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Old Aug 24th, 2011, 3:19:08 PM   #10
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Originally Posted by Fat SJCrew View Post
Man, I forgot all about Lightningrod's effect in doubles. Raichu could be the hot new thing in VGC competitions; pair it with Manectric or Electivire and Discharge spam could become one of the douchiest strategies ever.
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The thing about Discharge spam is that you lose to basically any Ground-type. One Earthquake takes down both your pokes. It would work better with Lightningrod Zapdos, if that gets released.
Same theory here, but an Eviolite Porygon2 is bulky, can spam Discharge...but can also use Ice Beam to assist with Ground types.
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