Resource Saving Support (Gem Zen)

[tardy fiber]

Just get the one you like, duplicate might appear in the future

[sturdy flower]

never was

[dusty oyster]

Eh master passives are nice, but not super important

Though they just quadrupled the number of master fair birbs so I ain't complaining 😅

[tardy fiber]

Well i did see someone collecting all of them, i guess this can help them to be more selective if needed as its high chance that it might cost a pity to get one

[sturdy flower]

im still not sure if I want to get all new (because if I went for all in general i wouldnt make it already) MF

im paranoid about Alola VA, a region I like quite a bit

I really disliked Hop after playing SWSH, but he has grown on me as the great support for the beginner me in this game

[topaz compass]

Are we talking about BP updates at 4th anni? Or we expect sooner

[sturdy flower]

4th ani

[tardy fiber]

I would love more BP units especially those master units...as they are basically free faves given by DeNa to me

[hard wave]

The galar birds and who else?

Lugia?

[timber wren]

does reshiram count

[dusty oyster]

Yep Lugia

Reshiram's more of a dragon

[feral vale]

Cries in Lugia’s backstory

[rotund sleet]

ok i think i’ve made up my mind. sadly skipping emma, skipping all 3 galar MFs, waiting for next datamine, then picking up flyhan

unless april is really stacked for me

[tardy fiber]

Hope April is stacked

[rotund sleet]

if april is dry i’ll consider bede or marnie, but that depends on how many gems it takes to get flyhan

which as always, i assume it’ll take 36.6k

[rustic heron]

same here, basically

[tough oriole]

[rustic heron]

||getting raihan as soon as the scout becomes available (hopefully also lucas )||

and then skipping all of the master fairs

bede’s outfit is nice but i don’t need another psychic support

[rotund sleet]

idek what april is going to be

galar va idk?

[rustic heron]

if april and may have nothing good, that means i’m free to get him

alola VA is next

[tough oriole]

Doubt it, besides the alola tease they also tend to wait a bit longer for vas

[rotund sleet]

forgot abt the alola tease

i thought maybe cause galar neo champ came out it was a precursor to galar va the next month, as what happened with kalos

[rustic heron]

rule 2 of pokemas: never assume that trends exist

or that consistency at all is a thing

(rule 1 is save 36.6k, of course)

[rotund sleet]

u could argue they will mess up the VA region order then lol

they already have

[rustic heron]

that is fair

[rotund sleet]

but that alola tease was a thing so doubt

im fucked either way, alola has cool pokemon and galar has cool trainers

hopefully april is some lame SC units like last april

[rustic heron]

yeah

||y’know, with my gem count i could get both bede and raihan guaranteed||

but i’d rather not go below 36.6k

not until i have fallister

[rotund sleet]

yeah you’ll need a pity for that inevitable halloween super scout with 0.5% rates 💀

[rustic heron]

ahaha you assume they’ll make a scout that has above 2% for the featured units

no

.33% chance for any of the halloween pairs

i am prepared for PAIN AND SUFFERING

[sturdy flower]

Vantner and me praying Alola isn't next month right away

it will be UBs and legendaries for sure

[ashen thunder]

But

[rotund sleet]

yea i’ll end up pulling for UBs. not legendaries though

[ashen thunder]

I want it to be alola

Coz this month is not a fav for me

[rustic heron]

if blacephalon is in the game i gotta get it

love that clown

[rotund sleet]

blacephalon or xurkitree

[rustic heron]

https://tenor.com/view/blacephalon-speech-bubble-explode-explosion-pokemon-gif-25091389

[ashen thunder]

If possible I'd like to get all 4 tapus

[rotund sleet]

https://tenor.com/view/xurkitree-gif-9674416

[tardy fiber]

Hope it have recoil removal mind blown

[rotund sleet]

frolicking guy

[sturdy flower]

just give it a passive that brings positive effects when it takes damage and steadfast 9

[tardy fiber]

Oh like lance and cmarnie?

[rotund sleet]

hope they make blaceph ghost type, but mind blown is fire type iirc so rip

[sturdy flower]

even more crazy, on damage instance instead of not having full hp

[tough oriole]

Add me to that list

[rustic heron]

and me

[rotund sleet]

one more to the lame SC unit skip month believer list

[robust shore]

me too

[rustic heron]

last year’s SC event wasn’t lame

[tardy fiber]

||oh how many faves you want to get next month? ||

[rustic heron]

it gave us unova bug subway masters

[rotund sleet]

either way i hope this year is (and let it be april)

[rustic heron]

sonia and lillie were mid tho i’ll give you that

[nova lynx]

If we have Alola Neo Champ before Alola VA my gems are in big danger

[robust shore]

i cant afford for this years sc event to be the most amazing its ever been 💀

[rotund sleet]

i didn’t particularly like any of them. i do like regular subway bros but i didn’t like the SC outfits

[tardy fiber]

I quite worried about neo champ, aint it still not that long after ccalem and cserena?

[tough oriole]

The 4 people sc events didnt sell very well, i feel like they’ve been phased out with single scs like rosa

[rustic heron]

it’s been 3 months

[robust shore]

we shall see

[nova lynx]

Wut

[robust shore]

we've only had the one single sc event, right?

[tardy fiber]

If every 3 months got a new one, it will be harsh

[rotund sleet]

sc rosa was random as hell true

[tardy fiber]

3

[robust shore]

unless i got hit in the head too hard and forgot an event

oh--

well

[tough oriole]

There was Poké War and Tea Party, then SC Rosa

[robust shore]

no i meant like

[tardy fiber]

Pokewar sc, tea party sc, tour guide sc

[robust shore]

it was just hte one pair

instead of a whole
group of them

[tough oriole]

Oh yup

[robust shore]

mb

[rotund sleet]

was the poke war thing in april too

[robust shore]

yeah

wait uh

no

september i think?

[tardy fiber]

It first run in November 2 years back

[robust shore]

nvm ^^

[rotund sleet]

ok then april is an open book

[tardy fiber]

April is tea party

[sturdy flower]

it's always an open book with DeNa

if they want to be extra mean they might even drop MFs in a month or two

[robust shore]

dena do something with consistency impossible challenge

[nova lynx]

Cries

[rustic heron]

april is when they finally introduce hisui

[robust shore]

we laugh now but now it'll happen smh

[rotund sleet]

seasonals are the only constant

[rustic heron]

and even then, seasonals aren’t consistent

like spring pairs

[hard wave]

My plan is to first get may, brendan, red, lucas, and hopefully a raihan dupe

[rotund sleet]

there are spring pairs? i thought those were just SC

[rustic heron]

burgh

and may

[rotund sleet]

oof

[hard wave]

After I want to try for the birds, but I may have to skip them

[rotund sleet]

if u have the gems go for it after datamine ig

[hard wave]

Hoping april is a skip

[hard wave]

Ye I have 30,480 rn iirc so I can atleast try on the raihan and may banners

[rustic heron]

i know that i probably SHOULD wait til datamine for raihan

but like what if i got him earlier

y’know

[hard wave]

But if I decide to get the birds im hoping to get atleast one but idk which one to choose

[rustic heron]

like realistically there’s no reason to go for him before datamine but

[hard wave]

The hard part about this is, idk when the pairs in both banners will rerun again or who they’ll be with but rn I want everyone in them

But also master fairs take forever to rerun so its hard to skip

[robust shore]

||I know I should wait until after next month's datamine to go for Hop but mmm Galarian Zapdos is one of my favorite mons so its tricky...||

[hard wave]

How many gems do u have

[rustic heron]

~80k

somewhere in the 80k ballpark

i know that i can get him and have room to spare

[hard wave]

Oh well u should have around 3-4 pities by next, but ig it depends how much u want him

[rustic heron]

i really want him lmao

ever since i stopped pulling for meta, he’s been at the top of my “need to have this unit now” list

…right behind fallister, of course.

