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Pokémon Sword and Shield (2019)

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I used: Torkoal, Cresselia, and Umbreon
My Opponent used: scossa (Luxray), matty_500 (Dragonite), and tempino (Dialga)
Stadium: Motostoke
Battle BGM: Calyrex

That is a very interesting team my opponent has, half of them are Gen 4 Pokémon, considering that Diamond & Pearl are getting remakes later this year, and at least my opponent was able to use Dialga in this battle. I did see my opponent had some nicknames, and while they are some good nicknames, there are no uppercase letters, but it is still good.
I wasn't sure if that was a Luxray with Guts, because Rivalry is a very situational Ability, because attacks beome more powerful when the opposing Pokémon is the same gender as Luxray, if it is the opposite gender, then Luxray's attacks are 50% less of their power, it didn't have Intimidate, because that would have activated right when Luxray is sent into battle. I remember the Gen 4 days where Luxray had a very limited movepool, its best Electric-type move was Spark, and it did get Thunder Fang, which had the same base power as Spark, but with some differences, Thunder Fang had 5 less accuracy and it had a chance of flinching, and for other moves, Crunch, Ice Fang, and Fire Fang was all it had. It good some upgrades in later games with Wild Charge and Superpower, and now in this game it got Psychic Fangs and Play Rough, so Luxray is at least a decent Pokémon in battle.
Dragonite had some very interesting moves, and Dialga was the one on my opponent's team that we at least got to see in battle in my Sword & Shield online battles, I am not sure how Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl would go in terms of online battles, but we would be sure to see a lot of players using Dialga online in those games, because there is always those kinds of players that like to use Legendary Pokémon, and even though I am using Cresselia in this battle, at least Cresselia is not banned. Both Cresselia and Umbreon have Moonlight, which heal more damage when sun is in effect, so my team has some good defensive Pokémon, Cresselia has Calm Mind to boost the damage of her moves, like Psyshock and Moonblast, while Umbreon has Yawn to put foes to sleep, and he has Foul Play so that he can deal direct damage in case he gets affected by Taunt.
It was good to see Roar of Time being used by Dialga in this battle, because I remember most players calling it one of the worse Legendary signature moves, well Roar of Time is very powerful, but it had a massive drawback, it prevented Dialga from attacking after it was used, so it was like a Hyper Beam clone, so most players would go with Draco Meteor for their choice of Dragon-type move on Dialga. It does learn some other powerful moves, like Flash Cannon, Earth Power, Fire Blast, Thunderbolt, Aura Sphere, and a few others, and it does have a respectable Attack stat, allowing it to use moves like Earthquake, Outrage, Iron Head, Stone Edge, and a few other moves, so at least we get a Sword & Shield online battle where Dialga was used, because once Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl come out, expect to see players using that Pokémon, and it will feel like playing Pokémon Battle Revolution all over again.

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