Pokemon

[fading stratus]

weak

if you cant hunt beedrill in sv are you even a real shiny hunter

[pseudo goblet]

@fading stratus Yeah thats the thing lol

It isn’t

If I pull a weedle shiny card, its kinda troublesome

[mighty storm]

masuda it 🙂

[pseudo goblet]

Was Beedrill in SwSh

[mighty storm]

they arent

[pseudo goblet]

So either Masuda in USUM, which they re busy as is already

Or gimmicky method in Lets Go

Yall can see why Im delaying the Weedle line right

[sonic inlet]

@polar osprey as a heads up, the start decks only have 1 copy of the EX

[normal cave]

Okay 10 pull, should complete a bunch of quests

[mighty storm]

the ex decks dont contain playsets, heads up

for the exs

they do have a copy of the new trainers from what lists I've seen (but not playsets)

[young river]

WTF!?

That's 2!

[mighty storm]

like wugtrio's gives iono

pikachu ex gives red

[sonic inlet]

Giratina gives nurse joy

[mighty storm]

yeah they are all seemingly giving x1 of the new supporters

(tinkaton has grunts)

[mighty storm]

yup

[normal cave]

So Tina is probs the best deck to pick, ye?

[frosty ledge]

I mean that's probably not a lot of pack points, I think it makes more sense to choose by whichever EX pokemon you want

that said I'm getting the impression giratina is the best EX out of the new batch? I could definitely be wrong though

[normal cave]

Yeah looks like it

[mighty storm]

giratina ex is really good

[frosty ledge]

just casually doing gardevoir's job on a basic pokemon

[mighty storm]

But Im likely going for beedrill to complete my playset

[normal cave]

It fuels itself so you can play 18 trainers

[frosty ledge]

I kinda wanna pair it with something else but I have no idea what else I'd put in. mew maybe?

[normal cave]

But it effectively has 130 hp :/

[mighty storm]

https://tenor.com/view/fetch-mean-girls-gif-19691105

stop trying to make 2/18 decks happen

[normal cave]

I don't have to, they are a thing anyways

[frosty ledge]

idk fam we got some bonkers trainers lately

you could even run water energy for irina since giratina attaches energy lmao

[normal cave]

18 cuno was doing really well last I heard

[mighty storm]

(I wanna play wugtrio ex, but got to get a 2nd copy )

[normal cave]

Hmm, no, you need 3 psychic energy, so going only water will delay you by a turn

[mighty storm]

https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/56ce70c8-7180-4823-ad03-5f29f2594215/dfpridw-23e75705-1027-49e0-9f1b-7c2580f8f371.gif?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOjdlMGQxODg5ODIyNjQzNzNhNWYwZDQxNWVhMGQyNmUwIiwiaXNzIjoidXJuOmFwcDo3ZTBkMTg4OTgyMjY0MzczYTVmMGQ0MTVlYTBkMjZlMCIsIm9iaiI6W1t7InBhdGgiOiJcL2ZcLzU2Y2U3MGM4LTcxODAtNDgyMy1hZDAzLTVmMjlmMjU5NDIxNVwvZGZwcmlkdy0yM2U3NTcwNS0xMDI3LTQ5ZTAtOWYxYi03YzI1ODBmOGYzNzEuZ2lmIn1dXSwiYXVkIjpbInVybjpzZXJ2aWNlOmZpbGUuZG93bmxvYWQiXX0.tdN3pXO-cUVUFhaEGAbldPF1NxAmLfWw_4EJh7dUJGQ

[normal cave]

Unless you go first

[frosty ledge]

you could risk it with water/psychic hybrid maybe?

[normal cave]

Maaaaybe, but that's a risk

[frosty ledge]

oh since it ends the turn maybe that's more of a risk than I considered, whoops

[normal cave]

Giratina is deceptively squishy

[frosty ledge]

tbh since you don't need giratina to be in the active spot why not run it with druddigon?

ik I'm seeing a decent number of builds with it and arceus

[normal cave]

Ohhhh

[pseudo goblet]

Indirectly imply Diglett is Mole+earth worm

[normal cave]

Drudd is an option

[frosty ledge]

especially if team rocket grunts use picks up lol

[normal cave]

Why wouldn't it? Card is nutty

It's crushing hammer on steroids

[pseudo goblet]

Who used my 10k dollar card as peanut butter knife for their toast

[frosty ledge]

idk it definitely seems that way yeah lmao

can definitely cuck dialga for a bit with it

[pseudo goblet]

Bruial you re also just fuck the events, in and out opening packs right

[normal cave]

Energy is already slower in this game than main game. Rocket effectively skips a turn

[pseudo goblet]

Kinda feeling burn out for Masters and Pocket now

[normal cave]

Mostly. I did a 10 pull to get the ticket but that's it.

I have too many hourglasses anyways so no reason not to

I got to 1008

[pseudo goblet]

Bolt been watching us

[normal cave]

Damn okay, not bad

I like how top 1000 isn't even a 10 pull

[fading stratus]

[sonic inlet]

Ok so beginner rank is all bots

Since I wasn't playing things like mamoswine butterfree when I started playing the game I'm pretty sure

[normal cave]

Reddit was

[sonic inlet]

Not wrong

[normal cave]

You are severely overestimating the competence of the average player

[pseudo goblet]

Ash card when

https://tenor.com/view/pokemon-pocket-monsters-pocket-monsters2019-pm2019-pokemon-journeys-gif-26678231

[normal cave]

P sure we had some

Just not in Pocket

[sonic inlet]

Eventually

There's also a Jessie and James card IRL

[normal cave]

Wasn't that card banned?

[sonic inlet]

Maybe

I don't follow IRL

[normal cave]

Yes it is

Card kinda toxic tbf

[pseudo goblet]

Have we gotten a third Mantyke card after Jaiden exposed Pokemon tcg’s favoritism

[normal cave]

No clue, nor did I know she made a video about that

[frosty ledge]

that is true but these are definitely actually bots lol. especially cause they move super quick

they really gave them unplayable decks though. I understand you want to coddle new players but using all types of energy is not gonna prepare them for the ranked ladder

[pseudo goblet]

https://youtu.be/PbdyXIaBK9A?si=X6YorOnagHTr1orT

Point at 6:00

[normal cave]

Jaiden's pretty cool, but I don't care much to watch her stuff

[frosty ledge]

I thought her video on asexuality was pretty cool to shine a better light on that

[normal cave]

Aight I'll watch that point

[normal cave]

She did one?

