Pokémon Showdown is a competitive player’s haven. Pokémon Showdown allows you to not only select any Pokémon you want before adding them to your team but freely allocate EVs, IVs, and natures to anyone in your party! Furthermore, most standard competitive rulesets are playable in Pokémon Showdown, from the Little Cup to Ubers and even Anything Goes! While simple, this is incredibly tedious.

Then, grind wild Pokémon to distribute EVs. Players must breed for perfect IVs, hidden abilities, egg moves, and more in console titles. The appeal of Pokémon Showdown comes from its efficiency compared to the mainline games. Pokémon Showdown is the largest online Pokémon community, with millions of players constantly battling. Less of a ROM hack and more of a fan game, Pokémon Showdown is a browser-based battle simulator.