you do also get mons with no attacking moves a lot. they’re best used by using their status moves as well as you possibly can, or, failing that, using them as scouts (since scouts are waaay more important in a meta where everything is completely random)
1 Like
2 Likes
that being said if i see that i have multiple mons without attacking moves i will probably just forfeit on the spot
2 Likes
My teeth hurt one day when I was like 16 and I went to the dentist and they were like “lol wisdom teeth. Want them out?” and I said yea so I had all 4 removed and that was just done forever
there’s a shocking amount of strategy considering how entirely random the meta is
2 Likes
me being sent out knowing i only exist to do nothing and die
4 Likes
there are literally pokemon in the actual meta like this
my innards out pyukumuku being sent out with the full knowledge that it’s here purely to gruesomely die and kamikaze ruin my opponent’s sweep
2 Likes
im gonna name my scout pokemon benguined parbecue
3 Likes
there’s actually a lot of strategy to hackmons cup because information comes at a premium. you have to decide whether you want to reveal your more reliable 100% accuracy move that you know will get a kill or if you want to keep doing what you’re doing and bait your opponent into switching something in that gets owned by said 100% accuracy move
1 Like
this is arguably somewhat true in the actual meta too but mos of the time people have a broad baseline expectation of what your move possibilities are. so it’s mostly just for like what exactly your moveslot that’s up to decision is
1 Like
if u have a wooloo u should name it eliza. she always gets distracted and stares blankly like a sheep
1 Like
what should i name you after
2 Likes
incineroar
2 Likes
yeah
1 Like
well if nobody objects in the next checks modlog 2 days…
4 Likes
I kinda wonder how one would assign a usability score to a Hackmons Cup Pokemon.
I guess the basics are simple: a Pokemon with Sturdy gets a higher score the lower their HP is, and a Pokemon with Final Gambit gets a higher score the higher their HP is, for example.
sturdy mons normally aren’t helped by low HP (compared to sturdy mons with higher HP) unless (a) they have one of the moves where that’s beneficial or (b) they are Literally Shedinja which is hardcoded to only have 1
2 Likes
Arete