#Pokemon
pseudo goblet
placid junco
Alright that alpha Bergmite is the one non-guaranteed alpha I’ve found
bleak pine
Nice~
tacit sphinx
bleak pine
I might end up bringing Gastrodon to the Tera Raids against Greninja
Either that or Toxapex
Good idea...?
mighty storm
mighty storm
Good idea...?
do it, bring gastro
lyric pollen
so good
lucid moth
i was there live for that choke
lyric pollen
just finished making my team for the oceanic vgc thing on cart
the person who invented tera shard should be fired
obsidian juniper
pseudo goblet
Nemona challenging me, perfect timing, Armarouge need exp to catch up, and this time all my mons are fully evolved, Quaquaval shouldn’t be a problem this time
normal cave
mighty storm
reminder gaia power can trigger mega evolution
normal cave
whomst gaia power?
silver vigil
warm sky
Goodbye you fucking weasel
swift jasper
don't think this as a ban
harsh path
Can’t believe Yami’s a weasel racist
swift jasper
think this as ascension
obsidian juniper
harsh path
Oh did Espathra get banned too?
mighty storm
whomst gaia power?
from pokken tournament it is an energy source from stones that triggers mega evolution in specific mon and even big special attacks for species incapable of mega evolution.
heck even shadow mewtwo looks like mega mewtwo x after it gets gaia energy . Rocks giving power to mons, gee wonder how many times thats been used.
Another important thing, gaia energy lets the user command the pokemon without delay
SO ANYWAYS ASH GRENINA
normal cave
I was joking about the usage of the word weasel there
anyways
yeah, I'm happy to see chien pao banned because it makes a bit of room for weavile's niche
mighty storm
so... pokemon likes recycling their ideas?
weird thing is, ash greninja is a recycled concept of a gen 5 concept
that's how far back this goes
normal cave
remains to bee seen how well weavile will do
mighty storm
heck, evolution stones can be an extention of this.
normal cave
now I'm wondering whether this counts as a recurring theme in a series or recycling shit
but anyways, how does weavile do after its nerfs and post pao ban?
mighty storm
Bonds, strange strength, humans taking on new powers due to an evolution.
straight up looking like there specific mon after warrior evolution. Ash Greninja ended up reversing the process
then there is the line from the anime on how Ash Greninja has similar powers to a mega
normal cave
conquest my beloved
mighty storm
and the 590 paradox rulers (iron valiant and roaring moon) being of mega evolution capable mons. Yeah there is definitely some kind of hidden connection between all these things.
But surely synergy stones don't look like z-cry...
placid junco
So Espathra got banned from OU
crimson moat
What else got banned
https://www.smogon.com/dex/sv/formats/uber/
Top section covers what is banned
Also to put in perspective on the Espartha ban, Chien Pao's ban went through this morning
Context to Espartha ban
harsh path
Very fair reasoning with changes to its strategies
crimson moat
The order on bans has so far went:
Flutter Mane and Houndstone Quickban
Palafin and Iron Bundle Quickban
Tera suspect test (not banned, not modified)
Cyclizar, Chi-yu, Annihilape Quickban
Chien-Pao Banned from Suspect Test
Espartha quickban almost immediately after Chien Pao ban
lyric pollen
garg about to follow them out
crimson moat
Garg is next to be reviewed yea
obsidian juniper
vagrant steppe
Man they really did just go "yeah this gens powercreep is nuts"
kind vortex
on an unrelated note, i finally found some time to go kill my greninja raid
so i did
only took 2 tries
first lost due to crit rng not going my way
second was pretty smooth sailing with double team rng not fucking me over too much
random stream
@lucid moth rip bozos espat and chien
lucid moth
im gonna miss chien
but
to espathra
dont even hate espathra lol but i am glad such an unskilled mon is gone
random stream
Yeah losing to the wrong tera you read is so dumb
mighty storm
was watching tyranitar-tube, these two fanmon variants are part fairy and one gets dragonic. Which would you pick?
normal cave
It looks like they forcefully ripped out bulbasaur's bulb, leaving what I can only describe as bits
and the squirtle looks like it's clipping through its own shell, and like it can't even move with that thing on it
mighty storm
I'll see if I can find a better image of the squirtle
and bulba
literally just spikes backed bulbasaur, and consumed by shell squirtle
normal cave
this one is even worse for squirtle
because you can see the original head hole
and you can see the head is just... clipping through the belly away from the head hole
it is a better one for bulba, I'll grant you that
but bulba now looks like mew the hedgehog
flat sedge
yeah by a lot unfort
flat sedge
the wochien meme is funny but his design is like genuinly confusing
to quote some random person in ou room:
"even if he had a good typing like steel/grass then hes just ferro without hazards which is still???"
jagged linden
The order on bans has so far went:
Flutter Mane and Houndstone Quickban
Palafin...
damn I was planning on building Flutter Mane in place of Roaring Moon
normal cave
this is for smogon singles OU
if you're playing on console and not on pokemon showdown, then that list is probably not relevant to you
maiden flax
Chien pao deserved the ban
bleak pine
Alright, defeated Greninja in the Tera Raid battle
Really seems like players are still in the mindset of 'throw legendary mon at it' from Sword/Shield, and it's really not working out a lot for them
harsh path
Goddamn I am hoping Garg dies
bleak pine
Player's Miraidon just got wrecked by Greninja in two turns, and out healing couldn't even save them
But I found a winner in the second room.
