Feels like a stab in the back ngl
#Pokemon
normal cave
sand forge
Nebby should've gotten in the damn bag
warm sky
Why do they allow megas when they cause salamence to murder
normal cave
They didn't used to do that when megas were introduced
Why did they make the wholesome boi salamence a murder machine upon mega evolution
sand forge
Also Glalie breaks its jaw
normal cave
Gen 7 did all sorts of fucked up shit and I don't like it
Why did they have to make ttar suffer so much
warm sky
And then there's pinsir
normal cave
Pinsir/amphy are having fun
placid junco
normal cave
This implies chikorita is a successful design
placid junco
It is
normal cave
It is objectively the worst starter in terms of combat prowess afaik
In terms of cuteness, yes, it's awesome
outer eagle
Personally, Meganium's looks are only average for me tbh
fading stratus
Yeah bayleef looks better
placid junco
kind vortex
we could live in a world where wild charge doesn't exist and volt tackle had proper distribution, but nope
gotta make pikachu special : ^)
obsidian jacinth
I used to pretty bummed about the direction Pokemon went in balance or viability. But then I played Crystal Maeson and just forgot about that fact for a bit.
outer eagle
and then there's Normal with 2 120BP Recoil moves
pseudo goblet
spice rivet
Jfc I dont know what it is but today I have done nothing but outplay opponents but still lose to RNG.
tacit sphinx
warm sky
Cursed
tacit sphinx
https://twitter.com/chumpodile/status/1640420356358918144?s=61&t=cBZvUrdAQBg9SBr...
implying game freak would ever remember chikorita exists for long enough to do this
young magnet
Twitter
tacit sphinx
https://twitter.com/PlantGodW/status/1640737959497400322?t=KS-zWCh-yA815pnejX0mJ...
Context?
clever saddle
How do I deal with a 6* poison Tera ditto?
fading stratus
Just summon a Magikarp first make it transform into Magikarp
maiden flax
and then there's Normal with 2 120BP Recoil moves
Double edge and?
fading stratus
Head Charge
obsidian jacinth
How do I deal with a 6* poison Tera ditto?
Offhand, I'd say a broom and a dustpan.
pseudo goblet
normal cave
Made it above 1500 Elo for the first time
sand forge
Rng be damned
normal cave
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9randombattle-1832187992-3o2lnn7v1yasugt04...
Ez
maiden flax
How do I deal with a 6* poison Tera ditto?
Bring a ditto or magikarp as the host
solid oxide
normal cave
https://twitter.com/giogiofx0083/status/1640176823026999296?s=46&t=q-1AmjVFLGCcE...
W E Z L
pseudo goblet
normal cave
Wezls
pseudo goblet
Okay why is this Phanpy so cute omg 
sand forge
fading stratus
sand forge
Crit, freeze, unfreeze
golden lance
Common quag W
sand forge
Rngesus smile
fading stratus
What are the odds
What's 2% of 6.25%
0.125%
Or 1 out of 800 chances
That's actually not even that bad of odds
sand forge
I got 1/1250
Unless I'm missing something
10% to freeze, 20% to unfreeze, 4% to crit?
normal cave
It's 1/1 because it happened
fading stratus
crit is 6.25%
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Toxic is 85% accurate ig
So 85% of 0.125%
It's almost 1 out of 941
Rounded down
sand forge
3/16000
fading stratus
I got 17/16000
sand forge
To miss?
fading stratus
Well the toxic didn't miss
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sand forge
The first toxic did
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If it missed it's 1 in 5333.333333333333 chances ig
fading stratus
Let's account for first toxic miss and second toxic land
It's 1 in 6274.5 chances
fading stratus
So the whole image can only occur once in 6274.5 games
Not considering held items
normal cave
Quag being a friend is 1/1 odds
fading stratus
We only factored 2 toxics freeze and thawing and crit
normal cave
So no effect on end results
jaunty wren
okay looking into it
apparently BDSP just gives you really easy access to a boatload of legendaries/mythicals?
spice rivet
Ya the Pal Park replacement
crimson moat
Boatload of legends isn't exactly groundbreaking for pokemon at this point
Mythicals, idk
outer eagle
ever since ORAS being able to catch a ton of legends has been the norm
pseudo goblet
bleak pine
Aaaaaaaa
maiden flax
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/dl-gen9paldeadexposthomedraft-32841 semi finals of a draft league vs the one who went undefeated
warm sky
Zane, are you missing the bad joke here or
normal cave
pseudo goblet
Zane, are you missing the bad joke here or
I implied nothing 
pseudo goblet
<:cheems:683182129668292685> im dumb
I would use the word ‘innocent’ then that
maiden flax
Friends
outer eagle
starting a BW2 rando nuzlocke and i critted my first encounter Gabite so the signs aren't good 
normal cave
warm sky
https://twitter.com/tiger_subaru/status/1641388470697607169?t=H1av1P65wgAOQ_m_xRhsRA&s=19 @normal cave
sand forge
fading stratus
harsh path
TIL Oricorio were a Low Tier God
bleak pine
I gotta say
Channel needs more pins
Feel like more funny can be put on display for all to see here.
harsh path
and afaik it took a good move and mechanics that were advantageous to their playstyle
warm sky
fading stratus
normal cave
pseudo goblet
YOU RE THE ONE WHO IS TRAPPING HIM
W- We are going with this joke, Really? Sure I guess
fading stratus
What's the joke
pseudo goblet
What’s the famous phrase involving a flying pig
fading stratus
If pigs could fly I'd fly a pig?
