fight unfiltered

[6:32 PM] Leafia_Barrett: okay so do not lead with Aurora
[6:32 PM] JayMonado: oh, uh...
[6:33 PM] JayMonado: hey, it seems like... i'm getting multiple of the version exclusive UB's...?
[6:33 PM] Kiri: OH FUCK
[6:33 PM] Kiri: THIS COUNTS
[6:33 PM] Kiri: THIS COUNTS AS ELECTRIC ROCK ZONE
[6:33 PM] Kiri: HELL YES
[6:33 PM] Kiri: FINALLY
[6:34 PM] Leafia_Barrett: if Dugtrio doesn't have Sand Veil then it has to be holding Brightpowder
[6:35 PM] Leafia_Barrett: a 100% accurate move doesn't whiff for no reason
[6:35 PM] JayMonado: by the way
[6:35 PM] JayMonado: the totem pokemon on this island
[6:35 PM] JayMonado: both of you should be VERY okay for it
[6:36 PM] JayMonado: i know for a fact leaf has a pokemon that should make quick work of it
[6:36 PM] Kiri: what sucks is that I'm way past when he would learn Bug Buzz
[6:36 PM] Kiri: but oh well
[6:36 PM] JayMonado: and i assume kiri is too
[6:36 PM] Leafia_Barrett: Serenade took the Earthquake and responded with a OHKO Sparkling Aria
[6:36 PM] Leafia_Barrett: just fucking barely but she did
[6:37 PM] Leafia_Barrett: alright Mudsdale
[6:37 PM] Leafia_Barrett: let's go
[6:38 PM] Leafia_Barrett: Oceanic Operetta, get fucked on
[6:38 PM] Kiri: same
[6:38 PM] Leafia_Barrett: AND SANDSTORM LEAVES SERENADE WITH ONE HP
[6:38 PM] Leafia_Barrett: GET FUCKED
[6:39 PM] Kiri: Dogsong plays softly in the distance
[6:39 PM] Leafia_Barrett: did I mention she was hanging on by a thread and Sandstorm was up?
[6:39 PM] Leafia_Barrett: because yeah
[6:39 PM] Leafia_Barrett: now I can at least try to heal
[6:40 PM] Leafia_Barrett: or Serenade could just dodge the attack opposite the heal so I don't get stuck in a healing loop
[6:41 PM] Kiri: and Leo hits 5 heart affection
[6:41 PM] Kiri: fucking beautiful
[6:41 PM] Leafia_Barrett: okay Serenade, be honest with me here
[6:41 PM] Leafia_Barrett: did you take lessons from Koga while I wasn't looking?
[6:41 PM] Leafia_Barrett: because fucking dodges all over the damn place
[6:42 PM] Cadence: What if there were dual-type moves?
[6:42 PM] Leafia_Barrett: Flying Press
[6:42 PM] Kiri: there is exactly one.
[6:42 PM] Kiri: it's a wrestling joke
[6:42 PM] Kiri: it's Fighting and Flying type
[6:42 PM] Kiri: somehow this results in not being as good coverage as having one fighting and one flying move
[6:42 PM] Kiri: it's weird how it works out
[6:43 PM] Cadence: These moves are weird. I'm back to watching Z moves.
[6:43 PM] Cadence: Like, they are basically Giga spells now.
[6:43 PM] Leafia_Barrett: that's a gen 6 move.
[6:43 PM] Leafia_Barrett: just for the record
[6:43 PM] Cadence: Not quite the craziest that disgaea goes, but still pretty good.
[6:43 PM] Leafia_Barrett: Flying Press is not new
[6:43 PM] Kiri: relatively speaking it's new but it is not this-gen
[6:43 PM] Cadence: yeah
[6:44 PM] Cadence: I'm a bit disappointed with the animation lengths.
[6:44 PM] Cadence: I kinda wish, for being once-per-battle things, that they were a bit longer than 3-5 seconds.
[6:44 PM] Cadence: It seems like they're in such a rush to go through the animation.
[6:44 PM] Leafia_Barrett: Pokemon battles are a lot shorter than Disgaea battles
[6:44 PM] Kiri: I mean that would get super repetitive
[6:44 PM] Cadence: I mean it's once per battle anyway though.
[6:44 PM] Leafia_Barrett: consider that half these battles are ended by the first use of the move
[6:44 PM] Cadence: But I mainly say that not by comparison to disgaea.
[6:44 PM] Kiri: and it's kinda the worst in Disgaea, wanting animations to be on for the sake of flashiness
[6:45 PM] Kiri: and watching Tera Star for the fifteenth time in one turn
[6:45 PM] Cadence: But looking at the animations
[6:45 PM] Kiri: and it's like 15 seconds every time
[6:45 PM] Cadence: Oh. You know what's good in DD2? You can press triangle to skip animations you've seen before.