[tardy fiber]

Poma day today so big gems

[hard wave]

Might as well then if he’s that high on ur list

[rustic heron]

yeah

[hard wave]

Gl getting him early if u do decide to pull

[rustic heron]

thank u

||i know that i’m going to pull for him regardless of what happens next month||

[ashen thunder]

Gloria lodge banner so tempting

[rustic heron]

so why wait

[ashen thunder]

I hope April datamine drops early

[rustic heron]

april datamine tomorrow

[robust shore]

lol

[ashen thunder]

Imagine if it actually drops next reset

With alola VA, zygarde and lussa rerun

[rustic heron]

i sentence you to 15 days of

[sullen hedge]

i have zygarde already so then the reruns means i skip

[rustic heron]

i have both zyg and necrozma

[hard wave]

I just hope I have enough gems for this month and next month

I wouldnt mind a skip month so I can maybe try for a bird

[sullen hedge]

idk if i like anyone in alola outside of rowlet

[ashen thunder]

Lance grid expansion so good that it makes me wonder what they have in store for SSred

[rotund sleet]

ss red doesn’t need one

[rustic heron]

i doubt ss red is gonna be buffed as hard

[ashen thunder]

He absolutely does

[rustic heron]

because red is still usable

[rotund sleet]

he absolutely does not lmao

[ashen thunder]

Coz haymaker 🚮 on him

[rustic heron]

outclassed, yes, but usable nonetheless

[ashen thunder]

I still can't double dps with him

[rustic heron]

considering the game hasn’t evolved, but the sync pairs have

[ashen thunder]

Well lance was also usable

It just needed ssbrendan for support

[rotund sleet]

lance was not close to ss red prior to his expansion please get help

i don’t even like ss red but can we please stop this

[ashen thunder]

No buff his ass so hard that he gets 3-D grid at 6/5

[rotund sleet]

he will get one anyways

but he def doesn’t need lmao

[ashen thunder]

Would make my candies melt instantly

[rustic heron]

don’t give dena ideas

[sullen hedge]

give anni steven a buff bls bro

[rustic heron]

give anni skyla a buff

[sturdy flower]

give dojo gloria a buff

[rotund sleet]

give sst red a buff

[rustic heron]

idk why she was excluded

[tardy fiber]

Give sssteven a buff

[reef river]

Only buff my favs ive already invested in pls and thanks

[sturdy flower]

maybe to rerun her together with c elesa

[rustic heron]

PLEASE

[rotund sleet]

i don’t even have him, but what an insane unit

[sullen hedge]

honestly, looking how spaced out the reruns are, i think she's just bound for april

[tardy fiber]

I like Gloria 2/5 grid, its better than lance 2/5 grid but lance also got power boost

[rustic heron]

that would melt my gems instantly

[rotund sleet]

i hope rats get a rerun so i can skip them both for the second year in a row just because

[ashen thunder]

They are type focus banners no

The anni rerun one

[rustic heron]

cuz i don’t have either of em and i want both of em

[ashen thunder]

I am still wondering why they picked redlax instead of ssleon for flyhan

Since it's named "type banner"

[tardy fiber]

I thought the type banner was the one with emmet in front

[sullen hedge]

because it'll be too gay to put raihan and leon together

[ashen thunder]

Do we have any flying PFs

[tardy fiber]

[rotund sleet]

a skyla

[ashen thunder]

Oh yea lysandre

Id have legit rolled for flyhan if it wasn't redlax and lucas

[sullen hedge]

same

[ashen thunder]

I have both at 3/5

So their spooks would hurt me

[sullen hedge]

5/5

[rustic heron]

i have red at 1/5 and lucas at 0/5

so it only strengthens my resolve

[ashen thunder]

I doubt I'd go for 5/5 grids for either of those unless it's busted stuff like lance

[rustic heron]

lookin forward to that .66% chance to get raihan tho

[ashen thunder]

I already barely utilize their 3/5 tiles

Only candied em coz favs

[rustic heron]

flyhan’s 5/5 grid is Mid

[sullen hedge]

im at the point where im pulling units to make my fave stronger 🧘‍♂️

i want hop for wally 🧘‍♂️

[sweet tide]

Accounted for on 28

[sturdy flower]

I'd argue Lance isn't really busted, more like caught up with current units

[ashen thunder]

?

He is basically zygarde level now

[upbeat lotus]

Thanks, was confused for a bit

[ashen thunder]

I would like hop for scdiantha too
But scdiantha would get overshadowed by hop

So I am just gonna wait for aura Cyn rerun

[sturdy flower]

yes, but Zygarde already got beaten by several units by now

[ashen thunder]

Several as in

1 unit

And 2 post anni

[sturdy flower]

Ash, SS Steven, Emma, from strikers*

*yes, Steven is one

[ashen thunder]

Also dragon has stronger zone bot than dark

SSsteven isn't better than zygarde

No master passive

Same for Emma

[sullen hedge]

hop+wally will beat bea right

[tardy fiber]

Im happy that DeNa release a dark fave this time, so i just need to wait for more fairy/normal/poison

[sullen hedge]

like surely

[ashen thunder]

They both have noticably weaker zone bots as well

They are never beating dragons comp wise

Except ash

[sweet tide]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1033640896803119104/1078721293190451311/Screenshot_2023-02-25_at_12.11.42_AM.png

Can refer to this if u need to

[sturdy flower]

but Iris and Lucas have similar damage

[rustic heron]

champ or regular iris

i assume the good one

[ashen thunder]

Regular iris

We in 2019 now?

[tardy fiber]

Thanks Tlim

[sturdy flower]

didnt know regular or alt. Iris have poison zone!

[tardy fiber]

Poison gear will make those crobats team happy

[rustic heron]

oh yeah fall iris also exists

[tardy fiber]

Im happy for my fall iris as well, she need that extra spatk

[ashen thunder]

Yea but firis has non existent nuke

[rustic heron]

please give us a SINGLE good special attacking poison striker dena i beg of you

[ashen thunder]

Plumeria cope

[rustic heron]

don’t say plumeria

goddammit

i specified good

[tardy fiber]

I just nuke with my gladion on poison weak, she just sit there spamming zone and hyper beam

[sullen hedge]

looker cope

[rustic heron]

special attacking

[tardy fiber]

Koga is good

[sullen hedge]

iris aint special

[tardy fiber]

Venoshock gaming

[sullen hedge]

it was a bad joke i know

[lean mango]

I'm very glad that Poison has 2 supports

After years

[deft glen]

BP Janine was a lifesaver in the Poison EBE

[tardy fiber]

And one of em even have

[ashen thunder]

Sonia being used for 6 ebe's straight

[lean mango]

But not BP Janine 😔

I want to EX all my bats

[ashen thunder]

One day we will have ex for all units

[tardy fiber]

Kinda weird with surge getting , i thought they gonna go story pairs route

Well i already 5* that cute ball yesterday

To commemorate he getting

[lean mango]

I wanna EX Surge my for the funnsies

It'd be funny to max him yet not level him up from lv69

[tardy fiber]

Well if they're gonna go back to story pairs, koga soon

Oh right got Gauntlet later

[wind nymph]

What's the 3.5 year about again?