maiden flax
When pigs fly
crimson moat
Which was the whole joke that people thought the lechonk line would go
Generic flying that evolved from pig
fading stratus
Oh lmao
sand forge
It's not a great joke
spice rivet
spice rivet
Low hanging fruit but eh
vocal torrent
In due time they will be longnose dont worry
warm sky
@normal cave you know what? FUCK YOU
Dogs your mustelid
https://twitter.com/ewanandlianne/status/1641746658424950784?t=_HM-ZAJzrqBBuji28yanNw&s=19
mighty storm
doge weasel
normal cave
Wez-waiiiiiit that's not a wezl
Absolutely horrendous
I mean, the art is GOOD, I just hate it
latent sleet
what michevious tricks is the canine planning
clever saddle
All of them
pseudo goblet
tacit sphinx
What Pokemon got hit worst by Special becoming 2 stats in GSC
golden lance
Chansey
bleak pine
Ninetales?
Like, it could have the same stat total as Arcanine in an ideal world, but nope
young magnet
harsh path
Huh
golden lance
And this marks the second time people are non ironically running ohko moves in gen 9 vgc
harsh path
Which isn’t much but it’s weird that it’s happened twice
fading stratus
VGC players are running Fissure on Ting-Lu
Reminds me of the quick claw fissure torkoal thar made top 32 a few weeks ago
bleak pine
Yeaaaaaa, go for broke
fading stratus
And this marks the second time people are non ironically running ohko moves in g...
Wait it's actually third time
Dondozo
Torkoal
And now this
young magnet
bleak pine
Is the case for Ting Lu being that it's so sturdy combined with it's stat distribution and it's own ability?
Compared to more traditional cases for one-hit KO moves being used for mons like Lapras, Wailord or the like?
latent sleet
tcg wo chien reaction
bleak pine
It's pretty cool card.
Attack does 60 to any of your opponent's mons for each prize card they taken, so at it's most powerful it deals around 300 damage to anything.
pseudo goblet
tcg wo chien reaction
Majestic 
bleak pine
...Of course if you're dealing 300 damage, you got bigger things to worry about than damage output.
fading stratus
Is the case for Ting Lu being that it's so sturdy combined with it's stat distri...
It's the same theory with fissure dondozo
It's bulky af and if you're against something you effectively can't out or do much against you can just fish for fissure
bleak pine
go for broke
But then again, if you're down to the last card, having a mon out that gives your opponent two prize cards for it being KO'd isn't gonna matter much, so by all means, wither things away
crimson moat
Maybe Lost Box / Giratina picks it up, but it is a really bad card to put down early
Retracting my thought about Forretress decks playing it, since you would have to blow up Forretress late to get that to work.
bleak pine
I really wished self-destructing cards did a whole lot more.
You'd think knocking your own mon out would deal more damage than like, 150 or so
Or dealt damage to every mon your opponent has in play, but eh.
At least that card did it in a very creative way... even if it is kinda 'meh'
crimson moat
The problem are the outputs.
There's no attacker that can justify being fully set up in exchange for your opponent being 2 prizes ahead.
Blissey V, Giratina VStar, Regidrago VStar, and Serperior VStar are probably your best bets, but:
- In Theory, Lost Box simply works better for Giratina, as does Arceus
- Serperior hits devastating damage once, and then proceeds to have lackluster damage for the rest of the game
- Regidrago is less consistent, but has more attacks to use, than Giratina and can't use Lost Box well. Regidrago can still use Arceus tho.
Blissey's probably your best bet and even that needs other tools to work well, since it can only set up 1 attacker this way. Even then, Blissey will generally get KO'd in 2-3 hits without going ham on recovery. Blisstank, Blissey's old metagame plan, also gets worse and worse the more SV meta decks come around.
tacit sphinx
Wait are people no memes running OHKO moves in VGC now
fading stratus
OHKO moves have been played since start of the series 1
It's just that they aren't that popular
sand forge
Why do people suddenly like Lechonk
fading stratus
Because Pig tasty
outer eagle
wym suddenly
pseudo goblet
https://twitter.com/serebiinet/status/1641803928860803073?s=46&t=q-1AmjVFLGCcEVW...
Probably wanna @mighty storm
normal cave
Why do people suddenly like Lechonk
Lechonk has been loved and memed as soon as it was released iirc
I think there's a Lechonk terra raid now, which explains the renewed interest
pseudo goblet
https://twitter.com/serebiinet/status/1641727281600274433?s=46&t=q-1AmjVFLGCcEVW...
