Resource Saving Support (Gem Zen)

[rare swan]

[upbeat lotus]

Who?

[timber wren]

need we repeat the great helper debacle of making 1/5 diantha work

good thing we have so many good free off typing options

[rare swan]

i said she works, i never said it was well ❤️

[static thistle]

i got lisia from hoenn tickets but i dont understand how shes supposed to work. a damage dealer with a taunt?

[topaz compass]

Anybody that passed on SS Wally is a fool

I do realize some people are newer than that banner. Slowly building up strength for each type is part of the fun of this game though. Don't be upset you can't beat content as a newbie. Otherwise you would quit right away if so easy

[static thistle]

as someone who played at launch for a good 6 months and then quit - i feel like theres a lot of content i might be able to clear by upgrading the right units etc but bc theres SO much content and new pairs etc its so overwhelming

[topaz compass]

Most of us day 1 vets that didn't take a long break would kill for that feeling of "too much content" haha

[bleak falcon]

The only place where Fairy Zone has actually felt like it would make any significant difference thus far is Fairy weak Drasna, and that's only because she has a hyper-offense kit

And even then people have done it with only non-limiteds

[static thistle]

i think its mainly like the champion arena and the legendary arena/gauntlet that intimidate me and they require a lot of niches like evasion debuffs or particular statuses that not every pair has

because while i have a decent amount of pairs, i dont have the resources to have them all at lvl 125+

[tawny dagger]

I personally think Lodge Lillie plus Sycamore + crit buffer is a great combo to clear any fairy weak stage

[topaz compass]

I mostly mean people that say they have bad fairy units @bleak falcon

[tawny dagger]

Lodge Lillie has good nuke to kill the mid, even better now that she has EX

[topaz compass]

It's like crying that electric is only decent if you chose to skip both pikachu

[tawny dagger]

SE up 9 on TM means it kills the mid no problem

[topaz compass]

I'm a big fan of units with SE next on TM for tech nuke. Allows you to skip a support with that

[tawny dagger]

Yeah

Lodge units getting EX is such a blessing

[vale ivy]

Is Marnie good poison dps

[tawny dagger]

Their nuke becomes capable of deleting on first sync

[tawny dagger]

No

[bleak falcon]

You can always check out the pins in #1009562367803261078 or #1012311116778586182 for some example teams for those stages and ask for advice in #1009554906568462476 if you need help there

[broken mulch]

I lack fairies but everytime a fairy shows up it’s someone low on my like list and somebody else I like shows up as well lol

[timber wren]

that’s base lisia with altaria, we’re talking about NY lisia with galarian rapidash. and cobalt said it well we have lots of good resources for clearing the harder content in the game and a great team of helpers as well

[timber wren]

please don’t taunt people for skipping certain units in here

[topaz compass]

I just mean if people choose to skip stuff they shouldn't mention struggling with certain types in here either

[tawny dagger]

Uhhh

[topaz compass]

This is about saving, so discussion of lacking types should be avoided in here too right?

[timber wren]

why not, they could be looked for advice on how to clear with a smaller roster

[tawny dagger]

^^

[timber wren]

it’s a common discussion in here actually

[upbeat lotus]

Tbh with enough works even weak dmg dealers like Bugsy and Valerie can clear ontype

[timber wren]

this place is about resource management which can mean saving, it can mean strategically spending, it can mean “how do i clear this without pulling X unit?”

[bleak falcon]

They could also be expressing the desire for more of a given type to be added to general pool, which is probably fine

[timber wren]

but it’s not about “well you can’t complain about having a hard time with X content because you didn’t pull Y unit”

[earnest kiln]

Is the 280 Gems we get tomorrow part of the Pasio Egg-xplorers event?

Or log-in + Dailies?

[crisp oracle]

Is Lisia really the only Gen Pool Fairy damage dealer?

[timber wren]

30 from eggsplorers tomorrow

the full breakdown is pinned here and in #1012256199128915968

[timber wren]

i would use gladion or sycamore or mina over her

[crisp oracle]

Sycamore?

