pokemon-winds-waves

[viscid adder]

That's Mirin's plan!

...also it's been a day, I hope people at the tera raids grew a couple of brain cells...

[forest summit]

Theory: Dipplin's evo is way more bug than apple, so it goes from a Grass/Dragon to a Bug/Dragon

also I hope they do the Scyther thing and keep the BST the same, that way Appletun and Flapple won't be screwed over

[viscid adder]

AQQUIRED THE AUTUMN OWL

Thank god for the baby

[quartz locust]

I wish slither wing was dragon/bug

[forest summit]

me too

I call it Cuddle Moth

[quartz locust]

I named mine Amotherasu

[forest summit]

what does that mean?

[quartz locust]

Amaterasu

But replaced with moth

[forest summit]

also if Talonflame had a paradox form it would be called Flame Talon

[quartz locust]

For amotherasu

[quartz locust]

Past paradox could be flaming talon

[forest summit]

too many characters

[quartz locust]

Roaring moon

Is the exact same length

[forest summit]

no, that has 12 characters

Flaming Talon has 13

[quartz locust]

Oh yeah

Mb

[viscid adder]

then how will slither wing suplex you?

[viscid adder]

Blaze Claw

[dusky drum]

I thought the naming thing was fixed

[light urchin]

Does anyone have Pokémon violet and can help me complete the scarlet pokedex

[light urchin]

Does anyone have a spare walking wake?

[livid lichen]

@light urchin Hey, ich have pokemon violet, i dont have a spare walking wake but maybe i can help you with something else? Im also looking for a auspicious armor, maybe we can help each other 🙂

[light urchin]

Ok

Sure

Also what's auspicious armour again?

[livid lichen]

The evolution item for armarouge

[light urchin]

Oh yeah hang on ima farm for it rq

[livid lichen]

What do you need for ur pokedex buddy?

[light urchin]

The violet exclusives

And sprigatito and the duck guy

[livid lichen]

Alright

Give me a couple minutes

[light urchin]

Ok

[livid lichen]

Missing every version exclusive? Paradox mons too?

[light urchin]

Yh

I've got 2 of all the scarlet paradox's

Also miraidon

[livid lichen]

I already traded my second miraidon with a friend, but everything else i can catch for you

[light urchin]

Ok

That's fine

I'm gonna get another of the scarlet exclusives to trade to ya

[livid lichen]

Dont worry, i have everything. I just need the armor piece 😄

[light urchin]

Oh lol

I got the armour

@livid lichen you done yet?

[vernal sedge]

Anyone got any advice for pokemon to use on the 7* tera raids atm? Was considering armarogue as a support style pokemon but not sure how viable it'd be

[forest summit]

It's been 12 characters since Gen 6

[viscid adder]

corvidknight is one of the go to dudes

people have also brought ogerpon

it does involve protecting her, but the payoff is worth it

[vernal sedge]

Yeah I ended up going for the Corviknight strat, people really cooked with this build

Play it right and you just don't die

[viscid adder]

oh, and pray to god that no one brings a skeledirge or a sword armor boy

or other dumbasses that the decidueye can exploit

[glad crane]

Does anyone have a beast ball I can trade for

Guys?

[vernal sedge]

The amount of Skeledurge's I've seen is insane

Seen a bunch of Ceruledges as well

I saw someone bring an Unnerve Corviknight as well like that wouldn't be noticed

[viscid adder]

got a jirachi! :3

[primal dew]

Can someone help me to evolve my poliwirl into politoed on pkmn sv?
The password is “36912158”

I’m trying to complete the kitikami dex

[lilac tree]

One of the main 'guide's for mightiest Decidueye says that Skeledirge and Ceruledge are some of the best pokemon because of immunity to fighting type

lul

I've been trying to keep everyone alive by going for burns and clear smog with Torkoal

Torkoal is an ideal support poke for the fight but like, come on folks. Bring a fire type with decent defense please

Charizard isn't even bad for the fight for once

This is like, the ONE FIGHT where Charizard is actually good and people don't bring it for some reason

[viscid adder]

shadow claw

immunity to triple arrow will not matter when you have to worry about SHADOW CLAW.

[viscid adder]

i also saw people bring talonflames

[lilac tree]

You're not immune anyway, it has Scrappy

The guide is bad

Torkoal stonks are through the roof right now. Though any posion type with clear smog is also good, I think the sunny day power up from drought is better than the fighting type resist

It's amazing how specifically stacked a fight has to be to make poison types actually good lul

[viscid adder]

well I don't follow that guide anyway

because I know for a fact that the skeledirge and ceruledge combo is doomed to fail

and also its such a stupid strat

like, you need to know the moves of your opponent before you hop in

every time I see someone bring one of those, I bail

[quiet frost]

I beat my first Pokémon game

[fickle birch]

Congratulations! 😄

[paper ore]

I just started doing the online tera raids. I had noticed that shadow claw was fucking up my ceruledge, but i figured it was fine sonce i saw so many others bringing their ceruledges or skeledirges.

[craggy urchin]

Halfway through the dex

My god

[austere oracle]

I don't want to hate ScVi but the glitches just really screw with my eyes

I'm going to wait a year or so just so it gets better

[fickle birch]

If you think they're going to improve how the game looks or plays, you don't know how Game Freak work. 😦

The Teal Mask is more glitchy than base SV, and that's really saying something. 😂

[austere oracle]

I want to be positive

Even if it doesn't happen I'll enjoy playing older games instead

[primal dew]

Can someone help me to evolve my poliwirl into politoed on pkmn sv?
The password is “36912158”
I’m trying to complete the kitikami dex ❤️🐢🌱❤️

Can someone help me to evolve my poliwirl into politoed on pkmn sv?
The password is “36912158”
I’m trying to complete the kitikami dex ❤️🐢🌱❤️

[paper ore]

I can, in a bit when i finish work, if thats okay?

[viscid adder]

here's a tip:
don't.
analyze the opponent and their moves first before you do the raid.

because if you bring a skeledirge or a ghost sword boy, you are going to die before you can even land a hit on the bird.

[quartz locust]

Just use level 100 ev trained pokemon

That are good

[viscid adder]

that doesn't always work. sometimes their power might not be enough.

for me to win that raid, I had to put my hope on another dude's ogerpon.

We had to protecc the baby

once the baby was protected, she then teralized with her fire mask and it was smooth sailing for us

[quartz locust]

I named my ogerpon yogurt

[viscid adder]

yogurt

that's a cute name!

[quartz locust]

Yup

And I demolished everyone in link battles

With francis the politoed

[viscid adder]

on the first day, yeah it got pretty laggy.
It was only after a couple days have past that it becomes tolerable

....also you gotta remember that these poor guys are on crunch
if you want anything to get better, you should let the guys cook instead of rushing them for the holiday season.
They threw a lot in that game with the time given to them and, if they had more time, it would be better than ever

[quartz locust]

Hopefully Indigo disk is better but I doubt it

Since it’s even bigger

They should just give every Pokémon game like an extra year or so

If not just like 4 months or 6 months

[viscid adder]

if you want to throw ire on anyone, throw it at nintendo. not at game freak.

[quartz locust]

Yeah I know

[viscid adder]

was saying it to blaquaza

[chrome bobcat]

People actually use rain teams?

