Battle 314 Loss - Platinum Battle Tower (1 in 4096 hax)

[TheGuanhian]

Use drapion instead, battle armor to prevent critical hax..

[DrDimentio]

@TheGuanhian Please watch all my Battle Tower videos before making suggestions... you'll see what I mean.

[latiasandlatios1234]

....i lost becuase a bronzong exploded on my skarmory as i was having a stall war w/ it....

i was so pissed i cried...

[DrDimentio]

@latiasandlatios1234 It's not worth crying over a game... at least in Black and White, Explosion was nerfed.

[DreadfulControversy]

You just got raped......No lube.

[Key313]

313 huh?

[DrDimentio]

@Key313 Yeah... not very impressive compared to my 646-streak video, though.

[Tipichounet]

LOL i used exactly the same team and i got pwned in the first battle...

i played like a pro but i was extremely unlucky

[DrDimentio]

@Tipichounet I can relate to that; seen my 'Battle Tower Hax' video? It's the one where I used the same team as the world record holder (a streak of 2364+) and died on my third battle using that team. It shows how luck-based this evil challenge is, so I don't bother with the game any more.

[garchompelago]

EVERYONE LETS FACE IT THE PROGRAMMERS THAT ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR CREATING BATTLE TOWER/SUBWAY INTENTIONALLY PUT HAX TO MAKE SURE WE ALWAYS LOSE PREVENTING US TO REACH HIGHER THEY DIDNT HAVE TO PUT MUCH STRATEGY ON THE BATTLE TOWER/SUBWAY JUST A BIT HAX OF 100% OHK OR CRIT AND THATS THAT FUCKING CHEATER!!!!

[ZynHanato]

So fucking gay...I would have been so pissed, i might've broken my DS.

[DrDimentio]

@ZynHanato I express my anger by making videos about it instead, luckily. I did feel like doing that, lol.

[YodatheJedi12]

I copied your team but lost on battle 59. :/

[DrDimentio]

@YodatheJedi12 Well, persistence is key... while I did get 313 the first time with this team, getting 646 with my far superior team took a few attempts.

[SacredBlackKnight]

I made a hack team in Diamond to counter the bullshit hax of the Battle Tower. A No Guard Ninjask with Sheer Cold, Stone Edge, Sacred Fire, and DynamicPunch holding Scope Lens. The other moves are to counter the Sturdy Pokemon for at least 2x damage.

Then I came across a Latias with Focus Sash.

A Latias.

With Focus Sash.

The hell? Latias is a tank. Focus Sash Latias isn't close to practical unless specifically to counter that hack.

[YoshiFan978]

3:40 Haha i love how the music went while that Infernape attacked

[DrDimentio]

@YoshiFan978 Thanks, lol.

[Betsy7Cat]

NOOOOO! You missed the pi streak :(

[DrDimentio]

@Betsy7Cat Oh, I get it... took me a while, lol.

[v1lle3]

I fucking hate battle tower. I don´t know how many times I´ve lost before even battling Palmer -__________-

My team is definately not the best, but there is always some kind of random hax that ruins everything.

First time I used the team I got a streak of 42, which I think is ok, but now I mostly lose before 21.

[DrDimentio]

@v1lle3 The only way to get high streaks (i.e. multiple hundreds, such as my 646 or Jumpman's 2366+) is to minimise the AI's potential to exploit hax. Trick teams are specialised for that purpose.

[v1lle3]

@DrDimentio

Yea, I can understand that. I just play to earn some BP for TM's.

I use Medicham, Staraptor and Rock Polish Rampardos.

The best combo I can find among my pokémon.

Maybe I should get myself a nice trick team (not with IV's close to yours, though :P).

[DrDimentio]

@v1lle3 That's an interesting team there... yeah, you'd have a tough time getting IVs like mine even if you do master RNG abuse (I did a lot of flips...).

[v1lle3]

@DrDimentio

Wow, I saw on Serebii that the Enigma Stone event is now, which means I get a Latias :P Then I can use it as a Tricker.

[DrDimentio]

@v1lle3 Yes, good idea...

[Waluigi2009]

I just had hax with Gliscor

lead chomp vs his Gliscor

I SD first turn (wat can he do to me?)

It Agilities. I'm like, cool. What's it gonna do now? EQ? That won't KO even with a crit

He goes for GUILLOTINE. IT FUCKING HITS.

I send in my Latios. GUILLOTINE again, and it hits AGAIN. At this point, i'm calling "no guard n00b hacked shit".

I send in curse Snorlax, and GUILLOTINE again, misses the first time, I body slam, only thing I can do safely, then GUILLOTINE HITS.

