pokemon-winds-waves

[daring finch]

Awwww

[little nacelle]

DONT JYNX IT

||awaits impending doom||

||LEON?!?!??!||

[solar oriole]

I can't seem to find honedge in the zone. I've cleared it a couple times. Is it a night-only spawn?

[plucky escarp]

yeah night

[fallow fox]

I had the same issue, I never found it in the day time, but i did find it at night

[daring finch]

I dont like wild zone 17

[little nacelle]

||HELLO LADY WHY ARE YOU HERE???||

||JACINTHE GET THE FUCK OUTTA OUR STRATEGY MEETING||

[sturdy flower]

but yes, it is a night spawn

[little nacelle]

||HOW DOES NO ONE NOTICE THE WHITE HAIRED LAVENDER LADY PLEASE LMFAO||

[plucky escarp]

part of the ship, part of the crew

[solar oriole]

OK, so there are night spawns. Neat. So that means I wasn't going crazy. yay

[slate loom]

|| I L O V E just how hard this lady gets snubbed by Urbaine / Taunie this one story beat has made me love this game all the more. ||

[little nacelle]

Venusaur down

||GO AWAY!!!!||

[solar oriole]

Are there ditto and/or breeding in this game, or do you just have to keep catching new ones?

[wispy kernel]

no breeding

[solar oriole]

The firefox is unimpressed

[wispy kernel]

I made a helpful infographic as to why shiny hunting lampent sucks in this game and I would like to share it here as well

this fucking sucks

[little nacelle]

DONT FORGET!!!!!

Alpha Abomasnow in Wild Zone 12

STOP

USING

FUCKING

ICY WIND

IM TRYNA CATCH A GOGOAT

[wispy kernel]

That thing is NOTHING compared to those evil ass pyroar

[little nacelle]

yeah earthpower is a ass too but like

[daring finch]

Nah wild zone 17 is WAY WAY WAY worse

[little nacelle]

considering other things

ALSO

[daring finch]

First time I actually died to a pokemon

[little nacelle]

get icy wind

[little nacelle]

the first time i died to a pokemon was... ironically

a beedrill

(alpha beedrill wild zone 13 or something)

[daring finch]

Nothing sucks more than getting a shiny youre not hunting for

[little nacelle]

or whatever it was the fucking venipede and beedrill cornered me into oblivion

[little nacelle]

you guys hunt shinies?

i have a shiny pidgey thats it

[daring finch]

Right shiny kangaskhan (I was looking for Drampa)

[solar oriole]

Spoiler on skarmory: ||Mega skarmory... just... puts on fake nails? wtf?||

[wispy kernel]

should I try to catch an alpha tyranitar

[daring finch]

https://youtu.be/ntG50eXbBtc?si=hc6vzg12N2RonWWc

Skip to 0.48

[jade ocean]

Inaccurate, there aren't 3 big lions

I always get 2-3 Alpha Pyroars there

Thankfully, sneaking up on them and murdering them with Close Combat works

[little nacelle]

https://tenor.com/view/charjabug-pokemon-lopunny-gif-9154801

[little nacelle]

the ever so friendly Rollout:

[jade ocean]

I love Scrappy

[jade ocean]

Rollout does far too little to handle the Alphas

Since they have really magnified HP

[little nacelle]

im aware

max HP ivs lmao

[jade ocean]

I've managed to OHKO them with Close Combat before

Though usually I need to follow up with another move like Earthquake

Earthquake also helps killing all the small lions

Still a painful area to run through though

But it's good for exp

Honestly I still think I hate Zone 8 more I have 0 clue how the fuck I'm supposed to dodge Sand Tomb

And it starts chipping you down very quick when 80% of the 50 million Pokemon attacking you there have it

252 Atk Cinderace Pyro Ball vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Chesnaught: 176-210 (46.3 - 55.2%) -- 66.8% chance to 2HKO
Jesus fucking christ Mega Chesnaught's bulky

[little nacelle]

mega altaria down 🥳

[jade ocean]

Bro could literally eat the hit, use Iron Defence and instantly slaughter Cinderace the next turn

[little nacelle]

it has drain punch too this is gonna be fun

it has recovery lmfao

[jade ocean]

Fuck, it could abuse Cinderace to set up on with Synthesis

[wispy kernel]

guys new fit wdyt

[jade ocean]

I'm gonna be honest I am NOT a fashion mf

I am literally using the default clothing rn

[little nacelle]

i... i just slightly tried to follow anorith's colors

[wispy kernel]

damn

[little nacelle]

(the jacket is the shiny)

[jade ocean]

Like genuinely if the Kalos starters so much as get non-drawback abilities they're gonna be OU

No need for some crazy fucking ability

They could give Mega Delphox Magician and it wouldn't fucking matter

[little nacelle]

it

kind of would

magician is a ability that HAS to do with items lmao

it steals a item

guess what a mega can't

[jade ocean]

What I'm saying is that it doesn't need a fucking ability

[little nacelle]

whats mdelphox's stats

[jade ocean]

Like look at those STATS

[wispy kernel]

I hope it gets Levitate

[jade ocean]

And it has a pretty strong offensive type as well

As well as strong status moves like Encore or Nasty Plot

[little nacelle]

||JACINTHE ZONE?!?!?!?||

[jade ocean]

Mega Greninja speed ties fucking Dragapult

And it has Nasty Plot too as of ZA

[little nacelle]

me after i Nasty plot and i get earthquaked to fucking death

literally

one knock off

whatever

and boom its fucking dead because its phys bulk is fuckass atrocious

SUCKER PUNCH

SUCKER PUNCH IS A LITERAL DEATH SENTENCE.

pretty sure Crawdaunt also pretty much deals with it

aqua jet moment

[jade ocean]

Me after I keep Zamazenta in on Specs Hatterene and I get blown up: (Zamazenta is now dogshit)

[little nacelle]

i mean if you need so much to be aware of

[jade ocean]

Man every Pokemon should be like Lugia

In OU

And it should be able to 1v1 Pokemon that it should beat

[little nacelle]

especially with a bedridden typing containing psychic lmao

[jade ocean]

You're the type of person to say ||Mega Zygod is shit aren't you||

[little nacelle]

||no zygardes fucking busted as hell||

[jade ocean]

OK, so you're facing down Kingambit

And it clicks Sucker Punch

But you predict that

And hit the Encore

Then what do they do?

[little nacelle]

unfortunately, it may also predict that and kowtow cleave

[jade ocean]

They send it their Knock Off Weavile to get OHKOd by Flamethrower?

