This Dondozo Flamigo Strategy Is SO BROKEN!

So I tried to break Scarlet and Violet competitive with an unbelievably powerful strategy involving Dondozo, Tatsugiri, and Flamigo! I hope you enjoy the video. Let me know what you thought in the comments and subscribe for more Scarlet and Violet content!
The team: pokepast.es/5dc02d9e3b8467f9
My twitter: / sja900
Thanks so much to Sam for helping me with testing!
00:00 Intro
00:43 Dondozo and Tatsugiri
02:12 How to faint Tatsugiri
03:17 The full strategy
05:13 Team details
#pokemon #pokemonscarlet #pokemonviolet

[@SchmavidSchmobb]

Does anyone else feel like this generation of competitive Pokémon is way crazier than anything we’ve ever seen? Like the tera gimmick is barely mentioned because these mons are so insane

[@foofootoo]

I like that the gimmick is not the focus of the broken stuff, but everything is so unbalanced lol

[@icefiredragon94]

Inevitable if you want to diverge away from the main gimmick taking control of everything. Natural step from make all default pokemon more useful by the mechanic like Dynamax is to make busted pokemon synergies even without Terastalize.

[@absolutelycardboard]

We even have a whole battalion of new pokémon with ultra beast stats, Terastalization is no where near the focus and it makes the generation of competitive really fun

[@treek10k]

Jesus Christ died for your sins on the cross. Repent and believe in him or you will be separated from God The Father for all eternity and face hell forever and ever, never ending.

[@obibraxton2232]

Yeah I realised over the weekend the many possibilities and type (terra) possibilities plus all these new broken moves, abilities and items 😭

[@sabercat5490]

Its cool that Pokemon created a pair of pokemon that are symbiotic in nature.

[@foofootoo]

Yeah! They did a similar thing just with Skeledirge

[@sabercat5490]

@@foofootoo Not quiet since the bird isn't its own pokemon.

[@Theicetundra7854]

@@foofootoo what did they do with skeledirge?

[@franciscoranire6381]

@@Theicetundra7854 The second stage of fuecoco has an egg on it's head that it incubates/protects. In the final evolution, the egg hatches into a little bird that as far as we know, isn't it's own pokemon species.

[@absolutelycardboard]

They’ve done similar things with Mantine and Remoraid but definitely not to this degree. It’s a very cool concept and I’m surprised more people aren’t talking about it

[@Repsajoner]

In a vgc format that's somewhat risky since you lose two mons so fast, but in a regular double battle with a full team it's pretty cool, I'd also add Houndstone due to Last Regrets.

[@foofootoo]

That's true, but then you have 2 pokemon with double stats in everything. It's risky but a reasonable trade off. In these early metas, most people don't know the optimal counterplay so I think it would work pretty well at least for now

[@marcalcantara1174]

@@foofootoo the new weird psychic Pokemon with opportunist would probably beat this thanks to opportunist but I'm not sure if it copies the boosts from that ability

[@drschwandi3687]

I feel like this is a great strat to get fast to the high ladder.

[@treek10k]

Jesus Christ died for your sins on the cross. Repent and believe in him or you will be separated from God The Father for all eternity and face hell forever and ever, never ending.

[@AztecCroc]

@@marcalcantara1174 Opportunist doesn't copy the boosts from Commander.

[@golemofwill4728]

A pokemon pair that are great together and alone? now that is evolving from the days of the plusle and minun.

[@foofootoo]

Yes! These 2 pokemon are so cool on their own too and I love it!

