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But you would be sacrificing Focus Sash. Focus Sash on Liepard saved me from dieing immediately to Quick Claw OHKO users (i.e. Quick Claw Fissure Donphan) and I think there are more types. Also Bulk really isn't important for the Lead Crippler since after Taunt/Encore it should die immediately...
The problem is he doesn't learn Taunt which is the main reason to lead off before switching in to Durant. Taunt is mainly avoiding Protect which the AI uses very well against Pokemon with Truant.
Posted this on the BW thread (Wrong thread) so I'm reposting it here ^_^
Streak ended at 110 (Super Singles, Battle Maison)
I built the team after I saw lolnub's use of Mega Gyarados as a Truant Abuser. Since there was no available Whimsicott yet I tried Liepard as the initial Taunter/Crippler...
I think the AI knows if you have Truant. I have encountered more than once occasion where they would only attack when Truant activated given that they Protect the turn before, which is why a Taunt user is mandatory or you really need to kill the lead Pokemon with your lead for your Durant to be...
Oops didn't see that. Maybe I didn't run against Dazzling Gleam Espeon with Magic Bounce since I wouldn't have said that anyway. Thanks!
The bad thing about Espeon is it is faster so even if I try to Taunt it and find out about Magic Bounce I can't U-Turn to switch into Durant since it is faster...
Streak ended at 110 (Super Singles, Battle Maison)
I built the team after I saw lolnub's use of Mega Gyarados as a Truant Abuser. Since there was no available Whimsicott yet I tried Liepard as the initial Taunter/Crippler. Generally my biggest problems where leads that used Curse setters that...
That's OK. Serebii should really update that Pokearth page. The Bulbapedia one is more accurate. Well It give me a reason to run a Pangoro if anything else (too bad it doesn't get Mach Punch)