What Japanese Deck is going to be the play if the rotation is BW-ON

What deck will be the play in BW-ON

  • Eels + Friends

    Votes: 6 13.3%
  • Darkrai + Hydreigon

    Votes: 13 28.9%
  • Mewtwo + Terrakion

    Votes: 2 4.4%
  • Garchomp + Altaria

    Votes: 18 40.0%
  • Less common stuff like HO-OH or Accelgor or Empoleon or really any other rogue decks

    Votes: 6 13.3%

  • Total voters
    45
Another thing that affects the matchup is that the Darkrai player can also use techs such as Max Potion, which, when paired with Sableye, can save quite a lot of KOs.
 
alexmf2 said:
Another thing that affects the matchup is that the Darkrai player can also use techs such as Max Potion, which, when paired with Sableye, can save quite a lot of KOs.

Well the Darkrai/Hydreigon deck is based off of using Hydreigon to move dark energies off of Darkrai so it can be Max Potioned, then move the energies back. The Garchomp player would have to Catcher and KO the opponent's Hydreigon before it can start hitting Darkrais, otherwise they'll just start Max Potioning.
 
The best thing about Darkrai/Hydreigon is that Blend Energy and the energy moving ability allow it to run a lot of different techs.
 
Darkrai does KO Altaria, so the Darkrai/Hydreigon player Catchers and KOs Altaria and do 30 do a Garchomp. Then next turn (assuming you have a Dark Claw) you can OHKO a Garchomp. If they go for your Hydreigons, well, you go for their Altarias and put Garchomp in OHKO range (with Dark Claw). I don't think the matchup is favorable for Garchomp, I think it's even.
 
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