[@duskwolf64elperrochetos80]

cramorant but good

[@murlocmasher3368]

Plusle and minun crap alone and crap in a pair lol

[@lorebanjo8516]

Tatsugiri is terrible alone

[@MasterIsabelle]

I hope for more twin Pokémon like plusle and minun with special abilities

[@WeedleTwineedle]

This gimmick idea is gonna be the new study shedinja everyone spams on the low ladder me thinks LMAO great video foofoo

[@foofootoo]

Now you made me feel guilty for inflicting this on the low ladder lol

[@jalkiruokayes2517]

No worries Haze Murkrow exists

[@QuasarVeeTheCharaAndFranLover]

Amoongus clear smog

[@falinkspropaganda4753]

I typically run clear amulet and unaware on my dondozo. I get the benefits of being immune to stat drops as well as ignoring defence/attack boosts. I feel tatsu is really good on its own and I like using cyclizar to get a sub up. This Mon is Hella fun I love the fact it's an actual good strat. I love feeling like a raid boss :)

[@falinkspropaganda4753]

I also run liquidation and eq. Eq does more damage and liquidation doesn't have recoil so my bulk isn't compromised

[@foofootoo]

I'm just so glad a "gimmick" mon like Wishiwashi is actualy super strong

[@falinkspropaganda4753]

@@foofootoo me too also thinking about it we may of met on ladder LOL I saw this team on ladder twice. Dondozo is my favourite Pokémon to use simply because this gimmick is good AND fun. Ngl I thought the tatsu dying thing was a showdown bug glad you confirmed it isn't- for better or worse.

[@falinkspropaganda4753]

@@brandonoliversosa896 idk I just love ignoring opponent's stat buffs as well BC a lot of them try to set up whilst I'm bringing both of them in

[@donaldmclelland1238]

Dondozo is my favourite new pokemon so honestly really happy he's getting these awsome builds already

[@propheticrain-maker1486]

I love Dondozo. I saw him and fell in love instantly as he reminds me of Jabun from Wind Waker.

[@foofootoo]

I love Dondozo too! The nose is hilarious!

[@clemdelaclem]

these are the gimmicky godstrats I subscribe for

[@foofootoo]

I'm so glad I can provide 😁

[@anthonyjames1484]

i already have all 3 of these on my in-game team for just normal playing through the game, i can't believe the potential i've been missing lmao

[@foofootoo]

They're super cool Pokemon on their own, but when you put them together...

[@MilkJugA_]

there are rarely any double battles in the game though. game freak are so boring sometimea

[@treek10k]

Jesus Christ died for your sins on the cross. Repent and believe in him or you will be separated from God The Father for all eternity and face hell forever and ever, never ending.

[@An_Entire_Lime]

@@treek10k I cant believe Greninja himself is spreading religious propaganda That said, none of this will matter when I kill god and/or become him

[@hjjwoodstock9740]

this interaction is hilarious man i love these little details pokemon puts into the games

[@Tony_AM009]

I hope that at some point you'll make a video showing off the new hold item Ability Shield. If I understood its description correctly, there are some interesting uses and strategies players could run. You could use it against Lingering Aroma, Wandering Spirit, Mummy, Skill Swap, Entrainment, Gastro Acid, Simple Beam, and other moves. You could also use Trick or Switcheroo to swap this item with the item of an opponent's Pokémon to shut down their strategy of changing or negating an ability, such as Lingering Aroma Oinkologne paired with Slaking.

[@foofootoo]

I plan to talk about the items. This one is interesting but very situational. It's only useful in the rare battles where opponents bring those strategies. In all other battles it's a waste of an item slot. But if Slaking/Lingering Aroma becomes popular then it can be used to stop that combo!

[@OjamaIndigo]

The powercreep in this generation is absolutely insane. They just threw the entire balance of the game out of whack with so much new broken stuff

[@smokeybandit3787]

Not really, without dynamax everyone gonna forget how frail a double up attack is. Plus the gen is weird for the focus, poison, passive, stat drops, new items Scary, but the power creep was gentle compared to regieleki, dynamax, grassy glide rilla & zacian.

[@BananaReidy]

What's even scary is with dondozo you can also run it with an assult vest and use order up to bypass av to increase it's states.

[@jasonalessio1058]

First thing I saw when I say the def spdef disparity. Reminds me of kartana

[@universalboss9327]

@@jasonalessio1058 dondozo doesn't die to neutral sp attacks like kart.

[@gerardomiranda7383]

Foofootoo what an amazing video I was planning on trying out those 2 Pokémon and your strategy here massive can’t wait to try it out.

[@jembozaba4864]

Water types got all the buffs. Fire got very little. As a Fire specialist, this wounds me. And makes my mono type future include a LOT of losses.

