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Pokémon Sword and Shield (2019)

Duration: 4:51

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I used: Golurk, Lucario, and Azumarill
My Opponent used: evil dark hr (Grimmsnarl), Kenzen (Altaria), and Aggron
Stadium: Standard
Battle BGM: Eternatus 2

It took so many battles before this one, and some of them had Dracovish which was capable of taking out most of my time in one hit with Fishious Rend, and it even outsped Jolteon, which means Dracovish must be holding a Choice Scarf, and this was after not seeing too many Dracovish lately online to them being on almost every team, I don't like seeing the same Pokémon over and over again on every team, my favourite teams I like to see are players using Pokémon that are not common in online battles.
My opponent's team is one example, even though it is not a full team, and there is a Kirlia on my opponent's team, which I doubt is ever going to benefit the team well as Kirlia's base stats aren't that great in terms of online battling, unless it has a Focus Sash and knows Trick Room and Destiny Bond, but my opponent didn't have the most viable moves on most of the team.
I could list some examples, first up is Grimmsnarl knowing False Surrender, there is no reason to have False Surrender on Grimmsnarl for online battles, and if any Dark-type move, Sucker Punch, Foul Play, or Darkest Lariat are better move options. Altaria was at least decent, and Aggron did have some moves that were good at least, but I wouldn't say my opponent was at least the best I have fought. I did see they had some interesting nicknames, and Aggron was the one that didn't have a nickname.
I test out Golurk and Lucario in this battle, and they were previously used on other teams, with Golurk, it has No Guard for its Ability, and I went with Earthquake, Poltergeist, Dynamic Punch, and Stone Edge for its moves, and I did consider the Assault Vest for Golurk at first, but then I decided to try out Azumarill with the Assault Vest, so I settled on the Weakness Policy for Golurk, because I don't like having more than one of the same item on my teams when doing online battles. I went with Stone Edge on Golurk for a good Rock-type move, and I have considered Rock Tomb at first, but decided on the extra power, and there was Fly for Max Airstream when Dynamaxed, but that would confuse players, because they would wonder how Golurk is capable of learning a Flying-type move, it surprised me until I saw Golurk's method of flight in the Anime where it can withdraw its hands and legs and shoot fire from them like a rocket. Dynamic Punch pairs well with No Guard, if I had Iron Fist on Golurk, then I would have taken Close Combat or Drain Punch for a Fighting-type move, and I would have Ice Punch or Thunder Punch instead of Stone Edge, and while Poltergeist is a powerful move, it can only work if the target is holding an item.
Lucario hasn't changed that much, but I did give her the Focus Sash, and she has Aura Sphere and Flash Cannon for her main moves, Dark Pulse for coverage, and Vacuum Wave for priority, and this is a Special Attacking Lucario, and even if Nasty Plot would be a good move to have, the tough part is sparing a moveslot for that, Lucario is one of those Pokémon that learns so many moves, but having only four moves means it can only fit in those moves, even though it can also get some other good Special moves, like Psychic, Dragon Pulse, and a few other moves. Another reason about not using Nasty Plot is that I have to spare a turn using it, and Lucario isn't really that defensive, despite being a Steel-type Pokémon, and the priority from Vacuum Wave was better to take.

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