Monday 12 August 2013

Battle of the Gods-Heat B

So White Kyurem, Terrakion, Volcarona, Palkia have eliminated Dialga, Regigigas, Groudon and Keldeo in the early heats to secure their quarter-final places, and we get to the other 8 now. Onwards!

Heat 5- Mewtwo vs Reshiram
Huh, I've just got here to watch the battle and Mewtwo's already stood over the defeated Reshiram glaring at me. I guess it must have abused its brilliant speed and nightmarish special attack to hit Reshiram's poor physical attack with its Psystrike. Mewtwo insists that you bow down.

Heat 6- Shaymin-S vs Giratina-O

This is the only battle of round 1 that could function as a sky battle in Gen VI. Shaymin-S is built for special attack, while Giratina-O is a beautiful mixed attacker. Neither has any form of defenses, but Giratina's HP bolsters that a little. This allows it to take up to 2 hits from Shaymin-S's chosen attack, Air Slash, meaning that if they both result in flinches it takes a third and is knocked out. And it flinches twice. Shaymin-S, against all odds, takes out Giratina-O

Heat 7- Darkrai vs Zekrom

These are two of my favourites, and I'm actually pretty sorry that one has to eliminate the other. But them's the breaks. Darkrai knows exactly what to do and how to do it. It harnesses its enormous speed (only just lower than Mewtwo's) to instantly use Dark Void, giving it an 80% chance of sending Zekrom to sleep, and it can then just sweep, using its equally huge Special Attack, its superb STAB move Dark Pulse and its ability Bad Dreams to make sure Zekrom is out for the count in no time. Zekrom has one hope. It is one of the best physical attackers in the game, and since it's running a mixed attacking set including Focus Blast, if Darkrai's 80% sleep chance fails and its 75% hit chance makes it it wins the battle. But the gods of fate (by which I mean another random number generator) have decided Darkrai does send Zekrom to sleep, and wins the battle.

Heat 8- Rayquaza vs Genesect

These two ubers powerhouses are actually very similar in stat distribution; mediocre speed, horrible defenses and high and balanced offenses. Genesect has the weaker stat total, and by far the lower offenses, but the better typing head-to-head. If Rayquaza can get in first, though, many people, me included, like to run Fire Blast on Rayquaza, and that will just destroy Genesect. Genesect has the higher speed, but the strongest neutral or better hit it has for Rayquaza is Flash Cannon, and that is only just good enough to take down Rayquaza. Genesect takes out an early favourite to win the final heat
WINNERS!
1) White Kyurem
2) Terrakion
3) Volcarona
4) Palkia
5)Mewtwo
6) Shaymin-S
7)Darkrai
8) Genesect

6 vs 7- Shaymin-S vs Darkrai
2 vs 4-Terrakion vs Palkia
5 vs 8- Mewtwo vs Genesect
1 vs 3- Kyurem-W vs Volcarona
Bring it on!

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