other-pokemon-games

[sweet crypt]

I was apprehensive on if it would, yeah

That's why I calced in the first place

[unkempt egret]

always good to check

[sweet crypt]

That said, Loaded Dice Scale Shot 5 hit would fucking destroy it

In earlier gens, Champions tended to have only 1 or 2 bad Pokemon

Mainly because nowadays a large majority of Pokemon are bad in terms of competitive

That's powercreep for you

Suicune's fucking NU now

So that's cool

[unkempt egret]

yea there's a few where I can like see a reason if I squint really hard enough (like diantha's gourgeist being because XY had a global october release) and some I'm just like ??? about (most notably, cynthia's gastrodon and ghetsis' seismitoad. the latter isn't a champion but he is a final boss so I count him more than alder for that role lol)

[sweet crypt]

Why does Cynthia have a Spiritomb

It's like UU in DPP ig

But its only RU in BDSP

It's like a middle of the road Pokemon

But also

Spiritomb's like a bunch of assholes in a singular rock

Last I checked Cynthia wasn't a villain

I mean, her ancestor was ig but still

[unkempt egret]

probably just for the intimidation factor of "no weaknesses" from a gameplay standpoint

even if it's "No weaknesses = no resistances" as well

I've learned to not question stuff like that lol

[sweet crypt]

I mean

Spiritomb looks intimidating

Until you realise bro has no stats or moves

[dusty lance]

spiritomb is in that weird middle ground.... too rare to be Farfetch'd tier joke pokemon, but doesn't evo and is non-legendary, so not GOOD stats.

[unkempt egret]

and isn't even fake non-legendary like rotom was that gen

[tight granite]

oh? i thought spritomb was strong

[dusty lance]

It has solid def and SDef, but bad hp and speed

[brisk hedge]

Keep in mind that it used to have no weaknesses

[coarse estuary]

if it was possible to do id love to see a hack of usum that does nothing but make custom title defense battles.

[boreal storm]

pokemon fans try not to fix grass type shiny by turning their green leaf into autumn leaf.

challenge impossible

[dusty lance]

ANyone here play Pokemon Godra?

[sly ginkgo]

no but it sounds interesting

[dusty lance]

yeah apparently ther is, or was a discoord for it, but I can't seem to get it to work.

[sly ginkgo]

interesting

[dusty lance]

the wiki for Godra is very incomplete, and I started working on finishing it, but started having more questions than my limited code-diving skills can answer

[dusty lance]

Playing the remaster of Godra is pretty nice though.... i just can't get any discord link to work

[coarse estuary]

i figured yall would be able to help figure this out but i wanna try to beat ultra moon with the challenge of i can only deal damage from items abilites status moves weather or entry hazards. im allowing my self to pick any of the 21 starters that are starters to be my starter in the game what starter should i pick and what are some good mons i should try to get throughout the run?

[brisk hedge]

I think Bulbasaur would be the best starter to pick, as it gets both leech seed and poison powder early

[coarse estuary]

then also would it be faier to just not count the stuff that is before koko saves you as its impossible to get a status move before the manditory fight agaisnt the alolan ratt fight

[brisk hedge]

Unless you or anyone else can think of a way to deal damage without attacking that early

[coarse estuary]

well the only other thing i can think of is pick a non starter pokemon as my starter that learns a non damage move that can deal damage at level 5 or lower so when i gen it in i can gain exps

[dry pasture]

I’m struggling with a weird thing in my Violet game

[coarse estuary]

cool but we cant really help if you arent specific on what it is

[sweet crypt]

Probably Bulbasaur for both Leech Seed and Poison Powder, upgraded to Toxic once you get that TM

Though, do note, all of the starters should learn Toxic

So if you're playing for the long run, you may want to get another Grass starter with Leech Seed

Maybe something with access to entry hazards, like Chesnaught

Roar and Whirlwind could also be useful for proccing entry hazard damage

But it would clear Leech Seed or Toxic

[brisk hedge]

#other-pokemon-games message
Copy cat

[sweet crypt]

Something bulky with a recovery move to stall for turns could also be useful

Maybe Toxapex

Though, isn't Mareanie rare in the Gen 7 games?

Toxapex would also learn stuff like Toxic Spikes and Toxic

Maybe Haze if you're worried about set up sweepers

Is Haze an egg move for Pex?

I mean you could just get it anyways

But if it is that may be a bit annoying to get

Yknow all the Pokemon I've thought of so far are weak to Psychic

[brisk hedge]

If I remember correctly, you get it by SOS against a Corsola. Don’t remember the percentage though

[sweet crypt]

We should get a Steel type

[coarse estuary]

well for toxic spikes and spikes i was gonna get a foretress actually

[sweet crypt]

If you need to stall for time, a bulky Steel should be a good option

[sweet crypt]

Doesn't hurt to have more than one setter

Especially when they're bulky and have reliable recovery

Chesnaught does get Synthesis right?

Though Chesnaught is definitely playing for a later game

Since you could get Venusaur set up earlier

I'm also not entirely sure if Spikes is an egg move on Chesnaught

[coarse estuary]

sos hunting isnt reliable in this challenge because i can only deal damage with moves that do dot so i couldnt get it low then stop damaging it while i hunted for marenie

[sweet crypt]

If it is that could be annoying

[sweet crypt]

Simply use Hail so that the damage ends after a while

Even something stupid like Purify Pyukumuku could work

[coarse estuary]

well i dont think i can get hail before i can get access to mareanie but i dont remember where corsola spawns

[sweet crypt]

Toxapex would be very good for this, very high bulk, good defensive type, reliable recovery, Toxic and tspikes by level up

I'm not sure where the Toxic TM is

But if it is some later game thing, Toxic by level up is indeed a decent trait

Quite unfortunate that Ferrothorn isn't in the wild in the Gen 7 games

[coarse estuary]

toxic you can get once you go to aither paradice the 2nd time

[sweet crypt]

Leech Seed, both direct damaging hazards, Toxic

And that godly type

[coarse estuary]

i do think salazzle is a must for this challenge

[sweet crypt]

You could definitely stall out a Steel type with Leech Seed easily

Steel types tend not to be too strong offensively

Salazzle is good for the challenge, but not mandatory

[coarse estuary]

ik for sure ima grab a rogenrola for sandstream and stealth rocks

[sweet crypt]

There's also Poison types which the same applies, though if you aren't using Venusaur to Leech Seed you need to be careful for a Poison move

I'd be more adverse to Sand Stream since it damages myself, unless I try building more around it

I'd probably rather give Stealth Rocks to another Pokemon via TM or breeding or whatever

Since Rock isn't too great defensively

But tbf, Gigalith would have great special and physical bulk with Sand Stream

And can still learn Toxic

Lack of reliable recovery stings though

If you can get a Blissey that'd be cool

Blissey is synonymous with Stall

Blissey also learns Stealth Rocks iirc

And ofc Toxic

And Soft Boiled

[coarse estuary]

i could but its an sos only via babies for hapinny

[sweet crypt]

Chansey apparently appears in Poni Plains but that's either late game or post game

[coarse estuary]

poni plains is post game

[sweet crypt]

Like I said though, you can reliably SOS hunt with Hail/Sandstorm depending on the Pokemon

Unless youre trying to do so via a Ice/Steel, Ice/Ground or Ice/Rock type

Or even Toxic+Purify Pyuk

(Worst case scenario, against a Steel type, you Toxic with Salazzle then swap to Pyuk)

[warm rose]

In half an hour FREE SHINY RAYQUAZA!!! (00:00 UTC is that right?)

[sweet crypt]

Clefable could also be good for this run

Magic Guard means you won't be getting a taste of your own medicine (though admittedly, Unaware would be better for Stall)

You can boost up your bulk with Cosmic Power to take hits better

You get Moonlight as well

Stealth Rocks

Toxic

Heck, you can even check if it is Magic Guard or not

Since you quite literally can't damage it if it is Magic Guard

Though catching it would be annoying as a result

[coarse estuary]

the only problem with stealth rock is if i want that on multiple pokemon id have to breed because its not a tm this gen saddly

[sweet crypt]

Simply insert a cheat code to instantly hatch eggs frfr

OK but yeah that could be annoying

[coarse estuary]

i dont even need to insert a cheat code i could just export my save to pk hex and hatch em that way its just the breeding all the way down to something that is compatible with my thing and knows stealth rock would be a time consuming pain on an already time consuming run lol

[sweet crypt]

Fair enough

Though as long as you have 1 Stealth Rocker hopefully you can set it up before fucking dying

[coarse estuary]

only down side is until i beat hala ill only have 2 options until i can catch the rogenrola.

