Let's Make Annihilape Broken...

Annihilape is an awesome new Pokemon with a pretty amazing new move Rage Fist which gets more powerful each time Annihilape is hit by a damaging attack... So how strong can we make this Pokemon? Let's use Maushold's Population Bomb for some testing...
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00:00 Annihilape stats
00:39 Rage Fist
01:21 Max damage test
04:15 Rage Fist team
05:39 Battle 1
11:00 Battle 2
18:00 Team breakdown

[@foofootoo]

I just love the aesthetics of a tiny Sneasel beating up on Annihilape, making them super angry, then just shoving them towards the opponent to obliterate with Rage Fist 😆

[@snokespraetorianguard]

Annihilape is honestly a fun pokemon for doubles and singles

[@zimattack9994]

Mousehold beats up annihilape. Mousehold points to the opponent team and says they did it. Annihilape goes crazy

[@ashblossomandjoyoussprung.9917]

I find it funny that in the previous generation it was one of the best Steam Engine setters with Inner Focus and a low power Surf, then in this generation it's a good Rage Fist partner. In both generations it powers up a strong sweeper by attacking them.

[@maxspecs]

We used to use that on Lucario and other Pokemon with the Justified ability.

[@ugn154]

I like to imagine Sneasel darting around Annihilape like a wasp, stinging/hitting him so much so fast that his anger builds up, then he darts past the opponents pokemon like how Goku and Vegeta led Broly towards Frieza and then proceeded to get destroyed by him 😆

[@Aeistheticism]

If you consider Primeape's previous dex entries saying this Pokémon can die from too much anger, then you would realize what Annihilape is - a monkey that is still angry after death from anger.

[@foofootoo]

silly monke

[@Grzmichuj2137]

Breaking News: Local Monkey, too angry to depart to afterlife, stays on earth to slay opponents

[@flyingstonemon3564]

@@Grzmichuj2137"Local Mankey too angry to die"

[@icecreamcake5381]

So Primeape died from too much anger, but even in death it was so angry he refused to stay dead.

[@NCSGaming15]

I remember when I found out about annihilape I remembered that dex entry, still think that’s one of my fav dex entries.

[@MajorlyDevilish]

The move beat up's description (at least in previous games) basically said that the user's party jumps the opposing pokèmon. So now I just have this mental image of the full team jumping Annihilape, then shoving the now rage blinded Annihilape into the opponent and saying "THEY DID IT!, END THEM!!" and I love that.

[@Zama3D]

And since it hits six times that implies Annihilape hit itself too

[@joaogomes9405]

@@Zama3D He probably got so angry about not being able to tell who was punching him that he also punched himself

[@tomdaturtle5792]

I think the idea of Annihlape being slower was so it could be hit before attacking with rage fist

[@LRB309]

The fact that Annihilape can learn drain punch just to get health back and being immune to sleep moves due to vital spirit if the enemy team has spore is kinda deadly strong

[@xyannail4678]

Mine has Inner Focus so it prevents Intimidate. Is that bad though?

[@insheepsclothing5574]

@@xyannail4678 You're already immune to Fake Out thanks to ghost type. I'd say Defiant is better because with it, you at least go to +1 Atk if you get intimidated

[@JSmithBlog]

Don't forget Defiant to screw over Intimidate users.

[@alvaroqr2832]

Now give Rattled to Annihilape to get extra speed from the Beat Up, and watch the world burn

[@foofootoo]

I love it!

[@BlackdragonTheShadow]

You sir are the Devil and I LOVE IT

[@Damini368]

@@thehollowhunter Not possible to learn it, you have to be born with the ability to see latent degeneracy, unfortunately.

[@kenkr9449]

@@thehollowhunter not from a Jedi

[@pokebreederrichard1200]

@@thehollowhunter not from a jedi

[@iTrapa]

Primeape got so angry it had a stoke and died, which made it even angrier and stronger. Probably one of the best new-evo for an old mon.

