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Pokémon Sword and Shield (2019)

Duration: 11:07

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I used: Scrafty, Slowbro, and Landorus (Incarnate Forme)
My Opponent used: Zygarde (50% Forme), Melmetal, and Charizard
Stadium: Hulbury
Battle BGM: Battle Tower

My opponent's team has about half Legendary Pokémon, and one Mythical Pokémon, which I rarely ever come across because most players tend to play by Ranked Battle rules, which never allows Mythical Pokémon, but as I am doing Casual Battles, any Pokémon can be entered.
I did like the lead with Zygarde, and it did surprise me to see Core Enforcer being used, I know it's meant to be one of Zygarde's signature moves, and Zygarde does have base 81 Special Attack in its 50% Forme, which becomes a base 91 Special Attack in its Complete Forme, so this does make Zygarde a decent Mixed Attacker, but most players tend to prefer using it as a Physical Attacker with Dragon Dance and Thousand Arrows, while the Dragon-type move used would be Outrage. If you don't know what Core Enforcer it does, it is a Dragon-type Special move that removes the effects of the target's Ability, and it has 100 base power, so while it is useful for preventing the target's Ability from working while in battle, it wouldn't be the best move to use with Zygarde.
This is where I put my Slowbro to the test, he has a Leftovers for his held item, and I gave him Scald to inflict a burn on the opponent, which is very helpful against Zygarde and Melmetal, as both of them have a good Attack stat, Body Press is there so that I have a move that works around Slowbro's good Defense stat, and he is not meant to be a Dynamax user, but there are time where I end up having to Dynamax one of my defensive Pokémon to try and stall out my opponent's Dynamax.
I have used Scrafty before in an online battle, and I gave her a Lum Berry to instantly heal from status conditions, I couldn't find any better held item for Scrafty, and there isn't much change to her moves, Drain Punch and Crunch are good STAB moves, and Iron Head is there for type coverage against Fairy-type Pokémon, and she has Dragon Dance to boost her Attack and Speed, and she has Moxie, so that set is there for sweeping opponents.
There is also Landorus that I am using on the team, and I am aware that Incarnate Forme Landorus is in the Uber tier according to Smogon, but on sites like Pikalytics which keep track of usage in Battle Stadium, Landorus Incarnate Forme is ranked 77th in Single Battles, and Landorus Therian Forme is ranked 1st, so I find that the Incarnate Forme of Landorus doesn't see too much use in online battles, so I decided to give him a try.
Landorus has Sheer Force for his Ability, and I went with a Special Attacker, because while Landorus does technically have a higher Attack stat, it learns a lot of good Special moves that make use of Sheer Force, and Landorus does have a base 115 Special Attack, which is at least good, and the moves I have on mine are Earth Power, Sludge Wave, and Psychic to make use of Sheer Force, and he has Calm Mind to boost his Special Attack and Special Defense. For Physical moves, Landorus can learn Rock Slide and Iron Tail, and those are like the only few moves it can get that benefit from Sheer Force, so this is why Special sets are preferred on Incarnate Forme Landorus, because it learns more Special moves that make use of Sheer Force.

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