[tardy fiber]

As i already experienced on the ranking system on the last one, i gonna be back to only do 10 streaks this time

[deft glen]

Moltres

[tardy fiber]

Yep i gonna just do 10 streaks and left it in the dust

[sturdy flower]

Terrakion looks horrible for LG

unless it can be sleep chained

[tough oriole]

It doesn’t seem to have that 👀

||Incoming ss lyra and sst red solo ||
This is very related to zenning mhm

[rustic heron]

at least i’m getting another sandstorm pair

[ashen thunder]

I'll do like 25 streak and then sleep

Since I am using 3 units per run without resets

[sturdy flower]

i can zenn better if LG is easy

[ashen thunder]

Iirc the gimmick is just bring terrain

[wind nymph]

Is there a Rosa coming anytime soon or are my gems okay

[ashen thunder]

So it's a bigger roster check than moltres

No rosa this month

So you can sleep till next month

[wind nymph]

Nice.

[reef river]

Theres a rosa plush

[tough oriole]

Or zone/weather

[shell glade]

moltres you can work around

You can kinda make a blood sacrifice to tzeentch for a million flinches and then nuke the chicken w/ a sun unit like mallow or ss erika

[tardy fiber]

Moltres,Latias,Bulu...i guess i gonna kill bulu 4 times and others are just 3

I guess i can make my teams first, thanks to 100 teams preset

[shell glade]

gl

I'm a LG fan so I'm aiming for at least 80 wins this time

[broken mulch]

12-13 as usual for me

[tough oriole]

Depends how i’m feeling, might do 10-12 or up to 25

This is very zenny mhm yes

[tardy fiber]

Hope to do all faves run again

Not sure how many of my faves that changes weather

[shell glade]

If anyone else has a 3/5 anni steven he can clear the weather w/ his regular moves btw

[tardy fiber]

I got him, so he and sskris

Ssmorty will buff moltres

[rustic heron]

me with ingo and raihan:

[shell glade]

Don't use them together obviously

[tardy fiber]

Maybe i need to bruteforce 1 of the streak

[shell glade]

black ray will clear kris's rain immediately after she uses it

it clears ALL weathers not just the sun

[tardy fiber]

Nah i just say annisteven and sskris for 2 streaks

[shell glade]

ah ok

makes more sense

[tardy fiber]

Like why i would pair annisteven with sskris when his move power up when no weather

[shell glade]

Run weather wipe 5 on his grid

[tardy fiber]

Yeap i know

[rustic heron]

run ss morty and ss kris

[tardy fiber]

I got him 3/5

[rustic heron]

with anni steven

[shell glade]

You probably have regular may

[rustic heron]

have the worst team ever

[tardy fiber]

May is not a fave

Swampert aint legendary

[shell glade]

fair

SS Morty + silver can def work too

[tardy fiber]

Gonna try to do faves run 10 streaks

[shell glade]

moltres fire guard doesn't work on syncs so you can def take advantage of the sun w/ some units

[tardy fiber]

Maybe i should just wait till i get all three new faves, i can 3/5 2 of them on march

[shell glade]

hf w/ the birds

They look pretty decent

[tardy fiber]

Rewards from DeNa for me skipping ssacynthia...they sent a fighting zone fave right to my doorstep

[shell glade]

I think moltres is immune to debuffs and status?

might be the only thing making galarian zapdos slightly worse on it

[tardy fiber]

Now just gonna hope the same for elec terrain and fairy zone

As i not gonna pull sstred and sswally

[shell glade]

Waiting for alola VA?

in case they put out a tapu

[tardy fiber]

Hoping for tapu koko have terrain stuffs...also Miraidon

At worse i will still have a pity after march

Thats if i need to use pities on each birbs

[shell glade]

gl lol

you going for 1/5 or 3/5

[tardy fiber]

1/5... I will use candy to 3/5

Probably cannot 3/5 marnie... although i got enough to 3/5 bede and hop with March coins and my stock

Marnie had to wait for april

[sturdy plank]

big gems in a hour

[sly raven]

Not too big

Just medium

[ashen thunder]

25 gem multi

[maiden kayak]

how much is it?

[ashen thunder]

To keep my gacha addiction in check

[sturdy plank]

1430 i think

[vernal glade]

||Finally I can get rid of the 5 next reset||

[sly raven]

Big gems at 28

That are really big gems

[ashen thunder]

Every day is big gem day for me

Coz they all add to my pity

[vernal glade]

Im so glad I found this channel in the first place back then.

[tardy fiber]

Woohoo can use my stacked 99999 sync orbs next reset

Roark gaming

[vernal glade]

Oh right, forgot the OG miner himself Roark coming next reset.

[ashen thunder]

Now I can bench Olivia

I am losing reasons to roll ingo

[vernal glade]

Let’s see if it saves Roark head smash.

[tardy fiber]

Standfast 15

[hard wave]

I think they reran the anni pairs but not exactly cuz its anni and she just doesnt fit

Like raihan is related to the charming scout (I think he was involved in the event too?) so he reran for that

May is just cuz of the hoenn va and she’s ss brendan’s counterpart so they made a dual banner

[topaz compass]

Is it just me or is 5/5 zacian at least as good as 5/5 dragonite?

Not that I think either is worth 5

[ashen thunder]

No lol

Zacian is more utility with dc9 and rebuff

Dnite is big boi damage

Think dnite is fine at 3/5 itself
5/5 is mostly to improve his TM further
Assuming you care abt dnite or lance much

Gloria also fine to leave at 2/5 iirc

[tough oriole]

This is probably more of a #916852389347196958 topic

I feel like the concept 5/5 is more than a bit behind the scope of gem zen

[ashen thunder]

Tbf anything past 0/5 itself is past scope of zen

Let alone candying

[weary spire]

There comes a point in saving where you’re like

God just drop a pair I give a shit about

[tough oriole]

What’s the point of having back to back latias lg reruns if there’s no ss wally rerun

[weary spire]

You’ve built a resistance to wasting gems on things you would even potentially regret that at some point, all you can hope for is something to come along without that. Your gems are set aside for the things that you want, not an excuse for waste

So man. DeNA, please hear my cries & those who relate.
Until then, I will continue saving. Gem Zen

[weary spire]

& wish you the best of luck with the reruns you’re looking for

[ashen thunder]

I unlocked level cap for wrong unit by mistake

1 certificate wasted

[weary spire]

Dw I did it twice, but it’s alright At least we earn them back fast

[grand bramble]

So guyz.... Who's getting rerun next month.. I only saw emmet here

[ashen thunder]

You can check in #datamines

[grand bramble]

I know... But it wasn't clear

[sturdy plank]

in #1012256199128915968 ?

[grand bramble]

And which one is paid select

[weary spire]

It should clarify there

But we won’t know what full list of units will be included in a select for instance, until it drops

All we know is what we see

[grand bramble]

aaahh....there's no sign of 3k seasonal/pokefair select.... Well alright then

It's anniversary... So I was expecting it

[cunning swan]

yeah, doesn't seem like there are any selects

[weary spire]

I hear ya

[compact pasture]

Is the ticket select free?

[cunning swan]

the champion one? yes

[vernal glade]

Ah right, I forgot about that, when is it?

[cunning swan]

Monday according to #1012256199128915968

[vernal glade]

Ah I see.

