Pokémon Sword & Shield Online Battle 90

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Published on September 8, 2020 9:00:01 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4j9oxILIrVA

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Pokémon Sword and Shield (2019)

Duration: 5:46

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I used: Steelix, Haxorus, and Poliwrath
My Opponent used: Gengar, Galarian Darmanitan, and Comfey
Stadium: Turrfield
Battle BGM: Team Yell

I like how my opponent's team for this battle used some of the more commonly used Pokémon, and some that are underused, and speaking of underused, in Ranked Battles for Season 6, some Pokémon that were in the top 10 of both Single Battles and Double Battles are banned, but I am not doing Ranked Battles, but I will try and use some Pokémon that aren't commonly used.
Here are the banned Pokémon for Season 6 of Ranked Battles:
Venusaur, Gyarados, Porygon2, Tyranitar, Torkoal, Hippowdon, Magnezone, Togekiss, Excadrill, Whimsicott, Incineroar, Mimikyu, Rillaboom, Cinderace, Indeedee, Dragapult

While this is the list of banned Pokémon, my opponent's team did not contain any of these Pokémon, well Galarian Darmanitan is the closest he has to an overused Pokémon, and I have seen a lot of Zen Mode Darmanitan in online battles lately, and any opponent that uses a Zen Mode Darmanitan would usually Dynamax it right away so it has extra HP and to ensure it doesn't get taken out in one hit. He did have a Comfey, which is a Pokémon that doesn't get used too often in online battles, even if it is used a bit in Single Battles, it is the only Pokémon to get Triage for its Ability, this will give Comfey priority to healing moves, like Draining Kiss, Giga Drain, and Synthesis, but I find that Comfey is better in Double Battles, because it does have a signature move called Floral Healing, a move that can heal its target, and it benefits from Triage, specially if Comfey has a teammate with a good HP stat, and Heal Pulse does have a similar effect.
I test out another team, Steelix is more of a lead, as she has Stealth Rock, but since my opponent's Gengar had Hypnosis, which I wouldn't say is the best move because Hypnosis has 60% Accuracy, the Accuracy of Hypnosis always confuses me, because it was 70% Accuracy in Diamond & Pearl, and 60% in all other games. As for my Steelix, she has a lot of good moves like Gyro Ball and Earthquake for attacking options, and Body Press is a great move for her, as Steelix has base 200 Defense, so it would be the best user of Body Press we have so far, and I do have 0 IVs in Speed and a Nature that hinders Speed, which will make Steelix's Gyro Ball hit very hard against a speedy target, I have also heard that Steelix is a powerful Dynamax user, as both Max Steelspike and Max Quake boost both Defense stats, making Steelix an unbreakable wall in battle.
For my other team members, Poliwrath got some improvements in this game, for a Pokémon with base stats that do not go over 100, its best being Attack and Defense, both are base 95. This Poliwrath has Swift Swim, so I can set up rain with Max Geyser when Dynamaxed, these improvements make Poliwrath good in rain teams, it got access to Liquidation, Close Combat, and Darkest Lariat, and for Double Battles, Poliwrath can learn High Horsepower. I did check into what the most popular sets are for Poliwrath, the most notable was the Belly Drum set with a Sitrus Berry, another move I considered at first was Bulk Up, but in the end, I went with an Expert Belt for Poliwrath, and Earthquake for its coverage option, so that way he can get in some heavy hits against opponents.
Haxorus is there for power, she has Iron Tail for type coverage against Fairy-type Pokémon, and Earthquake to deal with any Steel-type Pokémon. I did give her Scale Shot, this is a move that hits 2 to 5 times, and when used, it will boost Haxorus's Speed, but lower her Defense, I did consider giving her Close Combat at first, but felt that Earthquake would be a better choice, and while Iron Tail is inaccurate, it is powerful as a Dynamax option, because the Defense boost from Max Steelspike can be great to have. While Dragon Dance is a better move for Haxorus, I wanted to one time try out Scale Shot, or if anytime in a later battle where I use a different team and decide to use Haxorus for that one.

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