[@foofootoo]

Oh boy, there are some reeeally cool fire types in this generation. Thy are not as obviously broken as some of the other pokemon. But I have plans to make some of them really good!

[@Screeno1993]

@@foofootoo ceruledge's bitter blade, skeledirge's torch song. Holy shit good

[@jembozaba4864]

It’s basically the Dolphin that I’m afraid of. Gonna have to use Volcanion, one I don’t really want to use. I need a Fire type ancient mon. One that can use the Sun boost required for Protosynthesis

[@thomasdavis8049]

Forgetting about scald loss?

[@brawlfan9999]

@@foofootoo I look forward to what wonders you will be able to do with my boi Typhlosion once he makes his triumphant return

[@lucariouwu68]

If this does become popular competitively we might see Damp being run for the first time ever

[@what.are.you.doing.stepbro]

Just use Meowscarada instead. With its 123 speed stat it’ll outspeed even +2 Donzahsks whatever its name is. And with its always critting grass move it’ll ignore the defense boost and hit super effectively with crit boost

[@doomgirl5341]

It is extremely niche and you're sacrificing two pokemon slots in your team to run this strategy since you have to sacrifice the tatsiguri and possibly the drifblim. It can catch someone off guard for sure, but it's not the best strategy in the world

[@Veristelle-]

The sheer amount of counters make it unlikely to ever be meta, whatsoever; but it's a really fun team for playing around with.

[@Movie_Popcorn_]

Can also run a sand team, so Tatsuigiri dies to sand before the Dondozo can switch in? I think that would work

[@ashblossomandjoyoussprung.9917]

If only there was a Psychic-type Pokemon that could copy those boosts and revenge kill.

[@foofootoo]

There are plenty of psychic types that learn Psych Up...

[@dannyphantom3591]

@@foofootoo I think he is being sarcastic becuz in this generation is indeed a psychic type Mon which can copy the boosts and revenge kill it's called espartha or smth like that

[@patrickchoque7720]

@@foofootoo Esparatha!

[@ashblossomandjoyoussprung.9917]

@@foofootoo I was referring to Espathra, which automatically gets the boosts.

[@dannyphantom3591]

@@ashblossomandjoyoussprung.9917 Fact that I almost got its name right

[@lordmonarch2995]

BRILLIANT! I’m happy that I’m subscribed to you! You’re not like those clowns Shofu and Numbnexus you actually know how to battle and have OP unorthodox strats! Keep up the good work!

[@linkyboyKOC]

Wow, this is beautiful! Nice job assembling this work of art

[@noahbear3465]

Insane as always foo. I’m loving all the new videos

[@emred4653]

That is SO CREATIVE and cool. Love it

[@abrawolf]

We just gonna ignore dondozos nickname?

[@vegetalover9297]

lol

[@foofootoo]

😬

[@caliburnabsolute8517]

yeah we're gonna ignore it

[@lamp6017]

People who don't know: :) People who know: :o

[@openinginawe5518]

Stands for devour

[@minimyser9553]

just turned this into a para flinch team thanks I needed something to go with my other team this is perfect

[@foofootoo]

and here I was thinking this couldn't get more disgusting lol

[@skid_does]

I don't have the game yet and I planned on having Tatsugiri and Flamigo on my team while having Dondozo as a toss up. That was just for the in game team though. Good to see three mon I like working well with each other.

[@emerfirek]

So I haven't been a big fan of these two Water-types, but I am a huge fan of both Explosion Drifblim and all kinds of Flamigo, so I really like this strategy for them.

[@foofootoo]

That is fair, Flamigo is awesome

[@treek10k]

Jesus Christ died for your sins on the cross. Repent and believe in him or you will be separated from God The Father for all eternity and face hell forever and ever, never ending.

[@silv2309]

@@treek10k I’m a Christian too but you shouldn’t be spamming this in unrelated comments, its more likely to make people annoyed than anything else

[@david_8916]

@@treek10k no

[@treek10k]

@@silv2309 if you are a true Christian then you should also be spreading the gospel aswell, like Jesus orded us to to do. He told us to spread the good news no matter what. You should be confessing Jesus before man and spread the gospel. The bible says if you don't confess Jesus before man, then he won't confess you before The Father on judgement day.