[sweet crypt]

I'm not sure what appears in USUM since I didn't play extremely completionist and look for every Pokemon and it was a long time ago

[coarse estuary]

meh im not to worried bout it. i got a pretty good plan on what my ideal team of 6 will end up being

[sweet crypt]

What is it?

I know you mentioned Grass starter, Gigalith, Salazzle and Forretress

Like I said, I really think Blissey would be worth SOS hunting for

It's fucking Blissey

If you think about Stall, Blissey is likely the first to come to mind

[coarse estuary]

the venu, giga, salazz, foretress, gengar and either pyuk or bliss

[sweet crypt]

I'd definitely go Blissey over Pyuk

Even if it'd be annoying to hunt

[coarse estuary]

then also depending i might swap out gengar for alolan muk

[sweet crypt]

You do need a bulky water though...

That said, hunting for a Toxapex would require Hail

And I have 0 clue when you'd obtain that

[coarse estuary]

royal avenue pmc for 50k iirc

[sweet crypt]

Also Toxapex is made a lot better by Regenerator

Not that it is bad without it though

[coarse estuary]

yeah but also the time needed to hunt for one to show up then hope its one with a hidden would be really time consuming so thats why i was debating pyuk

[sweet crypt]

What other bulky waters are there?

Alomomola?

Uhhhh

Jellicent?

Idk

I woke up not long ago

And am also not even sure what bulky waters are in Gen 7

I mean I can say for sure that Swampert exists

But you kinda need a Venusaur or something

Chesnaught kinda goes hard once you set it up

Leech Seed, Toxic, Spikes, Spiky Shield

But Venusaur definitely would take less time to set up

[coarse estuary]

though the one nice thing about leech seed is when i get to totem mimi i wont have to worry about it getting cured with lum berry

[sweet crypt]

I didn't even remember Spiky Shield existed like a few minutes ago

Because it is barely distributed

The main Pokemon I can list that I know have it are like uhh

Chesnaught

Togedemaru

I think?

Apparently, other learners by level up are Cacturne, Maractus, Ogerpon(?) and Glimmora (???)

Glimmora just leads and wants to die

Ogerpon needs all 4 moveslots and can't afford Protect or a clone

Nobody uses Maractus or Cacturne

(Speaking from a Competitive Singles viewpoint)

[sweet crypt]

To elaborate, Ivy Cudgel, Power Whip/Horn Leech/Wood Hammer (if not Teal Mask), Play Rough, SD/U-Turn, Superpower, Taunt, Encore, Knock Off

Oh and also

Stomping Tantrum, Spikes, Trailblaze

Hey, to Spiky Shiele's credit

It appeared a grand total of 1 time out of all the sets I checked

Competing with Stomping Tantrum on Cornerstone

Wait it's actually on 2 sets for Cornerstone

The other has it competing with U-Turn

I'd try to find out why the only Ogerpon that uses Spiky Shield is Cornerstone

But I'm too lazy to

[warm rose]

It's here!!!

[sweet crypt]

What are its moves?

Oh it has EQ

Damn

Looks like the best type combo for this would be Steel/Flying

I have a dumb idea

Magnet Rise Metagross

I'd need to train up a Metagrpss though, so for now, I'm gonna just see if I can beat it without

I was looking at a website to find out its moves, and it claims that you need to use Gravity to make it be affected by Misty Terrain

Bro forgot he is Tera Dragon 💀

I'm rolling so many Play Rough 10% Attack drops lmao

Since when was my luck good

Anyways, Zacian folded Rayquaza

It used Earthquake a grand total of 1 time

After I terastalised

Into Fairy

Where did I get 9 metal alloys

Rayquaza opening with Dascent on a Steel type is truly something

[tulip crown]

Tbh, shiny Rayquaza is insane

Isn't Rayquaza shiny locked in gen 3 and 8?

I'm gonna get it for sure

[brisk hedge]

Not sure about Gen 8, but they didn’t start shiny locking things until Gen 5

[tulip crown]

Not sure what I'ma roll up with...

[brisk hedge]

So Gen 3 Rayquaza wasn’t locked

[tulip crown]

That's not true, I'm almost certain palkia and dialga were shiny locked

Either way, I can get my hands on a shiny Rayquaza now

Can it go mega?

[narrow ledge]

Gen 8 no
Dynamax adventures let u shiny hunt

[narrow ledge]

No, mega evolution isn’t in scarlet/violet

[narrow ledge]

Gen 6

[tulip crown]

Seems people are using bellydrum playrough azumarill

Kinda makes sense... Azumarill has been strong raid tech and fairy, water matches up well into Rayquaza

[narrow ledge]

Oops

My bad

I think starters started getting shiny locked in gen 6 tho

[brisk hedge]

I’m pretty sure starters weren’t locked until Gen 8

[narrow ledge]

Hmmmmm

I might not be smart

[tulip crown]

I wonder what the point is

Of shiny locking

[narrow ledge]

Mb guys

[tulip crown]

It seems kinda

[narrow ledge]

Paywalls

[tulip crown]

Paywalls?

Where?

You can't even microtransact in pokemon games

You could argue dlc in modern games

But past games didn't even have that

There's no actual reasons

[narrow ledge]

U had to pre order scarlet and violet for shiny eternatus

[tulip crown]

Really?

I didn't even know about that

[brisk hedge]

Because GF hates us

[tulip crown]

I don't think that 1/8000 is common enough that it would stop any preorders though

Eternatus is pretty busted though. Optimized stats that surpass box arts

As tanky as they come and hits harder than most box arts

[boreal storm]

Help,why did they look like alien😭🙏

[scenic whale]

Gleep glorps

[untold hill]

What in the world is that? I guess one's petilil and the other is lilligant?

[hard plume]

gleeps

[static cipher]

Today was the best

....this was day 1 of me attempting wonder picks and the mythical set packs. Regular mew and gardevoir came from wonder pick. The other 4 were all diff packs and I haven't even opened like... 10 of em yet

[soft holly]

guys can anyone recommend me a pokemon game on android that's easy to install

plz

[boreal storm]

Peeled Lilligant

https://tenor.com/view/pokemon-dialga-dialga-my-beloved-peeled-dialga-gif-9292524290956638004

[boreal storm]

I wonder what does Tombow Lilligant looks like

[boreal storm]

Nvm I think I knew it now

[untold hill]

Lol.

[edgy lance]

Doing BBQS if anyone wants to join code is 1c7cn6

[coarse estuary]

ok hala is down. not bad for island 1

[tame niche]

I feel like these two Pokemon are going to fall off if I try to carry them to lategame due to their poor move learnset :<

I lost over 20,000 Pokedollars fighting my rival at Silph Co

https://tenor.com/view/ein-bisschen-kleingeld-gif-19860850

[brisk hedge]

Today I learned that if you breed in Pokémon that isn’t a regional variant in a region in which it has a regional variant, the egg will hatch into the regional variant

TLDR: I breed a regular Farfetch’d in shield and got a Galarien Farfetch’d

[lusty iris]

Wont happen if its holding an everstone

[brisk hedge]

Well, TBF that’s what I was trying to do, I just didn’t expect it to work

[sweet crypt]

"BDSP Cynthia's team is fully competitively viable" Ah yes, my favourite OU Pokemon, Spiritomb and Gastrodon

Competitively viable is not synonymous with EV trained Pokemon holding items

Who could've guessed

I mean, have you ever seen an Expert Belt Roserade in Competitive ever?

Or Wise Glasses in general?

Or Flame Orb on Milotic? I mean yeah the Defence boost is cool and all but Leftovers lmao

Typically a bulky Pokemon dislikes being chipped even if they get benefits off of it

[unkempt egret]

comes across as a bit rude, who are you responding to?

