Resource Saving Support (Gem Zen)

[lean mango]

Nice!

I uh unfortunately didn't finish CS last week

[acoustic beacon]

it was really hard last week

[lean mango]

Didn't even finish a battle due to unforeseen circumstances

[acoustic beacon]

I did Not like wikstrom at all

[ashen thunder]

I just offtype

[acoustic beacon]

fighting weak? yeah it sucked

[ashen thunder]

Coz ontype sucks for me most of the time

[acoustic beacon]

I usually have at least one lead dps ontype

And I'm an insane person that has specced all my resources into 400 different support units

So it's usually fine like that..

[tardy fiber]

Still need another fairy fave to on-type fairy weak comfortably

[acoustic beacon]

I guess Bea is supposed to be good but I can't ever get her to actually Do anything...

||thankfully my fav bestest boy has a real nice fairy unit for me to play with so I don't feel bad for skipping lissi||

[ashen thunder]

I have diantha and somehow my fairy is still shit

[acoustic beacon]

conclusion: diantha must be shit

[ashen thunder]

Fairy, flying and poison need improvement for me

[acoustic beacon]

also I like to use allister as a poison unit

[ashen thunder]

Other typings are fine ig

Yea but allister is not poison

So he gets bricked in ebe

Like ssgio

[acoustic beacon]

yeah he's faking. don't worry about it

He is shy

So wait is current ebe poison? Christ

[lean mango]

mhm

[acoustic beacon]

I haven't even looked at it but maybe I can brute force it with some guidance from the other channels

[past gate]

after spending my gems I am now ready to zen

hopefully 3.5 anni is a ez skip

[upbeat lotus]

||you got Emma?||

[cunning swan]

Looks like it, from his name

[upbeat lotus]

gratz

[opaque cargo]

Do i need emma, do i need her? Hmmm.

I want unit like cserena, where i can off type more often

[upbeat lotus]

not fav = dont pull

focus on your saving lists

easy gem saving

[past gate]

||yea and exed her||

[opaque cargo]

Well actually my fav not much. I like all legendaries.

Really fav unit is blaziken.

Other than that gonna pull for legendaries and op unit where i can off type cs easily

[tardy fiber]

Fellow legendaries fan

[opaque cargo]

Yessh.

[tardy fiber]

There's 37 playable legendaries for now in poma

[opaque cargo]

That many

Oh man

Zekrom huhu.

Maybe i ll just wait till get 36.6k

Then decide if want to pull or not

[tardy fiber]

Goodluck, it is kinda hard to collect them all but its a nice goal

Especially because some of them are related to VA units and they kinda never rerun outside select

And some of them are Master Fairs

Well at least DeNa give 13 legendaries for free, and 1 mythical

Theres also 1 legendary in general pool

They might add 2 more free legendaries during anniversary

[cunning swan]

Always a good decision!

[vestal leaf]

Just some days

Then we'll get to decide on 1/2 anni economy

Hopefully only one unit interests me, since SS Diantha is still there taunting me

[sly breach]

Just hope they don't release a support

Also datamine this week or monday?

[vestal leaf]

I say this week

[broken mulch]

My guess is this Friday

But DeNa can do whatever the hell they want lol

[tardy fiber]

Nice already pool 16 for leon, i might can make it ..done with marnie event as well so i can welcome cgio and meowth event happily

[hard wave]

Im doing it if I finish leon and we dont get new evenrs

[topaz compass]

Hilda/Diancie isn't really any better than Archeops right? Assuming Excadrill and shinyDiancie are the other 2? I just want to be told they are equal so I don't waste on a future select

[topaz compass]

There is always enough stamina to finish all events

[tardy fiber]

Hopefully, im pretty lucky for leon prize pool event...those that aren't lucky enough might need more stamina

[timber wren]

this is more of a #poma-questions thing but emmett is a better striker than schilda he is just tied to sand (unlike both hilda and diantha)

[tardy fiber]

Hate prize pool events, its kinda RNG

[topaz compass]

I asked for a biased answer from the saving group though

[timber wren]

i dont think there is a meta reason to go for schilda, just get her if you like her/outfit/pokemon

[tardy fiber]

If asked in saving group, we just gonna reply skip everything that aren't fave and only get faves

[timber wren]

i run schilda and ss diantha together and theyre a lot of fun but theres significant overlap in how they operate since theyre both aoe damage dealers

[topaz compass]

Yes exactly

[vestal leaf]

Worse as a pure damage dealer, but I feel like she's more fun and splashable

Do wish she had better nuke, her DPS and bulk are fine

But it's diancie so I play her more than Emmet

[topaz compass]

Seems like double Diancie limit each other both wanting to sync.

[vestal leaf]

Also god bless the "tomboy in girly clothing" trope 🙏

[vestal leaf]

I mean SS Diantha enables schilda so imo syncing with latter is best

[tardy fiber]

I just sync with schilda in double diancie+regirock team

Her double down 5+towering defense made her sync hurts like a truck

[topaz compass]

Eh I'll just stick with Archeops. SDiancie actually has some minor sand nodes if I candy later

[vestal leaf]

She won't rerun in ages anyway

[tardy fiber]

I wonder if we would see first sc select on half anniv

[vestal leaf]

Nah

Too easy to milk with quad banners + step ups

[topaz compass]

I wonder if shaymin will rerun alone

[vestal leaf]

That's a good point

[tardy fiber]

If shaymin never rerun, bye2 Naomi

[hardy creek]

When is the second sc rerun banner want springo and emmet

[crisp oracle]

Hopefully this april but I don't think that was a spring event

So the reruns may be wack

[clever dragon]

First question here ever

How to save

I saved up 36.6k back when OG Diantha came out

But I never could ever since then (till SS Serena where I almost reached 36.6k but bailed before reaching the goal) and always feel tempted after seeing others pulls

[feral vale]

First of all, don’t look at the pulls.

[clever dragon]

But the animations 😭

[feral vale]

You should save for what you genuinely want, and skip characters you don’t want.

[feral vale]

That’s not a reason to pull for something…

Have you made a favs list?

[clever dragon]

Yea

Anything from kalos but specifically Diantha and Lysandre over others

And Bede

And Opal if she ever gets in the game

[feral vale]

Then stick to that small favs list.

Don’t pull for anyone else outside of that.

[clever dragon]

What if they are meta units like a new poison unit

With broken dmg

[feral vale]

Skip.

Chasing meta is not a wise way to go.

This thread is all about saving, we should not encourage pulling for only meta.

[bleak falcon]

Roxie + Lucy + a 3/5 Hilbert or 3/5 Sonia handles Poison weak content easy (not counting EBEs)

[feral vale]

Also Koga

[clever dragon]

But what if they are in a great outfit?

[feral vale]

A lot of characters have good outfits…..

[clever dragon]

Like I pulled Holiday Jasmine just because I really liked her outfit

[feral vale]

So that does not narrow it down in the slightest.

[clever dragon]

And pokemon

[feral vale]

Is Ampharos a fav-fav?

[bleak falcon]

I’m gonna be honest, it sounds more like you’re looking for validation on your gem expidenture rather than seeking advice on saving

[feral vale]

WRONG EMOTE REACT

[clever dragon]

That's not my intention

[feral vale]

~~One of my servers had a emote purge so my favorites order is fucked ~~

[clever dragon]

But you are free to keep your opinions

[feral vale]

Either way, you sound like you want to pull for everything.

Because powercreep happens a lot.

[clever dragon]

When a banner comes out, rarely do I feel like "nah"

I always do wanna pull single

*s

[feral vale]

Single is not the way to do it either.

[clever dragon]

Multis not so much

[feral vale]

My other advice: clear your head and turn off the game.

