Pokemon

[pseudo goblet]

[fading stratus]

also make sure you use arch in rain if you're using non iron defense body press set

because spamming electro shot is one thing it does good

[pseudo goblet]

Drayton would know

[fading stratus]

electro shot is also the reason it got banned from smogon singles

[pseudo goblet]

Something tells me it can’t learn Rain Dance

[fading stratus]

you pair it with pelliper

[pseudo goblet]

I feared you would say that

Wtf I looked Bulbapedia, there’s only 3 Pokémon with Drizzle?!

[fading stratus]

politoed pelliper and?

[outer eagle]

Ogre

[pseudo goblet]

I thought there’d be more, no wonder people keep using the bird

[fading stratus]

oh yeah

[outer eagle]

Weather abilities and Terrain abilities are extremely powerful

[fading stratus]

in doubles tho best rain setter is tornadus

[outer eagle]

enough to create entire teams by themselves

[fading stratus]

you manual rain

[outer eagle]

so it's logical that auto weather/terrain abilities are rare

[fading stratus]

that's why kyogre and groudon are two of the most used mons in each format

wonder if tornogre will be as dominant as in the past

[outer eagle]

torn is prolly still top tier support no matter what

Ogre is more debatable since it's a restricted slot

[pseudo goblet]

Bring back Primal Groudon, I love that little underdog

[outer eagle]

"Underdog"

[fading stratus]

primal groudon was a mistake

shit is like second best fire type in the entire game

[pseudo goblet]

As in gen 3 lol

You re gonna tell me Groudon is better than Kyogre aren’t y’all

[fading stratus]

it is

[pseudo goblet]

Before gen 6?

[fading stratus]

I have no idea about pre gen 6

I started playing competitive early Sun Moon

[outer eagle]

considering vgc started in gen 4 iirc

[fading stratus]

it did, yeah

[outer eagle]

not like "pre-gen 6" was a significant timespan

in Singles sure Ogre was better

[pseudo goblet]

Wait who’s the top best then???

[outer eagle]

Tiger

[pseudo goblet]

Reshiram??

[outer eagle]

who else

[pseudo goblet]

Oh

[fading stratus]

yeah the cat

charizard is probably up there in 3rd place

[pseudo goblet]

https://tenor.com/view/incineroar-smash-anime-fight-smack-down-gif-16720688

[fading stratus]

that;s what 159 spA does to a mf

or a gmax move that does residual damage

[outer eagle]

imagine being only 3rd despite having the power of Priviledge

[fading stratus]

yeah lol

[pseudo goblet]

Say that to Pikachu lmfao

But worst

[outer eagle]

hey at least Pikachu isn't competing against anything else

[fading stratus]

raichu has won a worlds

[outer eagle]

GF isn't actively shafting something for Pikachu

[fading stratus]

due to power of previlege arguably

(endavour)

[pseudo goblet]

I guess, Pachirisu?

[fading stratus]

pachirisu was really specific for that exact format

[pseudo goblet]

[fading stratus]

like you didn't really have that great follow me mons

and it was also a arguably slow powered format

volt absorb also helped because zapdos was premiere tailwind setter ig

and then we got this

[pseudo goblet]

At least you wouldn’t have the most luck getting to see me using PIKACHU in a run anymore, god I was dumb~ ~

[fading stratus]

mainline games are so easy you can get away with playing 6 spheals

[pseudo goblet]

Did I say it was UltraSun lol

About the Pikachu thing

[fading stratus]

it was a reference to this.......

https://youtu.be/QhBhCtv2RJE?si=r4vEGDgv0RBHJHcl

[pseudo goblet]

I like the one with eviolite lol

-w-

[outer eagle]

nuzlockes do allow some competitively unimpressive yet solid mons to shine

as opposed to playing the A-S tiers all the time

[fading stratus]

yes

also teaches you how to stall

switch stall to be more specific

[outer eagle]

if your team is fat enough yeah

[pseudo goblet]

Nice intro btw

[fading stratus]

more like immunity shuffle

[fading stratus]

its a really good vid

[outer eagle]

usually i would only need to switch stall during the early game

when my type diversity isn't high tbw

during late-end game i would already have dedicated walls

[pseudo goblet]

https://vxtwitter.com/touyarokii/status/1766877409360461872?s=46&t=q-1AmjVFLGCcEVWLfARPPw

Well, kinda hard hugging a spiky friend now isn’t it

[fading stratus]

dog is a man's best friend

[outer eagle]

that's a hyena

[fading stratus]

its a dog

[pseudo goblet]

https://tenor.com/view/shocked-michael-groth-mandjtv-mandjtv-plays-jaw-dropped-gif-26913239

Shout out to Air Buddy

[outer eagle]

Prof. Elm getting chased around by that so-called dog's little brother

[fading stratus]

I trained the lil bro to chase him

that son of a bitch deserved it

dude didn't let me have all 3 mons

[pseudo goblet]

So you re the one who sent Silver to visit Prof Birch lol

That the guys name? Birch?

[fading stratus]

his name is actually Prof Bitch

[pseudo goblet]

Wait isn’t Elm the johto one?

[fading stratus]

yes

[pseudo goblet]

Ah

[outer eagle]

all these professors with their fancy names

[pseudo goblet]

Okay yeah Birch is the hoenn one

[fading stratus]

Oak Elm Bitch Rowan Juniper Whatever his name was Kukui Magnolia that weird hat dude and sada/turo

[pseudo goblet]

Sycamore

Weird hat dude???

[fading stratus]

yes

[pseudo goblet]

OHH I remember now

God, Laventen? Laventon?

[fading stratus]

yes

[inland gyro]

YES ANNIHILAPE

[pseudo goblet]

Honestly i cant even remember Juniper name without you saying

And Magnolia

[fading stratus]

I only remember magnolia because of her granddaughter

[pseudo goblet]

Left is the normal color

[fading stratus]

OG is better

[pseudo goblet]

Needed the Emmet Alt that period of time so I couldn’t pull Sonia

[fading stratus]

shame on you

[pseudo goblet]

Guzma and Lusamine is pretty bad for Bug offense okay!!! I needed a good one

Also I didn’t have Alder at the time

[pseudo goblet]

Sword Dance Escavalier is more than a good deal

[fading stratus]

you left goodest boy yamper

[pseudo goblet]

Oh OG Sonia I do have, don’t worry

[fading stratus]

you need all 3

if i played masters I'd have all hilda and sonia alts

[pseudo goblet]

You need their banner first lmao

and many factors

[fading stratus]

still

[pseudo goblet]

Hmm

Hilda side
Diancie got a reprint for one or two time before
Victini I almost never saw it ever again
Grapploct you would need to be in summer i guess???

Sonia side
Shiny Tsureena(the alt earlier) same kind of luck as Diance above

[pseudo goblet]

Surely you would like this EX color

Oh dang, normal Hilda’s ex looks nice

[fading stratus]

yes

[outer eagle]

call me contrarian but i kinda don't like the Orange shirt + Red pants combo

[fading stratus]

contrarian

[pseudo goblet]

Realized best thing they gave Kiawe here was a new pants

[fading stratus]

lol

[vagrant steppe]

@fading stratus at least I know more about doubles than whoever commented this on the team lmao

[fading stratus]

LMAO

this is peak comedy

these kinda people play vital spirit in annhilape

[pseudo goblet]

Was this the color for Shiny Reunicles???

