Drifblim and Clefable Double Battle strategy ?

Hello ! I’m posting for my brother. He loves Drifblim and Clefable and created a Flare Boost strategy. I would like to check if it works, though. No worries, he’s got 4 other independent Pokemon in his party so if this fails, he can still win.

The Pokemon:

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@ Flame Orb:Trait: Flare BoostEV: 200 HP / 52 Spe / 248 Sp.ATK / 4 Def / 4 sp.DefTimid nature

@ Leftovers:Trait: Magic GuardEV: 252 HP / 126 Def / 126 sp.Def / 4 sp.ATKRelaxed Nature

PS: This is only for Double Battle.

My brother’s got 4 other individual sweepers so if this fails, he can still counter-attack.

Would this work, or not ?

Thank you.

Pleaselog inorregisterto add a comment.

So no, this doesn’t work. Not least because the ability doesn’t do what your brother thought it does.

It probably won’t work. It certainly won’t work against a semi-competent opponent. You don’t take into account the fact that you are being hit while you do all this stuff. Drifblim isn’t likely to last long, as it has quite a few weaknesses and not the greatest of defenses. And Clefable isn’t going to survive for four turns either. That’s really all there is to it for the flaw in this strategy, now just to correct/inform you on a few things.

Flare Boost increases Special Attack, not Speed. Drifblim is still unable to hit all that hard, and it still is pretty slow.

I’m glad you’re confident that you’ll be facing Sheer Force Conkeldurr every battle. I wish I could predict the future like that.

Stored Power will not be all that great after only one Calm Mind. Base 60 Stored Power is very weak.