[@El_chara]

Yes because it make a lot of sense In old dex entry the dead body of a primeape after his anger killed him is said to have a peacfull expression on it's face That peacfull expression is now explained because Annihilape is actually it's anger getting out of it's body

[@katelundberg2029]

Imagine if Annihilape got Justified Justified beat up into rage fist would be a nuke, and comes with the upside of letting you run scarf or something else instead of ring target.

[@ugn154]

I think Rattled would be better

[@startenderspacebar]

Doesnt maushold get scrappy?

[@ugn154]

@@startenderspacebar unfortunately, no. It had cheek pouch, technician, and I forgot the name of the 3rd one, it's a doubles ability.

[@startenderspacebar]

@@ugn154 oh I think it’s friend guard

[@ugn154]

@@startenderspacebar yup, that one. I remember it says something about lowering the damage allies take

[@luccanelson768]

I think Farigiraf is another interesting Beat Up user for this strategy (since it apparently learns it as an egg move?) Trick Room can help with the speed problem, and Armor Tail still insulates you from Fake Out, while also protecting Annihilape from Sucker Punch. Also has better stats and support moves than Sneasel imo

[@beanburrito4405]

Based on its stats and typing, Annihilape would be an above-average Pokémon even without Rage Fist. Not only does it have Rage Fist, but this strat just elevates it even further. Awesome content!

[@foofootoo]

Thanks a lot! Yeah, physical ghost attacks aren't too great usually since we lost Poltergeist, but Rage Fist and Last Respects are just nutty

[@ispeakcockney5387]

Yeah, only Zoroark-H line is safe from taking both of Annihilape STAB. No other pokemon in the game that resists Fighting/Ghost combination

[@SilvaDreams]

Above average is an understatement.. It's being banned from competition.

[@walder69]

@@SilvaDreams It's not?! Palafin, Flutter Mane, Iron Bundel and Houndstone got banned. Annihilape (and many others (!) where only in discussion to get quick banned).

[@zoruafox7512]

It’s stats are a bit subpar but it’s typing is superb. Without rage fist it’d maybe be subpar. It needs scarf to patch up its speed but luckily it only ever uses rage fist once it’s been powered up enough so being locked into it is no problem.

[@Skywolve1998]

I believe elsewhere I heard that it gains 50 bp per hit Annihilape has taken and that it caps at 300 bp. It also does not reset after switching. Edit: Goes to show why you need to do your own tests, since that 300 number got tossed around so much but was ultimately wrong.

[@swizzler]

Another common room setter i've seen is farigarif, which has it's ability that prevents priority moves like fake out from working.

[@jager9533]

This is definitely the generation I'm getting into competitive all the mons seem so fun to use

[@foofootoo]

They really are! There are a lot of cool opportunities for fun strategies. There are also a lot of broken pokemon though which make teambuilding challenging

[@jager9533]

@@foofootoo no kidding I've been struggling 😂

[@thesagem]

@@foofootoo join in on the flutter mane Stan club, she's cuter than landorus

[@plabcentral630]

@@jager9533nah son you got this. I’ve been playing competitive since gen 5 and this game can be super fun. I recommend trying to use one of your favorites and make a good team if you can.

[@ugn154]

@@plabcentral630 I completely agree 👍

[@mekudu-man3804]

I would maybe switch out Close Combat for Drain Punch as you do take a lot of damage from Beat Up and this way Annihlape stays longer in the fight. I would also switch out Sneasel for Whimsicott as it also learns Beat up and has abysmal attack and also doesn't give Beat Up a STAB bonus. It also learns Tailwind which could help you outspeed things if you need to. I also know you like funny meme names, which is why I would name Annhihlape TooAngryToDie (if that's possible that is). But apart from that great idea and great execution.

