

These special events will have their own specific ruleset and players will attempt to finish as high in the rankings as they can. Official CompetitionsĪside from Ranked Battles, you’ll also be able to participate in Official Competitions. This section of the Battle Stadium will have a refined ruleset that players must follow in terms of which Pokemon and items they could use. Ranked Battles are great because they allow you to test your skills against opponents of the same tier, all while allowing you to move up the ranks. Each trainer will be given a rank, and your rank will move up and down depending on your Scarlet and Violet Ranked Battles results. Ranked Battles are perfect for players who can’t get enough of Pokemon battles.

This makes Casual Battles perfect for new players honing their skills or anyone looking to test out new strategies. Not to mention there’s no making up for the major advantage that comes with the knowledge of IVs and EVs, which casual players simply don’t possess. Given the depth of strategy with new Scarlet and Violet Pokemon, items, and abilities, top players can truly punish the inexperienced. Intense competitive play is certainly not for every Pokemon fan. There are very few restrictions in this Battle Stadium mode, and players can use any Pokemon they wish.

Lastly, maybe also consider editing the held items of trainers. This extends to hidden items: I have found a hyper potion and a max potion already, and I haven't fought Misty yet. Possibly consider updating the items that you can pick up? It seems that they are the same as the ones from the postgame of vanilla soul silver, so they are mostly posed at a post-game level.

Maybe consider having Brock given rock tomb instead of rock slide (which is also pretty OP for this point in the game). I know this isn't cannon, but would you consider editing the base stats of riachu as well? So that we could still evolve Pikachu if we wanted to. Also, it learning iron tail so early pretty much just makes it far too strong far too quickly. It learns thunderbolt before discharge which is a bit weird and given its special attack stat, allows it to pretty much destroy anything. So from a balancing point of view: Pikachu is waaay overpowered.