[clever dragon]

You can remove it tho yk

[feral vale]

Do other things, like gaming, writing, drawing, playing with your pet, etc.

[clever dragon]

I just use my alt to vent off when I absolutely need to save for pity or feel like pulling but no gems

[feral vale]

Your life is not just the game.

[clever dragon]

Or just to test luck

Ik lol

[feral vale]

Then why not divert your attention to any hobbies you have?

[bleak falcon]

Some saving tips then:

• If they’re a seasonal, and they’re not a favorite, then it’s pretty easy to skip their initial run and wait for a rerun or a paid select depending on how much of a real money spender you are.

• Ignore meta, we basically get a gamebreaker every month at this point and even year 1 Sync Pairs are still going strong.

• Singles are always a worse deal than multis. If you get tempted to do singles and not tempted to do multis, then keep in mind that you’re effectively throwing away 30 gems per single if you’re doing singles for anything other than finishing off 400 scout points.

[clever dragon]

Thats what I do when I save more than 1k

And keep doing it till 3k and then the control goes loose

[feral vale]

You actually sound like you’re too fixated….

[clever dragon]

Seasonals rarely tempt me actually lol

[feral vale]

Again, try doing something else you like. A hobby.

[clever dragon]

Wdym...?

I am just being honest

[feral vale]

You say the game isn’t your life but your constant pulling tells me otherwise.

There are other things you can do to divert your head

This is coming from someone with ADHD, if you do something else, you can take your mind off the game.

[clever dragon]

When I see the gem count when I log in back the next that's when I wanna pull

[feral vale]

Then stop looking at the gem stuff and other pulls.

[clever dragon]

Once I close the game, I forget about it again and the cycle repeats

[ashen thunder]

This ain't working if you are rolling in your main account as well

[feral vale]

Its all about habits.

You should change the habits you have.

[clever dragon]

No it's like if I pull there

I don't open my main

[ashen thunder]

I used to do alts to vent it actually works
Thing is , maintaining alt itself is a chore

[feral vale]

Yeah the trouble with alts is not fun

[ashen thunder]

Also alts has this thing where it somehow ends up better than main

[feral vale]

But yeah, don’t you have any other hobbies, Sylvie…..?

[clever dragon]

I do lol

[ashen thunder]

And you then downgrade main to alt

And the cycle repeats

So I just dropped alts in gacha games I play and only login like 2x a day

[feral vale]

Then why not focus more on them. I like to do a lot of things (which can make me indecisive), but I love me some gaming.

[clever dragon]

I am telling you constantly that I feel tempted to pull when I open the game, after I close it off I get busy with other things

Such as writing and stuff I like

[feral vale]

Reducing your thoughts to not pull and just do daily missions is easy.

Starting is what’s hard.

[clever dragon]

That's where the trouble begins if I am being honest

[feral vale]

Starting is always the hardest thing, but once you do, its like momentum.

If you don’t start now, imagine how your gems will be in the future. Hell, Half Anni is next datamine.

[clever dragon]

See if I get a 3/4/5☆ pu in daily scout I always feel tempted to try my luck

Should I just close the game then and there?

[feral vale]

Do you do anything else like this…..? Like you don’t play any other gachas or gamble, do you…?

[feral vale]

Yes.

[ashen thunder]

The game itself takes less time to interact

Longest time you spend is in lodge

And lodge doesn't display gems

[clever dragon]

I do play CRK but somehow I always have a 180k+ gc lol
I am a good saver there and rarely pull with gems

[feral vale]

Lodge is just friendship sim

[clever dragon]

I just face difficulty in this game

[feral vale]

What’s stopping you from doing those habits with this one?

[clever dragon]

Idrk

[feral vale]

You sure?

[clever dragon]

Yea

[ashen thunder]

You probs don't have favs or any interesting stuff in this game

Since you like the other game or have a goal you are saving

Here its probably coz you are just playing for nostalgia/brand I'd assume

[clever dragon]

I do have them here but being frank they feel so....ooc at time yk

[clever dragon]

I won't disagree

[feral vale]

I’d be happy just to have them. Like with Ash, I wish it was a different outfit, but he’s still my biggest fav, so ofc I got him.

[clever dragon]

He was the only character I actually wanted truly
Like I saved for him 12k iirc

[ashen thunder]

I just decide what to roll on datamine day itself

[clever dragon]

When I got the news, just started saving didn't pull and stuff

[ashen thunder]

So that I don't get tempted when I see when they actually drop

[feral vale]

Datamine is a good time to make a decision.

[ashen thunder]

And mostly the only roll like last day of the banner

[clever dragon]

My deciding factor is outfit or how fun the kit can be or meta

[ashen thunder]

Unless I plan on going dupes, then I just roll day 1 and then wait for last day to do dupes

[feral vale]

I had a pity when I went for Ash. Went for no one else.

[ashen thunder]

That's basically everything......

[feral vale]

What I said

[ashen thunder]

You don't have any priorities or favs

[clever dragon]

Told you

[ashen thunder]

Hmmm dunno if I can advise how to save for someone without goals

[sturdy flower]

Didn't you also go for SST Red...?

[feral vale]

That was because I still had a pity left.

Ash ||came after three multis lol||

[ashen thunder]

I went for ash first eventho I liked red more
Coz Collab unit that might never rerun

Like Jessie and James

Where my Jessie rerun Dena

[sturdy flower]

I saved enough for both

[ashen thunder]

It's been 2 whole years

[feral vale]

BIG AF COPIUM I STG

[ashen thunder]

I want grid boost

[feral vale]

Saaaaaaame

[ashen thunder]

They are already 5* for me

Just waiting for grid and ex

They are even poison

Aka rarest type coverage

[feral vale]

Here’s my plan and you can tell me what you think

[clever dragon]

This is why I don't share my experience with gem saving with anyone
Like someone said previously, ppl think I am justifying my pulls when I am just telling my problem and searching for a solution on how to overcome it

[feral vale]

Sylvie, I think first and foremost, start the habit of saving 36.6k.

[ashen thunder]

But you are the one that asked how to save gems

[feral vale]

Once you get there, you can figure out how you feel and what to do with being at the larger number afterwards.

[ashen thunder]

How to give advice when I can't see any solutions

[clever dragon]

How to save gems when I do all this curry

I am bad at phrasing myself sorry-

[feral vale]

Curry….?

[clever dragon]

Like...mistakes

Blunders

I call them curry

[ashen thunder]

Well not just poma.... generally saving for something is mainly to ensure a long term benefit to reach your goals

[clever dragon]

Like I said

[ashen thunder]

Without goals it's very hard to restrain yourself to save

[clever dragon]

I do save a lot outside this place

But here? Nopes

[ashen thunder]

Coz you have goals there

Not here

[clever dragon]

But I will try my best to save ig

[ashen thunder]

Psure abt that

[feral vale]

You should make goals.

Start by saving to the pity.

[ashen thunder]

That's why I am asking you to think about your goals

Like a fav

[feral vale]

Only takes like a little over a month.

[clever dragon]

I tried to like trying to get many fairy mons but nope I get constant shaft from them

Same for fav characters
It's always them that shaft me for some reason :/

[ashen thunder]

They rarely release fairy Pokemon......
Last year only had like 4

[clever dragon]

I am a late joiner

[ashen thunder]

You are getting the shaft coz you are not sticking to just rolling fairy

How many favs do you have?

Make a list

[clever dragon]

Uh

[ashen thunder]

And then prioritize only the top 5-6 ones

[clever dragon]

Here

[clever dragon]

So uh maybe....5 or 6? 8 at max?

[timber wren]

whats your situation right now then. did you already go for ss diantha and ss lysandre?

