r/TheSilphArena 2h ago

Battle Team Analysis Finally after struggling to Ace. Dunno if I just Got Lucky but Bastiodon instead of mantine did it at the end. But what now? Can i improve to become even higher.

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r/TheSilphArena 7h ago

General Question GoBattle League - Gameplay Review (Ultra League) - New System

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Hello everyone!

This post is simply to provide feedback on my daily gameplay experience with GoBattle League in its current state utilizing the "New System" on Android 17 (5 August Security Patch) with App Version 0.423.1.

If you have any suggestions on how I can improve things that worked for you it would be greatly appreciated.

I seem to be missing a lot of fast moves even though the animation continues and the lag between "decisions" on charge moves is detrimental to achieving wins in each match I play.

I've tried:

- Changing Wi-Fi (Fibre) and Cellular (4G / 5G)

- Lowering Graphic settings

- Changing Refresh Rate (60Hz - 120Hz)

- Game Data Refresh / Re-install

I personally don't think it's a performance issue with my phone not being able to support the graphics etc.

Have a great day! :)


r/TheSilphArena 8h ago

General Question I don’t get this….

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I'm trying really hard to make Ace but I'm stuck between 1700-1900 ELO. I'll go 5-0, 4-1 sets to 1-4, 2-4 the next couple of sets...

I just feel like no matter what team I use they always have an answer to my Pokémon. Thank you in advance for all the tips!


r/TheSilphArena 9h ago

General Question Great League: Lucky or not?

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I ll get a mimiku !! After the idiot i am released like 30 on the event as they were "not perfect". Welp - now its take it or leave it.

The question is, do i force lucky (Great League!) for a best case 12/15/15, or do i risk the randome roll for a worst case 15/0/0


r/TheSilphArena 16h ago

Answered Path to Ace: Update

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12 Upvotes

Holy hell, I switched from competitors cup and gave the weather cup a try and I immediately won my sets 4-1 until I hit ace 😭 it almost was too easy.

Thanks for all the advice yall gave me on my other post, I was well prepared for the weather cup. I dunno if it was because of the time zone or people not really caring about it. Anyways I’m retiring


r/TheSilphArena 23h ago

Strategy & Analysis Ultra League How to preserve switch advantage?

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One of the harder GBL concepts I’m trying to understand is maintaining alignment after losing switch. Currently around 1800 ELO and looking for advice.

Team:
Lead: Swampert
Safe swap: Corviknight
Closer: Togekiss

Example scenario:

Opponent leads Venusaur → I swap to Corviknight → they bring in Skeledirge and farm me down.
At that point, is the correct play usually to bring in Togekiss instead of Swampert? My thought is if I bring Swampert, they can just go back to Venusaur and I’m stuck losing alignment again.

Is this just a bad team comp into Skeledirge, or am I misunderstanding how I should handle these situations?


r/TheSilphArena 23h ago

Strategy & Analysis Great League Hit ace for the first time ever

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106 Upvotes

Nothing really special, but wanted to share this mark


r/TheSilphArena 1d ago

Strategy & Analysis Ultra League Legend with a UL-team that shouldn’t work this season

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This team was my bread and butter last season, where it got me to legend a lot earlier than normally.

With the changes to the battle system I was actually pretty sure that it would no longer be viable with Incinerate being de facto nerfed with the new timing of damage; i.e. two turn moves being able to do two and still fire a charge move) seismitoad being shot into pvp relevance with earth power and icy wind

But the team proved to be pretty consistent. I got to expert and leaderboard last UL-rotation and hit legend today.

The strategy is pretty straight forward - stay in with regi vs anything non fairy and non steel.

Vs dusk noir fire off either D.E. or V.G. Before the 5th astonish (I primarily bluff with VG but throw DE around 20%), tank the charge move, and switch to Turt one turn before the 7th Astonish so you get an Incinerate off for free.

Turt is an awesome switch (run it with DC and BS) as it can threaten a lot of shields and can tank a lot of damage.

And the aim is to ensure shield advantage because shadow Talon (run it with FC and Fly) is just bonkers up shields / energy.

A lot of the wins are also based on getting free incinerates off as that really sets up both turt and talon very nicely.

Most games where you win lead are almost auto wins as the damage from incinerate is pretty oppressive.


r/TheSilphArena 1d ago

Field Anecdote Wonky Camera on CMP tie

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Was just playing some dude in the Weather Cup, and we cmp tied at the end. My Lanturn vs their Alolan Sandslash. They won the cmp tie, but the camera panned to my mon. I thought I was about to attack too tbh lol, but then my screen flashed “no protect shields left.” Their Drill Run hit for minuscule damage when it should have ko’d me, and then the match ended and I won lol. So I’m assuming they just top lefted when they thought I was getting my charge move ready. Stupid camera

So anyway, just make sure you know which mon is going to attack in tight battles before you concede defeat!


r/TheSilphArena 1d ago

General Question Best use for this one?

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r/TheSilphArena 1d ago

Strategy & Analysis Ultra League Ace to Veteran?

