Why hasn't gamefreak done anything to restrict switching in battle?

Why hasn't gamefreak done anything to restrict switching in battle?

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  1. 3 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    99% of Pokehomosexuals don't switch in battle unless they're playing on switch mode.

  2. 3 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    >spikes
    >stealth rock
    >arena trap
    >magnet pull
    >shadow tag
    Play the game

    • 3 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      >OP bullshit
      >OP bullshit
      >Only mon with it is banned everywhere other than gen 3 for some reason
      >Shitmon gimmick that only traps other shitmons
      >Shitty ability
      Just limit switching to once per certain number of turns.

      • 3 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        >Only mon with it is banned
        Banned how? Does my game crash if I use it or something?

        • 3 weeks ago
          Anonymous

          yes if you use it the smogon council will transition your console from working to trans-bricked

          • 3 weeks ago
            Anonymous

            >troony obsesser
            have a nice day.

      • 3 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        > Just limit switching to once per certain number of turns
        That would make Pokemom even more of an unplayable farce than it is. There’s be no why to deal with bad match ups. Every turn would just be rock-paper-scissors except on the few turns you could switch

      • 3 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        Then your favorite battle simulator elitists will have a "vote" and agree to have the standard ruleset "go back to switching anytime for the health of the meta"

      • 3 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        If you think Camoflaged Legos are more OP than Shadow Tag you barely understand the game

        • 3 weeks ago
          Anonymous

          You clearly don't understand the game yourself.

          Shadow Tag counters:
          >baton pass
          >u-turn
          >volt switch
          >flip turn
          >parting shot
          >shed shell
          >ghost type
          >whirlwind
          >roar
          >dragon tail
          >circle throw
          >role play
          >skill swap
          >worry seed
          >entrainment
          >simple beam
          >gastric acid
          >neutralizing gas
          >knock out the pokemon

          Stealth Rock counters:
          >rapid spin
          >defog
          >magic coat
          >magic guard
          and that's it!

          There are 4 Pokemon lines that learn Shadow Tag vs dozens and dozens that learn Stealth Rock. Shadow Tag is not even in the same realm to be as broken as Stealth Rock.

          • 3 weeks ago
            Anonymous

            >oh the the person suddenly sent out a pokemon with shadow tag let me switch in my coun-
            you won't always have a pokemon with a phaser or pivot move out

          • 3 weeks ago
            Anonymous

            >what is taunt
            >what is imprison
            Disingenuous homosexual.

          • 3 weeks ago
            Anonymous

            stealth rocks dont kill you immediately and you have a chance to bring out your defogger or spinner and only take some chip. if you dont have an out to shadow tag on the field at the moment your opponent switches in, you auto-lose

          • 3 weeks ago
            Anonymous

            Stealth Rock counters:
            >rapid spin
            >defog
            >magic coat
            >magic guard
            and that's it!

            You forgot Court Change and Tidy Up

          • 3 weeks ago
            Anonymous

            Stealth Rock is also countered by Magic Bounce while we're at it.

          • 3 weeks ago
            Anonymous
            • 3 weeks ago
              Anonymous

              This, but unironically.
              >Kills everybody in direct contact with it
              Exactly what you want in a war.
              >Requires everyone to wear a hazmat suit or they get infected
              Not if you deploy it from far away.
              >Said hazmat suits are useless in every other combat scenario
              There won't be any other combat scenarios.
              >Only really benefits armies that can weaponise it
              Good. Your army will be stronger than all the others.
              >Will outright cripple any othee country facing it or at least force them to focus way too much of their budget on dealing with it
              Good. Total annihilation of your enemy is the goal of warfare and the only way to ensure lasting peace.

          • 3 weeks ago
            Anonymous

            Don't forget Magic Bounce, Heavy Duty Boots, Court Change, Tidy Up, Mortal Spin, Ground types, Steel types, and Fighting types.

