Resource Saving Support (Gem Zen)

[lofty relic]

thanks all!

[rare swan]

think of the Alola units coming

[timber wren]

you got this dreamy!

also you can fly around anytime on latias in oras cant you

[lofty relic]

🤣

yeah

[past gate]

gen 7 gang

[loud pilot]

I got the birbs, anything else worth pulling atm?

[past gate]

ss nanu copium squad where you at

[past gate]

do you like any of them?

[lofty relic]

#poma-questions

[rare swan]

you're better off-yes

what dreamy said

[lofty relic]

(this is a thread for not pulling 😂 )

[past gate]

otherwise it very easy skip this month is

[lofty relic]

but yeah this month nothing out of the ordinary

it's a filler month

[loud pilot]

Gotcha. Sorry about that and thank you. 😭😂

[lofty relic]

no worries!

[past gate]

I don't want sc zinnia but the outfit is tempting someone slap me out of this tempation

[feral vale]

https://tenor.com/view/haruka-sawamura-kazuma-kiryu-yakuza-slap-gif-19038628

[rare swan]

why is that child huge

[feral vale]

Yakuza mod.

The original is Kiryu slapping her lol

[cunning swan]

[feral vale]

[hasty umbra]

Bow's slapping spree is never not funny

[grim plover]

im gonna be sad because i'll have to skip victor again

he even leaves before the datamine

[vale ivy]

Yeah, quite short banner

[past gate]

it's all in preparation for alola va

maybe we will get a better grass unit or selene powerboost

[violet nebula]

Defo more Lillie

Maybe 2 as its been awhile

[feral vale]

I’m betting more Lillie

[signal halo]

Better grass when the top has SS lyra and SS Erika is a bit daunting

[violet nebula]

It's not a bet sir... it is a gurantee

[feral vale]

She has not gotten a Sygna Suit yet

[violet nebula]

As for what... maybe shiny solgaelo

[feral vale]

I’m trying to think of possibilities…

[violet nebula]

Sygna suit and neo champ she is missing

So Dena likely to give her both 😬

Alolan ninetales be nice to be fair

[feral vale]

That’s what I was thinking!

[violet nebula]

Another Lillie is inevitable

Like Thanos

[grim plover]

now hear me out:
SS Elio & Tapu Koko & SS Selene & Tapu Fini for the first part.
MF Lillie & Nihilego, MF Gladion & Guzzlord, MF Hau & Xurkitree the second part.

[lofty relic]

eh

[reef river]

No guzma i sleep

[hasty umbra]

we'll see how that goes, hopefully they don't pull a Kalos VA and add a non Alolan pair...

[reef river]

Alolan Blue and Red

[lofty relic]

well if the datamine is hinting anything

next month should be Variety Agatha & Lance

if Alola Blue & Red make it to Alola VA, i'll simply erase my account

[reef river]

Oh boy, variety agatha + 2nd gengar and lance + 2nd dragonite

[lofty relic]

Dragonite (Tech) & Dragonite (Support)

[reef river]

Cant wait for lance to be added to lodge and get Lodge Dragonite

Support with Barrier

[violet nebula]

And a MF lance... with dragonite😆

[tawny dagger]

Nah MF will be second Gyarados

But shiny ✨

[vale ivy]

Crobat and Aerodactyl seem to be the guess

Because shared weakness

All e4 from the special stadium should all share weakness

[violet nebula]

Hmm not enough crobat in this game

[vale ivy]

So next one is either rock theme or electric

[grim plover]

but cloyster is not weak to grass

[vale ivy]

It is

It's water?

The entire special stadium is weak to grass, in fact

[grim plover]

oh nvm yes it is

makes sense for it to be electric weak

with C.Calem as champ

[vale ivy]

I'm thinking rock tbh. Because nihilego is more story relevant than xurkitree

But electric makes sense too

If it's electric, who could they rerun

[hasty umbra]

Classic Elesa

[vale ivy]

True

[hasty umbra]

or N

[grim plover]

(SST Red as predicted by steven)

[vale ivy]

Classic elesa seems like the right timing

[drowsy saddle]

Good one, rerunning Classic Elesa

[vale ivy]

Idt red reruns this soon

[signal halo]

I feel like guzma is guaranteed in the alola VA, but at the same time, some VAs ignored the villain altogether (such as unoVA, sadly)

[hasty umbra]

the new Raihan, yes

[grim plover]

and hoenn

but i can see a Guzma SS starting the month as SS Morty

[violet nebula]

But Dena love Morty way more

He was a pleasant surprise though and a beast of a unit

[reef river]

Ok where did they get the morty love from

Where are the guzma fangirls

Hes also a mysterious pretty boy

[hasty umbra]

he isn't mysterious, it's just your usual edgy bad boy trope

[reef river]

Shh

[violet nebula]

Not even edgy, he pretends to be😅

[sturdy flower]

he isn't pretty either

[rotund sleet]

weirdly enough everything you said here is wrong

he has a sizeable amount of fangirls but none of those traits you mentioned are applicable to him nor the reason why

i think people like him because he’s pathetic in a charming way

[reef river]

Truth be told i dont care who or why anyone likes him, i just want more of him, and less of morty

[bleak falcon]

I gotta be honest, idk how you could get “mysterious” from Guzma

The man isn’t exactly subtle

[reef river]

I was making fun of morty

[bleak falcon]

Ah

Alright

[rotund sleet]

guzma having an alt is already quite the feat for a relatively minor character

but yea morty has had enough love

[lean mango]

Because Morty, all I gotta say tbh as a Morty fan

I just really like him

[light oyster]

what do you mean a relatively minor character? He's one of the main villains

[light oyster]

im still here

I'm not sure which grass sync pair to invest in for the Champion Stadium

[hard wave]

Tbf, 3/5 of morty’s alts use the same outfit

[rotund sleet]

hence the ‘relatively.’ he’s a secondary antagonist at best

but tbf minor character ≠ unpopular and vice versa. so ig my point doesn’t really have any weight to it

morty is literally just a gym leader

[rotund sleet]

true

i don’t consider lodge and bp units alts personally

still 2 alts is more than most can say they have

[hard wave]

True

[violet nebula]

Someone at Dena really loves Morty

More than Lillie😬

[sturdy flower]

i'm surprised Falkner doesn't have more

and Silver

both stand out in gen 2

[tardy fiber]

Hoping for Falkner Skarmory alt, i think he is more suitable than steven getting skarmory...not sure why lots of people want steven skarmory pair instead of cradily

[winged fossil]

if im at 7510 bp atm, assuming i keep up with bp, how much more bp should i get this month?

wondering how close i can expect to be to being done round 2 rotation

[hard wave]

1890 from region rotation and daily so u need 600 more

With events and CS u should be getting another one first week of may

[winged fossil]

alright. and would it be probably better to get one of Tornadus, Mesprit, or Regirock (more likely the prior 2) or save the ticket till 4.0 anni when i get it? idk if i should expect to form another for 4.0 anni or not

[hard wave]

Mesprit is pretty good w dual screens and freevenge 9, I have all except regirock but I dont use them much so idk

[lean mango]

thinking about it, a developed character can just not get that much fanfare as some people including me will just like a minor character for the simple things

I feel like that can be said for my top of the top faves , they're not that relevant at all but I like them for what they do have which is either design or personality or both never really minded that they're not that relevant despite wishing they were at least

[lunar topaz]

Eusine would be so goated

[opaque cargo]

Glacia here looks fine and young while in poma looks old

[lean mango]

I've never really saw her as old even in poma, maybe with her original design but that's probably from the art style

I've always suspected that Glacia is at least around 30

[hasty umbra]

yeah, the RSE artwork doesn't make her any favors, but it's pretty much the same for most of the characters in that gen, ORAS really was a nice glow-up

[lean mango]

It's probably because her old design's dress is a bit similar to Agatha's

[pure arrow]

Someone tell me not to pull for NC Bede and SC Steven

[opaque cargo]

Are they fav?

And if u really need op support, bede is a good choice

[feral vale]

You made a fav list?

[feral vale]

I feel like a phrase like that doesn’t help in this thread.

This is meant to keep players from temptation, not give them a meta reason to pull.

[hasty umbra]

if someone wants pulling advice there is #poma-questions , this place is the complete opposite...

