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PokéBattles Foxfire: Tournament IV

The Side Villain Tournament

Tournaments are a time-honored tradition of the PokéBattles format. As PokéBattles are, at their heart, battles, every tenth battle (approximately) is some tenth battles are followed with a showdown between the best and most popular trainers of the time the best of some subset of the Version's trainers.

Records, February 7, 2023

Due to the size of the Records, this and future tournaments will be focused on subsets of them.
This Tournament is a challenge for side villains / minor villains, specifically those who are not minions of another villain.
The Records for eligible Foxfire entrants are as follows, sorted by adjusted win rate and alphabetically, with their battle scores and tournament colors:

Bowser: [1-0-1] 45 63
Buccaneer: [0-1-3] 14 35 42 43
Corsair: [0-1-2] 40 42 43
The Devil: [0-1-0] 40
Dictator Ice Water: [0-1-0] 81
Emaciated Ringwraith: [0-1-0] 19
Gerry: [0-1-0] 29
Lake Monster: [0-2-0] 7 T1R1
Malkavian: [2-1-2] 19 35 42 43 44
Man With Hook: [0-2-2] 10 42 43 44
Mayor Flind, Mind Flayer: [0-1-0] 53
MGM Lion: [1-2-2] 24 42 43 44
Richard Nixon: [0-1-0] 65
Tyber Zann: [0-1-0] 15
Ugly Monkey Red: [0-2-1] 60 71 77
The Wartortle: [1-0-0] 68
Dr. Albert Wily: [2-1-0] 65 72 86
Kazami Yuuka: [0-1-0] 51

The competitors chosen to participate in this tournament are Malkavian, Dr. Wily, Bowser and The Wartortle.


Round 1!

Tournament 4, Round 1A 2/9/2023
Location: Foxfire Arena #1
Player: Malkavian [2-1-2] Last Battle: #44
Player: Dr. Albert Wily [2-1-0] Last Battle: #86


MALKAVIAN and DRWILY, please enter the arena!
Viewers! I've made it to the arena!
Behold my soon to be victory!
(Even if only because I'm a side villain...)

Ah, my opponent is among the kine...
... did you just call me a cow.
Kine are kine.
I'll roast you!
DRWILY wants to fight!
It cannot be helped. The Masquerade must be upheld.
That was a joke. The Masquerade is impossible here.
The Narrator and Archives preclude it in its entirety.

MALKAVIAN wants to fight!
Go, Barrier'd!
Go! MR. MIME!
Barrier'd, more like Bury'rd!
... 'cause I'm gonna bury it. Go, Drill Man!

DRILLMAN is DRCOSSACK's POKéMON!
Of course, Mikhail has him-
Fine, Ground Man!

GROUNDMAN is KING's POKéMON!
Wasn't he my patsy anyway!? Never mind!
Bit of a stretch, but I do have him. Go, Junkman!

Get'm! JUNKMAN!
Barrier'd! Barrier!
MR. MIME used BARRIER!
MR. MIME's DEFENSE greatly rose!
Junkman, Junk Shield!
JUNKMAN used JUNK SHIELD!
JUNKMAN's DEFENSE greatly rose!
Well, this is a pointless staredown.
WARTORTLE used SHELL SMASH!
BARRIER was fully SMASHed!
JUNKSHIELD was fully SMASHed!
Wartortle!? What Wartortle!!
Woo, random event in our favor!
Junkman, hit it while he's worrying about it, Junk Cube!
JUNKMAN used JUNK CUBE!
JUNKMAN turned MR. MIME into a CUBE in JUNK reprocessor!
... needless to say, MR. MIME fainted!
Worthless.
Worthless, worthless, worthless~ ♫
... wait, that doesn't seem right. Go, Red Herring!

Go! REDHERRING!
... is that literally a fish.
Of course! A red herring. Like my fish obsession.
It has nothing to do with me.
Red Herring, use your Surf attack!

