I'm curious; Who battles competitively? I'm not talking about grinding a team of dragons to LV100. I'm wondering who has learned the specific mechanics of the game in order to more effectively make your team.

me.i usually use an action replay after i beat the game though.when i keep losing against an elite four member i just try to analyze there moves and when theyre gonna use them.so yes i will say im a "Competitive Pokemon-er".But ive never played online with players from different places in the world.I love the games

I managed to beat this one kid using action replay and shiny legendaries through WiFi using a Magikarp, spikes, focus sash, and flail.

>>3 Noob. Play for reals without cheating.

>>4 I think he meant that the kid used an action replay, and he beat him with magikarp. In which case, hah.

As for >>2, I find the use of cheating devices detestable, for reasons people may not agree with me on. When I play a game, I play it for the experience, not to win. Cheating is so meta that it removes the experience completely and makes it a game of plain numbers - it loses its quality quickly when you can just do anything you want. You also don't gain the same satisfaction of training an elite pokemon team if you did so just by pressing a few buttons.

As for me, recently I've been trying to pay attention to IV's and EV's more. I still don't play on the level where I pay much attention to tiers and such, and I don't aim for completely perfect stats, but I try to come close. It makes more of a difference than I imagined - level 40 pokemon are surpassing my old team of level 55 pokemon in soul silver, for example.

Even so, my primary method of team composition remains as "who do I like the most" rather than "who would be most effective." Paying attention to mechanics or not, I don't think I'd call myself competitive at all.

I do agree with u on that one Misuto.I pick who i like rather than who will be more efficient.Unless im goin against the elite 4.I choose who i like and who will be more efficient.

>>5 Curse me and my misreading eyes.

Im gonna get Black and White 2.Both and woop Hugh's ass.

I play in mini tournaments my friends set up three times a year. The oldest one usually comes in first because of his triple Motor Drive + Spark and triple Water Absorb + Surf team. I usually come second with my team of kill-you-allness (it even beat two of the winner's team! A new record.) I wish there were a Ground-Type Punch move that has a possibility to slow the opponent. Then it would be easy for Regigigas to smash in his team.

Everyone else in the tournament uses Ubers. Too easy.

I run a somewhat Competitive Sandstorm team, Had been using it in PIMPNITE's (It's a Youtube channel) Current Wi-Fi tournament and I've won rounds one and two. Round three has yet to start.

i do battle online but i havent done like a tournament or serious battle i normally do it for fun i only like RU UU and not really but NU too Ubers i dont like OU are ok and NFE too quick (sometimes)