Pokémon Sword & Shield Online Battle 138
1I used: Aerodactyl, Comfey, Gastrodon, and Regidrago
My Opponent used: Cinderace, Calyrex (Shadow Rider), Terrakion, and Urshifu (Single Strike Style)
Stadium: Wyndon
Battle BGM: Peony
I come across an opponent that seems to have a full team of Legendary Pokémon, with Cinderace as the only exception, but I don't know if my opponent is that serious of a battler, and if the only moves I ever see on Cinderace are Fire-type moves, then we will never know if it has Libero or not. I don't understand why my opponent even has a Cosmog on the team, because that thing can't learn any attacking moves, even a Metapod can put in more work than Cosmog, but I have read about Teleport being a -6 priority move that is like U-turn, but it doesn't damage the target, and I did also read that Pokémon like Slowbro and Clefable are good users of that move, but the only way you would have Teleport on them is if they were transferred from the Let's Go games.
In case you have not been following sites like Smogon, Urshifu Single Strike Style recently got banned from OU, its signature move Wicked Blow is terrifyingly powerful, because not only does Urshifu get STAB from that 80 power Physical move, but that move will always score a critical hit, and sure it's 4x weak to Fairy, but it can be tough to switch one in if Urshifu has Poison Jab or Iron Head, and by the way, it is the Single Strike Urshifu that got banned to Ubers.
I put my other two Pokémon to the test, Comfey is there to support Regidrago, because if Regidrago takes damage, that will weaken the power of Dragon Energy, so Comfey is there to use Floral Healing on her teammates to heal them up, and I gave her Ally Switch to surprise opponents, and her Triage gives her priority to Draining Kiss and Giga Drain, and she has a Big Root to increase the amount of HP healed when using these moves.
I decided to try out a West Sea Gastrodon, as I find them to be less common, specially because East Sea Gastrodon tend to be available in the more recent games. This Gastrodon has Muddy Water to hit both targets, and even when I don't have to use Regidrago, Gastrodon makes a good teammate for my Magmortar, because when I am up against a Water-type opponent, I can switch Gastrodon in and with Storm Drain, draw in the Water-type moves so they don't target Magmortar. A move I did consider for Gastrodon was Clear Smog to remove stat conditions, specially after an opponent gets some stat boosts from Dynamax, and my opponent did have some powerful Pokémon, I was surprised to see my opponent's Calyrex not use Astral Barrage, because Shadow Rider Calyrex is really dangerous in Double Battles, because Astral Barrage hits both targets, and it is a very powerful Ghost-type move, and Shadow Rider Calyrex is in the top 5 highest Special Attack stats in the game, so there is a reason why that thing is banned to the Uber tier. I have even checked the usage charts for Ubers, and Shadow Rider Calyrex is in the top 5 most used Pokémon in that tier.
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