XY Which Generations Introduced Your Favorite Battle Mechanics?

Generation 5 introduced the team preview feature to WiFi battling. This basically erased the lead metagame and the fine arts of scouting and team prediction, while introducing more planning and (debatably) making the power creep more manageable than it would have otherwise been.

When people think of the fifth generation they typically think POLITOED, but to be honest I'd argue that team preview was a more important feature than weather.
 
I hated the team preview feature to Wi-Fi Battling in Gen 5 since it ruined the element of surprise in competitive battling and made Zoroark useless. It was probably for the best to make Wi-Fi Battling more simplified as you pointed out earlier and perhaps Weather was too broken in Gen 5 which explains why it got nerfed in Gen 6 although I've yet to actually notice a difference between the two Gens.
 
Card Slinger J said:
I hated the team preview feature to Wi-Fi Battling in Gen 5 since it ruined the element of surprise in competitive battling and made Zoroark useless. It was probably for the best to make Wi-Fi Battling more simplified as you pointed out earlier and perhaps Weather was too broken in Gen 5 which explains why it got nerfed in Gen 6 although I've yet to actually notice a difference between the two Gens.
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I haven't noticed a difference since Gen 4, as Gen 5 didn't really add anything major, and Gen 6 just introduced some nerfs/buffs. One thing they should have buffed was Ice in Hail, but no...
 
I can barely imagine the game without abilities and held items! Abilities allow heaps more expansion into the game, as well as strategy, along with items. I always like learning of new abilities.
 
For me it was 1st gen and 4th gen because in both gens they were fairly simple and have very basic moves to battle with. I straight forward easy to win battles. I don't compete much even though I have done a few competitions on the forums back when we had competitions for prizes. I would like to see that here on these forums again where we had a clan and had prizes to battle for. That was cool. I liked that.:)
 
Gen 6 is one of my favorites simply thanks to bringing the end of weather wars:)
(Something that should be added to the OP list of gen 6)
 
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