Alakazam a good attacker?
Is alakazam a good attacker into blissey? I have one with 13/14/14 IV's and confusion and psychic and it's almost maxed out so I'm wondering if I should max him out to take on blissey. My exeg can take on blissey but I need another blissey fighter in my team for multiples in the same gym.
Psychic is now a legacy move and he only has 1 psychic charge move now so I think im lucky to have this moveset but do you guys have any knowledge on whether he can fight blissey?
Answers
- Unfortunately C/Psy is actually one of its worst movesets now.
- The best moveset for attacking with Alakazam (needn't even say this because who the hell uses Alakazam for defense, but hey) is Psycho cut/Future sight. Confusion/psychic is really bad compared to it: while confusion is very good dps theoretically, you won't be dodging much using it, which makes it a very bad thing for Alakazam who is very squishy to begin with. Also Psychic is worse in possible way compared to Future sight.
- To fight blisseys/snorlaxes you want Machamp with Counter/Dynamic Punch. < BY FAR the best pokemon to use against blissey/snorlax/lapras.
People will tell you that he is no good as a defender, but I think there is a place for him in higher-level diversified gyms, if his CP level will allow him to have a middle position in gyms in your area. I have an Alakazam with the same moveset (C/P), and he has earned a lot of pokecoins for me sitting in gyms.
Before the change in move stats, I put my Alakazam in a gym and prestiged against it with similar CP attackers, to see how well it defended. I kept my attackers just below the Alakazam's CP, so as to gain at least 500 prestige. I also tried to pick matchups that would be strong against Alakazam. What I found was that he could be beaten relatively quickly and easily, but he dished out a lot of damage on his way down. If he is helping to defend a level 8-10 gym against a team of six, and if he can sap 70-80% of the HP of one of the attackers, I'd say he has done his job.
Edit: I haven't tested him out as a defender since the change to Psychic, and he probably isn't as good now, but I still use him in that role.
