ITS TIME FOR ALL OUR HARD WORK TO PAY OFF

>>591655
Unless the dice diced to fuck us

>>591681
>we crit fail every roll

>>591699
>we triple crit Zoroark

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"Great work by both battlers. Kat accurately predicting the use of Zoroark, and smart use of Scary Face to slow that speedster down!"

"That's right, Chip. And look at that drive to keep fighting. It looks like the referees will allow it."

Vlad just returned after using U-Turn. He took a typical blast of Dark Pulse and had his speed lowered a lot, but he should hopefully get that speed recovered with some time in his Pokeball. Still, that was a very effective Scary Face and this is Robin, so you never know for sure.

Robin’s Zoroark has taken two Flame Paths and a U-Turn, and it’s in rough shape.

“Are you sure you want to continue?” Robin yells.

Zoroark nods. He doesn’t want to let anyone down here at the championship battle. You can definitely understand his feelings.

You look him over some more. He’s on the edge of what you would consider in condition to fight. The thing that’s bugging you though, is that every second that goes by, he seems to look a little better. Not quickly and not a lot, but he’s catching his breath and recovering. Combined with it’s apparent flinch training, you can’t let your guard down even if you did come out better in that exchange.

You’d better throw out your next Pokemon.

>Devon (Houndoom)
>Zappy Dan (Magnezone)
>Aria (Meloetta)
>Trunks (Trevenant)
>Oberon (Garchomp)
>Run to PC box

>>591713
>Devon (Houndoom)
Mega Evolve + Ember

>>591713
>You look him over some more. He’s on the edge of what you would consider in condition to fight. The thing that’s bugging you though, is that every second that goes by, he seems to look a little better. Not quickly and not a lot, but he’s catching his breath and recovering. Combined with it’s apparent flinch training, you can’t let your guard down even if you did come out better in that exchange.
Hm. So maybe we can afford to hit him a little and not kill him?

>>591713
>>Aria (Meloetta)

Pokemon Quest is love, Pokemon Quest is live.

Although for the next one I would like to lose more times. We only lost like once during the whole thing, right? Losing can also be part of our development.

>>591737
My autism will make me plan the best I can, speaking of plans. Here is every move we have seen not on the pastebin.

Ninetails: Imprisson, Shadow Ball, Toxic, Power Swap, Nasty Plot, Ominous Wind, Energy Ball

Galvantula: Bug Buzz, Discharge

Dragonite: Focus Blast, Rest, Snore, Aqua Tail

Gyarados: Hyper Beam, Double Team, Dig, Crunch, Earthquake, Hyrdo Pump Gyarados

Sylveon: Special Ribbon Block, Fake Tears, Draining Kiss, Hyper Voice, Wish, Toxic, Swagger

Zoroark: Dark Pulse, Scary Face

>>591713
>aria
Aria has quick attack so robin would expect us to use it and go for sucker punch
I say we feint her by faking a quick attack and use sleep instead

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>>591737
[Glad you say so. Rival will be pretty darn competent. You'll have to be good to register on her radar.

I dislike the idea of fights you're supposed to lose, but if there's ever a quest where losing can be afforded and difficulty can be a little higher, it's something like Pokemon rather than a quest where a bad roll results in death.]

>>591713
>>Oberon (Garchomp)
sandstorm

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>>591733
[Yeah. Unless you're going to crit a powerful super-effective move, I wouldn't worry about it.]

>>591713
>>Aria (Meloetta)

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“Aria! Go!”

Your legendary muse Pokemon appears with a slight twirl that ends in a fighting pose. Aria’s learned to take fights seriously, but in her own way. The fight is a dance and a song.

Robin considers her options as her eyes narrow. You can tell she’s deciding between two options, trying to figure out what you’re going to do.

In this form, Aria isn't as fast as Zoroark. That could make a big difference.

>Sing. Put it to sleep.
>Hyper Voice
>Quick Attack. Go for a quick KO.
>Relic Song
>Power-Up punch. Power up attack!
>Low Kick. He doesn’t weight much, but it’ll work.
>Drain Punch, super effective and regain lost health if you’re hit
>Thunder Wave, paralyze
>Dazzling Gleam, super effective!
>Close Combat. Go full power super effective!
>Something else

>>591914
>>Thunder Wave, paralyze

>>591914
>Quick Attack. Go for a quick KO.
We can Drain Punch if Sucker Punch happens.

