When you come across a strong Ground-type or Dragon-type ... target is too good to pass up on. Empoleon can use this against a variety of creatures that Water-type moves might not bother.

Empoleon is the final evolution of Piplup ... This Flying/Normal-type Pokémon is effective against Ground, Psychic, Grass, Dragon, and Water types. Once again, Garchomp is the perfect addition ...

Being a Water-type itself, Empoleon is rather useless here ... It gets access to Dragon Rage, which is a great early game move due to opposing Pokemon having low HP. When it evolves into Garchomp ...