Oh, man. I caught a Zoroark, and the first few times I used it in battle, I thought its Illusion ability (mimic the form of another Pokemon in your party) was a glitch, and I was afraid my game was corrupted! 
It is very trolly. If you could control who it mimics, I think it would be far more useful though. Right now it's kinda derpy.
I didn't know what it was the first time I saw one in mp. Someone sent out a Mewtwo and it died. Then another Mewtwo came out and I was like "wtf...".
It's supposed to mimic the last pokémon in your party, IIRC, so - assuming that you get to choose the order of your team after Team Preview, since I haven't played online yet (my party right now is Talonflame + 0-5 eggs) - if you put a common 'lead' pokémon last, and Zoroark first, your opponent has to guess whether they're facing a lead or Zoroark - and if they guess wrong they can get dented quite badly before the match has really gotten started.
I'm assuming that Team Preview shows the full 6-mon party that you choose from, so there's another option - bluff Zoroark. If your opponent sees that you have Zoroark as a possible option they have to take it into account - even if it never leaves the bench.
Obviously most in-game opponents won't really be affected as they will for the most part either just be steamrolled anyway or use the right moves by dumb luck; the only opponents who Zoroark might be effective against are in the Battle Maison, but given its reputation for prescience, I'm not entirely sure that would work as intended.
*shrug* Just a couple of ideas on its use.
(pre-edit: multiple ninja'd - it's hard to type with one hand while using the circle pad on the 3ds to go back and forth in front of the daycare, surprisingly)
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So last night I had a brilliant idea, which for whatever unfortunate reason requires an Espurr with its Hidden Ability. So I began a project to breed some HA Espurr. It's been an interesting journey so far; including accidentally breeding a shiny Mr Mime because I had a momentary lapse of reading ability and forgot it isn't actually in Espurr's Egg Group, and a couple of restaurant visits after I remembered that Smeargle is, and can learn all Espurr's known Egg Moves via Sketch.
I've been Wonder Trading off some unsuccessful breeds (3-5 IVs, the 5 IV ones I've discarded as they had the wrong ability), and am still trying to hatch a few 5 IV and mayyybe a 6IV one, so that I can carry on with plans that don't involve a catsplosion.
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