Game:

Pokémon Scarlet and Violet (2022)

Duration: 7:29

156 views

0

I used: Grimmsnarl, Swalot, and Basculegion
My Opponent used: Charizard, Ceruledge, and Braviary
Stadium: Medali
Battle BGM: Southern Pokémon

There is a lot of Fire and Flying-type Pokémon on my opponent's team, and I did see there was Koraidon, which was not used in this battle, and from seeing what moves Charizard had, it turned out to be the Charizard that was obtained through Mystery Gift with the Dark Tera Type which has moves like Flare Blitz and Acrobatics. While the Charizard was a tie-in to the Pokémon Anime, it was also a tie-in to the newest Pokémon TCG set, or Trading Card Game set at the time, which featured a Charizard with a Dark Tera Type.
It was a good thing my opponent didn't use Corviknight in this battle, as that would have turned my strategy around, because if that Corviknight had Mirror Armor, its stats wouldn't be lowered from Grimmsnarl's Parting Shot, and Swalot would have a hard time against it. I was surprised that my opponent used Braviry and Ceruledge in this battle, so he had two of my favourite Pokémon, Ceruledge is one of the my favourite Generation 9 Pokémon, and Braviary is one of my favourites from Gen 5.
Going over the moves I have on Swalot, and this was a Pokémon that I did consider using back in Pokémon Battle Revolution, but I never got around to training one up in that game, and in case you didn't know, back when I did Pokémon Battle Revolution, I did use some lesser Pokémon, or those that are rarely or almost never used, and Swalot was one that I wanted to add to a team, but I didn't end up using one. It took until this game for me to finally give Swalot a chance in an online battle, and the set I went with on this Pokémon is a stall set, he has Toxic to inflict poison to opponents, Stuff Cheeks to boost his Defense, and with the Apicot Berry, Special Defense as well, that way Swalot can withstand attacks better, specially when paired with Grimmsnarl's screens. Body Press works with the Defense boost from Stuff Cheeks, which was originally going to be Acid Armor, but I went with Stuff Cheeks as it is a very rare move, and Gunk Shot for a Poison-type attack. Swalot has a Dark Tera Type to give him an immunity to Psychic-type moves, and while Poison isn't one of my favourite types, I don't mind Swalot as a Pokémon, as Generation 3 is where most of my favourite Pokémon were introduced. I did pick Basculegion as a backup for the Fire-types that were used in this battle, although her matchup against Ceruledge is more favourable to the opponent, as Ceruledge does have higher base Speed than Basculegion, and it is likely to use a Shadow Claw, but at least it does better against Charizard.

Other Statistics