Luckily for you the latest set (Sword and Shield) came out this month. You can buy him a couple of packs from that set. Or if you are feeling generous, an Elite Trainer Box. Which comes with 8 boosters of Sword and Shield, Dice, sleeves, tokens and a handy book that has detailed information on certain decks from the expansion and a list of all the cards in the set. ($39.99)
I believe this Friday a Build and Battle box of Sword and Shield comes out for $19.99. Comes with 4 boosters, a pack of useful cards and 1 of 4 promo cards.
I know next Friday these Galar Starter Tins comes out, comes with a Pokemon V card (Like a Legendary card in Hearthstone) in each tin as well as 5 booster packs. No info on what boosters these are but im sure maybe like 2 of them will be Sword and Shield. Should be around $25-$30 for a tin. As well as a Toxtricity V Promo Box, which comes with a Toxtricity V card and 4 boosters. (2x Sword and Shield, 1x Cosmic Eclipse and 1x Burning Shadows) Should be $20 I believe.
That’s a huge help! I was eyeing those Elite Trainer boxes. Just for timing’s sake, I’ll likely go with that. Was thinking of looking into the tins as well but if they’re not out yet, I’ll see what I can grab otherwise. Appreciate the writeup!
Huh. Apparently at some point in the past I was mistaken about how Pokemon Bank worked. I bought the first year so I could store stuff, but then I never got around to playing ORAS, joined the Navy so I skipped Sun and Moon...so I finally tried using it again and all my stuff is long gone since I stopped paying for it.
I mean, I thought they were just ransoming the use of my 'mons with the fee. I didn't know they'd delete them all if I didn't pay them. Googling around, it looks like this wasn't some hidden procedure, I just missed it, somehow.
Welp. I'm moving the crap from Y that I didn't deem important enough to save over to home, where I'll move it to Shield and then probably lose the rest because I'd have to think long and hard before I pay for any of their subscriptions again.
You enter a room trade and then wait for the countdown (like 180 seconds or so) to finish. Then you pick a Pokemon to "trade." Then you wait for another 180 second countdown, at the end of which your Pokemon is sent to a random other person in the room and you get a random Pokemon from the room in return.
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I keep wanting to buy the Glaceon tin deck they have at target and have to keep resisting.
You enter a room trade and then wait for the countdown (like 180 seconds or so) to finish. Then you pick a Pokemon to "trade." Then you wait for another 180 second countdown, at the end of which your Pokemon is sent to a random other person in the room and you get a random Pokemon from the room in return.
Is the list that was settled on. And its quickly devolving into wondering if I even bother bringing something like parasect because will anyone really be using water moves?
But if parasect is a common feature then does Magcargo actually have a niche??
Just starting Shield, and oh my dear lord, having moment-one experience share and universal box access is a godsend.
Couple questions about the Wild Area, though. Is there any rhyme or reason into the weather changes? And how long do you have to wait before gigantimax raid battles refresh?
Just starting Shield, and oh my dear lord, having moment-one experience share and universal box access is a godsend.
Couple questions about the Wild Area, though. Is there any rhyme or reason into the weather changes? And how long do you have to wait before gigantimax raid battles refresh?
Weather changes each day, it's on a set schedule. Raid battles refresh either at midnight local time or when you beat all of them. .
There are also system time manipulation things you can do to control weather/refresh raids, if you are inpatient.
Just starting Shield, and oh my dear lord, having moment-one experience share and universal box access is a godsend.
Couple questions about the Wild Area, though. Is there any rhyme or reason into the weather changes? And how long do you have to wait before gigantimax raid battles refresh?
Until you beat the game, weather in the wild area is doing its own thing that I'm not sure people have put any real time or effort into figuring out. Once the game is beaten, it changes depending on the date, but I believe it's consistent and there are certain days (first day of most months) where every single place in the wild area will have the same weather.
Gigantamax raids respawn either daily or when you've cleared all the active ones. Until you have the water bike, I don't think you can get to all the dens so you might not be able to clear them all out to force the respawn.
life's a game that you're bound to lose / like using a hammer to pound in screws
fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies
Someone is running that shuckle thing that lets it get stupid attack power I believe
Ive also seen a few people preparing deep fang clampearl and even evolite clampearl
Gonna be stupid as shit
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In terms of raw power, this is definitely the team I'd use
Shell smash focus sash Cloyster. Skill Link Icicle Spear, Liquidation
Life Orb Crawdaunt. Adaptabilty, Crabhammer, Aqua Jet, Knock Off
Bulky life orb Gastrodon as the defensive pivot. Storm Drain, Recover, Scald, Earth Power/Stockpile
Edit: Parasect guaranteed has a niche because of Spore
Sheer Force Kingler can be a beast, and has access to Agility to make up for meh speed. I'm currently trying to breed a shiny Kingler for my mono-water team. Got one shiny (with the square sparkles, no less) but it didn't have Sheer Force, so the hatching continues.
