PokeMercs

A project being run by SEP during the 2008 Offseason, an offshoot of the other Board 8 Project, Mercenaries. Except this time, with Pokemon instead of video game characters from all the other franchises!

Pokemon and Abilities
Abra Teleport: Teleport can be activated to save Abra and one other Pokemon on your team from an enemy Pokemon's ability. Cooldown: 3 days.

Bulbasaur Leech Seed: One opposing Pokemon is seeded, causing Bulbasaur to gain health at its expense for the entirety of its time in battle. Cooldown: 3 days.

Charmander Ember: Burns one opposing Pokemon. The burnt Pokemon is to be considered weakened, with physical attacks doing more damage to it than normal. Cooldown: 2 days.

Chimchar Flame Wheel: Surrounds team in a wheel of flame, making it difficult for opposing Pokemon to get close. Fire lasts approximately one minute. Cooldown: 2 days.

Croagunk Mud-slap: Blinds one opposing Pokemon with mud for one minute. The blinded Pokemon will attack randomly, with the chance of even hitting its own team. Cooldown: 2 days.

Cyndaquil Smokescreen: Billows smoke around team, making it difficult for opposing Pokemon to see through Smoke lasts approximately one minute. Cooldown: 2 days.

Ekans Wrap: Ekans wraps around one opposing Pokemon, keeping them both out of battle for 1 minute. When they returned, the opposing Pokemon is to be considered weakened. Cooldown: 3 days.

Elekid Static: Elekid's body is shocking to the touch, causing physical attacks to hurt the attacker. Cooldown: 2 days.

Gastly Lick: Paralyzes one opposing Pokemon. The paralyzed Pokemon is to be considered sluggish and unresponsive, though still able to fight. Cooldown: 2 days.

Geodude Sturdy: Abilities targeting Geodude have no affect. Cooldown: 2 days.

Glameow Charm: Opposing Pokemon are to be considered unable to use Super Effective attacks against Glameow for the entirety of battle. Cooldown: 2 days.

Igglybuff Sing: Has a 30% chance of causing each opposing Pokemon to fall asleep for one minute. Cooldown: 4 days.

Kricketot Bide: For as long as Kricketot is in battle, any damage done to him is doubled and sent right back to the attacker. Cooldown: 2 days.

Lotad Astonish: Causes one opposing Pokemon to flinch. The flinched Pokemon is to be considered out of battle for one minute. Cooldown: 2 days.

Machop Karate Chop: A direct attack to one Pokemon. 80% chance of causing opposing Pokemon to be considered greatly weakened going into battle, 20% chance of a KO. Cooldown: 3 days.

Magby Flame Body: Magby's body is hot to the touch, causing physical attacks to hurt the attacker. Cooldown: 2 days

Mudkip Mud Sport: Tosses mud around, making the ground slushy and hard to move on. Cooldown: 2 days.

Nidoran Male Poison Point: Nidoran Male's body is covered in barbs, causing physical attacks to hurt the attacker. Cooldown: 2 days.

Pichu Thundershock: Paralyzes one opposing Pokemon. The paralyzes Pokemon is to be considered sluggish and unresponsive, though still able to fight. Has a 20% chance of KOing Water and Flying Pokemon. Cooldown: 3 days.

Pidgey Sand-attack: Lowers the accuracy of one opposing Pokemon, making it more likely to miss attacks. Cooldown: 2 days.

Pineco Spikes: Spikes are strewn about the opposing team, making movement difficult and painful for those that move on the ground. Cooldown: 2 days.

Piplup Water Sport: Tosses water around, making the ground slippery while keeping Pokemon weak to water at bay. Cooldown: 2 days.

Poliwag Bubble: Poliwag will surround himself with a limited amount of bubbles, making attacks aimed at him difficult to hit with, but not hampering his own attacks. The number of bubbles goes down with time in battle. Cooldown: 2 days.

Poochyena Howl: Has a 50% chance of startling each opposing Pokemon, allowing Poochyena's team to get the early advantage. Cooldown: 3 days.

Ralts Synchronize: Abilities that target Ralts will be used right back on the user and with a higher success rate where applicable. Cooldown: 3 days.

Sandshrew Dig: Sandshrew digs underground, becoming harder to attack, but is still able to launch attacks himself. Cooldown: 3 days.

Shinx Charge: Electric attacks gain a boost, nulling out any immunities opposing Pokemon have against electricity. Cooldown: 2 days.

Shroomish Spore: Puts one opposing Pokemon to sleep. The sleeping Pokemon is considered to be asleep and unmoving for one minute. Cooldown: 3 days.

Skorupi Sniper: Chances of critical hits in battle greatly rises. Skorupi's attack power is to be considered greatly heightened because of this. Cooldown: 3 days.

Squirtle Withdraw: Squirtle's defenses rise greatly, causing him to be very durable and lose weaknesses. Cooldown: 2 days.

Starly Quick Attack: Starly is granted the first free strike in battle and given time to return to his team free of attack. Cooldown: 1 day.

Torchic Blaze: Fire attacks gain a boost, nulling out any immunities opposing Pokemon have against fire. Cooldown: 2 days.

Totodile Torrent: Water attacks gain a boost, nulling out any immunities opposing Pokemon have against water. Cooldown: 2 days.

Treecko Absorb: Targets one Pokemon and saps their health. The sapped Pokemon is to be considered weakened going into battle, while Treecko is able to replenish his health by half once in battle. Cooldown: 2 days.

Turtwig Overgrow: Grass attacks gain a boost, nulling out any immunities opposing Pokemon have against grass. Cooldown: 2 days.

Tyrogue Guts: Attack raises by 1.5x for the entirety of battle. Cooldown: 2 days.

Weedle Poison Sting: Poisons one opposing Pokemon. The poisoned Pokemon is to be considered sluggish and losing health at a decent rate. Cooldown: 2 days.

Zubat Supersonic: Confuses one opposing Pokemon for one minute, causing it to attack its own team. Cooldown: 3 days.

Teams
1. GuessMyUserName: Charmander, Pichu, Kricketot, 2. Wedge Antilles: Abra, Squirtle, Treeko 3. Angsty_Luigi: Lotad, Starly, Croagunk 4. MajinZidane: Magby, Elekid, Poliwag 5. WarThaNemesis2: Abra, Gastly, Machop 6. Xene_Elk: Ralts, Pineco, Poliwag 7. Mega Mana: Weedle, Treecko, Geodude 8. Tom Bombadil: Geodude, Torchic, Bulbasaur 9. KommunistKoala: Magby, Totodile, and Elekid 10. Canth: Zubat, Glameow, Skorupi 11. Shaduln: Poochyena, Sandshrew, Bulbasaur 12. randomname111: Pidgey, Pichu, Sandshrew 13. HanOfTheNekos: Tyrogue, Mudkip, Igglybuff 14. Cerebral Ninja: Abra, Piplup, Nidoran Male 15. Revenus: Bulbasaur, Squirtle, Pichu 16. Biolizard28: Charmander, Shroomish, Gastly 17. masterplum: Poochyena, Chimchar, Shinx 18. PumpkinCoach: Turtwig, Ekans, Cyndaquil