Resource Saving Support (Gem Zen)

[signal halo]

At least 1 limited pair away

Classic elesa and I'll have all limited canon Unova pairs

What I feel like it's far away is having high caliber carries for all types

[sturdy flower]

next month might be tough on you

and next VA

ah no, it's not Vantner speaking nevermind!

[sly breach]

Am tempted to look in gacha and flex

[feral vale]

RESIST!

[signal halo]

February has a pair I'm most certainly going for

Iirc it's just one

[sturdy flower]

by next month I meant half anni, sorry

[signal halo]

Oh

[sturdy flower]

altho that was directed at Vantner, because it's sure to contain more legendaries

• Alola VA is the same

Unova might get... non canon ghetsis standalone MF sometime

[signal halo]

I'll still have 3 pities to go through half anni

Iirc

Since I'm at 89k

[hard wave]

Just mute the channel

[sly breach]

Its muted

[lunar topaz]

Guys I am in a situation

Since SCjasmine has rerun in shorter terms since anni I have had a favorite release every month since then, Victor Calem & Serena Kris Lyra Jasmine and then diantha, and now it’s Elesa with a new alt I really want to get back to saving 2 pities which I am close I’m at 30K rn but idk if I should wait for her rerun next year which will have mallow and appletun and that’s another big fav and wouldn’t mind having to pity on that rerun banner

I just want to get my barring together and start saving again

I feel so uncomfortable spending without 2 pities on hand all the time so thoughts?

[ashen thunder]

If you can afford to select it's better to wait for it

Since we also have half anni nearby and palentines don't run till the datamines

If you can't do select, I guess maybe bite the bullet

Coz rolling in a 6 featured unit banner doesn't sound fun

Let alone wanting 2 units

Also if you are missing any of the existing favs, you should be saving for those and being without pity would just make it risky, especially if elesa and/or mallow isn't a top fav

[lunar topaz]

Idc about half anni unless favs lel

But last half anni had Serena so I should be careful

[ashen thunder]

That's my point

Didn't they release like 5 limited units that month alone

If elesa/mallow isn't a top fav it's not worth risking the chances

[sly breach]

Thats a lot of units to pity

[sturdy flower]

had what...?

that's not half anni

[lean mango]

Ig was around half Anni

[feral vale]

It was after

I believe she was revealed in the March datamine

[vestal leaf]

Yep

She was on mid march

[sturdy flower]

im expecting 3-4 master fairs before summer event

and these are the units with highest production values usually (always unique sync animation etc)

[unborn pier]

I think they get more promo material

only some seasonals and poke fairs seem to get more marketing

no video for Fall 2022, NEO Champions got a video, VAs get rallies and vids along with anniversaries

[feral vale]

I’m still just gonna do Zerena rerun cope

[deft glen]

GiraCynthia rerun

[feral vale]

SAME FOR THAT TOO

[clever oyster]

sigh

why did the first Palentine's banner had to be Mallow and not Elesa?

now I have to wait two more days

[sly breach]

Too many pitys

Thats why it feels easier to pull and not think about it

[clever oyster]

and I can't take a break from the game either because I also gotta continue farming lucky cookies from LG7 in hopes of completing that one mission that would net me even more gems

[drowsy saddle]

You're trying to complete Lucky skills mission?

[clever oyster]

no, just one specific General Mission

[drowsy saddle]

Lucky Cookie mission? Forgot it even was there, huh

That's something, I guess.

[deft glen]

10 gems

'-'

[sly breach]

Anyone here who has save up to 100k gems and did pulls to under 10k?

How did you recover from that

[bleak falcon]

Bruh, it’s 10 gems

You can afford to take that one slow

[drowsy saddle]

Continue saving?

[broken mulch]

Continue saving yeah

[undone island]

im having a mental crisis
i wanna pull for the anniversary steven before hes gone but im afraid i character i want will come after hes gone as well so im so dang conflicted about it
i got like 47k gems saved rn but im not sure if steven is worth it even tho i love him

[bleak falcon]

Do you want anyone coming this month?

[undone island]

uhh maybe leon

but otherwise no

[drowsy saddle]

But Anni Steven is a big fave?

[undone island]

steven in general is a fave

[bleak falcon]

Well this month + what you have now will total up to 2 guarantees worth of gems. Make of that what you will

[undone island]

it doesn't need to be the anniversary

hmm

[drowsy saddle]

We get 28k+ this month. If you don't want anyone else, you'll have a pity at the end of it.

[clever oyster]

well, the only sync pair that is specifically coming this month that I really want is Pal Elesa, the hurry is moreso because of the other banners that are leaving this week

[bleak falcon]

I wasn’t asking you that question, but ok

[clever oyster]

oh

whoops

[undone island]

if thats the case i could just not pull for leon then thats what im now thinkin

i just like feelin rich

[drowsy saddle]

Pulling just because you can is not a good idea

Save for that fave you want

Make a specific fave list, write it down

[undone island]

i was saving to see if raihan would have a banner in the future then use 40k gems and also get guaranteed piers

that was my plan

[drowsy saddle]

Well, continue following it then. Seems like a decent plan.

[undone island]

i think i will stick to my guns and wait and get steven in the future maybe on a different banner

[drowsy saddle]

Anni Steven?

[undone island]

any steven i don't complain which version

he is a fav no matter what hes wearing or who hes paired with

[feral vale]

Raihan is in the Monthly Scout.

He’ll always be in there.

Unless you mean Anni Raihan?

[undone island]

i dont discriminate i take any version i can get

[drowsy saddle]

But you can get more Stevens. Every Steven, if you save for it.

[feral vale]

Oh no no I get that. I was asking for clarification.

[undone island]

if that version comes around i will pull for it

[undone island]

i mean that do sound nice

[feral vale]

Who do you like more?

Steven or Raihan?

[undone island]

raihan is like number 2 for me but then steven is number 3

they do be neck and neck

[feral vale]

Why don’t you make a favs tierlist?

[undone island]

i only have 4

[feral vale]

So Steven, Raihan, and who else?

[undone island]

piers and wallace

[feral vale]

Luckily Piers and Wallace can come anytime.

[undone island]

like in order
1 piers
2 raihan
3steven
4wallace

[undone island]

im very glad that piers is always accsessable

[deft glen]

There will be a free Steven at the of the month

[drowsy saddle]

Both are in general pool

[deft glen]

In the free ticket scout thingy

[undone island]

there will?

[feral vale]

So here’s a fact I want to plop down
Anni Steven is a Master Fair, and this is his rerun. We will not know when he will be back.

[feral vale]

Regular.

[undone island]

that is also good

[undone island]

i consider that to which i why i wanna pull for him because idk when hell be returning but im also scared that ill use to many gems and won't have enough if perchance anni raihan comes back

like sooner rather than later

[feral vale]

So here’s my other thought

We have 27k left for this month

If you go to pity, you will have time to save for one more pity before Anni datamine (not exact, but close)

[undone island]

okk

[feral vale]

Take it as you will.

[undone island]

||it makes me think now i rlly wanna pull for steven||

[feral vale]

I can’t decide for you, but I wanted to lay some facts.

[undone island]

thank you so much

[feral vale]

Oh and please spoil pull mentions btw!

