I will run a team for two sets and find hard counters the whole time. I switch to a complete different team, and suddenly new counters, that haven’t seen at all, suddenly come out of the wood work.

Ive noticed If I go 5-0 I usually go around 1-4 or 0-5 for the following set. More often if I am 4-0 on a current set I will end up going 4-1(not allowing me the 5-0). The opposite is true, if I am 0-4 in a current set I will end up 1-4 at the end of the set. I've literally sat there with my girlfriend showed her my current set and called whether I would win/lose lead and swap based off of my current set

As someone who study’s plays and is quite competitive. There’s just no way I swap my team ten times and each one is built to beat my team. There is no way, not with how many option there are.

in open master league i kept running into lando leads (against my lando) but as soon as i put a kyogre in the lead they all disappeared hmmm

The algorithm is 100% real I can’t tell you how many times I’ll use a specific team and get the same 6 to 7 Pokémon I’m going up against and I’ll swap my team to counter it and then all of a sudden that team will get countered by brand new Pokémon that I haven’t gone up against all day

My personal experience is this. I watch great content creators like Zyonik daily and I use pvpoke regularly to team build both meta teams and anti meta teams. So I do count moves and pull off some decisive catches and tough wins from good energy management. However, in circumstances where I’m hovering around the same ELO…When I run a certain team I built, I see a lot of the same counters. And I will usually stick with a decently performing team for 3-4 sets, sometimes more if it’s a team that worked well from the previous days’ sets. Then I switch up the team to account for the most common counters I’m frequently facing that day and losing to more than winning. As soon as I switch up the team to another team that has historically performed well for me to counter those opponents, suddenly I stop seeing those counters to my first team almost entirely. Additionally, I’ll see new counters to my new team that were non-existent for the first team’s sets. It would be different if I were not floating within the same ELO range. But, my logical conclusion is that there has to be an algorithm. Nothing against anyone who disagrees. I’ve just seen that pattern enough times that I can’t conclude otherwise.

Sometimes skills aren't enough to win when the opponent has something that just hard walls your backline

There is a matchmaking algorithm and it’s astounding to me that anyone would still try to say there’s not.

Overcoming the algorithm (hard counters) doesn't dispute the algorithm's existence

I have noticed that whenever I am on a win streak the next set will suddenly have a delay in finding matches and then I will face hard counters and core breakers in all the following matches. It definitely seems like the 50% win rate theory is a thing.

1) The algorithm absolutely exists. I saw 0 Obstagoons in my last 10 sets. I decided to throw in a Cresselia lead, and boom first match there was an Obstagoon lead. 2) Telling people to do the best with what they’re given in this circumstance is like telling a poor person to get a job. I don’t want to steamroll people, I just want a truly random match making system.

I agree with PokèAK that the algorithm does exist.

The problem is, in my experience, that when I notice a pattern from the opponents and build a team to counter that pattern, suddenly the pattern shifts to counter the one I've built. So the teams I was seeing the opponents use doesn't show up anymore and now it's a different pattern that the old team would work well against. That happens and it's undeniable. I agree that the skillset can overcome some of these situations but you can't ignore that it happens, and to most ppl it is so frustrating that they give up. I give up trying new teams or being creative with team comp because it's always the same, you change the team and magically the opposing teams change to adequate to your strategy.

14:19 Don't you think that's a problem??? Why do we STILL not have an unranked mode where we can do whatever we want? I'm not playing because I want to hit legend. I want to have fun!!

