Rayquaza vs Midgardsormr (Pokemon vs Dragalia Lost) | Flygalia's VS Blogs #4

 

“Under this vast and endless sky, thousands… millions of people are living out their lives.” – Nanoha Takamachi

Rayquaza, the Sky High Pokémon

And Midgardsormr, the Windwyrm of Dragalia Lost.

The sky is something that we look at every single day, and with the sky there comes the wind. And upon the wind, there exists these two Emerald Dragons that will prove themselves able to defend the world. And when the time comes, they will regain that primal power that they’ve long lost in order to save the world. The Sky-High embodiment of the heavens will go up against the Windwyrm in a fight to prove who’s the best green dragon.

Ground Rules

In what’s probably unique for a VS Blog, I’m going to be laying out some ground rules

·        Rayquaza will be treated as a wild Pokémon, so no Technical Machines or Move Tutor moves (Dragon Ascent is exempt due to being added to its level up moveset upon being added to Sword & Shield), or any potential scaling gained by being used by a Pokémon Trainer.

·        While it gains access to TMs in the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon games, they will not be taken into consideration for this.

·        Midgardsormr will not be allowed any helper skills or shared skills, having to rely upon his own skills and boss skills only, nor will he be allowed any Wyrmprints to use (because quite frankly it’d be a headache trying to list them all)

·        Midgardsormr will only have access to the highest tier wind bow in Dragalia Lost, Jorgmungand's Wrath

·        Rayquaza’s Flying-type moves will be treated as Wind-attuned skills to Midgardsormr, and Midgardsormr’s Wind-attuned skills will be treated as Flying-type moves to Rayquaza

Now with that out of the way, what media will be used?

Rayquaza

·        Pokémon Scarlet & Violet

·        Pokémon Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire

·        Pokémon: Hoopa & the Clash of Ages

Midgardsormr

·        Dragalia Lost (this is all he has)

·        A private server of the game that I went on to get info on his boss skills

Backgrounds

Rayquaza

Fug.

In ancient times, there existed two powerful Pokémon, Groudon, who forged the land of the Earth, and Kyogre, who filled the oceans of the Earth. These two are bitter rivals and fought constantly to prove the superiority of their domains, to the chagrin of the people and Pokemon who lived on the land. There is only one Pokemon that was able to bring an end to the endless clash the two Legends, an Emerald-colored lord of the skies known as Rayquaza.

Ever since ending the battle, Rayquaza defended the Earth from threats from space by residing in the Ozone Layer. In the region known as Hoeen, there exists a tower where Rayquaza was known to reside in while not on its duties known as the Sky Pillar. Should one seek to meet the Sky High Pokémon, simply mount the Sky Pillar, which one Pokémon Trainer and a member of the Draconids tribe once did in order to save their region from an incoming meteor, bringing forth a Meteorite that would give Rayquaza the power to grant their fervent wish, and once the Pokémon Trainer gained Rayquaza’s trust, they went to destroy the meteor, and save their home.

Midgardsormr

He used to just live with a rabbit girl. But now things have changed, and there’s a whole lot of people in the Halidom.

Upon the genesis of the universe, there lived two different beings, a human, known as Xenos, and a dragon, known as Bahamut. As the world was created, the elements took the forms of Dragons, the dragon that represented Water was known as Mercury, the dragon that represented flames was known as Brunhilda, the dragon that represented light was known as Jupiter, the dragon that represented shadows was known as Zodiark, and the dragon that represented wind was known as Midgardsormr. Together, alongside the dragon that represented the bonds between humans and dragons Elysium, they became known as the Five Greatwyrms. Though eventually, Xenos rebelled against the world, seeking to erase possibility for reasons not told to anyone else, and the greatwyrms did battle with him, eventually managing to win the fight.

Years pass, and eventually Midgardsormr finds himself in a new war, a war against one that sought to eliminate all Dragons, Morsayati, which ended in the otherworldly being’s defeat. Though sometime afterwards, the Windwyrm perished after a long life, and eventually he reincarnated to a new self. That new Midgardsormr fought against a human known as Alberius when Morsayati returned to the world, which resulted in the formation of the kingdom of Alberia. Years pass once more, and Alberia is in a crisis, though the youngest prince set off on a journey to forge a contract with Midgardsormr in hopes of resolving it. Testing his might, Midgardsormr eventually forged a new contract with the young prince, Though unbeknownst to them both, a new battle was about to begin, one that would witness the return of Morsayati, one that spanned the entire continent, and one that ultimately ends in sacrifice.

