Pokémon Sword & Shield Online Battle 216

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Published on June 15, 2021 9:00:14 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snF5UO85VR8

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Pokémon Sword and Shield (2019)

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I used: Klefki, Torkoal, and Regirock
My Opponent used: Sharpedo, Zapdos, and Cinderace
Stadium: Standard
Battle BGM: Marnie 2

As I go up against an opponent which has most of the team being overused Pokémon, with the strange exceptions being Sharpedo and Registeel, and I checked on Smogon, and both of them are in RU.
I did go up against another player where I tested out Klefki, and the strategy with Klefki is using Steel Beam to deal some heavy damage, and then use Recycle to get my Sitrus Berry back so that I can keep using Steel Beam, but I was up against a Clefable that I could not get through because it had used Calm Mind and Cosmic Power, and it had Unaware for its Ability. In this battle, I was hoping to paralyze Sharpedo with Thunder Wave, and I completely forgot that Prankster does not work against Dark-type Pokémon, I gave Foul Play to Klefki as a way of getting in some good damage against opponents with a high Attack stat.
It was good to see my opponent using Sharpedo, because this Pokémon doesn't get much use lately, and I have used a Sharpedo in my Sword & Shield online battles, the set I went with is a Physical Attacker, and I had Destiny Bond on my Sharpedo, which paired up well with Speed Boost and Focus Sash. Sharpedo is a Pokémon that is about getting in as much damage as it can, because this Pokémon cannot take a hit that well, so it has to deal some damage to the opponent with moves like Liquidation and Crunch, and when it's about to faint, it can use Destiny Bond to take down the opponent with it.
I did like how my original my opponent's Zapdos set was, because the most common sets used are Thunderbolt, Hurricane, and Heat Wave for moves, and Zapdos is usually the main Dynamax user, either Zapdos or Cinderace as I often see those two used on the same team. My opponent's Zapdos is a more defensive set, which is possible with a Bold Nature and with some investment in Defense, so that way Zapdos can last longer in battle, and it did have some interesting moves like Discharge, Eerie Impulse, and Roost. Eerie Impulse is that one move I always forget exists, I do understand that the move is kind of like Charm, but it lowers Special Attack instead, I did check to see which Pokémon can learn both Eerie Impulse and Charm, the site is pokemondb.net, which has some good tools like type coverage and moveset calculator, and I checked to see which Pokémon can learn both of these moves, and only a few can learn it, those being Raichu, Emolga, Dedenne, and Boltund, and they aren't the most commonly used Pokémon in online battles, well Raichu does see use in Double Battles, and I have seen some use Eerie Impulse.
It was a good thing I put Regirock on the team, it was mainly as a way to fight Zapdos, because I tend to have a tough time fighting Zapdos, which is mostly due to my team not having any way to handle it, but I came prepared with this team, you won't know if your opponent has a Zapdos by going online, because there are players that like to use underused Pokémon, but it is good that I included Regirock for this battle as a way to possibly deal with Zapdos, and its high Defense can be useful against Cinderace as well.

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