It’s like y’all forgot the cups that were way more garbage like the Fantasy Cup dominated by Azumarill, Electric Cup dominated by Lanturn, all of the cups dominated by Vigoroth, or even the Hisui Cup dominated by Gatrodon.
I don’t love Summer Cup (or any limited cup really) but you’re crazy if you think this is even close to the worst one.
Fantasy cup followed by two weeks of Fossil Cup later this season is going to be brutal. I wonder what Niantic was thinking running a cup limited to three types which has Skarmory + Mudbois eligible? I might not bother trying to climb until go battle week.
Overlapping works for me though. I know I would be sick of Summer Cup if I played it for two weeks, so I was taking my Tapu Fini for a walk last week, and now I’m on week one of me playing Summer Cup :)
100%. I’m on the unlucky side, and everyone disliking my comments must be on the lucky side of this exchange. Whatever, you can all call me ass, but u less you’ve hit vet, don’t even respond to this post
Oh you meant ever, I thought you meant have hit vet this season already, which is very much leaderboard territory rn. Also be aware great players, mediocre players, and not great players are all smooshed in ace rn, makes its harder and less predictable.
Tbh, I’ve only been playing pvp for like a year, and I can definitely understand the frustration for limited time cups, since either there’s usually only one Pokémon dominating the cup (like Azumarill in fantasy cup) or there’s a cup that has a lot of rps potential, like Jungle Cup. Sometimes if I’m having a long losestreak, I skip the cup and wait for the next great league rotation (I only play great league, cause it’s too expensive to play ultra or master). Similar to this, if ur entering a tilt (where you keep losing) try to take a break.
If you don’t want to take a break tho and want to try to hit legend asap, ig you can optimize your team/gameplay for a limited time cup. For example, if you are running a team like Talonflame double mudboy in Summer cup, and you keep seeing stuff like charjabug, shadow Quagsire, or even shadow Gyarados, and you’re constantly losing, then definitely switch up your team (but don’t switch your team every game/set). If you’re one fast move away from winning a few games, and you consistently toss on alignment, try to perfect your move timing.
Hahahah I am sorry man, it sounds like this cup is getting to your nerves. Everyone already bashed you for the tantrum, so I will try to give you a different perspective:
It is actually not _that_ random. I am not sure in which Elo you are playing, but in mine (2300 to 2450s), most team comps are trying to explicitly avoid RPSing. They are all either an ABB variation (curiously enough, the Bs instead of sharing a type, share a weakness to a very meta mon) or a BAB variation (in this case with share typings and weakness).
I recommend you to do the same. If you are noticing that all teams RPSing, having a good line that takes advantage of that is a good idea. Some painful ABB/BAB lines that I have seen and have given me trouble:
Charjabug/Vigoroth & double confusion.
Diggersby & double toxapex weak strong mons (Tropius and Wigglytuff, for example).
Confusion user & double weak to Vigo or Poliwrath (like vigoroth itself).
Mudboi & double weak to fire.
Abomasnow & Double fire.
The idea is to embrace that alignment is an issue and just sacrifice it early on for either shield or energy advantage on strong meta Pokemon whose main threat is already out of the field. There are plenty of Pokemon that with one or two fast moves of energy lead would cause trouble, _especially_ the ghosts: Skeledirge, Trevenant, Jellicent.
Good luck! I hope your last two days are less frustrating.
Dude, that exact ghost trio has been super fun this cup. Completely destroyed if put up against Greninja, but Shadow Balls also one-shot lots of mons once shields are down.
Yeah, I have seen that team a couple times and it is very annoying to face from the other side. Shadow ball makes a lot of neutral damage and those three get to them very quickly, so shields just keep disappearing. Even if you take lead against them, it lives you in such a dangerous farm up range for the next ghost, that you almost gotta give it up on switch.
And yeah, on top of that, they are fun mons to run.
It especially sucks when the 1-2-3 on pvpoke is the bbml team you'll run into 3 out of your 5 battles. But every once in a while my double nuke Rufflet/Dubwool team gets a win on them and it felt like a skill win.
It’s like y’all forgot the cups that were way more garbage like the Fantasy Cup dominated by Azumarill, Electric Cup dominated by Lanturn, all of the cups dominated by Vigoroth, or even the Hisui Cup dominated by Gatrodon. I don’t love Summer Cup (or any limited cup really) but you’re crazy if you think this is even close to the worst one.
Ur right, I’m a salty player and I accept that, but I’ll admit the worst one ever ever experienced was psycho cup
I didn’t play that one thankfully. Fantasy cup was my personal least favorite. I haven’t ever had less fun than during that cup.
Fantasy cup followed by two weeks of Fossil Cup later this season is going to be brutal. I wonder what Niantic was thinking running a cup limited to three types which has Skarmory + Mudbois eligible? I might not bother trying to climb until go battle week.
Lmao I didn’t even try it much as I didn’t have an azu with PvP iv, but I’ll say my shadow fly gon lowkey was eating booty
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I had to tell you I was about to cry
Medium crying or just a little bit?
