Have you gotten better at pokemon?

Started by Gogoat Rocks! March 6th, 2014 3:30 AM
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Have you gotten better at Pokemon since X & Y came out?

Gogoat Rocks!

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Female
New South Wales, Australia (River Vivillon)
Seen October 25th, 2016
Posted January 21st, 2016
475 posts
9.8 Years
Hey. I'm not sure if this should be posted here so if it is not supposed a monator can move this or if a thread like this is already on here you can close it ;)

to be honest, before pokemon X & Y came out I just been focusing on power. not looking or understanding stats, not knowing IVs or EVs were important, and not caring about stat moves like trick room, Dragon Dance, Sand attack, etc. I'm sure there are other things but I can't remember them all :)
But ever since Pokemon X & Y came out, I understood pokemon better than ever before. so I was wondering if some other people on this website have gotten better at pokemon since X & Y came out and maybe how you got better ;)

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PS: O yeah.... I had NO IDEA WHAT YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO DO IN A CONTEST!!!! lol {XD}
The Beauty of Kalos Art
Male
Somewhere in the universe
Seen June 2nd, 2015
Posted November 25th, 2014
666 posts
9.6 Years
I have gotten a lot better at breeding, stats, types, moves, status moves, training, etc.
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Puddle

Mission Complete✔

Age 27
Male
Jacksonville, Florida
Seen November 17th, 2019
Posted September 5th, 2014
1,458 posts
9.4 Years
I've definitely gotten better, but not because of X & Y. I don't even have the games. I think X & Y made people start doing more things so they were sharing those things with everybody. I started EV training now since everyone talks about it.

Female
Somewhere in Europe
Seen August 21st, 2020
Posted January 6th, 2016
2,316 posts
19.6 Years
I got a bit better. When I started (1st generation), I thought moves which don't deal damage are useless, I also didn't know about EVs. 4th Generation is probably the generation where I started to read more about these things (or maybe it was earlier). However, I sitll didn't pay much attention to EVs since it was so tedious to EV train. I only EV trained one Pokémon in Generation 5. Now in X/Y I have multiple EV trained Pokémon through super training (I know horde battles are faster but I keep forgetting which Pokémon gives out which EVs). X/Y was also the first game where I really IV bred (except for one try in gen 5) since it's so easy now.
So, yeah, I understand more about these things now and I am willing to do more things to get better Pokémon. But learning battling tactics and useful movesets would still require too much time for me to understand and are something I won't bother with.

Blueredemption

Never stop exploring!

Age 24
Male
Seen October 5th, 2022
Posted January 4th, 2021
478 posts
9.8 Years
my strategies and tactics for beating the games have not changed but my understanding of Pokemon as a whole has. i have taken the time to learn more about ev's and how to breed good iv's onto Pokemon, something that i would never have attempted in gen 5.
Male
Sinnoh Region
Seen December 13th, 2022
Posted July 10th, 2018
1,084 posts
15.4 Years
Since I first played Gold and Ruby back in March 2003, I have improved a lot. In the early days I just used strong and powerful Pokemon against everything, not caring for type advantages, using more than one Pokemon of the same type, over-leveling my starter to be stronger than everything else (while all my other Pokemon were at level 20-30, my starter was at level 50-60), and using legendaries, which because they ended up being banned in the battle facilities such as the Battle Frontier in Emerald was why I ended up struggling through it and never got a single Battle Symbol because I was denied of use of my Rayquaza while all my other Pokemon were absolutely terrible.

In more recent years, I even out the levels of all my Pokemon (all the Pokemon in my team in X right now are at level 75-80), I try to make all the Pokemon in my team different types unless they're dual-type, because it would make my team less balanced, and I barely use legendaries since, because of the fact that the major usually get banned in Battle Facilities, they end up becoming nothing more than paperweights in the PC while the minor legendaries like Suicune and Latios can be used. Most importantly is that I now know type advantages and weaknesses better and can get through the game faster, even if I don't have a single Pokemon that has a move that's strong against *insert type here*, but every team has at least one weak point, no team is perfect.

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Wild Duck Pokémon

Age 30
Non-binary
With the Birds
Seen January 9th, 2015
Posted January 9th, 2015
3,416 posts
14.3 Years
Not really, but I'm not super hardcore either. The Fairy type threw off what I knew about the type chart for so long lol

Nah

Age 30
she/her, they/them
Seen 5 Hours Ago
Posted 5 Hours Ago
15,645 posts
9.5 Years
Since X and Y have come out, not a whole lot. Since Black and White, I've gotten a fair bit better (that's when I started to do competitive battling). And since Red/Blue/Yellow, I've gotten waaaaaaaaaaaaaay better.
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Ghost Lunis

BOO!

