Resource Saving Support (Gem Zen)

[tardy fiber]

sounds good

[compact pasture]

Are the rally gems counted in the current total count?

[hasty umbra]

scroll a bit lol

[compact pasture]

Oh

Wow, they’re giving us a pity

[lean mango]

I'm not the best at numbers

[opaque cargo]

Yay my gem at 26k

10k more to go. Thank you for 3k anniversary gem

Hope can reach pity the moment galar master fairs out

[compact pasture]

I hope everyone gets the pair they want before pities

[tardy fiber]

[opaque cargo]

Cute chibi sabrina

[summer goblet]

imma just going to chill a bit for now and wait patiently for the next datamine as usual

which is next month as always

[signal halo]

I'm in a pretty strange spot when it comes to collection pulling

How many gems will we have through March?

[ashen thunder]

Check pins

[vernal glade]

Next month gonna be a chill month

[ashen thunder]

Next month so good ||unless I get baited by bede||

[vernal glade]

(Except for the daylight saving)

[ashen thunder]

Need to stay strong incase ssmay shows up
Then I'll roll for her to 5/5 if possible

[wicked thistle]

beeg gems in 15 minutes aaaaaaa

[compact pasture]

From the salt chat

[wicked thistle]

gacha giveth and gacha taketh

[hard wave]

This is going to be hard, want the birds but charming scout and lati banner r priority

Esp since I have 1 pity saved now…. Well after I do stuff this reset

[tardy fiber]

Woohoo ||first birb costs pity ||

[compact pasture]

[hard wave]

|| I caved, one multi no marnie good reminder to save ||

[lunar topaz]

Don’t you have 55/57 favs now?

[tardy fiber]

Dont worry guys, i still have 87k gems

Enough to pity the other 2

[hard wave]

Going to avoid lounge for now

Atleast ill still have enough for a pity by the time we get the charming banner…. Hopefully

[dusty oyster]

||Same for me man, same for me||

[tardy fiber]

[cobalt frost]

Marnie
I don't like Marnie
Galar Moltres tho
I want Hop and Bede more
Galar Moltres tho
I only have 20k gems
Galar Moltres tho
conclusion: i am in pain

(galar moltres is like one of my favorite legendaries of all time so like)

[drowsy saddle]

Try making a fave tierlist

Visualize it, see who you like more

[cobalt frost]

on my rival tier list and legends lists i made a while back
||Hop: S+||
||Bede: S||
||Marnie: C||
||Galar Articuno: A||
||Galar Zapdos: B+||
||Galar Moltres: S+||

if im remembering correctly

(s+ is like top 3)

[drowsy saddle]

So both Hop and Galarian Moltres are S+?
Decide which one you'd want more then. Kit-wise, perhaps?

[cobalt frost]

tbh

hmm

i have aura cynthia

[maiden kayak]

spoiler it

[cobalt frost]

tbh marnie is like the most appealing from a gameplay perspective

since i have a usable fighting damage dealer (bea)

while my dark damage dealers arent bad they all require something that makes them harder to use than id like

mainly for master mode

ss cyrus requires you to sleep them to do any damage which means half of your turns are not dealing damage basically, oh and you dont get the free 50 points, oh and also dark wish needs to be used every few turns so you only get 1 hit per sync cycle

[drowsy saddle]

You can just bring another sleeper for ssCyrus

[cobalt frost]

sooo Sleeper (elio?)/SS Cyrus/Champion Calem

is that a good dark team

[violet nebula]

Karen and Cyrus

Wrecks all dark stages

[cunning swan]

april is usually chill, yeah

but I'm still saving in case they randomly drop my faves

(which I doubt tbh but still)

[cobalt frost]

april is probably gonna be a skip month

for me

and i dont even know whats in it

may is probably gonna be the alola va month

which i really want it to happen as late as possible lmao

since i want to save for longer

as alola is my favorite region

[cobalt frost]

easter units probably will return and idk i didnt like the 2 last easter units we got

their outfits or the pokemon they had

(okay togepi is decent but i wouldnt scout for it)

[round mason]

almost there!

[hasty umbra]

they were the first and last, Easter has happened only once so far

[violet nebula]

Alola VA and 4th ani

Is not healthy for gems

[atomic oar]

I have a quick question im saving my gems till the 27th for anni may how many gems you think I should have have by that time if I don't have the urge to pull

[violet nebula]

Go to #poma-questions

[tough oriole]

You can i think

[violet nebula]

Plus the gem count is pinged

[tough oriole]

Considering how after the 27th there’s only 1.7k gems

[drowsy saddle]

they just got redirected here lol
But failed to checked pins

[broken mulch]

DeNa’s decision to not include the Neo Champion music keys with the pairs continues to baffle me. But hey it was the only reason I was even tempted to pull for them so my gems are safe lol

[atomic oar]

🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

[hard wave]

|| wtf did I do, this was my first pity ever where I didnt have the featured ||

[hasty umbra]

well, tbf this way likely means they'll just add those themes later for you to just exchange

[hard wave]

Oh well, ill just save for the lati banner now

[broken mulch]

True

Whenever THAT is

[hasty umbra]

at least the songs don't play anywhere for you to miss them constantly

when they go away that is

[woeful badger]

Why are u guys talking about hop rn

Is he getting a banner or something?

[drowsy saddle]

#1012256199128915968

We see into the future with ease

[hasty umbra]

did... did you not see the event or something?

I suppose not

[woeful badger]

I saw marnie

[hasty umbra]

I mean the in game event, do you skip story?

[woeful badger]

Not really i didn't login today

[hard wave]

Well back to zenning ig, any tips

[woeful badger]

I'm trying for leon

[tardy fiber]

Wonder who that left guy is, probably leon

[woeful badger]

Hmm

[drowsy saddle]

You're kidding, right?

He's even signed as such!

[broken mulch]

MAXIE!

[woeful badger]

Is champion time.leon any good meta wise?

[hasty umbra]

eww, meta

[broken mulch]

Gotta love the 3 Neo Champions of Galar, Maxie, Trista, and Leon

[hasty umbra]

Leon is good, but fire is a bloated type

[woeful badger]

I just wanted him since i have ash

[hasty umbra]

not that on type matters at this point in the game tbh

[woeful badger]

It's weird and kinda hard to explain lol

[broken mulch]

Hey if he’s an absolute fave go ahead and pull

He still pulls his weight and piercing gaze comes in handy sometimes

[woeful badger]

When do we get this ash
https://media.tenor.com/XiQB2X9-LF4AAAAM/dark-ash-xy-ash.gif

[bronze tulip]

Is there any arguments against Hop? I got shafted on Marnie but no regrets because I knew I wanted her

[broken mulch]

What do you mean

[bronze tulip]

I'm tempted to pull on Hop, I know I am skipping Bede though since I have Bianca alrdy... does Bede use psychic field?

[hasty umbra]

no

[bronze tulip]

I have 9 galarian pairs including Champ Marnie (no normal)

[hasty umbra]

as in, he does not set Psychic Terrain

[bronze tulip]

oh

boo

Easy skip then ig

[tardy fiber]

The only upcoming psy terrain unit is annimay

[bronze tulip]

But it's getting to me this kind of feeling that I feel 9 is not enough and I need to expand

[hasty umbra]

I still don't understand what's the urge to have more pairs of a particular region, how is that gonna serve you?

just because collection purposes?

