Yup, screw up an opponent's attack once w/ Ally Switch and then just never use it again. Threat of Ally Switch is as good, if not better than actually doing it.
Give our man EP. GameFreak reallt had a thing for a potentially metagame defining single stage evolution here, but you know Galar.
Stonjourner and Eiscue are borderline unusable, which really stinks, because their designs are magnificent (all of you! Be nice to Eiscue, he's trying his best!).
Iโm not that old haha, it was just a copy paste thing from maybe a decade ago that would crash iPhones if you sent it as a message. You saying EP gave me flashbacks to that summer of iPhone carnage, if you were there youโd remember Effective Power
I think eiscue was about as lazy as you could get with the concept; I can see how good it could have been and that just disappoints me even more with that mon
I wouldn't call random chance a new dimension. In a setting where you don't know your opponent whatsoever, ally switch turns vgc into a mind games nightmare that truly can't be won by skill. It has amazing use on a handful of mons/teams, but it's a stupid mechanic that hurts the game imho.
Itโs very similar to trying to predict a follow me, and sorta similar to a switch or a protect. Maybe it would be more fair if things like Duraludon or the Gmax starters still attacked the pokemon it chose, but you can cover for it much like you would cover for a follow me or by spreading your damage (for example, I simply wouldnโt risk wasting dynamax turns with a ground move like above).
You're right, I wouldn't have as much a problem with it if it weren't for the distribution. Hundreds of mons can learn ally switch compared to <10 follow me users IIRC.
They're completely different and that's a garbage take all around. Dynamax is a very straightforward mechanic that one could hardly even call op, given that everyone has access to it on every mon. It's never a factor of if the opponent dynamaxes, but when, which makes it a skill-based mind game influenced by current metas. It's not perfect, and certain abilities/moves are broken in combo with dynamax, but it's exponentially better than Z-moves and megas.
Edit:obviously this is only in reference to VGC, singles is a different story.
That's an absurdly simplistic take on dynamax. So just because shedinja and gyarados can both dynamax they are equally powerful? Dynamax massively favors specific pokemon over others and it dictates the pace of the match.
Ok, but how often is someone going to run an entire team of support mons? And should vgc be oriented toward people who want to play stall like that? Dynamax rewards fast paced gameplay.
You can cherry pick random examples like shedinja as mons that don't benefit from dynamax, but they aren't mons that should dynamax. There's plenty of meta-relevant offensively oriented mons out there, and they all benefit to varying degrees from dynamax. Every meta-game is going to have winners and losers, but bitching and moaning about a mechanic that's balanced in a game full of unbalanced mechanics is peak idiocy.
Just how far can you miss the point? You claimed it was balanced because everything had access to it. Can't help but notice those goalposts shifting just a tiny bit there.
I'm not shifting any goalposts dude, you're just not being receptive because I've insulted you. My initial point was that every mon has access to it. You pointed out that not every mon that can dynamax should, which I agree with, but that doesn't make the game unbalanced or implicate dynamax as a bad mechanic because you can only dynamax once per game. This is literally the way Pokรฉmon has always been, some Pokรฉmon benefit from generation-exclusive mechanics and other mons lose status. A lot of mons that were vgc powerhouses in years past have really suffered from losing their mega or not having a movepool suitable for dynamax. Mons that rely on boosting moves, like SD or DD, for example, like Dragonite, Garchomp, and Ttar, only see a fraction of their former usage, while Mence, Rayquayza, and others have been forgotten entirely.
The problem is not dynamax itself, it's other mechanics being abused in combo with dynamax that create unfair situations, but the gen 8 meta game is pretty undeniably the most diverse and dynamic vgc meta game since gen 5. How can you bash dynamax so persistently, when the presence of mega-evolution practically requires everyone to run one of the same 10 megas in order to even remain viable, and we had to live with that as the reality for many years. If you want to complain about SwSh having shit legendaries that are way too OP or about certain dynamax abilities, like Lapras' being OP, I'll stand right there with you, but dynamax as a general mechanic is not OP or a bad mechanic.