This one ☝️
AAAAA I love these reverse evolution 
normal cave
Mini crustle is adorable
sand forge
Mega Dwev looks like it has seen shit
normal cave
Big dwebble still lacks the complexity or intimidation of an evolved form
It looks too cutesy to be evolved, and not overdesigned enough
Buuuuut I guess not all evolutions are overdesigned or tough looking. Like Raichu-A, Jumpluff, and Furret
pseudo goblet
Oh yeah btw, this is the THIRD TIME pokemon gave love to Lechonk this week
normal cave
silver vigil
fading stratus
What does Alomomola even do
fading stratus
Oh
random stream
very phys bulky pivot that can send enormous wishes
fading stratus
in singles?
well it's not played in doubles at all
outer eagle
hey don't let your memes be dreams
fading stratus
Anything that doesn't have enough presence on the field just doesn't work in doubles
normal cave
https://twitter.com/SmogonU/status/1642164952554262529
peli to UU
I can play rain in UU
outer eagle
where's your Politoed
fading stratus
Dlc
normal cave
Not available yet
fading stratus
I wonder if you can make perish work in singles
normal cave
Yeah, sort of
Altaria in UU does that. Not as an archetype tho, as a single mon you run in your team.
fading stratus
Mega Gengar does same thing every format
It probably doesn't icy wind in singles atleast ig
warm sky
https://twitter.com/SmogonU/status/1642164952554262529
Ya know
If the funny duck has ice coverage, maybe I could use it over Weavile
But my UU is mid so
mighty storm
Probably wanna <@268199601817780234>
outer eagle
time to give Politoed some buffs
normal cave
wake me up when tier change rolls out or when it is announced as an april fool's joke
normal cave
non-fungible pokemon
sand forge
Porygon regional variant, Grass Normal, the Fungible Pokemon
latent sleet
due to right clicking this pokemon population is now abundant, which upsets porygon enthusiasts
obsidian jacinth
What Pokemon got hit worst by Special becoming 2 stats in GSC
Gyarados. Damage split didn't fix that all at once either, it got stab but mostly just water.
obsidian jacinth
You could at least turn it into a Z-move later, but those were nixed.
fading stratus
Yeah Z Flying Bounce was atleast okay
outer eagle
ironically ever since gen 6 Fly itself is stronger than Bounce
outer eagle
not sure why
but the Fort Wayne stream has so many dislikes
compared to past regional streams
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Probably because legendaries are legal
warm sky
last musk
Opened a box of scarlet and violet today with my partner, pulled both miraidon ex and gardivior ex alt art
outer eagle
another double Freeze
fading stratus
Dude sacking hard
outer eagle
this man's a legend
latent sleet
happy birthday
fading stratus
Where can I get this magic power
maiden flax
Damn floatzel really stole skewda’s job that badly hun
(But they both dropped)
pseudo goblet
mighty storm
the sunkern tail
fading stratus
It'd be funny to get a sunflora
It'd be at least playable
They made deliberd and jigglypuff playable so what's stopping them from making it playable too
pseudo goblet
pseudo goblet
mighty storm
roomba
pseudo goblet
Roomba with sharp object
mighty storm
Khu's newest riddle
Lemme guess: ||Mightiest Mark is the equivalent to Gmax factor for this special new new form||
fading stratus
That'd be hilarious
sand forge
Finally, the Galar Fire Type gets its Fighting back
warm sky
So ||Zard becomes an actual dragon, we get another fire starter with fighting shit, poison frog, surfing pikachu, flightless no longer and... I guess insect samurai because that's a thing?||
tacit sphinx
I just had a funny realisation
Unown’s attacking stats are tied so that HP always has relatively the same damage output in Gens 2-3
snow oasis
tacit sphinx
hahaha what does any of this mean
normal cave
@sand forge
Also, Peli is now listed as uu in the smogon set lists. Does that mean the change is live?
warm sky
sand forge
outer eagle
Miraidon is on almost 2/3 of the teams huh
fading stratus
https://i.redd.it/5pc4n7psfara1.jpg
RU looks fun
outer eagle
then again this is Ubers
fading stratus
i wonder if Koraidon or Miraidon will be more popular after they get legal in doubles
or both in same team like kyogre groudon
fading stratus
Koraidon Miraidon 4 paradox teams 
normal cave
P much
tacit sphinx
Maybe a strange question but what do y’all think the most powercrept mon is
fading stratus
Ig you probably play a talonflame or something
tacit sphinx
I’m not talking about mechanical changes
Like Tauros fell the fuck off because of mechanical changes
I mean like what mons just got really brutally powercrept
fading stratus
Gen 1 Tauros was broken
normal cave
Maybe a strange question but what do y’all think the most powercrept mon is
Mega ray, I guess
Oh as in lost power
tacit sphinx
I’m kinda thinking Celebi?
fading stratus
Honestly just Mewtwo
normal cave
Mewtwo is still bonkers
warm sky
Eh, disagree since it's still good in Ubers
warm sky
If It dropped to RU or something sure
tacit sphinx
Well in other tiers
outer eagle
dude went from broken in Ubers to unviable in one generation
normal cave
Lax also got hit hard
tacit sphinx
Yeah Lax is like
fading stratus
Arcanine every format once cat comes out
tacit sphinx
Went from top 2 or top 1
to nonexistent
But I think Lax fell off more because of mechanics
Like EVs meant not everything was maxed out so Lax got hit hella hard
fading stratus
Arcanine was around 80% in VGC 2017 before the extended Dex
It fell off hard after that
fading stratus
Which format
fading stratus
Never played XY format so no idea about it
tacit sphinx
I mean
I also had no idea
Oh you know what
This is a weird one
Machamp
Machamp was never, like, a top threat
But Conk is literally just Machamp but better
fading stratus
Does machamp have guts?
tacit sphinx
Yes
tacit sphinx
But like the only thing Machamp has is a tiny bit more speed
The extra Atk Conk has is more relevant
fading stratus
Also like better bulk
tacit sphinx
Like the only thing Machamp has is No Guard Dynamicpunch and Close Combat is probably better
fading stratus
Machamp doesn't learn Mach punch either does it
fading stratus
Yeah that
tacit sphinx
Machamp doesn't learn Mach punch either does it
Don’t think so
fading stratus
Its so wack that Pao, Mane, Koraidon and Miraidon have same speed
Konami did it weird
fading stratus
Konami did it weird <:Hahaa:642861303387521034>
Not konami
maiden flax
Zorua hisui is in the same tier as normal zoroark
fading stratus
Machamp has Bullet Punch
Tho Mach punch is strictly better because of stab
tacit sphinx
Duh
I actually wondered something recently
It’s a dumb thought experiment but
What if STAB was 1.25x instead of 1.5x
Cuz like STAB is huge
fading stratus
Talking about stab
Is basculegion any good?
