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

[Lord Windos]

Well then, if that Onix only has 9 Will, we might not have to beat it entirely into submission after all.  If it's Paralyzed, Asleep, Flinched, and at Half HP, then that's a -5 penalty to its ability to resist capture, which an Ultra Ball might be able to overcome.  Hmmm...

Yeah, but that requires leaving a Tough/Challenging Tier Enemy unFainted and endure its onslaught and expend healing Items/possibly Pokemon to hold the line. Meanwhile, just Fainting the darn thing and loading it up with every Status under the sun allows Nathan to easily capture it with a friggen Pokeball (Assuming its Poison, Burned, Paralyzed, Sleep, or Cursed + prior mentioned Status), making capturing it a fairly easy endevour that won't cost nearly as much if the Dice get ornery. Sure, Sleep from Gallade can mitigate Onix's firepower, but you never know what kind of tricks it might have to counter/combat such tactics......

Personally, if you want a more Loyal Onix/Steelix to play around with, then I'd say you're better off fully committing to the idea and just not doing ANY Damage to it, then just inflict it with Sleep, Paralysis (Via Angie's Held Back and debuffed Sky Falls), Confuse Ray and Curse(From Dunny). Combined, that's a 3D6 - 1 Successes of Onix's Roll, which up against a Ultra Ball gives you better than even odds of catching it. If you don't mind risking Damage/- 1 Pain, you could have it Poisoned and/or Burned too, and now that I think about it I could also bring out Shiranui/Tommy and have them use Held Back Fake Outs to inflict Flinch, once we've applied all the Status we wanted on it. Ideally after all that effort and few Ultra Balls used to catch it as possible, you could have a 2/4 Loyalty Onix or 2/5 Loyal Steelix, which would be QUITE a boon to have obviously. Its more risky and draws out the fight longer, but if you want to have a more usable Onix ASAP, then that's the means to go about it!

If you want to go with Pacifist Battle, I'll have to change orders for Anubi (Or just recall him entirely), which he may or may not be so willing to agree with, since he wants to duke it out HARD. 

Also:

For just a split second, Terra's giant shadow on the wall and his steely essence convinces the Onix it has run into a Steelix. It swerves aside, then realizes its mistake and swings back around. It slows him down enough for Anubi to close that distance, a joyous, reckless look in his eyes! 

I just love the fact that Terra is scary enough to make even an Onix terrified of him, if only briefly! With Pressure in the future, and Pixie's Intimidate......well, he might prestige into 'The Dreaded Tank' ! Hehehe!