[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Dragonstrike]

Nathan's shock at Shiva being there carries over into his immediate reaction.

"Uh, yeah...thanks, I guess...yeah, that's what the brief schedule coordinating session last night was for, but I guess first thing in the morning was too early..." Ralts still wasn't picking up any anger from her, but...was that a touch of nervousness? There was a lot of joy covering it up, but it was there..."Ahem..anyways..." He turns back to Ventus, eager to continue the discussion of Ventus's battle strategy for Round 2.

"If you want to try and fight him again before we leave, I'd highly recommend taking the Oran berries. It's no skin off my back, really. They're pretty common after all, and I have four of them right now. In fact, you can take 3 of them now. It's not like I'm super reliant on them right now, anyways." He pulls out 3 of the Oran Berries, and hands them to Ventus. "You were so close to victory there. You'll need any edge you can get to quickly reach and get over that last hurdle."

He ponders Ventus's question for a moment. "Hmmm...that's a tough question. Like I just said, Zamboni seems to be really good at landing hits, so dodging his attacks is going to be very, very difficult. Yawn could give you an incredible edge, but you'd likely lose a turn using it, which is a free turn for him to hit your pokemon...I'd say Charm first, then Yawn. The reduced damage is way too important, particularly since Yawn isn't instantaneous. If you end up moving after your opponent, though...then I might lead with Yawn, since you don't have a chance to reduce incoming damage, but they'll feel the effects of the drowsiness very, very quickly. Again, it'd be a lot better if you could pull it off alongside another move. Ensuring you land it and then taking advantage of their napping is quite powerful, after all, and landing both status moves on turn one would be a huge advantage."