If it isn't idt we have a decent adaptability mon
tacit sphinx
You know what I think is fun about GSC OU
maiden flax
Go boom
tacit sphinx
Machamp’s entire presence in the metagame is essentially based around having like the only good Fighting move lmao
fading stratus
OU council are cowards and will ban legion because of respect anyway
tacit sphinx
“Nice argument, unfortunately, +1 crit Cross Chop”
Look at what gets Cross Chop
Imagine if Hera got it
outer eagle
Wasn’t Primeape pretty good at some point
tacit sphinx
Wasn’t Primeape pretty good at some point
It’s top tier in NU
fading stratus
normal cave
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9uu-1835168562
@warm sky @random stream @maiden flax
maiden flax
Woo!
normal cave
UU is gonna be fun
tfw I get to use my OU ladder team on UU without worrying about Walking Wake
I copied some of Ren's sets for this too, namely golduck and toedscruel
maiden flax
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9randombattle-1835172919 i nearly died to bad luck
normal cave
IT HAPPENED AGAIN
SAME GUY
252+ Atk Choice Band Tera Water Floatzel Wave Crash vs. 0 HP / 4 Def Salamence in Rain: 332-391 (100.3 - 118.1%) -- guaranteed OHKO
@warm sky wezl always outspeeds and oneshots salamence under rain unless it has intimidate
this is actually so stupid I can't
maiden flax
Common salamance L
normal cave
if they tera steel they die even harder
I don't even need to click ice spinner unless they have intimidate
warm sky
<@131023596607897600> wezl always outspeeds and oneshots salamence under rain un...
Damn lmao.
Too bad I really like my overall team
normal cave
if they do, it's special mence, which means
252 SpA Salamence Flamethrower vs. 252 HP / 172+ SpD Tinkaton in Rain: 66-78 (17.6 - 20.8%) -- possible 7HKO after Leftovers recovery
this team just doesn't care about mence
biggest threat to this in UU that I can think of is gastro, but I have duck and scizor for grass coverage
oh yeah, slither wing can force wezl to switch
had my first UU rain mirror. Brute bonnet kinda scary, but they ran kilowattrel as their special attacker and that shit did nothing
hurricane thunder weather ball choice specs is nice and all, but like
it's cringe
tacit sphinx
I'd like some advice.
I wanna do a Crystal challenge run but I've done Nuzlockes, single mon runs...
I don't know what to do next.
golden lance
I’m kinda thinking Celebi?
Celebi was THE uu mon until gen 8 where zarude told him to fuck off, so i disagree
tacit sphinx
Celebi was THE uu mon until gen 8 where zarude told him to fuck off, so i disagr...
okay but before then it was an ubers mon and then it fell the fuck off
golden lance
Fair
obsidian jacinth
I wanna do a Crystal challenge run but I've done Nuzlockes, single mon runs...
Crystal Maeson. https://www.romhacking.net/hacks/5706/
fading stratus
I wanna do a Crystal challenge run but I've done Nuzlockes, single mon runs...
Have you done <400 bst nuzlocke tho
obsidian jacinth
Swinub only. Pig up.
warm sky
Hoge
normal cave
252+ Atk Choice Band Tera Water Floatzel Wave Crash vs. 252 HP / 4 Def Scream Tail in Rain: 556-656 (128.1 - 151.1%) -- guaranteed OHKO
Peli will not last long in UU
normal cave
Peli suffers from sun and walking wake being common in OU
crimson moat
To borderline hell
normal cave
and from clodsire being common
in UU, the best checks to the swift swim abusers don't exist
the best they have is, like, wo chien
silver vigil
me omw to bring wooper into uu
silver vigil
meant Paldea
warm sky
Can't even abuse Scizor to counter rain because steel resist
normal cave
252+ Atk Choice Band Tera Water Floatzel Ice Spinner vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Eviolite Tera Water Wooper-Paldea: 47-56 (14.9 - 17.8%) -- possible 6HKO after Stealth Rock
wooper-p real
golden lance
the best they have is, like, wo chien
normal cave
+2 252+ SpA Life Orb Golduck Ice Beam vs. 252 HP / 0 SpD Eviolite Tera Water Wooper-Paldea: 205-242 (65.2 - 77%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Stealth Rock
yoo
252+ Atk Technician Scizor Trailblaze vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Eviolite Tera Water Wooper-Paldea: 138-164 (43.9 - 52.2%) -- 71.1% chance to 2HKO after Stealth Rock
ok wooper-p actually just lives through most of what this team can dish out
real
golden lance
Can it do something in return tho?
normal cave
nolol
it just forces floatzel to switch and wastes a turn of rain
it CAN use toxic
which would be really annoying on float or dux
but nothing is stopping me from just sitting on scizor and clicking trailblaze
warm sky
Wouldn't gastrodon be better
normal cave
not vs golduck
you need to tera poison on gastro
or you die to grass knot or trailblaze
and if you tera you die to bullet punch
hmm, actually, yeah gastro is better
running the numbers it's just better
you still need to tera on gastro or you die
pseudo goblet
https://twitter.com/avhycch3x80kcue/status/1642504692424134657?s=46&t=q-1AmjVFLG...
