{"id":182,"date":"2023-10-06T15:01:07","date_gmt":"2023-10-06T05:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ortheore.com\/?p=182"},"modified":"2024-01-07T14:00:22","modified_gmt":"2024-01-07T04:00:22","slug":"farfetchd-an-oddball-of-a-pokemon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ortheore.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/farfetchd-an-oddball-of-a-pokemon\/","title":{"rendered":"Farfetch&#8217;d &#8211; an Oddball of a Pokemon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Update<\/em>:<em> since I completed my testing of this Pokemon, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smogon.com\/forums\/threads\/re-replays.3732031\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">many of Showdown&#8217;s replays were lost<\/a> (occurred Nov\/Dec 2023). Consequently, some of the replays I used as a showcase may no longer work- apologies!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">RBY Farfetch&#8217;d I think has a clear air of goofiness about it, and that&#8217;s translated to its competitive potential. It has some potent tools in Swords Dance and STAB Slash, but they don&#8217;t synergise at all, given that critical hits ignore Attack boosts. Unfortunately, those are really its only two good traits. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For some incomprehensible reason it lacks Hyper Beam, a critical tool for a Swords Dance Normal. Does it have coverage? Absolutely not. Good stats? Nope, they&#8217;re some of the worst in the game. How&#8217;s its typing? Well it&#8217;s weak to Ice and Electric, while the lack of coverage means it can&#8217;t leverage its Ground immunity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"46\" height=\"48\" src=\"https:\/\/ortheore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Fetch-G-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-185\" style=\"width:168px;height:171px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">I love the RG Farfetch&#8217;d sprite. It has such a goofy vibe to it that&#8217;s incredibly charming<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It even faces competition. Scyther has access to many of the same moves as Farfetch&#8217;d, while its superior stats make it generally more useful and almost entirely offset its lack of STAB. All of this is to say that Farfetch&#8217;d faces an uphill battle in competitive RBY. So what does a team with Farfetch&#8217;d look like?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Teambuilding<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first thing to decide upon is Farfetch&#8217;d&#8217;s set. Its movepool has some interesting tools, but Swords Dance, Body Slam and Slash are clearly the best options. For the 4th slot there are a couple options to consider:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Agility makes for an interesting combo with Slash and helps to remedy Fetch&#8217;s poor speed, especially since +2 Body Slam only barely outdamages Slash, diminishing the appeal of Swords Dance<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Double Edge at +2 can achieve a couple KOs that Body Slam cannot. It usually 2HKOs Tauros, Exeggutor and Zapdos, and guarantees a 3HKO on Cloyster<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sand Attack is something I noted  as not having an obvious purpose, but potentially being surprisingly useful. In retrospect, an obvious use case would be if the opponent has a counter such as Gengar or Rhydon. Bonus points for being something Scyther can&#8217;t do<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When I was testing I decided Agility would be the most useful, giving Farfetch&#8217;d more offensive versatility. At the time of writing this though, I&#8217;m testing Pidgeot, and am now thinking that Sand Attack would be great for mitigating Fetch&#8217;s counters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"47\" height=\"47\" src=\"https:\/\/ortheore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Fetch-RB.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-186\" style=\"width:179px;height:179px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fetch&#8217;s RB sprite I can&#8217;t help but feel misses the mark. It lacks the quirky character of the Green sprite and feels vacuous<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Either way, once you&#8217;ve decided on Farfetch&#8217;d&#8217;s set, you need to address 2 issues- Farfetch&#8217;d is hard countered by Normal resists, and is a defensive liability against pretty much everything. With those factors in mind, I opted for standard Tauros and Reflect\/Earthquake Snorlax. No way in hell am I cheating on coverage with Farfetch&#8217;d in tow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My initial version of the team saw me use Lapras, Sing Chansey and lead Alakazam. Testing swiftly demonstrated that this team wasn&#8217;t viable, with an incoherent status plan and major Zapdos weakness. I then decided to swap Lapras out for Hydro Pump\/Thunderbolt Starmie, as it has broad defensive coverage and even though it&#8217;s still weak to Zapdos, its Speed is something