Resource Saving Support (Gem Zen)

[feral vale]

Write it down in a notepad.

[white sparrow]

tbh I tend to go more for pokemon that I like rather than character

[feral vale]

Doesn’t mean you don’t have any, right? Also Pokémon apply too.

[little briar]

Pokemon is also valid rather than the trainer

[white sparrow]

imean

[little briar]

half the reason I want Glojo is cause Urshifu is a high fave

[white sparrow]

I like Lunala alot but I don't want anni lillie because I already have SSR Cynthia

[tardy jolt]

I’d say cut dailies, because they’re just gambling and focus on selects/tiered reruns. If you’re planning on getting the 3k bundle every 20 days, that’s a tiered scout every 80 days or a 5k select every 40, plus 2k or 1k of spare paid gems

[white sparrow]

and SSR cynthia is insane

[feral vale]

It’s still up to you in the long run. Also they’re different roles.

[lament hornet]

so far i think it is
tier 1: colress, lusamine, sonia, raichu, breloom, zapdos
tier 2: N, cynthia, mallow, classic archie, giratina, machamp, magnezone
i forgor more 💀

[white sparrow]

what's anni lillie then?

[lament hornet]

i think that's a good idea but i'd rather incorporate that later

[feral vale]

Strike.

SSR Cynthia is Tech.

[white sparrow]

my strikers tend to die on me easier than my techs

[feral vale]

Lunala has Healthy Benefits.

[white sparrow]

hmm

[feral vale]

Food for thought, and no pressure.

[white sparrow]

Anni Lillie paired with Sycamore

Sycamore has that slow heal thing idk

[vestal leaf]

anni lillie literally only needs speed

[lament hornet]

trust me having it in a notepad doesn't really do much because often i cba to open it lmao

[vestal leaf]

she brings potions, max spa and crit in one turn and SEPU

[white sparrow]

ah

idk I'm like

I'm terrible at the game

[lament hornet]

you'll get there

[feral vale]

You got this.

[white sparrow]

My strongest team is literally just SSR cynthia hop and sycamore

because that's all I know how to use

[little briar]

I think just telling yourself "I'm only going for this" can help a lot more, but having it written down somewhere helps only if you have to pick between them

in my case, ||I had to pick between selecting Classic Red/Blue and the Ingo/Emmett, the twins won|| because I like their Pokemon more

[lament hornet]

i mean selects are a different story

[white sparrow]

man

I don't know if I should go for a pair rn

[feral vale]

You don’t have to.

[white sparrow]

I wanna know who's gonna be available next

[feral vale]

Gonna have to wait till datamine ^^;

[white sparrow]

zamn

[tardy fiber]

Old palentine units rerun

[feral vale]

Yes that is for sure!

[tardy fiber]

Oh right I haven't do upcoming cs teams yet

Grass gear event on 18th, still far

[strange topaz]

I’m completing my train bros with Emmet and skipping everything else

[tardy fiber]

If they brought forward spring sc like pokewar sc, we might see scingo and scemmet rerun on half anni

[lean mango]

Gem count, let the recovery arc officially begin

[tardy fiber]

I still got one more hurdle before recovery arc

Oh got 12920 gems to earn before that day

[hard wave]

So things should calm down a bit by may right? Cuz we have palentines va pt 2 half anni and spring or am I missing smth?

Hoping that if I have favs in the upcoming months they’ll just be reruns cuz I still want to try for ss diantha depending on how many gems left and I have after getting lillie

[rare swan]

you are correct

february tends to be a very busy month

[lament hornet]

i'm going to try this plan and see if it works:

• if there's even a single thing that acts against my desire to pull for a unit, i ain't pulling. Example - Anni Steven (ofc last time i didn't listen to myself, so it's for the future) - I have two good flying attackers and hoenn mfs, the only real aspect of Steven's kit is physical flying attacker but even that's dicey. Favs are exempt from this rule
• gonna try to pick maximum 1 unit per month. If i happen to just get that unit in 1 multi or paid dailies, i can go for 2nd thing, but that's the only time that's happening. Up to 2 units where i do 100 paid daily too.
• my spending should be limited to the 20 day stuff until i get a job, when that happens (hopefully this year ) i'm allowed only one big package (like the MF one), exceptions being sale like the anni one
• gonna try my best to only pull when i know what is going to be next month
  if there's any more rules i should enforce on myself i welcome suggestions

favs:
tier 1: colress, lusamine, sonia, raichu, breloom, zapdos
tier 2: N, cynthia, mallow, classic archie, giratina, machamp, magnezone

i need to keep this all in mind somehow and i never read my notes on pc lol

[sturdy flower]

200 paid daily adds up quickly

also, just print it out and hang on your wardrobe

[lament hornet]

considering i get 300 paid daily that's still a plus

[sturdy flower]

oh, so you are spending quite a bit on the game...

might reconsider till you find employment

[tardy fiber]

Will be good if you are sure that they will only release one of your fave a month. I once experienced 4 faves in a dry gems month

[deft glen]

63k

Now I'm set on going this entire update without spending free gems

||Now having Emmet I don't feel tempted by Diantha's banner||

[lament hornet]

i think the 20 day things are an okay amount still

[vernal glade]

I don’t have a tier, I only have faves which are N Zoroark Lucario and Shaymin.

Which are the only ones I’m pulling when they get more alts

[grand bramble]

The NY free scout isn't look good to me

Like the Kanto trio is sooo outdated now... for veteran like me

[lean mango]

couldn't hurt to get SS Leaf

[weary spire]

Free is free, SSL has 4 & 5/5 tiles for you if you have her

Wouldn’t be surprised if SSR got something too, later on

My SSR’s 1/5, and I don’t have SSL, so I’m happy with that If it’s those 3 in there (I haven’t checked), they’re all good

[lean mango]

I need a SS Blue 5/5 grid expansion pls

[lunar topaz]

I wouldn’t mind the Kantrio as I don’t have anyone but SSB but I expect to get nothing

[grand bramble]

ss blue..... he's the first sync pair to get expansion at 3/5 before

[lean mango]

I don't want him to be at 5/5 for nothing

[lunar topaz]

His grid is already so expensive

[grand bramble]

I don't know what will we expect him at 5/5

All my kanto trio are 3/5

[lunar topaz]

Maybe Berserk bunch or all ramped up

[grand bramble]

I need a new one LOL

[lean mango]

5/5 for nothing

[cunning swan]

make his offensive buffs more reliable yes please

[hard wave]

Personally my ss red is 3/5 and ss leaf is 1/5 (blue is already 5/5) so idm, but its still free

[vernal glade]

My SS Leaf is 3/5 Red is max and SS Blue 4/5 so I might have to take either SS Leaf or SS Blue but not SS Red.

[hard wave]

I atleast want to get 3/5 ss leaf but I wouldnt mind getting her to 5/5 or red to 5/5

Prob wont get anything tho as its rlly low

[vernal glade]

I very rarely use SS Leaf nowadays so doesn’t matter who I get.

