Resource Saving Support (Gem Zen)

[hard wave]

We’ve only gotten like a million gems in 3.5 yrs iirc

[vestal leaf]

Yea

Like 1mil 30-40k iirc

[grim plover]

steven is my fav champ but i must wait for the next datamine due to the posibility of alolan Red and Blue 💀

[upbeat lotus]

Luckily he is a SC so he stays for a month

Typically seasonals only run for 2 weeks

[grim plover]

thank god

[vernal glade]

Ya.

For example Hilda and N. They only ran for two weeks.

[cunning swan]

Yeah, at least this is one good thing about SC units

Sometimes even pokefairs don't last that long

[vernal glade]

Ya. Since next months units most likely staying for a month. So people will have time to save and wait for next datamine.

[cunning swan]

Wait for datamine in case steven is yet another bait

[broken mulch]

Huh I thought it only lasted two weeks

[cunning swan]

SC units all leave at the same time, so since steven and shauna will be released first, they'll last a long time (if previous SC events are anything to go by)

The 2nd part of the SC units will be released mid April according to dev letter Iirc? They will last 2 weeks

[tardy fiber]

Almost lost my scjasmine due to this system back then

As scjasmine released last

[broken mulch]

Ah right

[tardy fiber]

Hope that the next reset is datamine

[cunning swan]

[past imp]

you mean tonight? datamines can happen on Sunday nights? sweet!!

I'm really curious about SC Steven too... his kit seems very broad so he will be very tempting

[warm flint]

😋

[feral vale]

Ooh those sweet 000’s

Ya love to see it

[vernal glade]

Brilliant zeros

[grim plover]

perfection

until pomas day

[vernal glade]

Like me. I got the cursed 5

[tardy fiber]

Need to wait for the next poma day to heal that

[tough oriole]

Reminder to everyone that the Kanto VA ends today, so make sure to grab the

[tardy fiber]

I ended up with a bunch of this month...||due to 2 and a half pities and zero shiny meowths i guess||

[tough oriole]

How’s your gem count doing?

[tardy fiber]

If i got new shiny eggmons, i can shove some bronze PUs

[tough oriole]

Thankfully non of your faves are in sc part 1

[tardy fiber]

Can reach 2 pities with hoenn VA stuffs

69,775 now

1820 gems this reset

71,595 if i got all of them...darn still not 2 pitiea

Need hoenn VA part 2 rerun

[topaz compass]

If his 3/5 adds 2nd rebuff and mprs for TM he is pretty nuts other than lacking defenses of a support

[opaque cargo]

He is good?

[drowsy saddle]

just wait for the datamine, we have no specific info about him

[opaque cargo]

Today is datamanine?

[drowsy saddle]

The date of datamine is not confirmed.

[tough oriole]

Most people think that tonight is most likely, but it could be tomorrow for all we know

[broken mulch]

Yeah since we already know a new event (well rerun) starts today, it could be a different reset that they update

[lean mango]

DeNa does what ever tomfoolery they want, they could do it on the 29th

[opaque cargo]

My poma reset at 2pm my local time which in 6 and half hours. What about u guys? What is ur local time?

[reef river]

The datamine is tonight,, I've decided. You are all welcome.

[lean mango]

What if it doesn't

[reef river]

Trust

[vestal leaf]

Even if he was, easy skip if you don't love Steven on piss dog

[sly breach]

7am

[grim plover]

2 am 💀

[lean mango]

Same atm

[grim plover]

dena told me that the datamine tonight

[opaque cargo]

U live in NY?

[grim plover]

venezuela actually

[deft glen]

3 am lol

I hope it's tonight

[vernal glade]

You mean daily kanto tickets.

[broken mulch]

1 PM. Perfect for me

[tough oriole]

I mean the . I’d have assumed everyone would have already bought the

[sturdy flower]

Datamine = tuesday

reason: I have a lot to do tomorrow and don't want to get distracted

[reef river]

I want it to be tonight so i know what next month has so i can decide what I want to do with the lati twin rerun banner

[topaz compass]

We actually have an event datamined previously for the 29th

[reef river]

Which i think is at reset

[topaz compass]

So it could likely be 28th or 29th for the 30th starting Steven in lodge

I do think tonight most likely still tho because why would dev letter be so many days early?

[rustic heron]

it’s definitely tonight

cuz i don’t think there’s ever been a tuesdaytamine

[tough oriole]

There have been 6 tuesday datamines

I suppose it is the 2nd least common datamine day

[grim plover]

poce tierlist

[rustic heron]

dang, 6?

[grim plover]

that means datamine tonight

[rustic heron]

must’ve all been from before i started playing

[tough oriole]

The last one was june 2022

[rustic heron]

yeah, i started at second anniversary

so sept. 2022

[sturdy flower]

dang it!

[cunning swan]

should be monday morning according to japan's timezone

[topaz compass]

Yeah poce posting tier list basically guarantees tonight yay

I expected it 80% anyway because they wouldn't have posted the dev letter Saturday if not releasing datamine monday

[grim plover]

yea

it was an early dev letter

[tardy fiber]

Poce tier list video already appear

I will watch it later

[fallen path]

so it's gonna happen..

[tardy fiber]

No new video though, we are kinda late 5 mins for a trailer video

[tough oriole]

We’ll probably get one 2 days before the event methinks

[grim plover]

yeah, next event is Hoenn VA, not the SC

[tardy fiber]

Oh so Datamine before new trailer video

[sturdy flower]

trailer will be on 29th most likely

[hard wave]

I think the trailer may be closer to the event like 28-30

[cunning swan]

trailer drops usually 2 days before the event, yes

[broken mulch]

I love the chaos that spreads here when it’s datamine time so the sooner the better haha

[iron robin]

me2 it's fun
i dont usually say anything (if at all) but it's fun to read lol

[oak crest]

if this upcoming month is skip month i prob will have 5.5 pities b4 the datamine next month drops

[reef river]

Im like 50:50 on if i wanna pull for anni may, assuming theres nothing i want in april

It really depends on if may/brendan are 1%/1% or 1.5%/1.5%

[cunning swan]

I usually go on voice chat with some friends so I don't really see the chaos in other places

[broken mulch]

I’m the guy that spreads the chaos to GameFAQs LMAO

[tardy fiber]

Nothing on my google playstore

[sturdy hatch]

report

[compact pasture]

[signal halo]

Limited mostly to classic elesa

If I am to also include meta picks I'd want, those would be a strong flying type dps+nuke, SS Morty and a strong ghost type dps+nuke

[signal halo]

There isn't a lot to look forward

I could extend and say that chairman rose likely hits the fave list, but he's most certainly a spotlight

[oak crest]

short faves list isn't smth bad, it means u can pull for units with kits that is attractive to u

[signal halo]

The thing is

Even including kits that might appeal to me

The list is short

[oak crest]

ohh

[winged fossil]

god i feel like spongebob when he needed water whenever i think about the lucas banner. lmao.

[winged fossil]

strong flying dps/nuke
so basically what youre saying is, SS Ethan.

[signal halo]

Yea

SS Ethan would be the end all be all flying pair for me

[lean mango]

Your list is all existing pairs right?

