Resource Saving Support (Gem Zen)

[vestal leaf]

They just hate her?

[tardy fiber]

My anniskyla is rare

[lean mango]

[cunning swan]

anni skyla erasure

[tardy fiber]

https://tenor.com/view/spider-man-mr-stark-i-dont-feel-so-good-avengers-infinity-war-gif-14216662

[chrome nest]

Looks like someone went back in time and prevented anni skylas creation

[tardy fiber]

Blame it on hoopa, just like most of PoMa event plot

[chrome nest]

Why was Giovanni defeated? It’s been hoopa all a long

Who’s been transporting everything? It’s been hoopa all along

[broken mulch]

When do the other 2’s banners drop?

Raihan and anime

[tardy fiber]

Cannot wait for anniv, new bp master units to add to my collection

[broken mulch]

Oh right I still got a few BP master tickets sitting unused

[tardy fiber]

For Highlander that keep wanting Colress, he just added to select scout

[cobalt frost]

Champion Bede - Awesome but MASTER FAIR
Champion Hop - Awesome but MASTER FAIR
Champion Marnie - Galar Moltres but MARNIE
Ball Guy -

[sweet tide]

||ball guy is good tho oops ||

[vestal leaf]

Did anyone

Not expect triple mf

[cobalt frost]

2.5 year anni

set a precedent

that i was expecting them to follow

[drifting dagger]

? Ball guy is good lol

[tardy fiber]

||Ball Guy is the best variety scout unit, he even have ||

[cobalt frost]

pokefair trio + master fair in the 2nd half

[broken mulch]

Ball Guy is the only one I kinda want but eugh the banner type

[vestal leaf]

Idk, 1.5 and 2.5 had a master fair with way way worse economy

[tardy fiber]

Great Ball is a nice touch by DeNa

[drifting dagger]

^

[lean mango]

I can't avoid a Poison unit

Dedicated to the type no matter what

[vestal leaf]

The gem economy

Dictates the banners

(also opposite should be true too but not really)

So considering the increase in gems I was surprised with only one MF last year

[tardy fiber]

||i will be mad if these 3 galar birbs cannot clear future Galar VA EBE ||

[vestal leaf]

This year I was sure we'd get at least 2

[broken mulch]

Honestly Emma is looking mighty tempting now. I like her and my poison could use a boost lol

[cobalt frost]

literally all reruns are easy skips for me except the lati twins, but HORRIBLE TIME

15k gems

and i want 2 master fairs

[vestal leaf]

15k in Anni time

Yikes

[cobalt frost]

I NEEDED ANABEL OKAY THEY SHAFTED ME HORRIBLY

[vestal leaf]

I pray for you to get lucky and start saving from now on

[broken mulch]

15k?

[tardy fiber]

Glad to see an Anabel fan

People keep compare her with other VA units

[vestal leaf]

I would've considered her

If only

Dupe of a Mon I don't care anything about

And pretty sleep kit

[tardy fiber]

I gonna hopium for more normal faves, Regigigas and Arceus when?

[vestal leaf]

I'm all for faves and SM Anabel was pretty hype for me

[wind nymph]

I need help

I dont want to summon

But

I cant resist

I have already units for all the types of the anni

But idk i cant control myself

[tardy fiber]

You cannot even summon, the banners are not here yet

[vestal leaf]

Well having units of the type is common

Are these 3 faves of some sort

[wind nymph]

I know but once they come i know that i'll summon no matter what

[vestal leaf]

Mons, trainers...

[cobalt frost]

Ball Guy is such an easy skip as I only like him for the funny, and variety scout
Marnie is a hard one, as Galarian Moltres is my favorite of the trio and top 5 legend material, but I really dislike Marnie

[cunning swan]

do your daily battles, save the daily scout for last, then immediately close the app

don't open the big banners

[vestal leaf]

Also

They last til april

[tardy fiber]

Yep fave reason can justify for your actions of pulling a saturated type

[cunning swan]

reach your daily scout by swiping left on the small thumbnail on pokecenter screen

[vestal leaf]

You can 100% wait next datamine

To scout them

If unsure

[cunning swan]

yup yup

[wind nymph]

problem is , my fav will probably never get an alt lol

[cunning swan]

Barry? at most I can see him being in lodge

[wind nymph]

Yeah exactly

I dont even think he'll get a lodge unit

But seeing that wally and hop got an alt i can be hopeful but

[cobalt frost]

Bede and Hop are the real ones I'm gonna have trouble with

they are my 2 favorite rivals outside of Arven and Gladion

[wind nymph]

I like every rival and that's a rival anniversary

[cunning swan]

Figment you have taste

[wind nymph]

But i dont want to summon either

Ugghh

[tardy fiber]

No, what I mean is if its a fave, no need to worry if you already have 20 fighting/psychic/dark types yet you can still get it...like i already have these yet i still gonna get galar articuno

[cobalt frost]

this update has made me gone through all 5 stages of grief multiple times so far

[wind nymph]

im still trough the 5 stages of grief myself

[orchid field]

I did the get what the gem count is, can anyone please help me understand?

[wind nymph]

Plus there is lucas reruning and ss may and ss brendan reruning

😭

[cobalt frost]

we still waiting on the gem count

[cunning swan]

which stage of grief are y'all at

[cobalt frost]

Bargaining

[tardy fiber]

Well thats anniv for you, anniv and half anniv always have a lot of stuffs kinda why people asked to save before this

[wind nymph]

Depression

[broken mulch]

Grief of what

[cobalt frost]

||another kinda dumb thing i did was scout on the palentines rerun banner, it wasnt AS bad as anabel, got what I wanted pretty quickly all things considered, but still||

[broken mulch]

Oh at my disappointment of next month lol

Acceptance I guess

[wind nymph]

Why do i feel like i'll be lucky and wont have to pity them

[lament hornet]

i'm luckily not too crazy over all of these mfs

[wind nymph]

Can my brain stop

[tardy fiber]

No grief just happy and a bit of shocked as my faves are MF and not pf...also feel relieved that luckily i saved a bunch of gems

[lament hornet]

but at the same time i feel like eb will be hell without some

[cunning swan]

cool cool. I'm at Anger myself

[cobalt frost]

i have lots of sync pair stories and a few co-op things i havent done if I'm REALLY low on gems

[cunning swan]

oh btw please keep mentions about scouting under spoiler tags

[wind nymph]

i did that for zerena i got her a day before she left

[vestal leaf]

Mine will never get in

Or get an ex

[tardy fiber]

Wow we almost similar, just i pity her 3 days before she left

[broken mulch]

Nobunaga my beloved

Enough for you but you will never show up

[tardy fiber]

Zerena doesn't play she demanded that pity

[cobalt frost]

do we have gem count yet?