@normal cave
normal cave
runs gastro, a grass type, and another weather setter
still loses
misplayed with golduck in the end, should have expected the switch
normal cave
drizzle cannot remain legal in UU this shit is toxic
random stream
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9ou-1835691604-4nv9enwwd2nmm17evthydt56vksewk2pw Brute bonnet stays winning
pseudo goblet
normal cave
yeah, electric makes no sense here
just because it's fast it doesn't mean it's electric. and just because it's electric doesn't mean it's fast.
normal cave
just give it well-baked body
flavorwise, it works like what you described. gameplay wise, it's better since rock sucks.
warm sky
sand forge
Can I get an uhhhh flying type with Earth Eater
placid junco
give Magcargo earth eater
sand forge
That'd be neat
warm sky
Can I get an uhhhh flying type with Earth Eater
Sure
Hands you terra flying orthworm
bleak pine
You mean people don't have mons with sturdy? Madness!
warm sky
... I mean the point is to kill bulky mons before their bulk matters
crimson moat
If they were to dexit like that, Swagger probably would have been gone in the first cut
Also Sturdy got an entirely better use case gen 5 onward so that point is kinda moot anyways
bleak pine
Yeah, it was a joke.
crimson moat
Can't wait to see the even stupider counter meta of Evasion Tanks
bleak pine
Well, actually I'm really wondering if people are using a bunch of mons with sturdy in response to this influx
Or that
latent sleet
its just like the anime
normal cave
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9uu-1836154375-kziyw76msjinetc904xl66tca59eljppw uu rain mirror is dumb
252+ Atk Choice Band Floatzel Liquidation vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Tera Water Floatzel in Rain: 238-281 (76.5 - 90.3%) -- 18.8% chance to OHKO after Stealth Rock
why did they not click wave crash on the final turn
I guess they had no wincon after wezl died so they needed it healthy
normal cave
I HAD REFLECT SWITCHED ON MY CALCULATOR
I KEPT PLAYING AROUND A NONEXISTENT REFLECT
also, I think my team has issues
I kinda just copied ren's OU team and some of my stuff without thinking it through
need to actually adjust the team for the format
peli, wezl, golduck and tink have been outstanding, at least, but tink dies to the mirror, and scizor/toedscruel have not been working for me
I think I'll run talonflame over scizor, and maybe gastro over toed
swapped toed for gastro and turned scizor into heavy duty boots with defog and swords dance.
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9uu-1836192158 clean game. enough showdown for today.
hopefully peli gets quick banned by tomorrow
bulky quaqua is everywhere rn
@jagged linden your favorite is insane in UU now
does well vs wezl
252+ Atk Choice Band Tera Water Floatzel Wave Crash vs. 200 HP / 180+ Def Quaquaval in Rain: 248-292 (68.6 - 80.8%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery
maybe not as well as I thought, but if you get a bulk up off it works
tacit sphinx
Already did that
normal cave
then you've beaten the game
tacit sphinx
Single mon runs are kinda bland to me anyway
golden lance
How should I replay Crystal this time
Play crystal kaizo
normal cave
yeah try a romhack
golden lance
Hmm
normal cave
have chat pick your team
tacit sphinx
have chat pick your team
How does this work
tacit sphinx
Like every new route I have to bother you
normal cave
whenever raz tries to use a move
you're right, you use it on commute, so you need people awake to answer you. not a good idea.
choccy's run works better
tacit sphinx
By the way
Y’all wanna see the most confusing screenshot ever
Someone just sent this in the Smogon GSC Discord
tacit sphinx
I could try a monotype but
normal cave
as a former monotype player
tacit sphinx
Because of GSC distribution it might take ages for the run to kick in
normal cave
no
monotype runs each feel different, and they are fun
but yeah getting a starter is hell
tacit sphinx
Well let me think
golden lance
Easiest way is to just getting a shitty mon traded for you
normal cave
I still remember the hell that was early mono dragon USUM
tacit sphinx
In Crystal, before you beat Falkner, your options are…
Grass, Fire, Water, Flying, Bug, Poison, Ghost, and Psychic IIRC
Oh, wait
Normal, Rock, and Ground too
normal cave
late game mono dragon was beastly, but early game you died to dexio
many, many times
golden lance
Still better than bw1 monotype options
normal cave
his fucking smoochum/glaceon team
normal cave
or was it the other one whose name I can never spell right
tacit sphinx
Gen 2 is also slightly devious in that like the starters don’t gain types so you can’t be like “oh I’m doing a Gen 6 Psychic run so I’ll pick Fennekin”
normal cave
one of the two kalos nerds had a mono ice team, including a glaceon, and that was probably the hardest fight I've had in any pokemon game
tacit sphinx
Let me think
normal cave
gen 5 mono bug was hell, and gen 7 mono rock was so boring I abandoned it
normal cave
or was it gen 6?
golden lance
I kinda want to do a gen 4 monotype run
tacit sphinx
It’s basically a one-mon run
tacit sphinx
I kinda want to do a gen 4 monotype run
P E A R L F I R E
normal cave
I kinda want to do a gen 4 monotype run
mono fire is fun. you have awesome options like drifblim and lopunny
golden lance
What if i do uhhhhhhhh
tacit sphinx
But then you can pick up Slowpoke and Eggy
golden lance
Mono steel
normal cave
hmm
tacit sphinx
Is anyone else intimidated that I know what mons are available in GSC this well
normal cave
pilpulp
normal cave
Is anyone else intimidated that I know what mons are available in GSC *this* wel...
nah, I've accepted that you know all of gsc by heart at this point
golden lance
Is anyone else intimidated that I know what mons are available in GSC *this* wel...