[wispy kernel]

You assume that they were going to do anything other than click sucker punch

[jade ocean]

Then you predict that

[little nacelle]

and then they click sucker punch

[jade ocean]

You can play around Kingambit with predicts

Is what I'm trying to say

[little nacelle]

like

[wispy kernel]

real kingamers press sucker punch 7 times and then use iron head and then sucker punch again

[little nacelle]

apart from kingambit

a fair handful of mons learn sp

[wispy kernel]

you can play against anything with predicts thats such a shit argument

[jade ocean]

Yeah but Delphox can straight up beat Kingambit by itself with them

[little nacelle]

i like running sucker punch it just catches people off guard lmao

okay so like

[wispy kernel]

anything can

[jade ocean]

This isn't "Oh I predicted your Sucker Punch so I swap in my Zamazenta"

[wispy kernel]

Machop can do that

[jade ocean]

No, this is a "I predicted you and I'm now setting up on your Encored Sucker Punches"

[jade ocean]

Slower and gets OHKOd by Iron Head I'd imagine

[wispy kernel]

but predicts

[little nacelle]

trust me pre-extant knowledge of how to beat something always means youre better off

trust me i went with geodudes in ubers

[wispy kernel]

thats what you sound like

[jade ocean]

No Kingambit is clicking Sucker Punch on Machop lmfao

[little nacelle]

(NATIONAL dex)

[woeful carbon]

I FOUND ANOTHER SHINY MALE ALPHA RALTS I JUST WANT A NORMAL SIZED ONE

[little nacelle]

like deadass

i was carrying MANKEY

and was WINNING stuff

IN UBERS

NATIONAL DEX. UBERS.

https://tenor.com/view/mankey-manky-pokemon-monkey-anime-gif-24866354

THIS THING

because people were using darkrai alot at that moment

mankey has vital spirit and is a fighting type

it can't get slept

[jade ocean]

Darkrai in NatDex Ubers using a sleep move is

A play

Of all time

Like firstly what is Darkrai even doing in NatDex Ubers

[little nacelle]

it also clicks buttons against melmetal

[jade ocean]

And secondly why is it even using a sleep move

Wait it's NatDex Ubers why am I even asking

You could probably find Magikarp in NatDex Ubers

[little nacelle]

then you've got Geodude who can floor a Ho-Oh/Yveltal etc.

houndour for Lunala/ferrothorn/kartana

just

[jade ocean]

252 SpA Life Orb Dark Aura Yveltal Dark Pulse vs. 0 HP / 0 SpD Geodude: 555-655 (251.1 - 296.3%) -- guaranteed OHKO
I somehow doubt that

[little nacelle]

what ability does geodude have

[jade ocean]

Well unless you were facing someone who did not know how to play the game

[jade ocean]

What is the most common move in Singles

[woeful carbon]

anything goes is where the fun teams are

[little nacelle]

geodude's ability is.

sturdy.

[jade ocean]

Which gets disabled by Rocks, or Spikes, or U-Turn, etc

[little nacelle]

loaded dice rock blast

[forest egret]

What do the online battles for this game even look like lol do you just throw attacks at each other as fast as possible until one person dies

[little nacelle]

which with stab and geodude's actually decent atk... lmao

[woeful carbon]

no you use mega gyarados or garchomp and whoever lands a hit first wins

[forest egret]

Wow

[woeful carbon]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1039664107235844188/1429257387822288948/20251018125930-01K7STBQWNYRH7C1ZH660QE0SE.mp4?ex=68f623eb&is=68f4d26b&hm=3ae40b499299990276bad5ef7eebf5483a58a8ffa7100a16e183536e8b65726f&

[little nacelle]

poor lebanne

[woeful carbon]

9 times out of 10 unless its a super bulky pokemon youll get one shot

[forest egret]

https://tenor.com/view/vegeta-dragon-ball-gif-10568507

[woeful carbon]

its literally nuclear bomb vs nuclear bomb

whoever hits their atomic disintegration blast first wins

[wispy kernel]

guys how do I show EVs on the summary screen in this game

I’ve tried literally every button

[woeful carbon]

go to the stats page

tilt right stick down

[wispy kernel]

damn really?

I see

[woeful carbon]

your welcome

[wispy kernel]

is there anywhere I can buy berries

my chandelure apparently has max HP evs for some reason

and I have no clue why

[little nacelle]

I GOT THE FLAMETHROWER!!!!

[little nacelle]

is it a Alpha?

[wispy kernel]

Yeah

is that a quality of alphas

[little nacelle]

yep

all alphas have their HP EV completely maxed out

[wispy kernel]

damn

that fucking sucks

[little nacelle]

how so?

[wispy kernel]

It’s preventing me from increasing it’s other stats fully

[little nacelle]

there's a lady at the rust syndicate building desk

[wispy kernel]

I wanna max its special attack and speed

[jade ocean]

Yeah I'd imagine that it's only really nice for Pokemon you'd want bulk on anyways

[wispy kernel]

do they give me pomeg berries

ok I found where to buy them

[robust wren]

Reaction image potential

[wispy kernel]

I’m now getting pretty close to maxing its stats

[solar oriole]

Does the "moving slowly" debuff of string shot and such do anything but movement speed?

[wispy kernel]

Speed impacts move cooldowns

so I’d assume that too

[little nacelle]

blah

but yeah mega emboars stats REALLY save emboar holy shit

[wispy kernel]

not really

its really just emboar but more

which does not address its weak points that much

[little nacelle]

the defenses:

[jade ocean]

It is still somewhat lacking in Defence I'd say

But it does have good HP to make it not as terrible as it may seem

[wispy kernel]

arent its defenses still meh in mega

[jade ocean]

I mean, this is Amoonguss tier bulk

It isn't terrible

[wispy kernel]

fair point

[jade ocean]

Though ofc Amoonguss has Regen

And that's physically

It is 110/110 on the special side

That's very good special bulk

[wispy kernel]

true

[little nacelle]

doesnt this guy get drain punch too

with a 140 attack stat

[jade ocean]

It certainly is a lot weaker than the Kalos Mega Starters

But the Kalos Mega Starters are fucking crazy

[wispy kernel]

honestly its special bulk is more important than physical tbh

[jade ocean]

Actually deranged stats

[wispy kernel]

considering so many of its weaknesses are special mostly

[jade ocean]

Even Ground to an extent in Singles is half Physical half Special nowadays

Because Pokemon like Landorus Therian and Iron Treads run Special to hit Pokemon like Great Tusk and Iron Treads harder

[little nacelle]

how many ||mega zygarde||s does she have

[wispy kernel]

3

[jade ocean]

6, she's playing AG

[desert current]

Have any of you guys thought about how strange ||Mega AZ Floette|| is?

||Like, Floette herself doesn't change at all... Its the FLOWER that changes appearance. Which is confusing because the flower is canonically not supposed to be part of Floette's body, its just a flower it carries around.

So if you think about it, does that mean you aren't mega evolving Floette, but rather mega evolving its flower?||

[solar oriole]

Looks like goomy does need the rain to evolve? How do I trigger rain in this game?

[jade ocean]

||I guess we are. Strange.||

[little nacelle]

random weather effect

[solar oriole]

when does that unlock?

[jade ocean]

RNG

[jade ocean]

At the start of the game

But you need to get lucky for it to actually rain

[desert current]

I think there's a way to reload the area (maybe entering and exiting a building?) to force it to rain... but I haven't looked into it much.

[jade ocean]

I know I had a side mission that required rain that I was sitting on for a while because I couldn't get it to rain

[desert current]

Maybe its the benches

[little nacelle]

you can just flip through day/night by benches

wrong reply

[desert current]

Ah yeah that makes sense

[little nacelle]

benches ALSO reload the area

so

oh yeah abt wild zone 17...

if you cant beat the problem, JOIN the problem

rate this gengar

[wispy kernel]

can you replace dark pulse with anything

[desert current]

Is haze useful in the real time battle format? I kinda feel like raw power dominates, cause status moves still have start up time that leaves you vulnerable...

