What is your most boring battle ever?

[Blizz]

Did you ran out of ethers? Did you had to use low-leveled Pokémon against the enemy and use lots of Potions/Revives on it? Did your enemy used Potions all the time?

Usually battles are interesting and rewarding but sometimes battles can be really boring. And then you want to finish that as fast as you can. Boring or not but you get EXP and money from it - always. (there are exceptions)

So I want to hear your opinions. What makes battle boring and have you had any boring battles?

 

[IdsMow]

When you fight so hard, with limmied PP left on your worst move and none on the rest only t get a pixial or 2 of EXP.

Or when you think that the match in in the bag on the 2nd move only for a constant stream of full restores :S

 

[gvgisdi]

From a neutral point of view, my most boring battle would be Ditto vs a wild Ditto on Red (or Blue, I don't remember). I kept "battling" just for lols.

 

[Tropical Sunlight]

The battle when you're low on HP and a wild Pokemon appears, but you can't run away and you have to battle it...

 

[Mr Cat Dog]

Maybe this is just me, but when I think of 'boring' battles, I just think of landslide victories against weak Pokemon. Most of the battles at the start of every game are 'boring' in my opinion. A Ditto v Ditto battle would be interesting from my standpoint for just how freaky it'd be; it'd be never-ending until Struggle, of course, but it'd be unusual. Whereas Bulbasaur v Rattata is sending me to sleep just typing about it!

 

[Sydian]

Boring battles...fighting trainers in the beginning of the game with Geodudes and all you can do is Tackle. ;(

 

[Esper]

Fisherman wants to battle.
Fisherman sent out Magikarp.
Fisherman sent out Magikarp.
Fisherman sent out Magikarp.
Fisherman sent out Magikarp.
Fisherman sent out Magikarp.
Fisherman sent out Magikarp.

But really, the worst are the ones you do over and over. The beginning can be really bad because you have one or two pokemon and you only face one or do different wild pokemon. There's nothing interesting about that.

 

[blue]

Constant "Hurt itself in confusion" or missing the foe due to masses of Minimize, Double Team etc. that really gets on my nerves or slow battles at the beginning of games with limited attacks.

 

[IdsMow]

Constant "Hurt itself in confusion" or missing the foe due to masses of Minimize, Double Team etc. that really gets on my nerves or slow battles at the beginning of games with limited attacks.

I would second that one whole hartedly, but tactic wise I have a friend who uses it to an extream and it has served him will

 

[Legobricks]

Fighting defensive monsters that use Double-Team/Minimise and hold healing items; namely Cynthia's Spiritomb and Koga's Muk.
I consider evasion a valid tactic but it does get arduous against the AI.

Fisherman wants to battle.
Fisherman sent out Magikarp.
Fisherman sent out Magikarp.
Fisherman sent out Magikarp.
Fisherman sent out Magikarp.
Fisherman sent out Magikarp.
Fisherman sent out Magikarp.

Gotta love when that's subverted;

Fisherman sent out Magikarp.
Fisherman sent out Magikarp.
Fisherman sent out Gyarados.

 

[PlatinumDude]

What makes a battle boring is battling a person who uses multiples of the same Pokemon (like the Magikarp fishermen of all 5 gens). What's also boring is facing off against a Pokemon you can't do anything against.

 

[Blade_of_darkness]

Anything that has me pitting against a pure Normal-type Pokémon. They're some of the weakest Pokémon in existence, & with a fighting type, all they are is dead weight. I think using normal-types are very unoriginal, & it tells me that the trainer doesn't take his/her career seriously.

The other scenario that can be as equally as big as a snooze-fest are those fishermen that only have six Magikarps.

 

[TwiDragon]

Trainers who have a team that doesn't match your level
Magikarp fishermen.

 

[arbok]

gotta agree with the magikarp fishermen.
But "Zubat used confuse ray" also gets me. Especially when the zubat doesn't stand a chance so your pokemon are hurting themselves when there's no real threat from the foe.

 

[psyanic]

I don't know if this counts, but I played a hack game where a Pokemon had Wonder Guard and was Dark/Ghost-type, so it had no weakness. The only way to kill it was with struggle and it was in a Gym Battle. It took forever to get the PP down to Struggle, even longer to kill that thing. I didn't have anything that could Poison it...

Oh and grinding can get tedious, especially when your Pokemon is leveled in that "middle area" where you can't fight the higher-leveled Pokemon because you risk fainting, but you're too high leveled for some other place.

 

[C Payne]

All of the 'Magikarp' like teams I agree with, or someone with a whole team of lower levelled Pokemon all the same. Sure they are quick matches, but it just makes you feel like you're wasting PP.

 

[Poueff]

I faced a Double Team/Toxic/Softboiled/Protect Blissey in the emerald battle factory... stalliest match ever

 

[Hikamaru]

I agree with the whole Fisherman with 6 Magikarps thing.

Also, Zubat trying to confuse you.

 

[shinyscizor12]

grunt battles, there everywhere but they always loose

 

[Jellicent♀]

Team Grunts, and ones where my Pokemon are very over leveled and just destroy the other Pokemon in an instant. I like a challenge. I love battling Cynthia in Unova because she's anything but boring.
But the most boring are definitely the first non-rival trainer, with the Zigzagoon/Patrat/Starly/Rattata/Caterpie.
So.gosh.darn.boring.