Resource Saving Support (Gem Zen)

[cunning swan]

The next LG is one of the easiest ones. There should be f2p 10 streak clears available when LG drops

[upbeat lotus]

there are always f2p 10 streak clears when new LG drops

[lofty relic]

all pinned in #1012311116778586182

[cunning swan]

Eh, it's not like the pool gets smaller every time you pull

[cunning swan]

Oh I didn't realize the past lists got archived, that's neat

[worldly knot]

Damn i guess we have similar level of unluckiness

[worldly knot]

Yea i know there are f2p choices but those are a very specific use and i need lots if sync orb to build them all, the thing is my sync orb is limited

[cunning swan]

Shouldn't it be easier to grid already existing pairs instead of pull on new pairs and grid them

[worldly knot]

It isnt but i think with 30 attempat the chance of getting that 2% cant be 2% overall with statistic formula but i don't know

[worldly knot]

I mean yea for old player but like i said i dont have enough sync orbs to make a unit that specifically do well with 1 lg unit

And on the next lg become useless

[lofty relic]

me trying hard to stay zen when people dm and ping me or just share they got absurdly lucky on banners

[worldly knot]

Like guzma for azelf back then, now i never use him rip

[cunning swan]

They don't though. A lot of units are reusable for future LGs. The supports especially

[worldly knot]

I got lots of support and grided them, my main problem is the damage dealer

I need at least 10 decent damage dealer that can clear lg

[lofty relic]

not necessarily

[worldly knot]

Sorry i revised

[lofty relic]

there's lot of tricks involving lg, you'll see when videos come for this one

[worldly knot]

To clear lg 10 streak comfortably haha

[lofty relic]

even tho they're repeats so videos already exist technically

[worldly knot]

Like what i do at csmm lately,

Thank god ghetsis got an ex this month, he will be a reliable nuker for lg so i got 2 this month from ghetsis and victini

[cunning swan]

always has been a reliable nuker

[sturdy hatch]

So many sync nodes

[maiden kayak]

this month is bait anyways

thats respectable amount

just go for favs anyways

[worldly knot]

Yea after i got 10 solid lg dealer for any lg i will just pull for fave

[worldly knot]

Damn how can you save for 460k gems? That's so many, yiu can pity for 12 units

[chrome nest]

The passion

[cunning swan]

Some people here have insane tenacity

Truly Zen

[grand bramble]

You never seen someone with 800k+ gems yet.... 👀

[tardy fiber]

Aqua have strict criteria for faves, iirc Chest is more strict...pull clair alt and Maybunny only

[cunning swan]

How many gems does chest have

[tardy fiber]

Last time i saw Chest posted its 800k++

Not sure how much now

[cunning swan]

[chrome nest]

I remember having that amount

Fall from grace

[cunning swan]

I... Don't remember if I ever broke 80k+

I remember having over two pities though

[tardy fiber]

My highest also 2 pity

[lean mango]

Highest amount I gotten was 66k gems

[rotund sleet]

i had 100k for about 10 minutes

a glorious 600 seconds

[lofty relic]

i went up to 120k before Johto VA

[rotund sleet]

since this time i haven't gone back above 75k

but always had a relatively healthy count

[lean mango]

I plan on reaching 2 pities and that means skipping this month

[rotund sleet]

good thing dena made it real easy to skip this month

[lean mango]

Already gotten my first pity once again

That means I have to skip Colress

[honest fulcrum]

The new gem deals are out right? Are they only one-time or do they refresh after you finish collecting them? I forget 🤔

[rotund sleet]

latter

iirc

[drifting dagger]

I'm stupid, the calculation I did earlier today was dumb as hell

So... for 2 month it's 10.47 euros for me, compared to 7.47 of the ones without the price increase

[uncut fern]

The new bundles are definitely good value, but I can imagine myself skipping the $18 once I have enough gems

[flint fog]

What are the good physical fire strikers anyway

[timber wren]

hilda, ss hilda, ss may, silver

[reef river]

Hildas a little iffy

And i say that as a hilda and emboar fan

[timber wren]

haymaker sync still hits like a truck

but this is more for #poma-questions

[uncut fern]

Silver is great with expansion and 6EX

You need another sun setter to make use of Solar Flare 14 tho

[severe bridge]

Which of the new units are worth going for?

[timber wren]

the ones that are favorite characters of yours, and you have enough to hit pity if needed (36.6k)

[severe bridge]

I have 2k to my name

[reef river]

This is a month to skip my friend 🙂

[timber wren]

if youre looking for answers more aligned with meta and how they work mechanically then head over to #poma-questions

and yes with 2k i wouldn’t advise pulling on anything

[lofty relic]

#916852389347196958 also good for meta talk since a lot of people lurk there that aren't in questions channels

[uncut fern]

2k is nothing unless you mean paid gems

[sand crown]

Ahahah that was Johto VA for me

[reef river]

The most ive had was somewhere around 70k

Once i get to around 2 full sparks its a lot harder to convince myself to completely skip a month

[sturdy hatch]

That happens to me at 3 sparks

2 though. I'm antsy at 2.

[sand crown]

I can never seem to get to 3 for that reason

[rotund sleet]

i've found having more than 2 is almost never necessary

in the odd case that you have 3 units you'd like to pull in a similar period, if you get shafted on one or two, it's just a waiting game for a rerun for the remaining units

at worst

[sand crown]

2 is a great base imo

[dreamy onyx]

i skipped 2 full months this year, 2.22 and 2.23, only did daily single. save close to 2 sparks and ssteven and 3 anni pairs used most of my savings

[sand crown]

And at this point many of us are loaded to the 9s so I never feel like I have to grab everything

[rotund sleet]

grabbing 4 units in less than 80k gems isn't too bad

[dreamy onyx]

yeah better than my last anni but still a lot so now i have to plan carefully for the next MF

[sand crown]

I have a bit of an anni curse, so I save as much as possible

[rotund sleet]

back in dragalia i would understand waiting for anni, since the banner system was quite different, but this game's anni is just different units, nothing really worth skipping earlier units (that you want) for

[dreamy onyx]

ooops forget it ssteven and ssred both needed pity. 3 sparks not 2 sparks

somehow i had better luck in DL, never miss a gala, or always manage to get them offrate

[rotund sleet]

DL was a mixed bag for me, i rerolled in that game, and got 4 reborn drags + a fav unit

so i had a good base

[fallen path]

i think the most i had was 130k, and then the archie, maxie, and 3rd anni happened lol

[tired venture]

This may be a dumb question but I got Hilda and wanted 3 of her.
I have about 35,000 and 9,000 paid gems and 2 strike candy. Is it better to use dailies or the strike or…

[viscid flare]

35k gems?

if u spend them all u wont have a good amount for another month

and will be struggling to get enough

save it

try hilda at 1/5 see if she needs 3/5

candy if u have to

[sturdy hatch]

What are your scout points?

[timber wren]

strike candies come relatively easy too

[viscid flare]

they are the most common right

[reef river]

Depends on your scout points + what other units are you considering using the candy on

[timber wren]

slightly more, but more importantly we get 1) fewer limited strikers these days and 2) they usually operate fine from base and dont need candy to excel

[tired venture]

Scout point is 166 points

Don’t think I’m using the candies on anything else

[timber wren]

yeah do not pull more there

[tired venture]

What about dailies?

