[Discussion] You Are a Rock

[Mirage]

Well. This seems fine!

Yep. Everything's under control, it's all fine™! (insert copyka2 emote here)

Yeah we really don't have very many any good options here, unfortunately. Our abilities and moves are all heavily geared towards mobility or one on one close combat, no real spread options, at least until our big dragon friend shows up.

I think enervating the roots is a solid starting play, it'll slow them down which will hopefully help us dodge. I think to go with that, maybe the next best thing to try might be to poison multiple roots with Poison Jab? Fairy is particularly weak to poison after all, and if the root system is interconnected, and especially if we can hit multiple targets... then maybe the poison will spread, and help further weaken it?

Alternatively, we can also try to Catapult again and move Millie to wherever the safest place we can see is. Granted, I don't see anything particularly notable, but... she only needs to be safe for however long it takes for Dark Matter to get here. Maybe there's a random walkway or something out of immediate reach that we haven't noticed yet?

For dealing with the humanoid and Pokemon shapes coming in... depends so much on what's specifically going on here. If Xerneas is using her life energy to reanimate them though, it's maybe possible that we can try reaching out to Yveltal, and seeing if he can absorb that energy? I'm doubtful that will work, but... yeah. We might not be getting out of this one unscathed.

idk if we also need to give Weavile a pep talk to convince him to let us defend ourselves

Yeah, that might be necessary. His loyalty is definitely something else, to not be shaken by that creepy decayed jumpscare we got just now!

Real pity that we just sent our flying expert and her literal airplane packing.

Yeah, that backfired spectacularly quickly

 

[Negrek]

If Xerneas is using her life energy to reanimate them though, it's maybe possible that we can try reaching out to Yveltal, and seeing if he can absorb that energy? I'm doubtful that will work, but... yeah.

Oooh, this is a really cool idea. It seems like we're probably going to need to draw on our Yveltal-ness at some point to get this done. Gonna take my consideration slot to look for alternate exits/places to hide this turn, but I do think it'd be good to follow up on this on a future turn. Or ask DM, when he gets here, since he seems to know how to tap into his Yveltal powers pretty well.

We might not be getting out of this one unscathed.

I think this might be the first phase of the final fight, so... yup! Let's rock!

 

[Namohysip]

Sorry for the delay there. Review Blitz and Catastrophe Academy prep had me with an overfull plate for a bit there. Progression is now in!

 

[Negrek]

Well... it seems like the master ball isn't quite going to stop Xerneas in her tracks. But we probably have a moment to coordinate/plan here and get a good hit in when she reemerges? I imagine Dark Matter would be happy to do a team strike as soon as the ball fails and Xerneas properly reappears. We could probably pop an X-speed or potion or do another swords dance (unsure if the attack boosts stack in this system) and then launch a big poison jab as soon as Xerneas reappears. We could even do something like a big World's Guardian here, at a moment when Xerenas hopefully(?) will be pretty vulnerable.

I could see Weavile seizing up when Xerneas appears, though, so we probably don't want to commit to anything too big.

Probably we want to ask Millie to stay well back, too; I imagine things are going to get cramped if Xerneas manifests in the factory. (Or maybe the best idea would be to run outside while we've got the chance?)

 

[Mirage]

That sounds like a plan to me! This does indeed seem like an opportune moment to use World's Guardian, while we still have a lot of our HP left and have some buffer in case she lands a good counterattack. Good point on Weavile... if we team attack with Dark Matter, at least Dark Matter's portion of the attack will likely go through. I do wonder if Dark Matter's Dark affinity, combined with his new Dragon typing, will make him especially vulnerable to her Fairy attacks.

I'd definitely be in favor of getting Millie and Lily away from the fight, I think they've done what they can to help!

As a IRL note - I have to go into work early tomorrow so I won't be able to do the full writeup today, but I should have my post in no later than this time tomorrow!

 

[Mirage]

Alrighty, I wrote in my actions! Since I'm not sure if she'll still be able to contribute after Xerneas breaks free, I suggested Millie go find N -maybe he's figured something out, or if nothing else, he at least knows how to keep her out of danger. Looks like it'll be us and Dark Matter for the rest of this fight!

 

[Negrek]

I don't know, I have a hunch that Millie still has a role to play in this fight somehow... but in the meantime, looking for N is a good idea! We're going to need whatever allies we can find for this fight.