This post I will discuss how to get started!
First, the basics.
As many of you know, competitive Pokemon battling has become a very large part of the overall community of Pokemon fans. From its diverse battles and 649 Pokemon, the competitive interface is really easy to get into.
All you really need to know when starting competitive battling is the following: The tier list, switching, super-effective and not very effective moves, how to make a moveset, physical and special moves, EVs, IVs, and team synergy.
First, super-effective and not very effective moves. Here is a simple chart that explains all of this quickly.
This is the most common of the type charts.
Now you have to learn the basics of the tier lists. Visit Smogon for the tier lists and most movesets.
Switching is also a very important thing to learn when getting into competitive battling. For instance, if you start a battle with a Water/Flying type, lets say Gyarados, and your opponent starts out with an Electric type such as Jolteon, you are probably going to want to switch out because of the massive damage electric type moves go to Gyarados. Switching is also good for predictions. For instance, lets put us back in the senario. You could predict your opponent to predict your switch to your ground type, which is immune to electric type moves, and switch to something to counter their oncoming water type. Switching is very important and takes a long time to master, but when it is perfected, it is one of the biggest threats you can cause.
That will be all I'll cover in this post, so tune in next post for the rest of competitive battling 101!
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