No 5* or just 3* or 4*. (I’ll take a Kimono grimsley tho .)

Im fine with anything

[hard wave]

Tbh same, ssb is the one I use the most since I have vilda now (tho 1/5) but it’d still be nice

But rlly any 5* that isnt 5/5 would be nice

[tardy fiber]

I would be happy with anything, i only have 1 sskantrio and its a 1/5 ssblue

Also if it gonna be like usual trash, i at least hope it will be ...50 pairs left to be 5*

[cunning swan]

worst case scenario I get 23

[tardy fiber]

Oh i just noticed Furisode Girl Kali really exists in main game, hope they do more of this...like Naomi and Helena doesn't exist in main game

[cunning swan]

so youngster joey has a chance

[tardy fiber]

Hopefully ...also heartbreaker charles for palentine

[cunning swan]

that one team break member stalking a rapidash

[fallen path]

the random guy that has 6 magikarp

[wind nymph]

He doesnt even get Gyarados from an evolution its just Magikarp

[fallen path]

might as well meme it up

[lunar topaz]

whoch one almost every gen has one

[fallen path]

just put a default fisherman and choose one of them

if cafe remix can get a magikarp so can we...

[cunning swan]

we got magikarps too

[wind nymph]

I made a kit

For the Magikarp guy

Also, the original guy’s name is Wade. He’s the only one with a team of 6 full Magikarp. Most of the other one’s have like 4-5.

Wade has a full team of 6, and the rematch team is around level 50

[lunar topaz]

GSC/HGSS?

[wind nymph]

He’s in every game iirc, under a different name

I think hes in GSC?

Ill check

[wind nymph]

Hes in RBY just not named

Same location too

[midnight chasm]

this is my current wishlist

but i'm thninking on getting CCalem

i have 50k gems

is it possible to get everyone or should i not get ccalem for the sake of others

[wind nymph]

Wishlist
Every SubMas Unit

Based af

[midnight chasm]

whats submas o3o'

the complete wishlist is like this LOL but the top row is MUST

[wind nymph]

Sub(way)Mas(ters)

[lean mango]

Unrelated but what picture did you use for your pfp. I need it.

[wind nymph]

Its just Ingo and Emmet

[midnight chasm]

OH

i love them

a lot

[wind nymph]

There you go!

[midnight chasm]

LMFAO

[lean mango]

Thank you

[wind nymph]

Np!

[lean mango]

[lunar topaz]

o

[lean mango]

Happy saving everybody

[wind nymph]

You too!!

[midnight chasm]

yt!!

[wind nymph]

I posted a unit for Wade in #character-concept-crafting earlier if you wanna see it 👍

[lunar topaz]

alr

[wind nymph]

Okay thats literally my wishlist (except i finally got the entire yellow tier recently)

[midnight chasm]

didnt know i had a clone

[wind nymph]

Lmaoo

Hello, Other Me

[midnight chasm]

🫡

[midnight chasm]

your humor is exactly the same as mine btw

i love uncle wall now

[wind nymph]

Uncle Wall! My favorite Hoenn Champion!!

[midnight chasm]

https://tenor.com/view/wall-brick-panel-gif-17806248

[midnight chasm]

#B@!JMKH#BNQEHUWMIVJE*(QWIJBEOIQWB#$!@IOB#JIo

[cunning swan]

wow new wallace alt

[wind nymph]

Wallace & Stonjourner

[midnight chasm]

dynamax cufant evo

[wind nymph]

Wallace & Copperajah

[lean mango]

Wallace & Stakataka

[midnight chasm]

do yall do ocasional multis

[lean mango]

No.

[cunning swan]

with 50k you can get N & Zekrom right now if you want to, plus you'll get N & Sigilyph as the lodge unit. but we don't recommend pulling rn with those terrible rates, high chance you'll hit pity. the rest aren't really available with unpaid gems rn

[lean mango]

Discouraged here

[midnight chasm]

r u gonna spend in lisia, cris?

[lean mango]

Already did

[midnight chasm]

what

where

[cunning swan]

Monthly Pokefair Scout

he's not featured but he's in the pool

at a measly 0.03% rate or something!

[lean mango]

With spending, either go all in or don't at all

[cunning swan]

eh was it 0.03 or 0.3, idk

[midnight chasm]

if i liked at least two more fair limiteds

or Cynthia

but idc

[wind nymph]

Ok so

N’s was in November

You have like two more months (this one included) before its back to N

[midnight chasm]

cute

[wind nymph]

So in march or so

[midnight chasm]

I'm not so desperate with N rn

i have Anniv

and he'll always come back eventually right

[wind nymph]

N’s not coming back in a special scout

Hes only monthly ones now

[midnight chasm]

wtf why

[wind nymph]

Monthly spotlights are Lodge Pairs

[midnight chasm]

got it

[lean mango]

Guy will probably be in the Gauntlet banner when Tornadus rolls around

[midnight chasm]

🤔

how much does it take to a master fair come back

[lean mango]

we don't know

First MFs reran when Hoenn VA ran

[midnight chasm]

VA?

[lean mango]

Villain Arc

[midnight chasm]

then i think i'll pull

[lean mango]

Anni N?

[midnight chasm]

anni N was reroll

i want CCalem

[lean mango]

Oh

Do you have a pity?

[midnight chasm]

50k gems

[drowsy saddle]

Wait, what? He can return in a regular scout just fine

[lean mango]

Nice

[midnight chasm]

even better

the thing im most scared of is

if ingo and emmet suit reran

i need 72k

[wind nymph]

Hasnt happened yet, though.

[midnight chasm]

wait maybe i shouldnt pull bc of that

[drowsy saddle]

Gotta save those 72k then

[cunning swan]

will it even be back to N? is he gonna get further expansion? doubt

the more likely scenario is we get a new pokefair in lodge and they'll be featured instead

[lean mango]

Which one do you like more?

[midnight chasm]

but what if CCalem takes 5 years to come back 🫠

[midnight chasm]

Both,.

[lean mango]

Calem or the Subway bros

[drowsy saddle]

So what? You can't say it won't happen ever again just because it hasn't happened yet

[midnight chasm]

oh subway bros

[cunning swan]

so... March being the earliest?

[lean mango]

Ig if that's the time Tornadus turns up in Gauntlet

[drowsy saddle]

That's like the most baseless assumption about reruns, and not even about masterfairs

[cunning swan]

he reran in other banners multiple times. and if Marnie can be in the Gauntlet banner while also being in the Monthly Pokefair banner, N can, too

[lean mango]

Take Marnie as an example, she ran in the Gauntlet banner despite being in the lodge scout

[cunning swan]

if tornadus rolls up to gauntlet our option is either marnie, N, or... what other electric pokefairs are there

[drowsy saddle]

CElesa

[midnight chasm]

o3o'''

[cunning swan]

OH

GOODNESS YEAH

CELESA RERUN WHEN

[drowsy saddle]

Oh indeed

[cunning swan]

[tardy fiber]

Might rerun soon on February, they did do white day banner before that have N in it

[cunning swan]

white day is march

[midnight chasm]

do white day haev units

with

[tardy fiber]

Oh March then

[midnight chasm]

white suits

[lean mango]

No

[cunning swan]

nah, on white day we just got regular pokefair reruns

[midnight chasm]

thankfully that would be my death 😍

[cunning swan]

oh yay reset time

[midnight chasm]

yay

good morning

[cunning swan]

last white day we had N, Steven, Lance triple banner rerun

[midnight chasm]

i see

stev pretty

don like shiny rayquaza tho

[cunning swan]

regular steven

metagross

[midnight chasm]

v good!!