Anyone get anything good yet in their Wonder Box? I think I've gotten some breed-jects that I can use to breed my own stuff, but no legendaries or anything. Also, my GTS stuff has been sitting for awhile.
edit: I bred a bunch of Greninja because I felt like I kept seeing people asking for them (granted they want like lv 1-10, which, like, what?). I put one up on GTS and asked for a Zapdos and actually got one. I think that was my first big trade so far.
Huh. Apparently at some point in the past I was mistaken about how Pokemon Bank worked. I bought the first year so I could store stuff, but then I never got around to playing ORAS, joined the Navy so I skipped Sun and Moon...so I finally tried using it again and all my stuff is long gone since I stopped paying for it.
I mean, I thought they were just ransoming the use of my 'mons with the fee. I didn't know they'd delete them all if I didn't pay them. Googling around, it looks like this wasn't some hidden procedure, I just missed it, somehow.
Welp. I'm moving the crap from Y that I didn't deem important enough to save over to home, where I'll move it to Shield and then probably lose the rest because I'd have to think long and hard before I pay for any of their subscriptions again.
Read the fine print, kids.
Is that really true? I’ve let my subscription expire before and it didn’t wipe mine out...?
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Huh. Apparently at some point in the past I was mistaken about how Pokemon Bank worked. I bought the first year so I could store stuff, but then I never got around to playing ORAS, joined the Navy so I skipped Sun and Moon...so I finally tried using it again and all my stuff is long gone since I stopped paying for it.
I mean, I thought they were just ransoming the use of my 'mons with the fee. I didn't know they'd delete them all if I didn't pay them. Googling around, it looks like this wasn't some hidden procedure, I just missed it, somehow.
Welp. I'm moving the crap from Y that I didn't deem important enough to save over to home, where I'll move it to Shield and then probably lose the rest because I'd have to think long and hard before I pay for any of their subscriptions again.
Read the fine print, kids.
Is that really true? I’ve let my subscription expire before and it didn’t wipe mine out...?
From Bulbapedia:
When Pokémon Bank launched, the application's official site stated that if the player allows their pass (free or annual) to expire, the Pokémon they have stored in Pokémon Bank will be deleted after an unspecified set amount of time. In January 2017, when the site was updated for Pokémon Sun and Moon, this statement was removed from the official site. Players have reported a variety of experiences, ranging from claiming that their Pokémon were deleted after letting their pass lapse for only a few days to claiming that their Pokémon have not been lost despite not renewing their pass for multiple years.
So nobody knows and Nintendo ain't telling.
I know I'd lost mine, but my buddy hadn't after similar periods of time (months for sure).
edit- Leading theory, from what I can tell, is that they likely have multiple servers and once in a great while (seemingly with no rhyme or reason) they will wipe data on one of the servers. Some people get lucky some get very unlucky.
Axen on
A Capellan's favorite sheath for any blade is your back.
I went back and did the Sun post game, though I still have to complete the dreadful chore of zygarde cell collecting
Then I went to HG and got Lugia and Mewtwo
Then I checked my Ruby cart...I only caught Groudon. But I did palpark basically everything outta there. I had like 7 pokemon, a level 52 Wailord and a bunch of complete trash. So first I spend 30 minutes catching a Relicanth and unlocking the Regi trio. Then I spend 10 minutes failing to catch Regirock with my 40 ultra balls. Also I've no money left.
I'm going to need to grind money and xp for a least one other pokemon, there are 3 regis, ray and Latias to catch.
Scared to even check Fire Red. While I do have the legendary birds, dogs and mewtwo already it's hard to pass up an easily accessible extra. But these games are from the era when GF still thought it was worth while to make legendaries absurdly difficult to catch even asleep at 1hp.
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Anyone get anything good yet in their Wonder Box? I think I've gotten some breed-jects that I can use to breed my own stuff, but no legendaries or anything. Also, my GTS stuff has been sitting for awhile.
edit: I bred a bunch of Greninja because I felt like I kept seeing people asking for them (granted they want like lv 1-10, which, like, what?). I put one up on GTS and asked for a Zapdos and actually got one. I think that was my first big trade so far.
I got a shiny Budew from the Wonder Box. I've found that Room Trades are where it's at for me. So far room trades have gotten me:
Shiny Geodude, Shiny Furfrou, Shiny Ho-Oh, Shiny Zekrom, Xurkitree.
