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Pokémon Sword and Shield (2019)

Duration: 6:59

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I used: Thundurus (Therian Forme), Pyukumuku, and Garbodor
My Opponent used: Urshifu (Single Strike Style), Dragapult, and Ferrothorn
Stadium: Wyndon
Battle BGM: Marnie

The team that I went with has some interesting things in common, this will be recorded on the week of April 1st, which is a very infamous day when it comes to the Internet and YouTube videos, and what I have decided to do for this week is theme my team around my least favourite Pokémon, very fitting for this week's set of videos, so get ready to see how surprising this team does in battle, and by the way, I do like how my opponent's player name is Cloud Strife, named after the main protagonist of Final Fantasy VII, which did get a remake last year.
Garbodor is my least favourite Pokémon, so of course I had to include him on my team, he has Corrosive Gas to remove any held items from the opponent, and he can Gigantamax, and his Poison-type moves become G-Max Malodor, which can poison the target, so it's better than the Speical Attack boost from Max Ooze, because you don't need to use Special Attacks when using Garbodor, my one has Aftermath for his Ability, and I went with Drain Punch and Stomping Tantrum for type coverage.
I chose Thundurus in his Therian Forme, because I do not like the design for that, but at least he is one of my best Pokémon on the team, he is equipped with a Choice Specs, and with base 145 Special Attack, Thundurus can deal a lot of damage with Thunderbolt, and I was surprised to see how much it did to my opponent's Dragapult, despite Dragapult resisting Electric-type moves. Thundurus has Sludge Wave and Dark Pulse for coverage, and are great moves if ever I want to Dynamax him, and Volt Switch to get in some damage and switch out.
Pyukumuku does not appeal to me as a Pokémon, but I decided to give this one a chance, because if this team is themed around my least favourite Pokémon, Pyukumuku is one of the few Gen 7 Pokémon that I don't care about, if Bruxish was available in this game, I would definitely put a Bruxish on this team, because I do not like Bruxish, it is an ugly-looking fish Pokémon, I can't even stand that thing, I don't know if there is anyone that likes Bruxish as a Pokémon, but I know there are people that like Garbodor, so it depends on how the Pokémon stands out to you.
Pyukumuku has Soak and Toxic, which is a nice strategy, as that can badly poison even Ferrothorn after a use of Soak, so I don't have to use Salazzle's Corrosion Ability to try and inflict poison on Steel-type Pokémon. Pyukumuku is a weird Pokémon to me, it can't learn any direct attacking moves, Counter and Mirror Coat being its only damaging moves, I went with Mirror Coat so that Pyukumuku is not Taunt bait, because when using a defensive Pokémon, I like having at least one attacking move so I can use it if ever that Pokémon is affected by Taunt. Recover on Pyukumuku is there to heal off damage, and I have seen players put this Pokémon to good use, and this Pyukumuku does have Unaware, even though I prefer Quagsire when it comes to Water-type Pokémon with Unaware, at least Quagsire can deal damage with attacks, unlike Pyukumuku who has to rely on Toxic and Soak depending on the opponent.
There's not much to go over with my opponent's team, as the Pokémon chosen are some of the most used Pokémon in online battles, I am sure you have seen many Dragapult and Ferrothorn uses in my online battle videos, and I have come across a lot of usage with Urshifu, so there isn't much to go over if my opponent's team are all Pokémon that have high usage in online battles.

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