>>41578863I think the Tate and Liza battles are the perfect example of what is wrong with pokemon battles and GF.
In RS they wanted to showcase the doubles mechanic in a Gym battle, but they chose the wrong pokemon to do so, as Solrock and Lunatone lack any synergy and are slow with many weakness to exploit, so they can't afford to use Light Screen and Sunny Day in their movesets.
In Emerald Solrock and Lunatone are still there, but this time they are behind Claydol and Xatu who have good synergy(EQ+ Flying type) and can properly set up Light Screen and Sunny Day for the rock duo(who now has held items) thanks to Xatu being fast and Claydol being bulky.
In ORAS despite having access to new mechanics, new moves(some specifically for double battles), new items and new Psychic pokemon the battle is the same as the RS one, removing any difficuly and sense of progress from the games
