evolutions
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Pokemon battle involves a high luck factor. So share your stories on moments of extreme good luck or bad luck during a pokemon battle, whether its on netbattle or ingame.
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Wtf? In game battles include no luck. Every field trainer can be beaten eaisily, maybe except Steven. Then again, the Gym Dumbass and the Weak 4 require no skill at all, as ALL of them have all Pokemon of the same tpe each. The only trainers that could be hard and are more clever than other in-game trainers are in the BF. But again, they can be beaten eaisily. The only trainers that could be hard to beat are the Frontier Brains, but they're not clever enough to be able to switch their Pokemon or EV train.
But competive play is another story. Unless you are battling someone who doesn't know about EVs, IVs, natures and all that stuff, it's still not the question of luck, but a question of skill and knowledge about Pokemon. The only thing that involves luck in competive battles is the start, and if your moves hit. Unless you know the person well and know what Pokemon s/he will be using, you need to be ready for a switch.
Conclusion:
In-game play requires no skill and luck outside the BF. You can beat any trainer with all Pokes un-ev trained with sucky natures and 0 IVs everyhere if ti's not the BF.
The BF is the only in-game place where you need some skill.
And Competive is where it all becomes harder, because you battle other people who also EV train and IV/nature/ability breed.
But competive play is another story. Unless you are battling someone who doesn't know about EVs, IVs, natures and all that stuff, it's still not the question of luck, but a question of skill and knowledge about Pokemon. The only thing that involves luck in competive battles is the start, and if your moves hit. Unless you know the person well and know what Pokemon s/he will be using, you need to be ready for a switch.
Conclusion:
In-game play requires no skill and luck outside the BF. You can beat any trainer with all Pokes un-ev trained with sucky natures and 0 IVs everyhere if ti's not the BF.
The BF is the only in-game place where you need some skill.
And Competive is where it all becomes harder, because you battle other people who also EV train and IV/nature/ability breed.
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Nidogod
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Completely wrong. Critical hits, multiple hitting hypnosis', lucky focus punches, and the like can all decide a battle. I don't think it is necessary to post the whole log, but once I lost to a very bad trainer (4-0 or something) off of pure lucky on his part. Almost every other move he used was a critical hit and I had megahorn miss something like 4 times in a row, among other things. To give you an idea of how embarassing it was, he was using a Marowak with thunderpunch. x_x
evolutions
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Mew 3, do you even know what this thread is about?! Nidogod already explained it so i won't bother. But yeah it's not necessary to post the logs (would be nice though 
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Anyway here's what happened to me once (haven't got the logs):
On netbattle using my uber team against some noob. A few turns after the start
opponent sent out glalie (holding quick claw)
i sent out kyogre
quick claw activated!
Glalie used sheer cold!
It's a 1HKO, kyogre fainted
i sent out blissey
Glalie used sheer cold!
It's a 1HKO, Blissey fainted!
i sent out aerodactyl (yes, an aero on an uber team, just trying something different)
quick claw activated!
Glalie used sheer cold!
It's a 1HKO, aerodactyl fainted!!!
I'll never look at glalie the same way again
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). Anyway here's what happened to me once (haven't got the logs):
On netbattle using my uber team against some noob. A few turns after the start
opponent sent out glalie (holding quick claw)
i sent out kyogre
quick claw activated!
Glalie used sheer cold!
It's a 1HKO, kyogre fainted
i sent out blissey
Glalie used sheer cold!
It's a 1HKO, Blissey fainted!
i sent out aerodactyl (yes, an aero on an uber team, just trying something different)
quick claw activated!
Glalie used sheer cold!
It's a 1HKO, aerodactyl fainted!!!
I'll never look at glalie the same way again
.Charmeleon
No 'Zard For Me.
Times I was lucky....hm....it was probrably then my Goldeen had 6 hp and took down 3 pokemon...only becuase my computer opponents didn't know the meaning of attack.
It only fainted becuase it got confused and hit itself. It was probly so miserable that it commited suicide. I know I was miserable.
It only fainted becuase it got confused and hit itself. It was probly so miserable that it commited suicide. I know I was miserable.
Battle Frontier is In-game. Battle Frontier = Hax
Azure Wolf
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BF is a hax and there's always luck for a trainer who started a new game
Expert Evan
Old Fogey
I made a Youtube video last year where I did the haxing with a nidoking in the battle factory.
matrixofpokemon
Chaos
when an oponent aerodactyl used rock slide and it flinched my snorlax 3 times, then he got two crit hits and killed of my snorlax..
That is lucky. I guess a little part of battling is part luck.
Heliotrope
it shone! ^_^
Battle Frontier... Shuckle... Double team... Attract... My Pokemon being infactuated six times in a row... My Pokemon finally managing to attack and... missing! >_<;
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I lost, in case you're wondering.
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I lost, in case you're wondering.