Blue's Machamp: Difference between revisions

Machamp started off by blocking Snor with his four arms and preventing him from attacking. After a brief fight of strength Machamp easily lifts Snor with his four arms, before spinning him about to render Snor dizzy and slamming him onto the floor. After Snor hits the ground Red quietly tells Snor to use {{m|Harden}} in anticipation of Machamp's next attack. However, Machamp instead attacks the ground, using the shattered debris as a lever to catapult Snor into the air and out of the battlefield. Just as Snor is about to be disqualified for going out of bounds he plummets from mid-air and crushes Machamp with a {{m|Double-Edge}} and {{m|Toxic}} combo. Noting Machamp to be down to a third of his health, Blue switches in to Ninetales.

In a flashback shown in ''[[PS051|Electro Magneton]]'', Machamp battled a wild {{p|Magneton}} in the {{FB|Kanto|Power Plant}} and used Focus Energy to increase his critical-hit ratio before defeating it with a strong finger thrust, though he injured a leg in the struggle.

In ''[[PS274|Double Dealing with Deoxys]]'', Machamp is used in a double battle alongside {{TP|Blue|Scizor}} against Red and his Snor and [[Gyara]]. Scizor, with Machamp in his pincers, flies above Snor and drops Machamp, who proceeds to grab Snor's body and use Seismic Toss. Machamp follows up by rushing in front of Snor and and performing Low Kick, tripping Snor and sending him crashing into the ground, knocking him out. Blue follows by having Scizor attack Gyara with {{m|Steel Wing}}, knocking him out too. Red next sends out [[Pika]] and [[Aero]] as his last two Pokémon. Red has Aero use {{m|Take Down}} on Scizor, which dealt no [[recoil]] damage due to his {{a|Rock Head}} [[Ability]]. Aero follows up with {{m|Dragon Claw}} on Scizor, so Blue switches him out for {{TP|Blue|Rhydon}}. Seeing an opening, Red has Pika attack Machamp with an electric attack. To Red's surprise, the attack is suddenly redirected. Blue smirks and reveals that Rhydon has the {{a|Lightning Rod|Lightningrod}} Ability, which causes all {{type|Electric}} moves to be redirected towards it. Since Pika's Electric attacks had no effect, Pika jumps into the air and delivers an {{m|Iron Tail}} onto Machamp's head. The battle then ends in a tie.

In ''[[PS279|Don't Doubt Deoxys]]'', Blue sends out Machamp and Scizor to attack [[Orm]]'s horde of {{p|Shuckle}}, which has bound itself to Blue. Machamp blasts that Shuckle with Hyper Beam, while Scizor attacks with {{m|Metal Claw}}. Rhydon then shows up from underground and defeats the head Shuckle, scattering the rest. Blue reveals that Scizor and Machamp were simply a diversion for Rhydon to attack.