Game:

Pokémon Sword and Shield (2019)

Duration: 10:36

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I used: Thievul, Centiskorch, Wash Rotom, and Kartana
My Opponent used: Lugia, Alolan Raichu, Grimmsnarl, and Duraludon
Stadium: Hulbury
Battle BGM: Trainer

It is time for another team to be used for the next few battles, and this one has a few Pokémon that aren't commonly used, and I did also included two popular Double Battle Pokémon on that team as well. I did like my opponent's strategy with Lugia and Alolan Raichu at the start of the battle, specially to make use of Lugia's Multiscale, because I don't ever see Weakness Policy being an item you would see on Lugia, because this Pokémon is more of a wall than an attacker, and as it does get Calm Mind, it can inflict some good damage with moves like Aeroblast, Ice Beam, Earth Power, and a few other moves, and I did like how my opponent had Grimmsnarl for setting up screens to reduce damage to his team.
I decided to try out Thievul in online battles, and I find that it works better in Double Battles than in Single Battles, because Thievul is usually partnered with a Pokémon that has an Ability to set up terrain, and Thievul would hold a seed that activates based on terrain, but with my one, I went with a Throat Spray to boost his Special Attack after using Snarl, so that way Thievul can keep up with getting in as much damage with Snarl while lowering the target's Special Attack. The reason why I have Howl on my Thievul is because in this game, Howl can boost the Attack stat of the user's side of the field, and this does also activate the Throat Spray as well, and he has Burning Jealousy as a coverage option, although the move can only burn the target if their stats were boosted on that turn. Centiskorch is one of my possible Dynamax Pokémon, or Gigantamax in this case, because Gigantamax Centiskorch with G-Max Centiferno is very helpful in Double Battles, specially with the Fire Spin effect, and I went with Flare Blitz over Fire Lash so that way I have more power with G-Max Centiferno, and she has Power Whip as an option for dealing with Water or Rock-type opponents. I did look up on Centiskorch's possible Fire-type moves, and G-Max Centiferno is most powerful with Flare Blitz as the base move.
I have Wash Rotom, which I did consider Electroweb for at first, but decided to go with Will-O-Wisp instead, and it has Protect so that way I have some Pokémon on my team with Protect, since this is a common move in Double Battles, and I have Kartana for my other Dynamax option, it has Aerial Ace for Max Airstream, while Leaf Blade and Smart Strike are good STAB options on Kartana, and Sacred Sword is a good coverage move against most types, like Steel-type Pokémon. I did give this Kartana some Special Defense investment and an Assault Vest so it can take hits better, because Kartana has really low Special Defense, so this can help it last a bit in battle. I did check into Kartana's stats to see, and the only other stat Kartana can get a boost from with Beast Boost is Defense, and this requires Kartana to have 0 IVs in Attack, a Nature that lowers Attack, like Bold, and if it has some Defense EVs, but that is not a good idea, because Kartana has a very high Attack stat, it even has the highest Attack stat in this game, so if you can make use of its Beast Boost, Kartana can shred apart teams with its high Attack stat. It can even get a boost in Speed with a Timid Nature and 0 IVs in Attack and enough EVs in Speed, but you do not want Timid on Kartana, the Natures you really want are Jolly or Adamant, Jolly is more preferred so it can outspeed certain Pokémon.

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