[quartz locust]

They’re really good

[chrome bobcat]

Haven't faced them in ages

[quartz locust]

I’m using a rain team with ludicolo and politoed with some others like Ogerpon and it goes crazy

Ludicolo outspeeds everything

And hydro pump does over 50% every time

Or one shots

Snow teams are better though

[chrome bobcat]

Yeah I have been using a snow team since ScaVI

Still trying to decide what I want now that I have Alolan Ninetales

[quartz locust]

If pokemon like g-Darmanitan and especially Arctozolt coming back I’m fearful

[chrome bobcat]

I highly doubt they will return

[quartz locust]

Probably

[odd cave]

I think the galar fossil were datamined

[chrome bobcat]

I can already hardly choose between the current ice types

[quartz locust]

In about 2-3 weeks

We’ll see probably

From the trailer and more datamines

[chrome bobcat]

I could realy use G-Darmanitan however, snow teams really suck to build properly with the amount of weaknesses and no resists

[quartz locust]

That’s why arctozolt would be better

Bolt beam is crazy

Especially since arctozolt has slush rush

[chrome bobcat]

In Reg B I ran Rotom Wash with Abomasnow, weird but it worked

I haven't played SwSh so I'm curious

[quartz locust]

Arctozolt is OU and G-Darm is Ubers

In swsh

[odd cave]

I thought arctozolt was ru or smth, hail teams weren’t that good

[chrome bobcat]

Hail teams were not, bolt beam however

[quartz locust]

Hitting a 170 power move first paired with bolt beam is crazy

[chrome bobcat]

Do people run arctozolt physically or specially?

[quartz locust]

Id rather run it physical

For its signature move bolt beak

[chrome bobcat]

I'm literally looking at the mon as we talk

[odd cave]

It was uubl, bolt beam was too much for ru

[forest summit]

too bad Arcozolt and G Darmanitan aren't getting in :/

[quartz locust]

Basically OU

[odd cave]

Not really, not good enough for it

And dracozolt was way better so of course it would be preferred

[quartz locust]

There still like another 48~ pokemon yet to be revealed

[forest summit]

less than that actually

more like 23

[quartz locust]

They’re bringing back over 230 pokemon into both dlcs

[forest summit]

no, that's combined

[quartz locust]

Yeah I know I worded it wrong mb

[chrome bobcat]

Bolt beak, Icicle Crash, Protect and hopefully Ice Shard will make a good moveset I think

[forest summit]

plus Bulbapedia lists all Pokémon seen in trailers for the DLC and only like 20-something slots are left

[quartz locust]

Ice spinner would also be nice

[forest summit]

Ice Spinner is the best move they added to SV

[quartz locust]

There’s like 190 pokemon confirmed/Datamined returning

[chrome bobcat]

So far it doesn't get that, but it also learns T-Wave, Rock Slide and so far tera Ground has been looking the best defensively so maybe stomping tantrum can be nice too

But so far I also have Articuno, Chien-Pao and Baxcalibur that I want to fit in

[forest summit]

of the 116 left these have been confirmed in trailers:
Gen 1 starters (Minus Charmander, since it was already in)
Gen 2 starters (Minus Cyndaquil, since it was already in)
Gen 3 starters
Gen 5 starters (Minus Oshawott, since it was already in)
Gen 7 starters (Minus Rowlet, since it was already in)
Oddish line
Doduo line
Seel line
Exeggcute line
Rhyhorn line
Magmar line
Lapras
Skarmory
Trapinch line
Beldum line
Gen 4 fossils
Blitzle line
Cottonee line
Minccino line
Solosis line
Golett line
Espurr line
Inkay line
Pikipek line
Milcery line
Duraldon line
Dipplin evo (Confirmed, since Dipplin can use Eviolite)
Raging Bolt
Entei Paradox (Pretty much already confirmed)
Iron Crown
Terrakion Paradox (Pretty much already confirmed)
Terapagos

All of these total 88
in total we have 28 left

Gen 4 and 8 starters are already in

[quartz locust]

The thing is

Paradox entei and the others introduced to the dlc aren’t returning pokemon

[forest summit]

doesn't the total include new Pokémon too?

[quartz locust]

On the official website it says over 230 returning pokemon

Returning, not new

[forest summit]

then it's like 12 less

so 40

[quartz locust]

Familiar Pokémon Return
These expansions bring with them over 230 familiar Pokémon that had not appeared in Pokémon Scarlet or Pokémon Violet.

[forest summit]

40 left, but they're all probably legendaries

[quartz locust]

It also says over 230

So like another like 5

[quartz locust]

Probably

[forest summit]

it could be 231 though and it would have said 235 if it was more than 5

[chrome bobcat]

Crobat would be fun to return

[quartz locust]

If it’s 231 that would be goofy

[forest summit]

it should be 230 in EACH DLC TBH

[quartz locust]

Fr!

[forest summit]

also there are so few Rock Types in SV, like way less than Ice

[quartz locust]

I wish it was like 300 pokemon at least but unfortunately not

[forest summit]

and the only non-Home Steel Type Kitakami added not in SV was Probopass

[quartz locust]

Yay!

[forest summit]

the second DLC will add way more

[quartz locust]

I love getting absolutely useless pokemon like chimeco in the dlc and rampardos/Bastidon

If the galarian forms/gen 8 fossils don’t get shown in the trailer then I will be very sadge

[viscid adder]

spinarak's butt emotes

[forest summit]

Rock Types in SV base game:
Drednaw
Bonsly line
Rockruff line
Rolycoly line
Nacil line
Klawf
Glimmet line
Larvitar line
Stonjourner
Iron Thorns

Rock Types via Home transfer:
H Growlithe line
H Avalugg
Diancie
Kleavor
A Geodude line

Rock Types exclusive to Kitakami:
Geodude line
Nosepass line
Magcargo
Carbink
Ogerpon (Cornerstone Mask)

[paper ore]

Well, yeah. I had deduced as much from your hostility to people using it.

Though, i have done multiple successful runs with my ceruledge, and other ceruledges/skeledirges.

[viscid adder]

.....so it can be done.

[quartz locust]

Damn we got the most dogshit Pokémon in kitakami for rock types

[forest summit]

Rock is the rarest type in Gen 9 too

[quartz locust]

Well rock type is pretty stinky ngl, it needs a buff

[quartz locust]

Yummy

[paper ore]

I mean, ive also failed sometimes, and corviknights that turned up have been handy with taunts.
I probably would use something else if i had the time to get a huge pile of lvl 100s.

[forest summit]

the issue is none of the GOOD Rock Types are actually in SV

[quartz locust]

Tyrantrum, archeops and terrakion

[forest summit]

not in SV

paradox Terrakion will be part Rock though

[quartz locust]

Yeah those three aren’t in S/V

[forest summit]

that means Solrock and Lunatone won't be the only Rock/Psychic types anymore!

[quartz locust]

That’s good

It’s crazy that the only pokemon with grass and fire is shitty ass Capsakid

There’s ogerpon but that’s with it’s mask

[forest summit]

is Capsakid really that bad?

[quartz locust]

It’s horrible

[quartz locust]

The design is terrible imo and it’s just straight up bad

[viscid adder]

boy army

[quartz locust]

We got this stinker

[austere oracle]

Funny stinky boi

[forest summit]

it has the same BST amount as 10% Zygarde

[quartz locust]

I wish we got something like this

[austere oracle]

Eh seems a bit too detailed?

Or colorful-idk my eyes are confused

[viscid adder]

could use an evo

[paper ore]

When i first saw toedscool, i thought how ridiculous and cheap it was, just a recolour of tentacool.

And then I saw it move and fell in love with how silly it was.

