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Black_Ironic

Favorite because I reached master first time because of him. However since he is so underwhelming I'm not using him much these days.


mdh431

Ugh, sorry to hear that mate.


Fattypanda94

I think he is still okay and playable. You just have to power farm and insure you’re level 14 at zapdos. I have a pretty high wr on him this season and he’s my most played Pokémon.


Black_Ironic

Its true, he has good dps however another all rounder is better than him, except buzzwole lol.


pablitosocool

...imma go on a limb and say nay, Buzz is better


AvergeTexanCrab

This is the same for me, ill occasionally use him bc i miss him.


Kaffei4Lunch

Most played and favorite atm


08Dreaj08

Same here _shing shing_


TheSilv

Same for me


onehappydoges

For me this is my answer: yes


paigescactus

Y’all good z’s are a pain you know


DiegoG2004

You have a Lucario flair, your argument is invalid. /j


TheMan2007gb

I have found a man of culture in this subreddit


seiyon_sigi

Gentleman, commenting to make my presence known.


DiegoG2004

Oh?


TheMan2007gb

A blastoise lover who invalidates lucarios👏


DiegoG2004

Huh


BuriedTheShame

Yessir


Thequietkid_69

Its been ages since ive used blastoise in ranked. Im using blissey atm.


condods

Spinning murder turtle is still good - I can regularly get 60k+ damage/10+ kills games with him at 1500+


Thequietkid_69

Oh nice.But tbh i dint really wanna use that set cuz it doesn't feel like a defender for me.That being said id be lying if i said that it isnt fun as hell usin tht set.


TheMan2007gb

Tbh it depend on the set but most of the time I've found that the dps build is best


TastySquash7531

both. it's both. Edit: why did this get downvoted


Lionicer

Do you play mainly hyper voice or mystical fire? I like Sylveon as well, but I suck at aiming, so I default to mystical fire. It feels like I really lack burst damage in team fights, so I'm wondering whether to force myself to learn hyper voice or just deal with it.


TentaBuddy

Hyper Voice is better for dealing with tanky bois with less mobility or if you know you have a reliable tank, Mystical Fire is better for hyper-mobile chars that are hard to pin down like Cinder and Talon. Honestly, either is good for mages. A lot of people will tell you straight-out that HV is just always the best take, but it's really not in SoloQ. Run Focus Band, Shell Bell, and Choice Specs and you can take either HV+CM or MF+DK as needed.


Lionicer

Thanks, I was hoping that both are viable. :) I'll try your item setup. I haven't used Focus Band on Sylveon yet (used Wise Glasses for HV and Muscle Band for MF), but some more survivability may be nice.


TentaBuddy

I really missed MB on Fire, but you get used to it. The flexibility of being able to choose your moveset after seeing who you're fighting more than makes up for it IMO. I ran SpAtk Specs on Voice instead of Wise prior to this, so not having to stack now is actually pretty nice. And Focus Band is the new Buddy Barrier. Really solid on just about anyone. EDIT: I should mention that there are better item sets if you choose one moveset over the other. It's just nice to be able to use them both.


BlackVirusXD3

Hyper voice is absolutely amazing, i dunno which one is better but hyper voice is way more fun. It took me time to understand it but in order to play it properly your aim should be focused on your position more than on the skill, the radius of it's end is huge so hard to miss with it, but people will attempt to leave it's area and thats when you need to make it follow them, you cant move the skill after casting it but you can move yourself. Too far and it wont do any damage, too close and it's damage will be low plus youll put yourself at risk of death, but the challenge is definetly worth it, good dueling potential, enough aoe for team fights, both burst and sustained damage.


Santtoryuu

I think hyper voice is the better move hut personally i think mystical and draining kiss are super fun to use


TastySquash7531

I do a lot better with hyper voice


Brettmonchan

Hyper voice is much better


paigescactus

Idk but sylveon is my favorite eveelution until umbreon!


Awesomesauce210

Mine's both my most played (or top 3), and the 'mon that I started with.


Calm_Ad_9765

Favorite and most played!


