by MattDarling » Thu Apr 17, 2014 10:05 am
I didn't capture as many battles as I would have liked, because I also thought you were limited to one video at a time. Still, I got three of my favourite battles from the weekend:
Vs Toph A Snails: N4CW-WWWW-WWW6-RGVX
[spoilerg4w]Prior to this battle, my Machamp had four different Fighting type moves. Yeesh. I mainly wanted him to be anti-Steel, so that's why he got Dig and Flamethrower. I laughed really hard when I thought about Machamp doing a Kamehameha-style Flamethrower, so I went with it. "If I find a chance to use this, he'll be so surprised!"
It was awesome. Surprise was had, and it was way more effective than it should have been.
Toph was doing first to three knockouts, so that's why we were switching so much. I don't think I could have taken out his whole team, honestly. That MegaAggron was ridiculously tough. Some really lucky dodges in this fight, too.[/spoilerg4w]
Vs Pryce: U6JW-WWWW-WWW6-RGV4
[spoilerg4w]Revenge was such an amazing move for my Machamp during PPL, and Leftovers gave me several "oh shi- YES REVENGE AHAHA" moments. Tarly's Rock Slide was too good, though. Also, I saw the power of EV training with my Gallade, who was awesome at catching Platinum's roaming legendaries and also at destroying Ice-types.
This was on Saturday, and my second attempt on Pryce; I'd had more practice with the members of my team since the day before and improved their moves, so it actually went really smoothly.[/spoilerg4w]
Vs Cylis: 4S4G-WWWW-WWW6-RGVF
[spoilerg4w]Even after Hammer Arm, my Machamp was still slower than Pangoro, which really surprised us both. I accidentally some good IVs, apparently! The Payback->Revenge exchange was priceless.
Also, his subsequent 1 HP survival of Waterfall was amazing. The knockout from Rough Skin was even better.
I'm not sure if Catcher would have been faster than Weavile without Quick Claw - that was really lucky. I don't think I had anyone else who could match the power of Catcher's Close Combat. Oh, and I was stupid and gave my Samurott terrible moves, so I'm glad I never had to use him.[/spoilerg4w]
Edit: For curiosity's sake, I calculated my Machamp's IVs. His speed IV is 2, and he has a Quiet nature, meaning -Speed. So that would explain his immense slowness.
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MattDarling on Fri Apr 18, 2014 9:11 am, edited 1 time in total.
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