i dont think its fair to win on luck alone. i feel that winning a pokemon match is something to do with strategy. i know some strategies count on critical hits but its just cheap losing a match becouse your opponent got lucky. i raised a super luck absol for the heck of it but i dont use it often.

Nay, how else am I supposed to beat Onyx with my Pikachu?

i dont think its fair to win on luck alone. i feel that winning a pokemon match is something to do with strategy. i know some strategies count on critical hits but its just cheap losing a match becouse your opponent got lucky. i raised a super luck absol for the heck of it but i dont use it often.

There is a move called lucky chant(if I remember correctly) that protects your team from critical hits

 

And even with Super Luck Absol you might not get Critical hits that often

 

Besides,critical hits are generally common in most RPGs as even FF games especially the old ones gave you a chance to land a critical hit on the enemy,so I'm not that bothered with it but I do kinda agree 

Edited March 18, 201411 yr by Metal Snake

I don't battle competitively, but I think critical hits is a mechanic too engrained in Pokemon to just get rid of.  If we're talking about eliminating luck-reliant strategies, I'd like to ban status changes like sleep and confusion.

Fool. If's that's your logic, then they would have to ban all moves without 100% accuracy. And moves that have a chance of added effects. Paralyzing would be banned, and confusion. 

Critical hits being banned. There's so many things wrong with this. Like for starters, it's set in the game's RNG. How do you even go about banning something that is set in stone? It's like saying change the freeze mechanics; make it unfreeze instantaneously to moves beyond just Overheat. GameFreak set the crits to exist yet again, so be it. Even Smogon, Serebii, PO, etc doesn't go this far, bar hackmons which isn't even any of their focus; it's on PS just for kicks. 

 

It's not like people suck at competitive battling simply because you lost to hax. It happens. Move on, it's not the end of the world. Besides be glad the crit damage % was nerfed in gen 6. I hardly find it a big deal compared to previous gens. (Coming from me who has had crits behind screens, which be reminded crits go through screens.)

 

Now for Battle Tower/Subway Battles/Battle Maison, still can't change the RNG but my goodness dem hax... *shivers*

 

I don't battle competitively, but I think critical hits is a mechanic too engrained in Pokemon to just get rid of.  If we're talking about eliminating luck-reliant strategies, I'd like to ban status changes like sleep and confusion.

 

I agree to an extent. It just depends on what types of luck-reliant strategies they are, such as Moody. Speaking of which, oh god there's suspects on the swagplay. Not going to discuss about that, but I remember watching a video on two teams with 5/6 Pokemon being Swag+Prankster infested. Lets just say it was disgusting to watch that I'm not surprised Smogon actually has the swagplay strategy as suspects. I won't go further with this part of the discussion, perhaps another time/thread.

Edited March 18, 201411 yr by OmegaForte

I see what you're saying but I don't find critical hits to be "luck based". Like Metal Snake said, they're a part of a lot of RPG's especially for FF and Pokemon. Critical hits aren't just a mechanic that you can take out. They are part of RPG's for the gameplay.

NonononoNO that'll only make using weaker pokemon even harder again >: *cute pokemon lover here *

NonononoNO that'll only make using weaker pokemon even harder again >: *cute pokemon lover here *

My cute Pokemon team is extremely tanky. I can sweep three to four legendary pokemon with my Leavanny alone.

My cute Pokemon team is extremely tanky. I can sweep three to four legendary pokemon with my Leavanny alone.

Allbay-Airyfay-Eamtay?

 

 

Edit; had to fix my pig laten ^

Edited March 18, 201411 yr by ~DawnStar2004~

I know, I hate critical hits. Imagine spending your Poké-days training up your Pokémon to a high level and getting knocked out by a significantly lower-leveled Pokémon that got lucky with a critical hit. That's just ridiculous.

lol OP would've loved Smogon's "we're removing crits from our server!" April Fools from a few years back

There is no stragety in online battles.  The winner is whoever lands a hit first.  And it's never me.