I’m going to point out that if participation is declining BEFORE the usual legendaries are allowed (shifu, Calyrex, etc), what will happen to the causal player who gets curbed stomped by DLC mons over and over?
This will be the true test of Champions' longevity. While activity is high, each competition is seeing less and less people
Mobile will be the true test as most mobile players will likely have little backlog of Pokémon, so we'll be seeing how new players can truly compete.
@ClairvoyantNara@miles_tzu I managed to catch a level 50 something Dragonair when my starter was level 20…literally knew I couldn’t lose a battle after that having that if my 5 other mons fainted