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Pokémon Sword and Shield (2019)

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Here is Surprise Trade for this week, and I will be trading Elgyem, a Psychic-type Pokémon from Gen 5, and possibly one of the most underrated Pokémon introduced in Gen 5. I breed for 31 IVs in at least 4 or 5 stats, and I went with Quiet for the Nature, as Elgyem is very slow, and Special Attack is its best stat, so Quiet works best for Trick Room teams. I did breed for Analytic, its Hidden Ability, because this powers up Elgyem's moves by 30% if it is last to attack on that turn, and it does work well with Elgyem's base 30 Speed stat, and its evolved form Beheeyem has base 40 Speed, at least that is one Pokémon that can benefit from Analytic, unlike Starmie who has a high Speed stat.
Elgyem learns four Egg Moves, it can get Astonish, Destiny Bond, Disable, and Psych Up, not the best ones, Destiny Bond at least stands out, I will list which parents in the Human-Like Egg Group that can learn those moves.
Astonish: Sableye, Croagunk, Toxicroak
Destiny Bond: Ralts, Kirlia, Gardevoir, Gallade (Requires Chain Breeding)
Disable: Kadabra, Alakazam, Sableye
Psych Up: Gothita, Gothorita, Gothitelle

The Ralts line learn Destiny Bond from various Pokémon in the Amorphous Egg Group, like the Gastly line, the Drifloon line, and many other Pokémon.
Elgyem evolves at Level 42, which is quite a late evolution, Generation 5 was one that introduced a lot of Pokémon that evolve at very late levels. For its level up moves, it can get Growl, Confusion, Imprison, Teleport, Psybeam, Power Split, Guard Split, Headbutt, Zen Headbutt, Recover, Calm Mind, Wonder Room, and Psychic, its evolved form Beheeyem can relearn Psychic Terrain, and it does get Psychic really late at Level 68, Elgyem learns it at Level 60.
Next is TMs and TRs, and I will be going over what Beheeyem can learn, it can get Thunder Wave, Screech, Light Screen, Reflect, Safeguard, Rock Slide, Thief, Steel Wing, Rock Tomb, Trick Room, Round, and a few others, Steel Wing is such a strange move for the Elgyem line to learn, because that thing doesn't even have wings. Going over what Beheeyem learns from TRs, it can get Thunderbolt, Agility, Tri Attack, Psyshock, Shadow Ball, Future Sight, Cosmic Power, Dark Pulse, Energy Ball, Nasty Plot, Flash Cannon, Stored Power, and Ally Switch. It can learn Expanding Force and Meteor Beam for Tutor moves.
Beheeyem is rarely ever used in online battles, or even in competitive battling, from experience of online battles, I have never come across a Beheeyem in an online battle ever in this game, I might have done in Black & White, and I did use Beheeyem in Gen 6. That thing is so forgettable, it was introduced in the same generation as Reuniclus, which was kind of the better option, because Reuniclus had a higher HP stat, and there was also Musharna, which wasn't that used very often, Musharna's HP stat was slightly higher than Reuniclus's HP stat, but it had less Special Defense, Beheeyem and Reuniclus have equal Special Attack.
It does get access to Nasty Plot to boost its Special Attack and deal massive damage with moves like Psychic, Energy Ball, Flash Cannon, Dark Pulse, and many other moves, it can learn Teleport, allowing it to switch out, and Teleport having negative priority, and it can even use Meteor Beam to boost its Special Attack stat, and if it has a Power Herb, it can fire off Meteor Beam right away. It can make use of Expanding Force in Double Battles when Psychic Terrain is set up, or when it has Indeedee as a teammate to set up the Psychic Terrain. While its Special Attack is very high, Beheeyem's stats are quite average, it is outclassed by many Psychic-type Pokémon, Gothitelle is used more in Double Battles, while in Single Battles, it faces competition with Reuniclus and Hatterene, as they tend to be much better in Trick Room.
I do like the concept of Elgyem and its evolved form Beheeyem, because in the Pokédex entries, Elgyem was discovered 50 years ago, and I do like Beheeyem's Pokédex entries in Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon, specially the one where it says that you might have had your memories rewritten, that is a good one.

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