Resource Saving Support (Gem Zen)

[lunar topaz]

Ye I will

[weary spire]

We’re still getting plenty of gems this month. If anything else is also a fav, then take these 2nd anni reruns as a reminder that if it’s run before, it should re-run. You’ll have another shot in future

Good

[lunar topaz]

Jasmine and Calem are my only favs of the month

I think I had a chance at Calem but I forgot tk do villa

So I don’t think it’s within reach unless I spend

Because I don’t see us getting any more like surpise gems for new years

[sturdy hatch]

New gem zen rule: do villa first day

[lunar topaz]

It’s so boring!!!

[weary spire]

Right yeah, regardless, you ideally wanna push it off to see what you’re working with at the end of everything

And sure, likely skip because you’ll put those gems towards another opportunity in future

[sturdy hatch]

Don’t you have ss ethan

[weary spire]

Have some teams you put on auto and let em go at it until you’re done for the day

[lunar topaz]

I do 🦦

still takes like 20 minutes

I also keep forgetting to do dailies

4th day in a row darn

[weary spire]

I actually admit I got distracted by chat after doing Lodge and forgot to collect daily reward as well…

I guess it’s only 80 gems, but still

[lunar topaz]

Those 400 gems will be the reason why I can’t pity Calem I’m betting

[weary spire]

[tardy fiber]

This is refreshing, managed to clear EBE without pulling those frogs

Thanks DeNa for also boosting water and dark types

Love you guys

[grand bramble]

How many resources left?

I mean

till the end date?

[tardy fiber]

Im confused with this gem actually, we need to follow the 25th gems or the 31st gems count

[grand bramble]

Till 25th ok

[tawny dagger]

24k

[tardy fiber]

24060

I'm gonna survive this month, the next EBE are the 2021 anni MF EBE

[grand bramble]

I have 37k gems..... plus 24k = 61k

61k gems by the 25th December

[round mason]

i am currently tempted to pull for Calem
||Like bruh that outfit is so cool||

[lean mango]

Is that your only reason?

[grand bramble]

if you have ss kris and Ss cyrus..... Then No

[round mason]

hmm alright

[compact pasture]

Calem's a support, right?

[round mason]

||Yes.||

[worthy willow]

Which of the Thank You gem purchases is worth it?

[lapis pine]

Just the first one imo

[worthy willow]

Is that the best kind of gems deal we ever get from the gems purchase and gems bundle sections?

[maiden kayak]

best gem deal is always the dailies

the one with 20 days

[worthy willow]

Not talking about the obvious, I'm talking about the deals from actual paying

The 20 days I know

[maiden kayak]

if thats the case

yes that thank you deal first one is worth it

its actually cheaper than anni iirc

1.5k gems for 3 bucks

[worthy willow]

Cheaper than Anni?

[maiden kayak]

yea anni is 900 gems for 3 bucks

[round mason]

gem count for today

[signal halo]

An ebe that hasn't swayed me

Thanks to ice guard lucian

[tardy fiber]

Thank you DeNa for allowing types, the team i used for water weak EBE have 0 kalos team

[summer goblet]

its a pretty good day

[tardy jolt]

Heading towards having more gems than when the datamine dropped, should be at almost 4 pities by the 25 (I’ll be missing 12k gems), glad I can save now

[summer goblet]

the legendary gem saver Carnet reveal himself to me on Gacha and Flex channel

pretty cool experience

[compact pasture]

Which team did you use?

[oak crest]

Man keldeo pulled thru for me for both ebes def the unit I will never regret pulling for

[tardy fiber]

||sskris, archie, djgloria||

[signal halo]

Even allowing types, the EBEs were annoying

I was lucky to have a master fair for this

[sturdy hatch]

Getting them

[signal halo]

In SS kris

[feral vale]

I don’t think you’re allowed to show the pictures here.

[wind nymph]

means it's my mistake for more copies 😭😭😭damn didnt know that

After the 1st pull i have to stop for that right and I need to go for calem😭😭

any suggestions how to save more gems and need to where we need

[timber wren]

yes please do not post about pulling results in here

[wind nymph]

and what is the perfect for pull is it one copy sufficient or more

[timber wren]

and yes it’s advised to stop after you get the first copy

unless you are very close to pity and have a good pile of gems saved

generally advise to go to pity if you’re 1-2 multis away and have at least two pities saved

but first copy is enough since you can always candy over time

we get enough coins for one of each candy in less than two months

[wind nymph]

i have 37000 gems i caught her at third multi but didn't know the need to stop and wasted all my gems for pity

damn now i regrets😭😭

[timber wren]

you learned from it tho

[wind nymph]

yes really feeling bad thow if i stop that time might be able to pull calem as well how stupid i am

[timber wren]

it’s an easy mistake to make do not beat yourself up

[feral vale]

Do you have the gems for Calem?

[lean mango]

There's nothing you can do now, all ya can do is to not make the mistake again

[wind nymph]

now i have 00

[feral vale]

Ouch

[wind nymph]

yes now i am not gonna make mistakes any more i learnt from my mistake, after getting single copy that moment i am gonna stop

[feral vale]

If you want Calem so bad, save back up and skip the others. Other than that, yeah.

[wind nymph]

Is there any chance i am able to get Calem Also, how can I earn more gems

[feral vale]

What I just said.

Save back up and skip pulling all other units. You get gems from doing missions, events, etc.

[wind nymph]

ok mate i will do the same 😊

not gonna touch any other banner now onwards

and after 1 copy immediately stop

[lean mango]

We have around 24k gems till the 25th right

[wind nymph]

how can we get 24k from which event or upcoming events

[timber wren]

it’s all pinned

and in #1012256199128915968

[lean mango]

ye

[timber wren]

do not advise pulling on calem’s banner until we get next update so you’ll know if you can get enough gems to hit pity before he leaves on 09jan

[wind nymph]

means if am not able to get 36.6k gems should ignore calem banner right?

[timber wren]

yep

1% rate means 25% chance to need pity for one copy

could walk away with nothing

[wind nymph]

if luck won't support

[timber wren]

can’t ever rely on luck

[wind nymph]

i won't waste gems now if i don't have sufficient stock

[timber wren]

anyone who’s been playing this game for a while has had to pity a banner before, that’s just probability

and if you can’t get enough for him then you have a good amount saved going into next year when we get NY>palentines>half anni units

[wind nymph]

I have been playing this game for 5 days, so i am a beginner with this game

[reef river]

There will be times you have to pity, and times where you get what you want first pull. You always plan for the former

[timber wren]

if you’re a brand new player then you may have more gems available from first time clears. but i still advise saving for future banners

unless you want to reroll your account for both calem and serena

[wind nymph]

now i am happy learning from mistakes It is a good thing i am gonna save my gems now

[timber wren]

feel free to stop by here if you’re feeling tempted and need someone to talk you out of it

[wind nymph]

first of all i am gonna learn more and more then gonna decide about my pulls and my games requirements

yes before any pulls I'm gonna take advice 🙂

[reef river]

You honestly have a bit of leeway as a new player. I dont know if you did or are familiar with the idea of rerolling a fresh account

But you get a certain amount of gems right off the bat and you can just remake your account until you get units you are happy with and then keep that account

[wind nymph]

means playing again with a new account from scratch 😛 no i am not gonna do that i am happy now after getting good advice from u guys🙏😊

[lunar topaz]

Gem zen I am angry at myself again ||i pitied for Calem|| I knew I should’ve waited for jasmine but I really couldn’t I am disappointed with myself I know why I did it but now I won’t have jasmine even though my first priority was her

I’m so disappointed in myself I can’t believe I did this

[tawny cedar]

Alright 3k/36k today

I'll prob be able to pity calem unless Jan is shit

[tardy fiber]

45,635 gems going strong for my next faves

[tawny cedar]

Noice

If stuff goes smoothly for me,after dec i can save till mar

[deep yacht]

16k gems for now, will i hit pity for anni N before dec 25?

