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Originally Posted by Fat Deck Knight
I require more convincing with Electric/Dark that the Latis are the primary threat we should concern ourselves with,. Rain hates the Latis just as much and introducing a Pokemon that can take those out is just going to perpetuate that cycle. Electric/Dark is a fairly neutral typing to weather, and not really specifically useful to sun over the others. Remember, this concept is about raising the usage of a type, not just this CAP. My fear with Electric/Dark is that it just gives Rain another tool, and will increase the popularity of Electric and Water types by giving Rain a more solid answer to the Latis.
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I have an answer to this (I'll have to poll-jump a bit and assume Pursuit though). An
Electric/Dark type doesn't give it any characteristics that make it less viable on Rain (or Sand), but it is outclassed on them. Rain can use Scizor or weavile as a Pursuit trapper, and Sand has Tyranitar and Scizor. The Electric typing also is out classed on Rain, because Rain already has Pokemon like Rotom-W and Thundurus-T, who lack a Ground weakness (less relevant if we give this CAP Levitate). As for beating the Lati@s, I'll link my earlier
post, where I explained how Sun has a hard time using any of the common Lati@s counters, quite a few of which fit better on Rain. And this type also has the advantage of not compounding the common type weaknesses of Sun, other than Ground. Basically, an Electric/Dark type would be mainly used in Sun, because it will face strong competition under other weathers from Pokemon that do not fit well on Sun teams.