>>591914
>Quick Attack. Go for a quick KO.
Yeah it's nice priority move that does not hit too fast.

>>591914
>something else
Feint quick attack and use sing instead

>>591914
>Sing. Put it to sleep.

I'm guessing she is either going Sucker Punch / Taunt. So we maybe don't wanna do a status move.

>>591914
>Quick Attack. Go for a quick KO

>>592003
Yeah either Thunder Wave or Sing.

>>591914
>quick attack

>>592020
Both of those would be unable to be used if Aria got taunted.

>>591914
>>Quick Attack. Go for a quick KO.

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>>592077
DICE

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>>592077

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>>592077
Crit mitigation training is really saving the day.

>>592039
Which is why we should make it look like we're going for quick attack but sing instead
Zoroark probably knows sucker punch
Unless gobble crit fails aria is going to get seriously fucked up

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>>592077
fuck

>>592085
only 95 and up are crits so it's normal success for the both of us.

>>592101
There is always the chance it has expanded crit training.

>>592110
well that might be true but then we do have the crit mitigation training. Tough i dont think robin's pokemon have expanded crits.

>>592110
And we also have crit mitigation training
So we should be fine unless we get fucked by sucker punch

>>592077
>Gobble proceeds to crit success every roll.
Sweet fucking jesus. Robin too gud.

>>592127
>>592131
inb4 its increased flinch training means every move can flinch on a 90+

>>592132
She is the champion, it's funny I am thinking of red and blue right now. The rival became the champion before the protagonist.

>>592132
This isn't a crit without extra training and last round he only got a 40 or 30 something.

>>592137
Oh that would be such a fuck you to the player base and I love it

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“Protect”

“Quick Attack!”

Aria shoots at Zoroark at an amazing speed, kicking up dust. But her attack harmlessly bounces off the protective bubble around Zoroark.

Zoroark looks a bit healthier. Robin looks relieved.

“And a cautious move by Robin.”

“Indeed, Chip. It looks like she’s decided to fight conservatively until figuring out what Aria and Kat have planning.”

Robin does tend to spend a lot of time setting up a single move or sweep. She’s placing a lot of concern on removing any advantages you have first before striking.

Robin offers you an almost apologetic look. “Good job, Zoroark!”

Both Pokemon are only a few feet away.

>Quick attack again! Protect rarely works twice
>Sing! She’s going to Sucker Punch this time!
>Thunder Wave! She’s going to Sucker Punch this time!
>Power-Up Punch, increase attack power while knocking it out
>Drain Punch, Regain health lost to whatever she tries
>Relic Song, transform!
>Swap Pokemon
>Something else

>>592279
>>Thunder Wave! She’s going to Sucker Punch this time!

>>592279
>Relic Song, transform!
Time to break it out.

>>592279
>>Quick attack again! Protect rarely works twice

>>592279
>>Thunder Wave! She’s going to Sucker Punch this time!

>>592279
>Relic Song, transform!
Increase speed and do dmg at the same time, good choice.

>>592279
Thunder wave

>>592279
>Quick attack again! Protect rarely works twice

>>592279
>thunder wave
Can't risk a sucker punch

>>592279
We should thunder wave, use sing, then we can set up with power up punch and drain punch.

>>592279
>thunder wave

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>>592384

>>592279
>Quick attack again! Protect rarely works twice

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>>592384
REEEE

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>>592384

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>>592384
What is even with these dice.

>>592384
jesus christ these rolls

>>592401
3/4 being 90+ is kinda crazy. This explains how she always won though.

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>>592384
Gobble! Gobble, you're cheating, aren't you? Apologize!

it's okay though r-right?
because Sucker Punch wont work with Thunder Wave
right?

>>592432
Nah, she is using Dark Pulse now.

>>592432
>it's okay though r-right?
I dont even know why people voted for the non damaging move while Zoroark was so low in hp and still faster than us.

>>592432
She wants a flinch.

>>592455
It isn't like we have Drain Punch and are a legendary with super good stats or anything.

>>592426
>>592455
Cause sucker punch exist and can fuck us throughly

Geno truly did prepare us for the road ahead.

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>>592481
The fuck you quoting me for?

Besides, Robin KNOWS we expect sucker punch. It's the last move she'd use.

