Eating the Weak (Espeon / Crobat)

[FaustVIII]

Pokemon:21

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  4-4-4 Crobat PhF
  4x Eevee FuF
  4x Espeon PLF
  1x Jirachi-EX

Trainers/Supporters/Stadiums:33

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  4x Target Whistle
  4x Roller Skates
  1x Great Ball
  3x Super Scoop Up
  2x Ultra Ball
  1x Switch
  1x Prof. Letter
  1x Sacred Ash
  4x Skyla
  2x Juniper
  4x Colress
  1x AZ
  2x Frozen City
  2x Hard Charm
  1x Scoop-Up Cyclone

Energy:6

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  6x Psychic Energy

Strategy: Now this is a fun one. Basically, target the weak and race for prizes. The Crobat line supplies you with the damage you need to finish something off with Espeon (sometimes they might even grab you a free prize, woop), and Espeon in itself is so fast and requires so few energy to snipe. The rest is there to get it, and keep it, rolling, and Target Whistle gets you easy KO's.

It's been working well so far, winning (I think) 13 out of 19 games online. The ridiculous amount of Mewtwo and Garbodor in the current meta gives us a good few weaknesses to snipe, as well as the inevitable Lucario. (plus, it works really well against Night Swarm /giggle)
Some cards I considered (give me opinions for changes): Enhanced Hammer, more AZ, Dimension Valley, Red Card, (other Eeveelutions?), more Psychic or maybe Mystic energy.
Any feedback/suggestions appreciated.

EDIT 1:
-2 Great Ball
-4 Cheren

+2 Juniper
+2 Colress
+1 Ultra Ball
+1 Sacred Ash

 

[bbninjas]

RE: Eating the Weak (Espeon/Crobat)

I would put in more draw support, as well as AZ, so you can get even more damage counters after the Crobot has become ability useless.
I suggest swapping cheren with Shauna or juniper, add a few more hard charms or even muscle bands and remove the great balls. Ultra balls and draws can do that job better.

 

[Ironman131]

RE: Eating the Weak (Espeon/Crobat)

You should drop the cheren and great ball and put in some professor juniper and more ultra ball. I would lower the skyla and roller skates count and put in some N, you may also want to consider Mr. Mime and a gengar EX. You could also drop the hard charms becuase it is easy to one shot all of the pokemon you have in the deck, and myabe lower the espeon line. I would also put in more AZ and more psychic energy.

 

[Gengar master]

RE: Eating the Weak (Espeon/Crobat)

I think you should:
-4 Cheren
-3 Great Ball
-2 Hard Charm

+2 AZ
+4 Professor Juniper
+3 Ultra ball

 

[FaustVIII]

RE: Eating the Weak (Espeon/Crobat)

While I do think Cheren needs replacing, I don't really think I can afford to discard my hand like... ever. A lot of bats will be wasted with 4 Junipers, not to mention my tactical Whistles. Not a lot of good options for supporters nowadays. (oh my darling Roseanne, please return to me soon T-T) I guess maybe more Colress would be good? As for AZ, I'll have to playtest more first. I think more than 5 scoops might be overkill, but maybe replacing SSU with him would make it more reliable.

 

[Ironman131]

RE: Eating the Weak (Espeon/Crobat)

Juniper/ sycamore is the best daw supporter we have right now. If you are that worried about discarding your hand then play lysandres trump card so you can get it all back.

 

[Gengar master]

RE: Eating the Weak (Espeon/Crobat)

While I do think Cheren needs replacing, I don't really think I can afford to discard my hand like... ever. A lot of bats will be wasted with 4 Junipers, not to mention my tactical Whistles. Not a lot of good options for supporters nowadays. (oh my darling Roseanne, please return to me soon T-T) I guess maybe more Colress would be good? As for AZ, I'll have to playtest more first. I think more than 5 scoops might be overkill, but maybe replacing SSU with him would make it more reliable.

If you don't wanna discard your hand much I would play 3-4 Shauna and 3-4 N

You can also play sacred ash if you are worried about discarding your pokemon.

 

[FaustVIII]

After playtesting a lot, I found that while 4 Juniper is definitely too much, I want to use approximately 1 per game. So I've included 2. Colress, on the other hand, is absolutely brilliant with the combination of needing Zubats early and filling the enemy bench with Target Whistle. Maxed out.

Ultra Ball faced the same problem as Juniper, so I've adjusted it to 2. The 1 Great Ball is in there for when I need a Pokemon, but can't discard the cards. With 4 Skyla it really helps. The last slot goes to Sacred Ash, because I realised that when my stuff does start dying, it's really great being able to bring them back up. (ie. I could be stuck without Espeon while the opponent has 2 prizes left, which is of course not ideal)

 

[Gengar master]

Since you will be playing a lot of cards, try to fit in 2-3 Bicycles.

 

[Maximinn]

What do you do if your opponent runs Mr Mime? Would it be worth running 1 Lysandre just in case? Most people don't run more than one and Espeon would 1HKO him. I can't imagine this deck doing well without it's bench damage.

 

[onionsaur]

Hi there :3

Instead of juniper you could always use Caitlin. I find it to be a reaaallllllly useful card most times!

 

[FaustVIII]

What do you do if your opponent runs Mr Mime? Would it be worth running 1 Lysandre just in case? Most people don't run more than one and Espeon would 1HKO him. I can't imagine this deck doing well without it's bench damage.

Here's the twist. Crobat's ability can still damage the bench because it doesn't "do damage". So it can kill Mime. Of course, it's way better being able to pull it and one-shot with Espeon. I'll try to fit in one Lysandre ASAP, since it can help me stall lategame as well. Thanks.

Hi there :3

Instead of juniper you could always use Caitlin. I find it to be a reaaallllllly useful card most times!

I will definitely try. I agree that it's useful in decks that use a lot of evolution cards or otherwise clogging stuff. That way I can put whistles back in when I don't have use for them.