{"id":104864,"date":"2019-12-03T16:45:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-03T16:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/12\/random_pokemon_sword_and_shields_final_boss_can_be_beaten_with_a_magikarp"},"modified":"2019-12-03T16:45:00","modified_gmt":"2019-12-03T16:45:00","slug":"random-pokemon-sword-and-shields-final-boss-can-be-beaten-with-a-magikarp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2019\/12\/03\/random-pokemon-sword-and-shields-final-boss-can-be-beaten-with-a-magikarp\/","title":{"rendered":"Random: Pok\u00e9mon Sword and Shield&#8217;s Final Boss Can Be Beaten With A Magikarp"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/03d3dccdb2341\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/03d3dccdb2341\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/03d3dccdb2341\/1280x720.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<div class=\"youtube\">[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5z4r28FrXMw?rel=0&amp;hd=1&amp;showinfo=0&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;autohide=1&#038;w=900&#038;h=507]<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>While it can evolve into a pretty powerful beast, the humble <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/11\/guide_pokemon_sword_and_shield_pokedex_galar_region\">Magikarp<\/a> has a bad reputation in the world of <strong>Pok\u00e9mon<\/strong>. This flappy fish is seen as a waste of space, so YouTuber PokeTips decided to give it a moment in the spotlight by taking on Leon in <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/pokemon_sword_and_shield\">Pok\u00e9mon Sword and Shield<\/a><\/strong>, the game&#8217;s undefeated regional champion.<\/p>\n<p>This approach took some time, it&#8217;s worth noting. PokeTips knew that the ability to use the powerful Hydro Pump move could work in Magikarp&#8217;s favour, but it can&#8217;t take down Leon on its own. After trying a few different tactics \u2013 including levelling up the fish to 100 with high hit points and using Eviolite \u2013 the winning strategy revealed itself.<\/p>\n<p>With Magikarp holding Choice Specs (which boosts the monster&#8217;s special attack but limits it to a single move) and using Special X (which augments the power of its Special Attack) it&#8217;s possible to take Leon down. Sure, this isn&#8217;t foolproof as Hydro Pump doesn&#8217;t hit 100% of the time, but it <em>does<\/em> work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5z4r28FrXMw?rel=0&amp;hd=1&amp;showinfo=0&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;autohide=1&#038;w=900&#038;h=507] While it can evolve into a pretty powerful beast, the humble Magikarp has a bad reputation in the world of Pok\u00e9mon. This flappy fish is seen as a waste of space, so YouTuber PokeTips decided to give it a moment in the spotlight by taking on Leon in Pok\u00e9mon Sword and Shield, the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-104864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104864"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104864\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}