Crazy idea

[Dresden]

Was just thinking of an insane powerhouse idea. Take a Marowak. Give it a Thick Club. Then do a 2v2 battle and pair it with a Medicham... that knows Skill Swap.

Presto. You've got a Marowak with like 800 Attack.

I suppose that's why Medicham CAN'T learn Skill Swap. Oh well. Anyone ever have crazy ideas like this one, or even something totally different?

 

[Yo Shee]

There's a whole abundance of insane things you can do with double battles. I've seen:
Marowak with Lightningrod ability paired with Gyarados- This makes Gyarados a heck of a lot safer without having to worry about being hit by electricity.

Clefable with Follow Me and Baton Passing Ninjask. You can swords dance all you want and pass all the boosts you want to your other pokemon, and the defensive Clefable will take all of the attacks.

Spinda with Skill Swap paired with Slaking. The gym Leader Norman in Emerald does this when you battle him the second time. The Spinda is only useful for the Skill Swap, but Slaking without its ability is something to consider.

 

[Dresden]

Oh geez, I know. I remember the pair of Cooltrainers in Emerald's victory road does that: Gardevoir with Skill Swap and a Slaking. That is a hard frickin' battle. Truant is the only thing keeping Slaking from being an absolute beast, with such high HP, Atk and Def. It's scary even with that ability hobbling it.

Something I just thought of... if you do Swagger against something with Own Tempo ability, will it just raise the thing's attack? Or will it fail?

 

[Yo Shee]

Yup, it sharply raises attack with no penalties. People do it to my Slowbro all the time. It's too bad he doesn't use physical attacks though.

 

[Dresden]

Yeah, a shame not many physical attackers have Own Tempo. They all seem to be normal types too, besides Slowpoke; Lickatung, Spinda, Smeargle...