[lean mango]

When do NY units run in Jan?

[lean mango]

Mhm, Anni N runs til Feb so you'll definitely have a pity

[tardy fiber]

Iirc 24060 gems left not counting this reset because it not yet happened

So yep can reach pity before 25 but didnt anniN not yet release by that time?

He is dec 28

[lean mango]

I guess just followin the gem countdown

[tardy fiber]

Kinda worry for new year alts

Currently i only got 2 festive season faves. They probably add more on different seasons

Or event like djgloria + sskorrina might pop up randomly and boom 2 faves

[lean mango]

If they end backing up with the NY alts plan leek reasons then I'm good on gems

[tardy fiber]

||does the leek said which pokemon will be released? I didn't mind trainers much ||

[lean mango]

||No, I'm only aware of who the chars will be||

[tardy fiber]

Oh neat

I still need to worry then

Well at least the thing i most worried about this month has already passed

Thanks DeNa for easy EBE doesn't even need the frogs

And my investment on 3/5 Evelyn was worth it for unbending and stalwart

[lean mango]

Haven't done em yet

Except Alder pt. 1

[tardy fiber]

Glad they let the type boosted tradition going

[lean mango]

mhm

[tardy fiber]

I was worried to use only Kalos, and now can consider water and dark

[lean mango]

Tho Diantha worries me

Latias all over again

[tardy fiber]

I just use djgloria on her

And i wonder why she still tanky, because my djgloria still only 2/5 so only got def debuffs

[lean mango]

I wonder how good I can make Serena a debuffer I've done it before

[tardy fiber]

Iirc lodge rosa can debuff alot

And she is water

[lean mango]

Oh really?

Haven't really used her

[tardy fiber]

Saw some clears using may swampert as well

[lean mango]

Yoo, will try later

[signal halo]

My run was may, ice guard Lucian and 3/5 SS kris

[small jay]

this is the first time in a couple weeks ive had 3k gems

i haven't had over 6k since the anniversary 💀

[half laurel]

How's the new gen 6 protagonists?

Good or...

[lunar topaz]

Not the place to ask but if you’re asking this, if they are not favorite characters/Pokémon I do not recommend pulling for them as meta units tend to get power crept very quickly nowadays even if they don’t fall out of meta there’s the endless loop of a unit getting better than them. Judging by your gem count even if you did really want one you’d only be able to pity for one #1006350210450079784 if you want a non saver advice

[lunar topaz]

I haven’t been below 1 pities since the johtrio Mf units I am so glad I saved

[half laurel]

Yes I know it's apparently not place to ask, 2 other people have said it, but thanks btw

Ninja is cool especially the shiny one, but think I wait to see what's next

Could be something cooler like a gen 9 banner?

For sure should save for that, or if we even get a Solana banner

I'd love if they added her, probably never happen though

[tardy fiber]

Hisui first, cmon DeNa...give me the origin creation trio

Centaur palkia, gundam dialga and centipede giratina

[sturdy hatch]

Thanks Ghetsis !

[weary spire]

That’s a whole lotta

[tardy fiber]

Nice,im struggling to collect 200 monthly even harder now brcause December is a skip month

[chrome nest]

Does anyone believe in special day luck (Christmas or Birthdays)

[lean mango]

Just same old same old imo

[sturdy hatch]

Sometimes if you’re lucky you’ll get a cake

[lean mango]

But what if the cake is a lie?

[chrome nest]

I can test it on Christmas if I want to

[tardy fiber]

No, I doesn't even get a cake for my birthday sometimes

Still can get pity on birthdays

[chrome nest]

Can be in many forms (Games, life, etc)

[tardy fiber]

The habits or rituals that i always do is skip gacha animations, usually give me good results and close app after every multis and reopens

[signal halo]

I only skip if there's no lightning

And overall I just pull

So far I believe myself to be lucky in PoMa

But this isn't the place to announce pull results

Even from banners that aren't quite available anymore

[tardy fiber]

Well waiting for datamine before pull is also a good habit, not because of luck or what. But you can plan your spending appropriately.

[signal halo]

Or is there no problem to say how well it went now that it's over?

I only wait for datamine if there's a reason for second guessing

Tbh I still consider pulling on colress

[tardy fiber]

Not enough gems is kinda a strong reason usually

[signal halo]

I do have enough gems for what I could want this month

[tardy fiber]

Then go for it

[signal halo]

There's no base pair banner, however

[tardy fiber]

If I have gems and a fave appears, i will always grab them as early as possible

[signal halo]

So even if I want sh Greninja or lunala

[tardy fiber]

To took advantage of event boosts and such

[signal halo]

They don't fit the bill for canon pairs

Colress is the biggest pair for me between November and December

Followed by hugh

But both are spotlights

[lean mango]

Only time I'll ever really grab a fave early is if it's Poison or a big big fave or event EBE troubles if I have em, but that's only when I have a pity

[signal halo]

I think my most recent EBE overinvesting

Was giving a candy and EX to emmet

[lean mango]

I get anxious being under pity

[signal halo]

Do I regret it? Not a bit

Emmet is my rock type fave

[lean mango]

If it's a fave then go for it

Won't judge on that

[signal halo]

I feel sad that so many faves I have can't be EX or good

Due to them being Unova gen pool

Unova gen pool has like two actually big pairs

3

Celesa, Hilbert and Bianca?

Colress will soon join it, but I don't know how big of a pair he is beyond my fanboyage

[lean mango]

Feel ya on that with Glacia, my 2nd favorite character just being really bad before her update , hope some of your favs will get those big boosts

The reception with Colress I've seen that he's fine

[tardy fiber]

Part of the reason for me collecting legendaries, mythicals, UBs are because they are less prone to be bad units

[sturdy flower]

it will feel good to exit the month with more gems than I started

[chrome nest]

Saving after being broke is hard

I have 2K currently

[compact pasture]

What happened to Palki?

[chrome nest]

Idk

Going in without a pity is the reason why I’m an idiot

But I learned from mistakes

[signal halo]

This month feels odd for me

I feel like calem will fill a pretty interesting bit of my account in being another monstrous physical support

But I might be underestimating my physical support roster

While overvaluing my special one

[rare swan]

Always good to be working on rebuilding that's me now

The rest of this month is saving saving saving

[maiden kayak]

actually

hes a very confusing unit to use

in fact this month all units are complicated to use

all the more newbie shouldnt rven think about pullin them

[sturdy flower]

pew pew pew pew pew

[signal halo]

I don't feel he's particularly hard to understand

[sturdy flower]

there are some specifics to his teambuilding

kinda like SS Wally

ideally you will want to get 10 hits after round 2 to use zone/rain on the 3rd one

[signal halo]

Isn't his hit rate random, unlike Serena's?