That is cool

[frosty ledge]

ye she came out as aroace, explained how it works and what she went through before knowing it had a name/even existed

[pseudo goblet]

Forgot she said they did made a third one after the convo lmao, now the question becomes whether they made a fourth card

[pseudo goblet]

Unfortunately, people kinda hate her for that iirc…

[frosty ledge]

what why?

[normal cave]

Wh

Why

[pseudo goblet]

I think people like, basically mad they cant ship her after that???

[frosty ledge]

oh so it's just dumb shit that's easy to disregard, of course

[normal cave]

https://tenor.com/view/spongebob-you-what-what-did-you-do-spongebob-meme-spongebob-squarepants-gif-19389913

[pseudo goblet]

Its dumb… okay, Idgi

https://youtu.be/qaqW9MPn9jM?si=OaQ7ebvCeJbnRsw5

[normal cave]

Yeah that's just gross and stupid

[sonic inlet]

Also people are just parasocial as always

[pseudo goblet]

Afaik the thing means shes not attracted to anyone and like it that way

Thats fine, its her life, why the haters feeling thats bothering them

[sonic inlet]

Yep

[void herald]

getting mad at someone for being asexual is insane

like

she's literally not even doing anything

[ashen barn]

In this world people will always find fault to avoid looking inwards

It could be anything

[sonic inlet]

First real person found on ranked and they leave bc I shuffle their serperior away

[ashen barn]

Anyone hear an ominous prelude?

now all I need is a land shark

[sonic inlet]

Mug is coming

[ashen barn]

Sword dance
Earthquake

[fading stratus]

you get a land bear instead

[sonic inlet]

As opposed to a sea bear

[fading stratus]

sea bears are overrated

how dare they swim

[ashen barn]

[sonic inlet]

sea bear slander

[ashen barn]

If global warming keeps up, soon some land bears will become sea bears

[sonic inlet]

[ashen barn]

I just need to find the piece, let's be honest

I already terrorized people 10 years ago with it, I'm going to do it again

[pseudo goblet]

You mean water bears??

Dugded

[sonic inlet]

Did you get your free deck in pocket btw

If you decided to try it again

[ashen barn]

I didn't try it again

[sonic inlet]

Unfortunate

[warm sky]

https://twitter.com/mako_makotoo/status/1903054028386529712?t=B_n-3cNIsfK0kn-pW0oQZg&s=19

https://fxtwitter.com/CHAPPIKA38/status/1903284078276698549?t=vRK_nS5_VPChTpucQ1lafA&s=19

マコトウ (@mako_makotoo) on X

X · Mar 21, 2025, 12:00 PM

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[pseudo goblet]

The safest electric car

[fading stratus]

oh that's pcute

[pseudo goblet]

Hello arguably second best SM girl

[mighty storm]

big pull

used a few hour glasses this morning to speed up getting the deck ticket

oh its pack stamina, so gotta wait still

(one was a pack from event freebie)

why is their deck all dogs?

[latent sleet]

what da dog doin

[fading stratus]

the dog is dogging

[mighty storm]

well I should expect this from the lower ranks, but still this hurts to look at

[ashen barn]

Now THIS is a champion fight

Jellicent vs Magnezone, I outspeed and I'm never dead to tbolt crit

[fading stratus]

didja win

[ashen barn]

Shadow ball crit

IT'S ENOUGH

[fading stratus]

do you not have water sprout

[ashen barn]

Jellicent is support

[fading stratus]

gotcha

[ashen barn]

Last mon is Gastrodon

Eat energy baaaaaaall

This game was extremely fun and good, if you told me this was an official Pokémon game, I wouldn't have believed you because it's too good

It has elements of Platinum, HGSS, and more from the golden era of Pokémon, but truly fine-tuned and with a modern feel

It truly feels like a love letter to old Pokémon, hard but not impossible, and a great focus on what's important - story and gameplay

With that said, Pokémon Unbound, Hard difficulty, completed (even though I didn't expect the final rounds to be doubles, look at my team

[sonic inlet]

Low ranks is all bots

I faced Bob like 4 times in 10 games

[fading stratus]

bob the builder op

[sonic inlet]

He built a wall of bricks alright

Weezing Charizard new meta threat

[sonic inlet]

[viral ingot]

Gonna build that Meowscarada deck since I got 2 of the full arts. ❤️

[polar osprey]

it's literally stated there

in the beginner ranks, in unite and pocket it's until the 2nd last rank so expect until ultra ball, you face bots every other match and get automatically paired with a bot after 2 losses in a row

so anyone should be able to get to ultra ball with the greatest of ease

[sonic inlet]

Ah, handholding

[viral ingot]

Sounds pretty good ngl. 😏

[sonic inlet]

Peak

[polar osprey]

everyone is gonna be ultra is the takeaway

[viral ingot]

I just want the Hourglasses.

[polar osprey]

and it's like 10 hourglasses of difference between ultra and master

[sonic inlet]

Welp

[polar osprey]

their initial idea was not having any hourglasses as rewards for ranked

which is what was in the files

so this is still a win

just play until ultra to get real battles

they decided to go the handholding way until the top ranks like the other pokemon games instead

[viral ingot]

It keeps the casual side of the game pretty prevalent ig.

[polar osprey]

the nintendo devs probably gave them the idea

since that's how every other online pokemon game works

[viral ingot]

I wish we had that in Master Duel.

[sonic inlet]

Well at least it's ultra ball and not master ball

And ranked has been fun regardless

[viral ingot]

True that. Gives me some time to practice a bit.