[6:45 PM] Leafia_Barrett: oh, you're going to try to stall me out with Recover, Gastrodon? that's cute.
[6:45 PM] Leafia_Barrett: Work Up(edited)
[6:45 PM] Cadence: It's actually really great.
[6:45 PM] Cadence: But no like... I feel like what they did was they animated like an 8 second long move
[6:45 PM] Cadence: then doubled its speed.
[6:46 PM] Cadence: It seems really weird.
[6:46 PM] Cadence: So I just kinda wish they felt more naturally animated.
[6:46 PM] Cadence: by the way you'll love DD2's Omega Star.
[6:46 PM] Cadence: I actually chose not to skip it pretty freaking often
[6:46 PM] Leafia_Barrett: okay
[6:46 PM] Cadence: because it's really good.
[6:46 PM] Leafia_Barrett: so
[6:46 PM] Leafia_Barrett: Serenade here
[6:46 PM] Leafia_Barrett: dodged 5 consecutive Mud Bombs
[6:47 PM] Leafia_Barrett: 5
[6:47 PM] Kiri: jesus.
[6:47 PM] Cadence: Devastating drake...
[6:47 PM] Cadence: Is that ghost or dragon?
[6:47 PM] Kiri: you're getting where all my luck ended up
[6:47 PM] Cadence: I can't really tell.
[6:47 PM] Kiri: Dragon
[6:47 PM] Cadence: okay
[6:47 PM] Leafia_Barrett: she just solo'd this entire fight
[6:47 PM] Cadence: Twinkle tackle
[6:47 PM] Leafia_Barrett: from 4 levels behind
[6:47 PM] Cadence: Probably fairy
[6:47 PM] Leafia_Barrett: Ghost is Never-Ending Nightmare
[6:48 PM] Cadence: Acid Downpour is water
[6:48 PM] Kiri: poison
[6:48 PM] Leafia_Barrett: Poison
[6:48 PM] Cadence: oh
[6:48 PM] Kiri: Hydro Vortex is Water
[6:48 PM] Leafia_Barrett: Water is Hydro Vortex
[6:48 PM] Cadence: Oh I forgot that one
[6:48 PM] Cadence: ahhhh like
[6:48 PM] Cadence: If these were like 3 seconds longer.
[6:48 PM] Leafia_Barrett: I have not felt this powerful in this game since... ever
[6:48 PM] Cadence: Black Hole Eclipse
[6:48 PM] Leafia_Barrett: Serenade you legend
[6:49 PM] Leafia_Barrett: :heart:
[6:49 PM] Leafia_Barrett: also if you want longer animations, you should like at least Primarina's
[6:49 PM] Cadence: Corkscrew Crash was pretty good actually. I can appreciate its animation, but I wish there was just a brief pause between when the pokemon dashes through the opponent, and then lands on them from above
[6:49 PM] Kiri: honestly the animations are exactly the right length for me to be able to still ahve them on this far into the game and not want to kill myself
[6:49 PM] Cadence: Well like
[6:50 PM] Cadence: Part of the thing is I either want them to attempt to do less, or flesh out some of the things that are already there.
[6:50 PM] Cadence: Like a quick pan over to see corkscrew crash fly up, around, then down
[6:50 PM] Cadence: that would be just fine.
[6:50 PM] Cadence: OR, getting rid of the crash down.
[6:50 PM] Cadence: That would've probably been perfect for me.
[6:50 PM] Cadence: But I'm... I'm also always scrutinizing things anyway.
[6:50 PM] Cadence: So me saying this doesn't mean they're bad.
[6:50 PM] Cadence: It just means I can think of a way to make them better.
[6:51 PM] Kiri: ... Has Cotton Spore always been unable to effect Grass types since gen 6/
[6:51 PM] Leafia_Barrett: yes
[6:51 PM] Leafia_Barrett: anything spore or powder
[6:51 PM] Kiri: I don't remember that being one of those moves.
[6:51 PM] Kiri: weird.
[6:51 PM] Cadence: Oh, there it is. Neverending Nightmare.
[6:51 PM] Leafia_Barrett: just because it's not technically a status doesn't exempt it from that
[6:51 PM] Cadence: okay, that was Malicious Moonsault
[6:52 PM] Cadence: That one was basically a Disgaea move.
[6:52 PM] Leafia_Barrett: the starter animations are a bit more... ornate
[6:52 PM] Leafia_Barrett: not sure about the other signatures but at least those 3 are
[6:52 PM] Cadence: Summoning a wrestling arena
[6:52 PM] Kiri: the specific ones are better because they know what Pokemon's skeleton they'er allowed to use
[6:52 PM] Cadence: That is not something I imagine in pokemon
[6:52 PM] JayMonado: yeah theyre all pretty ornate
[6:52 PM] Cadence: XD
[6:52 PM] Leafia_Barrett: that's true
[6:52 PM] Kiri: like fuck man