This also applies to several other dragon-type bosses, like Lati@s and Zekrom. When the bosses don’t have Dragon moves, Shadow Gardevoir typically falls behind the dragons; but against Dragon moves, it really shines. One L40 shadow, one L50 regular, and 4 L35 regular.(L35 may be weather boosted catches, for example.)

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Should you wish for the delivery to be made by instalments a further agreed carriage charge will be applicable. Stunfisk fires a ball of brown sludge from its mouth at the opponent. When the ball of sludge hits the opponent, it explodes. Sludge Bomb can be used as the first move of a Pokémon Contest combination, causing Sludge to score double the normal appeal if used in the next turn. It can also be used to finish a combination, with the user gaining 2 bonus appeal points if Sludge was used in the previous turn. Koffing fires multiple large globs of sludge from its mouth at the opponent one at a time, or Koffing fires a ball of brown sludge from its mouth at the opponent. When the ball of sludge hits the opponent, it explodes. On occasion, this will poison the opponent. This makes life very easy for us when it’s a raid boss! Each raid tier always has a fixed HP (15000 for T5 raids), regardless of the Pokémon’s own HP stat, so a raid’s difficulty is determined primarily by its defense. If you have done a Chansey raid before (another Pokémon with massive bulk that’s entirely from HP), you probably noticed how surprisingly easy it was – and this is why.

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Sludge can be used as the first move of a Pokémon Contest combination, causing Sludge Bomb to score double the normal appeal if used in the next turn. It can also be used to finish a combination, with the user gaining 1 bonus appeal point if Sludge Bomb was used in the previous turn.

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Muk fires globs of brown sludge at the opponent; or, Muk releases a stream of sludge from its mouth at the opponent. On occasion, this will poison the opponent. If you have cloudy weather, the solo becomes trivial. Even six L30 Gardevoironly has a 2% failure rate against Sludge Bomb, with an average TTW of 246.3s, basically like L50 non-boosted Gardevoir or L30-35 Shadow Gardevoir. Any other counters mentioned above will probably also be viable. Non-fairy counters? Inflicts damage on the target. It may also afflict the targeted enemy with a Poisoned status condition, which causes periodic damage.

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Sludge Bomb has the secondary effect of having a 30% chance to inflict poison on the target. This move is recommended to use due to its high base power, perfect accuracy, and wide distribution. Sludge Bomb vs Sludge Wave Gunk Shot is available to many Poison-type Pokémon, but it is also accessible for a large number of non-Poison-types through various means. Those that can learn it include the likes of Obstagoon, supplying it with a valuable tool to utilize against some of the strongest Fairy-type Pokémon that often give it trouble.