What is your favouite double battle strategy?

My favourite double battle strategy would definitely be the invincible pokemon strategy. Have a pokemon with baton pass and ability swap and shedinja out. Have the pokemon with ability swap swap abilites with shedinja, then baton pass and either switch out Sableye or Spiritomb.

I'm almost 100% certain that Baton Pass doesn't carry over the Pokemon's ability only the stat increases. Therefore, this is only plausible with a Sableye that knows Role Play and you use Role Play on your own Shedinja. However, there is still a flaw with this strategy. They are both really slow with low Sp. Defense and Defense. In the end, chances are one, if not both, would be KO'ed before you would even be able to set up your strategy. I do admit that it is a good idea, but there is still a pretty big flaw here.
What has worked for me, and is the only doubles team I use is a Electric/Water team. First I send out Electrode and Manectric. Electrode explodes while Manectric protects. This takes out or does substantial damage to the opponents Pokemon. I then send out my Lanturn or Kingler. Lanturn is a Tank where Kingler is my Physical Sweeper. If Kingler is sent out I throw up another Protect while Manectric uses Swagger on my own Kingler. With a berry to cure myself of confusion Kingler now has it's attack raised by two stages. With a mixed move set and high Attack and Defense, Kingler is a useful Physical Sweeper that can is capable of taking hits. I haven't done any double battles in while and who knows how useful this strategy still is with the meta game always changing.

Um have any of you tested this at all?

Wonder Guard can't be Swapped or Roleplayed.
And I'm pretty sure Protect protects from Swagger...it protects from Taunt, so that's just an expected extension.

baton pass and swap are good combination of abilities

Protect doesn't Protect from Swagger. Therefore, my strategy is still effective and I have tested it out and have been successful. And you are correct on the fact that Wonder Guard cannot be Role Played. When I wrote my last post I was under the impression there were no exceptions to Role Play. Role Play cannot copy Wonder Guard nor Multiple. To correct what I wrote earlier you "invincible" strategy is not possible.

My favorite strategy as of now involves A Follow Me Togekiss and a Nasty Plot Mismagius. On the first turn, they both protect to scout the opponent's moves a bit. Next, Mismagius would use Nasty Plot while Togekiss would use Follow Me. Thus, Mismagius would not be harmed while setting up (Unless they're using Discharge or something, but most people use Thunderbolt instead. Mismagius has Levitate, so no EQuakes). I then proceed to sweep or set up only if Togekiss is still alive. If I see a dark type or something that Mismagius can't beat with HP Fighting, I send in Scizor to Bug Bite it, or Bullet Punch it if it's Tyranitar. And then my last Pokemon is Metagross, who does some damage and then expodes with Scizor protects. However, the battle's usually over before Metagross gets sent in.

My favorite strategy? Togekiss and Bronzong combine as leads to effectively guarantee that I get Trick Room up with Bronzong. I then switch to something to wreck the common weather that you find in Doubles, like a combo of Tyranitar/Rhyperior that just smacks around stuff. Backup Trick Room Set up and a sweeper that doesn't mind TR but can also function well without it (like priority abusers) then round off the last two members (if it is 6-on-6 doubles, that is).

Slaking attacks, SlowbroRole Plays Slaking. Slaking has better ability, Slowbro has bad. Switch out Slowbro, problem solved.

Or Belly Drum on one pokemon and Psych Up on the other to get 2 +6 attack Pokemon. Like Linoone and Gallade.

Corruptodile said:

Slaking attacks, SlowbroRole Plays Slaking. Slaking has better ability, Slowbro has bad. Switch out Slowbro, problem solved.

Or Belly Drum on one pokemon and Psych Up on the other to get 2 +6 attack Pokemon. Like Linoone and Gallade.

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Role Play just copies the target's ability; it doesn't swap the user's ability with the target's (that's Skill Swap you're referring to).

Anyway, I like using Discharge, Surf, Earthquake and Lava Plume with Pokemon that have Volt Absorb/Motor Drive (or a Ground Pokemon), Water Absorb, Levitate (or Flying Pokemon) and Flash Fire as abilities.

There might be a way to swap wonder guard onto Sableye/Spiritomb. It will result in 3 turns... 4 pokemon
~will need
1. Bulky Skill Swapper
2. Rampardos
3. Shedinja
4. Sableye/Spiritomb
Here are the turns
(Send out Swapper and Rampardos)
Turn 1: Swap abilities with Rampardos
Turn 2: Switch out Rampardos and into shedinja, because of mold breaker, it should let you swap abilities with wonder guard.
Turn 3: Switch out Shedinja and into Sableye/Spiritomb... and there you have it


In theory this should work, but the game creators have probably thought of this and made Wonder Guard unable to be swapped even with mold breaker.

I don't have a specific strategy, but when my brother's all like "DOUBLE BATTLE TIEM!" what I do is I pull out my gyarados and rhyperior and use earthquake and such. he gets pretty upset :D

Gotta be Trick Room for me.

PlatinumDude said:

Role Play just copies the target's ability; it doesn't swap the user's ability with the target's (that's Skill Swap you're referring to).

Anyway, I like using Discharge, Surf, Earthquake and Lava Plume with Pokemon that have Volt Absorb/Motor Drive (or a Ground Pokemon), Water Absorb, Levitate (or Flying Pokemon) and Flash Fire as abilities.

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That's what I meant xD thanks for correcting me.

Skip Shot said:

My favorite strategy? Togekiss and Bronzong combine as leads to effectively guarantee that I get Trick Room up with Bronzong. I then switch to something to wreck the common weather that you find in Doubles, like a combo of Tyranitar/Rhyperior that just smacks around stuff. Backup Trick Room Set up and a sweeper that doesn't mind TR but can also function well without it (like priority abusers) then round off the last two members (if it is 6-on-6 doubles, that is).

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Togekiss and Bronzong combine battle strategies are also mine fave.

Salamence with flygon is my fave duo :D