Competitive battling has appealed to Pokemon players since the beginning, but for many years, the barrier to entry was simply too high for many. Acquiring Pokemon with high enough stats to have the edge in battle was borderline impossible, not counting hacking them in — which is a grey area at best.
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Fortunately, Sword & Shield changed all that. As well as introducing other ways to get Pokemon with maxed-out stats, they made breeding far easier than it
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