[sturdy flower]

it is random from 2 to 5

on the water side at least

and if you want to use dark zone turn 3 you need to use brutal swing, so teammates have to provide 7 hits

[signal halo]

Wait so, teammate hits count too?

Any allies

[sturdy flower]

yes

[signal halo]

I missed that bit

[sturdy flower]

his buff is incomplete though, 4 atk

so chances are you will want to buff on t1 with them too

[signal halo]

It's a crit max support, at least

Once candied

[sturdy flower]

a lot of planning goes into his team

compared to the usual unga bunga

[signal halo]

Multi hitting doesn't sound too painful in dark

Due to the overwhelming presence of brutal swing

[tardy fiber]

Dark void counts as 3 hits as well

[sturdy flower]

why pair dark zone setters

[tardy fiber]

Well sscyrus doesn't need to use dark wish anymore and can dark pulse and dark void

[maiden kayak]

makes b move planning annoying

[signal halo]

I feel like it's easier if you're using him with Serena and another aoe pair

Serena always hits 5 times, he always hits 2 and then you just need an aoe to hit everyone

At least sounds like the easiest route

As for dark, I imagine him to just need the brutal swing fiesta

[tardy fiber]

Cerena 5, Chalem 2, DGloria 3... 10 hits

[signal halo]

Overall there isn't a lot of reason to bother trying to do turn 2 dark zone for calem, from what I see

[signal halo]

I fear that in a world where Kris and Sydney exist, there wouldn't be a huge appeal of further investing on dark or water support

At least from where my account is

[vernal glade]

So far, my savings on 5* power up going well so far, despite have 40

While have 500 tickets for custom power ups

[signal halo]

Are you saving those because you ran out of targets, you wanna have them for someone specific or because you felt like it?

[vernal glade]

Ya I have no interested targets to EX.

[signal halo]

I feel like I'd want quite a few more EXes before I calm down

At least all the support ones I can get

[rare swan]

I'm also saving my EX materials

I think I have about 115 right now

It's nice to be able to EX faves as soon as they drop

[tardy fiber]

I only have 130 left...at first i was spending them on 3*/4* non units but i just realised that im just lucky that serena is a lodge guest this month, if its a character that i didn't have, it will cut my income

[rare swan]

I've finished 20/20ing all the Kalos units (except TL Serena) so I'll be saving them until I get her

[tardy fiber]

Oh right i also 20/20 NPC pairs but Christmas doesn't have one

[cunning swan]

I EX faves as soon as they drop, but I never have a three-digit number of

I just have enough for two or three EX's (outside of impulsively EXing faves)

[cunning swan]

oh yeah, we got no christmas free NPC

L celebration

[tardy fiber]

Did you save region tix? I pulled as soon as i formed 30 and maybe thats why i have a lot more

[vernal glade]

Only time I’m gonna EX is when what weakness the EB for Galar are.

[lean mango]

I'm not spendin my all my tix, waiting fro Colress and Looker to be added

[vernal glade]

I do plan to save Unova tix.

As I have no other reason to use the tix on it.

[tawny cedar]

I forgot to play unova dailies so i have 0 unovatix

[cunning swan]

I save most

[vernal glade]

I have to focus saving tix on the other regions including the general tix.

[cunning swan]

I'm only spending on Sinnoh and Hoenn because I'm missing Sinnoh E4 dupes and I don't have phoebe at all

[vernal glade]

Because so far I haven’t been saving on them.

But hopefully I can stop my urge on using the tickets.

[lean mango]

You get used to the red exlamation mark after a while

[tardy fiber]

Also probably because i already have 54 5/5 general pool pairs so i got often

[lean mango]

I still have alotta units from gen pool that aren't 5/5 so

tho I do get Caitlin weirdly alot

[maiden kayak]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/616468907355668524/1048449217628213379/image0.jpg
@thorny pelican u have a rival

[lean mango]

Oh wow

[tardy fiber]

150 oak ...based

His stats are kinda sweet, 500 hp and 340 everything else

[rare swan]

Damn this girl is POWERFUL

But why....

[lunar topaz]

I wonder who they’re saving for

What if they’re also a Clair fan desperately waiting for the alt she deserves

[tardy fiber]

Probably a flannery fan, she got shafted just like Clair

Whitney fan eating good this month

[cunning swan]

what if she's an Oak fan

[sturdy hatch]

Can confirm they’ve fixed Blossful Bonanza

[violet nebula]

How do you get all the content done without pulling for at least a few good pairs?

It just seems to be way too frustrating with x amount of resets though I admire the patience and absurd amount of time one must have for that😬

[sturdy hatch]

Most content doesn’t take much resets once you figure out how the game works

There are usually good ways to clear CS and to clear 10 stages of LG with just what you have

[violet nebula]

That is some mad level of zenning

[sturdy hatch]

Many of the free units are really good. Some are even staples.

[violet nebula]

Yep... Sycamore, cyrus, gio

Most of the freebies have grids now making life better

And most are pretty good grids..like clays

[tardy fiber]

Due to the f2p units being good, i can get by and use my gems to pull my faves

It feels worthwhile collecting my faves, managed to clear EBE without pulling those frogs

3/5 Evelyn save me this time, it made me pumped to 3/5 all bp master unit faves in the future

[cunning swan]

I love how, out of all the great f2p grids out there, you chose Clay as the example

[tardy fiber]

Iirc all f2p grid this month is high quality like Janine grid, its good

Agatha also good

[sturdy hatch]

Yeah this month is good

[tardy fiber]

Oh i need to check how many units still gridless

Blaine, Marlon, Maylene, Roark, Torchic, Shauntal, Marshal, Jessie, James

Lorelei

Not sure if i missed anyone else

[violet nebula]

It had to be chosen😆

Not many gridless ones left... what will they do next though?🤔

[thorny pelican]

Strange

I think they have more gems than me, huh

[maiden kayak]

fr?

[thorny pelican]

Yep, 5000 more

[vestal leaf]

pr129, 190 pairs and almost 1.5 mil power

that's not even that bad

[thorny pelican]

Spends their tickets

[vestal leaf]

definitely wise

[thorny pelican]

Dunno what the context is, I am willing to believe that's their gem count but zooming in on their 8 and 6 digits is a little distorted

[vestal leaf]

when you're saving that much

[thorny pelican]

Welp, I'm obscure now

Time to retire and disappear

[maiden kayak]

190 units

sounds sus

especially when she has 0 paid gems

[vestal leaf]

yeah, unless you get incredibly lucky with tickets that seem very high, unless they made every eggmon

[tawny dagger]

Well they can have 0 paid gems if they spent it all before the screenshot

[tardy fiber]

Probably eggmons

Like i have 208 pairs but with eggmons that i already paired it become 241 in my profile

[vestal leaf]

based fine diner

[thorny pelican]

It would make sense if they were one of the winners from the 2022 New year gem giveaway too

[vestal leaf]

lol right

that also happened

[tardy fiber]

Probably she doesnt spend on maybunny

Chest have more event badges than her

She only have 74 4* badges

She missed 10 events

[tawny dagger]

They probably don't care about the events

Given they are only PR 129

Do the event enough to claim all the gems and dip

[round mason]

gem count for today

[ashen thunder]

I did the deed
Ex for evelyn when Dena

Nita next

Gotta love 5* free supports

[lunar topaz]

Free units

[tardy fiber]

[tardy fiber]

Im thankful that DeNa made 14 of my faves f2p and 2 of them spotlights

[sturdy flower]

no spotlight feels like hisui might be possible

[summer goblet]

to be honest though, I'm not too sure if its real or photoshop due to the lack of commas and font being a little different. Maybe its a Japanese account thing

but respect to the player who saves this long, let's see if 1 mil is the cap

[signal halo]

I was thinking about how to manage my resources in the future and I came to a pretty interesting angle

Looking at my would be future pairs, from my most immediate fave list, I have:
Colress, Hugh, Leon, Ciris, Celesa, Red, Lucas, Lance and Diantha

I also have Raihan and Marnie among my 1/5 limited pairs

Would it be too much of a waste of candies to give my ash 2 and 3/5 so he could be a better tank?

