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Pokémon Sword and Shield (2019)

Duration: 6:53

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I used: Gallade, Swampert, and Galarian Moltres
My Opponent used: Kyurem, Victini, and Tyranitar
Stadium: Standard
Battle BGM: Calyrex 2

Here is one of these rare odds that a player would bring a Mythical Pokémon into an online battle, which on Ranked Battles you cannot normally do, and while this is a good team my opponent has, I was surprised to see Kyurem in its base form on my opponent's team, but still good to see any usage of Kyurem in online battles, because I don't tend to come across that Pokémon too often, and I did like my opponent's strategy with Victini, that is one you don't tend to expect whenever Victini is used.
As with the team I am using, all of the Pokémon on the team were used before, but some adjustments were made, first up is Gallade, he has a Choice Band and knows Trick, which he can use to give that to his opponents to screw them over, and for his attacks, I went with Psycho Cut, Close Combat, and Knock Off. Gallade is a Pokémon that can learn moves of different types, and Knock Off is there for a good Dark-type move, there are alternative moves to go with, I went with Psycho Cut over Zen Headbutt for accuracy, while Close Combat is there for power, most Gallade sets use Drain Punch for a healing move, but I prefer Close Combat for a powerful STAB move.
Swampert now has Curse, which is an interesting move on her, most Swampert sets I go up against would have Stealth Rock, Yawn, and Flip Turn, and those are very hard to stop without a Grass-type Pokémon, so I didn't want to go that route. I wanted to test out Curse on Swampert, as it is a good move to have, as Swampert does have good Attack and Defense, and lower Speed, so Curse can work well on her, and she has Liquidation and Earthquake for good STAB moves, and Ice Punch for type coverage, mainly against Dragon-type Pokémon, while it is super effective against Grass-type Pokémon, I am not that likely to keep Swampert in against a Grass-type Pokémon.
I picked Galarian Moltres for this battle, mainly for Victini. Galarian Moltres has Foul Play, while not the best move, but then again Galarian Moltres doesn't get too many moves, it's usually Fiery Wrath, Hurricane or Air Slash, I went with Air Slash as it has reliable accuracy, and Nasty Plot, the fourth move is usually Rest, Taunt, or Agility, if Galarian Moltres could learn Roost, then it would pair well with Berserk, so that way it would gain Special Attack boosts for every time its HP drops below half. I chose Foul Play as it is a move that uses the opponent's Attack stat for damage, so there might be cases where I might need to use it, Fiery Wrath is still a good move, it's the Dark-type move choice when using Galarian Moltres, it doesn't get many coverage moves, the best it gets is Ancient Power, which is kind of weak as it is base 60 power, Shadow Ball isn't good coverage, because Ghost-type moves are very redundant on a Dark-type Pokémon, they are super effective against the same types, so there's not much reason to have Shadow Ball on Galarian Moltres, but at least Fiery Wrath and either Air Slash or Hurricane are the best it can make use of.

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