Chandelure or Darmanitan for Black/White playthrough?

Question

I'm have a darumaka level 31 with:

• belly drum
• fire fang
• fire punch
• headbutt

Nature : hustle

He's been really good I'm my team but I'm having trouble with it's accuracy and defense

I'm in Pokemon white, in celestial tower
I've already catch a litwick.

I'm heard he's better , but don't know why.

Should I'm replace ?

Comments

It is easier to use Darmanitan than Darumaka because it loses Hustle in favor of Sheer Force. This will amend your issues with its accuracy.

Between Darmanitan and Chandelure... it's very difficult to say which is better and I think they're about dead even. Darmanitan is available earlier and has more explosive STAB options, while Chandelure has stronger coverage, more bulk, and a better defensive profile. I think you should look at the rest of your team and decide whether you need an answer to Caitlin (in which case pick Chandelure), or a physical attacker that can delete most neutral opponents (in which case pick Darmanitan).

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I'm normally like using a offensive attack Pokemon and damanitam is good for its moves , but I'm was thinking of the advantage of chandelurr ghost type, I'm already have a krokodile so probably not needing it for psychic.

Thanks for the help ☺️

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what is the “hustle” nature??

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What are the best moveset for a damanitam ?

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https://pokemondb.net/pokebase/14611/what-is-a-good-moveset-for-darmanitan Pick a moveset that doesn’t have zen as the ability

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Stout, this is for a playthrough. Not sure comp sets are gonna be that helpful cause a lot of moves might be too late game. Maybe search for a team with one of them from this: https://pokemondb.net/pokebase/99013/what-is-a-good-in-game-team-for-black-and-white?show=99013#q99013

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I know it’s for a playthrough but they’re still good sets

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I'd say Darmanitan is better than Chandelure because it evolves and learns moves earlier, learns belly drum, and isn't weak to dark. A good moveset for singleplayer would probably look like this:

Darmanitan
EVs: 100 Spe
- fire punch/flare blitz
- work up/belly drum
- dig
- superpower

@Stoutland The top sets all have earthquake and choice scarf, which are post-game. One of them has return, which is bad on Darmanitan in both singleplayer and competitive.

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Im not recommending specific sets im just giving a link to them and saying pick one you like

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What ability is ur litwick? I just wanted to ask...

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@Stoutland Yes, and I'm saying every set in that thread is bad for singleplayer.