I have a L29 82% Blaziken with a 15A, with a C/FB moveset. Is there any reason to power it up further, or should I spend my dust on Machamps and Hariyamas to fill out my fighter roster?
Thanks
My area has been spawning lots of Torchic and I caught an 87% with 15A. I’m willing to change a moveset, but I’m probably not going to spend any dust on it. I’m sure I’ll catch another one, hopefully when it’s boosted ☀️
Ultimately, it’s outflassed as fighting and fire attacker and the other ones are very obtainable. Not useless, but spend the dust somewhere else.
Blaziken is still subpar in DPS to Machamp and doesn't exceed in any way even against Iron Tail + Fire Blast Tyranitar, and even worse against all other movesets so not really. Slightly higher base attack doesn't make up for Dynamic Punch being superior to Focus Blast.
If you're going to pick a Pokemon with less survivability to the optimal counter it's because it'll at least deal more DPS e.g. Gengar vs Tyranitar or Mewtwo in Mewtwo raids, otherwise why use it?
And that's in simulations in ideal conditions. When you consider it in practice it'll perform even worse due to the dodge glitch, energy waste because Focus Blast costs 100 energy and has a long delay before it's damage is dealt and potential damage loss if you faint above 50 energy where you would have used DP on a Machamp.