I think it's time to share my view on this: It's without a doubt that GO Battle League has an algorithm. That's not to say because I've lost a set and gone "OH NO, I LOST, ALGORITHM!!" I'm saying it on a standpoint that every online game that's existed in history, have matchmaking algorithms to pair with players based around skill level, location, availability etc. Pokemon GO is no different to that. But what I don't like is the blind three format. The game is that bad into implenting this format, that we have to be forced to approach learning new strategies based around something which is heavily guesswork and almost out of our control, and it shouldn't have to be any harder than it needs to be. Show six, pick three would be WAY better in my opinion. Players would have a much better time in knowing what they're up against, managing team comps and preparing game plans based on what's seen when selecting party members. Another big problem I have with GO Battle League is there is no unranked mode where people can go into battles, test out new teams and strategies and not get penalised for trial and error. In this case, you have to hope that you can find players to practice with in order to learn the ins and outs of how your team works without the thought of being punished heavily for making mistakes. I think a lot of the frustration comes from when trying to master a team, or specific pokemon you are learning how to use, and the game's training mode hardly does enough to teach you the basics as it is without any sort of outside assistance from other battlers. There also needs to be a feature, or a more advanced level practice mode in the game which allows players to take their skills to the next level, and teach them how to manage energy, optimise move timing, catching moves, learning matchups - ESPECIALLY bad leads or counter swaps. Maybe then, players will be able to understand the mechanics more in-depth and improve their current skill set to climb. That's my view on the whole ordeal. Oh, (not related to Algo talk, but it's in my head) but the overuse of buff/debuff moves is really pissing me off. I hope they work on this next season and have a more varied meta than the same dense 8 or 10 pokemon all the time in GL/UL.

Your main point seems to be that the algorithm doesn't exist because you can use skills to overcome bad leads and hard counter swaps. Overcoming hard counters doesn't disprove the algorithm. I honestly don't understand why people think it's so controversial to believe that the way you are paired in go battle league isn't 100% random. Yes, you get paired with other trainers around your elo, but also get paired based on the types of pokemon/moves you are running.

There's obviously an algorithm in any PVP, but thinking that niantic is perfectly matching you against counters to your team is ridiculous. I used to always peak at rank 20/Ace until a few seasons ago when I really started focusing on improving my skills and learning more advanced mechanics. Now I hit at least expert every season and have hit legend twice, I still get hard countered but when you understand more advanced mechanics you can overcome a lot of bad matches.

Simple fix to not encounter legends at say 2200-2500 is that you should only be able to drop 1 rank, or better yet only allow to drop 200 points. This will stop legends from essentially gate keeping at 2200-2700 range.

I used to think there was an algorithm designed to counter you. Then I realized I was just bad.

To me, what most people don't realise is that one can almost never ever go too far ahead of the 50% win rate as long as it is a blind,, a team of 3 format. But you can drop as low as 20 or 10% win rate if you are just bad at the game. If there is any algo, it is the algorithm of blind, team of 3 format itself. Otherwise I need some convincing to believe that a company that regularly forgets to turn on features, release pokemon by errors and even forget their own event schedule can be so sophisticated with a live algo that influence every player's elo rank.

The algorithm exists, and you can still hit legend while it is existing. If you jump into a raid, the pokemon on your team are randomly picked by typing and by MOVESETS. If the raid mon is Ho-Oh, you most likely will get Tyranitar with Smackdown automatically on your team. This same principle is applied during PvP. Those who do not believe this matchmaking concept exists are in denial.

sorry to say this but if you believe that niantic wants you to lose you might have skill issues. you win some you lose some but if you keep playing you get better its a learningcurve but some people dont understand that. just look in the mirror for a second and think what went wrong in your battles

I get to legend rank every season and there's definitely an algorithm. It works against you and for you, it's not just against you. Where you see it typically is when you switch up your team you will immediately get hard countered for the first few battles. Example: I have over 5000 battle in GBL ML and have never seen Empoleon on any team. I decided to change my lead to Togekiss and immediately faced 3 Empoleons in a row. Never seen them again outside those 3 battles. It happens time and time again this is just the most extreme example I have that is 99.9% undeniable proof imo. Also happens when you have a really good win rate to start the season or just go on a 5-0 or 4-1 set even. I got hard countered every game of every set for 25 consecutive sets (so 5 days) and dropped from 2800 ELO to 2200's. Game will try to get you closer to 50% no matter what you do. You can be the best in the world and not have over 60% win rate in GBL.

The algorithm will absolutely keep you at 50% if you live and die by matchups. I get that to beat my high of around 2350 I would need to learn all of the pointers in this video. Move counting being the biggest. Energy management likely next. I also accept that I will never have the time for that in my life. But there is a workaround for the team composition and strategy points. Zyonik’s videos. Thank you 🙏.