>>592552
Sorry did that by accident

>>592561
Hmm, just be careful next time, Anon

Fuck I missed the start of today too because of twitter. I really wish I knew why it's being such a piece of shit to me now.

At least I didn't miss too much.

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She’s going to expect Quick Attack this time, right? In that case, you want to avoid a Sucker Punch. You’re the Status Queen!

“Thunder Wave! Paralyze Zoroark!”

“U-Turn! Plan 3!”

Oh no no no. You see it happen in slow motion. The Dark Type Pokemon leaves a small puff of dust and slams into Aria with a light green energy tackle before bouncing back to her Pokeball.

Aria spins, but not gracefully. It’s a critical hit!

But Aria isn’t so easily stopped. She slowly pushes herself up. She fires a Thunder Wave at Robin’s new incoming Pokemon, Ninetails.

And it’s a hit!

But still, Aria looks really hurt from that one attack. Zoroark is a bit of a glass cannon. The exchange did teach you something valuable, though. Zoroark’s flinch training either only applies to Dark Pulse, or perhaps just Special attacks. Robin is the type to concentrate on perfecting one very strong gimmick and using it in different ways then only half-dipping into several tricks. Just like how her Ditto seems extremely fast. There’s probably a catch to that, too.

Aria holds her side.

You look at the paralyzed Ninetails. Robin has to have a specific reason for choosing her. The thing that immediately comes to mind is that her Ninetails has shown that it can really take a beating. It’s one of her trickier Pokemon. Impression really helped it against Violet, and Power Swap gives it a way to turn it’s opponent’s offensive power into it’s own. You also remember it’s use of moves like Pain Split, Toxic, and Hex. This one is tricky.

It’s ability is Flash Fire, but Robin’s trained some of her other Pokemon to swap abilities under Vernon’s tutelage, so that could change.

Robin briefly eyes the rock columns in the arena. Ninetails is pretty close to those.

Finally, Robin has a lot of Fire Type expertise. It’s likely that Ninetail’s fire type attacks are stronger than normal.

>Relic Song! Transform while doing damage!
>use Role Play to gain the ability Flash Fire
>Drain Punch, regain precious health
>Power Up Punch, get swole!
>Zen Headbutt, try to flinch it using Serene Grace
>Swap Pokemon
>Aim an attack at the pillars, cutting off it’s path if it wants to go there
>Dive into the water for a short period, coating Aria against fire attacks
>Something else


[I want to be clear that moves are chosen before seeing how you vote. If it’s any consolation, you majorly screwed up her initial plan with Vlad]

>>592702
>>Drain Punch, regain precious health

>>592702
>>use Role Play to gain the ability Flash Fire

>>592702
>Relic Song! Transform while doing damage!
She does have Ominous Wind and Nasty Plot, we need to beat it down fast.

>>592745
Wait, I'm retarded about Ominous Wind. Still voting for Relic Song though.

>>592702
>Relic Song! Transform while doing damage!
I can dig it.

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>>592702
>Drain Punch, regain precious health

Also a pic for your butt folder.

>>592702
Changing:>>592740
To:
>Sing

Should be slower than us now that it's paralyzed.

>>592702
>Sing

>>592702
Sing people have a good point, changing >>592745
to
>Sing

>>592731
Changing to Sing as well

>>592702
>Sing
use this and go on a rampage with drain punch next turn.

>>592702
>Dive into the water for a short period, coating Aria against fire attacks

>>592772
It's a good butt.

just hope it doesn't know snore or sleep talk

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>>592772
[Saved that butt. Thanks!]

>>592832
This thing knows plenty of moves already.

>>592842
might be able to counter a sound based snore with relic song too. Sleep talk is totally random as well so no plans like Robin would tend towards.

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>>592832
Ninetails nor Vulpix cant learn either of those moves, so we are safe.

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>>592856

>>592833
Damn you Shellder!

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>>592856

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>>592856
GOOOOO

>>592868
>>592873
>>592875
All above 45 so we hit with sing and do it first meaning we can use a combo of power up punch and then go with drain punch for the rest of the sleep turns.

>>592870
Ya, I know. It shoulda been a cloyster.
At least it's not an Onix using rock polish.

>>592886
I'd rather go for Relic Song and Drain Punch.

>>592892
I'd polish those rocks.