[lean mango]

I mean it's fun to collect something that you love alot, but if it's because "oh I might as well go along with this" isn't that good of a reason

[hasty umbra]

yeah, if they tell me "Yes, I want to collect all these units because this region is my favorite" I'd understand

[tardy fiber]

I you want to add galar related pairs, i suggest dont do it in MF banner...only have 1% featured unit rate, do it on galar pokefair/seasonal or something

[hasty umbra]

if it's just for some arbitrary reason then that's a problem

[tardy fiber]

The banner just cost me a pity

[lean mango]

~~That kind of mentality would've probably led me to collecting MFs ~~

[hasty umbra]

some people do, but they prepare for it

[lean mango]

But nah Poison units superior

[lament hornet]

ahem

[tardy fiber]

Ball Guy gaming

[lament hornet]

366 days after i started playing

[lean mango]

Ball Guy ballin

[lament hornet]

i finally have 36k free gems on my account at the same time

i did it

[lean mango]

OMG CONGRATS

[lament hornet]

my first pity

[tardy fiber]

Such a Ball statement

Congrats

[lament hornet]

and it'll rise even higher as i don't really want any of the galar trio lmao

at least it's not my first priority

[lean mango]

~~Colress alt the next month ~~

[lament hornet]

i doubt it but

sc sonia rerun is likelier

[lean mango]

What keeps me goin

Oh ye the Teaparty event

[lament hornet]

yeah

[lean mango]

I would like the Subway bros but it's gonna be a 4 grouped banner

[tardy fiber]

The twitter rally event already appears, lets retweet guys help to give my poor self a 3k gems

In #game-announcements

[lean mango]

Oh it did?

[tardy fiber]

Only about 7k tweets combined now...need 30k

[hasty umbra]

it hasn't been even 2 hours, and most of the west is sleeping, have some faith lol

well, maybe not most, Europe counts as the west too

[lean mango]

Honestly love that Marnie banner ends on the 24th thank you DeNa

[topaz compass]

People sure talk alot about pulling on saving support thread lol

[lean mango]

People should have a motivation to save

Banners that they want and have been saving for

[tardy fiber]

True, although i kinda sad that i need pity but i did saved so i already prepared for it

[lean mango]

Ye, saving is all about being prepared

[tardy fiber]

Still have 88k gems.

Hope i can bring a pity to alola VA

Or more will be nice

[lean mango]

How long will it be to Alola VA?

[tardy fiber]

Not sure, but i hope its 1 part 1 month

So longer banner duration

[lean mango]

All VAs had a super long banner at least right? even with SSR Cynthia

[tardy fiber]

Yep if it appears on part 1...johtrio appeared on part 2 so iirc its a bit short but still 1 month more or less

[lean mango]

Hope that if there even is a fav that it can be that banner so I can wait it out

I want the gems

[tardy fiber]

Hopefully April also fat with gems

[lean mango]

Another pity amount

[tardy fiber]

Just checked its 34k last year but last March have 29k

[oak crest]

2 more days and it's back to saving mode for me again

[lean mango]

I'd point for it to at least be in-between

[tardy fiber]

Yep 30k average is already good for me

[lean mango]

I'd say it would be a disappointment if it's below last year's count

[tardy fiber]

Plus i also will carry a pity this month, even if the remaining 2 faves also costs a pity

[lean mango]

anything else I'm fine with

Good luck with the other two birds

[tardy fiber]

So 2 pities for april

Thanks

[lean mango]

Pities do be devastating

[tardy fiber]

I forgot how many pities i already experienced...not sure if this is the fifth or the sixth

[lean mango]

Three for me ~~which all have been non MFs ~~

[ashen thunder]

Gratz vantner, atleast you got the unit thanks to zenning

May the next 2 units come in 1 multi

[lean mango]

Saver's luck

[tardy fiber]

Thanks

[broken mulch]

I used to collect all limited pairs… and then Skylanta escaped me

Never chasing just limiters anymore haha

[lean mango]

That's a whale's job

[tardy fiber]

all limiteds are too much, seasonal/sc/pf/mf are all limiteds

[chrome nest]

||Is four Multis yoloing on a master fair too late?||

||I didn’t use my brain to stop myself from pulling marnie (didn’t get her)||

[tardy fiber]

Better stop early if you don't want her

12k gems lost are better like 21k gems lost

So its not too late

[sly breach]

You could commit there is still like 30k gems in the next month

[tardy fiber]

Iirc Palki want to get Lati twins banner, if im not wrong

[lean mango]

The goal is to have the most amount of gems possible, for the future after all, really shouldn't use the big gem count as an excuse for yoloing

[broken mulch]

Oh yeah back to pity again woo

[lusty prism]

is there any rally reward coming soon?

[upbeat lotus]

yes

3000 gems and 30 5* tickets on March 4th

[wind nymph]

I hear everyone say you get 34k this event,how many would i get exluding those extra missions?

Like those boss challenge at certain conditions met (a team full of Galars)

Would it be enough for Neo Bede?

[compact pasture]

Those don’t give gems?

[tardy fiber]

Probably event missions

Oh wait

It only give coin

Unless EBE

[uncut pewter]

Did all the event mission thanks to the stamina I've saved in the last days, finally my gems stash is recovering a little

[chrome nest]

Yeah you’re right

I feel like if you have ss Cyrus the eb wouldn’t be too hard

[bronze tulip]

Can you explain to me then? Is having Galar pairs a good thing or not necessary? I guess I'm feeling that way because I don't like how few Galar units I have. With others it's around 20 or higher but with Galar I only have 9. If it helps I have Leon, Gloria, Piers, Bea, Nessa, Sonia, Allister, Hop and now Champ Marnie

I think I need resassurance that this roster is good enough

I felt the way when Victor came but I was able to skip him but I am worried about fomo of 3.5 Anni...

Since MF dont rerun often

[dusty oyster]

Plus if you miss out on an EBE here or there it's not the end of the world, only 300 gems

[chrome nest]

Some say the second round is hard

[dusty oyster]

I mean I'm not likely to be able to complete the water weak Kalos EBE still running

Unless triple Galar birbs manage to offtype it

[clever oyster]

31360 gems now

Soon, I will have enough to ||pity on Latios||

[oak crest]

For me, its kinda on the "good to have", but definitely not a "must have".
End of the day, I do not want to end up pulling for something that I don't have much use for because I don't like the kit or trainer etc... The regions of the pairs may/may not contribute to the pull/push factor to whether I pull but definitely not the main factor tho.
I'm 1 of those who don't really have favs so I just chase meta... although im very nitpicky with stuffs esp the kit & sync grid of the pair...

[mental skiff]

Got third Master fair pity

so i made plan for the next 10 month; Add 22k gems for normal month, 26k for VA month and 30K for Anni and December. Look like if i just skip april i can afford 1 pity each month till September

Hopefully Galar come after anni so can have room to breath

[tardy fiber]

I cannot make future plans, because DeNa throw my faves anytime they want

[mental skiff]

True

I had to swap the plan constantly

After april we will have sequences of Dangerous month

[tardy fiber]

At least im happy that on anniv, i will get 2 free faves...bp MF

[mental skiff]

I'm waiting that too

Plan to reach team strength to 2.5 mil

[tardy fiber]

They will help a lot as i only have 13 support faves and only 6 of them can

[mental skiff]

they do need to produce more support tho

I have feeling that lilie on Alola VA will pair with Nebby (support)

[tardy fiber]

Also missing support is not a major loss to me, many other tech/striker faves can also benefit from syncing first

So bp Master units are still valuable for me

[mental skiff]

I'm curious which pokemon gonna join BP tho

Hopefully Regi-ice

[tardy fiber]

Later i cannot use my support coin on bp master faves if many limited supports are released

[mental skiff]

3 month = 1 rainbow ticket tho

so 12 month = 4 and you will have enough for 2 new support go 3/5

[tardy fiber]

