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Pokémon Scarlet and Violet (2022)

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I used: Tyranitar, Gastrodon, Lycanroc (Midday Form), and Houndstone
My Opponent used: Cresselia, Ursaluna, Iron Hands, and Flutter Mane
Stadium: Cabo Poco
Battle BGM: Western Pokémon

This battle made me lose my mind over what happened, I won't give away what happens or who ends up winning this battle, but to explain about this battle, my opponent has a high level Trick Room team, one of those teams that is used in high level VGC Tournaments, with Cresselia and Ursaluna for the lead, Cresselia sets up the Trick Room, and Ursaluna sweeps teams with its massive Attack and its Guts Ability. I can see Flutter Mane picked to finish off opponents after Trick Room has ended, and Iron Hands can work in Trick Room as it has very low Speed and a high Attack stat to put those to use.
I wasn't even expecting Gastrodon to be that slow, she is not a fast Pokémon, but to look up their stats, Gastrodon has base 39 Speed, while Ursaluna has base 50 Speed, and if Ursaluna has a Brave Nature and 0 IVs in Speed, it will go before Gastrodon while Trick Room is in effect, and to go over Gastrodon, I don't have any Speed investment in her, and mine has a defensive Nature, I want to say she is Bold, because I do have some Defense investment in her as well as Special Attack, and if that is the case, then I don't know why Gastrodon went before Ursaluna in this battle.
I do reveal the Flying Tera Type on Tyranitar in preparation for Ursaluna's incoming Headlong Rush, and I have two Pokémon with Sand Rush, and currently the only Pokémon available to have the Ability, Lycanroc is the main Pokémon, and he has an interesting set, Rock Slide is there to get the flinch chance on both foes, but as this was a Trick Room team I was up against, it isn't that effective, he has Endeavor and Accelerock, which pair well with Focus Sash, and Lycanroc is another Pokémon that can use the FEAR strategy, if you don't know what FEAR is, it is a strategy that uses a Focus Sash to survive an attack, Endeavor to put the target to 1 HP, and a priority move to finish this off, this strategy was very infamous because the most notable Pokémon that can pull it off is a Level 1 Rattata that can defeat a Level 100 Legendary Pokémon using that strategy.
The other Sand Rush Pokémon on the team is Houndstone, I did rework his stats, as I initially trained him up as a defensive Pokémon, but to work with Sand Rush, I used a Mint to change his Nature to Adamant and gave him EVs in Attack and Speed. Houndstone's moves are Last Respects, which if you have heard the move got banned, and Houndstone was unbanned and it is now in the UU tier, its only other Ghost-type move it can use is Phantom Force, and that is a 2 turn move, and Shadow Sneak which has priority, but not the most damaging move. I gave him Psychic Fangs for coverage against Fighting-type Pokémon, and Bulldoze to hit both opponents and lower their Speed, although the move can hit allies as well, but if it means powering up Last Respects, there might come a time where I have to defeat a teammate with that move to make Houndstone get to his full power.

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