Game:

Pokémon Sword and Shield (2019)

Duration: 9:07

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I used: Slurpuff, Thwackey, Liepard, and Toxtricity
My Opponent used: Panzareon (Skarmory), Carribean (Lapras), Aurion (Duraludon), and Mantequilla (Hawlucha)
Stadium: Standard
Battle BGM: Oleana

My opponent in this battle has a full team of Shiny Pokémon, and it is a good thing I turned on nicknames in online battles, so that way I can see the nicknames on my opponent's Pokémon, and those are some good ones my opponent went with on them.
Whenever I see Lapras being used in a Double Battles, I would usually expect it to Gigantamax and use G-Max Resonance to make it so my opponent's team is harder to take down, but my opponent pulls off some unexpected strategy with his Skarmory, which you wouldn't expect in a Double Battle, while Skarmory is a great wall in Single Battles, it is well known for not being that great in Double Battles, but my opponent went with a strategy that you don't see very often, which is using Skarmory's Weak Armor Ability to boost her Speed to very high levels and the Snowball to boost Attack by one stage when hit by an Ice-type move, I give my opponent praise for using a very creative strategy, and specially when he had three Pokémon that are capable of Gigantamaxing, those being Lapras, Duraludon, and Grimmsnarl.
My Toxtricity is put to the test once again, and I test out Liepard in this battle. This Liepard has Prankster for his Ability, and I wasn't sure whether to give him a Focus Sash, and I went with Eject Button, not the best item as Liepard is a bit frail, but I don't like having two Pokémon holding the same held item, so I prefer having one Pokémon on my team hold that item, an example is Leftovers, while it is a popular item, I don't like to have more than one Pokémon on my team hold Leftovers.
While this team is about weakening the foe's stats, and having my Gigantamax Pokémon inflict status conditions, Thwackey has Grassy Surge, which will use Slurpuff's Grassy Seed and activate Unburden, and Slurpuff has String Shot to try and weaken both targets' Speed, and Toxtricity has G-Max Stun Shock when Gigantamaxed, that can inflict either poison or paralyze to its targets.
For Liepard's role on the team, he has Snarl to weaken the targets' Special Attack, and he has Thunder Wave and Copycat for the rest of his moves, I did consider Fake Tears or Encore at first, but decided on Copycat, as that can be a fun move to use. Liepard can be a tricky Pokémon to use in battle, but with Prankster, you can perform many tricks with one, and I wasn't sure if I wanted Snarl or Foul Play on it, and I do remember that Foul Play and Swagger strategy with Liepard back in Gen 5, Liepard would usually be paired with a Pokémon with Prankster which would use Swagger, and then Liepard uses Foul Play to deal some heavy damage, and this is an overpowered strategy if your opponent has a Pokémon with a high Attack stat, as Foul Play uses the target's Attack stat to deal damage. While I remember that strategy in Gen 5, I couldn't remember if Liepard had Prankster or if it had Unburden, and if it had a Normal Gem and used Fake Out, and when Unburden activated, it can outspeed foes and get in some huge damage with Foul Play after its teammate used Swagger on one of the opponents.

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