Pokémon Sword & Shield Online Battle 283

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Published on October 28, 2021 9:00:04 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mHC9wWJSCc

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Pokémon Sword and Shield (2019)

Duration: 7:48

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I used: Araquanid, Tangrowth, and Nihilego
My Opponent used: Salazzle, Inteleon, and Krookodile
Stadium: Stow-on-Side (Sword)
Battle BGM: Team Yell

I go up against a player with a team of Pokémon that don't tend to see too much use in online battles, and I have said in previous videos that I like seeing players using underused Pokémon, and my opponent's team has mostly them. I don't see too many players use Salazzle or Krookodile that often, and Inteleon is one that I have seen a decent amount of times, but it's usually by players that use their main story team, I haven't come across many players that have used a competitively trained Inteleon in online battles, my opponent does have some decent Pokémon, and some do have good moves on them.
As with the team I used for this battle, I wanted to test Araquanid's Mirror Coat out, and it does hit the Pokémon that switches in when the Red Card activates, and as Inteleon is a Special Attacker, I can put Mirror Coat to good use. Araquanid's main moves are Liquidation and Sticky Web, and while I test out Tangrowth in this battle, she isn't new to my online battles, I have used this Tangrowth before, she has an Assault Vest for her held item, and she does have a Sassy Nature and some Special Defense EVs to ensure she can take some Special hits well, because Tangrowth doesn't normally have that good of a Special Defense stat, so investment and an Assault Vest can help with taking Special hits better. Tangrowth has Giga Drain for her main move, Earthquake and Sludge Bomb are there for type coverage, and I have Knock Off to remove my opponent's held items, and can deal some good damage against Ghost and Psychic-type opponents.
I picked Nihilego for this battle as a back-up option, and in case my opponent picked Charizard or Sceptile in this battle, but aside from that, there's not much else to go over with my opponent's team, it was good seeing my opponent using Salazzle, as that Pokémon is very tricky to use with a 4x weakness to Ground, but it does have an interesting Ability that allows it to inflict poison to even Steel and Poison-type Pokémon, and with Krookodile, while this one had Intimidate, I prefer Moxie when using Krookodile in Single Battles, because with Moxie, you can sweep your opponent's team if Krookodile takes out at least one of your opponent's Pokémon.

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