[polar osprey]

I'm at 6 wins in a row half of them bots half of them bad players

[sonic inlet]

Though I only had like 10 games bc I had an exam today

[viral ingot]

Didn't think Ranked would be easier than Solo Mode half the time lol

[polar osprey]

btw

[sonic inlet]

I've been playing giratina

[polar osprey]

the win in a row rewards are insane

I'm already at double the points per win

[sonic inlet]

Lost once to arceus bc a sabrina in my hand should have been nurse joy instead

[polar osprey]

I'm playing gyarados

I try harded as fuck

analyzed all of the data from this weeks tournaments

gyarados has the best mu chart in the format rn

[polar osprey]

and won both big events during A2B format

bcs it brutalizes giratina darkrai

[sonic inlet]

Well I do have manaphy and origin palkia

So ig I can try that too

[polar osprey]

it also has a good mu against arceus dialga

since neither of those decks threaten manaphy or can 1v1 gya their mus are AWFUL into it

giratina has a fucking 34% win rate vs gyatt

you just can't pressure them while they are souping up gya

[sonic inlet]

Well gyarados just steals energy

[polar osprey]

and gya just okos drudi and you can't kill it back

so the game just ends

[sonic inlet]

And darkrai giratina has no way to add it back without skipping turns

[polar osprey]

which is why every giratina deck is now on 2 team rocket

you need them

add them to your deck now

it's the only way you beat gya

and this is all ofc without taking misty into account

[sonic inlet]

Over what, red card and rocky helmet?

[polar osprey]

potion probably

[sonic inlet]

Fair

[polar osprey]

dialga arceus is going down

gyados at 7% rep and giratina darkrai at 8%

but gyados has over 60% win rate

it's probably gonna be the deck to beat again

[sonic inlet]

Back to people coping on hitmonlee

[polar osprey]

that is it's only mu below 50% win rate rn yes

at fucking 30%

gallade hitmonlee

which is the 4th best deck rn at 6% rep

we might get a nice triangle format

gyatt, gira, gallade

dialga arceus will probably drop like a rock

30% win rate vs gya, 45% vs tina and 40% vs gallada

[polar osprey]

bad mu into the entirety of the rest of the format pretty much

[sonic inlet]

Wait

I'm fucking

Stupid

Nice magikarp

[polar osprey]

no cyrus

you don't do early game damage

just sabrina

no team rocket

you want rocky helmet more than cape

[sonic inlet]

Yeah I cut cyrus

[polar osprey]

it won't change your kos thresholds and helmet chip damage and red let you otk a ton of shit

1 red 2 helmet

since red is a trainer

[sonic inlet]

Got no red yet sadly

...and only 1 helmet

[polar osprey]

1 pokemon communication is fine

[sonic inlet]

Gonna have to buy some things

[polar osprey]

just craft a helmet

[sonic inlet]

Welp I still need a spot for red

Ig I can cut 1 joy

[polar osprey]

this is what I'm running

[sonic inlet]

Danke

[normal cave]

Palkia-O owo

[sonic inlet]

Oh I can buy Red

[polar osprey]

the good palkia

you can run articuno instead

but the extra hp is nice

[sonic inlet]

I want the weird horse

More

[normal cave]

Why palkia o

Why is it good?

[polar osprey]

basic and hits hard

1 prizer

if you play another ex in bench like cuno ex they kill manaphy they kill it they win

[normal cave]

1 prize ~90 for 3 energy

I see

[polar osprey]

cuno is another option

but more damage and hp is better than para for now

[normal cave]

Non-ex cuno owo

[polar osprey]

since the other decks are putting up meat shields without much pressure

gallade and rampardos are the other good decks but they are stage 2 decks and are playing iono and 2 communication so not for me

zard is also going up in rep but again 2 iono

[sonic inlet]

In 2 games with this deck I brick

And lose them

Good start

[normal cave]

What decks are good rn?

[sonic inlet]

I even got 5 misty heads

[polar osprey]

giratina ex darkrai ex, gyarados ex manaphy, gallade ex hitmonlee, dialga ex arceus ex, charizard ex moltress ex, rampardos lucario

in that order

[normal cave]

Pog ty

[polar osprey]

play zard ex if you get a shiny one and want to flex

best deck for that

[normal cave]

I'm nowhere close to any of those

[normal cave]

I have 0 shinies

[polar osprey]

I have 3 but they are all bad ones

no ex

but every time you pull a shiny the game gives you 12 hourglasses so yippe

pack refunds itself

[normal cave]

Thing is, I'd have to trade hourglasses to get a deck, and by then I lose hourglasses

[polar osprey]

you don't even have gyarados or gallade?

they only use red or iono as new cards bro

rampardos lucario uses NO new cards

no wait

it uses iono

nvm

[normal cave]

No

[polar osprey]

rampardos lucario is all low rarity

and I wonder picked YOUR lucarios

so I know you have them

[normal cave]

I think I have 2 lucarios yeah

But no ramps

[obsidian juniper]

https://x.com/juanpi_a1/status/1905368101555740856

Juanpi (@juanpi_a1) on X

the difference between what pokemon are good in the card game vs the video game is so amusing like how do i explain to a smogon player that a 30 hp budew is literally thanos

X · Mar 27, 2025, 9:15 PM

[polar osprey]

speaking like good support mons are an alien concept to pkmn players

like just look at clefairy or satan smeargle

[sonic inlet]

Ok fuck this

Going back to giratina

3 losses in a row

[polar osprey]

bro is bricking on solo karp

[sonic inlet]

Now I had like 4 whole turns of just manaphy palkia

[polar osprey]

just start coin flipping with palkia Idk

[sonic inlet]

While they opened arceus mew pokeball for dialga oak

[polar osprey]

you can just dump your gems on this pack or wait 3 weeks for the April pack and dump your gems there and then speedrun the ladder

[normal cave]

Okay so I have 1 lucario, 1 lucario EX

[polar osprey]

bcs this deck has a ton of nice staples but besides zard idt you can build anything with this pack

[normal cave]

I also have 1 gyatt, 1 dialga, 1 darkrai

[polar osprey]

lol

[normal cave]

1 Arceus

[polar osprey]

do a 10 pull see if you get zard or gira and then get the other from the sd

then hold the rest of your gems

solo giratina is also a deck so yk

[normal cave]

I have solo articuno

[polar osprey]

solo articuno is decent rn

yes

but you want all the good new trainers

[normal cave]

Maybe missing staples

Like iridia

[polar osprey]

except iono

you want red, pokemon center lady and irida

and ofc cyrus and giant cape

[normal cave]

The only trainer I am missing from the set

[polar osprey]

oh yeah and team rocket grunt

[normal cave]

How the fuck

[polar osprey]

just craft it

it's not like you are every gonna pull from this pack again

[normal cave]

4 Elder

[polar osprey]

elder is one of the 3 trainers I have in full art

one day it's gonna be good

[normal cave]

Ok crafted Irida, what else do I need?

