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Machamp solo team: Is it good enough?

Is this team good enough to solo Machamp?
Alakazam 2345 CP: Psycho Cut/Future Sight
Espeon 2523 CP: Confusion/Future Sight
Exeggutor 2532 CP: Extrasensory/Psychic
Espeon 2299 CP: Zen Headbutt/Psychic
Exeggutor 2458 CP: Bullet Seed/Solar Beam
Ho-Oh 2890 CP: Extrasensory/Fire Blast

Asked by Yellow_Sponge7 years 6 months ago
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I think you can, but only if you dodge well. Your 2458 Exeggutor and Ho-Oh do not have best skills for Machamp raid, so you better lend critical blow with Espeons and Alakazam before those two get their chances.

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I’d replace that second Egg and get something else if possible. Everything else looks pretty good. I feel like that should be doable even if it’s weather boosted. I always find Heavy Slam to be the hardest but boosted CC also hits really hard against resisted attackers

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I honestly love you’re team, but it might take a little bulking up to solo.

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Should do Close Combat pretty easily, all your mons can tank it once and survive so you can even get away with missing dodges. Against Heavy Slam and Dynamic Punch you have to dodge with everything except the Ho-Oh.

DPS-wise you are fine, the 3 glass cannons get you well ahead of the clock provided you can keep them alive to launch 2 Future Sights each.

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Which is fine, if it ends up with him finishing the raid. Went and checked and the Exeggutor is definitely a gigantic liability with BS. TMing it to ES improves TTW by 42 seconds, seems like a pretty clear upgrade for OP to go for.

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I don't think you can do it as of now or at least there is little margin for error. You have to get off two Future Sight with all Alakazam and Espeon. Psychic is a weak move as of now, so Exeggutor is not a good choice for soloing Machamp. BS/SoB will make you loose. Your second Espeon needs FS too, to get you ahead of the curve. Ho-oh should get your first charge TM though. With his flying charge move he is your MVP for being succesful. (I solo with Lugia, Ho-oh, Dragonite). Even if he gets Solarbeam he is very useful for Blizzard Kyogre atm.

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Oh, I missed 2299 Espeon has Psychic. In that case you may want to search for TM before you solo Machamp. Like soloing Polygon first, maybe?

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Maybe change Ho-Oh from Fire blast to Brave bird?

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Do you have a Dragonite with Hurricane? If so, swap that one in for the second Exeggutor ;)

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How about a Gardevoir with Confusion and Dazzling Gleam (or Psychic)?

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Not enough bulk.

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I don't think you can do it, because you are not going to do enough damage. The Alakazam and FS Espeon are good. The ES/P Exeggutor and ZH/P Espeon are adequate, but after that, you are getting only neutral damage from the BS/SoB Exeggutor, and super effective damage only from the quick move on the ~L26 Ho-Oh. That's not going to be good enough.

I don't see any minor adjustments that would put you over the hump, either. The Ho-Oh isn't good enough at L26 or so, even if it had ES/BB, which would be better. The BS/SoB Exeggutor is just plain bad in this matchup.

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Like I commented on your other comment, using one FTM on the Exeggutor improves its TTW from 215s to 173s, which should let him easily clear in time with a minor adjustment. Then the survival becomes the only issue.

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You should probably try to get a few high level eevees and walk them into espeons, since they are the only one of the best few counters that are guaranteed to get a super effective moveset, and your eggy and hooh that don't have such a moveset will be your biggest detriments.

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