[tardy fiber]

Tlim said 30k

[cobalt frost]

okay.

this is only like half the update right?

[tardy fiber]

Nope, he said already got all the dates

Till end of march

[sturdy plank]

good amount i guess

[cobalt frost]

okay around 50k by april

[vestal leaf]

30k is nice, hoped better but we'll see what does April entail

[wind nymph]

We will both suffer together as red get her 8th alt and lillie get her 7th alt

[tardy fiber]

Anything over 25k is good in my book

[vestal leaf]

Tbh

If we got

30+K Jan

30k feb

30k march

Datamine wise

[tardy fiber]

April gonna be dry

[vestal leaf]

It's gonna be kinda crazy

[vestal leaf]

We'll see

[cobalt frost]

does seem like im gonna be struggling and coping for not having to pity both

sooo

[vestal leaf]

I have a bad JuJu about April this year

[cobalt frost]

aprils probably gonna be full skip

honestly everything after anni until alola arc will be easy skip

[tardy fiber]

Alola VA

[cobalt frost]

april is too soon

... i hope.

[vestal leaf]

Nah alola va imo is gonna be in may

[tardy fiber]

Not soon if they split to two months

[vestal leaf]

Unless

[cobalt frost]

feels its gonna be a may-june thing

[vestal leaf]

They wanna do Alola va
Galar va pre anni and then a final collective VA for Anni itself

That would probably entail a possible April va

But it's just theory

[cobalt frost]

april VA is TOO evil

[tardy fiber]

Its almost over, I don't need to be scared of faves every VA anymore

[cobalt frost]

even for them
.. i hope.

[tardy fiber]

Just alola, galar and paulo copium left

[oak crest]

Paulo can get whatever but I'm not pulling for him

[tardy fiber]

[oak crest]

If he's free I will take it tho

Just not intending to spend gems for him

[cobalt frost]

same tbh

i like his story arc

but i dont like the masters ocs enough to scout for them

[oak crest]

Idm pulling for Lear if I like the unit but not paulo

[vestal leaf]

Free Paulo with lyca dusk

[oak crest]

[vestal leaf]

And MF Paulo with hoopa unbound

[oak crest]

Loool

[cobalt frost]

Pasio Flag Bearer

[oak crest]

Still ain't pulling

Like how I refuse to pull pikas on anni

Don't like pikas

[vestal leaf]

I liked reds kit too much to skip him, gotta enable my Clair somehow

Para + flagbearer buff + defence debuffs too comfy to buff Draco to oneshot mid in csmm

[oak crest]

Oh, for me they are just broken units in general, so I didn't have much issues skipping

[mental skiff]

It is tempting to make gloria 4/5 tho :v

[broken mulch]

What kinda events usually run on April?

[sweet tide]

last yr was SC

this yr...god knows

[cunning swan]

SC last year, spring in 2021

[sweet tide]

maybe half SC half sygna suits

or hisui debut

[mental skiff]

Easter egg tho

[vestal leaf]

Gloria is really funny now yes

[sweet tide]

its definitely not a new VA

[cunning swan]

Hisui pls

[sweet tide]

there is no paulo interlude

[broken mulch]

Oh dear

[oak crest]

Hm

[vestal leaf]

Hisui debut in a filler month seems weirf

[tardy fiber]

Pokestar studios sc ...the rosa pokestar trophy in trainer lodge is kinda sus

[sweet tide]

they dont have much time if not april actually

may and june would be alola arc

[mental skiff]

hopefully no major event

[sweet tide]

july is summer + rose maybe

august is galar and run up

[vestal leaf]

Seems weird to drop hisui as filler

Idk

[sweet tide]

so april is the best time for them to do

[vestal leaf]

Inb4

Hisui is an SC event

[sweet tide]

and its always good since the revenue wont tank

[vestal leaf]

[sweet tide]

looking @ how feb2023 did

[oak crest]

[sweet tide]

yikes

[vestal leaf]

Imagine

[oak crest]

Was bad?

[vestal leaf]

SC event themed around past Sinnoh

And hoopa does a funny

And brings the actual ancestors

On pasio

[mental skiff]

have to skip april

[sweet tide]

bad is an understatement

[broken mulch]

What was on February

[vestal leaf]

Kalos

[sweet tide]

kalos arc which tanked the heck out

[broken mulch]

Oh THIS year

Damn

[mental skiff]

👀

[hardy creek]

another character leaves the "never happening" tier

[broken mulch]

I knew they made a mistake with the lineup

[vestal leaf]

Yeah tbh they kinda messed up by making Kalos last this much

[sweet tide]

i mean idk why they chose to debut ms worldwide (anabel) but ok

[mental skiff]

So dena will low down gems count if the profit is tanking

[sweet tide]

no they will just push more 5/5

[vestal leaf]

People would've scouted more if they didn't know they could wait for 3.5

[mental skiff]

[vestal leaf]

Imo

[sweet tide]

i am so bored waiting for pastebin

i just want to finish this gem count

🥱

[mental skiff]

goood?

[tardy fiber]

Ball guy

[lapis pine]

Gon is winning

[sweet tide]

including pokemon day its 34k

[hardy creek]

I'M DENA'S FAVOURITE

[mental skiff]

OmG

[vestal leaf]

Ik

Ok

34k

[hardy creek]

anyways remember to save gems so ur prepared even if faves drop back to back to back

[vestal leaf]

Is good enough

[mental skiff]

So 30k saved next month for me

[oak crest]

Dena will be convinced not to bother too much with Kalos then...

