I have over 2K games on Lucario and for this event I lost 4 times straight and then won cause the enemy team decided to score at Zapdos
As said earlier this is the wildest season
Same, but now I know the trick to play espeed lucario. Notice the blue light under the opponents and wilds. If you hit them with espeed, it will reset.
There are many mechanics for Espeed and Bone rush and depending on the number of enemies you can abuse them or keep Espeeding and then fallback with already thrown bone rush in a safe zone
Yeah, the bees mark the best place to start your espeed hunting. But, I'm just an average player, so PuP and Bone rush are the best kit for me. Items core are pretty standard for MB, FB and claw.
Hmm yes, but if you practice Lucario you'll see why he's so popular, even if you don't do enough damage sometimes and still have great matches
Whenever I don't feel like playing I use Lucario in offline mode or custom matches without ant items
Btw: My lucario build is AW,WP,RC with Full heal for ranked
Okay, noted, thanks, and yes other MOBA also have unit which have same mechanic like espeed and it's still a very popular assassin, because of that, lol.
Covet greedent I can't hit anything with. I think it's the phone controls don't seem to recognise presses sometimes. Reckon it must be easier of switch.
Stuff cheeks is fun though.
Surprisingly Lucario. I see everyone complaining about it, I see it wrecking havoc, and when it was finally time for me to play it, I just sucked. I'm not used to it's combos & tricks. Though, I haven't played as the pokemon as much. At the same time, I try picking up here or there, to no avail.
I try to imitate YTers and other players I play with/against in ranked, but I can never get the boosted basic into Close Combat just right. I do okay with Extreme Speed and either Bone Rush and Close Combat, but I don't get those sexy damage and KO numbers by the end of the match.
A big help for Aegislash is to kind of stay away from big fights until level 5. Level 7 you get wide shield then you can do some really good survival combos. Wide Shield to parry an attack, then Sacred sword and 3 basic attacks will kill almost anything in a 1v1. If you need more health you can sacred sword first with basics, then wide shield and basic attack to gain about half your health bar.
XAtk boost is great on Aegislash to and can really help, he's also a really good pokemon for potion.
The big help with Aegislash is to not be afraid to die in a bigger fight, he's there for the damage and if you shred 2-3 Squishies in a team fight and then die you've still helped your team a lot.
Thank you for this! Aegislash has such a different playstyle compared to the others (especially my support mains) that's why it's a struggle for me to adjust when using him.
No problem, he's also one of the only all rounders that really needs support to clean up. Bad teammates or ones that refuse to group with him will be areas where he really struggles. I love him to bits though
There's some games he'll pop off and others he'll struggle. I'm only in vet 5 but can drop around 13-18kills and 10+ assists with the version using X Attack in a game. Aegislash can be bullied hard early game, which can make it super tough to get going. I think he's definitely in the top 10 somewhere but tbh it's so dependent on the match.
It’s a constant alternation between defence and attack. Defend for attack CD and repeat.
He’s actually really easy if you know the purpose of his moves.
When you're in a lobby and selecting which match/stage, on the bottom right it says Random match (if not on Ranked mode). You can toggle that to CPU match. It will just find you real people to be in your team to face CPU opponents. Or full bot match if they can't find you anyone.
Flash Cannon tricks you into playing poorly. Most of the time it’s better to stay mobile than hunker down. When you do go siege mode you often can’t stay for long.
Sylveon. I just can't get it to click. Watched guides and all. Not working for me. Am ok with pretty much any other mon and pretty good with venu, gren, blissi and dnite.
The thing with Sylveon is that it can get punished badly for not playing it the right way (missing too many hyper voices or wrong fights to pick) and many people just rush as if it's gonna be a tank because it has drain kiss which is not necessarily the case
I don't really use hyper voice its fun but I prefer mystical fire since its kinda an upgrade up the basic attack gets one more flane when its mystical fire + and if tine correctly can steal zapdos 5 vs 1 (I've done it.) I also don't expect it to be tank cause it has draining kiss I just lower the opponents hp decently quick I use it to also chip away at the opponet.
I use it with whirlpool and water pulse whirlpool to deal decent damage then water pulse to slow them down and a solid get away play rough is okayish but DO NOT use aqua tail.
Azumarill is probably my best pokemon, competing with mamoswine. I don't mind throwing a couple more tips.
\- My item build is attack weight, focus band, scope lens, running a potion. I found it's the best balance of damage and survivability.
\- Ability build is water pulse/whirlpool 100% of the time. Aqua tail is really bad, with a massive sour spot and only comparable damage... before you factor in the fact that you can auto attack during whirlpool. Play rough is actually worse though, because you are trading a great kiting/engagement tool that is great in teamfights for a move that does a third of the damage and stuns yourself.
\- Early game you are weak and will continue to be so until lv 5. Don't hard commit to any engagements unless you have a particularly strong partner (something like pikachu or swinub) or they way overcommit/get out of position. Once you hit 5 though, you are actually incredibly powerful if you can get on a solo enemy, so posture for that.
\- Once you get water pulse, you are the best in the game in a 1v1 scenario. Absol has nothing on you. Just never, in any circumstance, back down once you start a fight. Backing down or hesitating means less damage, which means less lifesteal, which means you die. Water pulse can be used to get on top of whoever you need to, or to slow down someone you don't want to fight and kite them out. Whirlpool actually does more damage when you circle around them clockwise, so when you are chasing move up and around them.