I also really hope that the expansions add back in all of the past starters, since I've been able to snag HA Froakie and HA Totodile from the GTS. I need my dragon dance Feraligatr back!
I went back and did the Sun post game, though I still have to complete the dreadful chore of zygarde cell collecting
Then I went to HG and got Lugia and Mewtwo
Then I checked my Ruby cart...I only caught Groudon. But I did palpark basically everything outta there. I had like 7 pokemon, a level 52 Wailord and a bunch of complete trash. So first I spend 30 minutes catching a Relicanth and unlocking the Regi trio. Then I spend 10 minutes failing to catch Regirock with my 40 ultra balls. Also I've no money left.
I'm going to need to grind money and xp for a least one other pokemon, there are 3 regis, ray and Latias to catch.
Scared to even check Fire Red. While I do have the legendary birds, dogs and mewtwo already it's hard to pass up an easily accessible extra. But these games are from the era when GF still thought it was worth while to make legendaries absurdly difficult to catch even asleep at 1hp.
I've been going back for stuff in the old games too. My sad face was realizing I'd transferred my Regi trio to Home, and now cannot use them to get Regigigas. I've made a few other mistakes like that too, but lemme tell you a level 100 Aegislash with False Swipe back in Y (and then transferring forward as I 'finish' each pokedex) has been MVP.
Lessons learned: Leave a skeleton crew behind in each game. Something with False Swipe, an HM slave (if necessary), a Sweet Scenter, a Ditto, and something with Flame Body.
going that far back like Rami is way too much work tho
You can get all that stuff much easier in gen 6 forwards. And I'm glad you could help with your Living Dex rebuild, akjak.
Finally, uuuuuuuuuuuuuggggggggggggggh i have almost TWO complete living dexes up in Home and no Magearna yet. Seems like it's just bad at noticing it, not staggered release.
Is there a time limit on Magearna? I can probably get Meltan and Melmetal eventually but Zeraora will evade me until they decide to release it again as part of a promotion.
Ha. Someone finally traded a Moltres for my Incineroar. I got all three birds via GTS. I'm hoping someone takes my extra Zygarde and tosses me a Ho-oh.
I'm down to 8 (!) pokemon needed for a complete Home pokedex.
So there I was, busily organizing my Home boxes into an actual living dex. After about 30-40 minutes of work, I go to quit for dinner and... System maintenance. I have no idea how much work I'll have to re-do now, but I am a bit salty about it. Dang.
goiters are a natural part of the Meowth lifecycle
life's a game that you're bound to lose / like using a hammer to pound in screws
fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies
Finally got a shiny, Hidden Ability Krabby to hatch. I'm so happy right now, that took forever and included the heartbreak of hatching a shiny without the Hidden Ability. I think before the next shiny I breed for I'll actually go and get the shiny charm...
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I believe this Friday a Build and Battle box of Sword and Shield comes out for $19.99. Comes with 4 boosters, a pack of useful cards and 1 of 4 promo cards.
I know next Friday these Galar Starter Tins comes out, comes with a Pokemon V card (Like a Legendary card in Hearthstone) in each tin as well as 5 booster packs. No info on what boosters these are but im sure maybe like 2 of them will be Sword and Shield. Should be around $25-$30 for a tin. As well as a Toxtricity V Promo Box, which comes with a Toxtricity V card and 4 boosters. (2x Sword and Shield, 1x Cosmic Eclipse and 1x Burning Shadows) Should be $20 I believe.
Hope that helps! @Fawst
I mean, I thought they were just ransoming the use of my 'mons with the fee. I didn't know they'd delete them all if I didn't pay them. Googling around, it looks like this wasn't some hidden procedure, I just missed it, somehow.
Welp. I'm moving the crap from Y that I didn't deem important enough to save over to home, where I'll move it to Shield and then probably lose the rest because I'd have to think long and hard before I pay for any of their subscriptions again.
Read the fine print, kids.
that's so weird
I thought sure, I have two of those, I'll take that deal
Then it won't go through because the dude has specified that it has to be lvl 1 to 10...
That's not even possible, ya goose!
plos
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Steam: Thera
I did not realize how quickly a meta would evolve
Kingler, Corpfish, Crawdaunt, Kabuto, Omantye, Binacle, Clauncher and Evo, carbomanable, Crustle,Magcargo,Shuckle, Cloyster, Octillery, Malamar, Campearl, Sliggo (NOT GOODRA), Scolliopoede, Gastrodon, Wimpod and evo, Parasect
Is the list that was settled on. And its quickly devolving into wondering if I even bother bringing something like parasect because will anyone really be using water moves?
But if parasect is a common feature then does Magcargo actually have a niche??
