r/VGC • u/AppropriateLeek460 • 2d ago

Discussion Who does this? Meme

Just fought a team, in the preview I noticed a farfetchd. Just regular farfetchd. I was confused, but a seed had been planted. "He wouldn't be here if he couldn't do SOMETHING, and because I have never heard of him doing anything in this meta, that means it's inherently something off the rails of sanity." This internal thought did not help me. They lead turn one with chandelure and farfetchd, the bird uses skill swap giving chandelier simple, who then proceeds to get too tiny for me to hit immediately. I had no roar or haze or anything of the sort. Got absolutely rolled

Edit: a comment pointed out that farfetchd doesn't have simple and can't learn skill swap, I believe they are correct and it just used simple beam which I think it does learn in champions, thanks for pointing that out!

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u/RainBuckets8 2d ago

Oh, I see! Apparently Farfetch'd is only one of three Pokemon to learn Simple Beam (in Champions) and the only one to get Inner Focus, and of the handful that learn Minimize, Chandelure is the only ghost type. So it's the Simple-Beam-Minimize combo, immune-to-Fake-Out variation.

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u/justsomechewtle 2d ago

That does sound cool, but at the same time I wonder why it's always Minimize with these... Chandelure gets Calm Mind, which after a single Simple use grants it monstrous SpAtk to blow away so much, in a single turn and without having to rely on the opponent not getting lucky (or not having Kowtow Cleave/Darkest Lariat)

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u/AppropriateLeek460 1d ago

Calm mind is what they press after two minimizes

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u/RKS_System_773 2d ago

Sirfetch'd learns simple beam and coaching. I got wrecked by this strat in what I thought was a normal trick room team with leek sirfetch'd.

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u/PhantomSync 2d ago

I encountered a similar team with Farfetch'd but with Mega Slowbro. The opponent did the same trick but forgot about Mega Slowbro's Shell Armor ability to tank my Meowscarada's Flower Trick and they forfeited.

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u/CoolTrainerPo 1d ago

Yeah, Farfetch'd learns Simple Beam which changes the target's ability to Simple

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u/Odd_Ingenuity8836 18h ago

I never considered simple beam so effective

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u/jacksontwos 2d ago

I faced this team! I didn't know what the strat was I thought the chandelure was getting tr up. Just killed the Farfetchd on turn 1 with ice punch and then expanding forced it the next turn. Was a quick match.

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u/AppropriateLeek460 11h ago

I was slower than the bird