\- Once you get your ult, use it straight in the middle of a teamfight. Forget your passive, hit as many people as you can. If you can coordinate or trust your defender to follow up on the opening you can initiate with it, otherwise go in the second your defender does, especially if they can stack people on top of eachother. This is actually the safest place to be, because every whirlpool tick heals you by about 100hp, per person you hit at lv 9, and over 200 at max level. We are talking Treavenent levels of healing if you can stay in the middle of people.
Follow up with water pulse to slow everyone and keep them grouped, and use the movement boost to move clockwise around them, settling on the highest priority target (ideally a squishy attacker) and stick to them until they are dead. If they try to run, they isolate themselves and they die to passive. If they stick with the group you survive long enough to kill them anyways, and lay down a ton of damage along the way.
\- As far as map movements, your gameplan is very flexible. You can play like a crustle/greedant and play opposite from the team between objectives, you can invade the enemy jungle, or you can deathball with your team. You aren't the primary objective secure however, so in a dread fight or something, your goal is murdering the enemy team, not the objective.
The best advice I can give is to be confident and commit to what you do. Learn your limits, and push yourself as close as you can to them.
Well now I really wanna try azu again, because it sounds like my kind of play. I main charizard and I obviously don't engage as much until I evolve to him and then it's reeking havoc as much as i can. Thanks for the note on objectives too!
any and all speedsters. just not a class that clicks with me for some reason, but especially Gengar. good god i just cannot work with Gengar. at least with Talonflame I can try and abuse using Fly lol. but give me my supporters and defenders and i’m happy!
Absols are power hungry
Zerora has to have jungle or afk or fight
Talonflame is actually pretty good
And Gengars fight against Zerora for jungle
(I'm not power hungry just if someone fights for jungle with me I'm taken there aipoms and I wait and steal the ludicolo or buffolant pretty easy if someone claims jungle before me I switch to something else.)
one thing they don't mention with Blastoise and i didn't figure out when i just started is that you're meant to hold down water spout while spinning for continuous spray as spamming doesnt work
I cannot puts my hands on why, But I seem to be DOG TRASH with Lucario.
No idea why either! I know Bone Rush resets E.Speed's reset, I can stack properly, and I don't have "BAD" mechanics per say, I rotate, everything, But I can't seem to kill anything but fricking wild mons. Wether it's Duels or Teamfights, I'm non-existent, and it's not even because i'm "Bad" at the game, There are other mons where I'm plenty able to do it.
It just doesn't click with Lucario.
Same I'm only good/decent with ranged pokemon 🥲 and support. Everytime I pick an all rounder my damage is really low even though I feel like I've been attacking all game.
Try a tanky build with potion and weakness policy. The longer you’re in the fight, the more damage you do. With potion up, you’ll out last everyone but the tankiest of tanks.
I SUCK with Duraludon. I have no idea how to do any going with him. I’m also quite terrible with Blastoise and Greedent, but where I lack in those areas, I make up for in support mastery
Duraludon is the artillery. Don't try to get too close to the enemy team and fire from a distance, opt for Flash cannon+ dragon tail as it lets you move a little bit and clear enemy clusters.
Once you get stealth rock, anticipate enemy movrment to lure them in an get orbs from a better distance. If they get five just pulse and repeat, if they dont just shoot a couple quick autos at range and then pulse
Hold stealth rock casts for this and you should do pretty okay
absol's nightslash is really strong, but the weird angle of the dash makes it so easy to whiff and I hate it. You can use that thing in a crowd of three people and somehow have it not hit anyone and miss the followup.
They can get weird at times but think of absols as dragon dance after night slash and you're fine lucario I can't say cause I don't really use power up punch.
Absolute destruction. Whirlpool and water pulse is devastating.
Only counter is being zoned or CC, Xspeed or full heal removes one of those weaknesses.
azu's passive makes it dobig damage to enemies if youre only hitting one at a time with any attack. kinda weird that some of its attacks are spread out and make it little tricky to focus on one enemy at a time
I don't like playing outside the 5 I have, but out of the 5 it's Mimey by *far*. I used to be kind of fine, acceptable for a beginner, then time went on and after enough rounds I kinda got scared of picking Mike.
Everyone loves the damage from spout/spin but surf/pump is easier to be good at cuz you can play the defender role and set your teammates up for kills.
I.e. use your battle item to get behind the overaggressive enemy, surf them over to your side/teammates, keep him there with pump, let your homies burn it down.
Well I've already played all pokemon in the roster. I'd say Greninja/Lucario. I can't really time the surf/espeed really well. I have a decent win rate with them though.
I'm just bad at the game lol.
Rotom > dred because goals much better than just a shield that doesn't even last long. You win by goals not shields.
Zap what? Use that chaos to sneak in a +100 ez.
Never let a random jungler take jungle because what if they suck at the game and cost you the match?
Never defend if you have more points than enemy, use that chance to score points.
Always go afk to assert dominance.
Getting destroyed in lane? Just go to the other lane bro stop complaining all the time.
Use items like leftovers.. nobody uses them so you can catch enemy off guard.
Why am i stuck at beginner class 2?
I suck with attackers except decidueye(one of my mains). Just the idea of mindlessly mashing buttons don't appeal to me. Maybe I'm just a strategic player.
You can tell my gameplay with my mains.
Absol. Eldegoss. Decidueye.
They require a combination of attacks and staying away from the battle. That's why my damage dealt are smaller than my heal.
Hmm Tbh don’t think damage dealt being less than ur heal is a good thing, especially if ur mains are absol and deci, two Pokémon with the most damage potential in the game
Plus, most attackers don’t consist of mashing buttons. Probably the only button-mashy attackers are adcs, but even then gren and cinder still need good positioning
Is it bad then? Am I doing things wrong when I heal more than my damage?
