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Post by Artificiary on Nov 14, 2022 1:46:53 GMT
The thunder is competing with the sound of the roaring rain and crashing waves for superiority of noise and ferocity. Fitting, considering the innate ferocity of the single trainer on the boat that is cutting through the waves.
Mya has found herself on an interesting adventure: to the up to this point wholly isolated Salve Island. Nobody knows what's going on there - the company owns the island... and there was a massive explosion leaving only one survivor. And now, people are being brought onto the island, one at a time, spaced out, to wander and catch Pokemon.
The docking of the boat is as rough as the seas. It is no wonder people haven't made it out here on Pokemon and unchartered boats... if the seas weren't vicious enough, the dock is something that is, ah, very loosely given that title. The sands are black as soot and shining brightly with each flash of lightning, and before Mya is the dark and ominous expanse of the wooded mystery that is Salve Island.
Three hours and the ship will blow its horn. Until then, you can catch as many Pokemon as you're able, and go where you like. If you aren't back when the horn blows, you will be brought back. Those are the rules.... so what will you do?
OOC: The encounter begins!
(Please be sure to post your active Pokemon's statblock in your first post's OOC section!)
You are currently in: SALVE BEACH [Sub-area 1]
ENCOUNTERS: 0/3 LUXURY BALLS: 5/5
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Post by Mya "Rainbow" Saller on Nov 17, 2022 0:56:27 GMT
"They didn't know why these things were funny. Sometimes you laugh because you've got no more room for crying. Sometimes you laugh because table manners on a beach are funny. And sometimes you laugh because you're alive, when you really shouldn't be." -Terry Pratchett Was Hercules ever like, "Yo, I don't wanna fight Cerberus?"
Action: Time to get started!
Items: 0/3
She stared at the swinging lamp in the ship as they approached the island, glaring up at it with an expression on her face that may have indicated she was either deep in thought or pissed at something. In reality, she was trying to keep her lunch down while her arms were sprawled out on the back of the couch, her legs straight out with her heavy boots resting on the ground. Her jacket was draped over her shoulders, but she knew she'd have to put it on as the air got colder and colder the worst the storm got.
Finally, they came to port. She put her feet firmly on the ground and stood up, slipping her arms into her heavy coat and stepping off the ship onto the ancient dock that threatened to give out under her. Mya sniffed, blinking rapidly against the rain that began to drip from her eyelashes. She should have brought an umbrella, but too little too late.
She made her way to the beach and flicked two pokeballs out. One was of a pokemon with bright orange skin and a flaming tail that hissed with steam against the rain. Atlas Arris let out a cry as he was let out, shaking the rain off of his skin only for more to fall. He looked at Mya with disappointment. She turned her attention to the other pokemon.
The little axew opened his eyes to the stormy island. Vulcan. Mya hadn't had time to properly train him since opening her gym. But this little trip was the perfect chance to get Vulcan some actual field experience.
"Listen up," she said, drawing the eyes of the two pokemon. "Your job today is to encounter some pokemon and prove to me you can handle yourself. Arris is here in case things go south, and Eon is on reserve if Arris can't handle himself. Got it?"
The axew snorted. Mya's eyes narrowed. "Got. It?" she asked again, her voice growing fiercer. Vulcan hesitated, but finally let out a nod. He wasn't a fool. He had watched Mya's gym battles and knew she was capable of handling her team. But that didn't mean he had to hand everything to her!
