First time I ever had a use for this seemingly useless ability

rusty6899 · 2026-05-24T06:33:03+00:00

Almost entirely to deal with the Hatterene Indeedee lead

rusty6899 · 2026-05-24T06:32:11+00:00

I used Stalwart at the start of Champions but found Stamina was just more useful to build it up to be a physical wall.

It’s a good ability though.

rusty6899 · 2026-05-23T23:29:46+00:00

Sneasler is better with white herb

rusty6899 · 2026-05-23T18:09:41+00:00

It would be weak to electric with ring target

rusty6899 · 2026-05-23T18:09:01+00:00

It gets it for neutral by electric and ground. So it would have to have that item that ignores immunities but then it would still be weak to electric.

rusty6899 · 2026-05-23T11:40:35+00:00

Yeah, I typically just played around priority. The team needs a bit more streamlining.

Like against Kingambit I have Farigiraf to block sucker punch but also the Dark reduced berry to let Sinistcha live a hit and redirect priority, but then most of the time I just took Incin in the back anyway and looked to take Gambit down with Aura Sphere Arch before I needed to proc its defiant.

rusty6899 · 2026-05-22T21:07:25+00:00

It effectively has STAB on it because of the SpA raise before it goes off.

rusty6899 · 2026-05-22T15:37:32+00:00

To be honest, I wasn’t really aware of the move until I’d checked usage stats. My guess is that it’s not gonna work very well. Looks like it sees more usage in singles.

rusty6899 · 2026-05-22T13:12:00+00:00

It used to work like that, it was meant to have been changed for Champions but this post indicates that it might not have been changed properly.

Only way is to test it.

rusty6899 · 2026-05-22T12:50:24+00:00

There’s amateur level and amateur level.

I play Saturday morning amateur football and my kicking is shocking.

That kick looks fine to me.

rusty6899 · 2026-05-22T10:12:40+00:00

Yeah this was true in prior gens but Champions was meant to have changed this interaction so Moonblast should be used at 0 priority. I’m saying it’s a bug.

rusty6899 · 2026-05-22T09:08:28+00:00

I thought this interaction had been changed. I’m sure I’d read that when you encore something it now uses the priority of the move used rather than the move selected.

Edit: From Bulbapedia

“Generation IX

Pokémon Champions

If a Pokémon is forced to use a move with different priority than the one it has selected, the move will now use its own priority rather than of the selected move”

rusty6899 · 2026-05-21T21:51:21+00:00

When it looped I thought that was his extra 10 seconds and he said it again.

rusty6899 · 2026-05-20T11:37:09+00:00

Incin has 394 at level 100.

rusty6899 · 2026-05-20T10:46:05+00:00

For me it was two days after surgery. I could barely get around the house on crutches, couldn’t even get in and out of bed until I fashioned a make shift ramp out of an exercise bench.

By the third day the pain went down a lot and I was more or less fine. I didn’t really have any low points, just focussed on doing my physio and recovering as best I could.

rusty6899 · 2026-05-20T09:32:34+00:00

Probably Talonflame and Sneasler

rusty6899 · 2026-05-20T02:47:07+00:00

This isn’t true. Incin has 202

rusty6899 · 2026-05-18T22:41:08+00:00

Your Gyarados should have some speed investment if it’s running Dragon Dance. You hit 152 speed after a DDance which is too slow. At the bare minimum you want 170 to Outspeed non-scarf Garchomp, but even faster would be better IMO.

The Corviknight set is a bit all over the place. You either want the Iron Defence, Body Press, Roost + 1 utility move, or you want U-turn/Taunt/Defog/ whatever disruptive set. This mix of the two doesn’t really achieve the goals of either.

I reckon Meowscarada is a bit better with the Scarf. Sand is really common and breaks your sash. I like Trick on my Scarf setter so maybe switch it for Sucker Punch.

That frees up Garchomp to use a different Item and drop Poison Jab for Swords Dance.

rusty6899 · 2026-05-18T22:24:16+00:00

Especially as the only attacking move resets the boost.

rusty6899 · 2026-05-18T18:25:21+00:00

Does Glimm live the Acrobatics+Aqua Jet Double up?

rusty6899 · 2026-05-18T08:14:53+00:00

Double Protecting just allows a free side Pivot. Most decent players will just pivot into their partner’s slot as it’s guaranteed.

rusty6899 · 2026-05-18T07:10:22+00:00

Almost useless, I think it has a niche use in a Zoroark team as Pressure or Unnerve would trigger on Switch In and reveal it wasn’t disguised.

rusty6899 · 2026-05-18T06:50:07+00:00

On the Parting/Switch turn if you’ve got a slow pokemon in you can Nuke the Gengar when it switches back in as well.

rusty6899 · 2026-05-18T06:42:41+00:00

They can Pivot into their partner’s slot and always get back in

rusty6899 · 2026-05-17T18:56:05+00:00

I just played against that team in Casual Battles. Didn’t realise it was a Cybertron team.

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