uses Psychic, as I'm willing to trade for the Explosion, and another Double-Edge will still Counter. If he switches (to Chansey most likely), I get a heavy hit in and get some for Freeze opportunities.

Begin Turn #7
t3h Icy's Jynx used Blizzard!
(249 damage)
A critical hit!
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Garrin Red's Chansey used Softboiled!
Garrin Red's Chansey regained health!
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End of turn #7
t3h Icy's Jynx: 62% HP
Garrin Red's Chansey: 412 HP
t3h Icy: careful with that
Garrin Red: I see

CHs are nice. Mistake by Garrin for not Paralyzing, but his idea of avoiding Paralyzing my Chansey is viable.

Begin Turn #8
t3h Icy's Jynx used Blizzard!
(129 damage)
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Garrin Red's Chansey used Thunder Wave!
t3h Icy's Jynx is paralyzed! It may be unable to move!
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End of turn #8
t3h Icy's Jynx: 62% HP (Par)
Garrin Red's Chansey: 283 HP

Assuming he's going to continue healing, I'll spend another turn to try and Freeze and switch to Chansey later. I was wrong, but that's fine. I'll change Jynx's role as Freezer/Sacrifice from general.

Begin Turn #9
Garrin Red's Chansey used Softboiled!
Garrin Red's Chansey regained health!
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t3h Icy's Jynx is paralyzed! It can't move!
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End of turn #9
t3h Icy's Jynx: 62% HP (Par)
Garrin Red's Chansey: 634 HP

Attempting for a Freeze.

Begin Turn #10
Garrin Red's Chansey used Ice Beam!
(11% damage)
It's not very effective...
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t3h Icy's Jynx is paralyzed! It can't move!
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End of turn #10
t3h Icy's Jynx: 51% HP (Par)
Garrin Red's Chansey: 634 HP
t3h Icy: Twave ASAP too btw

Still attempting.

Begin Turn #11
Garrin Red's Chansey used Ice Beam!
(12% damage)
It's not very effective...
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t3h Icy's Jynx used Blizzard!
(277 damage)
A critical hit!
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End of turn #11
t3h Icy's Jynx: 39% HP (Par)
Garrin Red's Chansey: 357 HP
Garrin Red: Predicted a switch-out
Garrin Red: Or something

CHs are nice, Jynx takes minor damage.

Begin Turn #12
Garrin Red's Chansey used Softboiled!
Garrin Red's Chansey regained health!
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t3h Icy's Jynx is paralyzed! It can't move!
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End of turn #12
t3h Icy's Jynx: 39% HP (Par)
Garrin Red's Chansey: 703 HP
t3h Icy: lol
t3h Icy: I wouldn't let Eggy get beamed to death
Garrin Red: Chansey
Garrin Red: Yours gets T-waved
Garrin Red: You chill and freeze mine
t3h Icy: and if I did switch out, you can still heal on the following turn
Garrin Red: But I'd t-wave your chansey.....
t3h Icy: or you bring out Lax or force Twave out of me with Zam

Just a word of advice. While Freezing Chansey is ideal, it's a huge 50/50 chance for a Freeze war. There are many alternative paths.

Begin Turn #13
Garrin Red's Chansey used Ice Beam!
(25% damage)
A critical hit!
It's not very effective...
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t3h Icy's Jynx used Blizzard!
(140 damage)
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Garrin Red: True
End of turn #13
t3h Icy's Jynx: 14% HP (Par)
Garrin Red's Chansey: 563 HP
Garrin Red: But then other things would happen
t3h Icy: mhmm
Garrin Red: I prefer this method
t3h Icy: but don't limit what you can do
Garrin Red: And a paralyzed Reflect Chansey is a monster

Due to CH, this is Jynx's last Blizzard. I'll accept a 1 turn loss to have a sacrifice later on. Perhaps I'll Paralyze Exeggutor or Snorlax when I send out Alakazam and attack with Jynx. We'll see.

Begin Turn #14
t3h Icy withdrew t3h Icy's Jynx!
t3h Icy sent out Chansey (Lv.100 Chansey)!
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Garrin Red's Chansey used Ice Beam!
(10% damage)
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End of turn #14
t3h Icy's Chansey: 90% HP
Garrin Red's Chansey: 563 HP

Chansey Freeze war. I don't want any of my Pokemon Paralyzed, so the plan is either to Freeze Chansey, damage her up to Snorlax range and Paralyze, or be Frozen and work from there. In the event of a switch, I have Jynx to sacrifice if things get scary.

Begin Turn #15
Garrin Red withdrew Garrin Red's Chansey!
Garrin Red sent out Snorlax (Lv.100 Snorlax)!
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t3h Icy's Chansey used Ice Beam!
(106 damage)
Garrin Red's Snorlax was frozen solid!
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End of turn #15
t3h Icy's Chansey: 90% HP
Garrin Red's Snorlax: 417 HP (Frz)
t3h Icy: not for Zam
Garrin Red: Had to eat the freeze
t3h Icy: keke

Very useful Freeze. Now let's consider his team. Sleeping Gengar, Exeggutor, Alakazam, Chansey, Tauros and Frozen Snorlax. My Exeggutor can crush everything, and I can use him in any way I want. I also have Jynx to sacrifice if he uses Tauros, and I have my own Snorlax and Tauros to follow-up. He's in a bad situation. I have to avoid Exploding Exeggutor on Snorlax/Gengar, but otherwise, he can do anything and I can handle his other Pokemon with my army. He doesn't notice how dire that Freeze is besides Snorlax being useless.

Begin Turn #16
Garrin Red withdrew Garrin Red's Snorlax!
Garrin Red sent out Chansey (Lv.100 Chansey)!
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t3h Icy's Chansey used Thunder Wave!
Garrin Red's Chansey is paralyzed! It may be unable to move!
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End of turn #16
t3h Icy's Chansey: 90% HP
Garrin Red's Chansey: 563 HP (Par)

I have Alakazam for Gengar, so Thunder Wave is fine in any case.

Begin Turn #17
t3h Icy withdrew t3h Icy's Chansey!
t3h Icy sent out Snorlax (Lv.100 Snorlax)!
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Garrin Red's Chansey is paralyzed! It can't move!
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End of turn #17
t3h Icy's Snorlax: 100% HP
Garrin Red's Chansey: 563 HP (Par)

I'm assuming Ice Beam, which I'm willing to risk. If he uses Thunder Wave, Snorlax is still useful, since Chansey will have to switch out. The FP is nice.

Begin Turn #18
t3h Icy's Snorlax used Body Slam!
(273 damage)
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Garrin Red's Chansey is paralyzed! It can't move!
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End of turn #18
t3h Icy's Snorlax: 100% HP
Garrin Red's Chansey: 290 HP (Par)
Garrin Red: .......

Another nice FP.

Begin Turn #19
Garrin Red withdrew Garrin Red's Chansey!
Garrin Red sent out Gengar (Lv.100 Gengar)!
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t3h Icy's Snorlax used Hyper Beam!
It doesn't affect Garrin Red's Gengar...
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End of turn #19
t3h Icy's Snorlax: 100% HP
Garrin Red's Gengar: 323 HP (Slp)

Worst case is Gengar for no damage, or Alakazam for a recharge. If he's willing to take permanent damage on anything else, that means easier sweeping with Tauros and Alakazam for later. He goes Gengar, but he's Sleeping.

Begin Turn #20
Garrin Red's Gengar woke up!
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t3h Icy's Snorlax used Body Slam!
It doesn't affect Garrin Red's Gengar...
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End of turn #20
t3h Icy's Snorlax: 100% HP
Garrin Red's Gengar: 323 HP
Garrin Red: Heh

I assumed Exeggutor, but that's fine. Now that he only has Chansey and Snorlax with status, I can use my full health Sleeping Eggy later, ideally when Alakazam comes out.

Begin Turn #21
Garrin Red withdrew Garrin Red's Gengar!
Garrin Red sent out Exeggutor (Lv.100 Exeggutor)!
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t3h Icy's Snorlax used Earthquake!
(47 damage)
It's not very effective...
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End of turn #21
t3h Icy's Snorlax: 100% HP
Garrin Red's Exeggutor: 315 HP

Mistake by me. I had no reason to use Earthquake, since Gengar couldn't do much to my Snorlax, and should he have Exploded, that means my unparalyzed Snorlax can still Explode on something later, unless he also CH'd.

Begin Turn #22
Garrin Red's Exeggutor used Explosion!
(65% damage)
Garrin Red's Exeggutor fainted!
Garrin Red: Oh
Garrin Red: That was unpleasant
t3h Icy: mhmm
Garrin Red sent out Alakazam (Lv.100 Alakazam)!
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End of turn #22
t3h Icy's Snorlax: 35% HP
Garrin Red's Alakazam: 313 HP
t3h Icy: easy trap now

Major mistake by Garrin. by Exploding his nearly full health Exeggutor, he reduces what he can do to me even further. He currently has Gengar, Paralyzed Chansey, Alakazam, Tauros, and Frozen Snorlax. I have barely alive Jynx, Sleeping full Exeggutor, Chansey, Alakazam, Tauros and unparalyzed Snorlax. Essentially now, I can do whatever I want. My Exeggutor handles Gengar, Alakazam, Snorlax, could Explode on Chansey, and could fight Tauros. Now, should he go Chansey, I can sacrifice my Jynx and go to Tauros, in which he's pretty screwed unless he uses Gengar on Hyper Beam. I have Alakazam and Exeggutor to cover that. If he goes Tauros and fights Exeggutor, I intend to just spam Psychic, and take out his last Physical. I also can put his main Pokemon Asleep, and since I could try to do the Alakazam ditto, I can easily go to Exeggutor, and restart this whole trap. My team revolves around chipping away damage and using Exeggutor to the max. And if I ever need a quick switch out, I have Jynx to go to. Garrin doesn't really realize any of this and gets pummeled. Seeing the big picture is a major part of the game and improving as a player.

Begin Turn #23
t3h Icy withdrew t3h Icy's Snorlax!
t3h Icy sent out Exeggutor (Lv.100 Exeggutor)!
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Garrin Red withdrew Garrin Red's Alakazam!
Garrin Red sent out Chansey (Lv.100 Chansey)!
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End of turn #23
t3h Icy's Exeggutor: 100% HP (Slp)
Garrin Red's Chansey: 290 HP (Par)

Sacrifice? Or maybe he realized how much value my unparalyzed Snorlax is, but Chansey is what he wants to hang on to, with 290 HP, Chansey could have been KO'd too. My Exeggutor switch was for Alakazam, and I can follow through with one of my numerous setups. First thing is waking up.

Begin Turn #24
t3h Icy's Exeggutor is fast asleep.
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Garrin Red's Chansey is paralyzed! It can't move!
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End of turn #24
t3h Icy's Exeggutor: 100% HP (Slp)
Garrin Red's Chansey: 290 HP (Par)

Being damaged and Paralyzed, I assume that Exeggutor has a lot of time to try to wake up. And if he switches to Tauros to finish my Exeggutor off, I simply sacrifice Jynx and then follow-up with my own. In that case, my team focuses on keeping Snorlax alive. For this turn, an FP is nice.