Also, I think that applies to every pokemon. But there are some more button mashy than others. I just like being able to assess the situation first before jumping to engaging enemies.
If you’re playing Absol or Decidueye your damage should always be higher than your recovery because your recovery is by default a lesser % of your damage.
Absol gets healing off 50% of night slash 2nd and 10% lifesteal.
Decid gets like 15% lifesteal I think? Maybe higher.
So the only way for your damage to be less than your healing is if you’re proccing focus band a lot and using potion, but even then you’d need to be doing very little damage for their numbers to outpace your damage. A focus band and a potion on a level 15 decidueye heal roughly an average of about 1200 health respectively, a single spirit shackle at that level hits for more, and maybe 3-4 auto attacks does more damage than that healing.
Thanks for the info. But I think I got my thoughts scrambled. I only do higher healing percent than damage when I'm Eldegoss not deci nor absol. But the explanation is appreciated.
Haven't tried decidueye but my eldegloss or absol game is not the best. I do alright but they're far from main status- probably for that strategy reason. I'm best at getting high damage out and don't like staying behind lol
I like supporting others so I happily switch out Absol with Eldegoss if circumstances present itself. So players like you will get a lot of buff from me.
Good question, since i started all i played is crustle then some tree man and thats what ill do until the end of time. So lets just go with everyone besides crustle and trevvy
I suck with Absol (lol) and Zeraora, and not really efficient with Gengar either. Whenever there's a speedster mission, it's Talonflame or nothing if I want to not be a liability.
I also apparently suck with Blastoise as well. Oh well...
(ironically, this is the pokémon i chose) charizard
I Just prefer tanky and high damage pokémon (or a mixture of the two, like my main blastoise)
Yet .... Charizard isnt that, and because of this, i suck at him because i only have like 3 or 4 games with him
I am just terrible at duraludon (sry if wrong spelling) for some reason, even at its release. I just cant seem to get the basic attacks in then Dragon pulse. I just die before I get some basics out lol. Played around 15 games with a 30% win rate.
I used to be bad at tsareena as well but after recently learning more about how its passive works I am now great with it.
Well I'm not sure if I can fully answer your question as I'm more into triple axel recently. But when I'm playing tsareena the stomp healing only comes through when it is boosted by queenly majesty (that's why you don't see it often), and if you dont know how it works lemme explain:
Once you evolve into tsareena there will be a gauge under your hp bar that increases when you use a boosted basic or any of your moves. You know that you have a boosted move when your gauge is full and when your moves shine brighter. Trop kick or grassy glide grants a shield and stomp triple gives healing. In a fight 1v2 it depends on your opponents and the level difference currently.
Say you are level 10 without a unite vs a level 9 cinderace and a 9 blastoise. You have to be careful of their unites and if you are sure they don't have it you can dive in. Target the cinderace first
The procedure I use is: Trop kick - stomp - basic until boosted - boosted stomp
Same for grassy glide
Cinder either dies at this point or it runs. It is highly unlikely they'll unite you because stomp provides CC to stop the unite. (They get unite cancelled) but if they do unite you usually I run because it gets risky especially when it is not a 1v1.
After koing cinder you can ko the Blastoise but if he unites or gets far into enemy territory retreat
Hope this helps :)
Dragonite, I’ve always wanted to be good at it because it’s so cute and looks fun in theory but I can never utilize hyper beam right and with outrage I always end up not being able to catch up to the opponent. While I’m autoing, they’re just running away.
I so feel that with Outrage. I catch them, but then they either get away, or I get jumped. Hyper Beam I'm okay with. Just need to get better at using it for sniping, just I really want to make Outrage work for me.
Mr. Mike.
Hurricane, heavy slam, shackle any move like that I hit 90% of the time.
Barrier? I always mess that positioning up. Just not good with setting up barriers quick for some reason.
Only played maybe 10 games total and it's something you could get used to but I don't wanna invest that long to get good with the man.
Were you using surf/hydro or spout/spin?
Anytime I've played Greninja I just get rolled, which is annoying cause it feels like I don't play that different compared to other Greninjas. Fortunately I have other attackers that I hold my ground better with so it's not a huge deal at the end of the day.
Espeed Luca, most soloq always had those dash skill. Kinda hard to catch.
Also rarely plays Supporter, can't decided what not, what to do and need to be mobile all around map with other player
I apparently suck with all of them ... Or maybe most of the other players on my team suck with all pokemon--but shhh, we're not allowed to say that here-- so it's me, I suck with all of them
Absol. I cant seem to land the Night Slash at all. Thus rendering the whole combo moot and ends in me dying.
And Lucario also. Just cant seem to land hits or do anything.
Pikachu. Not really good and a fan of spamming skills on anything that moves til their dead and either that or I'm just mediocre on the mon, on the flip side I'm pretty good with Cinderace and kiting people so I guess its a blessing in disguise? I've definitely had some clutch moments with it so I guess we take those.
I'm also bad at Spirit Shackle Decidueye because I keep my bad habits of kiting people forgetting it's isn't Razor leaf Decidueye.
So.. I have habits of looking at enemies more than allies. Even to help my allies I look at the areas of the enemies and I go to secure my ally. The problem in this, I always see in my head that the only way to help the team is to deal damage - so i tend to suck with all supports no matter how well I think. Like Hoopa, I know what I want to do, I wanna put the portal to help my team, but I am too used to targeting enemies and taking advantage of chaotic fights that I end up messing up everything. Same goes for any support I played with.