Did you know that the only way to get surskit in rse is in route 104 at a 1% encounter rate?
tacit sphinx
Did you know that the only way to get surskit in rse is in route 104 at a 1% enc...
Yes
normal cave
ah yes, obscure rse facts
tacit sphinx
Actually thinking about it
normal cave
wally faints ralts
I... I did it... it's... MY POKEMON!
tacit sphinx
Psychic run would die really fast
tacit sphinx
Something tells me Unown and Slowpoke will have trouble with Scyther Fury Cutter
normal cave
if you DO, let me know in advance
golden lance
*wally faints ralts*
I... I did it... it's... MY POKEMON!
Which is honestly pretty common to happen because it's a damage roll
normal cave
it's esp funny in randomized runs
because the tutorial has a chance of wally's mon fainting, which forces him to fight with no pokemon
aka a placeholder glitch mon
this can result in the game crashing if you don't sequence stuff right and the ai does funny stuff
...idr the details of the glitch, it's been so long since I played randomized emerald
golden lance
Hear me out raz
Mono fairy
Just pretend the type exists
So it's basically worse mono normal but azumarill is there
normal cave
raz do a run of only friend-shapped mons
tacit sphinx
Normal: Sentret, Hoothoot, Teddiursa, Pidgey, Rattata, Spearow, Dunsparce
Fire: Cyndaquil, Growlithe
Water: Totodile, Poliwag
Grass: Chikorita, Bellsprout, Hoppip
Rock: Geodude
Ground: Geodude, Phanpy
Poison: Zubat, Gastly, Spinarak, Weedle, Bellsprout
Flying: Hoppip, Zubat, Pidgey, Spearow, Hoothoot, Ledyba
Psychic: Unown lol
Bug: Caterpie, Weedle, Spinarak, Ledyba
Ghost: Gastly
normal cave
no cool mons, no weird mons, only rotund blobs with happy faces
normal cave
if a mon is not shaped like a friend you can't run it
golden lance
Normal: Sentret, Hoothoot, Teddiursa, Pidgey, Rattata, Spearow, Dunsparce
Fire: ...
Doesnt crystal have a trade onix before falkner?
tacit sphinx
Doesnt crystal have a trade onix before falkner?
This is true but Onix barely counts as a Pokemon
bleak pine
I love battles in which the only move you can use is Metronome
Everyone uses the same mon, but it's all up to luck what comes up
normal cave
But at that point you can just run 2 bots to click metronome since there are barely any decisions
...not like my current team has many decisions
tacit sphinx
Anyway Metronome only might be fun but it’s infeasible
In GSC that’s just like
Togepi only
bleak pine
Yeah. You can't really catch Clefairy until you hit Kanto.
...Can you?
It's just entertaining to see a Clefairy go through the animations that something like Head Charge provides
normal cave
Oh, animations yes
bleak pine
You don't get that same satesfaction doing this on a simulator.
bleak pine
Well, to be fair, getting Metronome on mons is painful to do
So there's that going for shodown
obsidian jacinth
...Can you?
I think the earliest is that you can get a cleffa through the odd egg
bleak pine
Well, yeah, in that case you technically can
obsidian jacinth
I do not remember the rest though, because currently I'm playing through Maeson and I keep thinking "oh yeah Cleffa at night in Dark Ca- waaaait wrong game." 
obsidian jacinth
She can go on the bullet train. Or maybe she just walks to Saffron. Who knows?
golden lance
and final gambit
tacit sphinx
Somehow Sandstorm is funnier to me
shows up
causes a raging whirlwind of sand
refuses to elaborate further
dies
normal cave
safety goggles are good on sheddy
pseudo goblet
bleak pine
loooong
tacit sphinx
????????????
bleak pine
what
normal cave
h o r n a t t a c k
tacit sphinx
@normal cave nah
Check this
You know Moltres is caught at Level 50?
Your new Moltres exclusively knows Peck and Fire Spin
and it will learn three more moves by level up
tacit sphinx
Yes
normal cave
because ik wrap is toxic in gen 1
warm sky
Don't forget that Moltres is actually good in gen 1 tho
normal cave
no sneaky pebbles
tacit sphinx
Moltres has this hilarious tendency to suddenly become good once a gen is no longer current
Poor Pidgeot has a fucking barren movepool too
No Drill Peck and no Body Slam
You get
M i r r o r M o v e
normal cave
the mirror move failed
pseudo goblet
Omg I didn’t even saw the final image
Love the price tag referencing this ytb lmao https://youtube.com/@SUSHIRAMEN-Riku
normal cave
I just love the little sushi fish so much
fading stratus
https://twitter.com/wishfield_naru/status/1642490799765221376?s=46&t=q-1AmjVFLGC...
