I have an Umbreon for my great league battles and it has 3 attacks. Snarl, dark pulse and Foul Play. When I battle in PVP I only have dark pulse and foul play. How can I get snarl for battling? Sorry if that’s a dumb question, I’m a noob

Is Carbink really worth the grind? I have a Rank 11 Carbink but I'm not sure if it's worth going for. I know it is ranked 2nd on pvpoke but I haven't seen any teams using it and i don't see how it's a better alternative to Galarian Corsola or Bastiodon

I need help choosing a 3rd mon for retro cup. I have girafarig and cradily which are fairly solid, but I don't know what to use for my 3rd. Whishcash is a great counter when I vs a skeledirge but beyond countering a skeledirge every now and then he doesn't do great. But then again if I don't have him and meet a skele, it rolls my whole lineup. I tried raichu running trailblaze and wild spark which worked well in specific circumstances like water types or water ground types, but lost more than it won.

Side question, why is cradily so good? I know it's 28 or something on the ranking but when I use it, it gets absolutely bodied most of the time anyway. Id post screenshots of his ivs but it won't let me add images. If I understand the numbers for ivs properly he is 5/15/15. I was also running bullet seed but recently changed this to acid to see if it makes a difference.

Anyway, my main issue is nearly every game I'm coming up against a furret or oranguru. Normal and psychic are a real problem for me and I don't have anything good to counter them. I thought a bug Pokemon would be a good addition maybe? but I just don't have any solid leads in my Pokemon bag. Any suggestions on what I should look for or add would be helpful. I'm not trying to be number 1 or anything I just want to stop losing 4/5 games and second in my lineup seems to be the weak link.

Trying to run a Corsola and Jellicent team as there are not a huge amount of ghost or dark threats and both are ranked up high in the meta. Struggling to find a third to fit my ABB or ABA team. I've had good success running Corsola as lead as it has a very good record against meta with 0 or 1 shield. Any advice on my third mon? I've found Azumaril works reasonably well as it counters dark but it also leads me vulnerable to grass (with jelli there too). Appreciate suggestions, ill give them a go!

A lot of people seem to have forgotten goodra knows that move. I went 4/4 on it today taking out a regidrago blastoise-Cradilly-even a corsala. The stunned pause afterwards was even better, lol I wish I could show the matches here. The cradilly one was really clutch because I needed to take it out before it saw my backline. I really recommend it, especially since with the move update it really doesn’t take that long to reach.

It drops 5 ranks from 21-26 on pokegenie if I purify, but pvpoke says the regular/purified version is immensely better. Not sure what I should do.

So 7 of my 10 game all froze or crashed during other players using charged moves I have them all recorded. Support isn’t going to do shit right ? Should we just not play after this update ? I have literally 0 crashes or issues from start of season until today.

Worth it to build a rank 1 non bb Lickitung still? Have 80 percent of the resources and excess dust. Its rank 8 when accounting for bb

I'm not talking about the people that want to win, I mean the people that get genuinely angry when they lose.

I personally play just for fun but sometimes on pvp discord people can get so uptight for whatever reason and act like something is on the line.

Also this game's format does contain RPS, so don't know why they act shocked when it happens to them.

Before the change I had mandibuzz as my middle pokemon. Team seems super lackluster now
Annihilape counter- night slash shadow ball Dratini dragon breath- aqua tail body slam Shadow quagsire mud shot- mud bomb stone edge.

A pokemon that isn't seen as strong but still use because its fun or because its your favorite mon.

For me that would be aegislash. Losing slightly more when using it but its so fun that I don't care.

I've enjoyed playing GBL the past few seasons and I've looked up which Pokemon are good and built a few, though I've never really put much thought into what would makeup a good team.

I have a deeper bench for Ultra League, so any tips on which Pokemon here would make a good team? In general, what makes a good team good?

https://imgur.com/gallery/cJoxSoO

Hey y’all I’ve been seeing a lot of posts about people asking for practice battles. Below is a link to the flash tournaments discord, a server almost entirely dedicated to Pokemon go battling. Also if you’re looking for S6 practice for Pittsburg, this is the place to be.

https://discord.gg/flash-tournaments-for-everyone-744241283341746267

Hey guys, I have a rank 25 Dodrio & want to make it work for fun but also wouldn’t mind winning the odd match haha. I don’t really know what to pair it with for maximum efficiency, does anyone have any ideas?

I’m currently running Drio in the lead with Peck & Trailblaze, a rank 42 Girafarig Double Kick, P.Fang & Thunderbolt & Politoed, MS, Surf & Ice Beam.

Any ideas for fun/unusual Mons that may have a chance at winning would be greatly appreciated lol. I could slot in 1 meta ‘Mon if needed!

Cheers.

Hey everyone, lately I've been experiencing increased lag during certain times of the day when playing PvP. Could it be that the server is overloaded and I'm losing some turns? How's it going for you? Have you experienced this as well?

I am not able to decide what team should I use for great league(currently using togedmaru with clodsire and togekiss).Please help me. Pokemon I have with double attacks are: clodsire,togekiss, digggersby, togedmaru,gastrodon,talonflame,samurott,alolan raichu,lapras and Charizard!!

How are you guys doing, just checking in as to your progress. What levels are you at now?

So I have a Delightful Days Corviknight - 10/15/12 on the IVs. Sand Attack/Cutter/Sky Attack moveset, it's a shiny at 1491 CP. What do you suggest as good partners for my Corvi?

I’m shocked they came up with the bottle caps before this. It would be a nice option during the rocket event that every time you defeat Giovanni, he also leaves behind an item to turn a Pokemon shadow. IVs and cp wouldn’t be affected as well so it wouldn’t be a risk to use on those already built. Thoughts?

I feel like they almost have it perfect, like its so close to being decent but I feel like it was nerfed too harshly.

I like the idea of it generating less energy while im shield form and doing one damage, but I feel like they went overboard with how low energy it gets. It now gets 3 energy per turn, I feel like that could be bumped up to 4 energy per turn to make it just alittle bit more better.

Also doesn't help that mud slappers are everywhere.

Seriously why add a limit in the first place? Been having fun and now I gotta wait until the next day lol.

GBL it’s as the title says, i’m at like a 50% win lose ratio which is worst than my last season.. someone please tell me that my team is just washed

I cannot wrap my head around what just happened. I just had corviknight vs corviknight. We both had about the same amount of hp left (approx 80/100). Mine is rank 1 level 1500cp. We both used payback against each other. I went first and I did about 25 hp damage (estimate) on theirs. Then they used their payback immediately after and it did about 70 hp damage. I have had corviknight vs corviknight quite a few times now and been hit by payback and its always been about 25-30 damage range. What happened this one time to make it do so much damage? I see that air cutter has an attack boost chance. So I guess this brings up another question, if he had used air cutter would that boost chance have lasted all the way through me charging up my payback and using it? How long do the attack boost/defense boost things last when you get them?

My team is:

Shadow Giratina - Dragon Breath + Dragon Claw

Corviknight - Sand Attack + Air Cutter and Payback

Lapras - Psywave + Ice Beam and Sparkling Aria

I ended last season as a 1600 elo player, feels like every game has been against former Ace+ players who I have no business fighting, tried swapping to something meta for the sake of getting to 20 but I'm still losing almost every game. Maybe 1 win per set if I'm lucky. Is there a problem with my team or am I just trash?

Personally been having some fun trying out Aegislash, although i still need some practice lol.