[strange topaz]

Like never probably LOL

Following Lear syndrome

[cunning swan]

Lear already reran

[midnight chasm]

will not rerun anymore? :0

[cunning swan]

eh, he will eventually

we just don't know when pokefair reruns can be very weird

[midnight chasm]

i see

[signal halo]

Now that I've got to try out in practice the results of my new chase

I can say that this is the direction I wanna chase

17 on type teams, I'd say

[signal halo]

I think the questions lie on which teams I should strive for in the types I feel lacking, to make a proper priority list for those goals

[lapis pine]

Can you consistently 10k MM highlander?

[ashen thunder]

17 top tier teams

I already struggle to minmax 6

[dusty oyster]

Wheee finally was able to complete my first 10k CSMM only using bird pairs

[weary spire]

I remembered this guy too

I feel like there's prob a few others

[grand bramble]

Guyz.... Do you think there will be another 3k pokefair select scout??

what do you think about it

I'm getting close to purchase the bundle

just need a couple of google reward...

[sturdy flower]

there should be on half anni

[grand bramble]

[sturdy flower]

but they will probably limit the choices

[grand bramble]

OK... I see

[tardy fiber]

Does run up to half anni also have select? Or it is only during half anni? I forgot

[midnight chasm]

i think i'll live here

[lean mango]

Learning the way of Zen

[rare swan]

this is a lovely place, a good choice

[vale ivy]

[gloomy holly]

This is the first time I've saved up 30k gems

I might even hit pity soon enough

I wonder, will Kalos VA units treat me like shit just like the past VA units?

[tardy fiber]

Well at least you are guaranteed to get 1 unit with a pity

[rotund sleet]

think i’m gonna hit and stay over 100k this month, doesn’t look like im pulling for anything

85k rn

[violet nebula]

Noice

[tawny cedar]

3k let to pity calem then i can save

[violet nebula]

Diantha ia around for nearly 2 months.. Good, no need to pull her, we can wait for Kalos VA part 2 reveals

[rotund sleet]

i hope the many sycamore fans get their alt for part 2

[upbeat lotus]

she stays until anni, so you can wait for anni units reveal too

[tardy fiber]

|| as she is my fave and i will end up pulling her anyway, i will grab ssdiantha early to take advantage of clearing EBE with her and event boosts||

[violet nebula]

Rock zone would make blue and Olivia broken

[ashen thunder]

They are already broken even without zone

[violet nebula]

Even more than they are already, rock is a pretty stacked type as it is.. SC Hilda to

[ashen thunder]

Rolling for just zone is cringe tho

Coz they can always release more zonebots

Like ccalem

Eventho Cyrus already existed

[violet nebula]

Guess we will see what 3.5 ani and VA part 2 holds then I'll decide to summon or not 🤔

[maiden kayak]

alternative for rock zone

just leer5x

easy

[ashen thunder]

Kukui

Our true rockzone

I use cblue anyways so my rockzone is paldawn

[maiden kayak]

somemore kukui shares so much theme skills with olivia

[vestal leaf]

That's why you skip zone if not fave or you like the rest of kit

[reef river]

Kukui is hotter than diantha anyway

[vestal leaf]

She's also very good with kukui

They feed each others so well

Cakewalk ex nuke on kukui, leer + aoe storm

[hard wave]

Imo ss cyrus and ssrc’s ghost/dark zone is much more important convenient than ccalem and sc lillie’s

Cuz for calem its only thru the b move and u’d have to time it right, tho ig it’d only be a problem for hoenn cs

Lillie well its a 5% chance to get it so

[tardy fiber]

I skip non faves zone units...like scingo and sswally, well i skipped courtney too but she came home later

[ashen thunder]

It's not the matter of convenience, it's the fact that there's already 2 zones of same type in just a year which means you don't rly have to roll just for zone bot

Most strong units are strong without zone itself as well
It's not like a unit magically becomes broken due to zone as well

[sturdy flower]

strong units are disgusting on type

they can even sweep offtype without one

[little briar]

Got haha funny number

[chrome nest]

I’m slowly crumbling to the pressure of black rayquaza

[sturdy flower]

that's not very gem zen of you

look at his base stats

[chrome nest]

My brain is the cause

Oh wait

[sturdy flower]

his dps is lower than focus blast Solgaleo..

[chrome nest]

I made my self go into a self paradox

[sly breach]

Do pokefairs get rerun that is not as a select scout(paid gems)

[timber wren]

yes

[sturdy flower]

yes they do, some more some less often

[timber wren]

bede is rerunning this month

sages has th history here #1006618823123800106 message

[chrome nest]

I just think of a black breed of a bamboo snake is neat and I’m tempted

I’m failure of a savior

[timber wren]

you think you can hold off until next update?

you don’t need him to clear any content after all

[chrome nest]

No idea

Knowing my track record

Probably no

[ashen thunder]

His banner stays till next datamine

No reason to risk gems

[sturdy flower]

Rayquaza is tempting enough we might get a 3rd one someday

[ashen thunder]

Steven always drops before smth OP comes

And Steven has a banner this month

Means next month is smth OP

[sturdy flower]

you mean another Red for half anni?

Palentines Red

i wouldn't even be surprised if they somehow fit Red into the Kalos arc

just to dab on Steven

[chrome nest]

It’s mainly the black snake breed

[ashen thunder]

Anni 2022 red and lapras
Palentines lusamine and nihilego

[cunning swan]

The OP next month is the palentines rerun banner

Dammit, all 4 are good

[ashen thunder]

Lot of potential

Now that Steven is here

[sturdy flower]

i pray that's the MF/PF on Alola VA

Team Rocket somehow hypnotises her to be like in the past and gives her nihilego

that black hair design was too cool to not have it here

[cunning swan]

alola VA pitch: The Lusamine in Pasio gets kidnapped, a Lusamine from another dimension appears with Nihilego

[sturdy flower]

then have Lillie be the one who beats her up with Gladion

Selene gets nothing again

[cunning swan]

Elio didn't even get a mention

[sturdy flower]

Who is Elio? Nate's cousin?

