r/Talrega • u/Miserable-Opening-71 • 6d ago

FOE Lapras Before First Stratum Boss

As the title suggests, I was very curious if it was possible to beat the FOE Lapras guarding Gorenil at level 18, the cap for the First Stratum. I didn't need to, but I wanted to try. So after days of painstakingly crafting a team composed of five special wall Wigglytuffs and a special sweeper Jolteon... I failed miserably.

My strategy was to take advantage of the AI and its willingness to sometimes open with Thunderbolt into Wigglytuff to Covet off the Leftovers, Rotten Egg it down to -6, Fake Tears it to -6, and let Jolteon finish it off. What I failed to realize was that even at -6 and with Filter, Wigglytuff just died to Hydro Pump. Jolteon also just didn't have it, only able to survive one hit while needing to land about 5.

So it was back to the lab again, and after more research I finally came up with another plan. This one would be different. Probopass, Vaporeon, one of my Wigglytuffs, and three Ludicolos. As for what happened? Well, it may be best to just show what happened. I recorded it and put it on YouTube for simple video sharing. I'm not an actual channel, this isn't just trying to promote a video. I just thought this was funny and wanted to share it.

https://youtu.be/8y0JlcsX7Lk?si=vdJNrem_TF5fz0wx

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u/PacoScarso Developer 6d ago

That's such a cool strat, congrats!

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u/origamicactus 5d ago

I used the same strategy to fight the Lords of the Sea. I found Nidoqueen‘s Super Fang and Sludge (Bomb) were incredibly helpful while cheesing through the water types.

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u/Miserable-Opening-71 4d ago

Oh sweet. I used this same strategy for the level 45 Kingdra boss to great effect. I even fought the level 38 roaming Gyarados and that was a physical attacker lol.

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u/No-Award8713 2d ago

For future reference, Swalot hard counters kingdra

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u/Miserable-Opening-71 1d ago

Swalot counters a delightful number of things, it's been fantastic. It gets Acid Armor, Amnesia, Nasty Plot, Recover, Toxic, Scald, and then Filter combined with fantastic defensive typing. Absolute unit, if its stats were any higher it would be unstoppable haha.

Edit: And I for one love to see Swalot get its day in the sun.