FUCKING GAY HAX.

[DrDimentio]

@Waluigi2009 Um, there's definitely no Agility + Guillotine Gliscor in Platinum/HG/SS... what game are you on?

[Waluigi2009]

@DrDimentio Crystal.. oops

[DrDimentio]

@virgil509 What's With The Capitals!? Anyway, 100 streaks are incredibly easy to achieve with a solid Trick team. Getting higher streaks (i.e. 1000) is much harder... 646 is my record.

[SirenoftheVoid]

tss this is why i stopped trying to win at the tower.never made it past 70,it just sucks too bad to build a team and the comp always finds a way to break it whether it's by luck or not.i mean i'm sure even a pokemon with the Sturdy ability and a good setup could lose if the AI decides it wants its way.

[DrDimentio]

@SirenoftheVoid Yes, they would use critical hits and BrightPowder hax to defeat a Sturdy Pokemon. There's no guaranteed way to avoid hax in the Tower.

[EnvoyoftheSword]

can you imagine how frustrating pokemon games would be if ALL trainers (including NPCs not in battle frontier and gym leaders and elite four) have hax and perfect IVs, EVs, natures, and moves that can only be obtained through move tutor and breeding. (luckily non frontier trainers don't EV train or don't care about IVs but frontier trainers do) . if the first trainers you battle all get critical hits like that, your tackle always misses, it will be very frustrating.

[AquaKyogre]

I don't know what's worst, having the opponent get 3 crits in a row or the Quick Claw activating four times...

You should've won that battle fair and square. Everything in the battle tower is just, rigged.

[DrDimentio]

@AquaKyogre Oh, you mean the Quick Claw thing in reference to my latest video? Well, that happened alongside critical hit hax among other things, so it was much less likely. By itself, four QC activations has a 1 in 625 chance of happening, i.e. much more likely than three crits like in this video.

[lildrummerfreak]

if u want to stop so many hax i suggest lead spiritomb with trick grudge taunt and protect imo

[DrDimentio]

@lildrummerfreak Nah, I got a streak of 646 with a Cresselia lead, and I don't like non-Psychic leads since they don't attract the right attacks that my other team members need.

[OmegasMovie]

3 critical hits OMG

[DrDimentio]

@OmegasMovie I know, right?

[nintendofool]

Ya I hate hax. They're the only reason I lose my streaks in the battle tower. I was only on battle 68 when the hax just came out like crazy. A fucking Zapdos crit me with thunderbolt 5 times in a row! That is just bullshit.

[DrDimentio]

@nintendofool Indeed, without hax it would be theoretically possible to get an infinite streak. That's why hax is necessary, sadly.

[nintendofool]

ya i hate hax its the only reason y i lose my streaks at the battle tower, and i was only at battle 68 when it happened! F****ng Zapdos!

[DrDimentio]

@nintendofool You should be glad it was only at battle 68. If that happened at 647 or so, you'd have lost a lot of time.

[max30003]

youd be better off looking for shinnies lol

[DrDimentio]

@max30003 I don't need to look for shinies since I can RNG-abuse them.

[DragonXxDark]

ahahaha how about me?

How much is the possibility for a thunder fang in a turn to: 1 paralyze, 2 critical hit and 3 flinched? XD

Battle Tower is full of hax

[DrDimentio]

@DragonXxDark That's a 1 in 1600 chance, i.e. 0.000625%. In other words, nowhere near as unlikely as both my Battle 314 and Battle 647 losses.

[wespolly]

I don't know why, but I just cracked up at 4:12-4:19. That "beeping" noise when the registeel was low on health synched with the music perfectly, haha.xD

[DrDimentio]

@wespolly Lol, you must be easily amused... I'm like that too, for example I laugh if it's all quiet and then there's a high-pitched rubbing noise on a desk.

[wespolly]

@DrDimentio Heh, that's exactly how I'm like.xD Btw, quick "?"; Is it possible to have a fast pokemon use worry seed on slaking to change it's ability from truant to insomnia in double battles? I was thinking of testing it out myself, but my Wi-Fi decided to crap out on me a lot lately.9__9

[DrDimentio]

@wespolly Lol... and yes, I'm quite sure that does work. Since HG/SS have Worry Seed as a Tutor move, that could be useful...

[wespolly]

@DrDimentio Hey, thanks! I was just going to use it in double battles since it's just snorlax on steroids.

oh, one more thing....subscribed.8)

[DrDimentio]

@wespolly Yep, although I think it's an insult to Slaking's speed stat to compare him to Snorlax... anyway, thanks for the sub, much appreciated!