[chrome nest]

Ok I should maybe recover from damages if I try

[sturdy flower]

we get max 4 alts per VA

Elio, Selene, Lillie and Lusamine would be my preferred lineup

with Gladion maybe getting a Wally treatment

but I'm not sure what pokemon Lillie could even get at this point

[chrome nest]

Nothing

[timber wren]

could very easily get neo champs elio and selene before VA and then four more

similarly to how we got ss morty for golden week right before johto va

[rare swan]

I suppose it depends if they want to use Elio and Selene in Alola VA

I'm pretty convinced we got NC C+S because they won't be getting alts in Kalos VA

feels way too close otherwise

[sturdy flower]

they should also use MC in Alola arc

it would feel weird to get that Solgaleo powerboost otherwise

and im sure we will get a color swap for the EX too, they definitely added customization as a bonus while preparing for it

or if they want to be really nice MC could get alt outfits for EX

but probably won't happen

[sturdy flower]

that's definitely the case, Kalos might have a high spotlight count too

I doubt Sycamore will get an alt, but Lysandre probably will

then we could get Kalos CSMM at the same time with Malva + Drasna spotlight

Emma if we are super lucky

[maiden kayak]

im looking foward to ss selene with zeraora

hope that its a sporty outfit

[sturdy flower]

i will roll ss selene and zeraora if it happens

no matter the kit

unless I did something bad to my gems beforehand

[maiden kayak]

unite did really well for zeraora inspired outfit

i hope poma really dont screw up her design

please no fcking dress or some shit

[sturdy flower]

Selene really doesnt feel like a dress person

[maiden kayak]

u say that but look at hilda lol

[sturdy flower]

i dont like how often they do shorts + skirt thingy

just keep the shorts alone...

both Hilda and May has that

[maiden kayak]

yea

annoying

[rare swan]

@mighty scroll let's not talk about that kind of thing here

[midnight chasm]

when is anni

[gloomy holly]

Hmmmm, NY Lisia really tempts me

I'm really using SS Diantha's banner duration as an excuse to pull for her, should I do it?

[midnight chasm]

no!

🫡

if an excuse exists you should pull for units that dont need excuses

[hard wave]

Why do u want her?

[gloomy holly]

Probably because I want a physical fairy damage dealer like needing damage dealers for each type on both damage types

[lean mango]

What if you hit pity

[hard wave]

There isnt rlly a need for physical fairy I think

[midnight chasm]

ill never forget this till i have 72k 🫡 thanks rikko

[hard wave]

Plus we may get fairy iron valiant sometime so

[gloomy holly]

Even if it's something like fairy-weak Cynthia?

Though I still destroyed her with SS Wally

[hard wave]

Lisia is still weak to ghost

[midnight chasm]

lmfao? isnt that a very blind guess

[hard wave]

Nvm

[lean mango]

Then why do you want another Fairy?

[hard wave]

I thought u replied to smth else

[hard wave]

Ye but its possible

[gloomy holly]

For a very specific collection reason

[midnight chasm]

i mean it is but everything is possible lol

[midnight chasm]

which is?

[hard wave]

They r only going for it cuz she’s physical fairy

[midnight chasm]

oh

[gloomy holly]

Needing a damage dealer for both damage types

[hard wave]

If u like her sure but if its just for physical fairy there prob will be others

[sly breach]

Am bored whats the link to the banner pull simulator because if i dont i will open my game and pull and get annoyed that i pulled afterwards

[midnight chasm]

idk about meta so idk how much having both types matter but that actually sounds fine

but what if another fairy phys comes and u regret

i dont think you should wrap yourself up on a unit just bc of that

maybe there will be other new ones that could catch your interest even more

aside from being different you actually like them a lot

yknow

[gloomy holly]

There'll probably not be another physical fairy like her, Giga Impact is prolly the strongest physical normal-type move

[ashen thunder]

That's what they said for lear

Look what happened to psychic

They can drop anything broken

[midnight chasm]

they can just make another move or a base power upgrade passive

[ashen thunder]

No reason to justify gameplay rolling

[midnight chasm]

yes

i agree

[gloomy holly]

Like what?

[midnight chasm]

like anything? it doesnt need to preexist

[lean mango]

I literally have no coverage for bug but you'll never see me pullin for that

[ashen thunder]

If you are thinking 223 BP unit physical is worth

Hala exists in ice

Psure they can drop smth better than hala

[gloomy holly]

You mean like SS N?

[ashen thunder]

Same can happen to fairy as well

If they decide to do monke mode

Yes

[hard wave]

Everything nowadays is broken

[ashen thunder]

They did go beyond 223 BP with SSN

[gloomy holly]

2 turns

[ashen thunder]

It's so dumb

He gets pmun

So he beats hala at 4/5

But hey

[midnight chasm]

whats pmun

[ashen thunder]

It's a thing already

[gloomy holly]

Physical Moves Up Next

[midnight chasm]

oh

amazing

[ashen thunder]

The point being

[gloomy holly]

Moves Up Next passive doesn't apply to sync moves however

[ashen thunder]

223 BP, worth rolling doesn't sell

When we have a 300 BP unit

And once they drop enuff 300 BP unit

[gloomy holly]

It's just the standards these days

[ashen thunder]

Then they will go for 400 BP

[sly breach]

BP?

[ashen thunder]

No reason to justify that for lisia

[gloomy holly]

Base Power

[midnight chasm]

isnt that gonna seriously unbalance the game? exciting

[hard wave]

It already is

[ashen thunder]

There's balance in game?

[midnight chasm]

i never read Ashs kit btw

oh?

[ashen thunder]

There's always been broken shit

[midnight chasm]

i thought it kinda had since is f2playable

[gloomy holly]

And I'm kind of a big fan of dealing the biggest damage as possible

[hard wave]

We have 2 rats and a dog off region-ing EBEs

[ashen thunder]

SSred was a thing when peak BP for moves was like 120 in like year 1

[lean mango]

Also what's the need for the strongest damage, all that can matters is the minimum is met to clear stages

[ashen thunder]

If you want physical fairy

Just use Mina

[midnight chasm]

its valid to just want it tho

big pp dmg feels good

[hard wave]

We’re also in kalos va, the region fairy was introduced in

Maybe we’ll get shiny xerneas or smth that will be better than lisia

[lean mango]

Every month is going to have the new shiny big damage dealer y'know

[vestal leaf]

especially when an average unit can still do around 75% AoE (striker ex) or 120% single target (tech ex) with sync in 2k csmm

on first cycle

[midnight chasm]

well thats a point i agree on

[vestal leaf]

doing 400% or 120% still wins the stage without any difference

[ashen thunder]

People forget that most of the dpses in the game are in same damage range

[vestal leaf]

there's some big outliers

ofc

but again, doing 200k damage or doing 50k

wins the stage

why invest 36k just to see a different number

if you don't care about the unit

[midnight chasm]

^

[gloomy holly]

Well, people will have their reasons

[vestal leaf]

eh

sure

[lean mango]

If it wasn't Lisia that was the character, I would've just skipped definitely

[vestal leaf]

i still don't think it's a valid reason

if it's strictly for the number

[ashen thunder]

Like the difference between solgaleo and keldeo is like below 30%

[midnight chasm]

KELDEO IS IN THE GAME? :O

[ashen thunder]

