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What makes somebody a good practice partner?
For me, it's somebody willing to actually talk through what happened afterward. The battle is useful, but I just need that discussion afterwards to really get the most out of it. What do you value most in a practice partner?
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I think taking the battles seriously as if they're the real deal, especially to practice under tournament like pressure... also getting honest feedback about what misplays occurred and improvements, and availability to grind different matchups... those are decent traits to me.
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I kind of have two practice partners that I play with daily at different times or together. One, in person and the other far away but my battle buddy regardless.
We talk game strategy, emblem builds, held items, debrief after casuals, ranked and tournaments and pick out where and what could be done differently while encouraging each other. Plus it's nice to be able to share the excitement and commiserate when things go wrong. I talk to these two people about the matches that I participate in when they aren't around and we talk out scenarios, highlights, and funny moments that happen during game play.
Yep, we play together a bunch and I generally have fun doing so too. Because of them, I have learned a lot, grown as a trainer, tried new Pokemon and strategies and have enjoyed the game more. The results of our last tournament tells this tale. (We did better as a team).
(Not sure that answered your question though.)
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By the way .... This was about Unite organized play aka tournaments (for me).
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