[polar osprey]

red, pokemon center lady and team rocket grunt from the newest pack

and cyrus but I assume you have it

and giant cape

also assume you have it

[normal cave]

1 cyrus 1 cape

[polar osprey]

get another of both

[normal cave]

Done

Pack refund

[polar osprey]

Lets go

the refund is on the missions btw

[normal cave]

Oh, okay

[polar osprey]

shiny museum

each one gives you 12 hourglasses

Idk how many there are

probably until you get every shiny

[normal cave]

Pulled a red and 3 iono

[sonic inlet]

Ok finally won with gyarados

[normal cave]

My only trainers from this set are 1 red and 4 Iono

[sonic inlet]

It was literally the deck but bad

[normal cave]

After 2 10 pulls

[sonic inlet]

Manaphy palkia ex vaporeon

[normal cave]

Did they nerf the shiny quest?

[polar osprey]

wtf

maybe it's only from 2 onwards?

[sonic inlet]

I got that one but idr

[normal cave]

Ah well, I pulled Zard and I have 2 Moltres

So I probs buy the Zard structure

[polar osprey]

you want the new charmander and charmeleon

you have iono and 2 communication right?

[normal cave]

Yes

2 charmeleon 1 mander

But ig the red structure covers that

[normal cave]

I have 2 of each

@polar osprey like this?

[sonic inlet]

4 times I brick with gyarados

Out of 5

Yeah, dunno about this rn

[polar osprey]

the deck hates you

[sonic inlet]

Clearly

Water deck even

[polar osprey]

x-speed over potion

[sonic inlet]

Is clod any good

Kinda curious

[polar osprey]

1 sabrina 1 red over red card

[vagrant steppe]

How do you look at a deck like that

[polar osprey]

new button

click on the 3 dots next to your decks name

and click on view every card

[vagrant steppe]

Oh nice

This is what I'm playing rn

Just in pokeball tier

[sonic inlet]

Giovanni is like

Unplayably bad

[vagrant steppe]

It makes the difference for darkrai here

A full HP Darkrai is 140

Arceus does 130

I'll probably swap him for a second red when I get one

[sonic inlet]

Eh

[vagrant steppe]

Red does it better, but there's enough Darkrai that the 10 hp comes up

[viral ingot]

I usually have BGM off, but the Ranked battle soundtrack is a bop.

https://youtu.be/83ANHS6KqI4?si=TzvROuRKbpad5weL

[frosty ledge]

there we go, finally

[viral ingot]

Damn, now you can just use the ticket for the starter deck to get a playset

I'm still here hoping Wonder Pack blesses me.

And...is it me, or are there a ton more pack variety in Wonder Picks now? Did they rig it that you get your friends' past pulls from other packs? And not recent ones?

[warm sky]

https://twitter.com/quikyu_art/status/1905346444648669617/photo/1

quikyu (@quikyu_art) on X

"Trainers who reach the top are said to have a wish granted"...
#pokemon

X · Mar 27, 2025, 7:49 PM

[sterile verge]

Hoopa doesn't grant wishes

Its probably the A pokemon or sm

[golden lance]

jirAchi

[pseudo goblet]

Volcanion crashes down on them

[sterile verge]

Fuck yeah

[pseudo goblet]

Jir a chi

[mighty storm]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1071127487741964388/1355333001566748773/image.png?ex=67e88bb8&is=67e73a38&hm=1c8c84363a3255698afd4203d01c8b5b23fc82f8e4f85d073d089223101b2a2a&=&format=webp&quality=lossless

I was given a second chance at being a Nuzlocke mon for a streamer, though skitty me died I have been revived as a dwebble

[mighty storm]

heck yeah

also chose wugtrio ex for my ex free deck

[pseudo goblet]

@fading stratus pick my weekend secondary hunt, Poipole run, working on getting the shiny Meltan, or SV hunt

You re gonna say Lunala anyway if it were an option, so it automatically goes to primary hunt

[fading stratus]

what kinda mon do you want

hmm smeargle

or indeedee female

[pseudo goblet]

Got

[pseudo goblet]

Kinda tedious it was might I add lol

[pseudo goblet]

Hmm

[fading stratus]

You didnt think I'd say smeargle as a first did you

[pseudo goblet]

Nope

[pseudo goblet]

Seems fairly fine https://youtu.be/V69uwKt2I7U?si=H2VUUywISmU64PVJ

Possible chance to replace the Hatterene ftom twitch

[fading stratus]

do get a farigiraf too tg

if theyre available in same place

[pseudo goblet]

Done

[fading stratus]

espathra is fine as well

[pseudo goblet]

Done through Twitch

Would the next mon be Scream Tail

Some sort of psychic type hype going on here

[fading stratus]

I'm specifically looking at psychic types because of this

[pseudo goblet]

Lmao

Ig Indeedee has a chance to show up in DA anyway

Too bad so far I only met one and its male

[fading stratus]

we've gotten pretty good psychic types this gen

[pseudo goblet]

Not many with amazing shinies huh

Best I’d say the ostrich and ancient balloon

[fading stratus]

scream tail is a pretty good mon but idt you can play scream tail zane

[pseudo goblet]

Whys that

[fading stratus]

its a pretty hard mon to use

scream tail's best niche is its a very fast mon that gets encore and disable

its not really a easy strat to play

[pseudo goblet]

Hmm

[frosty ledge]

kill me, I accidentally traded for the beedrill ex deck instead of the giratina one

fuck me for trying to look at decklists first 😭

[pseudo goblet]

https://youtu.be/ZyD2YqJc_4o?si=nP2HPIpuIwcK5psd

‘collect sync orbs’ MOTHER FUCKERS I ALREADY MAX OUT ON THOSE SHIT 💀

Also Masters is now a school dating sim

[fading stratus]

who are you dating

[pseudo goblet]

Realistically? Nobody lol

Probably some rando female trainers on some route

[warm sky]

you know that as a fangame already exists right

it's like over a decade old

https://twitter.com/shiro_nknk/status/1904570573793223087/photo/1

https://twitter.com/R_botamochi/status/1900848352201503085/photo/1

https://twitter.com/suzukinoko1021/status/1904493514966306929/photo/1

SHIR︎︎❍ (@shiro_nknk) on X

X · Mar 25, 2025, 4:26 PM

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出張！アローラ

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EXスター団🌟

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[warm sky]

https://fxtwitter.com/quikyu_art/status/1905637898331840625?t=L8gg-Uz7iqwV2qoerIsJiw&s=19 @sterile verge

quikyu (@quikyu_art)

#PokemonLegendsZA

Quoting NotNunoRepresasGoAway (@NunoRepresas)
︀
Everybody saying hoopa but like… Jirachi would be the obv answer right? Hoopa just has the portal gimmick, has it ever been related to wishes besides the fact it looks like a genie kinda?

