Hentanize wrote...
I'd love to go competitive in this game but I'm so behind in the amount of knowledge required it's depressing. Sometimes when random battling online, I'm up against a pokemon I've never seen before, so I just choose an attack and pray it's effective... That's what you get after ignoring 5 gens of pokemons.
It took me forever to learn all the pokemon and i've been playing since the Gameboy Color. Most of the time you can tell the types by the pokemons color. Also some pokemon are very common in competitive play such as Aegislash and Talonflame, eventually you will be able to recognize them. I suggest playing on Pokemon Showdown, you can see types and really develop a sense for competitive play.
On a side note. I love this game, If anyone has a Ditto friend safari and are willing to add me please PM me. I have a Rock safari D: but I would be happy to give PokeRus and maybe a Spirittomb. Also if you have a 3DS and dont have this game you have to go buy it right now! Its exciting that you can finally customize your character.