[sly breach]

Who gets a support Charizard so i can save for that so i can have 3 Charizard

[lunar topaz]

Mc

[tough oriole]

[round mason]

Waiting for the AnniRaihan banner

[buoyant elk]

Who hits harder between b hydro pump and B fiery Wrath? Fiery wrath?

[lean mango]

don't think this is the proper place to ask damage

[buoyant elk]

Despite the numbers i will 100% go for Marnie, glad that i didn't took the lySSander bait

[weary spire]

Just a reminder; the people in here are in large part looking for support in saving, so pull talk is avoided. Even when it is brought up in relevance, it's spoiler tagged so as to not inadvertently pressure anyone else here

If looking for talk on damage etc., I'd just refer to #916852389347196958

I know that's not your intention tho ftr

[vestal leaf]

One is spread, one ST

No reason to compare

That said, resource check

[weary spire]

I'm sure one could go deeper in there but all I know is, they both compare in this 1 regard:
My gems are saved skipping both

[weary spire]

Nice! Plenty of candies Well-prepared

[vestal leaf]

🙏 I've been not candying most units for 4-5 months now

At this point I use units for at least couple months before candying unless their dupe values are very, very high

I candied palbea and champ calem for example because they both really needed those dupes to work at full regime for my csmm gimmick clears

[cunning swan]

damn, I'm always poor on candies

[violet nebula]

Candy poverty is real

8 candies for tech in 4-5 months is false though 🤣

[tardy fiber]

Wow my 25 free gems poma day scout is better than 100 paid gems ...DeNa it should be the other way around

[cunning swan]

Wow I forgot to do my 25 gem scout

[lament hornet]

same

[violet nebula]

Free power ups are hard to forget

Arceus help me😆

[vestal leaf]

Nah

Do you realize how many coins we got since Anni

A load

Plus, not many techs that needed candy in last 8-9 months anyway

Dojoglo, SSN, SS hilbert and SSTred all destroy at 1/5

No need to candy

I also didn't say I was at 0 at anni

But we did get like 4 since then circa

[tardy fiber]

I might can form more candies than expected next month ||because my 3 faves are master fairs||

Also i will have 2 new lodge guests

[vestal leaf]

Tbh ||of these 3 Anni MFs only Bede seems like a good candy investment

Zapdos second for more zone and faster setup||

[tardy fiber]

Extra 2 of each move coins

[violet nebula]

True they do

[reef river]

Id like to ask for some advice/input.

I currently have 77k gems, will easily have 80k+ when Hop comes out. I am committed to pulling Hop. I was also going to go for Ball Guy later in the month 100%.

Here's the deal: I bought a 3k sync orb boost pack in feb because I wanted to be ready for any limited select scouts, but it turns out there are none for the half anni this year. So now I have 3k paid gems just chilling, tempting me to be wasted on dailies. Ball Guy, to my surprise, has a 7.5k paid route. I could buy 2 more sync orb packs before he comes out and leaves, and get him that way, and I don't have to risk my free gems for future pokefairs/master fairs (alola VA has a lot of potential for getting me to pull) and i can walk out of March with a healthy sum, or potentially decide to use the extra gems on Anni-may rerun if april's datamine allows.

The thought of having to spark for both Hop and ball guy worries me a little, but at the same time those paid gems could grab me 2 or so limited units as oppossed to just 1 + ex, assuming I can be patient

[vestal leaf]

If you wanted to go for ball guy already 100%

And can afford the extra 7 bucks from the two 20 days bundles

That's probably the best way to not risk a pity on him in a month with already a MF you want

And stay around 1 pity of save

I usually don't recommend buying gems, but if you were already set up to pull, that's a good way to mitigate the expense

Still, wait for datamine before going for ball guy

He's gonna be there after next 'mine anyway

And you might wanna save those 7k for next month

You could do the same reasoning for hop tbh, but skipping a fave MF for a month just to be weary kinda suck emotionally so I won't suggest it too much lel

[reef river]

I guess what I could do is wait for the datamine to see if there are any selects in april worth the paid gems, and decide then if I want to use paid or free gems. I think its unlikely a datamine dissuades me from pulling on him, I literally asked for BG in the last survey

[fallen path]

if you are already committed to buying the bundle every 3 weeks, it's probably the safer decision to guarantee with 7.5k paid (i already know someone who is doing this vs using free gems)

[sand crown]

What is this about the Ball Guy paid option?

[reef river]

Thing is im not. I generally only want to get the bundle if i think/know there is something i will use it on

[sand crown]

||If it's pull talk I'll keep it in spoilers but is it like the other spotlight tiered?||

[reef river]

I used to get it every month or so but i end up wasting it on dailies if i dont have a clear goal in mind

[reef river]

Yes

[fallen path]

i mean it is resource management (using the two tiers of gems)

so i feel this is the right place

[timber wren]

yeah it’s fine

[reef river]

Yeah i was gonna spoiler my big post but i figured ive seen stuff like this before in here

[sand crown]

Thanks. Well I am in a similar situation to you with a stash of paid gems I had been holding onto for selects @reef river but knowing this? Definitely going that route

[reef river]

I simply dont want to waste paid gems on dailies ever again, so i want something concrete to spend them on

[sand crown]

Same

I also agree that walking out of March with something intact is important and this route is a way to do that

[buoyant elk]

|| aren't both extend range AOE moves? ||

[sullen hedge]

wait the paid route for ball guy is only 7.5k and it's guaranteed?

[upbeat lotus]

Yes

[vestal leaf]

Yeah my b

It's so weird that hydro is spread

I keep getting it wrong

[reef river]

||and if you do the entire thing, you get 20 ball guy powerups to EX him||

[sullen hedge]

oh

guess im doing that then

i thought it was not guaranteed

[reef river]

It works in the same way as the paid new spotlight banners

[sullen hedge]

i've never done one so i wouldnt know

[reef river]

1.5k paid gems for a multi + 5 powerup tickets, 3k paid for a 2nd multi + 5 powerup tickets, and 3k paid for a third multi, 10 powerups, and then a guaranteed copy of the unit

So 7.5k in total

Of course, if you happen to get him on the first and 2nd pull you can just stop there too

[sullen hedge]

ok thx since i got 20k paid and still getting more

it better to do that than do the nonpaid pull with paid gems

[fair nebula]

Should i pull for Anabel or save for Marnie?

Cuz i want both. And Anabel leaves in like around a week

[drowsy saddle]

How many gems do you have?

[fair nebula]

11k

[drowsy saddle]

Save. Pulling without a pity is not a good idea

[fair nebula]

Why is that btw

[bleak falcon]

Because you can’t guarantee the pair without enough gems for pity (400 scout points)

[fair nebula]

Oh

Anabel is PF right?

[bleak falcon]

Yes, Poke Fair

She might show up on a select or a rerun somewhere down the line

[fair nebula]

Selects dont matter to me

Well

They do

But in a bad way

[sullen hedge]

She can also just reappear in like a triple feature right but that's way down the line

[fair nebula]

:/

[tough oriole]

What LA does she counter tho (for the LG banner)

[hard wave]

They dont have to be for LG tho

[tough oriole]

Most of them are

[hard wave]

Like this month we r getting the charming scout as well as the lati duo one

[tough oriole]

I could see her rerunning with emma but that’s about it

[hard wave]

If she matches some event she may rerun like the MC banner from bede’s debut

[fair nebula]

MC banner?

Was it a paid one?

