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Muk is the genetic apex of [Pokémon]

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  • King RiptorKing Riptor Registered User regular
    Kizmitt wrote: »
    Inkay just isn't working for me this time. Will wait for malamar raid

    Make sure you dont have a pro controller paired

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  • KizmittKizmitt Registered User regular
    Oh I don't remember that from shield.
    Cheers will try again. At level 77...

  • initiatefailureinitiatefailure Registered User regular
    just turn your tv upside down

  • PolaritiePolaritie Sleepy Registered User regular
    Ugh, getting BP piles together is a bit of a slog.

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  • KupiKupi Registered User regular
    The fact that every trainer is Doubles format would have driven me up the wall if this hadn't been the gen I finally decided to actually physically assemble one of my deranged gimmick teams for laddering. All of them being level 100 means how well it would function in actual combat at level parity isn't clear, but beating the hell out of the computer trainers with my stupid damage engine has been fun so far.

    The team:

    Tauros (Paldean, Blaze Breed)
    Anger Point
    Assault Vest
    Raging Bull / Close Combat / Earthquake / Rock Slide

    The team's centerpiece. The Anger Point ability is why I call this "Team Anger Point". But why it works won't make sense until you see...

    Meowscarada
    Protean
    Air Balloon
    Flower Trick / Pollen Puff / U-Turn / Psyche Up

    Meowscarada is one of the team's two activators. On the first turn, it uses Flower Trick on Tauros. Tauros resists it, being fire-type, and is always critically hit because that's how Flower Trick works. This forces Tauros's attack power to the maximum. Since Meowscarada is on an Air Balloon, it's safe from the Earthquake if I need to use it, or otherwise I just use whatever move is most appropriate. From there, all of Meowscarada's moves are context-sensitive: Pollen Puff to heal Tauros if damage got through, Psyche Up to turn Meowscarada itself into a righteous terror, or U-Turn to swap out for...

    Flamigo
    Costar
    Choice Scarf
    Close Combat / Brave Bird / Throat Chop / Liquidation

    ... this little bastard, whose Costar ability makes it copy the stat boosts of its ally when it switches in. So with either Psyche Up or U-Turn, I've got two Pokemon with capped-out Attack boosts.

    Froslass
    Cursed Body
    Focus Sash
    Icy Wind / Frost Breath / Protect / Crunch

    Froslass is the team's other activator, being able to hit Tauros for not-very-effective damage before Tauros's first turn to activate Anger Point. From there, Icy Wind helps control the enemy's Speed if necessary, and Crunch is just sort of there to help deal with Psychics who otherwise give the rest of the team hell.

    The other two slots on my team have been taken up by my designated catch 'mons, but I've also got a Krookodile and a Crabominable who use the Anger Point gimmick (using Power Trip to take 140-BP swings in the former case, or Drain Punch at 400% damage to be tanky as hell).

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  • CruorCruor Registered User regular
    I've been playing around with the idea of using a Water Bubble + Entrainment Araquanid paired with the Water/Fighting Urshifu. Giving Urshifu protection from burns and also doubling all of its water type move damage sounds pretty nasty when paired with Surging Strikes.

  • King RiptorKing Riptor Registered User regular
    Wow its been a while so I forgot how fuckin awful Homes search functions are. It resets list view everytime and theres no option to just type a name just scroll menus.

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  • AshtonDragonAshtonDragon AKA The Nix Registered User regular
    Rolled credits on the new DLC. Overall really happy with it, aside from the expected "absolutely ridiculous performance problems". While I expect a substantial amount of people will just stomp everything with level 100 pokemon, I feel really rewarded for making an effort to keep things challenging, because pretty much all of the relevant fights in this DLC are pretty serious. Several fights took me several attempts, with having to mix up my teams to deal with specific problems.

    Looking forward to checking out whatever opens up after the story is done.

  • TurambarTurambar Independent Registered User regular
    Apparently there's some post-credit stuff. Have you seen that?
    I haven't played yet, but apparently you go back to a pool from the previous DLC after getting the new credits

    What level range was good for the newest DLC?

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  • AshtonDragonAshtonDragon AKA The Nix Registered User regular
    Turambar wrote: »
    Apparently there's some post-credit stuff. Have you seen that?
    I haven't played yet, but apparently you go back to a pool from the previous DLC after getting the new credits

    What level range was good for the newest DLC?

    I figured there was, but I haven't gotten to it yet. Will do it today, though.

