Official VGC/online ladder rules are finally out; they're doing series again.
First one is through the end of January, regional dex only (so no Charizard when he shows up in a few days), and paradox pokemon (the past/future area zero forms), the ruinous quartet + box cover legends are all banned.
Kinda surprised they are actually banning paradox + ruinous mons for now, but hey at least you don't have to account for Flutter Mane + Chi Yu during every step of team building. Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go completely rework my "fuck over Flutter Man + Chi-Yu as much as possible" team from scratch...
Official VGC/online ladder rules are finally out; they're doing series again.
First one is through the end of January, regional dex only (so no Charizard when he shows up in a few days), and paradox pokemon (the past/future area zero forms), the ruinous quartet + box cover legends are all banned.
Kinda surprised they are actually banning paradox + ruinous mons for now, but hey at least you don't have to account for Flutter Mane + Chi Yu during every step of team building. Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go completely rework my "fuck over Flutter Man + Chi-Yu as much as possible" team from scratch...
Working on making an extra jacked Daschbun.
People been talking a lot of smack about it, feel like I have something to prove now.
Official VGC/online ladder rules are finally out; they're doing series again.
First one is through the end of January, regional dex only (so no Charizard when he shows up in a few days), and paradox pokemon (the past/future area zero forms), the ruinous quartet + box cover legends are all banned.
Kinda surprised they are actually banning paradox + ruinous mons for now, but hey at least you don't have to account for Flutter Mane + Chi Yu during every step of team building. Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go completely rework my "fuck over Flutter Man + Chi-Yu as much as possible" team from scratch...
Working on making an extra jacked Daschbun.
People been talking a lot of smack about it, feel like I have something to prove now.
I wanted to try out something with Daschbun + Lava Plume spam, but haven't got around to messing with it yet. Something like Snarl/Body Press/Helping Hand/Protect next to a Torkoal or Armarouge sounds funny.
it's your classic early game 'mon that you just have to give your big boss salute to, too much focused on early game stuff to really get there, like all our beloved bugs
If I had seen its evolution earlier I might have given it a chance but fidough is a crime against god and nature and I immediately avoided all of them forever
If I had seen its evolution earlier I might have given it a chance but fidough is a crime against god and nature and I immediately avoided all of them forever
Their design is a bit underdone, but they just need some time to prove themselves.
Hey guys! I just noticed my starter Skeledirge has this handshake icon on its stats page. What's all that about? Is it just to signify he was my starter?
that's one of the game's marks, which causes a pokemon to have a unique title. for example, if a pokemon is as small as it can possibly be, and you show it to the size rater in mesogoza, they get an icon known as the Mini Mark that causes them to come in with the title "the Teeny"
the handshake icon represents that that pokemon has reached Maximum Friendship with you, and has the title "the Great Friend"
you can change a pokemon's mark on the third page of its summary, and there are an assortment of marks - most of which are only randomly on a pokemon you catch, similar to how shiny pokemon are random
Is Tera Normal a good idea for Skeledirge? I'm thinking it would help dodge Ghost-type moves, and would allow for STAB on Hyper Voice. Though Hyper Voice STAB really only comes into play if he's up against a Fire/Water/Rock/Dragon + Dark mon, specifically. But I guess those aren't too rare as combos. The game did introduce a new, popular, Dragon/Dark 'mon, for example.
If I had seen its evolution earlier I might have given it a chance but fidough is a crime against god and nature and I immediately avoided all of them forever
Their design is a bit underdone, but they just need some time to prove themselves.
Is Tera Normal a good idea for Skeledirge? I'm thinking it would help dodge Ghost-type moves, and would allow for STAB on Hyper Voice. Though Hyper Voice STAB really only comes into play if he's up against a Fire/Water/Rock/Dragon + Dark mon, specifically. But I guess those aren't too rare as combos. The game did introduce a new, popular, Dragon/Dark 'mon, for example.
defensive tera's like normal are tricky to evaluate early on, a lot of it is gonna wind up depending on what the meta looks like
if you're only seeing ghost pokemon when like, mimikyu is setting up trick room, for example, then how much do you really care about getting that immunity, right?
Perhaps then it would be more useful to teach it Earth Power or some other niche coverage move, and make it an appropriate Tera type.
Or Slack Off; but I can't teach my original starter that.
You can! Have it hold a Mirror Herb, make sure it has a move slot open, and have a picnic with a Pokemon that knows Slack Off (doesn't matter if it's opposite sex or even if it's in the same egg group) and your Skeledirge will learn it. It's a new feature in this game to allow for easy egg move transference.
Dang, that's cool! I like that they've been adding items and other methods to allow a particular pokemon to learn all the stuff that you'd previously need to just breed for.
I also like how, even if you use one of the Mints to change your pokemon's stats to a particular Nature, it'll still show the original Nature in the pokemon's summary. Helps keep the original unique.
"Man i need to start trying to hatch a shiny starter."
10 Eggs.
It only took 10 eggs to hatch a shiny Sprigitito.
I like that using a Mint does not change the nature. Keeping the pokemon unique but i wish it would like add a Mint icon to something on the summary screen just so i don't keep trying to use a mint on the same pokemon because my brain hates me and i forget if i have minted it already or not.
