Would this Malamar Gen 8 OU doubles strategy work?

Oct. 6, 2023

I had a cool idea with the old squid. So Topsy-Turvy is a move that swaps your targets. This Pokémon also has access to Scary Face. Let’s say your teammate is Hydregion. Right off the bat you use Draco Meteor with Hydregion at some opponent’s Pokémon and Malamar uses Scary Face on Hydregion. Then the next turn Malamar uses Topsy-Turvy on Hydregion and BOOM you have a +2 SpAtk, +2 Spe literal three-headed monster. I also don’t think this would be extremely hard to pull off. Would this work?

Pleaselog inorregisterto add a comment.

This strategy can be stopped by fake out, taunt, encore, follow me, trick room, snarl, rage powder, and parting shot. Additionally, these Pokemon can OHKO one of yours with their most common moveset.

sourceSo the average team probably carries at least 2 or 3 checks to your strategy, even though they don’t specifically prepare for it. It’s not worth using.source