I know it makes your life easier to assume that everyone who disagrees with you is a crybaby, but try reading this time. You said you didn't move the goalposts, then explicitly stated the start and endpoints of both. Hey, maybe megas themselves aren't broken because more than ten megas exist. I mean hey, they're your words.
You're still at it? Take your own advice and read what I said, maybe you'll notice that the two points I've made aren't "goalposts," they're two points that don't contradict one another at all, if you actually have the capacity to see things past the black and white idea that if any Pokรฉmon is stronger than another in a specific meta, it's unbalanced.
There's almost 900 Pokรฉmon, some must be good and some bad in each meta game. There's hundreds of potential dynamax candidates to choose from, and many support mons have benefited tremendously from dynamax.
So that I'm 100% clear and you can stop bothering me, every single Pokรฉmon can be dynamaxed, some benefit more than others, but it's not a hyper-specific mechanic that harshly limits the amount of viable mons in the meta.
Your first mistake was expect a logical conversation on the internet. People just want to feel right. I don't even think they realize how many holes are in their arguments
Okay, well read the post I replied to until you can comprehend it what they were saying. If you're having problems, I'm sure a community college has a remedial reading class you can take in order to not have this problem in the future.
Iโm not sure you know what luck is. Rock paper scissor is on paper 100% luck. And since you canโt see the enemy youโre playing against, itโs exactly that. Thereโs a 50/50 chance he does or doesnโt and thereโs no way of telling if he tried to fake you out because you donโt know the person. Itโs a terrible mechanic, worse than rock slide (which is bad but not the same level for a multitude of reasons
I'm not sure YOU know what luck is.
Unlike rock paper scissor, every situation has changing risk/reward to play ally switch.
Press it 50% of the time and thinks it'll give you the same risk/reward is just dump.
The player who uses ally switch wants to make a situation where the reward worth the risk.
If you're saying it's too easy to make that situation, I'll accept that it's unbalanced.
And even if the reward still not worth the risk you still can do a risky play.
The player who facing the ally switch team can choose minimum risk/maximum punish/neutral move which you don't care your opponent will use the ally switch or not. And of course, every choice has different changing risk/reward, and you can choose a risky choice too.
Ok thatโs cool in a small amount of situations, but if youโre even remotely good at VGC, then you know that it isnโt about knocking everyone out right here right now, itโs about focusing on one Pokรฉmon sometimes, or making sure one Pokรฉmon is less effective while putting pressure on the other, and having to guess a 50/50 shot is the antithesis of competitive. Itโs all luck. It would be balanced if it were AT LEAST used like protect where the second time you use it, thereโs a large chance it doesnโt work. Or just canโt be used twice in a row. Would still be a bit dumb, but wouldnโt be unbalanced as it is rn.
Literally just an extra layer of guessing. Terrible design lol. Might as well give the opponent 50 percent accuracy for the turn because maybe then people would get how dumb it is
So you can give your opponent false hope when they see the first Ally Switch, making them think theyโve predicted correctly, before you promptly crush their hopes forever with the second Ally Switch. A psychological maneuver meant to destroy your opponentโs self-esteem.
People forget how important psychology is to online games. Especially in Pokemon, many people rage quit just after one frustrating turn, so something like this is absoluterly worth it (if you got the lowkey scociopathic tendencies to back it lmao)
crastle ยท 18 points ยท Posted at 15:26:38 on June 21, 2021 ยท (Permalink)
People forget how important psychology is to online games.
This is true for both you and your opponent in almost any sport or game. Look at basketball for example. You see guys trash talk all the time to try to get in the heads of their opponent. Likewise, you'll sometimes see a guy that can't make a shot one game for whatever reason, but then they make an easy dunk or layup and suddenly get the confidence to make their next five shots.