[quartz locust]

Yes, I just meant something more similar

To that

[austere oracle]

But we need a new demon pokemon
Demon pepper

[viscid adder]

https://va.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_rmandtVlJH1zc3fib.mp4

[viscid adder]

again, we're probably gonna wait for an evo to the dual headed pepper guy

[austere oracle]

Watch it suddenly go part dragon

[forest summit]

it evolves with a Fire Stone too, which is dumb since it learns its best moves fully evolved instead of unevolved like it used to be

[quartz locust]

I’m so happy they got rid of that dogshit feature

Needing to get moves before evolving

[viscid adder]

yeah learning moves on your own accord is pretty sick

[forest summit]

at least it only has 3 weaknesses

[quartz locust]

It has 65 hp, def and sp def with 75 speed

[forest summit]

it's a glass... shard

[viscid adder]

scovillain does have a neat personality though
one head's red and angy while the other is happy and green

[quartz locust]

I still hate it

For such an interesting type as grass and fire they did this monstrosity

Same like Volcanion

[forest summit]

it's a mixed attacker which is weird

[viscid adder]

ay don't diss on my boy volcanion

[forest summit]

they may as well have swapped HP with speed, since it's too slow anyway

[quartz locust]

He’s disappointing for water and fire

[forest summit]

at least for Grass/Water and Grass/Fire we didn't end up with just a mythical

[quartz locust]

Galarian darmanitan being the first fire and ice is awesome though

Angry snowman

[forest summit]

yeah but only Zen Mode

I don't count it TBH

[quartz locust]

Zen mode is monstrous at least

[quartz locust]

It looks ugly and doesn’t look like a pokemon

[forest summit]

"You can only get it if you have the right ability and its health is at less than half and you have SwSh"

[quartz locust]

True

[viscid adder]

then what does a pokemon look like to you?

[quartz locust]

At least it’s good though

[viscid adder]

because this guy could sit near rhydon or turtonator and he would fit right in

[forest summit]

the issue is that it has 3 shades of green and only one of its heads is red

[quartz locust]

I’m talking about volcanion

[forest summit]

o

[quartz locust]

That applies to scovillain too Ngl

[forest summit]

Volcanion is a steam engine... turtle

[quartz locust]

Turtle?

Are you sure?

[viscid adder]

well combination guard dog and steam engine

[forest summit]

it's not a turtle?!

[viscid adder]

one of his inspirations are Shisas and Komainus

[viscid adder]

nope

if he was, most of his body would be shell

[forest summit]

but it has a sprawling posture, indicating it's a reptile

[viscid adder]

and here's what I mean by shisas and komainus

[forest summit]

I don't see it

[forest summit]

my issue with Volcanion is they ALWAYS mess up its colours in-game! They make it orange-red istead of dark red (also WTF, it's meant to be a dog?!)

[viscid adder]

I wouldn't say they are dogs

they are fierce mythical guard mammals

based on lions, tigers, and dogs

[forest summit]

all I see is this:

[quartz locust]

Carracosta!

[viscid adder]

volcanion is a guard machine

[forest summit]

but it has a sprawling posture. Most mammles have their legs UNDER their body

[forest summit]

looks more like a cat

[forest summit]

only its head almost looks like a mammal

the rest of the body looks like a turtle

[quartz locust]

Volcanion is a critter

It’s a big mess of a pokemon

[viscid adder]

...point to me where any of this reads turtle.

[viscid adder]

he's a fun mess though

[forest summit]

the giant shell that goes around its limbs

[viscid adder]

a steampunk guardian boiler that shoots water

[forest summit]

the sprawling posture

[viscid adder]

only two limbs go around that "shell". try again.

[forest summit]

it still has a sprawling posture

[viscid adder]

echidnas have sprawling postures too.

[quartz locust]

The gen 8 pokemon look more coherent then Volcanion

[forest summit]

I said MOST mammals don't have one

[quartz locust]

Fossils

[quartz locust]

Plague doctor?

[viscid adder]

well I wished they elaborated on volcanion more than just one movie.
plus, he's not a kalos native.

[viscid adder]

it's than. not then.

[forest summit]

more people than me think it looks like a turtle

[forest summit]

Literally never been found in Sinnoh or Johto

[viscid adder]

then they don't know volcanion that well.

[viscid adder]

And this is why I think they should've had him be encounterable in those regions.

[forest summit]

not my fault the design looks nothing like a mammal apart from the head (barely)

[viscid adder]

exactly. It's not supposed to look like a mammal.

[forest summit]

but you said it was one

[viscid adder]

it's supposed to look like an animal-like machine.

[forest summit]

Beast Wars did it better

[viscid adder]

ok yeah that was my one error.

but still

volcanion isn't supposed to look like a specific animal.

it's a steampunk guardian.

[forest summit]

like a paradox form?

[viscid adder]

A more futuristic take on Arcanine

[viscid adder]

no

paradox forms are completely different

[forest summit]

I was joking

[viscid adder]

...also. huge crime for game freak to not make a good gen 4 remake

[forest summit]

though Magearna is pretty much a paradox Poké Ball

[viscid adder]

because then, they would've put that guy in there as a fun bonus encounter

[forest summit]

at least we have LA

[viscid adder]

hey, if gen 7 can throw zygarde in alola, then there should've been an opportunity to put volcanion in sinnoh

[viscid adder]

yep

LA was good

[forest summit]

no because Gen 4 only or something

I hate remakes now

you could edit ORAS to include Volcanion in Hoenn

[viscid adder]

it's a remake!
who cares?!
heartgold and soulsilver had the evos from gen 4!

omega ruby and alpha sapphire had mega evolutions! (and dusknoir. and probopass)

plus, national dex.

ALWAYS. CONSIDER. NATIONAL DEX.

[forest summit]

GF forgot to put the off switch for the EXP Share

what makes you think they remember the National Dex?

Return hasn't been in a game since USUM

[viscid adder]

who in their right mind uses return?

who uses return for anything?

[viscid adder]

it gives the whole party an opportunity to grow

[forest summit]

I do, since at max strength it's a 102 BST move

[viscid adder]

not just you.

anyone else other than you.

game freak isn't making a game for specifically you.

[forest summit]

a forced growth, also I hate the EXP Charm too, since you're REQUIRED to get it to proceed in DLC 1 for both SwSh and SV

[wispy kernel]

It was one of the most popular moves for Mega Kangaskhan, one of the best pokemon in VGC

[forest summit]

also didn't they erase some great moves too? like Feint Attack?

[wispy kernel]

yeah

[viscid adder]

yes, because its normal for one guy to be the strongest of the group and everyone else gets left aside.

[forest summit]

except that I don't do that

[wispy kernel]

its still good to have options for people who want to play the game differently

[forest summit]

and why do we need EXP Charm AND forced EXP Share?

[wispy kernel]

even if YOU never use those options, other people do

[forest summit]

"never use????" Dude, we're FORCED

[viscid adder]

again, the game isn't made specifically for you

[wispy kernel]

im talking to sabrina the witch

[wispy kernel]

Yeah I use those options

But theres so many people who dont

why are you defending things that were in previous games being taken away

[viscid adder]

also, I like the exp share.
it allows me to strengthen six of my dudes instead of one.

[viscid adder]

define "so many"

[forest summit]

"I like it so everyone else should be forced to use it too"

[wispy kernel]

The game shouldnt be made for specifically you

[viscid adder]

fair point

[wispy kernel]

oh my god what

[viscid adder]

that's not what I'm saying

[wispy kernel]

thats the first time someone im arguing with agrees with me using their point against them

[forest summit]

it's GF's logic

[wispy kernel]

im shocked

[viscid adder]

???

[viscid adder]

no i fully agree with that.
I did not think.