[tough oriole]

Maybe the shauna pigtailes + grown women

[hard wave]

No

[tough oriole]

Nope

[hard wave]

Lucas gloria and red

[tough oriole]

It was Redlax, Lucas, and Gloria feature

[feral vale]

Don’t forget we encourage saving here!

Reckless pulling is a no-no

[fair nebula]

Anabel looks cool tho

My phone is abt to die

Also

I'l wait for her rerun then

[west moat]

I was wondering what daily gem bundle I should go for?

[sturdy plank]

the normal one i guess?

[tough oriole]

The one that gives 3k gems total

For $3 US (or $4 Canadian)

[sturdy flower]

you cant overspend on that one even if you try*
* doesn't apply to all 3rd world countries

[weary spire]

I wish I didn't buy the story/champ bundles before that came out, bc now I just ignore it

[fair nebula]

Wdym

[tardy fiber]

Im happy to buy that bundles before apple price change, after that, the price increase by almost MYR 30

Or more, i forgot

[tardy fiber]

Oh just gonna be 400 gems reset for 2 days, well at least we will get champion select in 2 resets

[rancid vale]

ok im at 5.3k gems maybe pity wont be hopeless after all

[fallen path]

2 more resets!

[tardy fiber]

2 new lodge guests

Cynthia and Gloria

That will add 2 strike, tech, support, yellow coin for me

[rancid vale]

ok thanks to having terrible rng with lodge

i still have 7 more guests

which means one of each candy except for support

[reef river]

Too bad leon gatekept raihan all those year otherwise i might have been able to get him on this ticket

[rancid vale]

whenever i get finished with them

[tardy fiber]

I need to farm back all color mats

Thanks to those lodge deco

[lunar topaz]

Skip month and I have 20K

[rancid vale]

im so close to getting raihan 3/5

as for techs

[lunar topaz]

I’m guaranteed a pity and a half hype

[tardy fiber]

You will also gonna finish with yellow coin

[rancid vale]

please ||give me 5/5 anni rai so i dont have to candy him and i can jusr candy ss diantha thx||

[tardy fiber]

Pins said theres 4 yellow coin on march

[rancid vale]

yeah im using the omni candy on him

this is only accounting for lodge

[tardy fiber]

I will get 6 yellow coins i guess due to having 2 new guests

Gonna level up lodge Lillie this reset...before moving to cynthia on 2 resets

Sad, still no shiny meowths

[vestal leaf]

How are you able to use the general coins

Just the thought terrifies me

[sturdy flower]

you mean the yellow tech coins?

[tardy fiber]

I just use yellow candy on roles that i need more of

[vestal leaf]

The general one yeah

[tardy fiber]

Like if i need 7 strike candy, but only 3 tech and support candies...the yellow will be strike

Well thats my opinion because i buy coin bundle every other 20 days

The sync orb bundle every 20 days

[vestal leaf]

Ahhh that's why

That bundle really solves candy value

[sturdy flower]

too expensive for my taste

[tardy fiber]

Its the cheapest out of all bundles for me, but yeap the coin is quite high but still cheaper than recent master fair gem deals...so i bought it every other 20 days.

So at least once a month

The sync orb is 3 times in 2 month

[fair nebula]

[tardy fiber]

Well only a dolphin, whale is like poce...i didn't miss buying it as preparation for select scouts

[sturdy flower]

DeNa hire me as a developer

[summer goblet]

I've still have yet to kick the daily pull habit and still have the desire to pull the next best unit

[tardy fiber]

I avoid daily pulls after keep getting 3* units

[summer goblet]

yeah everyone is different

my patient level is practically next level if i want that unit

or stacking up points before multi pulling

[broken mulch]

Don’t hire me as a developer. I’d make the story make my OTPs come true

[tough oriole]

Steven and Wallace

Or Lenora and her husband

[broken mulch]

Does her husband have his own sprite?

[lean mango]

Gem count, skip month

[feral vale]

Skip month for me too

It’ll be 50k after the LA missions.

[rancid vale]

its a start i suppose

this month should be easy though

since my galar interest is basically negative outside of raihan

[sturdy flower]

||i will pull Marnie and maybe 1 of the two later, but 3rd one will depend on luck+next month datamine||

||i'm just getting greedy||

[little briar]

||My idea to throw a multi at Hop, wait for the White Day Banner and go for Anni Raihan. Then if I have enough to comfortably pull, I'll try Hop again||

My galar interest is just Raihan and Hop (out of these banners) but I don't wanna overextend

[lean mango]

|| You really shouldn't gem split banners y'know . If you go below what you consider to be comfortable to pull from Raihan they you just wasted some gems on Hop if you didn't get him the first time, every gem counts y'know ||

[deft glen]

|| You have an 89.5% chance of not getting anything in this yolo multi on Hop's banner, we wouldn't advise you to do that. It's 3k down the bin||

[rancid vale]

this is actually better than what it actually would be

tbf

[little briar]

That's completely fair, yeah. ||I blocked out my dumb ass splitting for both Archie and Ash last year because they were at the same time. I got Ash with little trouble but I had to pity for Archie 💀||

[sturdy flower]

just ||consider Hop a treat if Raihan scout goes well||

[tough oriole]

Hm? It’s about that rate

[cunning swan]

Finalized my tierlist of units I'd like to eventually have on their rerun

Gotta stay above 1 pity for ||SS Morty jumpscare, whenever he decides to rerun in a nonpaid banner||

[sturdy flower]

i dont like the last tier

if month is dead just save for a very alive one

[hard wave]

I think it means they’ll pull if thats the only thing they like that month

[tardy fiber]

||skip ball guy?||

[little briar]

Yeah that's a good way of looking at it

[rancid vale]

hm mfs are better than i remember then

[hard wave]

|| so I should have ~2 pities by the time the birds leave, and I want bede cuz I rlly like articuno and I rlly like marnie’s outfit. Thing is the lati banner and charming scout have 4 pokefairs I rlly want (I have 2/5 raihan so I was hoping to get a copy when pulling, should I just skip the birds? ||

[weary spire]

I don’t need an insane amount of paid, since I’m very slow to spend it, so I could’ve got the same amount of paid gems for far less, or more paid for the same. That’s pretty much it

[lunar topaz]

I always think its a 99% chance to not get a masterfair before pity because it spares my feelings

[hasty umbra]

I usually don't like seeing "expected gem amount for getting X" type of posts because it can twist people's plans and then come back and bite them

[lunar topaz]

same lel

I dont personally mind pities but master fairs specifically I dont trust their rates at all lel

[tough oriole]

I usually use it to say “You don’t rely on Stone Edge”

Especially if stone edge cost that much to use

[sand crown]

Haha I completely agree

[lunar topaz]

stone edge in main series is all risk very rare you get reward

[hasty umbra]

it's funny, for Johto VA I got some insane luck, getting those 3 with less than a pity, but then 3rd anniversary approached, I pitied 3 banners in a row during those 2 months, so yeah, it doesn't always work out like you'd want

prepare for the worst and if that unit you want comes early then great!

easier than the painful yolos I see from time to time, smh

[lunar topaz]

yolos are my hatred lel I cant stand them lel

[little briar]

God I wish someone told me this years ago when I got to gacha games

[lunar topaz]

I wish I listened to those who told me not to play feh

[rancid vale]

competitive uses stone edge but thats cuz pokemon hates giving rock stab accuracy

like rock slide is baseline rock stab

65 base power

and still 90% acc

why

[lunar topaz]

flinch

[hasty umbra]

funny how Power Gem is the highest BP move with 100 accuracy

at least it's 80BP

[lunar topaz]

Still not in poma crying!

