Game:

Pokémon Sword and Shield (2019)

Duration: 9:18

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I used: Tapu Bulu, Morpeko, and Politoed
My Opponent used: Tyranitar, Excadrill, and Dragapult
Stadium: Battle Tower
Battle BGM: Marnie

It is a battle between weather, even though my team is not really a full weather team, but my opponent does have a team that is themed around Sandstorm, he can start the fight with either Tyranitar or Hippowdon, and Excadrill is usually a common teammate for these two Pokémon with her Sand Rush Ability, and I believe his Garchomp has Sand Veil, and there is Dusk Mane Necrozma for his Restricted Legendary Pokémon. The only Pokémon on his team that doesn't benefit from the sandstorm in any way is Dragapult, but I did like my opponent's strategy with Dragapult, it is the Light Screen set with Hex and Will-O-Wisp, which is a very interesting Dragapult set, because this Pokémon is usually used as an attacker, but I can see my opponent is putting Dragapult's high Speed stat to good use with access to moves like Light Screen and Reflect.
I wasn't sure if leading with Politoed was the right pick, because then my opponent would switch out Tyranitar and bring him back in to have the sandstorm back, so I decided that Tapu Bulu was the best lead, as it can remove Tyranitar from the field, and then Politoed can bring in the rain, but then Excadrill can Dynamax and use Max Rockfall to activate sandstorm, and Excadrill is a really popular Dynamax user, specially if it is one with Sand Rush.
It was a good thing I went with Politoed for this fight, as Scald is a really helpful move against Excadrill, and even though you don't know what your opponent will use, I went with Morpeko in case, and he does have a good advantage against Dragapult and Dusk Mane Necrozma.
This was a fight I managed to put some low-tier Pokémon to good use against some of the most popular Pokémon for online battles, because the combo of Tyranitar and Excadrill is used mostly because of Sand Stream, and I did like his Dragapult set, because I don't see too many players setting up screens when using Dragapult, and in the early days of Sword & Shield online, it was in the top 5 most used Pokémon, and Dragapult is a Pokémon that can utilize many different sets with its high Speed stat, so you can go with what set you want when using one.

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