Ban Baton Pass - Boss Rework - Make Battles Fun

Hello everyone,

I would like to suggest a rework of the current Boss Battle system, including the Ban of Baton Pass during Boss Battles.

Curenntly on Hard Mode, Boss Pokemon have 400 EVs in every stat, meaning 2400 EVs across the six stats. A normal Pokemon is limited to 510 total EVs, with 252 being the maximum for an individual stat. This makes Boss Pokemon to have a very large statistical advantage than anything a player can normally build.

There is nothing wrong with making Bosses stronger than the player. The problem is when raw stat inflation becomes such an important part of the encounter, that players are pushed towards highly specialized methods simply to overcome those numbers.

One of the most common examples is Baton Pass. Over time, Bossing has developed a very recognizable formula that many players use.

I am not suggesting that Bosses should become easier, they should be one of the most difficult PvE Content.

But that should come from unique battle design, team composition, mechanics and decision making rather than primarily from giving every Pokemon enormous statistical advantages.

For example, different Bosses could use completely different strategies, like weather team, trick room, stall etc. I do not know how the technical part could work for that, that is for you to figure it out.

The important part is that the player should have to adapt to the Boss, rather than bringing essentially the same team to every Boss Battle.

This would make Bosses actually fun and interesting again.

And for that to work, it is important that Baton Pass wil be banned from Bosses. And to balance that Bosses need to also have a rework.

With the recently Spawn Reworks, and propably more to come, and so many new Pokemon introduced there are more than enough ways for players to start thinking again to figure out a new creative strategy for each battle!

Accordingly, the rewards should also be reworked with new items that could be useful for other PvE or PvP Reasons and some unique Pokemon rewards that are exlusive to Bosses.

Thanks in advance!

Kind Regards,
Lugario

Edited 39 minutes ago39 min by Lugario