We’re trying not to tempt others here~ ^^

[undone island]

how do i dothat

[feral vale]

|| Word ||

[undone island]

thank you

[feral vale]

[undone island]

||i think ill try pulling for him||

[feral vale]

||I wish you luck, you can post in #gacha-and-flex ||

[sturdy flower]

||The result highlights the importance of saving, but at least you got that Piers you wanted too||

[undone island]

||i'd say it was worth i love piers ands steven and now i can save for raihan and wallace||

[tardy fiber]

Will have 4 pities by the end of next month, ||well some of them will go to sslysandre ||

[reef river]

I will have at least 2 pities by end of month going into half anni

As long as that gets me by + i have at least 1 pity going into alola VA for ss guzma, i feel good

[tardy fiber]

Oh right, hope half anni have a lot of gems

Alola VA looks to be deadly for my gems ||especially after seeing kalos part 2 scenes||

[tardy jolt]

||that wormhole was so goofy, lol||

[sturdy flower]

i have my rule of not watching the scenes before official release ||so i still have to wait 2+ weeks to see it||

[tardy fiber]

||that will pave the way for rocket admins to have UBs, so bye2 gems ||

[signal halo]

What if professor Bellis gets a sync pair?

[tardy fiber]

I hope its a cool pair

I will grab any Legendaries, mythicals, UBs

Oh and paradoxes

Pokemon that prof bellis might have probably gyarados

Iirc gyara eggmon event stated all the eggs was brought by prof bellis

Waiting for more playable OC, playable Paulo and Tina when?

[signal halo]

Professor Bellis and Ditto

Which would explain the endless egg amount

Ditto's passive would transform it into the opposing center sync pair

Which would give your team the boss passives the enemy has

Statline would be fixed

Or could remain unchanged

Imagine a support that could steal boss passives

[tardy fiber]

They will need to release ditto eggmon eventually, they have to finish kanto

[signal halo]

Getting team sentry entry x2

And all the reductions known to humankind

[tardy fiber]

I wonder if DeNa will ever release Pasio tag give more value to MC pairs and Lear also pave way for more Pasio characters

[rustic heron]

how many pasio characters are there, anyways?

there’s only like 10-15 total, right?

[tardy fiber]

I just noticed that all Champions are strikers
Kanto-Blue Pidgeot
Johto-Lance Dragonite
Hoenn-Steven Metagross
Sinnoh-Cynthia Garchomp
Unova-Alder Volcarona
Kalos-Diantha Gardevoir
Alola-Hau Raichu
Galar-Leon Charizard

[rustic heron]

i feel like geeta will change that

with the crystal poison thing i forget the name of

glimmora

[tardy fiber]

Glimmora

[signal halo]

Wait

Is hau tagged as a champion?

[rancid vale]

pretty sure he isnt

[tardy fiber]

No tag

[rancid vale]

there isnt an alola champion

[rustic heron]

i don’t think either kukui or hau is a champion

[signal halo]

Anyways

[rancid vale]

because

[signal halo]

Ash exists

[rancid vale]

this was before challenging the league

[tardy fiber]

Ash also striker

[signal halo]

But ash isn't tagged as a champion, iirc

[tardy fiber]

Glimmora poison striker with toxic shenanigans. Hope she can rival emma lol

[rustic heron]

i’d also take geeta and kingambit

maybe with a similar gimmick to furbert

[tardy fiber]

I want dark faves, still have hope for guzzlord, galar moltres, hoopa unbound and single strike urshifu to be dark

I can finally retire lysandre from doing dark weak cs if i got them

[rustic heron]

we have too many dragon pairs

so guzzlord being dark would be great

and if multistrike urshifu is water, single strike should be dark

but then again, that’s asking for consistency with typing from dena

lmao

[tough oriole]

Iirc there was an event somewhere (probably the elio/selene trials event) where Kukui asked Kahilli to be the Alolan Champion (since she had once been the Island Challenge Champion), but she said no

Neo Champion Kahilli Confirmed

[tardy fiber]

Dena can fix two types by releasing two versions, shiny and non shiny, give both different types ...just like rayquazza dragon and shiny rayquazza flying

[rustic heron]

and yet none of the crobats are flying

[tardy fiber]

But man, DeNa releasing more shinies means my faves amount are doubled

[tough oriole]

Shiny Regice would be really funny

[tardy fiber]

Im excited for anni, cannot wait to see what new 2 bp master units i will get

I will save my next ticket

4k bp now

Almost halfway there

[tough oriole]

I wish they would make a BP and Main Story candy, I want to invest in Mesprit and Cobalion but I have too many other supports

[dusky carbon]

last time they gave out a ticket for when they added 2 new bp master units

im hoping for dragon and electric tho tbh

[tardy fiber]

They are not worth candying unless fave, i candy them because i already done with 3/5 all of my limited fair support faves

[rustic heron]

i’m still sitting on 2 master tickets because i don’t care for either nita or regirock lmao

[tardy fiber]

If the trend continues with no new support faves on march, Mesprit will get my next support candy

[tough oriole]

Hopefully the mf in the 2nd half of march won’t be a fave

[dusky carbon]

my guess is its going to be Zapdos

[tardy fiber]

Seeing zerena popping out of nowhere on march, it might be a master pair that have no ties to current events...smells like Palmer sinnoh pride MF

[dusky carbon]

cuz its a pokemon of a trio we havent gotten any of yet

[tardy fiber]

Heatran/Regigigas Palmer

[rustic heron]

i’m really surprised palmer isn’t in the game yet

after being in the animated trailer

striaton bros and rocket admins as well, but to a lesser extent because they are In The Game, just not usable

[tough oriole]

Ryuki moment

[tardy fiber]

Rocket admins might be playable later

[rustic heron]

MAN i feel sorry for the 12 ryuki fans out there

[lean mango]

Don't think so, Glimmora is a pretty offensive mon but DeNa might ignore that, or maybe not

[rustic heron]

a tech with toxic debris would make sense

[tough oriole]

He also got his signature stolen in the same month he was first released, forcing him to get turtonator

[lean mango]

Like I said Glimmora is offensive so

[tough oriole]

As long as it poisons the enemies and not Poison Damage Field, I’ll be happy

[lean mango]

Wait Turtonator is not his ace?

[tardy fiber]

Oh guys after careful thinking, i wont buy egg pass and stuffs for meowth eggmon event

[tough oriole]

Kommo-o is his final, Turtonator is one of his mids

[bleak falcon]

Hot Take: Rock Damage Field is only lackluster because DeNA panicked and slapped Resistance 9 on practically everything

[tardy fiber]

Also will ||only probably 1/5 sslysandre, kalos part 2 scenes gave me uneasiness for alola VA||

No pull for dupes

[bleak falcon]

So Poison Damage Field won’t necessarily face the same problem

[lean mango]

Oh I thought his ace was Turtonator sinc he looks like one

[tough oriole]

Why would they not slap resistance on everything

[tardy fiber]

Oh right the new leonzard have fire damage field, lets see how it goes

[rustic heron]

it’s gonna be MID

just like bertha’s stealth rocks

[lean mango]

What does damage field do?

[rustic heron]

when the enemy takes an action, it also gets damaged for a minor amount of typed damage

[lean mango]

So like trap?