[wispy kernel]

set mode and turning off EXP share were in previous games and have since been removed

[viscid adder]

ohhh ok ok ok

i see the connundrum

[wispy kernel]

some people prefer to play the games in a way that makes them more difficult

[forest summit]

I hate games that ONLY have set mode, since it means I get no free recall

[wispy kernel]

removing these options just ends up making more people upset

no matter if you remove set or switch mode, or have forced EXP share or no EXP share

some people prefer having these on

taking away these options is just kinda shitty

[forest summit]

the EXP Charm is the thing that really gets me

it's the worst charm ever made

[quartz locust]

Exp share should have different functions, all your party, one pokemon and just completely turned off

[viscid adder]

......yeah.

[forest summit]

plus you are REQUIRED to get it to beat the first DLC

[quartz locust]

Bruh

[viscid adder]

dude I just want the fairy feather

[quartz locust]

XL candies just make that nonexistent

[viscid adder]

the game is so freakin hard

[forest summit]

The Exp. Charm increases the amount of experience the player's party receives by 50% when in the Bag. This does not apply to Exp. Candies.

"When in the bag" implies it's not a Key Item

it is

[viscid adder]

i think that thing should have an off switch

[wispy kernel]

its even canonically mechanical

it SHOULD be able to have one

[forest summit]

also the EXP Share also increases EXP by 50%, so you get 75% more EXP via them per battle (unless it's additive, in which case it's 100% more)

[wispy kernel]

we should be able to shove Hyde in a Locker until he agrees to add an off switch

[viscid adder]

dude I just want my freakin' fairy feather

that ogre oustin' game is hell

[wispy kernel]

I still want my Max Size Shiny Marked Munchlax

[viscid adder]

HOW DOES ONE EVEN COMPLETE NORMAL AND HARD

IS IT EVEN POSSIBLE??

[quartz locust]

Multiplayer

[wispy kernel]

I did Normal first try solo lmao

[viscid adder]

https://tenor.com/view/teach-me-doctor-strange-benedict-cumberbatch-gif-8215241

[wispy kernel]

Hard I still havent even completed in Multiplayer

[wispy kernel]

Get good I guess idfk

[forest summit]

Hyde and Jacq can just eat it. Hyde made the most pointless invention ever and made it MANDATORY! Jacq on the other hand made the worst PokéDex ever, since it doesn't even show shiny mon and there's no search function!

OR quick scroll

[wispy kernel]

1. Mandatory*
2. Hyde made the Cram-o-Matic which is really useful
3. The SV Pokedex does show shinies

[forest summit]

not in the book images thing

[wispy kernel]

Yeah cuz theyre pre made images

not even possible to recreate them in game

[forest summit]

I hate them because they don't show alt forms like Deerling

also the camera is way worse in SV than LA. You can't zoom in and out OR move in first person mode and it only exists to do selfies

there's a reason why camera mode is always from a 3rd person's perspective

[paper ore]

Oh ribombee, why is your shiney so cute and so difficult to distinguish in the overworld.

Cutiefly even more so.

[viscid adder]

uh... they do

what are you talkin about

[forest summit]

the lighting engine is hell in SV because it makes shinies harder to spot than they should be (like Gible)

[forest summit]

the image thing

not the sprites

[viscid adder]

again. premade.

[forest summit]

and the only sprite it shows is the box/party sprite, unlike USUM which had individual images for regular and shinies

and the premade images suck

[paper ore]

Big shame that they dont sparkle in the overworld.
So many abandoned lessons.

[forest summit]

why do all Squakabilly have their alt forms in the premade art, but Deerling doesn't? Why is it that Flabébé line is always the RED flower in raids?

[viscid adder]

...and this is why i don't do debates with pokemon

way. too much. complaining

[forest summit]

Ugh, I hate the people who complained that it was "too easy in LA"

[viscid adder]

bro lighten the hell up

the exp thing, i get.

100%.

but now you're just nitpicking

do I wish that they had shinies for the menu images?

yes.

[forest summit]

oh and the size and weight thing makes 0 sense once you realise that your Abra is def not the same height and weight it says in the dex and the ONLY way to find out is through some Pachirisu girl

[viscid adder]

average weight.

the pokedex calculates average weight.

[forest summit]

the LA dex was just better

[quartz locust]

The shiny sparkle being removed sucks ass

[viscid adder]

also it's calculated by a random numerical value.

[paper ore]

Im pretty sure the pokemon were also just bigger in LA too?

[forest summit]

honestly, LA spoiled me and because SV was done by a different team, it does everything either worse than LA or manages to somehow do it justice (like move relearning)

yes, the Pokémon in LA had different numbers assigned to size per species

[paper ore]

And the engine was just less jank.

[forest summit]

SV has it as a strick +-40% size increase/decrease

[quartz locust]

I genuinely hate Tms in sv

[forest summit]

you can only really tell the difference in size when your mon is XXS/XXXS/XXL/XXXL

[quartz locust]

They’re so annoying to make and you only have 1 copy

[forest summit]

"We brought back crafting... only this time it's pointless"

it's easier to look for TMs in the overworld, since they respawn

[wispy kernel]

I like how TMs were done in SV personally

[quartz locust]

Fr? That’s amazing

[paper ore]

Ironically, i like the idea of pokemon dropping stuff, and it being useful.
I dont need them super often, i can see it being a nuisance if you make lots of them.

[viscid adder]

well if thats the case then where's my second copy of frenzy plant

[wispy kernel]

do any of yall have Spinda in Home

[forest summit]

it takes like a week though

also why do you want Frenzy Plant???

[quartz locust]

I only have like shiny arctozolt and shiny dracozolt in my home and some mythicals

[wispy kernel]

damn

I’m trying to get Original Color Magearna

[quartz locust]

Oh

[viscid adder]

i just want a heckin hoopa

[quartz locust]

I have that one

[wispy kernel]

Do you have that specific form

[forest summit]

Spinda is RIP TBH, since it's in BDSP but you can't even use it in other games because they inverted the spots... also there's no other Switch game with Spindas in it

[wispy kernel]

yeah BDSP and GO fucked up Spinda

[forest summit]

GO too?

[wispy kernel]

so I cant put Spinda from those games into Home

so I need to get Spinda from Bank

[viscid adder]

dude I wish you can transfer dudes from home back into go

or hell

trade mythicals

[wispy kernel]

yeah GO only has 7 patterns instead of 4 Billion

[forest summit]

also when people list mon not in any Switch game, they ALWAYS leave out Spinda!

[quartz locust]

I have aether Shiny Silvally 2018 Zygarde shiny, Ash’s Dracovish and Original magearna

[wispy kernel]

ok

I wanna get original magearna myself

[forest summit]

TMs from past games not in SV:
Attract
Brine
Brutal Swing
Dream Eater
Explosion
Hail
Headbutt
Iron Tail
Mega Drain
Mega Kick
Mega Punch
Pay Day
Payback
Psych Up
Retaliate
Rock Smash
Roost
Round
Secret Power
Seismic Toss
Self-Destruct
Snore
Steel Wing
Swagger
Teleport
Tri Attack
Work Up

[quartz locust]

Roost and tri attack sucks

That’s so unfortunate they removed it from tms

[forest summit]

misread

[quartz locust]

Tri attack is so important for some normal type special attackers

[forest summit]

Tri Attack was a TM for two games

[quartz locust]

As a tm?

Damn

That sucks

[forest summit]

wait no

it WAS until the DLC

oops, TMs DON'T respawn in SV

[quartz locust]

😢

[paper ore]

Do they respawn in other games?

