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Thanks to M6ORPD for all the help developing this Death Battle!
Nightmares. They have been torturing the human race for centuries, and many have been known to take advantage of this to strike fear in the hearts of the masses. Entering the subconscious to manipulate or simply kill those who would stand in their way.
Like Nocturne, the Eternal Nightmare
Or Darkrai, the Pitch Black Pokemon.
Alright, It’s time to analyze their weapons, tactics and skill to decide who will win, a Death Battle!
Nocturne:
One of the many champions of Runeterra, Nocturne is one of the few champions who has killed the very beings who summon him. After slaughtering multiple summoners in their sleep, Nocturne went on a rampage in the physical realm. It took many powerful summoners to capture and bind him. Upon studying him, the summoners learnt that Nocturne hunted people in their sleep, where their magic was useless. His origin, true purpose, and even motives are still clouded in mystery, but one thing is for certain; he hates the summoners and will stop at nothing to end them.
After being binded to the physical realm, Nocturne was forced to fight in the League of Legends as punishment. He is an expert at closing the distance between him and his opponents and striking with fast, sharp blades. He relies on speed to rush in close, and his sharp wrist blades to slice through opponents. In fact, these blades have cut through what was thought to have been an indestructible scroll. However, he has many skills to use other than his razor sharp blades. His passive ability, Umbra blades, makes it so every so often, his basic attacks do 120% more damage and heal him slightly.
His first skill is Duskbringer. Nocturne launches a slash of shadowy energy at his foe. If the foe is hit, they leave a trail of shadows behind them, making them easy to follow. When Nocturne follows these trails, he becomes faster and hits harder.
Next is Shroud of Darkness. Nocturne fades into the shadows, letting all attacks phase through him or be stopped by a magical barrier. Any move or attack that he avoids with this technique boosts his speed.
After that is Unspeakable Horror. Nocturne plants the targets worst nightmare into their thoughts, dealing damage to them for every second. If the target stays near Nocturne for too long under this effect, they become temporarily insane and cannot control their movements.
His ultimate techniques is Paranoia, when Nocturne strikes the foe with a telekinetic force, reducing their visibility. He then charges them and slashes away.
Nocturne is not without his faults though. He prefers to kill his enemies in their sleep, when they are helpless. In the physical realm, he is rather frail, and can be classified as a “Glass Cannon”. And while he has defeated a wide variety of foes, he has also been beaten by a large amount of foes. His opponents in battle range from the standard knights, warriors, mages, and clerics, to things like mermaids, emo mummies, and fairies. Nocturne can dish it out, but he usually can’t take it.
''The darkness is closing in...it's pitch black now...but I can still see him...''
- Kelvin Ma, patient #4236
Darkrai:
A legendary pokemon from the Sinnoh region, Darkrai is known for chasing people away from its territory with nightmare riddled slumber. Darkrai is often viewed as a malevolent spirit, putting humanity into horrible nightmare indused coma’s. However, Darkrai’s nightmarish dreams are a defense mechanism that Darkrai cannot turn off. This leads him to try and avoid all contact with living things, though he can be sympathetic at times, rescuing those in need.
Darkrai has fought with many powerful pokemon in the past, mostly legendaries. His greatest accomplishment was holding Dialga and Palkia at bay for several days. This being an impressive feat, since Dialga and Palkia are the Gods of time and space respectively.
In battle, Darkrai will try to attack from afar and stay out of harm’s way. Prefering ranged attacks, agility, and evasive techniques to damage his foe while dodging their attempts to kill him. Darkrai is capable of flying at incredible speeds and turning on a dime, and is able to outmaneuver much more powerful opponents. Finally, Darkrai can become a shadow, and travel two dimensionally across the terrain. This lets him hide from foes or just avoid them altogether. Despite all this caution, Darkrai can easily tank hits from powerful opponents. It’s been known to shrug off powerful moves like Hyper Beam, Spacial Rend, Roar of Time, and Draco Meteor.
Darkrai has a wide variety of attacks to choose from in battle. For this death Battle, we will be using only moves that a Darkrai would learn naturally.
Ominous wind: A ghostly wind flows across the battlefield, damaging the target. There is a 10% chance for all the users stats to increase upon using this move.
Disable: The user telepathically prevents the enemy from using the move it used last.
Quick Attack: The user lunges at the foe at a great speed. This move always goes first.
Hypnosis: A psychis wave is used to put the enemy to sleep.
Feint Attack: The user approaches the enemy harmlessly, then throws a punch. This move cannot miss.
Nightmare: A sleeping target sees a nightmare that inflicts physical damage for several minutes.
Double Team: The user creates a circle of identical, intangible copies of itself.
Haze: An icy mist that provides cover and eliminates stat enhancements
Dark Void: The user shoots many shadowy circles at the opponent. These cirlces envelop the opponent, drag them briefly to an alternate dimension, then returns them asleep.
Nasty Plot: The user thinks horrible thoughts to double its special attack.
Dream Eater: The user eats the dream of a sleeping target. This drains half the targets health and uses that health to restore the user.
Dark Pulse: A horrid aura of dark energy is launched at the foe, in the form of either a beam or a pulsating wave.
While fast, powerful, and durable, Darkrai is not immortal. As a dark type pokemon, it is specifically weak to bug, fighting, and fairy based attacks. Furthermore, Darkrai has no specific defense against close-ranged combat, which is how Ash was able to defeat one in the anime. And finally it has been destroyed by the gods of its universe.
Darkrai, the Pitch Black Pokémon. It can lull people to sleep and make them dream. It is active during nights of the new moon.
Both fighter belong to their respective owners.
