
For Eruption I considered Wide Guard over Rain Dance. This usually is a winning game.Įnemy Fake Out can be treated the same way (Smeargle however dies to Ambipom3 Fake Out), or with Fake Outing on my own, which was favorable in some situations.įaster Mons, which means other Scarfers can also be dealt way better with Spotlight or maybe Fake Out. Then I have a completely healthy boosted Cloyster, and a Spotlighting Smeargle, or the Mon of choice to Psych Up on Cloyster. Quite often it goes like this: Smeargle is hit by said special move, survives barely, and then gets killed, or maybe even some status. So in a problematic setup where Spore may not work, I consider Spotlight next. With that special defense investment Smeargle would live most of these special moves like Flamethrower, which also often are carried by fast Mons. I drop the ability of Breloom to hit fast and hard, and also some nice resistances, but I think it is worth it, although I could not reach my former record. Smeargle was designed to deal with these. These mostly only give trouble if paired. These include:įlamethrower, Thunderbolt, etc, in short these special moves that bring Cloyster to the Sash and induce status.įaster Mons than Smeargle, especially stuff like Scarf Eruption.Ĭhesto/Lum Berry users or also Bright Powder, Lax Incense. It was supposed to deal with stuff that gives the team big problems with Breloom. I gave Rotom his Lefties back and Meta got Psych Up over Bullet Punch, but more importantly I replaced Breloom with The game can Double Team as much as it wants, I am able to simply Protect and Hone Claws to match. You can also see Hone Claws is on this list- the AI is downright scummy with Double Team legendaries such as Regigigas. If the Quick Clawer is a physical attacker, Cloyster can usually survive because of the White Herb resetting stats, but only AFTER all Shell Smashes are Baton Passed. The only real thing that broke my streak a few times in the early 20s was Quick Claw shenanigans by the AI.

Any stragglers typing wise are dealt with as a result of Razor Shell, and Ice Shard handles priority moves.
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Usually, Cloyster is the one Shell Smashing, but I decided to deviate by having a Smeargle Baton Pass it instead so I have an extra offensive move slot! Having Ice and Rock type multihit means most things cannot keep up with it. And here's video proof.Īs you can see, the secret to this party is to combine standard Durant cheese with an unique twist in Cloyster Skill Link. With gen 8 being nonconsecutive I decided to go back to the past, and give the Subway a shot.Īs is tradition, I used a variant of Truant Durant. I have reached 203 wins in a row in Black 2 / White 2 Super Singles in the Battle Subway to procure Lansat and Starf Berries. is it worth it to breed a Dragonite with Inner Focus? I kinda wish I had a Dragonite with Multi Scale, but I don’t have a copy of b2 to get it from. And its weakness to electric makes switch-ins to Jolteon really great because of volt absorb. Jolteon and Gyarados work great together because you can easily switch out on ground-attacking opponents.

I wish I had a beneficial hidden power move, but mine is dragon :/ That’s why Flash is there, but I really don’t know any other move that could fill the fourth slot. This is a set I’ve always had fun with because of how little setup there usually is