[sweet crypt]

Just getting annoyed because I see so many people treat Cynthia like she's using an actual competitive team and the fight is uber difficult as a result

It's probably just the part where most players have 0 clue what competitive Pokemon even looks like

And mostly play yknow

Casually

Or maybe they didn't expect the difficulty spike from made for a sleeping toddler to requiring some amount of thinking

Tbf, Pokemon is meant to be an easy game

So I could see why they wouldn't expect this

But don't just spread misinformation because you got your ass kicked by a Spiritomb

That's the TLDR

[unkempt egret]

I understand you come across as very passive aggressive about it

especially since there wasn't any recent discussion about it here

[sweet crypt]

I mean if you see the same sort of misinformation once every 2 days you'd be very annoyed too

[unkempt egret]

I'd just stop interacting with the source in that case

...if it's the greater pokemon fandom as a whole then I've been feeling the same way for the past 5 years for a few reasons

I've kinda just accepted that IF aside I just enjoy the games more if I ignore everything that everyone else has to say about them.

[brisk hedge]

While the species themselves may not be great in competitive, the Pokémon are still built like competitive Pokémon. They have better items then NPCs are normally given, beneficial natures, some have their hidden abilities, and most disgustingly, they have perfect IVs and smart EV sets. Nothing in the game even tells you that EVs and IVs exist, and yet they’re being used against you as if you’re expected to be a competitive master. Plus, even for those who do know how to EV train and IV breed, it’s next to impossible to do that before the league. While some more experienced players might be fine, anyone new to the series is going to struggle, especially since the rest of the game is piss easy and doesn’t even come close to preparing you to fight competitively built Pokémon. Seriously, think back to how bad at Pokémon you were as a kid. Now imagine that kid you going up against competitively built Pokémon. You’d be lucky to even come close to winning

[sweet crypt]

I did also point out that their movesets aren't fully competitively viable, and same for the items

Though some stuff is definitely so

Fucking Magic Guard Life Orb Alakazam exists

In the same game as EXPERT BELT ROSERADE LMAOOO

It doesn't even have Spikes

There's also how the Pokemon aren't EVd how a normal competitive Pokemon is

Apparently, one of their stats is 252, and the rest aren't

Which isn't very common

And definitely not seen on most of Cynthia's Pokemon in the BDSP meta

At least as far as I've noticed from checking Smogon

There's also the usage of odd EV numbers apparently

Which I'm like 50% sure don't work at any level

I know they don't work at the standard level 100 for Smogon Singles, and I'm 90% sure they don't work at the standard 50 for VGC

Honestly, this is an even bigger reason to say that BDSP isn't competitively built than the individual Pokemon themselves

You could be using a Kyogre but if it had 0 EVs, IVs, a Modest Nature yet only having physical or status moves and Rock Tomb as its best move for damage, it doesn't matter if Kyogre is one of the best Pokemon to ever exist in a competitive sense, it's still gonna be ass

Imagine that but on a less extreme scale

The only reason this could be considered competitive is because one wouldn't know what competitive looks like

[brisk hedge]

The point is, the league’s teams are far closer to a competitive team then any pre post game NPC should get

[sweet crypt]

Personally, I think that if this sort of team was used in a game like SV where training up your Pokemon is a lot easier than like every other game, it'd be fine

And tbf, they did kind of try to do that with Kieran when it comes to species

But I'm pretty sure his Incineroar doesn't have Intimidate

Mfs be telling me the Indigo Disk DLC is gonna have extremely competitive teams and I bring a good team and absolutely steamroll the DLC

I should've just used my normal team man

[cloud lark]

My problem is that the difficulty doesn't build up to that. BDSP have the exact same level curve as DP with the baked in EXP Share, and that was a horrible decision cause the entire game up to that point is pathetically easy. Then the E4 beats you into the dirt. The difficulty curve isn't a curve, it's a sudden sheer wall.

[unkempt egret]

for what it's worth the EV's curve at least compared to gen 7's EVs which hit you with full 252/252 spreads from... ilima's fight i believe

but yea the EXP Share All ported over from Lets GO (and then into Swish, Scarvi, and I'm presuming legends too despite none of those games having the reason why Lets GO had it in the first place with its lack of wild battles) mostly undoes that gradual slope and then some

[coarse estuary]

ok on to the mantine surf session before starting island 2 which i think will be the hardest island in my run. and for anyone who doesnt know my run is beating ultra moon without dealing direct damage

[unkempt egret]

aaah yea I can see that

...I was gonna say "totem salazzle" but then I was like "wait, ultra"

dang Trick isn't until the next island's beach

Heahea still has some decent options at least like Spite, Synthesis, and iron defense (ok that last one might be more useful on Ula Ula)

[coarse estuary]

naw its only gonna be hard because i dont have my good counters for plumeria yet

[unkempt egret]

aaah I see

not a fight I'd normally consider dangerous considering it's between totem lurantis and a grand trial but poison's probably a tricky type to work around with your challenge yea

one of which can always pop more poisons than you can cure with aromatherapy

[coarse estuary]

naw its just the fact that until i get my good foretress set and my good pyuku set ill have only 1 way to deal damage to poision types that is not a pokemon weak to fire.

[brisk hedge]

Just curious, are you counting counter and mirror coat is direct damage?

[coarse estuary]

well ima say yes just because they are classified as a physical and special moves

[unkempt egret]

which means you can use them to deal damage as Z-moves (gen 7) or dyna/giganta moves (gen 8)

[coarse estuary]

if when viewing the move on pokemondb it shows a physical or spetcial attacking symbol next to the move then the move is banned and can not be used

[unkempt egret]

ROFL WHELP

forgot that magic bounce affected healing pulse

glad that someone else in the raid just one-shot it because I wasn't intending to troll rofl

[coarse estuary]

ok water trial done. that trial wasnt as hard as i thought it would be

[boreal storm]

Idk what to say, so here's a cropped image of Shaymim in Giratina tail

[hushed forge]

hello

who have pokemon infinite fusion gba latest here

[warm flame]

NO

[vernal garnet]

heheh

[sturdy sparrow]

im convinced this fixed alpha rapidash will never hav an adamant nature

[delicate hollow]

Anyone played Pokemon Opalo or Pokemon Realidea which are both Spanish games with English translation?

[knotty surge]

Anyone want to play pokemon hide and seek with me in sv?

[untold hill]

That is a budew lol. (was going crazy because I forgot its name)

[untold hill]

I have played Opalo.

[brisk hedge]

https://tenor.com/view/thanks-i-hate-it-no-thanks-gif-18664913

[tulip nimbus]

Pokemon soulstones 2 got an update today

[plucky linden]

I did a funny and I missed it somehow.

This was earlier this week apparently.

[ripe wind]

Anybody know any other good romhacks or how to access them? I’ve been wanting to try some more interesting nuzlockes.

Or is asking about other romhacks bad here?

[unkempt egret]

asking about where to get them is bad I believe but saying names should be fine

in which case

here's my usual suggestion post

[brisk hedge]

https://tenor.com/view/stop-it-get-some-help-just-stop-please-stop-stop-it-meme-gif-26307878

[dense sparrow]

Why

[boreal storm]

It's funny

[dense sparrow]

Uh huh sure

[vernal garnet]

poteto

[vernal garnet]

At least cursola’s shiny is better lmao

[sturdy sparrow]

so why are "naked" pokemon a topic

[tight granite]

shaved

[mighty robin]

this one is supposed to be natural, but it looks weird

[boreal storm]

Cutie patootie

I wanna eat him

https://tenor.com/view/steak-gif-24533848

[vernal garnet]

Peeled

[unique valve]

Oh no..

The Brave Bird flashbacks..

[tame niche]

Flexing on Erika by beating her with only water type pokemon

[wind slate]

Whats sharpoon?

[crimson locust]

Have any of yall taken on the shiny Rayquaza raid yet in scarlet and violet?

[somber condor]

Anyone hella grinding the tcg app?

[brisk hedge]

This is nice after a busy ass day at work

[unkempt egret]

I did the shiny rayqaza raid, it thankfully isn't too hard?

a decently bulky physical fairy with shell bell should work. (I used florges with chilling water)

[crimson locust]

did you solo it?

