I have been a member on Subeta for about 6 years now. It took me almost that long to figure the whole battling thing out. The pet I use for battle is

Level: 446 Health: 743 / 743 Strength: 735 Defense: 720 Speed: 714 Intelligence: 605

Training is

Time: 225 minutes Cost: 20070 sP

I wish there was a way to drop levels. My pet level is so high it makes training take forever and costs so much - and a lot of times i just end up paying for more levels :O

No, level is there for a reason. Reducing levels would make pets grow a lot faster, and it's suppose to take time and effort to get a strong pet.

I think we actually got a level reducer during the Morostide plot? But it was mid-higher tier battle prize (I don't know how exactly you'd rank it, I do know it was one of the 4 prizes I didn't get) and only reduces level by 0-1 iirc.

So level reducers might not be something staff is totally opposed to, but they might be more rare and harder to come by if more are even released in the future (which frankly, I agree with since you kind of got yourself into that mess if your pets' level is way too high :x Though I feel for people who only have a few levels past what they need and go up a training time because of it)

The plot item is the Shattered Skull of Power and gives -1 level.

There aren't many given out, because it's only one per pet during the boss fight. At more than 3m, it's more of a collectable than an affordable level reducer.

Other items that may reduce levels based on chance are the Mixed Blessing Potion, Evil Potion, and Calvin Blackmoons Clover. They tend to give more levels than reduce them unfortunately.

Overall, there are many requests in the battle community for level reducers, but we're still waiting for viable ones.

Technically, reducing levels is only extra helpful to those who tome boost or train level without understanding how it works right?

I mean, your level still has to keep up with your other stats. There's no actual reason to reduce your level to like 10 if you have a statted pet (I mean yes you can still get 28 sessions a day, but its only for level so whats the point). Or am i missing some loophole?

I wish there was a level reducer. It seems like I'm cursed with getting level when I don't need them at all.

But if level is equal to stat cap you can train to doesn't that defeat the whole raising a pet for battle? Like a level 10 pet can have 25 in all other stats as 25 is 2.5x10 So how would reducing level by any amount be really helpful? If you dropped that level 10 to a 9 it'd do no good as you'd have to train level right back up to progress stats in the first place.

Either I'm missing how a level reducer would even work for training stats as a whole or they are not a really needed item.

Also as for leveling pets: Battle and earn EXP, SAVE exp, train until level is the ONLY option left, use exp to buy levels, refresh page until stats are open again for training at the gym. And remember it's up to you to decide how to work your pet stats within the current number cap (though getting to t12 takes AGES)