Pokemon Ultra Moon - 0 Exp Part 34: Team Plasma Ghetsis

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Published on March 1, 2022 3:00:12 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjbvRFC0vxs

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Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon (2017)

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The penultimate evil team leader battle turned out to be the hardest of the ones recorded so far, and this video demonstrates the struggle. He uses much of his original BW1 team, adding Reshiram in the Ultra Moon version of the game to complete the lineup.

Lead Cofagrigus is fairly one-dimensional, capable of burning its target and threatening to KO with either the dark or ghost-type coverage (which pretty much coincide?). Power Split, though able to change the flow of certain matchups, doesn't do much for us here. My choice of counter is an odd Drizzleless Pelipper who can boost its special attack at will and attack with Dark Pulse off its dark-type STAB. I must consider myself lucky to have found such a rare Pelipper.

Mega Lucario then proceeds to have a field day against the various Pokemon weak to fighting (and not) that Ghetsis uses, Close Combat hurting especially bad thanks to Adaptability. Bouffalant and Bisharp both fall this way, though I didn't dare to check whether Hydreigon could be outsped thanks to the speed boost granted to Lucario by its mega evolution. Granbull can take of any its moves and can nail it with a 4x effective Play Rough, connecting every time owing to the Zoom Lens it's holding.

Reshiram is the hardest target to face here, which is certainly a no-brainer. Blue Flare has very high base power and even burns its victims more often than a normal fire-type move would. I end up choosing Mudsdale as my counter of choice, but he still falls short in both dealing sufficient damage and surviving a Blue Flare from Black/White's legendary. I leave the Choice Band on him, and spend one turn weakening him with Pelipper's Hydro Pump (Surf would've been enough, but I didn't want to erase one of my moves, so that did the trick every time, 80% of the time lol).

Normally, Mudsdale would then finish the battle with a Choice-boosted EQ, but things went wrong here. The burn proc caused me to fail to grab the KO, but instead of going for healing Ghetsis commanded his Reshiram to use another Blue Flare, finishing Mudsdale off. Not quite sure I was fast enough, I switch Mega Luke in. Close Combat is an exceptionally strong move, whether you have STAB for it or not, so I expected to emerge victorious here. However, I really couldn't afford to take any Blue Flares. Regardless of rain, Lucario just doesn't have the bulk to take any super-effective hits of such power. Fortunately, this is when Ghetsis changed his mind about healing, and the turn lost led to Reshiram being cleanly 2HKO'd by Close Combat. Surely enough, Mega Lucario won the speed battle.

I am ending this video series with the Giovanni battle in the next upload.

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