Pokémon Sword & Shield Online Battle 271

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Published on October 5, 2021 9:00:06 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkfsuAcMyTI

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Pokémon Sword and Shield (2019)

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I used: Zoroark, Zapdos, and Nidoking
My Opponent used: Xurkitree, Ninjask, and Naganadel
Stadium: Standard
Battle BGM: Team Yell

I see that my opponent has a bunch of Ultra Beasts of his team, even though they are not considered Legendary Pokémon, they are about as powerful as one. I did like how my opponent led with Xurkitree, as that is one of the Ultra Beasts that is rarely ever used online, while it does have a very high Special Attack stat, the rest of its stats are kind of average, and no matter what Nature and IVs it has, it will always have its Special Attack boosted through Beast Boost.
I put Nidoking on the team as a teammate for Zoroark, because Nidoking can also learn Sludge Bomb and Flamethrower, so when Zoroark appears as Nidoking, it can use those moves and act as it isn't Zoroark, but the downside is Zoroark does not get STAB from Sludge Bomb, unlike Nidoking which prefers Sludge Wave because of Sheer Force.
I did use this Nidoking in a past online battle, he does have Sheer Force for his Ability, and he has Sludge Wave and Earth Power for good STAB moves, while Ice Beam and Flamethrower are there for type coverage, and he has a Life Orb to further boost the power of his moves.
I am using Zapdos on the team, after how many times I have went over how tired I am of dealing with that thing, only to then use one on this team. Unlike any other players that use Zapdos, they always pair them up with Cinderace, Zacian, Kartana, and many other top usage Pokémon, and those kinds of teams are very hard to stop, but the team I use has a bunch of underused Pokémon, Nidoking and Zoroark don't see common use, and I am aware that Zapdos is not in the Uber tier, it is in OU, but in online battles, Zapdos feels like an Uber because of how overpowered its Max Airstream and Max Lightning are when Dynamaxed, if Dynamax was allowed in competitive battling, Zapdos would be in the Uber tier. I did use an Ability Patch to give it Static, and it has Thunderbolt and Hurricane for powerful STAB moves, and Heat Wave for type coverage, and for its final move, I went with Roost so that it has a healing move, and that I can use Max Guard to stall out an opposing Pokémon's Dynamax.
As with my opponent's Pokémon, I did see he had both Ninjask and Aerodactyl, but I was surprised to see Final Gambit being used in this battle, and Ninjask is the fastest user of that move, what Final Gambit does is the user faints, and it deals damage equal to the user's remaining HP, so you can use that to take out certain opponents, and that is a surprising move, because Ninjask usually tends to use Swords Dance and Baton Pass to give the boosts to other Pokémon, and since Naganadel was the final Pokémon, it wouldn't need Swords Dance boosts, as Naganadel is frequently used as a Special Attacker with moves like Sludge Wave and Draco Meteor for heavy damage.

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