[MagicBarrier16]

Everyone loves crits. XD

Well, at least you're in the top 5 on Smogon. GJ.

[DrDimentio]

When I first saw that comment I thought... never mind. But since it said crits, it was obviously sarcastic!

Thanks, although top 5 isn't good enough for me... top 3 is what I hoped for.

[shinyhunter13]

How did u get a registeel with almost perfect IV's? That's pretty cool

[DrDimentio]

My Salamence has all flawless IVs, while my Registeel and Cresselia have mostly flawless IVs. This is from the wonder that is RNG-abuse.

[crispypotter]

a very big slice of luck is what i need to reach even the 100th streak... but it's really nice to see people reaching more than the required quota of having a star in the trainer card.. quite inspiring

[DrDimentio]

Inspiring? That's quite nice to know. If you want a really inspiring record, watch JumpXVI's battle 2364 record video (search 'battle tower 2364'). Mine is quite pathetic in comparison!

[Weretaz]

lol I've to try that, tricking their hax items :D

[JamesYakura]

CH's..I have bad experiences with them, when trying to advance trough all those streaks.

I remember using an TrickScarf Team with Suicune setting up Calm Minds.

In comes an Garchomp with Draco Meteor. (and since Garchomp has not that much appealing SpAtk anyway)

Imagine how I felt, I was near the thought of throwing my DS on the ground ;_;

Next to OHKO moves and QC users.

crits are one of those things that always screw me over. :/

Despite the novelty of awesome teams I made.

Congrats anyway! (:

[DrDimentio]

Indeed, the Tower/Frontier has to rely on hax such as crits, QC, OHKOs, and more, to prevent infinite streaks from players such as Peterko from Smogon. Thanks for the congrats.

[karlmee1234]

This happened to me today but it was on battle 36 but I manged to get around it because he got 2 crits in a row and then I got the 3rd crit. :P

[DrDimentio]

Well then, technically it didn't happen to you - the AI only got 2 crits which is quite 'common' in the Tower. Also, are you sure you weren't against a high-CH move/Scope Lens holder?

[karlmee1234]

I tricked my Choice Scarf from Uxie to Gallade and that locked Gallade into X-scissor. He got a Ch witch broke my Substitute. Then on the next turn the same thing happend and then I went for a Bullet Punch after he got the 2nd CH.

[DrDimentio]

Okay.

[DrDimentio]

It is crazy, and that guy has been at it for over 2 months, constantly playing. Well, it'll require a lot of luck to get anywhere near that record. Thanks for the encouragement.

[DrDimentio]

Unbeatable? I wish! I'm only 4th on Smogon University's Tower records list. The top record is over 2000 and still going, belonging to Peterko. I copied his team except for me using Uxie. The second place is over 1000 undefeated and is Jumpman16's record. Soon I might try and challenge those scores.

[DrDimentio]

Three critical hits in a row = 1 in 16^3, which = 1 in 4096.

[PlasmaEXE]

how much bp did you get at that point per set D:. I would rage if that happened to me.

[DrDimentio]

You only get 7 BP per 7, so basically 1 per battle. Pretty lame. I only had about 900 BP when I lost, from other battles added up.

[POKEMONGENERALVICTOR]

Sorry Dude! But awesome music form Zelda twillight princess! Yup the sages at the desert are talkin to Link and Midna,switches to fake Zant fighting music.good job on the high streak though!

[DrDimentio]

It's okay, I didn't mind the loss TOO much. Yeah, Zelda:TP is my favourite game so I had to include the awesome music. Oh, and the fake Zant music is actually more attributed to the mini boss of the Arbiter's Grounds, and is 'reused' for that Zant battles. Anyway, thanks for the compliment.

[SoraKage17]

OUCH. X.X

To say the very, very, very least, that sucked.

At least HardNess went out with a bang, turning the tables...

But seriously? They don't switch after TrickScarf? I guess that's fair enough, considering the crits they get.

I think the Battle Tower/Frontier AIs have boosted hax-ness or something. :/ CONSPIRACY!! CONSPIRACY, SAYS I!!

(lol @ 3:02 though XD)

[DrDimentio]

Yep, it sure did... mainly due to the time it took to get to that battle 314... about half an hour for each set of 7 battles.

I don't really get that part of the comment about HardNess, but oh well!

That's right, the AI is too dumb to switch.

They do - they really do... they rely on hax since they suck without it.

Thanks, I like putting in random pictures.

[SoraKage17]

All I meant was it got a critical hit with Iron Head; unfortunately it wasn't enough to finish the job, but still.

Very true.

[DrDimentio]

Oh, I thought so... thanks for the clarification.