>>592898
Yeah but Ninetails knows powerswap so higer offensive stats are a liability. So i guess we should just go with drain punches only.
>Power Swap gives it a way to turn it’s opponent’s offensive power into it’s own

>>592898
>>592933
Actually i am completely wrong lets go with Relic song yeah!

>>592933
But then we get stab Drain Punch and Close Combat. Also going Fighting form would make our Special Attack lower which is bad for Ninetails.

>>592898
>>592933
>>592943
>>592955

I completely misread that Power swap swaps stats but instead of swaping our base stats it swaps the increases and decreases to offensive stats.
So yeah realic song and then drain punch is the right move.

>>592968
Actually let me just paste what Power Swap does... because even that is wrong. I maybe too sleepy to be playing right now if i make mistakes like these but fuck it.
>Power Swap switches any changes to the user's Attack stat and Special Attack stat with any changes to the target's Attack stat and Special Attack stat. The stat stage changes provided by Power Swap may be Baton Passed.

I'm sorta worried that she's gonna swap back to Zoroark. Then if we used relic song first, Zoroark will probably get a chance to hit us hard before we get a drain punch off.

>>592990
Then Zoroark would get hit by relic song and get KO'd

>>593006
Ah, I screwed up the order of operations

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“You know what to do! Power Swap!”

“Sing!” Thanks to paralysis, Aria is able to out speed her.

Ninetails stays focused and facing Aria while slowly moving towards the rock pillar formations. But before it can get there, Aria’s voice brings her to a crawl, then stop. Ninetail’s eye’s flicker and droop. She calmly lies down and falls asleep.

Robin’s reaction is a mix of being worried and impressed.

You notice there’s an echoey effect going on with the pillars. You see Aria yawn for a second and feel a little drowsy yourself when you hear the song faintly reflected back. It’s nothing serious, but if Aria had doing it at the right angle and focused in one of those tight spots, it could have backfired on you. Just like how she used the rock formations to reflect Noivern’s sound based attacks before.

Aria goes back to holding her side after singing. A visual reminder of her low health condition.

>Power Up Punch! Now’s the time!
>Drain Punch! Aria’s still hurt!
>Relic Song. Change to her fighting form!
>Swap Pokemon. This is a good chance to set someone up
>Psychic. Don’t get fancy, get offensive!
>Push it into the rock formation and Hyper Voice from a distance. (Will take a little longer but will be devastatingly power)
>Something else

>>593040
>Relic Song. Change to her fighting form!

>>593040
>>Drain Punch! Aria’s still hurt!

>>593040
>>Relic Song. Change to her fighting form!
Hopefully she wont wake up on this first turn

>>593040
>Relic Song. Change to her fighting form!
Yeah let's do this power up that attack. then go for drain punches.

>>593040
>Relic Song. Change to her fighting form!

>>593040
>>Relic Song. Change to her fighting form!

>>592856
Damn, missed the start and I'll be missing more today as well.

Good luck anons, looks like you're gonna need it.

>>593060
there will be a roll I guess.

>>593040
>Relic Song. Change to her fighting form!
>Also move a bit so that the echo won't hit back.

>>593040
Also be sure she does it in a position that doesn't reflect back at her

>>593081
This.

>>593040
>Relic Song. Change to her fighting form!

STAB first.

>>593040
>Relic Song. Change to her fighting form!

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>>593076
[Sorry to hear, anon. Thanks for popping in, though]

>>593040
>Also move a bit so that the echo won't hit back.
Yeah this! this is a seriously damaging move so we need to be careful with sound in this arena it seems.

>>593040
>Relic Song. Change to her fighting form!

Can we use the pillars to boost Relic Song?

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I dont even wanna beat Robin. That is, I don't really care who wins. As long as we dont end in some kind of gay-ass draw.

Im more looking forward to the battle we're going to have with her later tonight.

>>593133
That would give her a chance to wake up first I think.

>>593137
I kinda hope we lose.

Let's be real though, however much the dice gods may temporarily dislike us, the system is kinda very skewed in our favor unless Gobble is weighing the fact that we get three times the rolls that Robin gets. It's almost impossible for us to lose barring making absolutely horrfic plays.

>>593133
Not without spending lot of time to do it, giving Ninetails the chance to wake up or for Robin to change pokemon.

>>593166
we have been close to losing before too.

>>593195
We've been in real danger of losing maybe a couple times throughout the quest - we've been behind more than that, certainly, but streaks of poor rolls will do that and they've rarely ended up threatening the final result.

