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Pokémon Scarlet and Violet (2022)

Duration: 8:16

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I used: Maushold, Gyarados, Flamigo, and Skeledirge
My Opponent used: Perrserker, Palafin, Hisuian Zoroark, and Cinderace
Stadium: Cabo Poco
Battle BGM: Cassiopeia

In this battle, I go up against a player that uses a very interesting looking team, and if this was Ranked Battles, Palafin would be the only Pokémon that would even be used, I did see there was three Starter Pokémon that were available through the 7 Star Tera Raid Battles, there was Perrserker which can be obtained in the game, and Hisuian Zoroark which is only available for players that downloaded the DLC for this game.
The team that I test out makes use of stat boosts and making use of one Ability that is based on those stat boosts. An example is where I use Gyarados's Dance Dragon to get some Attack and Speed boosts, and Flamigo has Costar for its Ability, what that does is when Flamigo comes out, if her ally has boosted stats, Flamigo will copy the stat boosts with Costar. The strategy is to have Gyarados set up Dragon Dance while Maushold uses Follow Me so that it can draw in attacks. I do have Friend Guard on Maushold, as that reduces the damage its team takes from attacks.
Gyarados has Waterfall and Tera Blast for his attacks, and this was when I found out that Tera Blast is a Special Attack if the Pokémon is not Terastallized, because I was sure that Tera Blast deals Physical damage if the Pokémon's Attack stat is higher, I know that's the case when the Pokémon is Terastallized, but I was surprised by how weak Tera Blast was, even after getting in some Attack boosts from Dragon Dance.
Flamigo was a Pokémon that I have waited to use for online battles in a while, and to use Flamigo, it did require the correct set-up, I even considered having Tidy Up on Maushold, but as its role was to draw in attacks, I didn't see much point in that. Flamigo has Close Combat and Brave Bird to deal some huge damage, Feint is there for priority and to break through Protect, and I have Wide Guard to protect the team from moves that hit both targets, like Rock Slide and Icy Wind.
As I needed some Special Attackers, I chose Skeledirge for the team as he has good Special Attack, and I did rework his moves to make him work for Double Battles, so he has Snarl to hit both targets and lower their Special Attack, I did equip the Throat Spray to boost his Special Attack after using a sound-based move, after one use of Torch Song, Skeledirge's Special Attack is boosted by two stages. I chose Skeledirge for this battle for match-ups against most of my opponent's Pokémon, like Perrserker, and I was surprised that my opponent didn't even switch out Palafin, which meant my opponent was using the weaker Zero Form and didn't make the best use of Palafin in the battle.

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