Pokémon Sword & Shield Online Battle 231

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Published on July 15, 2021 9:00:31 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1KRYAVXWy4

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Pokémon Sword and Shield (2019)

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I used: Alolan Raichu, Buzzwole, and Ferrothorn
My Opponent used: Chansey, Mewtwo, and Cloyster
Stadium: Stow-on-Side (Sword)
Battle BGM: Hop 2

That is some interesting Pokémon that my opponent has, I saw that she had some uncommon Pokémon, like Ribombee and Alcremie, but they weren't used in this battle, which was the main reason I picked Ferrothorn. I don't know if my opponent is really a girl, just because the player is playing as a girl in the game doesn't mean they are always a girl in real life, I have seen some boys that play Pokémon play as the girl character, but there are some weirder cases out there, because that's how the fanbase is these days with certain characters.
As for the battle, my opponent has a Chansey with Minimize, and I thought Body Press bypasses Minimize's evasion boosts, but I must be thinking of Body Slam or Flying Press, because those moves deal double damage and never miss when the target has used Minimize. For the list of moves that never miss when a Pokémon has used Minimize, those moves are Body Slam, Stomp, Dragon Rush, Heat Crash, Heavy Slam, and Flying Press. There are some moves that only worked that way in certain generations, in Gen 3 only, Astonish and Extrasensory dealt double damage to the Pokémon that used Minimize, Shadow Force and Phantom Force in Gen 6, and Double Iron Bash in the Let's Go games. There is Steamroller, which isn't in this game, and Malicious Moonsault, which is Incineroar's exclusive Z-Move in the Gen 7 games, and in this game, Dynamax ignores evasion boosts, but the damage is not doubled.
Going over my Ferrothorn, I adjusted her moves around, so this time she has Iron Defense and Body Press, and I went with Power Whip over Bullet Seed for the extra power, had I kept Leech Seed, I would use that against Chansey to try and get some health back, as Chansey does have a lot of HP.
I do have Buzzwole as a back-up option, it has a Choice Scarf to make it so it can outspeed certain opponents, as Buzzwole's base Speed is kind of average, and I did give it some good Physical moves, like Leech Life and Close Combat for some great STAB options, Earthquake for type coverage, and Dual Wingbeat is there for Max Airstream if ever Buzzwole is Dynamaxed, and its Beast Boost gives it a good boost to Attack. I have seen some defensive Buzzwole sets that use moves like Bulk Up, Lunge, and Drain Punch, and as it does have a high Defense stat, it can get some boosts in Defense with Beast Boost to ensure it can take Physical hits well, it cannot take Special Attacks that well with its lower Special Defense.
I wasn't sure if even with the Choice Scarf, Buzzwole would outspeed Mewtwo, because Mewtwo is very fast, and it is a very powerful Dynamax user with great versatility, as Mewtwo can learn a wide variety of moves, and I wasn't expecting my opponent to pick Cloyster for her final Pokémon, I was kind of expecting one of the Fairy-type Pokémon as a way to deal with Buzzwole, and I did see my opponent had Dialga, which Buzzwole can make quick work of with Close Combat.

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