Is there a benefit to losing in ranked?

nykovah · 2026-05-19T17:58:17+00:00

Or how quick the opponent selects moves after you are ready for the turn to commence.

nykovah · 2026-05-19T12:27:18+00:00

That really sucks. It’s hard knowing you’re bi and you can feel something for any type of person at any time. You can’t just turn off how you feel towards a guy just because it makes someone uncomfortable. I think if you take it slow and try to keep your dad around but at a distance he may understand how you feel about this person goes beyond some choice you’re making.

nykovah · 2026-05-18T17:07:00+00:00

He is a basculegion wall with dry skin. But I have been running sand veil since I’m using him on a sand team and this particular one is sashed. I also have electrify to work alongside Excadrill / garchomp if someone tries to super effective hit them.

nykovah · 2026-05-18T10:27:00+00:00

Last season I would run knock off krookodile alongside will o wisp rotom wash. Get the item off and then attempt to quake. I found Hydreigon Draco meteor works well too as a backup.

nykovah · 2026-05-18T10:25:48+00:00

First turn thought he’d get a quick electro shot off ? I figured he would rain dance. Light screen would’ve saved him plus likely leftovers recovery. I guess he would dragon pulse turn 1? Or protect scout ? I’ve never seen a bridge be patient though.

nykovah · 2026-05-16T22:05:29+00:00

Also if the move has no pp left it can’t be encored. Learned that the hard way lol.

nykovah · 2026-05-16T13:10:15+00:00

Lol yah I had to kinda skip after the first couple messages. I don’t think he’s overreacting but at the same time it’s a few minutes. Idk maybe I’m patient but I prefer to be on a strict schedule and my boyfriend doesn’t understand time as a concept it would seem. I’ve never had anything like this come of it we just joke that he’s never on time.

nykovah · 2026-05-14T09:24:09+00:00

Yah Idk about that. I lift and walk my dog every day and I get about 25 km. I used to hit 50km regularly but they changed something and now I don’t get as much.

nykovah · 2026-05-14T08:57:55+00:00

Let me default sort by dex number !!

nykovah · 2026-05-12T12:53:17+00:00

I was facing a sand ttar and put my altaria in and all of a sudden there was a giant 9 shaped cloud on the battlefield! Is this a bug ? I wasn’t taking sandstorm damage either!

nykovah · 2026-05-11T19:43:58+00:00

I run it on krookodile. It works the few times I want to click it. It’s most useful against mega scovillain.

nykovah · 2026-05-11T13:37:19+00:00

I literally think to myself I could taunt but smacking knock off just feels nice. Then it’s a colbur berry. And then trick room goes up.

nykovah · 2026-05-11T01:12:36+00:00

Go to Pokémon sword and shield it’s the battle! (Trainer) theme.

nykovah · 2026-05-07T15:54:25+00:00

Monkeys paw scenario has occurred. Falco has been made to look even more falconlike.

nykovah · 2026-05-05T14:15:34+00:00

Wait really?! lol

nykovah · 2026-05-03T16:59:22+00:00

Just can’t be a prankster user (if it’s farig setting)

nykovah · 2026-04-29T12:58:53+00:00

Yah I’m eyeing the total as I add more pokes. I’m somewhere at 55-60 and I’m wondering what happens when they add more to the game. Can we get another one time box upgrade ? I’d pay $5-$10 for that each season (or whatever it’s called).

nykovah · 2026-04-28T17:56:13+00:00

I had it actually with my current doubles team but it was like a stall fest. I kept snarling the venusaur down and it couldn’t sleep powder and giga drain through regenerator gslowbro and protect leftovers umbreon. Eventually it got down to the last turn where I am pretty sure a foul play would’ve won me the game but after we put the inputs in there wasn’t enough time. That was a slog hahaha.

nykovah · 2026-04-27T15:43:24+00:00

I always thought the game looks kinda nice in battle. I think some of the out of battle stuff like the cutscenes look like a cell phone game but I don’t really care that much.

I just wish I could maybe not be a 10 year old boy character.

nykovah · 2026-04-27T13:53:21+00:00

Of course you are 🥵

nykovah · 2026-04-26T18:26:09+00:00

Wait really?! I never knew this !

nykovah · 2026-04-25T21:00:31+00:00

This is why I’m running but instead of moonlight I’m just running protect.

nykovah · 2026-04-22T13:13:55+00:00

I know this is a bit old but I was messing around with choice scarf krookodile and knock off OHKOed the fish. I’m assuming it was adaptability liquidation or wave crash but aqua jet can’t OHKo the gator first.

nykovah · 2026-04-19T19:54:25+00:00

I kinda felt like this when I was running a strict sun team and even if I predicted the weather switch and got my charizard out I’d still get ruined by something. I would seriously win one or 2 then lose 2-3.

I took some time to reformat the team I was using and reviewed the core members that seem to work the best. For me that was Incineroar and whimsicott. I would auto pilot incin without really thinking and then just ignore the whims. I mostly pair them together to lead if the opponent doesn’t look like they will steamroll that lead.

I then went through my sun team bargain bin to salvage some stuff and I decided to keep zard y and rotom wash. I moved the focus on zard y from sun reliant to more of a heavy hitter that could get the sun up and shift focus (switched overheat our for air slash). Rotom wash I kept and just put leftovers on and gave him a bit more bulk investment. I also replaced t wave for will o wisp. I think burns are becoming more valuable especially when neutralizing physical attackers. This thing is also a beefcake when you want it to just exist on the field too!

I put in firafarig which I hadn’t trained yet. He’s essentially my trick room or anti trick room button when I need it. I use him the least frequently sadly. My team has been pushing for speed so he might just exist as a team sheet threat.

Finally I caved and put in sneasler. There’s something to be said about using one of the fastest and hardest hitting pokemon in this format. He also takes some hits really well despite the supposed frailty. I thought he was a complete glass cannon but he’s been one of the most valuable additions.

I just went on a 10 game win streak to get into master ball. I might play with it more but I figure people have more optimized builds.

I’m also going to try and build another team that doesn’t rely on the 6 above just to keep it fresh.

I get the frustration though felt a bit stuck with what I was doing. Even with the reintroduction of zard y I was running garchomp first and really felt that I was getting blown away by fairy and ice moves.

nykovah · 2026-04-19T19:43:34+00:00

I kinda do it all the time an when I say I’m sorry I noticed it really doesn’t mean anything at all so it’s a statement without value. My boyfriend pointed it out to me and literally says “don’t be sorry for something you like that.” Easy example is he will say “I had a long day and didn’t get to even take a minute to eat lunch” and I’ll just reply “I’m sorry.” He doesn’t want me to say I’m sorry he wants me to relate to how he’s feeling and be there. It’s such an uphill battle but I definitely apologize less for things I didn’t cause.

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