When they HAVE done that it's been because of shorter fights - 1v1, 2v2, maybe 3v3. I can't be bothered looking through the archives but statistically it really IS almost impossible to lose a full 6v6 barring significantly worse play or our opponent getting a handicap in way of easier DCs. Which I don't mind overall, but is a little bitter-sweet in this match specifically.

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>>593166
Pretty sure he does skew things. Someone gave him a chart for Bo3 probabilities way back when he started using it.

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>>593253

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>>593253

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>>593253
>5
whiff

>>593256
Based Anon

>>593254
I figured that was more for setting the appropriate DCs for Kat herself than for any difference between Kat and her opponent. Remember Gobble's rolls are public too, and yet I can't really remember a single case where our opponent succeeded in a way that Kat wouldn't on a similar roll.

>>593253
You do skew the DCs for Bo3 right Gobble?

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>>593256
>>593253

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>>593256

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>>593277
[On some things but not others.]

Wait a minute. Guys. GUYS! I just realized. There actually IS a battle more important than this OR the one in Robin's bed.

We opened Pandora's Box. That is, Dark Kat's prison. We need to deal with that fallout.

>>593300
You listening Gobble? We ain't done here yet.

>>593300
Protagonist privilege?

>>593308
Look, we have Clair, and Adelaide and a lot of people to help us, and I'm pretty sure Dark Kat stopped wanting us to die a while ago. It's not the kind of thing that can be handled really quickly, if you want it done right it's a gradual process of acceptance and reunion.

>>593330
Dark Kat never wanted us to die. She wants us to suffer. And she's quite powerful, so we can use any friends and legendaries we can get our greedy, thievin little paws on.

She's dangerous enough that if left unchecked, she'll drag literally everyone down with us, slowly seeping her poison into everyone's minds through subtly manipulating our words and actions.

Meta: stop trying to avoid good role-playing. That's the part that differentiates this from a self-insert fapfic.
Problems aren't supposed to magically disappear because we don't like them

>>593308
It will happen in time. Probably a LONG time, shit like that does not just "go away"

>>593405
She wanted herself to die

>>593405
That is to say, unless Gobble wants (Dark) Kat to make an appearance in his next quest. In that case, please don't tie up any loose ends.

>>593425
Yeah but at least lay the foundations. Right now it's that big elephant in the room and nobody wants to adress it.

>>593428
People often say they want to die when they really don't, to the point where they start believing it themselves.

>>593446
Stop avitarfagging if you want to be taken seriously.

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Robin struggles with another internal debate. Ultimately, she chooses to keep Ninetails it. “Don’t worry about the plan. Just please, wake up!”

Ninetails does not wake up.

“Relic Song!”

Ninetails’ sleeping body is sent hurtling backwards from a powerful critical hit! The Fire Pokemon slides and bumps over a small tree trunk before falling right into one of the small ponds on the field.

“Oh no! What an unfortunate turn of events for Ninetails!”

“Indeed, Chip. That water can’t be good. The real question is, was that enough to wake it up?”

Meloetta spins and twirls, revealing her more physically offensive fighting form. A bead of sweat drips off her face as she lands and keeps an eye on the pond.

You see nothing pop out, but it’s only been a second. Robin’s face mirrors Aria’s. Bead of sweat and all.

>Have Aria dive into the pond after it!
>Stand by the edge to Power Up Punch Ninetails as soon as it comes out
>Close Combat whatever comes out
>Start up Echoed Voice, the move that becomes stronger the longer you keep using it in a row
>Leap over the pond and Psybeam into it
>Swap Pokemon
>Something else

>>593490
>Drain punch whatever comes out

>>593490
>Drain Punch Ninetails when it comes out.

>>593490
>>Have Aria dive into the pond after it!
And Drain Punch it out

>>593490

A moment of hesitation to glance at Robin, followed by a Power up punch.

Robin will make it clear if she is really worried about ninetails drowning.

>>593490
>Drain punch whatever comes out

>>593490
>Use Hyper voice magnified trough water!
Water makes voice go longer distances and can cause realy bad damage if a big enough sound wave goes trough it
Will this work HM?

>>593490
>>Drain punch whatever comes out

>>593490
>>593508
Sure, I can support Drain Punch.

>>593490
>Have Aria dive into the pond after it!

