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Hi everyone, Sableye is not my favorite pokemon (Gyarados is, always buy the magikarp outside Mt. Moon!) but the little demon still is my favorite mega pokemon to use in ORAS OU because hazards are a pain when you rely on lots of switches to keep your team alive.
CORE CONCEPTS:
1. Build around...
Proof:
Team building process:
I started with physically defensive Sableye to keep hazards away. But what I noticed is that people often pair up something like Ferrothorn with a sableye-killer like gardevoir or charizard. Trying to stay in on turn 1 will get you killed and switching out...
Politoed hasn't gained much at all in Gen 6. Drizzle only lasts 5 turns. However, Politoed can still have playability. Yes, of course, he can be used in tandem with a Kingdra if you want to, but there's actually more than meets the eye here.
What Politoed is, now, is just a simple pokemon with...