[pure arrow]

Yeah (and Bede’s absent), but I’m slightly tempted by Bede’s outfit

[feral vale]

If Bede is absent, stick to not getting him. Don’t go to the scout screen and try occupying your mind with something else.

[chrome nest]

I regret ||pulling ss Hilda, it’s such a waste only reason why I pulled is because I like victini||

[feral vale]

||I feel like if you like Victini, it’s a win.||

[hard wave]

If u like them pull for them
Every new pair is broken somehow (except a few maybe)
U should have a pity before pulling but its ur choice, just know u may not be able to get ur desired sync pair

[opaque cargo]

||What do u mean by waste? Not using em?||

[hasty umbra]

||I agree, I did it for the same reason, I love Victini, tbf I do like Hilda as well, and she destroys stages so I have a lot of fun with her, win win||

[feral vale]

||I had to skip her. She is on the tier where I’ll pull if I like her kit/Pokémon and have no other choices. She’s gonna have to wait. Hopefully a select.||

Fuck, we’re doing the thing

[hasty umbra]

what, the walls of spoilers?

[feral vale]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1039290228625641603/1050817414440439878/Oh_my_Spoilers.mp4

[hard wave]

|| tbh I got hilda bcz I was impatient waiting for hilbert and got her first multi, but I do like using her alot so eh ||

[hasty umbra]

right

[tardy fiber]

Are they faves? (1) Yes (2) No

(1) If yes, do you have enough gems? (3) Yes (4) No

(2) If no, just skip for future faves

(3) Do you not care about whatever pairs that might come out next month? (5) Yes (6) No, i do care.

(4) Are you a whale? (7) Yes (6) No

(5) Might as well pull now if the banner expires before datamine.

(6) Then just skip it for now, it will rerun later anyway.

(7) Swipe that card boiiii and dont held me accountable for your reckless spending.

For people that feel indecisive.

[lean mango]

Considering the future is pretty important, there's the question if you like the unit that is revealed next month but you only have 1 pity, have to make a choice on what's more valuable to you

[crisp oracle]

We don’t encourage whaling here

[upbeat lotus]

This should be remade into an infographic or a bot command

[tough oriole]

I really don’t think that was the point of the message
I mainly saw it as discouraging whaling

[tardy fiber]

Yep although i think that all of the pairs this months lasts till after datamine... although some might say that galar trio will expires before datamine but they already lasts till after late march datamine so its not their fault...

[tardy fiber]

I did this format because usually when people ask us for advice, it is mainly the same reply haha unless they ask niche deep questions like master fairs are less likely to rerun than pokefairs...for those kind of questions still need expert help

[crisp oracle]

Eh just trying to be careful lol

[hard wave]

Gauntlet banner, Ball Guy, Lance, Double banner as well

[hasty umbra]

you'd be surprised, there is someone out there that will take this to heart and as an actual "command" or whatever

it's like those wild "Do not..." signs you see sometimes, they always have a story behind them becoming a thing

[tardy fiber]

Yep but all the new banners have already done their job which is they last till next month's datamine so players can still think of pulling them or April's pairs so I don't think that its a problem on DeNa's end as pretty sure people will have enough to pity any unit with gems from their banner duration so if people end up cannot pulling it, is either due to:

1. so many faves released but not enough gems saved
2. not enough gems but does yolo pulling

So cannot blame DeNa for it, and people need to keep in mind that they cannot get everything that they wanted unless they saved enough or they whaled enough

[tough oriole]

||Do not exchange LA pair ||

[deft glen]

|| I got Hilda cuz I like her and I use her a lot, but I don't know why I went for Hilbert though, I barely use him now lol ||

[hard wave]

|| I wanted hilbert but didnt get him, hoping for a rerun on a good banner w other favs ||

[deft glen]

I've been wanting to get a skip month, thankfully this month is an easy skip for me

I'll finish it with 82k or something like that

specially cuz Alola VA's probably gonna have someone I like

Selene or Lillie

[rare swan]

Nice!

[hard wave]

Im hoping next month is a skip for me or like 1 pair I like who I get early I need some time to recover

|| Im already going for lussa too so nobody I like would be fine as well ||

[rare swan]

Just pop a spoiler here

[tardy fiber]

Will end up with 100k gems with this month's skip

Well until 26th April's gems as this month's gem count only till that day

[tough oriole]

I’m gonna skip this month super hard so that I can have as many gems as possible for ||Alola VA||

||Well, apart from the SC submas reruns that I’ve been waiting a year for ||

[rare swan]

It's definitely a good month to be skipping if you're anticipating an Alola VA unit you'd like

[vale ivy]

I hope I can skip Alola VA

[tough oriole]

An Alola VA unit I’d like?

[vale ivy]

[rare swan]

....definitely keep up the saving

[lean mango]

Poison Nihilego

[hard wave]

Luckily || lussa || should come when we have datamine

She’s on my list so ill || prob go for her anyway ||

[tardy fiber]

Yep lussa banner is on poma day, and our gem count ends on 26th reset...so i think datamine will come before lussa banner starts

[hard wave]

Doesnt shiro’s end at 27?

[tardy fiber]

Not sure in our pins, tlim count till 26th

[hard wave]

I just checked and shiro’s in 31st-27th and is 24690, while tlim’s has 24480 from 31st-26th

Ig there will be 210 gems on the 27th?

[broken mulch]

I regret Holiday Erika

This was during my “pull every limited unit” phase LMAO

[tardy fiber]

Oh i also have that phase too ||and ended up with emmet, redlax, palbea, palmarnie|| all those that i regretted...well now i train myself to be stronger against temptations

[rare swan]

You live and learn

[tardy fiber]

Im happy that although its a skip month for me but there's plenty of things to do to make progress in my account and that does help me to feel less boring.

5* non eggmon pairs, 150 faves and hopium to hatch shiny eggmons does make good side goals

[sly raven]

At ash anni what was the gem count at that month?

[upbeat lotus]

#1010223517565976737

Ash was Sep 2022

[opaque cargo]

I ||regret pulling ss lysandre, till this day dunno how to use him. If not cause of volcanion i wont pull him||

[topaz compass]

Gem count is slow so far haha

[rare swan]

He's quite straightforward - what are you struggling with?

[winged fossil]

I think this is the closest I have to a “regret pulling” unit, I still use him hence why he’s exd but man is he a bit of a weird one to fit into most teams in cs now it feels like.

And i don’t think I’ve seen a fissure to this day, pulled in 2022

Prob the limited I went out of my way for that I like the least. Now if I went out of the way for summer Steven or summer Lyra on the other hand, I’d be mad at myself, but I got them on a god knows how many ways shared banner I got pal Serena off of when I was new

[topaz compass]

@winged fossil with the split rerun coming up I was thinking how funny it was at release I hated skipping him but now I'm going to skip again. Solid unit for LG but MayBunny is 100% collection piece so not throwing money at togepi 1.5%. Even an omni-seasonal select togepi is down to 3rd or 4th on my list now

[winged fossil]

Yeah I don’t think I’d pull him in the 2023 meta tbh

He’s generally been powercrept I feel outside of streaking

Standard damage reduction param doesn’t help metronome units unless they fissure, too.

So the fact fissure is so rare I don’t see it in like a year of owning him is retrospectively

Used to be one of my go to anni n partners too!

(Team used to be ghetsis, n, sburgh, now gordie took sburghs job because rebuff and sun in one kit)

Honestly I’m surprised a unit like gordie is even gen pool, we are rather spoiled on some of the newer gen pool units.

Which makes skipping non favs even easier for me

[topaz compass]

I used Gordie in LG as the sync nuke vs moltres. Haven't tested him in a physical fire team yet

[vestal leaf]

He's more an enabler tbh

If you lack ssmorty you can run him with a support + any fire type to clear csmm like a breeze

[hard wave]

This is how I got maybun and ss cynthia

Oh and lysandre, even tho I wasnt aiming for those 3

[cunning swan]

I'm the other way around. His kit looks so fun but I had to skip him last year because I was saving. This time though... kinda tempted ngl

[past gate]

stay strong

[rare swan]

You don't need the silly egg man

[signal halo]

I feel this year I've been somewhat close to the pull every limited approach

That said, I still have a sizeable gem amount

[oak crest]

Burghepi... went for him when there was a select banner last year... too bad they didnt do any this year during 3.5....