Friggin' love Slowbro
This raid's for you, Ducky
Additionally, gonna be pretty excited when the latest update drops, letting us grab stuff from HOME and throw it to Scarlet/Violet. I've had so much good training done there, so having some more mons to try out in raid battles, including stuff with regional formes is gonna be sweet
Ursaluna is gonna friggin' wreck everything
maiden flax
Goddamn I am hoping Garg dies
But i like garg D:
harsh path
I’m reminded how Salt Bae kinda made the meme his entire personality
And got banned from the World Cup as a result
normal cave
yeah...
harsh path
Living memes can be a mixed bag
normal cave
apparently his restaurants are all hype with no substance either
harsh path
You get Salt bae aka the bag full of rusty nails
Sometimes you get someone who’s meme kinda ruined them
and you get the cool ones
harsh path
Star Wars Kid is a big example of the ruined stuff
With how he ended up in a mental hospital
normal cave
it's a very weird kind of fame
often not a good kind
and one that gets all sorts of people harassing you.
random stream
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9ou-1798156969-2ltwzkbyukz6t7tbgob9qwvrvd97ip7pw Garga is super freelo
I never beat this guy ever, the high elo spidops guy
but garga just 12-0d him
flat sedge
wow he got garg-a-nacl'd
normal cave
normal cave
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9randombattle-1798177654 @swift jasper your boy soloing in randoms
pseudo goblet
Keeping toxic spikes on a poison point+poison jab Clodsire seems kinda pointless I just found out
pseudo goblet
Walking around Great Tusk Titan right now, MAN this thing looks so epic
Shame I have to defeat…
sand forge
I wonder how broken the Ruinous Pokemon would be if you shuffled their stats types
like would Chien-Pao be as broken as Grass/Dark
Would Wo-Chien be as shit as Fire/Dark
random stream
Would Wo-Chien be as shit as Fire/Dark
Wo would still be bad imo
and chien would still be good but maybe not as ban worthy this time since grass/dark is more manageable than ice/dark when it comes to handling its stabs
sand forge
Chi Yu/Chien Pao as Ground/Dark would be obviously nuts
pseudo goblet
Grusha and Raboot would’ve been a nice combo together
sharp kernel
Brute Bonnet is single handedly checking iron bundle in the early meta lmfao
normal cave
trying to make a rain team, but idk what I'm doing
sitting on this so far
amoonguss is probs incorrect here
pseudo goblet
Anyone got Greninja Raid I can join in before the event ends?
Or does the link raid won’t work if I still haven’t finish story
normal cave
this is the final team for now
time to try it
looks like it works when the opponent gets paralyzed for 4 turns in a row and loses a mon to hurricane confusion
random stream
random stream
hm it's tough here yeah
since you dont have entry hazards youve no way to chip the rotom-w
if you had say stealth rock or something you could constantly wear it down to where tera water wezl under rain can kill
normal cave
do I swap scizor for a hazard setter?
I also keep getting worn down by enemy hazards
glimora sets rocks and removes hazards
random stream
Oh we can do
defog on pelipper, then run mixed life orb garchomp over something
it chunks rotom very hard w draco meteor
normal cave
defog over?
random stream
what move do you click the least between surf and hurricane
normal cave
surf I think
random stream
can drop surf then
normal cave
I click hurricane reasonably often
random stream
Garchomp @ Life Orb
Ability: Rough Skin
Tera Type: Fire
EVs: 8 Atk / 248 SpA / 252 Spe
Rash Nature
- Stealth Rock
- Earthquake
- Draco Meteor
- Fire Blast
normal cave
over scizor?
random stream
I kinda wanna keep scizor, hm
random stream
I think you drop qua for chomp
normal cave
cool cool
random stream
Garchomp also gives you a volt switch immunity
between chomper and amoong the rotom matchup should be much better
normal cave
at least amoong clears toxic spikes
also, tera water wezl under rain is disgusting
random stream
sharp kernel
You know what else is disgusting? Brute Bonnet sucker Punch at +1
sharp kernel
You know loaded dice bullet seed brute bonnet hits harder than kartana
normal cave
it do kill rotom w if it doesn't get burned
oh, speaking of multi-hit moves
I got to see the mausehold vs rocky helmet interaction
It just one-shot itself and amoong lived
random stream
Nice
bleak pine
I still gotta work on that joke involving Maushold.
I had a funny but I gotta do some cutting and pasting
warm sky
latent sleet
why is espartha pure psychic
sharp kernel
bleak pine
I really like Espartha.
flat sedge
Espathra came down to remind us all who won the emu war
bleak pine
Emu hardware on Cassowary software
normal cave
so far the changes are working well. Not a single Rotom-W in sight @random stream
tfw you tech for a matchup and then it vanishes
warm sky
But garg is funny
bleak pine
Minecraft-lookin fella
flat sedge
so far the changes are working well. Not a single Rotom-W in sight <@24031057792...
Sounds to me like it's working too well 
magic thunder
Just learnt that Iron Valiant gets Skill Swap, a move that always fails if used by a mon with Quark Drive/ Protosynthesis so it literally can't use it.
normal cave
scarf goldengho is a little difficult to deal with for this
wait nvm wezl just bonks it after chip
placid junco
warm sky
vagrant steppe
https://twitter.com/motherhorse_/status/1624543639455031296?s=46&t=xKEZnaBiYzr1y...
