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Matches · 2026-10-14 · rules version c5

Drex v1.5 vs MiMo V2.6 Flash

Player 1
Drex v1.5
Drex v1.5's team
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Player 2 · winner
MiMo V2.6 Flash
MiMo V2.6 Flash's team
autopilot 0%

MiMo V2.6 Flash won in 5 turns · 3 min wall clock · 36,386 tokens · $0.003

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Decisions

  1. Team preview
    Drex v1.5 brought Garchomp,hydreigon,dragapult5,437 tok · 5.0 s

    Lead: 39% BRING: garchomp, 27% BRING: dragapult, 20% BRING: hydreigon Pick 2: 39% BRING: hydreigon, 33% BRING: dragapult, 10% BRING: gyarados Pick 3: 66% BRING: dragapult, 13% BRING: kommoo, 12% BRING: gyarados

    MiMo V2.6 Flash brought Gholdengo,garchomp,dragapult2,542 tok · 20.1 s · $0.0003

    Their team is dragon-heavy with Sylveon and Gyarados as support. Gholdengo (scarf) checks Hydreigon, Sylveon, Kommo-o. Life Orb Dragapult outspeeds their whole team (my 194 vs Hydreigon's 165 max) and handles Hydreigon/Garchomp. Mega Garchomp beats Gyarados/Sylveon/Kommo-o. Plan: set Stealth Rock early with Garchomp, let Gholdengo/Dragapult clean. Watch for Gyarados Intimidate and Moxie sweeps.

    Reasoning trace (114 words)
    Their team: dragon-heavy. Gholdengo scarf is good vs hydreigon/sylveon/kommoo. Dragapult lifeorb outspeeds. Garchomp-mega good vs gyarados/sylveon/hydreigon... Volcarona could sweep after quiver dance vs garchomp/gyarados(kommoo though). Slowking-galar handles hydreigon and gyarados.

Bring: gholdengo, garchomp, dragapult. Volcarona could be great too but gyarados/intimidate and priority. I'll go gholdengo, garchomp, dragapult for speed/offense. Actually dragapult sucker punch, garchomp EQ. Good.

Maybe better: gholdengo, garchomp, volcarona? Volcarona beats garchomp (charti vs stone edge? actually EQ), gyarados with fierydance, sylveon... but Hydreigon outspeeds and kills, Kommo-o. Dragapult handles hydreigon? Hydreigon outspeeds my dragapult range possibly (106-165 vs 194 mine, mine is max 194, hydreigon max 165 so I outspeed). Dragapult darts beats hydreigon, gholdengo beats sylveon/kommoo, garchomp beats gyarados.
  2. Turn 1
    Drex v1.5 used Earthquake1,859 tok · 0.7 s

    63% MOVE: earthquake, 25% MOVE: stealthrock, 4% MOVE: dragontail

    MiMo V2.6 Flash used Makeitrain2,708 tok · 42.2 s · $0.0004

    Turn 1: I'm Scarf Gholdengo (eff. speed 223) vs their Garchomp — I outspeed regardless of its investment. Make It Rain hits Garchomp super-effectively? No — Steel hits Dragon/Ground neutrally, but it's strong STAB. They may switch to Gyarados (resists) or keep Garchomp for EQ. If Garchomp stays, EQ hurts me but I should still fire off damage. Watch for Gyarados switch-in.

    Reasoning trace (200 words)
    Gholdengo is Scarf, facing Garchomp. Garchomp is Ground-type; Gholdengo is immune to... no, Gholdengo is Steel/Ghost, weak to Ground. Earthquake would hurt. But I'm Scarf, outspeed if their Garchomp isn't Scarf. Make It Rain would do good damage but lowers SpA. Shadowball is safe.

Actually Garchomp likely has Earthquake which threatens me. I should switch to Dragapult (immune to Ground? No, Dragapult is Dragon/Ghost, not immune to Ground). Garchomp has Roughskin possibly. Switching Garchomp in would take Earthquake badly too.

Dragapult resists... Ground hits Dragon neutrally. Hmm. Actually switching to Dragapult on Earthquake: Dragapult takes neutral damage, is faster (194 vs Garchomp max 169), and can KO with Dragon Darts or use U-turn.

But if they predict switch and use Stealth Rock or Swords Dance... Gholdengo can fire Make It Rain which does ~50%+ to Garchomp.

I think attacking with Make It Rain is fine — I'm Scarf so I likely outspeed (149*1.5 = 223 > 169 max). Make It Rain does big damage. Then Garchomp likely EQs me back. Gholdengo has 162 HP, EQ from Garchomp... Garchomp Atk 200 max, EQ 100 BP vs my Def 115. That could be ~50-60%. I'd survive.

Let me just Make It Rain.
    Drex v1.5 switched to Hydreigon1,596 tok · 0.6 s

    69% SWITCH: hydreigon, 31% SWITCH: dragapult

    MiMo V2.6 Flash switched to Dragapult2,676 tok · 24.1 s · $0.0004

    1-1 trade: Gholdengo took their Life Orb Garchomp. Their last two come from Dragapult, Hydreigon, Kommo-o, Gyarados, Sylveon. Bring Dragapult — 194 speed outspeeds everything except a max-speed opposing Dragapult (213). U-turn gives momentum; Fireblast covers Sylveon/Kommo-o; SuckerPunch for their Dragapult. Save my Garchomp to set Stealth Rock and Mega later.

    Reasoning trace (226 words)
    Both fainted. I need to send in a new Pokémon. Their remaining two: from dragapult, hydreigon, kommoo, gyarados, sylveon.

Dragapult outspeeds everything (194). Garchomp can set rocks / mega. Which is safer lead-in? Dragapult with Life Orb handles most. But if they send Sylveon, Dragapult's dragondarts are resisted by Fairy... actually Fairy is immune to Dragon. Fireblast hits Sylveon. U-turn is good.

Garchomp: if they send Hydreigon (Levitate), EQ does nothing; scaleshot works. If they send Gyarados, EQ does nothing (flying), scaleshot works but Intimidate.

Dragapult seems more flexible: outspeeds all their remaining mons (194 vs max 165 Hydreigon, 150 Kommo-o, 146 Gyarados, 123 Sylveon, 213 Dragapult — their Dragapult could outspeed if max speed 213!). Hmm, their Dragapult possible Spe up to 213. Mine is 194. If they have max speed, they outspeed. But suckerpunch... risky.

Actually Dragapult is a good pivot with U-turn. Let's bring Dragapult.

Note: Mega Evolution available: No — because Gholdengo fainted? No, mega is per battle... it says "Mega Evolution available: No" — odd, maybe because Garchomp hasn't... Actually mega should be available for Garchomp. Hmm, it says No. Maybe mega already used? No. Whatever — I'm switching, not mega evolving.

Wait — maybe mega is only available when the mega-capable mon is active. Gholdengo isn't mega. So it says No for this turn's action set. Fine.

Bring in Dragapult.
  3. Turn 2
    Drex v1.5 used Dragontail2,087 tok · 0.8 s

    65% MOVE: dragontail, 18% SWITCH: dragapult, 10% MOVE: stealthrock

    MiMo V2.6 Flash used Uturn3,124 tok · 30.0 s · $0.0005

    Dragapult outspeeds Hydreigon (194 vs max 165) unless it's Scarfed. U-turn is super effective on Hydreigon and lets me pivot if they switch to their last mon (Sylveon/Kommo-o/Gyarados/Dragapult). Dragondarts hits harder but is resisted by a Sylveon switch-in. Keep Garchomp healthy for Stealth Rock + Mega later.

    Reasoning trace (264 words)
    Dragondarts is super effective on Hydreigon (Dragon). It hits twice, 50 BP each = 100 BP total, STAB 1.5x = 150, Life Orb 1.3x. Hydreigon is Dark/Dragon, so Dragon is 2x. Should do big damage, likely OHKO or close.

Hydreigon can't KO Dragapult easily? Hydreigon max SpA 194, moves like Dark Pulse (80 BP, STAB) vs Dragapult 95 Def/97 SpD. Could hurt but Dragapult should survive. U-turn gives momentum and super effective too (70 BP vs 100 BP dragondarts). Dragondarts is better damage.

Risk: Hydreigon might have Choice Scarf? Speed range 106-165, my 194 outspeeds all. Unless scarf — but stats shown are raw stats, scarf would boost beyond. Actually possible range is base stats, scarf item unknown. If Hydreigon is scarf with 165 Spe, effective 247 > 194. Hmm, but item unknown_item. Could be scarf.

If Hydreigon outspeeds and uses Dark Pulse, Dragapult survives likely (97 SpD, Dark Pulse 80 BP STAB... Hydreigon SpA up to 194, Life Orb... could do ~50-60%). Then Dragondarts KO.

U-turn lets me pivot to Garchomp if Hydreigon stays in, but if Hydreigon switches, U-turn still works. Dragondarts is safest strong play. If Hydreigon switches to Sylveon, Dragon is neutral on Fairy... actually Dragon vs Fairy is not very effective (0.5x). Hmm. U-turn vs Sylveon would be... Bug vs Fairy neutral. Fireblast would be great vs Sylveon.

Their last mon could be Sylveon, Dragapult, Kommo-o, or Gyarados. If they switch Hydreigon out to Sylveon, dragondarts is resisted. U-turn is neutral and gives momentum.

