r/TheSilphArena

For tanking, is it worth it to first hit Ace before you tank for a higher stardust gain? In particularly for that first win of a set

I’m always struggling to actually do anything in PvP. I hover right around 1700 but never really break through. I’m mainly running cradlily, Galarian weezing, and Tinkaton who all have at least above average PvP IVs, but no success. I have literally no chance of a win when empoleon, swampert, or jellicent show up. How do I get better at this?

It seems like, whenever I'm up against a Pokémon whose charged move requires the same energy as mine and which charges energy at the same rate as me, I always lose the speed tie. This makes games that might otherwise be closer or in my favor just end up in consistent losses, and I don't know what I might be doing wrong that's making the server hate me specifically.

I already do poorly enough with my team because I'm essentially just using mons that I have on hand rather than building with high investment for specific cups. Can someone help me understand why there seems to be such a delay between when my charged move lights up and when I can actually execute it? I don't have bad Internet; far from it.

Just seeing what I need to grind for and what’s possible with remote trades. Thanks!

Curious thoughts/theories on Ice-shard shadow lapras in the UL. Wanting to make some spicier teams/picks rather than just building meta. Been running tinkaton, skeledirge, drifblim, or tinkaton, skeledirge, lapras for a moment, but swapping it around lately for some more spice. Was thinking about ice shard shadow lapras and curious if anyone has run into it or considered running it.

I am playing Pokémon go pvp for the past 3 years. I played a lot of battles, but only in-game ladder.

I will be competing at Prague Regionals (bcs I am from czechia and the last Prague regionals was in 2018 and back then Pokemon go pvp tournaments wasnt a thing)

What's some advice you would give me as a first time competitor?

So I was trynna get some new Pokemon for Great League, and since I don't have many options I decided to use Slowbro for one of the slots. PvPoke recommends using Drain Punch and Ice Beam for the charged moves, and I lucklily had a slowbro with ice beam with decent IVs for Great League. However, as much as I tried to get Drain Punch on him I wouldn't get it. And apparently Google says it needs Elite TM? Is this true? I've had this happen with numerous other Pokemon and now I can't trust PvPoke's recommendations. If this is true anyone know any good website alternatives that you know 100% the moves they mention I can get from charged/fast TMs?

I have done research and have mostly found “it depends” type answers and I think I have been able to narrow down my understanding to level and stat product being more important then CP if choosing one of the three, I.e if I have to pick a pokemon with a higher level and 1485 CP rather than lower level and 1500 CP, I’d take the higher level one. But I still don’t fully understand if stat product is more important then having the highest level possible. I use Pokegiene and sometimes I have a 98% stat product on a Pokemon with a lower overall level than a Pokemon with a higher level but lower stat product so I am unsure which one would be better to keep for PVP.

Thanks for the insight!

Is there a way to scan all of my pokemon for PVP combinations? I am not at all up to date with the current meta so it would be really helpful.

Does anyone have an articuno under 1500cp to trade. Can wait till remote trade comes a thing but the sooner the better ?