Game:

Pokémon Sword and Shield (2019)

Duration: 8:12

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I used: Tsareena, Chandelure, and Nidoking
My Opponent used: Umbreon, Eevee, and Flareon
Stadium: Standard
Battle BGM: Eternatus 3

I like how my opponent has a full Eeveelution team, and unlike a past player who had the closest to that kind of team, my opponent at least put that team to good use, because the last player I went up against who had an Eeveelution team didn't have a full team of them, and they had really bad moves.
That Umbreon can be a tough opponent, because if she keeps using Yawn, that does force switches, and it did come to the point where I had to use Trick from Chandelure to give Umbreon a Choice Scarf, and by the way, this is the Shiny Chandelure that I used in a past battle, but this time, she has Infiltrator, I used an Ability Patch to get Infiltrator on my Chandelure.
Interesting bit of trivia, in Gen 5, Chandelure's Hidden Ability was Shadow Tag, and it was considered broken by many players, because if the opponent is a Normal or Fighting-type without any coverage moves, Chandelure can set up with Calm Mind and Substitute, and the opponent wouldn't switch out, and after 6 uses of Calm Mind, Chandelure can sweep entire teams, but Shadow Tag on Chandelure was not released back then, so there was no way to get a Chandelure with its Hidden Ability in Gen 5. I find Infiltrator to be more balanced, I do wonder what would have happened if Chandelure still had Shadow Tag now, because from a Pokémon with a very high Special Attack stat, Chandelure is a really dangerous Pokémon if you know how to use one in battle.
Tsareena was a Pokémon that I wanted to try out for online battles, and now I get to try her out in battle, and she has a Wide Lens because all of her moves do not have 100% Accuracy, so I find the Wide Lens to be really helpful. I went with Power Whip over Trop Kick because of the extra power, while Trop Kick does always lower the opponent's Attack, 70 Power for that move is kind of average, and Tsareena does get better Grass-type moves, like Power Whip, Seed Bomb, or even Solar Blade if she has sun support. This Tsareena does have Queenly Majesty, which is her signature ability, what that does is it prevents opponents from using priority moves. She also has High Jump Kick and Bounce, which are nice moves when Dynamaxed, and Triple Axel for a coverage move opponents wouldn't expect, because Tsareena is a Pokémon that you don't see too often in online battles, she does have good Attack and decently balanced defensive stats, and while her Speed isn't that great, this is where Max Airstream from Bounce comes in, that fixes up Tsareena's below average Speed stat.
I did like my opponent's strategy with Eevee, because even though it is not fully evolved, Eevee's Normal-type moves can really hurt thanks to Adaptability, and one notable move Eevee can use is Last Resort, so on sets with only two moves, Protect would fill in for the first move, Eevee can get in some huge damage, but for my opponent's sets, I appreciate the choice of Endure and Flail. I'm not sure if anyone ever uses Gigantamax Eevee in online battles, because Eevee is one of few Pokémon that can Gigantamax and is not fully evolved, but I wouldn't say it's good, as there are better Normal-type options, or even better Dyanamx options than Eevee in online battles.

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