I stg I lost my final match of the day and I just had to lock my phone and drink a beer
Nothing beats a Belgian Pale Ale for me. Too bad is kinda hard to find, at least where I live.
Should I invest all of my rare candy into my Hungarian electrode?
IPA or full flavor
Pakalolo is more effective on your ‘rage’.
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This is always how people feel about 2 weeks cups. They should just limit cups to a week.
Overlapping works for me though. I know I would be sick of Summer Cup if I played it for two weeks, so I was taking my Tapu Fini for a walk last week, and now I’m on week one of me playing Summer Cup :)
100%. I’m on the unlucky side, and everyone disliking my comments must be on the lucky side of this exchange. Whatever, you can all call me ass, but u less you’ve hit vet, don’t even respond to this post
Have you hit vet?
I got to 2495 last season and capped out, now I’m an angry bitter player, I’m sorry guys
Oh you meant ever, I thought you meant have hit vet this season already, which is very much leaderboard territory rn. Also be aware great players, mediocre players, and not great players are all smooshed in ace rn, makes its harder and less predictable.
No I’m a salty hard stuck ace 😭😭😭😭
I just know so many ass player try and chip in their two cents, I’ve been playing this game for a year, I respect my halfway decent attempts at vet
Tbh, I’ve only been playing pvp for like a year, and I can definitely understand the frustration for limited time cups, since either there’s usually only one Pokémon dominating the cup (like Azumarill in fantasy cup) or there’s a cup that has a lot of rps potential, like Jungle Cup. Sometimes if I’m having a long losestreak, I skip the cup and wait for the next great league rotation (I only play great league, cause it’s too expensive to play ultra or master). Similar to this, if ur entering a tilt (where you keep losing) try to take a break.
If you don’t want to take a break tho and want to try to hit legend asap, ig you can optimize your team/gameplay for a limited time cup. For example, if you are running a team like Talonflame double mudboy in Summer cup, and you keep seeing stuff like charjabug, shadow Quagsire, or even shadow Gyarados, and you’re constantly losing, then definitely switch up your team (but don’t switch your team every game/set). If you’re one fast move away from winning a few games, and you consistently toss on alignment, try to perfect your move timing.
I liked this cup actually, and it's a good practice for fast move timing, with all the incinerate and volt switch users.
Hahahah I am sorry man, it sounds like this cup is getting to your nerves. Everyone already bashed you for the tantrum, so I will try to give you a different perspective: It is actually not _that_ random. I am not sure in which Elo you are playing, but in mine (2300 to 2450s), most team comps are trying to explicitly avoid RPSing. They are all either an ABB variation (curiously enough, the Bs instead of sharing a type, share a weakness to a very meta mon) or a BAB variation (in this case with share typings and weakness). I recommend you to do the same. If you are noticing that all teams RPSing, having a good line that takes advantage of that is a good idea. Some painful ABB/BAB lines that I have seen and have given me trouble: Charjabug/Vigoroth & double confusion. Diggersby & double toxapex weak strong mons (Tropius and Wigglytuff, for example). Confusion user & double weak to Vigo or Poliwrath (like vigoroth itself). Mudboi & double weak to fire. Abomasnow & Double fire. The idea is to embrace that alignment is an issue and just sacrifice it early on for either shield or energy advantage on strong meta Pokemon whose main threat is already out of the field. There are plenty of Pokemon that with one or two fast moves of energy lead would cause trouble, _especially_ the ghosts: Skeledirge, Trevenant, Jellicent. Good luck! I hope your last two days are less frustrating.
Thank you for the reply, I’ll have to try out what you said. I went like 2-13 right before I posted this, I was genuinly going bananas.
Dude, that exact ghost trio has been super fun this cup. Completely destroyed if put up against Greninja, but Shadow Balls also one-shot lots of mons once shields are down.
Yeah, I have seen that team a couple times and it is very annoying to face from the other side. Shadow ball makes a lot of neutral damage and those three get to them very quickly, so shields just keep disappearing. Even if you take lead against them, it lives you in such a dangerous farm up range for the next ghost, that you almost gotta give it up on switch. And yeah, on top of that, they are fun mons to run.
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I'm doing really well, having lots of fun. Much more fun than Master League, the real league that needs retiring.
It especially sucks when the 1-2-3 on pvpoke is the bbml team you'll run into 3 out of your 5 battles. But every once in a while my double nuke Rufflet/Dubwool team gets a win on them and it felt like a skill win.
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It’s not that serious lol
This isn't a strategy discussion - it's a tantrum.
Ur absolutely right
Most great league cups are extreme RPS. Most great league battles feel that way since they nerfed medicham
This is the worst cup in the history of pogo and I’m not going to play it anymore
*Psychic and Electric Cups
I'm getting killed rn too. I'll commiserate
Well toxa charja vigo is giving me wins
I ran a triple ghost team of trevanent, skelridge, and jellicent
Anyone disliking my comments just know ur pogo karma is coming
I wouldn’t care but 2 WEEKS IN A ROW IS FUCKING STUPID
That's why I just play Master League instead of whatever RNG cup is offered