[unkempt egret]

yep! thankfully unlike in gen 8, you aren't penalized if the AI faints so unless you get Logan's arbolivia (which eats time with grassy terrain) or one of the intimidators (which is good since they drop ray's attack) they're generally just... there

[vernal garnet]

Yeah its doable with sylveon or azumarill i believe

Dont even need shell bell for sylveon due to draining kiss, so covert cloak is better

[unkempt egret]

yea both of those are pretty good. as I said I used florges for there's room for flexibility (forges can also probably run covert + kiss too)

I've also seen some Metronome (as in the item, not the move) users as well since the increased damage will eventually give more healing

[vernal garnet]

Oooo metronome is fun

[unkempt egret]

yea it outdamages expert belt after the third use I believe and keeps going from there

[astral kindle]

Need to finish my duping on violet so I can update and get this shiny ray

[fluid blaze]

How game freak stole christmas

[sweet crypt]

I think I went a bit overkill on Rayquaza

I brought motherfucking Zacian-C

[unique valve]

Earlier today

[sweet crypt]

And bro did about half my HP in damage total before fucking dying

He managed to pick his moves perfectly so that they'd do as little damage as possible

Dascent and Dragon moves while I'm not terastalised, EQ and Dragon moves while I am terastalised

[cedar egret]

Shiny Hunt Sandwich: Rock Edition (Successfully Obtained Pokémon: 4)

[coarse estuary]

ok taking a break from my ultra moon challenge run to go back to my bw2 casual runs.

[boreal storm]

How does male only pokemon like Grimsnarl exist?

[cloud lark]

Dittos carrying the population

[boreal storm]

So before ditto exist, how does male only pokemon exist

[cloud lark]

Space time distortions sending Dittos back to the past like what happens in PLA

[pine ingot]

Like how there are male and female Nidoran that are technically different species, we just haven't found the female species that pair with these yet

[boreal storm]

So simply there's female version of Grimsnarl somewhere but we didn't found it yet?

[vernal garnet]

p sure there are animals which only have 1 biological sex (eg. female)

eg. the mourning gecko which is all-female. could be like that.

[pine ingot]

that's my theory, yes

[boreal storm]

Why don't they just make that there's a 50/50 chance to get the egg either it's from thr male or female

I used to think that's how it works

[sweet crypt]

Because that'd be frustrating

Imagine trying to breed for a good Pokemon in an earlier generation

Except half the time your egg is automatically invalid

And you don't know when

God bless later generation QOL allowing you to get egg moves and max IVs out without breeding

[weary elk]

So yeah, here's my 2 way tie lists.

Johto:

1. Typhlosion/Feraligatr
2. N/A
3. Meganium

Unova:

1. Serperior/Samurott
2. N/A
3. Emboar

Alola:

1. Incineroar/Primarina
2. N/A
3. Decidueye

Hisui:

1. H-Typhlosion/H-Samurott
2. N/A
3. H-Decidueye

And so you 2 know, N/A is implying that there's no number 2 of my favorite starters in each of these regions.

[sweet crypt]

Rank all the starters that scored last among their same generation peers

[weary elk]

What do you mean by that?

Are you asking me to rank the starters that got last place on which I like more?

[sweet crypt]

Meganium, Emboar, Decidueye, H-Decidueye, Zard, Sceptile, Torterra and Delphox

Rank them

[weary elk]

Last place starter rankings:

1. Delphox
2. Sceptile
3. Emboar
4. Torterra
5. Charizard
6. Meganium
7. Decidueye
8. H-Decidueye

[sweet crypt]

I did this a long ass time ago

By that I mean literally only 2 months but shh

[weary elk]

Alright.

So that's what you meant by rank them.

[sweet crypt]

I'm just fine with vague ordering

[weary elk]

And you want me to do that for the last place starters then?

[sweet crypt]

Though it won't stop me from wondering whether you hate any of them

I mean you just did unless I'm blind

That wouldn't even be blindness that'd be straight up hallucination

[weary elk]

I did in a way, but I didn't understand very well on what you meant.

[sweet crypt]

Wait then how did you rank them

Anyways back to my opinions

[weary elk]

As which ones I like more, but similar to a Top 10 list. Though I know you meant as in like s-tier, a-tier and all of that.

[sweet crypt]

As their tiers suggest, I (at the bare minimum) like every starter

[sweet crypt]

I'm fine with both

Though I do think I prefer giving them some sort of tiering

Since I could say something like "out of Latios, Volcarona and Kommo-O, Kommo-O is my least favourite"

And without context one could assume I dislike Kommo-O

When reality is, Kommo-O's an S tier for me, it's just that Latios is tied with Lunala for 1st and Volcarona is 2nd

[weary elk]

S Tier
Delphox
A Tier
Sceptile
B Tier
Emboar
C Tier
Torterra
D Tier
Charizard
E Tier
Meganium
F Tier
Decidueye and H-Decidueye

[sweet crypt]

Question: Why do you dislike Decidueye so much?

Is it just design or do you have another reason

I mean I've heard people call Charizard overrated a bunch and dislike it as a result, and Meganium is generally not well liked due to being a bit suboptimal in playthroughs

But I don't think I've seen much of any Decidueye hate at all

[weary elk]

It's evolution line's starting type is awful, even if it fits in a weird way, and it's stats aren't the most helpful for it at all.

[sweet crypt]

I mean, you could say the same for Charizard, yet it ranks higher

I mean when it comes to battle they're both kinda sad

But hey

[weary elk]

Charizard, I've had it being close to Decidueye, but nowadays I'm starting to loosen up on that despise for Charizard a little.

[sweet crypt]

Ig Zard did have (and may soon regain) the Mega evolutions

And both its megas were actually good

But I mean I'd probably rank megas seperate from the base mon

In fact I definitely would

[weary elk]

So yeah, I used to hate Charizard a lot more than I do now. And part of that had something to do with the Mega Evolutions.

[sweet crypt]

And I do

[weary elk]

Alright then.

But yeah, Charizard I used to hate a lot more than I do now. But that hate has started to dismiss itself.

[coarse estuary]

the only wrong thing about charizard is 9/10 times if a new gimic is introduced charizard is going to get some special variation of it

[unique valve]

Sounds like Pikachu

[coarse estuary]

pikachu is the mascot pokemon it gets a pass

[unique valve]

It sucks.

Eevee is the better mascot.

Hell, Rhydon was a better mascot.

[coarse estuary]

pikachu is a fine mascot its just with zard it feels like they are like lets scrap this really good mega or gmax form or whatever so we have room for our charizard one. if the game doesnt have some special form of the gimic for charizard we cant release the games

[rose dagger]

damn

i beat her with just a golbat

[boreal storm]

Nice

I have a weird question

Why does Origin Dialga back legs look so human-like proportion

Like, it's straight up looks like someone ass

[frank lily]

Some recent shinies. The Legends Arceus guys are for a shiny-only playthrough

[coarse estuary]

idk what my full black 2 team will be yet as im only 2 badges in but the 3 i got rn are really good the starter ive used before but psyduck and audino ive not ever used before and want to

[tawdry breach]

My Whimsicott has A Mild Nature, and likes to relax =A

I am mildly relaxed about this occurrence

[tawdry breach]

I think I’m ready for Elesa… Maybe… I never got to this part in the game because my DS would always freak out and turn off automatically

I have, like, 40 Pokedoll’rs.

I take it back, I’m getting owned by A Trubbish… What absolute rubbish!

[trail ermine]

I'm not sure if this is the best place to ask, but which is the best ds emulator to play heart gold?

[tawdry breach]

Nintendo DS =}

[weary elk]

I recently got a new Pokémon game as a present, even though the game is older than the current Pokémon games we have.

[coarse estuary]

what game was it

[weary elk]

Pokemon Emerald.

[coarse estuary]

meh emerald is alright not the worst but its not bad either

[weary elk]

Uhhh.... Sorry, the way you worded it just sounded odd. You say it's alright, but after that you said it's not the worst, but not bad either.

[coarse estuary]

i just mean its not the best pokemon game but its not the worst. though all games pre gen 4 are a lot lower down on the tierlist for me

[weary elk]

Ah, okay.

So you don't much care for the Gens 1-3 games.

I suppose that's fair.

[coarse estuary]

yeah just because of the physical special split. im fine with the gen 2 and gen 3 remakes but i just need a physical special split to enjoy pokemon because it sucks having no stab on gengar because ghost and poision are physical but gengar is a special attacker for example

my fave gen is gen 5 both bw1 and bw2

[weary elk]

Yeah, the physical-special split really fixed a lot of things back when Gen 4 first came out.

[coarse estuary]

yeah i just cat play pre gen 4 games as i need thw qol of the physical special split. like i play gen 5 an unhealthy amount lol

[next moon]

What are some of your pokémon hot takes?