[mental skiff]

seem like i will be well prepared on Alola and summer

[oak crest]

[sweet tide]

took me a hot min to realise it was nemona in ur pfp

[lament hornet]

ok i have learned that the EBs are type + galar

[vestal leaf]

Ye

They're fine

[sweet tide]

lol they will prob only care abt serena but whats new anw

[oak crest]

Lol type

[lament hornet]

should be much less troublesome then

[vestal leaf]

Free even

[sweet tide]

i heard piers ebe is a hot mess?

[mental skiff]

Galar isnt free tho

[lament hornet]

wdym

[vestal leaf]

@sweet tide how hard did frogs go

[lament hornet]

it's types

[sweet tide]

their sales?

[mental skiff]

Dark type tho

[oak crest]

Lol

[vestal leaf]

Types and region is free

[lament hornet]

yeah

karen is a special dark attacker

[vestal leaf]

Yes the frog sales

[sweet tide]

serena was 198k and calem was 210k on day1

ios only

[lament hornet]

with a good buncha passives and expanded grid

[mental skiff]

👀 special dark tho

[vestal leaf]

That's good

[lament hornet]

karen

[oak crest]

ssaCynthia+existing fighting tech/striker can deal with that then

[sweet tide]

well none of the kalos arc pairs are above 100k lol

[vestal leaf]

The stage is made for special dark

[mental skiff]

[vestal leaf]

Sentry entryx2 allister

Means royale will do nothing

Karen will own tho

[mental skiff]

if she live long enough

[lament hornet]

tbh i beat the last eb with bea despite main having sentry entry x2

[vestal leaf]

I think the stage is special

So

[mental skiff]

Last EB sux tho :v

[vestal leaf]

She'll barely take damage probs

[sweet tide]

piers has 148k HP

what in the flying

[lament hornet]

bruh can't believe they gave allister acuity

[vestal leaf]

Piers has indeed 148k

[lament hornet]

doing summer N dirty

[vestal leaf]

Allister 84

[sweet tide]

this must be a joke

[vestal leaf]

K

Nah

They just attuned him to the unit potential

[sweet tide]

well

[mental skiff]

it is ok if you have 700 spe atk

[sweet tide]

sc diantha will do fine

[vestal leaf]

Zapdos will twotap piers

[lament hornet]

bea will probably deal like 90% of this in her first sync after ex supports

[vestal leaf]

Same for SC Diantha

[sweet tide]

rip to allister ebe

[mental skiff]

Oh 3 EB ?

[vestal leaf]

Allister ebe is free

Karen snack

[maiden kayak]

this is honestly keeping me from ||pullin marnie||

[vestal leaf]

The Bea EBE

Is weird

But it's psychic weak so

Lol

[oak crest]

Lusamine

[mental skiff]

got ex mewtwo

[vestal leaf]

Piers will suck if you lack SC Diantha

Imo

Depends on moves

[sweet tide]

i think bea shld be fine idk

but the zone is a mess

[vestal leaf]

Bea should be fine but idk

[maiden kayak]

just a tip @dusty oyster ||dont ever candy cmarnie ever , she performs optimally at 1/5 level , her kit is built solely on her dps , her nuke is pretty shit even with grid||

[dusty oyster]

I wonder if this trio is good enough together to off region/type EBEs like the third anni trio…

[mental skiff]

Pier is fighting weak?

[vestal leaf]

Yes

[sweet tide]

allister and his sentry entry x2 shenanigans

annoying

[mental skiff]

||she is nice tho dont have to candy||

[sweet tide]

never candy a striker that has 0 nuke potential lmao

even tho she has 900 sp atk

[maiden kayak]

which is exactly her

[vestal leaf]

740 at +0

Spa

Lol

[maiden kayak]

anni lillie has the same thing

[drifting dagger]

It's psychich, so she will do fine

[sweet tide]

her stats are so silly

[vestal leaf]

Better than some units at +6

She's also not too frail

Gets protect

To tank syncs

So fucking cool

[mental skiff]

perfect for me

[maiden kayak]

||shes made to make use of support sync||

[mental skiff]

lack candy lately

[vestal leaf]

But possibly everyone should wait for next datamine

[dusty oyster]

Thanks for the tip, ||but I probably will still anyways. I’d rather her reach her full potential than use them on, say Emmet ||

[sweet tide]

the best of all strikers

[vestal leaf]

Unless faves

[maiden kayak]

her ||3/5 isnt max potential lmao||

like ||1/5 gridding is more than 3/5 gridding lmao||

[dusty oyster]

||True, but that fully unlocks her grid||

[mental skiff]

|| 3/5 only increase 110%||

[sweet tide]

||actually i think only bede needs candy to save himself the other 2 are good at 1/5||

[upbeat lotus]

Oh btw tlim you included the presents gems in march gem count right? Just to make sure

[mental skiff]

[sweet tide]

pokemon day presents?

[vestal leaf]

||Gzap has some cool 2-3/5 shit but it's skippable||

[upbeat lotus]

No the pokemon presents gift

[mental skiff]

Random 3k gems gift?

[sweet tide]

yeah included

[buoyant elk]

Depending on luck and gem count i would like to get all the 3 champions

[upbeat lotus]

Thanks

[maiden kayak]

no such thing as that

save for 3 pities or u dont

[buoyant elk]

Yes that's the point

[vestal leaf]

Wait for datamine

If unsure

Always

[buoyant elk]

But if i get enough luck to the 1st 2 summons i won't need 3 pites

[tardy fiber]

So is it 34k in total?