Begin Turn #25
t3h Icy's Exeggutor woke up!
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Garrin Red's Chansey used Softboiled!
Garrin Red's Chansey regained health!
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End of turn #25
t3h Icy's Exeggutor: 100% HP
Garrin Red's Chansey: 641 HP (Par)
t3h Icy: ;D

There's the heal and there's Eggy waking up. I'm not vulnerable to Hypnosis, but I can let Snorlax or Alakazam sleep if needed. Chansey is also fairly useless at this point. Another way of seeing this is moving the Sleep from my Exeggutor to my Chansey. Anyway, I don't want to waste Exeggutor against just Chansey, and I have to watch for Gengar/Snorlax switch-ins to absorb Explosion. Psychic and Mega Drain are useless here, so I switch.

Begin Turn #26
t3h Icy withdrew t3h Icy's Exeggutor!
t3h Icy sent out Snorlax (Lv.100 Snorlax)!
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Garrin Red's Chansey used Reflect!
Garrin Red's team's Reflect raised Defense!
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End of turn #26
t3h Icy's Snorlax: 35% HP
Garrin Red's Chansey: 641 HP (Par)

Reflect is annoying, but Snorlax is not Paralyzed, so I can Explode and finish with Tauros. I just have to be careful.

Begin Turn #27
t3h Icy's Snorlax used Body Slam!
(147 damage)
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Garrin Red's Chansey used Ice Beam!
(36% damage)
A critical hit!
t3h Icy's Snorlax fainted!
t3h Icy: no worries
t3h Icy sent out Alakazam (Lv.100 Alakazam)!
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End of turn #27
t3h Icy's Alakazam: 100% HP
Garrin Red's Chansey: 494 HP (Par)

An annoying CH, as Chansey is outside death range from Tauros. Since Tauros is my main Physical power now, I'll save him and fight Chansey with Alakazam.

Begin Turn #28
t3h Icy's Alakazam used Psychic!
(126 damage)
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Garrin Red's Chansey used Softboiled!
Garrin Red's Chansey regained health!
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End of turn #28
t3h Icy's Alakazam: 100% HP
Garrin Red's Chansey: 703 HP (Par)

The expected heal. Here's hoping I try Spec fall, CH or Chansey FPs. Signature Icy Alakazam. ;>

Begin Turn #29
t3h Icy withdrew t3h Icy's Alakazam!
t3h Icy sent out Chansey (Lv.100 Chansey)!
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Garrin Red's Chansey is paralyzed! It can't move!
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End of turn #29
t3h Icy's Chansey: 90% HP
Garrin Red's Chansey: 703 HP (Par)
t3h Icy: ;D

...but this looks like a good chance to send out Chansey. If I can get Chansey Paralyzed, that makes two Pokemon immune to his team, except Tauros. Again, Jynx sacrifice and then I fight Tauros in the ditto. If he goes Gengar, I have both Exeggutor and Alakazam to work with, and it loops like this with me doing chip damage here and there. I have a strong advantage, and Garrin doesn't notice this, so instead of looping, this'll mostly be a beatdown. A top level player would play the loop and try to outpredict me to get out of this situation.

Begin Turn #30
t3h Icy withdrew t3h Icy's Chansey!
t3h Icy sent out Alakazam (Lv.100 Alakazam)!
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Garrin Red's Chansey used Ice Beam!
(20% damage)
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End of turn #30
t3h Icy's Alakazam: 80% HP
Garrin Red's Chansey: 703 HP (Par)

The FP from last turn bites. Regardless, it's back to Zam to take Ice Beam. With Paralysis, it's only 7.5% chance to get Frozen, and I'm willing to risk it.

Begin Turn #31
t3h Icy's Alakazam used Psychic!
(258 damage)
A critical hit!
Garrin Red's Chansey's Special fell!
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Garrin Red's Chansey used Ice Beam!
(13% damage)
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End of turn #31
t3h Icy's Alakazam: 67% HP
Garrin Red's Chansey: 445 HP (Par)

Not quite the tri hax, but the Spec fall is nice. That will force Garrin to switch out eventually, and I can follow-up in so many ways. Gengar will die, and Tauros doesn't want damage, while Snorlax is useless. He will have to go to his Zam eventually, but my Exeggutor walls his and can still put something to Sleep. Easy trap.

Begin Turn #32
t3h Icy's Alakazam used Psychic!
(204 damage)
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Garrin Red's Chansey is paralyzed! It can't move!
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End of turn #32
t3h Icy's Alakazam: 67% HP
Garrin Red's Chansey: 241 HP (Par)

Zam being Zam.

Begin Turn #33
t3h Icy's Alakazam used Psychic!
(179 damage)
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Garrin Red's Chansey used Softboiled!
Garrin Red's Chansey regained health!
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End of turn #33
t3h Icy's Alakazam: 67% HP
Garrin Red's Chansey: 413 HP (Par)

An FP would have been death, but I didn't get that. That's fine, just continuing.

Begin Turn #34
t3h Icy's Alakazam used Psychic!
(187 damage)
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Garrin Red's Chansey used Softboiled!
Garrin Red's Chansey regained health!
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End of turn #34
t3h Icy's Alakazam: 67% HP
Garrin Red's Chansey: 577 HP (Par)

Lalala.

Begin Turn #35
Garrin Red withdrew Garrin Red's Chansey!
Garrin Red sent out Alakazam (Lv.100 Alakazam)!
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t3h Icy's Alakazam used Psychic!
(57 damage)
It's not very effective...
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End of turn #35
t3h Icy's Alakazam: 67% HP
Garrin Red's Alakazam: 256 HP
t3h Icy: I would
t3h Icy: there you go
t3h Icy: was going to say
t3h Icy: you're gonig to need Tauros to kill Eggy
t3h Icy: and if you decide to switch to him if Eggy comes out, I can sac Jynx
t3h Icy: easy setup for me
Garrin Red: Hmm
t3h Icy: I would hang on to Chansey for Eggy
t3h Icy: but that's only one thing I can do
t3h Icy: my team can work all over you right now
Garrin Red: I'm confused
Garrin Red: Mostly at what you're saying
t3h Icy: let me explain better
Garrin Red: But I counted 6 psychics.
t3h Icy: lol
t3h Icy: you have very little to deal with my Exeggutor at the moment

I was sort of planning and explaining things at the same time, without giving out my whole gameplan, but being fair. I suggest he saves Chansey, but he shows he has no clue what I'm doing to him. Beatings are soon to come.

Begin Turn #36
t3h Icy withdrew t3h Icy's Alakazam!
t3h Icy sent out Exeggutor (Lv.100 Exeggutor)!
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Garrin Red withdrew Garrin Red's Alakazam!
Garrin Red sent out Chansey (Lv.100 Chansey)!
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End of turn #36
t3h Icy's Exeggutor: 100% HP
Garrin Red's Chansey: 577 HP (Par)
Garrin Red: Boom
Garrin Red: I dare you
Garrin Red: Do it
Garrin Red: You won't
t3h Icy: not a chance
Garrin Red: Exactly

Now that Zam is out, my Eggy says hi. I can do a lot of different things here. I can switch to Chansey on the Thunder Wave, play the Alakazam ditto, attempt Sleep Powder, etc. He does realize I won't be booming Exeggutor, but he's missing out on everything else.

Begin Turn #37
t3h Icy withdrew t3h Icy's Exeggutor!
t3h Icy sent out Alakazam (Lv.100 Alakazam)!
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Garrin Red's Chansey is paralyzed! It can't move!
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End of turn #37
t3h Icy's Alakazam: 67% HP
Garrin Red's Chansey: 577 HP (Par)
t3h Icy: you're missing on my setups though
Garrin Red: So I keep doing fp fp fp
t3h Icy: you're going to get beatdown very shortly
Garrin Red: Setups?
t3h Icy: just watch then ;D
Garrin Red: You didn't actually do anything
t3h Icy: no
Garrin Red: Everything's the same as it was a bunch of turns ago
t3h Icy: but I'll be able to very soon

Missing the big picture. I decide to fight out the ditto, but his Chansey stayed. That's fine, we just go back to the Spec fall spamming like before.

Begin Turn #38
t3h Icy's Alakazam used Psychic!
(130 damage)
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Garrin Red's Chansey used Thunder Wave!
t3h Icy's Alakazam is paralyzed! It may be unable to move!
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End of turn #38
t3h Icy's Alakazam: 67% HP (Par)
Garrin Red's Chansey: 447 HP (Par)
t3h Icy: I have a huge advantage

My Alakazam becomes Paralyzed, but this allows me to fight Gengar even easier with him later. Freeze immunity is nice, but not superbly useful. I attack for some damage and trying to get some luck.

Begin Turn #39
t3h Icy's Alakazam used Psychic!
(120 damage)
Garrin Red's Chansey's Special fell!
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Garrin Red's Chansey used Softboiled!
Garrin Red's Chansey regained health!
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End of turn #39
t3h Icy's Alakazam: 67% HP (Par)
Garrin Red's Chansey: 678 HP (Par)

There's a Special fall. He'll be switching shortly.

Begin Turn #40
t3h Icy's Alakazam used Psychic!
(202 damage)
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Garrin Red's Chansey is paralyzed! It can't move!
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End of turn #40
t3h Icy's Alakazam: 67% HP (Par)
Garrin Red's Chansey: 476 HP (Par)
WaterWizard has started watching.

Still not switching, so more Psychics.

Begin Turn #41
Garrin Red withdrew Garrin Red's Chansey!
Garrin Red sent out Alakazam (Lv.100 Alakazam)!
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t3h Icy's Alakazam is paralyzed! It can't move!
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End of turn #41
t3h Icy's Alakazam: 67% HP (Par)
Garrin Red's Alakazam: 256 HP

No Psychic on the switch, but that's fine. Garrin switched Chansey out in Tauros death range and is Paralyzed. From this point, I plan to Paralyze and damage his Alakazam and let mine drop or switch out, whatever. Tauros is ready to sweep, and his only hope is his own Tauros and his Gengar. Let's not forget I still have a Chansey, Jynx sacrifice and Exeggutor.

Begin Turn #42
Garrin Red's Alakazam used Psychic!
(18% damage)
It's not very effective...
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t3h Icy's Alakazam used Thunder Wave!
Garrin Red's Alakazam is paralyzed! It may be unable to move!
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End of turn #42
t3h Icy's Alakazam: 49% HP (Par)
Garrin Red's Alakazam: 256 HP (Par)
t3h Icy: hey WW
WaterWizard: hey thar
WaterWizard: glad to see the server is still up lol

Sup WW. I get my Thunder Wave in, without him going back to Chansey (in case he just wanted to shrug off the Spec fall, but with only -1 from before, I'm assuming he's going to fight the ditto).