Yup.

[DrDimentio]

It's okay, I'm not offended.

[DrDimentio]

Yeah, YouTube doesn't allow comments to be posted that contain links... that's why I could only provide search terms, sorry.

[DrDimentio]

No, it's not a frickin' lol. That event meant that many days of my life were spent all... in... vain.

Well, a video can't show you much that a guide can't - Google 'smogon dpp eving' to find their very good guide.

IVs - Google 'serebii ivs' - the second result is the guide. It's way too long to explain here.

[CoolNameFool]

what does choice scarf?

[DrDimentio]

... do? Boosts your Speed by 50%, but locks you into one move until you switch out. CPU trainers don't switch out despite being TrickScarfed, so you can weaken them and setup on a not-very-effective move.

[aestheticignorance]

LOL. awesome choice of music.

[DrDimentio]

Yeah, it was totally hilarious, losing to 3 crits in a row, thus wasting over a week's worth of playing to get that far. Thanks for the music compliment...

[diyanuh]

Oh my Arceus! It must suck to lose like that. I've never liked Machamps, I have one but it's in a box somewhere. The last time I trusted a Machamp was while trying to do the Mew glitch in Pokemon fire red. Doesn't work.

Anyway, awesome battle!

[DrDimentio]

Lol, nice story and nice expression at the start. Machamp is on steroids, so he cheats in many ways. Thanks.

[WoWBlogger312]

Sucks man, goodluck beating 313

[DrDimentio]

Yeah, although I plan on avoiding this place for quite a while.

[Polarbomb15]

how do you know your pokemons evs?

[DrDimentio]

Anyone who knows how to EV train keeps track of their gained EVs.

[Polarbomb15]

i dont know how to ev train

[KaosDarkrai]

ouch.. x_x

Congrats on making it that far.. o.O

But 4 subs on Garchomp.. wow..

how unlucky for those critical hits and Infernape outspeed your Garchomp.. =(

[DrDimentio]

Yep, it hurt. Thanks for the congrats. I know, the chance of facing an Infernape, let alone one with a Speed-boosting Nature, after 3 critical hits, is even more microscopic than the 1 in 4096 for the crits alone!

[Ampleforth1]

source on music used?

it's so appropriate throughout

[DrDimentio]

The first is Tale of the Sages (I don't know if there's an official title) from Zelda: Twilight Princess, my number 1 favourite game. From the battle's start, the song is Great Phantom Battle (another unofficial title) from the same game. The high-pitched tension music is from Warcraft 3, and the file is just called Tension.mp3. At the end was the song Twilight (unofficial title again) from Zelda: Twilight Princess again. However, the music is even more appropriate in some of my other videos.

[Ampleforth1]

thanks man

[VitaumM22]

Wow man, that Machamp was so mean D:

Well, congrats for your new record anyway

[DrDimentio]

I know, Machamp is a cheater - even when he's not relying on Quick Claws or critical hits, his cheating antics are evidenced by his obviously steroid-enhanced muscles.

[RemysVehicle]

Sorry for my dumbness, but why were the odds of this happening 1/4096? Btw, that was very unlucky xD I feel sorry for ya ):

[DrDimentio]

You're not dumb, don't say that! Well, the chance of a critical hit is 1 in 16. The chance any 2 consecutive attacks being critical hits is 1 in (16x16), while for 3 hits in a row it's 1 in (16x16x16), which can be written as 1 in 16^3. That is equal to 1 in 4096. Thanks for the sympathy.

[AiklapW]

you shouldn't have an even numbered Hp on a sub chomp. Although 4 crits is possible, it is obviously much less likely. Also this is why charm>anything else (anything else being reflect/memento/growl(lol)).

nice record though

[DrDimentio]

I know, I got told by Peterko, and actually I was aware from a long time ago, though I plan on using something other than Garchomp next time, so this was somewhat of a test. And yeah, I can see why Latias has major advantages such as lowering to -6 attack, Recover, not having to sacrifice, drawing in Ice and Dragon attacks for Registeel, etc.

Thanks, it was tough to get that far with a mediocre Uxie and a slightly imperfect Garchomp.

[shinygamer9]

You should have won that battle :/

Congrats on the great record!! =D

Do you know what is world record? :D

[DrDimentio]

I know, that's so true... the game had its unfair revenge though.

Thanks for the congrats...

As for a world record, the only TRUSTWORTHY record I know of belongs to Peterko at Smogon, he's gone past 1400 and still hasn't lost... I'll tell you when he has a final record. There may be some higher record on a Japanese site, possibly.

[shinygamer9]

Yeah..