REDHERRING used SURF!
It's not very effective...
!!!!
JUNKMAN's JUNK BODY!
JUNKMAN was fully SHORT CIRCUITED!
JUNKMAN fainted!
A minor setback! Return, Junk Man!
You're a vampire, eh? Go, Shade Man!

Go! SHADEMAN!
Red Herring, Red Herring!~ ♫
RED HERRING used RED HERRING!
Ignore it, it's a fake!
It didn't affect SHADEMAN!
Shade Man, it's just a fish, drain it dry!
SHADEMAN used BLOOD DRAIN!
RED HERRING was drained of BLOOD!
... and COLOR!
What? RED HERRING is devolving!
RED HERRING devolved into HERRING!
HERRING fainted!
... I'm ... Out of minions.
I shall deal with you myself, metal pseudo-Kindred.

The enemy's like you but metal! Get'm MALKAVIAN!
Petrify Glare!
I shall use my Auspex to heighten my senses!
SHADEMAN used PETRIFY GLARE!
MALKAVIAN used HEIGHTEN SENSES!
MALKAVIAN's SENSES greatly rose!
... MALKAVIAN made eye contact with SHADEMAN's GLARE!
MALKAVIAN was fully PETRIFIED!
. . .
*petrified vampire noises*

Now, Noise Crush!
SHADEMAN used NOISE CRUSH!
It's super noisy!
MALKAVIAN was shattered out of petrification!
MALKAVIAN was fully DEAFENED!
. . . Where AM I!? I CAN NOT hear what YOU SAY,
NARRATOR! I SHALL HEAL WITH VITAE!

MALKAVIAN used VITAE HEALING!
MALKAVIAN is deafened no more!
While he's doing that, Shade Man, finish him off, Blood Drain!
SHADEMAN used BLOOD DRAIN!
Ah! You fall for my trap! Blood Bond!
MALKAVIAN used BLOOD BOND!
Forces collide!
MALKAVIAN was BONDed by BLOOD to a DRAIN!
SHADEMAN's DRAIN was BOUND up with BLOOD!
BOWSER used GROUND POUND!
ARENA's STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY greatly fell!
It doesn't affect SHADEMAN!
Because he's flying!
It does, however, affect MALKAVIAN and DRWILY!
DRWILY's HP greatly fell!
MALKAVIAN's HP greatly fell!
... Oh, woe is me, the pain...
MALKAVIAN is out of usable HIT POINTS!
MALKAVIAN fainted!
Congratulations, DRWILY! You've won Round 1!
Who won the other one?
...
BOWSER!
Oh, joy. Loyal viewers!
You're about to witness the fight of your life!

Tournament 4, Round 1B 2/9/2023
Location: Foxfire Arena #2
Player: Bowser [1-0-1] Last Battle: #63
Player: The Wartortle [1-0-0] Last Battle: #68


BOWSER and WARTORTLE, please enter the arena!
Opponent! You will bow before the Koopa King!
I
You will be brought to your knees!
AM
I will conquer, and... uhh...
THE
(... Narrator, is this guy okay?)
SLOWEST
WARTORTLE used FLASH!
WARTORTLE finished SENTENCE in a FLASH!
MANALIVEANDI'MGONNAKICKYOURTAILBOWSER
WARTORTLE wants to fight!
Now that's more like it! Go, Koopatrol!
BOWSER wants to fight!
Go! KOOPATROL!
WARTORTLE
Go! WARTORTLE!
Do you seriously not have any underlings?
What kind of second rate villain are you?