[fading stratus]

uhh idr

[pseudo goblet]

Hardly

[vagrant steppe]

I mean tbf it's Supreme Overlord 100% of the time in singles

(Other than that awful defiant leftovers lead set)

But I specifically mentioned this being a VGC team

[fading stratus]

I mean yeah I do understand
intimidate is really underwhelming in singles in general

and you can stack +5 supreme overlord buff

and sucker punch

but in doubles if you have +2 supreme overlord it gets neutralised by 1 intimidate

[outer eagle]

nah Intimidate is still really really good in Singles

half of Lando's current utility lies in there

[fading stratus]

well underwhelming as in you can't intimidate both so kinda bad compared to doubles

[outer eagle]

if anything i feel like Singles has more OU Intimidate mons throughout history but maybe i'm wrong

[vagrant steppe]

Intimidate is weaker in singles, but fine

[outer eagle]

Intimidate has tradeoffs in Singles vs Doubles

sure you can't intimidate both mons, but in singles if you land an intimidate you are given a very high guarantee to start setting up

unlike in VGC where you can get double targeted

[fading stratus]

ig that does make sense

[pseudo goblet]

I~ feel kinda out of place thanks to these teammates

[fading stratus]

in doubles history the most dominant mons have always been intimidators

[inland gyro]

i think less because a certain few are so dominant?

[golden lance]

Geeta can use shadow clones now?

Gen 9 lore is crazy

[inland gyro]

different intimidators though have been dominant in each though

[fading stratus]

geeta needs everything she can get to be okay

[inland gyro]

incineroar was obnoxious in VGC but in smogon singles landorus T was everywhere

[fading stratus]

different? its always incin in every format its legal

[pseudo goblet]

Nah, just two rando teammate somehow both using EX-ed Geeta

[inland gyro]

pretty sure incineroar hasn't been dominant in OU singles?

[golden lance]

Masters has pvp?

[fading stratus]

OU? its like ZU or sth

[golden lance]

PU mon lmao

[inland gyro]

yeah that's my point

[outer eagle]

pre-gen 7 in Singles every Intimidate mon was at least UU iirc

[pseudo goblet]

Nope

Afaik

[inland gyro]

incineroar was everywhere in VGC but ass in smogon singles but landorus T was all over that

[golden lance]

Man i've been running 6 boot mons in singles recently

[fading stratus]

mightyena

[golden lance]

Shit is actually addicting

[outer eagle]

shit u right

[golden lance]

They click rocks and you essentially get a free turn

[outer eagle]

wtf Stantler has Intimidate?

[fading stratus]

also probably granbull tauros and stuff

[outer eagle]

how is a Stantler intimidating

[fading stratus]

yeah eviloite stantler had a niche post home

[outer eagle]

Tauros was good up until gen 4

[fading stratus]

intimidate trick room

[outer eagle]

Granbull do be ass

[fading stratus]

and i think skill swap

skill swap activates intimidate again

[golden lance]

Hey bolt

[fading stratus]

chocc

[golden lance]

What restricted cores do you think people'll run once that format rolls out?

[fading stratus]

double weather I can see being most popular

or Zacian don

[golden lance]

Korai + groudon

[fading stratus]

I think you play one of that and ogre

[golden lance]

Double raidon sounds kinda nice too

Run like

3 paradox mons

[fading stratus]

I don't like double dragons in flutter format

but who knows format might change

[golden lance]

Is flutter even real post zac?

[fading stratus]

should be

they didn't import Xerneas so sadge

best restricted by far

might even be better than shadow rider

[golden lance]

The real loss is yvetal

[fading stratus]

I did try Yveltal

it was okay

[golden lance]

I miss the birb that lives 8396 hits

Altho we are prob getting them back via ZA

Which in retrospect was kinda obvious

Tao trio was obtainable in dlc, 6 trio was the only one missing

[fading stratus]

I think Yveltal Groudon was a legit duo back in 2022

[golden lance]

Ngl miraidon iron bundle is kinda spooky

[fading stratus]

thing I'm most interested in is actually Palkia

[golden lance]

Oh yea right

The origin mons will be legal now

[fading stratus]

ye

[pseudo goblet]

I don’t often EX units that aren’t offense focus- unless the EX look good or maybe the lil boost, Penny would be the latter

[fading stratus]

regular palkia was one of the better restricted trick room mons

but I liked Lunala more

[pseudo goblet]

Omg even the eevee bag is shiny

[golden lance]

Is palkO slower than base?

Idr

[fading stratus]

120 compared to 100

so no

but its great after 1 flutter icy wind or tailwind

[golden lance]

Hmm

[fading stratus]

I think lunala groudon got second place in 2022 worlds too

really good duo

[golden lance]

Still wild to me how basically no one used dusk mane in gen 8

[fading stratus]

dusk mane/solgaleo aren't really amazing

unlike lunala/dawn wings which has a niche of trick room hypnosis meteor beam moongeist beam

[outer eagle]

funny cuz Dusk Mane's always been the better Necrozma form in Singles

[fading stratus]

also multiscale

[golden lance]

When i'm in the steel type restricted mon competition and the opponent is fucking pre nerf zacian crowned

[fading stratus]

yeah lol

tho idt dawn wings was that great either

iirc it was just outclassed by regular lunala

https://pokepast.es/7f075ab7b6a55ee0
only dusk mane top I could find in 2022

[golden lance]

You know who i miss?

[fading stratus]

who?

ultra neckrozma?

[golden lance]

ultra necrozma in singles

Shit was tera before tera

You kill their xern with your dusk mane and go "aight i no longer need a steel type"

[fading stratus]

I played ultra nekrozma whole format it was legal back in 2019 iirc

[golden lance]

And you ultra burst swords dance

It was like having 7 team slots

It was so good

[fading stratus]

I think you played dusk mane special as well

[golden lance]

Sometimes you could also burst to resist an EQ

[fading stratus]

when you had ultranekrozmium z

[golden lance]

You could do both

I think the set i ran was like

EQ photon geyser SD sunsteel strike

[fading stratus]

I think I played something like this in 2019
https://pokepast.es/8be9246760ccf98a

I copied some tournament winning team

[golden lance]

I miss modular mons like ultra necro

Where you can just switch its function midgame at will

Ogerpon is kinda that but not really

[fading stratus]

that's literally megas

[golden lance]

Most megas you clicked the button turn 1 tho

Exception was like

[fading stratus]

salamance

[golden lance]

Salamence sometimes

Yea

I wonder if they'll make megas legal in gen 10

[fading stratus]

hope they do

atleast as a dlc thing

at minimum

[golden lance]

Mega beedrill was crack cocaine

Click fell stinger into win the entire match

[fading stratus]

Mega Kang

I think I also played psychic terrain mega mewtwo team for a while

but mewtwo sucks

why play mewtwo over like xern or primal ogre/don

[golden lance]

Bolt

Hear me out

Mewtwo Y expanding force

[fading stratus]

its probably like playable

at best

pure psychic just ain't it chief

[golden lance]

Sigh

Mewtwo x it is

[fading stratus]

mewtwo Z will be fairy psychic

[pseudo goblet]

Damn it! I was about to say Mewtwo Z!

get out of my head

[fading stratus]

fun fact: togedemaru has won worlds amongst stuff like groudon kyogre xerneas

(2019 senior's)

[pseudo goblet]

Totem Togedemaru PTSD 💀

[golden lance]

What worlds winners dont tell you is that tpic rigs the rng in your favor if you use a pikaclone in your team

[fading stratus]

totem ribombee was way worse

because it had +2 in every stat

[golden lance]

