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Greninja’s first legit sweep over Espeon. :D
Edit: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ou-150533886
Another Greninja sweep right after, and Gravity + Dark Void doing work.
“I still dont understand why you need 2 arena trap pokemon tbh. So lets say whimsicott or whatever uses memento instead of diglett.”
I can’t use Whimsicott as he can’t trap anything and the opponent could switch out to a Levitating/Flying-type for example, take the Memento, then Dugtrio would...
I swapped Exploud with Greninja, testing out to see if it’s better than Clefable. Haven’t tested it much though and so far it’s not working that much better… not terrible either, though. Greninja has more physical bulk than Espeon, but he has no recovery. I’m using it thinking that sometimes I’m...
I absolutely need the double Dig for Memento, though. Many Pokémon can still kill Smeargle if they’re only Memento’d once… I could maybe replace Sableye for Gothitelle instead. Sableye’s use isn’t just priority Taunt though, Gravity also helps with trapping and it could be used together with...
My current stats are these but I played lots of different teams and stuff… probably around 30–10 with this team.
ou 1731 80 1764 ± 45 -- 57 22 0
The team:
Sableye @ Focus Sash
Ability: Prankster
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Taunt
- Knock Off
- Gravity
- Mean Look
Dugtrio @...