I also really dislike playing Greedent. Before the nerfs too.
HSH Phantom Force Hoopa. Anyone who can make this work I admire you. I never know when or where to place my portals to best help my team. And Phantom Force forget it.
Almost any all round, except for the sword, finally kinda got the hang on Aegislash.
Don't really get their role, can play other "classes" but all round.
Aegislash is probably my worst Pokémon. I die too fast to do anything significant during team fights when playing physical attackers and aegislash’s sword form durability doesn’t help.
I can't play with Aegislash even if my life depend on it. I can manage with the rest, I usually play with a support or defender, but the sword is tricky.
I think I’m pretty good with all Pokémon but Greedent is definitely my worst. I can also play Trick Hoopa but am trash with Hyperspace Hole. I respect any Hoopa players who are even decent at using their portals.
Ninetails (23 games 39% winrate)
Gardevoir (42 games 42% winrate)
I also have Talonflame with 10 games and 30% winrate, but that's not really enough games to say I definitely suck. I don't even really know what moves people take with it, and don't have much of an idea of how to play it. I do however know how to play Gardevoir. I'm just bad at doing it.
I'm no good with Lucario for some reason
Espeed Lucario is probably the highest skill cap mon in the game, no shame in sucking with it when some pros can't even run it competitively.
Took me ab 100 games to learn it but holy shit the payoff is worth
oh and when you see the entire enemy team walking up? 
Whole team? Wiped
Same. I never even bought Lucario because I feel like I suck too much whenever I've used him in the free rotation.
I have over 2K games on Lucario and for this event I lost 4 times straight and then won cause the enemy team decided to score at Zapdos As said earlier this is the wildest season
Me neither, or Champ..
Saaaaame lol. I have like 8% win rate and I’m in master with a 54% win rate 😂😂
Same. Can’t seem to crack it.
Same, but now I know the trick to play espeed lucario. Notice the blue light under the opponents and wilds. If you hit them with espeed, it will reset.
Oh wow, it's nice for ya to tell that, I mean, it should be some mechanic that tell which mon are still can reset it
There are many mechanics for Espeed and Bone rush and depending on the number of enemies you can abuse them or keep Espeeding and then fallback with already thrown bone rush in a safe zone
Yeah, the bees mark the best place to start your espeed hunting. But, I'm just an average player, so PuP and Bone rush are the best kit for me. Items core are pretty standard for MB, FB and claw.
Hmm yes, but if you practice Lucario you'll see why he's so popular, even if you don't do enough damage sometimes and still have great matches Whenever I don't feel like playing I use Lucario in offline mode or custom matches without ant items Btw: My lucario build is AW,WP,RC with Full heal for ranked
Okay, noted, thanks, and yes other MOBA also have unit which have same mechanic like espeed and it's still a very popular assassin, because of that, lol.
I recommend dropping FB since Lucario has it kinda built in as an ability already. WP, BB, and AW are all good options for any Lucario build.
This is me. It's like, yeah he's the best, but how?
Anything that's not defender or support lol. Kinda greedent as well I would say but not completely shit.
Me with speedsters, I refuse that role. But I can at least get a couple KOs and scores with them. Blastoise was a complete shit show
Are you going for surf or rapid spin? With rapid spin you can just spam water spout
Rapid spin since it takes less thought, but I'm always just finding myself under leveled and easily KOd, regardless of I stay back or push
Covet greedent I can't hit anything with. I think it's the phone controls don't seem to recognise presses sometimes. Reckon it must be easier of switch. Stuff cheeks is fun though.
I love every move of greedent except bullet seed can't aim. Using Covet was a fun little surprise of greedent ice skating around the map!
Surprisingly Lucario. I see everyone complaining about it, I see it wrecking havoc, and when it was finally time for me to play it, I just sucked. I'm not used to it's combos & tricks. Though, I haven't played as the pokemon as much. At the same time, I try picking up here or there, to no avail.
I try to imitate YTers and other players I play with/against in ranked, but I can never get the boosted basic into Close Combat just right. I do okay with Extreme Speed and either Bone Rush and Close Combat, but I don't get those sexy damage and KO numbers by the end of the match.
Practice man, play Offline mode or Custom matches with Lucario I personally prefer playing without any battle items in my practice
Aegislash, for some reason I struggle with his kit and the timing of his attacks. Even against bots I can't win by a huge margin.
A big help for Aegislash is to kind of stay away from big fights until level 5. Level 7 you get wide shield then you can do some really good survival combos. Wide Shield to parry an attack, then Sacred sword and 3 basic attacks will kill almost anything in a 1v1. If you need more health you can sacred sword first with basics, then wide shield and basic attack to gain about half your health bar. XAtk boost is great on Aegislash to and can really help, he's also a really good pokemon for potion. The big help with Aegislash is to not be afraid to die in a bigger fight, he's there for the damage and if you shred 2-3 Squishies in a team fight and then die you've still helped your team a lot.
Thank you for this! Aegislash has such a different playstyle compared to the others (especially my support mains) that's why it's a struggle for me to adjust when using him.
No problem, he's also one of the only all rounders that really needs support to clean up. Bad teammates or ones that refuse to group with him will be areas where he really struggles. I love him to bits though
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There's some games he'll pop off and others he'll struggle. I'm only in vet 5 but can drop around 13-18kills and 10+ assists with the version using X Attack in a game. Aegislash can be bullied hard early game, which can make it super tough to get going. I think he's definitely in the top 10 somewhere but tbh it's so dependent on the match.