I’m one positive set away from veteran I’m at 2484.. I was cooking in the little cup and last 2 sets got absolutely walled in my matchups! There was honestly nothing I could do to overcome it. Hopefully I can reach it tomorrow!

It's pretty much guaranteed that it does exist. I'm not buying that it's just random chance that tons of people get hard countered in multiple matches, and once they change the team, they then get hard countered as well. But there's more. I know atleast one player, who doesn't even know type effectiveness, that has a win streak record of 20 wins. This is quite above average, even for a good player, so I never understood how he got it. But recently, I watched a Mystic7 video, where he did some rank 10 battles, and who would've thought, he gets in 4 out of 5 battles, players with throw away teams (low CP pokemon) and the 5th battler had underpowered pokemon for that league (Ultra). Then I realised that's probably how that player I know, has that 20 win streak, they get paired with those kinds of teams constantly. Before people say "that's because he was rank 10 a long time after the season started". I have accounts that were at the time somewhere between rank 7 and 12, and was still facing proper teams, regardless of league. Heck, in rank 10, I was finding lvl 50 legendaries in ML, including Zygarde, Solgaleo, Shadow Mewtwo and more.

Niantic does want you to stay pretty close to 50/50 to stay challenged and the best and easiest way to program that IS just a regular ELO based system..... there is NO reason to add tons of code to shift the natural outcomes of ELO by a few percentage points. As a developer, I find any sort of algorithm that takes pokemon into consideration absolutely unfeasible when ELO accomplishes this already.

I think there are two types of players: casual and serious. Having a ranked league and a casuals league would be very beneficial rather than lumping everyone in. I personally like to play casually and chill and when I get to around 2400 it gets more serious and therefore less fun for how I want to play.

6:56 yep i was too stuck at ace till few days ago I've hit vet finally tbh i can hit expert

The algorithm is real, I stopped worrying about getting more than 50% and now give up a set of 5 matches in order to win 4 in a row the next set and get the rare candies

Theres some sort of system in place just like how in raid battles, it auto picks your team depending on the raid boss moveset

I used to think oh well they want everyone to stay around 50% win rate...then i went 4-1 4-1 with the exact same team, and then the next 3 sets, 0-5, 1-4, 1-4. So next day, same team, 1-4 first set. So i changed my team and went 1-4 again. Went back to original team and went 2-3. Changed the order of the team since I was seeing if i could get a different lead I could win, immediately got hard counters again. It is super incredibly frustrating.

I reached veteran last season, but I believe 100% in an algorithm. I would do tests to prove it. I would lead Alolan marowak and quagsire appears, I safe swap lickitung and scrafty. I decide to go full Meta and get hard countered every which way. I choose anti meta and get hard countered by uncommon mons.

I started at around 2300 this season, climbed to legend, tanked on purpose to 2100 an then climbed back to reach 3500. There´s not such thing as an algorithm forcing you to find your hardcounters everytime. As Zyonik explained in the video there are many ways to avoid insta losing against a bad lead or team comp in general, there may be cases where it´s impossible, but around 80% of the time games have win conditions. Just learn and play better.

having a 50% winrate algorithm is standard for many pvp games, whats so strange about pogo having it?

Thanks Zyonik, fellow Dad that Pvp's! My two cents here. I've hit Veteran every season, Expert (twice) and Legend (once). Legend rank happened during Summer Cup. Love that Bea pose. I'm not an elite battler by any means, but I've done thousands of battles and tracked the data with a good enough sample size to see some trends. What I've seen is that you get matched by ELO and on some general level, typing. I'd start to see insanely different team comps and/or movesets once I'd switched up teams. I'd only see those opponent team comps when running specific teams so there was a correlation. Try running an all fairy team for a few sets and will you start to see some opponent team comps you will never see again, I guarantee you! lol Especially at the higher ELO. In the end, you still need skills, as noted in the video, but there are some typing matchups going on. To what extent they "keep you near 50%" is hard to say or qualify, but there is something happening.

