The PvP League in Pokémon GO becomes increasingly difficult towards the end, and to reach Rank 10, you need to win quite a few battles. However, some trainers willingly give up quickly when facing a supposedly weaker opponent.
This is what the PvP League is about: To climb the final ranks of the PvP League, you must battle numerous opponents and achieve a certain score.
Once you reach 3000 points, for example, you will rank up from Rank 9 to Rank 10. However, the allocation of points is not uniform and depends on the strength of the opponent. This is where many trainers face a problem.
To reach Rank 10, you need to bring really strong Pokémon. In our tier list for every league, you can find such monsters. The MeinMMO tips for the league are also useful:
Trainers look for better opponents
This is how they proceed: If you win against a trainer in the PvP League who has fewer points than you, you only receive a very small number of points as a reward. If you lose to these supposedly weaker opponents, you lose a relatively large number of points.
However, if you win against trainers with more points, you receive more points as a reward. If you lose, you only lose a few points.
Therefore, many trainers at high ranks seek battles against seemingly better opponents. The loss would not hurt as much, and a win would bring even more rewards. However, if you encounter a weaker opponent, a trick is used to leave the match and avoid fighting against them.
We deliberately do not explain the trick here, as it may be an exploit.
Here are the problems: Many trainers in the high leagues complain that many matches do not take place at all. For example, the reddit user “Telebar” states that 50-60% of his fights are already canceled before the start.
If every trainer follows this strategy, one of the two players always leaves the battle because one must always face a weaker opponent.
This is what trainers are demanding: Now there are many calls from trainers for Niantic to take action against this quick exit. For example, they could evaluate a battle earlier, so that early exits are no longer effective.
Other trainers suggest that the opponent’s points should be hidden until the battle actually starts. This way, one could no longer leave the battle based on a lower rating.
It is not the first time that trainers take crazy measures in Pokémon GO. For example, matches are intentionally lost to be assigned weaker opponents.
