I'd like to see you do that last bit.

Oh, I'm not going to be building paragraphs upon paragraphs of summed up details. It'll basically be something like...

Topics covered: Updates granted. Debate on *Insert disputed topic*. Discussion related to which RP related combat or character interaction.

Basically, a sort of footnote, so you know which discussion thread is which for when you're searching for a particular post or line of debate that you recall, but don't know which thread.

I promise, it'll be damn useful though. ^^

Hey Menarker, does Sturdy work with Explosion? I mean, if a pokemon with Sturdy uses Explosion?

That would be horribly broken, and I would shift Metagross' ability to Sturdy explicitly for that purpose.

If the question is "Does Sturdy interfere with trying to use Explosion", then the answer is "No, it doesn't", since there are several families of pokemons like Geodudes, Magnemites, Pinco and such that all have a Self-Destruct move and the Sturdy Ability.

If the question is, "Does Sturdy combo with Explosion in any way like preventing loss of life while still doing the attack", the answer is "HELL NO". As evident with pokemons like geodudes and magnemites that have the ability but still kill themselves with Explosions, there is emperical evidence that the two do not combine in any manner. Or at least in any way useful.

And if the question is "Does Sturdy protect from Explosion from others" then the answer is "You wish. It only protects against OHKO moves, despite the sheer high power of Explosion and such."

If you want the most powerful single Explosion possible, then you would want Lickilicky who can not only learn Explosion, but gains STAB from it and can wear the Silk Scarf to boost its power even further, making it the single most powerful move in the game legitly (Power of 540 in a massive AOE radius to boot). (Technically, Smergle can do that too, but its ATK stat at 20 is so piss poor, it's barely more than Shuckle as compared to Lickilicky's more respectable base ATK of 85.)

Besides, how could that logically work? Wouldn't Explosion kind of blow the Pokemon using it apart? Then all you'd have is a bunch of Sturdy chunks. I can't imagine a Pokemon that can explode without in any way changing its own makeup, regardless of how solid it is.

...Wait, now I can. Hee hee hee. That will be one dangerous Pokemerc.

Oh come on.

Captain Falcon can blow up the fucking solar system and win the game, but one lousy pokemon can't survive blowing itself up?

I call bullshit.

>_> I can only imagine someone is going to suppose that Explosions from pokemons like Lickilicky and Stuntank come from some massive fart explosion that rips off its own asshole in the process or something. >_<


ANYHOW, TACTICS! I got a busy day today, so I'm not going to make a huge plan atm. Just a brief proposal.


[Seviper Pokemerc] [HoA Acolyte A (Flinch)] [Kingdra Pokebrid] [Dominated Civilian] [Golduck Pokebrid] [Mio Kazetsubaki <Boss>] [Millenium Battlebot] [Noctowl Pokemerc (Sleep/Paralysis)] [Cradily Pokemerc] [Toxicroak Pokemerc] [HoA Acolyte B (Sleep)]

WAIT A MINUTE!?

AB: Why is Kingdra pokebrid still in the formation? Your recent RP post stated that Harliette knocked it out in the end after a series of attacks.

Also, forgive me for forgetting... Did you say there was a specific way to fracture armor like the ones on the mech? Or just a lot of heavy damage? Or a specific move like the HM Rock Smash works better?

Also, you had the HoA Acolyte flinched. According to this, it was supposed to be immune to that... The only time it was "flinched" last time was due to Pierce's Null Turn.
HoA Acolyte: Basic Slayer units of the Harbingers of Ascension. Devotion to the cause lends them strength, but little else. Although it doesn't exactly help our group...

- Slayer Attacks: Kris Slash (Steel, 50% Bleed) / Assassin Dart (Ghost, 25% Instant Death) / Powder Bomb (100% Flinch, ACC -1) / Flash Stab (Dark, 50% Flinch) / Firebomb (Fire, 50% Burn)
- Slayer Defenses: Steel, Ghost, Dark, Fire -50% / Flinch, Bleed, Burn Immunity / Physical Counter 100%
- Signature Technique: Sacrifical Lamb ~ Self Targeted, 50% Transform. If failed, Death is afflicted. The cultist takes out a syringe and injects himself or herself. More successful during Low Morale and Overwhelming Tide. Costs 0/100 Rage.





[Seviper Pokemerc] [HoA Acolyte A (Flinch)] [Golduck Pokebrid] [Mio Kazetsubaki <Boss>] [Millenium Battlebot] [Noctowl Pokemerc (Sleep/Paralysis)] [Cradily Pokemerc] [Toxicroak Pokemerc] [HoA Acolyte B (Sleep)]

There... now that I altered the formation a bit to reflect the real number of troops...

Hmmm... due to there being too many foes immune to physical or to statuses (Battlebot, Golduck in Paradigm mode and Mio), and some other foes beaten in much more effective ways, I don't think Pierce's Null turn ability is useful anymore... >_>

Cradily: Can be OHKOED. Wilhelmina should get rage rockets so she can take care of it ASAP.


Toxicroak: Air Slash from either Togekiss or Shaymin will flinch it 100% and do heavy damage. No point wasting more resources on it when we can defeat it slowly without retribution. Note however that he must be taken out with some speed since he regains health when exposed to water (such as the water fountain water that is at the foe's feet.)

Battlebot: If we can get Matt to hack it, great. Otherwise, we'll take care of it the same way we deal with mechs.

Noctowl: Already weaken. Another two special typed electric attacks should finish it (I say two because of the water weakening it a bit in exchange for splash effect.) Because Cradily should be OHKOed by now, the splash should be hitting Toxicroak for neutral damage, but speeding up the process of knocking him out.

Seviper: Needs to be hit with special type attacks, preferably Psychic typed or Earth Power. (Immune to physical moves and thus our OKHO and our Super Fang). Status moves have a chance to fall off him.


HoA Acolyte: Should probably be dealt with before they spam their 100% flinch move or attempt to suicide themselves into a super mode. EDIT: Just realized they could be OHKOed too, if we're willing to spend the rage doing that next turn on Wilhelmina or something.

Golduck Pokebrid: Packs a decent punch and large movepool, but nothing super special otherwise. Has no weaknesses and is immune to status conditions. Probably best to ignore.

Mio: Focus what's left of our attacks on her. We should cure Pierce's Palkia and have it go Testament Drive on her for MASSIVE Quad Effective Dragon type damage. ^^


If you got a objection to the above, don't bother complaining to me. Just elaborate a "better" one. I got a busy day ahead of me and I might not be able to respond for quite a while.

I put colors in the formation to reflect status. That dark grey reflects death, though I guess it would've been better to get rid of them.

So the dominated civilian is already dead because that's the one that Renny killed?

Welp, one less thing to worry about.

You must have been trolling with that one, because you'd have to be an idiot to actually believe that sack of crap for one sec. :3

>_> Renny wasn't the one who killed that Civilian, or even harmed it at all. Togekiss and Shaymin hit the very left most targets possible, Seviper and Acyolyte (Proof being that AB gave it the flinch status despite its immunity to it. So it has to be something that was attacking that could give Flinch status, otherwise AB wouldn't bother.)

Also, target A and B were only hit once, by Renny's pokemon. However, the description of the Civilian was...

A multitude of attacks did it in. So it has to be one of the slots that multiple allies attacked.

The Civilian was slot D, meaning that Moon, Harliette, Impact, Charlotte and Pierce were the ones who attacked it.

>_> Nice try blaming it on Renny, but he is totally innocent for that target.