    I'd recommend starting with a team in the 71-75 range.

  • King RiptorKing Riptor Registered User regular
    edited December 2023
    Beat it apparently an NPC is waiting for me but hell if I know where because its not marked on the map and I forgot where Briar said

    Flight is very slow but it should make the last two ruin pokemon easier to get for me

    I need the new scarlett paradox monsters and Galarian Slowking and Im basically done with this dex though.also kingdra but GTS is asking for insane things for it and no thanks

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  • akTheraakThera akjak Registered User regular
    Does anyone know if the bug with the ruin spikes has been fixed?

    I can’t get one of the ruin Pokemon because I apparently pulled a dark spike before the “quest” was active, which bugged out the seal. So no spikes left to pull, seal still in place.

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  • Green LanternGreen Lantern Registered User regular
    Okay i didn't expect them to put that battle theme in the second dlc that's cool

  • KupiKupi Registered User regular
    If you feel like you aren't accumulating BP fast enough, find a friend and use the Union Circle. While you have another player in a Union Circle session, you each share your quest list and get rewards for doing it, and you access to a third tier of quest for every three special quests you finish that requires some kind of multiplayer interaction. My first several hours of play saw me accumulating only about 1000 BP, while a friend and I did quest grinding together for an hour and a half and wound up with 9000 apiece. Certain legendaries are locked behind completing a certain number of these friend quests, too, so if you want absolutely everything you'll have to spend some time in the Union Circle.

    My favorite musical instrument is the air-raid siren.

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  • PolaritiePolaritie Sleepy Registered User regular
    Ugh. The fact that there's no way to just get a random group from within the game hurts a bit for that too. Though the 4* sandwich quest would be a complete pita regardless if it pops because that one basically requires active communication.

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  • ZythonZython Registered User regular
    edited December 2023
    Kupi wrote: »
    If you feel like you aren't accumulating BP fast enough, find a friend and use the Union Circle. While you have another player in a Union Circle session, you each share your quest list and get rewards for doing it, and you access to a third tier of quest for every three special quests you finish that requires some kind of multiplayer interaction. My first several hours of play saw me accumulating only about 1000 BP, while a friend and I did quest grinding together for an hour and a half and wound up with 9000 apiece. Certain legendaries are locked behind completing a certain number of these friend quests, too, so if you want absolutely everything you'll have to spend some time in the Union Circle.

    Yeah, I was recently in a 4 person group and we got 12k BP from doing 6 group quests and the prereqs. And you need to do 12 to get all the snackeroos.

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  • King RiptorKing Riptor Registered User regular
    edited December 2023
    Hmm guess! Im hitting up Peeps my next day off to do some group BBQS

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  • PolaritiePolaritie Sleepy Registered User regular
    So at least it counts any BBQs you do before beating Indigo Disk. 16 snacks waiting right away.

    On the other hand, catching all of these is a chore in itself.

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  • KizmittKizmitt Registered User regular
    I got so used to being ill-equipped for double battles that challenging these visitors to single battles feels hollow.

    Make an entire game with only double battles please.

  • PolaritiePolaritie Sleepy Registered User regular
    Kizmitt wrote: »
    I got so used to being ill-equipped for double battles that challenging these visitors to single battles feels hollow.

    Make an entire game with only double battles please.

    Wasn't that Colloseum already?

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  • RamiRami Registered User regular
    I'm late to the DLC but I've just about finished Teal Mask. Fuck me the performance is terrible, how is it worse then the base game? They've improved absolutely nothing and now a new area that's 1/5th the size runs at half the frame rate basically the entire time!? And of course the abundance of trade evo pokemon they added just to make finishing the dex an extra PITA

    Anyway technical issues aside I'd still rate it below both of the SW DLCs, hopefully the area zero stuff is better.

  • KizmittKizmitt Registered User regular
    Polaritie wrote: »
    Kizmitt wrote: »
    I got so used to being ill-equipped for double battles that challenging these visitors to single battles feels hollow.

    Make an entire game with only double battles please.

    Wasn't that Colloseum already?

    Oh yeah colloseum. Do that again. And more often

  • WordherderWordherder Registered User regular
    Rami wrote: »
    I'm late to the DLC but I've just about finished Teal Mask. Fuck me the performance is terrible, how is it worse then the base game? They've improved absolutely nothing and now a new area that's 1/5th the size runs at half the frame rate basically the entire time!? And of course the abundance of trade evo pokemon they added just to make finishing the dex an extra PITA

    Anyway technical issues aside I'd still rate it below both of the SW DLCs, hopefully the area zero stuff is better.

