[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

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Deoxys Prime Round 2

The Speediest characters move before anyone else can. Nathan blurs along right behind them, though his speed is partially illusory and partially real.

Sheer Cold 1
(1)(4)(6)(2)(2)(6) (3)(5)(1)
Deoxys takes 2 PDD for a total of 10.

Icy Wind 1
-1 Dex for Deoxys Prime, should that come up

Deoxys sends little motes of light, all while humming his subsonic song. One attaches to everyone on the battlefield or nearby, trainer and Pokemon alike. Then energy begins flowing outward from the rainbow gem, toward those motes of light. Unfortunately for Deoxys, Mega Steelix is nearby and acting as a lightning rod, and many of the arcs are redirected. Quetzal takes motes intended for Marco, Cosh, and all the trainers in the party.. Quetzal begins glowing with power, ready to use it in his next attacks, but taking that many Plot Device damages in a single turn is too much for the flying serpent, and he crashes to the ground, fainted. None of it was Lethal, however. Heart is still standing guard over Terra's prone form as Quetzal crashes to the ground, and helps shield the mountain of a man from the dust.

Honchkrow tries to evade with Super Luck.
(3)(4)(5)(6)(3)(5) (5)(6)(4)(5) Yes!

Melly runs about too, with Quick Attack, but is just a little behind for this attack and will better intercept next turn's attack.

The Shock Wave is multi-target, and thus not nearly as affected by Lightning Rod. Froslass, Luna, Dunny, Pangoro, Meowstic x2, and even Melly and Mamoswine are reduced to 1 hp.
Charizard just faints.
Pangoro's Evasion: (1)(1)(3)(1)(5)(4) (3)(5)(6)(3)(3) Not this time. He takes the full damage.

Deoxys clambers over to Shiva and drops his massive stoic face to hers. She begins feeling dizzy, despite the protection of the Shield. Pangoro leaps into the way, intercepting the psychic gaze with his Dark-infused body, and the dizzy feeling passes. Shiva rewards him with a quick Max Potion.

"This is... the one. Move aside, Pangoro." Deoxys pushes Pangoro effortlessly aside as the dark panda sinks its fists repeatedly into the yielding alien flesh.

As Deoxys reaches out for the Shield, Vespiquen arrives behind him to personally deliver a blow! She rakes her claws down his back, and little Combee grubs appear in the wounds and begin....chewing.

Deoxys shrieks out a subsonic shriek, and Shiva can feel the pain in that shriek for the first time.

Attack Order 1
(5)(5)(5)(2)(2)(2) (2)(2)(6)(3)(2)(3) (5)
That brings Deoxys to 12 PDD.

It brings its attention away from Shiva to scrape at its own back, sending chunks of regenerating flesh flying. Heart burns these to nothing with his increased firepower.

Disable 1
(6)(3)(1)(5)(5)(2) (2)
Cosh grimaces as he feels his magic leave him, but the Hauberk is still glowing as he collects debuffs to inflict on Deoxys all at once.

Instead, he moves the Helm's power to Kyuu for the next round only. (Has to be Kyuu's second action, or Cosh doesn't have time to empower the Fake Out)

Marco's Meowstic makes a sudden spin move and leaps up to land on Cosh's shoulder. It taps the Scimitar, and they share a look. Then Meowstic returns to Marco and winks.

Mamoswine gives Cosh an Odor Sleuth, in case Deoxys pulls out its own illusions.

Kyuu gives Cosh a Helping Hand and prepares Fake Out.

Ominous Wind 2 (without Helm)
(3)(3)(1)(5)(1)(2) (4)(5)
CD: (6) You got the buff for Froslass! Cosh will leave it there, since he's overwhelmed with buffs he's supposed to move to different locations and can only choose one target per turn.

The Shock Wave has nothing that will affect Deoxys.

With an explosive wave of psychic energy, Deoxys drives Vespiquen and the grubs back. Deoxys tries to wrest the Shield from Shiva, sending a wave of tendrils at her. Luckily, she is currently an illusion of five or six Shiva, and has orders to Evade.
(4)(2)(1)(1)(2)(3) (2)(3)(4)(1) Definitely not a critical hit. Deoxys WRENCHES the Shield away, but the Moltres Egg burns with a sudden burst of black and red fire and the Shield begins heating up in the same way. The fires of Keenglaive, specifically designed to burn Deoxys, force the alien invader to FLING the Shield as far away as it can, over Mt Molten. Shiva feels its protection leave her. So does Vespiquen, who halts in midair and turns toward Nathan.

He bravely swings the Sword again anyway, and indicates his Max Potion. Vespiquen will Evade if targeted next round, which she probably will be.

Melly is off like a shot to retrieve the Shield, if it can be easily found.

Attack Order 2
(3)(4)(2)(6)(4)(4) (2)(2)(5)(5)
This brings Deoxys to 14 PDD. The big alien is starting to slow down, and hasn't even been hit with a debuff wave yet.

Now it's time for Kyuu's big moment! The disarming little cat curls around the leg-tendrils until it gets close to Deoxys, then suddenly moves at the speed of sound to strike with Fake Out.

Fake Out 2
(6)(2)(4)(1)(5)(5) (6)(1)
Deoxys flinches at the unexpected power of the blow.

Dunny sacrifices himself with a Curse, a spell Cosh is very familiar with and will use to great effect.

Cosh grins as he unleashes all the pent up hell on Deoxys. Deoxys begins stumbling and making mistakes after being affected by a variety of debuffs for the first time in its entire life. A huge Meowstic eye appears within Deoxys' gem.

Marco grins. "Last time, they say Deoxys returned to space after its experiments ran their course. Not today, Deoxys. Not! Today!!"
Even as Deoxys tries to pull back, it finds it cannot leave the battlefield. "Today we finish this for real."

Cosh gives Marco a thumbs up. Then Cosh frowns as he feels something wrong with his own body every time he gazes upon Deoxys. He's not sure what's up with that yet.

Pangoro angrily uses Dark Pulse, to little effect. Makes him feel better though.

Meowstic sends an Imprison to Cosh, to lock down Psychic and some other of Deoxys' stab moves.

Mamoswine covers our side in Mist, excluding the flying Cosh in case he needs any further debuffs.

Honchkrow gives Cosh a Swagger, as if he needed any more confidence.

Froslass receives the power of the Helm again.

Sheer Cold 3
(3)(6)(3)(1)(6)(2) (3)(4)
Deoxys takes 2 PDD, 16 damage done so far.

Astonish 3
CD: (1)(2)(2)

Deoxys is flinched this turn!


Attack Order 3
(5)(4)(4)(6)(4)(3) (3)(5)
That's 18PDD!

Cosh moves the Swagger's ill effects onto Deoxys, and the alien beast actually seems to be acting confused! There are also a few creative Burns, minor curses, and so on from the supporting Scimitars. "Fire and Flying attacks will be super effective on Deoxys now."

Dark Pulse 3, boosted by Frozen Roar
(4)(6)(4)(4)(6)(6) (6)(2)
CD: (2)(1) Honchkrow is harrying Deoxys, trying to make it flinch.

Kyuu gives Cosh a helping hand. He'll give this to Froslass on his next action, powering up the final Sheer Cold.

Sheer Cold 4
(6)(3)(5)(4)(5)(6) (3)
20 PDD! Bits of Deoxys have frozen, and some of its flexible joints are creaking. Its gem is frosted over, and, could it be? Has begun to crack! When Deoxys attempts to graft some healing flesh over the gym, it confusedly makes the crack even worse.

Ominous Wind 4
(1)(1)(3)(5)(6)(3)
CD: (5)

"Finally time." Deoxys attempts a Rock Slide that will bring down Vespiquen and Froslass at the minimum.

Vespiquen is ready to dodge though: 17 base, -8 actions = 9d6
(3)(3)(6)(1)(6)(2) (4)(6)(4) That was a reallllly close one.

Froslass has no orders to dodge, and thus takes 2PDD and faints.

Luna drops to 1HP, having been Max Potion'd earlier.

Mamoswine evades: (2)(5)(5)(4)(4)(5) (6)(2) Still up
Meowstic evades: (3)(1)(5)(2)(2)(2) (5)(3) Faints.
Pangoro is out of actions, so takes 1 PDD.
Honchkrow: (1)(3)(4)(5)(2)(5) (3) Not even super luck makes it happen. Honchkrow faints.
Cosh evades by ducking behind one of his "friends", who faints.

Astonish 5
CD: (6)(2)(6)

The semi-flinched, Imprisoned, confused Deoxys has a chance to hurt itself. Not a very big chance, given its prodigious Insight, but it's something, especially over repeated turns.

Insight: (4)(3)(1)(2)(2)(1) Deoxys strikes itself in its confusion! Dealing 1 PDD, moving us to 21PDD total.

This also gives Vespiquen time to strike one more blow!

Attack Order 5
(6)(1)(5)(1)(1)(3) Barely a hit, but it's enough to bring Deoxys to 23PDD. The rainbow-gemmed Deoxys is trying repeatedly to flee beneath the earth, but Meowstic's grinning gaze keeps reeling it right back in with an incredible psychic power, channeled through Cosh and the Hauberk. It desperately claws at the ground with Cut, creating a massive chasm in the middle of Trillium Town. Though it gives itself a little cover, it can't leave line of sight entirely. The scene is one long groan of sustained subsonic blast.

Martha and Mallorn float forward in their MSC crystals. They leap teasingly in front of you and are then yanked away. Deoxys lashes at them, but finds itself moving too slowly from its variety of debuffs and especially Dunny's Curse.

Deoxys leaps straight for Nathan, intending to end the battle in one blow.