Rapidash can fill the role of a fast attacker. It can bolster its defensive capabilities with moves such as Charm, but unfortunately you may find that Empoleon lacks the speed to defend itself against its crippling weaknesses to Electric, Ground, and Fighting. Emploeon’s exclusive Water and Steel type attributes grant it 10 resistances along with a single immunity. But it does have defensive advantages to compensate. Unlike Infernape, Empoleon lacks the fighting prowess. For those who have saved data on their Switch for Pokémon: Let’s Go! Pikachu or Pokémon Let’s Go! Eevee they can acquire the powerful psychic Mew for themselves. Similar to the best Infernape team, the best team for Empoleon can all be assembled in the early parts of the game, except for Garchomp.
If you don’t have that, feel free to swap it out with a similarly high-stat Pokémon. Of course, you’re going to need a Sword and Shield save filed on your switch to get Jirachi. They’re Pokémon with pretty high stats and can balance your team regardless of the situation. When dealing with Pokémon Infernape is weak against, such as water and ground type Pokémon, Roserade is the best to use in place of your main Pokémon.Īs for Jirachi and Garchomp, they’re there to provide additional backup. Switching Infernape out for Gyarados to reduce attack damages using Intimidate can help your team survive deadlier attacks.
There are Pokémon that Infernape will have trouble dealing with.
However, you’re going to need a team to compensate for Infernape as you can’t get overly reliant on only one Pokémon on your team. Infernape can one-hit KO most Pokémon he comes across, even to those belonging to Gym Leaders setting up its Power-Up Punch. Near the end of the game, Pokémon with fire resistant properties are quite rare.