From what I have witnessed, there are too many teams built around countering popular Pokemon rather than just doing their own thing/strategy. Because of this, people get caught off guard when they see Pokemon they don't expect and play it bad. I can't begin to count how many KOs I have got from my Honchkrow using Sucker Punch just because people think "LOL LOW DEFENSE EASY KO". I am probably the only one who uses Honchkrow so that may be a reason.
I use Magnezone and people always think that it packs HP Ice. It doesn't, because breeding for HP is too time consuming. But Flash Cannon is still a good STAB move for it that people are NEVER PREPARED FOR. I've had people switch in Rhyperiors into my Magnezone repeatedly.
YANMEGA... no one ever seems to be prepared for him either. Yanmega with speed boost is versitile.. yet people don't bring in their special walls against him(the BEST thing to do against Yanmega). People don't realize what Yanmega has done to them until I have taken out 2 Pokemon.
And Lastly... AMBIPOM. It's like people don't even know that this guy can be used as a Baton Passer and just assume its going to attack physically and abuse Technichian. How many ghosts/physical walls/fighting Pokemon must be brought in against it? That just gives me a free turn to set up a baton pass. I have faced way too many people who fail to treat Ambipom as a potential baton passer and once they figure out whats up its too late....
I use Magnezone and people always think that it packs HP Ice. It doesn't, because breeding for HP is too time consuming. But Flash Cannon is still a good STAB move for it that people are NEVER PREPARED FOR. I've had people switch in Rhyperiors into my Magnezone repeatedly.
YANMEGA... no one ever seems to be prepared for him either. Yanmega with speed boost is versitile.. yet people don't bring in their special walls against him(the BEST thing to do against Yanmega). People don't realize what Yanmega has done to them until I have taken out 2 Pokemon.
And Lastly... AMBIPOM. It's like people don't even know that this guy can be used as a Baton Passer and just assume its going to attack physically and abuse Technichian. How many ghosts/physical walls/fighting Pokemon must be brought in against it? That just gives me a free turn to set up a baton pass. I have faced way too many people who fail to treat Ambipom as a potential baton passer and once they figure out whats up its too late....