Can Linoone work in the battle frontier?
I spent a long time training up my battle frontier team, consisting of a Starmie, Metagross, and Extreme Speed Linoone from Pokemon Box. Starmie and Metagross are both good, but have weaknesses Linoone can't really cover, even if it is a great setup sweeper. The team seems to especially struggle with pokemon like swampert. I've gotten to silver on the tower, pike, and dome but seem to be struggling quite a bit lately with regaining a streak even that high.
Essentially, I'm wondering if it's practical to try to get through the other battle facilities to the gold symbol with Linoone on my team? I think switching it out for something like a Salamence would probably work better, but I love having Linoone on my team so it would be kind of a bummer. Thank you!
Full Details :
Per'kele (Starmie) @ Shell Bell
Ability: Natural Cure
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 27 HP / 23 Atk / 12 Def / 13 SpD
- Hydro Pump
- Ice Beam
- Psychic
- Thunderbolt
Ratkin (Linoone) (F) @ Lum Berry
Ability: Pickup
EVs: 108 HP / 252 Atk / 12 Def / 136 Spe
Jolly Nature
IVs: 18 HP / 12 Def / 17 SpA / 23 SpD / 16 Spe
- Belly Drum
- Extreme Speed
- Shadow Ball
- Substitute
Gro-Goroth (Metagross) @ Leftovers
Ability: Clear Body
EVs: 252 HP / 176 Atk / 80 Def
Adamant Nature
IVs: 25 HP / 5 Atk / 18 Def / 30 SpA / 26 SpD / 23 Spe
- Meteor Mash
- Earthquake
- Protect
- Explosion
Posted Apr 2, 2026, 10:46 PM UTC