[vestal leaf]

Seems like it

[sweet tide]

for now yes

[mental skiff]

first event i so sure i will spend a pity

[tardy fiber]

Neat

So i will still have a pity if ||the birbs took 3 pities||

[buoyant elk]

I don't need 3 pites saved to summon for all of them as long as I reach the last one with a full pity

I mean i need 3 pites for guaranteed summon

[sweet tide]

they run until 9 april anyway

we will probably get

[vestal leaf]

^

[sweet tide]

at least 9k in those 8 days

[vestal leaf]

Don't rush all 3

No reason to

[mental skiff]

1% tho the chance you reach pity is high

[tardy fiber]

I always try to get my faves as soon as they are available

[sweet tide]

if they are favs go ahead

if they arent

[mental skiff]

[sweet tide]

better just sit your azz down

[vestal leaf]

I'd go for the 2 most fave

Wait the third a bit

[mental skiff]

So guarantee a lame april

[vestal leaf]

Next month could have a bigger fave

You're never sure

[sweet tide]

i wouldnt say lame april

if april is SC

[manic stag]

Are any of the Galarian form birds a MUST pull?

[sweet tide]

u never know what they will do

lol

[sweet tide]

nothing is a must pull in a gacha game

[vestal leaf]

Barely any unit in the game is a must pull

[tardy fiber]

Theres no unit that is a must pull

[mental skiff]

fav of mine land on Galar VA and Alola VA

[tardy fiber]

Especially in poma because they give plenty strong f2p units

[sweet tide]

there's only a " i want to pull cos its my fav " otherwise

[mental skiff]

Although kinda sad cant get tea pot lilie rerun tho

[tawny cedar]

Anni so skip easy

[mental skiff]

[tawny cedar]

Mono galar

[vestal leaf]

Rocket rerun cope run out? @tawny cedar

Lorelei got grid

[tawny cedar]

Na I'm still waitng

[tardy fiber]

Torchic grid as well

[tawny cedar]

Atleast lance has a grid glow up

[vestal leaf]

Lance's grid is insanity at 5/5

[buoyant elk]

Now Lorelei is officially the worst (non eggmon) unit of the game

[mental skiff]

imagine 5/5 lance... Hello me from another universe

[tardy fiber]

Worst than norman?

[tawny cedar]

I guess i gotta use any strike candies i get on him

Tbh

[indigo swallow]

||is the gem count for this update 34k?||

[buoyant elk]

Norma at least has 90% paralysis

[vestal leaf]

3/5 still gets a lot of good shit

[tawny cedar]

Should I use the pokefair ticket on 2/5 lance over cynthia

[vestal leaf]

Depends on your ground options

[tawny cedar]

Maxie,SsGio,Bertha,etc

[vestal leaf]

There's plenty of dragon types

[buoyant elk]

Lorelei at most has 30% freeze that's mhe

[sweet tide]

the ticket scout goes till april u can wait for the next datamine to decide

[tardy fiber]

Gonna use the ticket for Cynthia, so i will have 2 workable lodge guests on March woohoo

[mental skiff]

[sweet tide]

speaking of lodge, the new exchanges are so expensive -_-

[buoyant elk]

We know who is in the pool?

[mental skiff]

Yup

[sweet tide]

yeah the champions

[tardy fiber]

Yep i start to regret my decision

[sweet tide]

i wanted to buy the plushies and i saw the exchange rate and went nope

[clever oyster]

24k gems

[mental skiff]

I exchanged all for drink now im broke

Bruh used to have 99k each color

[tardy fiber]

At least the paint is cheap

Natural and noble style

[sweet tide]

thats the only thing cheap the 2 paint items

[buoyant elk]

All of them? (At least the pokefair ones)

[sweet tide]

the rest is a rip off

[sweet tide]

lance diantha alder ciris cynthia steven

[buoyant elk]

Guess I'll pick diantha

[mental skiff]

10k gold + 30k silver for a painting tho im fine

[broken mulch]

Aww no SSLeon?

[sweet tide]

ss leon hasnt even gotten a normal rerun yet no way he's free

hahaha

[tawny cedar]

I could go for diantha

[buoyant elk]

C iris is an option too but at 1/5 she's pretty weak regardless

[mental skiff]

poma become less predictable lately probably he will rerun next month

[indigo swallow]

which steven? both deoxys and metagross have champion tag

[sweet tide]

it expires in april so u can sit on it first

[tawny cedar]

I have really good ground types

[sweet tide]

meta

[tawny cedar]

So I'll take lance dupe or diantha

[broken mulch]

Hmm, 4/5 Cynthia, 2/5 Lance, 3/5 Alder, or 2/5 Diantha are my options I guess

[mental skiff]

C iris can become lodge pair tho

Imagine

[broken mulch]

Oh right 2/5 AIris I keep forgetting

[nova lynx]

Heck yeah time to skip anni

[buoyant elk]

Probably just regular iris

Don't think alts can become lodge pairs

[robust shore]

||This is devastating, all of the Galar birds are faves for me 💀||

Do we know when those banners end?

[upbeat lotus]

April 9th

[buoyant elk]

Is ice (and normal) the only type without field multiplier?

[timber wren]

yes

[buoyant elk]

Lorelei got the last grid and a pretty sad one too

Ok the unit was pretty sad to being with, but i guess she was salvageable with a decent grid

Immagine if they gave her ice beam hostile environment 8

[rotund sleet]

i was hoping she’d get higher freeze chances

they went for a hail grid

pretty sad but i’ll take it

[buoyant elk]

But the hail grid isn't great too

[rotund sleet]

it’s not, she isn’t great in general

but i used her before the grid, so anything was appreciated

[buoyant elk]

Sync nuke is sad cuz no ex, innate is based on freeze and sp atk is laughable

[rotund sleet]

was hoping for at least like 40% freeze chance

[buoyant elk]

She has 30% chance

Has he1 innate

[reef river]

Theyll give her ex eventually at least

[rotund sleet]

what’s ghetsis freeze chance with cold snap? like 40?

[buoyant elk]

30% i think

If it's coldsnap 2

[rotund sleet]

30% 3 bar aoe freeze perfect accuracy in hail is pretty decent for lorelei

[buoyant elk]

AOE becomes 15%

[rotund sleet]

i’ll take it

freeze chance lowers in aoe ???