Wait is Spidops doing anything?
mighty storm
https://twitter.com/motherhorse_/status/1624543639455031296?s=46&t=xKEZnaBiYzr1y...
Not Queen
placid junco
Wait is Spidops doing anything?
Not really people are just memeing about one of the worst fully evolved mons ever
vagrant steppe
Figured. It's genuinely awful
placid junco
It’s ariados but somehow worse
pseudo goblet
pseudo goblet
Why nobody pick the duck
outer eagle
pitting Sirfetch against Lucario
why not just pit a newborn against an MMA fighter
warm sky
MOST people aren't voting because they're anime watchers
but because they just like Lucario
pseudo goblet
British duck forever 
pseudo goblet
This feels similar to something like, Ash Rowlet or Ash Greninja, it’s the matter of love vs matter of badass-ness and popularity
To me that is
Also yes I just Rowlet > Greninja, come at me if you want 
young river
I've never used one before and probably won't ever be inclined to use one again
true pumice
https://i.redd.it/6ggd35uuiqha1.jpg
What dexit does to a mf
true pumice
Goddamn I am hoping Garg dies
Big same
Garg warps the format in an awful way
People focus too much on how you can beat it if you just use really really really suboptimal sets
And the cloak copium loses to the curse sets now anyway
Fun
We really out here coping with cloak dengo and calling the thing fine
normal cave
garg is annoying, ye
anyways, wezl shaving half of a dragonite's health off through multiscale
true pumice
Damn
normal cave
wait, that doesn't make sense
ohhh, they were on inner focus
the calcs check out for inner focus
golden lance
Can we please do a suspect test for gholdengo aftar garg?
true pumice
the calcs check out for inner focus
Lmao
true pumice
Can we please do a suspect test for gholdengo aftar garg?
Nah funny string cheese man is fine
I think there won't be other sus until post home after garg if they even test garg
normal cave
I've realized the biggest weakness of my team: wezl brain too small
I keep losing because I'm bad at this game
also I have no idea what most of the mons I'm facing do
warm sky
true pumice
also I have no idea what most of the mons I'm facing do
You mean as in you're facing weird mons or just still learning the metagame?
Because if it's the first, ladder be like that sometimes... No one really understands it
normal cave
mostly the second
true pumice
I see
normal cave
altho idt thunderpunch mewscarada lead is a meta staple
true pumice
lol
normal cave
nor is eviolite naclstack
true pumice
What the fuck
normal cave
low elo is a special place
true pumice
Indeed
normal cave
lots of sticky web teams tho
and I can't fit hazard removal on my team
so I just die
this is the team
ren told me to run chomp and so far it's been really good
wait
I FORGOR TO PUT A NATURE ON AMOONGUS
there it's bold now
normal cave
low elo is a wild place
opponent names their goldengho after thunder wave
swap in garchomp
they thunder wave
if they'd not told me what they were doing I'd be stuck trying to deal with it
true pumice
https://pokepast.es/df4a7e275c57a85b
Would you not want cloak on something to make the MU vs tera water garg less awkward?
Ig amoong is fine into it, actually
Yea no nvm amoongus does it fine on this
true pumice
True
Then might want cloak zor or cloak amoong since they're the ones who can afford it
normal cave
even the sets it is super effective against it just dies
true pumice
And that would make garg less of a pain
Because garg is a balanced mon that demands a cloak on something
normal cave
garg-w specifically is less of a threat, because rotom can nuke it
thunder under rain is funny
true pumice
I mean it can but if it sticks around it's gonna be pain
If the garg user plays it safe he can probably spam a lot of salt cures
normal cave
a cloak on scizor sounds good tho
true pumice
Yea I'd go cloak zor here
normal cave
amoong is bad vs garg even with cloak
because it just gets walled and garg outheals it
scizor can set up on garg if it has cloak
the problem is, I have no hazard removal
true pumice
Ya zor is the better thing to beat garg here since you can beat water and fairy
normal cave
so scizor dies to chip in other matchups
true pumice
Some rain teams I see on the ladder run spin iron treads sometimes
But idk if you can fit that here
normal cave
that'd mean I cut chomp
which is my answer to enemy rotom-ws
I've hit the sticky web spam stage of ladder
which means I might need to
but then I lose to rotom AND I lose chomp
true pumice
I think I just kinda despise washtom ngl
normal cave
it's an annoying mon
true pumice
It is
normal cave
it's also the closest thing I could find to being a rain special attacker
slap thunder on it and call it a day ig
you can even tera electric on a mon with levitate, which is funny
true pumice
It's definitely better than wattrel at least
normal cave
hydro pump and thunder hit really hard
...when they hit
honestly, zor isn't outspeeding anything on a sticky web team even with boots
yeah, cloak time
update: cloak scizor worked
took damage from garg's stealth rock instead of salt cure
but yeah, it let me clean up with scizor without dying to salt cure
bleak pine
I should probs see if I can get stuff like, the Blunder Policy for mons with one-hit KO moves.
Spoilers: It's probably a terrible idea and you should not follow my example in battles.
normal cave
you're not a real battle factory npc with generic dialogue that ends runs for no reason if you don't run a full ohko move set on one mon and never miss
bleak pine
Bonus if you have a Wailord that has like two of them for no discernable reason.
