Additional Effects

Infatuation is broken as hell. Other then that additional effects are a good thing imo... Unless someone in competitive gets incredibily lucky and they win because of stupid lucky crits -_-

 

I hate it when it happens to me. I love it when I crit or inflict a status on my opponent. XD

My favorite status is poisoned, especially Toxic. My least favorite is probably sleep.

 

It makes the games feel a lot more realistic, obviously. Get hit by a Flamethrower, you're now on fire; You touch a venomous creature, you are now poisoned, etc. The only one I don't like too much are the Frozen and Confused status conditions. Frozen because it's very unreliable from both sides: You never know if you'll freeze your opponent, and there's no telling in when you'll thaw out either. Confusion because really, nobody likes it. It's just annoying.

Critical hits on the other hand make battles a bit more unexpected. You might think you'll lose, but then a critical hit might just save your day! Or, if you're playing a Nuzlocke of course, critical hits will be the cause of death for at least 50% of your Pokémon.

*after reading above posts* Yes, infatuation is stupid indeed. It just shouldn't exist at all, because again, nobody likes it.

 

Paralysis is the bane of my existence. I can deal with burns and poison to an extent, but I really hate having my Pokémon crippled and possibly not even attack during a crucial turn. Thankfully Electric-types don't get paralyzed anymore, which is a bit of a breather, but I still really dislike paralysis as a status condition.

 

No additional effect can annoy me more than infatuation.
Most of my team are male, so every time I encounter a female Pokémon and it uses attract
or its Cute Charm works... And there is no way to cure it.

 

I love additional effects, of course. : P

Infatuation sucks. Burns, paralysis, and even toxic poison I can deal with. Confusion's okay too. But infatuation is so annoying. You're a battle trained Garchomp, no, stop, why do you love that little Skitty?