Hello everyone, PikaPoster here, and today we will be looking at one of the coolest (in my opinion) rogue deck Pokémon of all time, Empoleon ULP.
Empoleon ULP
Empoleon 160HP [W]
[W][C] Total Command 20x
This attack does 20 damage for each Benched Pokémon (both yours and your opponent’s).
[W][W][C] Whirlpool 90
Discard an Energy from your opponent’s Active Pokémon.
Weakness – [E] x2
Resistance – [NONE]
Retreat Cost – [C][C]
Strategy
Empoleon ULP’s first attack is the one we will be looking at today. For two energy, it does 20 damage times the number of total benched Pokémon.
Alolan Sandslash/Octillery
Alolan Sandslash and Octillery are both cards that let you draw more if they are on the bench. This means they are a good use of bench space. However, I would personally go with Sandslash, as it lets you always draw one card, where as Octillery lets you draw up to 5.
Glaceon-GX
This card is pretty amazing, as it lets you lock tapu lele on the first turn. This keeps out pesky brigette and lets you KO your opponent’s Pokémon in peace. I swear I’m not using this because Glaceon is my favorite Pokémon. What are you talking about?
Deck List
This list is going to feature Alolan Sandslash, as well as Glaceon-GX, but you could swap these out if you wanted.
Pokémon – 18
4 Piplup ULP 32
2 Prinplup ULP
4 Empoleon ULP
1 Eevee SUM
1 Glaceon-GX ULP
2 Alolan Sandshrew GRI
2 Alolan Sandslash GRI
2 Tapu Lele-GX GRI
Trainers – 34
3 Cynthia
3 N
2 Sycamore
3 Guzma
2 Brigette
4 Ultra Ball
4 Rare Candy
4 Aqua Patch
1 Field Blower
1 Rescue Stretcher
1 Pal Pad
2 Choice Band
2 Float Stone
2 Brooklet Hill
Energy – 8
6 Water Energy
2 Counter Energy