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The Lead Pokémon – Competitive Pokémon Guide
The Lead is, as I said before, a Pokémon that should ideally be picked last on your team. The reason for this is that not all leads will be suitable for all teams.
The purpose of a lead in my opinion is to start battle off to your rhythm. The lead does not necessarily have to be a speedy Pokémon, although a fast lead is always useful. What it does need to have however, is the ability to impose your will from the get go.
A good option for a lead is for it to immediately set up entry hazards, Pokémon such as Azelf, Infernape and even Metagross make for good leads, as they are either fast enough to set up entry hazards such as stealth rocks and spikes (which will damage your opponent for the rest of the game provided they don’t have a rapid spin user) or they are so bulky that they can take the hit with little to no fear.
Should you choose to run a weather team, you’d want a Pokémon that is able to set up the weather immediately, be it via a move or by an ability, such as drought. This is part of why Tyranitar makes for a very good lead, as it has the ability sand stream, which will immediately summon a sand storm, and it also has good bulk to withstand hits while setting up entry hazards that same turn.
However a great choice in my opinion is an Anti-Lead. What is an anti-lead? Well it’s a Pokémon that is used as a lead to counter your opponent’s lead. For example, Azelf is quite a popular lead Pokémon (although not as popular as it was a few years ago) and as a psychic type, it is weak to dark type attacks. So due to the amount you’ll see Azelf, a Pokémon like Weavile can make for a reliable choice as a lead which can KO your opponent’s lead and prevent them from establishing their rhythm in the game.
There are tones of Pokémon that can make for good leads, just make sure that they are right for what you need them to do, as a good lead can easily make or break your game plan.
Next time we’ll talk about the sweeper.
The Starbreeze cooperative multiplayer game Project Baxter is expected to follow PAYDAY. The official Dungeons & Dragons logo is on Starbreeze. However, we do not expect the studio to revere RPG settings like Larian did with Baldur’s Gate 3.
Starbreeze will develop and publish Project Baxter in 2026 for all major platforms. The company says it “will carry the signature Starbreeze game cornerstones of cooperative multiplayer, lifetime commitment through a Games as a Service model, community engagement, and a larger than life experience.”
Forgive the skepticism, but PAYDAY 3, Starbreeze’s latest release, lagged behind due to server issues that the CEO had to apologize for, taking two months to release the heist shooter’s first patch. It’s a disappointing story that may have gone unnoticed in a year with The Lord of the Rings: Gollum, Kong: Rise of Skull Island, and The Walking Dead: Destinies.
Would you like a Starbreeze multiplayer live service D&D game? Is this to capitalize on the setting’s moment between Baldur’s Gate and the surprising good Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves?
Konami promised that free-to-play soccer sim eFootball would add PES’ massively popular Master League mode, but while this month’s v3.20 update will add more solo content, you’ll have to wait. My League lets you play full seasons as a single player with changing weather and exclusive rewards to reduce the wait.
You’ll replace a real team from your league, like England or Italy. The gacha system unlocks players that you’ll use to fight the AI and win the table. Play through the mode as many times as you want, with custom cutscenes and other features to track your progress. It all seems like a way to make dream team gameplay appealing to offline players.
Online play is also getting better. A new tier system will match you with players of similar skill levels, and co-op will soon let you join strangers instead of friends. You can use emojis to discuss your matches’ successes and failures or strategize with new allies.
We assume new cards with perks will allow Konami to create “rarer” versions of players when they perform certain real-life feats. A new login feature will include a penalty-taking minigame where you must score a goal to climb a ladder and unlock in-game rewards like virtual currency. For now, that’s it.
The critically panned game improves, but not as fast as former PES fans would like. The gameplay is good, and there are more things to do, but without that meaty single-player mode, old-school franchise fans will always rank it lower. Konami should revive one of the best solo sports game modes soon.
We expected it to be big, but this big? Only ten hours after Rockstar unceremoniously released GTA 6’s trailer after an unexpected leak, it has over 50 million views. This video is the top trending video on YouTube worldwide, ignoring mirrors from IGN and Gamespot.
Instead of waiting until later today, the developer released the first footage of the latest Grand Theft Auto after a watermarked version leaked on Twitter. The team is understandably upset, but the video’s overwhelming response will reassure it. It has 50 million views and 6.5 million likes.
This could reach 100 million by the end of the day as it’s shared worldwide and fans search for Easter eggs and secrets. How many times have you seen the new trailer?
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