At this point, GBL is more luck based than skill based I feel. And ofcourse there is something fishy going on when you build a team after seeing more of one Pokemon, anf suddenly that Pokemon completely disappears.

Hit Veteran for the second season in a row after previously peaking at 2100. This video gave me the motivation to do it. Thanks Zyonik!

My biggest issue is that I’ll use a team that sees a consistent hard counter lead for two or three sets (not every game, but consistent). Getting sick of that match up I’ll make a change and then you’ll see Pokémon you didn’t encounter much at all before and most definitely no longer the lead you just changed your team to help with. There’s definitely something in that. I have no problem not having easy match ups, obviously in a blind format you will be hard countered at times, but when you make changes based on what you’ve been seeing consistently and then you never see it again and something completely different it makes no sense. I didn’t know there was even a debate about the ELO matching? I’m pretty sure it’s obvious you’re matched with people around your ELO rather than their rank. I have no problem facing a legend at 2600 ELO though.

Thank you for addressing this in a civil manner. I do believe a matchmaking algorithm exists and that players are not matched up solely based on their elo or win rates

I've stuck in ace because i still use sunflora crawduant and solrock

zyonik spitting facts

If you have a flying type you encounter stunkfish If you hv charm, you encounter poison Naintic should know what you are using since everything is code by them.

There definitely is an algorithm but I do believe it can be overcome. It’s so frustrating though because I still haven’t even hit veteran and I’ve been grinding nearly 3 years. The most frustrating thing is just the grind it takes to get the relevant mons for all leagues not to mention the pay wall that is legendary raids. Great, Ultra, and Master should always be options to play and just add cups periodically to the list. I hate that the last 2 cycles of this season have been absolutely trash metas. Completely ruined my climb, I was 25 off Vet and now I’m back down to 2230. Hate that I should have just quit playing because I love doing my sets daily.

Zyoniks skills is undeniable but i believe there is an algorithm. Zyonik is right about knowing your knowledge tho. Truly a good battler.

Z, I hear you and I think you're right. And I recognize that I miss a lot of skills, mainly keeping count of fast moves and the charged fast move timing, but man it is so frustrating when all of the sudden you begin to be hard countered all the time.

Algorithm definitely exists for a game to work lol

There’s definitely no algorithm, the fact I never saw one umbreon for two season, and saw four in the one set I played double ghost is COMPLETELY RANDOM, the fact that I can accurately call out my abb hard counte (that will be in the back 80% of the time) is again completely random! “RANDOM: triple hard counters 20/25 matches, 6 days a week, keeping my win % around 50%, for the last six seasons”

An algorithm definitely exists, I usually use Swampert as an opener in Master League a lot and always come up against Dragonite, as soon as I switch and use Mamoswine instead to open, the opponent always has Kyogre or Melmetal as their opener. If I build a team that fully counters Kyogre, then Kyogre never appears.

Oh, 7! Was always lazy to count Bastiodon's fast moves 😁 thanks. I agree with you. I saw enough videos of spice battles 😁 to tell that you can break any algorithm by planning and skills.

Whether it’s an “algorithm” or not, it’s pretty damn weird in 3 sets (15 battles) every opponent I faced had a bronzor. As soon as I powered up and doubled moved a cacturne with sucker punch I didn’t see a single bronzor in the remaining 2 sets. Maybe just an odd coincidence 🤷‍♂️

I’ve lost 15 leads in a row! That is not random. Doesn’t matter if I alter my lead, the algorithm adjusts. Many 10-in-a-row lead losses. This always happens after a few winning streaks. Same great team, but unlevel field.

I'm with you 100%; there is an elo system, and outside of that, success in climbing depends on countering 'hot' team comps and versatility in being able to flip matchups. Like Zy said, there is no evil predeterminate 'algorithm' that keeps players down. And at the end of the season, you'll end up hovering around 52%-60%. That's the way it is folks, whether you like it or not. Somewhat of an anecdotal case was my success this season in reaching Legend (3138 max) running primarily Skeledirge, Cradily, and Guzzlord.

