Pokémon Sword & Shield Online Battle 143

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Published on January 27, 2021 10:00:20 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hs1VNhBUUr8

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Pokémon Sword and Shield (2019)

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I used: Indeedee, Salamence, and Golurk
My Opponent used: Dragapult, Urshifu (Single Strike Style), and Melmetal
Stadium: Hulbury
Battle BGM: Mustard

Here is the weekly match against a player that likes to use Legendary Pokémon, well half of my opponent's team is Legendary Pokémon, and one Mythical Pokémon, and isn't the most serious battler, this is becoming a thing every time I do online battles, where my opponent comes in with some top-tier Pokémon, but makes mistakes that can cost the match, not giving away who the winner of this battle is, but it should be an easy guess if you see how my opponent uses his Pokémon.
I have used the male Indeedee in my Restricted Sparring videos, but this is the first time I use him in online battles, I wasn't sure whether to go with Choice Scarf or Choice Specs, and Choice Scarf did help with outspeeding Dragapult, unless my opponent even EV Trains his Pokémon, but I find his move choices to be very questionable, or maybe my opponent isn't that familiar with fighting Indeedee, because it is not a popular Pokémon in Single Battles, but I do remember in early Sword & Shield where Indeedee was in the top 10 most used Pokémon in Double Battles. He has Expanding Force for some powerful damage along with Psychic Surge, and both Dazzling Gleam and Mystical Fire provide coverage, and Trick is there to screw up opponents.
As for my other Pokémon, I did use this Salamence in my Max Raid Battle videos, and I test him out in online battles for the first time. For the held item, I did consider Lum Berry to cure confusion from Outrage, but decided on Life Orb for the extra damage. This is your standard Salamence set that you would see in a high level competitive play, even if Salamence is currently in UU right now, that power creep after so many generations of being in OU, and Salamence was even banned to Ubers in late Gen 4.
For the moves I went with, Salamence has Outrage and Earthquake, which is what you would expect on a Physical set, and he has Dragon Dance to boost his Attack and Speed, and with Moxie, Salamence can sweep entire teams. I went with Dual Wingbeat for a reliable Flying-type move, and because Flying is a very popular attacking type in online battles lately, specially because of the Speed boost from Max Airstream, and Salamence is one of these Pokémon that benefits a great deal from Max Airstream, and if it is one with Moxie, then there is no stopping Salamence. If Dynamax was allowed in competitive battling, Salamence would be too overpowered, because Max Airstream would make a huge difference.
My opponent did have a decent enough team, but I wouldn't say it is the best I have come across, even if Dragapult and Urshifu are two of the commonly seen Pokémon in online battles, and it was good to see my opponent use Melmetal, but I wasn't sure if this is the Melmetal that can Gigantamax, which you can get in Pokémon HOME after connecting it to Pokémon GO for the first time.

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