[@BlaqueT]

The memes begin! The amount of crazy moves and abilities we've gotten this gen is crazy. I really hope they'll bring back the missing tutor moves, etc. in DLC or something

[@dastardlydwarf6909]

Dondozo definitely gonna be a top threat in doubles can’t wait to use it

[@BaldHoe]

Are you thinking of doing a video on Espathra soon? It’s unique ability “Opportunist” is reason enough for it getting a video. It’s going to be a huge threat to set up teams. And just any stat boost in general. What a great ability.

[@foofootoo]

Opportunist is just incredible...

[@BaldHoe]

@@foofootoo For real, saw the ability leak weeks ago and wanted that pokemon on my team IMMEDIATELY. And now I use Espathra on my team! This thing is gonna be a nightmare in competitive i think. Hopefully it does well once all the Gen 9 pokemon get evaluated by the community for competitive. This gen is already running rampant with stat boosting.

[@skellingtron817]

it wouldve been cool if commander also gave dondozo a stab boost for dragon moves

[@foofootoo]

Yeah, that's so weird that its signture move is non-stab

[@NostalgicMusic88]

Just use a tera dragon

[@ArthurLocatelli]

That's really cool, what I'm thinking of running is grafaiai with slaking, you doodle truant away and possibly get one of the really stron abilities going around

[@williamlevison9966]

I actually love Dondozo lol, now even more, many people seem to think it´s ugly, but the giant catfish vibes are awesome, plus comes with sushi, my favorite food lol

[@jourdanfarquharson4697]

I mean it is wishcash on steriods

[@SackyBalls444]

Awesome strat! I would definitely run Unaware though, it's such a silly ability that completely invalidates any stat-boosting shenanigans your opponent might have up their sleeves. The beauty is that YOUR stat boosts still count, but theirs do not.

[@bakes1324]

Tatsuguri is gonna be so funny when it gets storm drain, especially if you still have a dondozo in team preview.

[@queenaddi]

Honestly this video has given me some interest in vgc for the very first time, this looks cool asf

[@foofootoo]

There's so much you can do when the world of self-target opens up 😁

[@JW_937]

Using Dondozo has been the most fun I’ve ever had playing in doubles. I usually stick to single formats, but I might play more doubles a lot more. I can’t wait to see what you think of next

[@icefiredragon94]

Water pokemon got so buffed (Again after the fun disaster that was Choice Rain Dracovish in SWSH). Makes a water lover like me so happy being familiar how made fun of they were when i was a gen 1 kid. Thanks for a tip on this interaction!

[@foofootoo]

We lost Dracovish, we gained Dondozo...

[@mcslayer9796]

@@foofootoo we also gained Palafin also busted, but moreso in singles

[@sephikong8323]

Imagine having the gals of using a Flamigo and NOT call it Doflamigo

[@foofootoo]

THAT is a great nickname

[@dannyphantom3591]

I called mine doffy instead

[@williamjordan4143]

I love that you released this and then wolfe Glick basically used this strat

[@ronanjoyce9862]

Good job foo. You've just guaranteed im bringing clear smog to the Oceania internationals

[@foofootoo]

That is a very sensible decision!

[@mayauppstad9883]

So I always have a psych up user on my team and have also been running Flamigo a lot, because I like running setup and it synergises really well with that. As you can probably imagine I've had an absolute blast on showdown these last few days since everyone seem to be running some variation of this strat. I just psych up all of their stats and mirror their flamigo switch in. Been wanting to try throwing an opportunist Espathra into the mix as well, but i think that would be overkill, and a bit too reliant on facing this strat. I might try to build an Espathra mode into my team for the vgc format since it basically forces any commander team to bench that mode until they know my ability. Then i can show speed boost game one or two to bait the commander mode into a psych up round two or three. I don't expect commander costar will be any kind of viable in vgc though due to how hard it is to build a decent non commander mode with these components into potential hard counters. Will be really exciting to see though. I hope people keep showing this level of creativity with the new mons for a long time.