[quartz locust]

They’re infinite

[viscid adder]

i need some ogre oustin teams

nvm

[viscid adder]

nvm the nvm

I need teams

if anyone wants to do some ogre oustin, let me know

[exotic shale]

at least we have tera blast i guess

[viscid adder]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tkGld53vXg

[sonic hatch]

yoo if anyone in here can trade me some rare /mythical mons for either scarlet or bdsp i got $ i can send thru cash app bdsp preffered

[quartz locust]

yogertpon

[viscid adder]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BX--cIoslA

[fallen stratus]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1003491533649088573/1161128167948439644/IMG_7868.jpg?ex=65372bdf&is=6524b6df&hm=07c6d852d7b7d8d4d17b11bd3279dee9f83852583f5ea573e5611cb3778ce1af&

[dusky drum]

The meta is still ground types

[quartz locust]

ice should resist ground fr

but genuinely i think ice should hit steel neutrally and resist ground

[fallen stratus]

I don't see how ice hits steel neutrally but it could definitely use the resist

[quartz locust]

how is steel immune to poison?

it isnt

so its whatever

[fallen stratus]

Wdym it isnt

You can't poison a robot

You can't posion a sword

[dusky drum]

It’s cause most steel types tend to be inorganic

They don’t exactly have flesh

[quartz locust]

poison also counts as acid in the game

corrosive gas

[fallen stratus]

That's why corrosion is an ability

[quartz locust]

theres 4 acid moves

[fallen stratus]

That's more like the poisonous drain cleaner type acid

[dusky drum]

Most poison moves aren’t acid tho

[fallen stratus]

Corrosion is the one that's actually melting acid

[dusky drum]

Most tend to be some form of sludge, powder or gas

[fallen stratus]

Not all acids are the melting kind

[dusky drum]

And since steels types mainly are inorganic Pokémon, using things like poisonous gasses and powders wouldn’t really affect em

Also I believe the acids that do melt metals and steel take like

A while to do so

[quartz locust]

depends on the acid

[viscid adder]

metal is resilient

[viscid adder]

tru tru
I went to a pokemon showdown game and someone brought their poison heal gliscor with them

...also earthquake

g.o.a.t move

[peak siren]

has part 2 of the SV dlc come out yet?

[quartz locust]

In December

[peak siren]

thx

[paper ore]

I managed to catch 2 shiney cutieflies with a single sandwich, after trying for a few hours and multiple previous sandwiches.

[chrome bobcat]

'Grats

[fickle birch]

Nice! That's good for a Shiny Living Dex. 😄

[paper ore]

I cant ever imagine trying to achieve that.

Just getting two shineys felt like it took up too much time.

This one and vikavolt. The second cutiefly was because i figured i might as well run the timer out.

[rich kindle]

Anyone got a shiny paradox Volcarona?

Future or past, either's fine

[forest summit]

eww, I hate Pokémon Home Reinuclus colouration. They swapped the goo and body colours and it doesn't have the red bits

they kept the sprite right

official artwork for comparison

here's my theory as to why they messed it up in Home: It's body is listed as green in the Pokédex, but they failed to realise that the GOO is green and not the actual body

[wraith axle]

it does have the red bit, it's just bc of the goo it's tinted green
the body is a lot greener tho

[forest summit]

the ONLY other time the Reinucus line was actually green was in those Gen 5 box sprites, but that's it

and that was only because of the limited colours they could use

[forest summit]

the goo never affcted the red bit in other games

[wraith axle]

probably for readability, I'm not arguing that it's bad tho

[forest summit]

actually the goo is harder to see on a white background

SwSh in-game

it still has the red bits as red

even GO has the colours right

[nova zephyr]

Found a curly tatsugiri for my collection

Only have a few paldean shiny forms left to catch to have them all, poltchageist artisan is going to be a pain though. That and maushold-3, really

Dudunsparce seems like it’s going to be more fun than hard

[quartz locust]

Artisan is pretty easy

With outbreaks you can find purely artisan forms

Or only Phony

So you can just save once you find a artisan outbreak

And then make a sandwich

[nova zephyr]

Yeah, about that

I failed. Hard.

3+ hours of artisan outbreak resetting and I couldn’t find a shiny

I have yet to get another artisan outbreak, and even if I do I do t know if I’ll be ready to go back to that hell

[quartz locust]

True

[nova zephyr]

Plus, it used up my free “?” So if I get another outbreak I’ll have to go in and catch one just to see

[quartz locust]

Is the question mark important?

[nova zephyr]

It’s just a free tell when you get the artisan outbreak. It’s not that big but I’m still sad about losing it

[quartz locust]

Ohh yeah

[nova zephyr]

Man, before the dlc dropped I thought nothing could be worse than my wiglett hunt

[quartz locust]

Wiglett?

[nova zephyr]

Wiglett was also a pain to find for me, ran around the beach for hours, then resorted to finding an outbreak, still failed for about an hour until it finally spawned

[quartz locust]

Damn

[nova zephyr]

It doesn’t spawn in many places and is annoying to interact with

But I at least have a wugtrio to show for it

[quartz locust]

Shiny?

[nova zephyr]

Yeah

[quartz locust]

That's nice

[nova zephyr]

What surprised me is that all 3 paldean tauros were easier to find than that wiglett

Paldean tauros is a funny shiny. It’s not good if you look at it as how different and easy to spot it is, but it is better than the original colors

Like that’s how the normal should have looked

[quartz locust]

It's bad

But better ig

[nova zephyr]

Exactly my point

It’s not good by shiny standards, but it does look better than the original

[dusky drum]

Basically most of the shinies that are piss green suck

[nova zephyr]

I like how wyrdeer redeemed stantler a bit though

Turned it from looking radioactive to a nicer mint green

I think the worst fate a Pokémon can get is what I would call a “lost” shiny

For example, flygon and chandelure

The colors are different, and it looks pretty nice. The shiny is likable and easily identifiable. But… what is even going on with its colors? The changes seem random and directionless.

[quartz locust]

I don't really like chandelures shiny

It just feels weird

[nova zephyr]

Yeah, green glass and purple eyes make no sense

I also wish the fire were more reddish

But really, I think it should be revamped, with a golden shiny

Golden metal, blue glass, and scarlet flames would be such a great shiny for it

And it would reflect how chandeliers are fancy and extravagant, made of gold just to show wealth

[fast zinc]

aw man i didnt know walking wake was an event mon

[fickle birch]

A friend of mine had an Artisan outbreak, but the Shinies he got were bizarrely only Counterfeit. 😮

[nova zephyr]

I think that’s because of encounter power making phonies appear. That’s the reason I’ve heard, anyways.

[fickle birch]

Ooh, that's a very logical explanation, and makes a lot of sense. 🙂

[quartz locust]

Oh yeah thats why

Never use an encounter power sandwich with polteageist and poltchageist

It'll just spawn counterfeit versions

[lilac tree]

Gogoat actually has a great shiny

[nova zephyr]

Gogoat is… extremely lost

The white is good, but all the other colors make no sense. Still looks nice enough in the end though

[quartz locust]

It's nice but just kinda messy

[tired torrent]

I love gogoats shiny

[humble moth]

my man doesn't like CANDLES

[quartz locust]

Fr

[drifting idol]

Hello I need help evolving Finizen, someone interested?