[rustic heron]

rn the only ones are rock (bertha hippowdon stealth rock) and fire (leon charizard max move)

yeah, like trap

but it applies to the entire field at once and deals typed damage

so it can be super effective

[tardy fiber]

Gordie max move too

[rustic heron]

wouldn’t know

i’ve used gordie maybe once

i should use him more, he sounds like reyn and that’s funny

[lean mango]

I don't have either Bertha or Gordie so

[feral vale]

OOOOOOF

[rustic heron]

dang

[lean mango]

only 2 units I don't have fron gen pool that I want is Burgh and Colress

The rest, don't really care

[tardy fiber]

I still have 0/5 gordie melony colress shauna

[lean mango]

Shauna is expected

[rustic heron]

GOD i wish i had colress

he’s one of my favorites

but i will never spend a gem on a spotlight

[lean mango]

I would've, since 4th top favorite but next month was

Kinda was going to do the same thing for Emma until it was revealed she was a fair so

Didn't really matter in the end

[rustic heron]

guess i’ll keep waiting until either the ticket pool is updated or i get colress from random chance

[lean mango]

Been saving for the ticket pool update since like Looker spotlight

[rustic heron]

yeahhhh

once a year sucks a lot

ESPECIALLY WHEN THERES ONLY 2 UNITS, KALOS

[lean mango]

Just a couple of months so won't be that long

or my perception of time is messed up

[rustic heron]

it's half a year

[lean mango]

Yup my perception of time is messed up

[rustic heron]

assuming the ticket pool won't also be updated next month

which it probably won't

[lean mango]

Didn't last year so

[rustic heron]

i don't want my eighth copy of clemont...

you're a mid unit...

[lean mango]

EXCUSE ME

[rustic heron]

he takes like 25 turns to be fully set up

cuz you gotta use mud slap 6 times, use electro web 6 times

probably use mud slap or electro web more because the opponent buffed themselves

[lean mango]

Guy was great in LA/LG

[drowsy saddle]

Still is

[lean mango]

Using him to beat Tapu Bulu

[hard wave]

I forgot she exists tbh

[hard wave]

Saving mine for shauna and hopefully serena dupes for the delphox frame

Luckily she’s 3/5 so I dont rlly need to use the tickets rn

[hard wave]

I used him for the first time last week, he’s pretty good w ghetsis since he sets up his nuke

[tough oriole]

Or, you could solo latias with him

[rare swan]

Don't discount Cleminion

[tardy fiber]

I like to use clemont

Bpclemont

I even 5* 20/20 him

Such a good tank

[tough oriole]

I wonder if i should ex clemont, he’s such a nerd

||My reserve has fallen under 200 (and less than 550 ), so I might wait a bit||

[cunning swan]

bruh my has never reached the 3 digits before

[upbeat lotus]

My rarely reach 2 digits lol

[hard wave]

Same

I still have a few pairs I want to EX so I use them as I get them

[lean mango]

I really wish I can go back to the 3 digits but 2 EXs will be out of my stash

[glass abyss]

I had close to 100 but I apparently had an aneurism and spent them all on characters I sold their Free PUs on

So I needed to EX those with

[lean mango]

Hopefully I can get back to the number of my previous stash

[glass abyss]

Silver and Ghetsis

[tardy fiber]

I need to save from lodge morty, im dangerously low need to prepare for march

[glass abyss]

But I managed to also EX the Frogs and SSDiantha so I am happy with what I did

The 100 Pulls should guarantee me some nice Gold PUs

[hard wave]

I still want to EX Bede Anni Raihan Sonia and SS Diantha rn atleast

Maybe a few other supports

[lean mango]

I'll probably spend all of my tickets when Ticket pool updates

Would get me some

[glass abyss]

Sonia was one of my earliest EXs

So worth it

[tardy fiber]

I wont hope much, last time it only gave me 3 5*

But i might can get more i want to 5* thorton, siebold, viola

[lean mango]

Yes 5* Siebold

[tardy fiber]

But only 5*, i wont him

[lean mango]

ik, still a win

[cunning swan]

I 5*'d Siebold but it'll take him a few more impressive LG performance before I EX him

[tardy fiber]

I plan to 5* all 3* and 4* base units that have treatment...kinda as a sign of gratitude

Also want to see how fare their stats compared to base 5*

[tardy fiber]

Oh right, i can exchange for this reset

[hard wave]

I 5*d siebold cuz I heard he was a good water type when I was new, but now im good for special water

Viola I used for debuffing so I 5d her, thorton I did recently I think to have all EXable pairs 5 or 6EX

[sturdy flower]

I will EX Viola

and nuke with her

[rotund sleet]

me too

[lunar topaz]

Not bad for all multipliers maxed out zone rebuff and rain \4

[ashen thunder]

So just scingo and kriSS/Ccalem

And still no rebuff

[rotund sleet]

[ashen thunder]

||That's just replacing viola||

[rotund sleet]

viola outnukes base genesect too anyways

[lunar topaz]

Maxing out all her multipliers is not exactly feasible if you are using sshilbert and ingo as partners that post was a meme anyways lel

[rotund sleet]

ss kris + ss hilbert

no zone

[ashen thunder]

SShilbert, SSingo means no rain for my viola

[lunar topaz]

No bug zone 💔

[ashen thunder]

Bugzone unit that has rebuff/rain

[lunar topaz]

Her nuke being that low has never made sense to me as she and calem have very similar stat allocations along with multipliers but hers feels way lower

[rotund sleet]

oh you meant you can't fit all 3 on one team

[ashen thunder]

Calem relatively easier to set up

[rotund sleet]

i get ya

[ashen thunder]

Than viola

[broken mulch]

I already 5 starred all my 4 stars haha

[rotund sleet]

i thought you were saying there was no rebuff unit

[ashen thunder]

Ah no

But then

Maybe new feature where we can drop more than 3 units per team

[rotund sleet]

co-op viola nuke

[tardy fiber]

Like a raid boss battle on other gacha games?

[ashen thunder]

Raid boss in Poma is a dream

But I don't want it to happen without guild feature

Else I am just gonna see rats in the lobby

[tough oriole]

As long as guilds don’t have too great rewards (or are really easy to get rewards from), I’ll be happy, so that it isn’t P2W

Cuz if getting rewards was somewhat difficult, guilds demanding people to spend money would pop up

[ashen thunder]

I want to see some effort for rewards

Like the rewards should be more like skins rather than units or gems

[tough oriole]

Oh yea that’s fair

[ashen thunder]

So you get smth for hardcoring

[tough oriole]

If it’s like Skill Spheres and Sync Orbs (like CSMM 10K Pts), I’d be happy

[ashen thunder]

Else it just becomes whatever the hell we are doing in LG

Imagine going 100 streak and still get nothing notable

[tough oriole]

Tbf people do that with 10k pts; it’s also meaningless to most players

LG has no cap to aspire to beat

[sturdy hatch]

They could always give coins

And I don't mean candy coins

[tardy fiber]

I agree with this, if not it will be like, you cannot join this guild if you are not 2 million collective strength

[ashen thunder]

Imagine not being at 2mn str already

The actual requirment would be more like : "must have both master fair pikachus" or some shit

[sturdy hatch]

Johtrio guild

[ashen thunder]

I have johtrio Lemme join
Typhlosion, meganium and feraligatr

[clever oyster]

...50615 gems...

[sturdy hatch]

Nice work!

[clever oyster]

thanks

thankfully, Pal Elesa will show up tomorrow

[lapis pine]

25.9k gems today

Got a bit tempted to do a daily on mallow but resisted

[sly breach]

Never really looked at tiered scout before today but that shit looks expensive

[lapis pine]

Yes it is

[tardy fiber]

Only seasonal rerun and spotlight tiered are a bit cheaper

But new seasonal unit tiered is outrageous

112,885

These two are close as well

[cunning swan]

Gem Zen, I have made it to 6 figures gang

[weary spire]

Congrats!