[@foofootoo]

Unfortunately Whimsicott isn't in scarlet and violet! But drain punch is definitely an alternative option for fighting type STAB

[@samuelradley1625]

Character limit for names is only 12

[@christiancasaverdepertica1802]

Consider: TooAngryDied

[@chavaspada]

@@samuelradley1625 2Angry2Die

[@6271996purple6]

The way you go into detail as to what going on, your thinking, and the details of what the meta is and your decision making on it is super helpful to me as a new player trying to get into vcg

[@luckylosers2601]

“Not worried about sneasel faimting because I do have the focus sash” Sneasel having already taken a hit: 👀

[@neocrimsoncloud]

I love the name of your Anihilape. It fits so well for your strategy.

[@dyvyby]

Pokemon Sun and Moon leaked

[@jacobamidon8895]

Super excited to see what you have cooking next !!!

[@draconiumnova5110]

Thing I read about final respects, if it is accurate, is that it records the number of faints that happened in your party, which can means that reviving party members and having them faint again should further boosts its power

[@markosmywords9202]

New idea: Pawmot w/ Revival Blessing, Rabsca w/ Revival Blessing, Houndstone w/ Last Respects. Have the Pawmot and Rabsca faint and revive each other over and over.

[@draconiumnova5110]

@markosmywords9202 very limited since revival blessing doesn't restore pp. Both would require leppa berries to get you to 4 uses

[@edchanful]

Tandemaus can hit to 10x with technician, it's absolutely crazy

[@Thejigholeman]

i love how many odd strategies there are in sv. kings rock population bomb for flinch iron hands that can solo the hardest raids (unless the enemy uses taunt or 1 shots you somehow) sylveon that can beat the 7 star charizard Solo also, i like how easy they made gearing up in the endgame. go to a shop for your held item, go buy a bunch of ev items at chansey suppy, spend some bottlecaps for hyper training, get to lvl 100, get the right moves (now easier with mirror herb), get the right ability (now easy with that ability switcher), get the right temperment (whatever its called. it's easier now that you just need a mint)

[@salukantiwii6138]

I was playing with Defiant Annihilape with moves like Mystic Fire or Spirit Break but couldn't really come up with a way that didnt deal too much damage to Annihilape. This video has inspired me to go back to the drawing board! BTW, cool thing about Rage Fist is the counter doesn't reset when Annihilape switches out and back in.

[@justsomejojo]

I tend to rely on my opponent to trigger Defiant as a bonus. VGC is usually full of Intimidate, Icy Wind, Snarl and Bulldoze, all of which trigger Defiant. It's kind of an anti-meta ability in that way and there's usually no need to self-activate it.

[@wildhunter939]

Worst damn thing was when my friends and I were doing a Annihilape raid 2 friends Dced while loading in and got replaced with 2 npcs with intimidate mons… yeah we didn’t win

[@sempersolus5511]

I'd go Drain Punch over Close Combat. The defense drop works at cross purposes.

[@iike9498]

Loving the new scarlet and violet content!

[@foofootoo]

Glad you're enjoying it!

[@regitriotrio5656]

I've actually been working on using Annihilape on doubles and just saw this video. Honestly love this idea. I'm also liking the idea of rage fist, endure, Close combat, ice punch. The item being salac berry. I think it's pretty good but I also realize maybe that strategy is more for singles. I'll definitely try this set up!

[@sapnupua5]

giving drain punch to annihilape in exchange for its taunt which can be learned by sneasel would really help annihilape's longevity personally i have substitute, drain punch, rage fist, and bulk up on annihilape but on a very different team

[@davestrides]

love the discussion on these new pokémon! super interesting

[@devanbrowne8706]

Maushold/Annihilape was the very first thing I planned to do for a competitive team too! Love that you made this because I'm awful at team composition and would've arrived at something way worse.

[@queenaddi]

Im so intrigued by little experiments like this, great video sam :)

[@foofootoo]

We've got to lab everything in the new gen 😁

[@gavriloradosavljevic8508]

This is such a cool strategy! I'm just here sitting with my Tailwind Talonflame and Brambleghast tho. I love this pair so much.

[@shielfoxftw8279]

Primeape also gets Rage Fist and it has Anger Point as an ability. I wonder if something could be done with that.

