(2007) Marriland vs. Untouchable

One of the most watched Pokemon battles of all time (5m+ views), now back on YouTube in even more glory than before. Keeping the original soundtrack that's been ingrained in everyone's minds, now you can rewatch the epic fight from 2007 featuring Marriland versus the challenger Untouchable.

This was actually the first competitive battle I did in Diamond and Pearl, only a month or two after its release (so sometime in May 2007, if I recall correctly). My Blissey, Skarmory, Gengar, and Salamence were migrated from my Emerald version, which I did a few local competitive battles with. The other two were bred and raised on my Japanese Diamond version, which was farther along than my Pearl version. The metagame had hardly been established back then (Garchomp wasn't even uber yet), and I was still relatively new to the whole things going on, so clearly I'm sure there were a few mistakes here and there.

FAQ===========
Q: I want to battle you, Marriland!!
A: Don't ask. Asking or doing anything annoying like make a topic isn't going to make me want to battle you. It's just going to make me sigh. If I want to battle, I'll ask you, not the other way around.

Q: How did that LV1 Rattata take out that Empoleon?!?
A: It used a Focus Sash to have 1 HP remaining after Brine hit it, then used Endeavor which essentially does damage to the foe so it has the same HP as Rattata (setting Empoleon's HP to 1), and then it used Quick Attack to strike first, since it's guaranteed to do 1 damage.

Q: How did you get those moves on a LV1 Rattata?!
A: I caught two high-level Raticates on that northeast island place, made sure they BOTH knew the moves I wanted "FEAR" to know, and then bred them so they passed the moves down, since if both parents know a move the offspring can learn, it'll pass it down.

Q: What does F.E.A.R. stand for?
A: "Flippin'" Evil Annoying Rodent. Flippin' is the family-friendly version, let's just say. But it can also mean [F]ocus Sash + [E]ndeavor + Quick [A]ttack + [R]attata.

Q: Where did you come up with that idea?
A: I saw someone talking about it on the GameFAQs Diamond/Pearl message board back in 2007. It sounded kinda neat, I figured some random opponent that was likely to have an Arceus would be able to figure out how to outsmart it, and that it could be a trump card. I take no credit for coming up with the idea; I just helped make it known.
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