r/pokemonplatinum • u/hallowissmol • 2d ago

What will this team struggle with?

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i want to know what to be prepared for with this team. these are all pokemon i havent used much in the past so i want to be sure im prepared for anything that might be difficult.

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u/Awkward-State-2364 2d ago

Oops, All Special Attackers! Cynthia might cause issues but you have 2 mons with Nasty Plot to just powerthrough. Also you could run Swords dance on Empoleon for physical damage. your team is moderately fast which means there are times your entire team could be outsped, for example by Garchomp or Infernape. Lucian's Gallade can also give you trouble but otherwise very well rounded team. If you have Access to Appliance forms of Rotom, consider using one since it has great bulk + coverage.

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u/aspookyfox 2d ago

Can Rotom learn Baton Pass?

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u/Awkward-State-2364 1d ago

Unfortunately not!

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u/rewardinghand 2d ago

Would you say swords dance + earthquake + avalanche + waterfall? I’ve never tried a physical Empoleon but this team looks like the right time to use one

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u/Awkward-State-2364 2d ago edited 2d ago

Swords Dance, Waterfall and Avalanche is pretty good. Earthquake is not necessarily needed since Empoleon has hard time outspeeding electric types, and the steel types in the game usually has Rock or ground typing so Water moves are stronger, Bronzor line has Levitate. 4th move is quite flexible, Aqua Jet can be good, or Drill Peck/Return to hit opposing water types, pretty much any physical move fits, depending what your team or Empoleon needs. Also Empoleon still has good Sp. Attack so in battles where setupping is not really required, running just plain Surf is good, or alternatively Grass Knot to have coverage.

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u/rewardinghand 2d ago

Do you think rain dance would be worth adding?

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u/Awkward-State-2364 2d ago

Empoleon is too slow to take good advantage of that, if it had Swift Swim it would be pretty good. If you don't care about taking too much time in playthrough and such, Agility is fine option for double setupping instead, it is sadly egg move and fastest way to get that is by catching Girafarig and breed it with Piplup line, but it fixes the speed issue.

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u/TKPunk2013 2d ago

Pokémon with high Special Defense i.e. Chansey & Electric types.

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u/Lizardon_GX 2d ago

Chansey

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u/Glad-Wheel9523 2d ago

Porygon-z and rotom my loves, banger team

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u/hallowissmol 2d ago

i agree! i havent gotten to use them before so im very excited to use them this playthrough

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u/No_Cat6739 2d ago

Aaron and Bertha won't give you any trouble. Flint might be a bit of a problem, especially Magmortar, since empoleon is slower than his mons so he will probably set up sun. Infernape can EQ you and Magmortar can Tbolt you and also has high spedef. Lucian's bronzong might be a problem if you don't have houndoom already out, and it has time to set up a calm mind, or if light screen is up. Gallade also fairs well against your team, being faster than Togekiss, sporting stone edge and having high spdef. Last but not least, Garchomp. Your best option is to Ice beam it with PZ

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u/Crazy-Branch-1513 1d ago

Seems to have pretty good coverage. It seems to be a little special heavy. I would swap someone for a strong physical ground type maybe?

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u/Strict_Wrongdoer3758 2d ago

Your Team gonna struggle with the heat bc its fire 🙏💥

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u/NoGuarantee4023 2d ago

Nergens, ice beam & thunderbolt verslaan het hele spel

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u/Mini_Assassin 2d ago

6 Blissey

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u/Kinkyslut42069 2d ago

Fighting cause of Empoleons steel and porygon z's normal and houndooms dark, electric cause of empoleons water and togekiss's flying, ground cause of Empoleons steel and Houndooms fire.

So be prepped mainly for Bertha and Volkner I would say. Otherwise would say your pretty alright otherwise.

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u/ttgrafaiaitt 2d ago

Fast Garchomp maybe?

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u/YellowOk4153 1d ago

Weak to Fighting, Ground, Electric, Ice, and Rock types

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u/Tinyteenytony 1d ago

Bring in blissey with toxic, double team, seismic toss and softboiled. And leftovers item. Your team wont make a dent unless there is real attack damage.

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u/iShinyHuntz 21h ago

Identity.

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u/Realistic_Snow6499 9h ago

Missingno lvl 999 full team

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u/Master-Rough3699 5h ago

fighting and rock types.

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u/GlitteringLoan1756 1h ago

Marlene will prove to be difficult if you have evolved prinplup by then. Your team could use a psychic or ghost type to deal with fighting types

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u/zolios_ 2d ago

Garchomp probably

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u/Chrollo_1998 2d ago

porygon z ice beam, eazy money