The only one I like this month is Kyreum

[timber wren]

that’s more for your own discretion but around 33 dailies gives you a 50% chance to get a dupe, and thats 3300 paids that could go towards a select instead

[tired venture]

Yeah you’re right ,,

And I didn’t like the other ones this month

[sturdy flower]

i have even worse, they take the bad euro price, then convert it again into my local currency at a scam rate

ends up being 4 euro...

i could get euro at way lower at a currency exchange by waiting for a dip and only buying then

why are these services so dumb, wasting their and our own money...

best part euro and dollar are pretty much worth the same right now

[severe bridge]

Common euro L

[spare thorn]

One for the memory bank

Type rebuff counts as a condition for uxie

[sturdy flower]

well, yeah

any status change does

[spare thorn]

Gordy op

[reef river]

By the time you will have another striker that you want to use candies on, you will have more again

[timber wren]

on the flip side rebuff is wiped when you clear a bar

[reef river]

Other benefit of using candies to 3/5: you wont be tempted to spend gems to pull more

[spare thorn]

Yeah but you only need 2 rebuffs

So base Gordy plus fire works fine

[drifting dagger]

Jesus

[violet nebula]

Excellent... can wait until datamine then decide to pull these pretty good pairs

The zen is strong 💪

[thorny pelican]

Still looking over the numbers but we have a number for the end-of-the-month gem count

it's low

[sturdy flower]

you mean the 26k?

[thorny pelican]

For October

[timber wren]

lookin like the lowest of the year

which is still considerably higher than last year’s low but

[tardy jolt]

Tbh, I hope it means that they’re setting us up for something big in December, the last two months have been painfully mid and I’m so sour over the UnoVA, it was my most anticipated event since they revealed VAs and it turned out so forgettable

[south scroll]

Gotta expect the low months after all the highs we had

[sturdy flower]

if we had no low months the average would be like 32k for a year

[south scroll]

I got what I wanted from unoVA and I'm ready to save the rest of the month

[reef river]

The 3k rally is nice at least

[drifting dagger]

Well, they mentioned december has something special

[thorny pelican]

We're soon going to be able to do direct comparisons to last year

and with it we can determine if there's anything that can be learned

As such, December might look like a normal average gem month

[viscid flare]

Yeah idk why unova has been so mid atm

[timber wren]

the most im expecting for december is an SC event

[vestal leaf]

It's gonna probably depend if there's gonna be a MF or SC for December imo

[timber wren]

i was surprised to not see any new MFs for unova

but i suppose we did just get three at anni

[lunar topaz]

But I also would expect a master fair

[vestal leaf]

After how they ||hinted at Hilbert & reshiram|| in the VA I'm kinda scared of a part 3...

Unless ||the "..." From the bag|| was something else

[unborn pier]

||I believe the … from the bag’s just foreshadowing Kyurem||

[sturdy flower]

they probably don't want to cause an outrage with 5/5 master fair grid so soon

[sand crown]

I assumed all MF would be 5/5 the moment the expansions were made a thing

too much money for them to leave on the table smh

[sturdy flower]

yeah, but they might lock a gamechanger on it, like Hilbert's rebuff is till we get other options to get it to 2/3

[grim plover]

inb4 archie & maxie grid update add primals

the only thing i dont dislike from those updates is that steven ray could become good

[tardy jolt]

Yeah, I’m at 3 pities now after Hilda, despite being comfortable with gems, I’m waiting until Datamine to decide on N. It’d be weird to skip another absolute fave, but I don’t like the play style

[cursive grotto]

I haven't looked at anything, but kyurem black and N? Instapull. No question.

[lunar topaz]

They did his kit so dirty ):

[lusty prism]

Im hoping special as in more gems than nov and oct

and probably 3 MFs coming

[viscid flare]

Yeah :/ still going for him tho

But i wanna wait for datamine first maybe they redeem kyurem with kyurem white

[thorny pelican]

If December comes up to a 25,000 income and a bunch of new MFs, deals, and interesting pairs come out that are on anyone's list of faves, but if you've spent for any of the current Unova VA sync pairs that are coming out for November and put yourself below a pity's rate by the time you can collect the 25,000 gems...

What do?

A fear of mine is that people are not paying attention to the long term and surging approach of sync pairs that come, one after another, starting December

From start to halfway through December, Seasonals
From halfway to end of December, New Years Deals
From start of January to end, New Years Sync Pairs
From mid of January to February, VA/Master Fairs
From February to mid February, Palentines Sync Pairs
From mid February to End of February, 3.5 Anniversary

Banner after banner after banner after banner of good deals and sync pair demands

Historically, there might be an increase and generous Gem Income from January to February

I just hope people are paying attention to these encroaching details

[signal halo]

Since tickets are a resource, is it a good idea to gamble Unova tickets now? Getting Hilbert 3/5 would be a huge huge huge boost to my account

[thorny pelican]

Would it? I don't own Hilbert, I don't see what value he would add that I don't have already, though I have heard he's a great Crit Hit+, Attack, and Speed pair - right?

[grand bramble]

Arghh... Ex ghetsis doesn't look strong... I tested it....

Looks like I have to put holiday leon in the list back again...

[signal halo]

The crit specifically. He'd be an offensive max out without mpr, which is unheard of in my account

[lean mango]

His great crit buff only is accessed at 3/5 soo

[cunning swan]

Well, it's a 1.5x tech multiplier on top of his usual devastation, pecking order, and sync tiles. Literally that's the only new damage modifier he gets: tech EX

His grid just gives him quality of life stuff

[lean mango]

I really wanna spend my Unova tickets for frickin Burgh but I might have to wait for em to be used for Colress

[cunning swan]

Not that I'm not happy with it

[lean mango]

All I care with Ghetsis is the 1.5x multiplier cause hehe

[thorny pelican]

Well, is he your favorite character?

[grand bramble]

I want a unit with one click attack and done with the content

[thorny pelican]

It takes just a long-press and a click to be done with Pokemon Masters EX

[lean mango]

I like having fun with the battles, Kimono Grimsley is one of my favorite gimmiks to use

[grand bramble]

Lol.... Anyways..... yes... I put back holiday leon in my wanted list

Unless I got 3/5 Hala

[lean mango]

Imagine having Hala

[thorny pelican]

well I mean let's be honest, how many gems are you rockin'?

[grand bramble]

36k gems now

[thorny pelican]

If you're going over a pity's worth then there shouldn't be that much to debate about, right?

Leon's going to be on a shared banner through and through, so you'll need that pity for him

0.5% is no joke

but at least between now and to December you'll be able to collect an extra Striker Candy

[grand bramble]

Oh... The rates of that

[lean mango]

When going for the super seasonal banners ya gotta at least have a pity

[cunning swan]

Not by a long shot

[cunning swan]

Ash is pretty close

[thorny pelican]

Why do you feel you need a 3/5 hilbert then? Please don't tell me something silly like "Because he's 2/5 and 3/5 is stronger than 2/5" lol

[lean mango]

I had a pity prepared soley for the Fall Seasonal banner since it's not like I'm getting all that I wanted and I was right

[thorny pelican]

The longer the game goes on for, the more Seasonals are going to cramp up in their rerun banners - if DeNA keeps going this route

[cunning swan]

Hm? I never said I need a 3/5 Hilbert. I was talking about Ghetsis's powerboost not giving him much and I'm fine with that

[lean mango]

I do hope they split the banners

[thorny pelican]

3 year Seasonal Banner where all reruns are 0.33% of pulling

[thorny pelican]

Oh my apologies I must have replied to the wrong person

[grand bramble]

No lol.... It just.... give me reason to skip Holiday Leon that's all

[broken mulch]

I goddamn love Hilbert lol

[lean mango]

Ghetsis power boost is fine, I sweeped with Ghetsis before just fine so it's a bit easier, I'm happy that my favorite character Silver got the best one

[broken mulch]

2 turns to max team attack and Crit and with luck can cap speed too

[lean mango]

#Silversweep

[broken mulch]

Plus flinching

[grand bramble]

I liked Holiday Leon kit... One attack and BOOM....everyone unable to battle

[lean mango]

Hilbert is nice, really like his design

Though I'm skipping SS Hilbert since I'm fine with one alt

[cunning swan]

No worries

[broken mulch]

One of the best general pool units I dare say

[grand bramble]

I thought EX ghetsis can delete center with that.... But nope... Still weaker and disappointing

[lean mango]

mmmm

[cunning swan]

??? He can

[lean mango]

I would give that spot for Sabrina imo

[cunning swan]

I deleted center without his EX yesterday

[grand bramble]

No.... I tested it

[cunning swan]

Just go with an EX support for first sync

With proper quadqueue you'll get to your 2nd and Ghetsis nukes

[lean mango]

She isn't limited with her crit buff unlike Hilbert and his 3/5 Crit squad

[cunning swan]

Just make sure the enemy has -6 on both attacks

Hell, Agatha buffed her sp attack to only -2 but Ghetsis still deleted

[lean mango]

Ghetsis is pretty easy to sweep with if you know what to do

[grand bramble]

........ maybe I did it wrong here.... the grid... Or the playstyle...