[clever dragon]

Yea hit pity on Diantha

Got her

Trying for Lysandre

[topaz compass]

Is the best way to convince people to have willpower to use positive or negative reinforcement?

[feral vale]

||How far in are the points?||

[feral vale]

Positive.

[timber wren]

so if hes your major fave then save your gems until his last day to see if you can hit pity

[clever dragon]

On Lysandre or on Diantha? If Diantha, I already got her^^

[feral vale]

Lysandre.

[clever dragon]

Completed the pity on 20th

Oh

12

[topaz compass]

Sometimes I strongly doubt this

[feral vale]

Okay, stop doing anything, you’ll live.

[feral vale]

I mean, I’m serious about my points. But better to let them think positively, helps them remember it better.

[ashen thunder]

It changes from person to person
I get more willpower during pressure and negative reinforcement

[clever dragon]

So no pulls on him at all?

[ashen thunder]

When someone give positive advice and it'd be like
Whytf are you spouting unrealistic shit

[clever dragon]

I can do a multi on 24th tho-

[ashen thunder]

But that's just me

[feral vale]

None whatsoever, until you have enough to pity him.

Or anyone, really.

[timber wren]

at 12 scout points youve basically got no hope of hitting pity before lysandre leaves so your best bet is to cut and run, and save for his rerun/select scout (if you have paid gems)

[feral vale]

Oh not enough? I didn’t check, mb

[clever dragon]

I never used money in the game lol

[timber wren]

thats fine

[clever dragon]

In any game ever tbh

[ashen thunder]

Actually if you are relatively new player

[feral vale]

OH HE’S ONLY 6K LEFT

[ashen thunder]

I highly recommend to just save for diantha and lysandre

[timber wren]

if lysandre is a big fave tho you should start putting away 36.6k for his rerun

[feral vale]

Yeah you need to save and not pull for him anymore this run.

[ashen thunder]

Coz diantha and lysandre alone have like 5 versions combined

[clever dragon]

Not even try...?

[ashen thunder]

And you can only roll so much reruns per year

[feral vale]

I checked, you cannot pity him.

We do not gamble here. We save.

[clever dragon]

._.
Well okay then

[ashen thunder]

You need 36.6k gems

[clever dragon]

I will save

[timber wren]

pulling without pity may work out for you but just as often you can end up walking away with nothing

and then youre back at zero gems and dont have anything for the next big unit you wish for

try to treat every banner you pull on as costing 36.6k gems. if theyre not worth that to you then do not pull. if you get them early then you got them on discount

[ashen thunder]

If you don't have a fav that already exist in game
Remember that saving gems for that fav's potential rerun is guaranteed fav roll

Compared to the gamble you do on a unit you can't pity

[clever dragon]

Yea got it

[timber wren]

granted we have no idea how soon ss lysandre will rerun, they havent rerun any of the VA units in free banners other than lucas, once

[feral vale]

Still, better to prepare.

[timber wren]

yep

[feral vale]

Considering the better price, I have the Daily EX Bundle gems stockpiled.

But I also have 45K left in non paid.

[clever dragon]

Also you can always remove it yk lol

There's no need to panic

It happens

[south scroll]

I'm back in saving mode now

[feral vale]

Saving time!

[crisp oracle]

You got this. I believe in you! You can save, just like all of us!

The hardest thing is starting, I know it is too

[violet nebula]

It gets easier the more you save

The more pities you will have those awesome future units

[topaz compass]

Like weight loss

[tough oriole]

Or a project

[tardy fiber]

Wow i manage to empty my egg storage just in time for meowth event next reset

[sly breach]

Shit forgot about that

Difficult to clear space when you got only one slot and keep getting eggs from sync orb stage

[feral vale]

I usually transfer ones that don’t have three passives.

You can also filter by type if that’s easier to look through.

[hard wave]

Same, and if I already have a 3 passive tech/support of it I just donate it unless its shiny mankey vulpix or dratini

[tardy fiber]

I just gonna keep the ones that are shinies, because i not gonna delve too deep in eggmons realm

[feral vale]

Yeah the only ones I stockpiled are shinies I like and multiple Tyrogues from that one event.

[tardy fiber]

They are kinda neat side goal to have especially in month that i skipped all units

[feral vale]

But I have 219 eggmons in my box out of the max 500

[hard wave]

I never use eggmons but I like the just have a 3 passive tech/support if I can bcz y not

[tardy fiber]

I make 5* non eggmon units and collecting shinies as side goal for those months

[feral vale]

Same tbh

[hard wave]

But I never go past 10 in LG so dont have a use for them, and ive only done the last 2

[feral vale]

They just sit there like a trophy collection

I’ve only ever built like 3 for LG?

[tardy fiber]

Yep this make them a good side goal, just I don't think i will buy any of those egg passes unless cosmog/kubfu/poipole/phione eggmon events

[hard wave]

Dont think any of those r likely tbh, maybe phione but they could just make a regular pair w it and MC

[tardy fiber]

Its good to see perrserker, the second non kanto final evolution eggmon

The first is hitmontop

[hard wave]

Ye, but if they werent related to tyrogue (who has kanto evos) and meowth (kanto w RFs) we prob wouldnt have gotten them

But its a start ig

I wonder if we’ll have all 8 eeveelutions tho

[tardy fiber]

Well they didn't add scizor, steelix, crobat, slowking, belossom though

Oh i miss politoed

[feral vale]

Yeah I looked for a Zubat mon…nothing

[tardy fiber]

Hope they release shiny zubat soon, i accidentally pair with it when im a newbie and it taints my shiny eggmons collection

[weary spire]

Literally same

[tardy fiber]

Also need shiny bulbasaur

Prof bellis casually stain my roster

[opaque cargo]

What i do is always go to lodge first and open chest. Hoping to get 5* ticket. This week the chest been very generous. Once every two days i got 30 ticket to pull a guarantee 5* pull. The urge to pull new banner unit already gone since i got so many new units on the ticket pull. Then start to play around the new unit. Now my gem still increasing. Every day a new record

[feral vale]

Tickets are meant to get gen pool units without using gems after all :0

[opaque cargo]

It helps calming the urge to pull down

Keep me busy to play around the new unit

[upbeat lotus]

For me they are a free source since I have everyone in the pool except Bertha

Grandma refuses to come home

[feral vale]

~~I don’t have Melony… ~~

Also I want 3/5 SS Erika

[tardy fiber]

What is the latest unit added into general ticket pool? Is it only till sinnoh e4?

[feral vale]

Pretty sure

[upbeat lotus]

Melony isnt in the ticket pool yet

[opaque cargo]

Im still waiting for useful support sonia to come home

[feral vale]

I still want my 3/5 SS Erika tho

[tardy fiber]

I guess i gonna keep pulling still need 1 copy of aaron and 2 copies of lucian to 3/5 them both

[opaque cargo]

And OG elesa too

[feral vale]

I wanna have a free amazing physical off typer

[tardy fiber]

Silver?

[feral vale]

~~SS Erika ~~

[tardy fiber]

I use him offtype for fun and he works

[feral vale]

I could pair him with Erika ig

[tardy fiber]

I wonder if zarude will be a support grass pair...well jungle healing kinda sounds like a support move

If DeNa release it, my grass fave team will be completed

[hard wave]

I paired up w any new eggmon I could get and now have a ton of non shinies

[hard wave]

Tru, maybe cuz they r newer than the rest?

