Game:

Pokémon Scarlet and Violet (2022)

Duration: 9:04

63 views

0

I used: Hydreigon, Iron Valiant, and Skeledirge
My Opponent used: Dragonite, Wash Rotom, and Garchomp
Stadium: Cabo Paco
Battle BGM: Eastern Pokémon

This is where I test out my other three Pokémon, and my opponent for this battle uses some top tier threats, like Dragonite and Garchomp, and the three I picked were those that had decent match-ups overall against my opponent's team.
Going over my team, Hydreigon has a Steel Tera Type, and I don't normally like to Terastallize on the first turn, but as my opponent led with Dragonite, I had to Terastallize in case Dragonite went with Outrage, and the Steel Tera Type allows Hydreigon to resist Extreme Speed. I went with Flash Cannon to pair with the Steel Tera Type, while Draco Meteor and Dark Pulse are Hydreigon's most powerful moves, and Fire Blast to take on Steel-type Pokémon. I gave a Life Orb to Hydreigon, which I did consider giving her the Choice Specs, but decided on Life Orb so that I am not locked to one move.
Skeledirge was chosen in case my opponent used Tinkaton, but his Unaware does help against Dragonite, that way he can withstand attacks well, specially after a few Dragon Dance boosts. I gave Will-O-Wisp and Slack Off to Skeledirge, as that set allows him to wall Physical Attackers, Torch Song to boost his Special Attack, and Hex to pair well with the burn. I went with the Fairy Tera Type on Skeledirge, as that is one of the best Tera Types to go with, as Skeledirge is usually a Pokémon built to be defensive, but the downside to Fire-types on the defensive side is their weaknesses to common types like Water and Ground, while Fairy does make a good Tera Type defensively.
I have put in a Paradox Pokémon on the team, and the one I chose is Iron Valiant, my favourite Paradox Pokémon, and even my favourite Generation 9 Pokémon. I do like the design for that Pokémon, and how it's a futuristic version of two Pokémon, those being Gallade and Gardevoir, although at first looks, I see it more of a futuristic variant of Gallade, but I do like the type combo of Fairy/Fighting. Iron Valiant has a Booster Energy, which allows it to activate Quark Drive without having to set up Electric Terrain, and as it has a Naive Nature, I used a Mint on Iron Valiant to change its Nature, and while I have used this one in Tera Raids, I adjusted Iron Valiant's moves to make it better suited for online battles. It has Close Combat and Moonblast, as Iron Valiant is a Mixed Attacker, while Knock Off is there for removing the opponent's item, and I have Shadow Sneak for priority, due to learning many moves like Leaf Blade, Thunderbolt, and Psycho Cut, Iron Valiant is one of these Pokémon that would appreciate having extra moveslots, but can only fit up to four moves at once.
As with my opponent's team, I did like the choices my opponent made, leading with Dragonite and having both Rotom and Garchomp, and I did like the held item choices my opponent made, and how those can turn the battle around and how I try and see how well I can do against my opponent.

Other Statistics