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Pokémon Scarlet and Violet (2022)

Duration: 5:01

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I used: Hisuian Samurott, Carbink, and Hisuian Electrode
My Opponent used: Spectra (Gengar), Miraidon, and Knakrack (Garchomp)
Stadium: Pokémon League
Battle BGM: Nemona

When I saw my opponent's team, I at first was sure that it would be one of those teams, the ones that have the Starter Pokémon, the Legendary Pokémon on the box, and other Pokémon that some players use when going through the game, that is from seeing Pokémon like Gengar, Gyarados, Dragonite, and Garchomp on the team. Whenever I see this is a player who is not experienced in online battles, I try not battle too hard, but when you see Pokémon like Miraidon on the opposing team, it is very difficult to hold back against them because Miraidon is very powerful, it has very high Speed and Special Attack, and its Electro Drift can deal massive damage with the Electric Terrain summoned from Hadron Engine.
While I do use Samurott as the lead for this battle, I chose to use Carbink as it is my other lead, and becuase my opponent has a lot of Dragon-type Pokémon on the team. Carbink has Stealth Rock to set up its own hazards, Body Press and Iron Defense which work well together, and Moonblast to give it a Fairy-type move to use, the Mental Herb is there to cure the effects of moves like Taunt when Carbink is affected by them.
I decided to test out Hisuian Electrode in this battle, it has an Ice Tera Type and Tera Blast to work against the Dragon-types on my opponent's team. I went with Choice Specs for the held item to increase Electrode's Special Attack power, as its Special Attack stat is kind of average. It has Thunderbolt and Energy Ball for its main attacks, and Volt Switch if I need to get Electrode out of the battle, and it has Aftermath as its Hidden Ability, as I find that to be the best one to go with. I wasn't sure about going with Chloroblast, which if you are not familiar with the move is Hisuian Electrode's signature move, it is a Grass-type special move with 150 power, and the user takes massive recoil damage after use, I think it is like half of the user's maximum HP, it's like Head Smash where it is a 150 power move and the user takes heavy recoil damage after use, and I find that Energy Ball is more reliable for a Grass-type move because of the recoil from Chloroblast.
Anytime I see a player using a Garchomp with Dig in an online battle, it reminds me of the days of Pokémon Battle Revolution where I once used a Garchomp with Dig in online battles because I was not familiar with competitive battling back then, and it shows that not everyone plays the game competitively. Getting an Earthquake TM is really hard to do, because the Pokémon you get the materials from are those I have a hard time finding in the wild, or at least one of them is.

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