Begin Turn #43
t3h Icy's Alakazam used Recover!
t3h Icy's Alakazam regained health!
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Garrin Red's Alakazam used Psychic!
(35% damage)
A critical hit!
It's not very effective...
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End of turn #43
t3h Icy's Alakazam: 63% HP (Par)
Garrin Red's Alakazam: 256 HP (Par)
t3h Icy: yeah
t3h Icy: very fast
WaterWizard:

I heal, and eat a CH.

Begin Turn #44
Garrin Red's Alakazam used Psychic!
(18% damage)
It's not very effective...
t3h Icy's Alakazam's Special fell!
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t3h Icy's Alakazam used Psychic!
(34 damage)
It's not very effective...
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End of turn #44
t3h Icy's Alakazam: 45% HP (Par)
Garrin Red's Alakazam: 222 HP (Par)

The Spec fall is fine. My goal is not necessarily to kill Zam, but to have him setup for later.

Begin Turn #45
Garrin Red's Alakazam used Psychic!
(26% damage)
It's not very effective...
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t3h Icy's Alakazam used Recover!
t3h Icy's Alakazam regained health!
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End of turn #45
t3h Icy's Alakazam: 69% HP (Par)
Garrin Red's Alakazam: 222 HP (Par)
WaterWizard: fiber optic

Healing.

Begin Turn #46
t3h Icy's Alakazam used Recover!
t3h Icy's Alakazam regained health!
---------------------------------
Garrin Red's Alakazam is paralyzed! It can't move!
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End of turn #46
t3h Icy's Alakazam: 100% HP (Par)
Garrin Red's Alakazam: 222 HP (Par)
t3h Icy: oh nice

With my own Alakazam and Exeggutor, I could also drain his Psychic PP. I decide I could do that in the meantime while he tries to kill my Zam.

Begin Turn #47
t3h Icy's Alakazam used Reflect!
t3h Icy's team's Reflect raised Defense!
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Garrin Red's Alakazam used Psychic!
(27% damage)
It's not very effective...
t3h Icy's Alakazam's Special fell!
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End of turn #47
t3h Icy's Alakazam: 73% HP (Par)
Garrin Red's Alakazam: 222 HP (Par)
WaterWizard: needs more Counter zam
Garrin Red: My Zam is better than your Zam lol ;>

Should Tauros try to jump in on an expected switch (as I have my Special getting dropped, which means he may think I'll be switching), I have Reflect up. I lose more Special, but that's fine.

Begin Turn #48
t3h Icy's Alakazam used Recover!
t3h Icy's Alakazam regained health!
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Garrin Red's Alakazam used Psychic!
(35% damage)
It's not very effective...
---------------------------------
End of turn #48
t3h Icy's Alakazam: 65% HP (Par)
Garrin Red's Alakazam: 222 HP (Par)

Healing.

Begin Turn #49
Garrin Red's Alakazam used Psychic!
(37% damage)
It's not very effective...
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t3h Icy's Alakazam is paralyzed! It can't move!
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End of turn #49
t3h Icy's Alakazam: 28% HP (Par)
Garrin Red's Alakazam: 222 HP (Par)

Fortunately, Garrin hasn't used Reflect, and if he KOs me this turn, Tauros can come out. Should I survive, I'll just drain more Psychic.

Begin Turn #50
t3h Icy's Alakazam used Recover!
t3h Icy's Alakazam regained health!
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Garrin Red's Alakazam used Psychic!
(33% damage)
It's not very effective...
t3h Icy's Alakazam's Special fell!
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End of turn #50
t3h Icy's Alakazam: 45% HP (Par)
Garrin Red's Alakazam: 222 HP (Par)
Garrin Red: So much better

RBY is a team game, and mine is contributing to the team a lot more, no offence. I get Spec dropped, which is still fine.

Begin Turn #51
Garrin Red's Alakazam used Psychic!
(30% damage)
A critical hit!
It's not very effective...
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t3h Icy's Alakazam used Recover!
t3h Icy's Alakazam regained health!
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End of turn #51
t3h Icy's Alakazam: 65% HP (Par)
Garrin Red's Alakazam: 222 HP (Par)

CHs do less at this point, ha. Healing.

Begin Turn #52
Garrin Red's Alakazam is paralyzed! It can't move!
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t3h Icy's Alakazam used Recover!
t3h Icy's Alakazam regained health!
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End of turn #52
t3h Icy's Alakazam: 100% HP (Par)
Garrin Red's Alakazam: 222 HP (Par)

Well, my Alakazam still has a lot of PP, and is at 100%. He can be useful for Gengar once my Tauros comes out. He is running a bit low on PP, so I'm not sure what he's planning to do. I decide to send out Jynx, let her die and Tauros can go to town.

Begin Turn #53
t3h Icy withdrew t3h Icy's Alakazam!
t3h Icy sent out Jynx (Lv.100 Jynx)!
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Garrin Red's Alakazam used Psychic!
(15% damage)
It's not very effective...
t3h Icy's Jynx fainted!
t3h Icy sent out Tauros (Lv.100 Tauros)!
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End of turn #53
t3h Icy's Tauros: 100% HP
Garrin Red's Alakazam: 222 HP (Par)

No FP by him, sweeping time!

Begin Turn #54
Garrin Red withdrew Garrin Red's Alakazam!
Garrin Red sent out Snorlax (Lv.100 Snorlax)!
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t3h Icy's Tauros used Hyper Beam!
(218 damage)
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End of turn #54
t3h Icy's Tauros: 100% HP
Garrin Red's Snorlax: 199 HP (Frz)

Smart way to switch-out, without risking Earthquake, and having a Pokemon come in safely. Still, it's chip damage, which is what I want, so I'm content.

Begin Turn #55
Garrin Red withdrew Garrin Red's Snorlax!
Garrin Red sent out Gengar (Lv.100 Gengar)!
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t3h Icy's Tauros must recharge!
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End of turn #55
t3h Icy's Tauros: 100% HP
Garrin Red's Gengar: 323 HP

I see Gengar, so I send out Zam, just like I planned. My Jynx sacrifice is gone now though, so I do have to watch for Tauros more cautiously, but I could sacrifice either my Chansey or Alakazam if need be.

Begin Turn #56
t3h Icy withdrew t3h Icy's Tauros!
t3h Icy sent out Alakazam (Lv.100 Alakazam)!
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Garrin Red's Gengar used Hypnosis!
But it failed!
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End of turn #56
t3h Icy's Alakazam: 100% HP (Par)
Garrin Red's Gengar: 323 HP

Alakazam's Paralysis comes in handy like planned earlier.

Begin Turn #57
t3h Icy withdrew t3h Icy's Alakazam!
t3h Icy sent out Tauros (Lv.100 Tauros)!
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Garrin Red withdrew Garrin Red's Gengar!
Garrin Red sent out Chansey (Lv.100 Chansey)!
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End of turn #57
t3h Icy's Tauros: 100% HP
Garrin Red's Chansey: 476 HP (Par)
WaterWizard: lol

This was a needlessly bold move, as another Hypnosis could have been a problem, but again, Garrin is unaware of what I'm doing and he's probably going to switch out as Gengar is valuable for him, and he has many easy switch-outs. So I go back to Tauros sweeping, which was interupted earlier.

Begin Turn #58
t3h Icy's Tauros used Hyper Beam!
(476 damage)
A critical hit!
Garrin Red's Chansey fainted!
Garrin Red sent out Tauros (Lv.100 Tauros)!
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End of turn #58
t3h Icy's Tauros: 100% HP
Garrin Red's Tauros: 353 HP
t3h Icy: I gave him forewarning ;D
Garrin Red: Hmph

Chansey is gone. That means Exeggutor wrecks his entire team and stalls his PP-drainted Zam. I now intend to let my Chansey Sleep if Gengar makes another appearance, so then my Exeggutor is completely able to take his team. I still have a full/Paralyzed Zam, and if Chansey does Sleep, I can use her as a sacrifice.

Begin Turn #59
t3h Icy's Tauros used Body Slam!
(191 damage)
A critical hit!
Garrin Red's Tauros is paralyzed! It may be unable to move!
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Garrin Red's Tauros used Body Slam!
(32% damage)
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End of turn #59
t3h Icy's Tauros: 68% HP
Garrin Red's Tauros: 162 HP (Par)
t3h Icy: well that's pleasant

Chances are that his Tauros won't make it out without being Paralyzed, and if I get two Body Slams in, Exeggutor and Alakazam can finish him. So I do the ditto, and I get a very fortunate outcome. It's just icing and I would have been fine without it.

Begin Turn #60
Garrin Red withdrew Garrin Red's Tauros!
Garrin Red sent out Gengar (Lv.100 Gengar)!
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Garrin Red:

t3h Icy's Tauros used Hyper Beam!
It doesn't affect Garrin Red's Gengar...
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End of turn #60
t3h Icy's Tauros: 68% HP
Garrin Red's Gengar: 323 HP

Hyper Beam on Gengar, but that's fine. His Tauros, Chansey, Alakazam and Frozen Snorlax will all fall to Hyper Beam now, and I have Exeggutor and Alakazam for Gengar. GG.

Begin Turn #61
t3h Icy withdrew t3h Icy's Tauros!
t3h Icy sent out Alakazam (Lv.100 Alakazam)!
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Garrin Red's Gengar used Thunderbolt!
(25% damage)
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End of turn #61
t3h Icy's Alakazam: 75% HP (Par)
Garrin Red's Gengar: 323 HP

Gengar for Alakazam.

Begin Turn #62
Garrin Red's Gengar used Explosion!
(75% damage)
t3h Icy's Alakazam fainted!
Garrin Red's Gengar fainted!
t3h Icy sent out Tauros (Lv.100 Tauros)!
Garrin Red sent out Alakazam (Lv.100 Alakazam)!
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End of turn #62
t3h Icy's Tauros: 68% HP
Garrin Red's Alakazam: 222 HP (Par)
Garrin Red: Miss
t3h Icy: like I said
WaterWizard: LOL
t3h Icy: there was nothing you could do to stop my Eggy
Garrin Red: Miss. Do it
t3h Icy: you had to hang on to Chansey for dear life, but you let her get beat up

More advice. If I were him, I'd have tried to force out Exeggutor and then get in Ice Beams with Chansey, because there was no way he could safely handle my Exeggutor otherwise. Instead, he let her get beat up fighting Alakazam, and put into Tauros death range. That ended the stalling much sooner than expected, and I got to crush his team. His Explosion is pretty much a given up move, and I'm sure Garrin knew doing that would mean this game is over.

Begin Turn #63
t3h Icy's Tauros used Hyper Beam!
(222 damage)
Garrin Red's Alakazam fainted!
WaterWizard: eggy is theeggbomb.com
Garrin Red sent out Tauros (Lv.100 Tauros)!
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End of turn #63
t3h Icy's Tauros: 68% HP
Garrin Red's Tauros: 162 HP (Par)
Garrin Red: Eh
t3h Icy: LOL
t3h Icy: <3

Tauros has enough HP to handle Psychic, and with Gengar gone, Exeggutor doesn't have to fear Sleep. Hyper Beam is fine, and I can handle bad luck if it happens.

