Yeh, I was thinking about just getting the rating to a good point and switching to Free battles... Would be a shame though as my win/loss count is pretty much all in rated.
Win/loss count I guess? But you never see the loss count for anyone....Isn't free the matches where your rating isn't affected? Why would anyone d/c on those matches?
That is why. People test their teams in Free before they get serious and use it in rated battles. If the team obviously isn't working, no need to waste your time battling with garbage.Isn't free the matches where your rating isn't affected? Why would anyone d/c on those matches?
You honestly can't get "hacked" pokemon into the Random Wi-fi. Believe me, I have tried to get my DW chandy in there multiple times. You can't hack the luck stat either, that guy was just having an incredibly lucky match and you totally killed it for him. That's something I'd save for the records, show off on YouTube, and laugh about with other people in astonishment. :DI couldn't take it and I disconnected today against what I assumed was a hacked Dugtrio. 1st turn he DOUBLE CRIT FLINCHES ME with Rock Slide. Next turn I switch one of my pokemon, and he flinches the one I had left again. I couldn't take it and DQed. I'm not making it a habit though.
Hey what if he was playing against kaphotics who hacks the Battle RNG.You honestly can't get "hacked" pokemon into the Random Wi-fi. Believe me, I have tried to get my DW chandy in there multiple times. You can't hack the luck stat either, that guy was just having an incredibly lucky match and you totally killed it for him. That's something I'd save for the records, show off on YouTube, and laugh about with other people in astonishment. :D
It's possible to be paired up against someone with illegal egg movesets on the GBU. Like a Whimsicott with both Beat Up and Encore for instance. If you don't beleive me, check the Double Battle Metagame thread, page 3. Also, it was a ranked match, and he was several hundred points below me, so I didn't want a Double Crit/flinch to kill my ranking.You honestly can't get "hacked" pokemon into the Random Wi-fi. Believe me, I have tried to get my DW chandy in there multiple times. You can't hack the luck stat either, that guy was just having an incredibly lucky match and you totally killed it for him. That's something I'd save for the records, show off on YouTube, and laugh about with other people in astonishment. :D
The GBU hack checker doesn't check for illegal movesets, but it is impossible to hack the battle RNG in GBU so that Rock Slide will crit/flinch. That's ludicrous.It's possible to be paired up against someone with illegal egg movesets on the GBU. Like a Whimsicott with both Beat Up and Encore for instance. If you don't beleive me, check the Double Battle Metagame thread, page 3. Also, it was a ranked match, and he was several hundred points below me, so I didn't want a Double Crit/flinch to kill my ranking.
Linoone can perfectly well use Extremespeed, Belly Drum, and Gluttony by trading from Pokemon Box.I once had a rotation battle against a Linoone with Extremespeed, Belly Drum and the ability Gluttony (for the Sitrus Berry) - which I since discovered was illegal... so some can get away with it!
No it can't. In the third generation, Linoone only had the ability Pick Up...Linoone can perfectly well use Extremespeed, Belly Drum, and Gluttony by trading from Pokemon Box.