Game:

Pokémon Sword and Shield (2019)

Duration: 6:17

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I used: Pyukumuku, Cradily, and Thundurus (Therian Forme)
My Opponent used: Blastoise, Heat Rotom, and Ferrothorn
Stadium: Master Dojo
Battle BGM: Battle Tower

My opponent for this match has Pokémon that see high usage in online battles, although I am not sure about Blastoise being a commonly used Pokémon, because I do know about how dangerous that Shell Smash can be when used, and it was a good thing I led with Pyukumuku, because he has Unaware, so any of Blastoise's stat boosts from Shell Smash will be ignored, and my Pyukumuku has Mirror Coat to send back Special Attacks for double damage, I have read into possible sets, and while Pyukumuku cannot directly attack opponents, the most notable sets use Toxic, Recover, and Soak, and I did check on different sites, and it says that Block is a possible move, but you can't teach it to Pyukumuku in this game, as it can only learn it through Move Tutor in Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon and transferred over to this game.
I test out another Pokémon on my team that has some of my least favourite Pokémon, and that is Cradily. The reason why Cradily is one of my least favourite Pokémon is from my history of fighting one of those throughout the generations, because Cradily is a very defensive Pokémon, and I remember a Cradily from Pokémon Battle Revolution, not online, but in single player mode, there was that one Cradily that had Toxic, Recover, Stockpile, and Sandstorm, and I can never defeat that thing, so that is the reason why I dislike Cradily, and even in Gen 3 there was one with Recover and Giga Drain, and I couldn't even do half damage to it, so I guess this was where my dislike of Cradily first happened, I know there are people out there that like Cradily's design and it is one of their favourite Gen 3 Pokémon, but for me, Cradily is my least favourite Gen 3 Pokémon. I am not a fan of fighting these sets that stall out opponents, because in Pokémon Platinum's Battle Frontier, there was that one Meganium that had Leech Seed, Substitute, Ingrain, and Double Team, I did not like fighting that thing, and I remember a Venusaur in the Battle Maison in Gen 6 that has Toxic, Leech Seed, Ingrain, and Synthesis.
The set I went with on this Cradily is a Special Attacker with Storm Drain, he has Meteor Beam and a Power Herb, it is good they added Meteor Beam as another possible Special Rock-type move, because Ancient Power is really weak and only has 5 PP, and Power Gem was the best there was, but it had like 80 power, which is decent, but nowhere as strong as the 90 power moves, and a few Rock-type Pokémon can learn that move, and Cradily cannot learn Power Gem. He has Giga Drain and Earth Power for other Special moves, and I gave him Recover for a healing move.
I do have another use for Thundurus, after my Pyukumuku has used Soak on an opponent, I can send in Thundurus and use Thunderbolt on the opponent, specially after using Soak on Ferrothorn, then it will be super effective, this is one strategy with Soak that I have never thought about using, because Pyukumuku is a Pokémon that cannot learn any direct attacking moves, and the reason why he has Soak is so Toxic will work on Steel and Poison-type opponents.

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