Begin Turn #64
t3h Icy's Tauros used Hyper Beam!
(162 damage)
A critical hit!
Garrin Red's Tauros fainted!
t3h Icy: gg
Garrin Red: Had I won the 50/50
Garrin Red: I woulda been alright
Garrin Red sent out Snorlax (Lv.100 Snorlax)!
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End of turn #64
t3h Icy's Tauros: 68% HP
Garrin Red's Snorlax: 199 HP (Frz)
Garrin Red: gg
t3h Icy: I have a full Eggy and nearly full Chansey
WaterWizard: a domain which is actually not taken yet lol
t3h Icy: vs your cripples and friends

Garrin missing everything. Winning the Tauros ditto would have definitely helped, but I still had him on lock if that happened. I take out his Tauros.

Begin Turn #65
t3h Icy's Tauros used Hyper Beam!
(199 damage)
Garrin Red's Snorlax fainted!

GG.

End Battle! t3h Icy wins!
Score: 3 to 0
WaterWizard: in case anyone wants to capitalize on that
t3h Icy: lol
t3h Icy: nty
t3h Icy: gg

NetBattle v1.1.1
Log saved 8/20/2011 at 12:50:29 AM

I'm hoping this helps you Garrin, and others by explaining my thoughts, gameplan and ideas as I went through this match. Garrin has significantly improved recently, but still has a lot of work if he wants to be a top player. Sure, your Alakazam may be doing the best 1v1, but I could just as easily if I wanted to. I'd much rather use him to support my team and win the game though. GGs, and I hope going through this log in-depth helps you much more, and others.

garrinred Guest	Lessons with Icy Aug 19, 2011 23:14:22 GMT -8 Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by garrinred on Aug 19, 2011 23:14:22 GMT -8 I didn't sign up for this. If I need training, I want WW back.

t3h Icy Member Posts: 2,795	Lessons with Icy Aug 19, 2011 23:33:59 GMT -8 Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by t3h Icy on Aug 19, 2011 23:33:59 GMT -8 lol, sorry I don't mean to offend you, I just wanted to try and help out by showing how I played and exploited you this game. I'm hoping this log can help others too with how important playing RBY as a team game is.

Isa Member FOREVER SECOND Posts: 1,479	Lessons with Icy Aug 20, 2011 1:58:35 GMT -8 Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Isa on Aug 20, 2011 1:58:35 GMT -8 I enjoyed reading this. You should do more writeups like this, Icy. Also, lol Icy, we have completely different mindsets when playing
	Last Edit: Aug 20, 2011 5:17:11 GMT -8 by Isa

davidchansey
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Lessons with Icy Aug 20, 2011 7:48:34 GMT -8

Post by davidchansey on Aug 20, 2011 7:48:34 GMT -8

You see, this makes me think: Why should I listen to whatever Garrin tells me? Sorry Garrrin

I could make really good use of running commentaries like this, so maybe if someone has a game with me they can put their comments on the log after the battle and post it. I would appreciate it greatly.

davidchansey Guest	Lessons with Icy Aug 20, 2011 7:51:45 GMT -8 Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by davidchansey on Aug 20, 2011 7:51:45 GMT -8 I couldn't help thinking though, if Garrin won the sleep lead, and he didn't get snorlax frozen, then he would have had a much better chance of winning.

t3h Icy Member Posts: 2,795	Lessons with Icy Aug 20, 2011 8:58:15 GMT -8 Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by t3h Icy on Aug 20, 2011 8:58:15 GMT -8 Both of us would have played completely differently though, and who knows how the game would have went. You have to plan things out as you go as the game is probabilistic, and you may have to change things due to luck (good or bad).

garrinred
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Lessons with Icy Aug 20, 2011 9:03:31 GMT -8

Post by garrinred on Aug 20, 2011 9:03:31 GMT -8

Battle Log:
Battle Mode: Red/Blue/Yellow
Rule: Sleep Clause
Rule: Freeze Clause
Rule: Self-KO Clause
Rule: Apply PP Ups
Rule: Battle Timeout
Rule: Unrated
Rule: Evasion Clause
t3h Icy vs Garrin Red. Begin!
t3h Icy sent out Jynx (Lv.100 Jynx)!
Garrin Red sent out Gengar (Lv.100 Gengar)!
t3h Icy: word up
Garrin Red: Hi

Begin Turn #1
Garrin Red's Gengar used Hypnosis!
Garrin Red's Gengar's attack missed!
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t3h Icy's Jynx used Lovely Kiss!
Garrin Red's Gengar fell asleep!
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End of turn #1

Excellent start, but not necessarily "hax". It's a 1/3 chance.

Isa wins Jynx vs. Gar. Not hax (never said it was) but a bit of bad luck.

t3h Icy's Jynx: 100% HP
Garrin Red's Gengar: 323 HP (Slp)
t3h Icy: this new server is pretty fast hmm?
Garrin Red: Can't tell the difference, lol

Begin Turn #2
Garrin Red withdrew Garrin Red's Gengar!
Garrin Red sent out Chansey (Lv.100 Chansey)!
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t3h Icy's Jynx used Blizzard!
(143 damage)
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End of turn #2
t3h Icy's Jynx: 100% HP
Garrin Red's Chansey: 560 HP

Throwing out a Blizzard for damage/freezing

Eating the obvious Blizzard with Chansey because I don't have alternatives. Also planning on tricking out his Chansey to get Eggy in to sleep.

Begin Turn #3
t3h Icy withdrew t3h Icy's Jynx!
t3h Icy sent out Chansey (Lv.100 Chansey)!
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Garrin Red withdrew Garrin Red's Chansey!
Garrin Red sent out Exeggutor (Lv.100 Exeggutor)!
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End of turn #3
t3h Icy's Chansey: 100% HP
Garrin Red's Exeggutor: 393 HP

Absorb Paralysis against Chansey for some simple pressure, but I was mistaken.

Predict Chansey coming in to absorb paralysis, just as planned. Off to Eggy, since Gar is asleep.

Begin Turn #4
t3h Icy withdrew t3h Icy's Chansey!
t3h Icy sent out Exeggutor (Lv.100 Exeggutor)!
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Garrin Red's Exeggutor used Sleep Powder!
t3h Icy's Exeggutor fell asleep!
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End of turn #4
t3h Icy's Exeggutor: 100% HP (Slp)
Garrin Red's Exeggutor: 393 HP

I chose to send in Eggy over Jynx since I like using Jynx for damage. More a fun, experimental move.

Not sure why Icy's letting Eggy get slept instead of Jynx. Whatever, I'll take that.

Begin Turn #5
t3h Icy withdrew t3h Icy's Exeggutor!
t3h Icy sent out Jynx (Lv.100 Jynx)!
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Garrin Red's Exeggutor used Double-Edge!
(38% damage)
Garrin Red's Exeggutor is hit with recoil!
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End of turn #5
t3h Icy's Jynx: 62% HP
Garrin Red's Exeggutor: 362 HP

Switching to Jynx to fight Eggy.

Fighting Eggy/Zam/Chansey/Jynx/Whatever. In retrospect, I should have probably gone Chansey.

Begin Turn #6
Garrin Red withdrew Garrin Red's Exeggutor!
Garrin Red sent out Chansey (Lv.100 Chansey)!
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t3h Icy's Jynx used Counter!
(250 damage)
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End of turn #6
t3h Icy's Jynx: 62% HP
Garrin Red's Chansey: 310 HP
Garrin Red: Oh

Worst case is he uses Psychic, as I'm willing to trade for the Explosion, and another Double-Edge will still Counter. If he switches (to Chansey most likely), I get a heavy hit in and get some for Freeze opportunities.

Completely forget that Counter exists. That was really stupid of me.

Begin Turn #7
t3h Icy's Jynx used Blizzard!
(249 damage)
A critical hit!
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Garrin Red's Chansey used Softboiled!
Garrin Red's Chansey regained health!
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End of turn #7
t3h Icy's Jynx: 62% HP
Garrin Red's Chansey: 412 HP
t3h Icy: careful with that
Garrin Red: I see

CHs are nice. Mistake by Garrin for not Paralyzing, but his idea of avoiding Paralyzing my Chansey is viable.

Intentionally hold off on pararlyzing because I predict his Chansey coming in to eat it, much like turn 3. He didn't bring in Chansey, but I ended up healing off that annoying crit. I'll take that.

Begin Turn #8
t3h Icy's Jynx used Blizzard!
(129 damage)
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Garrin Red's Chansey used Thunder Wave!
t3h Icy's Jynx is paralyzed! It may be unable to move!
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End of turn #8
t3h Icy's Jynx: 62% HP (Par)
Garrin Red's Chansey: 283 HP

Assuming he's going to continue healing, I'll spend another turn to try and Freeze and switch to Chansey later. I was wrong, but that's fine. I'll change Jynx's role as Freezer/Sacrifice from general.

Realize Icy is going to assume I am going to continue healing. Good chance to paralyze that Jynx.

Begin Turn #9
Garrin Red's Chansey used Softboiled!
Garrin Red's Chansey regained health!
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t3h Icy's Jynx is paralyzed! It can't move!
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End of turn #9
t3h Icy's Jynx: 62% HP (Par)
Garrin Red's Chansey: 634 HP

Attempting for a Freeze.

Healing.

Begin Turn #10
Garrin Red's Chansey used Ice Beam!
(11% damage)
It's not very effective...
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t3h Icy's Jynx is paralyzed! It can't move!
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End of turn #10
t3h Icy's Jynx: 51% HP (Par)
Garrin Red's Chansey: 634 HP
t3h Icy: Twave ASAP too btw

Still attempting.

Chipping damage and hoping I don't freeze, because my team doesn't actually have anything that can fight Jynx, and I don't really feel like taking a Blizzard with Lax unless I can follow up with a kill(without HB). This is why I was glad to be sleeping Jynx back in turn 4, except it turned into Eggy Oh well.

Begin Turn #11
Garrin Red's Chansey used Ice Beam!
(12% damage)
It's not very effective...
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t3h Icy's Jynx used Blizzard!
(277 damage)
A critical hit!
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End of turn #11
t3h Icy's Jynx: 39% HP (Par)
Garrin Red's Chansey: 357 HP
Garrin Red: Predicted a switch-out
Garrin Red: Or something

CHs are nice, Jynx takes minor damage.

CHs are annoying. Still chipping away.

Begin Turn #12
Garrin Red's Chansey used Softboiled!
Garrin Red's Chansey regained health!
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t3h Icy's Jynx is paralyzed! It can't move!
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End of turn #12
t3h Icy's Jynx: 39% HP (Par)
Garrin Red's Chansey: 703 HP
t3h Icy: lol
t3h Icy: I wouldn't let Eggy get beamed to death
Garrin Red: Chansey
Garrin Red: Yours gets T-waved
Garrin Red: You chill and freeze mine
t3h Icy: and if I did switch out, you can still heal on the following turn
Garrin Red: But I'd t-wave your chansey.....
t3h Icy: or you bring out Lax or force Twave out of me with Zam

Just a word of advice. While Freezing Chansey is ideal, it's a huge 50/50 chance for a Freeze war. There are many alternative paths.