[lean mango]

Yoooo

[rotund sleet]

big baller congrats

[cunning swan]

||It will only stay that way for a few days at most because I'm pulling for Bede||

But i'm skipping everything in february

So come half anni I'll be prepared

[past gate]

I am getting tempted to spend on pelesa and I need help to save

[lean mango]

Don't do it

[past gate]

Going to wait her banner out doubt I will get lucky

[lean mango]

Resist the temptation

[past gate]

For the sake of trying I shall

[lean mango]

If you submit to temptation I will be sad ☹️

[violet nebula]

She is not a even a true striker

Stats and moves she is peripherally

With Spring Burghs gimmick of metronome

Master fair morty and gengar when🤔

As now 5th Morty and no Gengar😞

[lean mango]

It's an exception cause Gastly is adorable

[tardy fiber]

Palelesa has a super effective gimmick, but the only move type that's guaranteed to be super effective is flying due to her sync

Oh wait she also have fly

[cunning swan]

Smh morty and gengar never

[upbeat lotus]

Morty & Giratina will happen before Morty & Gengar

[cunning swan]

I hate the fact that this is plausible

[tardy fiber]

Morty spectrier

[cunning swan]

Morty's popular enough to get a random legendary haha

[tardy fiber]

Excited for half anni hope to have some fave

[tardy jolt]

Shame that they have already shown that he has a regular one, a shiny tentar would be nice

[past gate]

[clever oyster]

Volo & Giratina when?

[cunning swan]

Armlo do NOT fall into metronome hell

[clever oyster]

I don't even care about Metronome, I just want Classic Elesa & Togetic

🥺

[past gate]

I shall not

maybe she will be in a paid select one day

[nocturne spade]

She def will

[tardy fiber]

Oh right, half anni might have selects

I will grab if there's fall Iris, ssleon, sshilda

[past gate]

I am planning to grab hjasmine hleon or pal marine if they are in there

[rotund sleet]

current pal units will probably be on a 4.0 anni select scout fwiw

[past gate]

that would be true

[clever oyster]

too bad that means absolutely nothing to me because select scouts use paid gems

I know I am not the topic here, but I just felt like I should mention that not everyone uses select scouts

[rotund sleet]

hence the fwiw

[clever oyster]

ah

anyway, I really hope I can get Pal Elesa without wasting too many gems

...sure, I have over 50k gems now, but

...it would be nice to still have a lot of gems left after getting Pal Elesa

[rare swan]

The main thing is you're able to guarantee her with your pity

[static quarry]

Looks like you and I have the same favorite pokemon. Got over 60k myself. May luck be with us both tomorrow...!

[thorn hound]

Guys is it worth pulling for mallow or save for elesa

[upbeat lotus]

Do you have a pity saved? Is Mallow a fave of your?

[tardy jolt]

This thread is mainly focused on saving for favorite trainers/Pokémon or your goals in collecting, better ask general strategy if you want an input on meta, otherwise pull who you like the most if they are faves
And be sure to have a pity

[thorn hound]

I have 5k gems still saving 😫

Maybe I'll stick to elegant

Elesa

Thnx for the advice

[upbeat lotus]

Dont pull without having a pity

[violet nebula]

Maybe wait for half anni

Sure they'll be gone but other faves may be released

And will be better

[upbeat lotus]

Well can wait for the rerun too

[cunning swan]

Waiting for rerun means being ready to pity more than ever because seasonal rerun rates horrible

If you use paid gems, waiting for a select is a good choice. Otherwise, wait for her rerun and be ready to cough up a pity

[past gate]

gotta love 0.33% rate

[tardy fiber]

Saving pity is more important now, seems like DeNa is shifting towards ||pulling the units when its first release is better||, VA units doesn't rerun on VA's rerun. Also, seasonal rerun will be dumped in that super seasonal banner that becomes much worse as the years passes as more units will be in the pool. ||VA units first rerun lately is in paid selects instead||

[clever oyster]

Well, yeah, I am just hoping I don't need to get to that point

[clever oyster]

May luck be on both our sides

[hardy creek]

we always hope we don't hit pity but it's still best to prepare for the worst outcome

[crisp oracle]

Am at 28K. The grind continues for ||Emma and 3rd anni||

[cunning swan]

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst

[valid smelt]

Tell me not to pull 😭

[gloomy holly]

How many more gems before Emma's arrival?

[rare swan]

do not pull

[rustic heron]

save your gems for half anniversary

[violet nebula]

And then 4 year ani

Alola and galar VA also highly likely

With MF's

[ashen thunder]

Me hoping for a johto and alola roster fix during half anni

[tardy jolt]

March is gonna be half Anni, very possible it will be with MFs or that will have a MF immediately after that, then April could see another 4 units during a SC event, May could be Alola VA already

[ashen thunder]

[cunning swan]

Johto roster fix? Johto is great now

[ashen thunder]

Mine sucks

[cunning swan]

Alola though, definitely needs the boost

[ashen thunder]

Only got SSmorty

Would still like smth better

For dps

[violet nebula]

What on earth

[tardy jolt]

UnoVA would kinda like new MFs as well
Galar is kinda mid as well

[violet nebula]

Ss morty is one of the best units hands down

Paired with silver

Absolute monsters

[ashen thunder]

Silver is cope unit

I want my 200 BP DD

With a nuke

Not a 160 BP <300 atk meme

[tardy jolt]

Shiny Entei

[ashen thunder]

It gives me a reason to hoard

[violet nebula]

Dena seem to miss hints sadly

[ashen thunder]

[violet nebula]

Kalos VA p2 had so much potential

For AZ etc.. instead we get waifus

[ashen thunder]

They messed up by releasing frogs as champion pairs

[cunning swan]

On the other hand, Unova has enough good units that they're strong enough even without new MFs

[ashen thunder]

Should have dropped Anabel event during December

Unova has ghetsis

[tardy jolt]

They keep botching VAs tbh, UnoVA was so bad, Kalos as well, very underwhelming, saved by the frogs

[ashen thunder]

Hilbert

Skyla

They can't even make anti ghetsis ebe even with TS7

[cunning swan]

Kek

The EBE was just... Bad at showcasing SSN's potential because it overlapped too much with what Ghetsis can already do. I don't mind one bit tho

[ashen thunder]

They could even stop Cyrus in Bertha ebe

I am talking abt Rosa ebe

Ghetsis was still like 2nd best pick for slot

Ghetsis unstoppable

[buoyant elk]

The frogs are busted

[tardy jolt]

Yeah, general quality of the pool is high, with Victini being the outlier of the new units, followed by Hilbert (who however is more a jack of all trades than anything). They still miss a team like Lati twins and Deoxys, the frogs or the rats, though
Johto also has Lugia and Suicune and Celebi SS Morty and any grass dps

[ashen thunder]

Unova always got high end stuff

[cunning swan]

Oh you mean synergy wise? Yeah i don't mind

[ashen thunder]

They have train Bros

[buoyant elk]

SS Hilda and SS hilbert where pretty good for the uno a va

[ashen thunder]

Zekrom+Hilbert

[cunning swan]

They shine individually so I'm not tempted to pull one after getting the other just for complete synergy

[ashen thunder]

Hilbert is too jacked as a dps himself he doesn't care who he gets to pair with
Even then scingo gives him 100ish atk just by being in team and zone

If you are looking for synergies that is

[tardy jolt]

