>>29501971>You get outright sweeped in platinum by X Special + PsychicYou're joking right?
Until Reuniclus Psychic types outside of legendaries were incredibly frail I think the only one that could surive a decent hit was Heatproof Bronzong and surprisingly it has extremely shit special attack so it can't kill even when boosted. That one item use guarantees that Pokemon will faint on the same turn especially when an experieced player is playing.
In the case it's not a Psychic type it doesn't have the STAB necessary to kill.
>Extremely common? Like hell it isHikers using Selfdestruct isn't a new strategy anon. It's been seen for years.
In fact early artwork and cards had the Geodude line exploding or knowing Self Destruct. The only reason you would think it's uncommon is if you started playing with Gen 4.
>No, it isn't ridiculous, because it's judging the game based on the actual gameplayExcept it is, no game requires you to know the entire movepools but as a veteran player you should know a fair bit about what pokemon can and can't learn with the exception of moves added in the new gen. Especially the common moves.
>Did you even read?Did you? Because no one ever said that you needed to learn the ENTIRE movepool to get by. Using that logic every game is difficult because you as the player remember what's been used in the past.