Seems like they were extra-spiteful giving those kinds of moves to mons that you just aren't gonna KO very quickly.
So there's always gonna be that oft chance the Wailord or Lapras you are battling will get off Fissure/Horn Drill/Sheer Cold
Yet in spite of this, the facilities are mostly fair. There's been some word that many trainers as you battle more will show up with teamsets specifically made to counter yours, but there's no real hard evidence yet, if it even exists
Just, not gonna miss having to make one perfect run after another.
normal cave
the rom I played earlier had a battle factory with a lot of fast ohko mons
and they just didn't miss
ok, BARELY missed
the funny thing is, they worked if you picked them up after the battle, too
letting you just sweep with ohkospam fast mons
it did help that they were good mons that one-shot everything even without using ohkos
golden lance
normal cave
one time after I beat a trainer with such a mon, the game crashed.
bleak pine
Youch
normal cave
it wasn't really a big deal, since the game had a fast forward button and the runs were fast
harsh path
Based and rainpilled
maiden flax
Using float makes welz happy
Using skewda makes me happy
pseudo goblet
Just found out a life-sized Garchomp Pokémon plush exists
https://twitter.com/touyarokii/status/1624921563589124097?s=46&t=QgCYivCK8Tma5U9pVL6x6w
harsh path
Gible and Quagsire plushes
huh
Is there a way one can be as content with the world around them as a Quagsire seems btw
pseudo goblet
I’m torn between wanting the Garchomp or the Gible 
outer eagle
Garchomp do be looking like he just can't anymore
pseudo goblet
Garchomp: why did I accepted that Quagsire’s request…
latent sleet
garchomp had a rough day
pseudo goblet
Oh so this one has its Hidden Ability
random stream
normal cave
someone just learned how hard wezl hits
no clue why they didn't tera and kill wezl tho
they would have still probably lost to rotom
I guess they thought they could live
normal cave
do I run defog on scizor to deal with hazards?
rocks means that I can no longer get rain if peli drops to 25% or below
cloak has been phenomenal on it, because garg is everywhere, and it also lets me set up on pex without worrying about chilling water
...but then I'd have to replace u-turn or swords dance on scizor
and those are awful to replace
do I just never let peliper take chip damage?
normal cave
guy has amoongus, brelloom, and dodonzo on his team to deal with water types
runs thunderpunch on garg
why
latent sleet
garganacl these nuts
warm sky
normal cave
@random stream your Chomp set is so good
people never expect the earthquake after I draco meteor
then again, I've had someone type "specs" after chomp lost some health to life orb, so it might just be because I'm low ranked
warm sky
normal cave
sand forge
I wish Vikavolt were better
normal cave
warm sky
normal cave
speaking of crits
learned how frail dragapult is
really struggling vs that mon, but I should probs just trust wezl more to bonk its ass
252+ Atk Choice Band Dragapult Dragon Darts (2 hits) vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Tera Water Floatzel: 410-486 (131.8 - 156.2%) -- guaranteed OHKO
nevermind
kinda just need to lose a mon to pult to figure out what set it's on, is where I'm standing
true pumice
It's usually safe to assume specs but yea, other sets can prey on that
It's the magic of pult
Sub dd can be really mean to specs checks
golden lance
today i found out about a pokemon fan game that's basically act 1 of inscription gameplay wise
not really a fan but some people here will probably like it
it's called pocket crystal league if anyone's interested
kind vortex
idk what inscription is so that doesn't tell me a lot, but i guess i can check it out at some point later
random stream
If Clefable has a million fans, then I am one of them. If Clefable has ten fans, then I am one of them. If Clefable has only one fan then that is me. If Clefable has no fans, then that means I am no longer on earth. If the world is against Clefable, then I am against the world.
outer eagle
If Clefable has a million fans, then I am one of them. If Clefable has ten fans,...
. Well then, this makes you the last Clef fan i need to kill.
true pumice
Clef is awesome I love that thing
bleak pine
I'm all for this pink extraterrestrial just disrespecting everything
true pumice
Saaame
pseudo goblet
If Clefable has a million fans, then I am one of them. If Clefable has ten fans,...
Living together with Clefs at the Moon
random stream
pseudo goblet
It’ll be like that episode of Digimon Tamers lol
Also realize, without Earth, Clefs would be the dominant life form of the solar system
pseudo goblet
What kind of tier do we have?
maiden flax
https://preview.redd.it/mhe51rc8qvha1.png?width=622&format=png&auto=webp&v=enabl...
ferroseed makes me think its that one tier where they get the stat difference
warm sky
ferroseed makes me think its that one tier where they get the stat difference
Ye, 350 cup from gen 7.