They have good synergies as well, the bros and iirc Summer N and SC Rosa play off well with each other
It’s more a desire for a great tier 0 option for the region in the form of a new powerful MF, UnoVA has the oldest MF alongside Galar and Hoenn

[buoyant elk]

At least unova VA gave us probably the best ice DPS so far | SS Hilbert |

[ashen thunder]

Unova always had the best ice dps under their belt

It just moved to someone else from unova

Wouldn't be surprised if ice zone unit is also unova

They still got white kyurem left afterall

[tardy jolt]

Tbh, I hope that the 3.5 Anni surprises us with aligning the type chart for CS and releasing the Galarian birds, they are probably the region hurting the most rn in terms of top tier options

[cunning swan]

My hopes of Nate with White Kyurem were destroyed thanks to Kalos VA confirmation

[buoyant elk]

Would be interesting an hail unit that has a passive that sets ice zone every time someone sets hail

[ashen thunder]

Galar is already a top tier typing
I don't think they need anything more limited

Biggest issue with galar is free stuff is basically non existent aside from hop

Easiest way would be to release another free story pair

[timber wren]

that stems from them never making more low gacha units since lucy

[buoyant elk]

You can get some free units with the galar scout tickets

[ashen thunder]

Yea that too

[timber wren]

so all galar units are 5* aside from lodge

[ashen thunder]

Lucy release had a solo rate up with just her no?

[timber wren]

it was on plum's banner iirc

[ashen thunder]

Ah right
Putting her in one of the worst spotlight units as a rate up and they decided 4*s don't sell

[buoyant elk]

I think everyone should have at least hop + a random general pool galar unit (assuming no galar units ever pulled from random scouts and the galar scouts ended up all with the same result)

[cunning swan]

Cami do you think they'll ever release more low gacha units

[tardy jolt]

They completely shifted their priorities and it shows, nowadays they wouldn’t ever release a unit as strong as May was at the time as a permanent pool character, Victor showing how they would’ve handled her now

[timber wren]

why would they

[cunning swan]

Actually how was the Lucy banner implemented? What was her featured rate? It can't be 2% since she's not a base 5* right

[ashen thunder]

I know people that only got piers and sonia from galar tickets so

[buoyant elk]

The Lowest gatcha unit they released recently is Shauna

[ashen thunder]

It's not realistic to hope everyone would have Nessa or bea

[cunning swan]

so I can have more galar options.....

[oak crest]

full galar support team

[oak crest]

2%

lmfao

[timber wren]

curb your enthusiasm theme plays

[tardy jolt]

Patiently waiting for 3rd Sonia, meanwhile I’m at 3/5 Melony

[cunning swan]

[timber wren]

it was better than plum's first banner that she shared with guzma at 1% each

[buoyant elk]

Even 5* regular pool units are becoming a Rarity

The last time they released 4* gatcha units, they where poke fairs

[tardy jolt]

I don’t even remember this stuff, banners were so all over the place lol

[ashen thunder]

Atleast they gave one Sawyer copy free

Thinking back I wish it was Rachel
Since I use her more than him

[timber wren]

they had no idea what they were doing the entire first year of the game

[ashen thunder]

[buoyant elk]

Yes one was f2p the other was pokefair

[cunning swan]

Oh, it was a plumeria rerun?

Wow, they made her rerun have better rates than the debut?

[ashen thunder]

It was also the year where stuff released before anni was the better one

Coz it was pokefair 4*s with a dedicated sync Accel meme

Kinda reminds me of whatever they are doing this year

[cunning swan]

I wish I was playing when they gave sawyer for free

[ashen thunder]

They did rerun those 2 no?

Or was it just the free 100 pull

[buoyant elk]

Now it's a pokefair

[timber wren]

they reran in lear's banner

and also were very low rates in the NY tickets in 2022 iirc

[tardy jolt]

And they were in a select randomly, no?

[upbeat lotus]

No

[timber wren]

you couldnt select them

[upbeat lotus]

They havent been in any selects

[timber wren]

you cant select 4* units

[tardy jolt]

I have this vivid memory of Rachel spooking me in a select banner, must be hallucinating

[buoyant elk]

You can get them i guess, but not select

[timber wren]

they were in the PF select with lear at 2.5 anni actually at around 1% rate

but you couldnt select them

[upbeat lotus]

Oh

[tardy jolt]

Oh okay, makes sense then lol

[timber wren]

rachel is still probably the rarest unit in the game in terms of number of players that have her

[ashen thunder]

Not like you'd select them anyways

Most Lear rollers have her atleast

[timber wren]

maybe some MF is rarer, or maybe jessie and james at this point

[ashen thunder]

And nowadays Lear himself is rarity

MF always carry that hype

[tardy jolt]

They should give Rachel and Sawyer a 5* SS running alongside a Lear MF

[ashen thunder]

Unlike a unit that dropped a month before anni

[reef river]

Rachel and sawyer should just be on all pokefair banners as 4*s

[ashen thunder]

I doubt any MF is rarer than Rachel

[cunning swan]

Lmao

[tardy jolt]

Maybe Steven, but he probably has enough fans to be widely available

[ashen thunder]

All Stevens were hype on release

OG Steven was first PF with grid

[reef river]

||i pulled on the lear banner specifically for rachel||

[tardy jolt]

Anni Steven was bashed to death

[ashen thunder]

Summer one was first infinite hail unit

Anni Steven was still the majestic black rayquaza

I am psure Archie on release was based more than anni steven
It's just time didn't do any favors for the latter while former gained stronger and stronger comps

[tardy jolt]

Supreme taste

[rare swan]

Anni Steven's release remains the funniest time I've experienced on this server

the discourse 😭

[broken mulch]

Lol yeah so much fight about him

He’s good no he’s bad no he’s fine no he’s not worthy of being master

Funny

Meanwhile I’m just drooling over his stylish suit

[tardy jolt]

Calcs always showed that he was strong though
Steven was and is just mid in terms of dps
Tbh it wouldn’t bother me if he had anything other than shorts, but those are just

[ashen thunder]

He's still worthy of MF tbh
It's relatively ez setup , 200+ BP move

It's just hoenn still remains a very poor roster in terms of synergy outside that 1 psychic team

[tardy jolt]

MFs are just rewards for popular characters anyway

[ashen thunder]

And none of em in that team is MF

[broken mulch]

His mega is still one of the weirdest gameplay decision I’ve seen lol

ONLY SPID

[tardy jolt]

Hoenn supports being carried only by Latios

[ashen thunder]

I am fine with not pressing that mega at all
Just sync with Skyla

Oh yea I still don't have a good hoenn tank
I should put that in my bucket list for half anni look outs

[tardy jolt]

Tbh if Hoenn had the equivalent of SS Morty, May and Maxie would have the perfect Hoenn companion

[rare swan]

only if it's a fave though, right?

[broken mulch]

Phoebe and Roxanne not committing it for ya?