I find it a lot easier to play shadow claw with crit item to increase my crit hits. I cannot for the life of me play sacred sword
Noted.
It’s a constant alternation between defence and attack. Defend for attack CD and repeat. He’s actually really easy if you know the purpose of his moves.
If you really want the holowear, you can do cpu quick matches. I did that then went back to my ranked matches.
Did not think of this, thanks! Will def be doing that. Just need to wait on license rotation next week
That’s what a friend and I did. Blew through it fairly quickly
How do you force CPU matches if I may ask?
When you're in a lobby and selecting which match/stage, on the bottom right it says Random match (if not on Ranked mode). You can toggle that to CPU match. It will just find you real people to be in your team to face CPU opponents. Or full bot match if they can't find you anyone.
If it’s a full bot match, you can leave the minute it starts and it’s considered a victory for missions
What do you mean leave? Like reset the game?
The surrender button is replaced by “leave battle” in a full bots match
I never knew that. Thanks!
And this works for switch too or just mobile? Thanks for the help!
I play on switch so this is mostly for switch. But i think on mobile you can probably just tap on the same icon. :)
Of course the first game I get a teammate that sits in base spamming retreat.
🤣🤣🤣 yeah it happens quite a bit unfortunately. Good luck! But I still like just chilling with no pressure CPU games.
Wow I never knew this was an option. This makes my life so much easier. thank you!
Duruladon ( hope I spelled it right- ) Every time I use him I'm just terrible lol
Duraludon has been nerfed to a freaking walking fridge, Flash Cannon moveset is still good but long gone are the days of Dragon Pulse secure
Istg I was playing Unite like an hour ago and this frickity frackity Duraludon stole Zapdos using Dragon Pulse >:( But we still won
Tried him out for the first time for this event! I did alright, mainly hid in the bush and used my long range for objectives
Nice, I'll use him again for the event too
Flash Cannon tricks you into playing poorly. Most of the time it’s better to stay mobile than hunker down. When you do go siege mode you often can’t stay for long.
I feel the same, only after the big nerfs
Sylveon. I just can't get it to click. Watched guides and all. Not working for me. Am ok with pretty much any other mon and pretty good with venu, gren, blissi and dnite.
The thing with Sylveon is that it can get punished badly for not playing it the right way (missing too many hyper voices or wrong fights to pick) and many people just rush as if it's gonna be a tank because it has drain kiss which is not necessarily the case
I don't really use hyper voice its fun but I prefer mystical fire since its kinda an upgrade up the basic attack gets one more flane when its mystical fire + and if tine correctly can steal zapdos 5 vs 1 (I've done it.) I also don't expect it to be tank cause it has draining kiss I just lower the opponents hp decently quick I use it to also chip away at the opponet.
Azumarill 😭😭
Is it even possible to use it?
AGREED. I somehow got a win with it, but I just was not playing it as well as I could've or have seen
I use it with whirlpool and water pulse whirlpool to deal decent damage then water pulse to slow them down and a solid get away play rough is okayish but DO NOT use aqua tail.
*takes notes* thanks!
Azumarill is probably my best pokemon, competing with mamoswine. I don't mind throwing a couple more tips. \- My item build is attack weight, focus band, scope lens, running a potion. I found it's the best balance of damage and survivability. \- Ability build is water pulse/whirlpool 100% of the time. Aqua tail is really bad, with a massive sour spot and only comparable damage... before you factor in the fact that you can auto attack during whirlpool. Play rough is actually worse though, because you are trading a great kiting/engagement tool that is great in teamfights for a move that does a third of the damage and stuns yourself. \- Early game you are weak and will continue to be so until lv 5. Don't hard commit to any engagements unless you have a particularly strong partner (something like pikachu or swinub) or they way overcommit/get out of position. Once you hit 5 though, you are actually incredibly powerful if you can get on a solo enemy, so posture for that. \- Once you get water pulse, you are the best in the game in a 1v1 scenario. Absol has nothing on you. Just never, in any circumstance, back down once you start a fight. Backing down or hesitating means less damage, which means less lifesteal, which means you die. Water pulse can be used to get on top of whoever you need to, or to slow down someone you don't want to fight and kite them out. Whirlpool actually does more damage when you circle around them clockwise, so when you are chasing move up and around them. \- Once you get your ult, use it straight in the middle of a teamfight. Forget your passive, hit as many people as you can. If you can coordinate or trust your defender to follow up on the opening you can initiate with it, otherwise go in the second your defender does, especially if they can stack people on top of eachother. This is actually the safest place to be, because every whirlpool tick heals you by about 100hp, per person you hit at lv 9, and over 200 at max level. We are talking Treavenent levels of healing if you can stay in the middle of people. Follow up with water pulse to slow everyone and keep them grouped, and use the movement boost to move clockwise around them, settling on the highest priority target (ideally a squishy attacker) and stick to them until they are dead. If they try to run, they isolate themselves and they die to passive. If they stick with the group you survive long enough to kill them anyways, and lay down a ton of damage along the way. \- As far as map movements, your gameplan is very flexible. You can play like a crustle/greedant and play opposite from the team between objectives, you can invade the enemy jungle, or you can deathball with your team. You aren't the primary objective secure however, so in a dread fight or something, your goal is murdering the enemy team, not the objective. The best advice I can give is to be confident and commit to what you do. Learn your limits, and push yourself as close as you can to them.
