Why are other Pokemon in competitve play so hard to defeat?

Question

When I play in wi fi battles or in the pwt download tournaments,the opponents' Pokemon are so hard to defeat and my Pokemon get knocked out very easily,
My team is :Swampert,hydreigon,salamence,ferrothorn,metagross and machamp.
Please help!

Comments

What teams beat you?

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The senior championships in pwt

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Well, it's senior championships for goodness sake. They have high EVs, incredibly strong they enter the senior championships. They're just... strong.

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According to the answer here http://pokemondb.net/pokebase/82048/2012-vgc-trainers-for-the-world-tournament-download-have-evs they don't have EVs with any of the PWT stuff.

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Then what about the wi fi battles?

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your stats are probably too low. Bad evs or ivs?

Answer 1

Basically there are a few reasons:

• You have not EV trained, or have unfortunately obtained EVs in stats which you don't need.
• Looking at your team, you don't have amazing synergy to wall against super-effective types.
• The opponents are just really OP using Pokemon >:D
• You aren't very experienced in prediction or battling (I'm sure you are though).
• You're in the senior championships for crying out loud!
• Bad IV's obtained unfortunately in your Pokemon.

If I think of any more reasons I'll add them :)

Comments

What pokemon do u recommend?

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Using EV reducing berries and getting EVs down to 0, then EV training.
That's the first thing I'd do :)

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For Pokemon I suggest replacing Swampert with Gastrodon or Quagsire, both whom get Recover as reliable Recovery and can both be great tanks.

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Where can I get gastrodon and what are the ev reducing berries?