Delevelling pokemons to fit lower leagues
How many of us have pokemons around the 2.6k, 2.7k CP range that are useless for Master League and don't qualify for Great League?
How many of us have to have duplicate mons for different leagues? For example I have to duplicate a low level SD Tyranitar and a low level Metagross just so I can use them
Unless this is some way by Niantic to lock legendaries out of lower leagues (fine by me, just need to add that to the rules). I really hope that the game will allow us to delevel our mons to have them qualify for lower leagues
For example, if you want to use a level 40 Mewtwo for Ultra, the game will simulate a drop in levels till the mon is below 2.5k CP for the duration of the battle
And if you want to say that Mewtwo vs Azumarril for Great League is IMBA, I just want to say that your pokemon's CP and stats are coorelated so these 2 mons will actually be close performance wise
Thoughts?
Answers
I agree with there being no need, but in my experience (I battled with a friend quite a few times), CP does matter in the great league as pokemon in the 1200s don't seem to be able to put up much of a fight against those in the 1400s. Whereas in the Ultra league, pokmemon in the 2000s put up a decent fight against those in the 2400s. Just my observation. (I haven't been able to fight in the master league).
We've been ignoring CP for ages due to the raid and gym dynamics, and now it's really funny how PvP puts it as a very compelling benchmark. Of course, moves features are still king (especially now that for PvP and gym/raids their performance different), but similar good moves make PvP fights really tight on equal CP caps.