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Lonely_Dolphin on 11 December 2015
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Oops I shoulda mentioned I don't use legendarys, evar! Also what is this sleep clause yal are talking about? I don't feel it's applying here.

Can Mach Punch really OHKO? A punch from Mega Lucario would be at 4x damage, but I don't know if that'd be enough considering it's low base power.

 

mZuzek said:

Yeah, this is silly. Every so often I run into the noobish kid on the PSS who just uses a team of 6 legendaries and expects to win because "OMG legendaries guise!!!" only to have their team easily swept aside. That is, when they don't have a Darkrai. Darkrai is the only one I instantly recognize as a threat, because instead of spamming stuff like Hyper Beam I know there'll be incoming Dark Voids and there's not much I can do about that.

You can either have a Pokémon with Insomnia/Encore/Taunt/Magic Bounce like Platina said, or maybe you could have one that relies on a special condition such as Burn or Poison for battle (like Gliscor). If all else fails, maybe even having a Pokémon that relies on Sleep itself and then hit with Sleep Talk.

If you don't have any of that in your team and don't want to change it, well, my advice is just remain patient and play smart. If you can't avoid a situation where you'll get hit with Dark Void, try switching to a Pokémon that can tank Darkrai's attacks well and won't mind being asleep for a couple of turns... I dunno. I've struggled with these Darkrai a bit in the past, but never to the point where I've lost battles (or even come close to losing) against noobs.

On the other hand, all the Smogon stuff (Rotom Wash, Heatran, Landorus and any kind of Stealth Rock or Sticky Web crap) really gets me. But then again, I can't even hate on Smogon now that VGC rules suck too. *sigh*

Edit: oh sorry, I didn't realize you were talking about Double Battles. But I think the advice still applies.


Yeah I mainly play doubles so hoping to survive until they wake up rarely works. I probably shoulda mentioned that aswell hehe.

The changes I made have been working pretty well, although I was caught off guard once by a Focus Sash, but simply double teaming it with Lumkiss would've worked. Another had a Lum Berry of their own and succeeded in Dark Voiding and killed one of my Pokes, but then Jackie Chan showed up. Otherwise Infernape has killed many a Darkrai, and funny enough the match is usually disconnected right after.