I didn't see a thread for this, but I'd like to know what people are using as in-game Utility-mon. This isn't for "beating the game", but for making life easier somehow. A good Utility-mon can get multiple post-game jobs done at once. Some Utility-mon may be used for extremely specific purposes. That is fine. Feel free to talk about your Damp Golduck set you used to catch high-chain Geodudes. Just be sure to note why the set exists in the text somewhere.
Smeargle is always a good choice, but give an idea of how difficult it is to obtain the specific Smeargle moves. If you wanted a hypothetical Imprison / Explosion set for some reason, keep in mind how difficult the setup is for that.
Furthermore, please note Egg Moves, Pokebank, Rare-item Requirements (ex: Dawn Stone or Shiny Stones) and Hidden-ability. Give a good idea of the Pokemon's rarity and how difficult it is to obtain. Here are a few examples:
Butterfree @ No Item
CompoundEyes
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Sleep Powder
Thief
Bug Buzz
Psychic
This Butterfree uses CompoundEyes + Sleep Powder to make catching easier, but also serves as a CompoundEyes pokemon to increase the chance of items. CompoundEyes + Thief is the fastest combination for looking for rare items (like Marowak's Bone Club).
Easily grabbed from Route 1 early game, Butterfree can serve as a good Utility-mon throughout the game.
Gallade (Dawn Stone and Pokebank)
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Hypnosis
Mean Look (Egg Move)
False Swipe
Psycho Cut
Gallade will be a great Utility-Mon when transfers are opened up. Psycho Cut provides a good-sized 20 PP and good amounts of damage. Still, the Dawn Stone requirement, the Egg Move, AND Pokebank means this is going to be a difficult `mon to get in practice.
Umbreon @ Leftovers
Synchronize
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Mean Look
Baton Pass
Yawn (Egg Move) / Taunt
Dark Pulse
Eevee is available early on as early as Route 4 and Route 6. Umbreon doesn't serve as the ideal Synchronize Pokemon to mass-catch and raise (Abra is more ideal for the "Fainted Lead Synchronize" trick). But the "Trapping" with Mean Look and Baton Pass provides an easy way to catch those Abras.
Yawn is unfortunately an Egg Move, but reliable sleep aids in catching very much. Still, you can get a good set without breeding using the Taunt TM, which is useful for stopping wild-pokemon from using recovery moves.
Golduck
Damp
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Soak
Waterfall
Surf
Yawn (Egg Move)
For those who want to catch a high-chain Alolan-Geodude (all the explosions), Damp Golduck is a good option. Soak is always useful for making Ghost-types weak against False Swipe. So the `mon isn't quite dead-weight in other situations... but Tapu Fini and Araquanid have more utility as Soak users.
Smeargle is always a good choice, but give an idea of how difficult it is to obtain the specific Smeargle moves. If you wanted a hypothetical Imprison / Explosion set for some reason, keep in mind how difficult the setup is for that.
Furthermore, please note Egg Moves, Pokebank, Rare-item Requirements (ex: Dawn Stone or Shiny Stones) and Hidden-ability. Give a good idea of the Pokemon's rarity and how difficult it is to obtain. Here are a few examples:
Butterfree @ No Item
CompoundEyes
----------
Sleep Powder
Thief
Bug Buzz
Psychic
This Butterfree uses CompoundEyes + Sleep Powder to make catching easier, but also serves as a CompoundEyes pokemon to increase the chance of items. CompoundEyes + Thief is the fastest combination for looking for rare items (like Marowak's Bone Club).
Easily grabbed from Route 1 early game, Butterfree can serve as a good Utility-mon throughout the game.
Gallade (Dawn Stone and Pokebank)
-------
Hypnosis
Mean Look (Egg Move)
False Swipe
Psycho Cut
Gallade will be a great Utility-Mon when transfers are opened up. Psycho Cut provides a good-sized 20 PP and good amounts of damage. Still, the Dawn Stone requirement, the Egg Move, AND Pokebank means this is going to be a difficult `mon to get in practice.
Umbreon @ Leftovers
Synchronize
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Mean Look
Baton Pass
Yawn (Egg Move) / Taunt
Dark Pulse
Eevee is available early on as early as Route 4 and Route 6. Umbreon doesn't serve as the ideal Synchronize Pokemon to mass-catch and raise (Abra is more ideal for the "Fainted Lead Synchronize" trick). But the "Trapping" with Mean Look and Baton Pass provides an easy way to catch those Abras.
Yawn is unfortunately an Egg Move, but reliable sleep aids in catching very much. Still, you can get a good set without breeding using the Taunt TM, which is useful for stopping wild-pokemon from using recovery moves.
Golduck
Damp
--------
Soak
Waterfall
Surf
Yawn (Egg Move)
For those who want to catch a high-chain Alolan-Geodude (all the explosions), Damp Golduck is a good option. Soak is always useful for making Ghost-types weak against False Swipe. So the `mon isn't quite dead-weight in other situations... but Tapu Fini and Araquanid have more utility as Soak users.
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