Mar 17, 2015, 04:24 PM
Imagine if you mis-predict a protect and you fire off a HJK. That's 50% of your health right there. The Lum Berry is to ensure that Mienshao doesn't get stopped by the frequent Will-O-Wisps, Thunder Waves, Swaggers and Dark Voids. Mienshao is chosen for Wide Guard support because no one expects it. In a metagame based around making plays and reacting quickly, stalling is the last thing you need to be doing here and Sitrus Berry provides a safety cushion in case Milotic gets ganged on, in which case, you can fire off a Swagger and if you get lucky, you can recover the following turn. The Protect/Disable strategy is a good point but to be honest it isn't necessary for this team since the other members can deal with repetitive attacks. Ghost attacks don't check much things that Sludge Bomb doesn't other than opposing Gengars and Aegislash which Tyranitar and Garchomp can take care of with ease.
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