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I wish Vikavolt and Lanturn were faster so that they would better work as support Pokemon.

Justifying Held Items in the First Place:

So I was making the Pokémon Team for the Kalos Dark Type Gym Leader (named Kokichi) and I was trying to decide what item to give Pangoro. Normally the Gym Leaders don't use held items so why should I use them? I need a held item in order to use Mega Evolution in the form of an Absolite and the other Gym Leaders use items in the form of Full Restores. So I might as well go beyond and use actual held items for my Gym.

Besides, the concept of fighting dirty and using cheap tricks is one of the things the Dark Type represents. So the finale Gym Leader pulling tricks up his sleeve that the other Gym Leaders never use helps represent this. I made a good explanation for why Kokichi uses held items but the Gym Leaders and Elite Four members don't.

The Gym Leaders and Elite Four members don't really use them because they either don't think they need them or don't want people to think they are reliant on them. It can be seen as a sign of weakness since you're basically admitting your Pokémon aren't good enough on their own. Gym Leaders and especially Elite Four members (the four strongest and most elite trainers of their region behind the Champion) want to be seen as strong Pokémon trainers in their own right. Using held items can also be seen as using cheap tricks and a dishonorable form of combat. Kokichi doesn't really care if he's viewed as weak or dishonorable, if his tactics work then they work.

Assault Vest:

This held item boosts Pangoro's Base Special Defense from 71 to 106. Pangoro's low speed (58) means it's going to be taking most hits before landing its own while having a 4x Fairy weakness in the game that Fairy was introduced.

Even though Pangoro does have Poison Jab to one-shot Fairy pests, I'm not sure if 106 Special Defense is enough to counter a 4x weakness. Luckily enough I don't have to worry about the player bringing Fairy types. There are ZERO Fairy types that can Mega Evolve who are obtainable before the League within Pokémon X and Y.

Mega Gardivoir and Mega Mawile can only be obtained after beating the game. And after searching through the ENTIRE Kalos Pokedex, the only fully evolved Fairy type Pokemon available in the X&Y games (not including Xerneas) are the following:

1. Azumarill

2. Gardevoir

3. Florges

4. Aromatisse

5. Slurpuff

6. Granbull

7. Sylveon

8. Dedenne

9. Carbink

10. Wigglytuff (Jigglypuff is caught on the same route as the Finale Gym)

You're unlikely to be using these Pokemon in a regular playthrough (except for Sylveon and MAYBE Gardevoir). So Players who want to hit my Dark Types for Super Effective damage are likely going to be using Fighting Types like Mega Lucario and/or Chesnaught since Bug is an unpopular type (though I still made counters for it). This doesn't mean I shouldn't have some extra bulk on Pangoro since it's still lacking in both speed and defensive stats.

Wide Lens:

Wide Lens is an item that increases the accuracy of moves by 10%. Pangoro's move set is very offensive based. Aerial Ace takes advantage of Chesnaught's 4x Flying weakness, Poison Jab takes out potential Fairy Types, Payback takes advantage of Pangoro's lack of speed, and Hammer Arm is a very important move against Mega Lucario.

Mega Lucario is one of the reasons why X and Y are considered the easiest games in the series. It's a Mega Evolution given to you extremely early in the game with the ability "Adaptabilty" which gives all STAB moves a 2x boost instead of a 1.5x boost. Elements of my team are going to counter Mega Lucario including Pangoro.

Despite being the poster boy of Fighting types with the exception of Machamp, Lucario is actually WEAK to Fighting type moves do to being part Steel Type. Hammer Arm is a move that has 100 base power but at the cost of lowering the user's speed by one stage per use and having a 10% chance of missing. 100 Base Power + STAB + Mega Lucario being weak to Fighting = 300 POWER!!!

I'm not too worried about the speed lowering since Pangoro is already slow as a bag of bricks. The part that I'm worried about is the 10% chance of missing. That might seem very minuscule but (as a person who has used this on his Snorlax many times) that 10% felt like 40%-50% at times. So in order to guarantee my KO on Mega Lucario and give the player a bit of a challenge, I've thought of raising the 90% accuracy of Hammer Arm to 100% by using Wide Lens.

Which item should I use on my Pangoro?