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Solar Beam Ho-Oh, Blizzard Kyogre, etc.

All this talk about how much of a bitch certain Legendary movesets are has me thinking:

Does A-Golem, with its different typing, have an advantage over K-Golem in any match ups? (I only have two pitiful SD Ttars, for various reasons) Other than A-Exeggutor, do any of them? This may have been answered in a guide, but if so I don't recall it. Similarly, do any multiform mon have an advantage beyond novelty as one typing or another? (Such as Rotom's forms, as an example.)

Should I just run 6 Ice Castform against Rayquaza? /s

Asked by TheClurachan5 years 7 months ago
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Against Ho-Oh with solar beam, A-Golem's electric sub-typing removes the double weakness to grass, which *might* allow it to avoid getting one-shotted. It also loses the double weakness to water, which could also help it survive hydro pump from Lugia, if that ever makes another return. I'll admit, I haven't powered up/fought with any of my A-Golems, so I can't say for sure how well it would perform.

As for your Rayquaza team, forget Ice Castform and bust out the Delibird team with ice punch! šŸ˜ /s

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Alolan Golem is solid, Iā€™d say itā€™s better than Kanto Golem. It loses its double weaknesses to grass and water and gains double resistance to flying. It can learn Wild Charge, making it a solid electric attacker. Volt Switch kinda sucks for attacking but itā€™s great for defending. If you want pure rock, it knows rock throw and stone edge/rock blast. Itā€™s obviously nowhere near as good as Tyranitar and will be outclassed further by Rhyperior and Rampardos next gen, but if you have it you might as well use it.

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by Pingo 5 years 7 months ago

Against flying moves he is better. About Ho-oh I'm not sure cause he will likely die to a SB even without double weakness.
On defense he is better but who even cares with the current gym system?!
I'd say it's a draw but I wouldnt put dust in any of them. Which means the normal one is better cuz you can catch him at a high level.

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Just gonna drop this here. It goes into what you need to know regarding the more interesting Alolans.
https://pokemongo.gamepress.gg/alolan-pokemon-what-you-should-know

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Thanks. That's probably what I was half remembering. Takeaway? All those hatched geodude candies gonna be handy to round out my rock team.

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