The worst totem was lurantis

[fading stratus]

lurantis can be stalled by using crobat

it doesn't do shit to crobat

[pseudo goblet]

At least no steel resistance

[golden lance]

Yea but that's in hindsight

Going blind you most likely eat shit to solar blade spam

[fading stratus]

its its partner which is annoying\

castform or the flower thingy

[golden lance]

Bro they should do something like totems again

They were so much more fun that gyms

[fading stratus]

they did

in PLA

[pseudo goblet]

Dynamax, alphas, titans

[golden lance]

I still find the ultra necrozma boss difficulty spike hilarious

[fading stratus]

just use fear strat

[golden lance]

Shit looks like it came from a hackrom

[fading stratus]

I still remember my first rom hack

dark rising 1 and 2

[pseudo goblet]

with Eternatus its pretty much a plot battle lol

Necrozma is just hell

[golden lance]

Shout outs to the people who did blind nuzlockes when the game came out

"Here, fight this 720 bst mon with an omniboost and perfect coverage, go"

[fading stratus]

feel like they should make mainline games a bit harder

[golden lance]

Idk if the gen 7 bosses were intentionally hard or if they just didnt know how to balance the game, but i'm glad that it happened

[fading stratus]

they tried with sada/turo and everyoned liked it

[golden lance]

True

[fading stratus]

sada and turo were also so held back the movesets are pepega

[golden lance]

I think everyone liked the PLA 6v8, yea?

[fading stratus]

that was peak

[pseudo goblet]

havent reach the part yet, how hard was Volo fight

[fading stratus]

super unexpected

[golden lance]

Depends

[fading stratus]

volo fite isnt hard per say

[golden lance]

If you expect it you can just bring a full team of legends

[fading stratus]

but its super unexpected

[golden lance]

Yea

[fading stratus]

volo in general has like not great team

[golden lance]

The plot twist was legit out of left field

[fading stratus]

even if same team as cynthia

its a straight up downgrade

[golden lance]

And PLA does not condition you to make a battling team

So volo has that going for it

Also the game doesnt tell you it will be a 6v8, so

[fading stratus]

pla battle mechanic was weiird

[golden lance]

"Use strong style on his garchomp, its his last mon what can go wrong?"

Man

Can we just ditch the affection system?

[fading stratus]

yes

[golden lance]

I want to pet my pokemon without turning the game into a literal joke

[pseudo goblet]

so how hard was Pokemon Snap new lol

[fading stratus]

I only played old snap

[pseudo goblet]

did that game even HAVE a plot?

[outer eagle]

only jokesters pet his pokemon

[golden lance]

Kinda

Its nothing amazing tho

[fading stratus]

when are we going to get new ranger

[golden lance]

Bro dont ask for that

[pseudo goblet]

When Phione become useful lmao

[golden lance]

Ranger is prime cheap mobile game material

They will give it the rumble treatment

[outer eagle]

Pokemon Pinball

[golden lance]

Hear me out

[pseudo goblet]

Pokemon Shuffle give me mixed feelings

[golden lance]

New single player pokemon tcg game

Similar to the game boy color ones

[fading stratus]

gbc ptcg game was fun iirc

[pseudo goblet]

watch someone go over Pokemon Duel lol

[golden lance]

Dont remind me of duel

I miss duel

[pseudo goblet]

there it is

[golden lance]

They never finished the story mode btw

[outer eagle]

does pokemon have a tag force-equivalence

[golden lance]

No

Well

[fading stratus]

ptcg gbc game kinda

[golden lance]

Does colosseum and xd count?

[outer eagle]

doesn't need to be tcg btw

[golden lance]

Its double battles

[outer eagle]

just like "dating sim simulator" with double battle mode as a focus

[fading stratus]

pokemon stadium ryu

[golden lance]

Masters is the closest i guess

Yea

[fading stratus]

ig stadium isnt dating sim

[pseudo goblet]

I was doing Trainer Lodge with Wally earlier lol

[outer eagle]

Masters might be close

[golden lance]

But yea like

The market for modern non roguelike singleplayer tcg games is fucking EMPTY rn

[fading stratus]

does ygo even have a single player phone game

[golden lance]

No

Its all live service shit

[golden lance]

But yea like

The most popular one was like

Path of champions in LoR

And that is all but going EoS

[outer eagle]

there probably used to be single player ygo phone games

but they would have all been shut down by now

seeing Konami's track records

[warm sky]

https://twitter.com/GespenstKai/status/1762940409356148989?t=pxJLHXee5v6PMNtPiBGpmA&s=19

GespenstKai Arts (Check Pinned) (@GespenstKai) on X

"All will return to Z"

Mock-up for a Mazinger Zero inspired evolution for Zygarde

Twitter · Feb 28, 2024, 8:38 PM

[pseudo goblet]

Zygarde

[fading stratus]

zygarde 200% forme

[golden lance]

There was not

[pseudo goblet]

oh the wing cape sorta look like a z

[golden lance]

I checked their entire catalogue once, including shut down games

[pseudo goblet]

ops sorry ping

[fading stratus]

why does zygarde suck so much vro

[golden lance]

Their singleplayer stuff was

The rush duel switch games

Legacy of the duelist

Saikyo card battle for the 3ds

And the rest is pre mr4 stuff like tag force special

[outer eagle]

apparently there is a "5Ds' Mobile" game

wtf is that

[golden lance]

It was kinda like the ds games

But without the story mode

[fading stratus]

my question is why is zygarde even UBERS

well why was

[outer eagle]

which form?

[golden lance]

Power construct was too tanky for ou

[fading stratus]

the fat

216 hp one

[golden lance]

Aura break zygarde was uu lol

[outer eagle]

100% was too tanky yeah

50% was also Ubers in gen 7 cuz Thousand Arrows spam being braindead

either Banded or SubCoil

[fading stratus]

was it ever used in Ubers

[outer eagle]

i don't really play Ubers all that much so can't say personally

but seeing how common Xerneas was

probably not too popular

[golden lance]

It wasnt horrible

But it wasnt great either

You could just kill zygarde before it got into range for power construct

And 50% zyg wasnt very threatening at all

So it kinda had to resort to like

Salac berry sub sets

[outer eagle]

the fact that you had to choose between Aura Break and Power Construct was uhh...not great considering just how dominant Xerneas was back then

[golden lance]

Yea if it had As One it could be legitimaly viable

Ngl i wish 10% zyg had intimidate

Would be a pretty cool low tier mon

[crimson moat]

They don't know how to balance mainline

Balancing mainline is a pain because grinding exists. The closest they got was BW2

The bigger problem is that they toned down the leveling difficulty of the games and they removed anything of a feature with a higher skill ceiling

You want something more thought-provoking than main game? Well you have to play competitive online and that's all you get

If you aren't into Raid battles or comp online, you're sol

[crimson moat]

Also yeah to answer that question, Masters is the only thing that even comes remotely close to Tag Force

A new TCG limited single player game would be cool but they are investing their resources into Pokemon TCG Pocket so far

[flat wing]

Playing through the subway and pwt in white 2, shell smash white herb skill link cloyster is an absolute monster ngl

[kind vortex]

true facts

[flat wing]

Couldn't help but use it. But easily part of mono water rain team now

[golden lance]

BW2 teached me one thing

And that was speed boost swords dance protect baton pass

[flat wing]

Ninjask?