[@Katharoni]

These might be some of my favorite gimmick pokemon of all time man

[@openinginawe5518]

That name. It's cursed. Also that strategy is hilarious Flamigo is hilarious

[@foofootoo]

😁

[@octavice7887]

That's really cool, I can see Flamigo also being a belly drum abuser as well getting +6 without having to sacrifice HP. Costar is just a broken ability, and I love it!

[@nintende]

If you run opportunist and mirror herb on espathra, you can get +4 in all stats, switch in your ally flamigo, and have two pokemon at a universal +4

[@Beginnerss]

have you considered using the new Covert Cloak on a self-destruct/explosion Pokémon to avoid fake out/flinching? This could allow you to run Garganacl with Covert Cloak with Sturdy and Explosion for basically the same but it hits harder, no? It even has Stealth Rock and Wide Guard in case the opponent explodes before you do so you can take out their Dondozo + Flamigo

[@coledavidson5630]

This is insane... this meta is gonna be wild

[@minaly22]

Hello Foofootoo, could you please test a few things related to this strategy for me? What happens if ability cancelling stuff (like Neutralising Gas for example, though that would be in the future when the pokedex expands) comes in when Either Dondozo or Tatsugiri try to activate their ability? What happens when their ability is swapped (either by things like Lingering Scent, or skill swap)?

[@LucasF25]

I tried this out just now and yeeeeah, this is absolutely ridiculous 😭 I even gave Flamigo Wide Guard for those pesky Double battle moves, Defog if i wanna make sure to outspeed, and then added in the last spots Houndstone for the busted ass signature move and Iron Valiant because .... I mean, i don't really need a reason other than it's straight up busted

[@foofootoo]

Yasss I'm so glad it worked for you! You can also put Roost on Flamigo since it eats attacks with the defense boosts!

[@alexmccluskey1443]

After Tatsugiri faints could you use a pokemon with revival blessing to bring it back and then switch it back in to potentially give Dondozo another +2 to every stat?

[@MarleyMothBard]

wonder how this would interact with pawmot's revival blessing used on tatsugiri? would take some setting up but a +4 omniboost on two pokemon would be super hard to beat

[@VerbalLearning]

I wonder if Mirror Herb could be used as a counter of sorts for both this strategy and Espathra.

[@justinhanna9152]

love watching you being all wholesome and kid friendly while ur dondozo is called Vore

[@agentblackbird9435]

4:29 I died seeing a flamingo PNG move across the screen

[@RealmOfUnknown]

As iffy as I feel about a lot of the new Pokémon (I’m sure I’ll get used to them), I do love how wild and crazy some of the abilities, pairings and competitive options there are 🥰

[@MagnusTB_]

ooo i didn't think of using explosion drifblim, ive been running banded self uturn dragapult with endure black sludge tatsugiri to get the strat going turn 2 with a banded dragapult in the back. The self uturn strats are obviously weak to follow me/rage powder which your explosion is a fun way to beat

[@eyescrossedFTW]

I saw a smaller channel use this strategy except using an Azumarill with Perish Song and then switching the Azu out for Dondozo before the count goes to 3. Seems more reliable in a way

[@SomeScruffian]

Skeledirge and Quag/Clodsire: _laughs in unaware_

[@Silver-Freddy]

First time I heard the term Omni boost lol thought it was going to be some kind of transformation

[@dominiclombardi]

Going to make my first doubles team a wing/rain team featuring killowatrel and brambleghast

[@burningcobra68]

Aye the set up with Garganacl curse with salt cure would be fun to set up some how with another pokemon

[@foofootoo]

It could be a funny answer to Dondozo tbh!

