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darkslasherX
There are really only 3 factors in battles: knowledge, luck, and prediction. Luck and prediction seem to be deciding factors more often than knowledge, though, but if a Pokémon team has messed-up natures and isn't EV trained, one trainer has a significant advantage over the other.
Knowledge goes into team building, and luck determines which team counters the other team better (assuming both trainers have no knowledge of their opponent's team). Besides that, random instances of luck and good/bad predictions pretty much determine who wins.
In other words, there really is no best battler, because someone else could beat them 20 times just by getting good luck. There is a difference between good and bad battlers, and a difference between good and better battlers, though, which is why we still battle.
Knowledge goes into team building, and luck determines which team counters the other team better (assuming both trainers have no knowledge of their opponent's team). Besides that, random instances of luck and good/bad predictions pretty much determine who wins.
In other words, there really is no best battler, because someone else could beat them 20 times just by getting good luck. There is a difference between good and bad battlers, and a difference between good and better battlers, though, which is why we still battle.
Only prediction is skill. Knowledge is just, well knowledge.
Well knowledge really = your skill, and prediction comes down to luck when both trainers are knowledgeable.
Wait, what are we arguing about?
You know i forgot too. =/
