[POLL] Status Conditions!

The status I inflict the most has got to be burn. Will-o-wisp and Scald are two fairly spammable moves that not many Pokémon enjoy taking. Physical mons essentially become non-issues and the residual damage can help to bring Pokémon in to a range where they can be revenge killed.

Worst status to deal with is paralysis, mostly because what happens is out of my control. The speed cut is annoying but not unmanageable but the fact that a T wave Clef can 1v1 pretty much any Pokémon in the game after a para with enough luck is frustrating.

And again, my favourite status has to be burn just simply because the only Pokémon that appreciate taking a burn are Natural Cure mons (which don't care about any status so are irrelevant) and Fires, which if you're clicking Scald most likely don't want to switch in anyway. I don't like relying on a Scald burn, but they often make life a lot easier when they happen (or a pain when they happen to me).

Oh also, your Pokémon always wakes up on the 3rd turn of sleep after Rest. There's no prediction in it, just count the turns.

 

Haha it's all good It took me a while to realise that as well.

 

I tend to burn everything to death more often than anything. It puts a timer on most physical Pokémon and.... well, sometimes it's not very hard to land burns when you have Scald on your side. Also, I may or may not have Sableye as one of my favorite pokes, who's whole job is to pretty much burn everything.

I just really hate dealing with Paralysis. The speed drop is annoying, sure, but the main problem is that you just have a chance to not do anything at all. 25% happens a lot more than some people think. I've once even been fully Paralyzed for a grand total of 7 turns in a row. I'd like someone to run some numbers and tell me the statistical chances of that happening.

I like burning the most for the reasons above, and in that it's just... so easy to do sometimes.

 

Poison (Especially toxic) is definitely what I inflict most. Considering almost every team I use nowadays has a Toxic Spike/Spike/Stealth rock/ Explosion Forretress, it shouldn't be too surprising. Plus I really like Toxic Orb Quick Feet Mightyena. I really hate Paralysis, just because I have terrible luck with it. There have been quite a few battles that I lost due to double or triple paralysis. Toxic is also my favorite, as it puts a short timer on a lot of Pokémon. I'd say that I, like most people, only like status's that help me.

 

Confusion is the one I inflict the most, and is my favorite. Not only does it stop a Pokémon from doing a move, but it also deals damage to the inflicted Pokémon. Combine this work paralysis and you've got a good stall going.

My worst to deal with in battle is actually sleep. I don't know why, but I have a lot of issues and bad luck dealing with it.

 

I tend to use burns the most because while paralysis is great for the randomness factor of not being able to move, burns are great because they can cripple threats to your team better than paralysis most of the the time because it shuts down Physical walls. The added bonus is that it slowly deals damage to the opponent making it easier to get a kill on them or have the burn revenge kill them.

Meanwhile my least favourite one to deal with is Paralysis. I personally hate dealing with it due to using tankier Pokémon that don't have the greatest speed to begin with. Most of the physical attackers I use are fire type anyway so they don't have too much of a problem with burns, but Paralysis is frustrating to deal with cause it makes my slower Pokémon even slower.

My favourite one to use is Confusion for the reason that it's so fin to use. It shuts down opponents in the most satisfying way, and it's more unpredictable than sleep given that will consistently last a maximum of 3 turns. Freeze is also fun to usesatisfyingng your opponent rek themselves is SO SATISFYING... I like Pranster Sableye over Mega any day

 

So am i the only one that enjoys haxing people to death with paralysis and iron head jirachi? Like i know its annoying but i get so much fun out of me just not letting other people move.

Even though in my opinion sleep is the one that stands out to me the most. The rng make it most intresting because if your not using rest you never know when you are going to wake up which makes it so inbalanced but yet so fun to play around