Which one should I use staraptor or weavile for platinum?

Sep. 2, 2021

My Current team is

I want to use gallade

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Go with Staraptor.

StarlyAvailability: Very EarlyStats: Above averageMovepool: WideAdditional Comments:Has a very high Attack and Speed stat and learns powerful moves upon level up such as Close Combat and Brave Bird.

SneaselAvailability: LateStats: Above averageMovepool: ShallowAdditional Comments:Available too late in the game and has a shallow movepool.

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Weavile does not have a good movepool, and it comes very late. Its only physical Ice-type option, Ice Punch isn’t level up and only a tutor move. Meanwhile, Staraptor has a great movepool consisting of Brave Bird, Close Combat, Return (by TM), etc. etc. Its also available very early, which means raising it isn’t a hard task at all.

Staraptor @ anything- Brave Bird- Return- Close Combat- Fly / Defog

Also, you can teach Floatzel Ice Beam / Ice Punch, which can do pretty much entire of Weavile’s role in dealing with Garchomp.

Hope this helps!