[signal halo]

Not the bastion of gem zen, but I don't have a full year played, so it's hard to achieve such an amount

I think that so far

My least used pair was N

Among those I've pulled

And Marnie, since she came along with him

Diantha and Gloria also didn't see much usage

That said, I wasn't aiming for them

Beyond those 4, I think I used everyone I pulled for without regrets

[tardy fiber]

Kinda why pulling because they are faves are good, you even feel good just by having them in your roster although not using them a lot...like its been a while since i used my lear for things other than gauntlet as he kinda lose to more stronger recent psychic faves. But i still happy and doesn't regret it as hoopa is a fave. This might happen on a lot of people that pull a unit just based on gameplay or meta, as meta is constantly shifting after a period of time, the top unit back then may not be as relevant today.

[signal halo]

N was a matter of reaching the actual fave, who's sigilyph

Base N is a bit harder to use without being obsolete due to SST red being his support

[sturdy flower]

no issue saving this month

i think it's confirmed I'm saving till datamine (except pokemon day)

if LuSSamine's Necrozma didnt form change into ultimate i'd want her as a pretty unit

[cunning swan]

Is it copium to wait for another metronome support that's not burgh

[rare swan]

not at all 😌 wait for that fave

i've heard the chances of fissure are far higher when it's a fave

[cunning swan]

[lofty relic]

i've spammed so many Metronomes and i have yet to see a single fissure

[upbeat lotus]

Fissure? It exists?

[fallen path]

In our imaginations yes

[sly breach]

Petition for dena to reveal if metronome can call fissure?

[light oyster]

BUT HE'S ONE OF THE BEST

[light oyster]

he is pretty good looking through 👀

[sly breach]

||am bored so i am going to look at gacha and flex||

[cunning swan]

metronome can proc fissure. there's video proof on youtube. the rates? we don't know...

[feral vale]

Good to know cause it didn’t happen once when I was doing my Metronome runs in the event.

[tough oriole]

||Volkner + crit support never failed for me. If he’s 2/5 he doesn’t even need it
SST Red makes anyone obsolete ||

[deft glen]

yeah, for me too. Although before I got Volkner (which took me a long time) I found him a bit underwhelming. Maybe it was cuz I wasn't very good at the game idk

[vestal leaf]

personally preferred most electr gen pools/f2ps over dps volkner myself

[tough oriole]

||Volkner is nice for 1st sync clears, but for a slower game plan he’s not needed||

Anyway, this is gem zen, so saving and faving time

[tough oriole]

I think they meant that before they got volkner, n seemed underwhelming

[vestal leaf]

ehhh

weird

him + og hilbert is very free

you can strap a second elctr or a def debuffer to top it off

and it never failed me until hoenn cs

he's a bit old fashioned but far from mediocre

[tough oriole]

Yeah

Anyway, back to zenning

[vestal leaf]

this just proves that even if a fave is old it's never a regret since units stay strong for so long

but it has to be a fave

[tough oriole]

Faves will always be usable, but meta will always keep power creeping

[hasty umbra]

the thing with this game is powercreep doesn't mean your old units become worse, hence why meta chasing is such a pointless thing to do

[sly breach]

Chase 5/5 old units instead 💀

[tough oriole]

I have no clue how cris does it but i’m very happy for them

[tardy fiber]

Agree with both of your opinions, if get a unit just due to gameplay...you will regret getting the unit as soon as it gets powercrept, we are not an oracle that can know till how long that unit will be viable so better grab units due to fave. Many ways that can help old faves unit nowadays, there's weather/terrain/zone/rebuff or just rely on the old support and def/spdef debuffs are already good enough

[fallen path]

some of us have 0 favs tho (like me lol), so it really depends on how you want to play. but it's also important to save gems so you can get the units you want regardless

[hard wave]

Same, I have to see a unit to decide if I like it or not (if the outfit is nice or how much I like the pokemon etc.)

[hasty umbra]

yeah, I like pokemon and characters here and there, but I don't actually have any favorites in the sense of getting super excited or wanting to use them for absolutely everything or that kind of stuff

and tbh I don't really regret pulling for anyone due to powercreep

I get use out of them anyway regardless of better pairs existing

everyone has different goals and reasons to go after certain units

[tardy fiber]

Gauntlet help to keep old units viable, thats why i love gauntlet although im more of 10-12 streaks guy

[opaque cargo]

My A,Steven. I still use him despite everyone said hes underwhelming. He is my go to partner in any situation regarding weather

He and zinnia. Always good to see 2 rayquaza. Now they can both change to mega

[tardy fiber]

I like annisteven, not sure why he got a lot of bad rep. People said he's bad due to his mega only add speed so just use support with him. Not like people sync with every striker unit anyway

[opaque cargo]

Somehow seeing dragon ascent is satisfying

[tardy fiber]

3* flying gear will be nice for him, cmon DeNa

[opaque cargo]

Yea his stat is pretty meh for a striker

While other mf go brrr

[tardy fiber]

Now with new cs params, impervious and downside up units got a win

[opaque cargo]

Oh yea. The very nice thing of his passives. Just hoping zinnia can downside up too

[hasty umbra]

people just love to jump the gun with pairs and talk trash as much as they can

happened with Archie, happened with Anni Steven, and with every single recent OP support

[opaque cargo]

Ppl just got skill issues

[fallen path]

i haven't once regretted getting anni steven

[tardy fiber]

Oh right ||ncbede gets trashed due to 4 gauge tm...but they didn't read about free move after using buddy move and he give +2 speed buffs to the team on entry ||

[bleak falcon]

Eh, I think these days it’s generally agreed that his regular move damage is good, it’s his Sync that’s kinda garbage

[fallen path]

i like using him for dragon weak too

[bleak falcon]

Which works out kinda well since everyone has access to Kahili, who has the opposite problem

[hasty umbra]

his mega only boosting speed and sync damage being whatever was the source of all the criticism, which is valid but also blown out of proportion

Leon is more whatever to me, and he is not a bad pair either

[tardy fiber]

Like there's abundance of annisteven vs nate sync damage video that time

[tough oriole]

The nice thing about anni steven is that he’s very easy to support ||unlike leon ||

[hard wave]

Oh yeah I was confused about how it worked until I got him and its not rlly an issue tbh

He can buff speed for the whole team on entry and if u give him hs1 u only need to use one move to activate his b move which hive fmn

And thats just at base I havent looked at 2/5 or 3/5 tiles

[hard wave]

Whats wrong with supporting leon?

[tough oriole]

Nothing, it’s just that people only talk about anni steven’s flaws and nothing about the others

[hard wave]

Oh

Tbh I thought he was pretty bad as well but his dps isnt terrible and downside up is always nice

Tho all the 2021 MFs dont seem that special imo, compared to 2022 MFs atleast

[tough oriole]

Anni N was excellent for his time (no bias here)

[feral vale]

~~So all 2021 MF’s are bad? ~~

[hard wave]

No they are all decent

[feral vale]

You said 2021 twice, was trying to make a joke lol

[hard wave]

O mb didnt notice lol

[chrome nest]

List of regrets:

1. Being an idiot back then and yolo
2. Having an abundance of a certain type even tough it’s not necessary
3. ||Pulling|| based on if I like the Pokémon
4. Having some jealousy when I see someone ||Get the unit I want||

[opaque cargo]

Still dunno when to use lySSandre B Move

And maybe i need to ex him. Then he might be better

[opaque cargo]

This happen to my lySSandre. Redundant cause i have frog duo

[feral vale]

Lysandre ||a fav. I have him and the frogs, no regrets.||

[opaque cargo]

🧘‍♀️ now have to save for luSSamine

[tardy fiber]

I run my lyssandre with sskris and archie, no gauge problems and all faves, also can use tech damage received x3 new params

[chrome nest]

I’m a man and use x3 support take damage param

[tardy fiber]

Feels like cs becoming easier with these new params

[hard wave]

Whats wrong w #3?

My regret is just pulling on everything and not deciding which pairs I actually want I have a list now but I couldve gotten many of them

[vestal leaf]

Pulling fave mons= pulling fave trainer for me

[tardy fiber]

Yep i set pokemons as faves... especially legendaries, mythicals, UBs, paradoxes

[chrome nest]

It makes up 60% of my list

[hasty umbra]

why is that bad?

how big is this list anyway?

