Pokémon Champions has a clear goal: Bring competitive Pokémon to the mainstream. It’s going to do that by being available on the widest number of platforms possible, and by making competitive Pokémon ...

Fire-type Pokemon are solid in competitive battles with strong offensive capabilities and a variety of resistances to common types. Incineroar and Torkoal stand out as key Fire-type mons in ...

Andrea is an editor at Game Rant, where she has been writing professionally about video games for nearly three years. She became a gamer for life at 7, thanks to a copy of Pokemon Red and her Game Boy ...

With every new Pokemon game comes new changes, giving each generation its distinctive identity and heavily shaping the competitive Pokemon metagame for years to come. The Nintendo 3DS games introduced ...

What will this mean for competitive players? Will these games form their own grassroots competitive scene? Do players really want another full year of competitive Sword and Shield? Instead of trying ...

Pokemon Scarlet and Violet has already gotten its first Pokemon ban. Smogon, an unofficial but influential forum for competitive Pokemon, has announced that Houndstone and Flutter Mane will both be ...

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If you’re a casual Pokemon player, you may feel intimidated by the thought of competitive battling because there are so many factors to consider, such as abilities, natures, IVs, EVs, and egg moves.

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