[broken mulch]

Funnily enough I never use Sabrina outside of Kanto daily anymore whereas I still use Hilbert all the time

[thorny pelican]

Ghetsis scales slowly but by the time you can consistently get Glaciates out, he's dealing 3k-4k+ damage after the 2nd sync move

And because the center opponent's being Noble Roar'd the first round rotation there's not much to worry about

you can comfortably reach Ghetsis' power scaling

[lofty relic]

good old days of beginner

having ghetsis' aoe made me feel like a pro gamer when clearing level 80 content

[torpid prawn]

Order inside the tiers take in account how good and how much units gain from grid.
Never candy a non-limited 5* pair.

Credits to Runner & Ropalme1914

[thorny pelican]

"Never candy a non-limited 5* Pair" I guess

Should be "Never candy" period

save em up save em up save em up save em up

[signal halo]

I do this with non-support candies and I hate it

I wanna pull a pair that explicitly needs them

needs

[sturdy flower]

never candy your techs, never nuke

[signal halo]

Something borderline disfunctional without their grid

But worth it with it

[sturdy flower]

Grims- ah, without grid

[signal halo]

Otherwise I'll just do a war crime and pull a spotlight banner, then candy it

[sturdy flower]

why tho

[grand bramble]

Yes... Ex ghetsis deleted Center!!!........... and it took me 5 attempts to do that!!!!

No... Not worth it

[sturdy flower]

offtype?

[signal halo]

Because Colress is my omega fave

[sturdy flower]

are you spending money at all?

[signal halo]

Nothing PoMa could release would match it

[grand bramble]

I still put Holiday leon in my list .... That's it

[signal halo]

And no

[sturdy flower]

if the answer is "yes" just buy spotlight scouts for 3$

[signal halo]

I'm free to play

Yeah, I'm free to play

Which adds to the offense, but at the same time

I don't see myself finding a reason to ever pull again if I skip colress

That's just how up there the pair is

[sturdy flower]

ehh you are dramatizing

[signal halo]

I mean it, to a very large extent

There are two hypothetical pairs that sure, just as good as colress

[sturdy flower]

yeah, but he came here, you will be able to get him quite easily

[signal halo]

But PoMa barely, if ever does multiple sync pairs for the same trainer while using base outfits for both pairs

[sturdy flower]

well variety sync pairs

[signal halo]

Which is why I believe the two pairs I'd put along with colress won't really happen in the way I want

And they aren't even particularly likely to happen anyways

[sturdy flower]

what are these?

[signal halo]

Ghetsis and cofagrigus

Cyrus and weavile

[sturdy flower]

these sound like potential lodge/bp pairs

who else even uses cofagrigus outside of Ghetsis

[signal halo]

I can only think on shauntal, but even she isn't guaranteed to have it

[cunning swan]

Eh, he just needs 3 turns to max his multipliers if you grid double drop on noble roar. Shouldn't be too hard, you can even try syncing with him first instead of EX support but idk how much that'll do

[signal halo]

Yes, shauntal and cofagrigus could happen

[cunning swan]

My ghetsis still isn't powerboosted and nuked Agatha just fine

No EX too

Right, why did I say powerboost

[signal halo]

She uses cofagrigus, jellicent, golurk and chandelure, all unovan ghost pairs

[cunning swan]

3 and 4* units as lodge characters would be great

But if they're not popular enough to be a 5* I doubt they'd be in lodge

[signal halo]

I mean, sycamore doesn't have an alt

Nor silver

[sturdy flower]

i feel like Ghetsis will get an alt later

DeNa loves Unova too much

[signal halo]

They didn't love it enough to take the dragons away from N

[sturdy flower]

either as Part 3 for real or as non VA event that is kinda like VA

[signal halo]

That's the third dragon he gets

[sturdy flower]

they love N

[signal halo]

I could see them giving kyurem white for mid anniversary

[sturdy flower]

to N again?

[signal halo]

Yes

[sturdy flower]

please no

they can even give it to Burgh

just not N again

[signal halo]

I wish burgh would get a non-unovan bug, like uh... Heracross

[sturdy flower]

no please

dont give my favorite bug to him

give it to Bugsy

[signal halo]

Works

I just wanna see heracross, scizor and a fire volcarona in the game

[tardy fiber]

Butterfree...a gmax butterfree can sell

Oh mega heracross and mega scizor also can sell...i wonder why they didn't release yet

[sturdy flower]

release another bug zone unit

because the current one is meh

[signal halo]

Or another ghost zone unit

Because the current one is in limbo

[sturdy flower]

grassy terrain has the same issue and is a terrain

anyways, we are getting far away from saving now

[lean mango]

But what if it is a big big fave

[signal halo]

My original question was if I should spend the unova tickets trying to get hilbert

3/5 would be a massive upgrade for me, since I hate Sonia for needing mpr to max crit

[sturdy flower]

right, i keep forgetting you are new

[tardy fiber]

I need another fairy zone or rebuff unit that is legendary, mythicals, UBs....the absence of bug zone might can be fixed by genesect due to bug rebuff....would be nice to have rebuff/zone for ground/steel that my faves have it

[signal halo]

Would SS elesa and Bianca get big upgrades from their grids?

[sturdy flower]

Bianca yes

ss Elesa dont think so

[signal halo]

Hilda, then?

I like emboar

[sturdy flower]

she likes dupes because striker

has inertia or something, mine is 2/5 so im not too familiar

[tardy fiber]

Power boost grids? Bianca might have nice stuffs...but for support role sselesa, not sure how they gonna do it because closest reference is boosted glacia and her boost kinda mid

[signal halo]

No, as in getting dupes to unlock her grids

[sturdy flower]

he meant grids in general

[tardy fiber]

Oh

[drowsy saddle]

If you don't have 3/5 Hilbert, using tickets is a good idea. You'll wait a year for pool upgrade, and even then new units aren't guaranteed, while Hilbert is great here and now.

[signal halo]

Since I wanna spend tickets

I'll do it

[tardy fiber]

I need to recheck my sselesa

Brb

[sturdy flower]

i will be trying to get 3/5 Hilda for SS Hilda's Extreme Battle

[tardy fiber]

Only ridicure 2 looks good

[signal halo]

So will I, it was a miss

At least unlocked a 3/5, might be helpful for gauntlet

Zebstrika

[sturdy flower]

at least Elesa's frame

will be useful for gauntlet since Tornadus is in

[tardy fiber]

Excited for elesa joltik

She kinda good as support to any damage dealer that can easily self buff their attack/spatk

[drowsy saddle]

53 faves, eh?

[sturdy flower]

any legendary is his "fave"

[tardy fiber]

52

[sturdy flower]

he's the guy who uses 6 legendaries against you in battle

[tardy fiber]

Legendary, Mythical, UBs

[drowsy saddle]

The joke is about Joltik not being a legendary yet them being exited about it

[tardy fiber]

Well its a free unit...i still use other non faves just they wont be level 140 and non EX

[drowsy saddle]

yes, you are allowed to be exited for something out of main focus

[drowsy saddle]

Will you promote them to 140 if one day you get all legendaries to 150? Theoretically

[tardy fiber]

Yep but will be quite far, now im currently doing my 16/52

[drowsy saddle]

Almost a third, still good

[cunning swan]

They seem to be the exception and not the rule. Look at the rest of the lodge pairs

[tardy fiber]

I didn't 140 them because it will mess the order when i filter by level

[drowsy saddle]

They're not even uncapped to 140, correct?

