Medicham
Meditate Pokémon
It elegantly avoids attacks with dance-like steps, then launches a devastating blow in the same motion.
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Strategy Overview
Medicham's good offensive typing in Fighting / Psychic and access to powerful moves in High Jump Kick and Zen Headbutt as well as good coverage with moves like Thunder Punch, Ice Punch, and Bullet Punch make it an excellent physical attacker. It can act as a revenge killer or even a wallbreaker with Choice Scarf or Life Orb. However, its awkward tier results in ties with Pokemon like Venusaur. It also is checked by a variety of Pokemon like Uxie and Spiritomb, and a lack of access to Knock Off makes Pokemon like Sigilyph relatively good checks. A lack of bulk makes it very hard for Medicham to switch into attacks, leaving it mainly reliant on being pivoted in. Finally, High Jump Kick is risky to use with Ghost-types on opposing the team because of recoil, so it cannot be spammed easily.
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Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc