Type Preview: Fighting

After so many rounds of being the object of my torture, I finally get to turn it on Kalos. It's one of the most physically biased types in the game, so much so that I ended up going out of my way to have special move users at the endgame. It had one of the hardest tossups of type in the game, where I went against a previous run.

I'm Fighting through the darkness to complete this project.

Type effectiveness:
Attacking: Super-effects Normal, Ice, Rock, Dark and Steel. Half damage to Poison, Flying, Psychic, Bug, and Fairy. Ghosts are immune.
Defending: Super-effected by Flying, Psychic and Fairy. Resist Bug, Rock and Dark.

Dual-types: Ingame has Water, Grass, Poison, Flying, Psychic, Bug, Dark, and Steel. Postgame adds Normal (partially), Fire, and Rock.

Probable Final Team:
Chespin/Quilladin/Chesnaught: Yep, he's back. Key anti-Water, and his presence is what made a decision about this team for me. Probable Final Moveset: Brick Break, Seed Bomb, Earthquake, Rock Slide

Riolu/Lucario: Run's official Mega. I might actually just use the one Korrina gives you if I can't get a good nature draw (Hasty's fine as long as I don't randomly misclick and get OHKOed by something). Adaptability'd Metal Claw is probably my best bet at the end of the game for MegaGarde. PFM: Aura Sphere, Metal Claw, Psychic, Shadow Claw

Scraggy/Scrafty: Mr. Fancypants returns from Dark to provide Psychic immunity, Moxie-based sweeping and generally be a boss. Fully prepared to attempt the Valerie sweep again. PFM: High Jump Kick, Crunch, Poison Jab, Dragon Claw

Meditite/Medicham: Provides elemental offense that Gallade just can't provide without move tutors. Attack rating is equivalent... sadly, Lucario has to switch into Flying moves aimed at it quite a bit. PFM: High Jump Kick, three of Psycho Cut, Ice Punch, Fire Punch, Thunder Punch (leaning toward Psycho, Fire and Thunder)

Hawlucha: Aerial offense, will be the anti-Fighter until Medicham can pay a visit to the Returner. PFM: High Jump Kick, Fly, X-Scissor, Poison Jab or Rock Slide

Poliwag/Poliwhirl/Poliwrath: Never thought I'd use this one, but its SA is just good enough that I can use it with either special (ideal, for Ice Beam destruction) or physical (for actual Fighting STAB. On the special side, that's Focus Miss. Ick.) PFM: Focus Blast, Surf, Ice Beam, Psychic

Other team members: Toxicroak will come along for the ride until Poliwrath comes on - of course, that's literally RIGHT BEFORE THE FAIRY GYM where he'd be useful. Oh well, that's Scrafty's job anyway.

Why not use...?
Gallade: Already mentioned, but a lot of his move variety is covered elsewhere and I'm trying to diversify.

Pangoro: Still not a fan compared to Scrafty.

Mienshao: Stuck in the awkward Mienfoo stage for too long, not enough move variety.

Machamp: Trade evo

Hariyama, Sawk: On the same route, pure-Fighting, I would like to use one but need the party slot for variety.

Throh, Heracross: As we know now, neither is available in X.

Gurdurr/Conkledurr: A Machamp that comes on Route 18? nope.gif

Major Battle Expectations:
Viola: Nothing a Rollout can't fix
Grant: Operation "Throw Rock Smash On Everything" now has STAB? How can I lose?
Korrina: Pretty sure I can win the Hawlucha fight.
Ramos: At worst, we have a couple of Poison Jabbers and Hawlucha's Fly.
Clemont: wow such bulldoze many low sweeps
Valerie: Scrafty's gonna do it this time, I swear.
Olympia: Scrafty, Lucario and pray for rain. Medicham will also have been to the Move Returner since.
Wulfric: Ice crashing? Easy.

Rival: He's on Delphox, which would be a problem if it wasn't for Scrafty.
Team Flare: Half their best Pokemon are Fighting weak, just have to watch for the bats.
Elite 4: Wikstrom up first? This is madness! Also, Poliwrath's sole purpose in life is to get rid of Drasna.
Champion: Can Adaptability Metal Claw off base 140 take out MegaGarde?

Trainer:
As befitting a Fighting team, the trainer will be named Paige and the Pokemon nicknamed appropriately - after famous champion wrestlers.