Yep but they also add 2 new each year

I still left Mesprit

[mental skiff]

It will solve itself if you have atleast 1 rainbow ticket before anni

Btw what legendary we miss in Alola and Galar

i need that to predict who will appear

[tardy fiber]

4 tapus, if plus mythicals...theres melmetal/magearna/zeraora...if plus UB, stakataka/guzzlord/blacephalon/xurkitree/kartana

Thats for Alola

For Galar-Regidrago/Regieleki/Spectrier...mythical-Zarude

[mental skiff]

Hmmmm

You miss nebby but i will cross check with my fav character list

thanks

[tardy fiber]

Well because solgaleo and lunala already here, so I don't mention any pre-evo

Like i also dont mention glastrier because hleon got both of them

It and Calyrex

[mental skiff]

I see

[tardy fiber]

Oh urshifu single strike as well because we already got 1 version

But it will be neat

[mental skiff]

OMG i'm about to say Bea have no chance for Galar VA now this drop

[tardy fiber]

Like Gmoltres good for special Dark, single strike urshifu sounds like a great physical Dark

[mental skiff]

striker urshifu is dark only ?

[tough oriole]

Yea they’ll give it to Bea instead of mustard or victor

That’s just how this game works

[tardy fiber]

Well its signature move is dark

[mental skiff]

gosh i dont want Bea has that thing

pls mustard take it back

[tardy fiber]

Bea with gmax machamp trust

[mental skiff]

[tardy fiber]

She even use it in this neo champ event

[tough oriole]

Seasonal event with cursola allister and machamp bea

[mental skiff]

but machamp and bea isnt sound good for Galar VA

[tardy fiber]

Although i wont pull, but that ultraman like gmax machamp looks cool

[mental skiff]

[mental skiff]

Halloween hopefully

[tardy fiber]

Good enough for spotlight

[mental skiff]

i will take that spotlight

[tardy fiber]

Yes that's the spirit, i will also pull spotlight fave it my faves in it

But for now there's only pheromosa and Silvally and both already 5/5

[mental skiff]

magearna + Lilie, stakataka/zeraora + Gladion, Lusamine + Nihilego sound like a VA that will break my heart

[tardy fiber]

Protags with tapus

[mental skiff]

Both are my fav

[mental skiff]

Protags with red outfit

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR5I9SccJMCznRCX6L9-H265PCGWeUV3hUjhz3DEp4&s

Ex

[tardy fiber]

Too many possibilities for alola VA

Even rocket admins on the table now because Gio opens the ultra space at their base

[mental skiff]

[tardy fiber]

Archer Kartana sync pair

[mental skiff]

Bruh Giovani get wot

[tardy fiber]

[grand bramble]

Hi guyz.... Missed you all

[lofty relic]

huh so 3k from presents and now another 3k from new rally
dope

[tardy fiber]

But the twitter rally duration is too short

Not sure if we can clear it

[mental skiff]

this month is stacked tho

[tardy fiber]

Till 4th march

[lofty relic]

we'll clear, these are guaranteed

[mental skiff]

when we will have reward

[grand bramble]

I been too busy lately... I barely even talk about datamine and the gems count

[tardy fiber]

Last time i checked we still need 20k

[lofty relic]

it's just a show to get the community engaged but gachas use bots to validate these
at least the previous gachas i played

[mental skiff]

Pomas will carry us

[grand bramble]

And happy late anniversary

[mental skiff]

good anniversary tho

Btw 13K retweet total already

[tardy fiber]

Neat, i really need that gems especially after had to pity

[mental skiff]

https://tenor.com/view/bro-code-bro-love-friends-gif-9906684

[violet nebula]

So are we discussing results of pulls in here

Go to #salt-channel

[lofty relic]

Yes avoid discussing Marnie pulls here

even if pity or not, it's just not the channel for it

[mental skiff]

oke

[lofty relic]

it's not the first time normie we have to remind you this

[mental skiff]

i thought we ok to discuss if we spent pity

well...

[topaz compass]

Mega tyranitar is my preferred physical dark

[lofty relic]

massive nuance between "i just pulled this trendy pair and pity'd" #salt-channel, and "i'm saving now because of previous pities on pairs i waited long for"

[mental skiff]

[topaz compass]

I thought this was gem zen. Where first rule of gem zen is you don't talk about pulling

[maiden kayak]

and ppl still fcking break this rule

EVERYTIME

[tardy fiber]

I guess rally gems wont be added to this month gem count lol

Its on April

[signal halo]

This month is strange for me, because I will likely have to choose between collection novelties or going all out on meta

Both are equally enticing goals for me

However the chances that neither help me out with colress are real

[tardy fiber]

Meta is always vulnerable to be replaced when a more meta unit appears

So go with faves

[signal halo]

That isn't as relevant for me, because when I go for meta on a type

I just go once

Even if a stronger pair arrives later

As long as I have pulled a strong enough pair once

To satisfy my gameplay gimmicks

[upbeat lotus]

it will be added since it is given on 3/4

that is the period to get reward ingame

[tardy fiber]

Isn't that 3rd april? Because gem count is for 28th feb to 30 march

[grand bramble]

34k ....... Is this the most than last year we had?

[signal halo]

I'll be satisfied, because I'm not really a believer that meta will come shaped around a fave, due to how specific my would be faves are

For instance

[upbeat lotus]

*4th March actually

[signal halo]

If I were to choose, I'd much rather have lysandre and Gyarados instead of champion calem, doing the exact same role

[tardy fiber]

[signal halo]

I didn't get champion calem

[upbeat lotus]

Lysandre doesnt have Gyarados here

[signal halo]

Yes

[tardy fiber]

Darn the date format is different from what i always use

[upbeat lotus]

so how do you know?

[signal halo]

I'm saying that I'd like if the pair was lysandre and Gyarados

But DeNa rarely gives villain Alts, unless you're N

[tardy fiber]

Lysandre crying

[lofty relic]

https://i.imgur.com/IiJUe7o.png

smoll update

[grand bramble]

Oh wait... Last year was 40k

[lofty relic]

beeg count this month

[tardy fiber]

Hope April is big as well

[signal halo]

I don't like volcanion nearly as much as I like gyarados

[grand bramble]

Oh...

[signal halo]

And even then

[tardy fiber]

Kinda hope that alola VA still not yet start on April

[signal halo]

Lysandre getting an alt is a rare sight

[grand bramble]

And forgot to mention....I got all the champions thanks to the free ticket scout.... That's the power of saving

[tardy fiber]

I claimed N from ash anime select so i still missing 3 champions

[maiden kayak]

so its 37k?

[signal halo]

Giovanni has 1 alt and 1 free mon
Maxie and Archie have 0
Cyrus has 1
Ghetsis has 0
N has 3 alts and a free mon
Lysandre just got his first alt
Lusamine has 1
Chairman rose doesn't even exist

[grand bramble]

It looks like it

[signal halo]

With such records

[lofty relic]

yeah if rally is completed (which it surely will)

[maiden kayak]

wow

[signal halo]

I have no reason to believe that DeNa will ever release ghetsis and cofagrigus

[tardy fiber]

Rose will exist in galar VA, they posted his silhouette

[grand bramble]

The rally will be done in no time.... We never failed any rallies before... Right

[upbeat lotus]

we didnt fail on any rallies before, right?

[grand bramble]

you took the words out of my mouth lol

[lofty relic]

i don't think so, but like i said earlier a CM on another gacha long ago told me on twitter they have measure to make sure these kind of rallies don't fail, it's just promotion.

[hard wave]

[upbeat lotus]

ic

[grand bramble]

yea of course

[compact pasture]

I think once? At release?

