Any Pokemon player knows that the games
are filled with a diverse cast of
trainers. Whether it's Youngsters, Ace
Trainers, or Pokemaniacs, you never know
what kind of trainer is gonna challenge
you in the world of Pokemon. And now that
you can battle online ,there's a whole
new list of possibilities.
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Some of the most identifiable players are The Pokemon Go Transplants. They're fresh off the wave
of nostalgia and are trying to give the
OG Pokemon another chance. The world of
an online Pokemon Battle is a strange
place, but they've been lulled into a
false sense of security by those
familiar looking 3D models. Pokemon Go
Transplants might only ever use two
moves during battle, because that's all
they've got in Go. And in Go the moves
aren't turn-based, so be easy on them if
they don't seem to know what they're
doing. If your battle is constantly
lagging (or timing out because of a poor
connection), chances are the Pokemon Go
Transplant is walking around in their
backyard mid-battle. If they win, don't be
too shocked if they try to give you one
of their Pokemon after the battle,
they're used to leaving them at gyms. The
Ash Ketchum isn't much of a threat.
Nothing makes this player happier than
that feeling they got watching Pokemon
after school as a kid. Thanks to years of
watching Pokemon, they could probably
field a pretty legitimate team too, but
they'd rather fill those six slots with
sweet sweet nostalgia. Ash Ketchum for
life. They're probably running some
version of Ash's party from any of the
anime seasons, which means they are
intentionally using less powerful
Pokemon. Or maybe they're running their
own version of a lineup of the 'mons
they know are a little weak, but they
believe in "the power that's inside".
Unfortunately, battles rely exclusively
on statistics, and "the power that's
inside" isn't a quantifiable stat, so it
probably won't get them very far. While
The Ash Ketchum believes in the power
that's inside, The Mathematician believes
in numbers, and only the numbers. These
trainers put in a colossal amount of
work engineering a team of perfect
specimens. They're cold, calculating, and
statistically, speaking the odds are in
their favor. You might not know this, but
there are hidden factors influencing
your Pokemon's statistical gains. Efforts
Values or EV's, give bonus improvements to
stats depending on which Pokemon you
defeat, while Individual Values are set
when a Pokemon is born and determine
the maximum value of your Pokemon's stats.
Unlike most other trainers, The
Mathematician will not cave under
pressure.
In fact, they thrive in it. They've spend
countless hours breeding Pokemon, and
once they've finally got a baby with
perfect IV's, they spend countless hours
grinding and training so they can level
up their Pokemon with the perfect
EV's. Actually, it's possible that they
spent so much time breeding Pokemon,
they've forgotten how to battle. The Gym
Leader is a trainer living out
everyone's fantasy. They're easy to spot
because they've created a team centered
around one type of Pokemon and they know
what they're doing. These trainers box in
their opponents and force them to avoid
using Pokemon with bad type matchups.
Their carefully crafted teams means
the trainer knows all there is to know
about their preferred type. And you may
feel confident if you manage to clear
the first five Pokemon, but just like in
a regular gym battle, they'll often save
the biggest and toughest challenge for
last. While The Gym Leaders limit
themselves to one specific type of
Pokemon, The Eeveelution Trainer takes it
one step further. Or,
maybe one step too far. With one Eevee
and eight possible evolutions, you can
fill out a whole team roster-- and then
some-- just using Eevee's evolutionary line.
Granted, it certainly will not be the
strongest team possible, but an eeveelution
team does have the perk of being able to
cover all the bases as far as type
matchups are concerned. The Eeveelution
Trainer will use mystery to their
advantage. If you throw out a Water
Pokemon, they can use either Leafeon or
Jolteon, and then you'll have to be
forced to react to whatever they throw
out. Regardless, there could be worse
trainers to battle, at least all the
evolutions are adorable. The Softee is a
unique kind of trainer, but one you
certainly see every now and then. They
love to pamper their Pokemon, and their
favorite part is after the battle, when
the little hair dryer pops up and they
can go straight into Pokemon Amie to
clean off their pokemon. Their Pokemon
are meant for more than just battling,
but they know that battling is in their
DNA. So every now and then they take
their Pokemon into online battles for a
little exercise so they can get it out
of their system. You'll likely find that
The Softee has a whole bunch of cute
Pokemon, and probably one of those
Cosplay Pikachus. They are surprisingly
difficult to battle. Not because their
team is ultra-powerful or anything, but
it just feels so wrong mowing down
Pokemon that cute.