I did want to abuse a rain dish tenta, butttt, have no in game way of getting its hidden ability. So ended up substituting it with lanturn

[golden lance]

Yea

Ended up getting it in a trade back in the day

[obsidian juniper]

https://x.com/keshhhko/status/1767295592928002319?s=20

keshko 🤖 (@keshhhko) on X

wip of a miku drawing i started a while ago, surely i will finish it till the next miku day 🫠

Twitter · Mar 11, 2024, 9:04 PM

[placid junco]

https://vxtwitter.com/wolfeyglick/status/1767318799995330663?s=61&t=cBZvUrdAQBg9SBrQp2_2KA

[long stone]

.... >in the 2023 show they use a snorkel (and in the wrong way)

in the og they had a mini device that lets you breathe underwater......

they are de-evolving...

[fading stratus]

is the vod still on YT

or did he private it

[pseudo goblet]

https://tenor.com/view/wooper-quagsire-pokemon-blush-closed-eyes-gif-9210714637641965112

[bleak pine]

quag

[placid junco]

It’s unlisted atm

[fading stratus]

ah i watched until he was like 1-2 and wanted to watch later but he unlisted it huh

[mighty storm]

quag

[hexed valley]

@random stream we play Ubers now ...

[pseudo goblet]

@mighty storm @fading stratus @bleak pine hate when discord force me to cut video shorter

[random stream]

Miraidon is about to die son

[pseudo goblet]

Anyway, the moment I worship Ludlow’s Quagsire

[hexed valley]

Miraidon is broken

[mighty storm]

wait that's quagsire's Japanese name?

[hexed valley]

Arceus fairy is the goat tho...

[bleak pine]

You just don't mess with Quagsire

[pseudo goblet]

Clodsire is Do oh I think

[bleak pine]

Also plausibly makes sense game logic-wise, since Quagsire's ability Water Absorb prevents it from taking Water-type damage

[pseudo goblet]

Oh yeah btw, that ship they on used to be Ludlow’s

[bleak pine]

Ooh

[pseudo goblet]

Before Friede had it become a Blimp

[fading stratus]

if you can't post 1 then post 2 vids

its cursed to see such a agile quagsire

[pseudo goblet]

It’s a sin we don’t see them in action more

Same for this @fading stratus

Real flying Pikachu

[fading stratus]

wonder whose pikachu is stronger

Ash's or Friedge's

[pseudo goblet]

I want to know as well

Then again

Ash’s
Thunderbolt, Electro Web, Iron Tail, Quick attack

Friede’s
Thunderbolt, ThunderPunch, Voltackle, Double Team

Hard to tell which one has the advantage

Especially in anime battle logic

[fading stratus]

friedge wins

probably

[fading stratus]

looks like a draw

need to calc more scenarios

[pseudo goblet]

Not sure what type is Cap’s Tera too, like I think people are asssuming flying- since, cap likes floating in the air

But no flying move, Friede’s Charizard have dark tera and Tera Blast so theres that

Iirc one of evil team member had Dusknoir with ghost tera

Then the guy gave his Tera orb to Amethio, I’m gonna guess Amethio’s Ceruledge could have either Fire, Ghost or fighting Tera, fighting cause Friede’s charizard has the advantage atm

Ceruledge gets Sacred sword right

[pseudo goblet]

@fading stratus https://vxtwitter.com/pokemonmasters/status/1767370109729792180?s=46&t=q-1AmjVFLGCcEVWLfARPPw

BOI!!!! Am I glad I haven’t spend all my gems yet

[fading stratus]

they made adaman trevour

[pseudo goblet]

I’m more annoyed by Fantina lol

Idk about eng voice, I play Japan voice, imagine listening to Japanese people saying English-ish accent

That goes for Lt Surge too

Also this @fading stratus https://vxtwitter.com/touyarokii/status/1767253425069183464?s=46&t=q-1AmjVFLGCcEVWLfARPPw

No new suit for Barry, EVEN THO Barry been here since the start

[pseudo goblet]

Barry is like, god, the fourth character in story mode you run into

After Brock, Misty and Rosa, which all of them have gotten new outfit alt

[pseudo goblet]

Bruhhhhh this guy used to be a douchebag, gotta thank Cheren next time I see him in my game for making Lear good

[fading stratus]

dude fell in love with cheren and got his personality changed

[pseudo goblet]

can totally see Lear call Cheren out to be his adviser

[pseudo goblet]

@mighty storm @spice rivet

[mighty storm]

ooh shiny deerling

[pseudo goblet]

I... cough, okay so

Out of the four deerling I wanted to have shiny of the pink one, saw todays Outbreak has it, came to the area, took a shower, and saw this lil guy next to me, so effortlessly

no special shiny chance except shiny charm, no sandwich, no killing 60 pokemon, the heck

[pseudo goblet]

Two pink shiny in a row, both are boy lol

actually the Goomy from a few weeks ago is also boy

[mighty storm]

deerling is kinda like oricorio in that if you have 1 shiny, you have all of them shiny.

[pseudo goblet]

ohh, I thought the season change thing was stuck in Gen 5

[mighty storm]

yeah they changed it from seasons to location for deerling

so if you take your deerling to the snowy mountains, it will become the winter deerling

[pseudo goblet]

kinda going back and forth rn whether If I should get another shiny Deerling for Sawsbuck lmao

[mighty storm]

you should

[pseudo goblet]

eh, why not lol

kinda awkward that im in Savanna, grass and normal sandwich overlap

Grass ig

now I just need that Golett outbreak, I wanted Shiny Golett/Golurk for so long

[pseudo goblet]

shit, went for academy special, found a shiny female Litleo, which i have female shiny pyroar already

[pseudo goblet]

OH COME ON, SO MANY THINGS DOESNT REALLY GO MY WAY

This is my second academy special

Damn now the Chansey is wasting my time, get in the ball

Chansey used Double Edge when she’s 1 hp*

I am so glad I was doing false swipe with Ceruledge

Okay thank Arceus…caught her in premier ball

[bleak pine]

Chansey~

[mighty storm]

reminds me of when I SOS xp trained in ultra sun

[long stone]

is khu fake leaking shit ?

[long stone]

Cap is like legendary level mon lol. it gotta be him

and tbf he seems much older than ash's thus he is likely way more wise.

[mighty storm]

Khu hasn't said anything recently, just masters ex post

[pseudo goblet]

https://tenor.com/view/pikachu-ceruledge-pikachu-ceruledge-pokemon-pokemon-anime-gif-13769411698145020487

[pseudo goblet]

https://vxtwitter.com/idalol490/status/1767611630416965802?s=46&t=q-1AmjVFLGCcEVWLfARPPw

… the fact they gave Irida a ribbon, kinda getting closer to the theory Irida is May’s ancestor

[pseudo goblet]

@mighty storm @fading stratus @bleak pine hear me out, if Legend ZA isn’t about the past but the future, which character would be neat to see them grew older or see their children/grandchildren

Say, grown up Bonnie being an important Story NPC, telling you stories about Kalos prior to the game starting point

[bleak pine]

Emma!

[mighty storm]

I've been expecting future, and hear me out

https://tenor.com/view/pokemon-cynthia-pokemon-wave-gif-25981416

Older Cynthia

or like someone who looks like Cynthia, but is her Decendant

[bleak pine]

Eh, I feel like there could be a little less of her, personally. But that's still valid.

[pseudo goblet]

Oh shit

[mighty storm]

https://archives.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/1/18/XY_Valerie.png

[bleak pine]

Might be nice checking on what Valerie is doing

And she very well might have actually became a Pokémon, like she wanted... somehow.

