Playstyles! What are yours?
Sep 1, 2015, 03:19 AM
My favorite playstyle is mostly balance but leaning toward the defensive end. While I can play hyper offense to a fairly ok degree, I just don't like the frequency which you're forced to make predictions and plays in order to gain the upperhand. I'm never been a someone who's literally a god at making predictions like some of the top tier players in VGC or Smogon so I often lean towards making bulky teams that synergize well with each other and takes few risks and high rewards as well.
Probably the best team that resonates this notion is my 2nd Place Mega Salamence team given it applies a ton of defensive pressure to the point where I can start Dragon Dancing with Mega Salamence and hopefully sweep the opposing team from there. Basically the goal of that team is to beat every potential threat to either Mence or Ferrothorn and have those 2 close of games.
I guess the only issue with this playstyle is playing "too safe", especially in a best of 3 setting since my opponents will eventually pick up my attacking patterns or worse make reads accordingly. Lately I've been trying just let my Pokemon faint for a safe switch instead of making aggressive switch ins since that's probably my weakest point. That's why it's probably best to test out a multitude of teams and playstyle just to see how well I perform.
Probably the best team that resonates this notion is my 2nd Place Mega Salamence team given it applies a ton of defensive pressure to the point where I can start Dragon Dancing with Mega Salamence and hopefully sweep the opposing team from there. Basically the goal of that team is to beat every potential threat to either Mence or Ferrothorn and have those 2 close of games.
I guess the only issue with this playstyle is playing "too safe", especially in a best of 3 setting since my opponents will eventually pick up my attacking patterns or worse make reads accordingly. Lately I've been trying just let my Pokemon faint for a safe switch instead of making aggressive switch ins since that's probably my weakest point. That's why it's probably best to test out a multitude of teams and playstyle just to see how well I perform.