Well his Moonblast damage is respectable

[earnest kiln]

Now I'm not sure if I'll have enough for a final Multi in Bede's banner

[crisp oracle]

Hmm, how many scout points

[topaz compass]

Bring a support for support Clefairy and it can do decent damage

[earnest kiln]

I have 1,205 Gems, still have 400 to get from completing missions in the Pasio Eggsplorers event

Which will bring me up to 1,405 Gems

[earnest kiln]

99/400

[crisp oracle]

||Well…that’s why we say don’t pull a master fair without a pity…||

[earnest kiln]

My last six Master Fairs were Pities...

[crisp oracle]

||at least you got something…rather than walking away empty handed||

[earnest kiln]

True, but dogshit luck

Haven't even gotten anything interesting with my Summons for Bede (Champion)

I am really hoping to get Bede (Champion), my luck has been utter terrible since December

[timber wren]

i would recommend against doing any more

[timber wren]

this is really rough luck, i hope it turns around for you, but also can’t ever recommend pulling without pity

it ends up like this too many times where you could’ve had an extra 9k gems in your pocket for whatever comes next

[earnest kiln]

I think I've gotten every Gem that isn't event related

[sturdy flower]

TL Lillie is insane as fairy tech lol

[earnest kiln]

Probably as of Tuesday

[sturdy flower]

she also has EX now if you want to overkill even harder

[earnest kiln]

I honestly have no idea what I did to the game to have terrible luck since December

Spent a month saving

Wasn't rewarded

Last four intended summons were all Pities

[timber wren]

savers luck is a meme, saving is a safeguard against bad luck

[feral vale]

I like to put it as this: each unit costs one pity.

If you get it at a bargain, great. If not, well at least you prepared.

[earnest kiln]

IIRC, my only Pities were

||- SC Emmet (had good luck with SC Ingo)

• Sygna Ethan
• Ash
• Anni Steven
• Anni N
• Leon
• CHop||

[feral vale]

Can I ask to spoiler the unit names, please? ^^

Thanks~

[earnest kiln]

Done, but, why?

[feral vale]

This is a thread where we try to keep pull mentions spoilered due to keeping people from temptation. We all have different mindsets so it’s good to keep things neutral by spoilering unit names related to pulling.

[earnest kiln]

ah

[feral vale]

We can talk about predictions or fav wants.

[earnest kiln]

You'd think the game would be nice to me with favorite characters, especially those in the top 5...|| Steven, Bede and Hop||

[compact pasture]

Gacha has no mercy

[earnest kiln]

Gacha's an ass

I couldn't even save after being bombarded with Master Fairs

[sand crown]

There’s a desire sensor at play. I always have a harder time pulling faves (not scientifically supported but yes!)

[earnest kiln]

True

Maybe I haven't paid for the game

[feral vale]

Mine has been mixed.

[earnest kiln]

That's why it hates me

[feral vale]

For example, I got favs ||early, and there are some I had to pity.|| That just shows it really is down to RNG luck.

[earnest kiln]

I've been pulling for faves

[feral vale]

Tbh, this skip month is the best thing to happen to my inventory.

[feral vale]

And that is fine.

[earnest kiln]

Been screwed over, especially after working my ass off to get extra Gems

[feral vale]

It’s just good to remember to save first and calculate where your gem count will be by the time they leave.

