Strategy Analysis: The last Pokémon

[Mekkah]

Click here: http://www.smogon.com/advance/articles/lastpoke

Discuss.

 

[The HavoX]

*bookmarks*

now THIS is going to come in handy. thanks :)

 

[Atlas]

i like having agood fast sweeper as my last guy to clean up the rest.

 

[Zero]

gj

Mispelled "ammount" in the first paragraph in "Closing Words" btw.

 

[Yuri]

lol Furret.
Nice job as always :)

 

[Synre]

the writeup is pretty

I can't count how many times I've used swampy like this even though he's my lead though, rips through a lot of stall teams without celeri after he cant get roared :[

Also for lax sleep talk (with resttalk/DE/curse or even a non cursing resttalker) is pretty good for this too.

 

[Maestro_Arena]

Gyarados and other dragon dancers are good last Pokemon too.

Curselax is a nightmare as last Pokemon T_T (you will need luck to beat it)

 

[rikku]

or maybe a hazer like weezing

 

[Mekkah]

Curse/Sleep Talk/Rest/Return Snorlax is cool but you need even more support beforehand to kill ALL Normal resists on the opponent's team. Nonetheless, I will add it.

I mentioned Salamence, but I don't really think Tyranitar and Gyarados are much better as last Pokémon - generally you don't counter them by phazing (they have Taunt anyway), but by using resistances (Claydol, Flygon, Donphan for Tyranitar and Zapdos, Aerodactyl, and again Donphan for Gyarados).

 

[cookie]

Mention Encore. Encore their Calm Mind/Curse and they are as good as dead, as long as you're hitting them for enough damage or somehow removed Leftovers recovery. Encorezam>Curselax go

 

[MaceWindu]

Isn't Destiny bond a counter? The only pokemon Gengar with Dbond has troubles to beat is Celebi with Leech Seed, but, Substitute get rids of it. Aerodactyl with Sub, is a Pain for weakened teams, as it can hit everything for a nice damage, once I was going for a 6-0 when an Aero killed my whole team with a bit of Flinchs.
Same goes for Jolteon.

 

[cookie]

It's not hard to beat DBond Gengar with Sub, you can keep breaking the subs until its HP is low, then you Leech Seed. Requires some prediction though.

 

[Mosh]

It's not hard to beat DBond Gengar with Sub, you can keep breaking the subs until its HP is low, then you Leech Seed. Requires some prediction though.

You can predict it the same way you opponent can predict your prediction and seriously you will think: "oh, now it can't sub and I will kill it" won't imagine it carries DB like 90% of the times

 

[Mekkah]

Destiny Bond does work as a counter though, in a similiar way Explosion does.

 

[sbc]

gj But also DDMence is a good last pokemon 2HKOing most bulky waters with spikes after a DD

 

[Aeroblacktyl]

what about where they sacrifice something, then bring in milotic and takes a hit easily and ohko?

 

[chaos]

If they have to sacrifice, hasn't it done it's job

 

[Roy]

wouldn't the job be to win?

 

[freaktron]

You might also want to mention some about struggle wars.

 

[Kikuichimonji]

If the last Pokemon is something that only has one attack move, like Surf Suicune, PP wasting can screw it over. Suicune/Suicune matches can end like this, which is why Suicune pretty much always carries Roar in conjunction with Spikes.

BTW, nobody ever used Chesto berry. At all. Mint Berry was used some in GSC, though.

 

[Mazaki Anzu]

Sand-Attack is a counter.