I
Koopatrol, Hyper Charge!
HAVE
KOOPATROL used HYPER CHARGE!
ENOUGH
KOOPATROL's ATTACK greatly rose!
MINIONS.
... wait, is that an actual Wartortle.
WARTORTLE used FLASH!
WARTORTLE gave ORDERS in a FLASH!
WARTORTLEUSESHELLSMASH
WARTORTLE used SHELL SMASH!
KOOPATROL's SHELL was SMASHed!
KOOPATROL fainted!
... Unfortunate.
SLOW
Go, Hammer Bros.!
AND
Go! HAMMERBROS!
STEADY
Shrink Hammer!
WINS
HAMMERBROS used SHRINK HAMMER!
THE
WARTORTLE's SIZE greatly fell!
...RACE? WARTORTLE's ATTACK fell!
WARTORTLE's EVADE rose!
...WAIT.
Hit it while it's waiting! Hammer Time!
WARTORTLE used WAIT!
HAMMERBRO used STOP!
WARTORTLE waited patiently!
HAMMERBRO ued HAMMERTIME!
WARTORTLE stopped WAITing just in TIME for a HAMMER!
...TO?
... To the NOGGIN!
OUCH
RED HERRING used RED HERRING!
WHAT
Delicious!
WHERE
WARTORTLE is confused!
WHICH
BOTH!
. . . .
It hurt itself in its confusion!
O W W W
It hurt itself in its confusion!
SHUTTING
WARTORTLE fainted!
UP
Send out which POKéMON?
SLOWBRO
Go! SLOWBRO!
Another bro...? Brotherly Feud!
HAMMER BRO used BROTHERLY FEUD!
HAMMER BRO's ANIMOSITY greatly rose!
SLOWBRO's ANIMOSITY greatly rose!
HAMMER BRO's ATTACK greatly rose!
SLOWBRO's ATTACK greatly rose!
SHADEMAN used NOISE CRUSH!
It's super noisy!
HAMMER BRO fainted from NOISE CRUSH!
I just accidentally buffed it didn't I.
YES
Right... Anyway, go me--
The enemy's slow! Get'm BOWSER!
Claw Rend!
BOWSER used CLAW REND!
It's not very effective...
Enemy SLOWBRO flinched!
...from NOISE CRUSH!
Hey, I'll tak what I can get.
Now, my special attack...
Ground Pound!

BOWSER used GROUND POUND!
ARENA's STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY greatly fell!
SLOWBRO was squished flat!
SLOWBRO fainted!
Send out which POKéMON?
OUT
WARTORTLE is out of usable POKéMON!
WARTORTLE sent out WARTORTLE!
Fire Breath!
SLOW
BOWSER used FIRE BREATH!
WARTORTLE used SLOW!
WARTORTLE was too SLOW to dodge BOWSER's FIRE BREATH!
It's ... REALLY BIG! And super burny!
O U C H
WARTORTLE fainted!
Congratulations, BOWSER! You've won Round 1!
Did Wily win the other one?
I've been looking forward to fighting him...


Round 2!

Tournament 4, Round 2 2/11/2023
Location: Foxfire Arena
Player: Dr. Wily [3-1-0] Last Battle: T4R1a
Player: Bowser [2-0-1] Last Battle: T4R1b


DRWILY and BOWSER, please enter the arena!
... You.
You!
You overgrown reptilian sellout has-been!
You half-baked copypaste mad scientist!
You've barely had a proper game in years!

At least I don't play tennis with MegaMan!
Face it, old lizard, you haven't been a threat since the N64!

At least I made it to the N64, you half baked Einstein wannabe!
Your closest thing to a 3D appearance was some boat man! Who lost all his boats to pirates!

That wasn't even me, that was some guy in the future!
Your go-karting and party games are you!

The only reason you haven't been in more yourself...
Is because your soccer game was a massive flop!
You weren't even playable in it!

'Cause I was the main villain, fire brain!
I know how to preserve panache!
Anyway!

HIBER: BOOOO!...
HIBER: Less talk more violence!
HIBER: (Or else Tiny Tim's gonna be disappointed with me again...)
I know how to please an audience!
'King' Bowser! Prepare to be dethroned!

DRWILY wants to fight!
I haven't been dethroned in 38 years!
Upstart! I'll show you how it's done!