[hard wave]

Im missing 6 but have 32 not maxed out (18 are 1/5 or 2/5)

[rancid vale]

alright

thanks to ss diantha

im at 755 gems

and i dont know if ill be able to pity raihan if he reruns next month

agrhjenfkoro

[tardy fiber]

Kinda why people suggested to wait for datamine for VA related banners...only palentine banners gone early

[rancid vale]

||i mean i already went that deep on her 💀||

[ashen thunder]

Anni banners tend to be 2 months long

So just stay strong and pray for the best

unless you mean the steel raihan

[hard wave]

But werent cynthia and red only one month

[ashen thunder]

Ash was 2 months no?

And the anni legendaries in anni 2 were also 2 months banner

[hard wave]

Ash left mid october I think

[ashen thunder]

They only go one month on stuff that drops later that month

Yea like around 20th

He left like a week before datamine

[rare swan]

Just keep talk of pulling under spoiler tags in this channel, especially with units that are still available

[rancid vale]

oh right apologies

[rare swan]

[topaz compass]

In the span of 10 days or less the daily TL conversation gave me a general move candy coin, TWICE

I had only ever got 1 support coin in all the rest of TL convos before that

Stuff like that really helps distract you from pulling

[clever dragon]

Thanks

[tardy fiber]

Yep i also use TL as distraction but with 150 my faves, getting at least 1 cert each day on average gave me a feeling of progress

[junior trout]

hella agree w vanter

|| tomorrow i'll have 150 leon ||

[tardy fiber]

Neat, i still need 8 more certs to 150 my next pair

As i already started on it, i cannot 150 other upcoming datamine faves until it is done

[molten gale]

Need a quick answer before going back to work: How many paid gems for champ select scout?

[upbeat lotus]

the upcoming champ select scout?

its free

#poma-questions message

[molten gale]

Aight thanks, really needed the info

[rare swan]

Very keen for my free Steven

[violet nebula]

Steven is good

[rare swan]

I just want him for his future Lodge addition

(Since he's 100% getting in at some point)

[sturdy hatch]

Don't give me lance hopium pls

[rare swan]

Anni Lance soon™️

[sturdy hatch]

||REDACTED||

[lean mango]

I will cry out of joy and devastation at the same time if Anni Lance is true

[copper zodiac]

Same, ready to max him and get him 3/5

[lean mango]

Gem count, recovery arc part 2

[tardy fiber]

109,635...can get 3rd pity next reset

[coarse ibex]

hi, returning player here. are there any anticipated upcoming major event to save my pulls or can I pull in the current banners?

[upbeat lotus]

half anni in a week

[tardy fiber]

Yep half anni is near

[lean mango]

If there isn't anything that you like that's running now then wait for half anni

[coarse ibex]

oh I see, thanks!

another question, what are the featured units on half anni?

[upbeat lotus]

we dont know yet

[coarse ibex]

thanks again

[drowsy saddle]

Datamine can be expected soon

[past gate]

morning

nothing much to report got 1k gems back

[upbeat lotus]

[cunning swan]

I'm at 120k

[lapis pine]

I had a saving fail halfway through the month but I’m back to saving. There have been lots of temptations over the last few days but I’ve stayed strong

[sly breach]

Damn so since 3rd ani had 3 MF do you think 4th anni with have 4 MF

[tardy fiber]

Well 2021 and 2022 both have 3 MF

[lament hornet]

28,6k again

||i consciously did 1 multi to celebrate a streak of small victories that day and got emma in that multi||

[cunning swan]

3 seems to be the limit (for now). like vantner said, 2nd anni and 2.5 anni also had 3 units

[ashen thunder]

Actually 4

Coz 3rd anni had rats, dog and a flying deer

[cunning swan]

the flying deer came later

[ashen thunder]

But it was still same patch

[cunning swan]

she came during anni month but not to celebrate the anni itself

[ashen thunder]

Same for 2.5

It also had the snake that broke meta

[cunning swan]

if we're talking about units in that month, of course we'll have more than 3

but units to celebrate the anniversary date? we only had 3

[ashen thunder]

Well I am mentioning it coz it's better to be safe and save 4 pities

Instead of 3 and feel the pain

[upbeat lotus]

It took me 1 min to figure out who is the flying deer

[cunning swan]

well the question here isn't the anni month itself, just the anniversary celebration

[chrome nest]

When can we expect datamine

[upbeat lotus]

Tomorrow as the earliest possible

My bet is 25th

[chrome nest]

Expect disappointment and you won’t be disappointed

[cunning swan]

this is a saturday tho

I expect 27th. I'm already waiting for the pokemon presents anyway so might as well

[upbeat lotus]

We might have a Saturday datamine this month

We broke the no Friday datamine pattern last month

[cunning swan]

the friday datamine felt like a fluke ngl. I feel like it was possible they were planning for a thursday datamine but there was an error last minute that they had to fix, so the update was released on friday instead. that's just blind speculation of course

[buoyant elk]

Doubt it will be before the 25th

Generally they drop new content only when the previous one got fully released

We are still missing the grids and ex for poma day

[upbeat lotus]

Thats mine copium speculation

[buoyant elk]

It could be the 26th

Since they don't really drop it on poma day

[upbeat lotus]

We had update on poma day before

[buoyant elk]

Then i guess the 25th is a possibility

Highly doubt it will be before the 25th

Have like 60k

It should be enough to get must have units, unless they drop like 4 of them

[tardy fiber]

Hope next reset have datamine

I hope there's at least 9 support coins next month, so that i can form 1 support and 1 tech candy.

[upbeat lotus]

1 free each kind of candy next month

[tardy fiber]

I cannot form strike candy because i already used it this month to 3/5 ssethan

If no new support fave next datamine, i will use it on Mesprit

[topaz compass]

I think way more likely on Friday 24th or Monday 27th than Saturday 25th

And yes many say 27th is too late, but still more likely than Saturday

[sturdy plank]

whos the flying deer?

[upbeat lotus]

Sky Form Shaymin

With SC Rosa

[buoyant elk]

Dot forget the Kung Fu panda

[tough oriole]

..?

[tardy fiber]

Oh i thought the question before this is about anni MF, thats why i didn't count scrosa

[signal halo]

Master fairs get me thinking about my pulling choices for the remainder of this month

[signal halo]

I should wait until the datamine, at least, before choosing anything, shouldn't I?

[sturdy plank]

wait for datamine

[signal halo]

I'm sitting at 102k, so I'm on a pretty decent spot even if I drop a pity

[tardy fiber]

If they hide the MF like zerena, the first datamine that only show half of stuffs still cannot help much

[sturdy plank]

||last time i pulled was on january 31st||

wait

[hard wave]

Hoping they dont

Was it hidden in 0.5 and 1.5

[vale ivy]

I dislike it tbh. Kinda feel like they do it with bad faith.

No

[signal halo]

If they do that, I'll just disregard the datamine and pull regardless

[vale ivy]

The "main dish" of 0.5 and 1.5 were dropped at the start

[signal halo]

Unless

Stars align and I get colress

[tardy fiber]

Yep, i got fooled ||and pulled for annimay and anniskyla dupes|| and poof suddenly a wild zerena appeared

If i know, i will just gonna get 1/5

Not gonna make that mistake this time, just gonna 1/5 half anni fave

[hard wave]

So ig if we see half of the month datamined, dont pull yet

[tardy fiber]

Yep if you all low on gems better dont.

