Nikink/IKMatch3

Immortal Kombat - Match 3

Back to Immortal Kombat

Transitory Ardent Assimilator (Thousand Wounding Gears Style)

vs

The Horror Under Lock and Key (Infernal Monster Style)

Match rules:

Competitors started 60 yards apart in a bamboo forest. The land gently rolls into small hills and shallow brooks. Birds can be heard but not seen, and a family of giant Pandas chew the bamboo contentedly nearby.

Only 4 points of Artifacts allowed

To the death(ish).

Tick -1

The Horror Under Lock and Key (HULK) and Transitory Ardent Assimilator (TAA) Join Battle!

TAA gets 5 successes while HULK only gets 3.

Tick 0

TAA activates his Personal Gravity Manipulation Apparatus and Dashes up a nearby bamboo tree.

(39 yards Speed 3 DV -2)

Tick 2

HULK snorts and activates Infernal Monster Form

(Speed 6 DV-1)

Tick 3

TAA remains perched atop a giant bamboo stalk and activates Thousand Wounding Gears Form

(Speed 6 DV -1)

Tick 8

HULK growls and Dashes 33 yards towards the Moonsilver foe, activating Retribution Will Follow.

(Speed 3 DV -1)

Tick 9

The Alchemical powers up an Array and flurries 3 attacks at the charging beast. Three whirling golden Gyrochakrams curve gracefully through the bamboo trunks to wound the Infernal. For a brief moment all is still, then a dozen trunks start sliding apart as HULK is deeply wounded by the first, barely escapes the second, and is caught again by the third before the weapons return to their owner. HULK releases a low growl as he can see the iconic Anima of the Alchemical. Spinning Moonsilver cogs orbiting his position at the top of the bamboo.

(Speed 3 DV -3) (HULK -5 HL)

Tick 11

The Infernal slows to prepare himself for the onslaught to come, and activates Viridian Exoskeleton Legend.

(Speed 7 DV -1 Move 5 yards / tick)

Tick 12

TAA activate the Parabolic Leap Overcharger Device and sways on the bamboo. When the bamboo is bending almost to breaking point, he uses its spring to himself away with the Personal Gravity Manipulation Apparatus.

(Speed 4 DV -1 16 yard Jump)

Tick 16

The Alchemical then reconfigures his Personal Gravity Manipulation Apparatus to become only 15% his normal weight, and leaps again, this time much further into the forest.

(Speed 4, DV -2 48 yard Jump)

Tick 17

With a hollow roar, the Infernal activates Bounding Beast Advance and leaps towards his prey. The crashing of giant bamboo trunks doing nothing to prevent his advance.

(Speed 5 DV -1 30 yard Jump)

Tick 20

TAA whips the golden chakram towards the raging monster with Flesh-Rending Gear Technique and gracefully leaps perpendicular to the charge. He lands amidst the foliage with a rustle and creak to catch the chakram at the end of its curved flight.

Unfortunately the vicious attack missed the surprisingly fast Infernal.

(Speed 4 DV -3 48 yard Jump)

Tick 22

HULK snarls again and runs headlong and unstoppably towards the Alchemical.

(Speed 3 DV -0 48 yard Dash)

Tick 24

With a calculated logic, TAA send the chakram flying once more twards the Infernal, then vaults to the ground to catch the spinning disk which had unfortunately missed it's mark.

(Speed 4 DV -2)

Tick 25

Sensing a mistake the Slayer bellows a mighty roar and gets engulfed in a bonfire of green flames as he activates his SMASH combo! The ground beneath his feet shatters from the force of his leap into the air like a blazing comet, to come down again with a joyful laugh on top of TAA with a blow that leaves a small crater where the Alchemical had been a heartbeat before. TAA rapidly activates his Precalculated Evasion System three times in quick succession, sending his whirling anima cogs through the green bonfire and leaving the monster confused and furious.

(Speed 5 DV -1 60 yard Jump from combo)

Tick 28

The Champion of Autocthon feels a tinge of doubt for the first time in this battle, and flees the enraged Slayer, ducking and weaving through the trees.