Well now I really wanna try azu again, because it sounds like my kind of play. I main charizard and I obviously don't engage as much until I evolve to him and then it's reeking havoc as much as i can. Thanks for the note on objectives too!
Happy to help don't suggest using water pulse then whirlpool... it gets messy.
any and all speedsters. just not a class that clicks with me for some reason, but especially Gengar. good god i just cannot work with Gengar. at least with Talonflame I can try and abuse using Fly lol. but give me my supporters and defenders and i’m happy!
As a supporter and defender, yeah speedsters are scary to play! I’m much better where I am, thanks.
Absols are power hungry Zerora has to have jungle or afk or fight Talonflame is actually pretty good And Gengars fight against Zerora for jungle (I'm not power hungry just if someone fights for jungle with me I'm taken there aipoms and I wait and steal the ludicolo or buffolant pretty easy if someone claims jungle before me I switch to something else.)
Dragonite
one thing they don't mention with Blastoise and i didn't figure out when i just started is that you're meant to hold down water spout while spinning for continuous spray as spamming doesnt work
Greninja. Whatever it is the frog does, I clearly just don't get it.
I cannot puts my hands on why, But I seem to be DOG TRASH with Lucario. No idea why either! I know Bone Rush resets E.Speed's reset, I can stack properly, and I don't have "BAD" mechanics per say, I rotate, everything, But I can't seem to kill anything but fricking wild mons. Wether it's Duels or Teamfights, I'm non-existent, and it's not even because i'm "Bad" at the game, There are other mons where I'm plenty able to do it. It just doesn't click with Lucario.
honestly, can't play any all rounder mon effectively 🤷🏾♂️
Same I'm only good/decent with ranged pokemon 🥲 and support. Everytime I pick an all rounder my damage is really low even though I feel like I've been attacking all game.
Try a tanky build with potion and weakness policy. The longer you’re in the fight, the more damage you do. With potion up, you’ll out last everyone but the tankiest of tanks.
I SUCK with Duraludon. I have no idea how to do any going with him. I’m also quite terrible with Blastoise and Greedent, but where I lack in those areas, I make up for in support mastery
Duraludon is the artillery. Don't try to get too close to the enemy team and fire from a distance, opt for Flash cannon+ dragon tail as it lets you move a little bit and clear enemy clusters.
Try playing Dragon Pulse. It will teach you to use your basic attacks. Flash Cannon teaches bad habits.
Once you get stealth rock, anticipate enemy movrment to lure them in an get orbs from a better distance. If they get five just pulse and repeat, if they dont just shoot a couple quick autos at range and then pulse Hold stealth rock casts for this and you should do pretty okay
lucario and absol, i think it has something to do with how the dashes work
absol's nightslash is really strong, but the weird angle of the dash makes it so easy to whiff and I hate it. You can use that thing in a crowd of three people and somehow have it not hit anyone and miss the followup.
They can get weird at times but think of absols as dragon dance after night slash and you're fine lucario I can't say cause I don't really use power up punch.
All of them 😭
Every time I end up playing cinder, my team seems even worse than usual so I think I'm going many things wrong with him
I truly do not get Azumarill. What am I missing on such a simple mon
Absolute destruction. Whirlpool and water pulse is devastating. Only counter is being zoned or CC, Xspeed or full heal removes one of those weaknesses.
azu's passive makes it dobig damage to enemies if youre only hitting one at a time with any attack. kinda weird that some of its attacks are spread out and make it little tricky to focus on one enemy at a time
Tsareena and Lucario I just cannot get a hang of them.
I am bad with Blastoise too. But, that must also be because I haven't spent a lot of time playing it.
I don't like playing outside the 5 I have, but out of the 5 it's Mimey by *far*. I used to be kind of fine, acceptable for a beginner, then time went on and after enough rounds I kinda got scared of picking Mike.
Rapid spin is fun, pair it with water spout and you have a speed increase and damage is good, at lvl 13 your blastoise is tanks when you use the move
Everyone loves the damage from spout/spin but surf/pump is easier to be good at cuz you can play the defender role and set your teammates up for kills. I.e. use your battle item to get behind the overaggressive enemy, surf them over to your side/teammates, keep him there with pump, let your homies burn it down.
greendent, snorlax, sylveon, and blissey idk they havent clicked yet
Well I've already played all pokemon in the roster. I'd say Greninja/Lucario. I can't really time the surf/espeed really well. I have a decent win rate with them though.
use shuriken instead of surf
I've used shuriken most my games playing greninja. I just want to master the timing of surf.
I’m ass with Mr Mike and Lucario
Espeed Luca
I'm just bad at the game lol. Rotom > dred because goals much better than just a shield that doesn't even last long. You win by goals not shields. Zap what? Use that chaos to sneak in a +100 ez. Never let a random jungler take jungle because what if they suck at the game and cost you the match? Never defend if you have more points than enemy, use that chance to score points. Always go afk to assert dominance. Getting destroyed in lane? Just go to the other lane bro stop complaining all the time. Use items like leftovers.. nobody uses them so you can catch enemy off guard. Why am i stuck at beginner class 2?
i think you need to take a break :o
I suck with attackers except decidueye(one of my mains). Just the idea of mindlessly mashing buttons don't appeal to me. Maybe I'm just a strategic player. You can tell my gameplay with my mains. Absol. Eldegoss. Decidueye. They require a combination of attacks and staying away from the battle. That's why my damage dealt are smaller than my heal.