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FxTwitter · Mar 28, 2025, 3:07 PM

[sonic inlet]

Didn’t the devs cancel it

[warm sky]

I had to google it and no? Their twitter updated in december with a new update

Shit's still being worked on

[sonic inlet]

Huh

Wasn't it uh

Pokemon academy life or something like that

[warm sky]

yes

[sonic inlet]

That's neat then

Had the idea that it was canceled

[warm sky]

I mean I'm not gonna play it, but seems they added gen 8 characters

[sonic inlet]

Yeah I only played like what, 4 years ago now?

[warm sky]

I played it when it was like brand new back in high school

and then forgot about it until I saw someone stream it last year

and found out it's still alive

[sonic inlet]

Ohh it has a remake

That's why

[warm sky]

ah

[pseudo goblet]

Man Lunala in DA using Magic Coat a lot is pretty good, bat just uses a move that dont do muc- and~ it KO-ed me while typing

And there goes a run, failed no 7

[normal cave]

F

[fading stratus]

[pseudo goblet]

Good run on the next, Lunala No 15

Still no shiny lmao

Bugs

And, Hedgehog

Okay this run is also a dead run

[fading stratus]

just play incin

dark beats lunala

fire beats bugs

[pseudo goblet]

Unless Lunala keeps using Magic Coat

[pseudo goblet]

You dont get to freely pick your mon lmao

Its either rental mons or mons you caught in the run

[fading stratus]

ah

get a rental incin

[pseudo goblet]

Oh lol, the Togedemaru actually switched, its all bugs team lmao

[pseudo goblet]

Yup, dead

[normal cave]

Yeah that's been ladder

[spice rivet]

Honestly, watching the AI throw is the worst

[normal cave]

Made me give up on ladder. Feels awful.

[polar osprey]

you automatically get matched with AI after a 2 loss streak which is super funny

unite does the same thing until ultra rank

so maybe after ultra in pocket it vanishes

[spice rivet]

I've lost run where one of the AIs will insist on using Swagger 3 turns in a row but Lunala already has Magic Guard up lmao

[fading stratus]

lmao

[normal cave]

The ai working on the ai's side

[pseudo goblet]

Tf id this team bro

[spice rivet]

Shoutout Marvel Rivals where if you lose twice in a Quickplay match theres a 90% you get a bot lobby to build up your confidence lmaoooo

[spice rivet]

Ooooooofffff

[normal cave]

lairon

Bro wtf they're not even full evos

[pseudo goblet]

Thats like, 2/5 of the list in DA

[spice rivet]

Also, one good thing to note atleast is Lunala only has Swift, Moongeist and Moonblast for damaging moves so certain mons are actually pretty good

Ie, Poison types

[pseudo goblet]

Noted lol

[spice rivet]

Unironically, they have the Mid and Final stages of the Hoenn starters, but the Mid Evos are actually better thanks to better movesets lmao.

Also Eviolite is available from the Backpacker (as long as you arent unlucky)

[pseudo goblet]

Bolt surely you now see why now Im not particularly happy about using DA now right

LAIRON HOW DO YOU MISS METAL SOUND

[spice rivet]

SOME POKEMON DONT EVEN HAVE STAB MOVES

[pseudo goblet]

MEANWHILE QWIFISH HERE GETS LIQUADATION AND WE WON AGAINST TOXTRICITY DEATHLESS LMAO

[spice rivet]

😤😤😤

[pseudo goblet]

SOMEHOW

[spice rivet]

#WeTakeThose

[pseudo goblet]

God, this team has higher chance to win

Boltund, lairon, Toxtricity and Cofagrigus

Magic Coat bounced the Metal sound back

Also Thunder Wave but caster is electric type anyway

@spice rivet @normal cave @fading stratus @mighty storm HOLY SHIT!!

||TWO OF THEM!!||

||COFAGRIGUS OBVIOUSLY LMFAO

I already have a Golduck

But damn I hate this ||

I cant take all of it home

[normal cave]

[viral ingot]

Got another one of the Guildmasters.

[pseudo goblet]

Dw I expected to find other shiny before Lunala, just kinda fast

Barely 30 runs

[spice rivet]

JFC WHAT THE HELLLLLLLLLL

You are cracked holy

[fading stratus]

he still doesnt have a shiny lunala

not cracked

[pseudo goblet]

You had double shiny before???

[sterile verge]

They're just like me fr fr

[mighty storm]

Oh hey video from the guy I mod for

[pseudo goblet]

Jesus, its been this long since I got a shiny in SwSh

What a banger this game decides to throw at me

[spice rivet]

No I havent actually lmao

[pseudo goblet]

Wtf

I feel unworthy

[spice rivet]

Tbf, I have gotten Shint Ho-Oh and shiny Solgaleo so it balances out

[normal cave]

I really wanna try ho-oh koraidon. Or ho-oh groudon.

