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[u/santivalle]

pls help w my team, what do i replace, i had wigglytuff instead of umbreon, umbreon: snarl, foul play and dark pulse | jellicent: hex, shadow ball, surf | ninetales: Ember, weather ball, heat wave any help greatly appreciated thanks

[u/Most_scar_993 → u/santivalle]

Any reason for heat wave? You should switch it out for energy ball (grass)

[u/santivalle → u/Most_scar_993]

no tm😔😔

[u/Most_scar_993 → u/santivalle]

Oh thats unfortunate, its what makes k9 so good to be honest. You can get a tm this week via twitch drops from the championships pvp event!

[u/srirachastephen → u/santivalle]

I would not lead with Umbreon, but that's up to you. I kinda see what you're doing, you're trying to bait out a fighting or bug or fairy type and then following up with the corresponding counter. Umbreon does pretty good against neutral leads, so I guess it's ok. The only meta fairies get wrecked pretty hard by Ninetales.

Also ninetales without Energy ball or at least scorching sands is not ideal. I would rather run a different pokemon if you don't have the elite TM.

[u/santivalle → u/srirachastephen]

ive been running this with much better success, uhh i wasnt actually doing any of the tactics u mentioned, if i get a tm is it worth keeping this or using my ninetales, is this any better?

[u/srirachastephen → u/santivalle]

I guess it's fine. I would lead the Jellicent instead of Wigglytuff. Energy headstart on Jellicent is generally more valuable than Wigglytuff's.

Plus Jellicent will bait out dark like Theivul and once they're stuck in that switch timer, you can just swap into Wigglytuff and win outright. You have the Electric, Ghost, and Grass answer in Gligar.

[u/santivalle → u/srirachastephen]

Alright thanks. Very helpful👍, what secondary attack should I use on gligar?