I have 3 pities so i will grab early

Because i usually grab fave ASAP if i have pity

[sand crown]

Yeah there’s always at least one you know you can’t overlook

[sturdy plank]

the highest gem amount i ever have

[violet nebula]

Get to that pity

[hard wave]

I think I can hit pity early march

28,580

32,710 (32,685 cuz of the pmd scout)

[signal halo]

Playing rock weak against the Kalos master mode made me realize that now that I have Raihan to act as back up vocals for emmet

I'll likely never need a rock type upgrade

Also felt Kalos was easier than other MMS for fire

[topaz compass]

@tardy fiber unless you are whaling it doesn't make sense to pull beyond 1/5 if not close to pity

It isn't ever "safe" to pull for dupes

[weary spire]

I think you are both in agreement

[tough oriole]

||Besides, Vantner’s goal is to 3/5 all of their 50+ faves, and that can’t be done through candy quickly… If they thought it was safe to do so than why not||

||Like I’m planning on pitying for SS Wally regardless of what happens, unless I get like 3/5 in 1 multi… I just don’t have the resources to candy him||

[cunning swan]

"free", hopefully the lodge unit is someone I have

[weary spire]

I will pretty much always suggest never pulling for dupes beyond 1/5 unless you are roughly ~2 multis from pity, give or take.
I could've maybe misunderstood Vant there, but it sounds like a cautionary tale to me for another reason why one shouldn't do so

With that said, if you've got a fav that you really love and you know you can afford to dedicate that pity to the character maybe out of love for the alt/chara, then hey, it's up to you at the end of the day. It may not be the best idea resources-wise imho, and I wouldn't suggest it, but I understand

In the case of someone who has paid gems set aside for selects, one could consider (especially with the 3k Daily gem bundle) potentially getting dupes from selects for paid gems, if you're in the position to do that in the first place

Don't wanna necessarily speak on Vantner's behalf, but I think from what I remember hearing, Vantner is in that position from what I can recall, so that plays into their lofty goal being made at least a little more manageable, to say the least

[tardy fiber]

I pull for dupes if the candy demand for a certain roles have a huge gap compared to other 2 roles

At that time it was tech

[weary spire]

Do you do selects for dupes?

[tardy fiber]

So i pull 3/5 annimay and anniskyla but i limit myself to 1 pity each

[weary spire]

I think I remember you mentioning that

[tardy fiber]

Yep, to get 3/5 faves faster

[weary spire]

Yeah, at least figured that

[tardy fiber]

But it kinda even it like recent select as i already have all faves in it 3/5...i skipped it

So that saves my 5k paid

[weary spire]

I see tho I understand you've got a v high number of favs and the prospect of selects can at least make it a little easier, so hey, that's something. But still, def gotta be careful with those free gems

I just skip all 5k paid selects period ngl

Waiting for the next 3k select

[tardy fiber]

I will grab if it still have non 3/5 faves in there

For now, i only havent finish:
Striker: ssleon 2/5, sshilda 1/5
Tech: falliris 1/5
Support: mesprit 1/5

[weary spire]

Even with a 3k select, I'd still limit myself and would skip the overwhelming majority of pairs, I reckon

But I am a lil stricter with that

[fallen path]

I’m hopeful for 3k selects too but idk if they will continue those with the daily gem deal. Not enough data (only one set of selects since it’s implementation)

[tardy fiber]

But i not gonna select for 5/5 grids, i will be dead if i need to spend or put 5/5 effort for all of my faves

3/5 is already enough for what DeNa want that unit do

[weary spire]

At least one of those could potentially be made up for with legend BP tickets if you're down for that?

[weary spire]

Yeah, I personally still expect them to show up, just with very limited pools

[tardy fiber]

I gonna save next rainbow ticket, so that i can claim both bp master pairs on anniversary day

[fallen path]

Wait. Was the SS Morty/SS Dawn and the other unit that was 3k paid before or after the daily gem thing lol

It was 3 units featured

[tardy fiber]

Well if next month doesn't have any new support fave, mesprit gonna go up to 2/5

[weary spire]

I don't remember honestly, I just remember that was the only select I've ever done

[tardy fiber]

Kinda like mesprit, it is good if i pair it with lussa or giovanni...well those that can benefit with sync

[tardy fiber]

Yep i limit myself to a pity max, if i got 1-3/5 from it, i will just accept...i cannot commit more than 1 pity worth in a specific banner

[weary spire]

Looks like late October the bundle dropped

The select was over a month before

[fallen path]

Hmm interesting

[weary spire]

For me, I can't commit the large amount of gems to another dupe if I get one early

Don't share the same goals ofc, but I'm also not in a rush for some dupes / candies
*Also because old units can always be candied and can't get me 1/5 which is key, so gems are far more valuable to me

[tardy fiber]

Select for me is just a random assortment, i could never be sure of what units will be in the select pool...so i never hope much

[weary spire]

Me neither

But I keep my gems set aside waiting for it

[tardy fiber]

Unless fair select after this is like recent seasonal select, if then only we can get clear picture of fair selects

Thats why i didn't candy fall iris

I hope it will be like last seasonal select

[weary spire]

I'm waiting to select Summer Hilda

Ye hope so, except this time something I want would be cool

[ashen thunder]

Anni plz be skip so I can save gems

[tardy fiber]

If it follow last select, it probably wont have palentine and ny and might have fall units so fall iris dupe

[ashen thunder]

I want anni to be unova VA level of boring update

[tardy fiber]

Last anni was boring for me, well at least theres 1 fave...shaymin, big gems as well

Skipped those rats and lucario

[fallen path]

Lol blaziken, it’ll be exciting in general since it’ll be featured in direct hopefully for more than 10s. Hope it’s boring from your perspective tho

[tardy fiber]

Hope to see Jessie James rerun in datamine

[topaz compass]

I can't imagine having 54 favorites. Kind of ruins the word. Call them "tier 1 preferences"

[ashen thunder]

Well unova was boring update for me coz no MF, no game breaking shit, no special favs

Colress not getting genesect was disappointing enuff to happily skip it

Maybe shiny genesect for colress soon

[robust shore]

please... i can only hope.

[sturdy plank]

colress getting an alt before nate

[tardy fiber]

Well 14 of it are given free by DeNa ...2 in general pool

[weary spire]

I mean, if a class of something is what makes up your favourites (legendaries/mythicals/UBs in their case), then sure, you have a larger number
Just a semantic thing at that point

Nothing changes in practice

Calling them favourites or using another word, I mean

[ashen thunder]

The fact that he's a spotlight unit while shit like Marnie is a PF is already painful enuff

[weary spire]

Not even semantics really, can't define that for someone else

[tardy fiber]

True i thought Faves are favourite units that i preferred among other pairs ...so kinda tier 1 preferences i guess

[drowsy saddle]

Are you talking about personal preference or meta here?

[ashen thunder]

Personal

I just want the PF tag since it gives a superiority when I do roll him

[weary spire]

I mean yeah like why not call them favs if they are your favourites really

[ashen thunder]

Doesn't matter how pepega the kit is

[drowsy saddle]

Does it really?

[ashen thunder]

Yes

[tardy fiber]

Yeap so I don't see the problem ...well i guess faves sounds better than darlings

[weary spire]

The only real thing to consider is to know what you're signing up for
The average person in most cases should yeah, aim to cut down on their favs in determining what actually constitutes their "favs"

[tardy fiber]

54 darlings

[ashen thunder]

Favs being limited means I get satisfaction when I roll em and get happy
Looking at em as spooks giving PUs make me dead inside

[tardy fiber]

Me with my 54 babes roster

[ashen thunder]

SSmisty already makes me feel that pain

[topaz compass]

Are there favorites among your favorites?

[tardy fiber]

Nope, i treated them equally

[topaz compass]

So how do you decide which to level up first 🤡

[tardy fiber]

Well non legendaries, mythicals, UBs that i used in mainline games are given 5* 20/20 treatment but still level 135

[tardy fiber]

I got thousands of exp books, i maxed them as soon as i got them

[weary spire]

I mean when it's coming down to levelling up first lol, there's not much to that

[topaz compass]

I meant power up, not literally levels sorry

If someone put a gun to your head and asked for your #1 favorite. Do you just randomly choose one

[ashen thunder]

Power up as in?

