Pokémon has a caller meta contender successful town, and it’s…a cute rodent family? That’s right. In summation to having unsettling in-game implications similar however parents hatch retired of a azygous egg, the Tandemaus enactment is besides incredibly powerful: its signature determination tin transcend the basal powerfulness of attacks specified arsenic Hyper Beam and Explosion. Tandemaus and Maushold person gotten competitive players shaking successful their boots.

Tandemaus is simply a Normal-Type Pokémon that resembles a brace of mice who unrecorded unneurotic arsenic a household unit. When they germinate into Maushold, they tin summation either 1 oregon 2 mice children. Yes, the Pokémon are procreating with oregon without your approval. And the crushed that you’re lone proceeding astir it present is due to the fact that these Pokémon were introduced successful the precocious released Scarlet and Violet.

The lone happening that saves america each from ever being pummeled to decease by a household of mice is that its effectiveness is RNG-dependent. That signature move, Population Bomb, is simply a multi-hit determination similar Bullet Seed and Double Slap, and it hits anyplace from 1 to 10 times. Each deed deals a basal harm of 20, and each deed has a basal accuracy of 90. If you miss adjacent a azygous hit, past the full determination ends. The mice mates raised a household of quitters, apparently.

But wait, there’s more! If you get a Tandemaus with the Hidden Ability “Technician,” it past further boosts each deed by 50%. That’s connected apical of the 50% Same Type Attack Bonus (STAB). So Population Bomb’s existent powerfulness is 45-450 if you get the correct Tandemaus. Assuming that RNG favors you for 10 consecutive hits, this determination tin beryllium the astir almighty Normal-type determination successful the game. If you truly deliberation astir it, bash you adjacent request each 10 hits? Just landing 4 attacks volition nett you 180 points of basal damage. And it doesn’t adjacent travel with the emblematic drawbacks of missing a crook oregon taking monolithic recoil damage. You tin besides further boost Tandemaus with held items specified arsenic Wide Lens, which brings Population Bomb’s accuracy to 100 percent.

In bid to get the Technician quality for these terrifying fellas, you person to get the Ability Patch arsenic a uncommon driblet successful Tera Battles. I know, I know. Tera Battles are some of the worst raids I’ve ever played. But deliberation astir the gains! Think astir crushing your enemies with the cutest Pokémon successful the game. If you person much diligent friends, you tin besides inquire them to breed you a Tandemaus with the Hidden Ability.

For the remainder of us, person nary fear: There’s 1 reliable antagonistic to the tyrannical reign of Technician Tandemaus: The Rocky Helmet. This held point shaves disconnected one-sixth of an opponent’s wellness barroom each clip they usage a determination that makes contact. So assuming that Tandemaus is astatine afloat health, you conscionable person to past six hits—or 270 basal damage. The Mudbray enactment besides looks similar a bully counter—its quality Stamina raises its Defense with each hit. Or you could conscionable tally a Ghost-type Pokémon.

This household is present to shingle up competitory Pokémon, and it takes nary prisoners. And you cognize what? Good for them.