[little nacelle]

tbf i haven't replaced its moves at all yet lmao

[desert current]

I think it can learn Dazzling Gleam, might be good to deal with any dark types.

[little nacelle]

i meant the stats

since it has a okay nature

especially for the mega which i thankfully can use due to the Old House

[solar oriole]

Who's a chunky lil' aggron. You are!

[desert current]

https://tenor.com/view/aggron-pokémon-aggron-caring-petting-gif-26692897

[wispy kernel]

alpha mega aggron is genuinely just comically large lmao

its like the size of the pokemon center

and dont get me started on alpha mega ||scolipede||

[solar oriole]

I can't even see the rest of the screen while I've got scolipede out

It started off as kinda adorable with nice animations, but without the ability to zoom out, it's incredibly impractical

[wispy kernel]

its so fucking big

[indigo mango]

yeah i removed my alpha scolipede for that exact reason

its too big, just replaced it with my alpha aridos thats a good size

[solar oriole]

Are there naturally pokemon of different sizes or is it only if it's alpha or not?

[wispy kernel]

there are

though most pokemon end up being medium, a few end up other sizes

I have a large chikorita for example

[solar oriole]

Is there any way to tell outside of pulling out the pixel measurements?

[wispy kernel]

yeah

I have a medium flaaffy and a large flaaffy, and the large flaaffy is noticably bigger

also, its shown on the summary page

[solar oriole]

Thats noticeable?

[wispy kernel]

yeah

I’d say so at least

[solar oriole]

Ah, cool. Summary.

Oh, that explains it

[wispy kernel]

every alpha is always XL

but theyre bigger than any standard XL pokemon too

by. a very large margin

[solar oriole]

Oh.... It was an alpha. No wonder it was so obnoxiously large

Damn. I actually have to catch a new one that is small lol

[radiant otter]

shiny mega kangaskhan looks so good

[dusty forum]

How 2 make a mega mixed attacker:
Do not. Do not split stat points between both attacks
Take a special attacker with an already passable attack
Give it huge power
Put all the stat points in special attack, speed, and defenses

Idk why that's hard for them to figure out

[wispy kernel]

theres an alpha symbol next to it’s level btw

[little nacelle]

Mega starmie:

[solar oriole]

ah. neat.

[wispy kernel]

also they have glowing eyes

[dusty forum]

Starmie spent 25 attack it didn't need to but it's close

It needed more than 130 spatk as a mega

[solar oriole]

https://tenor.com/view/dancing-starmie-mega-starmie-pokemon-gif-2806014260019092850

So, where do you get the ||"pikachuite"||

[wispy kernel]

nowhere

[solar oriole]

Oh, it's raichu?

[wispy kernel]

The Mega Raichus are from the DLC, which isnt out yet

[solar oriole]

Explains why I couldn't find anything about it. Gamefreak never does anything for raichu

Ah, ok

[wispy kernel]

that prolly doesnt need to be spoiled cuz it was officially revealed and stuff

[acoustic igloo]

I wonder which look Seth rocks the most... 🤔

[solar oriole]

Is this like the iv / ev spread?

And what's this?

[desert current]

Don't know exactly what it means, but I do know that shapes in the middle are EVs. They get pointier the higher your EVs are, and when a stat gets maxed out it shows sparkles around it. When your Pokemon has the max number of total EVs (i.e. you can't feed it any more vitamins or feathers) it turns yellow/gold.

[woeful carbon]

ok conspiracy theory time im on my 4th shiny alpha male ralts

[desert current]

You unlock the ability to judge IVs after you beat the game.

[woeful carbon]

I have found 0 non alpha shiny ralts

[solar oriole]

Wait. So... Those aren't IVs?

[desert current]

Nope, I don't think so at least...

[woeful carbon]

My theory is: A Shiny once spawned cannot be despawned BUT it CAN reroll into an alpha everytime it reloads

[solar oriole]

Didn't figure there was any other option for what they could be

[desert current]

Would be wierd if you could see the number, only to lose the ability to see them when you unlock the judge function. I'm not entirely sure what the numbers mean.

[woeful carbon]

or I am getting cartoonishly lucky/unlucky depending on how you look at it since its a 20% chance for a ralts to be an alpha and a 50% chance to be male

[desert current]

I have a sneaking suspicion alpha shinies are more common somehow, cause I caught a Shiny Alpha Gourgeist the other day, and I saw someone on reddit also caught one... It could have been a coincidence, but the game has only been out for a few days.

In fact I've seen multiple posts showing off their shiny alphas...

[woeful carbon]

if thats the case that fucking sucks since im hunting for a non alpha in specific

[jaunty comet]

Why? Alphas are better in every way

[indigo mango]

some are too huge

[dim plover]

you dont like huge pokemon?

i wish i could get an alpha tyrantrum, the regular one feels too small

[indigo mango]

Alpha Scolipede sucks, i removed it cause it just didnt work for fights or pictures

[desert current]

Some pokemon you would rather they be smol

[indigo mango]

im getting me one

[dim plover]

how?

[indigo mango]

well its just resetting your fossils

[dim plover]

really?

[indigo mango]

just gonna take awhile, its a 1% chance

also use alpha barbaracle, cause it fits better size wise but the alpha i got sucks so much ass, so i might have to try again

[dim plover]

i have an alpha binacle sitting in my box

[indigo mango]

like this alpha has even been vitamin trained and is a level higher and still sucks more then the regular one i have been using so far

the non alpha even has a attack lowering nature and still is betetr like bruh

[true steeple]

I can't tell what is real from this game

[dim plover]

So for the last 5 minute i've been sprinting my ass off around a U bend fighting a alpha avalugg thats wiped out 2/3rds of my team

i had him down in the red and hes walks off and FUCKING HEALS?????

Hell yeah, mega big pig for the win

alpha avalugg aquired just as night falls

[robust wren]

If only we could get an Avalugg as big as the one fought in Legends Arceus

[dim plover]

i would love an avalugg that big

alright out of haunter (44), absol (44), blastoise (46), chesnaught (47), emboar (48), tyrantrum (48)

who do i replace with new alpha avalugg

[solar oriole]

Ugh. I somehow got 20 levels over the rest of the enemies.

Well, whatever.

[woeful flume]

and uh shiny charm is done

[sinful dagger]

I got my shiny venipede

[dim plover]

yeah that happens

i tried lying to emma and ivor about where canari steams bc its supposed to be a secret and the game wont let me

[solar oriole]

There's no such thing as choices in za

[jade ocean]

Doesn't seem to be happening to you though, I think Ivor's team is about that level

[slate loom]

Ive come around on it, I think I love the stupid star

[hazy knot]

same 😭 i never hated it but i really started liking it after playing the game

[dim plover]

i stomped his team so i didnt get a good look at the levels

[jade ocean]

Fair enough

No level lead needed evidently

Which probably indicates that I really did not need my Emboar to outlevel everything by like 30 levels

[dim plover]

the team is level 50-56 only because avalugg

[jade ocean]

Level 91 before postgame is crazy

[dim plover]

same thing happened with my emboar but i kept buying xp candies to even out the team

[radiant otter]

dude what is going on with side mission 100

it's a cult of starmie

[slate loom]

I bought all the xp cenari plushes first, so my Delphox is like level 60ish? I think im rank c

[dim plover]

i forgot about the canari plushes

how many levels are there?