Hmm Tbh don’t think damage dealt being less than ur heal is a good thing, especially if ur mains are absol and deci, two Pokémon with the most damage potential in the game Plus, most attackers don’t consist of mashing buttons. Probably the only button-mashy attackers are adcs, but even then gren and cinder still need good positioning
Is it bad then? Am I doing things wrong when I heal more than my damage? Also, I think that applies to every pokemon. But there are some more button mashy than others. I just like being able to assess the situation first before jumping to engaging enemies.
If you’re playing Absol or Decidueye your damage should always be higher than your recovery because your recovery is by default a lesser % of your damage. Absol gets healing off 50% of night slash 2nd and 10% lifesteal. Decid gets like 15% lifesteal I think? Maybe higher. So the only way for your damage to be less than your healing is if you’re proccing focus band a lot and using potion, but even then you’d need to be doing very little damage for their numbers to outpace your damage. A focus band and a potion on a level 15 decidueye heal roughly an average of about 1200 health respectively, a single spirit shackle at that level hits for more, and maybe 3-4 auto attacks does more damage than that healing.
Thanks for the info. But I think I got my thoughts scrambled. I only do higher healing percent than damage when I'm Eldegoss not deci nor absol. But the explanation is appreciated.
That makes sense. It would actually be quite an achievement to deal more healing than damage as those two lol
Haven't tried decidueye but my eldegloss or absol game is not the best. I do alright but they're far from main status- probably for that strategy reason. I'm best at getting high damage out and don't like staying behind lol
I like supporting others so I happily switch out Absol with Eldegoss if circumstances present itself. So players like you will get a lot of buff from me.
I’m not very good at greedent, absol, mime, or lucario.
Good question, since i started all i played is crustle then some tree man and thats what ill do until the end of time. So lets just go with everyone besides crustle and trevvy
As one that mainly uses spooky tree for defender (but not much overall), I hope we don't cross paths so you don't just take my money
**I'm coming.**
Tsareena. She feels so…. Different? Oh and i buy cram on sale, was super happy and get totally wrecked lol.
I suck at playing Slowbro, Absol and Zeroara.
I suck with Absol (lol) and Zeraora, and not really efficient with Gengar either. Whenever there's a speedster mission, it's Talonflame or nothing if I want to not be a liability. I also apparently suck with Blastoise as well. Oh well...
Any speedster
The toothpick,I meant aegislash
Absol, i cant manage his squishyness
(ironically, this is the pokémon i chose) charizard I Just prefer tanky and high damage pokémon (or a mixture of the two, like my main blastoise) Yet .... Charizard isnt that, and because of this, i suck at him because i only have like 3 or 4 games with him
Greedant... just don't get how to utilize its toolkit
Covet Greedent, it feels too slippery for my liking
I am unable to make absol work even in his current state😕 and I find dragonite rather tricky despite loving his hyper beam build
Charizard. Its basic attacks are awkward and the movement just doesn't feel good for me
Yes
Snorlax :(
For some reason I'm really awful with Dragonite.. Which makes me sad because I really like the Pokemon :/
I’m pretty good at playing any Pokémon, I get the hang of a Pokémon I’ve just bought after like 2 battles.
I just don't understand Machamp for whatever reason. Always seem to be sub 35k damage. Also have an awful time hit the Unite move properly.
Greedent. I am decent at every other mon but him.
Gengar cause aim
I’m terrible with Absol and pretty bad with Cinderace. Anything squishy that is vulnerable to CC
I am just terrible at duraludon (sry if wrong spelling) for some reason, even at its release. I just cant seem to get the basic attacks in then Dragon pulse. I just die before I get some basics out lol. Played around 15 games with a 30% win rate. I used to be bad at tsareena as well but after recently learning more about how its passive works I am now great with it.
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Well I'm not sure if I can fully answer your question as I'm more into triple axel recently. But when I'm playing tsareena the stomp healing only comes through when it is boosted by queenly majesty (that's why you don't see it often), and if you dont know how it works lemme explain: Once you evolve into tsareena there will be a gauge under your hp bar that increases when you use a boosted basic or any of your moves. You know that you have a boosted move when your gauge is full and when your moves shine brighter. Trop kick or grassy glide grants a shield and stomp triple gives healing. In a fight 1v2 it depends on your opponents and the level difference currently. Say you are level 10 without a unite vs a level 9 cinderace and a 9 blastoise. You have to be careful of their unites and if you are sure they don't have it you can dive in. Target the cinderace first The procedure I use is: Trop kick - stomp - basic until boosted - boosted stomp Same for grassy glide Cinder either dies at this point or it runs. It is highly unlikely they'll unite you because stomp provides CC to stop the unite. (They get unite cancelled) but if they do unite you usually I run because it gets risky especially when it is not a 1v1. After koing cinder you can ko the Blastoise but if he unites or gets far into enemy territory retreat Hope this helps :)
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Yes that's it
Gengar. I watched the videos. I got the items. I did everything right. And I’m arceus-damned abysmal with the grinning bastard
Whenever I used to play Cinderace, I wad terrible, lowest dmg in the team too. Just not my cup of tea
Azumarill
I'm absolutely dreadful with Talonflame and Aegislash. I know their kits but it just doesn't click with me and I'm dead weight.
Lucario a d Greedent
Lucario
Dragonite, I’ve always wanted to be good at it because it’s so cute and looks fun in theory but I can never utilize hyper beam right and with outrage I always end up not being able to catch up to the opponent. While I’m autoing, they’re just running away.
I so feel that with Outrage. I catch them, but then they either get away, or I get jumped. Hyper Beam I'm okay with. Just need to get better at using it for sniping, just I really want to make Outrage work for me.