[signal halo]

I like his gameplay and he does something I want

Not exactly

[lean mango]

ah

[signal halo]

There are unreleased Unovan pairs I'd pull in a heartbeat

However none seem to warrant anything more than spotlight tier banners

Since colress didn't

Nor hugh

[winged fossil]

what characters from alola do we not have yet btw? trying to think who else might come for VA other than Faba

[oak crest]

that lady from aether

what's her name

[lean mango]

Because sometimes a short list is good of unreleased stuff, gives something specific to save for without maybe being bombarded with a whole load of faves

[upbeat lotus]

Ilima, Ultra Recon Squad, Faba, Wicke, Kukui's wife

[oak crest]

i just cant rmb her name

loool

wicke

yeah wicke

[lean mango]

The wife is Burnet

[upbeat lotus]

thanks

i always forget her name

[signal halo]

There are also very specific pairings that would be faves for me

One almost happened

Which was SS lysandre and a water mon

Sadly it wasn't SS lysandre and mega gyarados

I just wanna play a red shrimp

Though shrimps are red, already..m

[winged fossil]

uhhh, whos the ultra recon squad again?
Ilima looks cool

[lean mango]

Didn't get a shiny Gyarados?

[signal halo]

No

And I want a mega shiny gyarados

With lysandre

[lean mango]

ah

[signal halo]

Cofagrigus on ghetsis

Cyrus and weavile

Anyone with golurk

[winged fossil]

ahh

[lean mango]

The blue people from another dimension

[winged fossil]

i didnt really look into US/UM tbh

[signal halo]

And anyone with crawdaunt

[winged fossil]

i think id be willing to simp for Ilima Smeargle pair

[upbeat lotus]

or Gumshoos

[signal halo]

I also likely would pull on the normal zone pair

[upbeat lotus]

[signal halo]

Since I have a normal type fave in hugh

I'd offtype if it was normal

Normal type, not normal normal

[lean mango]

Need Normal type rebuff

[signal halo]

That too

[lean mango]

Normal weak nonexistent 😔

[signal halo]

If both happen on the same pair

[upbeat lotus]

its funny that the upcoming SC Steven cant apply Normal rebuff, based on what dena said

[signal halo]

It would be the dream

Imagine if Arceus becomes the normal type enabler

Instead of being gladion 2

Max normal rebuff

As well as zone

[lean mango]

Would be nice if true, not that I'll use it to the extent I'm just a Steven simp

[winged fossil]

too bad datamine wasnt tonight, i really wanted to know if my gems were safe for the month.

so far im at like 7k

[lean mango]

That's progress

[winged fossil]

really need a save month if im going to survive alola VA

[upbeat lotus]

i wish next month had around 34k gems like last year

last April was also a SC month and we got many gems

[sturdy hatch]

34k? I'll take that

[winged fossil]

i just want 30k+ to be the new norm this year

[lean mango]

If so I'll be able to get 3rd pity no problem

[winged fossil]

id rather not have a 20k month when alola VA is all but confirmed to be next VA.

[lean mango]

Next goal ||after Steven|| is 146k

Maybe RNG luck be on my side at all times

[winged fossil]

...shit, anni lillie isnt prob gonna rerun... bc it just did in december...

that means its prob luSSa if theres a rerun MF during it

i. am. screwed.

[lean mango]

It's DeNa, they might just decide not to

[winged fossil]

i hope not, cause GOD i would have to pick between a second VA pair and zoroark probably if so

hoping to be able to afford 2 alola VA pairs and zoroark

[lean mango]

How do you know you'll be getting 2 Alola VA pairs?

[winged fossil]

alola is my #1 fav region

has the most favs

so most likely to double-hit my gem wallet

[lean mango]

So like the protags?

[winged fossil]

id be lucky to see only one pair there

moreso the major side characters like lillies family and such

lotta pokemon tho i like from alola

[lean mango]

The protags are most definitely getting VA alts

[winged fossil]

the pokemon are what scare me more rn cause i think i like atleast a third of the pokes in alola

if a VA pair is a tapu tho without a fav trainer, then im safe

how many pairs do they usually release per VA?

2 or 4?

[lean mango]

4

2 for the first part, 2 for the second

[winged fossil]

im literally going to have to try to skip every month until VA or Summer, whichever comes first

[lean mango]

2 of those ~~if they don't pull a quick Neo Champion ~~ are gotta be the protags

[lean mango]

It's going to be in at least May

You have 1 month unless they reveal it's actually April then you have 0 month

[winged fossil]

ok... CSerena released in november... so im at least not in danger of a rerun of her right now... uhhh, shit, what N pairs might rerun by the VA, i have no clue on the date of SS N

[lean mango]

Date doesn't really determine y'know

[winged fossil]

yeah, but usually MFs rerun in a big gap so

its less likely to be jumpscared by at least for serena's

[lean mango]

They can release a rerun as quick as possible or just never

[winged fossil]

yeah, true

im prob going to be holding my damn breath when late april letter drops

if i see any VA mention in "next update" section i might be screwed, i assume they usually tease in there a month ahead...but they might not...

[lean mango]

I mean I'll be shocked if they don't tbh

Only a 1 or 2 month time gap between VAs

[winged fossil]

i might be moving in May... so i hope internets at least good at the new place if so, or at least we can afford mobile data so i dont miss out on some VA time if it is there

[lean mango]

If it's a 2 month VA then the first month's units as well as events I think? will usually last longer

For them to continue running in the next month so you might have time

[signal halo]

I wonder when paldea will kick in

Paldea might warp the fave game a bit

Mainly due to my attachment to trainer themes

[cunning swan]

if Galar is anything to go by, Galar characters were released in PMEX a year after SwSh

[signal halo]

And I assume Alola was already available when poma was released

[sturdy hatch]

What if Hisui characters are something to go by?

[signal halo]

I know next to nothing about hisui

[cunning swan]

then they should've been released last 3.5 anni, dammit!

[signal halo]

But then there's Cynthia's relative and a potential shiny Giratina

That hopefully performs as a giga tank

To this day I wish SSR Cynthia had SSA role profile

So Giratina was a giga tank and zone setter

I know it doesn't matter for poma

But I can't swallow that they used the wider Giratina for the role the origin form could have taken

If altered is a tech, what the hell is the origin form supposed to do, if they release it

[winged fossil]

got over 1k gem this reset already

[signal halo]

Break ghost type damage charts?

[winged fossil]

support? second tech? idfk.

speaking of stuff from sinnoh,

arceus when

[signal halo]

If they make origin a support

I'll travel to whatever place Dena's office is

And ask them why they hate giratina

Then I'll likely be kicked out for not speaking japanese

[winged fossil]

im guessing somewhere in tokyo

so anyways its time to go claim my LSerena

2nd to last Serena pair needed for my collection

[lean mango]

Might be around December and November since that's a year later and all the VAs will be finished

[sturdy flower]

what about Yancy?

and there was no datamine after all, lol

[vernal glade]

The last VA could possibly be August or September

So yes by then all regions VA are done

[uncut pewter]

Close to pity

[lean mango]

Ye, at the maximum it can end on October

[sturdy flower]

honestly the things I'm most excited for this month cost no gems

12.5k csmm, difficulty of cs event, some more ex for characters without recolor (possibly BP or something!)

also no recolor doesn't mean no new pose

[upbeat lotus]

they can reuse the pose of the base pair

like they did with both Blue

[sturdy flower]

i don't mind as long as it's not the same as before

[spare swift]

Ok, so..

Saving helped me a lot this time, both the amount and the exclusive saver's luck

But if everything will be too good, then it feels unreal

So to balance the good luck, ||the eon duo ate my all 51k gems||

But well, I am extremely happy that I got both of them!

And now, as much as the letter revealed, nothing exciting is in the next month, so I am considering to just save next month (aimlessly)

😁

[tawny dagger]

51k for both?

[vestal leaf]

Sounds like a rough run buddy

1 at pity, one at 550/400?