[buoyant elk]

If innate yes

If cold snap not

[rotund sleet]

weird

[buoyant elk]

Even debuffs (that aren't guaranteed) are reduced if AOE

Unless is something like defense crush

[rotund sleet]

so ig ice beam is the way to go

[buoyant elk]

Not that we don't already have f2p 30% ice beam freeze already

[rotund sleet]

she’s another f2p 30% freeze

i’ll take it, and she’s a favourite

[buoyant elk]

Maybe we can run some meme freeze team with Lorelei, Glacia and Pryce

[robust shore]

Thank you!

[sly breach]

Damn ||18 days ||is a long time

[buoyant elk]

Torchic grid is nice for gauntlet

Synchro healing and hostile environment 5 are pretty useful in gauntlet

I feel that Bede really wants that 3/5

I mean isn't 100% necessary, but gives some interesting stuffs

The other 2 i think are fine at 1/5

[sly breach]

Lol after riding my luck for the past month i guess its time to suffer

[crisp oracle]

also remember that you don't need to pull on every unit

[sly breach]

Only gonna do the raihan banner

I want ||red||

||If i dont pity then am gonna pull hop still lack a limited galar pair||

[crisp oracle]

Bea...works fine for fighting weak

Also spoiler that last sentence

[sly breach]

Actually forgot

About bea

Don't even have her yet

Lol

[crisp oracle]

||Hop looks cool with zone in all, I may pull him, but I'ma wait until the next datamine||

its always a rush after datamine

every unit looks so cool

[mental skiff]

👀run till april tho

[crisp oracle]

yeah, thats why we wait

[mental skiff]

Waiting for gems count now

[uncut pewter]

Think I am gonna skip all of them and finally start saving again...I don't think I need any of them and my gems stash is really lacking atm

[mental skiff]

get reward with saving tho

May be april will be the month

[uncut pewter]

The only one that is tempting me is Marnie because I don't have a good dark striker but Darkrai and Absol still get the job done so...saving it is

[mental skiff]

dont pull for type soon you will overflow with it

[vestal leaf]

no good dark striker
Darkrai

????

[mental skiff]

[vestal leaf]

You're definitely fine

[reef river]

Im sure u have karen

[sly breach]

Some months back some people here had ball guy on their pull list and i was like no way he gets a unit, how exactly do these guys pick who gets a unit

[reef river]

Karen + darkrai is a good combo

[uncut pewter]

Not a striker

Yeah I have karen

[reef river]

I had ball guy as a suggestion on my survey a while back so i literally asked for this

[uncut pewter]

Karen, Absol, Darkrai is only 1/5 tho

[reef river]

I was expecting him to have an npc event like hex maniac etc

[uncut pewter]

I use him just for the broken aoe sleep and the zone ofc

[reef river]

Ball guy should have been the new lodge unit instead of gloria

[mental skiff]

:V Just off type till a fav of you come in form of needed type

And grid expansion make some unit overpower lately so type kinda get solve gradually

[mental skiff]

he is fun tho

Fit for a lodge unit

[tardy fiber]

Thats what i do for fairy, i already fine with poison...gladion + poison wish is strong

[mental skiff]

Gladion = all type solve

[sly breach]

Dena hates me i have no other lodge unit and they release a new one for a limited unit

[uncut pewter]

Yeah off typing works just fine. My fave off type team is Darkrai, Hydreigon and Yamper, easy mode for every single CSMM stage lol

[sly breach]

So my next month on lodge is just useless

[tardy fiber]

Will be able to clear this next month

Thanks DeNa for free Cynthia

[signal halo]

I got lucky to have all lodge pairs

[mental skiff]

Even if you chase for type, you have to get both physical and special of that type since they do sentry entry x2 and wise entry x2 lately

[signal halo]

Even the upcoming one

Despite playing for half a year

[mental skiff]

so you have all lodge unit

[signal halo]

I could say I'd wish they released some more

[mental skiff]

I still miss raihan

[lapis pine]

Spoiler please

[mental skiff]

forgot

[tardy fiber]

Nope i dont have cynthia

[mental skiff]

free ticket

[signal halo]

I don't know how to edit the spoiler in

[tardy fiber]

Highlander, they release type spotlight select that literally have Colress in select scout pic

[signal halo]

So I'll just write the spoilered message with full context

Select scouts are paid, aren't they?

[tardy fiber]

Yep

I think its 2k paid

[signal halo]

Also, I guess the triple banner there isn't a select scout

[vale ivy]

Do we have limited select scout next month

[tardy fiber]

Got 1

But its type specific pokefair select

[vale ivy]

What's the options

[tardy fiber]

So if based on gauntlet, it will be rock/dragon/flying pokefairs

[signal halo]

||so, is anni Raihan, red and Lucas on the same free gems banner?||

[vale ivy]

Oh ic

[mental skiff]

better wait

[signal halo]

If yes, then my gems are doomed

[tardy fiber]

Not sure if anniskyla will be in it, she kinda a flying pokefair

[signal halo]

But I might have enough for everything, at least

[mental skiff]

think about future

next 4 month is stacked

[signal halo]

If this is pullable

I'll have to think really hard about how to use my gems

[timber wren]

yes that’s a free gems banner

[signal halo]

So

[timber wren]

expect 1.5% each

[signal halo]

I don't need one of them

[mental skiff]

or 0.75% each

[signal halo]

Which means I should save for the other two

Which I already have done

Will we get a free champion this month?