[sullen socket]

bro

i wish

[quartz locust]

Is it a trade evo

[dusk isle]

no it requires that one online thing where you and four trainers can explore the region together, forgot the name but I know it because I also used a Palafin

[viscid adder]

the prevo for palafin is finizen

and what you are talking about is the union circle

[dusk isle]

yeah

[quartz locust]

Bruh

That's even worse than a trade evo

And trade evos already suck

[dusk isle]

my feelings when I first found out too, made me not like it as much. I mean its hero form is pretty good but the evo method is annoying

[quartz locust]

I wanted to use Gholdengo then I figured out the 999 coins

So I gave up

Also that gholdengos shiny is so ass

So it's not worth the pain

[dusk isle]

Alot of people thought of making Gholdengo shiny into a sliver body with a blue chest if that make you feel a bit better

[quartz locust]

It should've been like silver to begin with

[dusk isle]

Probably the shiny I'm really disapointed by would be the Charcadet line, all it has changed is the eye color. Blue eyes for Charcadet and Armarouge, red eyes for Ceruledge

[quartz locust]

the charcadet line is the biggest disappointment ever

The shinies

[tawdry flame]

Only the eyes change, which is disappointing

[viscid adder]

I made a concept where the flames change color but the armor stays the same

hang on a mo

[viscid adder]

there they are!

had to dig through the archives to find these beauties

[tawdry flame]

These are ironically better than the actual shinies
Especially Armarouge

[quartz locust]

Wow really?

That's crazy

But these are really good

[viscid adder]

blue really suits him!

[viscid adder]

when I don't play pokemon, I draw. and occasionally hone my photoshop skills

[quartz locust]

The blue on the armarouge looks funky though

Like the outlines

Did you colour it in the game or outside the game

?

[tawdry flame]

Can you do one for ogerpon or tandemaus when you have the time to?

[viscid adder]

outside the game

[viscid adder]

sure thing bruh!

[little dove]

Man, i wish armarouge had that as its official shiny, though i dont mind the blue eyed version we have now

Ceruledge is the real crime imo

[tawdry flame]

Yeah, there was a huge missed opportunity for ceruledge's shiny

[celest warren]

any1 able to trade and trade back and Annihilape, i csnt seem to get one to evolve and its the last thing i need for my dex

[viscid adder]

oh evolving annihilape is easy!

step 1: teach it rage fist

step 2: let your primape use that move twenty times
step 3: level it up

[celest warren]

ik! ive tried and did it over 40 times by now!! for some reason my monky wont evolve

😭

[viscid adder]

oh, and you need to level it up.

[celest warren]

yeah ive dont thwt! im so confused as to why its not evolving!!

ima try for another bit and see if i can get it to evolve

bc like, ive use rage fist, uh,, maybeeee,,,uh, 38 or smth times?

apologies if i sounded rude when saying i had already done all that! rereading jm worried i may have sounded rude, and i sisnt mean that

[viscid adder]

nah it's alright!

keyboard speak and irl speak are two different beasts.

[celest warren]

yeah lol, tone in convocations can be difficult for me 😅

[viscid adder]

when in doubt, use tone identifiers!

[celest warren]

yeah i try to!! i just forget sometimes lol! i do love tone indicators tho, theyre such a help!

anywho ima keep trying to evolve Bradley (my primeape)

[vernal sedge]

Hi just chiming in with a silly question but have you visited a pokemon centre at all when doing it? It does interrupts the count

[viscid adder]

damn I didn't know that

[celest warren]

i didnt actually! i looked it up beforehand and made sure to not do that, so im extra confused

[vernal sedge]

What level is your primeape atm?

[celest warren]

49, was at 48

[vernal sedge]

Okay yeah that is... super odd it's not evolving in that case

[celest warren]

ikr!! i have no idea whats goin on! thought maybe i could just trade ans trade back with someone so i can get the dex entry

[vernal sedge]

And you haven't levelled it with autobattle right/you used a rare candy?

[celest warren]

nope! natural level up

[vernal sedge]

I can maybe quickly boot my switch up before work now to help you with the dex

Gimme like 2 minutes

[celest warren]

! thank you! i can give u a shiny ot smth in return! :D

[vernal sedge]

Ah dw about that, I have most the ones I've been hunting anyway

I just pop up and help out when I have the time

[celest warren]

thats very kind of you!!

[vernal sedge]

I'm setting up a link trade, code 2020 3121

[celest warren]

okay! thank you!

thank you so much! i can finally get my shiny charm and start my dlc! i told myself i wouldnt start thr dlc until i get my shiny charm

[vernal sedge]

Ah glad I could help you complete your dex! GL on the shint hunts to come and have fun with the DLC!

[celest warren]

thank you so much!!

[vestal granite]

All convergent mons we have gotten haven't been the same type of organism

Toedscool/Toedscruel are fungi

Wiglett/Wugtrio are animals

And Poltchageist/Sinistcha are plants

[faint cape]

MY GREEN BEAR IS HERE

[severe pier]

I have one too

But it’s a big green bear now

Gotta transfer it to PLA to get a big red bear

[elder grove]

i finally beat my first 7 star raid this is epic

[gray solstice]

can anyone dm me on how to download in pc

[faint cape]

i have a hot take

shiny ursaring is cool

[dull sail]

I know of away to get shines Dm if you wanna know how 😁

[faint cape]

i aint evolveing mine bc i dont got pla T_T

[dull sail]

I have a shiny scorebunny that I haven't evolved up yet been levelin up my team for the gyms

[faint cape]

also

ursaring with guts goes crazy

im making a tera ghost ursaring with tera blast swords dance facade and metal claw

[dull sail]

Nice

[severe pier]

Huh, if the peat block can be transferred to SV I can trade you a Pokémon holding on to it

[faint cape]

i think its a pla only item

[severe pier]

Darn

PLA is also a good game so just buy the game

[faint cape]

bro

i dont got 50 bucks atm

[karmic escarp]

https://tenor.com/view/krill-issue-skill-issue-krill-issue-gif-25572478

[unborn kelp]

I wonder if I can use Tera Water Choice Specs Kyogre with Beads of Ruin Chiyu as support

[toxic mortar]

Bro I wish pt 2 of the dlc was already here I'm getting too excited

[viscid adder]

two months until christmas!

[viscid adder]

INFANT

[faint cape]

they should make a future paradox lucario

and call it Iron Aura

[viscid adder]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnvB7bkfj9g

[viscid adder]

https://youtu.be/6Y4tRe73ynU?t=4003
Watch me help (almost) clear ogre oustin hard mode with this wynaut dude and the other dudes!
See as I patrol the area for bastard squirrels and munchlaxes!

still need help clearing normal mode tho...

[dusky drum]

It’s crazy the difficulty spike on Ogre Oustin

Easy is fine, but the moment you get to normal on solo you gotta have the greatest RNG

And on hard it’s impossible

[viscid adder]

that is the most accurate description i've ever heard about this game

[dusky drum]

And online don’t help cause the frame rate goes to like

2

[viscid adder]

WHEEZE

[neon tide]

How it should have been

[sullen socket]

i always been confuse on the buffs in this game

[dusky drum]

I just want the fairy feather man

[viscid adder]

same

[plain wharf]

After about a year of playing this game I honestly think I preferred SWSH.