[tardy fiber]

Thats why i didn't care much of trainers getting 10th alt or something, if that trainer is paired with my fave pokemon = pull

[fallen path]

More people have #3 than you think

[chrome nest]

Oh

I use it sometimes as an excuse

[sly breach]

🤝

[crisp oracle]

||waiting patiently for LuSSa||

[tardy fiber]

Good luck

For now the revealed units are a skip for me, although im not sure if april is a skip as ssmorty released on 28th april last year so he is still an April's unit. Need to see the first unit of next datamine first

[lean mango]

Ye, some people just like Pokemon more than trainers enough for the pokemon to be a priority more

I collect poison mon units with a few exceptions but I know I won't regret them

[tardy fiber]

Hope you get shiny nidoking eggmon Cris

Its poison

[lean mango]

Ye, would love to have them its a very nice shiny

[tardy fiber]

Im missing shiny muk, kinda want it...i have some nostalgia with muk

[lean mango]

Still a bit bitter about oddish still

[hasty umbra]

I'm salty about no shiny Magikarp

[lean mango]

So far my only shiny poison eggmon is Arbok

[tardy fiber]

I got shiny magikarp, but zero shiny tyrogues and zero shiny meowths kinda stings

[tough oriole]

I got shiny kanto meowth and evolved it not realizing how awful it would be

[hasty umbra]

I got 3 shiny Tyrogue, but all strikers...

[tardy fiber]

At least just like a wheel, DeNa gave me both ball guy eggmons shinies so im just emptying my eggmon storage now

[lean mango]

Muk, Nidoking, and Arbok are the only ones with shinies right?

[tardy fiber]

Nidoqueen

[tough oriole]

🟢

More like nidogreen

[lean mango]

Ye her too, but her shiny minus the green is eh

[hasty umbra]

I regret evolving my Nidorina

[lean mango]

I only have Arbok on my shiny haves, a poison eggmon event pls

And still waiting for my pink bat

[tardy fiber]

Will be a while before i start to 5* my shiny eggmons...34 4* non eggmon units left

[lean mango]

I wonder if they'll just evolve Golbat as regular

[tough oriole]

Afaik, all Fully Evolved eggmons have the same stats, so idt so

[tardy fiber]

Will be 37 if i count lodge steven, jessie, james but those pairs are pure hopium...will wait for a free select or normal select for steven, and jessie james are uncertain

[lean mango]

, I want at least 1 more Crobat to own

[tardy fiber]

Bp cyrus crobat

[lean mango]

I would take that

But I feel like people will be a bit mad by a 4th Crobat after the Emma response

[tardy fiber]

Hope there's galar 4* bp unit this year, DeNa need to make more easily accessible galar unit than just Hop

Well at least after galar VA being permanent, people can get 1 5* galar from it

Could help newbies doing daily galar region battle or galar missions

[tough oriole]

Hmm, galar va would be right before anni, so idt its spotlights would get into the anni ticket update

[lean mango]

Galar VA

I have 0 Galar EXs and I'm not about to start now

[tardy fiber]

I hope VAs ended with Galar or paulo stuffs. And Hisui or Paldean got story events or something like that will be permanent and give 1/2 free units of that region

Would stings if hisui/paldea become new galar where most units locked behind general pool

[winged fossil]

speaking of raising units...i really should the other versions of my favorites that i have sometime

[lean mango]

I'm running short on EX amounts

[winged fossil]

i need to finish the other 2 serenas and the last lillie that i have

[tardy fiber]

Just EX your faves, i already 5* 20/20 bunch of non EXable faves...now is just a waiting game for them to get EX

[lean mango]

I only have enough for one for Eusine

[tardy fiber]

No stocks for Jessie and James

[lean mango]

I do plan on EXing Lodge Steven cause I fricking love Cradily

[lean mango]

I probably shouldn't have made that bet

But thanks for the EX Gladion again

[tardy fiber]

Hope i can get lodge steven in the future, he seems like a nice special rock damage dealer

[tardy fiber]

I don't see any problem, he is poison

[lean mango]

1/5,,,,, 😭

[tardy fiber]

I just realised that his weakness changes with his type

[lean mango]

You just noticed?

[tardy fiber]

Yep when changing him to poison just now

[lean mango]

Psychic weak

[robust plaza]

This is why we save

[lean mango]

oof

[tardy fiber]

Yeap, the 3 birbs costs me 2 and a half pities... luckily i saved a lot before

Could easily be 3 pities

[robust plaza]

Only marnie and may costed me a pity

Time to save

I got everything i wanted march-april

[lean mango]

Nice, hope you get luckier next time

[tardy fiber]

78,515 currently...waiting patiently for next datamine

[lean mango]

100k for at least a month

[robust plaza]

[lean mango]

I'll be able to reach my 3rd pity finally

[tardy fiber]

Wow you're close to paid gems cap

Isnt it 70k?

[robust plaza]

80k

[tardy fiber]

Oh still got some space

[robust plaza]

I was 71k before i did ball guy tiered select

Only got ball guy from guarantee

[tardy fiber]

Well at least his tier is only 7.5k paid, so same price with spotlight tier

New seasonal tier way expensive like 20k paid iirc

[lean mango]

that much? wow

Never realized

[robust plaza]

I plan on doing tea party tiered scout

[tardy fiber]

Yep for new seasonal

If rerun only 10k

[robust plaza]

10k

[lean mango]

That's like half a pity

[tardy fiber]

I did try it once before but i stopped halfway..after my 25% hleon ticket gave me clemont

[winged fossil]

i ended up doing two EXs primarily for gauntlet this season, but i can definitely see myself getting a lot more use out of both of them now that i took that plunge (silvally and fallbert respectively)
i was underestimating fallbert for way too long.

got enough tickets out of my streak for another so im prob going to decide whos going next soon

[robust plaza]

I still haven’t touched lg besides farming latios stage 1 on auto for cookies

[winged fossil]

well if you want the candy coins you better start now, only two resets remain

[sly breach]

Finally got bea from galar tickets

Now just elesa

[winged fossil]

i got her to 3/5 off the galar tix, just missing sonia 3rd copy

[robust plaza]

it's just candy coins it's too hard. i can't do it

[hard wave]

I dont think ill get my eggmons to 4*+ tbh, never use them

And I have 45 4 stars and am missing 6 non 5 stars atm

[robust plaza]

i haven't been hatching eggs because i hit the limit and it's all 3 passives

[hard wave]

I only hatch 15 for the event and any I get from training area

[tough oriole]

You hit the limit? Isn’t it like 500?

[robust plaza]

just getting started is tough

yeah i did

[tough oriole]

And every single one of them is unique?

[robust plaza]

no

3 passives

[hasty umbra]

it's impossible to fill 500 with only uniques

[robust plaza]

dupes

[tough oriole]

I don’t think you need several identical eggmons

[hasty umbra]

and it's literally pointless to keep dupes

[hard wave]

If u have multiple 3 passives just keep one

[tough oriole]

If you want to keep identical shinies, that’s fine, but i don’t see why several non shinies are needed

[robust plaza]

i never cleaned it

[hard wave]

Personally I keep shinies and donate the rest

[robust plaza]

just sold 1-2 passives

[tough oriole]

And you still have 500 remaining in the lab

[robust plaza]

[tough oriole]

…I can see the problem now

[hasty umbra]

look at all that trash

hoarder detected

[robust plaza]

hey i just hatch the eggs man

[tough oriole]

Support Weedle and Meowth are useless outside of LG (and even then extremely niche unless you want a high streak), you don’t really need 1, let alone 5

[upbeat lotus]

Exchange dupes, only keep one copy of each 3 passive role

[robust plaza]

i'll try to sift through

[tough oriole]

But if you want, keeping shinies may be wanted

[robust plaza]

Thank you guys for getting me to go through my hoard

[tough oriole]

Wow, 175 eggmons gone, must have been laggy

[robust plaza]

click one by one

at least there's no 50 limit like gears

[upbeat lotus]

You only keep supports?

