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Pokémon Scarlet and Violet (2022)

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I used: Donphan, Basculegion, and Dudunsparce
My Opponent used: Copperajah, Mudsdale, and Pyroar
Stadium: Cabo Poco
Battle BGM: Elite Four

My opponent seems to have some kind of theme to the team, and I do like how there are some Pokémon that are rarely, or almost, never even used in online battles. While there are some like Hippowdon which has been a top tier Pokémon in the competitive scene because of Sand Stream and its high Defense stat, and Farigiraf does see use, but it's usually in Double Battles where it really does well in. While I do like the theme with my opponent's team, I did see there were a lot of Normal-type Pokémon and two Ground-types on the team, not the best type variety, but at least my opponent is able to use one Ground-type and one Normal-type, along with Copperajah which is the only one that is neither of those types.
I bring Donphan back once again, and her moves have been adjusted, she now has Endeavor, this pairs well with Sturdy, when Donphan withstands a powerful attack, she can use Endeavor to leave the target at 1 HP and then finish them off with a priority Ice Shard. The new addition is Dudunsparce, which is a Pokémon that I have waited to use for a while, and now I have brought her to this team, Dudunsparce's strategy is to use Glare to paralyze the opponent, boost her stats with Coil and then flinch the opponent with Headbutt, and she has Serene Grace for her Ability to increase the flinch change and a Silk Scarf to increase Headbutt's power, and Basculegion was included because most of my opponent's Pokémon have a weakness to Water.
I did like my opponent's Iron Defense and Body Press strategy with Mudsdale, and the use of Pyroar was at least something, because I never see this Pokémon being used online, I don't remember if I ever went up against a Pyroar back in Pokémon X & Y online battles, but I do remember this Pokémon doesn't have good Abilities, the best it has is Rivalry, but it's only when it is up against a Pokémon that is the same gender as Pyroar. They gave it Moxie for its Hidden Ability, even though it has a much higher Special Attack stat, Pyroar has base 68 Attack, if it had like base 90 or something, then it could work as a Mixed Attacker. One interesting trivia about Pyroar is that its evolution line is the only Pokémon to have the gender ratio of 1 in 8 for the male, which is the same chance of getting a female Starter Pokémon, I at first thought it had a 25% chance of a male and 75% chance of a female, but I didn't find that out till Generation 7 when I was looking through the Pokédex on Serebii.net that I learned that Pyroar had a 87.5% chance of a female and 12.5% chance of a male.
While Basculegion is one of my main Terastal users, when a Pokémon with Adaptability is Terastallized, it only powers up moves of the Pokémon's Tera Type, for example, as I have a Water Type Type on Basculegion, this powers up her Water-type moves, Adaptability will not affect her Ghost-type moves when Terastallized, so when using a Pokémon with Adaptability, it is best to use a Tera Type that matches one of their original types, or use a Tera Type of a move of that type that Pokémon can learn.

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