I havent seen confirmation that they dont work but they didnt before. Bottlecap was like mints and just changed the working nature and bottlecaps did the same. They didnt actually change the real IVs of the pokemon.
So the strats for both Gholdengo and Perrserker are “raise yours stats a bunch, then kapow”, so wouldn’t the Clear Amulet be a better held item than Metal Coat? Every time I’ve tried setting up on these tera raids, the enemy does that “wipes all stat changes” on me. So it ends up wasting my cheers or Nasty Plots anyway.
For 5 stars 3 nasty plots (I do the nasty plots first as the mob will clear itself first and then later you) and one metal sound is enough usually unless it is a not effective dmg mob. For 6 stars you can usually get 3 and 3 off. It is time based so just make sure you arent letting it sit there and entering in commands asap. Even in offline.
Online raids need some intense fixing. I can't count the number of times the game just sits there, not prompting me for any actions, and then randomly my Pokemon will use a move that wasn't selected. Also, raids are just hilariously overtuned at the moment, which is why you end up with things like the "one-shot to avoid dealing with the over-tuned mechanics" meta.
How do raids deal with your pokemon's level, BTW? Can you level up to power through certain ones, or does it equalize levels like some online vs modes do?
Ah.
On a different topic, I've been training up a Grimmsnarl because I figure my in-game team could use a supporter. Does a set of Spirit Break, Reflect, Light Screen, and Parting Shot make sense? Dude can set up screens and then run away while debuffing stuff.
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I may or may not have my switch in airplane mode until I finish duping 200+ ability patches
People been talking a lot of smack about it, feel like I have something to prove now.
Oh I know just havent got one to give to cooking teacher in all my time in the end game so far.
I may or may not have already done this but with Patches , Bottle caps , Held items.
I may or may not be thinking of doing more before the patch hits.
Don't forget though while you may or may not be doing this that ability patches sell for 125,000 each so fill up your wallet.
I wanted to try out something with Daschbun + Lava Plume spam, but haven't got around to messing with it yet. Something like Snarl/Body Press/Helping Hand/Protect next to a Torkoal or Armarouge sounds funny.
Fairy type? It's ability well-baked body is frigging great.
IT'S A DOGGO
I just wish it had better HP, mostly. I love it all the same. That ability and baton pass could be really rude though.
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Their design is a bit underdone, but they just need some time to prove themselves.
the handshake icon represents that that pokemon has reached Maximum Friendship with you, and has the title "the Great Friend"
you can change a pokemon's mark on the third page of its summary, and there are an assortment of marks - most of which are only randomly on a pokemon you catch, similar to how shiny pokemon are random
How did I not think to name mine Hollywood?
My shiny Iron hands has the Cloud-Watcher mark so i named him Nazeem.
He is Nazeem the cloud-watcher
defensive tera's like normal are tricky to evaluate early on, a lot of it is gonna wind up depending on what the meta looks like
if you're only seeing ghost pokemon when like, mimikyu is setting up trick room, for example, then how much do you really care about getting that immunity, right?
Perhaps then it would be more useful to teach it Earth Power or some other niche coverage move, and make it an appropriate Tera type.
Or Slack Off; but I can't teach my original starter that.
You can! Have it hold a Mirror Herb, make sure it has a move slot open, and have a picnic with a Pokemon that knows Slack Off (doesn't matter if it's opposite sex or even if it's in the same egg group) and your Skeledirge will learn it. It's a new feature in this game to allow for easy egg move transference.
Dang, that's cool! I like that they've been adding items and other methods to allow a particular pokemon to learn all the stuff that you'd previously need to just breed for.
I also like how, even if you use one of the Mints to change your pokemon's stats to a particular Nature, it'll still show the original Nature in the pokemon's summary. Helps keep the original unique.
"Man i need to start trying to hatch a shiny starter."
10 Eggs.
It only took 10 eggs to hatch a shiny Sprigitito.
I like that using a Mint does not change the nature. Keeping the pokemon unique but i wish it would like add a Mint icon to something on the summary screen just so i don't keep trying to use a mint on the same pokemon because my brain hates me and i forget if i have minted it already or not.
Time to spend another dozen hours on breeding projects I suppose.
I just want a HA Sprigatito, and also a HA Vavoom. Anyone got Patches they wanna share?
If you bottlecap something, will those stats be used in breeding? Could I bottlecap my one Ditto and go to town?
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Steam: Thera
I'm pretty sure bottlecapped IVs do not get passed down through breeding
Nope, neither do Minted Natures. Best thing to do is 6-star Ditto raid, since those have IIRC 5 perfect IVs.
Twitch: akThera
Steam: Thera
Twitch: akThera
Steam: Thera
On a different topic, I've been training up a Grimmsnarl because I figure my in-game team could use a supporter. Does a set of Spirit Break, Reflect, Light Screen, and Parting Shot make sense? Dude can set up screens and then run away while debuffing stuff.
Twitch: akThera
Steam: Thera
Jerk mcraid boss steals your tera orb power
Jerk mcraid boss steals your tera orb power
Jerk mcraid boss steals your tera orb power
The pokemon has unleashed it's energy blasting you out of the cavern!