[jade ocean]

Levels of Canari Plushes? 3 if I remember correctly

Anyways (late game spoilers), ||seeing Rogue Megas Metagross, Alakazam and Aerodactyl fucking jump me filled me with incomprehensible amounts of dread, thank god Grisham and Griselle were there||

[dim plover]

theres no way ||mega falins is a fucking mech||

[robust wren]

||Mega Falinks reminds me of the numerous concepts people came up with of a series of 5-6 Pokemon that would fuse into a single Pokemon if you had all of them in your party||

[jade ocean]

Also unrelated to my previous thing

||But it is oddly infuriating that Jacinthe's 1 non Fairy type shares a Steel weakness with the rest of the team and a Ground weakness with the team's only other Poison check, Mawile||

[dim plover]

Bayleef is canonically a hardened criminal

[jade ocean]

||Singular Excadrill sweeps this so hard||

||I should've brought mine to this battle it'd have been so funny||

[odd cave]

People who have played the game, is it actually good?

I'm thinking of buying the game but wanna make sure it's worth it

[silk parcel]

did someone say my name
https://tenor.com/view/wormhole-pokemon-nihilego-ultra-beast-sun-and-moon-gif-14021779

i actually haven't gotten the game yet

can someone tell me if nihilego is in it so i know whether to buy it or not

[dim plover]

imo its amazing

its the only thing i've played since it came out

[solar oriole]

I was told that there'd be a vender selling metal coat here... but I don't see one. Is it after you beat the game?

[dim plover]

how the actual fuck do i get to this mega barbaracle

[sturdy flower]

it isn't

[dim plover]

its probably after a certain trigger oe he might only be there at certain times

[sturdy flower]

honestly no reason for it to be in the game

[dim plover]

i regret to inform you that ultra beasts are a usum exclusive

[silk parcel]

wtf awful game 0/10 nintendos washed

[dim plover]

1/3rd of that is true

[silk parcel]

crown tundra max dens 🤫

[dim plover]

i never had the ss dlc

[silk parcel]

i’m joking of course

[dim plover]

im not

[solar oriole]

Do you know what times, or do I just need to keep checking in randomly?

[dim plover]

no

do you know how to get to the mega barbaracle in main 22?

[solar oriole]

Don't think you can catch the rogue megas

[dim plover]

no its for the mission

i cant get to it to fight it

[solar oriole]

Oh, the sewer

[dim plover]

bruh i gotta go back in there?

[solar oriole]

Not that sewer.

But the one right beside the building

[dim plover]

ok

[slate loom]

I think I parkoured off a neighboring building

[dim plover]

thats what i was trying to do

get on a building and jump in

Mouse attacks Dinosaur, Dinosaur causes natural disaster, Mouse fucking dies

[solar oriole]

I can't seem to find how to get to altaria. Can't see any ladders, and the holovators are too far away

Found a holovator that wasn't marked

[robust oxide]

Ok game

[dim plover]

only happened to me twice in 21 hours of gameplay

[solar oriole]

Bro, I said dig, not fly

[dim plover]

Air dig.

damn it now i have to do another night of grinding

i meant to save 100k for some charizardite x and i spent it on replacing all my max potions and full heals with full restores and buying more ultra balls

[storm bone]

https://vxtwitter.com/Devoted2Leon/status/1980085963838947771

Runa || ♡Champion Time Forever♡ (@Devoted2Leon)

AUDINO IS FUCKING DEAD.

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[dim plover]

audino canonically dies

[desert current]

"Get planted nerd"

• the game probably?

[desert current]

This happened to me too, but with a Camerupt. XD

bro fell off a roof and died

(woah I hit enter the exact second it turned 12:00 AM)

This is like the first thing typed today.

[solar oriole]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kG68cTr5gQ

[sweet crag]

The mega typhlosion🤣 🤣 🤣

[worn cobalt]

I have now found 2 full odds shinies in my playthrough!!!

[jade ocean]

Ngl I'd be surprised if ||Mega Barbaracle|| isn't OU at bare minimum, if not banned

Even without knowing its ability, that's great bulk, great Attack, amazing offensive type and good enough speed to outspeed most things with Adamant ||after a Shell Smash||

Not to mention resistances to the 2 best priority moves in OU, Dnite's Extreme Speed and Kingambit's Sucker Punch

Doesn't resist Scizor Bullet Punch or Lokix Tinted Lens First Impression though

It is even weak to Bullet Punch

Thankfully, those 2 are far less relevant than Dnite or Gambit

And I'd be a fool for thinking that they'd lose relevance after Tera is removed

Dnite was still relevant in Gen 8, before Tera, and Kingambit's just a fucking beast of a Pokemon

[dim plover]

anyone know where i can find a charmander?

i've already chosen squirtle from mable

[jade ocean]

Postgame

[dim plover]

well shit

looks like this charizardite x will be sitting in the satchel for a while

[storm bone]

There’s a quest in the professor lab to get one of the kanto starters

You should be able to get it i think

[dim plover]

i would like to present the level 59 blastoise in my party holding a blastoisite

[storm bone]

Oh lol

[dim plover]

this mfing mega barbaracle just hit me with a gum-gum fuck you gatling

[storm bone]

That’s the hardest one of the entire game for me

[dim plover]

at least my blastoise has super effective moves

the only other one is chesnaught and he cant mega rn

[storm bone]

My mega greninja helped me a lot during the story

Shame the other 2 can’t yet

[slate loom]

I just want my delphoxite ;3;

[storm bone]

November 6

[dim plover]

at least you only have to wait until nov 4

i gotta wait until even that season is over

[storm bone]

I thought it ended November 5

[dim plover]

its 4

[storm bone]

Must be time zones

[dim plover]

idk

[slate loom]

Also small spoiler about a random sidequest
|| Sylveon the soother, some old lady with a sylveon talks about how she likes solving disputes with people, and that there are five quarrels.