You're the most down-2-earth content creator! 😎👍 u always have great videos and commentary!

Always enjoy ur in depth pvp videos man keep it up, I hit ace for the first time in the evo catch cup thx to a lil guidance from ur videos ❤

when it comes to the subject of the algorithm I do personally think its somewhere in the middle just because I have been coding for years and know that no game can run without some sort of algorithm. And from personal experience yes I have been hard countered and I also have hard countered my opponents so its not a oh the algorithm is purposely hard countering me specifically (even though it can feel like that somedays) but I do think u get paired with more people within you elo / skill rank.

The algorithm exists so hard I recognized it before I even started watching poke tubers.

One important point to notice is: the ELO system is designed to "try" and pair you against players with a similar skill level (if you play against lesser opponents, you climb easily until you aren't anymore. If it's against stronger ones, you lose a lot). Once you are at this range, on the long go, you will reach ~50% win rate, however many wins or losses you had before that

Its funny how people still think, you can win every lead or hard conter every switch every time. If you hit Legend every season, its because of skills not algo luck or whatever. Also if there are almost only teams - Team A which hard conter Team B and Team C hard Conter Team A its normal you win 50% lead and lose 50% leads

This needed to be said, so thank you. It’s the same with any competitive online game I’ve played. The vast majority of people stuck at a certain rank blame everything but themselves as the reason they cannot climb. Everyone runs into teams that wall you and no amount of skill overcomes that. That’s a small minority of matches out of a full day of sets. Appreciate the positivity as always, Zyonik!

Algorithm definitely does exist but if you put in the time to be a better trainer you can over come bad leads - this is coming from an Ace / Veteran trainer who loses great leads to better skilled players. It’s frustrating at times but is what it is…

The algorithm exists, i mean every pvp game has some form of it. But you can still beat it, otherwise nobody would climb. You wouldn't see people proud of their 20 win streak. I do have to admit, I'd still rather have what the main games had where you have six Pokémon and choose three while you can see your opponents six Pokémon. Be a lot more interesting in terms of teambuilding, and a lot more fair.

I remember encountering a “bug” if that’s what you want to call it where when I entered a Go Battle match all of my Pokémon were none that I ever used. However, the other player’s Pokémon literally hard countered every one of them. Once the match ended those Pokémon disappeared and my regular team was listed on the setup screen. That showed me there definitely is an algorithm of sort that intentionally puts you at a disadvantage at times. I did capture a video of it before sitting in the hard drive somewhere.

Is it too hard to believe that if you’re doing well, you’ll face against a team with a higher win rate and if you’re losing a bunch, you’ll face against a team with a lower win rate? Neutral teams/leads to exist. The thinking of “always losing” isn’t correct.

Everyone who says there is not an algorithm for matchmatking has absolutely no clue how modern day games work.

It’s simple. If you are skilled enough, you can climb to legend whether there is algorithm or not period. It’s so annoying to see a specific youtuber always complaining about the algorithm

See my luck ZyoniK, as per your comments from 6:30 , I was almost expert this season around 2740 range, but I did not hit it because of some negative sets that brought me to veteran range again. So I got stuck to Veteran because I gave up climbing when I see this "algorithm" every day...

When we do raids they automatically pick our teams based on the moves and when we battle a go rocket it automatically picks our teams based on moves so I wonder why it would be any different when we fight in GBL? Nobody’s ever answered this question of mine

Call it superstition but I always change my team after a battle and apparently I get better matches that way. Also, when you roll TMs, it is like if you do them in a row the moves stay in a loop getting, idk, astonish and tackle back and forth instead of something better like shadow claw (just an example). There are a lot of sketchy things in Pokemon Go tbh

Solid video Zyonik. Thanks for making it. What is your take on bots? Do they exist, and if so, at what ELO do you think they disappear, cuz I don’t think they exist in the Expert and Legend ranks.

There 100% is an algorithm. This is asinine.