[tough oriole]

I’m guessing the ordering just put supports on top

[robust plaza]

no there's techs and strikers at the bottom

yeah that

[upbeat lotus]

ic

[tardy fiber]

They are kinda a nice side goal but i will only start on it after i done with 5* all non eggmon pairs which might be next year or something as still a bunch of non eggmon pairs haven't yet 5* and lodge + bp will keep on adding new ones

[winged fossil]

i kinda hope they give serena a Support pair at some point, was looking at the serena pairs we have and noticed we have no tank Serena yet, so its hard to do full Serena team without sleep chaining

meanwhile Lillie you can reasonably do full Lillie already

[tough oriole]

Marnie has 4 techs and one strike

[upbeat lotus]

Steven having 3 strike and 3 tech: perfectly balanced

[vernal glade]

N has 2 strikers and 3 tech.

So almost a perfect balance. ||Unless they add a Support N||

[deft glen]

she'll get a support sync pair as her first pokefair

[hard wave]

Steven needs a special striker and support, all 3 of his striker pairs r physical

Only deoxys and cradily r special

[vale ivy]

Deoxys can tank ig

[hard wave]

Tru

But a few other techs can

[vale ivy]

Well even Metagross can

[hard wave]

Tanking isnt exclusively for supports

[vernal glade]

Ya, some tech can tank.

Like look at SS Leaf

[hard wave]

Even a few strikers can like ss leon and caitlin iirc

[tough oriole]

SS Leon isnt a tank just because he can solo lati@s and bulu and has a single dmg guard
I’d say maybe anni lillie, ash and c marnie can be tanks

[vale ivy]

The context is just tank to make full team

So Steven can do 2 teams atp

[hard wave]

Oh

[ashen thunder]

SSleon has endure+guard
It's good enuff to tank depending on the other 2 slots

[tough oriole]

It’s definitely not bad but i wouldn’t call him a tanky strike simply cause of that, considering his lack of heals and stuff

[winged fossil]

Cmarnie as a tank? Is it just that passive that heals her if she’s really low or?

Dunno if she has any dr in her grid or something

[violet nebula]

Marnie needs to have some health down to stay at maximum damage

[upbeat lotus]

she just wants 1% HP loss for Mind over Matter 4

[plucky token]

I've decided that despite really wanting Klefki I'm gonna wait till the datamine/end of the banner (I don't know if the datamine will be before the end of the banner?) before actually trying for her again but I'm at 3k gems ||and i be tempted please help||

[compact pasture]

Do you mean 1 HP?

[compact pasture]

Save until the datamine

[plucky token]

I know Summer N is soon and if I get blindsided by him I'm gonna be pissed

[drowsy saddle]

You can check dates in #1012256199128915968

[plucky token]

I just barely missed him the first time ||(genuinely I had gems to pull but was waiting and then his banner ran out before i pulled)||

[drowsy saddle]

Have you written down your fave list, by the way?

[plucky token]

I had a written one I made forever ago but i had an image one that i made. unfortunately all my favorites are popular.

alola VA is also big scary

[vale ivy]

Yeah

I really hope I don't want more 2 units in Alola VA

Kinda terrifying

[drowsy saddle]

So, no favourite pokemon?

[vernal glade]

I’ll be fine for Alola, I only have a single fave, and it’s a mythical Pokémon.

[plucky token]

oh plenty- though I doubt Kirlia or H!Zorua specifically will get in
my only other worry is Plusle because Appletun is already in
and klefki is here right now

my top 6 are absol, kirlia, h!zorua, plusle, appletun, and spinda

[drowsy saddle]

You do need to note them too, especially if they're fave enough to pull for

[plucky token]

I should do a formal list again IDK where mine went

[drowsy saddle]

And that's a lot of faves.
Try making a priority list so you'll be able to decide between them later on

[plucky token]

They're already sort of in priority order actually

I like lillie but if she doesn't fill a specific niche I need then I'd probably skip, but I'd never skip a marnie

I can split the row for high and low priority though

[vernal glade]

I only have these as top 2: H!Zoroark, and Lucario (Tech.) But I won’t go after all my faves.

[plucky token]

🤝 hisiuan zorua/zoroark

[violet nebula]

Alola VA could easily be a 3 MF slaughter😬

[plucky token]

I don't expect any Hisiuan stuff to ever get in (characters or otherwise) but never say never I guess

if H!Zorua or Zoroark got in I'd be so happy

[violet nebula]

Galar should not of been in the game but here it is😝

[plucky token]

I don't think they'd skip a whole generation or never get around to it

But Legends is a whole other beast entirely

[violet nebula]

Need Palmer/ rhyperior

[plucky token]

when will palmer finally come home from the corner store

[vernal glade]

Problem for Alola VA are the gems in the EBE. I mean, I don’t mind if I can’t get the gems, I can always get more gems outside of just the EBE.

[violet nebula]

Eusine

[vale ivy]

Alola roster is decent at least, so ebe is kinda fine

[violet nebula]

But nah... here... have a Lillie 😅

[vale ivy]

Doesn't lack gen pool units like kalos or galar

[violet nebula]

What is that? You got too many Lillies? Here is another 🤣

[vernal glade]

I need to check and see how much May gave us.

[violet nebula]

Mmhmm

[vernal glade]

So May gave us 29k last year.

And In 2021 26k, so perhaps we could reach 30k or close like 29k again thanks to the VA.

Will have to wait and see next month.

[sturdy flower]

19k till 150k and that's the amount left before datamine, perfect

[sly breach]

Dena i really need a skip month doesn't really matter if they give under 30k gems

[past gate]

this is a very skip month imo

unless you have a fave in this update

[tardy fiber]

Its a skip month for me, I'm very happy to get a skip month because I had 3 faves last month

Although a skip month with only 24k free gems does stings

[sturdy flower]

it's a skip month now

[vale ivy]

Low gems make me scared of next month still

[past gate]

that means a pity for an alola va unit

[vale ivy]

Hope it's 2 month long too

[violet nebula]

It maybe as it could have part 1 & 2

[plucky token]

that took forever and i still forgot nemona on priority not in game yet

[tardy fiber]

Woohoo i managed to empty my egg incubator, new egg event in 3 resets

[upbeat lotus]

Bruh i just want to get gen pool eggs give me a break

[cunning swan]

I still don't have tech squirtle

[violet nebula]

😭

[tardy fiber]

I still need shiny squirtle, bulbasaur, onix from general pool

[upbeat lotus]

I dont care about shinies so i just collect good eggmons for LG

[lament hornet]

i stopped myself from spending all my free gems on c hop banner

||if only my resolve was strong enough to prevent me from going all the way on tiered for sc shauna ||

[tardy fiber]

||the 20k paid gems tier? ||

[deft glen]

Me too

[tardy fiber]

I got tech squirtle, iirc there's a past event that DeNa give a different egg each day that will hatch to be 3 passives with same role as the shiny ...i got my tech squirtle from it

[lapis pine]

Isn’t that this Easter event?

The one that’s rerunning

[deft glen]

I care about the ones that are good for LG, but I don't like when I invest in one eggmon and I get the shiny immediately after

[tardy fiber]

Oh so i got it from last year's easter event then

Same eggsplorers

Hope that mission reruns

Although iirc i only get 1 shiny out of all the eggs

[lament hornet]

si

[junior trout]

What do the abbreviations stand for?

[timber wren]

fully evolved/not fully evolved

[plucky token]

^

[topaz compass]

This happened to me with Starmie, I don't think I invested in shiny version after yet

[sly breach]

If you replace the eggmon with the shiny and donate the normal eggmon you get the resources back

Wait thats stupid

[topaz compass]

Oh yeah I heard it may only be half but still helpful

[sly breach]

Oh thought it was all

[drowsy saddle]

It's 80%

[deft glen]

it happened to me with support dragonite and tech exeggutor

[deft glen]

I always forget this

[sly breach]

Dont really use eggmons

They should create a champion stadium like event

That would only use eggmons

[feral vale]

You know what would be fun? More rental mon events :0

[drowsy saddle]

Battle Factory Head detected

[feral vale]

Oh yeah an event of that theme makes sense!

[drowsy saddle]

Noland even showed up in PC during Metronome event and talked about rental Pokemon

[feral vale]

Yee that’s what I remembered

[summer goblet]

this is the highest i will go for a while

||I will be pulling the Galar trio birds later tonight and i shall do a live stream at Pocecord||

[feral vale]

[summer goblet]

aight, I will go ahead and write a reddit blog about my saving journey

[lean mango]

I've been always wanting a Battle Factory esk mode to play, always loved playing the Battle Factory due to that randomness

[feral vale]

See, I’m not a fan in main games, but in this game genuinely would make it fun.

