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Does anyone use shiftry as a catcher-thief utility pokemon?

 

It has great potential IMO, it can learn:

False swipe

Thief

Synthesis

Substitute

Sword dance

 

And as a grass pokemon it resist sleep powder, toxic powder, paralysis powder, spore.

But also as a dark type Pokemon it resist hypnosis, trick and other psychic moves

 

The only thing it is missing is a way to paralyse or put asleep the foe.

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I like your attempt to try use new pokemon.

But, we really have superior catchers like Breloom - Substitute(bypasses volatile and permanent status moves), Better recovery (poison heal), false swipe, spore. And a versatile one - Smeargle.

So, I don't see many preferring Shiftry

 

(Also, dark type doesn't resist hypnosis/trick)

GLHF!

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9 hours ago, akaHeroGarou said:

I like your attempt to try use new pokemon.

But, we really have superior catchers like Breloom - Substitute(bypasses volatile and permanent status moves), Better recovery (poison heal), false swipe, spore. And a versatile one - Smeargle.

So, I don't see many preferring Shiftry

 

(Also, dark type doesn't resist hypnosis/trick)

GLHF!

Aren't dark types immune to psychic moves?

 

Brelom is great but can't learn thief.

 

Smeargle is great but its stats aren't that good for catching pokemons in high level places like Cerulean Cave.

 

I also have a Fearow because it can learn

false swipe 

Payday 

Thief 

Roost 

 

And also Fearow is so fast that you don't need to put EVs in speed so you have more HP.

 

 

 

 

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You don't usually need your catcher and your thiefer to be the same pokemon.
Breloom does a better job at catching mons.
Banette and other Friskers do a better job at thiefing.
You can also take note of Quaggsire used as a Thiefer to prevent geodudes from self destructing (with Damp) when doing Rock Smash farm

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