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Pre Pulse-Abra, 18 rotation Pokemon and can't seem to find synergy


Bigodes

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So, that's it. I play with a lot of rotation pokémon, changing them according to what the situation demands (this is my first run).

I struggled at the Pokemon Gargantuan, and now I'm struggling to defeat the pulse Abra. Yes, I can raise a female Combee until it evolves and get Destiny Bond with a heart scale, but it wouldn't be very honest. I'd like to defeat Abra (and the subsequent battles) with my own Pokémon.

Here's a list of my current 'mons and, to those where it's relevant, how I'm using them. I'd like to know how can I mount a nice, pretty covered-up team with these Pokémons.

If there's something really lacking here, I should say that I have most of the event Pokemons to this point, except, I think, for Zorua and Zangoose. I won't mind grinding one or two of them if it's for a good cause. Maybe I'm asking too much, but I'd like some help with hold items too.

All my levels are between 46-48, maybe I do need to grind for a while?

Gardevoir
Synchronize
Draining Kiss
Psychic
Future Sight
Magical Leaf
(starts with FS, DK for stab + healing, ML for general team type coverage)


Donphan

Sand Veil
Rollout
Earthquake
Fire Fang
Rock Smash (I needed it in a cave and haven't replaced it since)

Vanilluxe

Ice Body

Hail
Ice Beam
Mirror Shot
Mirror Coat

(that Mirror Coat saved my skin countless times, mainly versus Sigmund and Serra)

Gothitelle

Competitive

Heal Block
Psychic
Psyshock
Dark Pulse
(it has a good coverage egg move, but I don't know what to do with the rest of the moveset. It's a bit underleveled too. Used to use it for special sweeping before the Ralts event, now it may as well be supportive since Gardevoir is doing the dirty job)

Pangoro
Mold Breaker

Crunch
Vital Throw
Body Slam
Shadow Claw

(stab Crunch, Vital Throw, also good typing. Been working miracles against Team Meteor and in caves. Will get Parting Shot as soon as it reaches the level.)

Aromatisse

Aroma Veil

Wish
Aromatherapy
Moonblast
Mist

(healing supporter, my first attempt at a more defensive Pokemon. Mist negates field effects when necessary, Moonblast for coverage)

Noibat
Infiltrator

Super Fang
Cut
Air Cutter
Roost
(I like Noivern's high speed, but I haven't got the time to evolve it yet. It's mostly used for hunting in the wild, aka get-those-lowlevel-shinies, because of Super Fang. And for cutting, I know, that's stupid on me)

Kricketune
Swarm

Flash

Night Slash
Fury Cutter
X-Scissor
(Earlier in the game, he was the boss. Beat Florinia in my first try because of it. It's in the underlevel zone now, but I think it still has potential to counter some psychic, grass (screw you, Fern) or dark types. Flash is going to be replaced, of course)

Arcanine

Justified

Outrage
Heat Wave
Close Combat
Flare Blitz

Aggron
Rock Head

Rock Slide
Iron Defense
Iron Head
Strength (this one was intentional. I think Strenght it's a better option than Double Edge, because of the no-recoil thing. This move is mostly used against ground and grass types)

Camerupt

Solid Rock

Lava Plume
Iron Head
Earth Power
Rock Slide

Ampharos
Plus

Discharge
Dragon Pulse
Power Gem
Electric Terrain

(I was using it to neutralize the field effects and take some advantage of it (now Aromatisse's work). Dragon Pulse was more useful before Arcanine's Outrage, and Power Gem was also useful before other 3 pokémon got Rock Slide. It's kind of obsolete, after all. Last used against Aya, so it's also underleveled.)

Empoleon

Torrent

Brine
Aqua Jet
Metal Claw
Peck

Murkrow

Super Luck

Wing Attack
Foul Play
Mean Look
Feint Attack

(To be evolved soon, I want to get it a better flying-type move and Night Slash, to take advantage of Honchkrow's big attack. STAB Foul Play also does me wonders against slower foes)

Flygon

Levitate

Superpower
Earthquake
Rock Slide
Dragon Claw

Venomoth

Tinted Lens

Sleep Powder
Signal Beam
Psybeam
Poison Fang

Cofagrigus
Mummy

Will-O-Wisp
Hex
Shadow Ball
Curse

(my flawless anti-Pulse Muk. Now it's a semi-suicidal anti-almost-everything. Kind of bulky, it works by inflicting a burn, then go full power with the 130BP Hex (does it get stab too?). HP getting low? Curse time. Shadow Ball is my go-to move to OHKO weaker foes without having to set up. Also, it has the potential to nullify abilities. Got that protean Muk down in a few seconds, eventually useful since then)

Garbodor

Weak Armor

Toxic
Toxic Spikes
Sludge Bomb
Amnesia
(I guess I could call it a self-destructive lead. Very useful in double or 6-pokémon team battles. Amnesia allows it to take two or three special hits, enough to set up two layers of TS and a Toxic. Against physical foes, Weak Armor normally lets it to strike first on the next turn, guaranteeing at least two layers of TS, or one layer and one Toxic. Sludge Bomb has STAB, and, like Cofagrigus' Shadow Ball is good for sweeping without set-up.

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In general for PULSE Abra, you need to wait until it Hyper Beams, then use that one turn of down time to paralyze or put it to sleep, or set up Light Screen. I think Light Screen + Vanilluxe Mirror Coat should be enough to beat it. In my first run, I had Camerupt use Yawn, swapped him out for another foddermon, and then switched it back in and Lava Plume'd it to death.

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Thank you for answering!

Just made it with Mirror Coat Vanilluxe. I had a Focus Sash in my inventory (nice finding), it was piece of cake.

Your answer made me realize something: I have no screeners among my Pokémon. I'll raise one or two from now on, maybe a Meowstic.

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