Game:

Pokémon Sword and Shield (2019)

Duration: 10:17

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I used: Musharna, Rhyperior, Escavalier, and Porygon2
My Opponent used: Ferrothorn, Zekrom, Torkoal, and Alolan Ninetales
Stadium: Stow-on-Side (Sword)
Battle BGM: Hop 2

This must be the third Legendary Pokémon user that I have come across, well my opponent only used one Legendary Pokémon, and I noticed that my opponent's player name is Rosa, which is the name of the female protagonist from Pokémon Black 2 & White 2, and she used two Pokémon introduced in Generation 5, both being Ferrothorn and Zekrom.
I am aware that the male protagonist from this game is not actually named Sword, even though that is my player name, his canon name is Victor, and I don't know if the Sword & Shield Manga has been localized in English at the time, his name would be Sword in the Manga, because every protagonist and rival has is named after the game.
This battle is where I test out another Pokémon on the team of Pokémon that work well in Trick Room, even though my opponent has both Torkoal and Ferrothorn which work well in Trick Room. I wasn't sure whether to go with a Mental Herb on Musharna as she has mostly status moves, but I decided to make a set that makes use of Psychic Terrain, so I gave the move Psychic Terrain to my Musharna, and she has a Psychic Seed to boost her Special Defense in Psychic Terrain, and also allow Expanding Force to hit both targets. Even though you can set up Psychic Terrain through Max Mindstorm, this Musharna is not meant to Dynamax, I have Rhyperior and Escavalier as my possible Dynamax options.
I wasn't sure if this was a serious team after seeing Flash Cannon of all moves being used by my opponent's Ferrothorn, and having Spikes, which isn't a move you would want to use in Double Battles, and I don't know if Shadow Claw is a move worth having on Zekrom, even though it can get Crunch, and it doesn't really need Crunch or Shadow Claw if Outrage and Bolt Strike can hit very hard in battle, and Dragon Claw is an alternative for a decent Dragon-type move on Zekrom.
My opponent is not that bad of a player, but I did find Ice Beam on Alolan Ninetales to be questionable, because this one had Snow Warning, and Blizzard is a much better move to have, and if any other Ice-type move, Freeze-Dry is a better choice than Ice Beam so that Ninetales has a way to deal super-effective damage against Water-type Pokémon, but I did like my opponent's team choice for this battle, even though I am not a fan of having both Torkoal and Alolan Ninetales on the same team, because in Double Battles, I find that having a team themed around one weather is better than having two Pokémon that can set up different weather.

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