1
TalkBack / Re: The High Barriers to Entry in Competitive Pokémon
« on: February 06, 2013, 02:46:55 PM »
Hi all,
I wanted to do a follow-up to my previous post. I'll make this one much shorter.
I ended up playing just under 30 games in the last tournament. If I remember correctly:
I had only three wins
Three opponents disconnected on me, two when I was obviously winning.
After a while, I was able to tell with approx. 90% accuracy who had bred for combat (lab?) pokemon just by seeing their initial line-up.
I could tell within one turn if my opponent had "normal" or supercharged pokemon.
Despite losing, I enjoyed the matches with trainers with normal pokemon. I felt like I had at least a chance to win.
Out of all the matches, I only saw one unique / interesting strategy (IMHO). Someone had a level 1 Aron with sturdy. They held Leftovers. They attacked using Endeavor. The other Pokemon used Safeguard. Ripped through my team.
Also, simply, I made bad choices which pokemon to enter and what moves they had. They didn't support each other as well as I had planned.
I'll enter the upcoming friendly just to see what others use.
Also, I'm going to try to avoid playing at night Pacific time. Bluntly, most of my opponents were Japanese and had supercharged Pokemon. I had a much better chance of having an enjoyable game vs. non-Japanese opponents. I hold no prejudice. That was simply my experience.
And finally, could anyone direct me to where I could learn more about good strategies for different battle types? For example, I'd like to learn some good two on two strategies for the future.
Thanks.
Caterkiller, at least you've shown good judgement in some things. Obligatory: Sorry.
I wanted to do a follow-up to my previous post. I'll make this one much shorter.
I ended up playing just under 30 games in the last tournament. If I remember correctly:
I had only three wins
Three opponents disconnected on me, two when I was obviously winning.
After a while, I was able to tell with approx. 90% accuracy who had bred for combat (lab?) pokemon just by seeing their initial line-up.
I could tell within one turn if my opponent had "normal" or supercharged pokemon.
Despite losing, I enjoyed the matches with trainers with normal pokemon. I felt like I had at least a chance to win.
Out of all the matches, I only saw one unique / interesting strategy (IMHO). Someone had a level 1 Aron with sturdy. They held Leftovers. They attacked using Endeavor. The other Pokemon used Safeguard. Ripped through my team.
Also, simply, I made bad choices which pokemon to enter and what moves they had. They didn't support each other as well as I had planned.
I'll enter the upcoming friendly just to see what others use.
Also, I'm going to try to avoid playing at night Pacific time. Bluntly, most of my opponents were Japanese and had supercharged Pokemon. I had a much better chance of having an enjoyable game vs. non-Japanese opponents. I hold no prejudice. That was simply my experience.
And finally, could anyone direct me to where I could learn more about good strategies for different battle types? For example, I'd like to learn some good two on two strategies for the future.
Thanks.
Caterkiller, at least you've shown good judgement in some things. Obligatory: Sorry.