[coarse estuary]

probs like gen 5 was peak pokemon and bruxish should not be hated on and the fact gen 5 bw1 having only new mons was a good thing

[next moon]

✅
✅
❌

[coarse estuary]

what does that mean

[unkempt egret]

isn't bruxish a gen 7 mon?

aside from that it's a serviceable mon yea. not exceptional but it does a decent job of being a rare physical psychic

[coarse estuary]

i like the tooths fish

[next moon]

Gen 5 being peak: agree
Bruxish being hated unreasonably: agree
Bw1 having only new mons: disagree

[unkempt egret]

also clown shiny is great

for BW1 having only new mons, I agree that it's an idea that works once

and thankfully GF realized that so it allows BW to stand out more in that regard

(basically I feel that it works for BW but it probably wouldn't work if they did it again)

[coarse estuary]

i like the fact gen 5 has only new mons because it forces people to try new mons and they cant just use the same copy pasted team or mon they always use like its a pet peave of mine when 9 see like 100 hof teams and 99 of them are the same team

[jade crypt]

Like when I always see people use Lucario

[unkempt egret]

I mean that's also the case with BW for the most part imo

it's just that the actual mons are different

[odd schooner]

Lucario is just popular tho

[unkempt egret]

I think the region I see the most variety from in endgame teams is probably either hoenn or galar?

[next moon]

I dont like the restricted pokédex cause unova has stupid evo levels

[unkempt egret]

since the former doesn't really have any standout mons and the latter has so little gifts (unlike XY which also has good earlygame variety) and so many mons available before even the first gym

[coarse estuary]

it has stupid evo levels but its ballenced out becuase you only get pokemon with stupid evo levels and not some with reasonable ones and some without

[next moon]

I think x and y has the most variety

[jade crypt]

Yeah Lucario is a cool and really good mon. Nothing wrong with that. Just people always use it. Especially for fighting type nuzlockes

[coarse estuary]

there is also the sinnoh copy paste team that makes be want to drop kick anyone who uses it

[unkempt egret]

yea XY has the most variety in mon availability but the actual teams tended to be very samey since most of what I saw was starter/lucario/sylveon/talonflame and a pick two of lapras, aegislash, kalos fossil, gengar/ampharos, azumarill, or a rare wild card

[next moon]

But there are some pokémon that are better with out the stupid evos. Like how galvantula is infinity better the eelectros

[coarse estuary]

well agree to disagree then

[unkempt egret]

also for the evo levels it's more just that unova kept introducing new first-stage mons past level 30 or so lol

while most regions generally go to single-stage mons or strong two-mon lines at that point outside of the pseudo-legendaries

[next moon]

It's a good thing I've only ever used one of those pokémon in my three y playthroughs

[unkempt egret]

there's a few evo levels that also really don't make sense outside of their debut games and some that don't even make sense in that context (shoutouts to houndour and slugma both being obtainable at around the same point in GS but the latter evolving something like 12-13 levels later. ironically houndour's does fit paldea's well enough I suppose)

[coarse estuary]

oh also i think at some point we should get more games like bw2 meaning a sequal game with a link to the first game that impacts the post game and gives some memories to view and stuff

[unkempt egret]

actually that's my hot take

pokemon should generally evolve 10-15 levels of when you get them in the current game outside of odd cases like the earlygame bugs (5-8?) and the pseudo-legends (20-25)

[lusty iris]

I take BW1 as a soft reset to the series, with an updated visual style, and fully new mons in the region

Its when we started getting more object based mons

[unkempt egret]

so evo levels could be a bit variable but probably maybe give some visual "close to evolution!" display or something

[next moon]

I'm tierd of the early game bugs. I like the direction they've gone in by making them good

[unkempt egret]

yea kind of? I'd argue that the biggest reset the series got was ruby/sapphire since the general tone of the entire franchise pretty radically changed but that's just me

yea the ones like orbeetle and vikavolt

[next moon]

One of those is good

[unkempt egret]

orbeetle's one of those "decent but not spectacular ones"

[next moon]

What are you talking about? 505 is a great bst

[coarse estuary]

i also hate friendship evos and think those should be nixed because there is no easy way to check your friendship so unless you run in circles for hours you cant easily evo the mons thus you are stuck with a weak pokemon for like 45% of the game because it cant evo because it doesnt like you enough and god forbid if you struggle with a fight and lose a couple times causing the mon to lose friendship

[unkempt egret]

...huh I didn't actually know orbeetle had a higher BST than vikavolt rofl (only by 5 points but still)

[next moon]

Just buy vitamins for your mon

[unkempt egret]

I agree with this, mostly because friendship levels are either 30-35 levels or a flat 1 level with basically no in-between rofl

[next moon]

Also orbeetle has the power to evolve before the final badge

[coarse estuary]

ah yes because pokemon games give you vitamins at easy access in every game

[unkempt egret]

or you're like me in one run and get an impish one, look at charjabug and be like "frick it holds eviolite* we ball"

[next moon]

They do. There's always a store to buy them unless you're playing one of the games that are held together by gum and hope

[next moon]

Looks at crabrawler

[coarse estuary]

like the one time i tried to use an alolan persian in usum (only time ive used a friendship evo ever) it took till almost 3/4th through the 3rd island before it evoed because it was so weak it kept fainting every time i tried to level it up

[next moon]

That sounds like it's your fault for wanting to willingly use alolan Persian

[unkempt egret]

I mean it's got fluffy or technician nasty plot, fair 50/50

[coarse estuary]

ah so now you are telling me im wrong or right for wanting to use a mon? ok mr gatekeeper

[unkempt egret]

it's also a dark type in alola which already gives it a decent standing

[next moon]

It could have 700 sp.atk and I would still judge people for using it because it looks the way it does

[coarse estuary]

thats a bad trait of judging people as right or wrong based on how they play a game

[unkempt egret]

in that case fair enough since that's more opinion

[next moon]

Or you could be based and use alolan grimer

[unkempt egret]

or in my case I could be degenerate (positive) and run alolan rattata because the game gave an adamant one

[next moon]

So true. Ratacate needs more love

[unkempt egret]

(I think I did use alolan grimer on my first run though but I recall persian still doing decently in earlygame)

[coarse estuary]

me who ran oricorio on one of my early alola playthroughs

[unkempt egret]

I think my first nuz survivors of gen 7 were uh

primarina/A-muk/leafeon/bastiodon rofl

checks* my bad the Obligatory E4 Ringer Krookodile also survived

(it's practically a running gag in my runs that the game will force a krookodile on me if it's on a route and I will end up using it in the E4 specifically because so many E4's get wrecked by ground, dark, or both)

[next moon]

My first team was incin, aqraqanid, toggedemaru, a-muk, butterfree, and pallosand

[unkempt egret]

nice, nice

I remember when SM came out and togedemaru had the dedenne issue of not having good steel STAB

since I recall trying to run Z-gryo ball in the battle tree lol

[next moon]

It was still the only pokémon with a good physical electric move

[unkempt egret]

then US/UM gave it via tutor and suddently I didn't have to bother with gyro ball

[coarse estuary]

i think ima dip out on this convo. as much fun as im having with it i dont want to constantly be told im right or wrong for saying i used a mon

[unkempt egret]

(dedenne did eventually get dazzling gleam it just took a bit)

I might also need to dip since it's getting pretty late at night for me

[next moon]

I make fun of the two ends of the bell curve

[unkempt egret]

but yea there's exactly one mon I'll tell you "don't use that use something else"

and that's torkoal in scarlet specifically

[next moon]

?

[coarse estuary]

using one with drout would be a death wish

[next moon]

That's where it's at its best

[unkempt egret]

since having drought against the final boss puts you in a uh very bad position ROFL

[unkempt egret]

oh yea if you have one with white smoke then that's fine

I guess pincurchin for violet too but that's not normally available unless you have a hidden ability

white smoke torkoal would be pretty decent actually since it's a decent check on two one of the mons in that fight

[next moon]

I played violet cause I knew the legendary was better

[unkempt egret]

I have scarlet but I can see that

but yea I'm gonna hop out, have a nice night!

[coarse estuary]

look trevor im fine if you have your opinions but dot be out here spitting them like they are fact. it seems to me like you are trying to say if you like or use something i dont like you are wrong

[coarse estuary]

night man

[coarse estuary]

again its fine if you have your opinions but do not keep on the path of bullying anyone because they used or like a mon you dont

[next moon]

But how am I gonna keep my hater persona up?

