Board Thread:Off-Topic Discussion/@comment-53539-20141205121326/@comment-53539-20141209213805

Most on-line battles last only 2 or 3 turns at the most per pokemon, so whatever move you use in competitive play, it has to be effective and efficient. I find with many of the flinching moves all they do is delay whats going to happen. And high level pokemon, most flinching moves barely lick them. That much I do know from reading up on competitive play when I DID consider it...

Too many cheaters though, plus catching and resetting pokemon battles to get the ideal nature for a Pokemon so it has good stats doesn't appeal to me. I'd rather shiny hunt... Then nature hunt. :-/