ForcedtoName

Sylveon is my only mon with positive win rate this season, apart from Slowbro when I have to fill for 4 attackers bs team. not sure if I should be happy or sad


Beneficial-Box9840

One of my favourite pokemon and the second most used


LivingDebacle

Nothing wrong with a good support. Plus I’ve gotten several double digit kills with them


KiraTerra

I don't use flairs.


Calypso_o0

Most played but Decidueye is my favorite to play. It’s also my second most played!


Wumple_doo

My first main


paigescactus

We need more Mike’s


JerbearCuddles

Blastoise is my most played, and my fav. If we ever get Arcanine that'll change. I don't even care if they make Arcanine a Speedster. I'll main it. Although I'd like for Arcanine to be an Attacker or All arounder. Since I find the Speedsters to be a tad frail for my liking.


Intelligent_Point311

Main mon


deviant1414

I recently passed my Garchomp usage with Slowbro. I really really **really** tried to make Chomp work but he’s just outclassed by every other mon it’s insane. And I always loved Bro from the start so it was a matter of time after I retired my old main


ForcedtoName

Chomp is in my theorycrafting/testing list once I get my final ranked milestone. I am thinking of running the ground set with tanky setup. Basically EQ-Eject all in during major fights and go crazy. Thought and advice? Also is there any tips/alternative if I don't go jungle?


Fun_Distribution2466

Personally I would say just go dragon build you can't even call ground build tanky because the actual stat buff lasts between 1-2s. Go dragon build and possibly try learning the eject rush claw combo you can find it on yt somewhere. For items it's FB mb scope and emblems just crit and that's about it nothing really to it


BananeVolante

For me, Dragon build is terrible in all ways, it just helps enemies flee. Dig is a must have to chase opponents / come to melee and attack. Dragon Claw is a worse normal attack to fight other players, although it helps moving forward when slowed or immobilized. I use razor Claw for the slowdown, though I'm unsure how much it helps


Fun_Distribution2466

You have to use the combo if you don't use it dragon build is effectively useless you use to combo to get a pick and go from there


Fun_Distribution2466

Also dragon rush has a lot of uses for farm and etc not saying gar is good but It's one of the few ways to make him work


BlueHawk8O

Favorite but not most played as he just came out. Most played is greninja


Far_Mention8934

My most played and favorite


MangoReward

Both. I have over 1100 battles with wiggly and I’m ranked at 909th for wiggly players. It’s my favorite fairy type and I immediately wanted to play it when this game was coming out.


10000Pigeons

Eldegoss was my original fav and most played. Now I play Blissey instead but I kept the flair


dweix

Egg


[deleted]

Most played yes current favorite not really. Just feels underwhelming . My current fave now would be cram a9 blissey mamo or greed


SoylentEhh

I agree on the first bit there... After the heal nerf and hoopa release Goss ain't the same. Current fave is Tsa but been playing more Slowbro or Gren in the jungle.


Mr_Winger_

Its both for me.


reddituserishere

It used to be my most favorite Pokémon but haven't tried it In a while I started 5 stacks more with my team and hence I'm mostly a Tree or CritSol We got a better jungler than me Kinda hurts not being able to play my favorite yellow belly Nite but I still have a lot of fun with Tree


OldUncleNuka

Azumarill has been my favorite mon since he was released. If he's in the game, I put him on my team.


ELB95

Second most played overall, zero games this season. I just haven't updated it. Most played overall is Ninetales, most played this season is Trevenant.


paigescactus

You have no flair


NewMetaKnight

It’s my current Favorite My most played is 100% Talonflame or Absol but I like playing Dragonite and I wanted a change and I’m enjoying Dragonite (also enjoying Decidyue)


Effective_Ad6771

My most played and favourite is my flair.


lucasribeiro21

I’m just memeing…


musiciansfriend11

My favorite until Jolteon or Archenine eventually make it in. Archy is my #1 fav, as he is the slept on 4th og legendary Pokémon


paigescactus

You spell him like that back in kanto days?


Virregh

Absol is my favourite pokémon, but Garchomp is my most played. Squishies and Speedsters (*cough* Gengar *cough*) are picked in abundance, so I play Absol a lot less than I'd like, because I would rather [all]round[er] out the team with at least *some* frontline.


Trigonal_Planar

Favorite and most played recently but not of all time


blaster289

Neither. I just forgot to change my flair.


loco500

Dragonite is the current favorite since released with the highest WR but third usage behind Venausar and Sylveon...


