Typhlosion, Shedinja, Bulbasaur! - The ExtraDex! Episode 4! is the fourth episode of The ExtraDex! series. It is hosted by Rival Jimmy and it covers Typhlosion, Shedinja, and Bulbasaur! It was aired on March 3rd, 2014 and can be viewed here.
"Every week on The ExtraDex, Jimmy updates past episodes with new trivia and battle strategy from Pokemon X and Y, three at a time! This week, check out some new Typhlosion sets, a sneaky Shedinja start, and some Little-Cup strategy for Bulbasaur!" - Youtube description
Typhlosion
New/Updated Trivia
(no new trivia)
New/Updated Battle Strategy
Physical Attacker
- Item: Weakness Policy
- Ability: Flash Fire
- Nature: Jolly (+Speed, -Sp. Attack)
- EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Sp. Def / 252 Spe
- Moves:
- Flare Blitz
- Wild Charge
- Earthquake
- Quick Attack
- In gen 6, Typhlosion got access to both Flare Blitz and Wild Charge, two extremely potent physical moves
- Round this set off with Earthquake and Quick Attack for coverage and priority, respectively
- Weakness Policy is the item of choice because surviving a hit means increasing your sweeping power
Special Revenge Killer
- Item: Choice Scarf
- Ability: Flash Fire*
- Nature: Timid (+Speed, -Attack)
- EVs: 252 Sp. Atk / 4 Sp. Def / 252 Spe
- Moves:
- Eruption
- Focus Blast
- Solar Beam
- Fire Blast*
- You can level teams with Eruption and Focus Blast and if you have a Sunny Day user on your team, Solar Beam
- Choice Scarf makes Typhlosion a good revenge killer
Shedinja
New/Updated Trivia
(no new trivia)
New/Updated Battle Strategy
Physical Attacker
- Item: Focus Sash*
- Ability: Wonder Guard
- Nature: Jolly (+Speed, -Sp. Attack)
- EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Spe
- Moves:
- Phantom Force
- Protect
- Shadow Sneak/Sucker Punch
- X-Scissor
- Phantom Force is a new move Shedinja has access to
- Switch Shedinja in on a move it won't get hit by then Phantom Force right away or protect to stall
- Use either Shdow Sneak or Sucker Punch for priority and X-Scissor for STAB
Bulbasaur
New/Updated Trivia
General Info
- Its final evolution, Venusaur got a mega evolution
New/Updated Battle Strategy
Specially Defensive Wall
- Item: Black Sludge
- Ability: Overgrow
- Nature: Calm (+Sp. Defense, -Attack)
- EVs: 236 Hp / 236 Sp. Def
- Moves:
- Amnesia
- Leech Seed
- Giga Drain
- Protect
- Bulbasaur has decent special bulk, made even better with access to the move Amnesia, which boosts the user's Sp. Def by two stages when used
- From there, toss Leech Seed and Giga Drain for staying power
- For the last slot, use protect to heal back health from Black Sludge and Leech Seed