    Brace for yet more trading bullshit.

    I'm somewhat sympathetic to the need to prevent all the counterfeit Pokemon but goddamn, if they're going to make trading with randos such a pain they need to just drop the trade evos already.

    Why the crap did I ever make my original name "cloudeagle?"
  • skeldareskeldare Gresham, ORRegistered User regular
    cloudeagle wrote: »
    Rami wrote: »
    I'm late to the DLC but I've just about finished Teal Mask. Fuck me the performance is terrible, how is it worse then the base game? They've improved absolutely nothing and now a new area that's 1/5th the size runs at half the frame rate basically the entire time!? And of course the abundance of trade evo pokemon they added just to make finishing the dex an extra PITA

    Anyway technical issues aside I'd still rate it below both of the SW DLCs, hopefully the area zero stuff is better.

    Brace for yet more trading bullshit.

    I'm somewhat sympathetic to the need to prevent all the counterfeit Pokemon but goddamn, if they're going to make trading with randos such a pain they need to just drop the trade evos already.

    That's what I loved about Legends Arceus. No trading evos.

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  • IanatorIanator A predator cannot differentiate between prey and accompliceRegistered User regular
    Yes hello I am finally getting back into the pokeymans after burning out two hours into Sun/Moon.

    Just got a new Switch about ten days ago and I've been enjoying Legends. Been thinking about picking up another modern entry and I'm wondering what peoples' opinions are on whether I should grab Let's Go, SwSh or SV next.

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  • ZythonZython Registered User regular
    edited December 2023
    Rami wrote: »
    I'm late to the DLC but I've just about finished Teal Mask. Fuck me the performance is terrible, how is it worse then the base game? They've improved absolutely nothing and now a new area that's 1/5th the size runs at half the frame rate basically the entire time!? And of course the abundance of trade evo pokemon they added just to make finishing the dex an extra PITA

    Oh man, you’re going to HATE Indigo Disk. I didn’t really have problems with Kitakami personally, but the Terarium’s performance is BAAAAAAD.
    Anyway technical issues aside I'd still rate it below both of the SW DLCs, hopefully the area zero stuff is better.

    Not really, it’s a pretty on-rails set piece that feels extremely disjointed from the rest of the DLC story.

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  • akTheraakThera akjak Registered User regular
    Ianator wrote: »
    Yes hello I am finally getting back into the pokeymans after burning out two hours into Sun/Moon.

    Just got a new Switch about ten days ago and I've been enjoying Legends. Been thinking about picking up another modern entry and I'm wondering what peoples' opinions are on whether I should grab Let's Go, SwSh or SV next.

    Jank performance aside (which I didn't experience too much of on an OLED, other than some background slideshowing), Scarlet/Violet was way more fun. Open world Pokemon is rad, and the way they handled travel powers is super fun.

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  • AnteAnte Registered User regular
    akjak wrote: »
    Ianator wrote: »
    Yes hello I am finally getting back into the pokeymans after burning out two hours into Sun/Moon.

    Just got a new Switch about ten days ago and I've been enjoying Legends. Been thinking about picking up another modern entry and I'm wondering what peoples' opinions are on whether I should grab Let's Go, SwSh or SV next.

    Jank performance aside (which I didn't experience too much of on an OLED, other than some background slideshowing), Scarlet/Violet was way more fun. Open world Pokemon is rad, and the way they handled travel powers is super fun.

    Yeah, SV is great fun, if you can handle the performance problems. If you like Legends you'll probably like SV too. SS is ok. Let's Go is good, but low on pokemon battling.

  • King RiptorKing Riptor Registered User regular
    Zython wrote: »
    Rami wrote: »
    I'm late to the DLC but I've just about finished Teal Mask. Fuck me the performance is terrible, how is it worse then the base game? They've improved absolutely nothing and now a new area that's 1/5th the size runs at half the frame rate basically the entire time!? And of course the abundance of trade evo pokemon they added just to make finishing the dex an extra PITA

    Oh man, you’re going to HATE Indigo Disk. I didn’t really have problems with Kitakami personally, but the Terarium’s performance is BAAAAAAD.
    Anyway technical issues aside I'd still rate it below both of the SW DLCs, hopefully the area zero stuff is better.