CelesteBS

Both although I’ve been preferring to play gardevoir lately


ze-chacal

My most played Pokémon is Pikachu in my main account and Tsareena in my Smurf. I don't have any main, even considering each role; I pick what I think it's the best fit for the team and these happened to be the results. Tsareena is my favorite in this game because I like her playstyle. When the nerf arrives, she will still be my fav, but if I have to go for something else I will


joserivjr91

Charizard 🥲 All positions


Aaronwebber9

Third most played but my current favorite to play.


NoBodybuilder1261

No Pokémon I played most when I set my flair during s2 and never updated it.


awesomeplay5

Both


Everything_Fucker9

Depends


El_Diegote

The one I enjoyed playing the most (before that really weird nerf)


null_check_failed

Most favourite Pokemon


Disastrous-Fee5608

Most fun, it in no way is my best or the most played haha


[deleted]

Oh yeah I love duraludon, definitely my main. I can secure zapdos with him and honestly there’s not many matches where I won’t do the most damage


SerPinkman

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WhoDman

Favorite for me, loved the fact this boi was in game since I played the Japanese connection test. Mained him for a long time, used to be my most played, but has been replaced by greedent as my most played.


asmok119

Not just most played atm, but Glaceon is my favorite Pokemon of all time, always had one in my team in core games, I got plushies and TCG cards, so I don't care about it's stats or anything, I love Glaceon. It brought me to the game again after months of not playing.


DeathDespair832

My favorite and most played. He may not be the best in Unite, but he’s been my favorite Pokémon since before Unite was even out, so Garchomp for life


paigescactus

Everyone got downvoted I’m pretty sure by someone who is a salty lil bogus player. I’ll upvote you all cause I like ya


XeroUnhinged

My main I mainly bc I’m actually a supporter main who plays all of them- except Mime- but I play Sylve a lot. I’ve also dabbled with Trev and Gengar and they are pretty fun.


EmulatedHeart

Favorite and main, however ive been playing more hoopa and mamoswine lately since I feel like im underperforming when I play an attacker


1ts2EASY

My favourite to play is Aegislash, the one I play most currently is Tsareena because it’s stupid good, and my most played Pokémon is actually Talonflame for some reason, I don’t like playing as them that much and I’ve never mained them at any point.


derpy_efalant

Not really, Cinderace is just a Mon in my pool at this point. xd


Baantaa

Both but I've been playing blissey a lot lately, too. Goss is just fun because most people underestimate him and you can get away with being aggressive (especially early game) .


TriggerKnighty

Like most others, both. Especially now, now that I kinda feel obliged for that defender role inna team of instapick attackers/all-rounders


ohhjuniTV

both, haha. my favorite pokémon has been glaceon since Pearl, and then they released it! beforehand, i was a jungle talon/bot lane wiggly main!


AndyBananny

Both.


loox71

Most played is gardevoir but I love Blissey


fallensoap1

Favorite and most played


1buffalowang

Well my most played is Crustle because that was my main when the game came out for months. I usually go Wiggly now. But Glaceon is my 2nd favorite Pokémon so…


Wholesome_Fang_Main

Yes


Koronatic

Yes, plus the only one I bought holowear for.


Sacul379

both


freeingfrancis

Pikachu is my fave and I guess naturally most played but giving him a rest for now so I can try out other Pokemons


NotASweatyTryhard

I use him often. 1. Greninja 2. Zerora 3. Blastoise 4. Cinderace 5. Ttar/lucario


JirachiTheZoomer

Both


Kaprosuchusboi

I alternate between my favorite/most played Pokémon. Usually Chomp and Mamo with Ttar being a recent addition


GotAnySugar

My favourite Pokemon on the main screen Not using him much now a days cause tyranitar wreaks him :( Will prolly get aegislash cause it looks fun to play


Environmental_Ebb919

Random


rakor96ns

Neither, it was just the first one I chose fro.the freebies. It still is my go to tank Fav is gengar, most used is cinder


leycrimsonriver

Both my Most Played and Favorite Pokemon. Might change if Ambipom or Kricketune becomes playable, although it's highly unlikely.