[lament hornet]

think my priority list for this month is ||anni raihan > c bede|| so i'm going to patiently wait for middle of march

[signal halo]

I think I'll need a spoiler to add all my considerations, so

As far as what I want and what I don't, there is:

[lament hornet]

...nice lmao

[signal halo]

||first, there's the champion collection. This month I could theoretically get them all by pulling Leon and the Steven half of the banner. That half would also help me with alder and diantha dupes, in case I don't get Steven early. From the bird trio, Bede gives me a very rare special support, which my account sorely lacks, only having SS Kris among limited special supports, while hop gives me fighting zone and likely a stronger pair than Bea, which should solve any concern around fighting type I'll ever have. Marnie is a safe skip. Classic Red is a fave and, despite how often he reruns, I don't wanna skip it, because he also comes with Lucas, which is another pair I want for collection purposes, that's also Uber strong, then there's the lati twins who would fully cover Giovanni's needs in a way that I wouldn't ever want to pull on psychic Pokemon again, bar the odd fave||

As for my current gem count, not nearly enough for all of that, but I have 114k, which is the highest amount I've ever amassed

[lament hornet]

oh

i thought you would not post anything

[signal halo]

I had to go to the bathroom mid typing

[lament hornet]

understandable

[signal halo]

Like, if I can get 4 banners, I think it gets easier to choose

4 banners as in gem count

[lament hornet]

i'm not all that sold on anni may tbh

she looks alright but if you have bianca ain't you pretty much set

add a special support (like... idk, the ||bede|| you mentioned) and you're good to go

hell, sabrina, bianca and mewtwo was my go to psychic comp for a while

[signal halo]

But then gio doesn't get anyone to set his multiplier up

[broken mulch]

Yeah anime’s niche is she can buff specially attack

[lament hornet]

is gio's multiplier a spdef one or spatk one

[signal halo]

Spdef

My goal was to have it all for him

[lament hornet]

how does anni may take care of that lol

[signal halo]

Psychic terrain, spa buffs and spdef debuffs

The banner has the twins

[lament hornet]

i don't see how she drops spdef

just spa

[signal halo]

Doesn't Brendan drop spdef?

[lament hornet]

brendan does yes

[signal halo]

Doesn't he also buff?

[vestal leaf]

She's good in a technical way, but imo a really bad unit to go for rn

[lament hornet]

i thought you were exclusively mentioning anni may

[vestal leaf]

Too much better stuff around

[signal halo]

Like, another option would be to just wait until SSteven comes back

However

[vestal leaf]

SS Brendan is amazing but being paired with her hinders that whole banner's value

[signal halo]

I would rather see Mewtwo thrive

[vestal leaf]

I'd rather wait more to get him on a more valuable banner nfl

Ngl

[lament hornet]

likewise

unless you really like lati twins

[vestal leaf]

Ye

I have 1/5 anni may

She works fine

But I don't recommend her

When Bianca exists, and by now we have units who can dish out her terrain DPS and nuke without needing terrain

Lol

Imo one of the fairs I'd dread to pity the most

[cunning swan]

131k gems! working my way to my 4th pity ||but I'm pulling on CBede so my savings will have to come to a halt||

[signal halo]

Well, I can skip them

That yet leaves me with an excessive amount of banners to choose from

To skip or pull

[vestal leaf]

I have 210k now

But I'm gonna lose a lot this next week most likely

[signal halo]

||if I skip Leon, I should kiss my champion collecting aspirations goodbye. No master fair ever got two reruns, so I can't plan that ahead. Bede will also take a while. Steven is 80% a novelty pick and 20% trimming my striker candy spendings by getting diantha and alder dupes, unless Steven arrives first. I won't skip red + lucas, since Lucas completely covers dragon and red might shift my priorities away from meta pulling entirely||

[vestal leaf]

No good dragon in roster?

[lament hornet]

hm, ||i do have lodge raihan, 2/5 bertha and egg kabutops for sand, but i feel like it's not a good enough amount of it for me to skip anni raihan||

[vestal leaf]

Bertha covers enough if you do 3v3 clears tbh

[lament hornet]

yeah, i'm thinking for LG

[vestal leaf]

Well LG is kinda where bertha goes wild with her 3 guaranteed sand sets

[lament hornet]

yeah

[vestal leaf]

• atk drop

[compact pasture]

3? How?

[vestal leaf]

Entry + 2 uses

No?

[lament hornet]

yes

[compact pasture]

Oh

[vestal leaf]

Plus mpr RNG at 3/5 iirc

But it's better than ace by a mile

[signal halo]

My best limited dragon is alt iris

And she's fine, but I really wanna push it, if I can. For gauntlet, I don't have many dragon pokemon either

[vestal leaf]

Your call, Cyrus is there tbh

[signal halo]

It's mainly that red is the prize

And if I happen to be lucky, I'll also get dialga

[lament hornet]

it's not like having lucas hurts or something lmao

also makes other dragon strikers better if you use him more as utility

[signal halo]

Red is the priority due to the ability of just using nearly whatever I want with little concerns

Which is particularly relevant, because my in game ghost fave is a 4 star

I'd like to cruise 2k csmm with chandelure

So for me, that banner is set

He's a long time fave, too

Both pokemon and trainer are highly desired, so he's much alike Ingo and Emmet

||fave trainer, fave pokemon, obscenely strong, has a canon outfit and also has s role I have clear uses for. Kinda unskippable||

[vestal leaf]

I just don't think he's remotely worth going for specifically

In such a big banner

If you want more than him, it makes more sense

[topaz compass]

We had an incentive for an SC event clearly fail for # clears bit they pretended it didn't

We had like 20% of needed clears over halfway through and the last few days magically were huge gains

But a twitter rally is harder to fake unless they use bots or can magically change the display number

[turbid sapphire]

is there a way to get the song?

[upbeat lotus]

No

[timber wren]

last call to do your monthly exchanges for and

[robust shore]

its baffling to me why they didnt include the song keys

but ok, whatever
less temptation for future pairs

[turbid sapphire]

if you don't have every 3* at 4*, is it still usually a good idea to exchange for as many as possible?

[hasty umbra]

Well, if you have no plans to upgrade those pairs and use them

No reason to hoard

Granted you'll reach a point of too many 3* PUs eventually

[timber wren]

i used to keep a minimum number of and on hand in case i needed to raise a unit in a pinch but we get so many now i haven’t even had that issue

[lament hornet]

i tend to upgrade eggmons to 4* because i don't have anything else to do with the 3* tickets now

[lunar topaz]

If anyone remembers Tequilla/Kevin they were able to get Leon!!

[ashen thunder]

Thought they weren't active anymore

They are still in the server?

[fallen path]

I remember Tequilla!

[lunar topaz]

I dm’d them and asked when leon was datamined lel cause I have them friended

[fallen path]

Oh I remember saying Leon wasn’t gonna rerun a lot lol

I’m happy to be wrong

[hard wave]

I hope masterfairs get multiple reruns, less fomo

[ashen thunder]

They will
Eventually

Tho I feel with the number of limited units it's gonna be like fgo

Where you wait several months for reruns

3 years for arjuna alter rerun

Boy we sure have shit ton of limiteds

[hard wave]

Hopefully 2+ reruns take less time, it took about 15 months for weather duo and 2nd anni trio to rerun

[ashen thunder]

Think they'll increase banner count per month to tackle it
With multiple units in banners

[vestal leaf]

Yep

MF reruns are extremely tricky and hard to afford

Because they run most likely alongside newer MFs

[hard wave]

More triple banners would be nice, esp w late 2021/2022 PFs since most havent had free reruns I think

[vestal leaf]

Contending the economy

[ashen thunder]

I hope they make a "build a multi rate up banner"

So I could choose the rate ups instead of randoms

[vestal leaf]

What

How would that work

[ashen thunder]

Like I would love to roll flyhan but the banner also has red and lucas who are already 3/5 for me so I just have to skip

[hard wave]

Custom banner?