[@foofootoo]

There are some guaranteed crit moves that could make for an interesting strategy!

[@shielfoxftw8279]

@@foofootoo I had a strat back in Gen 7 where my Honchkrow would start a battle with Z-Tailwind to boost its crit-rate. Then it'd use Frustration to activate my Primeape's Anger Point. Primeape also got Power Trip back then, so it would mop the floor in a lot of battles.

[@oscaralonso4699]

​@@foofootooI ran a team on showdown with anget point scarf fire tauros runing rockslide, frostbreath scarf froslass and costar flamigo. It was pretty good.

[@gunnervi]

@@oscaralonso4699 I had a similar team idea, with donodozo and tatsugiri in the back for the other costar flamigo combo

[@obibraxton2232]

Flower trick … frost breath … lol but I’m not giving away my teams also there are better angry point users than primeape

[@zimattack9994]

Keep up the great work annihilape is a worthy evo for primape

[@foofootoo]

Yeah, I love Primeape so I was skeptical, but Annihilape is just great

[@zimattack9994]

@@foofootoo i used eveolit anger point primape dering my play through and it just got silly

[@sagacious03]

Okay analysis video! Thanks for uploading!

[@chairmanchang]

Not the “thank you SIR!!!” nickname for the Annihilape that is subject to getting Beat Up 😭 So excited that you’re back posting battle vids!

[@eliasthesarcastic8707]

Also... Scovillian gets Spicy Extract. Use it on Defiant Annihilape and watch it get an instant +6 in Attack.

[@foofootoo]

idt that it would work on a partner pokemon - usually if you self-target Defiant does not activate. But if you use it on the opponent things will get messy lol

[@eliasthesarcastic8707]

Ah well, just a thought.

[@LukePasqualeCalarco]

so happy you put this video up! the team i've been building (my first s/v team!) atm is using this gimmick too so it's really helpful to see how you're doing it! the team is also going to include flower trick meowscarada + anger point tauros (firebreed), i would love to see your take on that gimmick too!

[@foofootoo]

Yeah that's one I want to try... I lucked out and got a really good Anger Point fire tauros tera raid so I'm all ready to go!

[@LukePasqualeCalarco]

@@foofootoo heck yeah, can't wait to see it!

[@LandoBrah]

amazing video as usual dude

[@KingThor128]

I usually refuse to run two pokemon that share types on my first run in game teams. I made an exception once for Torterra and Garchomp back in Platinum and I absolutely did it again to run Skeledirge and Annihilape in Scarlet. What a great evolution and Primeape has always been a gen one favorite mon for me. Helps I got the Manky in an early raid already Water type tera so I can avoid the usual weaknesses if I need to. Incredible pokemon in every way.

[@foofootoo]

Honestly, I thought gen 8 was fantastic for ghost types, but gen 9 has kept on delivering!

[@bobwalsh3407]

Hi Foo, I hope you read this. I got into competitive pokemon last generation after focusing on breeding in the previous games. I am old enough to remember playing through my blue version when it came out and tried introducing it to my daughter when she was old enough to start reading. I was the one who became interested, instead. I say all of this to offer my assistance if you ever need it. I participated in many sw/sh online tournaments, improving every time. I do expect to consistently rank in or around the top 1000 this generation on the doubles ladder. However, I tend to use unconventional teams ( last generation I started chandelure/shiinotic way too often) that limit my ceiling. I often watch your videos to get ideas and I'm excited for your takes on this generation. Keep up the great work and keep inspiring people like me to get back into this fantastic game.

[@slywilson5978]

Foo. Excellent video as always. I run a similar setup with the two mons except turn one I have ape Tera ghost holding weakness policy and then have maushold use beat up on him props the weakness policy and then I use rage fist usually KOs everything bar max hp and max def garganacl

[@slywilson5978]

Procs*

[@cutetummyy]

I had a similar idea to maushold+annihilape when I first saw what they did, as I'm sure many people did, though it kind of sucks that rage fist has its damage capped. Still a cool gimmick and great team!