[mental skiff]

27th

[chrome nest]

I’m still deciding on what bird I should choose

[signal halo]

So I can still aim for the whole champion collection, but that will make my gem budget tighter

[timber wren]

keep in mind the new units will last thru the next update

[mental skiff]

[lapis pine]

This do be a good point

[timber wren]

there’s always hype on the first day

[signal halo]

Two of them are instant skips for me

The third depends on march+early april gem count

As well as luck

Because it's the lowest priority among everything I want

I'm nearing 3 pities

[mental skiff]

[signal halo]

So if I get to 109.6k before the update

[rancid vale]

all of them are skips because im actually beginning to despise galar

ball guy is cool

[signal halo]

And they give a full pity

[rancid vale]

but ||variety scout||

aka cringe

[signal halo]

One of them hits my strong teams goal

[timber wren]

he appears to have a paid scout too like the new spotlights

[mental skiff]

people build gems up fast, i always in range of 1 pity because i go through all seasonal rerun banner

[signal halo]

Since it lands on a somewhat suboptimal type of mine

But even that type isn't bad enough that it becomes a must

[rancid vale]

wait so do we know his kit in the pastebin

[signal halo]

I couldn't find the grid

But yes

[timber wren]

yes and all the kits are in porybot and on gamepress

[mental skiff]

Since sentry entry x2 and wise entry x2 is stable now... Chasing for type mean x2 the pain

[signal halo]

Sometimes I don't think so

[mental skiff]

have 4 steel striker but all physical

[rancid vale]

for hop ebe he only has the buffing entry

but uh

148k hp

💀

[signal halo]

I faced sentry entry rock weak with 1/5 Raihan and 3/5 emmet

It was the equivalent of slamming your elbow against their throat

They really really really stomped the stage

[mental skiff]

can still work but in term of power it not different from offtype

So why bother chasing ontype

[signal halo]

Which makes me believe that a strong enough setup might go past sentry/wise entries

[rancid vale]

yeah but also emmet just hits really damn hard

[signal halo]

I am a completionist

[rancid vale]

even disregarding entry passives

like i managed to brute force malva with 1/5 ss diantha and raihan

[vestal leaf]

Emmet and Olivia destroyed malva

[rancid vale]

had to post sync but it was fun

[vestal leaf]

Doesn't mean much tbh

[mental skiff]

oka

[signal halo]

When I played pokemon, I always enjoyed planning type matchups ahead

[rancid vale]

its like

[signal halo]

Offtyping doesn't feel fun for me

[vestal leaf]

It's sad that they can't 2v3 tho

[rancid vale]

the one time sentry entry x2 didnt screw over an entire run

[signal halo]

Specially with 3/5 SST red

[mental skiff]

offtype is fun tho it is harder

[signal halo]

Not when I have the pikabros

[mental skiff]

I used offtype bea for many stage

[signal halo]

And one of them is invested

[mental skiff]

i have pika bro too havent used them ever since

[vestal leaf]

I prefer ontype with restrictions over offtype without restrictions

Because I can use broken units and feel fine

[mental skiff]

Just for collection purpose

[vestal leaf]

1/5 sttred solos are fun

[signal halo]

I have 3/5 SST red

[vestal leaf]

It's the only case where I use him as DPS

[signal halo]

Will soon give ash 3/5

[vestal leaf]

In every other scenario I refuse to buff with him

[mental skiff]

it just make electric weak too easy

[vestal leaf]

He's just unfair

[mental skiff]

Aint fun

[vestal leaf]

Solo is fun

Without 3)5

That's kinda it with my red

[mental skiff]

SST red make my LG become hell tho

I cant pair him with anyone

too strong to team up

[vestal leaf]

Yeah checks out

[lapis pine]

Put him with 1 or 2 eggmons

Easy

[mental skiff]

still end up a solo run

[vestal leaf]

Eggmons stall enough to make worse units clear

Kek

He doesn't even need them

[mental skiff]

kinda slow him down tho

I prefer he hit B move every turn when terrain on

[sturdy flower]

wazzup savers

Torchic grid, am I right or am I right

[tardy fiber]

Sad no Jessie and James rerun

But im happy that two VA rerun so newbies can grab their mega mewtwo and mega ray

[mental skiff]

Bruh half anni is a thing

voltage said "miss some event"

[tardy fiber]

There's event till end of March though

[crisp oracle]

Well, ||Emma took me down to 27K. Time to save again.||

[mental skiff]

[tardy fiber]

Last year half anni events ends early, thats why people suspect got other half

[mental skiff]

So we don't have firm gems count

[tardy fiber]

Tlim said 34k gems

[mental skiff]

half anni give another pity maybe

[mental skiff]

But :V they said haven't got full schedule yet?

[crisp oracle]

Pog, I have 26K, I should hit pity come mid March

[tardy fiber]

There's only some pictures missing but the events are full till end of march

So its full datamine

[orchid field]

Any gem count yet?

[sly raven]

0

[robust shore]

No Zerena jumpscare incidents then... at least for the forseeable future

[mental skiff]

Anni Skyla event expected

[lusty prism]

is there any new units mid march?

[sly raven]

When thw returning units are more hype then the new ones

[tardy fiber]

DeNa just hate anniskyla

[mental skiff]

#datamines message

[lusty prism]

Ahhh

[robust shore]

well...
thats quite scary

[lusty prism]

Welp guess i have to wait lil bit more

[sly raven]

Also we about to get double f2p ex and grid expansion right? To mewtwo and Rayquasa

[lusty prism]

I do have 3 pities tho, but patience is key

[mental skiff]

That is a win to me tho that mean more gems if lucky

I got pity for Marnie so that is the month for me

[tardy fiber]

@mental skiff

[lusty prism]

Im planning the samw thing haha

[mental skiff]

all hope and dream gone

Well hope for a big rally then

[uncut pewter]

Current situation.
Wont scout for anything next month, entering gem zen mode

[tardy fiber]

hope so...the 34k amount already included the 3k gems that we might get from pokemon presents...any other extra gems will be appreciated

[robust shore]

a rally would be so nice... crossing fingers! 🤞

[idle shard]

Help convince me that I do not need C Marnie
Her AoE attacks are cool but I already have Summer N EX who pairs nicely with C Serena
Give me confidence that I can clear the up-coming Galar extreme battle without the need of C Marnie or Leon (my Galar sp. attacking units I have are 1/5 Allister, 3/5 Anni Raihan, and 3/5 Bede)

[uncut pewter]

Even if you cant clear it, would you really spend your gems in a MF banner to get 300 gems?