[mighty storm]

https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/pokemon/images/4/48/Viola.png/revision/latest?cb=20151220155516

her grand daughter

But make it ironic by having her use fire types

[pseudo goblet]

Did we not learn from Volo

[mighty storm]

and have a larvesta as an ace

[pseudo goblet]

Also, someone related to Ramos taking over his gym

[mighty storm]

https://art.ngfiles.com/images/944000/944025_mosurii_cute-larvesta.png?f1561682431

[pseudo goblet]

And Wulfric(that how you spell his name?)

[mighty storm]

yeah

https://tenor.com/view/workout-avalugg-pokemon-lifting-gif-22448974

[bleak pine]

Wulfric~

Man, why are people who specialize in Ice-types just the best people

[latent sleet]

crackhead speculation: what if they put the court of charlamagne as ancestors to other characters

[pseudo goblet]

Char who??

[latent sleet]

oh yeah overseas they say charlemagne

[pseudo goblet]

Google tells me its this

[latent sleet]

in simpler terms its french king arthur

[pseudo goblet]

He and I THINK Wilkstrom was important to the Masters EX rival story

[bleak pine]

Aah

[pseudo goblet]

I think

[latent sleet]

wilkstrom trains the mc rival

aka paulo

[pseudo goblet]

Okay yeah

[latent sleet]

before his joker arc

[pseudo goblet]

The whole need-therapy was all on Paulo lol

People around him were all pretty kind

Well, except that collector who stole away the Dratini friend he and Tina wanted to travel with when they were still like 5-6

[latent sleet]

in the words of a blue swordsman, he needs more power

[pseudo goblet]

I~ really should get back to doing the story mode, before they gotten too many parts

So many dialogues in the Evil teams arc 💀

[mighty storm]

https://twitter.com/makio_jroses/status/1767598679454880232

Makio & JRoses | pokeos.com (@makio_jroses) on X

Today's Spinda is 0x 2582c9ca

His name is Leonard, say hi to Leonard 👋

Twitter · Mar 12, 2024, 5:09 PM

Mons that need a revisit

[pseudo goblet]

With Dudunsparce treatment?

[fading stratus]

I'd love to see calem and serena's child/grandchild but it'd be kinda sus since they're siblings from different timelines

also looker's decendant called watcher

[pseudo goblet]

Kinda interesting if Looker’s daughter become a Phantom Thief or something

Thoughts totally influenced by Zinnia’s thief alt reprint banner recently

[fading stratus]

who's zinnia again

oh that sky pillar girl

i see no resemblance between this pic and that

except the hair

[pseudo goblet]

Yeah

[pseudo goblet]

What the frick- that’s the EX color?

Yooo I never saw or gave thought to it until now, nice color arrangement from Thievul’s color scheme

[pseudo goblet]

https://vxtwitter.com/serebiinet/status/1767702116158832876?s=46&t=q-1AmjVFLGCcEVWLfARPPw

Gonna assume this guy has Steel wing to deal with Fairies, in my case, both Flutter Mane I uses

Probably could go with Iron Hands Ice Punch

[fading stratus]

play AV brian hands with ice punch drain punch yeah

[pseudo goblet]

Maybe play support with Bellibolt works too… then hoping for Miraidon teammate lol

Hands for solo, Bolt for online

[fading stratus]

bellibolt's only niche is parabolic charge spam

and against dragon zard lol

[pseudo goblet]

Mine has Acid spray

[fading stratus]

surely there's like 10 better mons that do acid spray stuff

[pseudo goblet]

Chilling water wouldn’t be as useful

I honestly forgot which past raid made me train the Bellibolt, to have the three moves mentioned just now 😂

Oh Palkia maybe

No

https://vxtwitter.com/startboii1/status/1767582155188720022?s=46&t=q-1AmjVFLGCcEVWLfARPPw

[fading stratus]

where's luffy with infernape

or nami with pelliper

[pseudo goblet]

More importantly, where’s Brook

I scrolled for a fair amount, found nothing

[fading stratus]

brook is searching for panties

[pseudo goblet]

Lokix mentioned tho https://vxtwitter.com/startboii1/status/1758995388403466328?s=46&t=q-1AmjVFLGCcEVWLfARPPw

[fading stratus]

lokix carried my radical red run

based mon

[pseudo goblet]

Surely you would watch Kamen Rider later

[fading stratus]

surely

[placid junco]

I mean depending on how you feel about the XY postgame his arguably adoptive daughter become a superhero in lumiose

[pseudo goblet]

Moreso imagining Looker SOMEHOW got married and have a child with someone but fair actually

[pseudo goblet]

Also, would thatve make Anabel Emma’s aunt?

Doesn’t feel right making her the mom

I think Emma does call her Boss in Masters

Or in some way similar

[placid junco]

Annabel would be her superior

Emma technically is in charge of the Looker Bureau in Lumiose after XY, but she’d probably still answer to Anabel if it ever came up

[pseudo goblet]

https://vxtwitter.com/serebiinet/status/1767745593332408827?s=46&t=q-1AmjVFLGCcEVWLfARPPw

Jokes on them, all I needed to do to get my Pawmot was a drifted controller

https://vxtwitter.com/tontaro_/status/1767818053323292677?s=46&t=q-1AmjVFLGCcEVWLfARPPw

[fading stratus]

Hey guys, did you know that in terms of-

[void herald]

[pseudo goblet]

Yes

[fading stratus]

I thought you were innocent wtf zane

[pseudo goblet]

Bolt, why did you think I use twitter

[fading stratus]

oh yeah i forgot you introduced me to drunk oak

[pseudo goblet]

Exactly

Speaking of, dudes yt is still quiet but pixiv still going as usually

[fading stratus]

I don't really watch other than the ones you send

[pseudo goblet]

Also for the record, all I did was saying the guys name, all in censored lol

[pseudo goblet]

https://youtu.be/Igwh37Lxikc?si=0hAtGE7TmdIycyYi

Dang, it just happens to not have the same ev spread as the two I use

Nvm I spoke too soon, it is the same for the non-shiny one, I just need to change the moves

[fading stratus]

flutter is good who coulda known

[pseudo goblet]

tbf Gamefreak didn't give it steel moves to counter fairy type players, I expected too much from them

[fading stratus]

whats the moveset

[fading stratus]

flutter is insanely bulky on special side

you can probably spam specs moonblast

or d gleam

[pseudo goblet]

pretty much the plan yea

@fading stratus accidental big brain move just now, fighting against Crispin

Pokemon on field is my burned Clodsire and Hero-ed Palafin vs his Camerupt and Exeggutor with Sunny, knew the tree have solar beam so I Flip turn on Camerupt and KOed it, flip turn got my H-Goodra out, Forgot it has Sap Sipper so the Solarbeam became a good thing, would been great if Clod's Megahorn kill the tree tho

[fading stratus]

lol sap sipper moment

[pseudo goblet]

also because the H-Goodra is maxed in atk ev, blame the raid Venusaur making this guy not sp atk focus

[fading stratus]

why are you max atk ev on hoodra.......

[pseudo goblet]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRoFDaSpB2A&t=6s

This

I rather keep it this way instead of berry reset his evs

[fading stratus]

just pkhex another

[pseudo goblet]

idk how lmao

trying to get it rn

[fading stratus]

just search google

[pseudo goblet]

What’s PID/PSV?

[fading stratus]

pokemon id and pokemon shiny value

[pseudo goblet]

Oh

Using my Iron Leaves as reference to make another one

[pseudo goblet]

What’s SID?