[@obibraxton2232]

Thanks for working out damage cap because I thought loaded dice on mausehold was the best option but it seems beat up maybe with a focus dash or choice scarf etc. are the better options

[@louiesatterwhite3885]

Population bomb only makes accuracy checks, not a number of attack roll. Loaded dice does nothing for it, while wide lens makes it more likely to hit all 10 times than it is to hit once without it

[@obibraxton2232]

@@louiesatterwhite3885 yeah I know ! Wide lens is deffo the better item

[@iantaakalla8180]

I wonder if there are any multihit moves that are better with loaded dice?

[@orangedream267]

It maxes out at 300 (extra) base power. Run something with pin missile (loaded dice) that's super fast, faster than the monke. Monke hits with 300 base power rage fist turn one. In doubles. Have fun.

[@SirStanleytheStumbler]

Jolteon

[@ericborczuk135]

I think there is potential for Eviolite Primeape with Rage Fist Imagine a Wicked Blow (guaranteed crit) into Anger Point Primeape, he instantly reaches +6 attack, the move itself is not very effective so he (probably?) takes it OK with the eviolite, and then he has a Rage Fist at 100BP (Plus other options like Close Combat or something). Plus he's faster than annihilape There might even be better choices to set this up, like a baby pokemon with Frost Breath

[@Logan-ef8hq]

I'm thinking (not for competitive) running bulk up. Drain punch, rage fist, and either close combat/ a coverage move. Basically just a build I saw from pokeaimmd with maybe some stuff swapped around

[@phdbot4483]

So the cap is 350 Power (6 hits), I see! I think it neat showing two different demonstrations, first being when the strat works, and 2nd showing what to do when it doesn't. ^^

[@jis11]

Nope, the cap is 300. It's just damage rolls.

[@givemetakoyaki3685]

I feel like drain punch would be much better than CC for sustainability and with those boosts will one shot almost every dark type flooding the meta.

[@opposumness3107]

Rattled with Drain Punch might mitigate the HP that's needed and the speed that's lackluster at 90 base.

[@LandoBrah]

love your technical vids

[@yuvalmanuel772]

since the competitive season started, i found that population bomb, taunt, follow me and encore maushold with a tera steel annhilape works really well, population bomb doesnt do too much damage but with loaded dice it will always hit at least 4 times (unless it misses 1st turn) and give annhilape leftovers and drain punch and it becomes hard to kill, pair that with a tailwind murkrow and it works quite well, im using that rn

[@StarfieldDisarray]

I've personally been doing this with Forretress' Pin Missile in Raids; Forretress is probably the best of the multi-hitters in terms of survivability, and it gets some crucial additional support in the form of Helping Hand and Screens. Additionally Pin Missile is quad resisted by Ghost/Fighting.

[@hapadyamatt3731]

This reminds me of early Sw/Sh with justified Arcanine/Lucario or Steam Engine Coalossal. Seems OP and fun, but people will learn to play around/use better strats

[@foofootoo]

It's not a particularly consistent strategy and likely not the best way to use Annihilape, this is just a concept team to get some fun OHKOs with Rage Fist.

[@hapadyamatt3731]

@@foofootoo I understand! Loved the video and mechanics explanation!

[@drewsnider7352]

I had this idea with eviolite primeape and an intentionally minimal attack maus, nice stuff

[@BirnieMac1]

Finally! As soon as I’d read population bomb and rage fist - I wondered if you could exploit that for some nutty damage

[@drewsimon7745]

I recommend using berries to negate most of the damage household does

[@foofootoo]

It only works if you commit to terastalizing annihilape, otherwise you need to hold ring target

[@diegomedina9637]

Or a Rocky helmet user.

[@FLITTLEFANATIC]

I remember using something pretty close to this on Showdown, instead i used beat up to do it tho. Still, fun to see that i thought of it as well :3

[@foofootoo]

turns out I used beat up too!