"Good. You wander off, you don't get dinner. You pick fights without my order, you don't get breakfast. Keep being a brat, and you fight Wormy in the ring." She began to walk off, Atlas following her and motioning for Vulcan to do the same. The little axew did, waddling out to be slightly in front of Mya. He could behave himself! She should just wait and see how great he is at behaving himself!I'm pretty sure I'm worthless if I can't be of service
Vulcan || Level 7 || Mold Breaker || N/A 16/16 Condition(s): N/A
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| Eon || Level 30 29/29
| Atlas Arris || Level 30 22/22
| Vulcan || Level 7 16/16
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Eon || Shelgon [img style="max-width:100%;max-height:200px;" alt="Shelgon" src="https://img.pokemondb.net/artwork/shelgon.jpg"]
[a href="https://pokemondb.net/pokedex/shelgon"]Shelgon[/a] // Level 30 // Male
[table][tbody][tr][td style="padding:3px;"][b]Max HP[/b][/td][td style="padding:3px;"][b]Attack[/b][/td][td style="padding:3px;"][b]Defense[/b][/td][td style="padding:3px;"][b]Speed[/b][/td][/tr][tr][td style="padding:3px;"]29 [/td][td style="padding:3px;"]27 [/td][td style="padding:3px;"]24 [/td][td style="padding:3px;"]28 [/td][/tr][/tbody][/table][b] Ability:[/b] Rock Head - does not take recoil damage [b]Held item:[/b] none [b]Moves:[/b] Dragon Claw, Hydro Pump, Headbutt, Crunch Atlas Arris || Charmeleon [img src="https://www.serebii.net/art/th/5.png" style="max-width:100%;max-height:200px;" alt="Charmeleon"]
[a href="https://pokemondb.net/pokedex/charmeleon"]Charmeleon[/a] // Level 30 // Male
[table][tbody][tr][td style="padding:3px;"][b]Max HP[/b][/td][td style="padding:3px;"][b]Attack[/b][/td][td style="padding:3px;"][b]Defense[/b][/td][td style="padding:3px;"][b]Speed[/b][/td][/tr][tr][td style="padding:3px;"]22 [/td][td style="padding:3px;"]28 [/td][td style="padding:3px;"]21 [/td][td style="padding:3px;"]30 [/td][/tr][/tbody][/table] [b]Ability:[/b] Blaze - powers up fire-type moves by 50% when the Pokemon is under one third HP. [b]Held item:[/b] None [b]Moves:[/b] Dragon Breath, Slash, Flamethrower, Fire Fang, Smokescreen Vulcan || Axew [img src="https://img.pokemondb.net/artwork/axew.jpg" alt="Axew" style="max-width:100%;max-height:200px;"]
[a href="https://pokemondb.net/pokedex/axew"]Axew[/a] // Level 7 // Male
[table][tbody][tr][td style="padding:3px;"][b]Max HP[/b][/td] [td style="padding:3px;"][b]Attack[/b][/td] [td style="padding:3px;"][b]Defense[/b][/td] [td style="padding:3px;"][b]Speed[/b][/td][/tr] [tr][td style="padding:3px;"]16[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"]26[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"]19[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"]19[/td][/tr][/tbody][/table] [b]Ability:[/b] Mold Breaker - Axew may use moves regardless of abilities. [b]Held item:[/b] None [b]Moves:[/b] Leer, Scratch, Bite, False Swipe
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Post by Artificiary on Dec 4, 2022 13:17:56 GMT
The black sands stretch out like infinite ink into the horizon. Black, thundering skies. Black, glistening sands. Black, twisting silhouettes of trees in the distance at the edge of the shore. Everything is dark... ominous... a living horror movie. Something roars in a terrible manner, an echoing metallic bellow in the far distance that sends birds scattering into the sky. It is echoed moments later by a rippling peal of thunder.
This is the kind of dark where the frightening things go bump in the night. Things... like a certain Pokemon slinking along the beach.
Her tail and body glide effortlessly over the sand and in the water's surf in elegant undulating ribbons. The spray tickles at the fins around her horns, and she delights in the corporeal contact. She is alone - she always has been.
She isn't supposed to be. Her kind - ancient though they are, they are pack creatures. One of a flock. Little ones like her are often seen amongst their evolved brethren. Shifting along the water, diving in and out of the surf that they haunt, tucking themselves away in the eel-hides of other's horns... that was her kind's way. A family. A pack. A group to call her unit to protect and play and preserve. A sense of belonging.
All she has ever known are sterile labs and white walls and experiment after experiment pulling at her form from faceless monsters trying to pry her history apart. What makes her tick? What was she when she was 'alive' - and how do they recreate that again? Test after test, note after note, experiments bleeding together until her life was nothing but a blur.
But no more. And now she is alone. But she doesn't have to be...