[coarse estuary]

you arent. being a hater just makes less people want to hang with you or interact with you. like i really enjoyed interacting with you until you started hating on me or calling be wrong because i liked using mons you didnt like

[next moon]

I'm gonna be honest, if one person hating on your likes is enough to make you upset you need to look into your core. If I got upset everytime someone hated on me I would never get anything done

[coarse estuary]

and if you think hating on people is a fun thing to do you need to look into your inner core

[candid compass]

Yada this yada that — you guys both make fair points but stop this back and fourth

[next moon]

NO

[candid compass]

Yes LIL ONE

You WILL STOP THIS MINDLESS GAME

AND SILENCE THY SELF

Mahahahahaha 🤣

[next moon]

Who are thy to command me?

[coarse estuary]

ill get someone who can command you

?Tag rule17 last warning bud

[ebon pond]

Rule 17 CODE OF CONDUCT: Be nice. Not just in this server, either, this is a good rule for life in general. Assume the best intentions of those you speak to, apologise if you hurt them, and allow them to apologise if they hurt you. Politeness and patience can stop a lot of unnecessary aggression.

[candid compass]

I am thy king of nicevile and desire by you to stop being mean

And allow this person to enjoy what they like

I understand you wish to keep ur rep

Of hating

But u must stop

👹

Before I get you

[next moon]

But being mean is all I know. I was trained on the grand mountains of early Tumblr

[candid compass]

Lmaoooooo

Sorry that was funny

That was good

But dude

Not on here

Or this server

Everyone is really nice

And I don't want you to get kicked

Or told to cut your act out

[coarse estuary]

plus i can easily get a mod summoned to whip bro into shape

[candid compass]

there's no need for that

Let the mods relax

[next moon]

I was gonna make a joke

[candid compass]

This is a very small matter

[coarse estuary]

breaking server rules is a small matter?

[candid compass]

I'm saying what he's saying

It's not really sum to get too pressed over

[coarse estuary]

then ill break whatever server rules i want according to you

[candid compass]

But he or she is lowkey rude

Or even thu

They *

[next moon]

I'm a man who likes men

[candid compass]

Ur a lil gay boy

A lil gay boi

But I respect rhat

[next moon]

No that's my bf. I'm a big gay boy

[candid compass]

Your still a funny lil fude

wait who's ur bf?

[next moon]

Not on this server

[candid compass]

Ohhh

[next moon]

He doesn't play rpgs

[candid compass]

I just play whatever ngl

Boredom takes me so pokemon infinite fusion got me

Plus I fw the vibe people have here

[tawdry breach]

@pine ingot I stole your plushy

[sleek steppe]

Hi guys

I’m looking for a foreign ditto. Does anyone have one?

Nvm

[sleek steppe]

Does anyone have a pokemon with flame body I can use

[sweet crypt]

Man how could anyone dislike Volcarona

It's a giant fluffy fire moth

What is there to dislike

(If you don't have a phobia of moths or bugs in general)

[proven bronze]

honestly i dont understand ppl who fear bugs

like those tiny mf cant do shit

[sweet crypt]

I mean that's why they're phobias

Phobias tend to be irrational, innate fears

Like the fear of being watched by a duck

[proven bronze]

and i also dont understand homophobia

like wtf did gay ppl do

[sweet crypt]

That's a very random ass topic to pull out

[proven bronze]

ikr

[sweet crypt]

... Why do they call it homophobia if homophobes aren't afraid of gay people?

This definitely looks like hatred instead of fear to me

[proven bronze]

what pokemon would u want to shoot

or kill

[sweet crypt]

Flutter Mane

[trail ermine]

was about to say that

[proven bronze]

lemme guess

latios lemme guess urs

[sweet crypt]

It's a good thing bullets are SE against Flutter Mane

[proven bronze]

i want to kill jynx

[sweet crypt]

Good news for you

Jynx is also weak to bullets

[proven bronze]

where is my gun

https://tenor.com/view/pikachu-dizzy-pokemon-gif-24268830

[sweet crypt]

Here mate

[proven bronze]

https://tenor.com/view/zeraora-pokemon-anger-fight-aggrivation-gif-2881926898751021427

[sweet crypt]

Bro really struggling against a Pikachu when he has Volt Absorb

[unique valve]

Yeah, they really tend to forget about abilities in the anime and manga unless it suits the plot.

Then again, Agility/Iron Tail

[coarse estuary]

this is my full planned team for black 2. what yall think

[tulip crown]

They nerfed my SV team hard

Jesus I went to claim my Rayquaza

They took all the moves off of my meta builds lmfao

Azumarill lost belly drum

[unique valve]

My ORAS team has been permanently nerfed.

[tulip crown]

Arcanine can play well I guess still

If you know how

Arcanine is an intimidate pokemon that runs helping hand

You build it fully defensively and spam helping hand on whatever has the best matchup into the opponent

It's neat because it works in every raid

I still don't understand what is going on in raids, I went into a tera fire raid with a modest fully offensively built manaphy, I put up rain dance and tail glow, still didn't take it down to the shield it did like 1/30th of the bar on a 5 star fire tera Snorlax.

[untold hill]

https://tenor.com/view/pokemon-charizard-chest-pounding-fire-type-flying-type-gif-16421213

[rugged comet]

During the break I started my adventure into galar, all I got to say is it's neat

[dense sparrow]

I enjoyed galar

[rugged comet]

I like seeing my mons become massive

And I think seeing a giant pidove from my first den battle was funny

[dense sparrow]

It's really dorky to see big birb

[sleek jewel]

welp we are back

[next moon]

Ever thought it was weird how all pokémon, no matter their inspiration hatch from eggs? We all know this is a gameplay mechanic as to not explain biologically to kids, but as a lore hunter I have made a defined list of how each (fully evolved) pokemon reproduces, based on their inspirations and educated guesses

[brisk hedge]

https://tenor.com/view/johny-gif-27696534

[untold hill]

https://tenor.com/view/anime-kimi-wa-meido-sama-you-are-ms-servant-yuki-gif-7448845991822137528

[brisk hedge]

Where’s asexual reproduction?

[next moon]

They're mixed through other categories. For example muk would definitely undergo mitosis

[half echo]

I like to think that Regirock would sculpt a mini Regirock out of pebbles

[mighty robin]

hopefully regigigas don’t get mad

[half echo]

don't tell em

[mighty robin]

that’s how the three regis got made, right? hopefully regigigas won’t get mad that his creations are making more of themselves

[brisk hedge]

Regardless, Starmie shouldn’t be in the minerals category. It’s a starfish

[next moon]

Yeah but that doesn't make it alive. Regirock being a golem means it would be infused with some sort of soul

[half echo]

damn

[brisk hedge]

The 5 Regis

[next moon]

That's what I thought, but it's a living rock that looks like a starfish

[half echo]

you've destroyed the great image of Regipebble

[mighty robin]

regipebble is a baby regirock

[next moon]

As cute as that would be, it's not canon

[half echo]

a man can dream

[brisk hedge]

Not if Munna eats them

[next moon]

If any of you guys wanna help me with the ? Category please do

[mighty robin]

And Darkrai will turn those dreams into nightmares

or something else would

[next moon]

I think the only one that we have canon information for is iron jugulis

[brisk hedge]

Ampharos is a sheep (which I’m pretty sure have live births) and the human like ones, such as Gardevoir and Gallade would probably also have live births

[next moon]

Amphoros is a sheep but also a dragon

[brisk hedge]

The babies are just sheep though

[next moon]

Yeah but the mom would lay eggs so that's why I'm confused

[brisk hedge]

Or would it? Because it’s a sheep

[next moon]

It's a dragon

It's a sheep dragon, so it yas two conflicting inspirations

[brisk hedge]

Just sheep

[next moon]

Part dragon

[brisk hedge]

The mega isn’t the one that breeds though

[next moon]

Yes but it's saying that out of mega, ampharos has dragon genes, which would place it closer to the dragon and reptile side. Its likely that it had a common ancestors with the other dragon pokémon (I could see a connection to kommo-o) and how the juveniles needed to look like sheep to have protection against cold and/or predators

[brisk hedge]

It has dormant dragon genes, which can only be temporarily awakened by mega evolution. So when it breeds (which it would most likely do in its non mega form) it would do so as a sheep

https://tenor.com/view/asdf-movie-beep-beep-i'm-a-sheep-meeeh-gif-16431244390928259830

[next moon]

But that doesn't permit an entire change in biology from its dragonic ancestors?