Any mon with a bst of 350 or below has their stats doubled
maiden flax
Neat
outer eagle
350 is an interesting benchmark
pseudo goblet
Love to see stuff like this
pseudo goblet
outer eagle
what did Morty even have to do this much damage
pseudo goblet
mighty storm
Choccooper
mighty storm
sand forge
:(
pseudo goblet
Iron Bundle: Hello Mother
mighty storm
Nothing like tinkin about you, then the UK pokemon twitter posting the mon who bullies Galar's taxi bird
warm sky
young magnet
mighty storm
sacred hatch
pseudo goblet
<@189578328544378880>
Ducky is still muted till tomorrow btw
harsh path
Ph what happened with Ducky?
void herald
he talked about forbidden discourse
jagged linden
I don't want to sound mean but this is genuinely one of those cases where the reasoning is something that only concerns the mod team right now
and its not as simple as "he did x so he got muted"
random stream
Took forever but I finally hit ultra @pseudo goblet
Idt I wanna play anymore ranked
pseudo goblet
Took forever but I finally hit ultra <@430667447692034059>
Standard match or Quick match 
random stream
Yeah just standard now for me
I dont know why but everyone always seems to be unkillable
pseudo goblet
Standard match or Quick match <:PoyoyoThumbsUp:902236831398125578>
The place where you can fuck ranked off and be one of the goof players and no consequence happens
random stream
Yeah ranked is stressful
pseudo goblet
I dont know why but everyone always seems to be unkillable
My guesses on items overleveling…
random stream
I think it's their emblems because my items are 30/30/30 too
but they prolly have like crazy full golds
pseudo goblet
You know what’s gonna suck, in 1-2 weeks all of us ranks will drop 1 level 
pseudo goblet
Guessing that will be me for the next few days…
pseudo goblet
That fucking Cinderace went full afk around 2/3 of the match…
We went doing well with just 4 person too… then lost… if only he at least help jump-save the goals…
Thank god the team-afk pity point was there and saved my stars
@mighty storm which one is cuter
random stream
pseudo goblet
@normal cave https://twitter.com/_makeshiftwings/status/1625541939859800098?s=46&t=GQpGKkl-X8Nf2yKO2i6HXw
mighty storm
<@268199601817780234> which one is cuter
woop
mighty storm
New Mystery Dungeon is coming
The copyright text for Spike Chunsoft has been found in the files for the new Pokemon Together website. Could hint at an announcement during Pokémon Day.
void herald
please be a new mystery dungeon game
bleak pine
Spike Chunsoft really, massively confuses me
One half is rather adorable-sorts of roguelikes
The other half is stories where most everyone dies horribly.
But, that's interesting nevertheless~
young river
pseudo goblet
Biggest plush coming
So assuming that’s regular Wailord, life sized Alpha Wailord plush when
bleak pine
pseudo goblet
Speaking of that
Guessed the artist might do something with these two, did not disappoint lol
warm sky
Explorers of Sky remake maybe 👀
latent sleet
mystery dungeon but you play as a wailord
normal cave
oh so mystery dungeon but I play as myself where is the mystery in that?
normal cave
I will @ you anyways
@pseudo goblet
They're p fun
They're good roguelikes/roguelites if you don't like losing a lot and can actually bother to listen to the story
Because sky's story is actually such a treat
With what experience I have with the actual mystery dungeon franchise vs pokemon mystery dungeon
Actual mystery dungeon is more fun and fast paced, but you lose a lot, pokemon mystery dungeon has a better story, and it is pokemon so I love the aesthetic
...come to think of it it's unfair to compare the two games
Because in pokemon mystery dungeon you keep levels and attacks and everything else, while in base mystery dungeon you keep nothing (minus storage)
pseudo goblet
So you re telling me, there’s a Normie Mystery Dungeon franchise that doesn’t have Pokémon 
normal cave
Yep
pseudo goblet
First time hearing that 
random stream
TIL
normal cave
Shiren the wanderer is a good game
... if you can get past the "losing all the time" aspect of it
normal cave
Pokemon visual novel?
warm sky
Pokéronpa
Poké999
PokéAI the Somnium Files
warm sky
Pokemon visual novel?
I mean spike chunsoft is very known for their vns too
Also imma be real, pmd is the only md games I played lmao
random stream
Ye same
normal cave
I played exactly ONE non-pokemon md game
Didn't even have the chance to complete it, too
;~;
warm sky
... actually I would take spike chunsoft taking over Detective Pikachu 2
warm sky
I mean, I have played AI the Somnium Files, which is really good
Also the first danganronpa, but that's... Danganronpa
normal cave
Yeahh...
random stream
My favorite gen 9 mon baxcalibur is finally getting some traction ever since the chien pao ban
pseudo goblet
My favorite gen 9 mon baxcalibur is finally getting some traction ever since the...
That reminds me, what level do Baxcalibur prevo evolve? Iscream is like around lv 40-41 last time I see him
pseudo goblet
Guess he’s gonna hog the Lucky Egg after I make everyone catch up to same lvs 
Kinda wanna catch a Cetitan or ability/nature pick a Cetoddle and name it Vanilla, despite the fact I already have Iscream lol
Feels like they buffed ice a bit in this gen from what I heard
normal cave
My favorite gen 9 mon baxcalibur is finally getting some traction ever since the...
Bax is very common in the 1300 lands
Though admittedly not as common as garg, dragapult, gholdengo, and meowsca
random stream
warm sky
I wonder what Bax's usage rate is in OU
warm sky
34 | Baxcalibur | 5.51604% | 241427 | 5.516% | 176267 | 5.149% |
Oh not too bad
normal cave
normal cave
I need to guess if draga is band or specs, and if I guess wrong I lose a mon
random stream
can I check the team again wezl?
normal cave
It has been really solid
I'm on sd u-turn cc roost
Wait
Not roost
Wezl brain moment
Sd turn cc bp
random stream
oh I guess cc is fine too smacks rotom and stuff
normal cave
random stream
Do dragapults usually stay in vs your rotom?