Plus, there is always a way to clear extreme battles with f2p units so I would not worry too much about it

[cunning swan]

The upcoming EBE boosts types, at least. your Summer N will do fine

[idle shard]

Phew, thank you

[mental skiff]

seem like a good deal

[chrome nest]

I’m worried about the piers ebe

[mental skiff]

EB isn't that worrysome still undefeatable since my first Ex

[chrome nest]

I’ll throw fire at them

[tardy fiber]

Also aside from Galar, upcoming EBE also have type boosts

[chrome nest]

It won’t be that hard right?

[idle shard]

is thrown

[chrome nest]

Right?

[tardy fiber]

So you can use dark pairs/fighting/psychic

For EBE

[chrome nest]

Yay looks like Giovanni will be useful for this

[tardy fiber]

Sssteven

[chrome nest]

Oh yeah him

Hey it’s three different stages right?

[tardy fiber]

Yeo

[chrome nest]

Common core: Sonia support ex

[tardy fiber]

Galar+Fighting, Galar+Dark, Galar+Psychic

[robust shore]

oh, perfect

EBE won't be too much of a temptation then...excellent

[idle shard]

Too bad C Serena doesn’t count as water AND dark ^^;

[chrome nest]

But the other one does

[mental skiff]

Havent used Cerena for dark stage

[idle shard]

True

[chrome nest]

I see a common theme with the neo champ alt

[grim plover]

Well It was good to save 80k gems but that number is gonna disapear when bede arrives. No regets tho, I like bede and hop

[idle shard]

Fall Caitlin for dark

[chrome nest]

They are similar just with different roles

[little briar]

Hop is tempting but I'm gonna wait til the next datamine since apparently we're still missing stuff

Also the of more Galar units means eventually Isle of Armor/Tundra characters down the line

[chrome nest]

I have a feeling that the absence of victor in this data mine leads me to believe that he’ll get dark urshifu

[tardy fiber]

Because he and gloria are protags, and usually protags got alts for VA...they probably save them for galar VA

[grim plover]

Inb4 we start getting mid month datamines

[vestal leaf]

Nah

It did happen a couple times

It's an extremely rare exception

[cunning swan]

it usually happens during anniversaries

last 2.5 anni the update was in two parts

[grim plover]

I remember that It was because the second part was encrypted differently

But now we have banners in the last part of the month so idk

[sturdy flower]

Hop got best mon

Bede is mf support

[topaz compass]

I like the pseudo ash-chu kit moltres got too

[sturdy flower]

Marnie best gender

[topaz compass]

Oh wait this is saving. They all suck

[sturdy flower]

yeah save save

[ashen thunder]

They are mediocre even if no saving

Coz galar is 🤮

[sturdy flower]

i didn't read their kits

[ashen thunder]

I hate galar

All my homies hate galar

[sturdy flower]

Galar is meh, true

[ashen thunder]

Where more hoenn or johto pairs

[sturdy flower]

and Alola VA is next...

[chrome nest]

I made a brain thought of all of them being able to max and they set terrain, zone and rebuff

[sturdy flower]

Vantner in shambles or does he have gens

[ashen thunder]

I wish they release more story galar pairs
Everything galar has to be summoned seperately

[sturdy flower]

yeah

[ashen thunder]

He has 3 pities iirc

He should be fine

[chrome nest]

Or ticket scout

[sturdy flower]

even ball guy is separate

instead of freebie

[maiden kayak]

ball guy is whateva

dont fcking pull lol

dont give me cute nonsense here

[ashen thunder]

Ball guy is a meme unit

They gave him amo(o)ngus

Literally

[maiden kayak]

whoever pulls him impulsively (not as fav) should really go touch grass for a month

[vestal leaf]

Never hopefully 🙏

I like skipping but dead months suck

[chrome nest]

You mean touch amoongus? (Ok I’ll stop)

[ashen thunder]

?

[chrome nest]

It’s grass type

Right?

[ashen thunder]

Johto and hoenn still fun stuff
While galar sucks

[tardy fiber]

Got 112k currently

[ashen thunder]

That still like 2k more right?

[vestal leaf]

https://tenor.com/view/big-lebowski-the-dude-your-opinion-gif-4476328

[ashen thunder]

Tho there's info missing for stuff at last 2 weeks iirc

[silver spire]

how many gems are we getting in march

or is the count not done

[vestal leaf]

34k ish

[ashen thunder]

Probs in few hrs

Oh it's already done calc'd

34k is high

[vestal leaf]

No

[ashen thunder]

?

[vestal leaf]

There's just icons missing

The data is there

[ashen thunder]

I don't see any gen pool unit buff

For pokemas day

[reef river]

Didnt lance steal that

[vestal leaf]

Ex surge and torchic grid

Lorelei grid

[chrome nest]

I’m more so scared of my mind tricking me

[sturdy flower]

no select scouts

or am i blind

[vestal leaf]

We have everything til 29/3

[ashen thunder]

There's no gen pool unit buff, no select scout, no anni Skyla

[vestal leaf]

No seasonals select

[chrome nest]

A bit odd that anni skyla isn’t in the datamine

[vestal leaf]

Yea, but also no days to fit those in

[chrome nest]

She’s retcon by hoopa

[vestal leaf]

The month is filled

[sturdy flower]

no select scout is sad and weird

i wanted firis... even bought gems

[vestal leaf]

The options are: they either insert random banners without events

The missing stuff is in next month

The dates are filled

[chrome nest]

I’m more so surprised ball guy made it

[ashen thunder]

They ran out of galar characters to use

So ball guy made it

[vestal leaf]

Ah yeah

Totally

[chrome nest]

Peony and Rose in shambles

[vestal leaf]

Galar missing multiple gym leaders and DLC characters

[chrome nest]

Hey what about that lady in the max lair

[mental skiff]

Wait for Nessa and Bea on Galar VA

[ashen thunder]

Peony and rose saved for galar VA obvi

[fallen path]

Maybe we will get another 3k gems on Monday…

[vestal leaf]

Milo and Kabu who?

[sturdy flower]

double pf scout is 2% or 1.5

[vestal leaf]

Uhhhhhh 2%?