[lean fossil]

Been saving all month for SS Brendan and got him in one pull….

In theory, that sounds good, but I kinda wanted to go a bit deeper so I can get copies of general pairs

So tempted to press the pull button cause my gluttonous self has waited a month to pull

But I should prob wait for datamine…

[spare swift]

Yupp || latias at pity and latios at the 17th pull||

Saver's luck helped in getting some of the gen pool units

[vestal leaf]

Don't do that, datamine is too close, plus gen pools farming is better on master fairs that you also wanna get

[vestal leaf]

Yikes, but I can feel that

It's annoying to save for ages to get kinda shafted

But at least you know you can guarantee those units by saving

[spare swift]

Exactly

And now, I have no new aim to save, which itself is a bit confusing

Maybe if alola VA will be on may, for that I can save

[topaz compass]

@spare swift that is nuts you had to go to pity for essentially a 3% unit?

Odds of that must be tiny

[spare swift]

Yupp, it was the second time I ever pitied a unit, and first time for pulling beyond the pity

But that isn't bothering me much now, since I am more in joy than grief, joy for having the eon duo

[vestal leaf]

It's not that unlikely

[sly breach]

Damn, thats heavy

[topaz compass]

1.69% that is pretty bad

[lunar topaz]

Aftermath of ||AniMay I’m super glad I got her on my second multi I really need to work on my impulsiveness when I see a fav cause what if Datamine were to show I had 2 more favs coming up and I had to pity her|| 🐴

[oak crest]

Current gems count before datamine drops(hopefully today)
And oh, already went past my previous highest record of gems(which was around 173k gems)

[topaz compass]

@lunar topaz if you are going to post about pulls entirely in spoiler tag, isn't it better to post in a different thread entirely?

[hasty umbra]

I mean, we sometimes see quite big walls of text with spoiler tags...

it's fine tbh, this case that is, I hate those walls

[summer goblet]

Nice, keep up the good work

Almost to my ultimate milestone

[lunar topaz]

I also ranged about my inability to wait

[feral vale]

4k more to go!

[cunning swan]

[slow hare]

Dayyyyummmm

[iron robin]

60.2k gems lets gooo (also first time hitting the 50s with non-paid gems)

[topaz compass]

112 baby. Won't stay high much longer when we see that datamine

[lunar topaz]

I hope if a fav comes out next month I’ll be able to skip them my willpower is so weak and impulsive when I see a fav…

[tough oriole]

||Just think of your strength at skipping dialga, and apply it to others||
I don’t think that’s how favouritism works tho

[vernal glade]

Next month 100% will not have a fave for me

[tough oriole]

Famous last words

[lunar topaz]

He just reruns at bad times lel

[hard wave]

Same sometimes (or most of the time) I even…. || pull without pity ||

[lunar topaz]

If dayamine has no favs and that banner is still up I have the potential to go for him

||ive only pulled without pity for SCJasmine and I was guranteed pity before she left iirc||

[hard wave]

this is the 2nd time ive had to skip red and lucas when they were in a banner together

[hard wave]

O ive done that multiple times, I mean || when I cant even guarantee to pity before they leave ||

[lunar topaz]

[tardy fiber]

Hope today have datamine

[broken mulch]

Absolute favorite dude has already been revealed so I’m doomed haha

[sturdy flower]

so far I can resist both

[gray sail]

Unless next month's hinted trainer is who I think it is, I swear to forego going for 5 Stevens and try even harder to save, even past any 3k gems that get dumped. The game is hammering into my head these pity pulls and now I know what to focus these savings on.

[winged fossil]

who are you predicting is it

[gray sail]

A totally wrong answer: ||Champion Wallace||

[winged fossil]

i feel like if it was him theyd have done it a while ago, tbh. im leaning toward it being a pasio character honestly cause of the fact its a pasio-exclusive league from the sounds of it

~~pablo champion when ~~

or like a lear alt or someth

wouldnt put it past lear to declare himself it

[gray sail]

Oh no, Lear would be my second choice as someone to get. X.x
Need reasons to resist~

||The dream for Champion Wallace isn't dead yet!||

[broken mulch]

Yeah I’m predicting it’s Wallace

[hard wave]

Same, I think I miscalculated a bit and || I need 9.6k before hop leaves if I need to pity, currently have 1530 + 200 more from hoenn VE missions, so 5.6k not including the ball guy rally ||

I think next month should be a skip for me tho in terms of new pairs

I just hope lucas/red and the eon duo can rerun again at better times

And that any new masterfair that releases isnt a fav outside of the 4 im waiting on a rerun for

[winged fossil]

ballguy rally im pretty sure JP already confirmed we're getting everything at the least. so thats another 500gem.

personally im hoping if they do a new alola MF that it isnt another lillie for alola va, or if it is, that its just anni lillie rerun for her

i think a dream pairing for alola other than that ilima or whatever guy with smeargle would prob be Gladion with his Lycanroc

[sturdy flower]

"ilima or whatever guy" doesn't really sound like a dream pair

[hard wave]

Ye 1730 + 1770 + 500 = 4k so I need 5.6k more

[tough oriole]

In addition to the gems from the rest of this month?

[hard wave]

Ye 1730 rn and 1770 left until the 30th

And then the BG rally gets me to 4k

[tough oriole]

I think that 10 days should be enough to finish it , hopefully gems are front loaded

[hard wave]

Hopefully also hoping they chill on the masterfairs for a while

[winged fossil]

ive got a feeling we're eventually going to reach a point where almost if not every month ends up having a master fair, rerun or new. but i doubt we're there just yet

[tough oriole]

I mean, currently, the only months for which new MFs have released are:
Jan, Half Anni (March), June, Anni (Sept), Dec

That hasn’t changed at all

But reruns are something a bit different (Leon in Feb and Archie/Maxie in Aug)

[hard wave]

If I can get a pity and there’s no pokefairs or anything that interest me then sure idm

I’m still planning to go for ss ethan, lusamine, serena, and cynthia (aura) on a rerun so hoping I have the gems

[winged fossil]

interesting

[hard wave]

If the other 3 pairs dont interest me I should be able to pity lussa if she reruns in the aloVA

[hard wave]

Thats tru but since the johtrio we have been getting 3 or 5

[winged fossil]

Alola VA is the main scary thing for me right now cause i need to try to have 36.6k going into july

[hard wave]

Outside of weather duo and 2nd anni trio it was always one masterfair

Frogs + 2nd anni rerun, weather duo rerun and 3rd anni, 3.5 anni trio

[hard wave]

Rlly hoping no new pairs I like drop

[winged fossil]

why does the /pair command not have an Availability history? trying to know how far into July summer event is

for the summer pairs^

[hard wave]

It does

[winged fossil]

the summer pairs i checked (N and Gloria) dont

[hard wave]

Hmm idk

[tough oriole]

I guess you can check serebii

[winged fossil]

start of july to expect apparently.

so my june budget is going to be tight if i dont get to heavily save for alola VA

but hey, that info should hopefully help me with keeping my gems away from banners for a while if no other high-end favs drop

[summer goblet]

honestly, whether I get shafted or not on Galar Birds, I'm going to go ahead and put my 500k gem goal milestone on a massive back burner for now since I'll be anticipating investing my gems on favs for the next 3 months

[tough oriole]

I think that’s completely reasonable. We promote saving for the sake of getting favs, bot just because why not (ofc having gem goals are good but they should be to help you get favs, not obstruct them)

[summer goblet]

i wouldn't mind skipping my favs if i can predict their reruns accurately

However, VA has barely reran old units and don't feel like playing the waiting game for more than a year

[deft glen]

But why predict rerun for your favs if you have so many gems

[summer goblet]

or hoping my fav unit will come through select scout

[summer goblet]

i was kinda wanting to do a either a 2 for 1 banner or 3 for 1 banner

to save my gems efficiently

[hasty umbra]

given the time it takes for reruns, that's really not that worth it

[summer goblet]

so for example with Hoenn VA, it will be great if May, Brendan and Steven will be in 1 banner

[hasty umbra]

how big is your fave list anyway?

