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Mewtwo SB or FB?

I'd like to determine which moveset, SB or FB is optimal for my only mewtwo.

For FB, I got 11 machamps from L30 to L36.5. So FB mewtwo seems only provide diversity to my fighter lineup.

For SB, I got a big team of dragonites, ray, groudon, kyogre, raikou... SB mewtwo provides top DPS generalist. But generalist seems not highly regarded in the current meta.

As it is probably my only mewtwo, what would you choose for its charge move? Why?

Asked by chameleongohk5 years 6 months ago
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by hkn 5 years 7 months ago

Against Blissey, FB Mewtwo has lower DPS than Machamp but higher TDO, as it is not weak to Dazzling Gleam, Zen Headbutt and Psychic. (Entei only has higher TDO if the Blissey has Dazzling Gleam and its DPS is much worse than Mewtwo.)

Relly depends on the relative importance of gym offence/defence (as compared to raids) in your area.

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SB. DP Machamp outDPSes FB Mewtwo against Normal defenders AND SB is two bars. I only use my Mewtwo for raids, but it can outdo specialist sets in some cases.

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I only have one Mewtwo as well and I have Focus Blast on mine. I’m still working on maxing a few more Machamps and don’t have the resources to max my Mewtwo, so using it as a DPS generalist doesn’t really make much sense for me. I use it to help clear gyms and sometimes in my Tyranitar raid team.

Shadow Ball is really strong, it’s good against Mewtwo should you get another EX pass, and next gen we have Giratina coming, so it might see more use there too.

And there’s also Psychic, best for Machamp raids.

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You should use it now with FB. Have it like this for a week, use it daily during your gym taking agains the blisseys. You will notice he is slower than your Machamps, but takes less damage.
If you like how he does this job, then keep it as is. You will get to use him almost every day.
If you see that you prefer using your Machamps because of the speed, then change it to SB. You can still use him against some defenders (Gardevoir, Metagross...), and in some raids (right now, Raichu and Marowak come to mind, also Machamp, but raids will change on Friday).
As a generalist, I use him when there is no normal type (probably because I already took them out) and there is a speed bump for my Rayquaza (defender with resistance to dragon).

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Indeed. I use Confusion/Shadow Ball on gyms, usually at low motivation Confusion is enough to faint many pokemon.
I guess this also depends on the location, where I play its not so competitive so I see frecuently Heracross, Hariyama and Gyarados in gyms.

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I kinda wish they had released Psystrike with stats like hydro cannon. =(

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I think they intentionally gave Mewtwo bad moves to prevent it from being too broken.

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You shouldn't see SB Mewtwo as only a generalist, as it's the best counter against basically any psychic or ghost type.

Given that your team of Machamp is good enough against both gyms and raids, give it SB so that you'll have a top counter for the psychic raid bosses (gen 4).

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