The ethereal dragon slides her way up the beach towards the walking trio. They haven't noticed her. She is so good. So excellent. So quiet. Her circumstances have made her able to survive. An apex predator, a threatening beast.... and one here to play!
Very suddenly, she zooms across the sand, her paws tucked in close to her body. The little one swerves between Mya's legs mid-step, twisting, diving around Atlas Arris as well, so that she can very suddenly lunge upwards and into Vulcan's face!
BOO!!!!
Surprise! She is here! She got you! The fellow little dragon lets out an Astonishing croaking chirp of delight as she leaps upward in an attempt to jumpscare Vulcan, before swirling around herself, fins fluttering. Her bright yellow eyes glow like tiny suns in the darkness, alert and bright and very focused. Peekaboo! She found them, first!
OOC: A wild DREEPY appeared!
DREEPY is faster, and thus moves first! DREEPY used ASTONISH! It rolled... 8! It hits! ASTONISH does 3 damage! AXEW currently has 13/16 HP!
Battle Changes: AXEW currently has 13/16 HP.
You are currently in: SALVE BEACH [SUB AREA 1]
| ENCOUNTERS 1/3 | | BALLS: 5/5 | | OUT OF BATTLE HEAL: 1/1 | | REPELS: 0/0 |
Dreepy // Level 35 // Female
Max HP | Attack | Defense | Speed | 23 | 23 | 19 | 28 |
Ability: Infiltrator - ignores the effects of Reflect, Light Screen and Safeguard. In other words, if the opponent has used Safeguard, Toxic would still badly poison them. Held item: None Moves: Astonish, Bite, Infestation, Quick Attack
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Post by Mya "Rainbow" Saller on Dec 4, 2022 16:28:50 GMT
"They didn't know why these things were funny. Sometimes you laugh because you've got no more room for crying. Sometimes you laugh because table manners on a beach are funny. And sometimes you laugh because you're alive, when you really shouldn't be." -Terry Pratchett Was Hercules ever like, "Yo, I don't wanna fight Cerberus?"
Action: Vulcan uses False Swipe! (which will have no effect cause of a ghost type, just trying to ensure this counts as a "battle" for level-up purposes xD) + Mya invites the Dreepy to play hide and seek with them again on the beach, and an attempt to disengage from battle! (she will be aiming for eventual capture after the game <3)
Items: 0/3
The storm was relaxing in a way, the darkness casting a sense of ease she hadn't been able to know in a long time. Running the gym was great and she adored finally being able to proactively help her town, but it was an exhausting, thankless job. Especially among those that still refused to acknowledge pokemon being important for the future of Famine. Their town had suffered for so long, and now they had a chance to actually make something of themselves... or at least prepare until they vanished again. The very thought filled her with dread. But-
Mya nearly jumped backwards, but she managed to simply stop shot of her walk as she tried to follow the movements of the swift little thing that darted around Atlas, causing a surprised croak from the lizard, only to witness the... attack? On Vulcan.
Mya felt an order build up in her throat, but she bit it back. She blinked.
Vulcan, on the other hand, jumped back in shock and instantly let loose a False Swipe that, to his surprise, passed right through the strange pokemon! He waved his claws again, as if trying to touch them. What sorcery was this!? He then got into a battle position, glowering and ready to attack, looking back to Mya for orders-
Mya let out a loud, barking laugh. "Oh my Rayquaza! You got us good, little buddy!" She smiled, putting her hands on her hips as she studied the little pokemon. "You are just adorable! Look at you! Quick as a Quick Attack, too! I didn't even see you!"
Vulcan relaxed his posture, although disappointed. He could have taken this, this thing! But... he looked back at the dreepy... there was no threat here, was there? Right? He looked to Atlas Arris who gave a shrug, also chuckling a bit. The charmeleon focused on getting his tail to glow brighter in the rain to shed a tiny bit of light on their new playmate.
Mya took out her phone, a pang of sorrow hitting her. A gift from the late Professor Yew... Mya shook off the feeling, as if she shivered, opening up the pokedex. She read the information, quickly looking around, shining the phone's flashlight on the ocean. There was.... no one else out here? No other dreepy? She frowned and shut off the light, thinking for a moment before giving a smile.
