Of course, when I was at +5, it broke my Sub with a crit, and when I went for the sixth Dragon Dance, it broke my Sub again with a critical Struggle leaving me with no HP to Sub again. Kanga was at -6 at this point and only had a little bit of Aerial Ace and Shadow Ball PP over. I then Tormented Kanga and tried to set up on it using Mence. Mega Kick and Earthquake were easily dispatched of using Steelix and Mence switching. Bad idea lol.Īnyway, opposing team was Kangaskhan 4 / Slowbro 4 / I was a little tired and I was trying to finish it as soon as possible before going to work. In retrospect, I could've won this battle quite easily. Or knocked out if possible, like Charizard 2.īasically, switch and stall until it's safe to set up, is the way to go with this team. It is of utmost importance that they are Roared away ASAP as well. =P Dragon Dance users are also very scary, especially because they can be unpredictable. Or you can just stall them out of Roar PP. Pokémon with Roar or Whirlwind need to be Roared out ASAP since they destroy any chance of setting up. Not a huge deal because Cune and Steelix have insane synergy. Steelix shrugs it off but Mence can faint from it. Quick Claw is always an issue, especially on those carrying Explosion like lead Steelix 3 and 4, but careful switching with Steelix and Mence usually means it either booms on one of those. Even with an Ice Beam freeze, nothing much happens, because Suicune will eventually thaw, it just takes a little longer to stall out the remaining PP. Once Bolt is gone, Psychics can be dealt with by using Protect. For example, a Starmie with Thunderbolt/Ice Beam/Psychic/Recover can be easily dealt with by simply switching until it's out of Beams, after which Steelix stays in to take the Psychic (44.7% with a crit) and Torments. Pokémon that threaten Suicune, like for example most Thunder or Thunderbolt carrying Starmies, can be effectively walled by Protecting and switching to Steelix. Suicune is in most cases the wincon because of it's sheer bulk and respectable sweeping potential. Exception to this is for example leading Ludicolo 3 or 4, but they can be stalled to Struggle or if they're Rain Dish, can be set up on using Mence which kills with Aerial Ace. Only a handful of Pokémon survive +6 Surf, but they can't do much back in turn. A slow Thunderbolt user will find it's PP gone in 8 turns of using Protect/Sub, at which point Siucune can just Calm Mind up in combination with Protect and Substitute to sweep the opposing team. Even Pokémon with SE moves fall to Suicune's Pressure stalling. Suicune's great Speed tier allows it to set up on so many Pokémon, it's not even funny.

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