Is Liepard or Bisharp better for a Pokemon Sword playthrough?

Question

I would also like it if you suggested movesets and/or natures for each Pokemon

Comments

Liepard is terrible. Mediocre-bad attacking stats and a slightly above average speed. Bisharp has mediocre stats outside of Attack which it excels in. It also has very good STAB power moveset and a million resistances

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Both Liepard and Bisharp aren’t that good. Try and use Obstagoon instead. If Obstagoon isn’t available, just use Bisharp

Answer 1

Despite coming later than Liepard, Bisharp is the superior choice. Bisharp has higher Attack (125 vs 88), a better movepool, and a stronger typing (even with the 4x Fighting weakness). Bisharp's main problem is its high evolution level: Level 52 means you'll be using Pawniard until after the 8th Gym. For this reason, I don't actually recommend using either — Scrafty and Grimmsnarl are both more efficient Dark types.

If you still choose to use Bisharp despite its levelling problems, it functions well as a physical attacker.

Bisharp
Ability: Defiant
- Iron Head (Level 57)
- Night Slash (Level 40)
- Brick Break (TM on Route 8)
- X-Scissor (TR) / Poison Jab (TR) / Slash (Level 35)

Comments

Thank you for the moveset recommendation