Experience

Rayquaza

At the very least, Rayquaza should have the experience of 2000 years under its belt, due to AZ having witnessed Mega Rayquaza’s fight against Primal Groudon & Primal Kyogre, and those events having occurred 1000 years after Rayquaza defeated Groudon and Kyogre the first time and 1000 years before the events of Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire.

Midgardsormr

While the Greatwyrms have existed since time immemorial, their bodies are ultimately mortal, and they reincarnate upon said body dying. Having been said to have originally died shortly after the first war of binding, which occurred 1000 years in the past, and having been said to be reborn centuries afterwards, alongside having fought in the Second War of Binding, which happened 300 years in the past, we can deduce that Midgardsormr has from 400 to 800 years of experience.

Abilities & Weaponry

Rayquaza

Air Lock

Since hail turned to snow, Rayquaza’s had to worry about one less damaging weather

Air Lock is Rayquaza’s only ability in its normal form. With this ability, Rayquaza has the ability to cancel out any effects caused by changes in the weather (For example, if Air Lock activates in a sandstorm, Rayquaza will render the storm unable to harm non-Ground, Rock, and Steel-type Pokémon)

Meteorite

Not an exact ability per say and more of an item that became part of its biology, the Meteorite is an item that allows Rayquaza to generate the energy needed to Mega Evolve without the need to have a Mega Stone (of which there is no Raquazite that exists)

Delta Stream

If you wanna take charge of destiny, ensure no rocks can really harm you.

Delta Stream is Rayquaza’s ability when Mega Evolved. With this ability, Rayquaza calls forth winds so powerful they can remove the weaknesses that comes from Rayquaza’s flying-type, making it so Rayquaza is a pure Dragon-Type when it comes to Supereffective moves against it (For example, while an Ice-Type move would hit for 4x effectiveness against Rayquaza, it would only hit for 2x effectiveness against Mega Rayquaza, and an Electric-type attack would be made not very effective.)

Midgardsormr

                                                                    His Co-Ability Page

Skill Haste

Skill Haste is Humanoid Midgardsormr’s co-ability (a type of ability that is shared between all weapon users), which allows him to regain the skill points needed to perform skills at a quicker pace than without it.

Wind Dragon Haste

Wind Dragon Haste is Midgardsormr’s other co-ability, which as the image shows, is called a Chain Co-Ability (basically somewhat unique co-abilities secondary to all Adventurers) which allows him to gain mana needed to transform at a quicker pace than those without this ability.

Windwyrm’s Nature

Here’s a page on Midgardsormr’s abilities.

One of Humanoid Midgardsormr’s abilities, this causes him to transform into his dragon form regardless of what Dragon he has equipped, alongside increasing the damage he can deal while in Dragon mode.

Shapeshift Prep

Shapeshift Prep is another one of Humanoid Midgardsormr’s abilities, giving him a bit of a head start in gaining the mana needed to become a Dragon.

Bog Res

Bog Resistance is Humanoid Midgardsormr’s third ability, granting him immunity from being bogged down by the waters.

HP & Strength Up

A skill that Midgardsormr holds as a Dragon, HP & Strength up is a skill that increases Midgardsormr’s health points for up to 40%, alongside increasing his power by up to 40% as well.

Wind Surge of Strength

Wind Surge of Strength is High Midgardsormr’s secondary ability, which gives him an effect called “Surge of Strength” that lasts for 3 minutes at the start of a fight, which increases his power by 40%

Flurry Skill

Flurry Skill is Primal Midgardsormr’s secondary ability, allowing him a 70% increase to the power of his skills as long as he keeps a combo up

Jormungand’s Wrath

Who is Jormungand? We’ll never know, but he’s sure is angry about something.

A wind attuned bow forged by spheres of Primal Midgardsormr’s mana (and some sand), this is the strongest bow that Midgardsormr can wield in his humanoid form. Allowing him more than twice of the time he can have to land hits for a combo.

Moves & Skills

Rayquaza

Twister

That game where you have to do those poses on those circles on the mat.

Twister is a Dragon-Type special move that has Rayquaza generate a weak cyclone of draconic power, with a chance that it can make its foes flinch

Ancient Power

Look, they’re very old rocks.

Ancient Power is a Rock-Type special move that has Rayquaza use primal powers to throw stones at its opponent, while giving Rayquaza a small chance of boosting its stats.