20/20?

[weary spire]

Wouldn't it just be the same as most people?

[ashen thunder]

Or level 150

Coz 54 20/20 is a very average amount these days

[weary spire]

If it's between favs then often whatever you feel gets most out of it. Whichever you want to use for x reason etc

That doesn't rank favs

[tardy fiber]

Well if you are talking about who i 150 first
I 150 legendary adventures units first, then master fairs, then OG/base character faves like lucas/gloria/N, currently im doing faves that have second form mega/form chance because they got twice the stats increase when change form

Oh also bp master units

[fallen path]

You’re one of the few who have the grids for BP master fairs unlocked

[weary spire]

True, I def 150ed Archie early because he got a lot out of the stat boosts

Frankly, lv150s aren't something to stress over for how little they do

[ashen thunder]

I am quite certain Archie only gets like 3 spl atk or smth

From 140 to 150

[weary spire]

150 favs, 150 whatever

[tardy fiber]

Still haven't finish mesprit

[weary spire]

In Archie's case it's actually noticeable iirc hold up

I wrote it down somewhere

[tardy fiber]

Lusamine got a lot of stat increase when 150

The bug lusamine

[ashen thunder]

High base atk units got more stats

[tardy fiber]

Near 40 iirc

[ashen thunder]

Low ones like Cyrus and Archie didn't rly gain much

But like 150 is fav territory anyways

[tardy fiber]

But can feel the difference, if plus 3* type gear

[weary spire]

140 0/20 Archie goes from 278 Sp. Atk, to 318 at 140 20/20, to then 332 Sp. Atk at 150 20/20.
Ultimately from 278 to 332

[ashen thunder]

Bruh
You are comparing 0/20 to 20/20

I am talking abt 140 20/20 to 150 20/20

[weary spire]

The stat increase from 150 is just 14, but that's still solid when lower stats make a bigger difference in a case like Archie for instance

Nah I said both

[tardy fiber]

Some got more than 14

[ashen thunder]

Giovanni gets like 50 or some shit

[weary spire]

I said 140 0/20 is 278, that's 318 at 20/20, that's 332 at 150 20/20

[tardy fiber]

Lusamine from 556 spatk to 584

[ashen thunder]

So it's 318 to 332

[weary spire]

^

I even said initially 150 doesn't even make all that much of a difference for units in general tbh, so "bigger difference" is still ultimately negligible

[ashen thunder]

True

[weary spire]

Some pairs' DPS are more heavily carried by diff aspects of their kit with others that are more lacking

So it's a bit case by case

[ashen thunder]

Well I don't rly consider any boost less than 40% worth

[weary spire]

Pretty much every 150 really

[ashen thunder]

If you get 40% boost in an investment, it's worth
Else you leave at where it used to be

[weary spire]

Idt you'll ever see a 40% damage increase which is what I consider most important, but if you just mean 40% in terms of the number going up

[ashen thunder]

Since you can just high roll

[weary spire]

I'm always looking at the damage increase, or bulk increase practically

[tardy fiber]

Well if what Absol found out was true that we can level to 200 using certs...140 to 200 will be huge increase of stats although i gonna do it step by step on which all faves already 150 and only then i move to 160

[ashen thunder]

Level 200 Giovanni with 1000 atk

Let's go

[weary spire]

I can't imagine actually going to 200

[ashen thunder]

[fallen path]

I would want to go to level 200 with a sync pair lol

[tardy fiber]

Well some people already level 1000 certain lodge guest, some people might do the same like doing level 200 ash than other pairs they have

[weary spire]

Sure, but I mean more in terms of them actually making that a thing we can do

Who knows though

[ashen thunder]

It's going to be ash or SSTred for most players
Or whichever red version that's meta at the time it drops

[fallen path]

Nah, level 200 Glacia

[ashen thunder]

Ah yes

That's where real shit at

[tardy fiber]

Still a far goal for me, im in the process of making my 37th 150...37/54

[ashen thunder]

I'll likely do SSblue or ssmay

Depending on my mood

[tardy fiber]

Maybe i should do Gladion, so that he got more power

[fallen path]

Glacia, Blue Arcanine..

[ashen thunder]

I still have like 7 more units to do 150 before starting to hoard em

So it'll take another 2 months

[fallen path]

Taking my time with 150, sometimes I forget to exchange for the certs

[tardy fiber]

I wish that there's more sources for certs, when all of my faves already level 150, i can start to make all of my other pairs to 140, for now all non faves are stuck at 135

[ashen thunder]

They'll do it once they let us go higher levels I'd assume

[tardy fiber]

Make it a reward for new game mode or csmm level 2

[ashen thunder]

Ngl csmm lv2 feels like pipe dream at this point

[tardy fiber]

Keeping my hopes up that it comes with pml 2 arc after VA ends

[junior trout]

csmm lvl 2 when we get hisui

[fallen path]

I feel that once we get to Galar CS maybe we get level 2 CSMM

[topaz compass]

I just hoard all my 150 certs after MF at 150

When I have enough to do like every zone/weather/rebuff unit maybe I'll do that

[hard wave]

I was going to try hilbert olivia and diantha but just decided to off type

But next rock weak ill prob try them since this is the only one that has sentry entry iirc

[ashen thunder]

Actually 8 150 targets

I thought arca blue was already 150

[hard wave]

I just 150 my EXs or pairs I plan to EX very soon (and LA cuz they r a free EX)

Next pair will be SS Leaf if I can get 500 lodge stones before next month

[tardy fiber]

I still need 6 certs maybe i can finish before next month

[signal halo]

I feel a bit conflicted about my urges around move candy usage

I didn't have strikers and now I have too many

[hard wave]

Most of my strikers dont need candies so im leaving them where they r (8 1/5 and 2 2/5), except ss hilda (1/5) and ny lisia (2/5)

[signal halo]

Unsure if it's better to give ash his 3/5, or go for the new crobat lady

[hard wave]

3 coins away so ill 3/5 lisia and then prob use my next ones on hilda if I dont have anyone else in the future

[signal halo]

Ash would be mostly aimed towards brute forcing EBEs

[hard wave]

I dont think he can w/o ssac and sstr

[signal halo]

Does he need both?

[hard wave]

His b-tbolt did less than plumeria’s sludge wave and he’s 3/5

[signal halo]

I have sstr

[ashen thunder]

Using Ash without SSTred is like using a tech unit without EX and zone

[hard wave]

Maybe not ssac if u have a good support

[ashen thunder]

Offensively

[signal halo]

I do have sstred

[ashen thunder]

Defensively he dies quick coz no master passive

[signal halo]

And my SSTred is 150 3/5 ex

[ashen thunder]

Well aura Cyn isn't must have for ash ebe offregion yet

I've done with region boosted tank + double rats for every ebe so far

[signal halo]

So far I'm still atoning from the sins of skipping her for colress

[ashen thunder]

Gameplay rolling 🚮

[signal halo]

It's just that colress ended up not being a pokefair

Which was what I was betting on

[hard wave]

I kinda wanted her but ash didnt appear until 12th multi I also just pitied for 2/5 ss steven (1/5 at 10th multi)

[signal halo]

I could secure all 3

[ashen thunder]

I had to pity both rats

And both frogs

Glad I zenned for em atleast

Else I'd be skipping em like a clown

[signal halo]

I'm currently wondering if I should fanboy my way towards my next pull

Since now I kinda wanna have all champions in celebration for the masters 8

And all the fanservice around it

Yet, there's always the looming big batch from half anni

Can SS Morty support double strikers?

