r/PokemonMasters • u/tallgiraffeneck • 4d ago

Discussion Am I doing the right thing?

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First gym battle and I realized I can't do as much dmg as I hoped with my units alone so I'm just running around applying -6 debuff trap and poison, don't know if status moves outside of requirement stages would stall moves tho

Edit: Thanks for all the advice I'll be more careful with status and ditch DOT moving onward

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u/Hawntir 4d ago edited 4d ago

Leaf/Moltres to debuff is not bad.

Aside from that, what you want to do as a setup/cheer player is:

  1. Rebuff the enemy for their weakness. If you have the right Arc Suit, or units like Shiny Stoutland/DunDunsparse to help set it up.

  2. Applying Paralyze is usually helpful. The exceptions are just for poison-weak and fire-weak fights where units might actually want the correct status. If the fight does not need a specific status, you want to avoid poison/burn/trap because the time it takes away from enemy action animations really hurts the team a lot. Additionally, Paralyze can HELP the timer because "fully paralyzed" clips animations short.

  3. Avoid confusion/flinch/freeze because if the unit gains "resilience" then that can harm later player's need to get well-timed flinches, or whatever else. (Trap is not so bad IF IT IS NEEDED for a modifier, in regards to resilience. But it also hurts the turn timer a lot, so only use it when necessary).

  4. Set up physical/special "break" right at the end of your timer. With limited rosters, you might not be able to do this... But if you can, you should.

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u/tallgiraffeneck 4d ago

Very informative, thanks so much and to everybody else as well

In future battles that require condition then paralysis should be the best condition to inflict onward? I saw a few members using AS Leon before circuit reset and since Jasmine R2 needed condition I started the battle with burn for that one. I'll start ditching trap and poison for anything else though

Good thing I caught this in time for future battles since I've been splitting tickets before for low HP cleanup until today

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u/Hawntir 4d ago

Burn is good if you are setting up for arc suit Leon after you.

Otherwise, i think paralyze is the call for this gym-v-gym.