GlacierWolf8Bit ยท 319 points ยท Posted at 01:08:29 on June 21, 2021 ยท (Permalink)
I mean, why not abuse Ally Switch?
reuniclusanchorarms ยท 207 points ยท Posted at 01:19:13 on June 21, 2021 ยท (Permalink)
Optimal. A really stupidly designed move (almost a pseudo follow me imo) but fun-ish to spam
Electric_Queen ยท 99 points ยท Posted at 03:24:41 on June 21, 2021 ยท (Permalink)
Honestly the best use of Ally Switch is to use it once at the start of a match, and then never again.
reuniclusanchorarms ยท 54 points ยท Posted at 03:30:22 on June 21, 2021 ยท (Permalink)
Wish it had a Protect kinda vibe (possibly failing if used more than once in a row).
Maybe same for Follow Me, but at least Follow Me has certain counters (soooooo many more things get Ally Switch).
Ally Switch gives you the jump fr.
spidergel15 ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 20:14:05 on June 21, 2021 ยท (Permalink)
Yup, screw up an opponent's attack once w/ Ally Switch and then just never use it again. Threat of Ally Switch is as good, if not better than actually doing it.
shinymuuma ยท 129 points ยท Posted at 02:28:08 on June 21, 2021 ยท (Permalink)
Nah, good move. It adds dimension to double.
reuniclusanchorarms ยท 61 points ยท Posted at 02:38:19 on June 21, 2021 ยท (Permalink)
Hard-ish to play around, but yeah it adds some much needed funk. More of a reason to stan Stalwart Duraludon :)
Magnusthelast ยท 20 points ยท Posted at 10:57:13 on June 21, 2021 ยท (Permalink)
I love using Duraludon most people donโt expect him, if only he could learn earth power to buff that special defense when maxing
reuniclusanchorarms ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 13:35:52 on June 21, 2021 ยท (Permalink)
Give our man EP. GameFreak reallt had a thing for a potentially metagame defining single stage evolution here, but you know Galar.
Stonjourner and Eiscue are borderline unusable, which really stinks, because their designs are magnificent (all of you! Be nice to Eiscue, he's trying his best!).
lakewood2020 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 15:57:49 on June 21, 2021 ยท (Permalink)
effective. Power ููููุตูุจููููุตูุจูุฑุฑู เฅฃ เฅฃh เฅฃ เฅฃ ๅ
reuniclusanchorarms ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 16:06:41 on June 21, 2021 ยท (Permalink)
what
lakewood2020 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 16:07:13 on June 21, 2021 ยท (Permalink)
Youโre too young I guess
reuniclusanchorarms ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 16:14:04 on June 21, 2021 ยท (Permalink)
Care to explain, though, oh great senior superior?
lakewood2020 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:15:58 on June 21, 2021 ยท (Permalink)
Iโm not that old haha, it was just a copy paste thing from maybe a decade ago that would crash iPhones if you sent it as a message. You saying EP gave me flashbacks to that summer of iPhone carnage, if you were there youโd remember Effective Power
reuniclusanchorarms ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 16:17:30 on June 21, 2021 ยท (Permalink)
I'm 15, I really shoulda remembered that. Sounds insane though. Thanks for the context :)
Mr_REVolUTE ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 07:04:38 on June 24, 2021 ยท (Permalink)
I think eiscue was about as lazy as you could get with the concept; I can see how good it could have been and that just disappoints me even more with that mon
reuniclusanchorarms ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:25:39 on June 24, 2021 ยท (Permalink)
100% agree (albeit painfully). Eiscue could have been cooler, but I'm more than happy with it now :)
dankest_cucumber ยท 53 points ยท Posted at 02:40:26 on June 21, 2021 ยท (Permalink)
I wouldn't call random chance a new dimension. In a setting where you don't know your opponent whatsoever, ally switch turns vgc into a mind games nightmare that truly can't be won by skill. It has amazing use on a handful of mons/teams, but it's a stupid mechanic that hurts the game imho.