Always wondered if he can do as much offensive lifting as ingo

[ashen thunder]

He's the best double striker enabler.....also I think you should move to #916852389347196958 if you want any gameplay advices rather than here

Since the purpose of this channel is zenning not gameplay

[signal halo]

Fair

[timber wren]

With half anni datamine upon us I want to make a reminder that this channel is for advice regarding resource management, and acts as the one safe space on the server that should be free from hype and pressure for pulling the shiny new units.

Feel free to discuss datamine stuff within the lens of managing your resources and encouraging others to save for what they really want, but extended discussions on kits should move to #poma-lounge or #916852389347196958

Thank you for understanding

[round mason]

it's been a while since i saved

[sturdy flower]

11k left to 150k

[violet nebula]

Keep on saving

Saving is not a choice... it is a way of life😆

[sturdy flower]

if they give us ingo bongo for anni i will keep saving on i will

[reef river]

Im at 2 sparks

[sturdy flower]

2 sparks is the minimum sweet spot gratz

[feral vale]

Been quite overdue, buuuuut

Goal reflection time!! How’s everyone’s progress holding up now that we’re close to Half Anni datamine?

[rustic heron]

i'm doing fantastic

over 2 pities saved up

most gems i've ever saved, which feels nice

[feral vale]

I’m currently at 46k myself! Feeling pretty good at what next month will bring!

[rustic heron]

a lot of it is in part to me not caring about kalos

[crisp oracle]

Near 50K, not horrible considering Calem ran with my gems

[rustic heron]

those are both great gem counts

[feral vale]

I did pretty good getting up since I pitied back to back three times in a row.

[rustic heron]

props to both of ya

[crisp oracle]

I got lucky ||on SS Diantha||, I can't keep counting on luck

We save here

[feral vale]

My luck ||came pretty good with SS Lysandre and Emma||
But saving is 10x more important

[timber wren]

im in a much better position than i was at 2.5 anni

[crisp oracle]

I started at 2.5

[feral vale]

My position is 10x better than I was then. I shaped up my gem habits a couple of months after that.

[crisp oracle]

I got the typical beginner luck ||and pulled recklessly on all three anni units without a reroll, but I ended up getting all three units||

||I use Anni May a lot, then I got Zerena||

So four units I guess

[feral vale]

Zerena is gonna be my proof of making up what I did badly before. Just hoping for her rerun soon.

[crisp oracle]

||Then I made the mistake, pulled on Maxie before datamine. Don't get me wrong, I love Groudon, but it left me wide open for anni||

Hoenn VA bled me dryyyy

[timber wren]

i have about two pities more saved than i did this time last year

[deft glen]

currently at 79k, waiting for datamine

[crisp oracle]

But it was probably the spark that made me save

[feral vale]

[crisp oracle]

I made a tough decision to save during UnoVA, but that opened ||frogs for me||

||and Anni Lillie||

[feral vale]

Did I tell you how ||I was close to going for SS Hilda, but then the frogs came around?||

[crisp oracle]

Same here

[feral vale]

[crisp oracle]

In hindsight, it was the best ingame decision I ever made

||Now I have both frogs, Anni Lillie and N||

And 50K

[feral vale]

[sturdy flower]

great, 11k from 150k

150k is my magic number and I don't even know why

[feral vale]

[rancid vale]

im about uh

1/16th of the way to pity

diantha was not very nice

so im just rebuilding

[ashen thunder]

I am at 25k gems but ||198/400 on ssdiantha banner so depending on datamine I'll decide if I should pity or not||

[hard wave]

Close to a pity, going to save up until I have 36.6k take a pic then pull if there’s smth I like

[topaz compass]

Hoping to see a full pity worth of March gems in that datamine

Then Dena can act like Oprah

[buoyant elk]

Dojo gloria

Usrishifu seems a panda

[sand crown]

Crossed two pities, allocating one for half anni, other is for alola VA

[fallen path]

34k with about 4k gems left according to the #1012256199128915968 , pretty happy atm

[hearty blaze]

I really need to start saving for alola VA, but hopefully it’s not just a blonde family event and actually focuses on Alola

[deft glen]

Selene and Lana alt pls

[reef river]

Guzma pls

[sly breach]

I want the tapus

[robust shore]

||Admittedly, I did a few pulls on Emma a week or so back [because of boredom] and while I did get her without too much damage I'm still :( looking at my current gem count||

But, we're getting back to 36.6k, just gotta keep at it. I'm optimistic I'll have a pity before whatever hypothetical fave leaves. :)

And if there's no faves for half anni, that's all the better lol

[crisp wraith]

If I’m at 5.5k gems now, how long will it prob take me to get around 30k

[vestal leaf]

Not much since we get 4k this month and definitely more than 30k next month

[sly breach]

Damn so no pity for anni pairs

[tardy fiber]

109.4k

[topaz compass]

I don't know what my goal was but my gem count is probably better than I even hoped for

[signal halo]

Wanting multiple spotlights is something that puts me at dangerous odds

[signal halo]

My original goal was to get all canon Unova. Colress, Hugh and classic elesa are the pairs I still need for that, so for such a goal, a pity should be enough

My second goal would be to have strong, satisfying teams for all types

So far, I'd say I could say that about Electric, Grass, Water, Dark, Rock, Ground, Poison, Dragon, Fairy and Ice

[crisp oracle]

Don’t forget you could also offtype

[signal halo]

I have some fringe types, which are likely strong enough, but I feel discomfort around

[little briar]

No real goal in mind other than waiting on Dojo Gloria to rerun and Alola VA, but climbing back to 80k

I ||pulled on Emma and Lysandre but I didn't suffer a huge dent thankfully||

[lean mango]

Get back to 2 pities and maybe 3 if I have no favs

[deft glen]

I want Glojo rerun too

[signal halo]

Psychic, Steel, Fighting and Fire are fringe types for me

Psychic mainly because Giovanni is hard to fully accomodate

As in maxing out his multipliers, giving him spatk and also giving him terrain

And I'd also like to have his EX

Steel because I don't fully enjoy how grimsley plays out and my Raihan isn't candied yet

Also would rather play colress

[tardy fiber]

Wait for alola VA, solgaleo so far all the legendary adventures power boosts are great...so i have high hopes for solgaleo to be better than Gloria

[signal halo]

Fighting just doesn't feel super good, even among some spotlight peers

Kris, for instance, hits like a truck

Bea would have needed Ssa Cynthia to hit that hard

Fire is mainly due to a lack of a sun support, to allow me to go double strike

[feral vale]

Solgaleo….

[signal halo]

Solgaleo is a steel pair

I'm a purist when it comes to that

[feral vale]

Focus Blast…

[signal halo]

The pair must have the sync type for me to count it for my on type clears

I could use solgaleo as a back up

[feral vale]

What kind of nitpicky expectation is that?

[signal halo]

As long as he deals less damage than whoever is carrying him

[signal halo]

I was angry that the best poison pair was a ground pokemon

Because I like the poison type

[deft glen]

Koga nuke

[feral vale]

Koga

[signal halo]

Koga dps, however...

[feral vale]

You nuke.