[summer goblet]

i have my top 5 for characters

so i'm anticipating Hau will come withing the 3 month span

[hasty umbra]

hmm, ok, so it is a reasonable size

[summer goblet]

and of course Gladion and Lille will be great additions as well if they are good

[hasty umbra]

not those giant lists some people have, those get difficult to chase

[summer goblet]

i try to balance between the my absolute fav character and the units itself if its worth a pity

[winged fossil]

anyone got a template for a tiermaker Pokemon Character favs list or something along those lines?

it feels easier having a visual list than a written one for me

[summer goblet]

https://tiermaker.com/create/pokmon-masters-ex-151706

[upbeat lotus]

me with 30 faves

[hard wave]

Is my list too long

[summer goblet]

try this and edit your own list

for tier list

[winged fossil]

im meaning for characters that arent on pasio yet included.

[summer goblet]

oh that

[winged fossil]

cause alola VA is what im trying to plan for

[deft glen]

Irida when

[summer goblet]

yeah i've no idea, prob just write it down or something

[hard wave]

I rlly wanted to go for the charming banner and eon duo but the galar birds said no

Well bede was nice the other 2 not so much

[summer goblet]

i kinda wanted Emmet but kinda had to let him go

[tough oriole]

I think i know one somewhere, lemme loom for it

[deft glen]

My fav list is kinda short
But if I add my like list it gets really big

[tough oriole]

https://tiermaker.com/create/pokemon-trainer-and-protagonists--based-ness--1571438

[winged fossil]

cmarnie took too many gems for me to pull anything else this month, got the full shaft.

whos this riley guy? looks familiar but my heads drawing a blank

[tough oriole]

Person who gives you a Riolu egg in Sinnoh

He’s also the Attack Stat trainer in Sinnoh (like how Cheryl is HP and Marley is Speed). He’s most notable for his Lucario

[winged fossil]

ohhh, no wonder he looks familiar. sinnohs a big blurry memory for me tbh. got stuck from the game not recognizing i cleared the requirement for some bridge

huh, i didnt see ash anywhere in that list. didnt expect that. eh, new pairs arent likely for him anyway esp now that hes retiring as lead

[summer goblet]

yeah probably

he may never rerun

[winged fossil]

these seem to be the top dangers for me gemwise

[summer goblet]

yeah Lillie is going to be there in a next couple of months

with her 6th alt

[winged fossil]

i hope its just anni lillie rerun but... got a feeling denas going to give her a sygna suit

[summer goblet]

anni Lillie just reran Last Jan

[winged fossil]

so thats already near-guaranteed 36.6k gems down from VA unless i luck out if she gets Sygna'd

[summer goblet]

or you mean for this year

[winged fossil]

this year

regarding the VA

[summer goblet]

nah, Lillie will get her 6th alt

[lapis pine]

Well with alola VA around the corner you absolutely can’t risk pulling until then if you want those units

[summer goblet]

its basically a done deal

if not for VA, than NC it is

[cunning swan]

N, Lillie, and Serena? they get milked a lot, you better watch out

[summer goblet]

even though it makes no sense at all

[winged fossil]

yeah, haha

[summer goblet]

Gladion will most likely come too

I'm waiting for my boy Hau to get his SS suit

or NC

[tough oriole]

Can I has 5 gems pls

[vernal glade]

Guess both of us has the 5

[cunning swan]

same, I'm suffering with the 5

[little briar]

Hopefully datamine has nothing I want so I can keep saving, Raihan took a chunk out of me

[winged fossil]

i just ||ex'd Gladion with 15 raw powerups|| in order to duo bulu, lol. not regretting it since atleast hes a fav, didnt cost me gems.

[tough oriole]

||15 for 1 and 5 ? ||

[winged fossil]

||yes, lmao. and for music key||

||ive got like 105 more still||

[tough oriole]

||Music keys are nice but i have so many of them atp that i can’t just say “i’ll listen to gladion’s theme rn”, since its been over a year since i exed him||

[hard wave]

|| I plan to EX any pairs I like > anyone in lodge > music key pairs ||

[topaz compass]

To distract myself from pulling I need to decide what 20 pairs to level to 150 (already did the 20 MF)

[hard wave]

I just wait until I get 10 certificates and decide from one of my EXs or if im currently EXing someone ill include them

[plucky token]

This was fun
I know I've forgotten someone but eh
I have a lot of faves which should be more a motivator to save (esp since all my faves are popular as hell)

[meager crane]

Mirror B would be very hype

[sly breach]

Well now that people are putting mirror b in wish lists looks like he's gonna get a unit

[sonic cobalt]

Miror B should’ve been in over Ball Guy

[feral vale]

cries in Cilan NPC

[sonic cobalt]

Hell I’d love to get GameCube era reps. Lot of interesting character designs from those games

[sturdy flower]

too edgy for me

[plucky token]

Same

[plucky token]

I'd go absolutely insane

GoD is my favorite game ever. If even just Michael (and at that rate it'd be Wes as well with him) got in I'd probably explode from happiness

[meager crane]

Also not only Mirror B but pls add his theme

[plucky token]

^^^^^

[meager crane]

that one is pretty iconic

[plucky token]

I prefer the GoD version but the Colosseum one is also fine
At that point I wouldn't be picky

[meager crane]

Would be pretty funny if they paired Shadow Mons with one of them

[plucky token]

It's like saying I'd be chosey about what color my private jet is after I win the lottery
Like at that point it really doesn't matter

He'd get Ludicolo though, or maybe Shadow Voltorb?

Or Shadow Sudowoodo

Not sure if Wes would get Espeon or Umbreon, though Michael is another Eevee candidate (or Lugia I guess if Greevil doesn't get in)

[meager crane]

Ludicolo would fit very well

Could hand one to Wes and the other to Michael tbh

[plucky token]

That honestly could work

Wes with Umbreon and Michael with Espeon most likely

[topaz compass]

Did mirror b have shadow lugia

[meager crane]

I don't think so but has been a long time since I played both games. I think it was a single encounter or used by a different boss in the 2nd game

[plucky token]

Absolutely not, though you may be thinking of him having a Shadow Dragonite in GoD as the final overall Shadow Pokémon obtainable

[iron robin]

recently found out that interactions can stack so now i can properly prepare for when steven comes to lodge soon

[hard wave]

Only up to 10

[iron robin]

unfortunate but at least i could still get some more materials (gloria has been being rlly nice to me despite only using one interaction)

[sturdy flower]

oh i actually forgot to login today!

[hard wave]

Better get those 100 gems this reset

[sturdy flower]

on it~

[tough oriole]

Just make sure you do the trick so that they refresh properly

[rustic heron]

what trick is that

[tough oriole]

Use all interactions (in one go)then close game before finishing it. Don’t come back to TL before the next reset, when the interactions will naturally regen, but you’ll also get the previous day’s refunded

[winged fossil]

9165 going into next reset

[sturdy flower]

have 7 interactions also, they cap at 10

so you can do 13 on the first day

[winged fossil]

personally i dont need to do that bc i dont even have steven lol, gl to yall who going to be doing steven tho

[feral vale]

I hate to admit it

But I do

[sturdy flower]

i don't mind being a day late myself

[feral vale]

Tbf, I got Steven for free.