Slap on cherrim to make them extra BULKY

[fading stratus]

the rules will be announced in a week bruial

[pseudo goblet]

@fading stratus whats the math again, 1 /100 chance for all 4 mons each, assuming I caught all 4

And ended with 2 hits

[normal cave]

AV Don with Cherrim and/or tailwind support from Ho-oh

[fading stratus]

then showdown will probs make a format

eh

cherrim probs not great

you can just play jumpluff

it gets helping hand

and encore

so you can lock setup sweepers

[normal cave]

Cherrim is ass

But that's part of the meme

It boosts Ho-Oh's two best stats

[fading stratus]

yeah I get it

but how many times do you think you can set that up

alongside hooh

[normal cave]

And it's still a garbage mon

[normal cave]

As often as I set up Dozogiri more or less, you only need to swap Cherrim in

That's not the issue

The issue is that Cherrim kinda does nothing else but sit there and maybe click helping hand

[pseudo goblet]

Guy that made me crazy laughed tonight

[normal cave]

@fading stratus nevermind Cherrim is Nat Dex only

Rip the meme

Yeah probs just play whims or jumpluff like a sane person

[fading stratus]

bruial wanna know a meme

||Eggsegutor gets chlorophyll||

||and expanding force||

not my idea ofc but its pfunny

[normal cave]

The Wolfe special

[fading stratus]

its not wolfe special actually

[normal cave]

Oh?

I know he ran that

[fading stratus]

lemme get the vid

[normal cave]

No wait

He ran harvest Exeg

Also, man, Jumpluff has a CRACKED movepool

[fading stratus]

https://www.youtube.com/live/bqR70nXHJ8M?si=giLYyaYId4Ea9U5u&t=5637

here

it was last format but its proof of concept

[normal cave]

Rage Powder, Encore, Sleep Powder, Helping Hand, Tailwind, Memento, Endeavor, Cotton Spore

[fading stratus]

yeah its a very good mon

I dont like it only because sleep powdder is 75% accurate

else its an insane mon

[normal cave]

So many good moves you get choice paralysis

Building with it must be hard because how do you pick a set

[fading stratus]

oh yeah its another one of the mons that dont run any attacking moves

idk who said that actually

that every support mon should run offense

[normal cave]

It even gets pollen puff

[fading stratus]

no you're playing leaf storm

if you run attacking move

also you missed a very important move

[normal cave]

Off its 55 attacking stats

[normal cave]

What move

[fading stratus]

sunny day

[normal cave]

Damn, true

Also light screen

And reflect

[fading stratus]

AND

another one of my fav moves

[normal cave]

This fucker has 110 base speed outside of sun. It is a MONSTER

[fading stratus]

its good iff youre on bulky dozo

||worry seed|| you;re not ready for this maybe

[fading stratus]

its still 130 bp stab

it should do reasonable damage

[normal cave]

Ability removal

Also stops amogus

[fading stratus]

the whole point is amogus yeah

its a japanese strat

I got from a jp player

[normal cave]

Jumpluff Regigigas

[fading stratus]

this was the team

[normal cave]

Bulky

[fading stratus]

basically the idea is you make dozo as bulky as possible

then you spam fissure

[normal cave]

The ting lu at home

[fading stratus]

ting lu isnt a replacement

its a partner

tinglu dozo is one of the best duo in the game

[normal cave]

They both spam fissure ig

And never die

[fading stratus]

no none spam fissure

[normal cave]

Oh?

How do they hit stuff

[fading stratus]

you spam yawn and sand tomb

:kekw:

and then since they cant switch

you spam ruination

it also works with ting lu scream tail

you just encore disable them

[normal cave]

Ohhh, very dirty

[fading stratus]

that idea was also japanese idea

I think japanese dnite team popularized that duo

japanese players are stinky

they come up with dirtiest of strats

[normal cave]

They do be the best at pokemon

[fading stratus]

its because

jp format is cts bo1

so you come up with the weirdest of strats for bo1

only top 8 onwards its bo3 open sheets iirc

with natures also open

[normal cave]

Oh bo1 ew

[fading stratus]

same with korean format

[normal cave]

What is up with JP and bo1

[fading stratus]

its also bo1 iirc

its asia in general

[normal cave]

Why

[fading stratus]

idfk

tpc asia is shit

[normal cave]

Konami does that too no?

As in bo1 in OCG

[fading stratus]

yeah

but the redeeming thing about jp pokemon is atleats you have 64 invites

so if you get top 64 you get invite

this was the team concept btw probably different of the other 3

[normal cave]

Iron Head dnite

[fading stratus]

yeah

tera steel iron head does insane damage

especially boosted by howl

[normal cave]

Ic

[fading stratus]

I wonder if life orb will pick on koraidon

it has won a event and top 4'd another already

[normal cave]

You eat shit so hard to incin without clear amulet

[fading stratus]

fun fact

life orb close combat does more damage than clear amulet collision course

[normal cave]

At -1?

[fading stratus]

yes

[normal cave]

Nevermind then, LO is cracked

[fading stratus]

its basically 150 vs 156.5 bp

or sth

i did a calc

[normal cave]

I keep losing to incin on the loades dice korai team

[fading stratus]

you can switch to life orb

[normal cave]

Legit have no clue how to deal with it

[fading stratus]

if you want

[normal cave]

Gotta swap off scale shot then

But you did share a LO team

I think

[fading stratus]

wanna play boyt's team

[normal cave]

Oh?

[fading stratus]

this is zoom lens heatran

[normal cave]

Yes

[fading stratus]

https://youtu.be/1dkB0hh5S3U?si=YEkTq-2VSS5a1H5U

he explains all the choices

pretty good team

[normal cave]

Chi yu under sun

https://tenor.com/view/chiyu-pokemon-scarlet-and-violet-gif-27146657

[pseudo goblet]

Imma just drop this https://youtu.be/0Pc0A6F4G9A?si=CDG7sd3ESvOrf1Yw

[fading stratus]

oh chalk

[normal cave]

Chalk

[fading stratus]

lmao

chalk was basically rinya sun of 2015

[normal cave]

Same 5 mons on all teams

Wasn't the best lead into landorus your own landorus?

[fading stratus]

2015 was chalk

yeah

lmao

look at this bruial

lmao

[pseudo goblet]

If it aint broke, dont change it(much)

[normal cave]

Hmmm, more variety than I expected

[fading stratus]

big 6 was also very good in 2016

idt it did amazing

because everyone was counterteaming

[normal cave]

Double restricted format vs 0 restricted

Was this dark void smeargle?

[pseudo goblet]

Smeargle

[fading stratus]

what do you think

[normal cave]

Looks like pre-nerf dark void smeargle

[fading stratus]

it was

worlds didnt have that much big 6

only 2 really top 8'd

because everyone was counterteaming

[outer eagle]

what if we rebuff dark void while keeping the user restriction

[fading stratus]

I mean i'd be fine tbh

since darkrai isnt usable

[outer eagle]

hey gf allowed mythicals once
who's to say they won't do it again

[fading stratus]

yeah it was a meme format

after worlds before new game

I think only event there was some singaporean event

[normal cave]

Is that the wolfe worlds win?

