>From: Haunter151@aol.com

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>This article may be really long but also very useful. All the holofoils seem 
>to have weaknesses and I'm giving my opinion on what Pokémon are great 
>against the holofoils:
>
>Alakazam - A Clefairy or Clefable would be excellent against it because they 
>are resistant to psychic so Confuse Ray wouldn't hurt them (but they still 
>can be confused by the attack). Metronome is great because they can use 
>Confuse Ray against Alakazam for 60 damage because of Alakazam's weakness to 
>psychic, and if Alakazam becomes confused, it can't use damage swap. Chansey, 
>Kangaskhan, Dragonair, Wigglytuff, Snorlax, or any colorless card that's 
>resistant to psychic would be excellent for this guy especially Snorlax 
>because Alakazam can't touch it. Mr. Mime would also be great unless it gets 
>confused
>
>Blastoise - A Raichu, Zapdos, Electabuzz, and the basic Electrode would be 
>great against this Pokémon because 3 out of 4 of them can kill it in one hit 
>and none of them are killed by it in one hit. Blatoise can't even touch Mr. 
>Mime which makes Mr. Mime a great choice also
>
>Chansey - Machamp is great against this Pokémon because it seems to be the 
>only thing that could kill it in one hit without PlusPowers. Double Edge also 
>wouldn't kill Machamp in one hit.
>
>Charizard - Blastoise and Vileplume can kill this guy in one hit, but it's 
>also very risky. With some luck, Venusaur and Machamp can kill a Charizard 
>with no energy in two hits. Poliwhirl is great because it can kill it in two 
>hits no matter what it uses and Whirlpool is great because of the energy 
>removal. The main problem is that a fully charged Charizard can kill any of 
>these in one hit unless Mr. Mime is against it. Mr. Mime can slowly, but 
>surely defeat this highly overrated Pokémon.
>
>Clefairy - Basically any fighting card that can do 20 or more damage can 
>easily wipe out Clefairy or anything that can do 40 or more damage.
>
>Gyarados - An error on this card, grass isn't supposed to affect Gyarados 
>much. Anyway, a strong grass card (like Pinsir, Scyther, Vileplume, 
>Nidoqueen, Venusaur, etc.) can wipe out this Pokémon with ease. Mr. Mime 
>again is maybe a good choice if it doesn't get paralyzed.
>
>Hitmonchan - Psychic Pokémon with high HP would be great against this 
>Pokémon, but I'd say the best would be Kadabra and Haunter. Both of these can 
>knock out Hitmonchan with one Super Psy or Dream Eater and Haunter is 
>resistant to fighting meaning that it will take 6 Special Punches to knock 
>Haunter out.
>
>Machamp - Again, a high HP psychic Pokémon or just Kadabra or Haunter 
>(preferably Haunter).
>
>Magneton - This Pokémon is a cinch with a strong fighting cards (hint, hint, 
>Diglett/Dugtrio). Magneton's Thunder Wave would only have a 50% chance of 
>paralyzing Diglett or Dugrio and I don't think too many people like Self 
>Destruct. Both Diglett and Dugtrio would easily knock it out with one hit. 
>Mr. Mime again if paralysis doesn't occur.
>
>Mewtwo - Once again, any strong, psychic resistant Pokémon or just a strong 
>Psychic Pokémon can defeat Mewtwo. A good choice would be Haunter, Dragonair, 
>or Alakazam, or a Mr. Mime with two psychic energy on it.
>
>Nidoking - A fully charged Snorlax might be ok because Toxic wouldn't be so 
>threatening, but it still takes damage. My suggestion would be an Alakazam, 
>Haunter, or Kadabra with a Full Heal or two.
>
>Ninetales - A fully charged strong water Pokémon can take out this big threat 
>especially the ones with more than 80 HP. Poliwrath is a great choice. Make 
>sure you have a bench full of strong, fully charged water Pokémon also 
>because of Ninetales's Lure.
>
>Poliwrath - Strong grass Pokémon are great here or just a plain Mr. Mime 
>would do the trick without taking a single scratch. Watch out for Whirlpool 
>though.
>
>Raichu - Strong fighting (especially Dugtrio) are great against Raichu. 
>Machamp, Hitmonchan, and Dugtrio are probably your best bets against this 
>Pokémon.
>
>Venusaur - Many different fire Pokémon will do this Pokémon in such as 
>Arcanine (a highly underrated uncommon), Flareon, Ninetales, Magmar, 
>Charmeleon, and of course Charizard.
>
>Zapdos - A real problem because of it not having a weakness, but a 
>resistance. Something that does a lot of damage like another Zapdos or 
>Charizard can wipe it out. Poliwrath would be great with enough energy for 
>Whirlpool. A good Pokémon against Zapdos would be a Mr. Mime who wouldn't 
>receive a scratch (or shock) from this Pokémon.
>
>That's it for part one of the holofoil weaknesses. I hope this article was of 
>great help to you readers. Thanks for taking the time to read this. Be sure 
>to read part two of my article.
>
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>							Haunter Spectre
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