Well its roxanne sync but that doesnt count

[tough oriole]

Rock Slide is 75BP

[tardy fiber]

Done with CGio event shop

Back to farming in kalos VA

[rotund sleet]

i think we can get 4 from the gio event, but don't recall how many tickets it takes

4 is equivalent to 20 so i feel like it has to be worth the stam

[tardy fiber]

We get 9 in total, 1 from doing the event and get another cgio, 4 from exchanging 20 gio custom and another 4 from 4 copies of cgio

[rotund sleet]

guess i'll spend stam on the gio thing then

forgot about extra copies

[tardy fiber]

Exchanging custom gio is cheaper than earning copies as copies use 400 event vouchers each

[ashen thunder]

Gio one is like 1 every 300 stamina I think

It's far more efficient than doing any other event up rn

[rotund sleet]

will eventually do both

[ashen thunder]

Tho it's only 8 of those

[tardy fiber]

I just do this because it give ...and aint it need like 10 to form 1

[ashen thunder]

Feb was so good
I went from 53 4* s to 48 4* s

And I still have enuff to get 10 more

[tardy fiber]

Well later new month will give 20 more monthly conversion

Left 41 4* to 5*

And later will become 43 on march due to lodge gloria and lodge cynthia

But march got kanto VA and hoenn VA rerun

So thats already a hefty sum of free from duplicate 4* event badge

[ashen thunder]

I hope I get everyone to 5* by end of the year

With all these reruns

[tardy fiber]

I still missing few event badges, aether family/gloria battle buffet/volkner event

Cannot get dupes from those

[tardy fiber]

Im poor now

I bought kanto VA poster

[feral vale]

I got the Kantrio artwork

No regrets

[compact pasture]

Are there any other Pasio exclusive trainers? Apart from Lear and Co.?

[upbeat lotus]

Paulo and Tina

Also nurse sisters

[lunar topaz]

Main character

[ashen thunder]

I bought some posters and now running out of lodge level cap break material

I can't unlock level 200 for everyone I have

Should have waited a bit before buying posters

[tardy fiber]

Prof Bellis as well

[upbeat lotus]

Oh yeah her

[lunar topaz]

Who’s professor bellis

[tardy fiber]

Why not use this? It uses different mats to claim

[cobalt frost]

the lodge decoration feature has absolutely DRAINED my almost consistently 99k of nearly every material

add that onto the music box as "useless things ill never buy everything for but want to cuz its satisfying"

[sturdy plank]

the one that introduces you to the game after blue

and gives you theee kanto starter and you have to choose one

[upbeat lotus]

[cunning swan]

how come you forgot about the multilingual queen professor bellis

[tough oriole]

The ones who gives you eggs

https://tenor.com/view/egg-frank-can-i-offer-you-a-nice-egg-in-this-trying-time-gif-13802522

[upbeat lotus]

Miss Worldwide

[past gate]

anabel would like that title

[clever oyster]

Alright, someone please remind me that I am saving gems for Latios so I don't ||accidently spend on other banners||

[nova lynx]

No spending on anyone else other than SS Brendan smh @clever oyster

[clever oyster]

...yeah, something on the lines of that

though prolly not daily

I don't have enough for a pity right now anyway, so it's too early anyway :p

[tardy fiber]

Also latios and latias banner is on 27th March, we might even already get new datamine

[wind nymph]

How do i farm gems fast? Im very scared i dont have enough for Neo Marnie

[upbeat lotus]

Marnie stays for over a month, and we are getting 34k next month

so dont worry

[wind nymph]

Alright thanks

[tardy fiber]

Yep she stays until April 9 even, and the gem count mentioned only till 30th march

Provided that you not get tempted by other units, you can get Marnie even via pity.

[lament hornet]

back to 30k

...and 60 gems

[dire meteor]

Professor Bellis walked so Mr. Salvatore could run

[topaz compass]

How many free gems did I miss by forgetting to do the co-op 25th battle

Hopefully just 30

[tardy fiber]

30

[topaz compass]

So little, but so annoying lol

[compact pasture]

How are we getting 6K on the 28th?

[nova lynx]

Presents and something else

It’s combined

[tardy fiber]

Yep if we get 3k gems present from pokemon presents video

Oh i need to watch that, might have new paradoxes to add in my faves list

[upbeat lotus]

3k gems from Presents and 1k from login bonus. The rest are locked behind content

[compact pasture]

Oh

[fair nebula]

Woa-

[upbeat lotus]

I keep making typo

[fair nebula]

What typo

[violet nebula]

Nice, that take me to another pity

Wait for April datamine as alola VA may come

[fair nebula]

Oh its the gem channel

[broken mulch]

Not enough to take me to double pity but at least it’s entirely skip month for me haha

[ashen thunder]

I already used those

And still only lv180 on everyone

I can 190 em all if I buy rest of stock but I am keeping em incase they reveal more lodge units midway

My long-term goal is level 500 every lodge unit I have

[rotund sleet]

expedition rewards should be redeemable without having to go into lodge

wanna be in that place as little as possible

[hard wave]

I should reach ~67k (66,950 I think) so I should get close but unfortunately its not a skip month for me

|| lati + charming scout and depending on how many gems I have marnie and/or bede unless I decide to skip them based on next month, as the PF banners r priority for me ||

[broken mulch]

SS Brendan is tempting but I’m not looking for another copy of anime haha

[violet nebula]

I would say never go for other copies... ss brendan is still pretty wicked at 1/5

As tempting as it is... saving up the candies 😬

[topaz compass]

I never understand how people ever have enough gems to pull beyond 1/5 on anything. Like if I get something early that is just gems saved, not an invitation to pull copies. Do people really get multiple featured in a multi often? It has happened to me like twice ever as a day 1 player

[ashen thunder]

I actually pull dupes

Coz candy drought

But it's only after ensuring I have the gems to afford it

Not everyone would do it since my fav list is small enuff for me to do it

[upbeat lotus]

||i only pull dupes if the pair(s) i want is my ultra fav and i have enough gems to go for fav||

||which is only Sonia lol||

[tardy fiber]

||I did pull for dupes before if i need to save my candies, but i limit myself to a pity...so for example that i get the unit in 15k, i will keep pulling till 36.4k...i will at least get 2/5 or more. But nothing changes, if i got that unit only 1/5 via pity also i accept...but ultimately, i wont spend more than a pity on any banner||

[ashen thunder]

Tbh 1/5 units with good grids give me ocd that's why I do roll dupes

But Ive only done it like 2x so far

[vestal leaf]

I only rolled dupes in two occasions since 0.5 and it was because the unit came home at 330/400 in one case

And because I was drowning in gems in the other and it was big fave

Both times it was pre 1.5

Since then I only rolled for 1/5 or for multi focus banners

[rotund sleet]

i generally stop at 1 copy, but there are instances where you get the featured unit late enough to where it's just a better economical choice to spend some extra gems to hit pity over using a candy. but this is only applies if you have the savings to enable such a choice.