[sturdy flower]

i picked him from free ticket

[feral vale]

Same hat

[winged fossil]

i picked alder cause i had noone in the ticket and needed to cover bug.

[feral vale]

Oh I got him from a different one.

A looong time ago.

Maybe not that long

[winged fossil]

i was on hiatus during the anime ticket sadly... so i missed the free N.

[feral vale]

Oh fuck was it that one?

[winged fossil]

hoping later this year i can have a spare pity when hes featured

[feral vale]

Crap now I gotta look

Okay so

I got him between Summer N’s banner and SS Brendan’s banner

Now I’ll have to see what was happening during that time

[iron robin]

oh i see. thats interesting lol

[sturdy flower]

that's the anime ticket

also picked Alder there

[vernal glade]

Rhythm, good luck on saving for Zoroark.

[sturdy flower]

I'm hoping to see a good hoenn damage dealer in the coming months

one that works on auto well

[lean mango]

Feel like readjusting my fave list a bit

[sturdy flower]

because my May has very stupid AI that makes her lose in hoenn va rerun battle sometimes...

and SS Steven goes def always

[vernal glade]

I don’t have many faves thankfully. So it’s getting easier for me to save.

[lean mango]

I've been rather lucky with the fave roulette lately, I'll be able to keep my #100kLife for more than a couple days

[winged fossil]

thanks for the luck, lol. going to be hard to survive alola VA when ive got three milked favs (n, lillie, serena)
thankfully im safe from lillie and serena reruns for now outside of CSerena

[viscid flare]

i spend everything

imma take a break

[slow hare]

Bruh

[fallen path]

[crisp oracle]

||skip Galar birds (currently at 45K) or go for Marnie||

Hmm kinda conflicted rn

[hasty umbra]

wait 2 days

you are not gonna do anything when datamine is right there

[crisp oracle]

I planned to wait anyways but I’m wondering how I should plot this still

[vernal glade]

The datamine is near. So it’s best to save.

[feral vale]

https://tenor.com/view/patience-gif-21942303

[winged fossil]

https://tenor.com/view/kazuma-konosuba-lmao-anime-praying-gif-14008536

praying we get the datamine tonight

that way we can know if favs are coming or not and details on upcoming stuff...and how many gems we get

that last part is important especially for me rn

cause its going to determine my budget for alola VA

[grim plover]

same

if 2nd part doesnt have favs ill pull for steven.

[winged fossil]

im basically near guaranteed to have to skip this month between VA and summer N rerun

the favorite danger zone is real when you got milked favs

[broken mulch]

Me with Cynthia AND Steven

[tardy fiber]

I dont mind if none of my faves appear on April...well because May will have Alola VA and Golden Week pair so they have high chance of having legendaries/mythicals/UBs/paradoxes

[winged fossil]

whats golden week again?

[tardy fiber]

Holiday in Japan, last year they released ssmorty on it

[vernal glade]

I only remember it giving nuggets and Magikarp eggs

But ya. Let’s see what golden week will have to offer in May.

[hasty umbra]

Golden week was also in theme for SS Morty

[vernal glade]

Huh, I thought he was like a teaser for the Johto VA.

[hasty umbra]

it was both

so whatever Alola VA brings might "start" during Golden Week, if they even plan to repeat that

last year it was also due to the 50 millionth downloads thing

so there isn't any guarantee of it being a recurring "celebration"

[vernal glade]

Can’t wait to see in May.

[upbeat lotus]

*40

[vernal glade]

[hasty umbra]

you are right, but whatever

[topaz compass]

Are there any other gold shiny pokemon

[warm flint]

Perrserker

[tough oriole]

Exeggute

[hasty umbra]

Magnemite line

they don't have to be shiny tho, see Aegislash

[tardy fiber]

Shiny arbok

[upbeat lotus]

Its dark yellow tho

Not suited for golden week

[hard wave]

Azumarill, sableye, luvdisc, latias, deoxys, jirachi, luxray, lucario, lickilicky, volcarona, bewear, kommo-o

[tardy fiber]

Shiny hoopa

[lunar topaz]

McDonald’s

[winged fossil]

so they just immediately gave us all the lodge and bp exs.

[ashen thunder]

BP EX

[winged fossil]

im already happy about this update no matter what else is in it

[ashen thunder]

This looks amazing

Now I have more stuff to EX
EX mats Dena plz

[winged fossil]

i dont see evelyn in the list

so no 5star>6star ones, but atleast the 4star ones getting their love

maybe ill actually invest in some of those bp units now that we have the support exs on them

[ashen thunder]

Wtf I just noticed eeveelutions got ex

This update is good

[tough oriole]

And bugscy

[tardy fiber]

Variety eeveelutions are 5*

Sad, no love for my evelyn, nita, regirock, mesprit, cobalion

[winged fossil]

yeah i was hoping the master bp pairs would get it when i saw that many bp pairs

but im already happy with the serena fletchling ex, tbh

oh no...
oh GOD NO

this month better have pity ...

[hard wave]

My gems r already gone thanks to the stupid birds

I still dont have hop yet either

[winged fossil]

https://tenor.com/view/im-a-brave-boy-not-a-brave-enough-boy-for-this-jontron-gif-13221374

basically me in response to that first message for the datamine

[iron robin]

all i need is sc steven and im good for alola va

[tardy fiber]

Skip month for me

[hard wave]

Hoping I can get luSSa and chop

[winged fossil]

https://tenor.com/view/scares-me-i-fear-no-man-gif-21507033

im assuming itll take a few hours to get the gemcount, but man, i am scared as shit right now for possibility of missing lussa again

why must she jumpscare me right after a pair i wanted TWICE IN A ROW

happened with hilbert fall rerun, and its happening again now from me pulling cmarnie

[hard wave]

I still havent gotten hop and had to miss red and lucas and eon duo masterfairs r the worst

[tardy fiber]

Lussa rerun right before alola VA

[winged fossil]

ikr, this also basically all but guarantees VA mf being something new i feel like... unless its anni lillie rerun for some reason

[hasty umbra]

not that it means anything, Serena didn't rerun before Kalos

[winged fossil]

[hard wave]

I hope she stays for a while

[hasty umbra]

granted CSerena did show up before

[hard wave]

Im still very salty about missing red and lucas AGAIN as well as the eon duo

[hasty umbra]

that's the gacha life, you have to pick and choose

[hard wave]

Ye I just hope I get another chance

[oak crest]

I love next month, so far none is even tempting for me

[hasty umbra]

same

I'm mildly interested in Lyra but I'll likely not get her

[winged fossil]

found the date.

[fallen path]

That’s basically me

[oak crest]

Actually is phanpy even popular

[iron robin]

seeing leon rerun and then came the galar trio MFs gives me some hope for something good for alola arc... since ss lusamine is rerunning

[hard wave]

Ok so I may be able to I hope may isnt interesting

[winged fossil]

this instantly means everything else is skipped for me

[oak crest]

Surprised it became a sync pair

[hard wave]

Luckily idc about the new units

[winged fossil]

and ill prob be low on funds for may too

im not skipping lussa twice in a row

i just refuse to

[hard wave]

I wasnt there when she was released so rlly hoping I can get her

[oak crest]

Skipping her since I alrd have her

[hard wave]

Masterfairs cause alot of fomo for me bcz who knows when they’ll rerun

[winged fossil]

her being there till end of may makes me feel a lot safer though going into this month

[hard wave]

Tru

Do we know the gem count yet

[winged fossil]

cause that means we'll basically be guaranteed pity by time she leaves b/c theres no way its below 18k/mo

we'll prob have to wait a few hours for gemcount

from what i remember of datamines

[oak crest]

Normally it takes a few hours for the gem count to be fully tabulated

[hard wave]

Alr

[winged fossil]

honestly glad we got SS Lusa rerun earlier than next mine

cause itd be a lot harder to skip without that knowledge for me with my impulse decisions

[vernal glade]

Zoroark will rerun in July, you’ll have enough for it by then.