[brisk hedge]

What about its sheep ancestors?

[next moon]

It probably doesn't have sheep ancestors. Mareep and wooloo are signs of convergent evolution

The only thing that's sheep like about mareep is it's wool

[brisk hedge]

Then why is the dragon blood sleeping while it closely resembles a sheep

[next moon]

Until pokémon shows us the non domesticated ancestor of mareep we won't know

[sleek steppe]

Does anyone have completed violet and can trade over the exclusives I want the shiny charm

[unique valve]

I normally just get a box of pokemon that I'm IV breeding and wondertrade them away until I get mon I like

Or ones I need for dex

[sleek steppe]

I’ve done like 200 trades and none are the exclusives

[unique valve]

If you wondertrade at just the right lucky moment, you can steal hacked mon from cheaters >:3

[sleek steppe]

I have I got a shiny crocelia

[unique valve]

Niiice

I hate her, but niiice

[sleek steppe]

I traded it away

[unique valve]

I usually keep them in their own private box

[sleek steppe]

I just don’t like keeping them

Which one do you play scarlet or violet ?

[unique valve]

Neither anymore, I left my Switch charger 3 states away 🙃

[sleek steppe]

That’s so sad ngl

I have both but I can’t be bothered to actually fully complete both tog them for one shiny charm

[unique valve]

Eh, I still have Omega Ruby so it's not too bad

[unique valve]

Then instead of both, look for the exclusives you need for one, hunt them on the other, and Pokemon Home them over to the one you want

[sleek steppe]

I need to beat the game for the legendary

[unique valve]

You need to get late game for some exclusives anyways, may as well beat the game with them >:P

[sleek steppe]

Also what did the normal type gym guy order

I did the gyms wrong I’ve already beat the ice one

[tight granite]

since i couldnt post on chrimus i got both of these in my free packs on the 25th

chrimus miracle

[brisk hedge]

https://www.nme.com/guides/gaming-guides/pokemon-scarlet-violet-gym-order-badges-3355268

Wrong channel

[sleek steppe]

Ive already done it

[tight granite]

no?

its a pokemon game

and not pif

and this is #other-pokemon-games

[sleek steppe]

What game u on about

[tight granite]

yoiu made me rcheck lul

ah that

sirry

i thought he replied to me about tcg

[sleek steppe]

I have only played for a month wrong game I’m thinking of

[tight granite]

mmh hard to tell if anyone of em are paid, imma say no cause i am at around 800 with only the free packs

then nevermind

pay to win

big f

suuure

[sleek steppe]

I’m not lying

[tight granite]

even a month would be paid lul

[sleek steppe]

Bro idk how long I’ve been laying

Playing

[tight granite]

[sleek steppe]

I want trade to come in so I can trade things over

I’ve only bought a 10 pack before and I got nothing so I didn’t pay again

To fight the last boss of Pokemon violet do you have to defeat everything or only gyms

[brisk hedge]

Everything

[sleek steppe]

Ok

[viral gazelle]

yeah complete all 3 storylines and then it comes together for the final storyline

they're all good:)

[tawdry breach]

Les go!!! (Also got Terrakion and was stomped by A Golurk in the elite 5 =A)

I named my Cobalion, “Codex,”, and my Virizion, “Virtu,”… Can you guess what I named my Terrakion?

[tawdry breach]

I had to reset twice for all of them, because I accidentally fainted them… First time I’ve ever done A save state, or whatever it’s called.

[sleek steppe]

Is there a place in pokemon scarlet to buy metal coats

[tawdry breach]

I dunno… I know you can get A ton of evolution items just by checking all the sparkles on the ground…

[sleek steppe]

Ok

I’ll run around like a headless chicken lol

I beat the whole of scarlet in one day

[hard plume]

terriaki?

[tawdry breach]

That’s not the theming. Cobalion’s called Codex. Virizion’s nickname is short for A specific word…

Why do I feel like I’m A crossword puzzle…?

[hard plume]

Codex... Virtual/Virtuous..........third guy?

[tawdry breach]

Virtual’s the right nickname

Now, considering what I named the previous 2, what could I have named Terrakion?

[hard plume]

Terabyte

[tawdry breach]

Yeh

I spelled it as, “Terabbyt,” because I like jokes when they’re not too obvious =A

[coarse estuary]

im playing through a pokemon colosseum rom hack rn. its really baller

[simple oxide]

I did not deserve this win what

I don't know if my opponent got unlucky or just didn't know how the tiebreaker works

[narrow ledge]

LET'S FUCKIN GOOOOO

Nicknames:
Venusaur - Pudgy
Electabuss - Outlet
Arcanine - Doog
Vaporeon - Barnacle (my fav nickname of all of them)
Rhydon - Uno (bc rhydon was the 1st ever designed mon)
Dragonite - Eragon

[vernal garnet]

wait that aint pif

i thought it was for a sec lmao...

[sleek steppe]

Hey quick question if a person who plays violet join my game could I catch the exclusives

[kindred tartan]

I don’t think so but I could trade you them

[sleek steppe]

That would help when can u?

[kindred tartan]

Well we would have to do it now since i have to leave in like an hour

[sleek steppe]

I can do it now I’m playing rn

[kindred tartan]

Ok gimme a sec gotta feed my dogs

[sleek steppe]

Ok

Are you able to give them all or just a few

Paldean Tauros (water)
Misdreavus and Mismagius
Gulpin and Swalot
Bagon, Shelgon, and Salamence
Passimian
Clauncher and Clawitzer
Eiscue
Dreepy, Drakloak, and Dragapult
Ceruledge
Miraidon
Iron Treads
Iron Bundle
Iron Hands
Iron Jugulis
Iron Moth
Iron Thorns
Iron Valiant

[kindred tartan]

Lemme check

[sleek steppe]

I’m mostly looking for the end game ones since I can just play violet for the others if I need to

[kindred tartan]

Ok so I can give you Iron hands and Paldean tauros water

[sleek steppe]

What about miraidon?

[kindred tartan]

And if we friend each other I can give you ceruledge when I get him

[kindred tartan]

I don’t have the second miraidon yet but same case as ceruledge

[sleek steppe]

If you want the scarlet exclusives I can give them when I get them aswell

[kindred tartan]

K

I have scream tail already from a trade in Pokemon home

[sleek steppe]

Ok

Well I’m about to beat the game so yeah

[kindred tartan]

Ok I have beat the main story but not the final teacher vs students thing

I’m on the link code page

[sleek steppe]

This I can’t use it rn

[kindred tartan]

Let’s DM so no one interferes

[kindred tartan]

Why not

[vital bramble]

We probably should a moved here a bit ago kek

[mighty robin]

So when I played HG, I chose Cyndaquil, and then in BW, I chose Oshawott, then in SM (though not my first run) I chose Rowlett.

And then PLA just happened to have the exact starters I chose when I did those games

Ended up choosing Cyndaquil up to the point I stopped playing after defeating the big iceberg guy

game too hard, I bought Sword and enjoyed it

then as I said earlier, XY was the first time I chose a grass starter

[sweet crypt]

Anyways we should move here

I hear people complain a lot about how easy to find bugs are in SV and all the frame drops and I'm here playing it like day 1 without any issues

My copy of SV is simply built different I guess

[vital bramble]

I played scarlet on emu and it was unironically way more stable than on physical hardware

And that's just embarrassing

[sweet crypt]

Like I said, I never had these problems

So I can't really say anything about that here

What I can say is that I did enjoy SV a lot

Fucking around in open world games is fun

I also like a lot of the Pokemon designs in SV

I will say I do think it also has more Pokemon I'm not a massive fan of on average

But I weigh good Pokemon more than I do bad Pokemon

Otherwise Gen 4 would have easily the worst roster

That or Gen 2

I FUCKING HATE BABY POKEMON

[mighty robin]

I don’t really plan on playing SV

even though lokix exists and it’s a reference to tokusatsu

[sweet crypt]

I also think SV's story and soundtrack are top tier for Pokemon standards

Though tbf

Is that really a tough competition for the former?

