Bring in the Tanks: Tanking Pokemon in the TCG.
Friday, March 4th, 2011Hey Everyone. This is Pikkdogs here to talk about Tanks in the Pokemon TCG. In military terms, a tank refers to a heavily armored, slow moving, and hard hitting vehicle. In reference to the Pokemon TCG, a tank is a Pokemon card that has high HP, is usually slow to setup, and can deal a lot of damage. This article is all about tanking Pokemon.Â
Tanking Pokemon are pretty cool. They can absorb a lot of damage and deal it right back to your opponent. The problem is the fact that they are fairly slow and hard to evolve.
So what are some of the strategies that you can use with tanks? Well, each tanking card is different, but for the most part you would want to get the tank out as fast as possible and then heal the tank. Healing can be done with cards like Pokehealer +, MooMoo Milk, and Blissey Pt.
Currently in the game there are a lot of Pokemon who can be considered tanks. Here is a profile of some of the more interesting ones.
Tank #1- Dialga G Lv. X
Description– Dialga G Lv. X is possibly the smallest yet most played tank. …
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