Banette ideas? Insomnia

[Ryuukii]

helloooooooooo i have banette and i wanted to go for a sleep talk build, but it can't rest because of insomnia! is there a way around this?? does anyone have any ideas for a banette build?

 

thanks!

[Darksun20]

Skill Swap is one way to bypass that, your opponent will also not be able to use rest when you give them Insomnia on top of potentially stealing a good ability from your opponent. So Rest, Sleep Talk, Skill Swap, and a Damaging move so you dont Struggle when opponent uses Taunt. I suggest either Knock Off for the utility it provides or Shadow Claw for strongest STAB physical move that of note can be boosted by Sheer Force if you manage to steal that.

 

Alternatively (and the easy way out) is just run Frisk ability instead. That way you can rest, are freed up a move slot since you don't need Skill Swap and you can see what items your opponent has, which kinda has synergy with Knock Off.

Edited September 20, 2019 by Darksun20