Pokémon Sword & Shield Online Battle 270

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Published on October 4, 2021 9:00:18 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tE9RHp-hf0I

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Pokémon Sword and Shield (2019)

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I used: Zoroark, Copperajah, and Bewear
My Opponent used: Malamar, Spiritomb, and Grimmsnarl
Stadium: Stow-on-Side (Sword)
Battle BGM: Max Raid Battle

I do like seeing Monotype teams being used by other players, because of how much it takes to put them to good use, even when using only one type and trying to get through their weaknesses, for example, my opponent having Spiritomb on the team, which is immune to Fighting-type moves which would be used against the full Dark-type team my opponent has, but my opponent doesn't have anything that takes netural damage to Fairy-type moves, and Pangoro is 4x weak to that type. I did see my opponent had no Dark-type Pokémon that take neutral damage from Fairy-type moves, some examples being Skuntank, Drapion, or Bisharp, as their secondary types would have an advantage against Fairy-type Pokémon.
I did like my opponent's strategy with Malamar, but I was surprised that it wasn't one with Contrary, as its stats were lowered by Superpower instead of boosted, so it would have either Suction Cups or its Hidden Ability of Infiltrator, I guess this is to do with being a possible Dynamax user, because if Malamar had Contrary and used Max Knuckle, its Attack would be lowered instead of boosted.
As for the team I have, I decided to bring back Zoroark for this one, and I have both a Poison and a Fighting-type Pokémon, which are some of the types you would have whenever you use Zoroark, and I did see my opponent also had a Zoroark, but the only Fighting-type my opponent had was Pangoro, which is already immune to Psychic-type moves to begin with.
I have a Focus Sash on my Zoroark, and I swapped out Night Daze for Dark Pulse, because while Night Daze is a good Dark-type move, it is a very rare move, the only other Pokémon can learn that move is Lunala, and you wouldn't take that move over Moongeist Beam, and Zoroark is the only Dark-type Pokémon to learn Night Daze, while Dark Pulse means it wouldn't give away that it is Zoroark, I feel like team preview did hurt Zoroark's viability, because you wouldn't surprise your opponents with that thing. I have Sludge Bomb and Flamethrower for type coverage, and Nasty Plot to boost Zoroark's Special Attack, with those moves, she can get in some good damage against her opponents.
Bewear is the Fighting-type I chose for this team, he has a Weakness Policy to give him an Attack and Special Attack boost, Special Attack isn't that necessary on Bewear, as it doesn't have a good Special Attack stat to begin with. I gave him Bulk Up to give him an Attack and Defense boost, and he has Drain Punch so that he can heal off some damage, that is the Fighting-type move I prefer to have on Bewear, as Close Combat decreases Bewear's defensive stats when used. Iron Head is there for Max Steelspike, and Darkest Lariat is a coverage option against Psychic and Ghost-type opponents, and while he has Fluffy, I always forgot that it decreases damage from contact moves, not against Physical moves, and as Malamar's likely Psychic-type move is Psycho Cut, that is not a contact move.
I put Copperajah on the team as a likely option to deal with Grimmsnarl, but I was surprised to see what kind of set my opponent had on Grimmsnarl, not many players tend to use it as an attacker, and Grimmsnarl does have a base 125 Attack stat, which is really good, but most players tend to use it for setting up screens, using status moves like Thunder Wave, or in my opponent's case, use Bulk Up to boost its Attack to get in some good damage. With Copperajah, she has Iron Head, Rock Slide, Play Rough, and Heat Crash for moves, so her moves are quite solid, and I gave her the Assault Vest to boost her Special Defense, I had the Life Orb on Nidoking, and I don't like two or more Pokémon holding the same held item on different teams, and as Bewear had the Weakness Policy, which is another good item for Copperajah, I ended up going with the Assault Vest.

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