[@06kishanchoudhary59]

You won't believe but I was working on the same idea yesterday. What a coincidence!

[@Altaku84]

for anyone curious, 6 hits is not the cap on rage fist. 5 is. every time it gets hit, it boosts move power by 50 power, capping at 300. it shares a cap with last respects. the reason it looked like 6 was the cap was because of high roll into low roll.

[@sjaakbakker9944]

Rage fist gaming! It is pretty good in singles with bulk up + taunt, also rage fist “stacks” do not reset when switching out

[@azmiraclegirl441]

Primeape has been a favorite of mine since Blue back in '98 so it's nice to see him get some love I wanted Pure Power but this works!

[@Aflay1]

I love how these strategies are so broken, and yet there is always the possibility that your opponent uses a move that can completely ruin everything like "please don't sucker punch please don't sucker punch PLEASE DONT SUCKER PUNCH"

[@08Juan80]

If you notice at 16:42 Oranguru's mouth was kept open before Skeledirge got hit by Sucker Punch.

[@Hiroshimari]

he the spook

[@eliandjonathanhozanavic4085]

Thought this up the other day, kind of similar to what you’re doing here: Tera ghost annihilape holding weakness policy hit by beat up maushold

[@eliandjonathanhozanavic4085]

I watched the rest of the video and saw that you ran almost the exact same thing, I’m proud to have been on a similar wavelength to THE foofootoo

[@KainaX122]

My guess would’ve been that Rage Fist’s power caps out at about the same as Houndstone’s Last Respects but it’s kind of interesting that the cap is slightly stronger

[@heyheyhey0220]

They both cap at 350, you just need to use revival blessing

[@davidpardave6164]

Omg. This has WeedleTwineedle written all over this with the "Bitch, I can't read" meme

[@erics802]

So is everyone forgetting the most important thing about last respects? There's two Pokémon that learn revival blessing, and those are Rabska Pownot So the base power is 400 then combine, stab, and tera plus throw in a choice Effectively becomes a 1350 base power move

[@foofootoo]

I guess technically if the revival blessing Pokémon both held leppa berries last respects could actually be 500bp

[@marchadow3957]

no if it revives its power goes down

[@acrophis]

That Annihilape nickname though. Thank you SIR!

[@pato9467]

Lol a week ago i figured out this tech and now i see it on yt. Good job as always and thx for great video

[@miclo6758]

wow you are amazing you deserve a cookie

[@pato9467]

@@miclo6758 i love cookies

[@Xmusicana]

Thanks for the content

[@foofootoo]

you are very welcome!

[@mikaelberube703]

I personally like to run modest power gem flutter mane to deal with arcanine

[@foofootoo]

That's cool!

[@Wuprrr]

Haha reminds me of how I ran power gem for sun teams on showdown on day 1

[@yosiahw4305]

You can run drain punch Annihilape for recovery since weakness policy gives a free x2 atk boost.

[@TheOriginalBattler]

I’ve been wanting to test this. Can you have a 5 Pokémon explosion team with Last Respect. I want to know if that’ll change the damage output.

[@PokeJminer9004]

I think something to consider is that the 6 hit test may have been a high-roll

[@joshdahmen3277]

Is Rage Fist further boosted by Metronome held item or is it capped at 350 regardless?

[@dislexyc]

Did you test the 5 hit rage fist result more than once? Could be max roll into min roll or something

[@MarsHock]

I was considering this combo but with skill link pin missile for resisted damage + fish for a critical hit so Anger Point activates. I think Cloyster can do this? At least with spike cannon.