My own word of advice: A Paralyzed Reflect Chansey is kind of a monster, and "aternative paths" to oppose it consist of Explosion sacrifices and praying for crits. Also dueling it with Zam. None of these are any fun at all. Had I paralyzed Chansey's Icy, he could have tried to freeze mine with no fear of being frozen.

Begin Turn #13
Garrin Red's Chansey used Ice Beam!
(25% damage)
A critical hit!
It's not very effective...
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t3h Icy's Jynx used Blizzard!
(140 damage)
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Garrin Red: True
End of turn #13
t3h Icy's Jynx: 14% HP (Par)
Garrin Red's Chansey: 563 HP
Garrin Red: But then other things would happen
t3h Icy: mhmm
Garrin Red: I prefer this method
t3h Icy: but don't limit what you can do
Garrin Red: And a paralyzed Reflect Chansey is a monster

Due to CH, this is Jynx's last Blizzard. I'll accept a 1 turn loss to have a sacrifice later on. Perhaps I'll Paralyze Exeggutor or Snorlax when I send out Alakazam and attack with Jynx. We'll see.

I haven't been counting, Jynx must be running low on Blizz PP. Also it's almost dead. Guess my chipping away idea worked, though I'm lucky I didn't get frozen.

Begin Turn #14
t3h Icy withdrew t3h Icy's Jynx!
t3h Icy sent out Chansey (Lv.100 Chansey)!
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Garrin Red's Chansey used Ice Beam!
(10% damage)
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End of turn #14
t3h Icy's Chansey: 90% HP
Garrin Red's Chansey: 563 HP

Chansey Freeze war. I don't want any of my Pokemon Paralyzed, so the plan is either to Freeze Chansey, damage her up to Snorlax range and Paralyze, or be Frozen and work from there. In the event of a switch, I have Jynx to sacrifice if things get scary.

His Chansey comes in. Cool. He's probably expecting a freeze war now. Not the plan. I'll go Lax, then back to Chansey to eat the T-wave. Or fight it with AmnesiaLax.

Begin Turn #15
Garrin Red withdrew Garrin Red's Chansey!
Garrin Red sent out Snorlax (Lv.100 Snorlax)!
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t3h Icy's Chansey used Ice Beam!
(106 damage)
Garrin Red's Snorlax was frozen solid!
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End of turn #15
t3h Icy's Chansey: 90% HP
Garrin Red's Snorlax: 417 HP (Frz)
t3h Icy: not for Zam
Garrin Red: Had to eat the freeze
t3h Icy: keke

Very useful Freeze. Now let's consider his team. Sleeping Gengar, Exeggutor, Alakazam, Chansey, Tauros and Frozen Snorlax. My Exeggutor can crush everything, and I can use him in any way I want. I also have Jynx to sacrifice if he uses Tauros, and I have my own Snorlax and Tauros to follow-up. He's in a bad situation. I have to avoid Exploding Exeggutor on Snorlax/Gengar, but otherwise, he can do anything and I can handle his other Pokemon with my army. He doesn't notice how dire that Freeze is besides Snorlax being useless.

Frozen. I notice very well the sticky situation I'm in, despite Icy's silly theories about how I think. I don't have very many options for fighting him. For the time being my plan is to bring Chansey back in and pray really hard for a freeze of my own, as it seems the best way to bring this match back to somewhere where I can handle it. He'll paralyze my Chansey, but whatever.

Begin Turn #16
Garrin Red withdrew Garrin Red's Snorlax!
Garrin Red sent out Chansey (Lv.100 Chansey)!
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t3h Icy's Chansey used Thunder Wave!
Garrin Red's Chansey is paralyzed! It may be unable to move!
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End of turn #16
t3h Icy's Chansey: 90% HP
Garrin Red's Chansey: 563 HP (Par)

I have Alakazam for Gengar, so Thunder Wave is fine in any case.

In retrospect, I should have kept Lax in another turn, then get my Chansey in on the IB or the swtich. That T-wave was obvious, and I should have seen it. Oh well, that would have only gained me one turn though, so it's not a big deal.

Begin Turn #17
t3h Icy withdrew t3h Icy's Chansey!
t3h Icy sent out Snorlax (Lv.100 Snorlax)!
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Garrin Red's Chansey is paralyzed! It can't move!
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End of turn #17
t3h Icy's Snorlax: 100% HP
Garrin Red's Chansey: 563 HP (Par)

I'm assuming Ice Beam, which I'm willing to risk. If he uses Thunder Wave, Snorlax is still useful, since Chansey will have to switch out. The FP is nice.

I Reflect to fight the incoming physical(probably Snorlax). But I fp. Damn it all.

Begin Turn #18
t3h Icy's Snorlax used Body Slam!
(273 damage)
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Garrin Red's Chansey is paralyzed! It can't move!
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End of turn #18
t3h Icy's Snorlax: 100% HP
Garrin Red's Chansey: 290 HP (Par)
Garrin Red: .......

Another nice FP.

I Reflect again. And fp AGAIN. I hate this game so much.

Begin Turn #19
Garrin Red withdrew Garrin Red's Chansey!
Garrin Red sent out Gengar (Lv.100 Gengar)!
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t3h Icy's Snorlax used Hyper Beam!
It doesn't affect Garrin Red's Gengar...
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End of turn #19
t3h Icy's Snorlax: 100% HP
Garrin Red's Gengar: 323 HP (Slp)

Worst case is Gengar for no damage, or Alakazam for a recharge. If he's willing to take permanent damage on anything else, that means easier sweeping with Tauros and Alakazam for later. He goes Gengar, but he's Sleeping.

I'm withing Hyper Beam range, and there is nothing I can do. My options are Eggy, Gar, Tauros, Zam, Or Stay. Staying is suicide. Zam is suicide. Tauros is suicide. It's Eggy or Gar. Don't want Eggy damaged so much right now. Gar it is.

Begin Turn #20
Garrin Red's Gengar woke up!
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t3h Icy's Snorlax used Body Slam!
It doesn't affect Garrin Red's Gengar...
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End of turn #20
t3h Icy's Snorlax: 100% HP
Garrin Red's Gengar: 323 HP
Garrin Red: Heh

I assumed Exeggutor, but that's fine. Now that he only has Chansey and Snorlax with status, I can use my full health Sleeping Eggy later, ideally when Alakazam comes out.

I realize Icy is going to assume Exeggutor, so I stay in to eat the Body Slam with Gengar, praying to wake up.

Begin Turn #21
Garrin Red withdrew Garrin Red's Gengar!
Garrin Red sent out Exeggutor (Lv.100 Exeggutor)!
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t3h Icy's Snorlax used Earthquake!
(47 damage)
It's not very effective...
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End of turn #21
t3h Icy's Snorlax: 100% HP
Garrin Red's Exeggutor: 315 HP

Mistake by me. I had no reason to use Earthquake, since Gengar couldn't do much to my Snorlax, and should he have Exploded, that means my unparalyzed Snorlax can still Explode on something later, unless he also CH'd.

I realize Icy is going to Eartquake, because it's human nature do that after Gar's eaten a HB and then a BS. Also it's Icy.

Begin Turn #22
Garrin Red's Exeggutor used Explosion!
(65% damage)
Garrin Red's Exeggutor fainted!
Garrin Red: Oh
Garrin Red: That was unpleasant
t3h Icy: mhmm
Garrin Red sent out Alakazam (Lv.100 Alakazam)!
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End of turn #22
t3h Icy's Snorlax: 35% HP
Garrin Red's Alakazam: 313 HP
t3h Icy: easy trap now

Major mistake by Garrin. by Exploding his nearly full health Exeggutor, he reduces what he can do to me even further. He currently has Gengar, Paralyzed Chansey, Alakazam, Tauros, and Frozen Snorlax. I have barely alive Jynx, Sleeping full Exeggutor, Chansey, Alakazam, Tauros and unparalyzed Snorlax. Essentially now, I can do whatever I want. My Exeggutor handles Gengar, Alakazam, Snorlax, could Explode on Chansey, and could fight Tauros. Now, should he go Chansey, I can sacrifice my Jynx and go to Tauros, in which he's pretty screwed unless he uses Gengar on Hyper Beam. I have Alakazam and Exeggutor to cover that. If he goes Tauros and fights Exeggutor, I intend to just spam Psychic, and take out his last Physical. I also can put his main Pokemon Asleep, and since I could try to do the Alakazam ditto, I can easily go to Exeggutor, and restart this whole trap. My team revolves around chipping away damage and using Exeggutor to the max. And if I ever need a quick switch out, I have Jynx to go to. Garrin doesn't really realize any of this and gets pummeled. Seeing the big picture is a major part of the game and improving as a player.

This was the biggest single mistake of my game. Huge error. Icy can do whatever he wants. I think what I did there was predict Chansey/Zam, but it was a very very stupid idea nonetheless. I am now totally screwed. Though I don't realize the details of Icy's plan, I do in fact realize how screwed I am and why. I do see the big picture, despite Icy wanting to believe I don't.

Begin Turn #23
t3h Icy withdrew t3h Icy's Snorlax!
t3h Icy sent out Exeggutor (Lv.100 Exeggutor)!
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Garrin Red withdrew Garrin Red's Alakazam!
Garrin Red sent out Chansey (Lv.100 Chansey)!
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End of turn #23
t3h Icy's Exeggutor: 100% HP (Slp)
Garrin Red's Chansey: 290 HP (Par)

Sacrifice? Or maybe he realized how much value my unparalyzed Snorlax is, but Chansey is what he wants to hang on to, with 290 HP, Chansey could have been KO'd too. My Exeggutor switch was for Alakazam, and I can follow through with one of my numerous setups. First thing is waking up.

Neither a sacrifice nor an attempt to mess with Snorlax. I bring in Chansey on his Eggy/Chansey, because I figure one of them is going to come in on Alakazam. Another cool prediction. I seem to be getting a lot of those this game. If it wasn't for the Lax freeze and Eggy stupidity, I'd be doing very alright.

Begin Turn #24
t3h Icy's Exeggutor is fast asleep.
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Garrin Red's Chansey is paralyzed! It can't move!
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End of turn #24
t3h Icy's Exeggutor: 100% HP (Slp)
Garrin Red's Chansey: 290 HP (Par)

Being damaged and Paralyzed, I assume that Exeggutor has a lot of time to try to wake up. And if he switches to Tauros to finish my Exeggutor off, I simply sacrifice Jynx and then follow-up with my own. In that case, my team focuses on keeping Snorlax alive. For this turn, an FP is nice.

That was probably Softboiled. Another badly-timed fp by Chansey. I'm banking on it waiting till I'm healed and Reflect is up. I figure luck is the only way out of this trap, but I'm just not getting any no matter what I do.