But all of the quarrels are tame. This old lady is just nosey about everyones business ||

|| Then this friggen old lady takes it out on her sylveon because the frustrated sylveon is sad she didnt get to help people, the old lady tells her its their fault for not trying hard enough! What an awful old lady ||

[dim plover]

Kill the woman

much like lance i would have my dragonite hyperbeam a person if they were that old lady

[daring finch]

https://tenor.com/view/eternamax-eternautus-gif-24785820

[dim plover]

i love that ||L has instead of trying to destroy the world to create a new one has accepted to fix the current world||

[daring finch]

||Death Note kinda wild ngl||

[dim plover]

||so true||

im getting overleveled

the time has come

[slate loom]

Ranked battles are making me dislike gyrados, all I see

[jade ocean]

The hardest rogue for me was Mawile because I sucked at dodging the ||carpet bombing||

[daring finch]

Me with garchomp

[jade ocean]

But in terms of actual Pokemon battles Rogue Dnite was taking absurdly little damage from Mega ||Froslass|| Ice Beam and Mega Lucario Swords Dance boosted Ice Punch

Keep in mind, Lucario is overleveled in this scenario

Fucking fat ass motherfucker

[daring finch]

I remember me doing rogue D nite

idk how I won, probably with my mega barbaracle

[jade ocean]

Well tbf it probably wasn't little objectively

Just that it was like

About equal with a lot of my normal SE hits on other bosses

Despite my hits being 4× SE

And for some reason it seemed far better at actually hitting my Pokemon

Also that ultimate move is pretty wild

But that's looping back to hard to dodge territory

[forest egret]

It will be interesting seeing which one of these new megas ends up performing the best once they get abilities and head to normal competitive. ||Yeah I know Zygarde will probably be the best but aside from him||

[slate loom]

There are WAY too many water types and ground types in the ranked

[daring finch]

Yup

[jade ocean]

||Aside from him, I'd say the Kalos Starters and Barbaracle are safe bets, since their stats alone are extremely strong||

||Maybe Mega Skarm too with Weak Armour in base||

||And I think there's almost 0 way Starmie isn't getting -40 Attack and Pure/Huge Power and being a menace||

||This is all from Singles perspective to clarify||

[daring finch]

||I think it really depends on the abilities but mega excadrill is mad strong||

[jade ocean]

||Mega Excadrill would be very strong even without abilities but I don't think it'd be as strong as the others I mentioned||

||Mega Barbaracle is most comparable to Mega Blastoise||

||They're both mid-speed, bulky, hard hitting Shell Smashers||

[daring finch]

||This attack is insane tho and it outspeeds barbaracle||

[jade ocean]

||But Barbaracle is fast enough to run Adamant while still outspeeding stuff like Booster Valiant||

[daring finch]

||I am also praying meg drampa gets some serious play cuz I like drampa||

[jade ocean]

||Another big difference between Barbaracle and Blastoise is typing||

||Water is far superior to Rock/Fighting defensively, and the inverse is true offensively||

||With all that being said, do you notice how I'm directly comparing Mega Barbaracle to an Ubers Pokemon?||

||Mega Blastoise with Shell Smash is NatDex only, and with it, Mega Blastoise has always been Ubers||

[daring finch]

||No bc I have 0 knowledge of competitive||

[jade ocean]

||I'd be shocked if Mega Barbaracle isn't banned now that I think about it||

[daring finch]

||ANyways I can say with 100% mega gengar is banned again! 🥳 ||

||UNLESS they change the ability, but nah||

[dim plover]

Gengar aquired

[storm bone]

I wonder how many megas will be competitively revelant

[dim plover]

watch it be none of them

[storm bone]

Lol

Surely there would be at least 1

[dim plover]

I've encountered the snobby trainers

im going to have Greg the tyrantrum earthquake their pokemon into dust

[jade ocean]

In terms of ZA Meta?

Well, by the sound of what I've been hearing, Gyarados and Garchomp have already cemented themselves in the meta

And yknow what?

Good to hear

Mega Garchomp has been struggling its whole life

[storm bone]

Thanks to ZA we have the confirmation that regional variants cannot use mega

[jade ocean]

And being mocked for being inferior to base Garchomp

Good for it

[storm bone]

Normal one

[storm bone]

Yeah

[jade ocean]

Well, Mega Gengar is an almost guaranteed AG mon

Unless Gamefreak has the foresight of removing Encore

Mega Rayquaza is also certainly AG

And tbh, ||Mega Zygod|| I'm 50/50 on if it'll be AG or not

So needless to say, yes it is relevant

In terms of new megas to save myself the time of listing every other relevant current Mega, ||Mega Barbaracle|| is very similar in concept to NatDex Mega Blastoise, who is Ubers, though without a niche there

So I could see it tearing OU apart for a short while before being banned to Ubers

And then unfortunately be irrelevant there

The Kalos Megas seem very strong even without abilities

I struggle seeing them not make a mark on OU

The rest I can't get a proper read on before knowing their abilities

Well, there is one where we basically know exactly what is gonna happen

||Mega Starmie is definitely losing 40 Attack and gaining Huge/Pure Power||

And that'll make it a massive threat

But it isn't just that and its 120 Speed

But it even still has good Special coverage and 130 SpA

So you could be switching in your physical check thinking you're safe, only to get blasted into non-existence by Hydro Pump

It has also not existed in the same games as Ice Spinner

And given that it has Rapid Spin and Ice Beam

I think it's basically a guaranteed move to get

[autumn shore]

So the Switch 2 Edition as shown on the trailer looks like it runs at 60 fps.
But in the full release version (Switch 2) it runs at 30 fps? Is this a lie?

[plucky escarp]

are you sure you got the switch 2 ed of the game

cause the switch 1 version on a switch2 will be 30fps locked as i understand

[autumn shore]

I don't own a Switch console

I just watch switch gameplay videos on YouTube

[dim plover]

what video were you watching?

[plucky escarp]

pass then, im playing at 60fps on my switch 2

[scarlet dawn]

where's clemont? is he ok? does the city even have a gym leader anymore?

[wispy kernel]

they probably left him out because XY anime fans are scary people

[static moon]

FT ALL SHINY:
Vanilux, machop, snover, alpha abomasnow, espur (m), pidgy, flabebe, patrat, slowpoke, litleo (f, alpha f), frufru, skidoo, pinser
LF ALL SHINY:
Frokie, fenniken (f), lopunny (f), mawile (f), snorunt f/froslass, scyther/scizor

[lime compass]

I just got a duped shiny litleo

Not even a different gender…

[daring finch]

soooo how does shiny hunting work

[plucky escarp]

mostly reloading areas

[plucky escarp]

||https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPEzqALlAzs||

[daring finch]

well fuck

The pokemon I want is not within 50 meters

[sharp elm]

i wonder/am asking, would legends za be cheaper in japan? planning a trip there in december and wondering if i should just try buying it there

[plucky escarp]

most things are as i understand but i couldnt say for sure

[plucky escarp]

in that case, you are still area resetting but need to get close enough to the mon to spawn it in, then reset

for try for a prevo or smt

[daring finch]

sadly it has none

Maybe shiny hunting drampa isnt a good idea

[plucky escarp]

id wait for the shiny charm at least

[daring finch]

You also have the problem of it being a daytime only

well I am lvl 37 cant be that for off right

[plucky escarp]

sure

nevermind the fact that its probably the hardest to earn in any pokemon game thus far

[daring finch]

oh great alphas dont count towards dex

oh wait nvm I just didnt catch this one

oh right is still need pidgeott

[lime compass]

I found a shiny vivillon

[plucky escarp]

ive still only found the one shiny i hunted at the start of the game

wondering how many of the 10 shiny slots are filled with mons i havent found

[worn cobalt]

I have now found three full odds shinies!

[daring finch]

nice!

[worn cobalt]

I have an Ariados, Vanilluxe, and a Pidgeot.

Building a team of shinies here.

[remote widget]

Can anyone help me evolve some trade evos?

it's haunter, machoke and kadabra rn

[autumn shore]

I hate to say it but I feel we are "missing" some Megas after 30+ got revealed and in the full game.
I was hoping to see Mega Talonflame or Mega Krookodile but those weren't the case which is sad because I love those mons.
Also Mega Aegislash maybe? It doesn't have the similar ability but as I don't have the game or the Switch (Switch 2) I believe the form change abilities work when Aegislash uses King's Shield and "auto" stance changes when it attacks.