Because if so you can gambit with thunder wave
normal cave
they stay in vs everything but wezl
normal cave
if it's banded I'm in a better shape
random stream
yems, specs is the troublesome one
random stream
I think it's time you change amoong to black sludge
normal cave
same issue as pult, but to a lesser extent
random stream
then run more special defense and foul play?
random stream
is balloon gholdengo common in 1300-? It's still common where I'm at
normal cave
I have no clue what items they use, but they're generally neither scarf nor balloon
well, sometimes balloon
pult and gholdengo are both one-shot by wezl under rain
the problem is how do I get wezl in, and what is stopping them from just switching out
normal cave
it's mostly just me not knowing what they are going to do
random stream
that thunder wave on rotom-w is good
even if rotom dies to specs draco or whatever
normal cave
over?
random stream
which move do you use the least
I think you can go bulky scarf drop the thunder for thunder wave
move spa evs to HP
normal cave
thunder is my most clicked move on rotom
normal cave
but maybe
nono, thunder might be meme
just because I click it a lot doesn't mean it's good
random stream
Yeah I think you get more mileage off bulkier rotom
so try it out and see if you like it
normal cave
I reasoned I needed a special attacker, and rotom is the only thing rain gets like that
random stream
sounds good
normal cave
trick is really good since I can just remove a mon from their team
normal cave
for pult in particular, hp vs no hp ifs doesn't matter
since rotom gets 2-shot
but it's probs better in other matchups
if I were to change amoong to a spdef set, what evs would I use?
random stream
hmm not sure
random stream
if I were to change amoong to a spdef set, what evs would I use?
EVs: 248 HP / 124 Def / 136 SpD
Calm Nature
Try this
w black sludge
normal cave
gotcha
also why are there a few people now with water absorb clodsire
is that the standard?
random stream
hmm not really standard but it's a solid tech
normal cave
it shuts me down
random stream
random stream
Yeah thats why stomping or foul play on amoong is nice
Try stomping over foul play then change calm to sassy
giga drain stomping spore sludge bomb / clear smog
Black sludge also punishes gholdengo if it dares to trick and you send out amoong
random stream
nice
mighty storm
I will @ you anyways
if it's a new one entirely, ya know what that means?
Sprigatito in PMD lets gooooo
normal cave
I'll probs not get to play it becauae switch expensive
mighty storm
Litten+Sprigatito
normal cave
Come to think of it
mighty storm
Team Pawslash
bleak pine
I can just imagine Floragato being a real jerk about Torracat not going on twos when it evolved.
Then it becomes Incineroar
But then they eventually all come into their own to make the sickest tag-team players ever
mighty storm
tru, but PMD so evolving is post-game
normal cave
Ideal team for me is always mudkip plus pikachu because endeavour plus agility beats any boss
bleak pine
Just slap them repeatedly with doubleslap
Don't need no strategy when you hit things repeatedly
sand forge
Just once, can Moody not give them +speed on the first turn
normal cave
Please
Where
I need
What's it called
Wait there are apparently a few conquest romhacks
Not going to link them here though because that's piracy
mighty storm
What's it called
pokemon conquest imperiam is this one, but as ya said there is multiple
imperial*
true pumice
But cinderace is already in
mighty storm
But cinderace is already in
it looks like a ||turtle||
true pumice
Ah, so the other kanto starters again
I hope we at least get future blastoise or something
mighty storm
harsh path
BEEG
lyric pollen
Won my first 2 rounds at the OCIC
Then I lost the next 3 and dropped 
I started going for big reads and got punished every time, had to play slower
Glimmora so good
last musk
riddler hinting at dlc?
BOWSER POKEMON CONFIRMED
warm sky
https://twitter.com/SerebiiNet/status/1626526736224604163?t=n-eEzSpk0rCqtQwCywZaBQ&s=19
Oh god it's the GS Ball TWO
pseudo goblet
The red and blue looks like they might be clock hands, Clock Ball 
Or might be a lock
pseudo goblet
Sooo, Roy is Goh but IMMA CATCHBALL PARADOX MON TO REACH KORAI+MIRAIDON!!!
long stone
it does look like the Disk mon too
long stone
Sooo, Roy is Goh but IMMA CATCHBALL PARADOX MON TO REACH KORAI+MIRAIDON!!!
inb4 he starts with those
like we do in game
last musk
Something pissing me off with the ball is that the blue and red circles aren't on a straight line
pseudo goblet
Something pissing me off with the ball is that the blue and red circles aren't o...
Which is why I said it looked like a clock
last musk
It's annoying, I don't like when things aren't symmetrical
pseudo goblet
latent sleet
https://twitter.com/SerebiiNet/status/1626526736224604163?t=n-eEzSpk0rCqtQwCywZa...
that shit looks like magearna
maiden flax
It's annoying, I don't like when things aren't symmetrical
Sure thing death the kid
last musk
obsidian juniper
last musk
Guys
Please
Optimize your fucking models
The switch shouldn't be chugging when the game looks like a Roblox game
vagrant steppe
https://twitter.com/MatttGFX/status/1626455574723305472?s=20
Yeah this is honestly hilarious. They couldn't optimize the game (something modders have done since day 1) so they just... Cut random models?
