Learning partner?

[lean birch]

Looking to get better at battling. It'd be nice to have someone to help me learn or learn with.

[devout anvil]

hi, I want to learn how to get better at battling with you. feel free to dm me to sort out a time we can battle

[amber scaffold]

@devout anvil @lean birch if y’all are still looking I can help out too

[lean birch]

I'm cool with that.

[amber scaffold]

Sweet so what do you wanna do/know first?

[lean birch]

I'm currently trying to finish off a team I've been working on.

I know that it's bad, but I quite enjoy it.

[amber scaffold]

Hohh, whats left to be worked on?

[lean birch]

EVs. Hyper Training 1 more mon. Last Items. Getting the right moves.

[amber scaffold]

Gotcha, if you’re down I wouldn’t mind acting as a test subject

Just say the word

And we can probably go from there

[lean birch]

Let's just say I hate that Ninetails isn't in the game.

[amber scaffold]

Yeah among many it sucks some mons dont exist here in Paldea

I know a good number of mons that could check others or would be a bother here with Tera to boot

[viral nova]

Can I help

[lean birch]

Shedinja I understand

[amber scaffold]

I dont see why not, but I don’t think I have the final say on that lol

[amber scaffold]

Exactly right

[viral nova]

I hate Squirtle and it's evolutions aren't here

[lean birch]

That Electric Tera Type with Air Balloon.

So much cheese there.

[viral nova]

E

[lean birch]

It'd be straight up auto-win against most teams

[viral nova]

I'ma go find people to battle

[lean birch]

I'm just grinding for candy and money

[amber scaffold]

True it forces a lot of people to run weather

Or toxic

[amber scaffold]

I wouldnt mind battling

[viral nova]

Oh really?

[amber scaffold]

Yeah thats the time consuming part

[viral nova]

Sure I can battle ig

[lean birch]

I hunted for this team all shiny

[amber scaffold]

Yeah sure, do you go by any specific rules?

[amber scaffold]

Lol same as mine (except like two mons one isnt shiny and the other I traded)

[lean birch]

You better believe I'm using it

[viral nova]

I don't have any rules

Just don't use maushold

[amber scaffold]

Gotcha, should-

Lol no worries

[lean birch]

So use Wugtrio with Kings Rock

[viral nova]

Population bomb is annoying

[lean birch]

got it

[amber scaffold]

Should I prep a code or will you handle that

[viral nova]

Sure go ahead also I would rather do double battles

[amber scaffold]

Ah… I figured you’d say that mine is tailored toward singles lol

[viral nova]

Its fine singles I can do

[amber scaffold]

I mean I still wouldnt mind but I just wont have a doubles strat lol

[lean birch]

I hope people realize that attack cheer doesn't stack

[amber scaffold]

Your call

[viral nova]

I don't have any sort of strategy

For any mode

[lean birch]

I used to not have a strat

[amber scaffold]

I guess singles works then

[lean birch]

then my buddy who's good at battling told me i need synergy with my team

[viral nova]

1234 5678

[lean birch]

so I made a team and he said it was ight

[viral nova]

I made a code

[amber scaffold]

Gotcha lemme just hop on

[amber scaffold]

Ahh sounds good!

[viral nova]

I think my team is decsnt

[amber scaffold]

Alright and searching

[lean birch]

I think Hisuian Goodra would be better than normal on my team, but I don't have access to it yet so-

[viral nova]

Pick no restrictions

[amber scaffold]

Sure

[viral nova]

What

Did u disconnect

[amber scaffold]

No im online IGN is Akane

[viral nova]

Oh then ur not battling me

[amber scaffold]

Must’ve got someone else cause that code is commonly used lol

[viral nova]

Replace the 8 with zero

[amber scaffold]

Simple codes like that, that is

[lean birch]

God. I have no interest in completing arceus's pokedex.

[amber scaffold]

Gotcha

[viral nova]

Its difficult to do that

[amber scaffold]

I found it relatively easy unless you mean like

[viral nova]

U need to do all research tasks

[amber scaffold]

Completing the research tasks

[viral nova]

And all that just so u can get arcues

[lean birch]

And a shiny charm?

[amber scaffold]

If so, then yeah thats a slog

Yup

[lean birch]

I just need a shiny Goodra from that game to transfer next month

[amber scaffold]

Im sure you’ll eventually get one

[viral nova]

Good luck akane

[amber scaffold]

I just believe the charm helps alot and likewise

[viral nova]

What's with the great tusks

[lean birch]

My left joycon is fucked up from wear and tear

[viral nova]

It clipped in the ground

[amber scaffold]

Lol guess it did

[viral nova]

Great tusk reminds me of the mammoth

[lean birch]

I want a Ghost/Rock type

Runeirigus could have been one.

[amber scaffold]

True

[amber scaffold]

Real

[lean birch]

I built my Dondozo wrong tbh.

It's fat as fuck- but doesn't hit very hard

[amber scaffold]

Ah

[lean birch]

Max HP Max Spdef Careful Nature Assault Vest

it'll eat hits like a monster but zero recovery.

[amber scaffold]

Ah I guess thats a fair trade off

[viral nova]

Are u just gonna keep withdrawing

This isn't a very good strategy

[amber scaffold]

S’all a part of battling

And you’ll see why soon

[viral nova]

Pointed stones?

[amber scaffold]

Nope

[lean birch]

I feel I should've done Max hp Max attack Leftovers with curse.

[amber scaffold]

^ thats usually what people run

Aw

[lean birch]

Or if I still wanted AV let that handle Spdef and just hit harder than no investment

[viral nova]

?

[amber scaffold]

No worries

[viral nova]

Did I knock off ur strategy

[amber scaffold]

Not really

[lean birch]

I'll be willing to test out my team when it's finished.