[robust shore]

only ever happened to me twice in my 2 and a halfish years of playing, and the first time was only ever 4 months ago (whenever Unova VA was)

[cunning swan]

It's happened to me quite a few times. Pleasant surprise

[sly breach]

Only once with ||emma banner||

[cunning swan]

Of course, you come in ready with a pity

[deft glen]

only time it happened to me was || SS Giovanni, 2 in 1 multi||

though || got Pal Marnie and Pal Bea in the same multi twice while going for Pal Serena ||

but I don't like the idea of going for dupes

[vernal glade]

||I only remember getting the OG N two in one multi before||

[sand crown]

||What is everyone’s benchmark for deciding when going all the way is worth it for dupes or is it a non-starter||

[vernal glade]

||Which was in 2020 in January?? I think he was running until 2020 in January||

[robust shore]

||If I'm like...two Multis at the most away from a pity I'll just go for it at that point for a dupe.||
||But even then it depends on whats coming up next. So I rarely ever do it if I have that opportunity. Always had to save all the gems I could for the next upcoming fave.||
So short answer, very rarely.

[cunning swan]

||if I'm a multi away, I'll go for pity and grab a dupe||

[hard wave]

Ye I learned not to do that, || ss hilda first multi, tried a second one to see if I could get a dupe and it was a dead multi, I made a few dumb decisions that month but that may have been the worst ||

[clever oyster]

😦

[little briar]

Looked back at my screenshots, ||I pulled SS Hilbert twice in one pull, only time I had that happen||

The Unova VA was a huge test of my luck ||I got SS Hilda literally just off 3 dailies and SS N as well but very dumb move overall||

[hard wave]

Happened to me || 4 || times and || 2 of those times were for pairs I already had || tho not above 3/5 ||

[lunar topaz]

She rarely appears

[past gate]

[tough oriole]

[rustic heron]

who are y'all gonna pick from the champion ticket tomorrow

i'm getting champ iris, cuz that juicy -2 atk or sp. atk for the entire enemy field is NICE

definitely gonna help for latias in the LG later

[tough oriole]

A person who has grown a lot on me recently || ||

[rustic heron]

that's a good pick

[hasty umbra]

I'll likely pick Alder to stop my Hyper Beams from missing

[rustic heron]

fair fair

i already have the three best bug units in the game, so i probably won't ever get alder lmao

[tough oriole]

I could also pick cynthia since she’s a nerd, ||but completing my diantha collection is fun||

[robust shore]

as much as I really really don't need Cynthia because of having both Maxie and SS Gio...I'm picking her because I love Garchomp haha

[hasty umbra]

tbf you'll have access to Lodge

and the rewards she'll give you

[robust shore]

true
i would say she'd be the only lodge pair i'm missing but

no Gloria, L

i didnt even think about Lodge tbh, 1 coin of each type will be nice to have
i was just mostly gunning for Garchomp

[hasty umbra]

20 PUs, 1 coin of each role plus 1 yellow

not a bad deal

[robust shore]

not at all

too bad about Cynthia being less than stellar to say the least at 1/5 but eh
not like im pressed for Ground coverage so it's whatever

[half laurel]

Any great banners coming?

[hasty umbra]

hey, I'm even EXing mine, also at 1/5, for the song basically lol

[tough oriole]

Depends, do you like hop, marnie, bede, ball guy, galar birds, or amoongus?

[sand crown]

Diantha and Alder are the only champions I don’t have already at 3/5 or higher, but making Lance 4/5 then the candy is hella tempting

[half laurel]

Or should I still save

[robust shore]

i mean
Lucas, Anni-Raihan and Red are coming up
if none of the above interest you

[half laurel]

New red?

[robust shore]

Snorlax

[half laurel]

Aw

Ngl actually wanted that one but could never pull it

[robust shore]

i'd save
since the Galar Trio is sticking around for a bit so-

[half laurel]

So far I got like two reds

[robust shore]

HA
ngl I prioritize EXing a lot of pairs just for the song keys

[half laurel]

Charizard & Pikachu

Is the Lucas one with the legendary?

[robust shore]

yeah, Dialga

[half laurel]

Sweet

[sturdy flower]

im considering to drop some paid dailies on triple banners

unless the double banners are at least 1.5% rate, then i will go for SS Brendan and Anni May one

[half laurel]

When you think we get gen 9 characters?

[robust shore]

i'd give it like 10 months at the very least

maybe sooner than that but it wouldn't be instant
they waited a bit to release Galar pairs after Sword/Shield iirc so

[half laurel]

Because ngl I'd love to have one of the professors

[robust shore]

the professors with the respective box legends would be sick

[half laurel]

It would either that or Their ace paradox mon

[robust shore]

either way, it'd be cool

i think what im most looking forward to out of Gen 9 is the remixes of the soundtrack though lol
but thats getting off topic

[half laurel]

Yep same tbh though

[sturdy flower]

i hope soon, because the delay is lame

it's like we are a 3rd rate game

all other big pokemon games already had some hisui stuff

they also had galar much earlier

[robust shore]

if i have to wait much longer for Hisuian-Samurott I think it'll kill me

[sturdy flower]

and they are destroying their own sales for no reason

imagine going along with the hype

[robust shore]

couldnt be dena

[half laurel]

Feels like we be at gen 10 or 11 before we get one

[robust shore]

maybe hisui at 4th anni?
but when has dena ever done anything predictable

[sturdy flower]

hisui already is out of hype

with paldea

and then paldea dlc

[sturdy flower]

they will wait till skipping hisui will be what we all predict

in 2027

[robust shore]

lol

let me dream about H-Samurott 😔

[crisp oracle]

Probs Cynthia to get her for lodge

[sturdy plank]

i like iris so i'm picking her

[lean mango]

LANCE

Was gonna choose Iris but gotta support the man

[sturdy flower]

can I take Nemona

🥺

[rustic heron]

i wish…

[lean mango]

I hope that Nemona is a limited so I avoid anyway of getting her

[topaz compass]

The only one I'm missing is Diantha/Gardevoir (well SS Cynthia/Kommo-o may be included but lol) so Gardy is my pick

[reef river]

I am stuck between lance 2/5 and iris 4/5

[rustic heron]

yea diantha’s a good pick

i’d say lance 2/5 cuz he gets something from it

[reef river]

I know i want lance 2/5 but striker candy is less in demand for my roster

[hasty umbra]

tbh it's pretty safe to assume her base will be at least a pokefair

[reef river]

And i know iris will eventually get 4/5 nodes

[topaz compass]

Lance dupe to 2/5 is interesting but I prefer new pairs since I go for pretty decent LG streaks

[sturdy flower]

but she might get bad 4/5 nodes

[reef river]

So its do i save a striker candy, (the one i have the most of) or gamble on iris being good and saving a tech candy down the road

I have all the pairs we expect to get, and they are at sufficient move levels

[junior trout]

What are the choices for the ticket again?

[lean mango]

Good

[junior trout]

Alder cyn steven lance iris and one other

[topaz compass]

The only thing Hydreigon would really get in 5/5 is an even stronger nuke or more stat reduction

[reef river]

Which might be really fun

I have cynthia 5/5, alder 4/5, steven 2/5, diantha 1/5 (0 interest in her grid)

How long do we have to use the champion ticket?

And is it a multi + select or just a select

[dusty oyster]

Imma pick Cynthia for Lodge and she's cool

[topaz compass]

Imo getting the free lodge unit and rewards is a good value over a dupe. So I'd always recommend new unit (except kommo-o since that won't get a separate lodge unit)

[tough oriole]

If the dupe is a fave and the other options are very much not, i think the dupe is more worth it

[vernal glade]

||Wait, Diantha is in the ticket?||

[rancid vale]

its probable

not confirmed but likely

[vernal glade]

||I hope so because I don’t have her.||

[tough oriole]

#poma-questions message
Here’s sages thingy

[vernal glade]

Oof

[buoyant elk]

I guess a new limited unit is always better than a dupe

For faves you can always save candies

[tribal thistle]

What's the best place to go to start saving gems

[crisp oracle]

Here

[tribal thistle]

And what amount is a good one before starting to go into a banner?

