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Why can't I win with this perfect team?

Hades0918
Hades0918 Member Posts: 951 ✭✭✭
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I start with Ceruledge and Armarouge. Ceruledge knows Shadow Claw, Iron Head, Solar Blade, and Bitter Blade, has a Fire terra-type, Flash Fire ability, and holds a Muscle Band. Armarouge knows Solar Beam, Sunny Day, Armor Cannon, and Lava Plume, has a Grass terra-type, Weak Armor ability, and holds a Heat Rock. On the first turn, I use a random Ceruledge attack and Sunny Day with Armarouge. After that, it is consistent Lava Plume and Bitter Blade. This hits all Pokémon on the field, but Flash Fire instead powers my Ceruldge's fire power up. With the Sunny Day in play, along with the Muscle Band, Bitter Blade is doing huge amounts of damage. My Armarouge is slower than my Ceruledge, however, when hit with a physical attack, Weak Armor make Armarouge faster, usually faster than all other Pokémon. Plus, if my opponant has many water-types, I can Terrastylize my Armorouge and use Solar Beam, which now only takes one turn to charge. I can use Solar Blade with Ceruledge as well, and, although not grass-type, Ceruledge will do a whole lot of damage thanks to Muscle Band. Once Ceruledge dies (it usually dies first) I send out Dachsbun. It knows Dig, Play Rough, Crunch, and Body Press, has a Fairy terra-type (considering changing it), Well-Baked Body ability, and holds a Quick Claw. With Dachsbun being slower than Armarouge (unless Quick Claw kicks in), I keep using Lava Plume, increasing Dachsbun's defense, powering up Body Press. I use the Quick Claw because Dachsbun is normally slower than the majority of the Pokémon in play, so it sometimes gives me an unexpected advantage. The last Pokémon I use is random. I switch between Quaquavaul (Aqua Step, Ice Spinner, Brave Bird, Air Slash, holds a Crystal Necklace, Moxie ability, and has an Ice terra-type), Meowscarada (Flower Trick, Night Slash, Play Rough, Acrobatics, holds a berry that increases my speed in a pinch, has it's Hidden Ability, and a Fairy terra-type), and Hawlucha (Feather Dance, Flying Press, High Jump Kick, Sky Attack, holds an item that let's you use a two-turn move in one move but only once, an ability that increases it's speed after using it's item, and has a Fighting terra-type). I usually use Hawlucha just because it is extremely strong and the item lets me immediately use Sky Attack, then because I used the item I get a speed increase, usually going first and getting quick, massive damage in. I sometimes use the others, though, when they seem like the opposing team has multiple Pokémon that will be disadvantaged to them. The first three Pokémon go extremely well together, and work just fine on their own. But every fight I get in, I usually lose! Why? What can be done better?

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  • Eremas
    Eremas Member Posts: 2,034 ✭✭✭✭
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    -cheating

  • Dougbro1
    Dougbro1 Member Posts: 96 ✭✭
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    You'll need to tell us what you're going up against in order to know specific reasons why. Perhaps there's a popular Pokémon being used that has an answer for your team. It's impossible for us here to say what could be done better unless we know what you're up against.

    One thing I will say; you might not know this but there is actually a damage reduction multiplier when you're using spread attacks like Lava Plume. 0.75 times, to be precise. The sun does boost the damage, true, but if you're trying to take KOs, you may want to pick a targeted move like Armor Cannon. The Def and Sp Def drops exist because that's just how good the move is!

    If your opponents are hitting hard with a lot of Special moves, I feel like your Pokémon are not as prepared for that, because Special moves will not activate Weak Armor and bypass Dachsbun's Defense drops. Furthermore, your other team members are not so equipped for that either.

  • Hades0918
    Hades0918 Member Posts: 951 ✭✭✭
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    Interesting...

    I don't see what I could replace, though, because I set my team up for high damage, and they succeed. I don't know what to change for a bit more defensive. I know Weak Armor doesn't activate when hit by ranged attacks, but my Armarouge normally tanks physical and ranged, which is why it's normally one of my last standing characters.

    Like I said, I set my team up for power, so I don't know how to add defense.

  • Dougbro1
    Dougbro1 Member Posts: 96 ✭✭
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    Might I recommend a Pokémon with the move Follow Me or Rage Powder? They can take direct hits that would have otherwise been targeted at their damage dealers. Amoonguss is a popular support option for this, since it can tank hits with Rage Powder, has Regenerator to heal while swapping out, Pollen Puff that can heal your ally from damage it takes from multi-target attacks, and Spore to make most opponents reliably fall asleep.

    If you keep losing, you just have to find out what keeps going wrong when you're trying to win games. Do you keep getting done in by status conditions? Are you just not doing as much damage as you like? Are certain Pokémon going down too early? The best thing you can learn from is your mistakes, including threats you may realize you weren't prepared for.

    Learn to predict! It's difficult, but there may be points where you have to prepare for your opponent using Protect, or Terastalizing, or setting up entry hazards or screens. Again, I have no context for your losses, so there's only so much I can say.

  • Rydersmama1211
    Rydersmama1211 Member Posts: 14
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    Use clarfairy with evloualote as the item moves helping hand, follow me, batton pass, and healing wish.