Pokemon Legends: Arceus' Hisuian Zoroark Could be a Nightmare in Competitive Battles

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Despite some early negative impressions, Pokemon Legends: Arceus was a smashing success, selling over six million copies within a week after release. There are many factors that contributed to the game's overwhelmingly positive reviews, and one is how Pokemon Legends: Arceus changes the Pokemon formula with its gameplay loop and unique systems. Letting go of abilities, held items, and breeding was a bold move because these aspects have played a big role in previous games for any form of competitive battles.

Competitive PvP is also something the game currently lacks, and it's hard to tell whether Pokemon Legends: Arceus' rumored DLC might include it, alongside other features or more creatures in the Pokedex. Pokemon Legends: Arceus' internal data includes abilities for all the Pokemon in the game, which is likely information to be shared with Pokemon Home once they become compatible so players can start transferring the creatures to mainline games. This is bound to happen at some point for all the new Hisuian forms in Pokemon Legends: Arceus, including Hisuian Zoroark — the first Normal/Ghost-type in the series, and potentially a nightmare to deal with in competitive battles.

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One of the reasons why Normal and Ghost is such a good type combination in the Pokemon franchise is that it gets two resistances, three immunities, and only one weakness to Dark-type moves — which is a big one, but it's offset by the multiple benefits. Unovan Zoroark is a Dark-type Pokemon that came with an ability called Illusion, which allows players to disguise Zoroark as the last Pokemon in their team line-up. This ability is particularly strong in competitive battles because it allows