MiniBandGeek ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 15:56:35 on June 21, 2021 ยท (Permalink)
Itโs very similar to trying to predict a follow me, and sorta similar to a switch or a protect. Maybe it would be more fair if things like Duraludon or the Gmax starters still attacked the pokemon it chose, but you can cover for it much like you would cover for a follow me or by spreading your damage (for example, I simply wouldnโt risk wasting dynamax turns with a ground move like above).
dankest_cucumber ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 17:08:35 on June 21, 2021 ยท (Permalink)
You're right, I wouldn't have as much a problem with it if it weren't for the distribution. Hundreds of mons can learn ally switch compared to <10 follow me users IIRC.
SuperBGN ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 03:26:55 on June 21, 2021 ยท (Permalink)
So is dynamax, but no one in the vgc community seems to care
dankest_cucumber ยท 53 points ยท Posted at 03:52:07 on June 21, 2021 ยท (Permalink)
They're completely different and that's a garbage take all around. Dynamax is a very straightforward mechanic that one could hardly even call op, given that everyone has access to it on every mon. It's never a factor of if the opponent dynamaxes, but when, which makes it a skill-based mind game influenced by current metas. It's not perfect, and certain abilities/moves are broken in combo with dynamax, but it's exponentially better than Z-moves and megas.
Edit:obviously this is only in reference to VGC, singles is a different story.
Duel_Loser ยท 18 points ยท Posted at 04:31:04 on June 21, 2021 ยท (Permalink)
That's an absurdly simplistic take on dynamax. So just because shedinja and gyarados can both dynamax they are equally powerful? Dynamax massively favors specific pokemon over others and it dictates the pace of the match.
dankest_cucumber ยท 28 points ยท Posted at 04:40:20 on June 21, 2021 ยท (Permalink)
Ok, but how often is someone going to run an entire team of support mons? And should vgc be oriented toward people who want to play stall like that? Dynamax rewards fast paced gameplay.
You can cherry pick random examples like shedinja as mons that don't benefit from dynamax, but they aren't mons that should dynamax. There's plenty of meta-relevant offensively oriented mons out there, and they all benefit to varying degrees from dynamax. Every meta-game is going to have winners and losers, but bitching and moaning about a mechanic that's balanced in a game full of unbalanced mechanics is peak idiocy.
Duel_Loser ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:37:47 on June 21, 2021 ยท (Permalink)
Just how far can you miss the point? You claimed it was balanced because everything had access to it. Can't help but notice those goalposts shifting just a tiny bit there.
dankest_cucumber ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 11:34:52 on June 21, 2021 ยท (Permalink)
I'm not shifting any goalposts dude, you're just not being receptive because I've insulted you. My initial point was that every mon has access to it. You pointed out that not every mon that can dynamax should, which I agree with, but that doesn't make the game unbalanced or implicate dynamax as a bad mechanic because you can only dynamax once per game. This is literally the way Pokรฉmon has always been, some Pokรฉmon benefit from generation-exclusive mechanics and other mons lose status. A lot of mons that were vgc powerhouses in years past have really suffered from losing their mega or not having a movepool suitable for dynamax. Mons that rely on boosting moves, like SD or DD, for example, like Dragonite, Garchomp, and Ttar, only see a fraction of their former usage, while Mence, Rayquayza, and others have been forgotten entirely.
The problem is not dynamax itself, it's other mechanics being abused in combo with dynamax that create unfair situations, but the gen 8 meta game is pretty undeniably the most diverse and dynamic vgc meta game since gen 5. How can you bash dynamax so persistently, when the presence of mega-evolution practically requires everyone to run one of the same 10 megas in order to even remain viable, and we had to live with that as the reality for many years. If you want to complain about SwSh having shit legendaries that are way too OP or about certain dynamax abilities, like Lapras' being OP, I'll stand right there with you, but dynamax as a general mechanic is not OP or a bad mechanic.
Duel_Loser ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 17:51:17 on June 21, 2021 ยท (Permalink)
I know it makes your life easier to assume that everyone who disagrees with you is a crybaby, but try reading this time. You said you didn't move the goalposts, then explicitly stated the start and endpoints of both. Hey, maybe megas themselves aren't broken because more than ten megas exist. I mean hey, they're your words.
dankest_cucumber ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 18:08:25 on June 21, 2021 ยท (Permalink)
You're still at it? Take your own advice and read what I said, maybe you'll notice that the two points I've made aren't "goalposts," they're two points that don't contradict one another at all, if you actually have the capacity to see things past the black and white idea that if any Pokรฉmon is stronger than another in a specific meta, it's unbalanced.
There's almost 900 Pokรฉmon, some must be good and some bad in each meta game. There's hundreds of potential dynamax candidates to choose from, and many support mons have benefited tremendously from dynamax.
So that I'm 100% clear and you can stop bothering me, every single Pokรฉmon can be dynamaxed, some benefit more than others, but it's not a hyper-specific mechanic that harshly limits the amount of viable mons in the meta.
Duel_Loser ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 18:21:29 on June 21, 2021 ยท (Permalink)
Hey, you wouldn't happen to be in Africa right now, would you?
dankest_cucumber ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:37:27 on June 21, 2021 ยท (Permalink)
No
Duel_Loser ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:43:35 on June 21, 2021 ยท (Permalink)
Are you sure? Because I can't help but notice what you're in.
Duel_Loser ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:43:47 on June 21, 2021 ยท (Permalink)
Da Nile.
Smuttiest ยท -3 points ยท Posted at 05:45:37 on June 21, 2021 ยท (Permalink)
Your first mistake was expect a logical conversation on the internet. People just want to feel right. I don't even think they realize how many holes are in their arguments
Playmakersama1 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 08:06:36 on June 21, 2021 ยท (Permalink)
Show the holes then
Smuttiest ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:21:31 on June 21, 2021 ยท (Permalink)
...did you read the post i replied to? They already did. People on the internet don't read either.
Playmakersama1 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:22:31 on June 21, 2021 ยท (Permalink)
I just can't see the holes in the logic here
Smuttiest ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:32:36 on June 21, 2021 ยท (Permalink)
Okay, well read the post I replied to until you can comprehend it what they were saying. If you're having problems, I'm sure a community college has a remedial reading class you can take in order to not have this problem in the future.
Toxitoxi ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:23:44 on June 23, 2021 ยท (Permalink)
Oh no, โeverythingโ doesnโt include literally every Pokรฉmon in the game.
It only includes most Pokรฉmon being used in VGC.
unboundgaming ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 03:31:10 on June 21, 2021 ยท (Permalink)
Dynamax doesnโt involve luck so itโs a completely different subject
SuperBGN ยท 26 points ยท Posted at 03:35:20 on June 21, 2021 ยท (Permalink)
Ally switch isnt luck, it's rock paper scissors. Rock slide is luck
unboundgaming ยท -11 points ยท Posted at 03:37:18 on June 21, 2021 ยท (Permalink)
Iโm not sure you know what luck is. Rock paper scissor is on paper 100% luck. And since you canโt see the enemy youโre playing against, itโs exactly that. Thereโs a 50/50 chance he does or doesnโt and thereโs no way of telling if he tried to fake you out because you donโt know the person. Itโs a terrible mechanic, worse than rock slide (which is bad but not the same level for a multitude of reasons
shinymuuma ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 03:59:33 on June 21, 2021 ยท (Permalink)
I'm not sure YOU know what luck is.
Unlike rock paper scissor, every situation has changing risk/reward to play ally switch.
Press it 50% of the time and thinks it'll give you the same risk/reward is just dump.
The player who uses ally switch wants to make a situation where the reward worth the risk.
If you're saying it's too easy to make that situation, I'll accept that it's unbalanced.
And even if the reward still not worth the risk you still can do a risky play.
The player who facing the ally switch team can choose minimum risk/maximum punish/neutral move which you don't care your opponent will use the ally switch or not. And of course, every choice has different changing risk/reward, and you can choose a risky choice too.
unboundgaming ยท -8 points ยท Posted at 04:06:27 on June 21, 2021 ยท (Permalink)
Ok thatโs cool in a small amount of situations, but if youโre even remotely good at VGC, then you know that it isnโt about knocking everyone out right here right now, itโs about focusing on one Pokรฉmon sometimes, or making sure one Pokรฉmon is less effective while putting pressure on the other, and having to guess a 50/50 shot is the antithesis of competitive. Itโs all luck. It would be balanced if it were AT LEAST used like protect where the second time you use it, thereโs a large chance it doesnโt work. Or just canโt be used twice in a row. Would still be a bit dumb, but wouldnโt be unbalanced as it is rn.
ModsRNeckbeards ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 01:08:48 on June 22, 2021 ยท (Permalink)
It's absolutely luck lol. It's just a guessing game
ModsRNeckbeards ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:06:23 on June 22, 2021 ยท (Permalink)
Literally just an extra layer of guessing. Terrible design lol. Might as well give the opponent 50 percent accuracy for the turn because maybe then people would get how dumb it is
PsychoticDreams47 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:07:23 on June 21, 2021 ยท (Permalink)
Shedinja wants to know why youโre running your mouth.
reuniclusanchorarms ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:39:09 on June 21, 2021 ยท (Permalink)
Shedinja is a damn winner, design wise and competitive.
Sorry Shed, you're cool and I respect you/every Trainer that uses you :)
but fr ally switch is unfair dont make my monkey brain think any harder than damage calcs ty
italian_stonks ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 09:15:26 on June 21, 2021 ยท (Permalink)
Because it turns every move you'll do against an ally switch team into a 50/50 which can only be won by luck
Racerth121 ยท 103 points ยท Posted at 01:22:59 on June 21, 2021 ยท (Permalink)
My mind just played that Clip from jojo about outsmarting
SyncDingus ยท 20 points ยท Posted at 15:59:26 on June 21, 2021 ยท (Permalink)
"You may have outsmarted me, but I outsmarted your outsmarting!"
SignificantContest10 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:00:08 on January 16, 2022 ยท (Permalink)
quagerrs
Officer_Warr ยท 65 points ยท Posted at 02:22:54 on June 21, 2021 ยท (Permalink)
Watched the whole vid. That Disclops was, uhh, something else.
Airsoft52 ยท 37 points ยท Posted at 02:46:01 on June 21, 2021 ยท (Permalink)
We do a little trolling
๐๏ธ The_Bakery_ ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 05:18:50 on June 21, 2021 ยท (Permalink)
Thanks for the watching the whole video! And yeah that dusclops set is new meta tell your friends
Kingnewgameplus ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 09:16:42 on June 21, 2021 ยท (Permalink)
Personally I lost my shit at the tyrogue.
Mexton ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:01:59 on June 21, 2021 ยท (Permalink)
I donโt see a single tyrogue or dusclops in this whole video I donโt get what you guys are talking about
Kingnewgameplus ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 15:36:23 on June 21, 2021 ยท (Permalink)
The full video features both https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYsl0zAWobo&t=1s
HurDurIamNotBot ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 15:52:18 on June 21, 2021 ยท (Permalink)
Ahh, the clip here is not the full video lmao
Anogeissus ยท 61 points ยท Posted at 03:34:04 on June 21, 2021 ยท (Permalink)
I cried real tears. I canโt anymore. This move is so toxic.
