[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Dragonstrike]

Charmeleon appears, ready to fight!
Angela switches to Azumarill. Ouch.

"This is also my Roggenrola Serperior Scizor strategy. Always swap to the effectiveness they just used. Psychology is simple when someone is so focused on quashing you."

Charmeleon: (5)
Azumarill: (4)

The hail also stops. Charmeleon doesn't seem worried about the type disadvantage. He lost to Dagny, which was a type advantage, but with Nathan's help he's confident he can beat a Water type!

Saw that coming, and Nathan isn't worried about the type disadvantage either!  Nathan's got a plan, and he won't be dissuaded from it easily!

"Unfortunately, I didn't simply go into Charmeleon just because you had an Ice type out, and you lead with Alolan Ninetales to take any unsuspecting Steel or Poison types out early, right?  The psychology of this particular situation is a little more complex than simple type advantages.  Charmeleon, let's show 'er we aren't afraid of a simple type disadvantage!"

Charmeleon's claws are sharp and at the ready!

Slash x5 (Non-Lethal)
Acc: 13 - 5/6/7/8/9 = 8/7/6/5 D6
Dmg: 4 + 3 - 4 = 3 D6
Eff: High crit.  4 successes needed

When Charmeleon reaches -2 Pain, Nathan will issue a new command (the one in the spoiler) if it isn't Raining, though. If it is Raining, he'll simply use his Potion when Charmeleon reaches -2 Pain.

There's also a Conditional Evade: if Azumarill uses Rollout, Charmeleon will specifically Evade the last two hits of it (as they're the most inaccurate ones)

Spoiler

Again, this only happens if it isn't Raining.

"We're Blazing now!  Set this battlefield alight, Charmeleon!  I've got your back!  She won't be taking you down that easily!"

Fire Pledge
Acc: 13 base
Dmg: 2 + 4 + STAB + 2 Blaze - 4 - NVE = 5 D6 - 1 Dmg
Eff: Sets the battlefield alight, dealing 1 D6 Fire type damage at the end of every Round until the fire is extinguished.

Nathan will use his one Potion immediately Fire Pledge goes off.  All remaining actions that follow will be Slash. 

As you might have guessed, Nathan wanted to make sure there was a water source nearby so the flames wouldn't get completely out of control.  He also brought Starmie to help with extinguishing them after the fact.

Oh and as for how the move looks...I was imagining that Charmeleon would punch the ground and that would cause pillars of flame to erupt across the battlefield.  Funny thing is that's exactly how a Pignite did it in the anime, too.  I'd link a gif showing it off, but I'm on mobile at the moment, so that'll have to wait until later.

Reminder: Charmeleon is holding an Eviolite, giving him +1 Defense so long as he doesn't evolve mid-battle!