What's the likely reason?

Speedy_85

Near the end of one of the last matches that I played in Mer Stadium this afternoon, an enemy scizor approached our goal-zone and though a teammate and I attacked him relentlessly for what must have been at least 15 seconds whilst we stood on our goal-zone, we were unable to reduce his hit-point bar to even a quarter because he appeared to be losing too few hit points and regaining too many (the relevant teammate played hoopla and I played metagross).

We finally defeated the enemy scizor when a third teammate joined the attack and even then, we struggled.

Was this the result of a glitch?

Are some matches programmed to be generally impossible to win?

Is this sort of resilience possible with some combination of held items, emblems, or both?

puplover1118

This makes me wish it was possible to see other player's held items during a battle.

GreenSonic_PG

Looks a little suspicious.

GreenSonic_PG

https://community.pokemon.com/en-us/discussion/12310/whats-the-likely-reason

Looks a little suspicious.

GreenSonic_PG

https://community.pokemon.com/en-us/discussion/12310/whats-the-likely-reason

Looks a little suspicious.