[vestal leaf]

You get tokens by scouting generic 5*?

[ashen thunder]

Ye

[vestal leaf]

Or other featureds?

That would worsen the economy for DeNa

Unlikely

[hard wave]

Btw when does the flyhan banner leave?

[lament hornet]

last day of march

[ashen thunder]

April 8th?....I know that's when champion MFs leave

Oh

So they leave early

[hard wave]

Rip, || I wasnt patient enough to wait for it and marnie ended up needing s pity ||

May have to skip them || and just go for the lati banner, tho I wanted lucas red and a raihan dupe ||

[ashen thunder]

OOF

Well atleast you had pity

[sturdy flower]

next month sounds dangerous

i'm a sucker for battle outfits

[ashen thunder]

I am just waiting for this month to end since I don't like galar as much

Might get baited to roll Anabel copies

Must hold strong

[hard wave]

Ye and I skipped last month just to save it, even tho nothing was rlly interesting to me

|| except that one multi on lodge banner which gave me 2/5 raihan ||

[vestal leaf]

Don't roll copies

It ain't worth

[topaz compass]

If you have more than like 400 3* you should absolutely trade them because you slowly build up more than you use over time. I regret not exchanging sooner

[topaz compass]

This is exactly me. Tiny chance of 5/5 grids later still tempting lol

[topaz compass]

Why are we expecting battle outfits again?

Oh the datamine had a Pokestudios costume right?

[sturdy flower]

nah

special CS event

[topaz compass]

Oh we expect alts for that too? Oh boy, I do appreciate every extra reason to skip boring Emma

[sturdy flower]

who knows, might be alts, might be regular new

but if it will be the main event there surely will be some scout

[little briar]

Do we know for who, or was it just the costume itself?

[hasty umbra]

it's a bit odd that you think Rosa is getting an outfit because of a Lodge decoration

could be a teaser, sure, but that really isn't a sure clue of anything

just be prepared as usual for whatever fave alts they throw at us

[lean mango]

The decors are all related to them and Rosa is all about her acting so of course it would have a reference

[slow hare]

Pokestar studios would be a great event tbh. With Rosa, Nate, Brycen, and other sync pairs who are actors like Diantha

[fallen path]

[topaz compass]

Referencing it in the poster means they are aware of it at least

[slow hare]

Nate alt hopium lol

[slow hare]

Orre posters WHEN

I want a map of Orre for my room irl

[sturdy flower]

would be weird if they weren't aware of it when Rosa's lodge story is all about that

[lean mango]

I hope they add furniture to take my mind off stuff

[weary spire]

||To be clear, Master Fairs haven't even been around long enough to show up 3+ times so far in this game afaik. People said they'd never re-run, and they did, so it's pretty clear to me that you can expect re-runs so long as you're willing wait a fair bit longer than you would for most banners.||

[vernal glade]

Genius. It would be a SC event I think.

[sturdy flower]

i feel like they can spare them the SC tag

to me SC events are like fancy fanfic stuff

whereas Pokestar studio is actual even that happened (please please please Sabrina)

[sturdy flower]

||I expect triple MF banners, but with quite bad rates at some point||

[feral vale]

Didn’t Rosa have a whole lodge story about her acting there?

[topaz compass]

The lodge stories don't stay in my head very well

[feral vale]

Fair enough

[hard wave]

I think she atleast mentioned it, but I dont remember most of them

[little briar]

Woo, gonna be back at 90k gems tomorrow

[summer goblet]

by tmw, i shall reach a new f2p gem record of 380k gem milestone

[feral vale]

YOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[summer goblet]

i'll post a pic tmw

[topaz compass]

Wait like you have that much saved or earned since you started?

Saving that much is impressive. I'd have to only pull MF to ever get that high lol

[summer goblet]

it was a really slow start for me and only started to save seriously around June of 2021

[summer goblet]

Thanks for the compliment, yeah that was kinda my strat pulling for only MF

[crisp wraith]

how many sync pairs do u have? That’s mad impressive

[summer goblet]

||90/128 limited units||

[tardy fiber]

Big gems... 1650 gems reset

[vale ivy]

Really

What happens

New event was just yesterday

[tardy fiber]

Well 3.5 anni login give 1k gems each day for 3 days iirc

The one that have animation when you just logged in, last reset was cmarnie

It also give 10 scout tix

[sullen hedge]

i have 300 tickets started collecting it for shauna but it's like the exclamation mark is tempting me

[lean mango]

It'll all be worth it

Been doing the same to get Looker copies when ticket update comes

[vernal glade]

Saving Kalos for shauna being added.

[cunning swan]

Same

and maybe they'll add malva and drasna in the meantime

[sturdy plank]

i'm so close to hitting pity

[white sparrow]

So much
So quickly

[urban laurel]

I need to save up, and stop impulse pulling

[gray sail]

Just started my saving journey. Nothing interesting this month.
I'm a horrible gem wasting addict who's somehow still f2p. I spent many months single rolling because it was addicting and now I'm going to try slowing that down.
Pitying Diancie off of mostly single pulls was a good wake up call.

[rare swan]

You've come to the right place

Have a look at the pinned messages for some great advice!

[gray sail]

Cool, thanks~

[uncut pewter]

||damn, it's really hard to resist the urge to pull for C. Marnie with all of these "she is super op" videos on youtube and reddit, not gonna lie ||

[sturdy plank]

||same||

[summer goblet]

||very understandable, its a huge appeal of temptation||

[tardy fiber]

I just noticed something

[lament hornet]

official

PITY

[tardy fiber]

We got terrakion LA right, and in gem cals theres 1100 gems that day... didn't new LA boss got first time defeat rewards through missions?

So we might get more

[summer goblet]

yeah, i think so

so more gems

[tardy fiber]

Missions like this

[sly breach]

Am still not a fan of her kit so i want to see if she could do the ebe stage that comes with hop|| before i decide if i should fomo it||

[uncut pewter]

Fact is, I really don't need her lol like, I pulled for SS Diantha because my rock type roster was REALLY lacking (Lycanroc was still my best Rock type unit until a couple of days ago) so in the end she was totally worth the gems. But Marnie? I have everything I need to cover Dark type, she is just luxury lol

[uncut pewter]

What do you not like about her kit?

[sly breach]

The b move being once per sync

[summer goblet]

true

[lament hornet]

i just want to say that the game has kindly rewarded me for saving

||2 multis on gloria, 2 new units in looker and... well, gloria||

[summer goblet]

nice

[lament hornet]

and the rest of the gems i SAVE

[uncut pewter]

|| It refreshes after every Sync tho, so..... it's kinda an infinite b. move as long as you Sync ||

[sturdy plank]

||does it have to be her sync or can you do it with others?||

[sly breach]

||I dont know i still think it wouldn't be great at 1/5|| i mean the most we get to sync per game is 2(excluding LA)

[uncut pewter]

Others too

[topaz compass]

💎

[sullen hedge]

im almost to 2 pities

and we have 26k more gems to goo

[summer goblet]

Speaking of which, I hit my new gem milestone of 380k

[sullen hedge]

everyone has nice round numbers meanwhile mine is so ungabunga

[summer goblet]

Though, it won’t stand for long as i plan to invest this month

[sturdy plank]

i love that triple 0

[summer goblet]

thanks

[vale ivy]

CMarnie is just an op dps with overturned numbers tbh
We get that every few months or so

[uncut pewter]

That's true, she does not have anything unique tbh

[tardy fiber]

This is good, always save the extra gems after getting what you wanted

You might need the remaining in the future

[summer goblet]

always a reserve gems in your tank in case someone you want pops out

[tardy fiber]

I ended up with 5, well i guess march poma day multi can fix it

[summer goblet]

yeah

1 downside for pulling 25 gem mulit

the 5s in the end

[tardy fiber]

Iirc veterans got year gems offer...and some with always end up with not nice number due to 2021 gems deal or something

[summer goblet]

oh yeah that

well i'm glad i don't go for that

cause the number is not nice at all

[sullen hedge]

my paid gems is 49

[tardy fiber]

Due to 2019 gems deal?