[fading stratus]

sid is secret id

[pseudo goblet]

So not needed?

[fading stratus]

i have no idea hoe pkhex works

I've never hacked a mon

[pseudo goblet]

dude told me to hacks but haven't did it himself 😂

[fading stratus]

I'm like a car salesman who sells cars but doesn't have his own car

[pseudo goblet]

too complicated, im like 20% away from able to make it real but I can't figure out yet, good thing I don't have real reason to use it for now

gonna go redeem some stuff from GO first

[fading stratus]

just read the tutorial

no shot it doesn't have a documentation

read that

[pseudo goblet]

another time

@fading stratus @waxen moat https://vxtwitter.com/yadon_4ever/status/1767529278617563456?s=46&t=q-1AmjVFLGCcEVWLfARPPw

[fading stratus]

same energy as this

[pseudo goblet]

[pseudo goblet]

@fading stratus @bleak pine @mighty storm https://vxtwitter.com/avhycch3x80kcue/status/1767890985961578965?s=46&t=q-1AmjVFLGCcEVWLfARPPw

[fading stratus]

lmao

[mighty storm]

snail fren

[pseudo goblet]

So whose the Karrablast equivalent to Shelmet Goodra

… is it weird that we have TWO Pokémon that is just snails who loses their shell

[bleak pine]

very smol Heracross

[obsidian juniper]

https://x.com/voidroonil/status/1767949874861875379?s=20

skipppppy (Comms open!!!) (@voidroonil) on X

I see people debating which character should get yeeted into ancient Kalos in legends ZA. For your consideration

Twitter · Mar 13, 2024, 4:24 PM

[pseudo goblet]

https://vxtwitter.com/bechnokid/status/1767692436082467006?s=46&t=q-1AmjVFLGCcEVWLfARPPw

[bleak pine]

un un un

[pseudo goblet]

Oh yeah honestly, using it as is feels decent enough in story game, then again the snail dragon are already lv 100 lol

Protect, Curse, Iron head and Gyro ball lines up pretty well, only problem I have with it, steel type damage only, might change Iron Head for something

Still think H-Goodra with actual ev spread suit for it would be better, don’t worry I’m not entirely a psychopath lol

[mighty storm]

when do you think we'll get our first info drop for PZA?

[pseudo goblet]

2026

After the possible event of them announced it had to be delayed

[mighty storm]

Im gonna be optimistic and say middle of May

[pseudo goblet]

https://vxtwitter.com/yadon_4ever/status/1767851723266355366?s=46&t=q-1AmjVFLGCcEVWLfARPPw

[pseudo goblet]

https://vxtwitter.com/psaber97/status/1768005919529467962?s=46&t=q-1AmjVFLGCcEVWLfARPPw

Reminder that Togekiss only appears when there are nothing but happiness

[outer eagle]

or you know...

...force feed it a Shiny Stone

[fading stratus]

https://tenor.com/view/togepi-chocolate-gif-5336612

[pseudo goblet]

Part of me hoped somebody to say that

[pseudo goblet]

https://vxtwitter.com/serebiinet/status/1768156589364535433?s=46&t=q-1AmjVFLGCcEVWLfARPPw

[fading stratus]

just in time for miraidon to get banned

[pseudo goblet]

https://vxtwitter.com/usgmen_gif/status/1767863646934511750?s=46&t=q-1AmjVFLGCcEVWLfARPPw

[pseudo goblet]

Gorgeist really just went > https://youtu.be/cvaRGiMWRaE?si=4iOeP8VViBzcBZ6V

[pseudo goblet]

@fading stratus @outer eagle @maiden flax https://vxtwitter.com/poke_times/status/1768155125950943487?s=46&t=q-1AmjVFLGCcEVWLfARPPw

Mfs even used their own rock-remix of jigglypuff theme

[outer eagle]

[pseudo goblet]

Ig, safe to say Lyra will have a role in this event lmao

Or really, any chara that had to do with music

[fading stratus]

irida ruined for me

[pseudo goblet]

https://vxtwitter.com/uroko_navy/status/1768042101680603653?s=46&t=q-1AmjVFLGCcEVWLfARPPw

Gonna need two Joltiks and go ‘CLEAR!’ On my heart which is dying from loving this

[pseudo goblet]

https://vxtwitter.com/touyarokii/status/1768063430018187694?s=46&t=q-1AmjVFLGCcEVWLfARPPw

Ah Shit Ive become McDonald nugget

At least Symph would like to hug me

[fading stratus]

https://tenor.com/view/mcqueen-gif-25874245

tho not really one of my favourites I'll say

[flat wing]

Raichu. Ehhhhhhh

[pseudo goblet]

Okay, IF the furthest yellow tile give me a three, I SHOULD be able to get Miraidon today

gonna go do the quest first to roll

[fading stratus]

lol

[obsidian juniper]

https://vxtwitter.com/TheYisusOne/status/1767928995943735426?s=20

[pseudo goblet]

oh ffs

DOUBLE ffs

[fading stratus]

buy more die

or wait tomorrow for another die

[pseudo goblet]

checking if I have a spare

Aha

[fading stratus]

til you roll 1

[pseudo goblet]

I can pay coins to reroll higher number till I get six 😈

[fading stratus]

lol no wonder people call the game p2w

[pseudo goblet]

its either that, or people keeps getting 1s and unable to catchup the event timer

[fading stratus]

rigged to get 1

[pseudo goblet]

something similar I learned back with Zacian 😂

Now the problem is

[fading stratus]

lolololol

[pseudo goblet]

I can either

Do what I’ve been doing, play the ez 10 min match by two times

Or

Play against pros or cheats in 5 min match

[fading stratus]

you can chet?

oh or

[pseudo goblet]

[fading stratus]

i read it as play against pro with cheats in 5 min match

just play 10 min match

[pseudo goblet]

F, todays quick match is Auroma Park, NOPE

I am not dealing with idoitic teammates that is just free level packs for the enemies

Oh wait PvE works, I forgot

that one just needs 4 min tops

[fading stratus]

how does pve work in a moba

[pseudo goblet]

Protect stinkaton from bots getting closer

[fading stratus]

you've started calling it stinkaton too

[pseudo goblet]

its stupid how a hive of combee are what deals the most damage than others

Because Im talking to you

Kinda comes with being a cancer zodiac, tries to remember others interests

[fading stratus]

y'all have zodiacs based on month right

[pseudo goblet]

WHAT DID I SAY 💀

BOSS LEVEL HEALTHBAR, BEING BULLIED LIKE NOTHING

[pseudo goblet]

As in the constellation or the chinese zodiac?