[tardy fiber]

Yep

[sturdy flower]

Silver

[vestal leaf]

Me doing 49k exless second sync: ????

[tardy fiber]

Seems like ||they didn't put any sync related stuff on ghetsis boosts to suggest you to sync with SSN instead as SSN and Ghetsis kinda have nice team synergy|| subtle marketing

[sturdy flower]

||but ssn is an ??? abomination||

[grand bramble]

Well.. I finally did One nuke center... But for 5 attempts?? No

[tardy fiber]

Just like silver good with ssmorty...seems like they are gearing towards making a power boost unit to be good with VA units...cyrus boost with lucas...zinnia with ssbrendan...only Giovanni doesnt get the treatment

[sturdy flower]

at least silver works with literally any sun

ghetsis just doesn't work with any other strikers due to being gauge hog

[grand bramble]

I wasn't interested on SS N kit..... Counter attack isn't my playstyle

[sturdy flower]

i mean, works with Pryce if you want to call him a striker

[lusty prism]

SS N seems like a chore

[tardy fiber]

||SSN have free move next while debuff the stuffs for Ghetsis Nuke using his B Noble roar so he kinda gauge free that allow Ghetsis to spam his 4 gauge glaciate|| ...my hleon team is easier to make than these Unovans

[turbid sierra]

Are the new purchase bundles worth getting the BP increase daily and the other new bundles??

[tardy fiber]

I skipped that

I will consider if its all bp sources

[turbid sierra]

How much increase will the Bp get 2x?

[tardy fiber]

But its only the daily battle

[sturdy flower]

||but he costs the gauge the first time, and it will mess up your rotation so hard||

[tardy fiber]

||the first time casting free shock, just use ghetsis tm that time thats why ghetsis tm got trainer move ramp up||

[sturdy flower]

||and sync with support ex because none of them are going to do much ||

[tardy fiber]

Kinda depends, like csmm sometimes i just use striker or tech EX first ...like silver can work with just his sync first

Zerena, lussamine

Sssteven

Schilda

If the pair got mega, i usually use them first

[sturdy flower]

thing is, both of these units cant setup their innate in time for it

and without innate tech sync is rather weak

[lusty prism]

Yeah ill just use hleon or hala

[tardy fiber]

Yep tech/striker units with not good sync, i just use support EX...but got other pairs that can just sweep cs without support ex

I always pair those units with bp master units because they don't have support EX

So i miss nothing during fight

Hopium for sycamore and hop

I will use sycamore more if he got EX because his kit kinda like need to use him first sync

[lusty prism]

sycamore EX will be busted

holo frame in lodge as well

[tardy fiber]

Yep hope so

And hope they release magearna or enamorus that are tech or striker

Because i gonna sync with sycamore anyway if he got ex

So i hope other fairies faves are damage dealers

Same with hop , he gonna be a big boost to my gloria

[lusty prism]

enarmorus could be possible, but im expecting hisui by next year january

if it is january, i hope i can hold my gems by december

could be triple MF

[sturdy flower]

Hisui is awkward for MFs

there are 4 legendaries that meet the criteria

[drowsy saddle]

There's a criteria?

[sturdy flower]

i mean ||it would be weird to make only Dialga or Palkia a MF, and not both||

and ||Arceus seems like a given, but for all we know it will be Eevee instead||

[drowsy saddle]

||DeNa could never make a questionable decision, right?||

[tough oriole]

I feel like ||arceus would be reaaaally hard to implement without power creeping everything if its just gladion 2.0||

[drowsy saddle]

You mean ||it will sell better due to powercreep||

[sturdy flower]

||just make it change to the type that has the biggest rebuff and then it's money printer instead||

[broken mulch]

Just make 18 Arceus sync pairs

Different trainers with different type Arceus

In a completely new banner type with rates worse than Master

No pity

[tardy fiber]

Arceus variety scout

[lusty prism]

omg

18 arceus pairs

[livid rover]

Absolutely late ||but yeah it was probs foreshadowing for Kyurem, but what I do see is an RR arc with SS Ghetsis and Kyurem-White since Team Plasma stil has Reshiram. Having a Part 3 would just be shitting on Hoenn cuz no way they give Unova a chance to explain itself and Hoenn to get shafted again ||

[tardy fiber]

Paired with all protags and rivals from every generation

[tardy fiber]

Yep they might ||save for later, they need some mats to make Paulo VA appealing...they already talk about hoopa unbound form, so white kyurem will be another thing to be added ||

[upbeat lotus]

||if Ghetsis gets an alt with White Kyurem dena should make Anni N & Reshiram unplayable /j||

[livid rover]

||I'm just in hopium cuz I can't fuckin believe the recent villains have no alts||

[tardy fiber]

Well it will already be messed up with next month's update...not sure how they will do it, all 3 in same trainer team but some trainer have fused pokemons

[lunar topaz]

I was going to say more gems saved but you have a lot already

[livid rover]

||Not after Halloween ||

[tardy fiber]

DeNa stopped doing this after heard you no longer collect all villains

[livid rover]

And I'd rather have villain alts and zero gems than 300k gems and zero villain alts

[tardy fiber]

They keep releasing legendaries because i keep collecting them

[livid rover]

Nop am back to collecting villain leaders!! Do it again Dena plz

[tardy fiber]

Lussamine and scguzma as well?

[livid rover]

Will not be pulling for Colress but hope he spooks me in some other pull

[livid rover]

Yeah I pray they come on a better time and a better banner for sc guzma but that aint happening

Only admins I would pull immediately would be Petrel, Ariana, Plumeria, and Oleana, the rest I'll just wait for spooks if they're spotlight

[tardy fiber]

I'm probably gonna do the same thing if they release spotlight faves for me...i'm getting them via general select scout, as it gives ample few months time for bunch of spooks also cheaper than 7.5k paid gems tier

[lunar topaz]

I know I was trying to make it slightly better

[tardy fiber]

But man, the only faves that i can see being spotlights are the ultra recon squad with bunch of UBs

Oh the frontier brains looks like a bunch of spotlights as well

[livid rover]

Well do you have a legendary fav tier list

[lunar topaz]

I’d kill for a pokefair dahlia or smth

[tardy fiber]

I dont have tier for them, i just have candy priorities MF>SC>Seasonals>PF>BP Master units

I dont like to place my faves on tiers, just if its spotlight... I don't mind getting them months later

I will do the same if i didn't have enough gems for pokefairs

[thorny pelican]

I'd put Seasonals on par or greater than Special Costumes

Mainly because Special Costumes get rerun at odd times now (November of last year, 2.5 anniversary this year, then during 3.0 Anniversary of this year-ish)

But maybe you have a favorite who is an SC?

[tardy fiber]

Because seasonal select does happen...sc select need to spend 10k paid gems on tier

[thorny pelican]

Aha that makes sense

[tardy fiber]

Sc select scout never happen yet

Like pf select happens on new year, half anni, anniv...i think, i forgot if they happened on run up month as well

Seasonal only on half anni and anni

Sc not yet happen but i already got all of them 3/5 so that saves my gems even if it happens

[fallen path]

i can see dena being more strict with the 3k or 5k paid banners like when we had 3k paid banner but it was literally every single seasonal lol. a lot more choice

[tardy fiber]

I hope they give more choice for fair select...like they keep releasing pokefairs these days, and we probably have new players that target old pokefairs like me when i chase zekrom before. Hope they increase to 10 choices per pokefair select

Before this only have 3 units...ssdawn, ssmorty, ssleon

[signal halo]

N and zekrom is an actual question for me, now that I think about it

I am an Unova collector and the next lodge banner will be the one of his rate up

In theory I shouldn't spend on it because I can't go for multiple pairs in early December if I need to, in case I do spend

And he's always available

He's in a weird spot where I don't urge for N and zekrom as much as I do for N and sigilyph

There's also the extra that he isn't my only fave among the lodge banner exclusives

[tardy fiber]

I not sure if N ever been chosen as gauntlet pokefair choice...but this time got tornadus gauntlet and DeNa pick marnie instead

[fallen path]

I feel like if the unit will be there for the lodge banner you can afford to wait a bit

[signal halo]

The main gist of pulling him during the rate up is that the high overall odds of getting him early would allow me to get a 2 for 1

[vernal glade]

I was a Unova banner also… until this year.