It's just nobody notices that shit

[midnight chasm]

NEED

WHO HAS IT

[hard wave]

I only went for her cuz shiny galarian rapidash

And I doubt they’ll release another pair w the same shiny

[vestal leaf]

special costume diantha

[midnight chasm]

valid it pretty

[vestal leaf]

it had a rerun in.......september

[midnight chasm]

aw :(

[vestal leaf]

so it won't rerun

for a while

[hard wave]

Otherwise id have skipped it cuz I have diantha wally and bede

[midnight chasm]

i on like her

so wtvr

[ashen thunder]

I have summer Lyra

Lisia ez skip

[vestal leaf]

her SC outfit is great tbh

[ashen thunder]

[vestal leaf]

it's the one reason i scouted her, also because i love her kit

[ashen thunder]

Why would I need bigger dps when she can clear sinnoh fairy weak cynthia

[midnight chasm]

im restricting myself to pull for mostly males for gay reasons

[hard wave]

Its the resolution form or wtvr if thats the one u like

[vestal leaf]

-1 to three stats on a 2 gauge move can enable other units

[gloomy holly]

Oh well, fine then. SS Wally will satisfy me for the fairy-types

[midnight chasm]

nice!!!

is SS the shiny gardevoir one

[hard wave]

Ye

[gloomy holly]

Yes

[midnight chasm]

i want it

:)

[gloomy holly]

Wait for rerun then

[midnight chasm]

sure

[vestal leaf]

gonna take a while

[gloomy holly]

I got him to 4/5 during the summons and 5/5 on the pity

[hard wave]

I love how we have 3 amazing fairy damage dealers but they nerfed them by making them weak to ghost and having cynthia exist

[midnight chasm]

holy

you already gave up but isnt that more dmg than 1/5 lisia lol

[gloomy holly]

My VA unit luck is really fucking awful tho

I had to pity all the VA units I tried to pull:
SS Ethan, SS Steven and SS Hilda

[ashen thunder]

There's like 3 units that beat lisia as a dps

[hard wave]

Who

[midnight chasm]

but sswally 5/5

[ashen thunder]

Idk what you mean when you say 5/5ing smth would beat that monster

He has dazzling gleam

[gloomy holly]

Will my luck remain the same for the Kalos VA?

[ashen thunder]

Nice dps from that shit

[midnight chasm]

oh

[gloomy holly]

You mean Disarming Voice?

[ashen thunder]

Both are same

I don't see the difference

[timber wren]

unsure why you’re talking about luck in here

[ashen thunder]

It's the shitty aoe move

With 50 BP or smth

Good luck beating a unit with pmun 223 BP

[midnight chasm]

LMFAO

[lean mango]

tbh only reason I think about selecting SS Wally one day is just for Lisia damage

[ashen thunder]

Imagine relying on luck me after having to pity 6 units last year alone

[midnight chasm]

omg im ourple

[ashen thunder]

[hard wave]

Even his disarming voice does a ton of dmg

[midnight chasm]

f2p pity?

[ashen thunder]

If disarming voice is good dps

[lean mango]

It's been since never I have had a fav that was meta

[ashen thunder]

Then Mina is strong enuff

[hard wave]

He has 621 sp atk on mega

Idk how high mina’s attack is

[gloomy holly]

Mina has Play Rough

[ashen thunder]

Yes I never whale

Mina has better BP

[midnight chasm]

omg

[gloomy holly]

But ST

[ashen thunder]

And decent atk with PUs

ST and aoe doesn't matter

[vestal leaf]

summer marnie:

[ashen thunder]

She still hits hard even if Wally doesn't have aoe demerit

It's just nobody invests on her

And stuck at 3* stats

[gloomy holly]

Do we have an AoE damage dealing unit that doesn't have split damage? Not talking about the ones with Extend Range

[hard wave]

669 at 150

[hard wave]

She wouldnt be weak to ghost anyway cuz she isnt half psychic but ye she’s also rlly good

[ashen thunder]

SSTred

[vestal leaf]

if only she got ripple effect on grid....

[ashen thunder]

[vestal leaf]

i did use her tho

before getting grimmsnarl

[gloomy holly]

And besides him?

[ashen thunder]

Would zygarde count?

[hard wave]

|| also lisia destroyed bruno 1/5 ungridded after syncing w wally and even one shot the sides and I forgot to use wally’s b move ||

[ashen thunder]

Coz he does same damage as lucas even after his damage is split

Closest thing to aoe not being demerit

[timber wren]

just take it to #poma-lounge or #gacha-and-flex next time ty :0)

[gloomy holly]

Ok then

[lean mango]

Calculated how many gems I'll get at the end of the month which will be at around 92k

[vestal leaf]

it's kanto

no shit

these stages are easier than some daily battles

[lean mango]

Kalos VA rally pls

[ashen thunder]

After I pity ccalem I'll just hoard for alola VA or whatever alola limited unit drops

[gloomy holly]

I'll be at 56085 gems

[ashen thunder]

Coz my alola roster suks

[vestal leaf]

tbh alola gen pools are all great

aside mallow....probably

[lean mango]

Nanu alt pls

[gloomy holly]

You know, I wish that SS Grimsley and Lyra don't troll my pulls and give my Gladion and Hilbert

[lean mango]

Or Mina if she has a lovely outfit

[ashen thunder]

Well they are decent

Not outstanding

[vestal leaf]

tsudaken my beloved

[ashen thunder]

Like hala is neat but he still has gauge issues

It's mostly the alola supports being top tier

[vestal leaf]

royale is amazing

[ashen thunder]

I'd like an alola dps

[vestal leaf]

hala is great

ss grims is kinda nuts

[lean mango]

I only have 3 Alola characters on my fav list

[gloomy holly]

Can someone give me luck to get Hilbert pls.?

[lean mango]

but eliminate Ryuki cause he'll probably be in gen pool

[gloomy holly]

The OG one

[ashen thunder]

Alola also noticably weak on dps side compared to other regions aside from kalos
Gen pool wise

They all have atleast 1 high end unit

Tho I kinda blame that on solgaleo being wasted on MC

[gloomy holly]

And Shauna feels like Kiawe and Piers combined

[lean mango]

Makes sense

It's Chesnaught

[ashen thunder]

I wish chesnaught was a special support instead of our 200th gen pool physical support

[little briar]

In terms of Alola faves for me it's just Kukui, Guzma, Lusamine and maybe Olivia/Mina

[gloomy holly]

And Shauna would've been actually good unit if it weren't for her grid abilities being restricted to only one-time

[ashen thunder]

Meanwhile special having potato supports with long ass setups except ssbrendan

[gloomy holly]

Like Brisky Bulwark only being triggered once

[ashen thunder]

Well it's understandable

Coz Aaron is also one time buff

Can't rly have a gen pool support with similar role straight up be better than other

Atleast she got the sync Accel for that

[hard wave]

Johto, but tru

[hard wave]

Mallow is pretty good too I think

[hard wave]

Same cuz I feel like I have more physical supports but more special damage dealers

Kriss is prob my best one

Also when is it recommended to go to pity if u get the unit? 9 multis?