[amber scaffold]

Oops wrong person lol

[viral nova]

This battle is like doctor strange all over again

[amber scaffold]

[viral nova]

But what was the strategy

[amber scaffold]

This essentially

[viral nova]

I'm completely lost here

I'm so confused

[amber scaffold]

I just needed a physical attacker out

[viral nova]

What

[amber scaffold]

What are you confused about

[viral nova]

That wasn't even my real team I was testing it so lemme get out my real team

[lean birch]

are you baton passing?

[amber scaffold]

Nope

[amber scaffold]

Sure

[viral nova]

Hmmm

I'ma try this Pokemon

[amber scaffold]

I was also asking about the rules because of formats or specifcs like Ubers and OU

[viral nova]

Rehehehhee

[amber scaffold]

And that Miradon is an uber which is kinda frowned upon

[viral nova]

Perfect

I'ma test this team

[amber scaffold]

Sure

[viral nova]

This time double battles

Same team

[amber scaffold]

?

[viral nova]

Oops

I meant same code

Searching

[devout anvil]

just got home recently, did i miss anything important?

[amber scaffold]

No, just essentially pinpointing what you need assistance with

[viral nova]

I have one strategy involved in this team

I figured u were terastalize

U killed ur Dragonite

[amber scaffold]

Unfortunate crit

Im aware

[viral nova]

That's the only thing I was worried about

Its time for the thing

Hello revival blessing

[lean birch]

I feel like my team could work for both singles and doubles. I prefer singles tho.

Doubles be a bit stressful

[amber scaffold]

There’s a lot more that goes into it for sure

[viral nova]

Nope that's it

No other strategy or anything involved

[amber scaffold]

Doubles, I mean

[viral nova]

Oh y were talking to him

[lean birch]

I found a shiny of my favorite Pokémon last night.

[amber scaffold]

Dope

[viral nova]

Gg

[amber scaffold]

Oh well, gg

That fs took its time

[viral nova]

The only thing that made me win was revival blessing

Didn't work in the short term but long term it worked well

[amber scaffold]

Im aware, this team doesnt have much composition outside of doubles so I expected a loss

[lean birch]

Perks of having an Eeveelution as your favorite Pokémon

It's in EVERY game

[amber scaffold]

Sorry singles*

[viral nova]

What would u rate my team

[amber scaffold]

I was hoping for the third turn fs so I could use priority on miraidon

Which team singles or doubles

[viral nova]

Both

Ngl slowking is slow

[amber scaffold]

Its like its in the name huh

[lean birch]

Dude these communication errors are so snnoying.

[viral nova]

U were probably hoping to boost cetitans attack so u can one shot

[amber scaffold]

Not at all

Like I said in doubles there isnt much composition

[viral nova]

Hm

[lean birch]

Do I hear Slowking and Cetitan?

[amber scaffold]

It’s possible in doubles but at what cost of another Pokémon potentially targeting you

[viral nova]

Yes

[amber scaffold]

Whats worse super effectively

[viral nova]

My dad plays Pokemon and he's a master at it

[lean birch]

From who lol?

[viral nova]

I never win against him

Only a few times I get lucky

[amber scaffold]

What I was really hoping for was fs to hit on the third turn to preserve it and then take out miraidon so Slowking could 1v1

But it came on the fifth 💀

[lean birch]

Akane you doing snow?

[viral nova]

If I used maushold u would be so annoying

Oops

[amber scaffold]

Perhaps

[viral nova]

I meant annoyed

It got population bomb and I use loaded dice

[lean birch]

Ah shit...

[amber scaffold]

Also for team rating, I play casual competitive so on that standpoint your team is fine but the Miraidon is just a red flag is all since its classified as an uber but you dont play with those rules so not to worry

Just know some people might bring it up

[viral nova]

Ranked battles and casual battles are dog water

[amber scaffold]

Depends on the level of casual if its like casual-casual where people dont build and play for the sake of it then yeah

[lean birch]

Terrified of this mirror match

[amber scaffold]

It can be a little boring since it doesnt prove to be much of a challenge

Oops switch died

[viral nova]

Mirror shield?

[amber scaffold]

@devout anvil so what is it you were looking to improve?

[viral nova]

I got that ability on my corviknight

[lean birch]

Nah.

The team I'm using.

[amber scaffold]

More so learn about

[devout anvil]

not in particular, just was wondering if cecillion wanted to practice teams, but for the time being, im just chilling with people

[lean birch]

I'm tryna Finish this team lmao

[amber scaffold]

Ah sounds fair

[lean birch]

Communication errors in raids making this take longer.

EVs are easy even without money

[viral nova]

Anyone wanna try battling against my steel type only team

Only steal types or steel tera type

[lean birch]

I don't have a mono team either lol.

Ugh.

Couple more and my last member SHOULD hit 100

[amber scaffold]

Neat

[lean birch]

Abomasnow to a Chomp raid.

Not the worst idea but like theres no way it was level 100 ev trained. It died through Aurora Veil

[amber scaffold]

[lean birch]

I just need fugging candy man.

[lean birch]

Levels and moves should be done now thankfully. Just gotta do EVs now

[amber scaffold]

Dope

[lean birch]

oh and Tera Type lmao

I always forget about it

[lean birch]

How tf do my Pokémon have HP and ATK evs.

I never even touched them

[winter flume]

they will gain ev even if they are in your party when your lead mon kills something

[devout anvil]

misread, but yeah. pk is right

[lean birch]

Wha- That's so dumb...

They didn't participate in the battle. Why are they gaining "Effort".

[winter flume]

i know it’s annoying, but the ev berries can fix it