[signal halo]

Why

[vernal glade]

Every month. Almost every month it been harder, and harder to save for those Unova units they kept pumping out, by October, I given up and decided to hiatus my pulls.

[signal halo]

I have a strict pulling rule that helps me out

[oak crest]

lol

including last month, there is a total of 6 Unova units added

[signal halo]

I don't pull on alt costumes

Except game canon ones, so it's really just N, CIris and Celesa

[oak crest]

if you didnt have high gems count u defo will have to skip afew

[vernal glade]

Exactly, and that’s what I’m doing next month.

[oak crest]

at least none are MFs tho, and 2 of them are spotlights

PFs generally has a higher chance of rerunning in future compared to MFs

[cunning swan]

He was, in LG 3 I think. Electric/Dragon/Steel three type scout for Tornadus/Latios/Regirock LG. The featured pairs were N, SS Cynthia, and Gloria

[tardy fiber]

Oh so if Highlander doesn't have enough gems for this month lodge banner, can wait for Gauntlet pokefair

Although gauntlet only happen once every 2 months and not sure which bosses that they will select next

[cunning swan]

This gauntlet pokefair banner doesn't include N I think?

Marnie is chosen for electric

Ss blue for water

And uhhh Lysandre for flying wasn't it?

[vernal glade]

Will have to check the past datamines to be sure.

[tardy fiber]

Yep so if they chosen N before, they probably can choose him next time Tornadus Gauntlet appears again...rotates with Marnie

[maiden kayak]

honestly hes fine at whatever move level

my hilbert was stuck at 2/5 for quite long

most dps dealers can max crit anyways

[turbid sierra]

Does anybody knows how much boost is the Bp bundle in the store? Is it 2x of daily Bp?

[tardy fiber]

yep just make your daily battle bp from 60 to 120

so you will have extra 1200 bp in 20 days compared to peoples that didnt buy it

oh and 1500 paid gems

[thorny pelican]

I think I might reach 850k at the end of the month

This gem decline is hurting the economy

fans self with Gems

[tardy fiber]

i gonna hopium that we get a second twitter rally on part 2 Unova VA

[weary trail]

Condition or interference?

[grand bramble]

Interference

Yes... It is SOOOO useful against uxie

But since Uxie isn't included in LG.... I decided to pass him completely

Yes... Im completely underestimate him... but still I skip him

[weary trail]

Ah interference makes more sense then, okay...

[timber wren]

#1010223517565976737 have been updated for the october monthly gems and november candy coins (ty to chest and tlim for the counts)

gems per banner has also been updated

[reef river]

I was checking the rates on the N banner

And I dont think melony or gordie are available on it...

Even though theyre on ss hilda

How strange

[spare thorn]

Huh

I guess dena forgot to update the pool between changing the featured

Send feedback and they'll probably fix it next month

[tardy fiber]

So apologems

We also got the damage bug right? My csmm damage is behind enemy HP bar

[tough oriole]

That happens all the time 🤷‍♂️

[tardy fiber]

Missing general pool unit happens all the time? There goes my chance to get apologems

[spare thorn]

You won't get apologems for it no

Probably just a copy and paste job for that banner and nobody noticed to update the pool

[tardy fiber]

They once give us 3k apologems for false advertising in a banner from twitter post...sad

[spare thorn]

Well they haven't advertised they're in the banner

[tardy fiber]

Oh right is our third lodge team expired next reset?

I wonder if i should claim the chests before reset to avoid any errors or just wait and see what happens if the team expires while collecting chests

[spare thorn]

I guess they'll give you the rewards

[exotic sparrow]

The third lodge team expires on Nov 3, along with Fall Iris/Allister's banners

[tardy fiber]

Oh neat, i can collect more lodge stones lets gooo

[oak crest]

man, elesa acting like silver now

1st day and she left literally on the 3rd interaction

(and max vibes did not trigger on the 3rd altho I chose the correct topic)

[tardy fiber]

My N already have bad RNG for 2 days, his friendship level still in 10+ range

[hard solar]

first day with n and he leaves on 90% 💀

[sweet tide]

it costs MYR21 for the 3k paid bundle?

[tardy fiber]

MYR13.90

MYR 89.90 for the one with yellow coins

[grand bramble]

Yea.. It's the same price.... wait till my Google opinion reach that amount

[tardy fiber]

My google opinion already stopped giving me survey for 2 months...not sure why

[thorny pelican]

300 monthly gems today

[tardy fiber]

Im happy that i able to convert to 20 today ...a step closer to 5* all bp units

[reef river]

I wish we could convert more s per month

Ive long since brought all of the 3*s to 4 so every one i pull is useless

[tawny cedar]

11 tech coins this month huh

Yeah i can definitely guarantee calem 5/5 this month

[sturdy flower]

SS Calem in January

[sand crown]

11 techs…can get Darkrai to 3/5 with two candies in that case but I kinda want to hold…the struggles of being a saver

[sturdy flower]

tech are the worst

i don't feel bad spending striker ones at all

[thorny pelican]

Haha talking about spending in resource saving support thread

funny jokes

[signal halo]

I have issues with support candies

Striker and tech are candies that I don't even know why I have

Because every time I think I could have an use for them, I'm told it's not worth it

[thorny pelican]

Really though I'm in that situation too which is why I hoard them

I'm like... not in a position where I would need to use any candy for any reason since the flags/milestones of challenge in the game can be bypassed easily

I've completed so many missions and EBs with 1/5 base units

[signal halo]

So I keep asking myself what even is the point of hoarding candies if I never have an ideal target for them

[thorny pelican]

Hopefully DeNA giving new emphasis with 5/5 sync pairs are going to provide a solution towards our candy hoarding crisis

I feel like it's going to be a while though

[fallen path]

i suppose if you know you'll use it at its 3/5 capabilities, you should spend the candy. imo, if you research what upgrades it has, along with the potential combinations you can envision with that specific, then sure candy up

but you need to know what you using and how you using the unit

[thorny pelican]

We need a new game mode or goal in the game to give incentive beyond just "small impact utility features"

[signal halo]

If I were to use candies, it would be to solo gauntlet with either ss lyra or SST red

[fallen path]

its all about the ROI

[thorny pelican]

ROI in this game is atrocious

[signal halo]

Or have a solid aoe nuke with ash or emmet

[thorny pelican]

Virtually 0

[signal halo]

ROI?

[fallen path]

i have both 3/5, i can answer you in #poma-questions if you want

[thorny pelican]

Return on Investment

[signal halo]

Sure

[thorny pelican]

The tangible value you receive from developing and investing in resources on features within the game

[fallen path]

just ping me there if you want lol

[thorny pelican]

If your ROI is 100% from a handful of sync pairs such as Mewtwo, Sycamore, Sabrina & Alakazam, Olivia, Skyla & Swanna... And are being constantly given new sync pairs for free that allow you to already overcome Extreme Battles, CSMM, Legendary Gauntlet, and Themed Missions...

Then you're basically already at your limit of reasonable ROI

[sturdy flower]

the only resource we have to save are gems

[thorny pelican]

Anything further is a loss of return on your part and done out of boredom

[sturdy flower]

i mean, i usually candy pairs not out of necessity, but because I like the unit and want it to be even more flexible

pairs like Silver or Cyrus can duo their respective type 2k csmm with little effort

and free or 3* 4* techs with EX have respectable nukes on type

in Nanu's case he doesn't even need EX

[heady ice]

man, as a f2p player, this new 3kgems for $3 deal is very very tempting

[sturdy flower]

that's how they get you

[heady ice]

will just make it that much easier to save on free gems

[heady ice]

yeah, but the great thing is .. is that it's time gated so you can't overspend! lol

[sturdy hatch]

As a f2p player dolphin, ...

