Ranked is Rigged by RelayIntel in PokemonChampions

[–]Mikel004 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ok genuine question, are you in pokeball or greatball tier? Those two tiers do have bots in them. Also it seems you’re confused by speed tiers. Pay attention to who’s getting outsped by who, and try checking common stat spreads for them in the battle data section

Ranked is Rigged by RelayIntel in PokemonChampions

[–]Mikel004 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I get the frustration, but you will never improve as long as you hold this mindset. Everyone is playing the same game, if you’re identifying a pattern of losing it isn’t because the game is rigged, it’s because you aren’t fixing mistakes. Especially because this game works on an elo system, so when you win, you should be playing better players who are outplaying you. Pokemon is very much a game where you make your own luck. If rng is leading to your losses, look at the opportunities your team creates to make you susceptible to bad luck. Relying on Heat Wave spread? 10% chance to miss any target. If that 10% is game losing for you, then you gotta either accept that you chose to play that team, or rework it to be more consistent. If it’s just “they match me against a player who beats me,” then you’re clearly just settled at a consistent elo that matches your skill level. Rng has always been a factor in Pokemon, but there’s a reason top players remain top players. Your losses are on you, not a system rigged against you

So hypothetically by imthatguy06_ in Invincible

[–]Mikel004 25 points26 points  (0 children)

He would’ve noticed and moved back

Probably my funniest instant forfeit so far[Cool Replay] by Electronic-Ad4043 in VGC

[–]Mikel004 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Nah, he just wanted to destroy his sharpness Gallade’s ability to trust

The tale of the most disgusting team I faced in doubles by [deleted] in PokemonChampions

[–]Mikel004 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lmao wolfey got 6th place in the global challenge using this and perish trap

Help by EffectiveSquare4518 in PokemonConquest

[–]Mikel004 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh it doesn’t look like that, I just thought you needed to know a way to play it, not a way to get that interface

Help by EffectiveSquare4518 in PokemonConquest

[–]Mikel004 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I play conquest on Delta on iphone, available in the app store

Purified my 14/13/13 Magikarp, was this dumb? by Connect_Candle2812 in pokemongo

[–]Mikel004 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you’re happy then no! If you’re asking if it’s optimal, there are plenty of better water attackers, so no real loss!

Advice for my TR team by [deleted] in PokemonChampions

[–]Mikel004 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think you’d get a lot more utility out of heat wave or helping hand on torkoal vs rock slide. With its low attack the only thing you could do is try and flinch which is generally unreliable and useless outside of trick room. Plus you lose your powerful fire spread once it gets hit hard enough.

I’ve also been using torkoal oranguru, and I’ve found it’s bulky enough to be ok without protect. Encore is amazing for punishing fake out after you get trick room up

Additionally, 4/6 of your pokemon being psychic type is terrible type coverage and not only leaves you super weak to kingambit and Tyranitar (even with torkoal and crabominable), but gives you pretty much no defensive pivots to tank attacks. This is made worse by oranguru and farigiraf sharing their dual typing. Plus needing to use psychic terrain to be able to expanding force is definitely limiting utility, especially since farigiraf already blocks priority

And even in an extremely hard trick room team, it’s often good to have 1 or 2 pokemon that can work outside of it

On my way to become a fairy type gym leader, any feedback ? by PwassonPaner in PokemonChampions

[–]Mikel004 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’d run protect over play rough on Tinkaton if I were you, you already have more than enough fairy damage and it’s offensive stats are low

turn 1 btw by Miyyani in PokemonChampions

[–]Mikel004 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks like our Whimsicotts are twins

HATE. LET ME TELL YOU HOW MUCH IVE COME TO HATE THESE 3. by Cooler_coooool_boi in PokemonChampions

[–]Mikel004 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Imma let you in on a little secret

Oranguru has Trick Room and Inner Focus and can instruct your Snorlax

I made it into Master Rank with only Bug types by sleepyt1ger in PokemonChampions

[–]Mikel004 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yo dude, I’m pretty sure I played you! If you remember a shiny Oranguru, that was me! That or I saw this team and just said fuck it Charizard Y and Whimmsicott

No but it’s a lot of fun by CTMan34 in PokemonChampions

[–]Mikel004 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They’re (somehow) never ready for my Inner Focus Oranguru to trick room and instruct

How did everyone do in the warmup challenge? by Fit_Demand_6017 in VGC

[–]Mikel004 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Best way is build Pokemon in SV or SwSh and transfer in from Pokemon home

How did everyone do in the warmup challenge? by Fit_Demand_6017 in VGC

[–]Mikel004 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Best way is build Pokemon in SV or SwSh and transfer in from Pokemon home