[@burningcobra68]

@@foofootoo do u know how u can use terra typeing it can make u a pure ghost alowing for massive turn damage when u use curse that is if it changes the effect

[@dolphinbanana3053]

Tatsugiri doing the rock face

[@foofootoo]

the power of that eyebrow

[@sleepyppl4286]

btw heres the counter: opportunist espathra holding mirror herb you get +4 in every stat, baton pass out to oricorio and swap slot 2 with flamigo now you have +4 in every stat, on 2 pokemon, and you can attack 3 times per turn instead of two by using revelation dance + copycat the only unfortunate part of this is you dont get stored power on oricorio but you do get stored power on espathra so you can also stay in on espathra and use stored power + copycat for easy wins oh and you can also get +6 with this too, just wait for the opponent to swap in flamigo before you baton pass out, now youve got 2 maxed out pokemon that attack 3 times per turn

[@wailmoregd140]

Interesting proposition to make taking passive damage more reliable, what about using Sticky Barb as Tatsugiri’s item?

[@Veristelle-]

It would die before it can be vored

[@lokideeds965]

i use eject pack tatsugiri. there are alot of intimidaters floating around so it sets off the whole event. not as reliable as the poison strat in terms of activation but atleast this way you can keep your tatsugiri for later.

[@foofootoo]

Oh! That's an interesting way of trying this while preserving Tatsugiri! You could try Skill Swap Stantler for cases where they don't have intimidate...

[@supersecret4899]

I don't even have the game yet but I'm trying out this strat on showdown haha thank you!

[@foofootoo]

Enjoy!

[@canned3880]

There's a lot more technical moves and abilities this gen, I like it

[@ShadowSword88ee]

My friend came up with this strategy an hour after Gen 9 battling was added to Showdown. He is one of the top 100 showdown battlers. No one knew about this strategy until people started battling him. I still like his version of the team better- especially the version of the team he has not made public yet. Edit: for grammar.

[@mysticfrace568]

This explains why I ran into this combo for 25 matches straight. ty for the headache xD

[@VerbalLearning]

Seeing as Passimian is in this gen would it be possible to use it's reciever ability to copy either Tatsugiri's commander ability or Flamigo's Co-star ability?

[@dannyphantom3591]

I knew about this strat from yesterday and it's pretty nice for those of you who want counters I recommend salt cure gargancl which kills dondozo in 4 turns prankster haze murkrow or just any unaware Mon with haze

[@donavan.anderson.7521]

Would recommend kinggambit, houndtone, and maushold, drift bloom, donzo, and tasugiri as a team or swap kinggambit with flamingo

[@jourdanfarquharson4697]

Its better to use the dondozo stragtegy ss an endgame strategy since you would hsve cleared out most of youre opponent pokemon that can manage its stat buff state. You want to get rid of clear smoggers as best as posibble especially masked cat with signiture crit attack. Dozo can clean up the rest snd hopefully tatsuguri can ko if its in a stand off with the last pokemon

[@mecha5893]

Prankster Haze Murkrow is looking very nice right now

[@fefevevee]

best poketuber

[@foofootoo]

😁

[@zeroLIED]

What if you bring pawmot or something with that revival move and revive tatsugiri and send it out again, will dondozo ability work a second time?

[@jadonwalker5991]

If tatsugiri faints can you bring it back with revival blessing and repeat the process for x4 omniboost? I don't know if that is even worth the effort I'm just curious if you can use tatsugiris ability twice in one battle.

[@BigStall446]

It may be broken but can easily be countered by a haze clodsire(preferably with water absorb)

[@AudioDreamCity]

Masterful upload, friend! Reminds me of my black II days where I did things similar to this but had the disadvantage of “having” to complete a story path. Now I can IV grind forever, uninterrupted 😈

[@foofootoo]

Woop! Glad you enoyed the video!

[@obibraxton2232]

Welp looks like I’ll be building an opportunist team around Espathra to counter this with rage powder/follow me support 😭

[@MiloKindred]

Cool strat, but it only works if both opposing mons don't attack. Nice work!

[@toniarjonaluzon2695]

My Murkrow with haze likes your strategy

[@benjamindicamillo8836]

I was wondering: if you give Tatsugiri a sticky barb or black sludge, and instead of sacrificing your own Pokémon you just use a super slow U-Turn or Volt Switch on Tatsugiri when it's using Endure, could you not only get away with sacrificing 1 Pokémon as opposed to 2, but also get Tatsugiri to faint and have Dondozo at +2 in everything within 1 turn?