Begin Turn #25
t3h Icy's Exeggutor woke up!
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Garrin Red's Chansey used Softboiled!
Garrin Red's Chansey regained health!
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End of turn #25
t3h Icy's Exeggutor: 100% HP
Garrin Red's Chansey: 641 HP (Par)
t3h Icy:

There's the heal and there's Eggy waking up. I'm not vulnerable to Hypnosis, but I can let Snorlax or Alakazam sleep if needed. Chansey is also fairly useless at this point. Another way of seeing this is moving the Sleep from my Exeggutor to my Chansey. Anyway, I don't want to waste Exeggutor against just Chansey, and I have to watch for Gengar/Snorlax switch-ins to absorb Explosion. Psychic and Mega Drain are useless here, so I switch.

There's the heal, and there's Eggy waking up. I really hate this game. He's not gonna boom, I know that. I'll put up the Reflect like I was going to originally, for Snorlax and Tauros. I need a freeze really bad.

Begin Turn #26
t3h Icy withdrew t3h Icy's Exeggutor!
t3h Icy sent out Snorlax (Lv.100 Snorlax)!
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Garrin Red's Chansey used Reflect!
Garrin Red's team's Reflect raised Defense!
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End of turn #26
t3h Icy's Snorlax: 35% HP
Garrin Red's Chansey: 641 HP (Par)

Reflect is annoying, but Snorlax is not Paralyzed, so I can Explode and finish with Tauros. I just have to be careful.

There's the Snorlax. Good thing I have Reflect up. I could paralyze, but where's the fun in that? He won't explode right now(I have Gar and Lax), so I'll just attack. Besides, the odds of him brining in a Chansey to eat the paralysis are way too good. And I want that Chansey frozen, because I really need a freeze this game. Note that even if he Body Slams, I will stay outside Tauros death range as long as I don't fp. I am banking on luck anyway, so I'll accept that.

Begin Turn #27
t3h Icy's Snorlax used Body Slam!
(147 damage)
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Garrin Red's Chansey used Ice Beam!
(36% damage)
A critical hit!
t3h Icy's Snorlax fainted!
t3h Icy: no worries
t3h Icy sent out Alakazam (Lv.100 Alakazam)!
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End of turn #27
t3h Icy's Alakazam: 100% HP
Garrin Red's Chansey: 494 HP (Par)

An annoying CH, as Chansey is outside death range from Tauros. Since Tauros is my main Physical power now, I'll save him and fight Chansey with Alakazam.

I finally get a little bit of luck. Still too little too late. Now I'm outside deat range. I need to freeze the Zam he's going to bring in to fight me with.

Begin Turn #28
t3h Icy's Alakazam used Psychic!
(126 damage)
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Garrin Red's Chansey used Softboiled!
Garrin Red's Chansey regained health!
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End of turn #28
t3h Icy's Alakazam: 100% HP
Garrin Red's Chansey: 703 HP (Par)

The expected heal. Here's hoping I try Spec fall, CH or Chansey FPs. Signature Icy Alakazam. ;>

Figthing an uphill battle because Zam is a monster. Not so much "Signature Icy Alakazam" so much as.....standard anti-Chansey Alakazam.

Begin Turn #29
t3h Icy withdrew t3h Icy's Alakazam!
t3h Icy sent out Chansey (Lv.100 Chansey)!
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Garrin Red's Chansey is paralyzed! It can't move!
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End of turn #29
t3h Icy's Chansey: 90% HP
Garrin Red's Chansey: 703 HP (Par)
t3h Icy:

...but this looks like a good chance to send out Chansey. If I can get Chansey Paralyzed, that makes two Pokemon immune to his team, except Tauros. Again, Jynx sacrifice and then I fight Tauros in the ditto. If he goes Gengar, I have both Exeggutor and Alakazam to work with, and it loops like this with me doing chip damage here and there. I have a strong advantage, and Garrin doesn't notice this, so instead of looping, this'll mostly be a beatdown. A top level player would play the loop and try to outpredict me to get out of this situation.

I Ice Beam to pray for a freeze on the Zam, or on the very likely Chansey switch-in. Besides, paralyzing either of them would be suicidal. I need a freeze to break this silly loop that doesn't actually seem to be a loop because nothing is repeating.

Icy thinks I'm brain dead. Apparently I am NOT NOTICING HIS STRONG ADVANTAGE. Oh yeah guys, I still think this battle is all mine, no problem at all. In fact, I'm about to trash Icy's team so bad, he'll never know what hit him! He's got nothing that could possibly stand in my way!!

Honestly Icy.

Begin Turn #30
t3h Icy withdrew t3h Icy's Chansey!
t3h Icy sent out Alakazam (Lv.100 Alakazam)!
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Garrin Red's Chansey used Ice Beam!
(20% damage)
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End of turn #30
t3h Icy's Alakazam: 80% HP
Garrin Red's Chansey: 703 HP (Par)

The FP from last turn bites. Regardless, it's back to Zam to take Ice Beam. With Paralysis, it's only 7.5% chance to get Frozen, and I'm willing to risk it.

Praying for a freeze. Praying for a freeze. Need the luck or I'm dead. Need the luck or I'm dead.

Begin Turn #31
t3h Icy's Alakazam used Psychic!
(258 damage)
A critical hit!
Garrin Red's Chansey's Special fell!
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Garrin Red's Chansey used Ice Beam!
(13% damage)
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End of turn #31
t3h Icy's Alakazam: 67% HP
Garrin Red's Chansey: 445 HP (Par)

Not quite the tri hax, but the Spec fall is nice. That will force Garrin to switch out eventually, and I can follow-up in so many ways. Gengar will die, and Tauros doesn't want damage, while Snorlax is useless. He will have to go to his Zam eventually, but my Exeggutor walls his and can still put something to Sleep. Easy trap.

Zam is being a beast. Please freeze Chansey. Please freeze Chansey.

Begin Turn #32
t3h Icy's Alakazam used Psychic!
(204 damage)
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Garrin Red's Chansey is paralyzed! It can't move!
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End of turn #32
t3h Icy's Alakazam: 67% HP
Garrin Red's Chansey: 241 HP (Par)

Zam being Zam.

Zam is Zam, and I fp again. No luck. None.

Begin Turn #33
t3h Icy's Alakazam used Psychic!
(179 damage)
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Garrin Red's Chansey used Softboiled!
Garrin Red's Chansey regained health!
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End of turn #33
t3h Icy's Alakazam: 67% HP
Garrin Red's Chansey: 413 HP (Par)

An FP would have been death, but I didn't get that. That's fine, just continuing.

An fp would have been death, so I'm surprised it didn't happen with my luck. Please freeze. Please freeze.

Begin Turn #34
t3h Icy's Alakazam used Psychic!
(187 damage)
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Garrin Red's Chansey used Softboiled!
Garrin Red's Chansey regained health!
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End of turn #34
t3h Icy's Alakazam: 67% HP
Garrin Red's Chansey: 577 HP (Par)

Lalala.

Need to get out of these sepc falls soon. But have to do so in a way that doesn't get my Zam paralyzed, because I need non-paralyzed Zam to fight Tauros.

Begin Turn #35
Garrin Red withdrew Garrin Red's Chansey!
Garrin Red sent out Alakazam (Lv.100 Alakazam)!
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t3h Icy's Alakazam used Psychic!
(57 damage)
It's not very effective...
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End of turn #35
t3h Icy's Alakazam: 67% HP
Garrin Red's Alakazam: 256 HP
t3h Icy: I would
t3h Icy: there you go
t3h Icy: was going to say
t3h Icy: you're gonig to need Tauros to kill Eggy
t3h Icy: and if you decide to switch to him if Eggy comes out, I can sac Jynx
t3h Icy: easy setup for me
Garrin Red: Hmm
t3h Icy: I would hang on to Chansey for Eggy
t3h Icy: but that's only one thing I can do
t3h Icy: my team can work all over you right now
Garrin Red: I'm confused
Garrin Red: Mostly at what you're saying
t3h Icy: let me explain better
Garrin Red: But I counted 6 psychics.
t3h Icy: lol
t3h Icy: you have very little to deal with my Exeggutor at the moment

I was sort of planning and explaining things at the same time, without giving out my whole gameplan, but being fair. I suggest he saves Chansey, but he shows he has no clue what I'm doing to him. Beatings are soon to come.

Icy is telling me how bad of an idea it is to use Tauros. Except........after the battle he said using Tauros was the ONLY GOOD IDEA I COULD HAVE HAD. Way to go Icy, way to go.

Also, I'm still brain dead. I switchied out of the special falls because I wanted to SACRIFICE Chansey. Duh!! Of course switching out of special falls couldn't possibly be an attempt to save Chansey.

And I'm SO RETARTED I don't realize what Icy's doing to me. Yeah, I still think this game is all mine, no worries at all. That's why I'm praying for a freeze, because I have the luxury of sitting around until I get one. That must be it. No way am I banking on luck because I need it. And no way do I have any idea what Eggy can do to me. Eggy? What's that? It's that thing that does nothing except boom uselessly against a Snorlax, right? Right?

Anyway I eat the Psychic, and now I wanna get back to Chansey, because I need the freeze real bad, and I KNOW I need the freeze real bad.

Begin Turn #36
t3h Icy withdrew t3h Icy's Alakazam!
t3h Icy sent out Exeggutor (Lv.100 Exeggutor)!
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Garrin Red withdrew Garrin Red's Alakazam!
Garrin Red sent out Chansey (Lv.100 Chansey)!
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End of turn #36
t3h Icy's Exeggutor: 100% HP
Garrin Red's Chansey: 577 HP (Par)
Garrin Red: Boom
Garrin Red: I dare you
Garrin Red: Do it
Garrin Red: You won't
t3h Icy: not a chance
Garrin Red: Exactly

Now that Zam is out, my Eggy says hi. I can do a lot of different things here. I can switch to Chansey on the Thunder Wave, play the Alakazam ditto, attempt Sleep Powder, etc. He does realize I won't be booming Exeggutor, but he's missing out on everything else.

Naturally he'll bring in Eggy on Zam. So I'll do Chansey. Thunder Waving would be stupid, since he could go to his own Chansey or to Zam. Apparently I'm missing out on this simple trick, despite the fact that I'VE BEEN PLANNING FOR IT ALL GAME. Also Icy wants to do an Alakazam ditto against my Chansey. Epic.

Anyway I realize he won't boom Eggy, so I....do something. Probably Ice Beam.

Begin Turn #37
t3h Icy withdrew t3h Icy's Exeggutor!
t3h Icy sent out Alakazam (Lv.100 Alakazam)!
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Garrin Red's Chansey is paralyzed! It can't move!
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End of turn #37
t3h Icy's Alakazam: 67% HP
Garrin Red's Chansey: 577 HP (Par)
t3h Icy: you're missing on my setups though
Garrin Red: So I keep doing fp fp fp
t3h Icy: you're going to get beatdown very shortly
Garrin Red: Setups?
t3h Icy: just watch then
Garrin Red: You didn't actually do anything
t3h Icy: no
Garrin Red: Everything's the same as it was a bunch of turns ago
t3h Icy: but I'll be able to very soon

Missing the big picture. I decide to fight out the ditto, but his Chansey stayed. That's fine, we just go back to the Spec fall spamming like before.

Totally getting the big picture because I am the proud owner of a functioning brain. I'm praying for a freeze to help me out. No luck. No luck at all.

