Battling

**Battling** is when two Trainers battle each other with Pokémon. In PokéMeow battles are in a 3v3 style.
*Currently battles are NPC controlled and only accessible to players with at least 500 catches, 5 votes or who are a Patreon supporter.*
*Real time player vs player battles are still in development.*

## Getting ready

To be able to start battling you first have to create your team and level up your Pokémon. After adding 3 Pokémon to your team and creating their moveset you are ready to start battling.
*All the NPCs have high level Pokémon so it's best to start battling if you have at least 3 Pokémon of level 80 or above.*

When you start a battle, you'll get a DM from PokéMeow where you'll be able to see what the moves of your team are including their typing, power and accuracy.

## Current battle team

### Team page

On your **team page** you'll be able to see your total wins, losses, if your  Exp. Share is active or not, a list of commands you can use and your 3 battle Pokémon with their level, EXP, held item and stats. *If a Pokémon on your team is also your buddy a `*` will be displayed next to it.*

### Commands

> `;team add {Pokémon name} {position #}`
> *add a Pokémon to your team*
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> `;team swap {position #} {position #}`
> *swap two Pokémon*
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> `;team remove {position #}`
> *remove Pokémon from your team*
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> `;team list`
> *view or adjust your favorited teams*
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> `;team [enable/disable] expshare`
> *enable/disable your Exp. Share*
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> `;team give/take {item name} {Pokémon}`
> *give/take an item to/from your Pokémon*
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> `;team list items`
> *view which of your Pokémon have held items*
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## Challenge an NPC

### Cooldown

1 minute

After starting the battle, you have a limited time to respond with the action you want to take in the battle.

Currently the only actions you have are:

##### Attacking

*Respond with the number of the attack you want to use*

#### Forfeiting

*Respond with `cancel` or `forfeit` in the chat*

## Battle Types

Currently there are 7 different types of NPCs that you can battle against.

* Trainers
* Gyms
* Elite Four
* Champions
* Challenges
* Battle Tower
* Mega Chamber

## Handy Tips

### Type effectiveness

In PokéMeow, type effectiveness plays a big role in battling. Always make sure to use the best type on your attacking Pokémon against the defending one.

Full type chartQuick type chart
### Recommended moveset

A discord user by the name of `Timo#0288` made a very useful chart where you can quickly see what the best moveset is for the current best Pokémon to use in the game. *It's a great way to reduce your waste of  on bad moves.*

Recommended movesets
### Understanding your enemy

When it comes to battling, understanding your the moveset of your opponent is arguably one of the most important things. If you're prepared you'll always be one step ahead of your opponent. Using the type chart is the first part, the other one is damage classes.

* The damage of  physical moves is influenced by your own ATK stat and your opponents DEF stat.
* The damage of  special moves is influenced by your Sp.ATK stat and your opponents Sp.DEF stat.

## Move info

### Cooldown

7 seconds

If you're now sure what move class your attacks are in just use the `;move info` command.

### Power leveling

If you quickly want to  your new buddies there are 2 amazing training accounts for doing so.

Do command ;b user 675725560470831125 to fight a LvL 1 chancey, LvL 100 Blissey, LvL 100 Shiny Blissey.

For this team you have to have your new buddy to be able to take down the Lvl 1 Chancey then you can use your good pokemon to fight the 2nd two and your new pokemon will get alot of xp very quickly if you continue to do this.

#### Team #1

It's a team full of Blisseys which might seem intimidating with their high base HP stat, but they only have 2 attacks: `Pound` and `Double Slap`. To defeat them you'll want  fighting moves but any  move will do.

#### Team #2

This team starts off with a lvl 1 Wailord in order to get your low level Pokémon some extra Exp if they can't defeat a Blissey in team #1. To defeat them you'll want  fighting moves but any  move will do.