    Not really, it’s a pretty on-rails set piece that feels extremely disjointed from the rest of the DLC story.

    Im not entirely sure why they thought we'd care about Kieran over learning literally anything about Area Zero

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  • VyolynceVyolynce Registered User regular
    cloudeagle wrote: »
    Rami wrote: »
    I'm late to the DLC but I've just about finished Teal Mask. Fuck me the performance is terrible, how is it worse then the base game? They've improved absolutely nothing and now a new area that's 1/5th the size runs at half the frame rate basically the entire time!? And of course the abundance of trade evo pokemon they added just to make finishing the dex an extra PITA

    Anyway technical issues aside I'd still rate it below both of the SW DLCs, hopefully the area zero stuff is better.

    Brace for yet more trading bullshit.

    I'm somewhat sympathetic to the need to prevent all the counterfeit Pokemon but goddamn, if they're going to make trading with randos such a pain they need to just drop the trade evos already.

    I've been having some luck in finding trade evos in terra raids that I can solo. Picked up a Kingdra, Rhymperior, and Magmortar, plus a 6-star Cleavor that was still rock-type.

    But yes this system needs to go. Just let us use items.

  • skeldareskeldare Gresham, ORRegistered User regular
    They're releasing an epilogue to the DLC in January

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_T9u6T9eOg

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  • King RiptorKing Riptor Registered User regular
    Wow cant wait for it to nit explain anything about Area Zero and only complete the boring ass Kitikami/Kieran story

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  • IanatorIanator A predator cannot differentiate between prey and accompliceRegistered User regular
    edited December 2023
    Looks like I'm gonna grab Scarlet or Violet (probably Violet) later today then.

    Are there any Mystery Gifts live right now? And should I pick up the Teal Mask, Indigo Disk and Area Zero DLCs right away or wait 'til the postgame?

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  • Halos Nach TariffHalos Nach Tariff Can you blame me? I'm too famous.Registered User regular
    There's definitely a free Master Ball gift running currently, and I think there are still a few going to coincide with the dlc release (a darkrai and shiny lucario?) but you'll need to find the codes for those.

    DLC can be saved till postgame if you like, it's mostly separate from the base stuff, and kinda scales to main game progress, but going in with a high level end game team will make the dlc very easy.

  • initiatefailureinitiatefailure Registered User regular
    I think you can get a master ball, shiny lucario, darkrai, and a ghimighoul from mystery gifts right now. The mons are codes but they should be in the “news” section that pops up when you connect online.

    I honestly don’t know why they have these things split between “connect to internet to find gifts” and “know the special secret code” it just feels like using outdated tech because of tradition

  • ChallChall Registered User regular
    I believe the Darkrai event ends tomorrow (12/21). Code is NEWM00N1SC0M1NG

    Shiny Lucario is good until Jan 3, code is SH1NYBUDDY

    Masterball is just a mystery gift, choose to search online

    And the Gimmighoul is good til next November apparently, code is SEEY0U1NPALDEA

  • akTheraakThera akjak Registered User regular
    Having just done these:

    SH1NYBUDDY
    NEWM00N1SC0M1NG

    I think Gimmighoul is expired.

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  • IanatorIanator A predator cannot differentiate between prey and accompliceRegistered User regular
    Violet acquired! Living a five minute walk from the Walmart I work at has its perks. :)

    Now, who's my starter gonna be? A quick look at the Gyms is making me lean towards Fuecoco.

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  • PolaritiePolaritie Sleepy Registered User regular
    edited December 2023
    Ianator wrote: »
    Violet acquired! Living a five minute walk from the Walmart I work at has its perks. :)

    Now, who's my starter gonna be? A quick look at the Gyms is making me lean towards Fuecoco.

    Fuecoco is such a delightful design, top tier starter. Probably my favorite initial evolution for fire starters, though Incineroar and Braixen are the best for the other two stages. (I may be biased by Incineroar having such a fun Z-move)

    I wouldn't worry too much about gym matchups, there's an incredible diversity of pokemon available out of the gate.

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  • King RiptorKing Riptor Registered User regular
    Ianator wrote: »
    Looks like I'm gonna grab Scarlet or Violet (probably Violet) later today then.

    Are there any Mystery Gifts live right now? And should I pick up the Teal Mask, Indigo Disk and Area Zero DLCs right away or wait 'til the postgame?

    I would get Scarlet its exclusives are way harder to find

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