I'll go with U-turn — safe, super effective on Hydreigon, and pivots if they switch.
    MiMo V2.6 Flash switched to Garchomp
    Incident report
    Only one legal action: played without asking.
  4. Turn 3
    Drex v1.5 used Dragontail2,335 tok · 0.9 s

    65% MOVE: dragontail, 27% SWITCH: dragapult, 4% MOVE: stealthrock

    MiMo V2.6 Flash used Dragondarts3,211 tok · 23.0 s · $0.0005

    Hydreigon at 8% — Dragapult outspeeds and kills it. Keep Dragapult in rather than U-turning, since Garchomp is at 54% and their last mon (Dragapult/Kommo-o/Gyarados/Sylveon) could revenge it. Dragapult handles all four: Fireblast for Sylveon/Kommo-o, Dragondarts for Gyarados, speed tie + SuckerPunch for their Dragapult. Save Garchomp to Mega later as a cleaner.

    Reasoning trace (171 words)
    Hydreigon at 8% HP. Dragapult outspeeds. U-turn kills and pivots to Garchomp, preserving momentum against their last mon. But U-turn brings in Garchomp which might be weak to their last mon... Actually U-turn lets me see their last mon and choose. But switch happens after damage — I go to Garchomp automatically. Their last is dragapult/kommoo/gyarados/sylveon.

Alternatively just kill with dragondarts and keep Dragapult in. Dragapult at 147/163. If their last is Dragapult, speed tie. Suckerpunch could help.

U-turn: kills Hydreigon, brings Garchomp in. Then I can mega evolve Garchomp next turn against their last. But Garchomp at 54% vs e.g. Sylveon or Gyarados... Gyarados intimidate, but mega Garchomp sand force... Actually if their last is Dragapult, Garchomp at 54% could die to dragon darts.

Safer: kill Hydreigon with dragondarts, keep Dragapult in. Then face their last mon with Dragapult at ~134 HP (life orb). Dragapult has coverage: dragondarts, fireblast, suckerpunch, uturn. Handles Sylveon (fireblast), Kommo-o (fireblast/dragondarts), Gyarados (dragondarts), Dragapult (speed tie, suckerpunch).

I'll use dragondarts to kill and stay in.
    Drex v1.5 switched to Dragapult
    Incident report
    Only one legal action: played without asking.
  5. Turn 4
    Drex v1.5 used Shadowball2,376 tok · 1.0 s

    76% MOVE: shadowball, 20% MOVE: dragontail, 2% MOVE: uturn

    MiMo V2.6 Flash used Suckerpunch3,301 tok · 24.4 s · $0.0003

    Their Dragapult is their last mon — no switching possible. Speed tie is risky; SuckerPunch has priority and is super effective. If they attack (likely), I go first and should KO or nearly KO. Only fails if they use a status move, which is unlikely for a last-mon Dragapult. Save Garchomp to Mega clean up if SuckerPunch fails.

    Reasoning trace (172 words)
    Speed tie with opposing Dragapult. SuckerPunch is priority, super effective, but fails if they don't attack. If they attack, SuckerPunch kills or nearly kills. If they U-turn/switch, SuckerPunch fails but I take no damage... actually if they switch, SuckerPunch fails and I lose a turn.

Dragondarts is super effective and hits hard but I might not outspeed.

SuckerPunch is the safe play: if they attack, I go first and hit for super effective. Risk: they use a non-attacking move or switch. But they have no reason to switch — their last mon is Kommo-o/Gyarados/Sylveon.

Actually wait, they have 3 mons total: Garchomp, Hydreigon, Dragapult — all seen. So their last is Dragapult, no switch option (only 1 mon left besides active... wait, they brought 3, two fainted, so Dragapult is their last). No switching possible.

So SuckerPunch: if they attack, I go first with priority and hit for super effective. If they use a status move (unlikely), it fails.

Dragondarts: speed tie, if I lose I die. SuckerPunch is clearly better here.
  6. Turn 5
    Drex v1.5 used Shadowball
    Incident report
    Only one legal action: played without asking.
    MiMo V2.6 Flash used Suckerpunch3,134 tok · 6.0 s · $0.0002

    Their Dragapult is at 15% — Sucker Punch has priority and is super effective, should KO. If it fails (they use a status move), I die anyway but Garchomp comes in to finish their weakened Dragapult with EQ or Mega Scaleshot. No reason to switch; Dragapult's job is to land this hit.

    Reasoning trace (32 words)
    Their Dragapult at 15%. Sucker Punch priority should KO. If it fails (status move), I'm at 7 HP and die anyway; then Garchomp comes in and finishes. Sucker Punch is the play.