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Pokémon Sword and Shield (2019)

Duration: 4:49

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I used: Carracosta, Sylveon, and Durant
My Opponent used: Zygarde (50% Forme), Zamazenta, and ZamazentaPlz (Zacian)
Stadium: Wyndon
Battle BGM: Team Yell Captain

Even if the new Battle Stadium rules allows only one Restricted Legendary Pokémon, my opponent's team is the opposite, while all of his Pokémon are Legendary Pokémon, the only Legendary Pokémon on my opponent's team that is not a Restricted Legendary Pokémon is Latios, so my opponent has a team that cannot be used in Ranked Battles, because it only allows you to use one Restricted Pokémon, and my opponent has close to a full team of them.
I don't even know why my opponent's Zacian is nicknamed ZamazentaPlz, my only guess could be that my opponent got this Zacian through the GTS on Pokémon HOME and the player that offered Zacian to him wanted to trade it from Zamazenta, so I could see why, although my opponent had both Legendary Pokémon on his team.
It was a huge missed opportunity that my opponent didn't use Mewtwo, because this is the 150th online battle that I have uploaded for Pokémon Sword & Shield, and Mewtwo is the final Pokémon in the original Pokédex, well technically it is Mew if you count that, but I remember back in the day that Mew was hidden in the data for the original Pokémon games, and we didn't know about it until the first Pokémon Movie, that was the first Mythical Pokémon, and Game Freak kept it a secret, but now we have dataminers and whenever we get to a new generation, most player are going to know about the Mythical Pokémon before their official reveal.
My opponent did at least use Zygarde, if only Pokémon X & Y got a third game, this was a huge missed opportunity that we didn't even get Pokémon Z, they could have explained a bit more about Zygarde through Pokémon Z if it ever happened, but it got new formes in the XY&Z Anime, and the formes didn't appear in the games until Sun & Moon. This is Zygarde's 50% Forme, or the Zygarde from X & Y, and I am explaining about it just in case anyone watching this video is not familiar with Zygarde, its 50% Forme has good HP and Defense, fairly good Attack, and its Speed is a bit average for a Legendary Pokémon, this Zygarde might have Power Construct, and what that does is if Zygarde's HP drops below 50%, it will transform into its more powerful Complete Forme, and its HP stat doubles, but it loses 10 point in Speed. Zygarde has a bunch of signature moves, it can use Thousand Arrows, which is a popular move on Zygarde, it is 90 Power Physical Ground-type move that can hit Flying-type Pokémon and ground them, making Ground-type moves affect Flying-type Pokémon, or Pokémon with the Levitate Ability.
Zygarde's other signature move is Thousand Waves, it is also a 90 Power Physical Ground-type move, and its effect is it prevents the target from switching out, both Thousand Waves and Thousand Arrows were in the data of X & Y, hinting that we would get Pokémon Z, but these moves didn't become available until Sun & Moon. Its signature move in X & Y is Land's Wrath, which is basically a weaker Earthquake, it hits all targets in Double Battles, and it has 90 Power.
Zygarde's Dragon-type signature move is Core Enforcer, this was introduced in Pokémon Sun & Moon, it is a 100 Power Special Dragon-type move that eliminates the effects of the target's Ability, but it isn't that great as it is a Special move, although it is decent on Complete Forme Zygarde, as it has like base 91 Special Attack.
That's all the explanation on Zygarde done, I use my Carracosta in this battle, he has Sturdy and a Weakness Policy, so it did make him a good lead against Zygarde. My Carracosta has Shell Smash, and even if Carracosta has a really low Speed stat, Shell Smash is a really popular move on this Pokémon, even if Carracosta doesn't seen common use online. Liquidation is his main move, I went with Rock Blast over Stone Edge for reliable Accuracy, if only there was a Physical Rock-type move with 100% Accuracy that Rock-type Pokémon could make use of, I am aware of Smack Down, but that move is really weak to be used reliably. I have Aqua Jet on Carracosta for priority, and with these moves, Carracosta can get in some really powerful hits in with Liquidation after a use of Shell Smash, I went with Sturdy over Solid Rock so that Carracosta is able to withstand a powerful attack, and even if Solid Rock does reduce damage from super effective hits, I find Sturdy to be more reliable, because that 4x weakness to Grass is a drawback to Carracosta's type combo of Water/Rock, but then again Rock-type Pokémon tend to have a hard time being used defensively because their weaknesses are common attacking types. I do like Carracosta as a Pokémon, it's one of my favourite Fossil Pokémon, I really like the design for it, so it was good to try using one in online battles.

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