SOS Battle Guide

[Lamont]

SOS Battle Guide

Adrenaline Orb

Makes wild pokémon call for help. Single use. 1 orb per battle.

When put in a pinch, it is only natural to seek help from others and the same goes for Pokemon out in the wild. An SOS Battle can be triggered by using an Adrenaline Orb during battle if the following conditions are met:

• The pokémon is alone
  
• It's HP drops below 60%, OR it's afflicted by paralysis, poison, or burn
  
• They are not frozen or asleep
  

When an S.O.S. is sent out another wild Pokemon will join the fray, making it a 2 vs 1 match.

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Special SOS Encounters

There are pokémon that can only be found as an SOS encounter. This chance is affected by the rarity bracket and certain abilities that intimidate, unnerve, or otherwise pressure the wild pokémon into calling out. The number of opponents which appear can be chained up to 3 times.

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New Bark Town

Route 29
	Fletchling	Grass
	Goldeen	Fishing

Cherrygrove City

Route 30
	Trubbish	City Streets
	Krabby	Fishing
	Dedenne	Grass

Violet City

Route 32
	Venipede	Grass
	Staryu	Fishing
Union Cave
	Drilbur
	Basculin	Fishing
	Slowpoke	Surfing
Dark Cave
	Carbink
Ruins of Alph
	Sigilyph

Azalea Town

Route 33
	Pancham
Ilex Forest
	Venipede	Shady Glen Gloomy Ravine Enchanted Orchard Mahogany Knoll
	Petilil	Luminous Vale Gleaming Hollow
	Emolga	Pine Gap
Inner Ilex Forest
	Phantump	Evergreen Range Moss Rock Mushroom Bank Putrid Swamp
	Purrloin	Majestic Grove Cypress Rest Sombre Valley Ethereal Lake Fern Pass
	Shuppet	Twilight Glade
	Duskull	Eerie Wood

Goldenrod City

In the City
	Furfrou	CBD Tunnel
Route 34
	Swablu	Grass
	Clamperl	Fishing
Route 35
	Minccino

Ecruteak City

Route 37
	Solosis	Daytime
	Gothita	At Night
Route 38
	Flabébé
Burned Tower
	Litwick

Olivine City

Route 39
	Blitzle
Route 40
	Dwebble	Beach
	Inkay	Fishing
	Tynamo	Surfing
Glitter Lighthouse
	Klink

Cianwood City

Cianwood Rocks
	Binacle
Route 41
	Clauncher	Surfing
	Alomomola	Fishing
Route 47
	Bouffalant

Mahogany Town

Route 42
	Mienfoo	Grass
	Inkay	Fishing
	Frillish	Surfing
Route 44
	Whimsicott	Grass
	Cloyster	Fishing
	Relicanth	Surfing
Route 43
	Swanna	Grass
Lake of Rage
	Relicanth	Fishing
	Skrelp	Surfing
Ice Path
	Cryogonal

Blackthorn City
To be expanded

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Certain Weather Conditions draw particular pokémon out regardless of the location. These weather SOS encounters replace any location specific SOS pokémon while the natural weather conditions is active. Areas with permanent weather such as The Lake of Rage are exempt from this and will have their usual spawns regardless of the weather in their area.

Eg: SOS is triggered in Cherrygrove City Streets while experiencing a Dust Storm. Hippopotas would appear instead of Trubbish.

SOS Weather Pokemon Encounters

Pkmn	Name	Weather
	Vanillite	Hail
	Chinchou	Fog/Mist (water)
	Tympole	Rain
	Hippopotas	Sandstorm (land)
	Maractus	Harsh Sunlight (land)

The weather must be natural; not from moves or abilities.

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SOS Encounter Rates

The initial encounter's rarity & the number of calls affect the odds of what pokémon comes to its aid. RNG 1-100. If it's within the 'Same Species' percentage then the pokemon that answers the call is same as the initial encounter. Otherwise, the appropriate special SOS pokémon will appear:

Rarity	Common Uncommon	Rare	Ultra Rare
Chance of Same Species	92%	83%	75%	1st Call
	87%	80%	66%	2nd
	83%	75%	50%	3rd

If the trainer's pokémon currently in the fight has one of the following abilities lower the above by 8%:
      - Intimidate
      - Pressure
      - Unnerve

Eg: If the trainer's pokémon in battle has Intimidate, an Uncommon encounter has an 84% chance to call the same species the first time, 79% the second, and 75% on the last one.

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Special

If special SOS RNG fails,
and the adrenaline pokemon has a known pair pokemon* in the area,
the mod may choose to RNG 1-6 to see if that shows up in SOS instead of the same species.

*Pair Pokemon = evolutions, dex pairs (Volbeat/Illumise, the Nidoran), or things with relationships noted in the Moderator's Assistant. Mods may also come up with a story reason for any other route pokemon to appear, so long it is of the same rarity or lower on the route.

If you have an idea outside of these specifications, just poke an admin to run your idea by for approval ^^

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Notes:
- SOS is called at the end of a round (if conditions are still met); does not cost a move/turn

- If an SOS exclusive encounter succeeds before the 3rd cry Adrenaline ends.

- Only the initial Pokemon marked with Adrenaline can call for help.

- EXP for Lv 1-24 is the normal gain -1; min of 1 level per opponent.

Eg: Lv 10 Squirtle defeats 2 Lv 10 Pidgey and a Lv 4 Pidgey in SOS battle.
Level gain = (3 - 1) + (3 - 1) + 1 = +5 levels.

- EXP for Lv 25⁺ is 3/4 XP per opponent.

- Happiness is +1 per whole battle