Begin Turn #38
t3h Icy's Alakazam used Psychic!
(130 damage)
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Garrin Red's Chansey used Thunder Wave!
t3h Icy's Alakazam is paralyzed! It may be unable to move!
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End of turn #38
t3h Icy's Alakazam: 67% HP (Par)
Garrin Red's Chansey: 447 HP (Par)
t3h Icy: I have a huge advantage

My Alakazam becomes Paralyzed, but this allows me to fight Gengar even easier with him later. Freeze immunity is nice, but not superbly useful. I attack for some damage and trying to get some luck.

I'm either low/out of Ice Beam PP or I just say damn it all and go for the Zam ditto. I've been roaylly screwed since I blew up Eggy(regular screwed since Lax froze) and it is only getting worse.

Begin Turn #39
t3h Icy's Alakazam used Psychic!
(120 damage)
Garrin Red's Chansey's Special fell!
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Garrin Red's Chansey used Softboiled!
Garrin Red's Chansey regained health!
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End of turn #39
t3h Icy's Alakazam: 67% HP (Par)
Garrin Red's Chansey: 678 HP (Par)

There's a Special fall. He'll be switching shortly.

I heal before the switch. I need a healed Chansey for later, to paralyze things.

Begin Turn #40
t3h Icy's Alakazam used Psychic!
(202 damage)
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Garrin Red's Chansey is paralyzed! It can't move!
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End of turn #40
t3h Icy's Alakazam: 67% HP (Par)
Garrin Red's Chansey: 476 HP (Par)
WaterWizard has started watching.

Still not switching, so more Psychics.

I try to heal again, but no such luck.

Begin Turn #41
Garrin Red withdrew Garrin Red's Chansey!
Garrin Red sent out Alakazam (Lv.100 Alakazam)!
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t3h Icy's Alakazam is paralyzed! It can't move!
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End of turn #41
t3h Icy's Alakazam: 67% HP (Par)
Garrin Red's Alakazam: 256 HP

No Psychic on the switch, but that's fine. Garrin switched Chansey out in Tauros death range and is Paralyzed. From this point, I plan to Paralyze and damage his Alakazam and let mine drop or switch out, whatever. Tauros is ready to sweep, and his only hope is his own Tauros and his Gengar. Let's not forget I still have a Chansey, Jynx sacrifice and Exeggutor.

I switched Chansey out in what I thought was barely out of Tauros death range. Turns out it's in Maybe Land for a Tauros Hyper Beam. Oops. Should have checked the numbers.

At this point I'm a goner anyway, so I might as well try for Power of Zam magic. I'm naturally gonna win the ditto, but he has Eggy and Chansey, so the battle is over. If I can paralyze them though, maybe I can do something with Tauros.

Begin Turn #42
Garrin Red's Alakazam used Psychic!
(18% damage)
It's not very effective...
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t3h Icy's Alakazam used Thunder Wave!
Garrin Red's Alakazam is paralyzed! It may be unable to move!
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End of turn #42
t3h Icy's Alakazam: 49% HP (Par)
Garrin Red's Alakazam: 256 HP (Par)
t3h Icy: hey WW
WaterWizard: hey thar
WaterWizard: glad to see the server is still up lol

Sup WW. I get my Thunder Wave in, without him going back to Chansey (in case he just wanted to shrug off the Spec fall, but with only -1 from before, I'm assuming he's going to fight the ditto).

I'm fighting the ditto. Because I'm angry. Also I want to paralyze Chansey/Eggy. Because I need luck.

Begin Turn #43
t3h Icy's Alakazam used Recover!
t3h Icy's Alakazam regained health!
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Garrin Red's Alakazam used Psychic!
(35% damage)
A critical hit!
It's not very effective...
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End of turn #43
t3h Icy's Alakazam: 63% HP (Par)
Garrin Red's Alakazam: 256 HP (Par)
t3h Icy: yeah
t3h Icy: very fast
WaterWizard:

I heal, and eat a CH.

Attack attack attack. My Zam is the best, so this ditto would be mine if it was truly a one-on-one. Sadly Eggy and Chansey won't let that happen.

Begin Turn #44
Garrin Red's Alakazam used Psychic!
(18% damage)
It's not very effective...
t3h Icy's Alakazam's Special fell!
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t3h Icy's Alakazam used Psychic!
(34 damage)
It's not very effective...
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End of turn #44
t3h Icy's Alakazam: 45% HP (Par)
Garrin Red's Alakazam: 222 HP (Par)

The Spec fall is fine. My goal is not necessarily to kill Zam, but to have him setup for later.

Onward. To my almost-certain doom at this point.

Begin Turn #45
Garrin Red's Alakazam used Psychic!
(26% damage)
It's not very effective...
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t3h Icy's Alakazam used Recover!
t3h Icy's Alakazam regained health!
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End of turn #45
t3h Icy's Alakazam: 69% HP (Par)
Garrin Red's Alakazam: 222 HP (Par)
WaterWizard: fiber optic

Healing.

Attack attack attack.

Begin Turn #46
t3h Icy's Alakazam used Recover!
t3h Icy's Alakazam regained health!
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Garrin Red's Alakazam is paralyzed! It can't move!
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End of turn #46
t3h Icy's Alakazam: 100% HP (Par)
Garrin Red's Alakazam: 222 HP (Par)
t3h Icy: oh nice

With my own Alakazam and Exeggutor, I could also drain his Psychic PP. I decide I could do that in the meantime while he tries to kill my Zam.

Fp.

Begin Turn #47
t3h Icy's Alakazam used Reflect!
t3h Icy's team's Reflect raised Defense!
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Garrin Red's Alakazam used Psychic!
(27% damage)
It's not very effective...
t3h Icy's Alakazam's Special fell!
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End of turn #47
t3h Icy's Alakazam: 73% HP (Par)
Garrin Red's Alakazam: 222 HP (Par)
WaterWizard: needs more Counter zam
Garrin Red: My Zam is better than your Zam lol ;>

Should Tauros try to jump in on an expected switch (as I have my Special getting dropped, which means he may think I'll be switching), I have Reflect up. I lose more Special, but that's fine.

He has reflect up, so Tauros can't do much without a crit. Besides, I'm saving him for later. And also I'm really caught up in this Zam duel.

Begin Turn #48
t3h Icy's Alakazam used Recover!
t3h Icy's Alakazam regained health!
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Garrin Red's Alakazam used Psychic!
(35% damage)
It's not very effective...
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End of turn #48
t3h Icy's Alakazam: 65% HP (Par)
Garrin Red's Alakazam: 222 HP (Par)

Healing.

Attack attack attack.

Begin Turn #49
Garrin Red's Alakazam used Psychic!
(37% damage)
It's not very effective...
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t3h Icy's Alakazam is paralyzed! It can't move!
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End of turn #49
t3h Icy's Alakazam: 28% HP (Par)
Garrin Red's Alakazam: 222 HP (Par)

Fortunately, Garrin hasn't used Reflect, and if he KOs me this turn, Tauros can come out. Should I survive, I'll just drain more Psychic.

More dakka.

Begin Turn #50
t3h Icy's Alakazam used Recover!
t3h Icy's Alakazam regained health!
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Garrin Red's Alakazam used Psychic!
(33% damage)
It's not very effective...
t3h Icy's Alakazam's Special fell!
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End of turn #50
t3h Icy's Alakazam: 45% HP (Par)
Garrin Red's Alakazam: 222 HP (Par)
Garrin Red: So much better

RBY is a team game, and mine is contributing to the team a lot more, no offence. I get Spec dropped, which is still fine.

Well no duh Icy's Zam is contributing more. His whole team is in a much, MUCH better position. In a team that is dominating the battle, of COURSE Zam will contribute more than in a team that's struggling and praying for miracles.

Begin Turn #51
Garrin Red's Alakazam used Psychic!
(30% damage)
A critical hit!
It's not very effective...
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t3h Icy's Alakazam used Recover!
t3h Icy's Alakazam regained health!
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End of turn #51
t3h Icy's Alakazam: 65% HP (Par)
Garrin Red's Alakazam: 222 HP (Par)

CHs do less at this point, ha. Healing.

Annoying CHs that do less. Attack.

Begin Turn #52
Garrin Red's Alakazam is paralyzed! It can't move!
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t3h Icy's Alakazam used Recover!
t3h Icy's Alakazam regained health!
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End of turn #52
t3h Icy's Alakazam: 100% HP (Par)
Garrin Red's Alakazam: 222 HP (Par)

Well, my Alakazam still has a lot of PP, and is at 100%. He can be useful for Gengar once my Tauros comes out. He is running a bit low on PP, so I'm not sure what he's planning to do. I decide to send out Jynx, let her die and Tauros can go to town.

More attack. I don't actually have a plan at this point except to force his Zam out so I can use Tauros.

Begin Turn #53
t3h Icy withdrew t3h Icy's Alakazam!
t3h Icy sent out Jynx (Lv.100 Jynx)!
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Garrin Red's Alakazam used Psychic!
(15% damage)
It's not very effective...
t3h Icy's Jynx fainted!
t3h Icy sent out Tauros (Lv.100 Tauros)!
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End of turn #53
t3h Icy's Tauros: 100% HP
Garrin Red's Alakazam: 222 HP (Par)

No FP by him, sweeping time!

This is the part where I wish I had Reflect up. Should have done that at some point during the Zam duel, but I didn't think he'd sac Jynx like that. Oh well.

Begin Turn #54
Garrin Red withdrew Garrin Red's Alakazam!
Garrin Red sent out Snorlax (Lv.100 Snorlax)!
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t3h Icy's Tauros used Hyper Beam!
(218 damage)
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End of turn #54
t3h Icy's Tauros: 100% HP
Garrin Red's Snorlax: 199 HP (Frz)

Smart way to switch-out, without risking Earthquake, and having a Pokemon come in safely. Still, it's chip damage, which is what I want, so I'm content.

Smart way to switch out, without risking Earthquake, and having a pokemon come in safely. Still, it's chip damage, so I'm as screwed as ever.

Begin Turn #55
Garrin Red withdrew Garrin Red's Snorlax!
Garrin Red sent out Gengar (Lv.100 Gengar)!
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t3h Icy's Tauros must recharge!
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End of turn #55
t3h Icy's Tauros: 100% HP
Garrin Red's Gengar: 323 HP

I see Gengar, so I send out Zam, just like I planned. My Jynx sacrifice is gone now though, so I do have to watch for Tauros more cautiously, but I could sacrifice either my Chansey or Alakazam if need be.

I go Gar because the alternative was Chansey or Tauros. Coulda gone Chansey, in retrospect. Oh well.

Begin Turn #56
t3h Icy withdrew t3h Icy's Tauros!
t3h Icy sent out Alakazam (Lv.100 Alakazam)!
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Garrin Red's Gengar used Hypnosis!
But it failed!
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End of turn #56
t3h Icy's Alakazam: 100% HP (Par)
Garrin Red's Gengar: 323 HP

Alakazam's Paralysis comes in handy like planned earlier.