[fading stratus]

yes

[normal cave]

The raichu

Same exact team 3 times

[fading stratus]

top 4 is one of wolfey's best friends

idk about the top 8 team

[outer eagle]

smh this obviously means bronzong is the best mon of the format
it got 7/8 top spots after all

[fading stratus]

I mean

unironically

because you needed lum berry safeguard bronzong to even beat smeargle

[spice rivet]

Iirc Wolfey and his friends developed the team to be anti meta and to deal with Smeargle.

[fading stratus]

I think Lan T might actually be decent this format

looking at the chalk vid

[golden lance]

Oh yea i just realized

Za's battle mechanics means that gf is forced to overhaul the battle animations

[fading stratus]

the animation look pcool

[golden lance]

Yea i saw the brave bird comparison

That green flash looked kinda sick

[fading stratus]

i wonder if there will be abilities in za or not

[golden lance]

I think so

[fading stratus]

since its a legends

[golden lance]

Unlike pla this one is actually battle driven

also meant to be a gateway drug into champions

Btw did you see

Some switch 1 titles will have a 2 edition to take advantage of the better specs

[sterile verge]

I'm calling it on april 2nd there'll be a short section in the direct explaining that and them showing 3 examples
Tears of the kingdom, smash ultimate, Z-A

[golden lance]

Imagine if we get a dlc pass s3 for smash

I'd be fine with a surprise balancing patch too

[polar osprey]

at ultra in pocket

you don't gain points for consecutive wins

[sterile verge]

I wouldn't be that surprised

[polar osprey]

you gain 10 by winning and 7 by losing

ok?

after 2 losses in a row

[golden lance]

Wait

[polar osprey]

you face a bot automatically

[golden lance]

You gain by losing?

[polar osprey]

no

[golden lance]

Ah you lose 7

[polar osprey]

you lose 7 by losing in the last rank

[golden lance]

Got it

[polar osprey]

and gain 10 by winning

but here is the catch choccy

it means you rank up with a 40% win rate correct?

after 2 losses in a row you automatically face a bot

with 3 energies and vanillas

you can get to master ball rank without beating a single human being

mathematically

just by playing enough

[golden lance]

I mean that's fine

Its still pocket at the end of the day

[polar osprey]

now the issue

it's 1600 points to get to master ball rank

you get 10 per win

gl

[golden lance]

Someone will setup a bot eventually

[polar osprey]

definitely

is what I'm getting at

the grind is absurd and you can do it without playing humans

the optimal way will just be setting up a bot to play a beatdown deck and letting it run overnight

[golden lance]

Tbh i havent opened the game since spacetime showdown

[polar osprey]

darkrai is the best deck

just with giratina now

dw

nothing changed

[polar osprey]

the meta is just hiding behind a wall with darkrai poking for 20 every turn and having whatever else ramping up while you do that

100% on the designers for not giving us decent gusting tools

[spice rivet]

Scizor model kit, may get a 2nd to do the shiny colours

[golden lance]

Nah i just dont think the game appeals to me

[polar osprey]

but the community already complains about cyrus

[golden lance]

Decks build themselves, gameplay is boring, and collecting is literally impossible as a f2p

[polar osprey]

most of the issues with the game could be solved by just printing 1-1 boss orders

yeah the 20 card limit with 2 of each card and no scouting does that

you can't really play 1 ofs for variety bcs you can't get to them consistently

and you can't play more than 2

so you just put 2 of everything and done that's the deck

[golden lance]

Also there's none of the archetypes i like from the main ptcg in pocket

So i would rather just play live, if anything

Also yea, game's too inconsistent to feel like i'm playing pokemon

[polar osprey]

by that you mean there's no combo right? since they make any half decent card a trainer you can't use them together to do anything and just play beatdown

[golden lance]

Not even combo

Stuff like toolboxes, stuff that plays from the graveyard, mill

[polar osprey]

it's crazy the only interaction for the gy we got so far is fucking old rod as a trainer

[golden lance]

Volkner

[polar osprey]

and they seem to be completely against anything that adds without being random

so toolboxes are never happening

[golden lance]

Yea

No energy spam either

[polar osprey]

we are walking towards energy spam

they keep powercreeping energy ramp cards

at an insane pace

[golden lance]

Oh yea right

We dont have stall either

I genuinely miss the option of playing a floodgate (no gengar ex aint it)

[polar osprey]

that one is kinda impossible since you can't even lose by deckout

and if the game doesn't end in 40 turns or something it's an auto tie

[golden lance]

I mean usually deckout aint even the wincon

[polar osprey]

they designed the game in a way that prevents stall from being good

bcs you are just going to tie

bcs they want games to be fast

[golden lance]

You just setup a loop that you can win the prize race without the opponent being able to do anything

[golden lance]

Eeeeeeeew

[polar osprey]

and still that's not fast enough for pocket players

[golden lance]

Also, pocket just straight up doesnt have gimmicks

Everything's too streamlined

[polar osprey]

they are complaining darkrai takes too long

bcs it takes like

5 turns to get going

stall ain't ever happening

gotta keep the tiktok kids happy

5 turns to setup is their limit

[golden lance]

Oh yea also

Pocket basically shoehorns you into playing a single type

Excluding mons that set themselves up ala zone and giratina

So you cant play shit like haymaker

[polar osprey]

yep

which is funny bcs their bots all play multiple energy decks

so they think they are fine

[golden lance]

Also gonna be honest

Cyrus did kinda take out a big chunk of skill expression

Since pivoting is much worse now

Starmie ex basically became fodder

[polar osprey]

yes and you have the best decks abusing that

by just sitting behind a wall and never pivoting until they have their big beater ready

this set we also got a reverse misty

flip a coin until tails remove energies from your opponents shit up to the number of heads

probably the best card in the game rn since every deck is just a variation of slowly ramping energy

so now every deck gets to coin toss pray with a trainer

[golden lance]

That sucks

[polar osprey]

yeah getting 2 or more heads with rocket is pretty much an instant loss to whoever is on the receiving end

due to how many turns that will set you back

except for like the new zard ex and gallade

[normal cave]

New Zard loses a turn still

[warm sky]

https://twitter.com/Komanychi/status/1905108606531555558/photo/1
https://twitter.com/DTierTL/status/1905038965373042744/photo/1
https://twitter.com/abilirn/status/1903763857946087771/photo/1
https://twitter.com/cco00oo/status/1901352843174641904/photo/1
https://twitter.com/cco00oo/status/1902023138353000806/photo/1

Koma (@Komanychi) on X

For me, please?