[ashen thunder]

367+

Coz that's when you are 1 multi away

Some say 334+ but 2nd multi itself is kinda big
Atleast for me

[sturdy flower]

depends on how much you value gem vs candy

[signal halo]

Kinda

My thing with csmm is that I likely can always pull through in the way I want, but sometimes barely

Depending on type, it just feels lame

[hard wave]

So 1-2 multis away ig?

[vestal leaf]

mostly personal and unit dependant

i personally consider pity once i get the first unit at 260ish

but it depends

260 is still questionable but if the unit is especially good it can be worth to continue

once i go past 300 i'm pitying

[hard wave]

Hm alr cuz I want to go for ss diantha but havent gotten lillie yet and ive done 5 multis so jic I have to pity her

[vestal leaf]

unless i get extremely lucky

[ashen thunder]

If you are broke on candies and want dupes on the unit then you roll even if you get the unit at first roll

[hard wave]

Hm alr

[ashen thunder]

[vestal leaf]

master fairs are most likely gonna end with you pitying 1/5

[hard wave]

Thx

[sturdy flower]

im less likely to spend more to pity master fairs

because chance of extra copies is very low

[vestal leaf]

ofc master fairs are different

1% is huge

[hard wave]

Strikers r the ones I have the most of to candy but im also broke in gems

[ashen thunder]

Only MF I haven't pitied is zygarde
Everyone else ate pity

Strikers thing is most of em are getting 5/5

So if you are veteran with lot of PFs you gonna be broke on candies

[hard wave]

Ive had to pity ss steven for 2nd copy (1/5 on 10th multi) and ash 12th multi

[ashen thunder]

Since early PFs tend to be strikers

[hard wave]

Ive played since sinnoh arc

[ashen thunder]

They started doing tech PFs often only like last year

[hard wave]

I did play a bit before tho but maybe 1-2 weeks max

[ashen thunder]

Then you shouldn't be broke on strike candies

[hard wave]

Ye I checked the pokefair list and most techs/supports seem to be since the VAs started

[hard wave]

I have 13 limited strikers

4 of them 3/5 the rest 1/5

[sturdy flower]

from the old pokefairs i only want the ones that have a huge chance of getting into lodge, and that's on deals like triple scout

[hard wave]

Same

[ashen thunder]

I am actually planning to dump lot of gems on lodge once they inflate the pool with pokefairs

Instead of candying

[hard wave]

Most pairs I want r techs or supports, strikers its either for lodge or a MF I like

[sturdy flower]

it's not a good chance in the lodge banner...

[ashen thunder]

Not yet

But once they add like more of em

It becomes good

[sturdy flower]

but their rate is ever going lower with new spotlights too

[ashen thunder]

It might take a year or two tho

I mean still
I don't want to see N or cynthia giving me powerup

[hard wave]

The only pokefairs ive candied r ss blue (gave one pulled 3 more) ss steven and ss wally (gave 1 each cuz I got 2 copies from pulls) and ss giovanni from 1/5 to 3/5

[ashen thunder]

[hard wave]

The rest of my candies were masterfairs or seasonals

[ashen thunder]

And I want some of the lodge potential units

Like ingo and victor

[sturdy flower]

Victor is not getting into lodge until 2027

[split thicket]

Hey, so Calem's Buddy Move takes too long to activate and I'm considering pulling for Serena to make it easier, but she's my least favorite Pokémon character...
Should I? I still want Lisia, Diantha and Cynthia.
This question is here since it (kinda) helps me save my gems?

[ashen thunder]

Hey you never know

We don't recommend rolling for gameplay

If you want easier Bmove spam with ccalem

Use aoe move users

[sturdy flower]

He's better in dark where almost every unit is aoe

[hard wave]

I think these r all lodge potential pokefairs

[timber wren]

masked royal works really well for another brutal swing user

[hard wave]

The 4 that r in lodge were removed from it for some reason

[sturdy flower]

they renamed Champion Iris to Iris (Alt.) and that makes her possible, yeah

I think Red will get into lodge on some big celebration month

[lean mango]

If she's your least favorite character I'm going to say no

[hard wave]

I kept her cuz idk if 3* pairs will be added and its not a poma alt so

Red idk which one we’ll get

I think all the spotlight lodge additions were just to give them time to make expanded grids, now that cynthia got hers all of them have one

Ill prob skip lodge banners for now (tho I got 2 marnies and a raihan from it) and pull later esp since there’s pairs I like and they arent just for lodge

[ashen thunder]

Can't wait to see cynthia get 3d grid

Coz beehive is not enuff

[hard wave]

Or yk make kommo-o better

[sturdy flower]

start with her hair then

[ashen thunder]

Kommo-who?

[deft glen]

lodge Gloria please

[sturdy flower]

im baffled they aren't adding lodge pictures for older alts

or even for seasonals (Dawn)

[hard wave]

Lodge gloria is making the gauntlet banner tempting

[hard wave]

I thought she would cuz sc rosa got one tbh

[hard wave]

Also iris seems good and has lodge potential and more diantha copies to save candies

[deft glen]

Critical Strike 9 at 5/5

[tardy jolt]

Diantha in February

[hard wave]

It may be lysandre or diantha

[ashen thunder]

Can also be calem

[hard wave]

Maybe

If they do I hope they give us vouchers or smth to 5/5 the story pairs now that rosa and calem r in lodge

[tardy jolt]

Diantha would be my top choice, but it's kinda copium with her already rerunning in the banner for LG

[hard wave]

If legendary pairs can get them I dont see why story pairs would need candies

[ashen thunder]

My Rosa is already 3/5 so

[hard wave]

I havent candied any of them and dont think I will tbh

[deft glen]

look at Cynthia and Marnie recently, there's a chance

[hard wave]

Well thats tru for marnie cuz she was in the gauntlet banner the month before her lodge banner but cynthia?

[ashen thunder]

Cynthia is fan fav

So ofc shed get special treatment

[signal halo]

I kinda would like it, since it would mean I'd have their full grids

And I believe Cynthia's 5/5 gives me a kind of buff I'd be happy to receive

I won't spend gems on that anytime soon, however

The implications of this month's pulling is that I'll be hitting 4 pities by February

[mild spindle]

Should I count Victory Road as a select for ssKanTrio for this graphic, currently it's not being counted, so they'd all shift up one category.
This is a no. of banners & reruns sorted list.

[hard wave]

Same since N and Cynthia r the only units in lodge I dont have

[signal halo]

I'm lacking lillie

I low-key want to pull on the gauntlet poke fair banner to have more odds at colress and a shot at champion iris

[timber wren]

i would count them

[sturdy flower]

will that pokefair banner reach datamine?

[mild spindle]

Next Datamine is expected sometime after Jan 25th, and before Feb. 1st.
The 2021 Master Fairs, Cynthia, and the banners debuting later this month should all be running during that time period.
The Seasonals and 2022 MF Kalos units will obviously be over by then.

