Do I need a Copy/Paste meta team t
In a nutshell: I don’t use the top meta picks and I need advice on how to reach Ace without them.
Ive been playing my five sets almost every day for about a year and I still can’t reach Ace… Ive got counting down (unless they run unusual charged moves), have some pretty good Pokémon with excellent IVs, but I’m still dancing around the 1900 mark. I’m not claiming to be a great player but I’ve done my homework on this stuff and built teams to work around most of the top 20, at least the best I can with 3 Pokémon.
I’m starting to believe the game just throws core breaking teams at me the moment my ELO is above 1960. every. single. time. Like if the only weakness on my current team is Fire, by god, that’s all I’ll encounter. And the game punishes me even worse for switching up my team.
What’s so frustrating to me is that there so many players that do well in GBL and they don’t even really give a damn about moves and IVs, they just use Corviknight, Quagsire, Morpeko, Licki, Forretress, Altaria, Talonflame, the commoners. Even with teams that counter these Pokémon, they’re just so good that typings and move sets don’t matter anymore. Am I forced to be a sheep 🐑 player and just go with a copy/paste team? Any advice is welcome