Battle of the best! [Astralogy vs. karatekid770]

Here's something new that I'm starting with my good friend [member='karatekid770'], because we have way too much time on our hands, and not enough to do. So pay attention, because you can help us!

The whole point is really simple: me and KK will fight on Showdown, to see who of us is the better battler, and who of us can be more creative in tough challenges. Our skills will be tested in all kinds of ways, because every time, we will have a different theme our battle will revolve around!

This is what you can help us with; if you have a fun, challenging theme to give us for a battle, leave them here in the comments, and we'll probably do it! Try to be creative, we both like a challenge

For the first battle, we used a random Pokémon generator to make our teams, which doesn't always work out right. We did it twice, so check them out:

Battle #1:

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Astralogy's team:

• Igglybuff
• Haunter
• Lugia
• Swalot
• Joltik
• Mienfoo

karatekid770's team:

• Yanma
• Simisear
• Mienshao
• Wormadam
• Exeggutor
• Doublade

Battle: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/lakevalor-customgame-3272

Battle #2:

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Astralogy's team:

• Glameow
• Taillow
• Magby
• Sliggoo
• Elgyem
• Bronzor

karatekid770's team:

• Bidoof
• Seedot
• Sliggoo
• Mandibuzz
• Quilava
• Aron

Battle: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/lakevalor-customgame-3275

So, be sure to suggest your own battle themes, because our boredom is infinite xD

 

All right, we haven't done all the suggested battles quite yet, but I thought I'd just update it now already, the other battles will come later!

DAMN IT I FAILED TO SAVE OUR METRONOME BATTLE [member='Pariah'], we'll do the battle again later, I promise!

[member='shinygiratinaz'], you suggested a Reject Tier battle, thank you so much for doing that!! It's been a long time since I had so much fun battling Assembling a decent team is incredibly difficult on its own, and this really requires you to use your best competitive knowledge! And, on top of that, you get to use some Pokémon you'd otherwise never see on the competitive field! It was a great battle, and I really think we should give the Reject Tier some more love.

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Astralogy's team:

• Pachirisu
• Chimecho
• Vespiquen
• Swanna
• Torchic
• Parasect

karatekid770's team:

• Minun
• Masquerain
• Wormadam
• Magcargo
• Seaking
• Dunsparce

Battle: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/customgame-221005467

[member='Doomhound'], we haven't been able to do your alphabet team yet, but we'll be sure to do it soon!

And of course, keep suggesting other challenges to see who of us two is the better battler

 

All right, we decided to make the battles maybe a little more interesting to watch, so we added some commentary to the battles! We hope that this makes it a bit more fun to watch the battles

First of all, [member='Pariah'], we finally did the Metronome battle you suggested! It was hilarious to see Ganondorf with a team of six Mew xD

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Astralogy's team:

• Mew
• Mew
• Mew
• Mew
• Mew
• Mew

karatekid770's team:

• Mew
• Mew
• Mew
• Mew
• Mew
• Mew

Battle: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/lakevalor-customgame-3391

And we also did the Alphabet challenge [member='Doomhound'] suggested! We had a bit of trouble deciding how we would make our teams, but eventually I think it worked out pretty well (or at least for me it did). Because you didn't get to see my entire team, I'll put the full teams here too:

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Astralogy's team:

• Entei @Expert Belt (Extreme Speed / Endure / Eruption / Extrasensory) +Effect Spore
• Skarmory @Sharp Beak (Sky Attack / Substitute / Spikes / Stealth Rock) +Shed Skin
• Tyranitar @Tyranitarite (Toxic / Thunder Fang / Thrash / Thunder Wave) +Tangled Feet
• Sableye @Spell Tag (Shadow Claw / Seismic Toss / Sucker Punch / Signal Beam) +Super Luck
• Scolipede @Shell Bell (Swords Dance / Substitute / Sludge Bomb / Superpower) +Speed Boost
• Dragonite @[member="Dragon"] Fang (Dragon Dance / Dragon Tail / Dragon Claw / Dragon Rush) +Defiant

karatekid770's team:

• Starmie @Splash Plate (Scald / Signal Beam / Swift / Substitute) +Sap Sipper
• Breloom @Black Belt (Body Slam / Brick Break / Bulk Up / Bullet Seed) +Bulletproof
• Steelix @Steelixite (Sandstorm / Stone Edge / Sand Tomb / Secret Power) +Sand Force
• Staraptor @Sharp Beak (Sand Attack / Secret Power / Sky Attack / Steel Wing) +Sniper
• Rotom-Heat @Rocky Helmet (Rain Dance / Reflect / Return / Round) +Refrigerate
• Snorlax @Safety Goggles (Strength / Seed Bomb / Stockpile / Swallow) +Scrappy

Battle: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/lakevalor-customgame-3389

Thank you all for suggesting your battle themes, and if you have any other suggestions, don't forget to send them in!!! We're out of themes right now, so we're really waiting for you

 

We realized that the Ability would change, so we chose the Mega Form in the teambuilder, hoping that that would solve the issue. Instead, it placed the Pokémon already Mega Evolved on the field; not exactly what we planned to happen xD

Also, I can't say this enough; if you (or anyone else) has an idea for a battle theme, make sure you suggest it here!!!