I am not wise in the ways of pokemon, can someone explain? I’m guessing this will result in lots of time spent on abilities that cause sleep or paralysis?
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I'm pretty sure they're all stall pokemon.
I'm not up on the competitive meta and I'm not entirely sure what this screenshot of from. It looks like the 3DS era from the art, but I don't recognize the UI layout here. It could just be the online multiplayer from one of those games, or it could be a romhack, or it could be an online fan-made tool like Pokemon Showdown.
Blissey and Chansey are both just stall pokemon. Tons of HP and bulk, plus movesets that promote healing or supporting teammates rather than doing damage. Quagsire is a bulky choice with very defensive typing, and also in most gens a more defensive moveset. Mareanie and Ferrothorn are defensive pokemon who set up arena hazards (they do a little bit of damage or can inflict poison every time an opponent sends out a pokemon). Amoonguss can heal itself and set up slow chip damage and poison.
Clefable is probably filing a similar role to Blissey on the other team, and the Fairy type gives a defensive answer to any Dragon type opponents.
Mandibuzz is bulky and I guess kind of a defensive typing. Rotom is... There. There is probably some gimmick strat I'm not aware of to make these ones annoying walls too.
I wouldn’t trust my shaky knowledge of Pokemon, but it’s possible these are all Pokemon you’d use to stall a fight and make it go longer? Two such teams fighting each other would take forever.
It appears one side is the evolutions of the other side. That is all I have.
Edit: okay only some are the evolutions. Fungoos is the same on both sides. Mandibuzz is only on one side. I am at a loss myself.