[sturdy flower]

The gauntlet triple pokefair one

[mild spindle]

Hmm, maybe "...and the banners debuting later this month should all be running.." wasn't clear enough.
ssDiantha, Shauna, Bede, and the Triple Banner, which debut later this month will all still be running into February.

[sturdy flower]

Sorry

[timber wren]

you can see dynamic dates for all the banners in #1012256199128915968 , just click them and it’ll pop up in your local timezone

[hard wave]

Same

I need iris and gloria, diantha copies, my lillie is 3/5, and I dont have colress

Lisia kimono grimsley and jasmine are all maxed tho

I wonder if they’ll only have those tho since each would be 1.1%

[vernal glade]

I may not be a huge Alola fan but I’ll pull zeraora.

[wind nymph]

Theres a zeraora unit soon?

[drowsy saddle]

No, this is just "If" statement

[chrome nest]

If Selene gets zeraora than what does Elio gets

[vernal glade]

Magearna

[lofty relic]

[vernal glade]

I always thought was Gen 6 but I was wrong

[reef river]

theres still like 8 ultra beasts that havent been used yet

[vernal glade]

True but they don’t interest me so I rather not pull on them

[lament hornet]

xurkitree

[vernal glade]

I like Zeraora so I’ll give Alola a chance.

[wind nymph]

Wait what if Elio gets- hear me out -Nihilego

Like hes caught it so it doesnt escape

And attack people

Like he’s trying to hold it back

[vernal glade]

Doesn’t interest me.

[wind nymph]

Ik

I was just saying

I think it’d be cool

[lament hornet]

i think nihilego is either lillie's or lusamine's

[vernal glade]

Probably lusamine

[lament hornet]

gladion could get kartana because you know

edge

[vernal glade]

Im waiting on his Zoroark since I know he uses one in the games

[feral vale]

Nihilego’s should be Lusamine’s tbh

[tardy fiber]

I hope nihilego will be a poison unit

Hope one of solgaleo power boost is sunsteel strike +50 bp

[reef river]

SS Guzma with Xurkitree

[tardy fiber]

I would love xurkitree... actually any elec fave is good, cmon DeNa i need special elec fave for sentryx2

[lean mango]

Gem count, can't wait to get 2 pities

[wind nymph]

Gimme

Plz

[lean mango]

Poison unit pls

[lean mango]

Save™

[wind nymph]

[lean mango]

Really hope they make a Support Poison

Only got Batnine which only took years to give, as a BP unit

[vernal glade]

Meanwhile trying to not urge on Lillie

[lean mango]

Hope next month gives alotta gems

[vernal glade]

Same. It’s gonna take a while for my faves to get an alt.

[lean mango]

Who's on your fav list?

[vernal glade]

N, Zoroark, Lucario and Shaymin. Awaiting: Zeraora

[lean mango]

Oo, ye probably will take some for those to appear

[vernal glade]

The longer it takes, the better the chances I get them

[lean mango]

Nice limited list, will help with your current gem goal

[vernal glade]

Oh absolutely.

[lean mango]

Been wanting to shorten my list tho don't really know how

[tardy fiber]

Hope you have this, iirc shiny muk is also a good support poison this one can max speed iirc

[lean mango]

What if I told you I already have em

My first shiny

[tardy fiber]

Really? I miss muk, hope it reruns again

[lean mango]

I hope that they at least release shiny zubat

[tardy fiber]

Many more non shinies right and some even unreleased

Nidoking would be nice too if its poison

Shellder, meowth, zubat, koffing still didn't have shinies

[lean mango]

Hope they make a Crobat eggmon event

[tardy fiber]

Talking about that, why there's no belossom in this oddish eggmon line?

[lean mango]

Actually now that you pointed it out, didn't even see it

[tardy fiber]

I thought it can already be realised as they are fine with releasing hitmontop eggmon

[lean mango]

Kinda strange especially since they include hitmontop

[tardy fiber]

They can just do support gloom becomes belossom while tech and strike become vileplume

Later poliwag and slowpoke eggmon will also face this problem

[lean mango]

Blossom becomes a sunny day tech

[tardy fiber]

Cannot because shiny vileplume already tech

[lean mango]

Hope for this event I get it's shiny

Vileplume is one of my top favorite pokemons

[tardy fiber]

Same, there's only 2 shiny that i hope to get this event... vileplume and wigglytuff

I already got gengar

[lean mango]

I don't remember if i have a shiny wigglytuff yet, but will be a bit disappointed if I get it instead of the Vileplume

[tardy fiber]

Iirc its a shiny support

[lean mango]

How good is it?

[tardy fiber]

It can +4 def +2 spdef +2 speed

Also have first aid and revenge boost passive

[upbeat lotus]

Its a very good eggmon in LG

[lean mango]

Oo sounds good

[tardy fiber]

I gonna start to invest on more supports...well still not gonna non faves but support lodge pairs and bp pairs plus npc pairs are kinda good outlet to throw my away

[hard wave]

Same bcz of the movie

[hard wave]

Prob will cuz cuz this year will be flooded w supports

Iirc 2019-2021 was strikers then 2022 we got a ton of techs so we might get a ton of supports now

[tough oriole]

Pls no more supports

I have a conundrum||, there’s a fave but they’re in a 5k select … I feel like they won’t rerun in forever ||

[tough oriole]

And draining kiss for a little bit of sustain

[hard wave]

Who

[wind nymph]

Ingo?

[versed adder]

is it just me who doesn’t mind having lots of supports bc it means i can keep using units i already like just more efficiently 🚶‍♂️

[cunning swan]

Gimme more supports, I need more for LG

[tardy fiber]

i didnt care much on support EX (as i only have 5 support EX faves, well will be 6 including Sycamore)...also lately my recent tech and striker faves are strong and like i can just sync with them instead while using my BP master units fave

[turbid sierra]

daaammn, 400/400 and still not able to get Anniv N :/

[sturdy flower]

that's normal

#salt-channel

[drowsy saddle]

Not being able to get a unit at pity

[lean mango]

Not able?

[violet nebula]

That is why it's a gacha

[drowsy saddle]

The joke is about pity granting you ability to get said unit. If you can't get them at 400/400, something went very wrong way.

[violet nebula]

Clicked wrong select unit😅

[lean mango]

That is the worst thing that can happen in this game

[violet nebula]

Still, how does one do that?😅

[tardy fiber]

wow, ny tickets are pretty consistent on giving me 3* units

[violet nebula]

I got 1 4*😄

[tardy fiber]

Nvm, this can help increase my resistance to daily discount pull

[violet nebula]

Yes

Embrace the zen, that's it

[upbeat lotus]

gem report: 4k6 gems

next goal: 6k gems

[violet nebula]

I am aiming for 109k gems by VA part 2

Got 75k atm

And also not to spend candies until the pairs are revealed😬

Hard as there are many.. particularly techs who need powering up😞

[tardy fiber]

Hopefully can reach 100k before Kalos VA starts

[gloomy holly]

I think it's pretty close

[oak crest]

Man, game loves to tease me, 6 out of 7 sinnoh gen pool units are 5/5 for me, the last 1 I lack is at 0/5

[violet nebula]

Just zen

[midnight chasm]

another day another CCalem internal discussion

[cunning swan]

If you're debating so much over him but afraid of missing out on actual faves, then skip imo

[tardy fiber]

I gonna skip ccalem... greninja isn't a legendary/mythical/UB so i skip

[cunning swan]

My zen way of life is, if you're not 100% sure, then skip

[oak crest]

i skipping calem b/c i dont like his kit

nth against the mon or trainer

[copper zodiac]

Do the obtainable coins count all content including pair banners, or all that is not from the pair banners?