In dying trying to solve the terrifying crab meta
Couple questions about the Wild Area, though. Is there any rhyme or reason into the weather changes? And how long do you have to wait before gigantimax raid battles refresh?
Weather changes each day, it's on a set schedule. Raid battles refresh either at midnight local time or when you beat all of them. .
There are also system time manipulation things you can do to control weather/refresh raids, if you are inpatient.
Until you beat the game, weather in the wild area is doing its own thing that I'm not sure people have put any real time or effort into figuring out. Once the game is beaten, it changes depending on the date, but I believe it's consistent and there are certain days (first day of most months) where every single place in the wild area will have the same weather.
Gigantamax raids respawn either daily or when you've cleared all the active ones. Until you have the water bike, I don't think you can get to all the dens so you might not be able to clear them all out to force the respawn.
Kingler, Clawitzer, Paras
Or
Kinglier Malamar Magacargo
Opponent rage quits after the two hour mark.
fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies
Ive also seen a few people preparing deep fang clampearl and even evolite clampearl
Gonna be stupid as shit
Shell smash focus sash Cloyster. Skill Link Icicle Spear, Liquidation
Life Orb Crawdaunt. Adaptabilty, Crabhammer, Aqua Jet, Knock Off
Bulky life orb Gastrodon as the defensive pivot. Storm Drain, Recover, Scald, Earth Power/Stockpile
Edit: Parasect guaranteed has a niche because of Spore
Im hosting so I probably shouldnt win lol
Unfortunately
This is on a pixlemon server lol. The minecraft pokemon overhaul mod
The rates for finding hidden abilities is atrocious
edit: I bred a bunch of Greninja because I felt like I kept seeing people asking for them (granted they want like lv 1-10, which, like, what?). I put one up on GTS and asked for a Zapdos and actually got one. I think that was my first big trade so far.
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Is that really true? I’ve let my subscription expire before and it didn’t wipe mine out...?
Switch: SW-7634-0399-6788
From Bulbapedia:
So nobody knows and Nintendo ain't telling.
I know I'd lost mine, but my buddy hadn't after similar periods of time (months for sure).
edit- Leading theory, from what I can tell, is that they likely have multiple servers and once in a great while (seemingly with no rhyme or reason) they will wipe data on one of the servers. Some people get lucky some get very unlucky.
Then I went to HG and got Lugia and Mewtwo
Then I checked my Ruby cart...I only caught Groudon. But I did palpark basically everything outta there. I had like 7 pokemon, a level 52 Wailord and a bunch of complete trash. So first I spend 30 minutes catching a Relicanth and unlocking the Regi trio. Then I spend 10 minutes failing to catch Regirock with my 40 ultra balls. Also I've no money left.
I'm going to need to grind money and xp for a least one other pokemon, there are 3 regis, ray and Latias to catch.
Scared to even check Fire Red. While I do have the legendary birds, dogs and mewtwo already it's hard to pass up an easily accessible extra. But these games are from the era when GF still thought it was worth while to make legendaries absurdly difficult to catch even asleep at 1hp.
I got a shiny Budew from the Wonder Box. I've found that Room Trades are where it's at for me. So far room trades have gotten me:
Shiny Geodude, Shiny Furfrou, Shiny Ho-Oh, Shiny Zekrom, Xurkitree.
I also really hope that the expansions add back in all of the past starters, since I've been able to snag HA Froakie and HA Totodile from the GTS. I need my dragon dance Feraligatr back!
I had no idea this was a thing.
Rock Band DLC | GW:OttW - arrcd | WLD - Thortar
I've been going back for stuff in the old games too. My sad face was realizing I'd transferred my Regi trio to Home, and now cannot use them to get Regigigas. I've made a few other mistakes like that too, but lemme tell you a level 100 Aegislash with False Swipe back in Y (and then transferring forward as I 'finish' each pokedex) has been MVP.
Lessons learned: Leave a skeleton crew behind in each game. Something with False Swipe, an HM slave (if necessary), a Sweet Scenter, a Ditto, and something with Flame Body.
Twitch: akThera
Steam: Thera
You can get all that stuff much easier in gen 6 forwards. And I'm glad you could help with your Living Dex rebuild, akjak.
Finally, uuuuuuuuuuuuuggggggggggggggh i have almost TWO complete living dexes up in Home and no Magearna yet. Seems like it's just bad at noticing it, not staggered release.
How did she lose? She had all the types covered...
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So there I was, busily organizing my Home boxes into an actual living dex. After about 30-40 minutes of work, I go to quit for dinner and... System maintenance. I have no idea how much work I'll have to re-do now, but I am a bit salty about it. Dang.
Twitch: akThera
Steam: Thera
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890 Pokemon, registered and boxed.
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if by horrifying you mean the most perfect son
fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies