lol my 13th doubles streak above 70
Pokémon Black Battle Subway Super Doubles streaks: 92, 95
On sunday and monday, I´ve done a few Super Doubles, just wanted to have fun with cool Pokémon:
Arcanine @ Sitrus Berry (Intimidate, Adamant, 0-252-0-0-6-252): Flare Blitz, Wild Charge, ExtremeSpeed, Close Combat
Gastrodon v1 @ Quick Claw (Storm Drain, Modest, 6-0-0-252-0-6): Earth Power, Scald, Substitute, Ice Beam
Gastrodon v2 @ Rindo Berry (Storm Drain, Modest, 6-0-0-252-0-6): Earth Power, Scald, Protect, Ice Beam
Scizor @ Lum Berry (Technician, Adamant, 86-252-4-0-4-164): Bug Bite, Bullet Punch, Swords Dance, Superpower
Latios @ Life Orb (Levitate, Timid, 6-0-0-252-0-252): Psyshock, Dragon Pulse, Thunderbolt, Grass Knot
The leads are amazing together, but you can be sure that the AI will find your weak points soon. Having no Rock resist in the back asks for Rock Slide flinches from the likes of Aero, etc. Still, I really enjoyed using this team as Arcanine is my favourite Pokémon. Also LOL at random stuff with Energy Ball (Musharna).
Battle #93: Arcanine, Gastrodon, Scizor, Latios vs Rampardos, Floatzel, Musharna, Nidoking
Turn 1: Rain Dance, Head Smash, Arcanine fainted, Scald, Rampardos fainted.
-> Latios, foe Musharna
Turn 2: Ice Beam, Latios frozen solid, Scald, Energy Ball, Gastrodon fainted.
-> Scizor
Turn 3: Ice Beam, Latios fainted, Bug Bite, Floatzel fainted, Shadow Ball.
-> foe Nidoking
Turn 4: Bullet Punch, Earth Power, Psychic, Scizor fainted.
That loss is ridiculous seeing as ¾ of my team have a way to bypass a freeze (Blitz/Scald/Lum), so, of course, the AI had to freeze Latios... and I thought my Subway Ice paranoia was getting out of hand lol.
I have no clue why I had Sub on Gastrodon as I´ve only used it in doubles (actually just one other streak) and it´s not as useful as in singles.
So yeah, Protect and Rindo and here we go... lol I lost ONE battle further than last time, I´m not kidding...
#96 vs Janitor Oscar: Arcanine, Gastrodon, Latios, Scizor vs Abomasnow, Gardevoir, Glaceon, Moltres
1. Gastro Protect, Arca Flare Blitz, Garde 3% left, Garde CM, Aboma Wood Hammer, Gastro Protected, Hail dmg, Garde fainted.
-> foe Glaceon
2. Glaceon Detect, Arca Fare Blitz, Aboma Sash, Arca Sitrus, Gastro Scald, Aboma fainted.
-> foe Moltres
3. Moltres Air Slash, Arca fainted, Glace Blizzard, Gastro 20/187 HP.
-> my Latios
4. Latios Dragon Pulse, Moltres 20% left, Moltres Heat Wave, Gastro fainted, Glace Blizzard, Latios fainted.
-> my Scizor
5. Scizor Bullet Punch, Moltres fainted, GlaceTROLL Signal Beam, confused, 125/156, Lum, Hail 116/156
6. Scizor Superpower 90%, GlaceTROLL Shadow Ball, Sp.Def drop, 84/156 HP, Hail 75/156 HP.
7. Scizor Bullet Punch, GlaceTROLL avoided, GlaceTROLL Blizzard, Scizor fainted.
Well, fuck this. I hate Snow Cloak so much that I can´t describe it in words, it cost me way too many streaks. Funny thing that when I tested Aboma-Glaceon for VGC, I got more burning Heat Waves against me than my Blizzards froze the oponent, which was ridiculous. By the way, what was that Glaceon smoking? I mean wtf signal beam and then shadow ball? Seriously, seeing as they confused and got a special def. drop, respectively, don´t tell me the AI doesn´t know such things in advance...
I don´t think I did any mistakes in the game, maybe having Grass Knot on Protect Latios (quite a bad coverage, steels got on my nerves) wasn´t such a good idea as Bolt would´ve probably KOed Moltres, giving me 2 more shots at Glaceon. But still, a Glaceon spamming never miss Blizzards, protected by 20% evasion is among the most ridiculously overpowered things in the Subway, you have no chance to win if it starts avoiding the hits you rely on. Nothing can repeatedly shrugg off 200 spA Blizzards (that freeze) unless they´re fat Walreins or something ...
This team´s been amazing though and ArcaDon (GastroNine) are plain awesome together as leads, I really enjoyed this streak.
Now, I´ve just tested my new Mamoswine that I got on Monday. Funny thing, this was my first DW RNG abuse ever and I actually got the right nature on the first correct delay. Afterwards I could´t hit the delay for hours while going for Tyrogue lol.
Mamoswine @ Focus Sash (Thick Fat, Adamant, 0-252-0-0-6-252): Earthquake, Ice Fang, Protect, Rock Slide
Zapdos @ Electric Gem (Pressure, Timid, 6-0-0-252-0-252): Thunderbolt, Heat Wave, Hidden Power Ice 70, Detect
Latios @ Life Orb (Levitate, Timid, 6-0-0-252-0-252): Psyshock, Dragon Pulse, Thunderbolt, Grass Knot
Metagross @ Occa Berry (Clear Body, Adamant, 0-252-0-0-6-252): Iron Head, Earthquake, Ice Punch, Bullet Punch
DW Mamo is the only Ground type that resists Ice (I think) and that´s awesome, so it can be paired with a flying/levitating Dragon or Zapdos and STAB Quake while not having two Ice Weak pokémon out. Next time I´d use a different item on it though, maybe something that boosts its damage, because the dmg output generally felt weak. I find the decision of not having access to other physical Ice moves beside Ice Fang to be kind of trollish, because Ice Fang does pathetic damage and missed when I actually chose to use it (against Torterra). Also I´m rather disappointed in EleGem Bolt on Zapdos, as it doesn´t get KOs against neutral stuff and I´ve used the always missing Heat Wave more often than Bolt.
As with any other Subway teams, the biggest trouble is facing fast(er) Pokémon, also it is kind of ridiculous that the AI leads in every other battle with a Levitating Pokémon or something that counters Mamo. Maybe that´s just the charm of #1-49.
Lost battle #45 to a legendary team, because Latios missed a low health Zapdos twice in a row thanks to BrightPowder, which gave foe physical Thundurus just enough turns to finish off Mamo and then Latios.