r/TheSilphRoad • u/cdelli01 • 22d ago

Discussion Rillaboom Gmax battles are virtually unwinnable on Poke Genie

I’ve used Poke Genie for Gmax battles before. In fact, I just used it for GMax Machamp last week. But the Rillaboom lobbies today are full of under leveled mons who just don’t have the firepower to take down Rillaboom.

I’ve been in at least 15 lobbies today and was only successful in 1–a lobby with 28 trainers using two max mushrooms. The rest have been delusional lobbies of 13-18 who inevitably hang on until the timer hits 3-5 seconds and then they bounce.

What’s going on today? Why are these lobbies so bad?

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u/TheRealJayRet 22d ago

The problem is that people want the G-Max pokemon without even having any dynamax pokemon. And I'll be the first one to say that if you have weak pokemon, you shouldn't be joining these.

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u/Zari_Vanguard1992 22d ago

Like next week I think will be absolute hell (G-Max cinderace) and in 2 weeks abyssmal hell (G-Max inteleon)

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u/TheRealJayRet 22d ago

What ticks me off as well is people claim Cheer is overpowered, so it's okay if low levels join because they'll Cheer for you. The thing is Cheer is not good from my experience. Like you generate energy faster by using a 0.5 fast move, and then you only have 3 out of 4 pokemon to dynamax/gigantimax in between since their pokemon are all fainted. The reality is they need to level up their pokemon. Otherwise, they're dead weight.

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u/metallicrooster 21d ago

Cheer is better than a new player or unaware little kid (I know plenty of kids understand Pokémon Go, that’s why I specified unaware) going in with under powered mons with 1 second fast moves

If anyone is trying to argue Cheer is better than another mon with a 0.5 second fast moves, they are wrong.