(Speed 3 DV -2 78 yard Dash)

Tick 30

HULK cries out in joyous rage again and blazes past the bamboo like a green fireball again. Alas, the beast is undone, landing merely 2 yards short of his target, his punch causing the surrounding bamboo trunks to explode from the shock wave. Undeterred he swings again and then again at the retreating Alchemical, but once again the Champion activated his Precalculated Evasion System each time and avoided the monstrous blazing fists.

(Speed 5 DV -1 76 yard Jump)

Tick 31

TAA considers a thousand alternatives in the blink of an eye and makes a dash past the brassy green inferno standing over him.

(Speed 3 DV -2 78 yard Dash)

Tick 34

The Alchemical spins with precision to launch his gyrochakram yet again at the monster but does not pause in his effort to put distance between them. The chakram slashes through trunk after trunk of bamboo which come crashing down, but HLK barely even notices it in his charge forward after the Alchemical.

(Speed 3 DV -3 78 yard Dash)

Tick 35

HULK bellows a challenge at the fleeing Exalt and vainly tries to catch up. He runs headlong into the bamboo trunks and ploughs them before him as cover.

(Speed 3 DV -0 57 yard Dash)

Tick 37

Taking a moment to pause, TAA calculates a surprise trajectory and sends the gyrochakram flying again. It curves to the side of the Infernal and the small grove of trees in front of him, then digs into the earth changing it's course unexpectedly and spraying dirt into the Slayers face. The Infernal Monster lets out a thunderous roar at the spinning gold disk which forces it off course by enough to miss, and then spin handily back to the still running Alchemical.

(Speed 3 DV -3 78 yard Dash) (total distance now 177 yards)

Tick 38

Roaring in frustration, HULK continues to charge after TAA. As he runs he picks up a loose trunk and spears it ineffectually after his prey. It flies true, but falls woefully short of its mark.

(Speed 5 DV -1 68 yard Dash) (50% cover)

Tick 40

From this safe distance TAA activates Hungry Gear Tooth Attack and throws the chakram again. Unfortunately HULK sees it coming and casually lifts himself out of its way as it dives into him.

(Speed 5 DV -1)

Tick 43

HULK launches himself up a trunk and runs headlong towards TAA, his fury keeping him unhindered by such trivia as balance and footing.

(Speed 3 DV 0 57 yard Dash)

Tick 45

TAA launches two chakram attacks at HULK. More bamboo gets cut down as they home in on their target. The Infernal growls and uses the bamboo to spring himself away from the attacks and closer to TAA.

The Alchemical retreats yet further from HULK before catching the returning weapons.

(Speed 3, DV -3 78 yard Dash)

Tick 46

A draw is declared!

Postscript

Everything goes black. For a brief moment a silver star and green sun illuminate the darkness and then they too are gone.

The cheering of crowds is clearly audible as HULK appears in a small metal cage. An ageless looking man in purple finery strokes a long wispy white bread as he turns a starmetal key in the lock. Humming to himself he walks away, dropping the key into a hidden fold of his robes.

Comments from the Peanut Gallery

Well, that fight went slightly better than I expected, to be honest. As they say, speed is life, and TAA had that in spades. HULK was amazingly lucky to ever get close enough to attempt his combo, let alone do it twice! I still feel robbed about the 2 yard miss, but oh well. :) The match may have been declared a draw, but I think TAA had the win in sight. He had managed to do 5 or so wounds upon HULK, HULK could not hope to close the distance again for another combo, and all TAA needed to do was keep throwing those damn chakrams and then dash away. Eventually HULK would be pinged to death, and could do nothing about it. But in game terms, that would likely take another few hours, and neither wanted to play through that many ticks of attack, dodge, dash, pursue. HULK plays pretty much as designed. As much as having an excellency would be so sweet, or a perfect defence of his own, he's a lot of fun to play. TAA was severely hampered by the lack of artifacts. I mean, I say severely, but he still couldn't be touched or caught! :) Had he been hit by the combo though, then he would have really missed his armour. ;) Props to TAA for being so sporting in the first place, and congratulations on the technical win. :) nikink

Aha! Further examination of Jump Rules shows that a Jump may be made in conjunction with a Move. So you could Move then Jump, or Jump then Move. Thus HULK would have been able to make the two yard Move to attack TAA (and be Perfected away). Note for next time. :) nikink