Air Slash

Dontthinkitdontsayitdontthinkitdontsayit

Air Slash is a Flying-type special move that has Rayquaza generating blades made out of the wind to strike at its foes, giving a good chance to make them flinch

Scary Face

Boo.

Scary Face is a Normal-type status move that has Rayquaza make a face that scares its foes, harshly lowering their speed stat in the process.

Crunch

“Was that the Bite of ’87?!” The Crunch of ’83, actually.

Crunch is a Dark-type Physical move that has Rayquaza… well, crunch its foes with its jaws, with a chance of lowering its foes’ defense.

Dragon Dance

The final light, but not the heir to the throne or the boy left alone

Dragon Dance is a Dragon-Type status move that has Rayquaza (somehow) preform a dance that raises its attack and speed.

Extreme Speed

“I’m fast as F***, boy!” (this is part of the SV move animation. Rayquaza just vanishes for a bit)

Extreme Speed is a Normal-type physical move that lets Rayquaza hit its foes before they have a chance to attack it.

Dragon Pulse

Despite consistently being shown as a beam, this is actually a shockwave

Dragon Pulse is a Dragon-type special move that has Rayquaza fire off a beam to hit its opponents.

Hyper Voice

Sometimes you gotta shout things.

Hyper Voice is a Normal-type special move that has Rayquaza cry out loud enough to damage its foes.

Rest

It’s bedtime.

Rest is a Psychic-type status move that has Rayquaza go to sleep, curing it of all status moves and restoring its HP… though at the cost of Rayquaza not being able to do anything until it wakes up.

Fly

I should’ve checked if Sword had a better animation…

Fly is a Flying-type physical move that has Rayquaza soar up to the skies, dodging whatever its opponent throws at it and striking.

Hurricane

Hurricane is a Flying-type special move that has Rayquaza calling forth a powerful cyclone to hit its foes, giving a good chance to confuse Rayquaza’s foes in the process.

Outrage

He’s been taken to the past, to play the crappy games that suck butt, it angers everyone.

Outrage is a Dragon-type Physical move that has Rayquaza strike at the foe with all its fury, though when used it is locked to this attack, and when it ends or if it’s disrupted, Rayquaza becomes confused due to suffering Fatigue.

Hyper Beam

He’s making an announcement.

Hyper Beam is a Normal-type special move that Rayquaza fire off a powerful beam at its foe, though at the cost of Rayquaza needing to recharge for the next turn.

Dragon Ascent

“So, Break Through It All, and don’t look down!”

Dragon Ascent is a Flying-type physical move that involves Rayquaza flying beyond the atmosphere, then descending at its opponent at full power… though it comes at the cost of lowering its Defense and Special Defense. This move also allows Rayquaza to Mega Evolve into Mega Rayquaza after it ingested the Meteorite.

Midgardsormr

Wind Manipulation

As the Windwyrm, Midgardsormr can use the power of wind mana to attack his foes, with powers ranging from gusts of wind, summoning tornadoes, creating blades made of wind mana, and more.

Ancient Tempest

I just found my boss video part with Midgardsormr in it so that's where most of the pics here will come from

Midgardsormr’s first skill in Humanoid form, where he fires off an arrow supercharged with wind mana

Catastrophic Blast

Humanoid Midgardsormr’s second skill, where he calls forth 4 cyclones that go after the target one by one

Storm Piercer

One of Humanoid Midgardsormr’s boss skills, which has him fire off a supercharged wind mana arrow similar to Ancient Tempest

Cyclone Crusher

One of Humanoid Midgardsormr’s boss skills, which have him fire an undodgeable cyclone to damage his foes,

Rampaging Winds

One of Humanoid Midgardsormr’s boss skills, which has him summon forth a set of cyclones in a circle, which go forward one by one, in a clockwise motion until they’re all gone.

Calamitous Tempest

A skill that Midgardsormr uses when he shapeshifts into himself, Midgardsormr fires off a sphere of wind mana that disperses on contact, hitting the target with wind mana in the process

Tornado Tail

A skill when any other adventurer shapeshifts into Midgardsormr. Tornado Tail has Midgardsormr sweep his tail at his enemies.

Grand Tempest

A skill when adventuers shapeshift into High Midgardsormr, where Midgardsormr jumps up and shoots an orb of wind mana from his mouth.

Calamitous Storm

A screen-wide nuke Midgardsormr uses at the start of his Advanced Dragon Trial that can leave those unprepared with little health remaining, which he also uses as Primal Midgardsormr.