Wtf why's the twitter logo doge
normal cave
Elon is trying to distract people from the fact that he is trying to dismiss a 256 billion $ lawsuit involving dogecoin
He wants people to see "twitter is now doge" when they search for "elon doge" instead of... you know... that.
tacit sphinx
What a loser
normal cave
Money wise, he is the biggest loser in human history
fading stratus
Elon is trying to distract people from the fact that he is trying to dismiss a 2...
It's apparently 258 million $
Not billion
pseudo goblet
Wtf why's the twitter logo doge
Where?
fading stratus
Literally while clicking the link you posted
warm sky
https://twitter.com/tiger_subaru/status/1643202550982930435?t=kCIV_r_EZAwDb9IL99HHig&s=19 @normal cave
normal cave
Tough, serious, protective wezl and mild, mellow, creepy wezl
I fucking love this series of pics
pseudo goblet
@waxen moat look at what Rica been doing lately https://youtu.be/DeRS9WGGmuA
Creepy Goh costume 
waxen moat
pseudo goblet
After the rain my beloved 
normal cave
fren
bleak pine
Y’know for a mon I am not supposed to heed too much, Poochyena made me learn a lot about hyena’s
Like, the whole “Dog Software on Cat Hardware” thing, how they are actually more reasonable than the lions they are supposively competing with (for one their hunts are much more successful, which means they don’t scavenge as much as lions do), and a good few other things
normal cave
hyenas are cool
bleak pine
They are, funnily enough. Just, they got a bad reputation, which is unfortunate
normal cave
blame disney
film industry is responsible for so many animals getting a bad reputation.
hyenas, cats, sharks...
meanwhile dolphins and elephants get a good reputation despite one of them being somewhat similar to humans in terms of unnecessary cruelty, and the other being one of the deadliest animals on the planet in terms of how many people are killed by it per year.
bleak pine
Elephants kinda zig-zag the whole thing
They can be reasonable, but due to poaching activities, a lot of elephants grow up without parents
normal cave
why is the dolphin pokemon also based off the goody-two-shoes super man
bleak pine
So they grow up to be the African Savanna equivalent of shitty teenagers
They pick on Rhino’s, all cause they are really dumb
At least media in recent times get Hippo’s right
They are herbivores and look cute but are the most feared herbivores on the planet
normal cave
aren't hippos the most dangerous of the large animals?
bleak pine
Yep
normal cave
ik humans and mosquitoes are the two most dangerous animals to humans. iirc mosquitoes moreso but I can't remember.
bleak pine
It says something when Steve Irwin, a guy who wrestled with crocs, said that the most dangerous thing he ever done was cross a River that had hippo’s in it
normal cave
I love animals, but mosquitoes are kill-on-sight for me
bleak pine
Yeah
They are one animal that many people agree we’d be better off with
No lie, it’s been suggested that they can very well be brought to extinction and everyone would be better with it
normal cave
the only animal I feel no remorse killing. them and ticks/fleas/other insects that parasitize humans or my pets.
bleak pine
Or at least, the bloodsucking kind
There’s several species of Mosquito that can be alright
normal cave
No lie, it’s been suggested that they can very well be brought to extinction and...
only advantage they have is that they make life hell for the people cutting down the amazon
random stream
Palafin is the akechi of pokemon
bleak pine
A real hungry jungle
normal cave
I'd imagine the rainforest would be long gone without it
normal cave
Palafin is the akechi of pokemon
palafin is the kind of pokemon to be a seemingly friendly billionaire who donates a shitload but has some extremely shady dealings he'd rather cover up and distract from with his donations
warm sky
Palafin really is the clark kent of pokémon
Super strong hero, hated for being so strong
normal cave
although that's probably just my distaste for dolphins
I don't hate palafin for its strength
I hate it for being a dolphin
I'm not a seasoned competitive player, I'm just racist.
bleak pine
Few other things: apparently Hyena’s are very much the best example of scavengers, since they leave very little behind when scavenging. They can digest bones and even it’s marrow
normal cave
bone marrow is such a great source of energy, if you can get to it.
bleak pine
Yep~
normal cave
mmm
lamb marrow
there's this dish my family makes from uzbekistan, irrc, that uses these massive beef bones
and sometimes you get a large clump of marrow still stuck in the bone and eating it is just the best
obsidian juniper
sand forge
https://youtu.be/Yt4VGN-noAU
"Was inspired to turn the pupae into a giant battery"
Charjabug disrespect I see
mighty storm
bleak pine
oh lawd she comin'
tacit sphinx
I’m currently thinking Bug or Ground
tacit sphinx
I hate it for being a dolphin
Totsugeki!
warm sky
https://twitter.com/poke06281488/status/1643214851622461442?t=WWEQvyTDZi1KRMboJabbhw&s=19
Okay now calculate versus 252+ Atk Parental Bond Tera-Normal Kangaskhan-Mega Max Strike
crimson moat
https://twitter.com/poke06281488/status/1643214851622461442?t=WWEQvyTDZi1KRMboJa...
The pokemon you attacked was really H-Zoroark
golden lance
Totsugeki!