I still go back to it from time to time

[viscid adder]

Well at least for scarlet and violet I managed to complete the pokedex

Twice

Swsh is just full of shiny hunters now

[plain wharf]

I’m a shiny hunter so that checks

[viscid adder]

That's bad for anyone that trying to complete the pokedex

And they have no friends

[plain wharf]

I did complete the dex in both, it was more fun in SV but that was mostly because I did it within a week of getting the game unlike swsh

Also helps that SWSH has more pokémon I like

[viscid adder]

Oh exploring the map and finding duders is super fun

Plus it makes grinding for materials easier

[plain wharf]

I need to complete a kitakami living dex still

[plain wharf]

The new TM system really bugs me personally, I miss infinite use and little grinding for them

[viscid adder]

there is a good trade-off though:
once your pokemon knows the move via TM, they don't need to relearn it via TM

they can reremember it in via the menu

[chilly canyon]

^ Honestly one of the least appreciated QOL changes

[viscid adder]

PLUS
CHANGING MOVES AND NICKNAMES IN THE MENU

[chilly canyon]

EXACTLY

I never understood why I had to go to some guy to change my Pokemon's name

[dusky drum]

He has every Pokémon’s birth certificate duh /j

[viscid adder]

not to mention that remembering moves needed heart scales

thank god that got phased out

I don't think anyone wanted that back

[dusky drum]

That was actually really dumb especially considering they were obtained later in the game

[chilly canyon]

Furretlocke

[viscid adder]

Army of Furrets

[chilly canyon]

They march

[normal oyster]

Just loaded into a wifi double battle in scarlet and violet, my opponent's leads were slacking and galarian weezing, I was about to sigh and forfeit out of annoyance when the weezing's ability triggered.

It was misty surge.

And then they immediately forfeited.

How do you load onto ladder WITH THE WRONG ABILITY ON YOUR POKEMON!?

[viscid adder]

gonna be honest

a weezing plus a slaking is a seriously deadly combo

you are so lucky that the opponent was a dumbass

also

[chilly canyon]

I didn't even know Galarian Weezing had Misty Surge

[viscid adder]

dapper fellas

[viscid adder]

it's their hidden ability!

because galarian weezing are also fairy types

[normal oyster]

Considering both pokemon were shiny I am willing to bet they were hacked in

[viscid adder]

the only way you can tell is the trainer name and the amount of badges they have

you know you're dealing with a synthetic when it has come equipped with some titles

trust me

I possess some hacked bros

[normal oyster]

How do you accidentally have your hidden ability on your pokemon when you just need it's normal ability?

[fallen stratus]

Weezing singlehandedly making Slaking and Regigigas great again

[viscid adder]

hacked bros always got the hidden abilities

[viscid adder]

i think they're already great

[fallen stratus]

They are but their abilities ruin them

🥹

[viscid adder]

they just have the shittiest ability known to man to keep them from ascending to godhood

...until they get that bong rip

[fallen stratus]

At least Regigigas isn't the only pokemon with slow start now

[viscid adder]

guy has a crappy motor!

cut it some slack

it needs to evolve first to get a better motor

[fallen stratus]

I like revavroom I think it's underrated

High attack with Shift Gear

He just needs coverage and he's good

[viscid adder]

pray to game freak that he can evolve in the next gen

if duraludon can, then I can assure you that he might have a chance

[chilly canyon]

I remember when people thought Drampa was gonna evolve from Dunsparce

[fallen stratus]

I think he's fine tbh

Filter is already a great ability

Its really that he has nothing besides STAB moves

If he had something like High Horsepower or Flare Blitz I think he would be better

[viscid adder]

https://tenor.com/view/futurama-good-news-everyone-professor-farnsworth-great-news-gif-17213270

[fallen stratus]

Oh did he get it in the dlc

[viscid adder]

the tm got in, so yeah

plus we still got pt 2

which means more moves!

[fallen stratus]

We're so revaback

He still can't hit Corv sadly

[viscid adder]

roost.

...or tera

[fallen stratus]

That's pretty prediction reliant tho isn't it

Tera works too I think

[viscid adder]

yeah

[normal oyster]

Speaking of double battles in scarlet and violet, Fezandipiti is quickly becoming one of my favorite pokemon to use there

It's just a good, bulky support mon that constantly threatens toxic poison each turn with it's ability

[fallen stratus]

Articuno if it was awesome

Fezan sucks in singles but is the best of the trio in doubles

[normal oyster]

You can even run beat up on it if you want chip damage and toxic

And I don't see it online much, I think people are sleeping on it because it sucks so much in singles

[fallen stratus]

Just run like icy wind and dazzling gleam

Spread toxic to everyone and everything

Badly poison the entire enemy team

Put them all on a timer 😁

[viscid adder]

yas queen work

he's so pretty

[dusky drum]

Can you believe that Paldea gave us two fruity slay birdies?

[chilly canyon]

I saw a YouTube comment call the Lousy Three 'Gatekeep' 'Gaslight' and 'Girlboss'

Gotta say I've never agreed with a comment more

[dusky drum]

Well

I guess they aren’t wrong I can’t fault it

[normal oyster]

Love the fact people have taken to calling them the Lousy Three

[fallen stratus]

Gatekeep be rolling up with that Unpleasant Gradient at your front door

[viscid adder]

worse shiny coming through!

unless you like pumpkins

...wait

boom

pumpkin doggo

...no wait

now we're good
it's amazing how a hue change and a saturation change makes this guy even better.
Although I just added the black eye because he reminded me of a jackolantern lol

[odd cave]

Make the green accents white so it looks like buff doge

[quartz locust]

The Loyal three are alright

The only one that's good is Fezandipiti

[worn cobalt]

I am participating in an IRL Pokemon VG League for SV, and I'm pretty stoked about it. It follows Smogon's OU rules mostly (I think they are not including the sleep clause, not sure), but we'll battle in person, fight "gym leaders" to earn actual tokens/badges/something, and... Okay, I'm more excited for it than I actually know what's going on. The "gym leaders" will have 12 Pokemon they can select from, and they will battle with mono type (except their ace, which will terastalize into the appropriate type). I've been preparing a team to take on a Bug and Ghost gym leader pair.

Don't have the DLC yet, was hoping for some cool mons from the DLC to try and trade for, but besides legendaries, there weren't any mons that struck me as particularly useful for my challenge.

[viscid adder]

weezing

weezing's back

[worn cobalt]

But for Bug and Ghost gym leaders?

[viscid adder]

ahhh we're dealing with singles

I was saying weezing because they have neutralizing gas

and combining it with slaking

[worn cobalt]

Yeah, it's format is 6v6 singles. (just found out myself).

[viscid adder]

well there's tidy up furret

plus ogerpon is a powerhouse

a tiny little powerhouse

[worn cobalt]

If it was doubles, I was considering including my meme Dondozo/Flamigo doubles team.

[viscid adder]

ooh! tell me more about the combo

[worn cobalt]

Ogerpon Hearthflame is banned in the format unfortunately.

[viscid adder]

but not the other masks

like cornerstone

plus she has some good dark type moves

[worn cobalt]

Lead: Garganacl (with Explosion) and Tatsugiri (with Endure and Toxic Orb).

Start the battle by Exploding, doing lots of damage to the other team, but more importantly weakening Tatsugiri to 1 hp (with endure). Send out Dondozo, who gets a +2 boost to all stats). Then, the following turn, Tatsugiri faints, causing you to have room for another mon. Send out Flamigo with Costar, and copy all of the stat boosts.

[viscid adder]

Ahhhhhh two bait and switches

well if you're looking for guys that can take power from the dead, kingambit is also an option

as far as I'm aware, I don't think he got banned

[worn cobalt]

Don't have the DLC, so I'm not planning on using Ogerpon, but I'm training up a Scizor (need to trade to evolve it first), a Dusk Lycanroc, a Hisuian Zoroark, Skeledirge (to combo with Zoroark), Iron Moth, and I also have a Krookodile (for the ghosts) and Kingambit. The aces to watch out for are Hisuian Arcanine (who will tera bug) and Rabsca (who will tera ghost).

[viscid adder]

ooooh interesting strats!

[worn cobalt]

I want to bring a Corviknight, but I have already raised two, and I'm not too sold on them. Plus, the main strategy of using Body Press doesn't work against Bug and Ghost.