The plan would be to make ash my tank so I could at least have wonkiness and shenanigans while playing him in electric weak csmm

[tough oriole]

He tanks fine at 1/5

[sturdy flower]

he can solo electric weak csmm at 1/5

if you want him to tank better EX is more of a difference

[signal halo]

I was wondering if there was a way to do a team of ash, SST red and N where N actually made a difference

But I guess that would be too much

[tardy fiber]

Urgh i used move candy on wrong character nvm its still a fave well just gonna redo the 3/5 priority order

[tough oriole]

If you want n to make an impact, you’ll have to not use those rats

[ashen thunder]

Candy N and use him with red
Ash can go ham in another team with volkner/CElesa

Tho that's what I plan once I candy N to 5/5 one day

[compact pasture]

How did you candy the wrong character?

[tardy fiber]

I forgot that i want to 3/5 nita using rainbow ticket and 1 support candy...i accidentally used yellow candy on her, supposed to use it on my 2/5 djgloria

Well now she just up the priority list

And thanks to that, i might can 3/5 another bp master unit before August

Probably Mesprit, it want more help than Cobalion

[grim plover]

Hey how do you use your paid gems

Because I pull for a char I like the day they come and I use my free gems so I don't have to use the paid ones

[upbeat lotus]

Save for paid selects

Best use of paid gems

[grim plover]

oh rigiht

what's the best paid select comming this month?

[reef river]

There is none. Just the current general pool one if you really want to pay 3 dollars for a general pool unit

Next month is very likely to have some sort of Pokefair select scout

[split thicket]

Day 1 of saving for Calem.

[nocturne spade]

💀

Oh I thought u had 0 non paid

[cunning swan]

keep at it!

[nocturne spade]

Well good luck on your saving journey

[nocturne spade]

I’m thinking half anni

[upbeat lotus]

Last NY had some select banners so its likely that there are some selects for this NY too

[nocturne spade]

Nice

[timber wren]

last NY was the first 5k pf select

[reef river]

Itll be both and the gem count may be higher with the better bundle deals

Maybe 6k paid gems for a 30 pull with a wider range of selects

[reef river]

Id rather they stick to 3k with a smaller range bc i only expect to get 1 unit anyway

[split thicket]

I did on Friday.

Sorry for the ping. Forgot to turn it off.

[nocturne spade]

How u buy 420 gems

[nocturne spade]

Ah stamina

[maiden kayak]

stamina…….

what a blasphemous expenditure of gems

[reef river]

Only time it makes sense to do so is if you arent a daily player, and buying stamina will get you more reward gems from completing x amount of battles than you did from spending on stamina

Like if you waited till the last day

[signal halo]

By the way, Glojo is a canon pair, isn't she?

Iirc she actually wears the suit

In the dlc

[sturdy flower]

i'd count her as canon, yes

just like how Redlax or CBlue are

[reef river]

Everything in this game is canon in our hearts

[sturdy flower]

don't say that, his gems will go poof

[tawny dagger]

Everything is made by TPC

So it's canon

[sturdy flower]

it's canon source: ||it got delivered to me in a dream||

[sly breach]

Damn am getting itching fingers

[reef river]

Whats got you itching friendo

[weary spire]

Leaving the itch alone for a while usually means the itch fades

[signal halo]

Having the canon rule is one of the things preventing me from overinvesting on water and dark

[tardy fiber]

Bp alts are all canon right? Time to 5* 20/20 all of them lets goo

[broken mulch]

What do you mean Canon

You mean them using Pokémon they’ve used in the main game?

I think so

[tardy fiber]

Highlander definition of canon is using original pokemon they used and used original outfit

So bp pairs fits

Like holiday jasmine isn't canon

Or CCalem and CSerena not canon

Zinnia probably not canon, only bpzinnia counts

As she never have rayquazza

[signal halo]

Preferably using pokemon and outfits they used in game

Outfits are more important than the pokemon, but for free pairs, I just shrug it off

It's more of a rule towards pulling

[drowsy saddle]

What if the outfits are new but they have a Cannon move in the kit?

[signal halo]

The outfit comes first

[drowsy saddle]

You're missing out on Zap Cannon then, such a cool move

[signal halo]

Who has zap cannon?

[drowsy saddle]

Possible Colress alt, just an example

[signal halo]

I don't have a specific grudge against sygna suits or seasonal outfits

It's just that cutting them off my list helps out immensely

In saving gems

Which also includes cutting pairs that undeniably would be faves

For example: Cyrus and weavile

I double doubt they would release that pair in canon clothes

Same for ghetsis and cofagrigus

Colress alts as well

Which means there's a good chance DeNa can still find something to dismantle my pulling priority

Overall I can only think about exceptions that would make an underperforming pair soar, but so far I can't think of any

I want colress because he's my rank 1 fave and because he'll be a really nice pair to slot as a tank for my physical carries in csmm

Red for making some of my weakest carries function properly

[tough oriole]

Ig there’s sm colress?

[signal halo]

Sm colress is canon

As it appeared in sm

[tough oriole]

That’s what i meant

[tardy fiber]

Alola red and alola blue when?

[cunning swan]

I want this, but at the same time I'm afraid if or when they'll come because I collect Kantrio...

[lean mango]

I feel like that's with every pair, ya want em but just not now

Anni rerun moment

[cunning swan]

Kantrio is my top must-have priority

so please dena if alola red and blue ever come

give me more gems

[upbeat lotus]

When they come their battle tree theme should be added as well

Such a banger theme for kanto battle legends

[cunning swan]

[signal halo]

I don't really have gem issues now

What worries me is SS leaf

She isn't canon, but she's the holder of my coveted venusaur

I just really want her, but she's among the sygna suits I wish I had regardless of the canon rule

As for the full list, I'd say uh...

SS Ethan, SS Morty, SS red, SS lusamine, SS grimsley and SS leaf, not necessarily in this order

Ethan likely being the biggest of the list, followed by Leaf, then Morty

Others aren't as much of a priority

Actually

I'd go as far as saying the others wouldn't tempt me, but SS Morty feels like such a big piece on any account, such a quality of life pair, that I likely wouldn't be able to dodge it

SS leaf has one of my all time fave grass pokemon, if not THE grass type

But I don't know if ferrothorn is in the game and they're likely up there when it comes to grass, as well

Yeah, Venusaur is it, with ferrothorn being high up there

[broken mulch]

Who even uses Ferrothorn in game?

