Pokémon Sword & Shield Online Battle 146

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Published on February 3, 2021 10:00:01 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yS7AqqPcgI

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Pokémon Sword and Shield (2019)

Duration: 8:25

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I used: Ribombee, Stakataka, Galarian Moltres, and Raichu
My Opponent used: Rillaboom, Inteleon, Thundurus (Incarnate Forme), and Kartana
Stadium: Battle Tower
Battle BGM: Klara

Another opponent that uses a full Shiny team, and this one is where I put another Pokémon to use that isn't my normal strategy with this team, because normally my strategy is to use Ribombee's Speed Swap to give Stakataka the high Speed stat so it can outspeed many threats, but this is my Galarian Moltres's fight, very fitting that the online battle I use it in is Moltres's Pokédex number, in before battle 150 and I come across an opponent using Mewtwo.
I liked my opponent's lead of Rillaboom and Inteleon, and even though the strategy can backfire if an opponent uses Fake Out, which is a move that does see a lot of use on Rillaboom in Double Battles, and it is good to see my opponent use Inteleon, as this is a Pokémon that doesn't see common use in online battles.
I wasn't sure if my opponent's Thundurus had Defiant, because I didn't want to risk lowering his stats with Raichu's Electroweb and Max Darkness from Moltres when Dynamaxed, because Defiant on Thundurus can be really dangerous, as he does get some really good Physical moves, like Wild Charge, Fly, Superpower, Crunch, Lash Out, Iron Tail, and a few other moves, I guess he only needs Wild Charge, Superpower, and Fly, while Protect can fill in the last slot when using Thundurus with Defiant, and that has been seeing a lot of use in Double Battles lately, specially when you can use the Ability Patch to give Thundurus his Hidden Ability of Defiant.
My opponent did also have Kartana on his team, this Pokémon has the highest base Attack stat out of all Pokémon available in this game, because in Gen 7, Kartana had the 3rd highest base Attack stat, it was beaten out by Mega Heracross and Mega Mewtwo X. Other Pokémon that are in the top 5 highest Attack stat in this generation include Black Kyurem, Zacian in its Crowned Sword form, Ice Rider Calyrex, and a tie between Regigigas and Galarian Darmanitan in its Zen Mode. Kartana is a really dangerous Pokémon, it has good Defense and Speed, its Special Defense is very low, so it cannot take Special hits well, and it has a versatile movepool to make use of its outstanding Attack stat, it can use Smart Strike, Leaf Blade, Sacred Sword, Aerial Ace, Night Slash, Psycho Cut, Brick Break, X-Scissor, and a few other moves, and Kartana can use Swords Dance to boost its Attack stat to terrifying levels, and some Kartana sets use Guillotine to get a 1-hit KO on threats it cannot normally defeat.
I could go over my Galarian Moltres, this thing has the usual Double Battles set that makes it really dangerous, because Max Airstream, specially after Nasty Plot can make it a dangerous Pokémon, and I have a Weakness Policy on Moltres, which works well with its good Special Defense stat, and when its Ability of Berserk activates, Moltres is an unstoppable force with Max Darkness and Max Airstream, and when Dynamax wears off, Moltres's Fiery Wrath can sweep entire teams, as that move hits both targets, so there isn't any reason to have Dark Pulse on Moltres, as Fiery Wrath hits both targets and has 10 points more power over Dark Pulse, and both moves have a 20% chance of flinching, so that makes Fiery Wrath the better move on Galarian Moltres.

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