[tardy fiber]

A skip month for me, i hope we get plenty free gems...kinda stings if a skip month but dry with gems

[winged fossil]

yeah, i just have to most likely skip anything new from the arc aside from at most one thing if i had to guess. but honestly? im fine with that

[broken mulch]

Seems my pulling plans proceed undisturbed. ||ALL IN on SCteven and maybe on SSBrendan||

[fallen path]

Think it’ll be a low-mid 20k gem count tbh

[broken mulch]

Still waiting for CS event info though

[fallen path]

It doesn’t seem like a lot? Don’t see 30k free gems

[vernal glade]

I may skip next month. Can’t decide yet.

[tardy fiber]

Although seeing ||hoopa unbound model gets ported here|| probably they will release that pair once all of paulo interlude stuff ends...so thats another possible future fave for me

[vernal glade]

So, guess we all waiting on the units in action before we decide?

[oak crest]

Wonder what the 10k-12.5k pts reward consist of

[tardy fiber]

I guess thats for you guys, its skip month for me

I don't mind even if the unit does 999,999 damage...not fave = skip

[vernal glade]

None are faves for me also, except ||Lodge N EX||

But I am strongly feeling I’ll be skipping 5 months in a row.

Because I’m waiting for CS to reveal what typing Alola VA could be.

[tardy fiber]

Oh right

The final week of cs would be interesting

[vernal glade]

||If it’s electric, could be tapu koko or zeraora, and I like zeraora||

However if the Alola VA doesn’t have a fave then it’s a free skip month for me.

[hard wave]

Same im almost at pity for hop so I need a little more gems and also some gems for lussa

[tough oriole]

||My beloved subway butlers return with a fabtastic theme. 4 person SC so I expect to pity twice||

[hard wave]

Atleast if I can get hop in my multi this reset I can save in april for lussa if I dont impulse for eon duo

[hasty umbra]

bold of you to assume the VA will start at the beginning of May

we'll see tho, Hoenn did start at the beginning of August

[tardy fiber]

No longer Ditto day

[hard wave]

Tbh it is kind of weird how lussa only stays until the 25th, is the VA rlly short or smth?

[vernal glade]

Ya. It’s gonna happen in May. But you may never know

[hasty umbra]

idk why you are assuming her rerun has anything to do with the VA

it's too soon to be that sure

[hard wave]

True

[vernal glade]

I am assuming it’s VA in May is because of the Paulo interlude. I can’t remember if the interludes guaranteed a VA next month.

[broken mulch]

Welp the returning champ was a bust lol. Plan A is a go

[compact pasture]

It’s all supports

[hasty umbra]

SC Steven and SC Zinnia are techs, everyone else supports, funny

oh, I guess Lodge Steven should count as new, also a tech

[dusty oyster]

disappointed in no AnniSkyla rerun

Ah well

[tardy fiber]

There's shiny pidgeot eggmon

[vernal glade]

She probably just missed her flight, that’s all.

[tardy fiber]

Also you can ex your lodge fletchling now

[dusty oyster]

Both those are nice, yes

[vernal glade]

Oh, right I need to ex my fave.

[dusty oyster]

And so is a save month after triple master fair birbs

[tardy fiber]

Same, a save month for me too 🤝

[vernal glade]

I’ll have to see ||Steven in action first|| before I decide.

[sly breach]

Ss lusamine re run we did it people

[upbeat lotus]

next month is a skip month for me

[vernal glade]

Im still deciding.

Hopefully it’s a skip month for me also.

[tardy jolt]

Hoopa unbound means SS Lear soon

[vernal glade]

Or it’s just an NPC. Who knows.

[reef river]

Easily the most skippable month i can remember

[tardy jolt]

Yeah, the fact that the Neo Champion ended up being just a fight with Serena is just

[reef river]

I had a feeling thats what it'd be

I'm glad though, a break month is what i was hoping for

[tough oriole]

Did people really expect a new neo champion

[hasty umbra]

people have ridiculous expectations all the time, what else is new?

[reef river]

The only potentially tempting thing for me is victor rerun but at this point i can probably skip

[broken mulch]

I was expecting champion Wallace lol not Neo champion again

[weary spire]

Didn’t sleep well yesterday & missed dailies as a result

[tardy jolt]

I’m just saving for Alola VA in May and maybe see what’s available with paid gems, personally

[vernal glade]

Too too early for another. Besides, we had one this month.

[tardy fiber]

72,965 and i still have 500 stuck in the missions, i guess its safe to say that i have 2 pities

[upbeat lotus]

[tardy fiber]

What happen to that pepe emoji

Its becoming cyclops pepe

[vernal glade]

Still at 154k, may make it to 200k during June or July.

[upbeat lotus]

[vernal glade]

Im like halfway to my 300k goal. I may even reach it late 2023.

[deft glen]

Looking like a skip month for me

EX Lodge Serena and Lodge Marnie
NICE

[topaz compass]

A 3/5 Steveland gives on average 4 of each TM, which is 16 physical move next stacks and 4 SE up next, -6 of atk/speed/defense of enemies, and 1 any type rebuff. Only negatives is lack of support bulk and x2 EX sync

The negatives are pretty big negatives depending on the team though

[broken mulch]

SCteven is Tech isn’t he?

[crisp oracle]

||Skipping birds is pretty surefire now, I've wanted SS Lusa for a while now even though I have SS Steven||

[iron robin]

i dont actually have 62k gems rn but i am literally 5 gems away from it so 🙏🙏
(i refuse to spend gems on stamina)

[topaz compass]

Yes which is what I just said are the negatives

[rustic heron]

happy to say that i’m not gonna spend a single gem this month

none of the units interest me, even the reruns

[tardy fiber]

I will spend some gems...for poma day multis

125 like usual

[rustic heron]

okay yeah same here

BUT other than that i’m not spending any

[sturdy flower]

looks like a skip month, would be not if Lorelei had outfit

they can shove their sync beam

also, is it just me or nothing happens on 25th now

not even a grid expansion

[topaz compass]

Reuniclus has a grid expansion

[upbeat lotus]

they dont include PMD's images in update anymore

[topaz compass]

I hate Dena because they are getting me to waste paid gems on dailies by not giving us any limited selects

[sturdy flower]

oh, since when?

[sturdy flower]

that saves me gems though!