[sullen hedge]

yea

then i quit and came back

they should let me top up to a nice number

[tardy fiber]

Ouch need 2021 gem deal to fix it

[sullen hedge]

im still wondering about Chop

why does his outfit have to look so horrendous

[tardy fiber]

Don't grab if not a fave and if don't have enough gems to pity, his banner lasts till after datamine anyway

[sullen hedge]

im grabbing to make my fave more viable

[tardy fiber]

He is just leon wannabe with that outfit

[sullen hedge]

at least that's the consideration

[tardy fiber]

I used to ||pull palmarnie because i want to boost my fave with steel zone which are solgaleo/gloria/hop but nowadays i doesn't even use her because i dont want to non faves and dont want to candy non faves, so she sits there collecting dust and left unused ...i regret, i shouldn't spend gems back then||

[sullen hedge]

it's like why struggle with using wally when bea/solgaleo is there

[ashen thunder]

Me no need any fighting type
Coz horse goes 🐎 🐎🐴

[broken mulch]

Wait what horse

[tardy fiber]

Keldeo probably

[ashen thunder]

Yes
Who needs zone with that

[sullen hedge]

some of us dont have keldeo

• i dont really like diantha

[ashen thunder]

Yea but duck can spook

Just use duck once you get it
Or embrace the budget doge

Fighting so bloated

[sullen hedge]

like is chop + wally a better improvement or anniskyla+anni steven

i feel like chop is better on the external factor that i have ss ethan

[ashen thunder]

Well it depends on who you want to improve more

Also there's a matter of either of zonebots being favs

I actually wanted a reliable fighting zone for long time to abuse horse
But when I see galar, I skip so I am skipping hop

No reason to gamble if you don't like him/her

[vestal leaf]

Zone on command dropping again might take more than a year or 6 months

Who knows

[ashen thunder]

They did drop ccalem within a year

[vestal leaf]

Yeah but tbh

[ashen thunder]

They are also running out of zones

So they have to repeat em anyways

[vestal leaf]

Both ccalem and aura cyn have a zone setting not really "on demand"

[compact pasture]

Can’t wait to try using Summer Hilda on tomorrow’s EBE

[ashen thunder]

Ccalem zone is on demand enuff

Most cases I don't press zone till supp ex anyways

[vestal leaf]

Eh

As a 2v3 dude his zone can be kinda annoying with Karens or royale clears

[ashen thunder]

That's coz you are 2v3ing

That's a dumb excuse
Even then he doubles as a tank and zonebot

[vestal leaf]

Yeah but I mean

You don't need zone to win 3v3

In first place

[ashen thunder]

Karen and royal are also terrible examples

They literally spam aoe moves

[vestal leaf]

Yeah but they need sync

Ccalem is better than auracyn ofc in that, I just kinda don't like that you need to give up recovery for dark zone

Unless you want to sometimes risk

The low procs

[ashen thunder]

What recovery?

[vestal leaf]

He's still great tho

[vestal leaf]

Water shurikens

[ashen thunder]

His dark side grid lets him heal aoe in zone

Also I feel this is moving out of zen

Since he is limited unit

[vestal leaf]

Yeah probably

The zone heals are kinda bad tho imo

For csmm

[ashen thunder]

The point being
If zonebot isn't fav, it's skippable

[vestal leaf]

At least

[ashen thunder]

Since they will release over and over

[vestal leaf]

And zone bots are very redundant

[ashen thunder]

Eh CS is fast paced fight

[vestal leaf]

In general

[ashen thunder]

Ccalem has entry endure and first aid

It's more than enuff even for 3K

[vestal leaf]

Aid?

Where

Oh right I can rarely grab it

Do you not run sync PMUN/SMUN?

[ashen thunder]

I don't run dark aoe heals

[vestal leaf]

Me neither

[ashen thunder]

Just pick endure, first aid and the pmun/smun

[vestal leaf]

Oh you don't run crit squad

[ashen thunder]

Don't rly care if ccalem dies anyways

[vestal leaf]

That's the difference

[ashen thunder]

Most dps buff crit themselves so

It's just MR

And MR is terrible with pmun so I just skip for him

It's also one of the reasons why I am not that hung up on rolling supports since every unit these days is a 1 TM meme

[sullen hedge]

i dont like hop and his outfit sucks, but idm zapdos

[chrome nest]

Ok ||Because galarian moltres is my second favorite and even tough g articuno is my favorite I prefer it with someone else||

[sweet tide]

That is 1100 lol idk what other missions u talking abt

[tardy fiber]

Its the first kill gems

[sweet tide]

Thats 1100 LOL

800 from stage 1/2/3 + 300 from missions

[tardy fiber]

Oh so no mission like use gym leaders/elite four/kanto like usual? The 1k gems

[sweet tide]

No? Lol

Its a new LA why would they have that

[tardy fiber]

I see so only rerun have it

[sweet tide]

Ofc lol

If its datamined i would have added in alr

[tardy fiber]

What move coin can we get from this LA?

[sweet tide]

Uhhh

Good qn

Brb

[tardy fiber]

Because first time beat usually give 1 move coin

[sweet tide]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/893411915638923264/1078720707338448926/Screenshot_2023-02-25_at_12.12.28_AM.png

[tardy fiber]

Oh a tech, thanks

[sweet tide]

Why is the image so blur

Smh this discord update is truly awful

[upbeat lotus]

We get tech coins from Kalos CS right?

[sweet tide]

??

U mean unova?

[upbeat lotus]

Im asking about this CS

[sweet tide]

Kalos is not tech

[upbeat lotus]

If yes, Unova might give strike coins instead

Oh

[sweet tide]

Its stated in the image lol

What unova gives

[upbeat lotus]

Oh lel

Im blind

🧑‍🦯

[sweet tide]

https://tenor.com/view/pat-cat-pat-pat-gif-25250101

[tardy fiber]

Will be a while before i can make my support candy, need to wait for gauntlet and ball guy

[chrome nest]

Should I just be patient?

[lapis pine]

Yes

Do not pull

[vestal leaf]

Wait next datamine

If in doubt

[weary spire]

just another classic DPS unit that comes out every once in a little while, often outdoing the other

[uncut pewter]

Good for YouTube titles

[weary spire]

I mean yeah lol, you can have STRONGEST UNIT IN THE GAME?!?!? as a title 15 times a year, it feels

[vale ivy]

Yeah agree tbh

The powercreep is too fast I kinda become desensitized

Like sure, another op dps

[weary spire]

Agreed. Sometimes a bit of temptation might spring up initially, but sometimes, all it takes is the time for everything to settle, for you to really remember that again

[cunning swan]

remember ss lysandre's b-move was the 2nd best DPS, second only to Ash, for... a month

then cmarnie came

who knows how long it'll take until another beeg damage unit overtakes her

[weary spire]

There comes a point I start to forget what powercrept what

[maiden kayak]

just pull favs easy

[weary spire]

'cause there were like 8 units over the span of 6 months and you're just like What was better than what again?