[upbeat lotus]

Cilan

[signal halo]

Cilan and ferrothorn would be massive

But I guess he'll have simisage most certainly

[upbeat lotus]

he can get Ferrothorn as a BP unit

[signal halo]

If instead of the 3 eevees, there was a banner with all 3 simis, I'd just go bald

But I'd get all 3

I wonder if I even should have a top 3 for every type

I know I love at least 3 pokemon from each of them without overlapping

And that I already own some of such faves

I'd say I even have all 3 psychic pairs in reuniclus, sigilyph and alakazam

Wishing reuniclus got a glow up

[vernal glade]

Funny enough… when was the gym leaders last appearance… April?

Because would save my tickets for them. Even if they get the monkeys.

[upbeat lotus]

they def get the monkeys, which are their signature mons

[vernal glade]

Ya I have to agree on that.

[round mason]

new EBE was easy.

[signal halo]

Raihan just shot up massively in my fave list for saving my ass from glacia

[split thicket]

Day 2 of saving for Calem.

[sly breach]

Had to use Ashchu to off type that stupid battle and it was not even master mode

[signal halo]

I had to 150 EX raihan, since mine was 1/5

and come up with the weirdest parameters I've ever used

still, both raihan and alder really rose in my rankings this week

and I've found a new set of parameters to deal with stages that better accommodates them

[viscid flare]

Venusaur has a gmax form so maybe it comes in another pair

[tardy fiber]

Hope there will be gmax butterfree bugsy alt

[grim plover]

Like red in let's go

Damn saving for favs Is hard, I just got calem and now have to wait another month without pulling

[worldly knot]

Ugh im still contemplating whether to save or pull calem

Love black greninja but idk where to use him if i got him rip

Im afraid im going to regret pulling him like i did in groudon, should i save guys?

[cunning swan]

well yes, if you yourself are unsure, then save

just wait for the next datamine

[worldly knot]

I guess save it is, this is bugging me as black gre seems cool but kinda useless atm for me

Thanks

[oak crest]

If you have such thoughts then it's best not to pull for him

[round mason]

yeah
when in doubt Save.

[weary gull]

Does anyone know how the seasonal rerun banner is gonna look? 1 banner with like all past 6 Christmas units or?

[drowsy saddle]

We don't know the exact contents or rates of any banner before it shows up. It's server side.

All units in one is likely though

[ashen thunder]

Drop rate doesn't matter

You shouldn't roll without pity anyways

And as long as the limited unit is in pool, you roll for it till pity

[broken mulch]

I mean a rate lower than Master is unbelievably crappy lol

[ashen thunder]

I mean

What's the point in comparing 1% or 2%

When it takes pity anyways

Also those numbers are so skewed
It's not even smth of a big gap

[reef river]

Ehhhh it does make a difference

Absolutely

Obviously its true that you shouldnt go in without pity

[weary gull]

Yeah definitely. Was just curious if I could theoretically have a shot at like 5 others while I get the 400 points 😂 If they do 6 in one I can even see them go as low as 0,5% lol

[ashen thunder]

Theoretical values doesn't matter at all

Like you do a roll

Each roll is still 1% chance

Ofc the collective value always looks bigger

But in the end you are still gambling at 1% chance

Per roll

[drowsy saddle]

Well, you do get higher rates with higher numbers of pulls, like ~20% to get a featured via multi pull from 2%.
But higher rates still don't get to 100% unless you hit pity.

And you can only account for future pulls - 10 possible multi pulls raise your chances, while 10 dead multis do nothing.

[ashen thunder]

It's not 20% per multi

Only 9.6%

At 2% rate

[drowsy saddle]

Y'sure?

[ashen thunder]

This how probability works

This assuming 2% for featured

[drowsy saddle]

^5?

Multi is 11 pulls

[ashen thunder]

Oh yea
It's 11

19.9%

Wait it's higher than I expected

[drowsy saddle]

Amazing math, eh? It's not totally 22%, but slightly lower

[ashen thunder]

so this year is just shit for me

Where my 20% chance per multi at

[drowsy saddle]

Why get 20% when you can get 80%?

[ashen thunder]

Why get 80% when it's 100% with paid select

[compact pasture]

Is the special battle a daily event?

[upbeat lotus]

No

[weary spire]

Never pull without pity is a given for sure, but always try to maximise odds

It matters. Else you’d choose a 1% banner for your featured unit while there’s a 2% available

Odds are what we have to face & consider no matter what unfortunately, but we have the insurance of a pity so as to never be at the mercy of them

Even saving tickets for a ticket pool update, there is no guarantee we won’t keep getting the same old units giving us again & again, but we still consider the raised odds of something new

[split thicket]

Day 3 of saving for Calem.

Oops I blinked.

[tough oriole]

The last time we had a banner with 6 seasonals, it was 0.33% rate each

[signal halo]

0.33% makes it so you have less odds of seeing anything than a single banner

since it ends at 1.98%

sounds completely cursed

[unborn pier]

that won’t be all the decimal points so I think it should be 1.99% but still ever so slightly below normal banners

oh wait forget that it should be 0.33%

since it’s just 3 recurring my brain blanked

[tough oriole]

The visible rates are rounded, so if they inputted it properly, it’ll actually be 2%/6 in game, regardless of what it says

[timber wren]

it’s in the fine print that they round the display rates but not the actual ones

[tough oriole]

Yup, that’s what i was trying to say

[signal halo]

Which are the Christmas pairs?

[ashen thunder]

Whitney(3 terrain) and jasmine(se up and smun, pmun)

[weary spire]

||Whitney & Sawsbuck, Jasmine & Ampharos|| which are ofc in typical holiday outfits, nothing really new there

[tough oriole]

||If you mean the ones rerunning, it’d be
Holiday Rosa (gauge accel and random buffs; mostly outclassed by ss blue, but decent for anni steven)
Holiday Siebold (60% burn and strong water nuke at 3/5)

Holiday Skyla (air slash with doubled flinch rates and flying type tri attack with boosted rates. Strong flying nuke at 3/5)
Holiday Erika (draining kiss and 1 time aoe potion, little defensive buffs, generally outclassed by sycamore)

Holiday Nessa (hail and decent dps. Mediocre nuke for a tech, but has a fun physical tank set with ice face + hail)
Holiday Leon (good ice damage with aoe freeze chance. Every time he uses a tm, he gains a PMUN)||

[weary spire]

You can check https://discord.com/channels/583120259708616715/1012256199128915968 (datamine summary under #1006331343300473022, idk how else to link directly) for future reference

[drowsy saddle]

You can link to posts if you follow them

Like #1012256199128915968

[signal halo]

Yeah, meant those

I think there's only a pair among those that I'd really want due to it being a pokemon fave

If she's strong, I'll have to think

Nope

Far from any threshold

So, general question here

But I don't know how many players try to make pulling rules instead of just a flat out fave list

Because I wanted to have an idea as to when breaking a pulling rule would be decently acceptable

[tardy fiber]

I have fave list, and i will pull my faves if i have pity / have the funds to form a pity / able to form pity with remaining gems in the month.

In case of multiple faves in a month, if i got the unit yet i still have pity / able to form pity through funds or from events before the banner ends, i will go to my next fave in my list in that month

[signal halo]

Are there any rogue pairs that could or have swayed you away from your objective?

