(Note to self...the next time Mewtwo's special goes *down*, use Amnesia in order to avoid those embarassing CH's.)

After much training, he and I agree to a rematch. However, one thing leads to another and he's either a) not there or b) forgotten his cartridge.

Finally, I caught up to him tonight, and he had his cartridge...but not his team. He spends a good portion of the time I'm there (mind you, I haven't even had dinner yet, and I'm fresh from work) working on his Mewtwo, since I decided to settle for a Mewtwo vs. Parasect match, one-on-one.

(Yes, I am an evil, evil person at heart, taking advantage of someone's naivete.)

The battle is short, with his setup:

Grep Mewtwo
(FYI, it's Substitute, Amnesia, Psychic, & Recover, to save on posts)

vs. the standard Anti-Psychic Parasect (look it up under Bug Pokemon)

The battle is short, one-sided, and rather satisfying when you consider the frustration I've gone through.

Mewtwo created a Substitute
Parasect used Spore
Mewtwo fell asleep!
(Boy, am I glad I'm not doing this in Stadium)
Parasect uses Swords Dance x 3, during which time Mewtwo is out like a light.

Opponent: "I don't believe this! Wake up, Mewtwo! It's only supposed to last 3-5 rounds."
Me: "Actually, it's between 1-7 rounds, and it's random."
Opponent: "Why're you using Swords Dance? That doesn't do anything to Bug attacks."

I don't respond, but let Parasect do the talking for me. One Leech Life, and Mewtwo's Sub is gone. Two more, and Mewtwo is splashed.

Opponent: "Man, that really *is* a Mewtwo killer! He just devastated my Mewtwo! (fake Brit accent) Good show, old chap."

I don't say anything, but I do smirk, nod, and give him the intimidatingly firm knuckle cruncher that is my handshake.

Yes, I know...this was nothing more than a verification that the standard Parasect moveset works, but it felt *goooood*.

I should mention that this guy is the only "honorable" trainer in the Northwest Suburban Chicago area, when everyone else is using Gamesharks to a ludicrous degree. (Ludicrous as in, "um, that's an awfully fast Slowbro to outpace my Mewtwo.") He came in 2nd place at the local TCG tourney.

Hopefully, I'll be seeing him again in a week or two, when we'll *finally* have that rematch.

Later,

--DocMui

Your opponent sounds pretty worthy, maybe you should teach him some basic tricks of the trade.

Mewtwo used Blizzard!
Parasect fainted!

quote:

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Originally posted by Yavarice:
Hehe, always nice to hear about M2 getting squashed.

Your opponent sounds pretty worthy, maybe you should teach him some basic tricks of the trade.

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You mean, I should take him on as my Padawan learner?

I'll give him the URL to Azure Heights, and if he's really web-deprived, maybe I'll print out some of the pages. *Maybe*.

Personally, I'd like to take him on in a tourney...*that*, people, would be something interesting.

That added to the fact that sleep is 1-3 makes it not useful there.

But it's still playable in GB, as long as Mewtwo doesn't have ice or fire.

"grep" movesets aren't that powerful on gameboy: that's why they only came around when stadium came out. A first turn sub on Gameboy doesn't help much.

Feels good to take down a M2 though, doesn't it?

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-cfalcon

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"It's an anomaly. It happens!"

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PsyDork's Signature Version 1.3

Mewtwo uses ice beam, parasect down to 15-25% health:dead if CH.
Parasect uses spore, mewtwo falls alseep
Parasect uses SD 3 times.
Parasect uses Leech life once or twice
Mewtwo uses ice beam
Parasect faints.

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Rysto

Still, it would've been a helluva sight to see.

--DocMui, who's fallen to the Dark Side and bought a Pocket Pikachu 2.

It all relies on the 1-7 turns of Spore.

That and good guessing. The only penalty for Sporing a sleeping M2 is that you waste a PP, so it doesn't hurt to bad...

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-cfalcon

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Originally posted by Psybro:
Rolken, it should be noted that the guy DocMui was fighting did not have Blizzard on his M2.

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Yer gonna count on that to keep Parasect alive?

Just cause his opponent sucks doesn't mean Parasect doesn't.

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Rysto