[@BroZilla-vh3tu]

Maushold be like: and we live in an actual NIGHTMARE

[@TheShardsFamily]

I've also been loving Jumpluff this gen, you can out speed everything especially on the sun with tail win break wayyy over 1k speed and with lens you can gets 84 percent accurate sleep powder

[@christmas4477]

There's also the idea I've had of Eviolite Primeape with a Friend Guard Maushold that uses Loaded Dice Bullet Seed to get Rage Fist's power up

[@princess_sarina_aria_elysia]

🤔 and it would be faster

[@sbollimpalli]

Glad I’m not the only one who thought of the annihilape maushold combo lmao

[@MoCa1979Jr]

I don't blame the opponents for giving up, cuz if I saw Foo's name in an online match, I'd do the same. W/ prep time, he's got more strategies & tactics than Batman, when it comes to Pokemon battles. 😂

[@togeluga_the_cat]

7:30 when you get your happy meal but it has no toy in it

[@GachaMaster]

Is wide lens better for maushold or loaded dice can work as well?

[@pokefriend123]

There’s an image of Maushold burned into my mind.

[@hskikibot2846]

Something I can up with is tera dark weakness policy annihilape with rage fist with loaded dice and pin missle jolteon

[@NopeNotEbs]

Just encountered (and got wrecked) by this for the first time... what is the best way to counter/defend against this?

[@Hyenadont]

I do like using glimmora with rock blast, since that max damages like 10%, since loaded dice is kinda bonkers. sadly flinching is still a thing, but hey, bulky annihilape can do some funky stuff

[@elrubio9963]

The power of rage fist increase with each hit annihilape recives but this doesnt take in account movements that stack, which are count like 1 hit

[@TheMrCtoer]

Considering the whole idea behind Maushold is Population Bomb + Technician, how viable would it be to skill swap Pixalate from Sylveon into a Tera type fairy Maushold? I know it would probably be less effective than just doing normal type population bomb but it would still be interesting to see.

[@DefoNotAngelixity]

Me:Oh yeah that’s fine “Casually 2 mouses killing a giant bear “THAT MAKES SENSE

[@devastatheseeker9967]

Wouldn't it be a better choice to use choice scarf over weakness policy to make up for the speed?

[@foofootoo]

It's definitely an option, but Sneasel would move after Annihilape so you wouldn't get the Beat Up off before Rage Fist. Choice Scarf Annihilape is good but generally doesn't run Rage Fist. Most are max HP with Final Gambit

[@matthew3147]

Does friend guard reduce damage of own attacks on allied pokemon? Make a supportive maushold to do this w/ friend guard

[@justsomejojo]

To be honest, I still like to partner Maushold with Annihilape. I'm not doing the Beat Up strat usually, but the combo is well-known enough to apparently get people to react differently at first. Plus, Friendguard and Follow Me do allow for a bit more controlled damage stacking on Annihilape. Mine often got to a close to max Rage Fist on split and chip damage alone, which can be good enough depending on the matchup. Drain Punch + Bulk Up round out the set, but sometimes I also like to run Taunt or Encore.

[@Savage-qx8pz]

I beat the elite for by using bulk up and constantly healing annihilape so that rage fist did crazy damage, also dropped a couple Spc. def X so that it wouldn’t get knocked out

[@diegomedina9637]

I've seen lots of success with Annihilape with an assault vest. People always trying to exploit it's special defensive weakness to special ghost moves but only end up getting destroyed by a rage fist. Heck even if they tera to Normal type i have Drain Punch ready to heal back whatever damage it took before.

[@joshmilner4864]

Sneasel can also setup my Coal thank you for this.

[@shadowkirbae4289]

Primeape doesnt have 105 Speed, what. It has 95 speed and 105 base Attack

[@shadowkirbae4289]

Also it was already known for a while that Rage Fist's max power is 350 idk why you're testing it again now

[@reddsail4409]

Lol the thank you sir weedle shout-out, how risque

[@mattterry1920]

I didn't even think of this for a raid. Could you have Maushold pop bomb Annihilape, Medicham swap ability for Pure Power on Annihilape. Then a screech. Maybe a T1 win?

[@torrimathews5232]

Could you use a steel tera type annihilate, sos pop bomb is resisted and it frees up your item slots

[@humourlessjester3584]

This is the pokemon battle equivalent of telling your bro to hit you to pump you up before going into a fist fight.