Your Arcanine still had the same battling potential , however it may have registered some dissatisfaction from you when you saw the change , and it may think you don ' t care for it as much now that it ' s statistics reveal it to have a lower combat power than before . Simply put , your Arcanine is partially underperforming due to the feeling of upsetting you . It doesn ' t help that your opponents may have increased in level , meaning their trainers praise the Pokemon making them feel more loved and thus more invigorated for battling . <| sep |> Bruh , there ' s google and a plethora of cooking subs . <| sep |> Would this , at least logically , mean that you ' re a lot more likely to lose your good standing though ? It doesn ' t make sense to all this to happen if you ' d want to just do one order since anything incoming may not be efficient or effective to pick up .