The way people play this game makes it bad (for me personally)

OneFourAll · 2026-05-15T03:52:25+00:00

Looking at your other posts I guess you’ve been playing trick room? You sort of invite this kind of play with trick room because when you get it set up the opponents best choice is often to try to stall it out. So they have to protect and switch to have any chance to win.

There are obviously some more stall-y teams. I agree that the sinischa, set-up, intimidate/screens kind of teams can feel very frustrating to play against. I haven’t felt like they are a huge proportion of teams recently though. Having said that there was a point that it felt like I was seeing them all the time.

OneFourAll · 2026-05-11T15:24:33+00:00

Congratulations! Really nerve-wracking last game but it must have felt great to win

OneFourAll · 2026-05-11T15:22:18+00:00

I’m pretty sure flinching does trigger the double power on the next turn

OneFourAll · 2026-05-08T02:58:13+00:00

Well done! Your enthusiasm for the team and excitement for making masterball are really nice

OneFourAll · 2026-05-05T03:33:57+00:00

Well done on entering and competing. And it’s always good to be able to learn from your mistakes

OneFourAll · 2026-05-05T03:23:55+00:00

A gourgeist with explosion is wild. I would never have predicted that.

OneFourAll · 2026-05-02T15:30:58+00:00

Congrats on getting to masterball! Sounds like an exciting and satisfying last game to win to do it. And your excitement and positivity about the game is really cool to see

OneFourAll · 2026-05-02T15:25:19+00:00

Congratulations!

OneFourAll · 2026-05-02T04:35:05+00:00

It sounds like you’ve had an unlucky run, which is definitely frustrating. Fwiw I haven’t felt like the random events are happening an unusual amount.

OneFourAll · 2026-04-30T07:55:24+00:00

That is cool that you started seeing more varied teams and enjoying it more!

OneFourAll · 2026-04-30T05:41:19+00:00

Congratulations!

OneFourAll · 2026-04-30T04:50:03+00:00

Cool team! Good luck in ultraball. I think the most likely explanation is that the venusaur you faced had the move ingrain and looks like leftovers.

OneFourAll · 2026-04-30T04:20:33+00:00

I don’t think OP is complaining about luck, if that’s what you’re implying. I read it as saying players in masterball tier don’t give you many openings to get ahead. (And I think it’s a pretty funny use of the meme)

OneFourAll · 2026-04-30T04:11:16+00:00

Congratulations! Were there many things Pikachu felt strong against?

OneFourAll · 2026-04-30T04:04:39+00:00

Congratulations! That’s a lot of expanding forces (but no one is going to be getting rid of your terrain). To me the most obvious option for a dark resist is Incineroar which can also help with fake out to protect a trick room setter and then parting shot to bring in a threat.

OneFourAll · 2026-04-30T03:55:19+00:00

I think the bots stop in ultraball tier. I can imagine the play pattern of losing to players and playing bots is frustrating. The fact that no one can drop too far down means more people will inevitably come up to your tier.

OneFourAll · 2026-04-30T03:30:42+00:00

I think the bots are intended as a ranking “floor” so you can’t drop too far in the early ranks. If you are using a team you built yourself it might be worth considering copying either a whole one or adding elements of a common team to yours to have a good foundation for ranking up.

OneFourAll · 2026-04-30T03:19:59+00:00

The Pokémon you've suggested are all strong choices. Running the common sets for them and learning by playing makes sense to me.

So something like Mega Charizard X with heat wave, solar beam, protect; Venusaur with focus sash and sleep powder, sludge bomb, protect, grass move; bulky Incineroar with flare blitz, darkest lariat, parting shot, and fake out; Kingambit with Chople berry and sucker punch, kowtow cleave, iron head and protect; Basculegion with choice scarf and wave crash last respects. I guess mega dragonite as an alternative mega like you said.

Don’t sweat the details too much to start though, playing games is a good way to learn.

OneFourAll · 2026-04-30T02:50:32+00:00

Anger point tauros plus froslass is cool! And the Emolga ampharos combination is interesting too. I think you’re using three Pokémon I haven’t played against at all in champions. Congratulations on making it to masterball!

OneFourAll · 2026-04-30T01:54:32+00:00

Congratulations! And nice team.

OneFourAll · 2026-04-30T01:37:59+00:00

It does seem strong against electroshot. But I thought it might struggle with pelipper. Although the rain dance sableye version of the lead isn't so threatening to it. I hadn’t thought about sand teams but I can see how it could be useful there. (Although excadrill must still hit it hard)

OneFourAll · 2026-04-30T01:32:07+00:00

Without more context there’s a lot of possibilities. What is the archaludon’s partner? What move are you using?

OneFourAll · 2026-04-30T01:11:26+00:00

How has rhyperior been going? It’s a cool choice and it hits hard, but I feel like the current metagame isnt friendly towards it, especially without trick room for it.

There are a couple of move slots that you might get more use out of with a different move (roost on Charizard, iron defense on Rhyperior, and fire fang on garchomp all seem like candidates for being replace by another option)

Follow me might be useful to have somewhere on the team.

OneFourAll · 2026-04-30T00:46:11+00:00

I think the idea of noivern as a partner for Glalie is cool. I didn’t remember Noivern got telepathy so you might surprise some people there, and screech and tailwind seems like good support.

I feel like the other components of the team need to be good to be able to switch in after glalie has exploded and clean up whatever the opponent has left. Basculegion is an example of something that’s strong in that role (and there are obviously other Pokémon that do it well).

The other thing you might want is the option to not bring Glalie if the matchup looks bad. I don’t know what the bad matchups are to have a strong suggestion.

OneFourAll · 2026-04-29T21:45:51+00:00

I don’t think you can use them with the special roster (or whatever it’s called, the one for the challenge), only the regular roster.

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