"Hey! Little buddy! You wanna play another round with us? Maybe we hide, say... no deeper than two trees into the woods, yeah? And you come find all of us! Including-" she tossed out the last pokeball of her team, Eon coming into site as his weight slammed against the beach, tossing up a lot of sand. The bowling ball of a pokemon opened his eyes to the scene before him. "My other bud here? What do you say? Think you can find all four of us in, say, three minutes?" she held up three fingers. "But we get a head start to hide!"
Vulcan let out a sigh, along with Eon. Of course Mya would try to make friends with the first thing she sees on this island. Why anyone thought she was intimidating was beyond her pokemon's understanding. Atlas Arris, though, seemed very excited about this game! The charmeleon nodded eagerly, ready to play hide and seek!I'm pretty sure I'm worthless if I can't be of service
Vulcan || Level 7 || Mold Breaker || N/A 13/16 Condition(s): N/A
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| Eon || Level 30 29/29
| Atlas Arris || Level 30 22/22
| Vulcan || Level 7 16/16
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Eon || Shelgon [img style="max-width:100%;max-height:200px;" alt="Shelgon" src="https://img.pokemondb.net/artwork/shelgon.jpg"]
[a href="https://pokemondb.net/pokedex/shelgon"]Shelgon[/a] // Level 30 // Male
[table][tbody][tr][td style="padding:3px;"][b]Max HP[/b][/td][td style="padding:3px;"][b]Attack[/b][/td][td style="padding:3px;"][b]Defense[/b][/td][td style="padding:3px;"][b]Speed[/b][/td][/tr][tr][td style="padding:3px;"]29 [/td][td style="padding:3px;"]27 [/td][td style="padding:3px;"]24 [/td][td style="padding:3px;"]28 [/td][/tr][/tbody][/table][b] Ability:[/b] Rock Head - does not take recoil damage [b]Held item:[/b] none [b]Moves:[/b] Dragon Claw, Hydro Pump, Headbutt, Crunch Atlas Arris || Charmeleon [img src="https://www.serebii.net/art/th/5.png" style="max-width:100%;max-height:200px;" alt="Charmeleon"]
[a href="https://pokemondb.net/pokedex/charmeleon"]Charmeleon[/a] // Level 30 // Male
[table][tbody][tr][td style="padding:3px;"][b]Max HP[/b][/td][td style="padding:3px;"][b]Attack[/b][/td][td style="padding:3px;"][b]Defense[/b][/td][td style="padding:3px;"][b]Speed[/b][/td][/tr][tr][td style="padding:3px;"]22 [/td][td style="padding:3px;"]28 [/td][td style="padding:3px;"]21 [/td][td style="padding:3px;"]30 [/td][/tr][/tbody][/table] [b]Ability:[/b] Blaze - powers up fire-type moves by 50% when the Pokemon is under one third HP. [b]Held item:[/b] None [b]Moves:[/b] Dragon Breath, Slash, Flamethrower, Fire Fang, Smokescreen Vulcan || Axew [img src="https://img.pokemondb.net/artwork/axew.jpg" alt="Axew" style="max-width:100%;max-height:200px;"]
[a href="https://pokemondb.net/pokedex/axew"]Axew[/a] // Level 7 // Male
[table][tbody][tr][td style="padding:3px;"][b]Max HP[/b][/td] [td style="padding:3px;"][b]Attack[/b][/td] [td style="padding:3px;"][b]Defense[/b][/td] [td style="padding:3px;"][b]Speed[/b][/td][/tr] [tr][td style="padding:3px;"]16[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"]26[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"]19[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"]19[/td][/tr][/tbody][/table] [b]Ability:[/b] Mold Breaker - Axew may use moves regardless of abilities. [b]Held item:[/b] None [b]Moves:[/b] Leer, Scratch, Bite, False Swipe
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Post by Artificiary on Jun 15, 2023 10:38:09 GMT
Harmless, Vulcan's claws fade through the Dreepy. There is a wispiness to her appearance, a flutter, a shadow that reforms into her solid body. It tickles! Hee-hee! How wonderful! She trills, her voice like an off-tune lullaby, and wriggles her head, her fins, her whole body as Vulcan waves in an attempt to gain any purchase, that only lands against eerily cool scales when he does it gentle enough to be only a tap.
