Pokemon Umbral Discussion 24: I Can Has Pokemon?

[Dracorion]

Yes, yes, but which do you think will affect future enemies more: "Oh, gee, these dudes can make themselves immune to damage for a little while, big whoop" or "Holy shit, did that motherfucker just explode a fireball inside Bill's chest cavity?!"

Any attacks they'd attempt to make useless for a little while, you mean.

[Geminex]

Oh, right. I totally missed that... Then our situation's not nearly as bad as I thought. I thought we were actually outnumbered, for once.

I still don't think that defensive techniques are worth it. Not yet. Blissey can sing again, and if Mollesk's rock slide hits Charizard, he'll hopefully take enough damage to make paralysis more likely, but not enough to kill him.

No, if we use a technique, it should be Pierce's. The fact that his techniques won't be of as much use against Wildfire, plus the fact that I want to kill the remaining Soldiers this round, so we can use Rain Dance next round, makes it a good choice, I think. Certainly worth a Rage Rocket.

I like the set-up Menarker proposed, though I'd probably move stuff around a bit...

But like I said, right now, offensive techniques.

Edit:
And regarding this:

Yes, yes, but which do you think will affect future enemies more: "Oh, gee, these dudes can make themselves immune to damage for a little while, big whoop" or "Holy shit, did that motherfucker just explode a fireball inside Bill's chest cavity?!"

I do agree with Drac. Terrible damage will do a lot more than overkill. The whole "Oh my god, they're invincible! We're going to die!" can be far more easily achieved by wiping out the enemy's strong attackers, rather than simply shielding yourself.

[Menarker]

Are other soldiers even watching? I presumed we'd be killing them so effectively, we'd have to prove it every time because there would be no witnesses. :3

So why bother taking the riskier path? Be a juggernaut, unkillable and unstoppable!

If we're just going for overkill, do you want me to use Renny's Item spread ability with the rocket (and one of you give me a replacement one)? Or you rather Renny use Focus with both his pokemons for double the power of Rock Slide and Hammer Arm? I mean, I might as well use my rage when I can...

On second thought, I might use Swampert's Ice Beam due to the special attack booster device.

[Geminex]

Be a juggernaut, unkillable and unstoppable

Well, this isn't a choice between Unkillable Offensive Powerhouse or Killable Offensive Powerhouse.
We could go unkillable, but it'd cost us offensively. And, like I said, I intend to prevent damge by killing everyone who could damage us.

[Dracorion]

If there aren't any other soldiers watching, what the hell's the point of proving ourselves invincible to this group? The riskier path is also much quicker, and their morale would be just as damaged if not moreso.

[Menarker]

@Gem: And that's what my plan was going to do. ^^; We'd basically assure that we kill 3 or 4 of the soldiers while leaving the others (Only the trainers left by then) rather helpless to act.

Ah well.

@Drac: We wouldn't need to prove invincibility. Safety and efficent power would be its own reward if there was no witnesses. And the riskier path is only like 1 turn or maybe two turns faster?

EDIT: Also, I hope we're not recklessly assuming that all the trainer's pokemons are fire type.
It's possible they got the entire starter's team of water types, entire starter team of grass types and an entire team of 3 other types as well.

[Dracorion]

Hey those one or two turns could mean a lot. I mean, we're trying to be fast here.

[Menarker]

Originally Posted by Dracorion

Pierce's got 65 RP now. If Kingdra and Blaziken each take a turn, that'd get him to 75. Someone uses a Rocket Booster on him to bring him up to a 100 and then he can use his Trainer Attack for some fiery goodness.

One thing. I was looking back at the recent incharacter posts and AB's post said that Pierce had 60 RP, not 65. Was there something I missed? (EDIT: AB said that trainers who partook in the Trainer Attack gained 5 rage more, but I saw nothing to that extent for Pierce.)

Anyhow! The question to whether we do the overkill plan or not is the one that Pierce asked earlier: Can Pierce use his Co-Op technique after having his pokemons attack? (Different from Renny's technique which allows his pokemons to still have their attack for the round.)
If he can, then Pierce has to have both his pokemons attack (10 rage) if he is at 65 or attack with one of the moves being a double hitter like earthquake (15 rage) if he is stuck at 60 currently. Then Renny can go ahead and use his Prosperous Gift ability, give 25 RP to a bunch of people, Pierce included, who will have 100 RP by then.
If not, then my above plan might be the one we have to follow.

[Astral Harmony]

I'd need to see that Co-Op again. I don't have it saved, sorry.

But you shouldn't need to go that far. Give 'em one more solid turn and they'll book it.

Then the real fun can begin. Prepare to fight some people you haven't heard about in a long time...with some extreme makeovers.

[Menarker]

Ok, I did you all a favor and linked the character bios of the PCs of this RP to my signature. Now any time you need to see ANY of the bios, whether it is Renny, Pierce, Impact, Charlotte or Matthias, just find one of my many posts and go to the BIOs of POKEMON UMBRAL.

Pierce's Co-Op Technique is there in his bio.

And I guess we might as well use my plan so we don't waste items, if they are going to flee or die fast in the one turn AB hinted. (Except the trainers might all use Focus instead or something.)