Offense VS defense

[Barney.]

Both.

I can't pick one.

I use Defensive Pokemon, e.g. Miltank, Bastiodon, Slowking.

And Offensive, e.g. Heracross, Mawile, Weavile.

And a bit of both...e.g. Tyranitar...

 

[Eucliffe]

Well, "Offense is the best defense, after all." could apply to my opinion. But I think it depends on the situation. 'Course, I'm not one for competitive battling, so...

 

[Idiot!]

Although I prefer offense, I don't mind torturing someone to death.

 

[Dark Azelf]

I generally prefer all out offense, because its been proven it is the #1 style of battling as pretty much ANY successful team is offensive. Due to the fact that this play style lessens the chance for crits and "hax" because you are the one on the offensive all the time, it forces your opponent on the back foot to defend. Its pretty much (usually fast) sweepers who overwhelm the opposition and are central around a strategy. Its also easier to team build too because if you have an outstanding weakness you can just slap a scarf on something and call it a day and revenge kill a threat or use a "check" (For example, Lucario is a Tyranitar check, because although it dies to EQ, it can come in on crunch and stone edge and pose an immediate threat). Bulky offense is pretty good too, whilst still offensive its not AS offensive as all out, its the #2 play style in terms of success.


Defensive play aka "stall" takes alot more team building ability and because you have to actually counter threats, rather than using "checks" and revenge killers it takes lot more thought to pull off this play style. It is hard to do and does have problems with the sheer power of threats in the metagame now, has a tendancy to get overwhelmed and in general is inferior to offensive play styles. Although it still can work, however you have to really have excellent battling skills and team building skills.

 

[Selene Gallio]

Undoubtedly,it's offense the one that determines the outcome of a Pokemon battle,but it's equally quite risky focusing on strategies that involve *only* offensive techniques.A good example is probably Zangoose that has a quite commendable attack rate,but lacks severely in terms of defense-at least,in comparison to the rest of its stats-.Some claim that the ideal team is composed of Pokemon that thrive in attack/special attack,while defense/special defense is quite neglected.For instance,Dragonite owns mighty offensive abilities,but it's true it can be easily taken down,if stroke with Ice-type or Dragon-type moves(quite in fact,it's quite common to defeat a Dragonite by landing only one Ice-type attack).I really doubt that by training your Pokemon on an offensive scale solely,you get the win *ALL* the time,considering that on certain occasions you have to reenforce your defense in order to gain victory.It's evenly hard,nevertheless,to rely *only* on your defensive skills to achieve victory.Defense-based battles require patience(okay,a LOT of patience)in order to be concluded-and,especially,if the opposing Pokemon possesses recistance to your Pokemon's moves-,not to mention that it's wiser to teach your Pokemon mainly powerful moves that are unfortunately of lower Power Points and,worse,are of lower accuracy,say,Thunder.

Me,I prefer neither defense,nor offense.A balanced training is the key to win a battle,in my opinion.Besides,*nobody* wants his/her Pokemon faint without launching a single hit and *nobody* wants to waste precious time,attempting to defeat his/her foes.Though,I have a certain preference for raising my critical-hit ratio,so I usually give my Pokemon these sorts of items(Razor Claw,etc.).

 

[Cold Fusion]

I love to have defensive types, but I try to at least have some offensive in my teams.
I would use offensives but I just can't seem to use them aswell as defending and then knocking the other team.
I would say I am more the defensive type!

 

[fenyx4]

Offense. Especially so my Fire Pokemon can incinerate their foes! :D The games are offense-oriented anyway, so I might as well get in and sweep quickly to reduce my troubles (and excessively drawn-out battles, which I hate)

 

[Walrein]

I generally prefer all out offense, because its been proven it is the #1 style of battling as pretty much ANY successful team is offensive. Due to the fact that this play style lessens the chance for crits and "hax" because you are the one on the offensive all the time, it forces your opponent on the back foot to defend. Its pretty much (usually fast) sweepers who overwhelm the opposition and are central around a strategy. Its also easier to team build too because if you have an outstanding weakness you can just slap a scarf on something and call it a day and revenge kill a threat or use a "check" (For example, Lucario is a Tyranitar check, because although it dies to EQ, it can come in on crunch and stone edge and pose an immediate threat). Bulky offense is pretty good too, whilst still offensive its not AS offensive as all out, its the #2 play style in terms of success.


Defensive play aka "stall" takes alot more team building ability and because you have to actually counter threats, rather than using "checks" and revenge killers it takes lot more thought to pull off this play style. It is hard to do and does have problems with the sheer power of threats in the metagame now, has a tendancy to get overwhelmed and in general is inferior to offensive play styles. Although it still can work, however you have to really have excellent battling skills and team building skills.

Couldn't agree more, sadly I don't you think the same of me. Today's metagame is very offensive, expecially with the amount of priority going around. I didn't see Bronzing around for alot of time...

 

[⋚Raika⋚]

Offense to the MAX! I couldn't CARE LESS about defense, since by defending you would only give the opponent a chance to ram you even harder, so I would attack them with ALL I GOT!