[fading stratus]

.

this whatever you meant

[pseudo goblet]

I mean, yeah Cancers is June 22th to July 22th

ANYWAYS, Just need one more match and I get the lizard

https://tenor.com/view/miraidon-pokemon-pokemon-scarlet-and-violet-dance-toothless-gif-5811329944095029800

[pseudo goblet]

You jinxed me

Also finally, that’s one thing off my list

[fading stratus]

i mean that was obvious

[pseudo goblet]

@fading stratus @mighty storm @bleak pine @maiden flax ||https://vxtwitter.com/serebiinet/status/1768254758446383276?s=46&t=q-1AmjVFLGCcEVWLfARPPw||

Anime spoiler

Also specifically Bolt, Come watch the anime

[fading stratus]

they did roy dirty

riko looks so good but roy

[fading stratus]

some day ™️

[pseudo goblet]

normally this kind of image seems sus to me but if its Serebii, i trust this

[pseudo goblet]

Tbf thats her Kanto school outfit lol

don't know if thats allowed in ||whatever-name orange school||

oh wait spoiler crap

[fading stratus]

lol

[pseudo goblet]

And now, we wait

Where's ||Kofu|| tho

[fading stratus]

grusha best boy

[pseudo goblet]

He, Pryce and Brycen became fairly unlikely friends after Malva taunts him

In masters

[fading stratus]

masters isnt canon

[pseudo goblet]

Never said it was

https://vxtwitter.com/yuuji7604/status/1768272539053425062?s=46&t=q-1AmjVFLGCcEVWLfARPPw

[bleak pine]

Registeel just taking a nap

[pseudo goblet]

@fading stratus look at this

[fading stratus]

oh he has the bad ursaluna

[pseudo goblet]

wtf he even have potion, Jesus Adaman is built different this time

[fading stratus]

maybe you should pick dance up too

[pseudo goblet]

Hail no

[fading stratus]

maybe you'll be better at the game too like adaman

you never know

[pseudo goblet]

Still no, injured my ankle few days ago, hard to walk

Definitely can’t do whatever Tierno is doing while feeling the pain

[fading stratus]

weak

[random stream]

Stand proud @tacit sphinx two of my favorites are from gen 2

[pseudo goblet]

Which is?

[tacit sphinx]

https://tenor.com/view/captain-holt-brooklyn-nine-nine-brooklyn99-captain-raymond-holt-andre-braugher-gif-13945912

[random stream]

Azumarill and Scizor

[tacit sphinx]

Honestly, not my favourites, but I’m just happy to be acknowledged

I think I did a big list a while back

How the fuck do you search threads now

[pseudo goblet]

Bug

[tacit sphinx]

Wait how do you search messages now

Why is mobile Discord absolute shit

[pseudo goblet]

Search

[random stream]

mobile discord searching is really bad now yeah

[pseudo goblet]

Y’all just need practice

Also yeah lmao

[tacit sphinx]

@random stream here you go

[pseudo goblet]

Also, I always feel satisfying, when successfully fainting a Scizor with a strong fire move lol

[tacit sphinx]

I put Scizor in B and Azumarill in C

But to be fair I don’t play comp other than GSC

Soooooo

[random stream]

[tacit sphinx]

Scizor is honestly not great in GSC

[pseudo goblet]

https://tenor.com/view/gogogolisopod-golisopod-goatedgolisopod-gif-25159759

[tacit sphinx]

Its niche is BP but it has a fucking dogshit matchup against the big phazers

That’s not strictly true, I guess

It does well vs Raikou

But Raikou stonks have been dropping

Ren since idk if you know, the two main phazers in GSC are Skarm and Steelix

Scizor can’t touch them and that makes BP suck with it as a passer, even with Agi and SD

Also, it suffers an injustice…

HP Bug as STAB

[pseudo goblet]

https://tenor.com/view/scizor-pokemon-meme-memes-gif-1098464167079441026

[short heath]

Finally going for a slight grind on showdown

1200 after an aprox. 45 mins of play

[random stream]

Yeah scizor only really got good in gen 4 onwards

[pseudo goblet]

https://vxtwitter.com/itsuki_96iro/status/1768479070315327739?s=46&t=q-1AmjVFLGCcEVWLfARPPw

[pseudo goblet]

Miraidon pretty good in Unite

Quirky tho

https://vxtwitter.com/sumika_inagaki/status/1768442043611881611?s=46&t=q-1AmjVFLGCcEVWLfARPPw

[fading stratus]

"scizor what do you got?" "I got close combat"

[pseudo goblet]

Huh, having a chat with Wally in Masters, apparently he's not that interested talking about Wallace

[fading stratus]

noone wants to talk about their father

[pseudo goblet]

Somebody does not change

[fading stratus]

never change whitney

[pseudo goblet]

finally deciced to evolve some of the sync pairs

the one just now was Kris and Totodile

[pseudo goblet]

https://vxtwitter.com/serebiinet/status/1768583590097440879?s=46&t=q-1AmjVFLGCcEVWLfARPPw

[fading stratus]

where's my roy's fuecoco

[pseudo goblet]

https://vxtwitter.com/amonilust/status/1768611524007039405?s=46&t=q-1AmjVFLGCcEVWLfARPPw

My babies ❤️

[mighty storm]

Kitty event

[warm sky]

https://twitter.com/Oxa1is/status/1768408172094747019?t=WtrJISaFbXH5F2xBrmUtcQ&s=19

雑草 (@Oxa1is) on X

じじい…

Twitter · Mar 14, 2024, 10:45 PM

[bleak pine]

The best Mayor

[mighty storm]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GIulIXKWkAAWSYL?format=jpg&name=medium

[fading stratus]

volo is just a chet

[pseudo goblet]

https://youtu.be/UFqj3eIAssI?si=fMUdPcVNJ7JWs2AO

Give this man another regional Meowth

[placid junco]

I am baffled that Cranidos’s level up movepool is so terrible

[golden lance]

Bro NU is so crazy rn

Suicune magnezone tier wtf

[bleak pine]

Yeah Cranidos is just unfortunate

Makes you wish it at least got something like Rock Throw.

[golden lance]

Like what is this

[placid junco]

The year is 2013, donphan is a UU menace for being a bulky spinner that can set up hazards

The year is 2024, donphan is in UU for being a bulky spinner that can set up hazards

[bleak pine]

An elephant never forgets!

[kind vortex]

elephant: uu
gremlin: uu
all is right with the world

nu looking wild as fuck tho

[latent sleet]

mamoswine is back woo yeah baby

[inland gyro]

how the hell does regigigas end up as ZU, like i get that ability is trash but it actually drops to that tier with its overall stats?

[golden lance]

Gigas was zu since gen 7

It doesnt help that his movepool is terrible

[inland gyro]

oh didn't realise the movepool also sucked

[placid junco]

The movepool is honestly a bigger issue than slow start

[inland gyro]

is it issue of bad coverage?

[placid junco]

Bad coverage and very few tools to keep it in the battle long enough to actually go on the offense fully

[outer eagle]

realistically Slow Start is what makes having limited movepool an issue

otherwise you can probably still monke CB Crush Grip/Return + Knock + EQ

[placid junco]

Yeah

On their own neither is deal breaking but together they just ruin Gigas

[outer eagle]

like, its movepool is good enough...for a pure offensive mon

problem is it needs to play defensive for 5 turns

[latent sleet]

what if one day they shorten slow start’s 5 turns to 1 turn

[mighty storm]

https://twitter.com/Bulbapedia/status/1769015927633502535

Bulbapedia (@Bulbapedia) on X

Today is the 12th anniversary of Pokémon Conquest, first released in Japan for the Nintendo DS on March 17, 2012!

It is a spin-off crossover between the Pokémon and Nobunaga's Ambition series of games.

https://t.co/NBB4BGsOP5

Twitter · Mar 16, 2024, 3:00 PM

Conquest/Nobunaga's Ambition mentioned

[bleak pine]

I don't think anyone ever expected like, Nobunaga's Ambition/Samurai Warriors crossover, and it's still very good.

Apparently this was going to be a crossover with Fire Emblem at first, but Fire Emblem was already doing work on their own crossover with Shin Megami Tensei, which brought us Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE

And this came into being!