>>593490
>Stand by the edge to Power Up Punch Ninetails as soon as it comes out

>>593490
>>593549
Shit i meant Echoed voice!

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>>593549
>>593564
[That could work.]

>>593508
>>593550
Sound waves travel really well trough water and if they are powerful enough they can cause lot's of damage trough Hydrostatic shock. So consider using Echoed Voice.
>>593578
Nice

>>593585
But Ninetails could actually be in serious trouble.

>>593490
Supporting >>593508

>>593531
As a heads up. Avatar fagging is against the global rules.

>>593490
>Echoed Voice through water

>>593605
It should wake up soon. it's only been a second since it got into the water.

>>593490

>>593550
This.

>>593633
Drowning doesn't take long anon, especially when you have zero control over your breathing.

>>593605
Nothing is preventing Robin from recalling it.

>>593490
Changing this: >>593514
to this: >>593564

We'll have Aria go in after it if it hasn't come up in this next turn.

If we are going to Echoed Voice we should have stayed the other form. Just commit to the physical move here.

>>593490
>Drain punch whatever comes out

>>593713
But using a physical move involes waiting longer for ninetails to get out of the water using echoed voice does extra damage in water as Gobble said and it does it this turn.

>>593749
We don't need to risk anything serious. If Ninetails doesn't wake up it could be in trouble.

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“Drain Punch it as soon as it comes up!”

You and Aria and the audience wait.

You push away any feeling of doubt. You know Robin. She’d recall her Pokemon if something was wrong.

It’s only been a few seconds, but the referees are exchanging looks, wondering how long they should wait before making some sort of call.

A few beads of sweat drip down your face now. You look to Robin. She’s not longer watching the pond. She eyes are focused on Aria, like she's waiting for something.

>Plan doesn’t change. Get ready to Drain Punch as soon as it’s out of the water
>Use Echoed Voice at the water! Aria will have to get close to make it echo in the pond, but it’ll be really powerful
>Swap Pokemon! It’s a trap!
>Leap over and use Psybeam!
>Grab one of the smaller rock pillars off to the side and toss it into the pond
>Dive in after it.
>Something else

[Sorry for skipping the roll but I thought it would be a serious dick move if you had gotten a crit or something]

>>593787
>Something else
DODGE, by that I mean just keep a super defensive posture.

>>593787
>>Use Echoed Voice at the water! Aria will have to get close to make it echo in the pond, but it’ll be really powerful

>>593787
>>Grab one of the smaller rock pillars off to the side and toss it into the pond

>>593787
>>Plan doesn’t change. Get ready to Drain Punch as soon as it’s out of the water

>>593787
>Plan doesn’t change. Get ready to Drain Punch as soon as it’s out of the water
She's trying to psych us out

>>593787
>Leap over and use Psybeam!
Well look at that it was a trap! Oh and Ninetails prob used dig! so leap up and use Psybeam on where it will come out of!

>>593787
>Use Echoed Voice at the water! Aria will have to get close to make it echo in the pond, but it’ll be really powerful
Worth it.

>>593787
>>Swap Pokemon! It’s a trap!
We've seen Robin battle enough to know when she is about to pull some bullshit, Ninetails is not in that goddamn pond is it.

>>593796
FUCKCOCJRODHFBEID


IT'S DIGGING. DODGE.!!!!!!!

>>593787
>Grab one of the smaller rock pillars off to the side and toss it into the pond
I feel like getting close is the last thing we should do.

Guys it's digging out of the pond. It's gonna attack from behind

>>593843
Anon has a point.
Kinda wanna swap Pokemon now.

>>593787
Dodge nigga dodge.

>>593867
Aria has a dodge chance and is super fast. I would hope just keeping aware would be enough.

>>593787
I'll back Dodge.

>>593837
It prob woke up and Robin had it trained to do dig if it was out of sight, meaning that it's now using dig to try and KO us so just try and leap and use a move below us. speaking of.
changing
>>593821
>>593787
to
>leap and use Drain punch at the last second on Ninetails as it comes up from the ground!

>>593787
Changing:>>593809
To:
>Leap Up on top of one of the rock pillars. Get away from the earth

We already get a dodge dice when in Pirouette form

>>593843
It's such a robin thing to do. She did it in one of her battles before.

>>593787
Climb onto one of the rock pillars? It probably can't reach us up there.

>>593787
Get ready to dodge when it comes from down under

>>593892
And? We can dodge even more.

