Introduction
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Doublade
What it does:
Doublade is one of the major forces in the current Rarelyused metagame. Its best quality is for sure its incredible physical bulk reaching Aggron levels with Eviolite that makes it a very sturdy spinblocker and a potentially very dangerous sweeper with the combination of its decent Attack, Swords Dance ,and a STAB priority move in Shadow Sneak to deal with faster threats. One of Doublade's main draws is its ability to fit into all kinds of teams from hyper offense who appreciates its spinblocking capabilities to stall who can use it as a win condition when the opposing team is weakened enough.
How to deal with it:
The best way to deal with Doublade is probably hitting it with strong special attacks. Pokemon such as Moltres, Clawitzer, and Sharpedo (if it's running a special set) can easily take a boosted Shadow Sneak and KO back. Offensive normal types such as Meloetta and Exploud also work very well as checks as they can come in safely on almost any attack, dodge Shadow Sneak, and take it out with a coverage move. Bulky Ground-types such as Gligar (if carrying Knock Off), Sandslash, and Steelix are also pretty reliable answers to Doublade as they can take repeated hits and 3HKO at worst with Earthquake. Finally, Knock Off users such as Hitmonlee and Drapion can pressure Doublade greatly as without its Eviolite it becomes considerably less bulky and more prone to repeated attacks
Gligar
What it does:
Thanks to its great
- Physically bulky
- Checks a lot of pokemon
How to deal with it:
- Taunt to stop defog
- Knock Off
- Bulky waters
- Special attackers (Clawitzer/Exploud/Omastar/Moltres)
- Bulky setup sweepers (Braviary/Cress/Reuniclus)
Fletchinder
What it does:
- Priority Acrobatics
- Checks HO
- WoW cripples all of its counters etc
How to deal with it:
- Rock types (physical walls)
- Electric types
- Bulky waters
- Toxic :/
Golbat
What it does:
- Defog
- Stallbreaks
- Is Bulky
How to deal with it:
- Steel and Rock types
- Psychic types
- Knock Off
Magneton
What it does:
- Hits very hard
- Can be bulky with evio
- Good typing
How to deal with it:
- Eelektross
- Faster Pokemon (Delphox/Cobalion/Virizion)
Combusken
What it does:
- Speed Boost
- Baton Pass with boosting moves such as Bulk Up and Swords Dance
- Good passer because good bulk and typing
How to deal with it:
- Dragon Tail (mentioning that other phazing moves can work but Xatu makes them a shaky way of dealing with it)
- Hard Hitters (Moltres/Rhyperior/Clawitzer/Delphox/Meloetta)
- Setup sweepers like Reuniclus and Cresselia can setup alongside it
Other:
Those are NU but usable etc
Togetic, Gurdurr, Sneasel, Ferroseed, Piloswine
While in the higher tiers fully evolved pokemon blablabla in ru there are some nfes blablabla
Doublade
What it does:
Doublade is one of the major forces in the current Rarelyused metagame. Its best quality is for sure its incredible physical bulk reaching Aggron levels with Eviolite that makes it a very sturdy spinblocker and a potentially very dangerous sweeper with the combination of its decent Attack, Swords Dance ,and a STAB priority move in Shadow Sneak to deal with faster threats. One of Doublade's main draws is its ability to fit into all kinds of teams from hyper offense who appreciates its spinblocking capabilities to stall who can use it as a win condition when the opposing team is weakened enough.
How to deal with it:
The best way to deal with Doublade is probably hitting it with strong special attacks. Pokemon such as Moltres, Clawitzer, and Sharpedo (if it's running a special set) can easily take a boosted Shadow Sneak and KO back. Offensive normal types such as Meloetta and Exploud also work very well as checks as they can come in safely on almost any attack, dodge Shadow Sneak, and take it out with a coverage move. Bulky Ground-types such as Gligar (if carrying Knock Off), Sandslash, and Steelix are also pretty reliable answers to Doublade as they can take repeated hits and 3HKO at worst with Earthquake. Finally, Knock Off users such as Hitmonlee and Drapion can pressure Doublade greatly as without its Eviolite it becomes considerably less bulky and more prone to repeated attacks
Gligar
What it does:
Thanks to its great
- Physically bulky
- Checks a lot of pokemon
How to deal with it:
- Taunt to stop defog
- Knock Off
- Bulky waters
- Special attackers (Clawitzer/Exploud/Omastar/Moltres)
- Bulky setup sweepers (Braviary/Cress/Reuniclus)
Fletchinder
What it does:
- Priority Acrobatics
- Checks HO
- WoW cripples all of its counters etc
How to deal with it:
- Rock types (physical walls)
- Electric types
- Bulky waters
- Toxic :/
Golbat
What it does:
- Defog
- Stallbreaks
- Is Bulky
How to deal with it:
- Steel and Rock types
- Psychic types
- Knock Off
Magneton
What it does:
- Hits very hard
- Can be bulky with evio
- Good typing
How to deal with it:
- Eelektross
- Faster Pokemon (Delphox/Cobalion/Virizion)
Combusken
What it does:
- Speed Boost
- Baton Pass with boosting moves such as Bulk Up and Swords Dance
- Good passer because good bulk and typing
How to deal with it:
- Dragon Tail (mentioning that other phazing moves can work but Xatu makes them a shaky way of dealing with it)
- Hard Hitters (Moltres/Rhyperior/Clawitzer/Delphox/Meloetta)
- Setup sweepers like Reuniclus and Cresselia can setup alongside it
Other:
Those are NU but usable etc
Togetic, Gurdurr, Sneasel, Ferroseed, Piloswine
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