Pokémon/Competitive battling/Move Combinations: Difference between revisions

Moves like Whirlpool, Sand Tomb and Fire Spin can also be used since they are trap moves that lasts 2-5 turns.

#Pokémon with the abilities Early Bird (The ability only reduces by half the amount of turn from sleeping so you have to be lucky) or Insomnia will be able to stop Focus Punch.

When you put your opponent to sleep, it will rarely stay in. You can expect a switch on the next turn, so this is called a free turn. You can use whatever move you want without being damaged. Some trainers use this time to use Substitute, Calm Mind, Swords Dance, or Quiver Dance. The point is, this is the perfect time to set up a combination. Milotic can use Hypnosis (It is not recommended since it has only 65% to hit the opponent) then Rain Dance. It can also Calm Mind and use Surf the next turn for at least 50% damage (unless it's not very effective). Avoid putting Snorlax or other Pokémon that you think might have Sleep Talk to sleep.

Ninjask has a great Trait called Speed Boost. Every turn, Ninjask's Speed will raise by one stage. The problem is, Ninjask is already a fast Pokémon in the game (In competetive battling, gaining speed is never a problem, even for a slow Pokemon since there are multiple abilities and moves available like the move Trick Room, the ability Swift Swim, the move  Dragon Dance (Agility is almost never used), ect. So even a Pokemon like Ninjask can be easily outsped, this is when his ability can come in handy) and it literally cannot take a hit. However, it can Baton Pass the Speed Boosts, but first, it needs to survive. Using Substitute or Protect ensures that Ninjask won't take too much damage (in the case of Substitute, 25% of its maximum HP). However, while Protect ensures 100% Evasion, using Protect twice lowers its accuracy to 50%, so it's pretty risky. If you think that Ninjask can take a hit from a Pokémon (by giving it Defense/Special Defense EVs, or attaching a focus sash in D/P) then you can use Protect, Swords Dance, Protect, Baton Pass. It's generally better, however, to use Substitute.

Scizor is a Baton Passer usually, but it still needs a damaging attack. Scizor can use Silver Wind, which is a good attack in because Silver Wind can raise all of Scizor's stats(Who wrote this???? Scizor is barely a baton passer and worstly ,it is not even a special attacker. Plus, Silver Wind only raises the stats with a chance of 10%, that is equal to the chance to get a Freeze with an Ice Beam) If it raises all of its stats, then that would be a very good thing to Baton Pass! However, some people do not have the patience to breed for Silver Wind, so they might use Hidden Power [Bug], which is a good alternative.

 

Do not follow that advice. The person who wrote wouldnt stand a chance versus real competitive battlers. To prove it, the person talks about Scizor like it is a special attacker. Scizor mainly has attacking moves like Superpower( Sometimes but not often seen) and Bullet Punch.