latent sleet
those mfs make the most barebone cities in pokemon history and it still manages to run like shit
thats an achievment on it own
vagrant steppe
Literally empty cities
They all have like 10 houses, 6 npcs, and 2 buildings you can actually enter
The only fucking interiors are the gyms lmao and they share the same white lobby
warm sky
Literally empty cities
Yeah fun fact
They recently discovered a few unfinished rooms suggesting the reason towns are empty is because of time
They couldn't finish it on time
And you know pokémon
Can't delay ever
vagrant steppe
God
The empty cities thing is small but it's one of the many issues that just adds up this game
When people go "oh it's one of the best games despite it running like shit" I just remember the fact that there's 0 areas you can go that aren't gyms
Shops are just a white screen
pseudo goblet
placid junco
HER
I am actually tempted to come back for her
But I kinda doubt she’d be that easy to get
spice rivet
Optimize your fucking models
Meanwhile in the official VGC models regularly look like theyre straight out of an PS1 game
Grimmsnarl and Oranguru are 2 of the worst lmaooooooo
placid junco
Man I wish Pokémon didn’t have to be a yearly series
pseudo goblet
Yeah I still don’t know which banner I should go for
pseudo goblet
I assume she’s too hard to pull to justify coming back just for her though
2% for her, it’s 1% better than master fair units…
placid junco
Okay, yeah unless I get drowned in currency on coming back (I haven’t played since before the EX update) it’s probably not worth
pseudo goblet
She will be here till March 6th seems like, and there’s 8 banners to choose on wasting the gems
rn I mean
last musk
Pov you are trying to play a gacha but it's a Nintendo license
placid junco
Pain
I guess I can try
I still haven’t uninstalled dragalia from my phone
I just realized
Terastalization increases the maximum amount of damage shuckle can do
Guess I’m deleting Azur lane to make space
Not like I’ve played that in forever anyways
pseudo goblet
Ugh, i don’t like it but… guess I’mma try pulling for this guy…
placid junco
I should delete dragalia at some point
But I’m not ready for that yet
pseudo goblet
AH screw it, cute girl first, grumpy man with drip later
placid junco
Tbf the cute girl also becomes a badass detective/possibly superhero by the end of her storyline
She goes from illiterate to being the only good cop
pseudo goblet
Wait… something tells she’s gonna return… damn it this is hard for someone who can’t decides
placid junco
Flip a coin
pseudo goblet
Alright, doesn’t hurt to try
Btw uh, don’t mind the body that’s on the floor that TOTALLY doesn’t look like Grimsley
placid junco
Tbh that’s just SUMO grimsley’s default state
vagrant steppe
Wait… something tells she’s gonna return… damn it this is hard for someone who c...
50/50 chance whenever they bring back a character they say two lines and now are an entirely different character
pseudo goblet
Got Brendan for the 20+th time, dude’s literally my first non-story 5 star unit years ago
Garbage luck…
Welp, there goes my 6k gems, off to doing daily, ciao
placid junco
I only got enough gems for 1 roll for coming back
The only new thing I got was Blaine
Tbh I was probably right in assuming it wasn’t worth coming back
I don’t really need another game to juggle rn
placid junco
I wasn’t expecting her anyways
There’s a boat load of single player stuff I could do to catch up anyways
Er, for gems
normal cave
Clod is still a good pokemon dw
You can have one on your team and it will do good work
pseudo goblet
Yeesh, now I know why my team won, 4 returned players
Btw… comfey+blastoise is heck…
placid junco
Yeah I think I’m gonna give up on trying to roll Emma lmao
2 11 rolls and only one non-dupe
pseudo goblet
Omfg I need this delicious little boi now
mighty storm
Wyrm Pie 😮
spice rivet
I *should* delete dragalia at some point
But I’m not ready for that yet
I still have Kingdom Hearts Union X on my phone. Its been like 3 years ☠️
placid junco
Fair lol
pseudo goblet
placid junco
Anyways
I’m just gonna give up on masters and appreciate the fact that at least Emma got something
Even if this will probably be her final appearance until our next visit to kalos
mighty storm
https://tenor.com/view/melmetal-meltan-pokemon-gif-25221110
Pokemon fusion
pseudo goblet
Oh frick, now both of them have special artifacts
mighty storm
What if the pendant is for the third legendary
pseudo goblet
Hang on
mighty storm
and the ball is for paradox musketeers/beasts
pseudo goblet
Isn’t Tera Orb just a Crystal Ball??
mighty storm
yeah
pseudo goblet
‘Crystal’ and ‘Ball’
mighty storm
!
pseudo goblet
Oh great, guess we will get to see those Tera Crystal hats for the next few years
normal cave
They really just went "pokemon but with funny hats"
clever saddle
I’m liking the scrappy ability
Decided to try flamigo for a joke playthrough.. it’s better than expected
warm sky
golden lance
Yoooooooo
golden lance
She goes from illiterate to being the only good cop
Also wtf is this looker slander?
normal cave
Didn't looker retire and train her as his replacement?
placid junco
Nah he doesn’t retire
His mission in kalos is just done
So he leaves her in charge of the detective agency he started as a cover
crimson moat
Also as much as looker is a likeable character… he’s likeable for being a clouseau
placid junco
I don’t know what that is
golden lance
Also as much as looker is a likeable character… he’s likeable for being a clouse...
