No hate, what would be the point in this thread if we refused to answer questions like this?
In my experience the best partners for this core are hard-hitting Grass-types, which complements the core by taking out the likes of Gastrodon and Rotom-Wash which are among the few things that can reliably shut it down. Breloom is a personal favourite as 70 base speed is exactly the right speed to profit from Zapdos's Tailwind, and T-wind means you can consider running Low Sweep over Mach Punch for more power. Another Grass-type (which, I'll be honest, I've never tried) that could work really well is Rotom-Mow, due to a serendipitous typing and ability which means it takes nothing from Earthquake and very little from Discharge, plus it can spam Discharge itself.
If you are looking for more of a supportive role, Musharna is also fantastic as it can boost the power of attacks with Helping Hand and use Imprison to prevent the opponent from using Protect, all while taking no damage from Dis/Quake thanks to its ability Telepathy. However, it doesn't do much damage on its own, and is slower than the Internet was in 1993 so Tailwind is wasted on it.
In my experience the best partners for this core are hard-hitting Grass-types, which complements the core by taking out the likes of Gastrodon and Rotom-Wash which are among the few things that can reliably shut it down. Breloom is a personal favourite as 70 base speed is exactly the right speed to profit from Zapdos's Tailwind, and T-wind means you can consider running Low Sweep over Mach Punch for more power. Another Grass-type (which, I'll be honest, I've never tried) that could work really well is Rotom-Mow, due to a serendipitous typing and ability which means it takes nothing from Earthquake and very little from Discharge, plus it can spam Discharge itself.
If you are looking for more of a supportive role, Musharna is also fantastic as it can boost the power of attacks with Helping Hand and use Imprison to prevent the opponent from using Protect, all while taking no damage from Dis/Quake thanks to its ability Telepathy. However, it doesn't do much damage on its own, and is slower than the Internet was in 1993 so Tailwind is wasted on it.
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