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I recently dongled a Shuckle in Pearl and I want to know what I can use it with in a double battle.

In a double battle? Ummm... Probably someone that can use Follow Me, so Shuckle can use Power Trick without any fear. After that, sweep with Shuckle.

Or than that, Shuckle is pretty useless in a double battle IMO.

Substitute and Rest is a good idea, as the partner can heal the HP from Substitute and the Sleep from Rest.

Here's the correct usage of Shuckle:
If you have Ninjask that has Baton Pass and Swords Dance, use Swords Dance twice then Baton Pass it to Shuckle.
EDIT: If Shuckle has Gyro Ball, it can inflict a big amount of damage after Swords Dance is passed to it.

Even after a 4+ Boost, Shuckle's weak attack stat isn't going to be hurting things. Besides it doesn't have a large enough moveset to work that.

IMO Shuckle should just be the same as it always has in a Double Battle, general support, or a Power Trick sweeper.

On Shoddy I shall have you know scarfed Shuckle was immense.

In doubles though, power trick/follow me, or the general combo.

Basically Toxic, Substitute / Rollout, Rest and in Double Battles, Power Trick with... Rampardos / Slaking so Rollout can do Max Damage.

Allow the shuckle expert to crash the party.
Shuckle, being a very underused pokemon, has many uses, such as power trick- focus band combos, or rollout until you acheive maximum power. Its high defence makes it a good placeholder in double battles, and in battles vs npcs, it is invaluable if you want to heal and revive your pokemon. A low HP count means you can save money on poke-medicine.
But it does have its weaknesses. For instance, A sonicboom or two can put it in its place, as it may have high defence, but that does nothing for HP. Also, Power trick leaves it wide open, unless you have a focus band.

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Wow, thanks. I've just now started to train my Shuckle. I looked up something that said if I bred it with a Drapion it could learn Acupressure, which would be useful-ish with power trick. What do you think?

Allow the competitive battle expert to crash the party.

Okay. I just thought of an amazing thing. Of course, we all know it has beastly defenses, and when power tricked, it can OHKO pretty much everything. But the problem is speed. At 5 base speed, it is the slowest in the game. So anything can just outspeed it and easily kill it after a power trick. So the trick is Trick Room. Shuckle will Instantly become the fastest Pokemon in the game, and with Gyro Ball, it can do massive damage after Power Trick. Because this is a Double battle thread anyways, you'd just have a capable partner(such as Dusknoir) set up Trick Room while you use Power Trick. So a good set would be:

Shuckle@Focus Band
Relaxed Nature(+Def -Spe)
IVS: 0 Spe EVS: 252 Def/252 HP/6 SpD
- Power Trick
- Gyro Ball
- Stone Edge
- Earthquake

So yeah. After trick room and power trick, you can pretty much sweep. Even if your Trick Room dies, you can still take hits because of the focus band. So yeah. Yeah parson,

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