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Pokémon Scarlet and Violet (2022)

Duration: 6:09

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I used: Annihilape, Hisuian Arcanine, and Regidrago
My Opponent used: Galarian Moltres, Vivillon (Icy Snow Pattern), and Chi-Yu
Stadium: Naranja/Uva Academy
Battle BGM: Area Zero Pokémon

This is the first Pokémon Scarlet & Violet online battle where I encounter a player using a Vivillon, and for anytime this Pokémon appears, I will list the form it is in, this Vivillon is the Icy Snow Pattern. Vivillon's patterns in the Generation 6 and 7 games were based on the location set on your 3DS, in this case, the Icy Snow Pattern of Vivillon is from the northern parts of the world map, those being places like Canada, Finland, and other locations, and to get different patterns of Vivillon, you have to send over a postcard from Pokémon GO, and based on the region, this changes the pattern of every wild Vivillon in Paldea for 24 hours, because normally, you would find the Fancy Pattern Vivillon, which was previously event exclusive back in Pokémon X & Y.
Vivillon does see good use in Double Battles as it has access to Friend Guard and can use Rage Powder, and in Single Battles, its main use is Sleep Powder and Quiver Dance, and it can get Compound Eyes for its Ability to improve the accuracy of Sleep Powder. While it is not good at taking hits, most Vivillon sets tend to use a Focus Sash to make sure it can take one hit.
I did see that my opponent had Galarian Moltres, which can be a dangerous threat and can make good use of Terastallization, in my opponent's case, Galarian Moltres had a Poison Tera Type, which pairs well with Dark being its base type, and with Nasty Plot and Fiery Wrath, it can take out any Psychic-type Pokémon that try to take advantage of its Poison Tera Type. What makes Galarian Moltres even more dangerous is that its Ability is Berserk, if Moltres's HP is below 50%, this increases its Special Attack by 1 stage, and if you give it Agility to boost its Speed, as Dynamax is removed from the game, Galarian Moltres is very difficult to stop.
I test out Hisuian Arcanine in this battle, and I do bring along Annihilape, as his Defiant can turn the match around against Landorus if that was used, as Intimidate would activate Defiant. I picked Regidrago for a powerful Dragon-type attacker, and I was surprised by how fast it was in this battle, I did use a Mint to give it a Timid Nature and gave it some Speed EVs, Regidrago has base 80 Speed, while Galarian Moltres has base 90, which means Galarian Moltres does not have a Speed boosting Nature. Another reason for picking Regidrago was in case Iron Valiant was used, because I can Terastallize Regidrago to a Steel Tera Type and use Tera Blast to take out Iron Valiant, as well as resist a Moonblast or Spirit Break, as Iron Valiant can be used as a Mixed Attacker, it's not easy to know which set it has.

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