[tardy jolt]

In general the Hoenn and Johto synergy is great

[rare swan]

(remember not to get too into meta talk in this thread, y'all)

[ashen thunder]

Roxanne dying in 3 turns in a double dps comp

[rare swan]

(particularly in regards to pulling)

[ashen thunder]

Oh my saving priorities is more towards gameplay

I'm sorry

[rare swan]

ooohhhh

well if that's your priority then no worries

[ashen thunder]

My dream sync pairs are already in the game

Anything more is just bonus

[tardy jolt]

Currently very satisfied with my saving and the fact that despite all the ship hype, I feel 0 desire to pull Mallow lol

[little briar]

I ||pulled for Mallow because Appletun is precious||

But it was painless at least

[ashen thunder]

Saving means more gems for something you like

[tardy jolt]

My absolute priorities right now in terms of saving is 3.5, since typing of CS seems to hint at the possibility of Galarian Birds and Marnie and Moltres are one of my most anticipated units

[ashen thunder]

Most realistic approach is looking back yourself and think "Would I even use this over what I already have"

[tardy jolt]

Yeah, sometimes you just don’t realize how much redundancy there is

[ashen thunder]

Coz 99% of cases that already kinda strips out if it's a fav or not

[tardy jolt]

Gauntlet skewing people’s perception hard, imho

[ashen thunder]

Gauntlet is a roster check

Anything you roll is gonna boost you

[tardy jolt]

Considering that you are only gaining 5 tickets every two months for every new unit you get, very bad idea to pull for it

[ashen thunder]

So no point to roll smth exclusively for gauntlet

Since whatever fav you roll is still workable there

[tardy fiber]

Gauntlet made me appreciate bpclemont, lodgeblue, lodgeraihan, straight up 5* 20/20 them...they are so good

[broken mulch]

Yeah the only meta is to pull for every unit no matter what… and that road leads to ruin

[tardy jolt]

Yeah, even if you’re pulling for meta, regions and then types should be ranking higher, not that meta pulling is ever worth it, but that’s beside the point, because in the end you’re very rarely using a unit if you’re pulling it just to potentially cover a specific weakness down the line

[ashen thunder]

Biggest meme shit I see with meta rollers is "hey it's water/fire/dragon/psychic type so it's totally skippable since I have the X option already"

Like bro, you are rolling smth that offtypes and potentially offregion some ebes , why does type even matter

For me meta rolling is smth one should do only if they can afford to go through that path
Even if willing to skip favs......which I Defo don't recommend

[cunning swan]

This was me because I started playing the game for Anni Steven and Anni N

Did I know anything about his kit? No I just pulled because he looks gorgeous

[little briar]

Me also coming (back) because Guzma and Masked Royale some time ago, then leaving because I got them

Then Urshifu came in and I didn't realize Fairs were limited in some capacity so I was like "oh I can just get it later"

[timber wren]

this idea is what stopped me from going for pal mallow

i like her outfit and adore appletun but i just cant see myself using her enough to justify a potential 36.6k price tag

[cunning swan]

My answer to this would be "yes, especially if it's a support which is an extra body in LG" but I can't afford pulling just for a gamemode. Gotta save for faves

[ashen thunder]

Anything is usable in LG

Why would you roll for it at all

When you can make your fave work there anyways

Instead of a 1 time use gameplay unit

[reef river]

The nice thing about support favs is you can flex them out onto almost any type of team

[feral vale]

A Support being a fav is the best tbh

~~C Calem ~~

[buoyant elk]

Excluding dragon (and maybe psychic) water and fire are the ones with the most 1.5x field effect setters, so those types are the best at offtyiping, you can probably run 5 rain or sun teams in Champion stadium

Plus gauntlet is a thing, so any good unit matters, regardless of the type

If i pulled just for types I'm lacking, i would have definitely pulled for SC Lisia

I'm lacking a bit in fairy physical damage (if only Gloria had play rough accuracy +10 in grid)

[little briar]

I've just been using Mina for physical fairy since there's stuff I don't have but I try to make things work

[buoyant elk]

Yes mina is probably my best fairy physical option

[ashen thunder]

I never roll for types either

[little briar]

my usual priority is "is it a fave character or Pokemon? > what can I use it for (if someone else I have already is better)"

usually the first question is all I need to be answered bc I've a very small list

[ashen thunder]

I just see a unit, if I like it I wait till next datamine then roll
Or just skip

[buoyant elk]

My usual priority is I have enough for pity? Yes: evaluate options, No: Skip no matter what

I should be a bit conservative, because if i don't have enough for pity by the end of a banner is a must skip even if it's something 10x stronger than Deoxys

[ashen thunder]

I rarely stay at a gem count not enuff for pity by the end of the month

But then I did skip SCrosa coz not enuff gems for pity back then

And I kinda regret it

Hopefully she reruns soon

[hard wave]

Galar has one of the best steel types and ice types, steel zone, 2 rebuff units, some very good supports, atleast 2 great debuffers, and prob the 2 best grass strikers

[ashen thunder]

She was the last unit I skipped eventho fav

[buoyant elk]

Problem is that if i summon something that i can afford, if i get shafted i may end up having to skip top tier units

Now I should start giving priority to zones, rebuffers

Skipped too much zones

[rotund sleet]

why?

[buoyant elk]

Types without/zones rebuffs have less potential

[rotund sleet]

potential to do what

[buoyant elk]

Big numbers

Offtype

[rotund sleet]

i mean, if the numbers give you dopamine, sure, they're your gems

[buoyant elk]

I mean is funnier to clear CS with Valerie using SS wally support, than going op striker

I mean so far i have no problems clearing 2k, so isn't that i really need anything in particular

[rotund sleet]

lol

[buoyant elk]

This is funnier than going giga impact with lisia

[rotund sleet]

i wouldn't have pulled wally if he wasn't a favourite

[buoyant elk]

Fairy was kinda struggling for me, now i have no problems dealing with fairy weak on type

Maybe if it's wise entry x2

In that case, dojo Gloria or Kris with the frogs will probably do the job

[ashen thunder]

I struggle with fairy even with diantha without entry passives

So I just go offtype

[buoyant elk]

My strongest fairy type is probably 1/5 p Serena, but generally is enough with SS wally

[rotund sleet]

a lot of cs stuff is circumventable through unconventional methods

[ashen thunder]

Tbf it's not just zones

Scingo is clearly not a better roll than SCemmet or SShilbert

While SSwally is a far superior unit than most fairy beat sticks

[rotund sleet]

beat sticks?

[ashen thunder]

Big number go boom

Like diantha, lisia , grimsnarl

[buoyant elk]

However in CS generally my go to damage dealers are either Bede, or Lillie/Lisia (regular)

[ashen thunder]

Well CS is ez if you are doing stuff properly

The thing is it's not fun doing the same rotation every fight

[buoyant elk]

Most CS fairy weak stages do evasion stuffs, so Clefairy or altaria are my best picks

Generally my rule to clear CS is, 2k, presync, -2 sync (if possible) no RNG allowed

[rotund sleet]

why no RNG

[buoyant elk]

There are people that like to do solo, some like to do monotype, i like to do no RNG

[rotund sleet]

like what does no rng mean

no resetting?

[buoyant elk]

It means that even with worst possible luck i should have 100% chance to win

[rotund sleet]

seems boring, i feel like that just limits you to stronger units

[ashen thunder]

Yea

[buoyant elk]

Not really

[rotund sleet]

but if that's what u enjoy

[ashen thunder]

More like stronger tanks

[buoyant elk]

I do it even with weaker units

[ashen thunder]

Coz if they start with close combat and you use Roxanne then

[rotund sleet]

you could do it with even weaker units, if you allow some reset luck and whatnot

[buoyant elk]

In that case i shouldn't use Roxanne to tank

[rotund sleet]

which could prevent you from having to pull zone units mindlessly

[buoyant elk]

The point is that the weaker units should still be 100% reliable, isn't that hard

[rotund sleet]

there's fun to be had in unreliability

for me at least

but oh well

[buoyant elk]

I mean there are some limitations, but i do clears even with stuffs like valerie

[rotund sleet]

if you're already clearing 2k with valerie why bother with pulling fairy zone? was it one of the weaker cs regions?