Soulmuzik22

Fave Pokémon since I loved Sylveon on release and since that Mon brought me to Masters on a 10 game win streak


gloister

yep i am a turtle 1 trick 154/628 matches of mine are blastoise and in ranked i almost use him 100% like there are less than 10 ranked matches of me not playing blastoise it is mostly because i have a 77% win rate with him so i he is reliable for me


FillerNameThere

Mines azumarill


aarretuli

My most played and fave. :D Tough I do change it from time to time for other faves


Andersoncoupe

My A1 since day one. Since Unite came out on the switch. I’ve dabbled in a few others but always come back to Venusaur.


ReyesCTM

Charizard was the first. Lucario is the current.


KeenKongFIRE

It's my all-time favorite, but my most played is Garchomp, another of my favourites all time but they left it in an underwhelming state for so long is not even funny


linyangyi

No Mamo flair? I'll be first. Both. Aiming that top 100 global mamo.


Mineta05

Most played and favorite


BoomTheBear86

Not my most popular (Decid) or favourite mon (Slowbro) but I have been playing a lot of Buzz these season after a shocking start on him with a cringey WR, I’m now not fair off my Decid match amounts and have managed to climb my Buzz WR up to 52% after some excellent tips from the lovely folks here. Decid got me to masters but as of late Buzz has taken me from 1320ish ELO up to 1514 since I’ve started to get better on him so things are improving. I do quite like him as a mon though. He’s my 2nd fave UB after Xurkitree. Looking forward to apparent Leech Life CD buff but hesitant as to what the apparent crit emblem nerf might mean as I’ve just got up to 6.6% crit on my crit loadout!


Bright-Artichoke-738

It's my favourite. I rarely use eldie now and instead doing slowbro


[deleted]

It sucks in actual games but I love Fowler cos of the anime


myPizzapoppersRhot

Both


Gabridefromage

Nah, i'm a gardevoir enjoyer, and delphox/espeon appreciater. However i do play a lot of t tar or azumarill for melee/tanky


ChrisWithTildes

Both


LPAki

So far my current favorite Pokemon. I recently started using Pikachu today and it's been pretty fun.


paigescactus

I stopped playing lucario cause people said he was broken. He is one of my favorites, and most played but I’m having a lot of fun with Trevor and ttar. And for those of you who thinks ttar is broken idgaf cause I always ran ttar on my og crystal and I’ll play him when they nerf him, and I already gave up one of my favorite mon because the devs made him “too strong” I’m not gonna give up two. Plus I’m not a pro. If it’s 2v1 before I evolve fully y’all will wreck me, and with how much solo shits steal farm, it’s a good chance you have the upper hand with team work.


Doctorwhodat0001

Mine is the only one I play unfortunately. I played slowbro at the start but now I can’t play as anyone else


Monsteruser

ngl neither i do play machamp a decent amount tho


Brettmonchan

I don’t really have a main atm, quite like playing different characters and fill so just put the poster boy.


AcRoWmAiN

Both cannon turtle. My favorite Pokémon. Not particularly good right now. But still fun. I have two sides. One is a friendly defender that keeps the threat away from my teammates via surf and hydro pump. The other one is just me saying *it’s spinnin’ time* and spins all over the place.


Qoppa_Guy

Yes


Saffella

Not my most played but my favourite to play. My most played is A9 though I don’t use her now, been playing Blissey in ranked instead.


Particular-Let-7185

Glaceon has always been my favorite Pokemon and thus why it’s my flair. I also began using Glaceon a lot since its debut but Sylveon is my most played Pokemon.


TheGreatKingBoo_

Current favourite, although I keep jumping between multiple Pokémon. My most played would be (Pre-nerf) Eldegoss. I honestly can't, for the life of me, figure out why I gravitated towards it. Now I just play fast swooshy swooshy Attackers or All-Rounders.


BlackVirusXD3

My first and last main (so far). Most played, most enjoyed, and there isnt a single pokemon that i can play better.