X · Mar 27, 2025, 4:04 AM

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あびり (@abilirn) on X

サンダースは静電気がすごい

X · Mar 23, 2025, 11:00 AM

olyester (@cco00oo) on X

Must buy

X · Mar 16, 2025, 7:20 PM

olyester (@cco00oo) on X

Bought!🍪

X · Mar 18, 2025, 3:43 PM

[normal cave]

Eeveelutions

[polar osprey]

yeah my point is no matter how many heads they hit you are only losing 1 turn

as opposed to other decks that have a 25% chance of losing 2

[normal cave]

[viral ingot]

We're wigglin' now boys.

[last musk]

Anyone got a garchomp ex for trade?

[normal cave]

Lemme check, I think I do

[frosty ledge]

same

[normal cave]

@last musk how many do you need?

[last musk]

Just the one

[normal cave]

Cool cool

[last musk]

What do you need?

[normal cave]

What do you have to spare?

[last musk]

Anything over 2 copies is prefered

[normal cave]

Owo 4 gyara

I need 1 gyara

[last musk]

Done deal then, lemme drop my friend code

9665561702828220

[normal cave]

Semt request

[last musk]

Sent trade

[normal cave]

Sent an offer back

[last musk]

Awesome ty

[normal cave]

Now I can play gyatt stall

Got that and zard now

[warm sky]

... okay so I saw a post about the pokémon anime and I'm not sure if it's an actual leak or if a fucking meme

because there's no way that ||they killed one of the characters off in a timeskip ||

[normal cave]

This game is easy just win misty flips

I won 2 mistys in a row and won 2 games

Now if only I had rocky helmets...

[pseudo goblet]

Good idea actually

[spice rivet]

https://www.reddit.com/r/ShinyPokemon/comments/1eog8ac/gen_7_i_custom_painted_these_model_kits_of/

These look awesome too

[pseudo goblet]

Would you happen to have the small and quick ones in your wishlist

[spice rivet]

Im pretty sure my Gamestop has them locally. Though I'd be more likely to buy it elsewhere since I'm really not a fan of them

[pseudo goblet]

Aight, back to bat hunting, probably keeping the counter going

[pseudo goblet]

@spice rivet @normal cave @fading stratus @mighty storm THREE RUNS LATER!!?

It literally took me like 2 second to register what happened

[spice rivet]

lmaooooo

[fading stratus]

did you choose the shiny

[pseudo goblet]

Doing it rn

[mighty storm]

The stunfisk

[pseudo goblet]

1 good run and 2 failed run after Cofagrigus, Wtf

Oooooh, Mimicry is interesting

[fading stratus]

its interestingly bad

[pseudo goblet]

Im only sad Sirfetch and Cursola isnt in DA

[pseudo goblet]

Popular Pokemon

Magby

[fading stratus]

wigglytuff is more shocking

[pseudo goblet]

That also

[maiden flax]

Hoopa teleports wishes

Wigglytuff is popular though

[warm sky]

https://twitter.com/mettaemon/status/1904426664429560229?t=wLea4rRXtf6b1EYBSWCwlg&s=19

https://fxtwitter.com/mettaemon/status/1904782566408020449?t=B7gjpSiOw-YLI7Jmzvq9gQ&s=19

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#好きなポケモン5匹あげると趣味がわかる

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メタえもん (@mettaemon)

Quoting Imp🇨🇦 (@Iced_IMP)
︀
@mettaemon They're a metal band

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FxTwitter · Mar 26, 2025, 6:28 AM

[fading stratus]

that tail do be screamin

[outer eagle]

what song do you think they're performing?
perish song?

[pseudo goblet]

When was the last time Perish Song was used in anime

Cause the one time I remember was, the Raikou special

[fading stratus]

in XY

when diantha faces this guy

[pseudo goblet]

Who lol

[fading stratus]

magnus

[pseudo goblet]

Still no idea

[pseudo goblet]

Now Im thinking of Transformers

[pseudo goblet]

https://tenor.com/view/the-rock-rock-dwayne-johnson-wwe-who-are-you-gif-16630604

[fading stratus]

some dude that appeared in one episode

[sonic inlet]

Didn't Cynthia use it in the previous series

Or am I mistaking it for destiny bond

[polar osprey]

oh yeah

I forgot to tell y'all

next month we are getting a wonder pick event

that let's you have a sneak peek at a card before wonder picking

don't waste your wonder pick points before then

[fading stratus]

it was destiny bond yeah

with spiritomb

[pseudo goblet]

https://tenor.com/view/spiritomb-use-destiny-bond-gif-26879339

The implication that Cynthia used this so many times, because Cynthia only said ‘do it’ for Destiny Bond

[mighty storm]

thats my 2nd one

[pseudo goblet]

I have not gotten any EX cards I want in arceus pack and shiny for far too long

This the last EX I got

Arceus and Shiny packs keeps failing, I HAVE 5 FA MARILL FOR GOD SAKE

[pseudo goblet]

https://youtu.be/GizuDktDKOs?si=hFws5fIJRzMuIMqT

[fading stratus]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1105292762565328987/1150624502724702248/image0.gif

[warm sky]

https://twitter.com/teletelo/status/1902542342403334242/photo/1

bao 🍉🇵🇸 (@teletelo) on X

me on my way to suffer under capitalism,

X · Mar 20, 2025, 2:06 AM

[pseudo goblet]

Jesus SOS is good for shiny hunting but horrible for gameplay

Struggling against normal Wishiwashis that keeps calling, now winning with Torracat

They weren’t using water move earlier(now they are but torracat tanking it well)

Girl wtf

Said pokemon is a Fletchling btw

[mighty storm]

https://youtu.be/2JiQLDfkXsQ

the squwonch