[buoyant elk]

I can clear 2k with Valerie because I have fairy zone

[rotund sleet]

oh you alrdy have wally

nevermind

can probably do it without fairy zone with good move rng and strong tanks, but wally streamlines it

but of course you don't like rng

[buoyant elk]

I allow RNG in gauntlet, because i just need the streak, no reasons to make it harder

Or for extreme battles if i need to

[rotund sleet]

gauntlet without rng seems hellish

if you want high streaks

[ashen thunder]

I just do 3 unit team for gauntlet, if it clears I continue else I reset

Ain't using too much brain for it

[buoyant elk]

But 2k master mode is easy enough that going for no RNG runs is the only thing that makes it more interesting for me

[ashen thunder]

I actually try to sweep ebe without rng

[rotund sleet]

ig there's two ways of looking at it

[ashen thunder]

Since my units tend to be noticably stronger

Compared to an average roster

Due to very little favs and rolling too much beat sticks

Tho I do avoid offregion since it kinda feels like cheating when it does work

[buoyant elk]

The no RNG rule butchers Karen, so I'm a bit lacking in special dark

[little briar]

I'll do offtype if I get annoyed lol

but 10k MM I haven't attempted yet

[rotund sleet]

why does it butcher houndoom?

flinch?

[buoyant elk]

No soften up, 95 accuracy snarl, mandatory sync

[ashen thunder]

Karen needs too much setup and if nuke doesnt cleankill, you get stomped

[buoyant elk]

It means that Lillie is mandatory

[ashen thunder]

I don't like karen either

[rotund sleet]

houndoom is strong as shit what

[ashen thunder]

But people tend to favor her

It's aoe sync without soften up
Dps needs statuses

And no SScyrus

[rotund sleet]

her dps is more than enough without dirty fighting

or whichever one it is

[rotund sleet]

damn, strict

[buoyant elk]

Calem has flabbergast, but isn't flabbergast 9

[ashen thunder]

Oh yea

I actually have ccalem now

I should try karen in dark weak

[rotund sleet]

you don't need to max out karen's dark pulse multipliers

[buoyant elk]

Plus if the stage buffs spa, Karen sync gets weakened

[little briar]

Karen is another example of "I should really grid her" because i keep forgetting

[rotund sleet]

hell, i use bp karen for sinnoh dark weak sometimes

[buoyant elk]

Personally I'm waiting for striker Alolan persian

[little briar]

every time it's dark weak I'm like Royal/Calem go brrrr

[ashen thunder]

Same I've been just using cerena and MR nuke

[buoyant elk]

At least i can sync with c calm and i don't need to slot lillie

[ashen thunder]

Should Defo give Karen a chance

Since she's special unlike the other 2

[rotund sleet]

karen is very strong, her setup is tedious if you have the patience of an infant

though

[buoyant elk]

She's strong, but I think lot of dark weak stages tend to buff spa

[rotund sleet]

-4 instead of -6 or whatever isn't the end of the world

still more than enough

but your rules change things up

if you want to presync and whatnot

[buoyant elk]

If i remove -2 sync i should be able to clear the stage Presync

But probably Alolan Persian eggmon, will be more reliable at -2

[rotund sleet]

does the -2 sync take 2 from your countdown as well?

never used it

[buoyant elk]

No, all the parameters help only the opponent

Only the sync quickly rule shaves your sync too

[rotund sleet]

how is it possible to presync? do you just use a bunch of units that can accelerate sync countdown

[buoyant elk]

Round rules apply for both, master mode parameters only help the opponent

[buoyant elk]

Normally the plan is 6ex support sync and 2 DPS attacks

[rotund sleet]

or do you just kill them without even syncing yourself

[buoyant elk]

That's SS Giovanni

[rotund sleet]

so if all goes well, you just don't even use a second sync yourself?

that seems very limiting

[buoyant elk]

I sync with 6ex support

[rotund sleet]

like 2nd sync i mean

sorry

[buoyant elk]

Generally it's 6ex support sync, 2 DPS attacks (at most) on mid and one for sides (or 4 and 2 if double damage dealers)

[rotund sleet]

so you're basically barred from using weaker units with low dps (but high syncs) or weaker units without zone supplements

[buoyant elk]

Depends, i can use those (and i do) with proper teammates

[rotund sleet]

can u give me an example

[buoyant elk]

Roark (gridless) with SS diantha and holiday jasmine

With that team i can go -3 sync

[rotund sleet]

tbf roark needs close to that even without fancy rules

only time i used him, and he died after like one head smash lmao

[buoyant elk]

Or maybe Ramos + Lillie + SS lyra (Ramos nuke)

[rotund sleet]

ss lyra can clear with a bag of potato chips yeah

[buoyant elk]

What's the command for spoiler?

[rotund sleet]

idk the command

[little briar]

||text here||

[rotund sleet]

i just click the button for photos

[little briar]

for text

for images you have to click a button once you select it

[rotund sleet]

but yea, again this is using a weaker unit but only with zone supplements

[rotund sleet]

^

but roark struggles even without the rules so ig it's fair

[buoyant elk]

I can replace roark with SS Brock

[rotund sleet]

would you still be forced to supplement with zone to adhere to your rules

[buoyant elk]

SS Brock doesn't needs holiday jasmine, because it can attack more than once

[buoyant elk]

Without SS diantha i still cleared Rock weak with Olivia + 6ex Hilbert + kukui

[rotund sleet]

none of those units are the 'weaker units' that i'm referring to

at least by my standards

[buoyant elk]

What are the ones you are referring to?

[rotund sleet]

things on the level of valerie, roark, etc.

[buoyant elk]

I just talked about Roark

[rotund sleet]

and your team with him was forced to run zone

as i said

to adhere to your rules

do u get what im saying

[buoyant elk]

I mean i use nate too, and i have no flying zone (but Lugia carries a bit)

[rotund sleet]

nate is borderline, unconventional if anything

but yea all im saying is your ruleset has the potential to create an artificial demand for zones

but not necessarily a bad thing if it's what helps u enjoy the game

[buoyant elk]

I mean what else I need?

[rotund sleet]

[rotund sleet]

do you have favourites

if you don't have them, the discussion was pointless to begin with lmao

[buoyant elk]

I pulled for some units that i loved the costume in the past, but i end up not using them much

[rotund sleet]

which ones

[buoyant elk]

Maybun, holiday skyla, holiday Erika, rosanta

Maybun still useful in gauntlet

I mean all of them are useful in gauntlet

[rotund sleet]

i don't have any of those, so can't say much, but i'm guessing you're unable to incorporate them into csmm

or you just don't want to

[buoyant elk]

I guess the problem is 1/5

Except, maybun her style just doesn't fit my csmm playstyle

[rotund sleet]

idk much about maybun, i think she's good for long form modes

from what i hear

[buoyant elk]

Yes for gauntlet she's valuable

But for presync master mode is terrible

Kinda like pre expansion karen

She needs to mega to do any damage at all, but her sync is terrible

[rotund sleet]

looking at her kit, it seems like she *could * just be there as a gapfill support + potions

wait do u allow potions

[buoyant elk]

Yes, potions aren't rng

[rotund sleet]

you can probably tack her into the third slot with a team of 2 other broken units

if you really want to

her kit is pretty boring

[buoyant elk]

If i don't mega her, she's bad skyla

[rotund sleet]

still usable

[buoyant elk]