[sturdy flower]

ZA added 26 megas, not 30+

[remote widget]

mega aegislash is a shout fr I saw some cool ass fan designs and I'm disappointed that it's not real

[autumn shore]

My bad

[arctic pendant]

Mega aegislash would actually make sense to have two forms.

[acoustic igloo]

Then vs. Now

[desert current]

the more things change, the more things stay the same

(the implication here is that your face is stuck in a perpetual smile that remains unchanging)

[light agate]

this ||ange floette|| battle is so ass

im bad at the game and ran out of heal item

[lime compass]

Why does my gator have red health?

[acoustic igloo]

Why not?

[lime compass]

I guess I have to live with it

[light agate]

ok I’m giving up on the battle for now I need ZA detox

[daring finch]

fuck wild zone 17 we all say in unison

[lime compass]

What is there to do after beating the game anyways other than shiny hunting?

[daring finch]

pvp

and catching some legends (ZA)

[woeful flume]

lunch time hunts are the best i got a 3rd shiny spinarak and my long awaited gastly

[daring finch]

I can help you evolve the haunter later if you wanna

[tepid moss]

Man, I haven't encountered a single shiny (other than the free ||mareep||)

[woeful flume]

i got a friend that can help and i might just leave this one as a gastly

i didnt encounter a shiny until i had the shiny charm.....

and then i got 3 spinaraks in a row

[daring finch]

Damn you got the charm already?

[woeful flume]

yeah its a grind

but i spent all weekend gunning for it

[daring finch]

hey you know what they say?

Sharing is caring

[woeful flume]

nah

i dont wanna

[daring finch]

Anyone wanna run some pvp for shits and giggles

[woeful flume]

gonna be greedy cause i want shalpha gastly

[daring finch]

Okay I am at lvl 41

[daring finch]

what you recommend grinding for first?

[viral tundra]

anyone else feel personally attacked by Nintendo bc of that one fan of that streamer

like it's just the one guy on the phone complaining about what a horrible guy he is for gatekeeping other fans and feeling entitled because he's been there since day one, and the guy literally has my same hair and bodytype and way i dress

like. idk it really hurts bc they keep making the games harder for autistic people to play, they made it time based and needing to be able to understand direction to be able to dodge, and yeah i wouldn't be so upset about that if Nintendo didn't work so hard to tell me personally that im a bad person

[woeful flume]

id recommend getting everything else done besides a few mega stone or some and then grind the everliving hell out of battles cause you need to have that done

[daring finch]

aight thx

[daring finch]

Wait you can dodge in this game? I just been taking hits

[woeful flume]

.... you learn that at the start

[daring finch]

dude I havent been paying attention

[robust wren]

?tag reading

[rotund edge]

You should try to read NPC dialogue! They give very good hints on how to continue the game. Sometimes they also give you items! Don't forget to talk to NPC's and read what they say.

[daring finch]

YALL I AM BEING CHASED BY 4 ALPHA POKEMON

[woeful flume]

catch them

[daring finch]

I already have all of them

[lime compass]

Kill them

[daring finch]

nah

[viral tundra]

ive been having to watch someone else play bc i physically am not capable of being able to play it reliably, and like. Watching them go on a rant about the guy that looks like me how fans shouldn't be like him... idk why it felt so deeply personal to me

[daring finch]

Its not really a personal attack on you if youre not like him personality wise

[viral tundra]

and then if I narrate or discuss anything about the game that upsets me then im "shittalking something they're currently enjoying" even though all of their free time goes to the game now and I hoped I could be included but i guess im ruining it for them

[tepid moss]

And no matter what they made him look like, he was gonna resemble somebody in the world

[autumn musk]

Does X/Y Lumious City look better than it does in Z/A? Cause that's wild if so XD

[woeful flume]

we have some areas that arent cubes

[viral tundra]

its apparently all one render which is. insane. how render full thing in 1 go

im surprised that doesn't make it lag really bad

[autumn musk]

Can ya'll show me a screenshot?

I wanna see how it looks

[daring finch]

The buildings dont even have balconies

[autumn musk]

Rip

[jade ocean]

I'm gonna be real I didn't think about it that way lmao that probably just offended 99% of Pokemon fans

[autumn musk]

Didn't they have balconies in X/Y?

Coulda swore they did

[autumn musk]

Oh that's not bad

It's like a cleaner Houston, TX

[viral tundra]

apparently there's scaffolding everywhere and technically platforming

[autumn musk]

The graphics are really nice ngl

Unfortunately for Gamefreak

[daring finch]

Yes they add platforming snd rooftops as a way of transporting and then only add 1 thing

[autumn musk]

I am a gameplay over graphics person

[viral tundra]

which is even more I Physically Cant Succeed At This bc i cant do depth and direction well

[autumn musk]

Did they add fall damage back? :X

[daring finch]

Best graphics of the year

[daring finch]

Nope you get saved by rotom

[autumn musk]

Oh up close it's not good

XD

[viral tundra]

nah but pokemon can hit you personally in battle now which is upsetting

[autumn musk]

That's no fun

[viral tundra]

like itd be fun if dodging literally weren't built into the gsme function

[autumn musk]

"Yveltal, use Oblivion Wing"

(You get hit by the move and die)

[jade ocean]

Tbh I kinda like that Pokemon can decide to murder my ass in battle because we're always told that Pokemon are dangerous and you need a Pokemon to not fucking die instantly but we never get to see that outside of the Legends games

Also actually Pokemon Battling is pretty easy

So at least there's still some challenge elsewhere

[daring finch]

Wild zone 17 still is a bitch

[jade ocean]

Like getting jumped by 4 Alpha Pyroar

[autumn musk]

So I assume it's no longer turn base

*based

[daring finch]

all with earth power which is basically undodgable

[jade ocean]

I've been able to react to it 70% of the time

Sand Tomb on the other hand?

Absolutely undodgable it does damage as soon as it appears and I feel like the only way you'd be able to tell is by closely look at the opponent's animations

And uhh

There's 50 fucking Pokemon with Sand Tomb chasing me

[viral tundra]

we used to have moves for dodging so we didn't physically have to move our characters correctly and now I have to have an understanding of depth to be able to dodge... I hate having a disability and I hate watching Pokemon go out of its way to remove all of the things that accommodate my disability so i can have a level playing field

[jade ocean]

It's not exactly easy to tell who is who

It's a good thing Sand Tomb doesn't hit hard

[daring finch]

Dude if youre fighting with a alpha mawile bc youre trying to catch a fucking lampent on a rooftop and suddenly getting 12 earth powers from below

[autumn musk]

Solidifying my not wanting to purchase the game here. I don't mind the lack of turn based but I have not seen one person praising ZA lol

[jade ocean]

I always take some time killing the Pyroars

Gives good EXP anyways

[daring finch]

The dodging usually is just running in circles

thats what I have been doing in ALL the rogue megas

[autumn musk]

There's no dodge roll?

[jade ocean]

There is

[daring finch]

there is but you dont really need it in those

[jade ocean]

It's more necessary for the Alphas than anything else I think

[autumn musk]

Does it still give you invincibility frames?