This is a game where you have to change teams literally all the time

~~It kinda feels weird saying that considering I won the Metronome event contest ~~

[willow pollen]

Put your roster into a randomizer create 5 teams and see how high of a master mode score you can get.

[feral vale]

Oh gawd

[winged fossil]

||bleh, part of me is tempted to try for lysandre, but i dont wanna even spend a single gem till lussa drops||

ill be glad once that banners gone this reset so i have no more distractions

[tardy fiber]

Big gems reset today, i can reach 80k+ gems with it

[grim plover]

thank god i have enough gems to reach 1 pity at the end of the month

i just need two pities to get gladion and guzma, unless surprise alolan red & blue

[tardy fiber]

Im in danger there's plenty yet unreleased from Alola gen:
Legendaries: Tapu Koko, Tapu Bulu, Tapu Fini, Tapu Lele.
Mythicals: Magearna, Zeraora, Melmetal
UBs: Nihilego, Kartana, Xurkitree, Guzzlord, Stakataka, Blacephalon

[grim plover]

alola VA is dangerous

good pokemon and good characters

[broken mulch]

I only care about Lusamine honestly

Maybe Guzma and Gladion

[sonic cobalt]

Alola VA just has the JoJo “Menacing” aura

[feral vale]

I’d honestly just want Lillie

[vernal glade]

Ya, everyone wants a Lillie alt.

[lean mango]

Nihilego

I don't really care that much for Lillie, but if she comes with Nihilego so be it

I'd prefer Nihilego go to one of the other Aether family members

[grim plover]

if i have gems i would pull for lillie with the hat

[willow pollen]

Nihilego and Lusamine

[hard wave]

Anni already screwed me over and || lussa rerun this month || rlly hoping for a skippable VA

My rerun list is also kind of big so I dont want to add anyone else

Tho I think out of those id only go for zeraora, but it depends on the outfit the characters get

[lean mango]

I'll be happy with that

[deft glen]

Lillie magearna

[tardy fiber]

I hope magearna/tapu koko/xurkitree/zeraora are the ones that are released ...because im still lacking in fairy and elec faves coverage, well i could also hopium for melmetal because 3/5 gloria still has some problems although cs2 and sharp entry 1 2/5 grids already made her way better than before....others on that list is hurm, kartana/tapu bulu also not bad if its a grass striker well probably i still wont use much as current cs params favor like 1 support + 2 techs or 2 strikers but still nice to have.

[hard wave]

I doubt we’d get melmetal for aloVA, prob something related to lgpe if they do that or galar

But idk ill wait for datamine, I wouldnt mind one fave if I can || get lucky with lussa bcz ill have the gems ||

[tardy fiber]

I need to recheck my grass fave list to see if there's any more special grass damage fave, i think scrosa can be a good teammate to it especially that my scrosa is 3/5 and now she acts almost similar like ssN...tm > sweet scent to get free move next > seed flare > repeat

Oh the new snail looks like a special attacker

Wo-chien

[hard wave]

Is virizion special or physical?

[tough oriole]

It’s a mixed attacker (90/90)

[hard wave]

So ig it could be either

[tough oriole]

I generally associate it with Leaf Blade, tho

[tardy fiber]

Oh right Virizion but i think it will go to Chatelaine Morgan for bp so it will become support

Oh well she can still get Terrakion instead

[tough oriole]

Morgan is the green one so virizion would fit

[sturdy flower]

blue one got Entei

[tardy fiber]

Yep...thats why I search my list and only found wo-chien...well iron leaves can as well but its signature move is psychic...well can be like zinniaray i guess, double type coverage

[deft glen]

Regular Calyrex is 80/80 but it has way more special than physical moves iirc

[tough oriole]

Fire can be blue (in main series so is sacred fire)
The yellowish one also got lando

[sturdy flower]

wo chien signature is dark

[tardy fiber]

Iron leaves will be nice in poma, boosted with psychic terrain, elec terrain, grassy terrain lol

[sturdy flower]

perfect partner for xmas Whitney

[tardy fiber]

Yep but hard to see that all 4 ruins becoming all dark well i guess it can happen

[tardy fiber]

Oh right people saying scsteven is like a support, but holiday whitney is also like a support but people dont talk about her much

[sturdy flower]

because everyone was pulling for frogs at the time, and 2nd anni rerun

now most people are done thinking about galar and don't know the future

and Lusa fanbase doesn't have the largest overlap with Steven

[tardy fiber]

Galar, there's still spectrier, regieleki, regidrago, zarude that i want to see playable

I wont mention other forms and shinies because hard for that to release unless DeNa want it to

[crisp oracle]

How many gems?

[cunning swan]

ANNIEEEEEE

[tough oriole]

I agree with annie

[rare swan]

I also agree with Annie

[upbeat lotus]

I agree to Winston, who also agrees with Annie

[vale ivy]

Idm Lillie tbh

[lunar topaz]

I want red and blue

[hasty umbra]

you just want people mad, because you'll 100% skip them

[feral vale]

81k

[feral vale]

Bruh as much as I love Red, and it’s funny that people believe that a Steven means a new Red soon, I do not believe that’ll happen this time

[cunning swan]

Finally someone siding with me

[feral vale]

||But I’m sure y’all can guess who I’ll get if that’s the case.||

[cunning swan]

Lillie alt is a given anyway but

[vale ivy]

Tbh, I'm curious if it's true

It might be a coincidence, but maybe a strategy that indeed works

We do know Dena does want to bait us

[feral vale]

||Any Red is basically a but with non paid gems for me||

[rare swan]

Either way

If you want something in Alola VA, it's time to Save Gems™️

[tardy fiber]

I just want my pokemon faves, I don't care which trainers will they end up with

[summer goblet]

After a month of saving to reach 400k gems

I did the deed

||Marnie within 3 multi, Hop withing 4 multi but game crashes so i got them off camera, Bede within 4 multi though i rage quit and forgot to take a picture||

[tardy fiber]

||Better than mine, 90.8k gems for all 3 of them||

[hasty umbra]

||all 3 with less than a pity is a win, no matter how you look at it||

[vernal glade]

||Ya, that’s insane luck||

[summer goblet]

||it def is, though i was mentally well prepare to spend 100k gems to pity all 3 of them, but was not prepare for the weirdness that happens tonight||

[summer goblet]

||hey, at least you have a nice month long to take a nice rest||

[vernal glade]

||Spring rerun units?||

[summer goblet]

||soon||

[tardy fiber]

But ||lost 90.8k and only got 24k in this skip month, still need a lot more to recover ||

[summer goblet]

||that is true and def need more than a month to recover, hope next month will be a bit easier and have more gems||

[hard wave]

Same, skip month maybe tho I did get lunala bcz she has drip and its lunala

[summer goblet]

ok, time to save my gems, again

[opaque cargo]

||SC Zinnia is tempting me, not because of her kit but because of her looks. She is so cute in that phantom thief outfit..arghhh||

[iron robin]

||i feel you there ☹️ it's why i pulled for sc shauna. and i did get her but i dont wanna risk it again with sc zinnia. we must stay strong||

[opaque cargo]

||and i want to put her in the lobby. My only purpose to pull her. SC Zinnia and luSSamine||

[iron robin]

||aw man and luSSamine too ❓😭 well. both of them will be here for awhile, long enough to still be here when this month's datamine happens. may be best to wait it out a little longer. i do want lussa as well, just to add onto my alola collection but we must wait||

[tough oriole]

That’s a lot of spoilers lol

||Good luck saving everyone, I believe in you ||

[summer goblet]

well, can't you blame us

[opaque cargo]

Its the calm before the storm

Or its the other way around

[summer goblet]

||we are talking about pulls alot and that's ok||

||we like to plan our next moves for our resorces||

[iron robin]

i really do hope gladion and/or hau gets an alt soon so i need to save just in case ||and resist the temptation of pulling for costumes/outfits i like... im just glad sc steven and sc shauna were very kind to me||

[opaque cargo]

The fav list keep piling up

[summer goblet]

if favs do starts to get too much

i will have to make a sacrifice

[opaque cargo]

How many fav u need to pull currently?