I definitely think SV get too much hate

But once again

My SV copy was built different and I didn't experience many, if any glitches or frame drops

I do think I played early on

If not day 1 than at the very least week 1

[mighty robin]

what they could do for a new Pokémon game is to expand on the rainbow rocket thing

or at least

[sweet crypt]

Yet when I hear other people talk about it is like

"Oh my game just turned my Miraidon into a sandwich and ate my cat"

(Exaggeration ofc)

[mighty robin]

In rainbow rocket, they showed us the team leaders from realities that have succeeded in their goals

So then show us those games!

[sweet crypt]

I'd be more interested in expanding on Ultra Space and the UBs

[mighty robin]

Show us a game that had Maxie succeed in his plans

[sweet crypt]

God I want to explore these UB dimensions more thoroughly it'd be so cool

If they make an Alola Legends game it better heavily involve Ultra Space and Ultra Necrozma

That's like the most obvious thing ever

And I'd fucking love it

[mighty robin]

I don’t think they would do something that’s obvious

[sweet crypt]

OK but it's peak

[mighty robin]

Cuz we’re getting a legends game and it’s blah blah blah whatever

[sweet crypt]

Think of all the sales

They probably will

[mighty robin]

And it’s not about the war with that giant weapon and Az

[sweet crypt]

Idk, ZA reversed is AZ

Maybe AZ makes some sort of appearance

[mighty robin]

Isn’t it the lumiouse city development or something, so it probably wouldn’t be the war with the giant weapon

[sweet crypt]

2nd great war frfr

[mighty robin]

Another obvious thing would be a legends game where we see the original dragon

[sweet crypt]

Honestly though Legends games in general were such a great idea

Not only do they have so much potential when it comes to the stories

But also the one Legend game we've had so far is actually hard so it gets fans to shut up about the game being too easy

As if it isn't made for children to be able to beat

[mighty robin]

maybe just tone the difficulty down a bit/down a ton

[sweet crypt]

The LA final trainer boss is definitely the hardest Pokemon battle ever

At least in the main series

[mighty robin]

I think from what I remember

I don’t think I got kicked out yet

[vital bramble]

I have very high hopes for LZA

I loved LA

[dusky charm]

First shiny!

[vital bramble]

Oh yeah that reminds me

Hold on I have a like

Tremendous amount of effort to flex

A while back I learned how to do RNG manipulation for legends Arceus
Naturally, I wanted to go after the rarest things I could
These are all the alpha shiny pokemon I have with square sparkles

[next moon]

Posted this last night, but wanted to post again so I could get some more eyes on it.

I found it weird how every pokémon hatches from eggs, even though they're genderless, rocks, and mammals. So here's how every (fully evolved) pokemon would reproduce

[radiant leaf]

You appear to be missing pachirisu from that list

[next moon]

Unreadable

[radiant leaf]

?

[next moon]

The list is unreadable without pachirisu

[radiant leaf]

Wdym

[next moon]

It's okay take your time

[radiant leaf]

Like I’m genuinely confused on what you mean

How does Pach make it “unreadable”?

[next moon]

It's called a joke

[west hamlet]

spent way too long trying to find the exact screen resolutions to piece this together

but it looks nice :3

[dusty lance]

When i heard about the idea of Ultra-space I was like "so Pokemon finally made a version of what Dragon Quest Monsters did 20 years ago?"

then I realized.. that... no actually, it's less fun than the DQM Magic key worlds were

actually building a version of Magic Key worlds in Ultra Space would be neat.

[dusty lance]

the anime makes it a lot cooler than in the games.

[dusty lance]

Thing is, the trick to the DQM Magic Key worlds is that the game engine supported dynamic maps, and the magic keys... are procedurally generated using a randomizer. It was a neat feature though as a key part of the randomization was world theme... one world might be a verdant forest... populated by dragons and devils, another might be a graveyard with undead villagers populated with plants and slimes.... loads of fun stuff.

[hybrid sandal]

anyone interested in helping out with the Shiny Rayquaza raid

[coarse estuary]

i hope one day i find someone who would want to do a randomizer cagelocke irl with me

[vital bramble]

If I like

Take a petilil from legends Arceus
Slap it in pokemon home
And evolve it elsewhere

Can I get a standard lilligant or will it always be hisuian because it's from PLA

[coarse estuary]

i think it works the same as the alola forms for mons like eggs or maro where you wont get the regional version unless you are in said region

[vital bramble]

That's pretty cool - means I can get shalphas of the non hisui versions too

....and it also means my ass has a lot more grinding in store

[next moon]

Hmmmmmmm

[brisk hedge]

Has it ever been stated that Buzzswole bites people?

[tight granite]

i think it just means suck blood

and it do bhe sucking blood

but also its a being from another dimension

[lusty scaffold]

What bothers me more is in SGC and HGSS Elm going "We have a mysterious egg and we don't know where it comes from", then being surprised that pokemon lay eggs. Same with the daycare people.

[next moon]

I think that's just them referring to the origins of the eggs. They know the pokémon make the eggs somehow but don't know the process of how it happens. The daycare person who gives you your eggs is always facing away from the actual daycare so they never actually see what's going on

[next moon]

People aren't the only animals that have blood?

[lusty scaffold]

Indeed. It still really bothers me.
They've always lived with these creatures and they don't know how they procreate?

[lusty scaffold]

Peopleblood is the tastiest.

[next moon]

It's a children's game, and even if they wanted to get into it, I doubt they would want to explain how Archen and Corsola do their business

[lusty scaffold]

Nono, I get it.
It's just the whole "My goodness, we're surprised." that irks me. It's like they only just discovered it.
It'd make more sense to just say "here's an egg."

[next moon]

"Oh my it seems your pokemon have given us an egg" would fix the entire problem. And they made it worse by having pokémon breed during our picnics

[brisk hedge]

They just don’t want to tell the kiddos about the Pidgeots and the Beedrills

[next moon]

Also if they were gonna be 100% accurate, they wouldn't let certain pokémon like caterpie and weedle breed because they aren't based on mature animals

[sleek jewel]

run and bun?

[sleek jewel]

how long did this take?

[west hamlet]

Yes

[sleek jewel]

what does that mean?

[west hamlet]

current hardest romhack to nuzlocke

but I just wanna beat it in general

[sleek jewel]

that not an answer XD

what kind of game is it

[west hamlet]

pokemon

[sleek jewel]

TELL ME

[west hamlet]

its an emerald romhack

[sleek jewel]

shocker XD

[vital bramble]

Sometimes I get 2 or 3 in a day, the manip for garde for example took 3 months because of how precise and RNG dependent it was

So it varies

[sleek jewel]

ok

how long does it take you?

like time

[vital bramble]

All goes well only about 15 minutes once I identify a viable path

[sleek jewel]

how many did you get?

[vital bramble]

Sometimes getting a viable path takes hours rho

And sometimes the parts are very hard to execute

[sleek jewel]

did you get any of the shiny legendaries?

[vital bramble]

Today was very lucky

[sleek jewel]

those are not legendaries

[graceful osprey]

Get that man some eyedrops

[vital bramble]

No but I started typing that earlier and I'm driving so I was only texting at stoplights

[vital bramble]

The method I use is for MMOs only. Legendary stuff is way more complex and I already caught most of them

[sleek jewel]

welp

when i played pokemon legends arceus i caught al lthe legendaries first XD

[vital bramble]

And by way more complex I mean most people just set up some raspberry pi jank to reset for them

I won't pretend to know the details

[sleek jewel]

what?

[vital bramble]

Like the details of how the raspberry pi legendary shiny hunting works

[sleek jewel]

idk what your talking about but ok

[vital bramble]

This

I'm saying idk how the method for hunting shiny legends works

Anyways

The MMO based hunting is pretty easy tho most of the time

Just a lot of time looking for a good path

Usually the hard paths are only for mons that have a chance to attack or run (or worse, those that have chances to do even more things)

[tulip crown]

One thing this shield playthrough is teaching me

Wishiwashi is underrated as hell

140 defences is no joke, the fact that he has low HP is heavily mitigated there. He also has basically the same offensive statline as Kyogre while above 25% health doesn't hurt. It's like a baby Kyogre without drizzle

It's like 640bst

[pine ingot]

does someone have a good emerald rom hack? one that dont just put new gen pokemon increase the difficult put gen 5 sprites and call it a day.

[next moon]

Emerald kaizo

[pine ingot]

Thx ill try It out

[coarse estuary]

i only get a normal type. this cagelocke speaks

[past kestrel]

Hey

@tribal gulch

[tribal gulch]

hey

[past kestrel]

I was wondering that why I can't go to route 12