[jade ocean]

Yup

[jade ocean]

But seriously Magikarp's Hydro Pump almost fucking one shotting me gave me at least 5 heart attacks

[daring finch]

anyways time to be lame to get a shiny pangoro

[jade ocean]

I think that's like the hardest hitting attack I've actually gotten hit by

Which is obviously objective proof that Magikarp is the strongest Pokemon

[tepid moss]

That's a new sentence

[jade ocean]

As it turns out humans are a lot less durable than Pokemon

Man why don't these evil team leaders just

Attack the player

Directly

Are they stupid?

[tepid moss]

I mean, duh. I was referring more to the magikarp's hydro pump part

[autumn musk]

TRUTH

[autumn musk]

Disappointed there're not fish falling from the sky

[jade ocean]

Well, there is Magikarp launching itself out of the water at you

[viral tundra]

like... I knew eventually the games would progress and change to make it hard for me to play, ive had that issue with everything but like. Pokemon specifically used to be the game i was good at since i was 6 and now it's actively becoming a game that is easy for abled people but harder for me specifically bc theres timing and spatial awareness involved, and it just. I used to feel empowered playing Pokemon and now I feel like... it feels like im being punished for being disabled

[jade ocean]

Also, chill lmao, it's a Legends game

It'll be back to normal in Gen 10

[viral tundra]

please don't ping

[jade ocean]

Legends games just tend to be a lot more dodge centric

[viral tundra]

yeah but i had no issues with arceus

they had animations that announced it and the battle mechanics were still turn nased

[jade ocean]

That's strange, I found Arceus far harder than ZA when it came to not dying

[daring finch]

hey guys what do you do if you used a very small rubber band to shiny hunt and it shot loose

[jade ocean]

The main thing that'll kill you in ZA are the Alphas

[daring finch]

now you have a very small rubber band around your joystick

[jade ocean]

The Rogue Megas, while I find them fun, aren't anywhere close to as threatening compared to them or the Nobles from L:A

Either that or I just got better at dodging shit

Wild Pokemon still very much prefer to target your own Pokemon

And I think they'll only target you if your Pokemon isn't out or if there's an Alpha aggrod on you

That said the Alphas in ZA can definitely be massive issues

[daring finch]

managed to cut it loose

sadly my switch 2 joycon is now already ruined

Its not that bad its just a piece of rubber

[shadow urchin]

I have the pokemon that I know that can Mega Evolve, am I missing any?

Besides Blastoie and Charizard

[robust wren]

A second Snorunt for both Glalie and Froslass

Slowbro too

[digital lodge]

I just finished the main campaign and dang... ||the ending actually got me a bit emotional||

[shadow urchin]

I already have 2 snorunt. One to the right of syther and an alpha on the 2nd page to the botten left

[digital lodge]

Btw I caught a shiny alpha Staryu! You know what that means!

[shadow urchin]

Time to play a mayonnaise instrument?

[shadow urchin]

Forgot about Elecktross...

[remote widget]

if anyone else needs help with trade evos you can use these

helped a ton

[shadow urchin]

I need this myself tbh

[remote widget]

there's 0063 0063 for haunter and kadabra

[remote widget]

may take a second to find someone but it works trust

[shadow urchin]

Is the twisted spoon used for the kadabra evolution?

[wispy kernel]

no

nothing is

its just a generic trade

held items werent invented yet when kadabra was introduced, so it’s just a regular trade

[shadow urchin]

Ok, thank you

[shadow urchin]

I, unfortunately, have to progress the story for 2 coats... Can only get up to side quest 93

Apparently trading is the fastest way to level up the research

[storm bone]

If you have finished the main story yes ||eternal flower floette and zygarde||

[scarlet dawn]

reminder that every labelled building in the ORIGINAL XY was a building you could enter

[daring finch]

Okay

[rustic rapids]

I heard both aren't that good

well saw the graphics

they look like

a pokemon game

which like

sure

[autumn musk]

Compared to S/V there is a large jump. But even if they were graphics as good as fucking Final Fantasy 15 or Resident Evil (new games) and stuff like that, I still wouldn't buy it

[rustic rapids]

definitely seems a lot more smoother

[autumn musk]

Because I'm gameplay over graphics and I refuse to buy a game I won't enjoy playing

[rustic rapids]

but uhhh

70 dollars

or however much it costs

[tepid moss]

$60, unless you're talking about the switch 2 version

[autumn musk]

I mean I did spend $60 preordering Little Nightmares 3. So I'm psycho enough to spend that much

XD

(It's a fun game with the coop. My friend and I keep trying new ways to murder each-other)

[robust wren]

Definitely not getting ZA on Switch 2, or a Switch 2 for that matter until it has more than one game to justify it's existence

[autumn musk]

I won't get a switch 2 until there's a Lite version of it

XD

[shadow urchin]

Big Baby

[autumn musk]

Pfft

Old fusions hit better than new ones

Not fusions

Megas

Old *megas hit better than the new ones

[robust wren]

There's a lot of cool new Megas, but there's a lot of trash too

[autumn musk]

What are the cool ones

[robust wren]

Froslass, Barbaracle, Malamar, Delphox, Chesnaught, Dragalge

Scolipede and Drampa too

[autumn musk]

Not much dif from normal Dragalge

Do like the seaweed horns tho

[scarlet dawn]

they done took her to the salon 😭

i mean slay queen 💅 but couldn't you get a cooler type or something?

[autumn musk]

Froslas is cool. Delphox is too. Chesnaught is kinda mid to me but that's someone who didn't like Chesnaught to begin with

Malamar also looks sick

[robust wren]

Not every Mega needs to be super crazy different from the original. I definitely feel like Dragalge changed the right amount to look nice

[autumn musk]

Looks like shoulda been Poison/Fairy

With the way the hair and horns are

[autumn musk]

They don't need to be super different like Diancie or Medicham, but what should have happened is changing the body shape to be more elegant to accominade the fancier hair instead of leaving it completely unchanged

[daring finch]

I think its perfect

they didnt just add hair on top of its main and called it a day

[autumn musk]

I know. It's not Greninja /hj

I do see where the head was changed to accomidate for the fancy locks/horns

Which I love

[daring finch]

I was talking about pyroar

[autumn musk]

The first half of it up to where the chest is is perfect

Oh

Oh god they did

Why

XD

[daring finch]

To make it look like the fire symbol

but uh they didnt change anything else

[autumn musk]

But they could have changed the body to accomodate

Yeah

:/

THEN WE GET TEASED WITH THESE FANMADE MEGAS

Criminal

[robust wren]

Swordward.jpg

[daring finch]

I dont really like that one either

[tepid moss]

Thanks for posting this. I hate it

[autumn musk]

It's better than what it actually is

[daring finch]

Dude even if they turned it into an actual pile of lionshit it wouldve been better

[autumn musk]

I wanna find a good Pyroar mega

[rustic rapids]

pyroar just

cannot top

peak

https://tenor.com/view/pokemon-solgaleo-lick-pokemon-sun-and-moon-ash-gif-22515035

[autumn musk]

Entei

XD

[daring finch]

Tbh tho pyroars shiny is so awesome it lowkey saves the mega a bit for me

[rustic rapids]

pyroar is just

such a boring mon

[robust wren]

Apparently this is supposed to invoke the 炎 kanji, but it feels like that was forced onto the design instead of naturally woven into it

[rustic rapids]

there's not much you could do with it

I will say

pokemon did such a bad job with it

[autumn musk]

Too bright

[rustic rapids]

did they try for it to look like a girl's haircut at the top?