[summer goblet]

for this month

just 1

[opaque cargo]

In the list? How many?

[summer goblet]

for next 3 months

let's see, i have my top 5

and some few top favs of around 10-20

[opaque cargo]

Lol that many

[summer goblet]

it depends

[opaque cargo]

Mine just keep piling up. There is no 1. But i think not gonna be here soon

[topaz compass]

Do you guys think the B move 5/5 pokefairs will rerun as double or triple scouts? Or would that be too good?

[summer goblet]

it will rerun

gonna take a while though

[topaz compass]

Triple reruns feels like only feasible way to 5/5 OP stuff like genesect, ss wally, ss diantha

[tough oriole]

Did someone say ss wally rerun?

[weary spire]

Burnout hitting strong, would like to strike a balance between doing bare minimum & building resources without adding to the burnout, and I have talked about this before, but damn

Wasn’t bothered enough to play the game to even just get 10 in LG this time around

I wonder if flat out not touching the game would do me better? If striking the balance between logging on for resources & taking a break in large part isn’t enough

[rare swan]

If you're feeling like you need to force yourself to even open the game, a 2-3 day break could be beneficial

You won't lose much over that period of time

[weary spire]

Maybe, reckon it’d be longer, though

Also hard to break the habit

You’re “just” logging on to do a few really quick things. It’d be a waste not to, right? After all, that’s in a way the very base of what one does to save resources

You at least hop online and collect the bare minimum. But I’d say that if it took too much out of you, yeah, agreed, take a break. Just hard to switch off totally

[summer goblet]

well, if you do feel the burn out but needed the gems badly, collect daily gems and other daily stuff and skiddo

[rare swan]

At the end of the day if you're not having fun, it could be good to have that break

[weary spire]

That’s the very thing I’m talking about

[summer goblet]

no need to spend a min longer

[rare swan]

Otherwise I'd recommend just focusing on dailies and CSMM

[weary spire]

Ye see that’s the issue

That’s what I’ve been talking about here

[summer goblet]

i have complicated issues when taking a long break

it breaks my rhythm if i do stop doing things

[weary spire]

Maybe it wasn’t worded well enough but that, exactly as you both have said, is the very thing I’m talking about as something I’d like to do (the bare minimum) as a way of striking balance between taking a break and building up resources
But when that’s not enough, what do you do? You probably take a hard break. Still, it’s hard to switch off

[weary spire]

Ye

But that rhythm in this case may very well be the problem

[rare swan]

What if you took a 1 day break?

[weary spire]

I’m sticking to it, but it slowly burns me out more and more

[rare swan]

That's nothing in the scheme of things

[summer goblet]

if i do somehow take a break

then i will forfeit any banners for the next 6 months

3 months at least

[weary spire]

It’d feel so minor that I’d think there’s no shot it’d be enough tbh

But maybe

[rare swan]

See how you go

[summer goblet]

well luckily, its a dead month

[rare swan]

But for now, skip events or anything that needs a bit more effort

Dailies are pretty brain-dead, and CSMM is only once a week

[summer goblet]

so if you don't feel like playing, maybe 2-3 days off will do fine

[weary spire]

I’ll just sort out whatever needs to be outta the way or ends soon and take a break for a lil bit ye

See how that helps

[opaque cargo]

For the events rewards i just stick to get the gems, 4* powerup, candy coin and sync orb

[summer goblet]

though 100 daily gems are worth going for if you have enough motivation to reach your goal

maybe i should write a reddit guide about burnouts

[opaque cargo]

Burnout like what? Maybe should find new game

[weary spire]

I think giving myself 20 mins to do 5 more runs of LG prob would’ve been worth going for as well

[summer goblet]

burnout from Pokemon Masters

LG is kinda a pain in the arse

[opaque cargo]

Just dont do LG

[summer goblet]

i gave up doing 18 win streaks per day

[weary spire]

Burnout affects everyone a lil differently tbf, in my case I still like the game

[summer goblet]

and go with 18 wins every other day

[opaque cargo]

I only do 3 or 6 win streak per day

[summer goblet]

Moltress and Latias are a pain to deal with

[weary spire]

Worth at least 10 for the resources though, if you’re able to do it quickly even

[summer goblet]

yeah for the non grinder

10 wins is enough

[weary spire]

I probably could have done it in 50m but I still couldn’t bother

[rare swan]

Do you have the BV skip active?

That, I would recommend maintaining

[summer goblet]

ah yeah

[rare swan]

Or you'll never get it back

[summer goblet]

bv skipping

[weary spire]

You have it active when you just clear BV fully right?

[rare swan]

Yep

[summer goblet]

yep

[weary spire]

Ye

[rare swan]

But you must clear it fully every time

[summer goblet]

man

[opaque cargo]

I got the reward already. To farm the cookie. Only 3 or 6 win streak for me then reset

[summer goblet]

wonder how well other gem savers are doing with their burnout

[weary spire]

I mean I’ve done everything yeah barring the few runs I needed for LG which is still bugging me fsr considering the irony of me “not being bothered

[opaque cargo]

I dont do the 100 win streak. Its impossible for me

[rare swan]

No sense in dwelling on it

[weary spire]

I’ve experienced burnout before and handled it fairly well, I think maybe once or twice, this one not as well

[rare swan]

I never do more than 10

[weary spire]

Yeah, I’ll be all good

[opaque cargo]

Im just focusing on getting the resources however i can. If takes more time i just skip

[weary spire]

Those candy coins could’ve been nice tho

[tardy fiber]

True, im taking a break on Genshin right now as lately its lagging when i play that game on my usual free time. Well that game is more of a chore than pokemas though

[weary spire]

Alright alright no more lingering on it

In positive news, about to hit 10 pities, so that’s cool

[opaque cargo]

Genshin. My phone cant handle the game already. Too much storage needed

[summer goblet]

right now, i play too much pokemon masters today with the whole gauntlet challenge

[rare swan]

[summer goblet]

and pull streams

[rare swan]

Goddamn Ron that's awesome!

[weary spire]

When I’m not feeling as burned out, I’ll be ready to go for anything

[summer goblet]

that i kinda don't feel like doing dailly battles for a few hours

[weary spire]

I hear ya

[rare swan]

Although I hope a fave appears for you soon, those gems must be burning a hole in your pocket

[summer goblet]

damn, same here

[tardy fiber]

I wonder if the new special cs will be monthly, that will add more resources well like 5 weeks of cs a month not like usual 4

[summer goblet]

i guess we are equals with each other

[opaque cargo]

Wow must be nice not having fav

[weary spire]

Well props if you can keep it going, it can be a bit tough sometimes if you’ve got other stuff to juggle

Sometimes responsibilities, sometimes even other interests that you don’t wanna neglect as much

[summer goblet]

well I was mentally well prepare to lose 100k gems for my 3 favs

[opaque cargo]

Usually i spend more time on poma if new event come out. Just to settle for the gems

[tardy fiber]

One of my other games already didn't support my device well more time to focus on pomas i suppose

[summer goblet]

i tried to have a main game to keep my mind off Pokemon Masters

they didn't last long

[weary spire]

Hahah, ||well certainly soon with Zinnia, so there’s that despite the burnout||

[opaque cargo]

MLBB for me

[weary spire]

Well, if you’ve still got the passion for it, that’s good

[summer goblet]

Pokemon Masters always stays as my top game to play

[weary spire]

If you can slowly shift things around as you may need to, great

[tardy fiber]

I have 2 side games alongside poma...dislyte and yugioh master duel, well currently on break in genshin...close to 2 months break

[summer goblet]

i forgot that Pokemon Masters never run ads which is a big plus

[opaque cargo]

Not much can do once u finish all quest. I dun want to burnout doing LG

[summer goblet]

yeah LG takes a lot outta you

[weary spire]

I think while I generally handle burnout well, this time around was more of a miscalculation for me. I still love the game, I want to maximise the resources I can as I always have, but I’ll be more fit to do so when I really have that investment

[summer goblet]

i feel like wanting to put the game down for the day

[tardy fiber]

Yeap, i hate games that need to watch an ad in order to scrounge a bit of in game currency

[summer goblet]

||despite getting my Galar trio recently||

[weary spire]

Anni is like… September-ish, right?