[vestal leaf]

Opal too

[mental skiff]

Opal neva

[chrome nest]

Also no Galar cs

[sturdy flower]

if 2% both i might daily roll in place of select

[vestal leaf]

Regular g rapidash @mental skiff

Jkjk

[mental skiff]

[vestal leaf]

Ofc it has to be rainbow gmax alcremie

It has to

[sturdy flower]

Nemona when

Volvo when

[vestal leaf]

Rapidash might rather be on BP/lodge Bede

[mental skiff]

Opal's ace is alcremie?

[vestal leaf]

Volvo

L

Ol

[chrome nest]

Volo?

[sturdy flower]

ye

[ashen thunder]

No volvo
Give Marnie another 3 alts

[vestal leaf]

https://tenor.com/view/volvo-xc90-volvo-xc90-cars-auto-gif-15247605

[mental skiff]

Ok it's a deal

[vestal leaf]

Ye

[sturdy flower]

all these Marnies and I'm never getting the base one unless free

[vestal leaf]

Rainbow gmaxed alxremie

[vestal leaf]

Me 2 lol

The Powerups will haunt me forever

[chrome nest]

Is it bad that I am more interested in the free champion select scouts than the neo c trio

[vestal leaf]

Why would it be bad

[sturdy flower]

it's perfectly natural

[ashen thunder]

I'll clown in Gloria banner if next datamine is mediocre too
Coz Gloria looks fun to run

[vestal leaf]

Having favourites is normal

[ashen thunder]

Iirc alola VA should drop next month so maybe a lusamine alt to save for

[chrome nest]

I might give Gloria a candy now that her 2/5 grid is good

[mental skiff]

Nihilego

[vestal leaf]

No lusa

No gladion

[mental skiff]

dena will bless us with crazy lusamine

[vestal leaf]

Only Lillie

Because that's all Alola is

[little briar]

I would adore that but the is real lol. I'll put a pin on that dream just in case

[mental skiff]

[vestal leaf]

[sturdy flower]

SS and Neon Champion Rirrie

[mental skiff]

ilie is alola main character

[vestal leaf]

Lillie hasn't gotten an alt in a year almost, just like Marnie

So...

[sturdy flower]

yeah I'm only worried for next month

but i can save and peek ahead

keeping gem count high is comfy

[ashen thunder]

All banners stay for next datamine

[mental skiff]

Lilie havent gotten special picture in lodge yet tho

so the chance is high

[sturdy flower]

even if i wanted all 3 i can easily recover

[chrome nest]

If I skip this month (which I doubt I can) and there’s urshifu dark I’ll be happy

[ashen thunder]

Only one I might get baited to is bede since he's support

[mental skiff]

urshifu dark and old man champion in dojo who i forgot name

[sturdy flower]

daily yolo on champ banner or eon duo banner, gotta decide

[sturdy flower]

Ketchup

[ashen thunder]

Others are quite skip even on gameplay side for me

[mental skiff]

Ball Guys is also a support

[ashen thunder]

Oh fuck him

[mental skiff]

30% team crit Let's go

[sturdy flower]

you are a wizard Ha-Bede

[ashen thunder]

I ain't rolling an amoongus

[mental skiff]

[ashen thunder]

Even if it's the best unit in the game

[sturdy flower]

my sv pic is an amongus

[ashen thunder]

Not to mention that fake Pepsi man

[sturdy flower]

i ain't rolling on not buff pepsiman

this is like rolling for power down Allmight

aint no way

[mental skiff]

[sturdy flower]

he should be spotlight instead of this variety weird stuff tho

where's the variety in a single unit

[ashen thunder]

Oh yea

[mental skiff]

Dena stopped giving more Spotlight this year

[ashen thunder]

I wonder if the variety eeveelutions are in variety scout pool

[deft glen]

yeah, I have 12k paid that I've been storing with the sync orb bundle and nothing to || spend || them on lol

[ashen thunder]

[mental skiff]

already had too much spotlight that havent get added in ticket

[topaz compass]

We won't get any more Galar units until VA I hope

[mental skiff]

will comeback on next eevee day

National Eevee day 21/11: now official!

[ashen thunder]

Nice hopes
Prepare to have it broken
-Intern-kun

[mental skiff]

that what she said

[deft glen]

him being in variety scout kills all the excitement I could have in him

[mental skiff]

last time we predict we won't have more Unova and unova is what we get

still sick with N alt

[deft glen]

SC Leon in april kekw

[ashen thunder]

Well that unova unit dropped in va

[sturdy flower]

watch unova do 4 way neo champion and Ghetsis MF

[deft glen]

3
No Nate

[sturdy flower]

who's nate

[ashen thunder]

MF white kyurem and Nate

[mental skiff]

only 3 VA left

[sturdy flower]

i was thinking N

[mental skiff]

Galar Alola and Padae

[sturdy flower]

will there be Paldea

i doubt

[mental skiff]

probably end of this month year

[ashen thunder]

Hilbert got Mario costume
Hilda got princess peach costume
Means nate with bowser costume

[sturdy flower]

Bowser Rosa

[sly breach]

Also i can get the true strength of the 2nd most broken psychic type in the game

Thats a plus

[mental skiff]

Rosa can join Mario movie tho she is a movie star after all

[sly breach]

Its ridiculous how mewtwo and Giovanni is still a broken ontype even with ss steven

[buoyant elk]

Ash = All type solve

[buoyant elk]

SS Steven is another League, but Giovanni is definitely a strong unit

[signal halo]

Imo

The only issue Giovanni has is how hard it is to fully accomodate him

[mental skiff]

he just need spe atk buff

[buoyant elk]

And spdef down on opponents

[junior trout]

Do we have a gem count yet❓

[mental skiff]

kinda

[rancid vale]

ok so with tornadus la missions im at 3.4k

which should mean if im on point for march i can get a pity for anni raihan before he leaves

[rancid vale]

apparently its 34k

[hard wave]

Why is it so low

[mental skiff]

this is from 28th

[rancid vale]

^

[mental skiff]

minus 2230 gems

[junior trout]

What even are the ball guy stickers

Like what purpose do they serve