Ok but looker is actually competent tho
warm sky
I don’t know what that is
One of the most famous fictional detectives
placid junco
Ohhh
warm sky
The funny guy from pink panther
placid junco
Ohhhh
sand forge
ohhhh
normal cave
pokemon conquest imperiam is this one, but as ya said there is multiple
Just looked it up, it's currently spanish only
Creator did say they estimate that imperial will be released in english in one week
mighty storm
well at least english release soon
crimson moat
heh
there's a list of bug fixes out for end of February
One caught my eye pretty quickly
The stats of a Dondozo with a Tatsugiri in its mouth will increase when Dondozo uses Order Up, even when the move should have been negated (for example, by an opponent using Protect). This is a bug and will be fixed.
Heh
bleak pine
Oh neat, update. Probs should get that queued up
crimson moat
TLDR on the list;
- Added functionality to boxes / PC that allow you to basically do with pokemon in a pc whatever you normally could do in party
- Clear indiciation of pokemon Battle Team
- News screen automatically displays on connecting online
- A crapton of fixes to Tera Raid not working properly, mostly ones that straight up halted the raid battle or removed its rewards
- Zoroark Illusion being useless with Tera pokemon
- Dondozo's Order Up mechanic not working properly against moves that block it
- Destiny Bond straight up failing in tandem with Tera
- The range at which pokemon and people will spawn will be reduced.
- Master Ball tier having a problem with not giving the correct rewards
- Traded pokemon had a chance of not listening to your commands ever
- Fixing all the random objects like people and such that clip through battles
Future bug fix release planned for later
Keep in mind this patch is not yet out
This patched is scheduled for late Feb
bleak pine
Ahh, ok
vagrant steppe
TLDR on the list;
* Added functionality to boxes / PC that allow you to basical...
Okay but do boxes load in less than 20 seconds now?
crimson moat
My guess is it will take longer
vagrant steppe
Yay!
jagged linden
box QOL features have been very much needed
honestly even the menuing kinda sucks
why the fuck does it kick you out of the random trade menu entirely???
it takes like... 6-7 buttons to trade one pokemon when in past games it was closer to 2-3
and every time you have to load the menu up again which takes a non-neglibgle 2 seconds or so each time
pseudo goblet
The fact they didn’t save this theme in game for us is the biggest mistake they made…
pseudo goblet
Clutch win… stressed…
Somehow everything went right the last min, I was somehow able to kill two of them, all 5 of them were dead, Rayquaza killed, my team all rush to score point
pseudo goblet
9 min of stress, bloody hell…
latent sleet
i miss the funny zapdos insta win
pseudo goblet
I honestly don’t know which boss is worse anymore
Zapdos was more simple, while Rayquaza are more complicated but ‘feels’ fair
latent sleet
indeed
i since zapdos makes scoring the moment you press x i think its a bit more stronger
pseudo goblet
2 11 rolls and only one non-dupe
Btw man, they just gave every players 3k gems present
pseudo goblet
Ah, previously the ONLY! Poison 5 stars we used to have before Looker and HalloweenIris was added, good times
crimson moat
https://twitter.com/pkmnbrainrot/status/1626687970525827082?s=46&t=iraImQRanxJE3...
Pokémon tcg2 isn’t even on here smdh
Also Colosseum is on here but not the better game
Rumble straight up skipped too
Dash made the cut and rumble got skipped
pseudo goblet
placid junco
How did I get a duplicate of the team skull girl
Fucking hell
placid junco
Yeah
But I haven’t been playing since pre ex update
I remember stuff either being a cakewalk or obnoxiously tanky
I also remember the level recommendations being extremely misleading
bleak pine
Shout outs to Olivia’s Lycanroc getting one-shotted by Heat Wave after lowering their Sp. Def just to increase Atk and Accuracy. When the type effectiveness suggests rock-types
Took me all I had just to run support to keep up
It was either Heat Wave or Sludge Bomb that did it
latent sleet
i have been at a standstill against a dedenne for 50 turns
i can’t kill dedenne but he can’t kill me either
pseudo goblet
Gacha’s can be cruel like that
Tell me about it…
Haven’t gotten anything much here…
latent sleet
100 turns
normal cave
placid junco
How am I getting so many 5 stars except the one I want
They all have lower odds than Emma but I got Volkner, Guzma, and the ice lady from hoenn in one roll
pseudo goblet
That’s the other 8% chance for the 5 stars for ya
Volkner is the better one out of that batch Imo
Electric terrain and ThunderFang hack
placid junco
Honestly at this rate I’ll just end up getting her through pity
Because of the 3.5 anniversary stuff and all the free gems I can get through easy stuff
I’m already halfway to pity lol
obsidian juniper
placid junco
Tbh I’m probably just gonna bail as soon as I get Emma
Because fuck I don’t need another game to grind lol
normal cave
You could bail before you get her
pseudo goblet
Tbh I’m probably just gonna bail as soon as I get Emma
Because fuck I don’t need...
Join the grind 
we have ‘struggles to get master fair prize’ and ‘mediocre features’ lol
placid junco
I am here to get Emma and leave
pseudo goblet
Should be easy, even with pity
Tho I think you might gonna stay a bit longer for that 
Me
placid junco
Nah I’m fine staying long enough to get Emma and maybe the 3.5 login rewards
bleak pine
Only thing now that'd make me go back to Masters is if they somehow have added Wes and/or Michael
...Very unlikely, I'm aware, but.
mighty storm
Rock squirtle 👀
