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Defeating Defeatist


Zen

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As some of you may recall, the three of us have a fetish fondness for Skill Swap. And of course, we monotype all the time.

So, here's the core of a doubles team, made for the flying monotype :D

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Butterfree (M) @ Focus Sash

Trait: Compoundeyes

EVs: 4 HP / 252 SAtk / 252 Spd

Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk)

- Giga Drain

- Sleep Powder

- Skill Swap

- Quiver Dance

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Archeops (F) @ Focus Sash

Trait: Defeatist

EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd

Jolly Nature (+Spd, -SAtk)

- Aerial Ace

- Rock Slide/Stone Edge

- Earthquake

- Crunch/Dragon Claw/Filler

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Gyarados (M) @ Lum Berry

Trait: Intimidate

EVs: 32 Atk / 172 Def / 96 SDef / 208 Spd

Impish Nature (+Def, -SAtk)

- Waterfall

- Earthquake

- Ice Fang/Stone Edge

- Dragon Dance

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So, it should be pretty obvious what's going down here. Butterfree can liberate archeops of Defeatist, which makes it dangerous to an extent (aerodactyl imitator, anyone?). What's more, CompoundEyes can ensure that Rock Slide/Stone Edge hit nearly all the time.

Gyarados is a backup in case archeops goes down - both Ice Fang and Stone Edge could also benefit from CompoundEyes. Intimidate may also ensure the survival of both pokemon until the trick kicks in.

Another possibly fun option would be to Swap out Defeatist using a Xatu. Magic Bounce could prevent whimsicott/sableye/volbeat/liepard/riolu from trolling it, after all.

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