The Shiny cares about one thing and one
thing only-- looking good. They don't care
about stats, they don't care about moves,
the only thing that matters to them is
showing off their ultra-rare shiny
Pokemon. The odds of randomly
encountering a shiny Pokemon are 1 in
8,192, and their odds of winning battles
with their ridiculous assortment of
Pokemon is probably about the same.
Either way, once the dust settles you
might look at your Pokemon and suddenly
think they aren't all that
special anymore. Don't worry, it's
completely natural if you find yourself
wondering if the grass-- or in this case
Bulbasaur-- is really greener on the other
side. Then, there's The Sweeper. How can
you tell if you've encountered a Sweeper?
Well, your team will have fainted before
you even had a chance to attack. Sweepers
are a pretty common archetype in the
Pokemon competitive scene, and Beedrill,
Alakazam, Archeops, Ninjask, and Gengar are
all the signature Pokemon of The Sweeper.
Their goal is to maximize speed and
attack, so they can take you out before
you even have a chance to strike. If you
manage to survive their first attack,
consider yourself lucky, they are total
glass cannons and probably won't be able
to take any retaliation. The next trainer
is equally dangerous, but in a much more
terrifying way. The Wall-Staller trainer
will beat you without ever really using
an attack move. They'll poison you, they'll
burn you, and then they'll use non-damaging
moves to make sure the battles
are as long and grueling as possible. The
Wall-Stallers are some of the most
difficult trainers to beat, and often you
find yourself wishing they would just
end it. Their Pokemon often have great
defensive stats, frustrating movesets, and
worst of all, a way to restore their HP.
Sometimes they use Pokemon such as
Blissey, Bronzong, Hippowdon, and Vaporeon.
You'll be left hopeless while you
repeatedly try and find something,
anything, that can take down these
trainers. And then there's The Mega
Evolver. Who only cares about one
thing:
Mega evolution. Obsessed with raw power,
their team will be a mishmash of types
that seem to make no sense at all. And
honestly speaking, it probably doesn't
make much sense, so don't try too hard to
look into their hidden logic. They really
just wanted the biggest, baddest Pokemon
in town. And their commitment to the
cause is commendable, they did have to
find all the mega-stones in order to
activate the Pokemon's mega-evolution, but
if you ask me it feels a bit of a cheap
trick. The Friend Code Collector is
really just here for the Festival Plaza.
Sure they'll battle you, but their heart
isn't in it. They'll probably just let
you win anyway, because they want to stay
in your good graces. Wins and losses mean
nothing to them, they are far more
interested in adding you as a Friend, so
they can complete missions for the
Festival Plaza. They only have so many
IRL friends who play Pokemon, so battles
are simply a way to meet new players and
gather more friends.Tthey're more
interested in partnering up with you to
take on the Festival missions so they
can get those ever-elusive Festival
Coins. But be wary if you ever try to
battle them again. The Festival Coins
allow you to purchase items that boost
your Pokemon stats, and The Friend Code
Collector can very
easily turn into a different kind of
trainer-- The Mathematician. The Nuzlocker is a special kind of trainer and
your heart should probably go out to
them if you meet one. You'll know it's
then because all their Pokémon will be
nicknamed. And the other big clue is if
you battle them a second time after
beating them the first time, they'll have
a completely new roster. These trainers
hail from the "Nuzlocke Challenge", a
user-based challenge designed to make
the single-player campaign more
difficult. Basically, the idea is to
nickname every Pokemon and develop a
special bond with them, but if the
Pokemon faint in battle, you need to
release them. The fear of losing a
Pokemon makes every battle a high-stakes
one, so if you run into a Nuzlocker,
maybe take it easy on them. They've probably
been through thick and thin with those
Pokemon, and if you wipe them out they're
gonna have to start from square one. And
finally, a note to The Legendary User: we
get it, your Pokemon are the strongest
ones in the game. Sure, they've got some
of the highest base stats so they're
logically the right choice. But online
battling just seems to work better if
we're all on the same page. And that page
is the one where we all agree to keep it
competitive and just use the regular
Pokemon. Look even if you're in it to win
it, some things take second priority, right?
If the New York Yankees showed up to
challenge a high school baseball team,
would it really be a fair fight? Would
you feel good about that?
Listen, there are over 800 Pokemon to
choose from, and if everyone wants to win
so badly that they start using the
legendaries, the online scene is gonna go
stale real quick. So please, from the
bottom of our hearts, if you're a
Legendary User and you're watching this
video, for everyone's sake-- for my sake--
please try someone else. Try anyone else.
You never know, you might be pleasantly
surprised with how powerful some of the
lesser-known 'mons can be. What kind of
trainer are you? Did we miss any other
types? Let us know in the comments below.
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