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Most people who battle at a high level play on a simulator where any legal Pokemon is available to everyone, or alternatively use tools to 'hack' whatever Pokem
by 666lumberjack 8y ago
Most people who battle at a high level play on a simulator where any legal Pokemon is available to everyone, or alternatively use tools to 'hack' whatever Pokemon they want into the game. Some of the most popular strategies use Pokemon/Move combinations that were only available through events 10+ years ago, but since it's possible to transfer those Pokemon forward to the latest games those moves are available to use.
The exception is official Nintendo events, but most serious competitors at those will have a network of breeder friends to produce flawless Pokemon for them to use.
Feel free to ask if you have any questions about the competitive Pokemon scene, I was very into battling on simulator for a number of years and have a pretty good knowledge of the scene.
- esrauch 8y agoThey can't possibly verify that the Pokemon came from a network of breeders instead of one of them hacking it in right? Is it just that if you have a suspiciously perfect lineup you need at least a plausible sourcing explanation?
- 666lumberjack 8y agoThere are a surprising number of hidden values / details with which a naive hacker could be tripped up - especially for event Pokemon - but it is definitely possible to create undetectable hacked Pokemon with enough work. There are also cloning glitches in many of the games that allow one perfect Pokemon to be replicated and distributed to multiple people, although that's mostly used for casual play because it'd be suspicious for multiple competitors to show up at a tournament with exactly identical Pokemon.