[sand crown]

It involves saying no to even semi faves

[earnest kiln]

I MAY have one more multi by the time Bede's banner ends

Probably should have said no to Anni N

[timber wren]

it’s not worth it

that 3k could be the difference between getting or missing your next fave

[earnest kiln]

True

But, other people got lucky

[timber wren]

confirmation bias, you only see the lucky ones post

[vestal leaf]

how far into the banner are you

[timber wren]

odds of getting 1% unit in a multi are 10%

[vestal leaf]

curious

[timber wren]

99/400

[vestal leaf]

well that's not really far enough

to be going in again

[sand crown]

Yuppppp

[earnest kiln]

I've seen salt channel and wished people good luck

and they've had good luck

[timber wren]

i see you in there, you have a good disposition and i’m sorry your luck has been bad

[vestal leaf]

^

[timber wren]

but a streak of bad luck doesn’t mean it’ll just turn around if you give it one more yolo

[vestal leaf]

^

[lofty relic]

i'm holding strong not touching any banner atm

it's gonna be a tough next month

[timber wren]

you can do it dreamy

[lofty relic]

ayeaye!

[sand crown]

Next month has the potential to decimate me

[vestal leaf]

one more multi is too low of a chance

[earnest kiln]

I can understand being screwed by Fallister's banner, had luck with five PokeFairs, but, I was able to save a pity

[timber wren]

i still wouldn’t recommend it even if they could do three more, or eight more

[vestal leaf]

i'd say it would be ok if they had the gems to reach pity

[timber wren]

unless you’re really close to pity and are willing to cough up money for a guarantee it’s not worth risking all of your resources for nothing

but don’t spend money on gacha games if its not feasible for you, and definitely avoid using paids for regular multis

[vestal leaf]

^

exactly

tbh the 3.5 month basically gave everyone a pity for faves

[feral vale]

@earnest kiln Also a tip that’s good is to mute #gacha-and-flex to not tempt yourself

[earnest kiln]

True

[feral vale]

I know you like to help others, but it’s good to think of yourself as well.

[earnest kiln]

True true

[vestal leaf]

yeah no reason to go there at all tbh LUL

[sand crown]

Yes. This month being a low gem month is fine with me…we usually do get a pity for big months

[feral vale]

I just mark the channel as read at this point

[earnest kiln]

It just sucks that Galar Neo Champs banner is only a month long, it would have been good if they could extend the banner

[feral vale]

A month is honestly pretty good for a first release.

That way there’s a datamine for people to decide.

[earnest kiln]

True... I just hope they rerun the Galar Neos faster than a year or more

[timber wren]

better than leon’s original release of three weeks

and then he was gone for two years

[feral vale]

It was only three weeks?? Geez

[earnest kiln]

that was silly tbh

The only time when MKT took forever to rerun stuff was two alts

[feral vale]

I don’t care for Leon or much other Galar characters so it was no difference to me

[earnest kiln]

One was a seasonal and Lederhosen Luigi, but at least he reran nine months after his banner ended

Now it's free of Gacha

Thank God

[feral vale]

Certainly weird for a Mario game of all things to be a gacha.

[earnest kiln]

True

I don't miss the Gacha

[sand crown]

Probably desperate…didn’t they feel like Super Mario Run was a disappointment?

[earnest kiln]

One thing that's for sure is that a rare Mario alt that was in a mean Gacha Pipe reran and was able to be gotten by people who wanted him after less than six months

[feral vale]

Guess so

[earnest kiln]

MKT has had a few rough months since Gacha was removed, but it's been alright

But, it was easier to save Rubies

[compact pasture]

Did they refund people?

[earnest kiln]

Huh?

[compact pasture]

What are they used for?

[earnest kiln]

They were once used for the Gacha, but now they're used to make direct purchases in the Spotlight Shop, Cookie Run Ovenbreak has a similar system

[compact pasture]

Did they refund the whales?

[earnest kiln]

I don't think so

Ngl, didn't get any new 5 stars in the last banner I pitied and this one, I just got ones that were kinda boring as batshit...

[feral vale]

That can vary as well.

Wait you’re talking about this game, right?

[earnest kiln]

How are they at a lesser percentage than the Master Fair pair, but seem to inconveniently pop up.

Ja! Ich bin!

