Pokémon Scarlet & Violet - Expanding Force of a Different Color - Aug 3 24 F
13Surprise! Here is a sixth video from this session. Part of it is because we have the Pokémon World Championships next week, and I am going to focus on that, so there won’t be any Pokémon videos from me during the five-day period in which it takes place, nor will I play any online matches during then (though I might play some Tera Raid Battles and such). An extra Pokémon battle video will help make it easier to figure out what to upload in the following several days, including during the Pokémon World Championships.
Though the other reason is because I played these matches, and once I narrowed it down to six battles, I had so much trouble determining which one to not use that I decided I’ll have all six of them! So here is this one.
Type: Double Battle
Opponent: Antony
Battle Court: Blueberry Academy
Music: Ho-Oh
My Pokémon: Keyser (Klefki), Angus (Tauros) (Paldean) (Blaze Breed), Elsa (Froslass), Klepetan (Bombirdier)
Opponent’s Pokémon: Indeedee (Female), Braviary (Hisuian), Ninetales (Kantonian), Venusaur
I was given a prediction that with Regulation H, we will see the return of the Indeedee and Armarouge combo, as Armarouge can use Expanding Force. However, I had the feeling we’d see other Pokémon using Expanding Force, as it’s since become a TM that can be taught to many other Pokémon. In this battle, you’ll see Hisuian Braviary using it specifically.
I have experience with Hisuian Braviary in a battle, and I know for sure that the Hisuian variant is much slower than the original Unovan variant. With a base Speed of 65, even Klepetan (Bombirdier) can outrun one without needing to use Tailwind. We also find out later that this Braviary is locked into Expanding Force via a Choice item. I know that Expanding Force is a seriously powerful attack, one that can hit both opponents when Psychic Terrain is up, and Indeedee can absorb hits with Follow Me, especially Ghost-type attacks (and, to a lesser extent, some Dark-type attacks due to Indeedee being so good at taking hits). But I feel like this strategy has its limitations, especially when a Dark-type shows up—and you can see that this pairing fell apart when Klepetan arrived.
The other half of this is a combination using two Generation I Pokémon: Ninetales (Kantonian), with Drought; and Venusaur, with Chlorophyll. Chlorophyll Venusaur was a major component of the competitive scene last generation (and the generation before), though Venusaur has fallen by the wayside recently. Venusaur is blindingly fast when boosted by Chlorophyll, and freely using Sleep Powder with little who could outrun it, you had to be prepared for this strategy, or Venusaur would wreck your whole team—and other Grass-types, who are immune to Sleep Powder, could still get blasted by a Sludge Bomb.
I think Venusaur lost a bunch of its potency thanks to Miraidon and Hadron Engine, which starts up Electric Terrain and thus prevents affected Pokémon from falling Asleep. As you can see, my team was prepared for Pokémon aimed to put other Pokémon to sleep. Even with Angus (Tauros) down after Terastallizing to Grass, Keyser (Klefki) set up Misty Terrain, which halts ALL non-volatile status conditions, Sleep included, limiting my opponent’s options.
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