How is Teleport useful in Pokémon Let's Go?

Dec. 21, 2018

Teleport’s effect is changed in Pokémon Let’s Go; it no longer ends a battle but switches the user for a teammate.What is the benefit of using Teleport instead of actual switching?Keep in mind that Teleport requires a move slot and using PP, that it has no outside-battle effects and that the move Pursuit doesn’t exist in Let’s Go.

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Scouting. If you’re expecting your opponent to switch, but you don’t know what they’ll switch into, by using Teleport instead of switching directly, you’ll be able to choose which Pokémon to send in after seeing what your opponent does. Is it completely outclassed by U-Turn and Volt Switch in every way? Absolutely, and it probably still wouldn’t be worth the moveslot even if those two moves didn’t exist, but thereisa small, niche use for it.Plus, it’s always been Abra’s only level-up move, and GF apparently didn’t want to change that (honestly, this is probably the main reason it appears in LGPE).