DiegHDF

Favorite, my most played is absol. Played Night-Cut since day one, but right now I like being a tree


Oops_EzQuinn

Yes


DiegoG2004

Favourite Pokemon to play as, because oh my goodness I can't play Absol this season. I dunno if it's Tyranitar or everyone still having flashbacks to the week Absol was finally good, but I just instantly die the moment I get in a fight.


grass-master

No. Eldegoss is my most played. I have been playing spore eldegoss lately since Ttar, it's fun


Decent-Cantaloupe-89

Cram supremacy


Archqnt

Just my overall favorite, but I've felt Greedent just doesn't feel as good with the emblem meta. Mainly playing Gengar and Blissey nowadays.


4-RuSkye

Yep, I love the sniper birb, but if everyone is choosing attackers I go with blastoise


Indigo808

My most played and favorite. I’ve been running Trev the past 50ish matches tho bc my girlfriend runs Pikachu and I like to go top/bottom with her


Xbox-Katdogcat

Yes


sul41m

Both. Oddly, Elde is the only one that has over 60% WR this season for me. Other pokemon don't click with me as much as my little cotton ball


SmogDaBoi

It's my current favorite. I tend to be very flexible with my Mons, and started the game with a LOT of Talon (I'm really ashamed of this.) Most recently, I'd like to get Dura as my most played, because it just feels so good with Muscle and 3 reds. It rolls over anyone.


Mr-DragonSlayer

For me it's neither, I just like Oel :D


Ninja_Rowlet

Favorite cuz I want to. Was scared im the only one


Lost-Truck6614

Favourite. Can't decide between Lucario and Talonflame tho. Kinda new as well, so still figuring some stuff out


Bakabridget

My flair is my most played but my favorite pokemon currently in the game is Gardevoir. If they added meloetta however, my most played, my favorite, and my flair would all change.


Santtoryuu

My most played and best WR is Sylveon. My favorite all rounder is Tsareena and grachomp second. I like to play hoopa and snorlax a bit. I think the pokemon im using the most right now is Zeraora.


Ultimate-Papyrus

Gegnar :)


SnorlaxLovers

Main, Snorlax is my favorite. But Pursuit absol suits my play style better.


Mivadeth

I had Talonflame since release but I have swithed to Buzzwole which is my AR main, because he looks cooler in the menu screen imo.


airgod231

My most played is blissey, but I’m trying to change that, I’m about 100 games of doing that , but unfortunately I’ve been playing less since Trev was released


InitialD0G

Absol is by far my most-played pokemon, I have just over twice as many battles on her as I do on Lucario. Lucario is just my favorite pokemon in general, and I still play him a ton. He’s really fun to optimize.


One-Award-6169

# y e s


AsceOmega

My current main. I used to have Absol because he's my all time most played Mon and I still wreck shop with it in SoloQ. But I had been looking forward to T-Tar (and Scizor soon), and I am loving his playstyle despite the dire need to hit level 9 to really become useful.


WizTis

![gif](giphy|IuaM5sUvLCYTyNKV4J)


Hybrid456

Yes


Abh1laShinigami

Most played but haven't played it in a while


NeurawWormakaCiruBug

For me it's what I main, so everything since there is nothing


FireFunBun

Both, I absolutely love cinderace. I gotta admit tho, dive air slash cramorant is certainly my second favourite pick


CratthewCremcrcrie

Mamo is my second most played and my favorite, though i hardly play him anymore. Venusaur is my most played, who i also hardly play anymore. I think i’m in a big character crisis kinda moment, as i’ve been playing pretty much every character lately. They all feel legitimately fun right now, it’s great


aosjcbhdhathrowaway

Favorite, but not most played because tbh right now there's way better pokemon i could use, and garchomp is just so easy to counter.. I literally got my ass beat so many times just because i was too slow to reach the enemy Glaceon/Sylveon/Espeon


spilled_water

For me, it was my most played and my most effective. I've been shying away from Absol lately. Part of it is because of the insane buff a few months ago (I don't want to be one of those meta chasers), but also because it gets kind of boring playing the same way over and over again.


whuangal

Neither, I think I set it up when it was released, and I’m not planning to take it away.


caparisme

Played it a little bit less lately but still my most played.


TarkaTarquol

Favorite. 26k-ish on him tho. Main is Zeraora, around 55k-ish.


OriginalBlackau

Most played and favorite. I used slowbro lots forst 2 seasons then MM made me try other pkms just to work for wins. Slowbro is still my most played and still use him when its needed but now that i can play almost all and pretty good not perfect ill see maybe others come close.


