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I'm not a very experienced battle tower doubles player, I just got my 84 streak today. I borrowed the core of this team and strategy from someone else, although I don't remember who and if they posted here or not. The strategy is to play extremely aggressively to win before opponents can act...
Thanks for pointing this out. I thought I was crazy when Latios was underperforming according to my damage calculations! I've changed the team again to account for the lack of Soul Dew, and brought my streak up to 42. Perish Song feels amazing! After some more experience, I feel like I can share...
Glad to see there's still a discussion going on here in 2025! I started ascending the battle tower on an emulator yesterday. I'm currently at a 28 streak in doubles, starting with a Garchomp Swords Dance and Tailwind lead. I realized there were too many openings in my strategy for the CPU to...
Hey ya'll, my data collection period is ending February 16th, and I currently have less than a fourth of the total responses I was hoping to achieve. Your response matters! If you haven't responded to the survey, please do! Inputs from all skill levels are equally valuable.
Greetings Smogon users! I am an undergraduate researcher at Barton College in Wilson, North Carolina. Over the 2024 fall semester I have been working on a research project that compares personality traits and pokemon skill level. If you have played on the Smogon battle simulator for VGC...