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Defenders who abandon the team should be punished

Tasear
Tasear Member Posts: 182 ✭✭✭
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Even a 9 year old can understand to stand with and in front of team not backcapping on other side of map

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  • Annimorpheus
    Annimorpheus Member Posts: 31
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    I have to admit that, every once in a blue moon, I am guilty of this FOR ONE REASON ONLY: my lane partner poached all my wild mons and I couldn’t level up, so every time I go to tank/defend, I just get killed IMMEDIATELY and help the opposition level up faster. So I try really hard to level up super-quickly for a single minute, hoping I can reach 13 before RayQ, etc. I do not know what else to do when my teammates are greedy and swoop in to steal my mon like an opponent would at the last HP. This is especially a problem when I play SlowBro, even when I wear the Experience Sharing helmet & bypass the first 3 wild mons to reach the contested moons, they take all the mons I’m actively attacking. I’m literally useless at that point. Suggestions welcomed. For those of you who think stealing from defenders is ok (not saying you do,OP), just remember that if we cant level up, we can’t tank for your squishy bums ;p

  • OlderAngel11
    OlderAngel11 Member Posts: 1,842 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Yes, they should be punished! Send them to the guillotine!

  • Tasear
    Tasear Member Posts: 182 ✭✭✭
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    -10 fair points at least for not being a team player

  • Annimorpheus
    Annimorpheus Member Posts: 31
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    I really do wish they’d do something about greedy lane poachers from your own team. It happens every other game, I swear. On the off-chance that I RISK taking the mid with Cinder, Zera, Gardevoir - even if I’m first to claim far before anyone else - a teammate inevitably steals my jungle mons. At that point, I am again useless and can’t effectively gank until I can level up.


    General note to anyone, everywhere: DO NOT STEAL YOUR TEAMMATES’ WILD POKEMON! They’re useless to you if they do not level up and are just food for leveling up the opposition.

  • Eremas
    Eremas Member Posts: 1,723 ✭✭✭✭
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    bots are the most guilty of this. They will leave you high and dry and out of position.

  • Annimorpheus
    Annimorpheus Member Posts: 31
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    You’d be surprised… it happens more than I’d like w lobby teammates. For some reason, they think that because they’re an attacker/speedster, they need to get all the mons. Then when they try to take on the enemy 1-2, I’m useless when I rush to protect their squishy selves. It’s really hard to find teammates who share and work with you. For some reason, I find it extremely difficult to level up whenever I play a defender - even w Experience Share.

  • Eremas
    Eremas Member Posts: 1,723 ✭✭✭✭
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    If you do the camps at the edges starting from base in a timely fashion, push side lane during the first team fight and then rush to support the weak player during the next team fight, and dive the Rayquaza or Zapdos. It's a pretty even game in a bot game. Don't do this in masters though because there is a different strategy higher up.