[upbeat lotus]

last update

[chrome nest]

I think this should be an easy month to skip

After several months of “I don’t think I can skip this” I can finally skip this month

[tardy fiber]

I also skip

Finally a calm before May month storm

[lean mango]

Plan remains the same as before the datamine

[tardy fiber]

||lodge marnie even has an EX now ||

[lean mango]

|| I was going to 20/20 LMarnie no matter the EX anyway ||

[tardy fiber]

||time to pull her as April seems like a skip||

[lean mango]

|| I have a Steven pfp :crypain: ||

[chrome nest]

Sadly no Mc ex

[broken mulch]

Ah speaking of, I EX’d LCynthia immediately lol. Gonna do the same with LSteven

[chrome nest]

Also gotta prepare gems for that unbound hoopa

[tardy fiber]

They are saving it for Alola VA

For mc ex

[chrome nest]

I guess the reason why mc doesn’t have an ex cause there’s over a hundred versions of mc

[tardy fiber]

I hope they at least give non eggmon MC pairs EX

[topaz compass]

Yeah the BP master fairs didn't get it while the other BP 4stars did? Wtf

[tardy fiber]

Gonna hopium that MC bp master will get it after we got MC Solgaleo EX on alola VA

[deft glen]

Based

[vernal glade]

Ok so I decided to save next month. ||Electric in May so maybe a fave is coming or just tapu koko||

[south scroll]

This looks like a save month for me

Which is nice after so much cool stuff

[tardy fiber]

Also got psychic weak...iirc one of the tapu is psychic

[glass abyss]

Honestly, probably a save month for me too

[sturdy flower]

they probably plan to also give some of them EX colors and were too lazy to do the pose

weird to see majority agree on a save month

[south scroll]

The costumes are so cool though, I really like them all

But no faves and I can't really justify pulling

This month looks cool though

[cobalt frost]

literally everything this month with the exception of sc steven is an easy skip

literally just am waiting for a gem count

[tardy fiber]

No legendaries, mythicals, UBs, paradoxes so a skip month for me

[sturdy flower]

alola next

if it was galar I'd be more inclined to pull

either way I'd waiting for datamine first

[vestal leaf]

That's because LuSSa

[tardy fiber]

Oh i forgot about her

[vestal leaf]

Watching that csmm week I see electr, steel and ghost and the first thing I think is xurxitree, kartana and blaceph

[tardy fiber]

It will be golden week first right on early may

[vestal leaf]

Mostly the first two tbh

[tardy fiber]

Maybe shiny zapdos

[vestal leaf]

Maybe

[tardy fiber]

Zapdos shiny is gold

[compact pasture]

When an SC reruns, all units are on the same banner, right?

[tardy fiber]

Yep

Well thats the case for pokewar sc rerun

[compact pasture]

I'll save for this event's rerun then

[vestal leaf]

Yeah the previous SCs look way better imo

But 0.5% is rough

So good luck to whoever is pulling on it

[compact pasture]

There's always a chance of getting all the other units on the way to pity

[sturdy flower]

SELENE AND ZERAORA IS REAL

[vestal leaf]

Don't count on it too much

[vestal leaf]

Idk, depends if they do a golden week event again

If not yeah maybe

[sturdy flower]

it's funnier to throw a random guess and be right

[cobalt frost]

already got all i want from last years sc

Detective Steven: only thing I am even thinking about
all other SC units: meh
VARIETY BRUNO AND LORELEI LMAO
SC reruns: already got lillie dont need any more
SS Lusamine: already got
victor: no lol

[compact pasture]

Victor is rerunning?

[cobalt frost]

i think

[tardy fiber]

Yep there's victor banner picture

[vestal leaf]

Yeah

[tardy fiber]

Caitlin got power boost, she seems nice now

[vestal leaf]

She's fine

[cobalt frost]

i got messed up with this anni so im glad theres only 1 thing i even am thinking of getting this update

[tardy fiber]

Brainpower, sync power flux, tm eagle eye 2, and free move next if super effective hit...seems nice to have

Although not sure when i gonna use her again

[reef river]

Its a nice way for her to stand out against other psychic damage dealers

[vestal leaf]

It's more of a

Good extra to have

For psychic weak

Especially if terrakion enters LG rotation

[winged fossil]

close to 10k so all I really need is around 26k gems this month or so to hopefully be safe for next month too…

[tardy fiber]

April's LA are Regirock and Cresselia...hope it never crossed in their mind to put Cresselia in gauntlet later

[compact pasture]

Can't wait to solo Regi with Steven

[winged fossil]

It seems like they give everyone a turn in it before cycling back others in gauntlet… so if cress hasn’t shown in a while she’s overdue

just like lussa coming home is overdue for close to a year and a half

[compact pasture]

How many gems do y'all think we'll get?

[tardy fiber]

25k+

[winged fossil]

I’m guessing like low 20ks, I didn’t see it being that packed in the event schedule

[tardy fiber]

But too many uncertainty

Not sure what new cs gives

[cobalt frost]

were the riddles last year any good for gems

[tardy fiber]

Also kanto e4 trainer files

[cobalt frost]

if so are they doing those again

[winged fossil]

Don’t think we saw any rerun va events this month

We know those can be like a couple thousand or so

[upbeat lotus]

no VA rerun this month

[tardy fiber]

Got pasio eggsplorers rerun, oh right does lussamine event rerun?

[cobalt frost]

yes i think

[tardy fiber]

Iirc its a prize pool event

So more move coins

[upbeat lotus]

according to absol's pastebin, no

[tardy fiber]

I guess its safe to put low monthly gems then, 25k+

[upbeat lotus]

im expecting 30k

[sturdy flower]

+3k from some rally maybe?

[compact pasture]

I wonder if there'll be more Twitter rallies?

[cobalt frost]

how good were the riddles last year, and are they doing those again

for gem count

[tardy fiber]

Each SC have rally i think...oh except scrosa

Pokewar sc rally doesn't give much gems but it does give a bunch of move coins and region tix for alola, johto, unova, kalos

Oh also normal scout tix

[cobalt frost]

do we still have the ball guy rally stuff

[upbeat lotus]

iirc 100 gems per day for 24 days straight

[cobalt frost]

i dont think they've given that yet

[upbeat lotus]

yes

[compact pasture]

There were riddles?

[cobalt frost]

well i dont see it in the pastebin and im in pain

[upbeat lotus]

i was talking about last year SC

[cobalt frost]

yeah ik

[orchid field]

Do we have a gem count estimate?

[vestal leaf]

Nah

[compact pasture]

It'll take a while

[vestal leaf]

Takes some hours

[upbeat lotus]

Absol just start uploading pastebins

[vestal leaf]

At least

[orchid field]

Alright thanks

[upbeat lotus]

so yeah wait for a few more hours

[tardy fiber]

Yep iirc there's even need to win the battle with brock in team

Also nature lover tag

For last year's riddle

[warm flint]

wasn’t it whitney

[tardy fiber]

https://www.serebii.net/pokemonmasters/events/solvethemissionriddles.shtml

There's brock and whitney

There's 23 riddle missions

[sullen hedge]

The smart thing to do is wait for may datamine before getting SC Steven right

[warm flint]

yeah

[tardy fiber]

Yep

[broken mulch]

Now Natwaf ain’t a smart man

[tardy fiber]

Sc banner duration is quite long, unless the sc you wanted released last

No problem if you saved a lot of gems

[upbeat lotus]

even you want the last SC, they will probably stay until next month datamine

you even have 3 weeks to prepare a pity for them

[vestal leaf]

2 may is definitely after datamine

So yeah skip unless they're top tier fave

[sullen hedge]

I want Steven a lot but what if someone I wants more drops in may

[upbeat lotus]

he stays for over a month

so stand strong

[tardy fiber]

Golden Week + Alola VA on May

Wow paulo interlude chapter name is Flame of Hatred

Finally i feel a bit interested on it

Good job Paulo

[oak crest]

Hatred from losing all the time

[sturdy flower]

Steven is a bait

[sturdy flower]

well hope he gets burned

[oak crest]

Im more than ready when Alola VA drops

[iron robin]

he is and im taking it (unfortunate) but hes the only one i'll pull and i should be good for the rest of the month

(i did want to pull ss lusamine but ehh i like lear and hope for ss steven rerun one day)

[upbeat lotus]

plot twist: he brings burn heal

[oak crest]

Yet he can't heal the burn from losing to mc all the time

[tardy fiber]

Worst move than Cheren full heal

Is cheren, barry and mistyduck are the only ones that have full heal?

