Character: Riz Gukgak | nightyorb Badge/Gym Leader: Brock / Pewter City / Boulder Badge Elite/Regular: Regular Team Team:Tumble Dry the Flapple (lvl 40) (Holding Clear Amulet); Niknik the Wishiwashi (lvl 79) (Holding Sitrus Berry) Battle Details:
You know him, you love him. This battle starts with the return of Tumble Dry the Flapple! After his first big win in Cerulean City, he's come now to kick some rock butt. He might even go all the way! Riz and him are certainly trying to make that happen!
Now, for the basics first, which will be the same for all opponents -- Tumble Dry is a Grass/Dragon type, meaning he has a resistance to ground moves, and no particular weaknesses to Rock or Normal, which covers most of the moves Brock can actually use. Additionally, all of Brock's pokemon are ground/rock types, which have a 4x weakness to Grass.
Tumble is holding a Clear Amulet, protecting him from having his stats lowered by his opponents.
So. Let's begin.
Because of their similar typing and weight (yes, important to Riz's strategy), Riz is going to have Tumble Dry use the same strategy for all of Brock's pokemon. He's also going to try and have Tumble Dry take on all the opponents, though he brought Niknik the Wishiwashi with him as back-up. Her water type is as devastating to these rocky boys as Flapple's grass typing is.
Riz is going to start off each encounter with a heavy hitter -- Grass Knot. Grass knot does more damage against heavy opponents, and Brock's pokemon are respectively 253.5 lbs (Rhyhorn), 661.4 lbs (Golem) and 463.0 lbs (Onix). That means this move does 100 points of damage to Rhyhorn, and 120 points of damage to both Golem and Onix.
And that's before taking things like STAB and their 4x weakness into account.
Honestly, Flapple might just be able to one-shot each of Brock's pokemon, but even if he isn't, a second Grass knot should be able to take them out. If, for whatever reason, Grass Knot becomes unavailable, Flapple has Grav Apple too.
Riz is hoping that between the grass weakness and Tumble Dry's slightly higher level, he'll be able to sail through. But just in case something goes wrong, he's also bringing his Wishi-washi to the fight. If she has to step in, she'll be using Hydro-pump and Aqua Tail to hopefully end the battle quickly.
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Badge/Gym Leader: Brock / Pewter City / Boulder Badge
Elite/Regular: Regular Team
Team: Tumble Dry the Flapple (lvl 40) (Holding Clear Amulet); Niknik the Wishiwashi (lvl 79) (Holding Sitrus Berry)
Battle Details:
You know him, you love him. This battle starts with the return of Tumble Dry the Flapple! After his first big win in Cerulean City, he's come now to kick some rock butt. He might even go all the way! Riz and him are certainly trying to make that happen!
Now, for the basics first, which will be the same for all opponents -- Tumble Dry is a Grass/Dragon type, meaning he has a resistance to ground moves, and no particular weaknesses to Rock or Normal, which covers most of the moves Brock can actually use. Additionally, all of Brock's pokemon are ground/rock types, which have a 4x weakness to Grass.
Tumble is holding a Clear Amulet, protecting him from having his stats lowered by his opponents.
So. Let's begin.
Because of their similar typing and weight (yes, important to Riz's strategy), Riz is going to have Tumble Dry use the same strategy for all of Brock's pokemon. He's also going to try and have Tumble Dry take on all the opponents, though he brought Niknik the Wishiwashi with him as back-up. Her water type is as devastating to these rocky boys as Flapple's grass typing is.
Riz is going to start off each encounter with a heavy hitter -- Grass Knot. Grass knot does more damage against heavy opponents, and Brock's pokemon are respectively 253.5 lbs (Rhyhorn), 661.4 lbs (Golem) and 463.0 lbs (Onix). That means this move does 100 points of damage to Rhyhorn, and 120 points of damage to both Golem and Onix.
And that's before taking things like STAB and their 4x weakness into account.
Honestly, Flapple might just be able to one-shot each of Brock's pokemon, but even if he isn't, a second Grass knot should be able to take them out. If, for whatever reason, Grass Knot becomes unavailable, Flapple has Grav Apple too.
Riz is hoping that between the grass weakness and Tumble Dry's slightly higher level, he'll be able to sail through. But just in case something goes wrong, he's also bringing his Wishi-washi to the fight. If she has to step in, she'll be using Hydro-pump and Aqua Tail to hopefully end the battle quickly.