TrueGamerX
New Member
Donphan seems to be bad in a variety of ways. I wanted to know about what you guys think. First of all his first attack ain't that bad with 40 on second turn. 80 HP ain't too shabby. One retreat cost is quite good. But IMO his second attack is what brings him down. Now I know what you guys say that Hariyama is much better, but he only does good when its a EX pokemon. 40 for 3 Energies, but with Donphan a possibility 120 with 4 Energies. Now I was thinking you could combine Donphan with Boost Energy to have a better chance to do 120 on second turn. BUT its only 2 coin flips and the chances are quite low depending on the flip. But after Boost Energy is discarded you can either retreat or do Rend for 40. In addition, in order to make a deck out of Donphan, you could throw in some Hitmonchan EX, Best Hitmonchan or even some other type of pokemon like Magmar EX to help out the Grass weakness. Even Delcatty could go along. If and only if Donphan had a good stalling pokemon like Hitmonchan it could be good.
Donphan
80 HP
(F/C) Rend
If the Defending Pokemon has any damage counters on it, this attack does 20 damage plus 20 more damage.
(F/C/C/C) Double Spin
Flip 2 coins. This attack does 60 damage times, the number of heads.
Weakness: Grass
Resistance: None
Retreat Cost: C
Donphan
80 HP
(F/C) Rend
If the Defending Pokemon has any damage counters on it, this attack does 20 damage plus 20 more damage.
(F/C/C/C) Double Spin
Flip 2 coins. This attack does 60 damage times, the number of heads.
Weakness: Grass
Resistance: None
Retreat Cost: C
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