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Inside the Twisted World of Competitive Pokemon Battling Oct 8th 2013, 17:19, by Kat Bailey Back in the days of Pokemon Diamond and Pearl, I joked about the joy of Pokemon Eugenics, and outlined the insane process of generating a battleworthy Pokemon. Five years on, that process remains much the same, and it's still every bit as twisted. Yes, twisted. On the plus side though, "properly" raising a Pokemon is much easier than it used to be, even if it's still time consuming and more than a little tedious. With the advent of Pokemon X, it's even possible to see a Pokemon's base stats without having to manually keep track. It's a far cry from the earliest days of modern competitive Pokemon, when all a trainer had was a notebook, a bicycle, and a lot of patience. In the very earliest days of Pokemon, we all thought we were masters. I certainly did, despite not really knowing the first thing about Pokemon battling. All I really knew was that Psychic types were the best Pokemon in the game, which made Starmie a monster in battle. Continue reading… Media files: bestevs.png (image/png)

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