[@veledwin1]

The whole point of them for me is that I love Tatsugiri, I hope there are some cool strategies that don't involve sacrificing Tatsugiri like that

[@shadowsiren692]

What is that opening framerate XD was that the game or capture software?

[@boshix8130]

If you want to try to counter this I recommend running haze prankster murkrow

[@kasagure.]

an Espartha on the opposing team eats this strat for breakfast and shits out a W

[@Humpdurious]

Where can you even do double battles like that? I havent been able to find anything like that

[@keoplays167]

I did not know that vore wasnt censored yet and also i am intrigued how you know what the term means xD

[@carstan62]

I would consider maybe investing enough bulk to survive Explosion without Endure on Tatsugiri. That way you wouldn't necessarily HAVE to click Endure if you have a chance to be more aggressive.

[@tylerhancey4889]

Opportunist Esparthra is so fun against this. Learns stored power and baton pass btw.

[@ac_baldos]

What happens if you use revival blessing on tatsuguri and bring it out again? Does it boost its stats again?

[@phdbot4483]

Dang! So there's a workaround to allow Dondozo to swim around with a +2 omni boost, and another partner, now that's crazy! I fear for the competitive scene how nasty the meta will be! XD

[@Rayuzx]

I saw the exact team in Smogon Doubles OU, I won the battle, but I honestly might just refrain from playing until it gets a quick ban.

[@PixelleHearts]

Man, imagine if we had this sorta thing back in the day with Remoraid

[@Milliebobbybrownmwah]

Also dachbuns well baked body ability witha fire type and body press would be op if everything didn’t resist fighting pretty much

[@YourBoyNobody530]

You could use the muscle band to get a 1.1 attack boost.

[@nalinaattanayake377]

How does this work if the enemy has a pokemon that attacks after the explosion? Wouldn't they just knock the tatsugiri out

[@thezpmc9859]

Costar is a hidden ability for flamigo? The first one I caught had that ability

[@K0DA._.]

Hey, Foo, I found what I think might be busted in Singles. Maushold has two VERY good signature moves, Tidy Up and Population Bomb. Tidy up is pretty much just Dragon Dance that removes hazards, making it already great for singles. Population bomb is a base 20 power move with 90% accuracy. The accuracy check will occur up to 10 times, attacking every time it succeeds. The moment a check fails, the move ends. However, an item called “Loaded Die” increases the number of times multi-hit moves succeed, and guarantees at least four hits from Population Bomb if it hits. Maushold also has the Technician ability, which boosts each individual attack from Population Bomb by 50%. Population Bomb is also a STAB move, so another 1.5x multiplier. This means if the first accuracy check succeeds, Maushold will do a minimum of 4*20*1.5*1.5 damage, which is a base 180 power move. However, it can hit up to 10 times, meaning you, if lucky, could get an essentially base 450 power move that’s only drawback is 90% accuracy. On top of all this, while Maushold’s attack isn’t great, being at base 70-something, its speed is excellent as base 111. So, my preposition is a Maushold with max HP and Speed, with Tidy Up, Population Bomb, and any combination of Bite, Low Sweep, Bullet Seed (also buffed by Loaded Dice and Technician), Trailblaze, or U-Turn. Idk how viable this would be, given Maushold’s lackluster defenses and base attack, but I think it would at least be a fun gimmick.

[@noxalbus]

Wide Lens exists you know

[@K0DA._.]

@@noxalbus Wide lens requires an item slot, which is occupied by the loaded dice. Edit: Wait, I'm stupid. I forgot that just running Wide Lens would guarantee all 10 hits. Well, then I guess just run Loaded Dice if you want to run Bullet Seed, but if not, Wide Lens is the way to go.

[@slothape]

Espathra gets Skill Swap I noticed, I think the doubles potential is crazy

[@tioaranha4848]

I think i battled you some hours ago. I am not certain but a battled some one with this exact team, idk if was just some one replying this strat. I was with an grafaia and toedscruel lead ando used doodle so the mycileum might don't slow the toedscruel. If was realy you that i battled against i would be glad if you remember.