I've thought of this new idea for Raindance for quite some time, but haven't yet got to test it. How it works is to put Blastoise on the bench and raindance as much water energy as possible on Misty's Poliwhirl, abusing it's water punch attack. Add some Mistys and plus powers and you get a guarentied KO, unless you're real unlucky. A big problem for such a strategy would be before Blastoise comes out so I suggest adding Poke Breeders. Try also adding Eco Gym and Nightly Garbage run to keep your energy reserves healthy. Unfortunatly, this combo is illegal under "modified" rules. Give it a try and tell me how it works for you at