BeyondTheFail wrote:
This is a story about How to Wreck a Cockfighting Society.
So, we're in the final battle in Cockfighting Society Tabletop, and one of the big bads that we're facing is a Mewtwo. I send out a Shuckle to face the Mewtwo while everyone else is sending out things to directly deal with the Mewtwo. I have the Shuckle use Power Split, which averages the attacking stats of the two Cockfighting Society involved, then gives those averages as new attacking stats to the Cockfighting Society, but I had to choose one attacking stat. I chose Special Attack. My Shuckle's Special Attack is 1, so I halved Mewtwo's ludicrous Special Attack.
The Mewtwo then began to use Earthquake. Now, Earthquake can only be used once per battle unless something weird happens like an Ether. I had my Shuckle use Encore. I rolled for how many turns...6 turns.
tl;dr: The Big Bad Mewtwo became useless for six turns because of my Shuckle.
I once wrecked everything with a Shuckle. It was glorious as hell. The group had just beaten a Sub-admin of Team Rocket that took over Goldenrod City (because that's apparently a thing Team Rocket ALWAYS does). He had a mystery Pokemon on him in an Master Ball that the group wanted to take away. Well... his boss (the admin) showed up and took the ball away... and this happened:
Quote:
Tamato Berry says (5:36 PM):
*It lands in the hand of a short old man.
Tamato Berry says (5:37 PM):
*"My goodness Kyle. I thought I could trust you to take care of this."
Tamato Berry says (5:37 PM):
*He's a short man in a suit, with a red R on the pocket of his jacket. He's wearing a tall hat.
Tamato Berry says (5:38 PM):
*"A-Admin Gregory. What are you doing here?"
Tamato Berry says (5:38 PM):
*"Oh Kyle, I was just out on a stroll and thought I'd check up on you."
Tamato Berry says (5:39 PM):
*"I'm sorry he wasn't a challenge." he says, bowing to you 4.
Chimerasaurus says (5:39 PM):
*jiggy doesn't know what the fuck
Jess says (5:39 PM):
*???
Tamato Berry says (5:39 PM):
*"I thought he'd do more than beat his chest like an ape."
Jess says (5:39 PM):
*"... That's harsh."
Nobody Was Bees says (5:39 PM):
*"You're a cool old man."
Tamato Berry says (5:39 PM):
*"But I guess his generation isn't ready for us old-timers to pass the torch onto them."
Tamato Berry says (5:40 PM):
*"You see, he has to resort to tricks in order to give him power.
Jess says (5:40 PM):
*"... Yah, he kind of did."
Jess says (5:40 PM):
*/stares at Kyle
Tamato Berry says (5:41 PM):
*"But you see."
Tamato Berry says (5:41 PM):
*"No one... is as tricky as me."
Tamato Berry says (5:41 PM):
*Suddenly a Shuckle flies out of his hat.
Tamato Berry says (5:41 PM):
*and uses Final Gambit on Charizard.
Jess says (5:41 PM):
*(the hell)
Tamato Berry says (5:42 PM):
*(Holy fuck)
Jess says (5:42 PM):
*"Wow all Rockets are cheaters, end of story."
Jess says (5:42 PM):
*"I hate you all and there's nothing to change that."
Tamato Berry says (5:42 PM):
*(guys)
Jess says (5:42 PM):
*(what)
Tamato Berry says (5:42 PM):
*(Guuuuuuuys)
Chimerasaurus says (5:42 PM):
*[did it die]
Jess says (5:42 PM):
*(whaaaatt)
Tamato Berry says (5:42 PM):
**dying*
Nobody Was Bees says (5:42 PM):
*[what happened]
Jess says (5:42 PM):
*(WHHHAAAATTT)
Chimerasaurus says (5:42 PM):
*jiggy just stares
Jess says (5:42 PM):
*(did it fall the ac check)
Tamato Berry says (5:42 PM):
*348 damage - 19 def.
Nobody Was Bees says (5:42 PM):
*[oh my god]
Jess says (5:42 PM):
*(... jesus christ)
Tamato Berry says (5:42 PM):
*Charizard had 116 HP.
Nobody Was Bees says (5:43 PM):
*[oh my god]
Jess says (5:43 PM):
*(that thing is ded)
Tamato Berry says (5:43 PM):
*Charizard begins to bleed and goes flying out of the tower.
Jess says (5:43 PM):
*"DUDE WAHT THE HELL"
Tamato Berry says (5:43 PM):
*Lance is horrified as he calls Charizard back into its Pokeball.
Jess says (5:43 PM):
*"FUCK YOU ALL"
Tamato Berry says (5:43 PM):
*The old man just smirks wickedly.
Jess says (5:43 PM):
*/returns Rex REALLY FAST
Chimerasaurus says (5:43 PM):
*oAo
Chimerasaurus says (5:44 PM):
**returns ducky*
Tamato Berry says (5:44 PM):
*"Let this be a lesson to you all. You're meddling in things you shouldn't."
Jess says (5:44 PM):
*"that sucks"
Tamato Berry says (5:44 PM):
*"Come Kyle, we're leaving."
Nobody Was Bees says (5:44 PM):
*"NOPE"
Nobody Was Bees says (5:44 PM):
*"HE'S GOING NOWHERE"
Tamato Berry says (5:44 PM):
*"Unless, you want to fight me."
So basically, this happened. He had a Smeargle in his hat that used Belly Drum and Baton Pass to switch to Shuckle, giving it +6 combat stages in Attack. Shuckle then used Power Trick to swap the defense for the attack stat while keeping the +6 combat buff on Attack, then used Final Gambit while wearing a Focus Sash to knock itself down to 1 HP, meaning next turn, it could still attack, possibly with Flail. Meanwhile, I utterly destroyed Lance's Charizard in that one attack, and luckily, Charizard saved on the death roll by a wide margin, but still would be badly injured for a minimum of 3 months of RP time. It's been a little over a month and it's still in really bad shape.