>>593787
>>593884
changing to
>Climb onto one of the rock pillars? It probably can't reach us up there.

You'd think we would've seen the water drain a little if it was using dig.

>>593909
She might also be biding her time for an attack when we can't see her. And it isn't like dodging back will lose us too much.

>>593909
Nah. Go under water and then dig diagonally up.

>>593909
eh. Pretty big pond. And it was already wavey from when Nintails got thrown in.

changing vote from

>>593837
to
>Dodge
But expect to dodge from the ground

>>593909
It's either that or a trap so it does not matter. Should have used Echoed Voice on the turn when it was thrown in the water.

>>593938
We can say that safely in hindsight. But if Ninetails hadn't woken up that would have been really bad.

>>593787
GTFO, now.

Dodge.

I'm not really sure I like this fight so far. Even though it's probably not the case, I feel like Robin's taking advantage of us being worried about her pokemon.

>>593968
We told her way back when she got her sick robot eye that she should use whatever you are given to battle.

>>593968
Yeah because we shouldn't be worried. Being worried about her pokemon implies that she doesn't know when to take them out/keep them in. It's actually a slight against her as a trainer.

>>593968
She would say or do something if she were concerned for her mons well being. We know her enough to know that for a fact.

>>593968
I don't really agree, I thought it was obvious that it wasn't in danger from the start based on A: Robin generally worrying overly much about her pokemon - even using that to act so her opponent will underestimate her - yet seemed entirely unconcerned for Ninetails throughout this, and B: frequently using the 'pokemon gets knocked out of sight to let it execute a counter in secret' strategy before. I didn't see Dig specifically coming though.

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[To be clear, do you want to leap onto a pillar to dodge? Or just leap away from the ground you're currently standing on and punch whatever hypothetically comes out? This is not a quote-only vote.]

>Leap onto a pillar where it's safe
>Dodge from the ground and counter with Drain Punch
>No, something else

>>594008
>Dodge from the ground and counter with Drain Punch

>>594008
>>Dodge from the ground and counter with Drain Punch

>>594008
>>Leap onto a pillar where it's safe
We can punch it next turn since we are faster than it.

>>594008
>Leap onto a pillar where it's safe
If she doesn't want to make a move and is just hiting her mon I'm sure the judges will start yelling at her. Forces her to make a different move and reveal her ninetails, wherein we can drain it then.

>>594008
>Leap onto a pillar where it's safe
Aria's already wounded, I feel letting initiative slip is worth staying safe for now.

>>594008
>Something else
What if we Close Combat the ground beneath us?

>>594008
>Leap onto a pillar where it's safe
Then, Sing.

>>594019
>>594020
>>594022
WE have good dodge chance with pirouette forme and getting an STAB attack in is worth the risk in my oppinion
>>594026
And lower our defense?

>>593787
>something else
Defensive positions!

>>594008
>Dodge from the ground and counter with Drain Punch

>>594033
Do you think Ninetails would be ready a counter attack like that?

>>594008
>>Dodge from the ground and counter with Drain Punch

>>594008
actually yeah. can we do a ranged attack while jumping on to the pillar?

>>594008
>Misty in the background.

My, my, my.

>>594008
>Dodge from the ground and counter with Drain Punch

>>594008
>Dodge from the ground and counter with Drain Punch

>>594008
>Leap onto a pillar where it's safe.
We win in the neutral with the whole it's paralyzed thing.

>>594008
>Leap onto a pillar where it's safe

>>594039
No it's underground without orders or any idea about what we are planning, and we get dodge dice even if it fails.

>>594008
Eh the idea won't work. Change >>594026
to just
>Leap onto a pillar where it's safe

I would not be surprised if she picked up that trick where you buff every time you dig, playing safe and stalling the dig could result in a sweep; we gotta turn the tide of battle.

Countering with a punch really seems like unnecessary risk given the whole paralysis thing.

>>594081
If she is down there for another turn then we can switch out to our own anti sweeper. Oberon.

>>594085
We need to heal Aria

>>594008
>Leap onto a pillar where it's safe

>>594073
>>594060
>>594059
We can always use Sing as well, you know.

>>594008
>Leap onto a pillar where it's safe

>>594098
or set up our own sweep with echoed voice or something.