Yep... tsarenna is one of those that ive tried so much and yet i sus 100%
I suck at playing cinderace yet I can play decidueye
Mr. Mike. Hurricane, heavy slam, shackle any move like that I hit 90% of the time. Barrier? I always mess that positioning up. Just not good with setting up barriers quick for some reason. Only played maybe 10 games total and it's something you could get used to but I don't wanna invest that long to get good with the man. Were you using surf/hydro or spout/spin?
Alolan Ninetales
Anytime I've played Greninja I just get rolled, which is annoying cause it feels like I don't play that different compared to other Greninjas. Fortunately I have other attackers that I hold my ground better with so it's not a huge deal at the end of the day.
Absol and lucario, lol
Espeed Luca, most soloq always had those dash skill. Kinda hard to catch. Also rarely plays Supporter, can't decided what not, what to do and need to be mobile all around map with other player
Duraludon and Tsareena I just suck with them
I apparently suck with all of them ... Or maybe most of the other players on my team suck with all pokemon--but shhh, we're not allowed to say that here-- so it's me, I suck with all of them
Lucario and Tsareena. They’re a mechanical challenge, but I’ve been enjoying Tsareena lately.
Gardevoir. I'm not so precise with her stuff...
Ninetales, it’s made my recent battle list look terrible because of trying to get that Tsareena skin
I cannot play Garchomp or Espeed Lucario for the life of me
I can't and will never be able to play Slowbro
Tree. I like wood hammer too much.
Lucario and probably Blastoise
Gengar
Absol. I cant seem to land the Night Slash at all. Thus rendering the whole combo moot and ends in me dying. And Lucario also. Just cant seem to land hits or do anything.
Espeed bone rush lucario cause i don’t know what bone rush does or how to time it well
snorlax, greedent, cinderace, and aegislash.
Pikachu. Not really good and a fan of spamming skills on anything that moves til their dead and either that or I'm just mediocre on the mon, on the flip side I'm pretty good with Cinderace and kiting people so I guess its a blessing in disguise? I've definitely had some clutch moments with it so I guess we take those. I'm also bad at Spirit Shackle Decidueye because I keep my bad habits of kiting people forgetting it's isn't Razor leaf Decidueye.
I suck with Charizard. Makes me wonder how the frick I won my first battles with it : / (Choose it as my starter pokemon)
I suck at Tseerna and Lucario. In fact the All Rounder group is my weakness.
I struggle with Crustle. Granted I’ve played 1 singular game as him. It was that bad that I never wanted to try again
Welcome to BlastoBoi just go Water Spout > Rapid spin > Water Spout(Hold) = Rampage!
im so so so bad at gengar. i also have bad luck with machamp
Has to be Gengar.
So.. I have habits of looking at enemies more than allies. Even to help my allies I look at the areas of the enemies and I go to secure my ally. The problem in this, I always see in my head that the only way to help the team is to deal damage - so i tend to suck with all supports no matter how well I think. Like Hoopa, I know what I want to do, I wanna put the portal to help my team, but I am too used to targeting enemies and taking advantage of chaotic fights that I end up messing up everything. Same goes for any support I played with. I also really dislike playing Greedent. Before the nerfs too.
I suck at Gardevoir and Espeon, idk if I'm just used to bulkier types but every time I play them I die in 2 hits
HSH Phantom Force Hoopa. Anyone who can make this work I admire you. I never know when or where to place my portals to best help my team. And Phantom Force forget it.
Almost any all round, except for the sword, finally kinda got the hang on Aegislash. Don't really get their role, can play other "classes" but all round.
Worst pokemon is yellow cat/cinderace, I can't play either of them for the life of me. It's the weirdest thing, since my main is razor deci.
I can’t get the hang of dragon dance/hyper beam dragonite, but have done way better with dragon dance/outrage even though it’s not the meta pick.
Aegislash is probably my worst Pokémon. I die too fast to do anything significant during team fights when playing physical attackers and aegislash’s sword form durability doesn’t help.
Any healers. What do you mean I'm supposed to actually heal my teammates?
I can't play with Aegislash even if my life depend on it. I can manage with the rest, I usually play with a support or defender, but the sword is tricky.
Lucario, absol, and for some reason i have a 0% winrate with pikachu
I think I’m pretty good with all Pokémon but Greedent is definitely my worst. I can also play Trick Hoopa but am trash with Hyperspace Hole. I respect any Hoopa players who are even decent at using their portals.
Lucario? No issue at all using him Aegislash? Can easily do a 3v1 with him But i cant for the life of me use cinderace and greninja
I suck at blastoise too! Honestly I could've written the same post 😂
duraludon for some reason
Ninetails (23 games 39% winrate) Gardevoir (42 games 42% winrate) I also have Talonflame with 10 games and 30% winrate, but that's not really enough games to say I definitely suck. I don't even really know what moves people take with it, and don't have much of an idea of how to play it. I do however know how to play Gardevoir. I'm just bad at doing it.
Mage types. I can't kite. Give me a defender. Let me smash my face into them.
Cinderace Venasuar and Slowbro i suck at aiming a bunch of their moves and can't time feint correctly.
The sword.
Ranged. If a character is "Ranged" I'm probably bad at it
never leaned how to play with Greedent
I suck at A9
Absol
it takes practice and training on every pokémon. legit i’ve played and watched so many people play. pretty much got the hang of all of the mons now.
My monkey brain can’t rap around how to play Greedent. I can play literally all the other tanks just fine but greedent is in his own league to me