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What is the best way to iv battle? Should I ask someone to play me in a friendly match so that they know I'll be checking my Pokemon's stats? Or should I just get into a random battle, check stats and then battle or disconnect after checking stats?
P.S. - I'm new to all of this stuff so I...
@ Junk - That's great. All someone has to do is copy and paste those to their respective Tier pages. This way new players have virtually no excuse for not having basic knowledge of the tiers. Because it'll be in the articles (which they should read) and the very pages they're searching for...
On each tier page there should be a brief description of what the tier is. This way it will help people who are new to competitive battling understand what the tiers are. Yes I know common sense should kick in when you read the name but some people require a little more than a name to fully...
I'm confused about something. People say evolution has no effect on EV training yet they'll point out differences in evolved forms. For example people say Scizor is slower than Scyther. But if that's true how can the statement about evolution not having an effect on EV training be true? If your...
Hi, I'm new to competitive battling and pretty much just recently found out about it and saw that so many people have taken this to a new level. Anyway, my questions are:
1. Some people say that it doesn't matter which Pokemon you use as long as you train them well and know how to play with...