Even if temporarily, given the 52/52

[tardy fiber]

I already gets swayed in the past so i learnt from my lesson and didn't get swayed again, i got swayed by meta abit especially zone meta when youtubers said zone can be used to boost your weaker faves...i pulled palmarnie and palbea and there's that, didn't get swayed anymore since then

But for recent cases, i got swayed to get more dupes for my faves especially when a candy was formed and it made my fave become 2/5

[signal halo]

For my case

I think what makes it hard for me is that the two bigger faves off my list

Are spotlight pairs

That I skipped master fairs just for the chance of them appearing in the game

Colress, namely, with SSA Cynthia and Maxie skipped

[tardy fiber]

Regarding spotlight after careful consideration and cheaper paid gems...i might consider to pull tier if my fave become spotlight. Although lusamine and gladion are also spotlights and faves but when i started playing, they are already in general pool in a while so i just do 5* select for them with 3k paid

[signal halo]

It's just that both colress and Hugh are head and shoulders above other pairs when it comes to faves

And I'm a completely f2p player

What makes matters worse is

That the biggest use of one of my limited faves gameplay wise

Can also be completely replaced by a 3/5 spotlight

Namely Ciris multiplier setup for alder

Being done by karen

While any dragon damage she could pull off would be covered by Cyrus or Zinnia

So she really is one of those pairs that wouldn't do anything in an account I still consider incomplete

And I have no clue on what Celesa is supposed to do

I pulled for N, as a fave and noticed that in my account, he's borderline useless

Which made me feel like pulling pairs is made easier when they have a purpose

N still gave me the keys to sigilyph, which feels more useful as a rare sleep pair and his banner gave me Raihan, who was crucial for this week's csmm, as well as Cynthia, who is my main ground carry now

What I concluded is that I wouldn't feel happy pulling for another N like banner for now

On which the featured pair won't find an use in my account

Does champion iris find any niche beyond being a tech dragon nuke and a special attack debuffer?

[tardy fiber]

Talking about this, is raihan a fave? Like i know that raihan and cblue fills a rare niche of special steel and special rock...but because they are not my fave, i still skip them

Because I don't want it to be like Emmet, i pull emmet just for rock 3* gear co-op and after the event is done...i got no use of him

[feral vale]

~~Me when I pulled Archie, still regret that decision to this day ~~

[tardy fiber]

Yep i doesn't mind if pull for faves and the unit gets outdated over time but pulling a non fave unit just to clear some event or stuff stings

[feral vale]

Learned not to do that anymore.

[signal halo]

Cynthia was a fave and Raihan was a liked character that grew a lot on me after being clutch

Originally, when I pulled for N, what I wanted was to get him early so I could spend pity and get Cynthia, which, on top of being a fave, would be also a big help for csmm

Partially due to how much I dislike Sandslash and having to use it

And how much I like garchomp and believe it to be stronger than Sandslash

I think my biggest regret was skipping red and Lucas on the same banner for SS Kris and SS lyra

But recently I've learned how to comfortably slot them in a way that makes them fun for me

Kris in particular, being a sp moves + print machine at 3/5

Was also clutch in helping my ghetsis brute force wise entry

I enjoy the novelty of collecting and playing with some characters

But I really enjoy having pairs coming in clutch and filling critical slots in my account

[upbeat lotus]

12k gems reached next goal is 15k

||i shouldnt spend 6k on Calem and Serena, tho i got Calem||

[feral vale]

Good luck on your saving goal!

My current goal is two pities worth, I hope I don’t get tempted until then.

[upbeat lotus]

we need to stay strong Calem and Serena are both favs of mine

[feral vale]

Calem is a huge fav and I want to be conditioned to like Game Serena. Zerena rerun is what I’m mainly saving for, but SS Calem is also probably gonna happen.

So predicting both at the same time, and hoping for one if not the other for Kalos VA

[tardy fiber]

Hoping for SsLysandre and SsSycamore with legendaries

Also 50,425 today

[ashen thunder]

SS lysandre and pyroar

[tardy fiber]

Will get extra 500 gems in few days due to 10/10 level 100 lodge guests

Lodge coming in clutch

Probably can get 2 pities for January's stuffs

Plus 2021 EBE gonna be easy due to i have all of those MF

[ashen thunder]

Hopefully lodge adds more people coz I am running out of people in 3 days

[lean mango]

Ye right about to finish Serena already

[tardy fiber]

Same

[ashen thunder]

I am only missing Marnie out of lodge and I don't want to roll the shitty Pikachu clone

[lean mango]

Dunno if they'll decide to do a f2p/gen unit next month but if they don't gotta hope it's Steven

[ashen thunder]

Steven grid expansion

[lean mango]

aw hell yea

[ashen thunder]

Nah we all know it's SSred next

Gotta keep Charizard at top

[lean mango]

But who would be the lodge unit

[ashen thunder]

Inertia and TM berserker bunch 6
Lets go

[lean mango]

or mon

[ashen thunder]

Red

With lapras

[lean mango]

3 Lapras before 3 Crobats

[upbeat lotus]

i prefer Red & Espeon

[lean mango]

Wouldn't mind that, I like Espeon more of the bunch

[ashen thunder]

Red and espeon variety scout

[signal halo]

I'm unsure why I'd propose my own ruin, but

Simipour, simisear and simisage variety scout

With cress, chili and cilan

[ashen thunder]

It's unova
So gotta give em to N, Hilda and hilbert

[lean mango]

Hope they'll be gen pool

Funny weird monkey guys

[tardy fiber]

With pledge moves

[signal halo]

Pledge moves could bring the combos from coop into single player

[tardy fiber]

Oh right talking about those, we are also missing fusion flare and fusion bolt

[round mason]

Saving is going well

[ashen thunder]

Nate and white kyurem will have it

[tardy fiber]

Hope nate gets Meloetta or Terrakion

[signal halo]

Seeing the rockets makes me wish there was a team rocket rerun

[ashen thunder]

Having Jessie and james is veteran flex

[tardy fiber]

Hope so because i also miss Jessie and james

Im not so veteran but i can flex bugsyther

[signal halo]

I don't have bugscyther

[ashen thunder]

Oh yea bugsy hasn't rerun either

[signal halo]

And I wonder what scizor means

In the datamines

[tardy fiber]

Kalos cs, wikstrom scizor

[signal halo]

Scizor is a dangerous pair

[ashen thunder]

Datamines also include opponent Pokemon

[signal halo]

Oh

So it's Kalos cs next

[tardy fiber]

Pyroar, scizor, talonflame...kinda kalos cs vibes

[ashen thunder]

Or maybe kalos VA

[signal halo]

I like that they might introduce chairman rose for galar VA

I wonder which pokemon they will give him

[lean mango]

Team Rocket rerun when

[ashen thunder]

Imagine not having team rocket pair

[tardy fiber]

Gmax copperajah

[ashen thunder]

[lean mango]

[signal halo]

That's a good bet

[ashen thunder]

Just build time machine

Part of reason why I even bothered to gamble for Ash is he's anime collab
Just like team rocket

[signal halo]

I think Alola VA might mean the coming of nihilego to the game

[ashen thunder]

Wish they dropped during anni with grids and shit

[signal halo]

Team rocket and Bewear could very well be an Alola VA thing

I just wanna see them together

[ashen thunder]

Bewear is anime exclusive so it probs wouldn't be a thing unless an anime collab drops due to alola content

Which I highly doubt

[tardy fiber]

Yep bewear in pomas is probably with sawyer

[ashen thunder]

Alola va is clearly tapus

Gotta spike up electric team power even more

[tardy fiber]

I gonna go broke

4 legendaries

[signal halo]

So

The only way I can think of that tapu Koko makes ash and sst red even more insane

Is if it's a tank terrain setter on start that does electric rebuff shenanigans

[ashen thunder]

Just copy paste SSAcyn kit for tapu Koko but for terrain

[signal halo]

Stuff like go viral 9 and thunder wave

Wait, doesn't colress have that?