There’s an algorithm. If it’s truly a random match ups. We will definitely see all kinds of Pokémon besides all current metas. I’ll run Bastidon lead. Will let me have good 10-3 run. After that. Nothing but Medicham lead or fighter all of a sudden. Lol😂

I do believe in the “Algorithm” …. I’ve experienced myself tons of times where I switch to a specific type and keep encountering the same counter in the front for the whole set. I wish I was recording that 💩 Coincidence!!! I really doubt it…

Zy, I’m not only a legend. But I bounce on and off the leaderboards so I have no agenda for what I’m going to say. I’m not making any excuses, because there’s nothing to make excuses about; I hit legend every season early and am very happy with my gbl experience: Having said that… there absolutely IS an algorithm. It DOES pair you based on ELO. But it ALSO pairs based on team composition. The algorithm does try to even the playing field and as result it does tend to keep players at or around 50%. The way I know this is from observations and experience, as well as common sense. Whether the algorithm blesses you with great matchups or curses you with terrible ones 100% depends on how you performed in the previous set. For example, if I get a 5-0, i will bet my house that the following set I will see teams with typings and moves that absolutely and totally counter mine. But if I go 1-4, the next set I’m more likely to see favorable matchups. HOWEVER, this is NOT AN EXCUSE! what Zyonic is saying is 1000% TRUE! The algorithm does exist, but it is NOT THE REASON for your struggles! Every battler has to deal with it. The way to hit legend is to win the games you’re supposed to win, win some of the games you shouldn’t, and just try to minimize the damage when you get walled. Like Zy says. Move counts. Move timing. Typing matchups. Catches, team reading, recognizing win conditions are all things you can always improve. Do these things and keep working hard and you will see improvements, regardless of the algo

It would be nice if they got away from the blind threes format. Or at least let us match our opponent then select from our premade teams

Zyonik I ❤you, “you have to overcome bad situations” 🗣️🤞🏾 real af

As per myself being newer to pokemon go and go battle league as a whole. I do take notice that people often take to the meta easily, which is fine, if it is what they want to do go ahead but, I have now made it my goal to use unusual and or uncommonly used pokemon with specific movesets to meta counter and I have had had good luck with it and maybe went from a 20% winrate 2 weeks ago to a 60% winrate roughly maybe higher if I'm lucky or quick enough. Obviously I still have a lot of learning to do but, I want to change things up and give people variety to see other than the common meta and still make it effective

Niantic should use the same rules as in official tournaments. It would be amazing if you could preview each other's team of 6 and pick based on the info

This has been discussed multiple times before, and no matter how many times I try to explain my view, there will always be someone who doesn't believe it, and vice-versa. It's not entirely a solution, but if there was an unranked matchmaking system I can guarantee you that no one would complain about an algorithm based on matching pokemon to one another based on typing, moves etc.

I agree with your take on this, and a lot of people dont want to realize there is things such as micro metas based on ELO ratings. Always appreciate your content and the willingness to be open and honest.

I suspect that implementing the 'algorithm' is extremely inefficient on a queuing system like GBL ( in order to divert battles to hard counter teams for all players all the time). The waiting time for battles would be way higher at ACE ELO. Unless by algorithm people are also thinking that the opponents are actually bots. However a quick browse on campfire might dispel that theory :-) However, like explained in this video, adopting a specific team composition and related strategy will reduce the perceivedly-purposeful RPS hard countering in GBL.

I finally hit Veteran the other day! Thank you Zyonik for all your videos, great insights, and advice. They truly helped me improve and feel confident in making educated, skillful plays. Gonna aim to make another climb before the end of the season. Good luck, everyone!

I believe there is a balancing factor to it. Thanks to you and Callum I got to Vereran for the first time this season. I enjoy the PVP a lot and it can be frustrating when you are dominating with a team one day, then suddenly you get dominated.

