>>50460873That's why you have buddy barrier and a shitton of HP. I won't lie most of the time I go for micro-dunking (around 5 points) just for the stacks, and there have been some games where I didn't get my 6th or even my 5th stack until 5 minutes in. If you don't feel too confident in your ability to stack feel free to switch any of those items for Weakness Policy and/or Energy Amplifier. Just keep in mind that you will not be the crazy buddy barrier battery you were meant ot be in lieu of more damage.
>>50460976I cannot speak for higher ranks since I'm just Veteran, but I've never had any problems micro-dunking in my games, especially with score shield. As I explained in my post, you cannot hope to compete with other Pokemon in damage so you must outsustain them. The moment the enemy has wasted all his cooldowns and you're just sitting there with a 4000 hp shield in your back pocket and a possible 27% increase in damage plus whirlpool healing is where it's at. Try to play Azumarill as a tankier Tsareena.
Seriously, we could argue back and forth on this but just try three games with these items and THEN let me know what you think.