{"slug": "a-primer-on-competitive-pokemon", "title": "A Primer on Competitive Pokemon", "summary": "Spader, a high-level competitive Pokémon player of ten years, introduces a series of guides aimed at helping players improve at the game. He notes a lack of strategic resources for Pokémon compared to fighting games, drawing on his experience across multiple Smogon tiers. The article serves as the first entry in this planned series.", "body_md": "Hello! My name is Spader. I have been playing Pokemon at the highest level of singles play for about ten years now (albeit less active recently). You may know me on Smogon as user: Bad Ass (bonus: an interview I don’t remember in the slightest1). I play virtually every tier in existence, and love almost all of them! I don’t have as much time to invest in the game as I would like, but I’ve noticed there is a lack of guides on improving at Pokemon (as opposed to fighting games, where theory and strategy are overflowing on the internet). This will be a series of articles to help you improve at the game.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/a-primer-on-competitive-pokemon", "canonical_source": "https://spader.zone/pokemon-1/", "published_at": "2019-10-30 00:00:00+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-05-23 05:43:12.877136+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": [], "entities": ["Spader", "Smogon", "Bad Ass"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/a-primer-on-competitive-pokemon", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/a-primer-on-competitive-pokemon.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/a-primer-on-competitive-pokemon.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/a-primer-on-competitive-pokemon.jsonld"}}