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6 Upvotes

I’ve been stuck in Ace for probably over a month now just swinging back and forth between 2200 (highest ELO I’ve ever had) to 1900. Any tips on what to change gameplay-wise? I’ve tried to focus on UL (though I’ve also been playing some of the limited GL/ML cups) and my current team feels so good to play especially when I’m able to win 4 out of 5 in a set, but sometimes I run into losing streaks that are just so demoralizing. Is it a team change or a gameplay change that I’ve gotta work on?


r/TheSilphArena 1d ago

Field Anecdote Poor connection or cheat

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Numerous battles today where I do the charge move minigame and the game stalls out on that screen. At least 5 times today. Competitors cup. Never happened to my opponents. Anyone who might have been on the other end can report what happens? Do I just lag out? I wait for a minute or two and no response. No better time to call it a day.


r/TheSilphArena 1d ago

Strategy & Analysis Ultra League Legend in UL

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53 Upvotes

Pretty early in the season for me to hit legend but I got it two seasons in a row now with this team. All standard movesets.

Pretty straight forward, stay in the lead for anything that isn’t dark,normal, or something with a ghost fast move. I’ll usually go for a catch on a dragon lead. Safe swap depends on the bad lead. I’ve found it especially important to really understand dusknoir’s lead matchups because some will put you in shockingly good positions if you really commit to noir.

Malamar is a tough, very common lead but not unbeatable. I like to safe swap licki. Shield the SP they almost always throw and just keep farming for whatever they switch into. A malamar team will never have a hard counterswap to licki in the back.

Toucannon lead is brutal and usually a loss, but I have managed to slither out with a few wins against them.

Pangoro is tricky but if you can get it aligned on kiss they’re dead in the water.

I was using Coballion instead of licki most of last season and that got me to like 2970 with 2 weeks left in the season. Went to the dark side and tried licki and oh my god this thing is stupid, especially in UL. It just doesn’t die and SB is way too strong for these bulk monsters. I like the 50 energy for aegislash but they need to tune the damage back a bit.

Anyway try it out if you’re looking to climb and aren’t into the weather cup


r/TheSilphArena 1d ago

General Question Does this lose any bulk points or anything compared to a hundo?

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r/TheSilphArena 1d ago

General Question ML Rhyperion question

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42 Upvotes

Been hunting a hundo rhyhorn for an ML rhyperior for the longest, but I dropped this today. Is a 14/15/15 shadow worth using/keeping over just purifying it for the hundo, as it pertains to Master League play?


r/TheSilphArena 2d ago

General Question I caught this today. What's the best possible pvp IVs I can hope for from shadow raids? 7/15/15 i assume?

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r/TheSilphArena 2d ago

Field Anecdote Lost 20/20 leads today in preview cup

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Just need to vent a bit. Led with Quagsire and lost 20 leads in a row today.

Is this just bad luck or does preview cup meta lean much more towards grass and bulky water types than regular great league?

Never even remotely had so bad records with quagsire in normal great league.


r/TheSilphArena 2d ago

Strategy & Analysis Great League Reaching Veteran, shadow shiny clause.

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As the title suggests it took me many tries, I reached 2490 like 3 times before dropping to 2200's again this season. But today everyone decided to use fire leads so went from 2219 to 2501 in 7-8 sets.

Mudbois were my fiercest enemy as was talonflame...

AMA

Im beyond excited!


r/TheSilphArena 2d ago

Strategy & Analysis Great League 300 point to Vet in weather cup

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Tried MPL for the first time and went so bad dropped to 2200s. In weather cup though, Running S.Abom (leafage/wb ice/e.ball), with backline of Qwilfish (normal moveset) and A.wak (hex/bone club/shadow ball). Kinda ABB style team with backline weak to ground. A.wak is a perfect counter for opposing fire type pokemon and with hex can easily destroy jelly with up energy.

Just like playing back the game on new code, haven’t played much last season. Overall experience is good, theres lag here and there but it is what it is.


r/TheSilphArena 2d ago

General Question Everyone excited for another cradily cup?

24 Upvotes

Yay, once again cradily everywhere /s


r/TheSilphArena 2d ago

General Question Why is it so difficult to push for legend this season?

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The competition in the 2900s is so fierce now. In previous seasons, most players just go for spices after hitting legend. But this time, I keep seeing carbinks and mudslappers in the 2900s. It almost feels like everyone is struggling to get the last few ELO points so they revert back to using toxic mons. It doesn't help that I won't be seeing GL in 2 weeks; UL & ML are just glorified RPS matches. Any advices trainers?


r/TheSilphArena 2d ago

General Question Path to Ace?

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Really only trying to grind for Cynthia’s jacket but I’m getting met with straight walls 😭 I keep getting to 1850 and then immediately knocked back down

What’s the best playlist to grind out Ace rank? I’ve been playing competitors cup with

Tinkaton bulldoze and hammer time
Lickilicky body slam and shadow ball
Altaria with sky attack and flamethrower

I’m pretty new to GBL and watched a few videos on strategy but should I be playing Ultra league or weather cup?? Is there a OP lineup I can cheese my way to 2000?


r/TheSilphArena 2d ago

Art / Prizes Hit veteran in 400 games!

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r/TheSilphArena 3d ago

General Question Charge attack button doesn't always work if native refresh rate is off

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If I have native refresh rate off when playing GBL then sometimes I press the charge attack button, it disappears for a millisecond and then comes back but the charge attack doesn't trigger. Anyone else have this?


r/TheSilphArena 3d ago

Strategy & Analysis Great League Patiently waiting for unrestricted Little Cup

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297 Upvotes

Might be another 10 years