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Originally Posted by Fat Nyara
Double Team is decent for stallers, as it will most probably will win you 1-2 extra turns (like happened on the old days of RBY) on the long run, and Wobbuffet or other Pokémon with counter will have more importance as they can counter without caring of the evasion gains. I don't think it does have other use apart from stall for some extra turns, or for the tricky use of some spinblockers.
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Ehhh, keep in mind that statistically, DT is less effective than Cosmic Power, and no one ever uses a moveslot on that. There are advantages to each move(distribution, DT blocks some Phazing but certain attacks ignore it entirely, etc), but if Cosmic Power is completely ignored(5 significant users last month, none used it more than 10% of the time, none were popular users), I don't see DT taking the metagame by storm.
Minimize is more powerful, but you still have 4MSS to deal with. The counters to Minimize are much easier to fit on your team than Minimize is.
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I think it's a good idea to have at least one Pokémon with Counter/Mirror Coat/Magic Coat and/or an Always-Hit-60-Power-Moves/Mind Reader/Foresight/Perish Song or the combo Lock-On + Zap Cannon, like on the olds days were the Evasion Clause din't existed.
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Most of those moves are too situational, other than Perish Song and maybe Foresight. Try Aura Sphere, Sacred Sword, Haze, or even just use your own boosting move every time they boost evasion. Think about it, would you rather face a +6 Evade Blissy or a +3/+3 Ubermon?