Thanks!! :D I went to smogon look his team. Are you going to break your newest record?

[BozoTheBear]

great video buddy, although yeah it TOTALLY sucks to be done in like that :( you totally deserved to go way further, and i'm sure you will next time. such a pity that your CH iron head didnt take out the infernape - that would have been just SOOOO fitting, and you probably would have beaten shuckle easily one-on-one.

when calculating the luck, domnt forget that not only did he get 3 crits in a row, but he also sent out something of a nemesis of the registeel/garchomp paring in infernape.....

[DrDimentio]

Thanks, man! I know, but in some ways there's less to be ashamed of by losing to hax, since you can say your opponent only won by pretty much cheating against you. Yeah, it was quite ironic that I got a crit on Infernape, and what sucks is that if he'd killed Chomp with CC rather than EQ, he'd be at -3 Defense and then the crit would have killed him! Would have been awesome. Yeah, Shuckle couldn't have touched Steel.

Indeed, I mentioned that at Smogon... hardly any Pokes of his were faster...

[BozoTheBear]

absolutely - you lost because it *decided* you would. also, i wish i knew your garhomp's stats because of the importance of being able to make 4 subs :(

your comment above is extremely insightful - "guarantees critical hits when losing" lol. you had absolutely no business to be losing that match - it was a clear victory 4095 times out of 4096.

now that i think of it, two infernapes have neutral speed - so you were even unlucky in that respect.

[karlmee1234]

Awesome record. It sucks that he got 3 crits in a row. I think that you will get further next time. Good luck. 5/5

[DrDimentio]

Thanks for the compliment. It does such, very much. I agree, since I went from 196 to 313... so probably a lot better next time. Thanks for the rating, too!

[karlmee1234]

That's okay. I'm trying to get a decent record in the Hax Tower but I need to RNG for some better Pokemon.

[DrDimentio]

Okay, sounds like a wise idea... IVs are so important in the Hax Tower.

[karlmee1234]

Yeah I know. I was IV breeding for a Adamant Technician Scyther and got a Hardy Swarm with these IV's - HP 31 Attack 30 Defense 30 Special Attack 30 Special Defense 24 Speed 31. I think it will be good for passing IV's on through breeding.

[DrDimentio]

That's a very good one for passing IVs, yes.

[TripleJump333]

3 critical hits in a roll huh... well that's retarted... felt bad for your loss but hey, 314 streak isn't so bad.

I am expecting 1000+++ streak from your try! Good luck!!

[DrDimentio]

Indeed, in 4096 chance is retarded. I bet that's never happened to you! Technically the streak is 313, but yeah it's not bad.

Um okay... only one person has managed that so far.

[TripleJump333]

Well who knows, expect the unexpected. Maybe you gain their "hax" ability and critical them continuously when you're about to lose.

[DrDimentio]

Yeah, I think Hax should be a Pokemon ability. Description: "Guarantees critical hits when losing."

[TheOfficalGP]

Awesome record.

[DrDimentio]

Thanks, mate.

[MenceMaster]

That little Crit Whore is a hacking faggot. You deserved to win.

[DrDimentio]

Very true indeed... crit whores run rampant in the Frontier. I did deserve to win - with my Substitute up I'd have killed Infernape and laughed at Shuckle after.

[pokechao196]

Well... that's depressing. 3 critical hits IN A ROW! I guess hax came back to haunt you... Oh, and congrats an the lottery thing. To think, you lose a big battle, and then you almost win the lottery!

[DrDimentio]

Yeah, and half the chance of finding a shiny with those odds. Lol thanks, I saw that and decided to film it since it's pretty rare... a Max Revive as 'first prize' is sad, though.

[pokechao196]

True. A Master Ball isn't even worth first prize, due to Emerald. A shiny Giratina would be nice.

[DrDimentio]

Lol yes, but a shiny Giratina is another thing I have enough of.

[SamRulesProductions]

That...

is what I call...

srs hax.

:(

[DrDimentio]

I know, 3 crits in a row is terrible. Thanks for acknowledging that!

[SamRulesProductions]

No problem...

it seems you always have bad luck.

And holy wow, that Registeel owns in IVs! How'd you manage that?

[DrDimentio]

Nah, not always... I was quite lucky until that battle.

The flawless IVs are because I used RNG abuse to get that Registeel.

[SamRulesProductions]

I'm not patient enough to use RNG Abuse. Double-tapping the screen over 9,000 (rofl) times isn't my forte. ^_^'

[DrDimentio]

It only took me 320 taps to get that Registeel, actually.

[SamRulesProductions]

Seriously? Wow, I should try that, now... flawless IV Tentacruel, here I come!