Hello everyone. I tried finding a more appropriate subforum for this question but I couldn't really think of anything. If this post is not meant here, no worries about removing it.
So basically, I used to play a lot of Pokémon when I was younger, up to gen 4. I have been watching some content on Youtube about competitive Pokémon, and with the new games out, I figured I would give it a try. Played through the game, and quite enjoyed it. I was honestly really looking forward to try my team out in some pvp battles. So when my Pokémon passed level 50, I figured I try some. My enthousiasm was quickly squashed. Whereas I used my regular playthrough team, all I got matched up against was teams that were cracked out of their minds. So many that had both the new legendaries, or teams essentially built around the one legendary they had. I literally did not play anyone who did not play like this, in probably 15 matches. Now I am not making this thread to cry about losing. I really don't mind, as I said I am not very experienced so I was very much expecting to lose a lot. But I literally couldn't even play. Those legendaries are cracked. And my team wasn't some random collection either, I did have a strategy, but I couldn't even begin to execute it since their Pokémon just outstat me.
Now all this ranting aside, basically my question is whether this is normal/expected. Are 99% of people just gonna use the most cracked rental team available? Is this the norm? Because if it is, then the game just isn't for me, I guess. Using teams other people put together/copying whatever is deemed good by others seems extremely boring to me. I'm sorry if this post comes across as very whiny. I'm honestly just very dissapointed, as I was looking forward to getting into competitive to some extent.
Anyway, thank you so much for reading and for any replies!
Edit; these were all doubles that I did.
So basically, I used to play a lot of Pokémon when I was younger, up to gen 4. I have been watching some content on Youtube about competitive Pokémon, and with the new games out, I figured I would give it a try. Played through the game, and quite enjoyed it. I was honestly really looking forward to try my team out in some pvp battles. So when my Pokémon passed level 50, I figured I try some. My enthousiasm was quickly squashed. Whereas I used my regular playthrough team, all I got matched up against was teams that were cracked out of their minds. So many that had both the new legendaries, or teams essentially built around the one legendary they had. I literally did not play anyone who did not play like this, in probably 15 matches. Now I am not making this thread to cry about losing. I really don't mind, as I said I am not very experienced so I was very much expecting to lose a lot. But I literally couldn't even play. Those legendaries are cracked. And my team wasn't some random collection either, I did have a strategy, but I couldn't even begin to execute it since their Pokémon just outstat me.
Now all this ranting aside, basically my question is whether this is normal/expected. Are 99% of people just gonna use the most cracked rental team available? Is this the norm? Because if it is, then the game just isn't for me, I guess. Using teams other people put together/copying whatever is deemed good by others seems extremely boring to me. I'm sorry if this post comes across as very whiny. I'm honestly just very dissapointed, as I was looking forward to getting into competitive to some extent.
Anyway, thank you so much for reading and for any replies!
Edit; these were all doubles that I did.