PhDolt ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 07:16:22 on June 21, 2021 ยท (Permalink)
I literally gasped, like, โpoor guyโ
ModsRNeckbeards ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:11:37 on June 22, 2021 ยท (Permalink)
Ally switch is pure degen. Maybe my least favorite move in the game (up there with parting shot but only because incin)
sssnakefarm ยท 39 points ยท Posted at 01:19:59 on June 21, 2021 ยท (Permalink)
Why not use any other move to cover for Ally Switch once you knew they had it?
Edit: ah I see whatโs happening here lol
Markosan_DnD ยท 26 points ยท Posted at 04:55:23 on June 21, 2021 ยท (Permalink)
I don't get it? Why not just not use it instead of using it twice?
mysterioso7 ยท 219 points ยท Posted at 05:09:16 on June 21, 2021 ยท (Permalink)
So you can give your opponent false hope when they see the first Ally Switch, making them think theyโve predicted correctly, before you promptly crush their hopes forever with the second Ally Switch. A psychological maneuver meant to destroy your opponentโs self-esteem.
Devus_Shiro ยท 66 points ยท Posted at 10:04:36 on June 21, 2021 ยท (Permalink)
People forget how important psychology is to online games. Especially in Pokemon, many people rage quit just after one frustrating turn, so something like this is absoluterly worth it (if you got the lowkey scociopathic tendencies to back it lmao)
crastle ยท 18 points ยท Posted at 15:26:38 on June 21, 2021 ยท (Permalink)
This is true for both you and your opponent in almost any sport or game. Look at basketball for example. You see guys trash talk all the time to try to get in the heads of their opponent. Likewise, you'll sometimes see a guy that can't make a shot one game for whatever reason, but then they make an easy dunk or layup and suddenly get the confidence to make their next five shots.
aaabaagh ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 15:19:10 on June 21, 2021 ยท (Permalink)
G A L A X Y B R A I N
iammaxhailme ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 12:45:49 on June 21, 2021 ยท (Permalink)
this is why I play smogon singles
Joe-McDuck ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 18:03:49 on June 21, 2021 ยท (Permalink)
His IQ is too much
๐๏ธ The_Bakery_ ยท 27 points ยท Posted at 00:50:42 on June 21, 2021 ยท (Permalink)
If you wanted to see the rest of this VGC in a Nutshell video here's the link! Leave a comment on your favorite segment! Thanks!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYsl0zAWobo&t=1s
pieman83 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 13:39:04 on June 21, 2021 ยท (Permalink)
The end though
CTM3399 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 00:27:27 on June 22, 2021 ยท (Permalink)
Ally Switch needs to be removed tbh, that move is so annoying and just adds an unnecessary mindgame
Redd_Epsilon ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 16:10:30 on June 21, 2021 ยท (Permalink)
ouch
Poot-dispenser ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:15:09 on July 27, 2021 ยท (Permalink)
The opponent used giga brain!
Critical hit!
Its not very effective.
You fainted
KurtVGC ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:36:49 on June 21, 2021 ยท (Permalink)
Watched the full video, and I noticed at one point you had Ray Rizzo as your wallpaper, which I found pretty funny.
๐๏ธ The_Bakery_ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:09:46 on June 21, 2021 ยท (Permalink)
two points to be specific. All Hail Ray Rizzo
Lowlife_Of_The_Party ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:26:58 on June 21, 2021 ยท (Permalink)
I lowkey love when annoying shit like that works out. Makes me feel less shitty about losing all the time
Miyyani ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:27:42 on June 21, 2021 ยท (Permalink)
I ABSOLUTELY LOST MY SHIT IN THIS GODFATHERS PIZZA
MonkeyWarlock ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:41:28 on June 21, 2021 ยท (Permalink)
What was the point of using Ally Switch twice? Your Pokรฉmon wasnโt Dynamaxed, so were they trying to stall out Trick Room or something?
awesome_guy_40 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:25:54 on April 11, 2022 ยท (Permalink)
He didn't have to do that, he could've just done nothing. But he wanted you to feel happiness, only for it to get violently snatched away.