User blog comment:Cfp3157/Pokémon Tournament: Roger Morrison vs. Lysander Summers/@comment-422690-20141208205001

Round 1: Cerberus v Gabriel

Roger: Lysander:

Cerberus has 2 super effective moves, 1 resisted, 3 normal to Gabriel’s 5 normal. This gives Cerberus a type advantage right off the bat, and her special defense-boosting vest gives an additional defense against all of Gabriel’s attacks. Gabriel’s Expert Belt won’t do shit, because he has no super effective moves. This is fairly cut and dried; Cerberus should take this without too much injury.

Round 2: Stymphalion v Willow

Roger: Lysander:

Stymphalion has 2 normal and 1 ¼x resisted attacks to Willow’s 3 ½x resisted and 1 ¼x resisted. This is a massive type disadvantage, further worsened by Stymphalion’s Sandstorm and Willow’s Life Orb item. Sandstorm will reduce Willow’s health by a sixteenth each turn while the Life Orb will reduce it by a tenth per attack. Willow simply can’t win in less than the ten turns the Life Orb would need to kill it.

Round 3: Stripe v Brahm

Roger: Lysander:

Once again, the supposed “ghost hunter” shows just how ill-equipped he is to deal with ghost types. Brahm has one move that can hit Stripe. One. This would be a curbstomp normally, but given Lysander’s profession as a ghost hunter this is just sad. He already lost any claim to that title when he got demolished by Lloyd, whose team is half Ghost-type, but it goes even further down the drain here. Lysander should retire from ghost hunting in shame and stick to his creepy replacement waifu Gardevoir thing.

Round 4: Snug v Angelus

Roger: Lysander:

Snug has 4 super effective moves against Angelus, while Angelus has none. Again, this type advantage proves to be doubly harmful because of Snug’s Hard Stone item, which boosts its power. Angelus is completely, utterly crushed here.

Round 5: Heartwood v Salazaar

Roger: Lysander:

Once again, the supposed “ghost hunter” shows just how ill-equipped he is to deal with ghost types. Brahm Salazaar has one two moves that can hit Stripe Heartwood. One Two. This would be a curbstomp normally, but given Lysander’s profession as a ghost hunter this is just sad. He already lost any claim to that title when he got demolished by Lloyd, whose team is half Ghost-type, but it goes even further down the drain here. Lysander should retire from ghost hunting in shame and stick to his creepy replacement waifu Gardevoir thing.

Round 6: Grootslag v Soma

Roger: Lysander:

This is an interesting match. Neither Pokémon has any super effective moves, but Soma has one ½x resisted move. This is a battle of attrition; Soma is a heal tank, while Grootslag is a simple powerhouse. Soma has enough of a passive heal from leftovers and an active heal from Wish to let him win a long, hard battle of attrition against Grootslag and come out of it nearly fresh thanks to his healing abilities, since Grootslag has none.

Round 7: Cerberus v Soma

Roger: Lysander:

And Cerberus has 2 super effective moves against Soma, who’s likely low or out of PP for his healing moves after the last fight. Soma gets obliterated here.

Overall

Roger: Lysander:

Roger Morrison wins.