What should the sixth member of this casual sun playthrough be?

Question

My team thus far, at max evolution will be:
Decidueye, Arcanine, Gyarados, Mudsdale, Magneton. What should the sixth member be, and is there a better option for the typings of my other picks, also I was thinking already of getting Mimikyu, and replacing Arcanine with Turtonator, is this a good choice? Thanks,

Answer 1

Your STAB attacks leave Normal, Fighting, Dragon, and Dark uncovered super effectively. Therefore, Mimikyu is a very good choice. It has a wonderful Ability in Disguise, STAB Fairy moves to cover three of the last types, and Drain Punch for Normal. The type overlap with Decidueye shouldn't be too much of an issue at all. Here's a set:

Mimikyu @ anything
Ability: Disguise
- Play Rough
- Shadow Sneak / Shadow Claw
- Drain Punch
- Leech Life / Swords Dance / Wood Hammer

Hope I helped!

Comments

Also, should I replace Arcanine with Turtonator? I assume I shouldn't, because you didn't mention changing it.

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No. The extra Dragon STAB doesn't hit anything too helpful. Arcanine is faster and more offensive than Turtonator, making it better in-game. You can use Turtonator, but I recommend against it.

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Also, I can only have Drain Punch on Mimikyu in SWSH, and this is Sun

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What's a good replacement move, I assume a different Fighting Type move?

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You can get it from the Battle Tree Move Tutor for 8 BP, I didn't realize it was post-game. I think a good alternative would be Return, as it hits a lot fo Pokemon for neutral damage, and it'll probably be pretty high-powered if you use Mimikyu a lot.

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Thanks Giga Blade X

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No problem!

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Just thought of something, I'm getting close to getting Solgaleo now, and I usually use the mascot legendary in my team, should I replace Magnezone with Solgaleo, that way I'll still have the advantages of a steel type, and only have flying vulnerable, my Gyarados knows Ice Fang, which is super effective against Flying types, so I think I'm covered against them.

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Sounds like you already answered that one yourself :P
But yes, if you have no objection to using legendaries, absolutely replace Magneton with Solgaleo. It can be so much more useful.

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Thanks again Giga Blade X

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Happy to help!