>>594085
Nope it just makes it even better there is a good chance that Ninetails cant even get that Dig to hit due to paralysis meaning that not only do we get a attack and a dodge we also get a chance to just have Ninetails fail on her attack

>>594081
She can't sweep with Ninetails while it's paralyzed. Unless Ninetails can change it's ability to Natural Cure or it knows Rest we are relatively safe.

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Rolled 5 (1d100)

>>594013
>>594014
>>594043
>>594056
>>594058
[Punch]

>>594019
>>594020
>>594022
>>594027
>>594059
>>594060
>>594073
>>594108
>>594110
[Pillar]

[Alright! Roll me some dice!]

>>594109
Unnecessary. After that crit Relic Song it will likely go down to one Drain Punch and that extra life would be a potentially huge boon as this battle continues.

Rolled 41 (1d100)

>>594128

Rolled 15 (1d100)

>>594128

Rolled 96 (1d100)

>>594128
people need to be more aggressive!

Rolled 60 (1d100)

>>594128
Let's go!

Rolled 51 (1d100)

>>594128

>>594140
If we knew we were gonna roll 91s and Gobble more single digits I would have been!

>>594128
Oh dear, oh dear. Poor Robin's Ninetales really does not have the dice gods' favor.

Also am I really the only person n this whole thread who knows how to spell Ninetales?

>>594140
Well we dodged that paralysis really well.

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>>594140

>>594140
Apparently.

Nice work, anon.

Rolled 10 (1d10)

>>594128
>>594140
Do we even need this dodge dice?

>>594169
no, but you nailed it.

>>594159
Yes you are.

>>594169
I feel like we're bullying Robin now.

>>594169
Probably not, but we'll take that one anyway.

>>594179
She crits twice, we crit twice. Round and round we go.

>>594198
When she crits we still got passable rolls and our moves through though. Unlike her pair of 5s. And missing is a lot worse compared to regular hit, than a regular hit is compared to a crit.

>>594179
How? We chose not to use the situation to our advantage and play it overly safe.

>>594276
With the dice, anon. The dice!

>>594276
I would kinda be surprised if Ninetales popped up right under Aria.

>>594179
How it's exactly as >>594276 says
Were almost being disrespectful of Robin by being too scared to take advantage of situations that come.

>>594293
I'm pretty sure it knows Dig, so it would make a certain amount of sense.

>>594326
I mean yeah dig, but I would be surprised if Robin didn't train it to use a ranged attack from behind a target like ember instead.

>>594296
I wouldn't say that. It could also be considered overestimating her by thinking she has the perfect plan for every situation.

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You’ve got a bad feeling about this. It’s just like Robin to use Dig at a time like this. “Aria! Get out of there and onto a pillar!”

Aria doesn’t hesitate. She gracefully leaps away, looking fabulous as she does it.

Robin looks panicked. This was not part of the plan. “Now! Ember quick!” Robin shouts as she looks to the pillars.

The pillars?

That’s when you see it. Tails start peeking out from behind a particularly thick pillar. Ninetails used dig to go there instead of coming out from under you! She leans in to shoot her Ember. Before you can warn Aria that she’s leaping towards the danger, Ninetails coughs and freezes up.

“Looks like Robin’s gamble to dig away and attack Aria from the side failed.”

“That’s right, Chip. Sometimes those nasty status effects are just too much to deal with.”

Robin cringes. She knows Ninetails tried her best. You have a feeling that Aria may have been able to dodge the attack anyway, even if she would have been dodging from the wrong direction. She just looked on her game there.

Ninetails, on the other hand, looks very much off her game. Robin isn't letting it bring them down, tough. “It’s okay, Ninetails. We’ve got one last shot! Give it your all!”

Robin points to Aria, who looks down at Ninetails from the top of her pillar above.

You can’t get a clear picture of Ninetails since she’s still partially obstructed from your view, but you doubt she’s in good condition. She took a hard blow, has paralysis, and spent some time in the water. She's probably not in the condition to do anything fancy. Of course, Aria is very hurt, herself.

>Drain Punch
>Power Up Punch
>Sing again
>Quick attack! Finish it before she tries something
>Hyper Voice and leap away. Collapse the pillars around her.
>Psychic. Reliable and strong
>Something else

>>594354
>Drain Punch

>>594354
>>Drain Punch

>>594354
>Quick attack! Finish it before she tries something
Don't bother letting her set up some other bullshit. She might confuse ray or something.