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

[Lord Windos]

Kirlia, Swiftfire, Grid, Porygon, Princess, and Staryu.  Made it a point to state I was swapping Zippy for Porygon earlier so I'd have the most diverse options possible when this battle came around.  (only saying this as well because it should be fairly easy to keep track of for the player characters).  Shiva has Plusle, Minun, Cottonee, Fennekin, Azu, and then either Helios or that baby Fletchling (not sure which since Phantom never stated which one she grabbed)


Nathan made it a point to knock the electric mice out of the fight ASAP.  As I've stated before, electric types are very dangerous for his current team composition since he doesn't have a whole lot that can handle them super well yet.  Nasty Plot comboed with Plus and Minus was going to make them a nightmare to face if they weren't removed from the battle quickly.  Plusle and Minun were both particularly scary because of both Nuzzle and Swift with their massive damage potential.

Removing the big sources of damage is easily the most effective way to turn the battle in your favor, as well.  Now that there's no more spread moves in this battle, the playing field has been evened a little.  

Yeah, Breloom are pretty well known for that ridiculous HP recovery speed of theirs.  Outpacing that much healing is pretty difficult since you'd get 1 from Poison Heal, maybe 1 from Leech Seed, and half of what you deal with Mega Drain/Drain Punch.  If your opponent can't do 4 damage per turn and you don't get unlucky and only heal the 1 from Poison Heal, that's gonna be ridiculous to try breaking.  Of course, it'll be getting easier as the moves get stronger...and if the opponent is packing a SE attack (particularly flying moves)

Focus Punch would work best in combination with Spore, while Facade is less situational and is more instant.  On top of that, Facade's damage output will outpace Focus Punch's since Facade only takes one action to use, while Focus Punch takes two.  Of course, fighting can hit things normal can't still, but charge moves tend to be outpaced in terms of damage potential pretty easily by any move that has more than half the charge move's power...

Base on you team comp, you are most likely going to win In The long run, now that the mice are now out of the fight. If nothing else, Kirlia and Porygon are just going to have a blast mowing down the opposition either Sharpen+Download/Calm Mind+Psy. Pearl power attacks. Ouch....


Fenniken is the biggest threat for your team now, by my calc. , since Blaze and Howl boosted attacks will make hell for over half your party. Better take them out next pronto, and the match is going to be cake at that point! Unless you roll poorly, in which case *Pulls out a chair for them* join me at the Bad Luck table! Where every important roll you make will turn up snake eyes, or worse!

Breloom can always learn Thunder Punch or Stone Edge to give Flying types a hard type, and Spore + Facade Barrage takes care of them real fast.... Can Gallade Learn TP? If so, teaching Breloom the move could help you out as well... Michael could also learn Substitue, and pull of the dreaded SubSeed combo to whittle down everything under the sun, and use Strike to hurt stuff it can't hit well.

More I think about it, I should teach Breeloom Facade over FP, then Drain Punch for a Fighting STAB. When I will get those moves is another question entirely, though!