[autumn musk]

Hurts my eyes

[rustic rapids]

[daring finch]

thats just a you problem

[autumn musk]

:P

[robust wren]

Looks even more like Swordward

[autumn musk]

True

[autumn musk]

Ngl

[daring finch]

I wonder what this shiny looks like but I wanna see it for myself

[autumn musk]

I forgot those dudes existed

Swordward and Shieldbert. Completely forgot about them

XD

[daring finch]

But I wonder what mega shiny drampa would look like

I hope they change the colors

(If you send it here pls spoiler)

[rustic rapids]

no cause like now I see potential in pyroar

what if it was

fire/steel

and it had like

[autumn musk]

THIS IS FUCKING SICK AND I LOVE IT

[rustic rapids]

jewlery and a crown and shit

[autumn musk]

GRANDPA ASCENDS TO GREATNESS

[robust wren]

Worst one IMO is either Starmie or Skarmory

[rustic rapids]

one of the best megas this time ngl

[tepid moss]

Ah yes, the pair whose names are only topped in ridiculousness by their hairstyles

[robust wren]

Why

[rustic rapids]

for me starmie is like a case of

"worst in the best way ever"

skarmory just kinda sucks

[autumn musk]

What happened to Skarmory's feet

[rustic rapids]

I geniuenely thought it was a recolor at first

[daring finch]

I think the problem here is 1. he is like one of the few pokemon that coulve gotten a goofy design but didnt. 2 he looks like kaido from One Piece

[autumn musk]

Why does it look like Gamefreak fused Zapdos, Absol and Skarmory then made the feets super big

[tepid moss]

It's going skiiing

[autumn musk]

Why is it yellow

[daring finch]

But I am very conflicted cuz I like drampa

[rustic rapids]

honestly I still don't get mega scrafty

what

even changed really

that's just

rowlet with a costume

[daring finch]

Dont make the joke

dont make the joke

[autumn musk]

Did they recolor the pants and put a hoodie on it

[daring finch]

DONT MAKE THE JOKE

[autumn musk]

What joke

[daring finch]

I wont make the joke

[rustic rapids]

MEGA ROWLET DESIGN LEAKED

[daring finch]

(White pointy hood)

[rustic rapids]

OMG GUYS LOOK

IT'S

MEGA ROWLET

[autumn musk]

The hoodie looks similar to Team Skull hats

[rustic rapids]

LEAKED

[robust wren]

Mega Scrafty has the super Power of almost getting Gamefreak cancelled on Twitter

[rustic rapids]

I know it's mega rowlet cause

mega scrafty is basically the same thing

[autumn musk]

LOL

[daring finch]

Sure team skull lets keep it like that

[rustic rapids]

actually I'd argue

I'D ARGUE

[autumn musk]

I don't like it doesn't look like his in the game

[rustic rapids]

non-mega scrafty's drippier than the mega

[autumn musk]

Orange still clashes so damn bad

[rustic rapids]

cause

[robust wren]

That looks so much worse IMO

[rustic rapids]

the drip

[autumn musk]

I love that

[daring finch]

https://tenor.com/view/goku-gif-20130371

[rustic rapids]

the color palette is also peak

why change it

also I surprisingly like mega clefairy quite a lot

[daring finch]

also drampa cant fly in this game

[rustic rapids]

it's really cute

also mega dragonite is cute and sili I love it

[daring finch]

he can fly he has been shown doing it a lot actually

Its shiny is so peak

[woeful flume]

i cant wait to get a shiny scrafty

[robust wren]

I would like Mega Clefable if it didn't have that stupid hat

[woeful flume]

peak mega right there

[autumn musk]

I'm conflicted on if I love this or not. It reminds me of a pokemon fused with a Studio Ghibli creature

[woeful flume]

gotta love the starfish

[daring finch]

Sue them for copying IF

[rustic rapids]

it's just so funni

[woeful flume]

its a bad mega but its peak

[autumn musk]

It is goofy lol

[daring finch]

yk what the design has grown on me

[rustic rapids]

it's so bad it's fucking awesome

some people argued with me it's the worst mega ever created

but like

how can you say that

when it's so dumb

[autumn musk]

Deciding that I'm no longer conflicted and that I hate to love it

[daring finch]

I dont like mega scoliosis

[woeful flume]

how dare you

[robust wren]

Nothing anyone can say can make me like Mega Starmie

[woeful flume]

its arguably the best new mega

[daring finch]

He got armor

[woeful flume]

look at it running

[rustic rapids]

mega dragonite definitely grew on me

[robust wren]

That made me hate it more

[rustic rapids]

I like that it is more subtle in change than most megas

cause dragonite was already peak

[woeful flume]

mega dragonite was peak from the start

[rustic rapids]

I just think it's funny

[autumn musk]

They shoulda changed the red

[rustic rapids]

plus there's not enough joke megas

why do we take these so seriously smh

they are gonna be gone next gen

[woeful flume]

https://tenor.com/view/mega-starmie-starmie-legends-za-pokemon-legends-za-starmie-gif-5605139881054775002

[robust wren]

Joke Megas should be on Joke Pokemon, not otherwise serious Pokemon like Starmie

[autumn musk]

I LOVE IT

[woeful flume]

peak

[daring finch]

Okay not as bad as I remembered but I still dont like it

[robust wren]

That's why Mega Slowbro is great but Mega Starmie is ass

[daring finch]

Starmie is a star fish from space, how serious was it?

[rustic rapids]

this was like the first real joke mega I feel like

atleast non of the other ones felt like it

[autumn musk]

Meganium what did they do to you

[rustic rapids]

mega slowbro is just what the mega should've looked like lol

it isn't funny

in any way shape or form

STARMIE THOUGH

[daring finch]

when tf does sliggoo evolve

[rustic rapids]

that's fucking funny

[autumn musk]

Mega Slowbro is accurate to Slowbro since a Shellder is just eating its tail.

[rustic rapids]

it has legs

IT HAS LEGS

[autumn musk]

I think like 50?

[rustic rapids]

and it's like running around all silly

actually

[daring finch]

I got it at 60 and still no goodra

[rustic rapids]

I got a good idea

[robust wren]

It needs to rain

[daring finch]

oh wait it has to be raining I forgot :Skull:

[woeful flume]

50 in rain

[daring finch]

also did I tell yall I ruined my switch 2 joycon while trying to get a shiny?

[rustic rapids]

LOOK AT IT

AND TELL ME YOU DON'T FIND IT SO BAD IT'S FUNNY

[daring finch]

also mega drampa when alpha doesnt fit on screen

[rustic rapids]

wait wait

the shiny is peak???

I mean it ain't pink or anything

[daring finch]

told ya

[rustic rapids]

but still peak???

[woeful flume]

Fit check rn for everyone

[daring finch]

is that an alpha?