So, has anyone else had this happen? I've been doing Doubles, and on at least 4 occasions, I've had the opponent Will-o-Wisp their own partner for no reason at all. No Guts activation or anything. Flareon burns its partner Sylveon? What? And a Scrafty suffered the same in another battle. As I noticed this become a recurring issue, I recorded my 36th battle where Chandelure Will-o-Wisped its partner Delphox. The very next battle, Cofagrigus did the same to Golurk. This is not a bad thing at all for me, since it probably saved me on battle 37, but really, this couldn't be normal, could it?
Here are the videos of both battles if anyone can figure something out:
#36: 8BRW-WWWW-WWW3-URQD
#37: EWNG-WWWW-WWW3-URQP
Moving on from that bizarre issue, I also made my way to Evelyn and won on my first try. Battle with Evelyn here: ATUG-WWWW-WWW3-URS5
As for my team:
Greninja @ Focus Sash
Ability: Protean
Nature: Timid
EV's: 6 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
- Surf
- Ice Beam
- Mat Block
- Protect
So I'm not the first to post here with the Mat Block strategy, but I saw the potential in it, and it totally worked. Alongside SD Garchomp, this was ridiculously effective.
Garchomp @ Yache Berry
Ability: Rough Skin
Nature: Jolly
EV's: 6 HP / 252 Att / 252 Spe
- Dragon Claw
- Earthquake
- Swords Dance
- Protect
So basically with this, I just looked into my Battle Box and suddenly repurposed a Garchomp I trained for singles over to doubles, and with the change from Fire Fang to Protect, this worked pretty well. Dragon Claw over Outrage is self-explanatory in Doubles. I considered Lum Berry in case of burns, but with the above occurrences, Yache Berry was a better choice. Evelyn's Latios miss-haxed it, causing me to get off to an awful start, but on the way there, this was a great team.
Togekiss @ Leftovers
Ability: Super Luck
Nature: Modest
EV's: 252 HP / 206 SpA / 52 Spe
- Dazzling Gleam
- Aura Sphere
- Air Slash
- Roost
So yeah, same Togekiss from Rotation, which will likely come along for Triples as well. With Garchomp's EQ and Togekiss's Dazzling Gleam, this was a devastating combo. Ice types weren't as big of a worry for me here like I had expected, so that was great.
Blaziken @ Blazikenite
Ability: Blaze --> Speed Boost
Nature: Adamant
EV's: 6 HP / 252 Att / 252 Spe
- Flare Blitz
- Swords Dance
- Protect
- High Jump Kick
So, my Mega, and as you can see, one of my favorite Pokemon ever. I kinda lumped him in last-minute, so I wasn't sure how this would work out, but this guy has so much raw power that SD wasn't ever needed. Blaze is only there because this guy was a near-flawless shiny and he'd Mega Evolve right away in every situation (barely missed perfect Speed, but being shiny instanty overrides that). In the battle with Evelyn, he blazed (pun intended) through all three of the legendary beasts, with a bit of help from Togekiss. He was totally worth the spot, and I'm glad he got the spotlight in this fight.
Next, I'll move onto Triple, with slight modifications to my team. I might just wait for Pokebank and use the Terrakion + Beat Up strategy, but I'll see how things work. The Mat Block strategy works well already, so I might use that instead.
EDIT: Can't believe this thread is so empty. Must be the Pokebank stuff. Anyway, I actually made it through Triples as well without switching anything on my old team. I simply added Klefki again (Thunder Wave --> Safeguard), and put in Zapdos with the moveset of Thunderbolt, Discharge, Hidden Power [Ground] and Roost with Magnet held. Not the best moveset, but it was all I really needed. Garchomp worked well with this, and Zapdos actually got a lot of usage. Looks like the Modest nature may have helped put some power behind those attacks. One of Thunderbolt or HP [Ground] would have been replaced with Heat Wave if tutors were available, but it all turned out fine.
As with Evelyn, Dana was also kinda tough, though the hax against me was minimal (her Registeel outsped Timid Greninja after one Rock Polish, much to my surprise for an Iron Head flinch). Things were mostly in my favor, which was great. Triples takes a long time, even with animations off. Now I only need Multi to officially conquer all of the Maison. What I might do is simply trade over Greninja and Togekiss over to my brother's game and use both of them to win as if it was Doubles anyway. My brother doesn't really care about the Maison, but he'll appreciate the BP and trophy, I'm sure. I might not do that, but it's quite probable. I've never done so much in a battle facility like this, so I'll do whatever it takes to finish up Multi.
Battle with Dana: L3MW-WWWW-WWW3-VBPX