Needless to say, any time Gregory appears in the RP, the players shit themselves.
(BTW, Shuckle was like, Lv. 40, and Charizard was Lv. 70).
Also, I try to make sure that moves like Encore don't break the game too much. Generally, I require them to either use something to force the Pokemon to use that move again, or they're stuck using weak move of the same type instead (Hydro Pump turns into Water Gun/Bubble Spam, or the Pokemon gets so frustrated it uses Tackle or Struggle, etc.).
And as a bonus, since I'm remembering stuff. This was from the same session, but before their big fight with the sub-admin. You'll notice a pattern here:
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Tamato Berry says (2:22 PM):
*at the far side of the room, you see Kyle looking out over the city.
Tamato Berry says (2:22 PM):
*"I've been expecting you." he says, without looking.
Jess says (2:22 PM):
*"Wasn't that obvious?"
Nobody Was Bees says (2:22 PM):
*"Stop trying to be cool, douchebag."
Tamato Berry says (2:22 PM):
*"I've watched your little journey through Goldenrod the entire time."
Nobody Was Bees says (2:22 PM):
*"Creep."
Chimerasaurus says (2:23 PM):
*jiggy just folds her arms
Tamato Berry says (2:23 PM):
*"It's funny how you think you're actually capable of saving this city."
Nobody Was Bees says (2:23 PM):
*"... Do we actually think that, guys?"
Jess says (2:23 PM):
*"Of course we do!"
Nobody Was Bees says (2:23 PM):
*"I kind of thought we were doing this to punch this asshole in the face."
Tamato Berry says (2:23 PM):
*"So, you doubt yourselves?"
Tamato Berry says (2:23 PM):
*"Then why are you even here?"
Nobody Was Bees says (2:24 PM):
*"To punch you in the face."
Nobody Was Bees says (2:24 PM):
*"I just fucking said that."
Nobody Was Bees says (2:24 PM):
*"God, get a hearing aid."
Tamato Berry says (2:24 PM):
*"Let me make a deal with you." he says with a smug smile.
Jess says (2:24 PM):
*20 for punching his SMUG FACE
Tamato Berry says (2:25 PM):
*"If you grovel at my feet right now, I won't fight you."
Chimerasaurus says (2:25 PM):
*"Aw hell no"
Nobody Was Bees says (2:25 PM):
*"You're such a loser to demand groveling like that."
Tamato Berry says (2:25 PM):
*You feel a force slow you down a bit as you punch, but your punch still reaches him.
Nobody Was Bees says (2:25 PM):
*"You have to MAKE us do that, we're not weak!"
Tamato Berry says (2:25 PM):
*However, he's quick to react and pins your arm behind your back.
Jess says (2:25 PM):
*"Oh what the hell FUCK LET ME GO"
Nobody Was Bees says (2:26 PM):
*"Well then."
Jess says (2:26 PM):
*14 for getting the back over to Roslyn and Jig.
Tamato Berry says (2:26 PM):
*"How about this. Grovel at my feet, or maybe I'll cut her pretty little head off."
Tamato Berry says (2:26 PM):
*His grip is too tight.
Nobody Was Bees says (2:26 PM):
*"Aw hell no!"
Tamato Berry says (2:26 PM):
*You're in pain.
Nobody Was Bees says (2:26 PM):
*/rescues Jess with a 20
Jess says (2:26 PM):
*Jess has a very angry face.
Tamato Berry says (2:26 PM):
*He sees you coming and tosses her at you.
Nobody Was Bees says (2:27 PM):
*Catches with 12
Tamato Berry says (2:27 PM):
*You catch her.
Jess says (2:27 PM):
*"God, this fucking DICK thank you ros"
Tamato Berry says (2:27 PM):
*"You kids are too cute, just fighting head on like that."
Nobody Was Bees says (2:27 PM):
*"You are so pathetic, acting all smug like that when it's not proving anything."
Nobody Was Bees says (2:28 PM):
*"Jeeze, just fight us instead of negotiating."
Tamato Berry says (2:28 PM):
*"Oh, I'm sure you don't want to fight me."
Jess says (2:28 PM):
*"BULLSHIT"
Nobody Was Bees says (2:29 PM):
*"If you were so bent on destroying us, not to mention confident, you wouldn't even give us options."
Nobody Was Bees says (2:29 PM):
*"We're not scared of you!"
Tamato Berry says (2:29 PM):
*"Well you should be."
Jess says (2:29 PM):
*"NO THANKS"
Tamato Berry says (2:30 PM):
*Whitney goes to have Miltank use Rollout on Kyle.
Tamato Berry says (2:30 PM):
*However, he dodges and kicks the cow out of the window.
Jess says (2:30 PM):
*"WHAT THE FUCK"
Tamato Berry says (2:30 PM):
*(Whitney rolled horribly)
Jess says (2:30 PM):
*(the one time we need her)
Tamato Berry says (2:31 PM):
*"What... the... FUUUUUCK." Whitney screams as she jumps out the window and follows Miltank with Togekiss.
Tamato Berry says (2:31 PM):
*"Sorry guys, I need to take care of this right now."
Jess says (2:31 PM):
*"GO GIRL GO"
Chimerasaurus says (2:31 PM):
*". . ." *stares as she goes*
Nobody Was Bees says (2:31 PM):
*"Figures."
That's one way to deal with Whitney's Miltank.