When he backs up, she twirls again, her eyes staring, unblinking. Oh! Is this tag? Friend tag? She likes tag too, that's okay! But rather than tag, the Dreepy makes a peeping noise at Mya's laugh, sun-bright eyes with pinprick pupils changing direction to stare up at the human trainer instead. "D...rrrrrrreeeeee....eeee!" She preens, waving her fins in front of her as if waving at the praise. Oh, do go on! Adorable is right, and such attention! Oh!
...It's far better than the monsters in the lab-coats with the machines and needles and experiments ever offered.
She watches the light of the phone with curiosity. It looks like the sterile things, but it isn't being used like the sterile things. And its smaller, too, than the things the monsters used for their notes. It gets shined off into the water, and Dreepy looks too. For a moment, it seems like the dragon's burning eyes shine ever brighter - attempting to outdo the phone, perhaps! I can shine just as bright! See? It feels natural, playing along. There is a sadness to the human - it was there, for a moment. Grief. Ghosts are so intimately familiar...
But not she! This Dreepy is fun! Fun and no longer lonely. Tag was fun, but hide and seek is even better! Her noise of agreement is almost a croak, and she takes off at lightspeed once more, gliding circles around Mya and her team, only doing so faster once Eon's weight hits the sand. She's almost created an accidental mini-cyclone when she changes direction and zips around Atlas Arris' feet - her excitement matches the Charmeleon's stride for stride: yes! Yes! Games and fun! She agrees!
With a cry, the Dreepy launches herself away from the group and down the beach towards the water. But she stops short of the shore, circling around a few times more slowly, before settling, staring at the sand where stormy waters crash against it. She doesn't close her eyes, too excited... but this is privacy enough to go hide, right?
Yes. Of course it is! She knows how to play! She's the play-er-est! Er. Oh. Right - counting. "Dree....dreeee...dreeeee......"
OOC: Battle is DISENGAGED! Hide-and-seek has begun!
AXEW used FALSE SWIPE! But it had no effect... DREEPY will no longer fight! Battle concluded! DREEPY seems willing to play!
You are currently in: SALVE BEACH [SUB AREA 1]
| ENCOUNTERS 1/3 | | BALLS: 5/5 | | OUT OF BATTLE HEAL: 1/1 | | REPELS: 0/0 |
Dreepy // Level 35 // Female
Max HP | Attack | Defense | Speed | 23 | 23 | 19 | 28 |
Ability: Infiltrator - ignores the effects of Reflect, Light Screen and Safeguard. In other words, if the opponent has used Safeguard, Toxic would still badly poison them. Held item: None Moves: Astonish, Bite, Infestation, Quick Attack
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Post by Mya "Rainbow" Saller on Jun 17, 2023 19:09:00 GMT
"They didn't know why these things were funny. Sometimes you laugh because you've got no more room for crying. Sometimes you laugh because table manners on a beach are funny. And sometimes you laugh because you're alive, when you really shouldn't be." -Terry Pratchett Was Hercules ever like, "Yo, I don't wanna fight Cerberus?"
Action: Next post she will attempt a capture!
Items: 0/3
She laughed as the pokemon seemed excited with the idea, and the moment it darted off, she rubbed her nose with her thumb and winked at her team. "Get hiding!" she said as she darted for the trees. There weren't many trees to climb in Famine, but that didn't stop Mya from being able to scale almost anything put in front of her like a rabid rattata. She scaled the tree like it was no different from a rock face common in the city. Once she got settled in the higher branches, she took off her jacket and tossed it down to Atlas. She winked at him and he nodded, going a line further into the trees to the maximum distance Mya had set for them all.
She herself settled against the slick branches and the leaves, ignoring the water seeping into her clothes and causing her to shiver as the thunder growled above. This was good enough, yeah? She wanted to be found, of course, but she at least was trying to make it somewhat fun for the odd pokemon.
