Zen Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 Whenever I playtested my TR doubles teams, I am sure to run into at least one whimsicott/terrakion duo. You know, the one where whimsicott uses Beat Up to pimp terrakion's attack to its maximum? Since I'm somehow averse to using legendaries, here's my own terrakion ripoff EDIT - To clarify, this is for a psychic monotype team (probably a pattern is becoming noticeable for Reborn's resident dodrio's teams, hmm? XD). --- Girafarig (M) @ Focus Sash Trait: Inner Focus EVs: 255 SAtk / 255 Spd Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk) - Psychic - Shadow Ball - Beat Up - Sucker Punch --- Gallade (M) @ Lum Berry Trait: Justified EVs: 255 Atk / 255 Def Relaxed Nature (+Def, -Spd) - Psycho Cut - Close Combat - Shadow Sneak - Trick Room --- Pretty straightforward, actually Gallade sets up the TR while taking the Beat Up from girafarig. Then, on the next turn, it's usually a butt-load of pain for the opposition. I've tried several different movesets for this gallade, and some more of them are as shown below: --- Gallade (M) @ Lum Berry Trait: Justified EVs: 255 Atk / 255 Def Brave Nature (+Atk, -Spd) - Rock Slide - Fire Punch - ThunderPunch - Trick Room --- Gallade (M) @ Lum Berry Trait: Justified EVs: 255 Atk / 255 Def Brave Nature (+Atk, -Spd) - Drain Punch - Fire Punch - ThunderPunch - Trick Room --- Gallade (M) @ Lum Berry Trait: Steadfast EVs: 255 Atk / 255 Def Brave Nature (+Atk, -Spd) - Rock Slide - Ice Punch - Leaf Blade - Trick Room --- Gallade (M) @ Lum Berry Trait: Justified EVs: 255 Atk / 255 Def Brave Nature (+Atk, -Spd) - Drain Punch - Psycho Cut - Night Slash - Trick Room Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Amethyst Posted September 28, 2011 Administrators Share Posted September 28, 2011 ...Whimsicott learns Beat Up? o.o Well, anyway, I've heard lots about this strategy and briefly played around with it myself. However, I found Absol to be the best option outside of Terrakion. Higher attack, Justified and resists Beat Up, still has access to Rock Slide... In truth, the effectiveness of Terrakion comes from its getting STAB on the multihit move, so there may be no real effective substitute. And yet, Absol can still do a number. I don't see any reason to use Gallade over it though. Also, why Girafarig? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Posted September 28, 2011 Author Share Posted September 28, 2011 Oops, forgot to mention it - was one of my psychic teams. Have edited the original post for clarity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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