[tough oriole]

Or how sssteven was the best damage dealer for all of 2 weeks

[woeful badger]

Is Ash currently top 1 or something?

[maiden kayak]

yes but not the right place to ask

[weary spire]

2 seconds before that it was all about Zerena

10 seconds before that it was LuSSamine

Idr what was before that, either I just forget by that point or the powercreep really started to ramp up with her

[maiden kayak]

i think going and saving for meta is still fine

just need to be smart about it

[weary spire]

Don't get me wrong, I'm not knocking meta entirely, I'm just saying you don't want to be the person caught up in the tide of "new strongest unit"

[woeful badger]

I usually go for favs that are meta

[maiden kayak]

there are some that aged like wine but really need to check all the boxes

[weary spire]

When you may just be caught up with that soon afterwards, and soon after that, etc

[maiden kayak]

||cmarnie is one of them imo||

[cunning swan]

going for meta is fine but you need to remember strikers get powercrept very quickly so you need to plan your gems and miss out on "the strongest unit in the game!!!?!?!?!?!" that might only hold that title for a month

[maiden kayak]

just like how zerena aged like wine despite a striker

[weary spire]

I dunno if it was like wine per se

[maiden kayak]

1 year old and shes still arguably 2/3rd place

[weary spire]

But it was longer shelf-time

For sure

It wasn't falling off quickly

[maiden kayak]

ss lysandre on the other hand i feel will age like milk because how contractidicting his kit is

[weary spire]

But that doesn't change what comes after that can still be better

[maiden kayak]

hes similar case as ss lusamine

[weary spire]

Like you can have 10 units that are all better than another from 1-10, but 1 being the weakest is still very good for the content

[cunning swan]

yeah, since the content itself doesn't powercreep much, even a 2021 unit like LuSSamine can still clear comfortably. being powercrept doesn't invalidate her damage

[weary spire]

Essentially yeah

[maiden kayak]

altho i suspect

3k csmm might come

just my hunch

[weary spire]

I'm not expecting it anytime soon personally

There are still too many who have kinda only just been adjusting to max point CSMM over the past year

I think they did a solid job with bringing people over, even something as simple as Victory Road might've helped a fair bit

[woeful badger]

Like ssred got pushed back by a lot when I started playing and now i don't use him at all

[weary spire]

Making the 3k leap might still be alienating to a large majority of players, even though we might have more of the minority here that we're used to imho

I don't think it's impossible in future tho

[signal halo]

I'm still sorting csmm out myself

[cunning swan]

they're still working on that new CS mode thing

3k probably won't come any time soon

[signal halo]

I could see them doing 3k once they finish the neo champion arc

[weary spire]

Even then, it might be smart to do 2.5k and gauge response, then wait a few months to consider 3k

[signal halo]

Or at least all the leagues

[cunning swan]

Victory Road is genuinely great and the tips there are very helpful. Sadly a lot of people skip the cutscenes then get confused why they can't beat the final battle

[timber wren]

if they do increase again it will probably be similar to how they implemented 2k and LG e.g. the rewards are nice but not necessary so newer players dont feel completely locked out

[maiden kayak]

maybe more bp

[weary spire]

100%. And yeah, at that point... I mean, what can you do? You tried, and some people may just want to strictly remain v casual (which is fine), and some may skip the cutscenes only to immediately ask for the basic advice

But hey, I think it's done a largely good job

[timber wren]

it was a big step in the right direction

[sly breach]

Did meta || pull and am already tired of emma for some reason she ain't as cserena fun to use dont know why||

[weary spire]

It was really lacking prior to that. I can't even be totally sure how I would've handled it without any involvement in the player community (thanks #1009554906568462476)

[timber wren]

on boarding in this game is still really tricky, there are a lot of complex mechanics that arent explained well

[cunning swan]

a lot of mechanics are explained in the tips section but that's a big chunk of small text and even I don't like reading that so I understand completely

[weary spire]

Maybe tag that but ||honestly, not the first time I've heard this surprisingly. someone else pulling Emma for meta reasons only to be immediately bored with her. not to say you should linger on it or regret it, but maybe take that into consideration for future. what is a game but what should be fun to you, anyway? if you're not sure you'll enjoy the unit and like it enough for whatever reasons there are (a fun kit, meta, fav chara, etc.), then maybe give it some time and be careful with consideration to meta units in future.||

[cunning swan]

yup, big damage does not always mean you'll have fun using the unit

[signal halo]

I think being bored by meta happened for a long time with SS Kris

3/5ing her mostly solved it

Because she became an special moves up+ printing machine

Which is an unmatched niche in my roster

[weary spire]

it may in some cases if all you were bored of was just one unit's incomplete kit, but sometimes the kit itself may just not be all that for someone personally

[signal halo]

SST red also felt somewhat like that until 3/5

[cunning swan]

this is why I love pulling for faves. SS Red is a very straightforward unit but since he's a huge fave, I use him all the time

[weary spire]

like the person in question had candied the unit to 3/5 before realising how bored they were of them and regretting it

[signal halo]

I haven't yet candied Emma and I'm unsure if I will, in the foreseeable future

Due to an overload of pairs to candy

And I also wanna see full power ash

Despite it being completely unnecessary

[cunning swan]

what if you get bored by meta again with 3/5 Ash

[weary spire]

Yeah like at the end of the day, I find if I have enough to be satisfied with my investment assuredly, whether for the chara or whatever else, I won't really regret it

[signal halo]

I like overkill

[tardy fiber]

If you pull for faves, you will have fun with the unit no matter if it's weak or strong. Even having the unit in your roster already put a smile on your face

[weary spire]

If you feel content with that, that's also fine, it's ultimately about what you can manage & find yourself getting out of whatever investments you make

[signal halo]

I think my gameplay wants are pretty mixed between canon pair fave pulling and hardcore meta to solve my types

[grim plover]

Me when my guzma hits 3 times in a row 💀

[weary spire]

whether it's what you save gems or candies for, all we want is to set ourselves up for no regrets especially because unfortunately, resources are limited

[tardy fiber]

Normal guzma? Didn't he have no quarter?

[grim plover]

I still use him but I would like my favs to be good

[grim plover]

Special costume

[signal halo]

The usual take that meta can change over time isn't something that apply to my goals

[tardy fiber]

Oh

[signal halo]

Say, what if Giovanni got a second power boost that maxed his stats, as well as psychic gear

He became SSteven 2

[cunning swan]

I completely agree. Gladion is a fave and despite him failing me many times, I still like the unit

[signal halo]

Would SSteven stop being good for the game content? Don't think so

So pulling for SSteven previously didn't suddenly become bad because a shiny new pair arrived

[cunning swan]

Meta can change over time but it never invalidates the older unit's powers. The point is, don't chase the strongest unit ever every month because it will quickly change

[weary spire]

Yeah definitely, plays into the conversation earlier

[cunning swan]

chasing meta just for the sake of meta is tiring

[signal halo]

I have a reason for chasing meta, specifically

Which is solving type deficits

I think my ghost Pokemon roster sucks

So I'd pull for the next shiny high tier ghost pokemon

[cunning swan]

giovanni solves ghost easily enough

[weary spire]

If you can set manageable restrictions for yourself and assess things appropriately without being caught into hype & regretting it, especially as you manage your savings appropriately, that's fine
The lack of need to constantly chase what's better than the other, that was better than the other... Still valid

[cunning swan]

and this game is easy enough to clear with faves anyway

shauntal is good now with grid

[signal halo]

Is shauntal good enough without zone?

