Pokémon Sword & Shield Online Battle 238

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Published on July 28, 2021 7:00:04 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9Ufv_6RuJ4

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Pokémon Sword and Shield (2019)

Duration: 5:41

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I used: Barraskewda, Tapu Koko, and Flapple
My Opponent used: Pelipper, Barraskewda, and Darmanitan
Stadium: Motostoke
Battle BGM: Hop 2

This is a fight were my opponent comes in with a rain team, and this is where I test out Barraskewda, she does have Swift Swim for her Ability, and I gave her Flip Turn so that she can switch out from a battle, as this is a good move to have on Barraskewda, and for her moves, I gave her Close Combat and Psychic Fangs for some good coverage options.
I did see that my opponent also used Barraskewda against me, as this is a very dangerous Pokémon to deal with on rain teams, specially ones that use Pelipper, because this does make it like the old days of Sword & Shield where Pelipper was the only Pokémon with Drizzle, and Barraskewda was considered to be one of the best sweepers in rain teams with that high Speed stat and Swift Swim. My opponent does have Ferrothorn, which I have seen a good amount of rain teams use, but the one I find to be the most questionable is Darmanitan, because Fire-type Pokémon are not good options to bring on a rain team, as they are weakened by the rain, and unless Darmanitan is there to take on Grass-type Pokémon, Pelipper can use Hurricane to defeat them, so there isn't really much point in having a Fire-type Pokémon on a rain team, and there weren't any Electric-type Pokémon on my opponent's team, as Thunder is a notable move to have on rain teams.
My Flapple is capable of Gigantamax, and he is more focused on that, as Max Airstream can give him enough Speed, and his Attacks are very powerful with the boost from Hustle, and when Gigantamaxed, Flapple doesn't have to deal with less accuracy than usual, it is always good that an Ability like Hustle has Pokémon that can put Dynamax to the best use, and Flapple is at least good enough, even though I don't tend to come across that Pokémon in my online battles that often.

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