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Favorite Gym attackers

I usually use the most efficient gym attackers for gyms but I was wondering if I am missing out on some enjoyment of the game. Does anyone have any favorite pokemon to use even if it isn't the most optimal?

Asked by CatchemNate56 years 8 months ago

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When I first got my Mewtwo from my only invited EX raid, I almost let it lead the team everytime I battle a gym lol. Now the hype is gone.

Bite crunch tyrantiar, foggy early in the morning every day, so fun for gym clearing

Wow, fog everyday! Never seen foggy on Pogo, even when it's, ....foggy outside!

I've seen it like... five times total. Always either too early or too late in the day to take advantage of it.

I actually like using Helios, my Ho-Oh (ES/SoB), on occasion for gym battles. Is he an optimal fighter? Hell no! That said, his stats make him super tanky, so he can take a lot of punishment before going down. Plus, solar beam has such a cool animation, and hits hard (even though Ho-Oh doesn't have STAB for it and it's not usually doing SE damage). Machamp may clear through Blisslaxkings at a much quicker pace, but the sun god does it with style! 😉

I'll also use my ES/SA Lugia in gym battles for similar reasons.

I use a level 35 C/DP breloom on occasion. I don’t fight that many gyms though, and I have 325 max revives

Yeah, I have 372 max revives. I only do a minimal amount of gym work.

Hariyama
C/SB Exeggutor
Houndoom
Crawdaunt
Murkrow
Golem

I might try using Crawdaunt sometime just for fun.

Latios maxed with Dragon Breath, Dragon Claw. Clears both full gyms and demotivated gyms quickly.

I am working on maxing my perfect Latios. He is currently in my gym clearing lineup.

Mine is only a 98%, but he is very easy to dodge with, and takes down annoying defenders not named Blissey.

"Only" 😉

I have issues with trying to get a 100%. I have only caught a 100%.. no other legendary.. luckily is was a Mewtwo.

I love my DB/DC Latios for demotivated gyms, but it's painfully slow for full gyms. DC is like the dragon equivalent of x-scissor or aerial ace; it's useful for quick jabs, but not for knockout punches.

This is by far my favorite.

Believe or not, I use this 2 for gym attack. They're not the strongest but it's interesting the impact of 2 uncommon types seen in gyms (Fairy and Poison) can have such good performance. I had a lot of fun using Wigglytuff and Victreebell (and they're annoying to face on a gym too)

I used to have an army of Wigglytuffs that I used for prestiging. That's one of the few things I miss about the old gym system.

Hands down, Lugia. With Dragon Tail/Sky Attack it has fantastic coverage that has no bad matchups at all except for Crunch Steelix, Stone Edge Aggron, Shadow Ball Gardevoir, and fully-motivated Tyranitars that require a Charged Move or two to take. It has incredible TDO meaning I won't need to switch, resistance to commonly-seen Psychic attacks, and an incredible 2-bar dodge-friendly set. I'm working on maxing out a second Lugia for Extrasensory/Sky Attack, which is the same damage but higher Energy, though it doesn't retain the coverage that Dragon Tail offers.

Don't underestimate Lugia - has the second best duel-ability behind Blissey, but with DPS near Tyranitar and good defensive typing given the current gym defenders.

I’ve tried using Lugia, I even have a maxed out 98%.. but it is too slow. I don’t mind using potions/relives so I prefer faster pokemon. I prefer faster moves over higher damage moves.

For fully motivated BlissChanLaxKing gyms: PC/FB Mewtwo

For demotivated gyms: DB/DC Latios

For medium to fully motivated gyms with mixed defenders: DT/O Rayquaza or DT/O Dragonite.

For Gyarados: CB/TB Mew, because he is Mew, and I want to use him.

In general, my priority is time, so I like to use an attacker that can plow through the whole gym as quickly as possible, the Mew being the exception. Many will argue that C/DP Machamp is quicker against normal types than PC/FB Mewtwo, but the Mewtwo lasts longer, particularly with the easy dodging afforded by PC, and neutral damage taken from PR and DG.

I like using Blaziken to clear normal mons. It resists Steel and Fairy so Heavy Slam/Play Rough/Dazzling Gleam don’t do much especially with dodging, plus Blaziken is a cool Pokémon.

Other than that I tend to use the typical Machamp army, or whatever is weather boosted like Gyarados or Tyranitar.

Good point about Blaziken's resistances. I hadn't thought about that.

Frankly, another reason why I tend to use PC/FB Mewtwo a lot is that it is relatively close to the top of my CP list, so I don't have to scroll down a lot to find it.

Blaziken is fire/fighting, so although the game says it is not very effective it is actually a .9996x multiplier, essentially neutral. Machamp's weakness to fairy is offset by being a bit bulkier.

Yeah, the fighting chicken is still cool though.

Latios, it can kill Slaking before it uses a Hyper Beam.

Lapras with Ice beam.

Against blissey, chansey, snorlax, slaking and tyranitar I always use my maxed out Breloom. Fighting with Breloom has a very smooth feeling compared to machamp, and I just love the way it looks. Given that it is comparable to machamp in dps and I have more then enough revives, it is a perfect attacker for me. Other pokemon that I like using are scizor and sceptile, because there moves are lightening fast. Scizor doesn't cover much, but sceptile can take care of vaporeon, golem, rhydon and donphan.

My IS/IB Lapras and my fighting Blazeken. I also will use B/O Gary.

I love using Pound/Play Rough Wigglytough and Muk

Love my Clefable and Vileplume. Also Poliwrath, Lapras, Meganium and Kingdra.

I wasted dust on powering up a Sharpedo for a Marowak raid (dies in 10 seconds lol). I really wanted to use him for gyms with his high Attack and he’s has Waterfall+Crunch

I like to use mons with fastest quick moves for dodging & 2 or 3 bar charge moves for gym clearing. They are the most fun to use, examples are KC/DP Machamp, DB/DC dragons, FC/XS Scizor, FC/LB Sceptile & my fave FC/R Blast Armaldo!

I have quite a few! I really like using non-optimal Pokemon for gyms, because they don't see much use in raiding and gymming doesn't require such fine tuning.
I have a Latios with Dragon Breath/Dragon Claw powered to level 30, which is amazing for dodge practice, and Blastoise with Water Gun/Hydro Cannon is amazing for the same reason. I also really like Alakazam with Psycho Cut/Future Sight - the fast move feels so much nicer, and the dodging ability makes up for Alakazam's low bulk. I also use Mewtwo with Psycho Cut/Shadow Ball, and if it wasn't so important in a lot of my raids I'd consider making it Focus Blast, especially since it's cloudy so often in my area. Oh, and for demotivated gyms, a high level Ditto is super fun, especially if a good attacker is up first - a level 35 Ditto transformed into Salamence or Dragonite with destroy anything that's left.