[cunning swan]

as long as ontype, sure

[weary spire]

Content clearing is p much almost no point of argument anymore

[cunning swan]

and like I said. giovanni exists

[weary spire]

At least in regards to what is accessible that can be used to clear said content

Some people would really be surprised

"Bad" units clearing comfortably, "decent" units being overkill,

[cunning swan]

yeah, it all depends on gameplay

[weary spire]

Hapu really 2v3ed 2k on Johto fr

[cunning swan]

what's the other unit

courtney?

[weary spire]

I think it was just Hilbert

[cunning swan]

I still don't have her...

[cunning swan]

oh damn

[weary spire]

Granted Hapu was EXed, but she was the pinnacle of terrible units prior to her grid & EX

And she's still not all that

[signal halo]

I think I might either be bad at the game or just have a higher standart as to what I consider to be a comfortable clear

[cunning swan]

some f2p and genpool ghost damage dealers that are genuinely good: giovanni, agatha, shauntal, fantina

hell fantina impressed me so much

[weary spire]

I doubt you're "bad at the game" regardless of whatever plays into it, I mean not to say I know anything but you probably know a fair bit more than the average player

Even still, it may just be a few small things to consider

They end up making all the difference

[signal halo]

I don't offtype, and by offtyping I also mean using a sync pair's move that doesn't match it's sync type

So Giovanni for ghost, solgaleo for fighting and so on

Are things I skip

Mainly because I like the idea of every type having a proper representative

[weary spire]

I used to use Solgaleo for Fighting when I couldn't bare to use 1/5 Wally

[signal halo]

So even if it's a somewhat fabricated need

[weary spire]

But that's often not the optimal way of going about things anyway, so I wouldn't say that's something hugely holding you back, even if it's a thing of personal satisfaction for you

[signal halo]

I'd like to have strong pokemon for every type

[cunning swan]

fantina then. iirc she cleared even Phoebe for me very easily

[weary spire]

But excluding options for the sake of a clear that is more satisfying to you can make things a lil more difficult at times, sure

Yeah, Fantina post-buff was respectable

[signal halo]

The main exception to this rule is when I'm double carrying and I have a proper carry that also is stronger than the offtype carry

The example I can think of within my roster would be like

3/5 Emmet and 1/5 raihan

Both using rock slide

[weary spire]

Sure yeah, sometimes a lil push is all you need

[signal halo]

I used that against sentry entry csmm and it was a bulldozing

[weary spire]

If you're bulldozing Sentry Entry x2 / Wise Entry x2, you're probably fine overwhelmingly

[signal halo]

Yes

Rock type is completely solved for me

[weary spire]

If it's just a few stages that stand out to you as more difficult / uncomfortable clears, assess why that is the case, maybe some can help

But I don't wanna stray too far off resource management so ultimately, point is, you likely have the tools you need at your disposal and at worst only need a few nudges in the right direction when it comes to the things you struggle more with

[signal halo]

I know the issues I have and I could list them

[weary spire]

It's part of the reason I'm goofy about EBs where I try to literally not invest in a single thing and see what the bare minimum is to clear, to prove it to myself & to help others do the same should they choose to

[signal halo]

At least as far as types are concerned

[weary spire]

Beyond types, since again, the types are likely not the wall for you

Imho

[signal halo]

Sometimes my issues with a type are lack of a comfortable team around my carry

For example fire

Silver has a backbreaking sync

[weary spire]

In regards to not having strong enough units to clear content for X or Y type, I mean
But yeah, for further, more can help in #916852389347196958 for sure

[signal halo]

But his teams feel wonky

[weary spire]

Mhm

[kindred stag]

will legends arceus pairs ever come?

[weary spire]

Can't say for certain, can only say it's been a year as it prob should be for a hint of anything. Maybe for 4th anniversary, as that's not impossible?

[signal halo]

Ghost is uncharted territory as far as fantina and shauntal are concerned, so I'll hold the thought until I have a chance for testing them

[cunning swan]

really? 3/5 Hilbert + sun setter + Silver is fine

[signal halo]

I'd rather enjoy a defensive buffer more than Hilbert, and if I could set sun with the defensive buffer

It would be a huge plus

[weary spire]

I think if it clears comfortably, and it does the job, it does the job

[signal halo]

Hence SS Morty being always looming in my head as a potential target

[weary spire]

I remember I always just used Egg Ninetales and felt fine with that honestly

[signal halo]

One of the pairs this month likely raises the bar of every team I have

[kindred stag]

yeah just everyone was expecting them for january and that's not a thing. Each month since i've hopefully awaited datamine only to find something with already introduced characters

[signal halo]

I have a maxed eggtales

Never liked jt

[cunning swan]

Silver wrecks 2k presync before defensive buffs matter tbh

[kindred stag]

but 4th anni would be an excellent time to introduce those new pairs so i suppose i can look for them then

[weary spire]

I think people figured that if it was going to happen, end of Jan at least marked a year which meant it could happen. But at the end of the day, they were kinda blind guesses based on little info we have

We're all just as hopeful at the end of the day

[weary spire]

Can confirm

[weary spire]

Agreed yeah, still can't be sure but hey, let's hope together

[turbid sapphire]

||just remember power creep happens and even better units will come, so don't worry about missing out because of power||

[kindred stag]

does PoMa do anything special for birthdays? i can't remember and its my birthday today

[cunning swan]

no, nothing

happy birthday though!

[weary spire]

Not that I'm aware, but we can wish you a happy birthday!

[turbid sapphire]

happy bday!

[sturdy plank]

happy birthday!!

turned off pings just incase

[vestal leaf]

||tbh I'm considering just because gmoltres is one of my fav galar mons, and i don't care about summer N, but since my absolute fave is zapdos, I'm waiting to see how that one goes

But while I think she's kinda straightforward, the protect shenanigans and utility when on low hp make her look so fun for 2.5-3k 2v3 clears, which are my main way to enjoy the game||

Still, yeah skip if you just want numbers

[topaz compass]

Anybody that went big on Volcanion without loving the Pokemon or trainer alot, only to not afford Moltres and Marnie if they like both, man the lack of willpower is something. I'm projecting but I'm sure this group of people exists

[opaque cargo]

I want to ask something but i forgot

[ashen thunder]

||It's funni how lyss' selling point was that 1 time B move

And carnie can spam a similar move multiple times depending on battle||

Those that didn't zen shall always suffer

[topaz compass]

I would have suckered myself into pulling Volcanion if it was a MF,m since I get them all 3/5, thank God it wasnt

I wish they would spread the element types more evenly for MF

[ashen thunder]

They did spread the types evenly no?

Considering this is our first dark MF

And fighting gets a dps for MF for first time

[topaz compass]

We have the greninjas that are simultaneously dark and water

[ashen thunder]

Tho tbf I was expecting MF tag to be on powerful trainers

[upbeat lotus]

MF type spreading is quite good and reasonable

[ashen thunder]

And recent MFs are pretty bland

[violet nebula]

There are 18/19 types😭

[ashen thunder]

You ain't telling me hop and bede are champion level trainers

[violet nebula]

And Dena could do that x3.. a tech, strike and support

[topaz compass]

Oh really? Then why do we not have a Rock, Poison, Fairy, Bug, etc attacker MF? Those types needed it more than fire, water, etc

[ashen thunder]

Well neither of fire MFs are better than the actual competent bug units or fairy units

MF is more like the trainer glow rather than kit

[topaz compass]

That's a sidestep to my point that they repeat types too much