[oak crest]

If u include sync pairs with friend mend grid for their potion the list is slightly longer

[reef river]

Skip month is exactly what i needed

The variety scouts this month are disgraceful. They look like BP units

[tardy fiber]

Lorelei have djgloria like mechanic, but i dont see anything good for bruno

[cunning swan]

Should just be bp units smh

[oak crest]

Maybe the sales will send them a message if it is bad this time round

Altho so far there isn't any variety scout pair that has caught my attention at all

[tardy fiber]

Its kanto e4 this time, next time might have other region e4 variety scouts

But man not even a month gap between variety scouts

We just got ball guy

Totally whale bait

[oak crest]

Unless they release a fav Mon there, I doubt I will even look at it

N the chances ain't high since I have a pretty short list

[tardy fiber]

I might grab if there's legendaries, mythicals, UBs, paradoxes in it...well what to expect of a person that also candies bp master unit faves

[oak crest]

If there are legends there I might take a look, if not I prob won't bother

So far the kit from the units there isn't really special in any way

[little briar]

Oh thank goodness I can skip this month

[tardy fiber]

Same 🤝

[little briar]

I was interested in Bruno for a sec before I found out it's a variety banner so never mind

[tardy fiber]

Hope got at least 10 support coins on april

[sullen hedge]

because it's steven im gonna have to full pity

[vestal leaf]

PMUN and grid isn't bad

It's just that being limited should mean they're not this much of a mixup of already existing units

[tardy fiber]

They might do it again next time, maybe Johto E4 variety scout

[reef river]

Ball guy at least was unique and interesting

[hard wave]

No gem count yet?

[sullen hedge]

i feel like this month's gem count is gonna be 🤏 also wow i also would've bet money that anni skyla would rerun but

[fallen kayak]

26,480

[warm flint]

wait actually

[sweet tide]

OVERALL TALLY FOR V2.31 (31 March - 26 April)
Gems = 24480
Strike Coin = 10
Tech Coin = 8
Support Coin = 12
Move Candy Coin = 2
5⭐ Power-up = 11
BP = +2590 (tally is at 3840, R7)

General Scout Tickets = 83
Kanto Tickets = 35
Johto Tickets = 1
Hoenn Tickets = 0
Sinnoh Tickets = 1
Unova Tickets = 25
Kalos Tickets = 5
Alola Tickets = 15
Galar Tickets = 75

Daily Gem Count Breakdown from 31 March 2023 - 26 April 2023
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/893411915638923264/1090607245030592642/merge_from_ofoct.jpg

Daily Gem Count & Gems Left Till 26 April 2023
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/893411915638923264/1090607312223338566/Screenshot_2023-03-29_at_7.41.45_PM.png

@lofty relic

[lofty relic]

Thanks Tlim!

[oak crest]

dry month hmm

the second half of april is pretty bad

[tardy fiber]

Wow less 600 gems than i predicted

[oak crest]

☠️

[timber wren]

we didn’t get the ball guy gems yet did we

[sweet tide]

PSA: 7k gems till galar trio leaves

[timber wren]

ty agin tlim as always

[tardy fiber]

Yep at 30 iirc

Oh wait let me recheck

[fallen kayak]

https://tenor.com/view/leonardo-dicaprio-toast-cheers-champagne-gif-12045649

[lofty relic]

#1012256199128915968 will have the full schedule soon but rn i have shiro's timeline

[hard wave]

Yesss I should be able to pity chop if I need to hoping I dont tho

[tardy fiber]

Support coins 12 , i can 3/5 Mesprit on April

[sweet tide]

ball guy is on fri with sc4

[hard wave]

31st iirc

[tardy fiber]

Yep i forgot its PDT

[hard wave]

Oh ye its on the schedule nvm

[timber wren]

thanks i can’t read, i saw the 29th not 31st

8 tech coins is sad but we got 15 last month so

it all shakes out

[reef river]

As strong as steven seems he's kind of a goober and that gem count is awful right before a villain arc im likely to want a fav in

[tardy fiber]

No extra coins as well as i dont have steven lodge guest

Hope May lodge guest is a general pool/legendary adventures

[hard wave]

I think I should be able to get 2 supp candies but idk who ill use them on…. Only have cbede as an option rn but some pairs on my rerun list need 3/5 more

[fallen kayak]

dang I can still clutch mf bede, 7k+ on the first week before his banner ends

[hard wave]

Ss brendan ss dawn ss morty and ssac, ingo and red r fine at 1/5 I think?

[hard wave]

Same but with hop

[tardy fiber]

Ssbrendan got impervious and the passive that give team def/spdef when hit if 3/5

[fallen kayak]

gl

[hard wave]

Thx! U too

I can still get 500 gems today from the missions and im at 2800 so would be nice to get him today

[azure oracle]

well i should have 49k by the end of the month

thats good ig

ill pull for steven, lyra and lussa

so hope they come early

[hard wave]

Gl

[hard wave]

Just checked and I have 28, but there’s a supp coin at 1900 (at 1040 rn) BP

[tardy fiber]

BP+2590 in a dry gems month, i guess i can use my next rainbow ticket for mesprit dupe...as i might form another rainbow ticket just in time for anniv

[sullen hedge]

welp at least i'll hit 3 pities a tthe end of the apr

[hard wave]

I think I should get another one in time for anni, im only missing regirock so ill go for it

[sullen hedge]

2 pities for may SURELY will be enough

[sturdy flower]

4 pities for Alola VA

[robust plaza]

Gem count. None of next month’s pairs interest me so I’m thinking about ||spending gems on triple charming and anni may banner to get redlax, anni raihan, and anni may. I’m unsure about chop because I have ssacynthia. Also i need to spend my paid gems||

[round mason]

24k is not that bad

[upbeat lotus]

People are dissapointed because its not above 30k

[drowsy saddle]

No pity in one month, apologems when

[hard wave]

30k gems wouldve been nice

[lament hornet]

i'm thankful that they put my two wants at the tail end of the month so that it's free saving until then 😌

[topaz compass]

Hopefully we get a surprise 3k twitter rally to pump it up

@robust plaza raihan/redlax if you lack both is definitely more value than anni may if you dont need latios

[broken mulch]

24k? Not bad not bad. I was worried it was sub 20k LMAO

Assuming worst comes to worst (Arceus forbid) I’ll still have pity by the end of the month

[vestal leaf]

I doubt we'll ever get sub 20k again

[fallen path]

honesty the amount we're getting next month is prob the minimum going forward

24k is fine

[sly breach]

Wow i think this is the first time since i started playing again that gem count is under 30k

Well good thing i have 30k already

[cunning swan]

Huh, where do all the unova and galar tickets come from?

That's a lot

[topaz compass]

Galar mostly from the twitter rally

[cunning swan]

Oh gosh I forgot we had that

[sturdy flower]

expect similar from the next month

all the way till summer

[tardy fiber]

I hope possible alola VA existence can help boost May's gems

Oh right, April have 6 new limited units...thats a new record right? 4 SC + 2 Variety

[vernal glade]

May gems weren’t high??

[tardy fiber]

Hopefully higher than upcoming April

[timber wren]

we had six last november with hoenn VA + first variety batch

first time we have six new limited banners tho

[tardy fiber]

If may also have variety scout, i guess its safe to assume that we will get one every month