[ashen thunder]

Red already sets para aoe

[signal halo]

It just allows him to do stuff even faster

[ashen thunder]

Tho tapu is a popular offensive unit in main games

[signal halo]

Yeah, and Giratina is a tank

[ashen thunder]

Well giratina is still more off a zonebot atleast

[signal halo]

They should have swapped everything from SSA Cynthia into giratina

[ashen thunder]

Wut

[signal halo]

Stats, kit

[ashen thunder]

No

I like the current kit

No thanks

Ghost is shitty typing

It's not like main games

I wouldn't have bothered with giratina if they released her as a defense oriented support coz outside ebe I'd never touch that unit

I want to use my favs
Not keep in a glass case

[signal halo]

Ghost type still has gas left in the tank to turn around

However, I don't see poison recovering

Unless Alola VA does a miracle

[ashen thunder]

Poison in main games have always been used as a coverage move

[signal halo]

Between nihilego, plumeria grid expansion and Toxapex

PoMa doesn't need to be like that forever

They could at least release a powerful poison tank

[ashen thunder]

Well peak poison Pokemon in main games is that dragon UB

And we already got it

We actually have an OP poison tank

[signal halo]

Peak would technically be eternatus

[ashen thunder]

Hes called James

[signal halo]

But they decided eternatus had to be dragon n° 854

Despite having poison as it's primary type

[ashen thunder]

I am quite certain e beam is dragon move

So not like they have a choice

Maybe poison shiny eternatus

Like how they released ho oh as a tank

[signal halo]

They would make it a dragon support before tipping the scale towards poison pairs

[ashen thunder]

Hey dragon support is not bad

I don't have Brendan

So works for me

[signal halo]

Dragon doesn't even need anything

Lucas carries that type alone

[ashen thunder]

Not everyone has lucas

[signal halo]

Everyone has Cyrus and Zinnia

And almost everyone has their boosts

[ashen thunder]

I'd accept Cyrus
But plz zinnia suks

I hate zinnia comps
Needs weather setup

[signal halo]

I have SS Kris since I started playing

Then got ingo

[ashen thunder]

Thats a u problem

[signal halo]

All that is left is SS Morty and I'll have the weather trifecta

[ashen thunder]

Dragon Defo need support
Drake suks

[signal halo]

Drake needs mega salamence

[ashen thunder]

Poison has ssgio anyways

[signal halo]

I'd like for poison to have their own carry

[ashen thunder]

Best ground, steel and poison type at once

[signal halo]

Instead of relying on a ground pair to do their work

[ashen thunder]

Use ssgio for poison
Maxie for ground
Raihan for steel

Ez

There 1 for each

[signal halo]

The best odds for a strong poison pair is iron moth

Which is from an unreleased gen (in poma)

[ashen thunder]

I am waiting for fishious rend in this game

Potential 300 BP water move

[tardy fiber]

Talking about water move, cannot wait to see Volcanion's steam eruption for kalos VA

[sly breach]

Is holi skyla getting a re run?

[upbeat lotus]

very likely she will be in the super seasonal banner with other 5 old holiday seasonals

[sly breach]

Nope i ain't even trying to pull on that

[upbeat lotus]

save a pity for that banner or pull the paid ones

[sly breach]

If i get jasmin early then maybe i pull but knowing my luck i doubt

[uneven pewter]

I love your optimism

But i'll kindly remind the audience about Seasonals being the devil i.e. they lure you in with sweet seductive lies, and right when they have you...THEY LATCH ON and drain your gem storage/wallet dry.

if you can't pity it, don't bother

If jasmine is a fave and you can pity, go for it

[weary gull]

@compact pasture my god, it's our Christmas too, not just DeNa's😂

[grim plover]

Is it worth to use paid gems to get a copy of HLeon

I have candies but I have several strikers that need them

[timber wren]

do you already have him?

[grim plover]

Yes

[timber wren]

then 10k paid for one strike candy does not seem remotely worth it

he may end up being in a seasonal select at NY as well

[grim plover]

Is there a seasonal select at NY?

[tawny dagger]

We don't know

[timber wren]

there wasn’t last year but we got them at half anni and anni this year, and they’re putting out more selects these days

[grim plover]

I see

I'll wait for for datamining at least

[timber wren]

if you have the ability to get that many paid gems anyways then wouldn’t the candy gem bundle be more worth it

since it would get you 7k paid plus a whole candy

[grim plover]

No bc I bought the 3$ bundle

Plus some gems from the story bundle

[timber wren]

then i think your limited paid gems would be better spent on limited select scouts coming at NY and half anni

rather than dumping nearly all of them to get a dupe of a unit you already have

[viscid flare]

Yeah dont ever use your paid in regular banners

Regular banners dont guarantee anything

[timber wren]

they’re asking if it’s worth it to do the tiered rerun

[viscid flare]

That one is p bad

U could do 2 5k selects for the same price

10k is a lot of money

[timber wren]

essentially $10usd for a strike candy

[viscid flare]

Oh

Isnt there a bundle that gives u a yellow one and paid for the same price?

[timber wren]

that’s $18usd for 7k paid and a candy yeah

[hard wave]

I dont plan to pull for them, but r lodge banners worth it?

[tawny dagger]

Sorta

[viscid flare]

Thats a way better deal

[tawny dagger]

They are just pokefair banners

[viscid flare]

8 dollars for an extra 7k+ better candy instead of 10$ for only a red candy

[tawny dagger]

Well 3$ is 3k gems

[timber wren]

true it’s fairly equivalent

[tawny dagger]

So 19$ you get a candy and 9k

[timber wren]

personally i think the candy deal is not very good but i’m stingy with my candy anyway

[viscid flare]

Same here

Its too much tbh

And realistically im omega scared to use my yellow one

[glossy isle]

|| Mind the datamine to determine units to be mine, on my mind ||

|| u’ve ady read the above, yes? Thx ||

[grim plover]

I use it in my absolute favs

But yeah, I will save for a 3k select banner

If NY or the other VA don't have anyone I like I may do some rolls on the Leon banner with free gems

[viscid flare]

Im like scared that another unit with a bonkers grid is gonna appear just as soon as i spend it

[signal halo]

I believe the yellow candy, for me, specifically, is best used on supports, due to this feeling of a support candy shortage I have

I was wondering

Is redlax a shortcut for 17 csmm on type teams just by virtue of his seup buffs?

Asking because if jasmine does the same, then she could be high up in priority for me

Due to pushing me closer to two goals at once, despite not being on my (short) wishlist

[drowsy saddle]

You can still only use him once, so 4/5 teams won't have seup. You either can clear without him or you can't.

