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Heya everyone! The Mythical Island expansion brought many new decks to Pokemon Pocket, shaking up the meta. a1a-46-aerodactyl-ex is one of the five new EX Pokemon, that brings a unique playstyle to the Fighting type decks.
The a1a-46-aerodactyl-ex a1-142-primeape is a Fighting off-meta deck, which disrupts the opponent's strategy using a1a-46-aerodactyl-ex's ability and buying you enough time to go for more attacks and knock out the opponent's win conditions.
Gameplan
We need to play a1a-63-old-amber as quickly as possible to evolve it into a1a-46-aerodactyl-ex and disrupt the opponent's game plan with Primval Law ability.
Since a1a-63-old-amber isn't a Basic Pokemon, you can't draw it with promo-5-poke-ball. So you might have games where you struggle to evolve a1a-46-aerodactyl-ex early in the game.
a1a-46-aerodactyl-ex's Primval Law prevents opponents from evolving a Pokemon in the Active spot, forcing them to expend resources to retreat it to the Bench and evolve it.
a1a-46-aerodactyl-ex only needs 2 Energy to activate Land Crush, going for 80 damage on the opponent's Active Pokemon. You aren't one-shotting high-health Pokemon, but since you could slow the opponent's strategy with Primval Law, a1a-46-aerodactyl-ex could manage to attack at least twice.
promo-17-mankey's Reckless Charge synergizes with a1-142-primeape's Fight Back. a1-142-primeape's attack only deals 40 damage, which isn't too threatening. However, when damaged, a1-142-primeape's Fight Back bumps its damage up to 100, allowing you to knock out higher-health Pokemon.
This is where promo-17-mankey's Reckless Charge shines. Instead of relying on the opponent damaging a1-142-primeape to gain the damage boost, promo-17-mankey's Reckless Charge will self-damage him by 10, giving the extra damage once you evolve it into a1-142-primeape.
Since a1-142-primeape and a1a-46-aerodactyl-ex don't have high-cost attacks, a1a-32-mew-ex can be used as a secondary win condition. a1a-32-mew-ex's Genome Hacking is perfect for copying high-damage attacks and knocking out an opponent's Pokemon with a single attack. Copying the likes of a1-129-mewtwoex and a1-36-charizardex is worth it, especially since you're attaching Fighting Energy to a1a-32-mew-ex, so you won't discard any of them.
Other Pokemon
a1-154-hitmonlee can be used early and late in the game. With its Stretch Kick attack, you can target the opponent's Benched Pokemon, threatening to knock out a damaged Pokemon hiding on the Bench.
a1a-47-marshadow is best played in the Active spot when one of your Pokemon gets knocked out by your opponent's attack. a1a-47-marshadow's Revenge attack goes from 40 damage to 100 damage, capable of getting you a knockout. a1a-47-marshadow has low health, so he's not meant to stick around for long in the Active spot, the main goal is to get value out of the Revenge attack.
If you prefer running another Ex Pokemon that can carry games for you, then a1-153-marowakex is one of the best choices to pair with a1a-46-aerodactyl-ex. a1-153-marowakex's Bonemerang can be a game-changer if you get lucky. When activated, you'll flip 2 coins, and for each heads, a1-153-marowakex's Bonemerang will deal an extra 80 damage. A 160-damage attack can knock out most of the Pokemon standing in your way.
Aerodactyl Ex Primeape Weakness
- Since a1a-63-old-amber isn't a Pokemon, you might not find it early in the game to evolve it into a1a-46-aerodactyl-ex.
- This list doesn't have a reliable one-shot attack for high-health Pokemon. However, a1a-32-mew-ex somewhat solves that problem most of the time.
Closing Words
a1a-46-aerodactyl-ex is a fun deck if you're trying to ruin the opponent's strategy and slow them down. It might not work out in all matchups, but against decks that rely on a Stage 2 Pokemon to win games, a1a-46-aerodactyl-ex's Primval Law will shine the most.
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