It's balanced by the fact that it's a charge move bro
tacit sphinx
Lvl 5 Blissey Present vs. Kingdra: 370-435 (104.8 - 123.2%) -- guaranteed OHKO
actual gsc calculation
crimson moat
present is really messed up in G/S
tacit sphinx
There’s an error in damage calculation when Present is used against a Pokemon whose sole typing or secondary typing is special
crimson moat
Essentially it makes it so that instead of Level or stats mattering for damage calc, only the typing of pokemon matter
Types are put on an index. Physical types are 0-9
Special types are 20-27
Damage = ((2 x Defending type 2 ID +10)/250) x (10/Attacking Pokémon type 2 ID) x Base + 2) x Modifier
As a result, a physically typed pokemon using using Present on a specially typed pokemon does insane damage, regardless of stats or level.
This bug is consistent in G/S, but was patched in Crystal
(will still occur in link battle between a G/S game and Crystal)
tacit sphinx
Delibird always beats Tyranitar in a 1v1 because it outspeeds and has Present 
golden lance
How relevant is this in practice?
crimson moat
How relevant is this in practice?
Are you playing on G/S or something else?
golden lance
Showdown
tacit sphinx
So no
crimson moat
irrelevant
literally only matters if you involve a physical Gold or Silver cartridge
crimson moat
Well I gotta take that back after looking it up.
It is in Smogon as the G/S version of the attack
But, the only pokemon that runs it competitively is Chansey in GS UU
golden lance
I see
crimson moat
Blissey has it on an option on a heal bell set but it is actively competing with 6 other moves
Flamethrower
Ice Beam
Toxic
Light Screen
Reflect
Sing
late urchin
random stream
@outer eagle @fading stratus fun fact, toxapex's best set in OU now is offensive 
av 4 attacks did super well twice in SPL and it's decent in ladder
fading stratus
Knock off, whatever replaces scald, and?
random stream
it lost knock and scald, lemme get the set
Toxapex (M) @ Assault Vest
Ability: Regenerator
Tera Type: Fairy
EVs: 248 HP / 224 SpA / 36 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Ice Beam
- Acid Spray
- Surf
- Infestation
random stream
infest acid spray lets you trap and beat bonbozo dirge clodsire
random stream
in SPL one person used tera fight tera blast to destroy kingambit
the other it was warding off the dangerous hydreigon w ice beam
oh also @lucid moth ping since this is rly amusing
lucid moth
4 attack pex is nutty
random stream
I dont know how 53 spa can hit so hard but here we are
outer eagle
Modest and almost max Investment and Chip damage do be nice
36 speed is quite specific
random stream
I dont remember what thats for
harsh path
Could see more this month too
lucid moth
I dont know how 53 spa can hit so hard but here we are
doesnt has to
just has to hit
pex will outlast most threats with natural bulk + regenerator
especially with av
and tera type
random stream
Yeah gamer, but in those replays it was doing some absurd stuff
like doing 40+ to hydrei
lucid moth
tbf super effective + hitting vs relatively low defenses hits different
harsh path
I imagine Wake (cannot remember the full name of that Suicine dinosaur ass) being around also makes Offensive Toxapex
random stream
The opposing Dragapult used Shadow Ball!
(Toxapex lost 27% of its health!)
Toxapex used Ice Beam!
It's super effective!
(The opposing Dragapult lost 57% of its health!)
The opposing Dragapult is hurt by Infestation!
yeah it did like near 60 to pult
and pult isnt even frail
lucid moth
pult is quite frail imo
outer eagle
this looks logical all things considered
random stream
hmm
outer eagle
frail mon without spdef investment taking a high bp SE hit
lucid moth
so they can do decent damage off u-turns
random stream
oh this was the breakout game
it killed gambit with tera fight tera blast
then survived tera fairy iron valiant moonblast t 3% to one shot w sludge bomb
I think acid spray is more popular now though
harsh path
But yeah good on Toxapex improvising to a new niche
Gen 9 is a genuinely funny generation
lucid moth
i think a bigger surprise is how stall has basically become mono-water this gen
alommomola, dozo, pex
random stream
mola hard carrying ngl
lucid moth
alomomola has always been decent in the back
but it has finally gotten a real chance with tera
random stream
lucid moth
yea this really reads like the ultra greed thing that has happened
maxing out damage numbers at the cost of defenses
which works excellent if stall isnt in the meta
stall in the meta:
random stream
it wasnt too bothered by losing scald or knock either
lucid moth
this is also why dnite and breloom and scizor to an extent wont really lose niche in ou
random stream
chilling water or whirlpool works fine enough
lucid moth
so long as ppl are spamming low defense max damage output stuff
4 attack pex never beats bulky quaquaval basically
but vs max spatk/spe -def nature hydreigon for optimal u-turns and such?
fading stratus
it wasnt too bothered by losing scald or knock either
Not just that recovery moves have 8 pp now
lucid moth
it wont beat pex and it also eats fat damage
random stream
Not just that recovery moves have 8 pp now
oh I meant alomomola
since it gets by w wish regen
random stream
The opposing Dragapult used Draco Meteor!
(good mon lost 29.7% of its health!)
The opposing Dragapult's Sp. Atk fell harshly!
av pex 
tacit sphinx
Regenerator?
lucid moth
Regenerator?
pex has no other abilities?
sand forge
Which is a shame because Merciless is a cool ability
lucid moth
its on the wrong mon
sand forge
Ye
normal cave
Merciless dragalge with draco meteor
Your life ends when you switch into the tocxic spikes
sand forge
Shout out to Reuniclus having Regenerator and it isn't its best ability