Would be cool for such a concept to be realized in the future though; would be pretty cool just seeing how well Fire Emblem and Pocket Monsters would go

[pseudo goblet]

https://vxtwitter.com/yadon_4ever/status/1768794200034976004?s=46&t=q-1AmjVFLGCcEVWLfARPPw

[bleak pine]

Curry!

Man, if only I can make a good plate of curry

[pseudo goblet]

https://vxtwitter.com/lemonxpk/status/1768844747731522012?s=46&t=q-1AmjVFLGCcEVWLfARPPw

https://vxtwitter.com/kaminokefusa/status/1768952893816840676?s=46&t=q-1AmjVFLGCcEVWLfARPPw

[bleak pine]

Dragonite is just so wholesome

[spice rivet]

Did a few for fun games in Master Ball, and I got paired up against someone ranked 104th and I managed to win. They were just rocking a standard Glim Dozo team, but their Dozo had Rest Talk. Thank goodness for Clear Smog on Amoongus

[bleak pine]

Powerful Sea Dragon, yet it isn't very angry (usually), or a real brute, it just wants to help people

It's basically just Superman, when you think about it

[spice rivet]

Also theu Tera Dragoned theyre Ting Lu super early and proceeded to miss 6 Fissures lol

[bleak pine]

Ayyyy Clear Smog

[bleak pine]

Yeah I love the whole go for broke thing too but jeez that's really messed up to miss all 6 uses

[spice rivet]

Also, a bit later I went up against someone ranked in the 500 range and they were running the weirdest team. Iron Leaves using Coaching on Assault Vest Tera Ghost Urshifu RS with Drain Punch. I was flabbergasted lmao.

Metagross was the MVP in that game for getting the KO with crit Knock off. Then the back 2 mons were Pao Nite which was easy to clean up

[bleak pine]

Innnnnteresting

[pseudo goblet]

Don’t mind me, just slowpoke dancing https://vxtwitter.com/himawari_yadon/status/1768867566855098382?s=46&t=q-1AmjVFLGCcEVWLfARPPw

[mighty storm]

Ya know what mon needs a form or other special treatment

dragonite

[bleak pine]

I wouldn't mind like, whatever an Ancient Kalos forme of it would be

Or something

...Future Kalos?

Something Kalos

[bleak pine]

Konga!

[mighty storm]

Btw I saw someone on twitter is making a digimon fangame with pokemon heartgold as the base

[bleak pine]

Better notify Yami and UNOven

[mighty storm]

with pokemon mechanics for the battles

@warm sky @dense matrix

[bleak pine]

I would like to try out some Digimon stuff myself, but aside from picking up something like World or newer titles like Survive or Cyber Sleuth, I dunno how best to go about it

[dense matrix]

Go for Cyber Sleuth tbh

[bleak pine]

Righto

I mean I could also watch the early anime series, but eh

[mighty storm]

Picking the cancer pack for the pupper bowmon

[bleak pine]

Most all I know so far is like, Agumon (I think that's how you spell it), Terriermon (Jorts and dumdum upper), and Leomon (Who apparently in a lot of series seems to have a habit of just dying a whole lot to show how much business whatever Big Bad means)

[mighty storm]

I like beelzemon blast mode, humanoid birb with a gun

[bleak pine]

Ooh.

...I got no idea what that is, but it does sound cool

[mighty storm]

https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/digimon/images/8/80/Beelzemon_Blast_Mode_b.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width/360?cb=20120330222823

[bleak pine]

Oooh

...It's pretty jarring how a lot of these designs just run the whole gamut. You get adorable stuff mixed in with what you can probably sum up to be a Blackwing monster, going off the pic

But that's the appeal it seems!

[golden lance]

Is jogress gonna be in the rom?

[pseudo goblet]

https://tenor.com/view/blast-mode-tamers-beelzebumon-gif-18487006

[bleak pine]

Blastin'

[pseudo goblet]

Can confirm of the Leomon part lmao

[bleak pine]

Ahhh

[pseudo goblet]

Basically, if there’s ANY digimon with a role that looks like a lion, its death sentence for almost all of them

[bleak pine]

Jeez, that's a rough lot they got

Makes you wonder if anyone in-universe is aware of that

[pseudo goblet]

Eh, separate uniserves

[bleak pine]

Might check out that little fangame based on HeartGold

[pseudo goblet]

Which makes it even worse, the trend didn’t apply to just one world

Afaik only one of them survived, the one from 2020 reboot

[pseudo goblet]

So, op Mega level dragon digimon when fighting Lance

Which many of them can easily cause apocalyptic events

Ig Lance could go with the Greymon line, ya know

Basically the firsts few ‘orange dragons’ since the start of both franchise which happens to be very well known and love

[golden lance]

also am i tripping or is the egg on the cancer pack a gabumon?

[bleak pine]

Why is it named that?

Sounds pretty bleh

[pseudo goblet]

Cancer pack? No idea here

[pseudo goblet]

Also

https://tenor.com/view/digimon-adventure-anime-gif-23162527

[mighty storm]

after the zodiac? Maybe?

[pseudo goblet]

If that’s the case, Symph called my zodiac bleh 😭

[bleak pine]

Yeah, maybe, but it seems the others are like, the Booster and Meta pack

Would much rather call it Crab

Also oooh, association football

Oh right, I seen this one before too, but I dunno what it's called

[pseudo goblet]

Btw y’all, if y’all see a V-mon ya might wanna use it

Depends on if the dev had all of its possible evos

[mighty storm]

440 digimon are planned

[pseudo goblet]

Oh snap Gammamon

https://tenor.com/view/digimon-gammamon-digimonghostgame-ghost-game-gamma-gif-23316910

[bleak pine]

aaaaaaaaaa

[mighty storm]

https://twitter.com/Elle_Loves_Hugs/status/1768298542861636079 exact post for clearer image resolution

Elle (@Elle_Loves_Hugs) on X

After about a dozen hours of planning, editing, and revising, the finalized Dex for Fate Gold is complete! The total is 440, which while a little lower than I hoped, it still breaks the record for more Digimon than any official game. All things considered, I'm happy with this. 😌

Twitter · Mar 14, 2024, 3:30 PM

[pseudo goblet]

I see stingmon~

Also lol they made sprite for the lil version of Jellymon

https://tenor.com/view/jellymon-digimon-ghost-game-gif-23780547

[bleak pine]

what

[mighty storm]

I see the snail

and raremon

[pseudo goblet]

Dang, no Tesla and Thetis

Also, odd choice making BetelGammamon be with Guilmon’s line, and I can’t find Kausgammamon, leaving Gammamon with just Wezengammamon

Not saying it’s a bad choice

[pseudo goblet]

The more I look at this, seems like the dev is trying to avoid adding that many humanoid digimons

[mighty storm]

yeah

[pseudo goblet]

Explains why no TeslaJellymon, Thetismon, Gallantmon, Lilymon and Lilamon

… I just saw Piemon

[bleak pine]

aaaaa it's so adorable, Gammamon is

[pseudo goblet]

Which one

Oh Gammamon thx god

[bleak pine]

Yeah I had to scroll up to remember its name for a moment lol

[pseudo goblet]

https://youtu.be/gJOKWQh3Qg4?si=9-wL96n-r-yyH8ze

Oh god Ghost game was the season that feels the most Pokémon too 😅😂😂

Having the kids saying the attack-names

[bleak pine]

oh man this is super cool aaaaaa

[pseudo goblet]

Isn’t this the pupper bus they used in Reboot

Ah, Komodomon, that’s the name