Atlas took the coat and went to a very wet bush with no risk of setting on fire. He crawled inside and used the coat to hide the glowing light of his tail, putting the area around them all back into natural darkness, only the lighting above piercing it in a eerie glow. She curled up under the coat inside the bush, waiting eagerly to be found.
Vulcan scaled up another tree, using his claws and his tusks to try to get up as high as he could. He stood up at the top. He was on a thinner branch, not as adept at finding good footholds as Mya is, and teeters on the edge of it snapping to holding firm. Yes, this was perfect!
Eon himself wandered a bit further down the beach to a cluster of broken rocks and strange metal sheets. He wiggled in between some of them. He hid his legs in the sand as much as possible and closed his eyes, blending into the rocks and metal. He felt a twang of excitement. A little dragon like that had so much energy it was a breath of fresh air! He could see it in Mya's eyes, love at first site with the little thing. Eon just hoped the creature would at the very least keep her equally entertained during this game.
The group fell into silence, waiting for the Dreepy to announce the start of the clock, and the game would begin.I'm pretty sure I'm worthless if I can't be of service
Vulcan || Level 7 || Mold Breaker || N/A 13/16 Condition(s): N/A
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| Eon || Level 30 29/29
| Atlas Arris || Level 30 22/22
| Vulcan || Level 7 16/16
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Eon || Shelgon [img style="max-width:100%;max-height:200px;" alt="Shelgon" src="https://img.pokemondb.net/artwork/shelgon.jpg"]
[a href="https://pokemondb.net/pokedex/shelgon"]Shelgon[/a] // Level 30 // Male
[table][tbody][tr][td style="padding:3px;"][b]Max HP[/b][/td][td style="padding:3px;"][b]Attack[/b][/td][td style="padding:3px;"][b]Defense[/b][/td][td style="padding:3px;"][b]Speed[/b][/td][/tr][tr][td style="padding:3px;"]29 [/td][td style="padding:3px;"]27 [/td][td style="padding:3px;"]24 [/td][td style="padding:3px;"]28 [/td][/tr][/tbody][/table][b] Ability:[/b] Rock Head - does not take recoil damage [b]Held item:[/b] none [b]Moves:[/b] Dragon Claw, Hydro Pump, Headbutt, Crunch Atlas Arris || Charmeleon [img src="https://www.serebii.net/art/th/5.png" style="max-width:100%;max-height:200px;" alt="Charmeleon"]
[a href="https://pokemondb.net/pokedex/charmeleon"]Charmeleon[/a] // Level 30 // Male
[table][tbody][tr][td style="padding:3px;"][b]Max HP[/b][/td][td style="padding:3px;"][b]Attack[/b][/td][td style="padding:3px;"][b]Defense[/b][/td][td style="padding:3px;"][b]Speed[/b][/td][/tr][tr][td style="padding:3px;"]22 [/td][td style="padding:3px;"]28 [/td][td style="padding:3px;"]21 [/td][td style="padding:3px;"]30 [/td][/tr][/tbody][/table] [b]Ability:[/b] Blaze - powers up fire-type moves by 50% when the Pokemon is under one third HP. [b]Held item:[/b] None [b]Moves:[/b] Dragon Breath, Slash, Flamethrower, Fire Fang, Smokescreen Vulcan || Axew [img src="https://img.pokemondb.net/artwork/axew.jpg" alt="Axew" style="max-width:100%;max-height:200px;"]
[a href="https://pokemondb.net/pokedex/axew"]Axew[/a] // Level 7 // Male
[table][tbody][tr][td style="padding:3px;"][b]Max HP[/b][/td] [td style="padding:3px;"][b]Attack[/b][/td] [td style="padding:3px;"][b]Defense[/b][/td] [td style="padding:3px;"][b]Speed[/b][/td][/tr] [tr][td style="padding:3px;"]16[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"]26[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"]19[/td] [td style="padding:3px;"]19[/td][/tr][/tbody][/table] [b]Ability:[/b] Mold Breaker - Axew may use moves regardless of abilities. [b]Held item:[/b] None [b]Moves:[/b] Leer, Scratch, Bite, False Swipe
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