Gym and rival battles heal to much

[Dr.Chaos]

i've noticed from the first to third gym that all the gym leaders and rival battles or meteor battles seem to spam super potions.

what i mean is that later on after getting into the jasper ward, i find the fights with taka, zel, and corey take forever to do, not because of their pokemon but because it seems they just spam potions when im almost done beating one, i would mind it so much if it was an occasional thing when the pokemon was at red health but its like every turn i take down to near death and its just potion after potion and also im not sure if it is just the AI but often battles i had gym leaders and rivals like fern and victoria use super potion at HALF HEALTH and just gets annoying especially when they seeming have more super potions than i can afford and this point since i know that money is supposed to hard to save.

It not really a huge issue but it just gets annoying that when i about to beat a hard trainers pokemon and they always spam potions and even at HALF HEALTH, just seems to like the AI for required battles could be changed so they dont use potion as often.

[ChocolateChip]

A trick I use, well not so much of a trick really if let them use up their 3? I think is the amount they usually have on like a weaker pokemen you can easily beat. Then bam, rest of the battle is a cakewalk. Might help you out a bit.

[Twist]

The fact that they spam potions so often is good because you can make them waste their 2-3 potions on their weaker pokemon. Then you don't have to worry about the harder pokemon.

Shelly is a good example. Poor thing wastes all her potions on Dwebble even though she should be saving the potions for the pokemon she has that are actually a threat.

If you're saying they should have less potions, I disagree. All of them usually have 3 potions. That's not a lot, at all.

Edited August 6, 2013 by Twist

[Ussi]

There are 2 ways around this..

2HKO or OHKO the pokes (anything thats a 3HKO or worse will instigate a potion use that you can't stop). A 2HKO will waste potions uses at least 1 if it brings them to low yellow or red (unless the pp matters then this is a good thing)

Or just account for the 3 uses of a hyper potion and don't fall into a false sense of security.

[Soysauce]

That's because we ourselves can use healing items. =p Not to mention stats boosts, those worked great for me when setting up a Gardevoir sweep.

[Magus]

I like how they spam potions in predictable times, essentially you can gain free stat boosting moves. I once got two swords dances up with a Lucario and was able to sweep everything away.

[Eldaron26]

I don't mind it that much it makes the game that much more challenging.the only battles I've had a hrd time with have been Aya, Serra, and Noel.