[signal halo]

But yeah, Koga isn't bad

[deft glen]

|| think of SS Giovanni's max move as if it were a sync move ||

[signal halo]

Also

I was angry that eternatus, the only legendary poison type Pokemon that exists

Was a dragon pokemon

Despite having poison as it's primary type

Sure, it's signature is a dragon type move

I get why they have done it like that

But that also means that if the signature is what prevented it from being a poison pokemon

A poison legendary might never happen

Sure, ultra beasts are rare creatures as well

But I really wanted a poison eternatus in the game

As for my remaining goals

I'd like to find a way to feel good about bug

Which likely requires candying alder or pulling a new pair

Hilbert almost got me

Might still do

Ghost might be solved if I EX fantina

But wouldn't bet on it

I don't like darach, his dps is lame to use and doesn't even hit that high

So I guess I still need 4 or 5 pities to solve all my goals

[topaz compass]

Sounds like you lack Lati twins

[topaz compass]

I think lots of is prefer to monotype CS2k when possible

[tough oriole]

I think that’s just a minority

Monotype is a type of challenge run, and most people don’t do that

Perhaps it’s one of the more common challenges

[drowsy saddle]

It's common to use two pairs of the same type on the team - be that for a field effect, status condition, or simply as second dd. But putting a third pair on the team just to do a monotype run is a challenge, as said above. If it doesn't fit, don't push it.

[tardy fiber]

I still use my annilillie for special fairy damage, gloria for physical fairy and lysandre for dark special damage while waiting for future faves that cover those

[vernal glade]

114k

[tardy fiber]

Aint gonna pull strong non faves unit just for those coverage

But i gonna hopium that there would be faves with electric terrain/rebuff and fairy zone/rebuff in the future

I just need either of those 2 effects to bruteforce any entryx2

Oh forgot i already got genesect so only fairy

[tough oriole]

Miraidon? I kinda copium that it’ll be free since it’ll be easier to sell a fighting type than an electric type

[vernal glade]

||Even tho I’m at a disadvantage on steel poison and fairy, all I care about is saving||

[tardy fiber]

Yep i copium either miraidon or tapu koko for terrain

[formal timber]

Hey guys should I be pulling dailies

I mean I get 300 paid daily

Should I save or spend the gems

Cause I heard that the dailies are good deals but also not

[timber wren]

that’s up to your discretion, personally i like to save my paid gems for select scouts

[formal timber]

Ok

[timber wren]

dailies are not a guarantee of anything so it often feels like throwing money away

but obviously it works sometimes

[formal timber]

Yeah that’s what I thought

I’m having trouble saving lol

It just feels so good to pull

[timber wren]

with both EX bundles you will quickly accrue more paids than you can spend on select scouts unless you also do tier scouts

[formal timber]

I’ve actually never got something off a daily

[formal timber]

Ok thanks

[tardy fiber]

I only do dailies for filling pity, i might change my mind if they make daily discount give 3 pity points and not 1 like now

[formal timber]

I do both cause I want to

[formal timber]

Yeah it removes the whole purpose

I guess it’s based on how many gems you spend not how many pulls you do

[tough oriole]

Yea, unless you’re a big spender, paid gems should only be used for selects imo

[timber wren]

i personally do not like dailies bc i dislike the daily disappointment of getting

[formal timber]

Same

I just keep having hope

That someday something different happens

[tough oriole]

I personally don’t feel comfortable spending money if i know there’s a 98% chance of failure

Say if a banner lasts 20 days, there’d still only be a 1/3 chance of success

[lean mango]

Only time I'll see me doing dailies is for a banner I wanna keep supporting

[formal timber]

Wait

So if I do 40 pulls on a pokefair

[feral vale]

PSA, please be mindful when talking about pulling. This is meant to be a saving thread and a safe space to stop others from temptation. Spoil any pull mentions you can. Thanks!

[formal timber]

Would that be an 80% chance to get a five star?

[formal timber]

Sorry

[feral vale]

Agreed. If its actual money, I’d rather I know what I’m paying for and that I’d guarantee it. Like a select.

[tough oriole]

99.98 98.62% chance, but if I’m spending money on a banner then I’m looking for the featured unit. A 5* for me just means a unless I’m lucky

Wait i did math wrong

It’s 98.62% chance

[tardy fiber]

As long as fail is an available option, i will never be comfortable...sure there's 90+% chance to succeed...but i can always be one of the guys in the remaining 10%

[tough oriole]

Even if you do get a 5*, most of the time that doesn’t even mean much unless you’re new

[formal timber]

Sorry mean featured unit

Said that wrong

[tardy fiber]

Yep, although i still missing about 4/5 general pool units but my roster is already very big enough that I don't think i need those that i missed urgently

[tough oriole]

Oh featured unit, that’s only a 55% chance. Might sound good, but you wouldn’t rely on Zap Cannon/Inferno to hit when you want it, right?

[formal timber]

Wait in 40 pulls for a pokefair banner that’s a 55% chance?

That’s really low tbh

[drowsy saddle]

You can't just multiply 40 by 2%, that's not how probabilities work

[formal timber]

Awwww

I wish

[tough oriole]

40 rolls of a 2% rate is 55.43% chance, yes

[formal timber]

How do you do the math

[drowsy saddle]

Otherwise 50 attempts would give you 100%

[formal timber]

That’s what I was always confused about

[tough oriole]

I use this

||https://dskjal.com/statistics/chance-calculator.html||

[drowsy saddle]

It's 1 - (0.98)^40

I.e. you find chance of not getting a unit and substract it from 100%

[tough oriole]

But just because you have a 95% probability to get something doesn’t mean you will get something… ||Just look at Poce’s Emma pulls for example||

[formal timber]

Oh lol

How did that go?

[tardy fiber]

If 50 attempts are enough to get the unit, why do the pity system need to exist

[formal timber]

Listen ok I’m dumb

[drowsy saddle]

At least you asked about it instead of assuming the incorrect info

[formal timber]

Yeah

Do you guys think the half anni units are worth saving for

[sturdy plank]

yes

[formal timber]

Cause I wanna know if we’ll know who they are before the current banners go away

[tough oriole]

||He had to pity for a single copy, but he also kept running out of gems, and he only had the non-deal gems available to him in the shop… He had to grind for a few gems from events and pay the full price of gems for the rest||

[sturdy plank]

well if the half anni has your favorites

[tardy fiber]

I cannot give verdict till i see their kits

[formal timber]

Geeez

[tough oriole]

We’ll know them before the Kalos VA leaves, but the Palentines units will leave before we know

[formal timber]

They leave today right?

[sturdy plank]

yes

[drowsy saddle]

Old ones leave this reset, yes

New ones left already

[formal timber]

By the way I heard rumors of a video coming tonight

With a half anni unit

Is that true?

[tough oriole]

The chance of getting the specific old one you want in 36 600 gems is less than 50% btw

[tough oriole]

We have no clue

[formal timber]

You mean in the seasonal selects?

Cause I got both the ones I wanted

[tough oriole]

I think last year there was a video released showing 1 half anni unit around this time

[formal timber]

Ohhh yeah

May right?

[tough oriole]

I meant the seasonal spotlight scout

[hearty blaze]

Lana Kiawe Elio Selene alts for Alola VA would make me whale 🫶🏽

[formal timber]

Actually it’s 100 because you get to choose at 36.6k 🤓

[signal halo]

yeah, I lack them

[formal timber]

I have one

[tough oriole]

I meant the rate of getting them before pity

[formal timber]

I know

Anyways thanks y’all

[tough oriole]

Stay saving!

[formal timber]

I will definetly!

I have my head high for the half anni

[signal halo]

I have so many spotlight pairs I'd be happy about getting that currently, the chances of getting a pair I want from a random pull are nearing 6%

some due to collections, others because I actually wanna play them

[sturdy flower]

then be happy about it

at this point I'd be more excited by shiny Perserkerr than a spotlight

[tardy fiber]

Still 0 shiny in my first batch

I hope i got all 3 so that my shiny eggmons collection grows to 30

[sturdy flower]

i need to delete some eggmons from prof

im constantly full

gotta make google spreadsheet

shame we cant favorite them or something

[hard wave]

I only keep my shiny dupes in daycare so I have like ~10 rn