One of the main things in today's meta game, is predicting what your opponent will do. This is a skill that cannot be developed with just one try, so expect some failures along the way!
Step 1: Write down what pokemon your opponent is using, this will be essential to predicting
Step 2: Think about your opponents strategy. Say they have a grass type out, you could easily go for the fire blast to kill them, by don't you think your partner is smarter than that? Go for the solar beam instead, predicting the switch into their water type.
Step 3: Know your opponent. If your opponent is new, than your not going to want to predict. If you know that your opponent predicts a lot, you need to predict there predictions and counter them.
Step 4: Don't over predict. Over predicting will lead to your downfall, use them wisely, and you can turn the tide of the battle!
Step 5: Practice! You need to learn obvious switches, and how to punish the opponent for using them.
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One of my favorite things to do is switch a talonflame into a grass type. You know they are going to switch next turn because they don't want to take a brave bird to the face, so get up a free swords dance while they switch!
I like to use zapdos, and what I often do is switch it in on water types. They don't want to take t-bolt, so they switch to a ground type, I predict this and go for the HP ice.
Let's say you have a garchomp out against a fire type, they expect the EQ and switch to a flying while I switch to my zapdos to make them switch AGAIN!
These are some examples of some of the most common types of predictions. Set up during a switch, go for the unexpected move, switch when they switch.
Questions? Leave all below!!!
Step 1: Write down what pokemon your opponent is using, this will be essential to predicting
Step 2: Think about your opponents strategy. Say they have a grass type out, you could easily go for the fire blast to kill them, by don't you think your partner is smarter than that? Go for the solar beam instead, predicting the switch into their water type.
Step 3: Know your opponent. If your opponent is new, than your not going to want to predict. If you know that your opponent predicts a lot, you need to predict there predictions and counter them.
Step 4: Don't over predict. Over predicting will lead to your downfall, use them wisely, and you can turn the tide of the battle!
Step 5: Practice! You need to learn obvious switches, and how to punish the opponent for using them.
More Detail:
One of my favorite things to do is switch a talonflame into a grass type. You know they are going to switch next turn because they don't want to take a brave bird to the face, so get up a free swords dance while they switch!
I like to use zapdos, and what I often do is switch it in on water types. They don't want to take t-bolt, so they switch to a ground type, I predict this and go for the HP ice.
Let's say you have a garchomp out against a fire type, they expect the EQ and switch to a flying while I switch to my zapdos to make them switch AGAIN!
These are some examples of some of the most common types of predictions. Set up during a switch, go for the unexpected move, switch when they switch.
Questions? Leave all below!!!
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