[sturdy flower]

as a self proclaimed big spender (bought one bundle in half a year)

[heady ice]

well haven't bought it yet so, i'm still 100% f2p .. *so far

[sturdy flower]

just dont fall too deep and whale

[heady ice]

I might just use google rewards for this

[sturdy hatch]

Woah now don't go crazy

[sturdy flower]

google rewards... in all the time I have the app i got 0.1 euro

[heady ice]

i've gotten about 28$ or so total

• checks pin*ugh, i forgot to exchange my blissful tickets ..

[sturdy hatch]

Well I can unpin that now

[heady ice]

loll

ignorance is bliss~

[timber wren]

the exchange is still up for six more days

the event just ended is all

[thorny pelican]

Always fun to bully blissys for gems

[spare thorn]

I like to use level 1 eggmons

Make it thrilling

[sturdy flower]

which country do you live in?

[sturdy flower]

i think we can bully them again soon

ah, no, special rally and training area boost but no blisseys

[sand crown]

That’s the best we can do. In this case I use Dark for zone and sleep, so I’m holding.

It’s more of a want. But techs are hard to come by

[violet nebula]

Welcome back to the path

Arceus forgives you

[viscid flare]

-3k for a bunch of 3/4*

[sturdy flower]

it's "sorry daddy i did an oopsie uwu, child"

[tough oriole]

[broken mulch]

Let this be a warning lol

I had a an all bronze one but it was deleted

[uneven pewter]

As much as I appreciate salt posts…same rules apply as flex posts

[tardy fiber]

Cannot wait for 3* fire gear

[lunar topaz]

I think it’s our next one based on the drops from last gear event

Or smth

[fallen path]

fire units go even more brrrr

[tardy fiber]

+60 atk on my silver's 294 atk stats...thats a hefty 20% increase

Currently leveling up MC solgaleo with lodge N mats...its a pain, i got 2 consecutive bad RNG with lodge N

[broken mulch]

Definitely wasn’t expecting Fire anytime soon lol

Thought the starter trio was gonna be last

[upbeat lotus]

Waiting for grass gear for SC Sonia

[tardy fiber]

Waiting for bug gear pretty sure 3* gear will help lusamine defense more than 140-150 that only give 2 def spdef stats increase

[broken mulch]

Definitely

[mossy pecan]

Is there a gem count for November out?

[lean mango]

Pins

[mossy pecan]

Sorry didn't see it

[sturdy flower]

waiting for ice gear

[lean mango]

it's no bother

[maiden kayak]

may i know why is this shit here ?

theres no need to post pics like this when u have words to describe it

[weary spire]

I understand the thought

I know they didn’t intend anything bad by it, buut yeah, it can still push people

[broken mulch]

?

[weary spire]

I agree with the sentiment at least, image not as necessary

[broken mulch]

Scare them straight tactics

[weary spire]

Yeah I get that in theory, it’s just that the act can be enough to influence people

[sturdy hatch]

Eh in the future just link to salt chat

We all know what dead multis look like

[weary spire]

Masters Day am I right

laugh track

[sturdy hatch]

You are

[tardy fiber]

Oh right, why i got plenty dead pulls on 25 gems multi pokemas day? Am i just unlucky or it got bad rates like dena free x100 pulls on run up to anniv?

[sturdy hatch]

Seasonal rates I believe same as the 100 pulls

So a 45% chance it’s dead

Although I feel I have far more dead than 45%

[tardy fiber]

Yep even the 100 paid gems also i think not really good but it at least have 1 guaranteed 5*

[signal halo]

How valuable would be a fave if he's a lodge pair?

I feel I'd be happy having all of the exclusives and getting one early would allow me to get some more upon hitting pity

Since I like Cynthia and Raihan too

While not minding marnie

[lunar topaz]

Held villa off till very last minite

[fallen path]

you procrastinated on villa

[lunar topaz]

It’s better than me completely forgetting about it

[tardy fiber]

I will grab non fave pokefair if its lodge equivalent have fave legendaries, mythicals, UBs

[signal halo]

So

N is a specific case

Sigilyph is my favourite psychic pokemon

Because he's something the language filter would block me from saying

[cunning swan]

and you only pull on "canon" right? so no poma-exclusive outfits

[signal halo]

Yes

Context

I played a match of randomized pokemon teams with a friend and I had the so called sigilyph

[tardy fiber]

Lodge pairs kinda canon, N does have sigilyph so in your case...if you want to chase canon, you need to pull all lodge pokefairs

[signal halo]

I swept through Arceus with it

6-0

And she rage quit

Having a moment so glorious made me particularly attached to sigilyph

Arceus was really the worst offender through sigilyph's rampage

[tardy fiber]

N have sigilyph in the game, he used during Nimbasa city fight

[signal halo]

So seeing it there made me keep wondering when I should get it

Since much like colress, it's technically always within reach

Assuming 0.1 odds when the next lodge fave banner appears, since colress and Hugh will be in the pool too

Lodge would have likely 3% chance of landing on a fave

And that's the thing that puzzles me

How much to spend, if I'll still be happy if I fail the 95% odds of getting N early

[tardy fiber]

Well if i got enough gems, i will chase my fave that is available that time, if not i just wait for rerun

[cunning swan]

if N and Sigilyph is a fave, this month's a good time to grab him (with Cynthia and Raihan as potential bonuses). if you don't get N until pity, maybe make a decision between pitying Cynthia or Raihan because N has a shot at appearing in future gauntlet banners (Raihan does too, but he hasn't ever been in one)

[obtuse quarry]

Are you Malaysian?

[tardy fiber]

True, especially this month Tornadus Gauntlet rerun but they didn't rerun N and instead they rerun Marnie...plus cannot trust Gauntlet rerun much because the lineup of bosses are random every 2 months

[sweet tide]

Nope. Msia’s neighbour

[tardy fiber]

Im Malaysian

[obtuse quarry]

You and me both

[tardy fiber]

i think i saw another Malaysian @uncut fern iirc

[grand bramble]

Ahhh

I won... I dont need to spend anything

It's easy... To win

[uncut fern]

Og Hilda can clear Colress with proper support. Meanwhile Rosa is rather pushover damage wise

[grand bramble]

Yes.... You don't need SS Hilda to clear it... I think colress stage is the easiest one

even with accuracy debuff... The powerful nuke can clear it

[slow hare]

Cringe..... the Spotlight Select Scout costs 3000 gems

They used to be 1500-2000 iirc

Courtney isnt even on the select list

[grand bramble]

What a weird banner.... Just leave it

[slow hare]

Oh dw I'm not touching a spotlight select

But it's bad omen... if paid gems got cheaper but selects are more expensive

[grand bramble]

yep.. I noticed... its the same for pokefair select and seasonal select

[rotund sleet]

everything i suspected is coming to fruition

[slow hare]

Sadly same

We'll see in 4 weeks with the next datamine if they do seasonal/PokeFair selects for December.

Like on one hand they literally made paid gems like 7x cheaper. On the other hand it still feels dirty.

[upbeat lotus]

selects are likely to be released in New Year dtm imo

like they did this year NY

[slow hare]

Sure. So we'll see next datamine if there's any selects or not too 😛

[tardy fiber]

neat more selects is good for me, especially value-wise a fair/seasonal select is cheaper for getting dupes than buying the coin bundle for dupes

hurm but can grab 2 3k selects with coin bundle so 3 dupes

[slow hare]

But it costs so much more lol

Coin bundle is a low-key scam imo, the value for $ is not there

but overgro it's cheaper than buying gems from the shop!

Yeah but not like you need huge amounts of paid gems stockpiled anyways

Unless u big whale

[tardy fiber]

i need to see new master fair gem bundles first, need to see if the offers are worse than daily bundle's value

the new event gem bundle kinda bad although they increase amount of gems

[tardy fiber]

i only have 6.6k paid gems currently, so i gonna stock up more so that i have enough when the situation demands it as these bundles are time gated while other gem offers that are instant addition to your amount are way more expensive.

