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>Oh shit totem battles, a strong pokemon with stat buffs in a 1v2
>Nevermind, its attacks and/or supportmon are total shit so it’s not a threat (except for Lurantis and Mimikyu)
>Oh shit, Kahuna fight
>Nevermind, a small team with weak move sets and often NFE garbage
>Oh shit Gladion has a relatively high BST pokemon since the beginning
>Nevermind, it has shit moves and his team is tiny in every battle
>Oh shit Guzma has a Golisopod as his ace
>Nevermind, it has Swords Dance yet no priority to use with it so it’s fucking useless and the rest are literal shitmon
>Oh shit Lusamine has a fully totem-buffed team
>Nevermind, her team has no coverage in their move sets and the awful AI can't use Pain Split for anything other than healing you
>Oh shit championship defense late game
>Nevermind, the challenger teams aren't even full with 1 exception
>Oh shit we get to battle Red and Blue
>Nevermind, no megas or other held items aside from a shitty Pikachu and reduced levels for no reason
The games were so close to being good yet so far.