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23f. Claydol, Lord of Contests                                          [ph33r]
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I am here to share with all of you the secret to winning any Contest. All you
need is a Claydol. You can catch one at Sky Pillar after you beat the Elite
Four. If you have a Claydol of your own, and that Claydol has at least tried to
learn Cosmic Power, you're in business. Otherwise, you'll have to raise it or
stuff Rare Candies down its throat until it does. Alternatively, if you have a
method to trade from Ruby & Sapphire, you could catch a Claydol in Sky Pillar
there. The ones in R/S Sky Pillar are mid-50s and come with Cosmic Power and
Explosion, while the Emerald ones are only high 30s and haven't learned Cosmic
Power yet. Gross.

Once you have a Claydol that knows Cosmic Power, use Heart Scales to make sure
it knows Ancientpower and Selfdestruct. Explosion will work instead of
Selfdestruct. Now get your hands on a Secret Power TM (buy them in Slateport
Market, TM43) and teach it to Claydol, overwriting whatever move is left.
Awesome, now you're ready.

Note that this moveset will work in _any_ Contest. As long as you have high
enough Contest stats, you will win every single time. Using this moveset, I
have only lost one Contest. The reason is because two of the three Pokemon who
appealed after me used those "Badly startles the Pokemon in front." appeals.

I figure that's enough for you. Surely you can figure out what it is you're
supposed to do. If not, I'll have to add it to my FAQ, and then I'll be sad.