2k october event gem special 6 costs me MYR 59.90, daily gem bundle EX for 3k paid over 20 days only costs me MYR 13.90

[slow hare]

But ideally you'll never need such a huge immediate influx of gems... if you do it's probably better to wait than waste real money

[tardy fiber]

well if what you said in here happen, a nice big influx of gems are welcome

especially when multiple selects happening in same time

as it needs more than 30 days of daily gem bundle EX to afford 1 5k pokefair select

[flint fog]

I don't agree with the candy package being a scam honestly

It definitely is good the first three times or so don't quote me on this it definitely depends acc to account but I think it genuinely has value for players

Selects is not a catch all solutions

Since MFs don't appear

Especially for newer players who didn't farm the previous events

[spare thorn]

BP is definitely a scam

[tardy fiber]

yep agree, bp is a scam

[flint fog]

Well yea

I'm talking about the candy one

[spare thorn]

Candy is decent monetization

It's not the most consumer friendly tactic overall

[flint fog]

Imagine gacha game being consumer friendly or any major corporation for that matter tbh

[tardy fiber]

well but i can understand that some players that didnt have much units to candy might think the candy is bad value...i also probably just gonna buy it for just 2 months, to complete my MF units that are still 1/5 and then back to just basic bundle

[flint fog]

It is a niche playerbase I agree tho

U have to be like mid game?

Ppl who play for long alr got alot of candies stockpiled

Vs newbies who don't have units that need it

Is the middle group

[tardy fiber]

true especially because i joined right after team magma aqua event ended, and i heard they they got move candy for free ...and that prestige event as well

[flint fog]

I do think it depreciate in value quickly though

So buy that when u know when u actually can use it

Unlike the other deal

Where there is not much downside

Outside of ya know paying

[tardy fiber]

yep, thats why i gonna grab to just complete my MF units...pokefairs and seasonals can just grab the selects using paid gems that come with the bundle anyways

[flint fog]

Buying both in tandem is overkill imo

7000 is 2 select alr

Or top up 1k for a 5000 for if you need it

[tardy fiber]

and i think its way better for me to do it like this than pulling continuously in the banner for dupes, the second copy might costs 33.6k even if you got first copy in first multi

[flint fog]

🐳

Wtf

[tardy fiber]

I just gonna buy coin bundle three times then stop

[tardy fiber]

well whales and youtubers pull continuously to get 3/5 and some even 5/5

i just gonna stop at first copy, and then candy or selects for dupes

[spare thorn]

My guess is dena plans on a subscription model

And these bundles are to assess what should be in it

And pricing

[tardy fiber]

i like this current one, like you can just stop after 20 days end...no strings attached, subscription i need to search at google playstore settings to stop auto renew

[reef river]

Idk what a subscription could have to entice me besides more gems. 3 dollars for 3k gems is enough for any deal chaser who only wants to use paid gems on selects

Like as long as they have this sync orb bundle

Maybe a sub only select banner

Or a sub-only scout points cap of 200 instead of 400

[tardy fiber]

Certain exclusive units locked behind battle pass...like genshin have exclusive weapons, here might have exclusive pairs but we might be approaching eos soon if they did that...i cannot imagine the backlash

Not like we have customizations here if they want to lock certain outfits behind subscription, so only exclusive sync pairs can be offered

[reef river]

Only point of comparison i have is with feh

Which locks quality of life changes behind its sub

[flint fog]

Isn't the sync orb thing the subscription model alt

[mental skiff]

Bruh saving gems is hard for someone like me :v

Will december has good gems count... They say good things come in december

[quick night]

not much to gain from rolling SS Hilbert if I already have 3/5 Alder right?

[spare thorn]

Not much to gain if he isn't a fav

No Courtney or Looker in select

[tardy fiber]

Last time got Master Fair Lusamine, and Christmas units...not sure if that are good things.

[rotund sleet]

rosa EBE was a pain but got both done without feature units

[mental skiff]

hope a mediocre MF come like Leon MF so i can skip... But they still give massive gems

[tardy fiber]

Hope ordinary pokemon MF like Leon, Ash, Ssacynthia and sstred comes

I will skip happily

I won't even mind cannot clear EBE

[mental skiff]

Clear EB was never a problem

although sometime it trigger frustration and we do stupid things tho

Do hope no cute Christmas unit because cuteness is nemesis

[tardy fiber]

I hope there's no regice or articuno unit coming on Christmas

Oh xurkitree and blacephalon also looks like festival esque pairs

[mental skiff]

Those pokemon are tempting tho

[tardy fiber]

Im happy with what DeNa did to UBs...not all UBs are alola...only pheromosa and buzzwole are alola

[mental skiff]

Hope they come with something like Santa Leon will prevent me from losing gems

[tardy fiber]

Share the UBs love to other regions

[mental skiff]

Good tho all alola seem redundant

[tardy fiber]

Yep, thats why im happy with what they done

[mental skiff]

i only wait for Nigelego

come to me

[tardy fiber]

I would love it if they make it poison typing

[mental skiff]

[upbeat lotus]

being rock type is also a win, since we dont have any special rock striker

unless dena fuck up and make it a support

[mental skiff]

Yup im desperately need rock

[mental skiff]

even better

Never have enough support

[upbeat lotus]

also you wrote Hilbert name wrong

[mental skiff]

[tardy fiber]

I already got 2 rocks, regirock and diancie ... there's still terrakion and stakataka that may come as my rock fave

[mental skiff]

I will never get SC Hilda since i already got one unit from Pokewar events

[turbid sierra]

is bundle ex+ worth?

[upbeat lotus]

yes

[turbid sierra]

https://tenor.com/view/the-office-bow-michael-scott-steve-carell-office-gif-12985913

[mental skiff]

will buy it in like 3 month later

[turbid sierra]

is it permanent?

i thought its timed purchase 😄

[timber wren]

yes

you can buy each of the bundles every 20 days

[turbid sierra]

oh wow thanks for that i was rushing because i thought it might disappear 😄 thanks for that!

[mental skiff]

3000 gems tho enough for a seasonal selected scout

[turbid sierra]

every 20days? damn thats a lot of money for candies but I can improve my units lol ive been struggling finishing suepr hard contents 😄

[oak crest]

That bundle is the best fit for those who are used to accumulating gems too since u need 20 days to collect all 3k gems

[turbid sierra]

hmm i thought its 1 time 3k then 4k gems for 20days

total of 7k gems with gold candy? am i wrongg on that?

[mental skiff]

Oh i thought first bundle

[timber wren]

personally feel the EX bundle is the highest value since you get more paid gems per unit currency but i’m also not hurting for candy

[oak crest]

For the candy pack yes

300+ 200x20

*3000

[turbid sierra]

yep i bought the orb bundles since I need some to see if it will greatly improve my units to clear hard contents..

do we have calculator

for the orb btw?

[oak crest]

The orb pack doubles your orb income from the stage

So if you clear the hardest stg 10x it's 1800 orbs a day for 20 days

[turbid sierra]

ayt ayt thank you! 😄

[slow hare]

If people weren't so loose and fast with their candies they wouldn't be getting baited by the candy paid bundle.....