[drowsy saddle]

Banners are never included

Scouting for presents is not a good reason anyway

[copper zodiac]

Ok I see

[tardy fiber]

The obtainable coins also don't count the one you get from lodge guest milestones

[crisp oracle]

I just got shafted by Calem, am down to 6.6k. Can I still make a pity by the time SS Diantha leaves?

[upbeat lotus]

Probably

[vale ivy]

I mean, her banner lasts 2 whole months

[crisp oracle]

Ok, great. Thank goodness the gems are pretty plentiful this month. Still very unfortunate I got shafted by frog though.

At least I still have a healthy foundation of two multis and I should get a pity by mid-next month.

[rare swan]

What scout points are you on?

oh wait, you're not planning to continue on Calem

if not, and you're going for Diantha, you'll get the 30k you need no problem

[crisp oracle]

I already got “utterly shafted and manhandled” by Calem unfortunately. At least his kit justifies his pull rate.

I’m already back at 7k after beating Battle Challenge today…finally lol

[rare swan]

Ahhhhhhh now I'm following

Diantha will be here until March so you have plenty of time!

[crisp oracle]

It was about time my luck fell down to Earth. I had only spent 15k on three master fairs

[timber wren]

just be sure that ss diantha is really the character youre aiming for, we have half anni coming up very soon

[crisp oracle]

Oh well. That’s what we save for.

[violet nebula]

And VA part 2

Possible good other pairs and MF

[crisp oracle]

Which is why I’m probably gonna wait for March datamine to scout

[rare swan]

If you're not 100% set on Diantha, you-ah yes

wait for datamine lmfao

[timber wren]

we're broken records at this point tai

[rare swan]

so true cami!

[crisp oracle]

Here’s the thing…do y’all consider Zerena an Anni unit because it seems that she was

[timber wren]

no

[violet nebula]

Why can no one wait for datamine

[rare swan]

nope

[crisp oracle]

I’m scared PoMa is gonna pull something like that

[rare swan]

she was more of a surprise/random drop

[crisp oracle]

A busted Master Fair after Anni

[rare swan]

(so random that the dataminers missed her the first time around lmfao)

[timber wren]

how many people still talk about ss serena now tho (aside from certified kalos stans)

[drowsy saddle]

DeNa can drop masterfairs at any point, there's no use in guessing

[crisp oracle]

DeNa did a great job at hiding her, our gems got screwed

[rare swan]

is there a particular character you're waiting for?

[crisp oracle]

Probably at this point…I am hoping for an SS Lillie or SS Lusa for Alola VA

[rare swan]

oooh, both of those have a really good chance of happening

i'd start a gem fund for them

[crisp oracle]

And before you scream YES I do believe SS Lillie is coming for Alola VA

[rare swan]

she's pretty much guaranteed, yeah

[crisp oracle]

Now if they put Alola VA next to Anni I am freaking screwed

[rare swan]

I don't think they will

ooooh wait hang on, you mean anni-anni, not half

hmmm

[crisp oracle]

Anni Anni like they pulled with Hoenn VA

[rare swan]

yep, gotcha now

it seems like there's a few things in the future that you'd want at least one pity for - definitely wait until datamine and see how much you really want SS Diantha

[timber wren]

seems unlikely that alola va would be close to anni unless they pull what they did with sinnoh and push galar ahead

[crisp oracle]

The good news is that I’m pretty good at milking those gems

It’s getting easier now that I have more resources quickly at my disposal than back then

[rare swan]

yes! that's good to hear

and feb will likely be a big month for gems as well

[timber wren]

[crisp oracle]

I don’t think Galar VA is that popular enough to justify something like what they did for Sinnoh.

Every non-paid gem matters kiddos

[timber wren]

sinnoh seemed entirely to help promote PLA so i agree its unlikely

[rare swan]

mhmm

now that they're back in order i can't see galar being before alola

[crisp oracle]

For Kalos VA are they gonna rerun Zerena (at this point the new players want her)

[rare swan]

considering Kalos dropped real quick after Unova, they seem to be pushing them out

[rare swan]

it's.....possible

they reran Maxie and Archie for Hoenn VA, so there is precedent

and it would add some Serena to Part 2, since I very much doubt she's getting another alt so quickly after a MF

[timber wren]

gems per banner has been updated in the pins here #1010275375730925638 message

as well as the candy coin history in #1010223517565976737

[maiden kayak]

i almost thought u were Lethal

[lapis pine]

I had a moment reading this. My first instinct was like, oh but zerena was only a few months ago before realising it was almost a year jeez

[timber wren]

she would be the fastest MF rerun if she reruns next month

[lapis pine]

I feel like there’s a 50/50ish chance of her rerunning

I don’t think the potential lysandre and volcanion pair will be a master fair so I could see serena rerunning just to have a master fair in the VA

[hard wave]

Lillie is refusing to show up I wanted to save for ss diantha the gauntlet banner or next month

[hard wave]

I can see her rerunning but also steven and n didnt rerun during their va, and ig the only reason archie/maxie did was cuz those were their base pairs and they were part of the VA

Hopefully she doesnt tho cuz lillie is draining my gems and zerena was one of the other MFs ive been wanting

[lapis pine]

Why did you pull for Lillie before the end of the month if zerena is a pair you want?

You probably should consider pausing your pulling until datamine

[maiden kayak]

save this month

like really save

jan, feb and march are gem pinatas

save them and u will have easier road ahead for the rest of the year

[timber wren]

fr, jan thru mar last year we got 100k gems

[lapis pine]

Yes saving through this time will be very important

That’s been my plan

[timber wren]

that’s still just shy of three pities, and we typically see 4-6 new limited units every single month so it’s always important to be picky

thanks to variety scout we had 8 new units in november, which was a first

[lapis pine]

November was Unova VA yeah?

[timber wren]

yeah

[lapis pine]

I can only think of 6 who were the last 2?

[timber wren]

three PF, two spotlight, three variety

[lapis pine]

Ah spotlights right

[timber wren]

i mistakenly said new limited units

i mean new units in general

[autumn panther]

variety

the units are so good meta wise but damn are they lazy

[rare swan]

hopefully we won't be seeing a scout like that again

[rare swan]

IA, I think it's super unlikely the two Part 2 limiteds will be MFs after we got the Neo Champs in Dec