I use Battle Facilites a lot, mostly for Battle Points but in older generations also for the sense of accomplishment since they were harder to beat in the past imo. My favorite is PWT from B2W2 because it was super cool seeing all the old Gym Leaders and Champions again instead of random NPCs like in most other Battle Facilities and that's why beating this facility feels a lot more special to me compared to all the others. Second favorite is the entire Battle Frontier in Gen 4, especially the Battle Tower, and I'm super proud that I was able to get the Gold Print from every facility there. I also enjoyed the Battle Tree in Alola so it makes my Top 3 I guess.
Beating these facilities for the first time and getting that high win streak also makes you "bond" with the Pokemon you used almost as much as you bond with your actual playthrough teams. So I want to use this opportunity and shoutout my teams that helped me beat these three favorite battle facilities of mine for the first time.
Gen 4 Battle Frontier team from HeartGold: Red Gyarados, Garchomp and Alakazam
Gen 5 PWT team from White 2: Gyarados, Volcarona and Amoonguss
Gen 7 Battle Tree team from Sun: shiny Dragonite, mega Venusaur and shiny Dusclops
Would also like to see what teams others used to beat their favorite facilities and that incudes the OP so please share your teams in your posts as well if you want :)
Thank you for your replies. I strongly appreciate it. As for me, whenever I play the game, I do so using the teams that I begin my adventure with, which is typically the same Pokémon that I have bred (and sometimes transferred) for the start of my game. My style of play is to use two sets of teams in the beginning of my play-through, where I start with my primary team and use them until I beat the first gym. Afterwards, I use my secondary team until I beat the second gym and repeat this process by alternating these teams until I beat all the gyms. Afterwards, I try to use the battle facilities with both my primary and secondary teams.
In
Pokémon Black and White, my primary team consisted of
Serperior (Ophis), Starmie (Lyra), Hitmonchan (Fisticuffz), Electivire (Buzzkill), Crobat (Fangoria) and Mismagius (Lil Missy). My secondary team consisted of
Gyarados (Drakaina), Machamp (Shiva), Magnezone (Maggie), Haxorus (Huntress), Weavile (Frostie) and Sigilyph (Symboler). I attempted the Battle Subway with both of these teams and did pretty well, but I didn't play the battle facilities too often in this game. I am thinking about revisiting though, as the Unova games are my all-time favorite Pokémon games.
In
Pokémon X and Y, my team consisted of
Greninja (Kunoichi), Blaziken (Barbie Q), Electivire (Electra), Haxorus (Hak-n-Slash), Gardevoir (Charisma), and Aerodactyl (Ariel). My secondary team consisted of
Feraligatr (Allie), Lucario (Lucy), Magnezone (Maggie), Weavile (Frostie), Nidoqueen (Maternity), and Sigilyph (Symboler). I also did really well with both teams, as I managed to get over 60 wins with both and earned a ton of BP.
In
Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, my primary team was
Blaziken (Barbie Q), Feraligatr (Allie), Electivire (Buzzkill), Haxorus (Huntress), Gardevoir (Charisma), and Nidoking (Machismo). My secondary team was
(Starmie) Lyra, Machamp (Kali), Magnezone (Maggie), Drapion (Serket), Weavile (Frostie), and Mismagius (Lil Missy). In this game, I also did well with both teams and garnered over 100 wins.
In
Pokémon Ultra Sun, my primary team was
Decidueye (Artemisia), Starmie (Lyra), Blaziken (Barbie Q), Electivire (Buzzkill), Garchomp (Megalodonna), and Gardevoir (Charisma). My secondary team was
Feraligatr (Allie), Machamp (Shiva), Magnezone (Maggie), Haxorus (Hak-n-Slash), Alakazam (Mystique), and Drapion (Serket). I recalled doing excellent with my first team, as much of my 50+ wins was a result of it, but my second team kind of struggled just a tiny bit because many were lacking in speed. They still did pretty well though, but I didn't use the secondary team as much.
In
Pokémon Sword, my primary team was
Inteleon (Lizzie), Lucario (Lucy), Electivire (Buzzkill), Haxorus (Huntress), Gengar (Alusi), and Gardevoir (Charisma). My secondary team consists of
Starmie, Blaziken (Barbie Q), Magnezone (Maggie), Garchomp (Megalodonna), Weavile (Frostie), and Togekiss (Tinkerbelle). In this game's Battle Tower, things changed completely. While I did use my primary and secondary teams to dominate the Battle Tower as well, I mostly used major legendary Pokémon because I never had the option to do it before, and a ton of other teams I can't recall right now. Much of my Battle Tower experience in this game was mostly dominating with
Reshiram (Veritas). I used
Butterfree (Freebie) with Compound Eyes and Sleep Powder to put the opposing Pokémon to sleep, spam Quiver Dance for boosts, and pass the stat boosts to Veritas via Baton Pass to sweep everything. Of course, it's not that Reshiram even needs those boosts, but I just enjoyed the overkill.