[spare thorn]

Not sure it's that

We acquire a pity faster than two candies

If you have multiple favs of the same role it is understandable you end up needing extra

Nothing wrong with wanting to max your favs

[tardy fiber]

Especially true, now its tech master

I gonna grab the bundle 3 times to cut my tech units candy demand

Or use 2 on techs and 1 on striker

Then back to just basic bundle

[spare thorn]

Saying people should only candy units with good grids is getting very meta-y

[tardy fiber]

no prob if your faves are meta...well gloria, lysandre, N and the like already 3/5 anyway so its not like i chase meta

I think im fine with support candy demand for now especially rainbow ticket = fave support dupe for me

[mental skiff]

when your fav is spotlight... No need candy bundle

[tardy fiber]

I did select scout for lusamine before this to 3/5 her ...now she is kinda like 11-13/5 move level

[mental skiff]

2/5 Bea Banner now she 6/5 hope more will come

[tawny cedar]

I'm rollin in dough

Gonna be ready for xbold soon

[tardy fiber]

Hope you can get him, super seasonal scout is rough... got 6 Christmas units in it

[tawny cedar]

Pity means chances don't matter

[grand bramble]

Is it gonna be separated... Or 6 in 1.....btw I got 2/5 Hala

So close.... One more copies and Holiday Leon will be a skip

[tardy fiber]

Hleon is hard to use when 1-2/5...i only have fun using him when 3/5. If not, Ghetsis is better

His glacial spear ramming speed help boost his dmg a lot

[grand bramble]

Hard to use?

actually nvm.... I know what to do here

[tardy fiber]

Yep his 1/5 grid kinda sad...also sometimes you stack tm alot and die before casting it also missing cold snap grid for higher chance of freezing enemies...and missing ramming speed

All of his best stuffs lock behind 3/5

[grand bramble]

Oh....

Yes... I liked this unit ever since I watched the showcase video

[tardy fiber]

Then you should grab him, his atk stats is very high

[grand bramble]

I think it's not about lacking type anymore...

I actually like this sync pair......the playstyle is perfect for me

[reef river]

Theres always a desire to have not just sufficient coverage for each type, but a bazooka where you press 2 buttons and the stage is beaten

[tardy fiber]

I pair him with djgloria and they work wonders

I use freeze build on him, doesn't need to pair with hail teammates

[reef river]

I tried out ghetsis EX for MM and my team probably wasnt great but it was a struggle. So i feel a small desire to get a better ice type. ||then I remembered SST Red is my better ice type and i destroyed the stage with that offtype lol||

[tardy fiber]

Cannot wait for ghetsis power boost, now kinda still gauge consuming

[grand bramble]

By the end of the month, I'll get around 56k gems.... that's good.... this is perfect!

[spare swift]

Btw, what power boost does kyurem gets?

[grand bramble]

Sharp entry 1,MGR 9

[tardy fiber]

Got extra spatk buff on tm as well

The last one i forgot lol

[grand bramble]

He can buff himself pretty well

[tardy fiber]

Oh free move after sync

[grand bramble]

he still needs at least speed support

[spare swift]

Hmm

That sharp entry 1 and ramp up 1 can save a lot of trouble

Oh btw, I have set my limit to 15th of this month

Till then, N will also be released

[spare thorn]

It's fine, but on the low end of power ups imo

[signal halo]

I didn't have a lot of trouble with pre-EX pre-boost ghetsis

[spare thorn]

Never use him to be honest

Summer Steven undefeated

[signal halo]

Ghetsis is a fave. Not the ideal pair with him, but a fave regardless

So if I can use him, I will

[weary spire]

He’s just my best option rn

[tardy fiber]

I guess thats why they did that, he already got strong nuke so EX boost is enough...other power boost is just to help his gauge management and shorten preparation with sharp entry and tm ramp up

[weary spire]

More than does the job

[tardy fiber]

This make it interesting, how they gonna improve sycamore...i already think he is great now

One of the thing that i will be thankful if they add synchro healing so i can unlearn recuperation

Also heals team

[signal halo]

They could also give him dps tools, since fairy is painfully underrepresented

[tardy fiber]

If they give him vigilance grid as power boost, i can give him sentry entry 2 lucky skill instead

[signal halo]

If they give him crit buffing, however...

[tardy fiber]

So that he is tanky from both physical and special damage sources

[spare thorn]

I wouldn't expect much if Ghetsis only got some qol stuff

Especially given he's getting support ex

[tardy fiber]

Yep thats why i only suggest mid stuffs like vigilance and synchro healing

[chrome nest]

I’m entering the unova “Battle unovas best” breakdown again

Why is Rosa stupid tanky

Why can’t my serperior be this tanky

[spare thorn]

Only super effective damage works

Every else is 30% effective

[grand bramble]

Try ghetsis.... That's your only best hope here

[chrome nest]

When your only super effective bug damager is burgh

[chrome nest]

Best I can do is wreck Nate

[spare thorn]

And the sides have it

It is a pretty vicious ebe

[chrome nest]

Either they really want you to pull hilbert or give up

[chrome nest]

It’s much more vicious than Bertha that’s for sure

[spare thorn]

The only upside is the seperior does basically no damage

[chrome nest]

Leaf storm

[spare thorn]

So you can win a battle of attrition

Spdef buffs to the moon

[chrome nest]

It’s Wally on steroids

Ghetsis sync only wrecks Nate not Rosa or hilda

Guess it’s the reason why it’s called “Battle unovas best”

[grand bramble]

You need alot of sync buff

and potion

[chrome nest]

So what you’re saying is

Support ex then ghetsis sync then sync then sync?

[spare thorn]

It's designed for SS Hilby to super effective everything

[chrome nest]

Which I’m not pulling

[grand bramble]

Yep....i think.... you also have N here.. so pair with him if you can

[spare thorn]

That's why it's annoying

[chrome nest]

Piercing blows works

But sentry entry x2 no

This is Aaron electric weak

But painful

[sturdy flower]

I'd rather go for decently cheap paid gems and buy selects even for dupes rather than pay more and have the coins

[grand bramble]

Oh... Its sp atk

[sturdy flower]

but as i said before, not buying anything till we get more content

[spare thorn]

I used SS Hilda for first round

Then got bored and used Alder lol

[chrome nest]

Also Regular N should’ve had reshiram to begin with

Their color scheme match’s perfectly

[spare thorn]

His ex is black tho

[chrome nest]

I doubt myself to beat this forsaken stage

[sturdy flower]

did both, they were quite easy compared to hoenn

[spare thorn]

Look at it

[chrome nest]

What did you use for Rosa

[spare thorn]

It's 300 gems

Alder

[chrome nest]

Imagine having alder

[spare thorn]

Don't need

Someone probably has a f2p way already

[sturdy flower]

there's a setup that requires only Burgh 1/5

[spare thorn]

Worst comes to worst

It's 300 gems

[grand bramble]

36.6k for 300 gems....

if you don't like losing

[reef river]

My honor is more important than gems!

[timber wren]

all this info and more just a hop skip and a jump away in the wonderful land of #1009557516369281075

[glass abyss]

Okay, did very well for this Month

Pulled the two Pairs I wanted

So saving my gems now

Hoping for some good stuff in the next meta

[tawny cedar]

At this point eb don't even tempt me anymore

Just slap ssmorty into everything and you win

[signal halo]

I wish I had him

Is it too bad of a deal to EX a pair with 5* power ups only?

Was considering to EX burgh so I have an easier time with the EB

[sturdy flower]

just do CSMM and EX in 2 weeks

[reef river]

Depends on how many u have

[timber wren]

EXing burgh shouldnt make the stage much easier aside from the stat boost for him, aoe sync isnt going to do much to the sides since they have tough skin

[signal halo]

EXing in two weeks means I won't have it up for EB

[sturdy flower]

EB lasts till the end of the month doesn't it?

[signal halo]

11 days

It might also be the lack of MPRs kicking in

[sturdy flower]

huh, shorter than Hoenn

[signal halo]

Last round I didn't get any MPR

Not on Skyla or Ingo's TM, not on Skyla's potions

I really hate doing this kind of grind

[sturdy flower]

I had to get few Skyla pots, but I used a different team

finally I don't regret getting Alder

[signal halo]

It's the one thing that makes me want to simply go and dump 36.6k for the 300

[sturdy flower]

i'm sure the other part will have something dumb too

to counter Kyurem

[signal halo]

Just because I hate not being able to beat challenges

[timber wren]

there is a clear with ghetsis (ex) skyla (ex) and burgh in #1009557516369281075

idk how rng reliant it is

[signal halo]

Skyla used more MPRs there than I got in my last five tries