I want to say this: there are some thing in Showdown (particularly in Battle Spot) that make the game not fun at all.
1.- There are some people using a Liepard with assist and prankster as ability that uses this move only to turn it to spore. First they use this move to sleep the opponent, then use swagger to confuse them so the pokemon opponent kill himself and when the opponent is weak use foul play... That's basically the strategy. There's no fun in this kind of battle.
2.- People use hidden power too freely. I mean, if you want your pokemon have a specific hidden power you need to have your IVs specifically distributed so you can that specific hidden power. Instead of that, in showdown, you put your pokemon the hidden power you want without a care... I still can accept than a normal pokemon can use freely this hidden power (still disagree, but it have more sense) since you can hatch them so the have the correct IVs for that... but I don't know how many times I found a Thundurus with hidden power ice, move that destroy my Garchomp and destroy also many possibles strategies against this Pokemon.
That make the game not fun at all. It lose balance this way. It is hard enough to play against a Talonflame or a Mega-Kangaskhan who are monster that need a specific strategy (actually, I had to sell my soul and put in my team a Mega-Kangaskhan) and I accept it... but I can't accept the Liepard strategy and the Hidden Power overuse because it destroy the game...
1.- There are some people using a Liepard with assist and prankster as ability that uses this move only to turn it to spore. First they use this move to sleep the opponent, then use swagger to confuse them so the pokemon opponent kill himself and when the opponent is weak use foul play... That's basically the strategy. There's no fun in this kind of battle.
2.- People use hidden power too freely. I mean, if you want your pokemon have a specific hidden power you need to have your IVs specifically distributed so you can that specific hidden power. Instead of that, in showdown, you put your pokemon the hidden power you want without a care... I still can accept than a normal pokemon can use freely this hidden power (still disagree, but it have more sense) since you can hatch them so the have the correct IVs for that... but I don't know how many times I found a Thundurus with hidden power ice, move that destroy my Garchomp and destroy also many possibles strategies against this Pokemon.
That make the game not fun at all. It lose balance this way. It is hard enough to play against a Talonflame or a Mega-Kangaskhan who are monster that need a specific strategy (actually, I had to sell my soul and put in my team a Mega-Kangaskhan) and I accept it... but I can't accept the Liepard strategy and the Hidden Power overuse because it destroy the game...