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

[Dragonstrike]

Nathan has 13 Canalize dice. He could pull off three Fissures per round without any buffs!

Yup, but only if there's no Pain/accuracy debuffs involved (and it's usually a good thing to expect that you'll be under the effects of at least -1 Pain).  If you want to reliably land 'em after the surprise factor wears off (if there was any in the first place), though, that's when you probably have to limit yourself to only 1 or 2 actions.  Which, at that point, you're probably better off just attacking normally if your opponent is capable of avoiding getting hit by it.

Part of the reason I didn't teach Swiftfire Horn Drill when I had the opportunity in Atheneum is because Nathan's not the kind of trainer who would spam OHKOes in most situations, though it would definitely be a rather killer surprise if Swiftfire ever picked it up.

And part of the reason I have a Rhyxemplar with a +1 Dex Surprise, a Wide Lens, and Horn Drill in the Celadon Campaign is because it was originally trained by Giovanni, who would have absolutely no qualms with creating a monster such as that.  (I've only managed to land it 2 or 3 times because of really bad luck, though)