What are sweepers Pokémon?

Sweepers are usually Pokémon with high base Speed and Attack and/or Special Attack stats. They almost always have an attack of the same type they are as it's power is boosted by 50%. They usually have other types of attacks as well to hit for super effective damage –which is doubled.
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What are good sweepers Pokémon?

Weavile is a capable Physical Sweeper that possesses a great balance of Attack and Speed. Its Dark / Ice typing grants few resistances and immunity to Psychic, yet a disastrous weakness to Fighting as well. Weavile's exceptional Attack and Speed make it a dangerous opponent to face.
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How many sweepers are on a Pokémon team?

Generally speaking, these teams will have 2 sweepers (one physical, one special), 2 walls (one physical, one special), and 2 supporters (a lead/anit-lead and another).
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What is a Hazer Pokémon?

A Hazer is a Pokémon that uses Haze. Since Haze is such an important move, there are Pokémon that are designated to do this job. Here is an example of a Hazer: Weezing (F) @ Black Sludge.
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What is hazing in Pokémon?

Phazing (from "pseudo Hazing", Haze) is defined as getting rid of an enemy's stat boosts, usually by forcing a switch of Pokémon.
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Explaining all the top setup sweepers in Sword/Shield Overused in 11 MINUTES



Does haze get rid of hazards?

According to Haydunn it does.
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What is the strongest Pokémon team?

Team Gen 1 starters is clearly the strongest team, if you only like Pokémon from gen 1 and don't want to make even that group of fans mad. It's got all the bangers and having unevolved Pokémon works for Ash so it's for sure the strongest team possible.
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What is the best offensive type in Pokémon?

Fire and Fighting, no doubt. Most pokemon who have access to moves with those types have high base attack/special attack.
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Who is the best wall Pokémon?

Pokemon: 12 Best Walls In Competitive Play
  1. 1 Aegislash. A Ghost/Steel-type, Aegislash is a unique and powerful Pokemon with two distinct forms, one which totes high offensive stats and one which boasts high defensive stats.
  2. 2 Blissey. ...
  3. 3 Toxapex. ...
  4. 4 Mega Sableye. ...
  5. 5 Mega Metagross. ...
  6. 6 Mega Scizor. ...
  7. 7 Ferrothorn. ...
  8. 8 Celesteela. ...
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What is the best trick Room Pokémon?

Pokemon: 10 Best Trick Room Setters
  • 8 Reuniclus.
  • 7 Runerigus/Cofagrigus.
  • 6 Bronzong.
  • 5 Hatterne.
  • 4 Mimikyu.
  • 3 Dusclops.
  • 2 Calyrex-Ice.
  • 1 Porygon2.
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Is Dragapult a legendary?

Dragapult (ドラパルト, Doraparuto) is a Dragon/Ghost-type Pseudo-Legendary Pokémon introduced in Generation VIII.
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What is the most op Pokémon in Pokémon Showdown?

ORAS OU Most OP OU Team - Rip Pokemon Showdown
  • Sableye @ Sablenite. Ability: Prankster. ...
  • Clefable @ Leftovers. Ability: Unaware. ...
  • Scizor Lum Berry. Ability: Technician. ...
  • Amoonguss @ Black Sludge. Ability: Regenerator. ...
  • Heatran @ Choice Specs. Ability: Flash Fire. ...
  • Excadrill @ Choice Scarf. Ability: Mold Breaker.
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What is the weakest Pokémon type?

Bug Is The Weakest Type of Pokemon In Any Generation
  1. They scale poorly and their final evolutions are weak. ...
  2. Bug-type moves don't pack a punch. ...
  3. If you catch a Bug Pokemon in the wild, it may not get any damage-dealing moves. ...
  4. Pure Bug type Pokemon are so weak that they need secondary types.
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What is the best dual typing in Pokémon?

Pokémon: 10 Best Dual-Type Combinations
  1. 1 Water & Electric.
  2. 2 Flying & Steel. ...
  3. 3 Normal & Ghost. ...
  4. 4 Steel & Dragon. ...
  5. 5 Bug & Steel. ...
  6. 6 Electric & Fairy. ...
  7. 7 Dark & Ghost. ...
  8. 8 Fairy & Steel. ...
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What type combinations don't exist?

Pokemon: The Best Unused Type Combinations
  • Fire and Grass. ...
  • Electric and Fighting. ...
  • Rock and Ghost. ...
  • Fighting and Ground. ...
  • Fighting and Fairy. ...
  • Poison and Steel. ...
  • Fire and Fairy. ...
  • Ground and Fairy.
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What is the strongest Pokémon team without Legendaries?

The 15 Best Non-Legendary Pokémon, Ranked
  1. 1 Ditto. Via: USgamer.
  2. 2 Garchomp. In the penultimate spot, we have perhaps the strongest pseudo-Legendary Pokémon in series history: Garchomp. ...
  3. 3 Aegislash. ...
  4. 4 Hydreigon. ...
  5. 5 Snorlax. ...
  6. 6 Tyranitar. ...
  7. 7 Dracovish. ...
  8. 8 Shedinja. ...
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Which Pokémon team should I join?

The Blue team took the lead in players right at the outset and hasn't let go since. If you live in a rural environment and want to increase the odds of finding teammates nearby, you'll probably want to go with the Blue Team. This will also make it more likely you have the most gyms in the area available to you.
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What is the best starter Pokémon?

The ten best starter Pokemon of all time
  1. Bulbasaur. You never forget your first, and Bulbasaur was mine.
  2. Charmander. Probably the most popular starter Pokemon of all time, with good reason. ...
  3. Chikorita. ...
  4. Torchic. ...
  5. Turtwig. ...
  6. Mudkip. ...
  7. Cyndaquil. ...
  8. Totodile. ...
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Is stealth rock better than spikes?

Spikes are not as common as Stealth Rock, but are usually more dangerous. Spikes are put down in up to three layers, and increase in damage output with increasing layers. The downside is that they are only able to hit grounded Pokémon.
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Does rapid spin remove spikes?

Rapid Spin

Removes all layers of entry hazards (ie. Stealth Rock, Spikes, and Toxic Spikes) from the user's side of the field, and also removes the trapping effect of moves such as Fire Spin and Wrap.
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What does clear Smog do?

Effect. Clear Smog inflicts damage and resets all stat levels of the target to 0; unlike Haze, this move only hits one target rather than affecting every Pokémon on the field. This effect does not work if the target is unaffected by the attack because of type immunity, protection, or is behind a substitute.
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Does substitute block haze?

Additionally, Substitute does not affect the opponent's Disable, Leech Seed, Super Fang, Transform, or binding moves; the user's Bide, Counter, or Rage; nor either Pokémon's Haze.
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