20-0, nice! Your ranking must probably be around 1750's, if not a bit more. I would have stayed as well, considering a 20-0 can definitely put you in a great position.
Yes, this is my first online competition. Actually I'm now at 6-1 due to kids not trying. I bred and re-bred my Pokemon for 5IV natures, and then I face people with level 17 Charmanders. But I guess that's what you're going to get in the Junior League.
That is awesome. I did not want you to think my comments sounded like mocking.
There's really not much you can do in that situation, but trying not to speed is probably the best bet there. I always consider bumping up my speed IVs or using a boosting nature to avoid those matchups as much as possible.
I perhaps would have gone with Dynamic Punch at that point due to the fact Machamps' speed differ and there is no specific set assigned to them, unlike Alakazam or Gengar, which are much easier to guess if you are going to end up with a speed tie. I.E, Timid Alakazam's both sharing 189 in speed or 182 for Gengar's case. It is most likely that Bullet Punch wouldn't kill Machamp, as all alone it does approxiamtely 20% around damage to Gengar with 0 EV invested on defense.
Depends on how much speed you run on your Machamp. I usually gauge how fast my opponent's Machamp is by switching my Clefable into it. If they switch out after Clefable comes in then chances are they're running min speed. If they outspeed my Clefable and go for something like poison jab/heavy slam then I know they have at least 68 speed evs since my Clefable has 8 points in speed and I won't risk the speed tie. My champ tends to be faster than most other Machamps anyway but if they outspeed my Clefable I'll do anything to avoid a speed tie scenario and outplay it. In your situation I think Dynamic Punch would've been the better play because he got a punch off on you anyway and confused you and you initially failed to kill him with the initial bullet punch. Dynamic Punch would've been the guaranteed KO and the odds are in your favor. There's a 50/50 chance of you winning a speed tie and then a 50/50 chance of you breaking through confusion and immediately killing his Machamp with dynamic punch. On the other hand, bullet punch only does 15-20% depending on whether the machamp has 172 HP evs or 252 HP evs and since you're confused it turns it into a 50/50. So in the situation where you dynamic punch his champ you basically get two checks to kill whereas in the second scenario where you bullet punch you only get one check to kill. With a crit you might kill his champ if he had 29% left but that's a maximum roll and crits are only 6% anyway. If possible, make an educated guess about whether you're faster or not and if you don't know that information make the choice that maximizes your odds.
I'm running Sub + Encore + Disable. Sub -> Shadow Ball breaks -> Disable -> Encore (Gengar's last two turns fail because Disable) -> free Sub or Psyshock while they either 1) Struggle or 2) Switch and eat Stealth Rock.
I'm doing well for now... I can't beat Sub Dragonite and other stuff
"Just" one Minimize lol. As if +2 Evasion is no big thing. But how is Minimize in this meta? Lots of teams have Slax, and the vast majority of those have Body Slam. Then there's opposing Clef, which ignore your boosts.
Lot of peole I met don't have body slam on snorlax
I've been there. It's painful to lose, especially if you spent a lot of time breeding, EV training, etc, but don't let it discourage you.
Alright i hope so lol, i dont mind posting it now tbh, just because i still get dragonite xD
You've finished all your battles, right? so you can post it if you want to.
Ehh alright why not xD.