I do have two fun teams that are based on Chess. First is Chess by name, second is Chess by role. By name is Pawmot (Pawn), Bisharp (Bishop), Corviknight (Knight), Krookodile (Rook), Vesipquen (Queen), and Kingambit (King). By role is Flamigo (Pawn, as it gets promoted), Garganacl (Bishop, by shape and by setting up strats), Palafin (Knight, by its jumping around, but banned in format), Dondozo (Rook, for power and bulk), Maushold (Queen, for its power with the King's Rock), and Tatsugiri (King, for it's Commander ability and its fragile state).

[quartz locust]

Do you have a theme in mind or any doubles strategy

[worn cobalt]

Well, it's not doubles (my IRL VG League), so I don't have to worry about that, and my theme currently is "I think it can beat Bug and Ghost Gyms".

[quartz locust]

So anything that beats bug and ghost type?

[worn cobalt]

For Bug, I'm thinking Hisuian Zoroark, Scizor, Dusk Lycanroc, Iron Moth, Skeledirge and something I still need to figure.

For Ghost, I'm thinking Hisuian Soroark, Skeledirge, Kingambit, Krookodile, Maushold (as long as I use Loaded Dice or something), and maybe Scizor.

Team Composition is still up in the air.

[worn cobalt]

The biggest challenge I'm facing is that there will be a Bug Tera Hisuian Arcanine. That'll be challenging, since it counters a lot of mons I'll be bringing.

[quartz locust]

Tera grass heatran

[worn cobalt]

Can't. Limited to OU Smogon rules, and Heatran is Uber I think. Actually... maybe it's not...

[quartz locust]

It's UU

[worn cobalt]

What does Tera Grass do for Heatran though?

[quartz locust]

It has flash fire

So no Fire weakness

And Hisuian arcanine has rock and fire stab

Unless he's running a bug type move for some ungodly reason it should work

[worn cobalt]

My wager is it will also know lunge for stab too. But I do like the heatran idea.

[quartz locust]

Nvm

It doesn't even learn a bug type move

[worn cobalt]

I guess I just have to get myself a Heatran on my Violet now.

[quartz locust]

Only if he runs Tera blast but that would be stupid

It's usually Head Smash, Flare Blitz, Espeed and like wild charge

Or Close combat

[worn cobalt]

Well, the Gym Leader is supposed to be manageable (challenging, but manageable), so they might drop something for Tera Blast like Wild Charge, since Head Smash and Flare Blitz cover most Bug counters.

[nova zephyr]

This has happened twice now

I go to infernal pass to start a shiny hunt. As I’m saving, a full odds shiny koffing spawns in the distance

This has happened twice

[worn cobalt]

if you catch it and don't want it... I'd be interested.

[quartz locust]

Yeah so you should be fine

[nova zephyr]

The first time I was actually about to hunt koffing, this time I was going for mimikyu

[nova zephyr]

This one will be my shiny galarian weezing

[worn cobalt]

Ooh, maybe I should try and get a Mimikyu. That'd be good to have.

[worn cobalt]

Then go for it! Good luck with the hunting!

[nova zephyr]

Thanks

I’ve been focusing ghost types for Halloween

So far I got the phantump and Greavard lines completed

I’m planning to masuda hunt spiritomb on Halloween night

[worn cobalt]

I tried doing some shiny hunting to add to my Paldea living dex, and I once caught three shiny Magnemite off of one sandwich. That's the coolest situation I've had happen.

[nova zephyr]

I caught 3 shiny rufflet off a sandwich recently, it’s really nice when it happens

[worn cobalt]

Fun! I'm planning on eating deep fried Oreos and giving out Pokemon cards to trick-or-treaters for Halloween.

[quartz locust]

Ehh

[worn cobalt]

I think Mimikyu is good, pretty strong with Disguise. Not a bad mon. Probably better ones out there, but it'd add to my party.

BTW, my Iron Moth is going to have Booster Energy, with the boost boosting Speed stat. Should be fun.

[quartz locust]

Not really

Most pokemon on your team is better rn

It's a competition between Dusk form lycanroc

All the other pokemon are way better

[worn cobalt]

Lycanroc I think is decent. I am debating swapping for my Garganacl, but it's built to just explode turn one, so it's not the best "endurance" mon.

Garganacl would be decent against the possible Scizor or Foretress they are bringing.

[quartz locust]

Garganacl is really really good

Salt cure and recover is good

[worn cobalt]

My Garganacl knows Explosion, Salt Cure, Recover, and... I forget, but I rarely use that move anyways.

[nova zephyr]

Since I’m going to evolve him into galarian weezing and it’s Halloween, I’ve decided to name him Sir Koffigus

[worn cobalt]

The mons the Gym Leaders will have (they will choose 6 from 12) are as follows:

Bug: Heracross, Frostmoth, Forretress, Scizor, Scyther, Venomoth, Lokix, Masquerain, Slither Wing, Vivillon, H-Arcanine, Kleavor

Ghost: Gholdengo, Dragapult, Rabsca, Sinistcha, Ceruledge, Skeledirge, H-Zoroark, Mimikyu, Froslass, Houndstone, Sableye, Dusclops

[viscid adder]

do the gym leaders have any designs?

[worn cobalt]

I dunno. It's brand new, hasn't officially began season 1, so I don't really know how any of this works.

I know I'm opting to only try out the time they will be in my local area for now, and maybe participate more if it goes well.

It's 4 weeks of Gym Leaders, One Champion week (for those eligible), and a week off for prepping the next season. That's how the cycle will go.

[viscid adder]

sweet

[worn cobalt]

It seems Gym wins carry over season to season (you surrender your tokens after the champion fight or something, idk), so I can take my time preparing to fight the champion.

[nova zephyr]

Took a long time to catch but very worth it

I even resorted to using a back strike for the extra catch rate and ruination to damage it

[severe pier]

Indeed

[viscid adder]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WTH2WjDbho

[quartz locust]

Calyrex Shadow Rider is monstrously op

[wispy kernel]

yes it is

[dusky drum]

Always has been really

[viscid adder]

i mean its two legendaries at once

that's already op to begin with

[fallen stratus]

When the mon with 165 special attack and 150 speed is broken

[odd cave]

With the 120 base power move

[dusky drum]

It’s main problem is it’s 2 x4 weakness

One of which primarily has a physical priority move to nail it’s 80 base defense

[misty drift]

I love moxie and his art style especially with his mandjtv new Pokémon redesigns they’re so good

[quartz locust]

Well there’s focus sash and Substitute

And also there’s Terastilization

The main problem with calyrex-shadow is that it hits everything at least neutrally except for dark, it has a 120 bp move with no downside, has 150 speed and 160 sp.Atk, and has good bulk

[dusky drum]

And Unnerve + Grim Neigh

[quartz locust]

Yeah that too

The only counter would be like a normal and ghost type ig

If there was a op one

But Zoroark-H is pretty good but not Ubers

Or AG now

[dusky drum]

You could maybe like

Counter it with itself

Just yolo /j

[quartz locust]

Oh yeah

Ditto

[dusky drum]

It would come down to like a speed roll though, but also I think most Ditto’s run choice scarf so

It would be a decent counter I think?

[quartz locust]

Yeah

But focus sash would win against it

[dusky drum]

That’s only if they’re running it

And I’d imagine more often than not, they wouldn’t be

It’s all guesswork really

[quartz locust]

Ditto with Choice scarf is fairly common

But the risk of the enemy having Focus sash would make you lose

[fallen stratus]

Just set up rocks

Boom no more sash