marinaneon2 vs SimChao

This is the first of my 2 matches with marinaneon2. I really like her style. She uses a lot of Pokemon that I like, too. To see our second match, follow this link: http://youtube.com/watch?v=MyohFuniarA

*SPOILERS*

This was a brilliantly played battle by marinaneon2. That Murkrow sure packs quite a punch. I was not expecting it to do that much damage, especially not after Intimidate. Payback is not a move that you expect on a Pokemon like Murkrow, that usually relies on its speed to rack up damage. Gunk Shot's accuracy is a serious pain, and I'm considering changing items to Wide Lens just for that reason.

I regret that Mantine didn't perform well once again. Based off of the videos I've uploaded so far, one might think that it sucks, but I promise you that this thing has worked wonders for me. Uploading a video with a proper display of Mantine's usefulness in battle is on my to-do list.

My team: Arbok, Rotom, and Mantine.

marinaneon2's team: Murkrow, Skuntank, and some unseen third Pokemon.

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• pokemon
• battle
• revolution
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[PearledWaveS]

What does you Mantine do? I was thinking you could run it with a Wacan Berry and Max HP+SpDef, then Mirror Coat Thunderbolts all over the place, lol.

[SimChao]

That wouldn't be a bad idea, but I prefer a more general use Mantine. Mine runs Confuse Ray/Toxic/Hydro Pump/Ice Beam. It switches into special attackers that can't Thunderbolt it like SpecsMence.

[AngeloBlaze]

Unlucky about those moves missing, but that happens sometimes. I've always preferred Surf over Hydro Pump on any pokemon to be honest, I don't like the possibility of Hydro Pump missing at a critical time, like it happened here

[SimChao]

@ AngeloBlaze: There are a couple of reasons for my choosing Hydro Pump over Surf. One reason is because Mantine has really mediocre Sp. Atk, so the extra power is handy like DangerousLiquid said, though it does have the undesirable side effect of occasionally missing. Another reason is because I play Double Battles from time to time as well, and I don't want to be hurting my own party Pokemon with Surf.

[AngeloBlaze]

Ah, fair enough if it's for Doubles.

But in argument with your points, extra power isn't handy if you miss and it screws up the game for you. Low accuracy moves have a tendency to screw me over, so I prefer not using them unless I have to.

[SimChao]

Yeah, I can understand that. But even so, it's notable that Gunk Shot is almost always preferred over Poison Jab on Arbok because of the rather large power difference. Surf on Mantine makes sense because it's supposed to stall somewhat, though, and I might have used it if I wasn't taking doubles into consideration.

[PsychoSpiritomb]

arbok lookz so cool on pbr O_O

[DarkPassionPlaay]

Shame that mantine cant learn roost .

[TemaShika24]

Why not keep them both? One for steady attacking and one for sweeping.

[DangerousLiquid]

well sometimes there are times where hydro pump is perferred say you are faster and they still have enough to just survive from surf and you had 1 hp left, you would surf and they would attack and lose or you risk hydro pump and either hit and win or lose but at least you have an option :)