[signal halo]

I don't have many types left who need such a boost, but it would be nice if he helped

The gist of it is that I wanted an universal support who could pick up any offensive pair in a sorry state and bump it into viability

As in comfortably clearing csmm with stuff akin to offtype looker

Just on-type instead

[feral vale]

Do you not have enough on-typers for something?

[signal halo]

I feel like fairy is one of my weakest types overall

[feral vale]

Have you used Mina?

[signal halo]

No, I've recently gridded her

[feral vale]

Mina is a good F2P choice according to others I’ve asked.

[viscid flare]

Fairy is kinda weak

For now

Whenever xern gets his power boost its gonna be a whole different story

Ex support + a decent moonblast dmg

Also quite tanky so u can hit strong lots of times

[timber wren]

mina is a good option and so is lodge lillie if you have her

[sturdy flower]

monotype fairy lacks good offensive supports too

[signal halo]

I don't have lillie, nor her lodge self

it's the only lodge pair I'm missing

I guess the best special option I have for now is to push it with sycamore, ss kris and lucian for max damage possible

[tawny dagger]

It's better to just offtype at that point

[signal halo]

I dislike offtyping

that's pretty much a hill I'd rather die on

[sturdy flower]

it's not about the type, it's about the damage

and with proper support even eggmon can do enough on type 2k

just play for another year and pick up maybe 4 max "meta" (or any, really ) supports/debuffers

and if you are lucky some of these will come to the gen pool, like your Colress

[signal halo]

from gen pool, I think I'm missing two karen copies, colress, melony and that's it, for strong pairs? unless gordie is strong too

also hugh and ss grimsley among the pairs I have no copies of, but want to have

lillie too, forgot lillie and that altaria lady

[lean mango]

Lisia

[sturdy flower]

Gordie is strong, but in fire

[lean mango]

I await ticket pool updates so I can get Colress and Looker

[signal halo]

I got looker on my most recent pulling session

there are some other dupes I wouldn't be sad getting, like 3/5 on kiawe, sabrina, ss erika

luck has been low, lately, however

with tickets, at least

[feral vale]

For now, it’s just good to make do with what you have, even if you have to off type.

We do tell people to save for favs because of content being cleared with F2P after all

[tardy fiber]

Yeap i had to offtype Glacia because hop+gloria+djgloria had some trouble...maybe it will change after i got 3/5 djgloria and hop

[feral vale]

You got this!

[tardy fiber]

Well i can do this over time i think, because i got too many unreleased faves in line...but them being unreleased yet doesn't mean i can have fun with my current resources to pull non fave s

Later when they were released, i got 0 gems

[feral vale]

Yeah I understand the struggle.

I was a dumb as shit player who only barely got some favs despite not being a good saver at the time, and I don’t want to be unprepared again.

Hence why my goal for saving right now is my biggest

[tardy fiber]

I just hope they release another fairy fave ...my only fairy is sycamore and he is a support

[feral vale]

Oh you don’t have Mina? •.•

[tardy fiber]

Magearna, Enamorus...not sure who else might be fairy legendaries

[tardy fiber]

Granbull isnt a legendary so i dislike using her, i rather offtype than using a non fave

[feral vale]

I’d like a better Sylveon, please and thank you DeNA

[tardy fiber]

Sure, in variety scout

[feral vale]

[sturdy flower]

variety scout more like lack of variety

[tardy fiber]

Well as some of my faves don't have , i already cope with it...i just pair them with other faves that need to sync first

eX sync

[sturdy flower]

fairy needs Azumarill with huge power

[feral vale]

Like how Azumarill dominated the Charizard Raids in SV

[sturdy flower]

neo champion lyra

[tardy fiber]

Give me my enamorus and magearna DeNa

[feral vale]

Magearna is cool tho, I’d take her.

[sturdy flower]

Magearna shoots beams right?

not very familiar with it

[tardy fiber]

Fleur cannon

[feral vale]

https://tenor.com/view/pokemon-dancing-magearna-gif-12816897

[sturdy flower]

AZ and Floette would be the best fairy unit for me but it's not happening

[tardy fiber]

Yep az floette, i might pull if it happens

Its kinda mythical

[feral vale]

…..same tbh. Oh my gawd imagine if he shows up in Kalos VA.

[sturdy flower]

Kalos and all future VAs will be hard, they have no villains

making Giovanni and Ghetsis work overtime

[feral vale]

Isn’t Lysandre still scheming a bit?

[tardy fiber]

Kalos VA need something to spice it up, for now only Volcanion left unreleased so it might arrives...eternal floette kinda hopium, inb4 its just lysandre return with shiny hoopa or shiny xerneas in tow

[sturdy flower]

if anything he might join team rocket to "test fate"

[feral vale]

I legit have this crazy feeling it’ll shake us up once we get it datamined.

[tardy fiber]

Shiny zygarde with ground typing

[sturdy flower]

shiny Zygarde and Calem is possible, both their Neo C reference it

[feral vale]

Wait what

They reference it?

[sturdy flower]

the crown

[feral vale]

•.•

[tardy fiber]

My gems are ready

[sturdy flower]

on the other hand I have no idea what more Serena could get

[tardy fiber]

Might able to form 2 pities before January

Chesnaught

[sturdy flower]

that's for Shauna

[tardy fiber]

Probably serena wont get anything as her zerena alt is already a sygna suit alt

Probably just zerena rerun

[sturdy flower]

altho VA will probably be after half anni the earliest

february is mandatory Palentines

[feral vale]

I’m saving for two pities as well!

Best of luck!

[sturdy flower]

january won't have their alts if it's VA asap

[tardy fiber]

Like ssmay happened in VA because May sygna suit alt still not yet exist...serena already have zerena

[sturdy flower]

just like Cynthia right

[tardy fiber]

They didn't tease VA in recent dev letter, oh right might can tease on late December dev letter

[sturdy flower]

we have anni units rerun so I'm not sure

and there's def some player customization celebration thing

hope it's not just 2 more looks to choose from lol

[tardy fiber]

Im glad that they rerun 2021 anni MF with EBE, all these VA reruns without EBE to give me free gems

[sturdy flower]

I'm excited to become a sunglasses character

[sturdy flower]

that's nice, 1800 right?

[tardy fiber]

Yep

[sturdy flower]

VA EBE will probably run with character rerun

[tardy fiber]

But they didn't rerun VA banners with VA reruns

[sturdy flower]

||i might pull Lillie if nothing interesting happens in February datamine, fat 4bar striker but it's the character that made me want to play way back||

[tardy fiber]

||i still use her with ssrcynthia, used shadow force build cynthia so it practically doesn't use gauge so alillie can have her gauges ...shadow ball ssrcynthia if with sskorrina because she only use 2 gauges||

[tough oriole]

||I’d feel bad for my other ghost type favs lol||

[nocturne spade]

||Resource saving support ||

[signal halo]

honestly, this month came in as a two way of making me save gems

it's the first month that made two months in a row skips

I almost went for ss hilda, but then they are finally giving ho-oh's power boosts

guess they mistook ho-oh with ho-ho and went with it in december 'cause christmas

[cunning swan]

wouldn't it be funny if we get an added Fashion theme skill for the character customization

[rare swan]

Just an FYI, we always spoiler talk of pulling in this chat as our focus is saving resources (congrats though!)

[versed relic]

Oh sorry will delete