BOWSER wants to fight!
Burst Man!
Boom-Boom! Go! BURSTMAN!
Go! BOOM-BOOM!
Rebound Bubble!
Beat-Up!
BURSTMAN ued REBOUND BUBBLE!
BOOM-BOOM used BEAT UP!
BURSTMAN's BUBBLEs were BEATen UP and REBOUNDed into BURSTMAN!
BURSTMAN bounced into CEILINGSPIKES!
BURSTMAN fainted!
... Maybe if you consider exploding to be fainting!
...
Right.
I'll handle this myself!
Go! WilyMachine VII!

The enemy's pretty strong! Get'm WILYMACHN7!
I like the skull motif!
... But it won't save you.

We'll see about that! Skull Stomp!
WILYMACHN7 used SKULL STOMP!
BOOM-BOOM was squished!
BOOM-BOOM's SPIKE GUARD!
It doesn't affect WILYMACHN7!
Not letting up! Again! WILYMACHN7's attack continues!
BOOM-BOOM's SPIKE GUARD!
It doesn't affect WILYMACHN7!
WILYMACHN7's attack continues!
BOOM-BOOM fainted!
...Grrr...
Then go me! I'll handle you myself!

The enemy's huge and kind of boring! Get'm BOWSER!
Boring!?
But I put so much effort into its aesthetics!
What's not to like about a giant walking skull!!
Behold! Giga Jump!

WILYMACHN7 used GIGA JUMP!
CEILING's hit!
CEILING's STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY fell!
Hit 2 times!
WILYMACHN7's attack missed!
HIBER: BOOOO! Stop blowing holes in my arena!
HIBER: This is like the third time we've had to repair it!
HIBER used BOOT THROW!
HIBER made WILYMACHN7's BOOTsector THROW EXCEPTION!
It's super effective!
Critical hit!
WILYMACHN7 is paralyzed! It may not move!
... okay this is blatantly unfair.
HIBER: Stop blowing holes in my arena then, it's been like three times!
While it's paralyzed! Ground pound!
BOWSER used GROUND POUND!
It's not very effective...
WILYMACHN7 is fully paralyzed!
Hey! I want to do something!
HIBER: Then next time send out something with interesting moves!
BOWSER's attack continues!
BOWSER's attack missed!
It kept going and crashed!
... into FLOOR!
ARENA's STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY greatly fell!
HIBER: ...What did I just say...
HIBER used BOOT TOSS!
HIBER TOSSed BOWSER's GROUND POUND COMMAND in CAR BOOT!
...and drove CAR into LAKE!
LAKEMONSTER is angry!
LAKEMONSTER wants to fight!

Player: Lake Monster [0-2-0] Last Battle: T1R1b

GAOOOOOO!
What.
...Is that some sort of aquatic Blargg?
LAKEMONSTER used EARTHQUAKE!
WILYMACHN7's hit!
WILYMACHN7 fainted!
Haha!~ At last, my true machinations are revealed.
Go, Wily Capsule 7!

Go! WILYPOD7!
LAKEMONSTER's attack continues!
BOWSER's hit!
It's super effective!
OW
HIBER's hit!
It's super effective! ... technically.
HIBER: Zero times two is still zero...
ARENA's hit!
HIBER: OH FOR THE LOVE OF--
It's super effective!
Critical hit!
ARENA's STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY greatly fell!
ARENA is out of usable STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY!
ARENA SPIKED CEILING greatly fell!
... On DRWILY, BOWSER, and LAKEMONSTER!
OW.
OW.
GAOW.
DRWILY fainted!
BOWSER fainted!
LAKEMONSTER is in critical condition!
HIBER: ... My beautiful arena ... ;~;
Congratulations, LAKEMONSTER! You've won the tournament! ...somehow...
LAKEMONSTER received the STRUCTURAL INTEGRITYBADGE!
Gao! Gao gao!!
(I can't believe... We both lost...)
(...to some upstart lake monster from nwohere...)

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