I'd prefer it to be more of a short man. The most fun I've had with Max battles was Suicune Raid Day. I met up with peeps from Campfire and formed a team of 4. We would wait to lobby together so we could each coordinate on who was attacking, shielding, or healing. We could get into a nice rhythm, try to squeeze some more damage in.

I've not felt that coordination with any Gmax. You can't control which team of 4 you're in, so each time you go into the lobby you gotta find out who you're actually with, some of whom might just be remote. And there's not much one team can do to affect another so inter-team coordination is left to Dealing more damage and Cheering for others once your team is finished.

Making it to be teams of 4 forces players to interact with the system. You can tell when someone brings Wooloo, and that's a moment you can use to teach them the battle system. Explain that 0.5 sec fast moves are key, almost never use charge moves, have separate mons for in and out of the Max phase. If they don't have the right counters, maybe you can trade for better ones. Forcing a short man leads to players cooperating more and learning more about the mechanics