For gauntlet is fine

[rotund sleet]

but yeah she would be multitudes worse

[buoyant elk]

For master mode generally skyla is a better option

[rotund sleet]

no shit, but you can still use her if you so please

speed buffing is always nice

[buoyant elk]

Plus she doesn't even work with fighting zone

I mean she works with that post second sync

[rotund sleet]

i'm personally going in with the mindset that u could use her as a below average buffing support

[buoyant elk]

The problem is that she's a bad tank and not classified as support (so no 6ex support)

[rotund sleet]

yeah you'd need to pair her with a very powerful tank + dps

as i said

[buoyant elk]

She just gives skyla buffs, but Skyla has 6ex and buffs even attack with fanfare

[rotund sleet]

my point is, she'd be usable with good teammates

skyla obvi the stronger choice

[buoyant elk]

But i can't really think of an unit that needs the maybun buffs (up to +4 speed and def)

[rotund sleet]

for your ruleset, i guess anything with ramming speed or gauge issues

since inertia is mostly pointless cause u don't do second sync

[timber wren]

i think at this point yall can take it to a strategy channel or #poma-lounge

[buoyant elk]

I can sync with damage dealer as long as crit chance is 100%

[rotund sleet]

conversation derailed quite a bit

[buoyant elk]

However i don't need zones to clear 2k master mode, i do it even with types that i don't have a zone

[rotund sleet]

yes but with decently strong units i presume

[buoyant elk]

For rock i used Olivia back then

[rotund sleet]

^

anyways, gem expenditure wise, as long as you're aware you've created an artificial demand to pull zones over favourites to accommodate for your playstyle, and are okay with that, i don't see a problem

[buoyant elk]

I just feel that zones makes weaker units more usable

I mean i can still clear mm with Pryce and bp Candice even if ice zone isn't a thing

[rotund sleet]

yea that's a better example

fair enough

you won't have to pull ice zone when it arrives then

[buoyant elk]

Depends how funny is the unit

[rotund sleet]

wulfric csmm 2k

[buoyant elk]

I think i used wulfric in 2k csmm

I don't remember what team i used

Ah yes i did a f2p 2k clear with wulfric

But was without the -2 sync

I have the video too, but i don't know if i can post it here under spoiler

It was Candice hop and wulfric

However it was just wulfric focusing on the right side while abomasnow one shot the left side 1st sync and the mid second sync

[timber wren]

i think im going to stop updating this post, im not sure that its providing useful data anymore. thoughts?

also #1010223517565976737 has been updated with candy for february and the final gem count for this past january

[feral vale]

Has it changed a lot or something?

[timber wren]

no but most of the information is captured elsewhere between #1010223517565976737 and #1006618823123800106 by sages

the only thing novel it shows is the number of banners and a rough idea of how many gems they give out compared to the number of limited units

originally i put it together to demonstrate that although the gem income increased, it mostly stayed on track with the number of new limiteds we got each month

[feral vale]

I see •.•

[fluid mural]

I need to stay strong from pulling for Elesa and Anabel(?). I don't need either of them and they aren't really on my list for mons I need.

[sturdy hatch]

Stay strong

Do what I do and not even bother looking at the scout page

[broken mulch]

Palesa is the prettiest of the month but yeah skipping

[fluid mural]

I have to for the daily, minimum.

I want to save up for a nice flying type striker. I want something fancy.

[sturdy hatch]

Click left to get to daily

[cunning swan]

Swipe from the small thumbnail in the pokecenter

Don't go to Sync Pair Scouts and see big shiny banners

That's how I get to my daily

[tardy fiber]

Stay strong

I need to stay strong till VA part 2 starts

[past gate]

Her scout is out need to stay strong

[tardy fiber]

Hope the 100 free pulls come fast, i dont have enough for monthly conversion to

[sturdy hatch]

What do you use for if you don't EX nonfavs?

[drowsy saddle]

Joke's on you, you will get 10 per pull!

[tardy fiber]

5* 20/20 lodge pairs and other fancy base 3* 4* units

5* 20/20 lodgeblue is tanky

I also did the same to starmisty and bpclemont

Also bruno because i like machamp

Already 5* 20/20 21 pairs that don't have

[cunning swan]

Armlo if you pull pal elesa you need to EX a bad unit

[tardy fiber]

Im fine with that

Well i will be happier if its

Because i don't see myself to complete bringing 45 units to 5* anytime soon

[cunning swan]

When's the 100 free pulls again?

[tardy fiber]

Will be 46 when i get lodgemorty

[tardy fiber]

16 more resets

[cunning swan]

Oooo

[reef river]

If u pull anabel ur cringe

[fluid mural]

I like Snorlax though a lot.

[tardy fiber]

Hope they rerun snorlax eggmon event for you

[fluid mural]

Ooo I didn't even know about that nvm don't even feel the need to pull her anymore.

I'll just hope for that in the future

[tardy fiber]

I still need to find a shiny snorlax

Only got shiny chansey during that event

[fluid mural]

The real issue for me is probably Elesa because I'm after flying. But I also don't really know what she does.

[past gate]

listen I exed looker it too late

[fluid mural]

I want to skip her and wait for another.

[past gate]

but I am still going to wait out her banner

[tardy fiber]

I Gloria, i heard that she is bad...but zacian is a fave

[cunning swan]

If you pull pal elesa you have to EX Calem and 3/5 him

[sturdy hatch]

I mean, EXing doesn't make her worse!

[cunning swan]

Yeah, it just gives her AOE damage on her sync! Does it add anything else? Absolutely not but the AOE nuke animation looks cool

[tardy fiber]

I even 150 Gloria, now she have 485 atk stats

[cunning swan]

If only those attacks had multipliers huh

[oak crest]

Elesa is too random tbh... Fly is not really ideal as dps...

[spare swift]

My funds are finally again safe, yesterday they were damaged

[drowsy saddle]

Just reset for Fissure

[oak crest]

Idk, she just don't stand out for me as a flying dps imo

[past gate]

I exed calem as well

[oak crest]

If you want reasons why not to pull for her

[past gate]

you have to try harder

[fluid mural]

I can't wait to see what flying mons there will be in the future. I think I'll easily avoid her this go around. I wouldn't mind some reasons not to pull her tho just to solidfy it.

[tardy fiber]

She is kinda like a gambling unit using metronome and super effective stuffs but goodluck pulling a correct super effective move from metronome

[oak crest]

^

[past gate]

I will get her from a select it only a matter of will power until emma comes

[fluid mural]

Ah yeah alright that's not really my thing

[oak crest]

If she is a support it's fun to play with metronome but she's a striker

[fluid mural]

Interesting, thank you.

Gotta stay strong and keep away from shiny new pairs! Tired of randomly gambling then never using the mon.

[tardy fiber]

Just save for burghepi rerun if you want support metronome, well spring is not too far anyway

[oak crest]

If you want to on-type stuffs, she only is really reliable as a sync nuker at best... Fly doesn't deal good dmg seeing that is a 2-turn move

[fluid mural]

I have Togepi

[past gate]

[tardy fiber]

Even more reason to skip palesa then

[fluid mural]

Thank you guys for the support in not pulling. Avoiding this one hard.

[sturdy hatch]

Yeah sounds like she isn't what you want

[tardy fiber]

Oh guys, lodge guest can already give coin on level 30 or i need them to be level above 30?

[drowsy saddle]

30 is enough

[tardy fiber]

Neat