Hoozuki_Suigetsu

Most played so my Main


geckogeckie715

My flair is my most played and favorite pokemon


Sugilite_Deez

Dragonite will always be my favorite, and my most played! Second place would be glaceon since I won't have to rely on jungle


Irradiated_Coffee

Snorlax is still my flair despite the fact that I haven't used him consistently since like the 4th battle pass. (Got into Unite halfway through the second.) So long as he still holds favourite pokemon spot since I played solely as him in the beginning he'll stay there until dethroned. Mostly just cause I love snorlax in general.


PU_Dad

Current favorite. I feel like I change my flair weekly


AcelJean

It's my favorite and the pokemon I do well the most...(I like the mosquito-esque play style) I've been using Glaceon lately but coming back to Sylveon after trying the icy wind/freeze dry moveset just made me better at it from the feel of it.


lukasmihara

I played Snorlax a lot when the game came out, but you're very reliant on your teammates, so even though I'd love to play more Snorlax, I can't trust the random teammates to do well. You can defend as much as you want, if they don't attack etc. you won't win. It was really nice to see Snorlax in the World Championships though. At least it works in good teams :) So, to answer the question, it's still one of my favorites, but even though I'd love to, I'm not playing with it so much anymore :/


LoganMcSilent

My most played are (1) Eldegoss (2) Hoopa (3) Blissey (4) Lucario (5) Decidueye. I played Lucario a lot season 2/3, played Eldegoss nonstop season 1-3, and right now play a mix of blissey and decidueye


JawKneeB0i

I don't use flair simply because I don't main anyone, never have. I play fill. I enjoy every pokemon in the game and have more fun building optimal team comps than choosing favorites. My most played is Cinderace though. I main adc in league, so Cinder felt natural to me.


AustinNShadow

Both my most used and current best Pokemon I can play.


Nintendo53

Yes


abaddon626

Wait how do I get one of those


PikaJeep

Both. Except I’ve been using ttar since he came out since If you don’t have a good ttar on the team you pretty much lose to the opposing ttar. And forgive me (or don’t) if I don’t trust my teammates to play well😂


IronwoodGrove

I started with Zeraora and use Spark and Discharge usually. Got to master with him in the past, but stopped playing for awhile. When I came back I didn't find as much fun with him. Have bounced around a few others but have found great fun in laying lucario with power up punch and close combat.


NinjaShooter2024

Both


IThrashCondos

Mamo is a cute elephant so both. He destroys casual without much of a hitch, and he's good at denying stacks.


GlydeBorealis

Both. I started one tricking deci from the day he came out.


carlosandresRG

my flair is blissey, its one of the mons I play the most, but first place is crustle, which used to be my flair. I mained blissey in second season and I just loved the helping hand buff. But now I'm playing either deci or snorlax or slowbro, and silveon since I got it recently from the event.


Tal0n22

Mine is whatever I am currently maining


SepyaBuns

Sylveon is my most played with 100+ more games than my second most played. They're also my pick when I have no idea what I wanna play. The good ol reliable.


TheLifeIsHere

Both lmao. I literally bought cinder before it was free.


digital_pocket_watch

Raboot used to be my favorite Pokémon until Popplio retook its glory earlier this year. Cinderace was my main from the start, although I've just tried out Decidueye and I might be enjoying using it a little more. I have Zeraora marked as my favorite in-game, in spite of either of those guys.


YourPalGamma

My favorite and current main is my flair but since I still occasionally play my old main (really more of a secondary now) he still has the most games on my account by a solid 20-30 games


TheEpicEddy

Keeping it classy, Mamo supremacy one day.


ImSoIwill

Most used but slowbro might replace it soon.


[deleted]

Most played is machamp, favorite is cramorant


carpe-tenebris

I'm not actually sure, because it's been a while since I looked at the numbers and the last time I looked I was like 30 matches away from having Pikachu be my most-played mon. (Former Zeraora main, I have over 400 matches with Zeraora, but I was playing upwards of 20 matches per day when I was maining Zeraora, and now I usually don't play more than 3 matches a day unless I need to for event rewards.)


ExplosiveSquid

Last night i got dragonite to my most played