PO vs showdown for use or a stimulator?

Question

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I mean I personally like showdown better but what are the pros and cons for using each stimulator

Answer 1

Showdown:

Pros:

• Good shortcuts, nice interface
• Large variety of tiers
• Very easy to make an account
• Suggested EV spreads when teambuilding
• Battling animations, animated sprites, varying music
• A nice ladder

Cons:

• Must be online to build a team
• Server sometimes restarts
• Lots of usernames taken :P

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Pokemon Online:

Pros:
- Nice teambuilder
- Many different servers that are easier to see

Cons:
- Must be downloaded
- Cannot work on mobile
- Common errors with battle mechanics

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Overall...

trumps

Comments

Server restarts when it lags too much or when they update, lol.

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Pokemon online can indeed work on moblie, thats why there is an android version ._.

Answer 2

Showdown

Pros: Free, Many different servers to choose from, More tiers(thanks JCM),
Cons Crashes more often than PO,

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Online

Pros Doesn't really crash often,
Cons Needs to be downloaded, Not as friendly,

I'll edit as I think of things.

Comments

PS! is more friendly than PO users, PS! has better tiers, more tiers to choose from, and honestly, the  PS! main never crashes for me.

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PS! is friendly? 0.0

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Yep. :P

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well much more than PO from my experience T-T