Trident Tempest

A boss skill of Midgardsormr’s where he fires off three tornadoes in a trident-like pattern, he also has a variant that fires off 8 tornadoes in different directions

Storm Strike

A skill that has Midgardsormr summons a storm to hit his opponents

Gale Blast

I say it's similar but it's more accurate to say this merely predates the attack

A boss skill where High Midgardsormr summons a group of Tornadoes similar to Rampaging Winds, though stronger.

Rending Blasts

A boss skill where High Midgardsormr summons a few pillars of wind mana.

Storm Chaser

A boss skill of High Midgardsormr, Midgardsormr homes in on his target before summoning forth a powerful tornado.

Primal Infinity

Primal Infinity Stones not needed.

The skill that Midgardsormr uses to transform into Primal Midgardsormr

Primal Tempest

A skill usable by Primal Midgardsormr when an adventurer shapeshifts into Midgardsormr Zero, Primal Tempest has Midgardsormr charge up wind mana, then releases it, hitting all in its radius.

Curse of Nihility

This is an utter bastard of a skill

A skill that Midgardsormr can use as Primal Midgardsormr, Curse of Nihility damages the opponent and removes their buffs, giving them the status effect also known as Curse of Nihility in the process, which prevents them from buffing until it wears off.

Whirlwind Strike

A skill that Midgardsormr can use as Primal Midgardsormr, Whirlwind Strike has Midgardsormr lock onto his target’s location before sending a pillar of wind mana where it was.

Storm Rush

A skill that Midgardsormr can use as Primal Midgardsormr, Storm Rush has Midgardsormr summon forth two orbs of wind mana, which fire off other wind spheres before eventually dissipating as cyclones

Surging Tempest

Make sure you dragon up at the right time.

A skill that Midgardsormr can use as Primal Midgardsormr, Surging Tempest allows Midgardsormr to cover the arena with a windstorm that damages and launches his opponents into the sky, with them taking damage when launched

Cataclysmic Supercell

Gotta destroy all of these guys fast.

A skill that Midgardsormr can use as Primal Midgardsormr, Catacylsmic Supercell has him summon forth 3 orbs that the opponent must destroy before they go off, which would erase all their HP if they happens. Midgardsormr can also launch his opponent in the sky to buy some time as well.

Manifestations of War

If Halloween Melsa gets to ya, it’s GG.

A skill that Midgardsormr can use as Primal Midgardsormr, Manifestations of War allows Midgardsormr to summon forth shadows of other adventurers, who use one of their skills (For example, a shadow Leif will use his skill Pinon slash) and then leave.

Storm Barrage

An even stronger version of Midgardsormr’s Trident Tempest attack used in Primal Form, Storm Chaser uses larger tornadoes which go back to Midgardsormr after a little bit.

Forms

Rayquaza

Normal Form

Something something State Your Wish

Rayquaza’s base form, and the form it is most commonly seen in. In this form, its ability is Air Lock, and its typing is Dragon/Flying.

Mega Rayquaza

Ready your heart, as for Mega Fug, Anything Goes.

Rayquaza’s Mega Evolution, first seen 3000 years ago in order to stop the fight between Primal Groudon and Primal Kyogre, and regained in the present when Zinnia gets the ORAS Protagonist to feed it the Meteorite in order to stop the Asteroid that threatened Hoeen. In this, Rayquaza’s ability changes to Delta Stream and gains a +60 total boost to its attack stats, a +20 total boost to its Defense stats, and a +20 boost to its Speed stat.

Midgardsormr

Humanoid Form

Either Because of You is in Myriam’s POV or its in his POV. Take your pick.

A much weaker humanoid form that Midgardsormr can assume. While his powers aren’t much in this state, he can fight with a bow and arrow, using skills such as Ancient Tempest. While he isn’t seen in this form in the game’s present, he begins using it more commonly following the final battle, as a way to remember Euden after he Madoka’d himself.

Base Form

Midgardsormr’s main form, capable of manipulating the winds to create storms. He's seen in this form for most of the game. Naturally, it's miles stronger than his humanoid form.

High Midgardsormr

Special Boss form. No seriously there’s only one high dragon form that shows up in the story.

A powered-up form that Midgardsormr can take. This form only appears in the Advanced Dragon Trials events, though it’s a good amount much more powerful than his base form, being able to reduce the health of adventurers to a low amount if they’re not prepared.

