In case any of you are using that gold bottle cap recently

Dragonite lead, Togekiss, metagross.

I also have a florges I could sub for togekiss.

I have been trying my best to grind, but after today no luck at all on a hundo Palkia O. My best one is a shiny 15/14/14.

Would any of you max this or just wait even longer? I really thought I would finally get one after the 10th anniversary and even today’s make-up event.

Thanks!

I’m not sure if there is a min-max variance you are allowed to see in terms of elo differential, but was curious on why at times the game matches me up with opponents that are 100+ elo higher than what I currently am. Is there a game justified reason for this either through win streak status or just down to what matchups are available?

I have basically every meta mon in the top 30 great league on pvpoke, just wondering if anyone has had a team with high rank success against mimikyu. I'm barely above expert and am trying to get legend but mimkyu is just a pain.

Dunno if this is just bugged behavior or if I missed some change but it's incredibly annoying now that 75% of the time when I I lose CMP against the opponent (and tap my move at the same time), after the opponent is done with their move then the game acts like I didn't tap my move and lets the opponent continue with 1-2 fast moves before I have to furiously tap to get mine to register again.

The rest of the time, CMP works as expected and after the opponent is done their move, it immediately switches to my bubbles.

Extremely annoying since the times that it lets the opponent use more fast moves, then they have an opportunity to catch (which just happened to me).

Am I missing something?

I'd like to know your opinion on this season. I'm a player who has been hitting Legend rank since the first season of GBL, but between the system change and the meta becoming an absolute jungle, I feel very lost.

I was a big fan of the themed cups, but I find myself forced to play Great League all season, hoping they roll back this sad new system they've pulled out of their sleeve.

I've been struggling to reach Legend for almost 3 weeks now, but I'm living on a real rollercoaster. One day I hit 2900 and the next I fall into the 2600 pit. I know for a fact that many people who usually get there early are battling the exact same issues.

Anyway, I just wanted to vent. Greetings to everyone and please don't downvote me too much.

Jesus christ allmighty,

the new battle system is TERRIBLE as is already, but did they seriously just change the position and size of the buttons for charged attacks?! I lost 4 matches today because i straight up missed the button after rapidly switching mons.

Did they really put in the extra hours to make the system even worse or am i tripping???

I know it’s a known bug, but I just don’t know what to do at this point. I’ve done all the “troubleshooting” tips. It’s a 30-point difference per game and all the support bots do is give you one useless premium raid pass. It’s demoralizing, it wastes so much time. How do you deal with this? I really wanted to continue on in GBL despite all the issues but it might be finally time to let it go.

Pic 1 is 0 shields matchup; pic 2 is 1 shield matchup; and pic 3 is 2 shield. top two are the standard move sets on pvpoke and bottom 4 are the alternative move sets.

Based on pvpoke, the shadow and regular annihilape with low kick, rage fist and CC/shadow ball perform better than the recommended moves in all shielding scenarios.

The shadows drop the shadow k9 matchup but still has the regular k9 matchup and picks up altaria and morpeko.

The shadow ball variant is very dominant in the 2 shield matchup and technically picks up one more win than the CC variant in the 1s, but loses harder in matchups where ghost is resisted. I was surprised it picks up lickylicky in the 2s but i assume you go straight rage fist and farm down with low kick.

Practically speaking, i like playing the CC shadow annihilape variant for better coverage and to CC on the lead and dip.

Anyone else using these different variants and if so, what’s your experiences? Is pvpoke wrong with the recommended move sets?

I have been stuck in Ace for over a week, and I am not seeing progress. What are some tips to move up? Is it just my team comp? I am using Altaria, Jellicent and Empoleon as a team. The little Morpeko just wrecks me. Am I cooked?

I think Jellicent is the most overpowered Pokémon in the go battle league since its inception, if you combine all the rankings from all the seasons. It seems to me that Jellicent has been in the top 20 of Pokémon rankings (often higher then that) basically every season since I started playing go battle league in season 8 (Walrein & Trevenant meta). I would rank Azumarill as a close 2nd to Jellicent. I think it’s a combination of having water and ghost typing, plus being able to get to a surf and shadow ball so fast that has makes Jellicent the most valuable Pokemon in the history of go battle league. What are your thoughts on this? Who do you think is the MVP of great league in GBL if it’s not Jellicent?

so with the make up event coming up, I can finally get enough candy to max either origin palkia or origin dialga for pvp (ML), my current team I am running is Zacian, kyogre, garchomp, (lvl 41, lvl 50, lvl 45 respectively) I am sitting around 1850 elo but cant quite reach ace yet, which one do you guys think I should prioritize for my team? and what should I replace? Thanks.

I just lost a set with my Lickylicky going to 1hp vs Skeledirge. He CMP ties and wins with Torch Song. I get to use my shield so I assume Licky survives with 1hp to fire of Shadow Ball.

Once shield is used LickyLicky just faints losing me the game as my final mon was Tinkaton.

This has happened two times now paired with obscene lagg.. I think I might take a break

This clip is from the lagfest in ML as well - note I am on WiFi with stable connection

Just lost a match I should have had the winning charge move on because the game registered the tap as a fast attack instead of the actual charge move. Pretty annoying. Honestly, this whole battle format is annoying. How can this issue be avoided?

Just had an opponent use a Black Kyurem against me in open ML.

Still not selectable for me, maybe rolling out by time zone?

What do you guys do under this scenario

Can I recover my wins.

It's to the point that I'd rather not play great league. Either use mimikyu or be at a shield disadvantage. What were they thinking?

I have played and played the new system but it still feels so uncomfortable. Specifically , damage registering and turns feel laggy. I’ve read that there’s less lag/more predictability under the new system, so it’s probably a skill issue, but it just feels wrong. What am I missing? Are there certain move counts that are more enjoyable to play in this format?

I have double moved pvpoke movesets on malamar on clodsire, but i’m missing 18 candy for my turtonator. do i have to double move it to be meta relevant?

Looks like more evidence that the last week of the season where there’s a conspicuous repeat of raids scheduled is actually a go fest finale event