[tardy fiber]

Yep 28th August

[rare swan]

Aug 28th

[opaque cargo]

Just put it down and do other fun things

[weary spire]

Ohh gotcha gotcha

[rare swan]

So yeah September for events and pairs

[weary spire]

2nd anni was 2021? My brain is fried, so I apologise

[summer goblet]

recently, i decided to dropped Bitlife game cause ads kinda suck so badly and locked out too many fun content behind paywalls

[rare swan]

Yup

[tardy fiber]

Also waiting for 28th April to see golden week pair

[rare swan]

We are approaching 4th

+anni

[jade lava]

Poma's Half-Anniversary happens <t:1677564000:R>, <t:1677564000>
Anniversary happens <t:1693202400:R>, <t:1693202400>

[summer goblet]

yeah i will do that and come back to it later today

[opaque cargo]

Please dont be another fav unit. I cant take it

[weary spire]

Somehow, it’s only been just over 1 year and a half since I started

[summer goblet]

will do Easter event later

[weary spire]

That to me is unbelievable

In the sense that it feels like I’ve been playing this game for ages

It feels like it’s been over 2 years

[opaque cargo]

Its been 4 months. Oh its that long. I reach endgame on 1st march

[weary spire]

Like 2.5 years at least

[tardy fiber]

To cope with stress in gauntlet, i do runs with only faves...so if my faves can only do 10 streaks, thats all to it...if i added more faves in 2 months, i can increase the number of streaks

[iron robin]

shiny silvally ()

[tardy fiber]

Shiny stakataka is gold

[weary spire]

Nice! Lot more gems come in monthly nowadays, so that’s good

[opaque cargo]

Try to make my A.Steven beat bulu, latias, moltres alternatively

[tardy fiber]

I use him at moltres

[weary spire]

Understandable

[opaque cargo]

Yeah surprisingly he is so easy to use on moltres

Slap defense down unit and one tank. And he take care the rest

Spamming dragon ascent to keep putting away sunny day. The only time i didnt sync with him

[summer goblet]

aight

next month is Alola VA

can't wait for Hau to show up

also, wanted a kool Kartana unit as well

[tardy fiber]

Oh right, you are trying to collect legendaries mythicals, UBs right...they are kinda worthwhile, can do bunch of gauntlet streaks just by using them...i also already preset 3 cresselia streaks teams, in case it appears in Gauntlet

[opaque cargo]

Well i decided. Focus on my fav first. Legendaries is just side pull. I will pull if there is double or triple banner like the eos duo. At least i can get one, even not reaching pity.

[tardy fiber]

Oh if legendaries aint a fave, better skip

Only pull faves

Thats how to save gems

[opaque cargo]

I have to pick selective legendaries

For now

Cause resource is tight

[summer goblet]

for myself

it kinda depends

favs and what not

i just have to evaluate my choices for the month

[tardy fiber]

Well at least DeNa made 8 legendary adventures + 5 bp master legendaries + 1 mew + 2 spotlights kinda free or easily accessible

[summer goblet]

for my fav Steven

my hope is to get him through daillies and get out of here as quickly as possible

[opaque cargo]

Currently my aim is to pull fav that can be nice to see in lobby.

[summer goblet]

i like collecting MF way too much

[opaque cargo]

Legendaries are all nice to see

[summer goblet]

so its a balancing act for me

[opaque cargo]

And i come to dilemma again

[tardy fiber]

Nita, nita lobby dialogues are cute

[opaque cargo]

Haha

[summer goblet]

granted, if my fav is not good, i can freely skip

[opaque cargo]

Nita?

[torpid prawn]

Multiple results found

Sygna Suit Brock & Tyranitar
Nita & Landorus

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[tardy fiber]

Yep, the pair with landorus

[opaque cargo]

Oh

Still dun have the tickey

Ticket

At 8500 point bp

Still long way to go

[tardy fiber]

Oh probably can get end of the month

Or early next month

[torpid prawn]

Evelyn & Entei

‎ Type: ‎　‎　Weak:

Level 140 Stats:

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ATK: 203 | DEF: 228
SPA: 181 | SPD: 228
SPE: 295

Acquisition:

Battle Points

Alternates:

None

Sync Grid Recommendations:

Support Minimal (3/5)
‎　+ Team Pinpoint Entry / MPR
‎　+ Solar Shield / Endurance / MPR

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[opaque cargo]

I like to put entei in lobby tho

[tardy fiber]

Her dialogue is good as well, she's kinda shy

[opaque cargo]

The other one is who?

3 sisters right?

[summer goblet]

now we need 2 more sisters to complete the collection

[sturdy flower]

||same||

[opaque cargo]

Evelyn nita dana morgan

Oh we only have 2 currently?

[summer goblet]

yep

[sturdy flower]

i just quit games if I'm bored of them

[tardy fiber]

Hopefully 1 or both of them this anniv 2 more supports will be added in my fave list if they use legendaries

[violet nebula]

We can pray to Arceus that he makes Dena see reason

[mighty scroll]

If anything, one of the Mf Anni slot this year deserves to be given to gladion. It's about time for him to earn that Mf tag to reunite with his family 😈

[violet nebula]

Dena won't do it😆

[tardy fiber]

Guzzlord Gladion lets goo

[violet nebula]

We can dream

[cunning swan]

Gladion alt let's gooo

Let me dream

[upbeat lotus]

no

[cunning swan]

[upbeat lotus]

[tardy fiber]

Gladion alt and power boost cmon DeNa

[rare swan]

[grim plover]

And gladion in the lodge

[upbeat lotus]

Lodge Gladion & Crobat because a 4th Crobat doesnt hurt

[timber wren]

it would hurt me personally if we miss out on other great poison types bc fourth crobat

three limited gacha 5* poison units in the entirety of the game

[rare swan]

i don't want to talk about Crobat

[timber wren]

i actually checked and yes poison has the fewest 5* limited gacha units at 3, followed by ground at 4. do you want to guess which type has the most

[cunning swan]

Lord knows he needs it

[cunning swan]

Wild guess here: water?

[rare swan]

i'll guess dragon if not water

[static thistle]

returning player here - i got marnje moltres the other day and have her EX'd - is it better as a player with limited sync pairs to spend gems on banners that I don't have the units for or try and get her to 3star for sync grid by rerunning the banner?

[vale ivy]

Psychic I think

[rare swan]

welcome back it's definitely better to save your gems for new units, not pulling for dupes!

i recommend you head over to #poma-questions if you haven't already, it's the best place for general advice!

[vale ivy]

So many psychic legendaries, and still more yet added

[timber wren]

psychic only has 7, dragon and water both have 9

[vale ivy]

Oh ic

[rare swan]

[timber wren]

but there is a type with 10 limited 5* gacha units

[rare swan]

[vale ivy]

[fallen path]

Is it fairy

[rare swan]

f....fire?

[timber wren]

ding ding ding

[vale ivy]

Wow

Unexpected tbh

[rare swan]

FAIRY?

[fallen path]

F

[rare swan]

Diantha, Bede, Summer Marnie, Summer Lyra, SS Wally.....

[fallen path]

I mean, we got some sycamore dps and then it’s uhhh Mina

[vale ivy]

Most are tech, aren't they

[rare swan]

Easter Burgh, uhhh

who else

[oak crest]

My little pony owner Lisia

[rare swan]

RIGHT

that's 7

how am i forgetting three

[drowsy saddle]

Palentines

[topaz compass]

I feel bad for person that doesn't enjoy playing but still logs in everyday

[rare swan]

....

okay that's 9

[drowsy saddle]

And Erika

[vale ivy]

Tai forgetting Serena alt

[rare swan]

aaaand that is 10

[rare swan]

damn i didn't think we had that many limited fairies

[fallen path]

It’s always a struggle with on type fairy weak in MM

[vale ivy]

I still feel I lack fairy fsr

[rare swan]

you probably do, they're all limited 😭

[timber wren]

i was surprised it had the most too

[rare swan]

no wonder it's one of the toughest types for newbies

[upbeat lotus]

Love the limited fairy spam in 2021

Palentines -> Easter -> Summer

[timber wren]

also lisia is really the only damage dealer that works out of the box and there’s aren’t great f2p options

[rare swan]

ahem

[fallen path]

Mina grid expansion