Primal Midgardsormr

You have any ambitions yet realized? We’re gonna realize them right now.

Midgardsormr’s ultimate form, and the form he took in his previous life as Midgardsormr Zero. He regained this form when Euden and company took to the Dragon Necropolis in Lefkos, and freed Elysium from his suffering as Void Elysium.

Power & Durability

Rayquaza

Rayquaza should scale to Dialga and Palkia, as a Shiny Rayquaza was capable of fighting on even terms of the two members of the creation trio. Shiny Pokemon are not superior to their normal counterparts in terms of power (if we don’t consider looking cooler as a power) so it should stand to reason that a normal Rayquaza would be just as powerful as it. While this logic is admittedly shaky at best, it would place Rayquaza at a Universal level of power at the very least, with potential to reach Infinite Multiversal.

Midgardsormr

At least Universal, as he Defeated Xenos with Euden, who destroyed the Universe to create his own world, this possibly reaches Infinite Multiversal, Due to what was needed to create his world, Xenos destroyed all other worlds, which were said to be as many as stars in the sky, to Complex Multiversal, as Dragalia Lost’s multiverse contains the Fire Emblem and Cygames Multiverses, judging by the FEH and Princess Connect collabs.

Speed

Rayquaza

Rayquaza should be 986175 times the Speed of Light, based off it being able to fight on even ground with Deoxys, who moved from the edge of the Galaxy to the Earth in a matter of only a few days, with Mega Rayquaza being even stronger than that

Midgardsormr

Midgardsormr, at the very least, should be faster than lightning, as he can fight the likes of Jupiter, Chronos, and Thor, being able to dodge their Lightning-based attacks, and partake in the fight against Chronos, who in his Nyx form is capable of generating Black Holes, which he can potentially escape from. As Primal Midgardsormr, he should be much faster, as he should be superior to the likes of Morsayati, who was capable of covering the Solar System in Black Mana in a manner of seconds with his Terminus attack

Feats

Rayquaza

·        Stopped Groudon & Kyogre’s fight, then stopped their second fight in their primal forms

·        Capable of destroying the Grand Meteor Delta

·        Can fly up to the sky and descend back down in a matter of seconds

·        Fought on par with Altered Forme Dialga & Palkia

·        Mega Evolution was so powerful it made an entire tier above Ubers

Midgardsormr

·        Capable of fighting against the likes of Morsayati, Satan, and Chronos

·        Can dodge lightning generated by Jupiter and Thor

·        Defeated Xenos alongside Euden

Comparison

Rayquaza

+Faster, and More Experienced

+Can recover health using Rest

+Able to remove flying-type weaknesses with Delta Stream

+Can prevent Midgardsormr from attacking if it lands flinching moves, and can confuse Midgardsormr with Hurricane

-Weaker & More Fragile

-Curse of Nihility can nullify buffs brought upon by Ancient Power & Dragon Dance

-Rest will cause Rayquaza to be asleep, leaving it vulnerable.

-Outrage can cause it to be confused

-Dragon Ascent lowers defense stats

Midgardsormr

+Stronger & More Durable

+Has skills that can bring down Rayquaza to low health, or even one shot it

+Curse of Nihility can nullify any buffs Rayquaza can get from moves

+No attacks cause his stats to lower

-Slower, and Less experienced

-Cannot take advantage of Rayquaza’s weaknesses

-No Resistance to Hurricane’s ability to cause confusion, alongside no resistance to flinching moves

Results

The Delta Stream that was Rayquaza’s battling skills was certainly impressive, but put up against the Primal Tempest that Midgardsormr’s power holds within, the Emerald Dragon had to Internal Crash out.

“Though you may not recall it, we have lost our most important Dragalia. So I must continue to interact with people and ensure this sacrifice was not in vain.”

The Winner is Midgardsormr.

Next Time… and?

Next time, to finish up the year, it’s a battle between blazing blades, Tsubasa vs Shana (Symphogear vs Shakugan no Shana)

…and, sometime in December, look out for a Shadow vs Maria (Sonic vs Symphogear) Script! Yes, I acknowledge the most obvious thing about it in the script.

Special Thanks

Bulbapedia for the Mega Rayquaza screenshot, and Rayquaza Artworks

Dragalia Lost Wiki for the Midgardsormr artworks

Special Unthanks

Cygames and Nintendo for the divorce, requiring me to have to get Bluestacks again to get on a private server to get those last few screenshots.