How do I deal with Destiny Bond?

I’m finally at the Elite 4 in my Heartgold Nuzlocke and Karen’s Gengar worries me. Destiny Bond can utterly wreck me if I’m not careful, so I don’t know what to do! Please help.My Current TeamFeraligatr Choice ScarfEspeon Choice SpecsHo-OhMachamp (Currently Machoke, still grinding)Dragonite (Currently Dratini, still Grinding)Crobat.

Pleaselog inorregisterto add a comment.

Just try to take it out quickly with your sweepers. And I’m not sure about it, but switching out overwrites Destiny Bond, I guess, because there was no pokémon who could kill me with Destiny Bond during the games that I played (Emerald and Platinum on emulator, and Y on 3DS). :)

You can easily get past Gengar using either your Feraligatr or your Crobat. Pick one of them, and make sure it’s faster than Karen’s Gengar, isn’t holding a choice scarf, knows screech, and knows a strong dark type attack (crunch for Feraligatr and bite for Crobat). When fighting Karen’s Gengar, use screech until it uses a move other than destiny bond, and then use your dark type attack. This works because destiny bond only lasts until the user uses a different move.