mysterioustrainer
Active Member
One combo that is going to catch everyone by surprise every time you have to face it has to be explosion protect combo. Now there are ways around it and you can sure take a quick advantage by avoiding it.
Anyone using Explosion is bound to use it right off the start of the battle and are sure not going to use it if its their last one or two Pokemon in the battle. So the first step is preparing your potienial leads with the ability to avoid or survive Explosion damage. The move Protect is often used on an Explosion team in two on two play in order to prevent losing the Pokemon bound to suffer its team mate's wrath. So why you use Protect or Detect? If you can squeeze either of these moves on at least two of your Pokemon you are bound to survive alot better against such nasty combos.
If you can't afford to squeeze in at least two Protects then make sure one of your Pokemon has a Focus Band. It usually kicks in on such a nasty attack.
Now there are other ways to counter Explosion when it comes. First it will help to learn each of the top-evolved Pokemon capable of learning Explosion:
Golem
Muk
Gengar
Electrode
Exeggutor
Weezing
Sudowoodo
Forretress
Steelix
Corsola
Smeargle
Shiftry
Nosepass
Swalot
Camerupt
Torkoal
Lunatone
Solrock
Claydol
Glalie
Metagross
Regirock
Regice
Registeel
Now while any of these have a potienial to knock out your Pokemon in a single hit look out for Electrode alone since it outruns most Pokemon, and also look out for Shiftry if Sunny Day is in effect. If a Groundon comes into play right off with Shiftry its a guarentee Explosion tactic to predict. Shiftry is virtually faster than anything out there with its synthesis ability which increases its speed when it sunny. Yeah, these two Pokemon your best bet is to kick in Protect before they launch their attacks.
If you know a Pokemon is going to blow up with Explosion, and you don't have the means to block its attack, focus all of your attacks on the Exploding Pokemon and not the other, because most likely that Pokemon will use Protect, Dive, Dig, Fly, Detect, or anything else to avoid the attack. Also watch out for Ghost Types as they make great partners to Exploding Pokemon. If you see a Ghost Type come out try and knock it out before the other Pokemon Explodes, you may get lucky and take another of your opponent's team member out with his own attack!
Well that is it for today. Best of luck, and get ready for a bang when you go to J.A.A.
Anyone using Explosion is bound to use it right off the start of the battle and are sure not going to use it if its their last one or two Pokemon in the battle. So the first step is preparing your potienial leads with the ability to avoid or survive Explosion damage. The move Protect is often used on an Explosion team in two on two play in order to prevent losing the Pokemon bound to suffer its team mate's wrath. So why you use Protect or Detect? If you can squeeze either of these moves on at least two of your Pokemon you are bound to survive alot better against such nasty combos.
If you can't afford to squeeze in at least two Protects then make sure one of your Pokemon has a Focus Band. It usually kicks in on such a nasty attack.
Now there are other ways to counter Explosion when it comes. First it will help to learn each of the top-evolved Pokemon capable of learning Explosion:
Golem
Muk
Gengar
Electrode
Exeggutor
Weezing
Sudowoodo
Forretress
Steelix
Corsola
Smeargle
Shiftry
Nosepass
Swalot
Camerupt
Torkoal
Lunatone
Solrock
Claydol
Glalie
Metagross
Regirock
Regice
Registeel
Now while any of these have a potienial to knock out your Pokemon in a single hit look out for Electrode alone since it outruns most Pokemon, and also look out for Shiftry if Sunny Day is in effect. If a Groundon comes into play right off with Shiftry its a guarentee Explosion tactic to predict. Shiftry is virtually faster than anything out there with its synthesis ability which increases its speed when it sunny. Yeah, these two Pokemon your best bet is to kick in Protect before they launch their attacks.
If you know a Pokemon is going to blow up with Explosion, and you don't have the means to block its attack, focus all of your attacks on the Exploding Pokemon and not the other, because most likely that Pokemon will use Protect, Dive, Dig, Fly, Detect, or anything else to avoid the attack. Also watch out for Ghost Types as they make great partners to Exploding Pokemon. If you see a Ghost Type come out try and knock it out before the other Pokemon Explodes, you may get lucky and take another of your opponent's team member out with his own attack!
Well that is it for today. Best of luck, and get ready for a bang when you go to J.A.A.