Not sure why I hypnosis'd. Thinking of EQ, prbly. Also I need Icy to mess up or get bad luck, or I will lose for sure, so I need to plan for him messing up and act accordingly. If he does, I capitalize on it, and if he doesn't, well, I lost anyway.

Begin Turn #57
t3h Icy withdrew t3h Icy's Alakazam!
t3h Icy sent out Tauros (Lv.100 Tauros)!
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Garrin Red withdrew Garrin Red's Gengar!
Garrin Red sent out Chansey (Lv.100 Chansey)!
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End of turn #57
t3h Icy's Tauros: 100% HP
Garrin Red's Chansey: 476 HP (Par)
WaterWizard: lol

This was a needlessly bold move, as another Hypnosis could have been a problem, but again, Garrin is unaware of what I'm doing and he's probably going to switch out as Gengar is valuable for him, and he has many easy switch-outs. So I go back to Tauros sweeping, which was interupted earlier.

Another hypnosis would have been idiotic, because even Icy wouldn't switch to Tauros or Eggy here. Right? Oh well.

I am in fact unaware of his plan to switch from Zam to Tauros, as it is, he admits, needlessly bold. Either way I bring in Chansey to heal or para, whichever it can do.

Begin Turn #58
t3h Icy's Tauros used Hyper Beam!
(476 damage)
A critical hit!
Garrin Red's Chansey fainted!
Garrin Red sent out Tauros (Lv.100 Tauros)!
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End of turn #58
t3h Icy's Tauros: 100% HP
Garrin Red's Tauros: 353 HP
t3h Icy: I gave him forewarning
Garrin Red: Hmph

Chansey is gone. That means Exeggutor wrecks his entire team and stalls his PP-drainted Zam. I now intend to let my Chansey Sleep if Gengar makes another appearance, so then my Exeggutor is completely able to take his team. I still have a full/Paralyzed Zam, and if Chansey does Sleep, I can use her as a sacrifice.

My plan was to Eat the HB, para the Tauros, and see if I can heal. I was in maybe range, so a low roll would have done it. A miss would have been fantastic. But do I get lucky? Of course not!! It must be really really easy for Icy to dominate with me having such horrid luck.

Begin Turn #59
t3h Icy's Tauros used Body Slam!
(191 damage)
A critical hit!
Garrin Red's Tauros is paralyzed! It may be unable to move!
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Garrin Red's Tauros used Body Slam!
(32% damage)
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End of turn #59
t3h Icy's Tauros: 68% HP
Garrin Red's Tauros: 162 HP (Par)
t3h Icy: well that's pleasant

Chances are that his Tauros won't make it out without being Paralyzed, and if I get two Body Slams in, Exeggutor and Alakazam can finish him. So I do the ditto, and I get a very fortunate outcome. It's just icing and I would have been fine without it.

I play the ditto. Icy, of course, has already planned out the outcome of this ditto, naturally. He totally predicted that crit para.

Hvae I mentioned I have NO LUCK AT ALL?
Begin Turn #60

Garrin Red withdrew Garrin Red's Tauros!
Garrin Red sent out Gengar (Lv.100 Gengar)!
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Garrin Red:
t3h Icy's Tauros used Hyper Beam!
It doesn't affect Garrin Red's Gengar...
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End of turn #60
t3h Icy's Tauros: 68% HP
Garrin Red's Gengar: 323 HP

Hyper Beam on Gengar, but that's fine. His Tauros, Chansey, Alakazam and Frozen Snorlax will all fall to Hyper Beam now, and I have Exeggutor and Alakazam for Gengar. GG.

Hyper beam on Gar. But now I'm so dead it's not even funny. GG.

Begin Turn #61
t3h Icy withdrew t3h Icy's Tauros!
t3h Icy sent out Alakazam (Lv.100 Alakazam)!
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Garrin Red's Gengar used Thunderbolt!
(25% damage)
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End of turn #61
t3h Icy's Alakazam: 75% HP (Par)
Garrin Red's Gengar: 323 HP

Gengar for Alakazam.

Gengar for Alakazam. Also I'm dead, might as well take out that annoying Zam.

Begin Turn #62
Garrin Red's Gengar used Explosion!
(75% damage)
t3h Icy's Alakazam fainted!
Garrin Red's Gengar fainted!
t3h Icy sent out Tauros (Lv.100 Tauros)!
Garrin Red sent out Alakazam (Lv.100 Alakazam)!
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End of turn #62
t3h Icy's Tauros: 68% HP
Garrin Red's Alakazam: 222 HP (Par)
Garrin Red: Miss
t3h Icy: like I said
WaterWizard: LOL
t3h Icy: there was nothing you could do to stop my Eggy
Garrin Red: Miss. Do it
t3h Icy: you had to hang on to Chansey for dear life, but you let her get beat up

More advice. If I were him, I'd have tried to force out Exeggutor and then get in Ice Beams with Chansey, because there was no way he could safely handle my Exeggutor otherwise. Instead, he let her get beat up fighting Alakazam, and put into Tauros death range. That ended the stalling much sooner than expected, and I got to crush his team. His Explosion is pretty much a given up move, and I'm sure Garrin knew doing that would mean this game is over.

"Forcing out Exeggutor" is such a horrible idea it's hillarious. Why in the world would Eggy be "forced"(hahahhaha) to come out?? And then sit there and take Chansey Ice Beams!!! It's laughable.

I tried to hang on to Chansey, but the Tauros crit meant no way. Slight miscalculation on the numbers, but a low roll would have fixed that.

Yeah, Gar's Explosion was a giving up move.

Finally, Icy's sure I know something. Because, up to right before that Explosion, I still thought the game was mine no problem, right?

I'm surprised Icy hasn't brought out his epic advice "Use Tauros to chip damage." That's something I legitimately never considered, that might have worked maybe. Or maybe not, knowing my luck.

Begin Turn #63
t3h Icy's Tauros used Hyper Beam!
(222 damage)
Garrin Red's Alakazam fainted!
WaterWizard: eggy is theeggbomb.com
Garrin Red sent out Tauros (Lv.100 Tauros)!
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End of turn #63
t3h Icy's Tauros: 68% HP
Garrin Red's Tauros: 162 HP (Par)
Garrin Red: Eh
t3h Icy: LOL
t3h Icy: <3

Tauros has enough HP to handle Psychic, and with Gengar gone, Exeggutor doesn't have to fear Sleep. Hyper Beam is fine, and I can handle bad luck if it happens.

Game over.

Begin Turn #64
t3h Icy's Tauros used Hyper Beam!
(162 damage)
A critical hit!
Garrin Red's Tauros fainted!
t3h Icy: gg
Garrin Red: Had I won the 50/50
Garrin Red: I woulda been alright
Garrin Red sent out Snorlax (Lv.100 Snorlax)!
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End of turn #64
t3h Icy's Tauros: 68% HP
Garrin Red's Snorlax: 199 HP (Frz)
Garrin Red: gg
t3h Icy: I have a full Eggy and nearly full Chansey
WaterWizard: a domain which is actually not taken yet lol
t3h Icy: vs your cripples and friends

Garrin missing everything. Winning the Tauros ditto would have definitely helped, but I still had him on lock if that happened. I take out his Tauros.

Game being over. Apparently I'm STILL "missing everything". What exactly this everything IS I'm not sure. Oooh, I know, I still think this game is mine no problem!!! That must be it!! The only thing I missed was the opportunity to use Tauros slightly better after I gave up on freezing with my Chansey.

Begin Turn #65
t3h Icy's Tauros used Hyper Beam!
(199 damage)
Garrin Red's Snorlax fainted!

GG.

GG.

End Battle! t3h Icy wins!
Score: 3 to 0
WaterWizard: in case anyone wants to capitalize on that
t3h Icy: lol
t3h Icy: nty
t3h Icy: gg

NetBattle v1.1.1
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I'm hoping this helps you Garrin, and others by explaining my thoughts, gameplan and ideas as I went through this match. Garrin has significantly improved recently, but still has a lot of work if he wants to be a top player. Sure, your Alakazam may be doing the best 1v1, but I could just as easily if I wanted to. I'd much rather use him to support my team and win the game though. GGs, and I hope going through this log in-depth helps you much more, and others.

Icy, no offense, but you can be really condescending sometimes. Also a jerk. And not even the Nitro/Pokemaniac kind of jerk. They call me a "noob" and stuff. You imply I'm so brain dead I don't even notice when you have a huge advantage, or see totally obvious things. Go through this battle and count my awesome predictions. Do it. They outnumber yours by a lot. I got beaten because I made a few stupid mistakes(Eggy boom) and because I had HORRIBLE HORRIBLE LUCK.

Last Edit: Aug 20, 2011 9:44:46 GMT -8 by garrinred

garrinred
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Lessons with Icy Aug 20, 2011 9:53:10 GMT -8

Post by garrinred on Aug 20, 2011 9:53:10 GMT -8

I went through my records, and for all of our OU battles played in 2011, I am 13-12 with icy.

13 Me.
12 Him.

No, not a typo. Thirteen for Garrin Red. Twelve for Teh Icy.

Oh God, he's so, SO much better than me. I better become his apprentice and learn all I can from him!!!

jorgen
Member

Posts: 415

Lessons with Icy Aug 20, 2011 12:42:46 GMT -8

Post by jorgen on Aug 20, 2011 12:42:46 GMT -8

Chill, bros. It's just pokemon.

But, I will say, it is a bit of a faux pas to try to play the unsolicited "wise master" role with somebody who's been playing as long as Garrin has. Regardless of your intentions, it does come off as rather condescending.

t3h Icy Member Posts: 2,795	Lessons with Icy Aug 20, 2011 13:03:09 GMT -8 Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by t3h Icy on Aug 20, 2011 13:03:09 GMT -8 I don't mean to be condescending, but yeah it comes off that way. My apologies.

borat Member ANGRY!!! Posts: 86	Lessons with Icy Aug 20, 2011 17:21:18 GMT -8 Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by borat on Aug 20, 2011 17:21:18 GMT -8 hahaha I do this all the time. I'm just not as big of an asshole. I'm also comparably better. (pot, meet kettle)
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subsmoke Member Posts: 184	Lessons with Icy Aug 20, 2011 21:42:24 GMT -8 Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by subsmoke on Aug 20, 2011 21:42:24 GMT -8 give yourself more credit bro, you're the biggest asshole I know on here.

WaterWizard Member Posts: 1,658	Lessons with Icy Aug 20, 2011 21:43:50 GMT -8 Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by WaterWizard on Aug 20, 2011 21:43:50 GMT -8 eww! I hate comma splices.
	No Wrappers!

borat Member ANGRY!!! Posts: 86	Lessons with Icy Aug 20, 2011 23:14:57 GMT -8 Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by borat on Aug 20, 2011 23:14:57 GMT -8 some big words from a small man.

Zilch Member What's in the box? Posts: 561	Lessons with Icy Aug 21, 2011 0:59:27 GMT -8 Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Zilch on Aug 21, 2011 0:59:27 GMT -8 Okay... this is starting to get a bit out of hand. Into the bin with this.

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