[crisp oracle]

36.6K Gems

This guarantees you never lose a unit if you start pulling

[tribal thistle]

Would it be better to just get the unit 1/5 or get more dupes?

So ik if I should leave after pulling

To save resources

[hard wave]

Cynthia

[crisp oracle]

1/5 definitely, you can always candy a unit later

[hard wave]

I have diantha and alder and need her for lodge, tho the other 3 would be nice picks too

Iris is a good debuffer while I can see steven and lance getting into lodge

[reef river]

Is it tomorrow or the day after that we get the champ ticket

[hard wave]

Maybe steven in april || cuz of the hoenn VA rerun at the end if next month ||

[hard wave]

This reset

[lean mango]

Recommend just to get only 1 copy

[reef river]

Ok

[lean mango]

Once you start getting a lot more gems you can maybe go for dupes if your really like the unit

[hasty umbra]

pulling for copies is not usually recommended, but if the banners coming next in a given month do not interest you in the slightest I think it's fair if you commit a full pity on a unit you like

in the case of getting them early that is, especially if you happen to be low on candies

[tribal thistle]

Since the new grid system uses 5/5 for full grid. What would be a good "stopping point" for a unit

[lean mango]

1/5

[hasty umbra]

tiles past 3/5 are more luxury than anything else tbh

and they are expensive to grid

[lean mango]

5/5 is a huge fan privilege tbh

[tribal thistle]

Ah

[lean mango]

First thing first when it comes to saving is usually making a favorite list

[tardy fiber]

Cynthia for me, all of them are not faves anyway...might as well grab one for lodge

[hard wave]

Still 3/5, u can probably count the number of sync pairs w 5/5 grids that actually change heavily from 3/5 -> 4/5 and 5/5 on ur hand

And even then its usually 4/5

[lapis pine]

Honestly even 3/5 is a luxury for most/all modern units. Always just go for 1/5 and then later you can candy the units you enjoy using the most

[fallen path]

Cynthia for the lodge rewards

[topaz compass]

@tribal thistle best to just get 1/5 and stop unless you are at like 30k+ already

[tardy fiber]

I just treat like 5/5 grids doesn't exist, i think 3/5 already unlocks everything that DeNa intended for the unit role

5/5 grids are an illusion

[maiden kayak]

SS N

[tardy fiber]

My SsN can clear ice weak easily with just 3/5

Especially when his father figure helps

[tough oriole]

3/5 is just if you want to offtype with previously less good units

[lapis pine]

My ss N can clear easily at 1/5

[tardy fiber]

5/5 is overkill...except bede 5/5, still looks pretty weird to me

[tough oriole]

If you really want lance to work, you can just bring like sabrina and lucian

[lapis pine]

In fact I’d wager that he can clear offtype 2k pretty easily at 1/5 with the right partners too

[tardy fiber]

I would place ssN good if at least 2/5, pinpoint entry fixed his accuracy problem...and you probably wont want to make his hit once in 3 turns to miss

[tough oriole]

Just use aaron or maylene or whatever

[tardy fiber]

Then you will have less dps

He already hit once in 3 turns

[tough oriole]

He wants attack buffs either way

[tardy fiber]

Oh my 3/5 can self buff +6 atk so thats why i didn't notice that he need atk buffs, i just pair them with special atk buffer to buff ghetsis

[topaz compass]

Imo damage multipliers are what matter for attacker grids

So some units sadly do want 5/5. Not that I will meet those bs demands

[hasty umbra]

the only ones that "need" 5/5 are the ones getting boosts

since they have already aged and those expansions give them some tools to compete with more modern pairs

doesn't mean they aren't usable as they were before, just outclassed

[lapis pine]

But honestly why would you candy an unit 4 times when modern pairs are as good/better

Unless fav of course

[tough oriole]

Or you could get the satisfaction of using them at 1/5, where they’re “not good”

[tardy fiber]

Yep, although gloria 5/5 seems nice...i rather just 3/5 and save the other 2 candies to 3/5 another fave pair, also i can hopium for her to get power boost grid treatment like lance and cynthia in the meantime

[tough oriole]

That’s honestly part of the reason why i could skip emma so easily; i feel like i’ve actually done something when i use the f2p koga, which gives me more dopamine than using a “meta” pair

[tardy fiber]

With we running out of pairs to Grid, it probably wont be long for Koga . They give EX to story pairs recently...only this month is surge because he use pokeball like pokemon to be same theme with ball guy being release

[tough oriole]

I love cheating by using inteleon, it clears water weak stages so quickly but it’s pretty mediocre relative to other water strikes, and it’s a fave

[sand crown]

Can't wait for Koga EX

[tough oriole]

I’ve already 20/20ed him

[tardy fiber]

But its nice, i hope they revisit Bugsy/Noland/Agatha...i feel like they should have as they did use Megas

[tough oriole]

Once they give bugsy ex, they can rerun bugscy with his ex!

[tardy fiber]

Hopefully, I have used bugscyther a lot in the past because i didn't get Kukui for a long time

His leer is really neat

[tribal thistle]

What's the best way to get gems? And maybe even the 5 star power up things

I wanna do some hoarding

[tough oriole]

Do events and finish all the missions ig?

[tribal thistle]

So I can get units to usable levels once I get em

[tough oriole]

And finish victory road if you haven’t

[tribal thistle]

Victory road?

[tough oriole]

And for , do Champion Stadium

[tough oriole]

Yup. After completing chapter 10 in main story you unlock victory road, which also gives you a pretty decent tutorial and a ticket for a free ss red/blue/leaf

[tribal thistle]

Oh for the free kantrio

[tardy fiber]

Gems and 5* pu...it sounds like a job for lodge guests...it is pretty stacked with gems especially earlier missions only need like increase 1 lodge guest to level 50

[drowsy saddle]

Just clear everything with red ! on it

[tribal thistle]

Oh lodge gives gems?

[tardy fiber]

Yep from the missions

Earlier missions are easy

Only then it will get harder and harder like do 1000 interaction

[tough oriole]

Lodge also gives tons of

[tardy fiber]

Plus you can get neat strong lodge 4* units

I recommend lodge blue

He help my Gauntlet runs

Also bluegeot is free for new players

So you got him unlocked

[tough oriole]

Remember when Whitney was the free pair

[tardy fiber]

Yep, at least they sent us free bluegeot via mail...thats a free 1 right there

[tribal thistle]

Ah better get started on lodge

[tardy fiber]

This reset is champion select, cannot wait

Although i can only afford silver gifts due to lodge furnitures and posters

[tough oriole]

I’m kinda glad i wasn’t a day 1 player, i feel like the p2w and difficulty would have made me leave

[hasty umbra]

what p2w?

there is no such thing in this game

[sand crown]

It wasn't that bad in the beginning, though the game has gotten more generous since that time

[hasty umbra]

closest thing was Prestige tbh

[tardy fiber]

Same, im a june 2021 player

Im glad that i joined when things gets easier

[weary spire]

September 2021 I think

[tardy fiber]

Oh right iirc during my time, story still costs stamina

I did buy stamina to clear stories to have enough gems to pull maxie archie