I have almost stopped playing this season because of this. I kept trying to go more than Expert and every time I climbed, the next day I'd get hard countered by teams I didn't face before. I just lost the motivation, and honestly it's not like you have to be a genius to be able to play well. So it's not only about the skills.

sometimes i wish that we could choose 6 pokemon, then use a draft system like what they do in official tournaments. so we have more variety and coverage and maybe even more spice instead of just running straight to battles

If the algorithm didn’t exist you would see way more neutral leads instead of 80-90% leads where someone has to immediately swap out. It’s easy to test too. Just lead an electric type and see how often you run into ground, water, or flying leads. There are 18 types and only 3 are either super effective to you or take super effective from you. But you’ll see those 3 types over and over. Then after leading the same Pokemon for 20-30 battles, switch it up and you’ll start seeing mons you haven’t seen in a long time.

I can see where people think there is an algorithm . I remember seasons back when Gyrados Double Charm was a thing. I would see that team at least once or twice a set. For like two days straight. I got tired of it so I changed my team to directly hard counter it. It had Magnezone lead. After that, I NEVER saw it for the remaining week…I am honeslty split, but leaning towards that there isn’t an algorithm

I got to 2731 this season. My all time high elo. After that, I ran into straight hard counter lead, swap and closers for 3-4 battles out of each set for the next 4 sets. I dropped almost 200 elo before bouncing back above veteran. I know the counts, I know fast move optimization, I just personally feel like the game screws me over after getting into veteran rank. If I had to name something that I need to improve on, it would be team reading.

Definitely an algorithm to keep you around 50%

I'm a legend player and I'm sitting at a 53% overall win rate. While skill is the biggest overall factor in the higher ranks, theres definitely a matchmaking program in play. You can see the same team comps for numerous sets when youre running a specific team, and once you change your team you see entirely different team comps

“You've got to know when to hold 'em Know when to fold 'em Know when to walk away And know when to run” - Kenny Rogers

I found that when trying a new team the first Pokémon you'll encounter on the lead will 9 times out of 10 be your main corebreaker. It's surprising how this happens time and time again.

This guys knowledge is crazy. I’m not good at the game at all, I’m trying to learn counts and all that but it takes a long time. I just got 2,689 ranking in the little catch cup and I’m over the moon. I’ve never been this high before, but watching his videos motivates me to keep at it

I believe the Algorithm exist, sometimes it throws the same pokemon over and over and over, across multiple sets and elos, then you change your team and suddenly you don't see those pokemon anymore, but I agree that you need to learn to deal with different situations it throws at you

I think a major problem here is a lot of people don't understand what the word algorithm means.

Ive never been a believer of the algorithm until now, I haven't seen medicham for pretty much the entire season, and now, right as I start using galarian stunfisk and pelipper, my last 3 games have been medicham lanturn cores 🤔either its a coincidence and Im being dramatic or there is some kind of algorithm idk but it is still annoying.

We need spicy pokemon to mix and match in every matchup and want to see all of pokemon can battle! NO meta Po can GO!

My problem with algorithm being there isn’t that it tries to keep you at same Elo or makes you lose. My problem is, algorithm makes things predictable. You will get at least one hard counter match per set and there will be one match your opponent gets hard countered per set. This makes things predictable. Now add lag, glitches, bugs, unplayable cups, this makes game not worth my time.

Enjoy the game, have fun make friends, win or lose it doesn't make you any better unless you are a KZfaqr not even your mom is gonna know if you hit legend or not, chill, take it sport

There is no algorithm when it comes to typing or making a specific trainer lose. That's RNG. The certain content creator who complains about this always rages when it's against him, yet if he gets a favorable lead, it's working as intended. For every player who gets an advantage, the other gets a disadvantage. If the algorithm is against you, learn to exploit and make it work FOR you. If they have grass and you have water, then if there's an algorithm where you're losing four in a row, then choose grass. Exploit it. But that content creator NEVER does. Unless the code explicitly says "if trainer_name = 'PokeAK', then nerf_trainer()", there is no bias against anyone. You are either player A or player B. This game has skills and the top players always rise to the top. Good players know how to overcome bad situations. And the higher you rise in the rank, the tougher your opponents are. THIS is what gives it a 50/50 win balance. THIS is why some players will tank their ELO, then fight against weaker trainers and raise their ELO with larger win streaks.