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Pokémon Scarlet and Violet (2022)

Duration: 8:20

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I used: Garganacl, Toedscruel, and Houndstone
My Opponent used: Grimmsnarl, Maushold, and Honchkrow
Stadium: Naranja/Uva Academy
Battle BGM: Gym Leader

It took me about 30 seconds to decide which Pokémon to select for this battle, so I cut out to when I chose the three Pokémon for this battle, I chose Toedscruel in case my opponent picked Sandy Shocks, Garganacl does have good match-ups against some of my opponent's Pokémon, but the main Pokémon I selected him for was Skeledirge, and I chose Houndstone to take on Maushold.
While I did like my opponent's team of Pokémon, including some that are rarely, or almost never used online, like Honchkrow and Flapple, and there is also Pokémon like Grimmsnarl and Skeledirge where they see a good amount of use in online battles, my opponent does make use of some of the Pokémon on the team, and I did see how much my opponent liked using U-turn with Maushold and Honchkrow during the battle.
There were some move choices that surprised me, like Honchkrow using Perish Song, which I didn't realize it could learn in this game, I wasn't sure if it was an Egg Move, I did check, and Perish Song is an Egg Move that it can learn, but then again Honchkrow doesn't tend to used all that much online, and it does get Mean Look as well, but there are some Pokémon that can make use of that strategy better than Honchkrow can.
As with the Pokémon that I selected, I did give them different Tera Types to give then resistances to the types they are weak to, Toedscruel has Water to resist the Ice-type moves she is weak to, and I went with Fighting on Houndstone to give Body Press extra power, as this is a defensive set I went with, Houndstone does have a good Defense stat and access to Fluffy to take hits better, but most players tend to see it as a sweeper with Last Respects, but it isn't as effective in 3 vs 3 battles than in 6 vs 6 battles where Last Respects can get to a base power of over 300, and that was the reason Houndstone got banned in the first place, but in online battles, it is at least balanced as they are 3 vs 3 battles, and I haven't come across many players that have used Houndstone in online battles against me.

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