Male
The Shadows
Seen February 12th, 2018
Posted October 19th, 2014
2,074 posts
12 Years
My improvement actually came in black and white when I found out about the HUGE online community. Before that I just played to be playing. I learned all the little breeding tips and battling tips then but now I feel I've actually dumbed down. Lol.
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Timbjerr

T-o-X-i-C

Age 36
Female
Texas
Seen May 30th, 2022
Posted January 28th, 2016
7,415 posts
19.7 Years
I wouldn't say that I've improved since XY came out, since I've never really been the best at competitive battling to begin with. I'm the type that just absorbs all the knowledge I can and share it with others. XP

I did strongly improve my game between GenIII and GenIV though, where my mastery of defensive stall tactics started to solidify into my personal style. XD

Captain Gizmo

Monkey King

Age 29
Male
Canada
Seen 2 Weeks Ago
Posted 3 Weeks Ago
4,842 posts
10.7 Years
When I came back into Pokemon (HeartGold & SoulSilver) I used HM moves on my main Pokemon, never used a HM slave and I was like 20 levels under the E4 and I got crushed so often by them. Upon joining this forum I got better at Pokemon, learned about IVs and EVs, breeding, and battle mechanics. I'd say this forum helped me in becoming a better Pokemon trainer :3
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Hiatus

Seen 1 Week Ago
Posted July 24th, 2021
12,283 posts
10.8 Years
When I was younger, I didn't really know much things about Pokémon other than the fact that if you trained and reached higher levels, your Pokémon would become stronger. When I was introduced to competitive scene around gen four, I soon learned there's more to it than just that; I began learning about EV training, IV breeding, creating movsets, and things like that. All these things have definitely turned me into a better of a player than before. :P

Lost Lore

From the Shadows

Age 29
Female
Mt. Coronet
Seen January 17th, 2017
Posted October 15th, 2014
155 posts
14.6 Years
I've gotten a lot better since I first played Gold, I'd say, but I suppose that comes with getting older and learning things from other players. You don't just train one Pokemon anymore, you don't have four moves of the same type- you train your team evenly and focus on getting better coverage.

I'm still reeling from the sudden addition of Fairy-type and I constantly forget that Steel doesn't resist Dark or Ghost anymore, though. So I'd say I've actually gotten a slight bit worse since X/Y came out. XD
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Flushed

never eat raspberries

Seen November 4th, 2017
Posted May 18th, 2017
2,301 posts
9.7 Years
I started focusing on EVs and IVs in the 5th gen, but wasn't able to breed or actually battle online. But with XY and the Friend Safari and breeding system, I got to learning and actually breeding my own Pokemon, battling online, etc., so I have gotten better. Plus I joined the forums on the cusp of the 6th gen., so that's when I started to seek advice on competitive aspects.

Shhmew

Age 28
Female
drifting
Seen November 3rd, 2014
Posted March 27th, 2014
332 posts
9.7 Years
Nah, not really. I learned all about EVs and IVs and stuff in the fifth generation. Though I am looking to get more into breeding and competitive battling this gen, so improvement may come for me soon :)
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Alternia
Seen December 1st, 2022
Posted October 18th, 2022
4,422 posts
13.2 Years
I did get a lot better, not with X and Y, but with Platinum. I didn't care for natures, didn't know what EV's nor IV's were, non damaging moves were useless for me, etc. I joined this place shortly after buying Plat and I've gotten better and better since then.

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Hikamaru

Age 30
Female
Australia
Seen January 24th, 2019
Posted September 4th, 2018
50,214 posts
12.2 Years
Yeah I did get better as generations went on, my team in Ruby was like so noobish, weak and redundant compared to what I have on my 5th Gen games and X/Y. I definitely improved in type diversity for sure, as well as being more aware of abilities and moves.
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soreninja

Dat Tongue Scarf tho...

Male
Lumiose City, Kalos
Seen August 2nd, 2019
Posted May 18th, 2014
51 posts
10.1 Years
To be honest, even though I am a pokemon fan for a long time, X and Y introduced me to competitive battling, I have started breeding, ev training, trading and wi-fi battling. That's why I picked Yes, I have learned a lot.
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