      • 3 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        Skill issue. Double switching for positioning against stall gays when you're using hyper offense is the funnest thing in the world.

  3. 3 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    >play clown fanfic format
    >”wtf why isn’t the game designed around it?”

    This is why smogtards are annoying as frick.

    • 3 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      VGCsissies fear the smogGODs.

      • 3 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        >puts your setup lead to sleep

  4. 3 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    Pursuit and Set Mode got axed. RIP moment

    • 3 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      >Set Mode got axed
      What the frick?

      • 3 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        No one's forcing you to play that way, they said.

        • 3 weeks ago
          Anonymous

          none of these changes are bad except single use TMs

          • 3 weeks ago
            Anonymous

            >choices in my rpg
            >help me gamefreak!!1!
            You are why the series is constantly being dumbed down.

            • 3 weeks ago
              Anonymous

              pointless tedious shit != choices

              • 3 weeks ago
                Anonymous

                Having single use TMs isn't tedious. You thinking you need ice beam and earthquake on everything is what makes it tedious.

              • 3 weeks ago
                Anonymous

                >Having single use TMs isn't tedious
                It is.

                >You thinking you need ice beam and earthquake on everything
                But I do need them on the Pokemon I need to use them on.

              • 3 weeks ago
                Anonymous

                >But I do need them on the Pokemon I need to use them on.
                For what? The games are easy and you don't have friends or compete.

              • 3 weeks ago
                Anonymous

                >For what?
                Battle Tower
                PvP

                >B-BUT THE GAME IS EASY!!!
                then why limit them to single use in the first place?

              • 3 weeks ago
                Anonymous

                >then why limit them to single use in the first place?
                See

                >choices in my rpg
                >help me gamefreak!!1!
                You are why the series is constantly being dumbed down.

              • 3 weeks ago
                Anonymous

                See

                pointless tedious shit != choices

              • 3 weeks ago
                Anonymous

                >no u
                Jajaja mi amigo. Define tedious.

              • 3 weeks ago
                Anonymous

                >Define tedious.
                Things I don't like
                Hope this helps

              • 3 weeks ago
                Anonymous

                >Define tedious
                Pointlessly padding the game to get things I'll eventually get anyway.

              • 3 weeks ago
                Anonymous

                How do you eventually get them if there's only one? It sounds like you're the one making it tedious.

              • 3 weeks ago
                Anonymous

                >How do you eventually get them if there's only one?
                Be trading it to another copy of the game or starting a new save.

              • 3 weeks ago
                Anonymous

                >replaying a game is pointless padding
                You do it to yourself.

    • 3 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      Good.

  5. 3 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    There used to be this really cool move called Pursuit, shame Game Freak removed it for no discernable reason.

  6. 3 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    Imagine playing competitive Pokemon. I can't stand you homosexuals, all of you should have a nice day.

    • 3 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      >dodonzo and tatsugiri solely created for a double battle gimmick that the main campaign has none of
      >confused at people playing pvp when there's even an online ranked ladder game freak made

      • 3 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        >someone called me a homosexual
        >oh they're just confused
        lmao

        • 3 weeks ago
          Anonymous

          you don't play pokemon, go back to Ganker tourist

  7. 3 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    There are, they are entry hazards.
    >b-but I play VGC.
    Play the real game.

  8. 3 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    They have. It's called playing Battle Stadium. When you only have at most two Pokemon in the back, regardless of format, your Switching options are a lot more limited. If you're playing a 6v6 format Switching will be much stronger of an option. It's no different than if you were playing a format with perma-sand that things like Leftovers and Steel/Ground/Rock types would be over-represented. Also even in a 6v6 format there are plenty of anti-Switch mechanics. Entry hazards are like the one team effect in game that isn't turn limited, unlike things like Safeguard/screens/etc. Either use the tools you have, or play a different game.

  9. 3 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    Bunp

  10. 3 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    They used to let you select "set" mode but too many frogs selected it and then b***hed when it made the game too hard for them.

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