[Meta thread] Iron's PokeRole Adventure: The Skull Ruins

[Lord Windos]

And Yawn (and spore, and other sleep inflicting moves.  And confusion inflicting moves.  and attract and cute charm) is exactly why I need to buff my Insight...eventually.  Of course, Taunt would just obliterate a debuff heavy strategy...can't obliterate the damage output with Charm if you can't use it in the first place, after all.

And yeah, large pokemon are scary thanks to those HP pools.  That's why evasion and heavy debuffing are a thing: to help mitigate the damage you take while you whittle your opponent down little by little...to me, it just seems a little skewed towards the larger pokemon though.  Particularly the massive ones.

If I moved first, I'd use Yawn on Kirlia and put it on the clock, then if it Taunted I would switch out to Ariel/Apsis to evade/soak up a blow, then finish ya off that way. If I moved second and I knew you had Taunt, Rapheal would use Metronome to hit you, then switch out to someone else that can make his life hell. If I didn't know you had Taunt, then switching out and wearing him down, before sending them out again would put them in a pickle. Either Taunt and lock down half their moves and risk getting pulped by Metronome, or use an attacking move, only to find that he's very sleepy/weak now...

One thing I love about Apsis is that all her debuff are built into her attacks sans Glare and Leer. Dealing damage AND the chance to rub salt in the wounds is always a nice thing, hehehe!  Acid Spray in particular is nasty, since it can be spammed and lowers STR by 2, so getting the first strike in would really tilt the battle in her favor at that point! Add in Coil, and things just get bad for anyone facing her. Oh, and if someone tries to evade her, she can just use Wrap to lock them down in one place and just continue on tearing them a new one. I love my giant, fearsome snake!