Donophan
How come I never see a Donophan with counter as a good 'mon to use against the various guys out there that are weak to Fighting? I see that Ursaring is recommended, but not good old donophan, a guy I've used with great success in Tyrannitar Raids.
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Oh come on, don't use that dumb argument...EVERY pokemon has a weakness. If you actually battle a Donphan, you will see they are much harder to take down than a Rhydon.
I don't disagree on defenders being worthless, but it is their job to take defense into consideration when rating pokemon. That rating is not how pokemon perform against raid bosses, that is their overall score. I mean look at something like Blastoise...8.5...for what? Who in the world uses a Blastoise for anything? What is Blastoise? A worse Vaporeon...and Vaporeon is ranked 9.5. See, their ratings actually work out if you consider their stats and abilities. I'm not sure why you are so against Donphan's score...
Rhydon 9.5
Golem 9
Donphan 9
Steelix 8.5
Sandslash 8
I have 2 Donphans.
1: CP 2479, IV 91, level 29, T/EQ
2: CP 1718, IV 95, level 20, C/HS
Both have 15 attack IV.
Should I use a quick TM on the CP 2479 one, and should I power up the CP 1718 one?
Phanpies are really rare here. I have only caught 3 Phanpies and haven't seen any for 3 months, most of my candies are from egg hatches and buddy. In fact, the CP 2479 one was a wild caught Donphan (cost me 40+ Pokeballs, luckily didn't run away), the CP 1718 one was evolved from a hatched Phanpy.
I was in exactly the same situation, and to save stardust I used the TM on my 2501 CP Tackle/Earthquake Donphan instead of the better IV hatched one.
The resulting Counter version feels slow in comparison on attack. Tackle was fun! But a bit less effective to normal types.
But it should be much improved for a defense role, although then Earthquake comes infrequent and slow and then is easy to dodge.
There are a lot of people now playing that can barely beat a 2600 Blissey (espec with Dazzling Gleam). I'm sure some of them try to show off their raid Machamps. I do have a 2540 Counter/Earthquake Donaphan, however I'm used to using my three 2900+ Rock Smash/Earthquake Rhydons. Glad they are buzzing through Snorlax and hold up against Blissey comfortably because I'm turning three full gyms a day with big Blisseys. Actually hoping some of my colors 24-28 level players start to put real pokes in there b/c not exactly entertaining for me to always be the flipper for their fifty fake coins
This. Add Heracross for some areas where available as another all fighting Poke. This one also gets stab and all have a higher attack rating which is important in the current system.
So to answer the Op the fourth placed option isn't often discussed because we are often discussing spending here. If you have a naturally evolved one as I do, great option. If you're going to spend dust aquire a better counter for attacking.
