Spyro190

Quel momento in cui capisci che non sai nulla di competitivo se lasci decidere al caso il sesso dei tuoi pokémon.

1. Special Attackers should be female, in order to counter Captivate Sableye. Captivate is a move that lowers the Sp. Atk of both opponent’s Pokémon by 2 stages if their genders are opposite. Sableye is the most viable user of this move, as it can easily use it to its advantage with Prankster, and can even then survive a Dragon Gem Draco Meteor from a Latios – which is why people use female Sableye, because Latios must be male. Thundurus, special Landorus-I, and special Nidoking also fall under this category of Pokémon guaranteed to lose Sp. Atk.

2. The only other viable gender-based strategy is Rivalry, an ability which boosts attacks against Pokémon of the same gender by 25%, and can only be viably seen on Haxorus, but you can immediately tell if it has Rivalry just because Mold Breaker and Unnerve reveal themselves at the start of battle. Here, it is best to take the rest of your physical attacking Pokémon and “balance it” so you have a more equal ratio of males to females. If you have Pokémon that are genderless on your team, and have an odd number of Pokémon remaining, go with female, because most gender strategies rely on your Pokémon being the more common male.