Battle of the A's
===Stipulations===
Match up - 8 v 8, one on one
Arena - Supreme dust bowl. Spanning as far as the eye can see, the supreme dust bowl is comprised of loose sand. Water is non existent, and the sun shines down brightly (permanent sunny day effect). This can not be changed. The loose sand will hold the weight of even the bulkiest of Groudon's. However, moves that require movement of earth will function differently here (This is up to the ref).
Banned moves - None. However, the 'Sub' is banned for this match, save for SIMPLE level subs ('If [Status] then X' is ok, as is singular uses of the 'mirror coat/snatch' sub)
Abilities - On. However, as mentioned above, abilities that affect the weather do not function. Also, abilities that would be detrimental in this weather DO still work.
Special - As there is no water here, any pokemon that logically require water to survive can not function here. However, anyone creative enough to figure out ways to do so can try (Flooding a crater in the sand with water will only last for a few rounds before the water seeps down in to the mud).
===Battlers===
===Round 24===
With Scyther on trailwinds, Ash decides to pick up the pace with a more...novel Pokemon. Out spins a whirring construct, sparking with electric vibrancy. Scyther cares little for its typing and surges. Looks like he's going for blood! Bladed appendages gum up the whirring blades of Plaz, and the ghost growls in annoyance. It releases a spit of fire that lands on the right arm of its nemesis. Scyther pulls away, aggravated and burned. (-1)
Scy: -7E Brn ~~~ Pl: -2E/-9H
Shaking the pain off of the burning, Scyther takes a deep breath. Feeling his body surge with more energy than before, he continues this valiant effort of possibly dismantling a foe before he falls. He spears the fan blades again-but the fan shows no signs of feeling any excess pain. Maybe because it's not a ghost anymore.
But this allows another status to be tossed into Scyther from close range! This time, a more elemental anomoly, waves of electricity to lock up nerves.(-1)
Scy: -3E Par ~~~ Pl: -2E/-4H
Scyther manages to pull away however, and flaps his wings as he does so. Shocking! As he flaps away from the fan, there is a nice breeze that overpowers Plaz's own self made breeze and coats his fanrotor with a strange substance. That'll take forever to clean out.
Plaz counters with a Toxic spray, ejected through the blades themselves so they are blown into Scyther's airspace. Scyther bows over and coughs, amazed he's encumbered by all these statuses at once. (-1)
Scy: -6E Txc ~~~ Pl: -2E/-9H
The toxic grows in rapid fashion. (-3)
===End Stats===
Slash: 22/33
Ash