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Pokémon Sword and Shield (2019)

Duration: 7:13

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I used: Copperajah, Chandelure, and Crawdaunt
My Opponent used: Alolan Ninetales, Krookodile, and Decidueye
Stadium: Standard
Battle BGM: Tournament

We did get new information on Pokémon Sword & Shield, including the Crown Tundra, which revealed that almost every Legendary Pokémon will be returning, and Galarian Slowking is revealed. They revealed the release date for the Crown Tundra, it will be on October 22nd, which I was not expecting.
There will be connectivity between Pokémon GO and Pokémon HOME some point in the year, and when you first transfer, you will get a Melmetal that can Gigantamax, and they revealed a new item where you can change a Pokémon's Ability to its Hidden Ability, so this can be nice for certain Pokémon that have a better Hidden Ability than its normal Ability, and this was what players had been waiting for since the Dream World in Pokémon Black & White.
With the information out of the way, now for something that is related to this video, and it is the battle. I test out Gigantamax Copperajah in this fight, and while I did use Copperajah in a previous fight, she was capable of Dynamax, so I changed it to a Gigantamax prior to this fight, G-Max Steelsurge is helpful as it lays traps which act as a Steel-type Stealth Rock, and for her coverage moves, Rock Slide and Play Rough are nice moves to have.
As my opponent didn't select the Pokémon until the end timer, it would always use their first three Pokémon, but she did have a good strategy with her team, like Aurora Veil on Alolan Ninetales, Krookodile was good, although this one had Intimidate and not Moxie, I think Moxie is better on Krookodile in Single Battles, as the Attack boost is beneficial than lowering the target's Attack, and I did like her strategy with Decidueye.
I have a Shiny Chandelure for this battle, and I bred over 60 Litwick while trying to get one with Infiltrator and 31 IVs in 5 stats except for Attack, or if I got lucky enough, one with 31 IVs in all 6 stats and with Infiltrator, but in the end, I ended up getting a Shiny Litwick with Flash Fire, and I did check to see which of Chandelure's Ability is best for Single Battles, and Flash Fire is better out of the two Abilities. It is a good thing they introduced the Ability Patch, so that way I can get Infiltrator on my Shiny Chandelure. She is equipped with a Choice Scarf and has some powerful moves, like Overheat and Shadow Ball, and she can use Trick to give her Choice Scarf to screw opponents up.
I decided to give Crawdaunt a try for this one, and while Crawdaunt does have a good Attack stat, the rest of her stats are kind of underwhelming, low Speed does hold back Crawdaunt, but having Adaptability makes up for it, with moves like Liquidation and Knock Off, they can hurt for a lot of damage, and Aqua Jet for priority is another good thing about using Crawdaunt. She has a Focus Sash so she can survive a very powerful attack, if Crawdaunt had like base 75 Speed, then it would be more usable, and I know that it can get Dragon Dance, but it does use a turn to set up, and Crawdaunt's Speed stat is a bit lacking compared to other Dragon Dance sweepers.

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