of a saving grace. I hate running lead Alakazam if I&#8217;m not prepared to paralyse early, which is at odds with Sing Chansey. Therefore I replaced it with lead Exeggutor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The final version of the team was still significantly weak to Zapdos, but it&#8217;s not so bad that the team is entirely unviable. It is worth noting that in 2023 Zapdos is at what looks like a low point. Potentially if the metagame shifts to be more friendly to it this team could be exposed. Regardless, if you&#8217;d like to try my team it can be <a href=\"https:\/\/pokepast.es\/d20b0d0a312660ef\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Results<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The biggest selling point of Farfetch&#8217;d is its versatility as an attacker. You have the option of going for immediate damage with Slash, or investing in your attacking potential with Swords Dance and\/or Agility. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Having said that, it also falls short in some notable areas. As I mentioned, Body Slam is only a little better than Slash after a single boost, meaning a single Swords Dance often isn&#8217;t the best use of a turn. It also has a dicey matchup against Reflect users which is not a great look for something that spams Slash- Chansey generally isn&#8217;t 2HKO&#8217;d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fortunately there&#8217;s a neat tech against Snorlax, the most notorious reflect user. Although Farfetch&#8217;d cannot break Lax with Slash, it can force a Rest loop. This means that Snorlax will be predictably using Rest, giving you the free turn you need to use Swords Dance. Once you boost up to +6, Fetch&#8217;s Body Slam is powerful enough to break through Lax&#8217;s Reflect. Of course, this is a slow process and your opponent should catch on to what you&#8217;re doing and disrupt it&#8230; except <a href=\"https:\/\/replay.pokemonshowdown.com\/gen1ou-1849597691-xck197aohr98f71c8e1kxiwrbt5wglgpw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">I&#8217;ve pulled it off<\/a> against a quality opponent (admittedly, I think Laurel was just complacent).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"48\" height=\"44\" src=\"https:\/\/ortheore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Fetch-Y.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-187\" style=\"width:198px;height:181px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">I honestly think this sprite looks less like a bird with a leek and more like a satchel bag- I&#8217;m imagining a bird courier hurrying about on foot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Of course, I haven&#8217;t addressed the fact that the terrible bulk and defensive typing of Farfetch&#8217;d means it&#8217;s almost impossible to bring in, never mind set up (after all, it gets <a href=\"https:\/\/replay.pokemonshowdown.com\/gen1ou-1826340137-o24rxjv3vqwesmzmvb1mab243ddf66tpw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">2HKO&#8217;d by Porygon apparently<\/a>). Throughout my testing I heavily benefited from opponents being complacent around Farfetch&#8217;d and leaving in sleeping or <a href=\"https:\/\/replay.pokemonshowdown.com\/gen1ou-1840405392-jnukzzi2uyj512ada9zegwzxrqy29topw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">frozen Pokemon<\/a>. You also have to account for the fact that Farfetch&#8217;d is completely walled by Gengar and Rhydon, with the latter being the last thing you want to let in safely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Overall, Farfetch&#8217;d is really, really bad. It&#8217;s capable of being a threat, but most of the time it&#8217;s a gaping liability, while being flawed even as an offensive threat. It&#8217;s also totally outclassed by Scyther unless you run Sand Attack- that&#8217;s something that I wish I&#8217;d tested, and honestly it&#8217;s a change I&#8217;ll go back and make. Farfetch&#8217;d isn&#8217;t quite useless enough to share a tier with Golbat and the like, but it&#8217;s still treading thin ice, and is unambiguously unviable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Farfetch&#8217;d in competitive RBY has some interesting tools, but lacks other crucial components and just isn&#8217;t great<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[12,17,16,11],"class_list":["post-182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-trashmons","tag-competitive-pokemon","tag-farfetchd","tag-pokemon","tag-rby"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.8 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Farfetch&#039;d in competitive RBY has some interesting tools, but lacks other crucial components and just isn&#039;t great\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ortheore\"\/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ortheore.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/farfetchd-an-oddball-of-a-pokemon\/\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO (AIOSEO) 4.9.8\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ortheore&#039;s blog - 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