[feral vale]

Master Fair banners were at one point ||my income for a lot of my 5 stars. That hasn’t happened as often lately.||

[earnest kiln]

I at least got new stuff with the ones I pulled between December and February, but the last one was sad

Lots of faves as dupes tho

This one... Meh

Two Sync Pairs that have gotten in the way of stuff I wanted in the past

[crisp oracle]

I guess its just RNG when it comes to 5* pull rates

[topaz compass]

Do the old emo kid hair flip and say "ugh I don't even want this one" as you pull. Guaranteed success

[earnest kiln]

Is there a way to get luck in this game?

[topaz compass]

The meme reply on this discord is "skill issue"

[feral vale]

All of it is RNG

[bleak falcon]

RNG is RNG, there is no way to manipulate it in your favor

[feral vale]

Luck is luck. You cannot gain it.

[earnest kiln]

and mean

[crisp oracle]

Do you think beginners luck is a thing?

||It was for me, I got all three 2.5 anni units within 15,000 gems||

[earnest kiln]

Not that I am calling anyone here condescending, it's just that it's kinda mean, especially to someone who has been screwed over

[bleak falcon]

I think it’s a confirmation bias kinda deal

[feral vale]

Not really tbh

[topaz compass]

I didn't even say it directly, I said "the meme reply is this". And frankly you asked how to gain luck which if you are over 10 years old is the most insane question I have ever seen on here

[feral vale]

The word luck in it kinda shows it.

[earnest kiln]

Nope, I wanted ||OG Blue|| for so long and only got him in 2021

[earnest kiln]

True, I didn't mean to sound nasty, I should have put more context in my response, sorry.

Deleted due to not putting in enough context

[topaz compass]

All we can do is offer condolences to those with bad luck and inspire each other to only pull on a unit if you have enough for a pity. Dwelling on past units you missed out on is more likely to make you fall down again with a bad decision

[earnest kiln]

True true

[cunning swan]

Gosh dang it, where are my genpool fairy units?!

[earnest kiln]

I've often frequented Salt Channel to make those that got screwed over feel better

That's how I got to post media XDDDDDDDDD

That and praising those in Gacha and Flex XDDDDDDDDDD

[winged fossil]

Personally I outright hid the gacha flex channel from view with the new channels thing

[hard wave]

Good idea, just did that rn

[vernal glade]

Eh, the channel don’t bother me.

[glass abyss]

SC Months are so free to pass on

[drowsy saddle]

Until your fave gets a costume

[vernal glade]

I won’t be seeing my fave get something new in a very long time.

[sly breach]

||Tried a last minute yolo on chop, didn't happen||

||got hugh out of it tho||

[glass abyss]

||Just don’t have a fave, play this game for the thrill of saving. ||

[tough oriole]

Wouldn’t every month be a thrilling skip then

[drowsy saddle]

If you open the Calculator app, you can also see numbers go up

[tardy fiber]

Lillie and Mina

[rustic heron]

sycamore

[broken mulch]

Not general pool but free yeah

[topaz compass]

I'm probably skipping all these SC so that a rerun with all 4 is worth a pity

Basically my new strategy for every unit lmao. Skip and wait for triple and quad banners

So pull MF and nothing but faves (and I have very few actual faves)

[vernal glade]

Ya know, that’s actually kinda smart, wait for them to be in one banner.

[topaz compass]

They are all decent to great so a quad banner is more rewarding for this event compared to some others

[hard wave]

But who knows how long it’ll be before they rerun || if I get the lati duo, ill have 8 pokefairs that I want left so im hoping for some good combined banners, too bad I couldnt pull on the charming one ||

And also when they do rerun who knows if it’ll be a triple masterfair month

[topaz compass]

Well none are must haves for me. Thievul and Stoutland appeal to me most but I prefer my zones to be type specific and Thievul is such a luxury when I got the MF frogs

[topaz compass]

This part is why no gem count is too high to go for. Well up to 200k I'd say

[hard wave]

Id like to have a pity or more saved, if I had a chance

[tardy fiber]

Hard for sc like scrosa though she's a 1 unit sc

[lean mango]

Gem count, 6k till 3rd pity

[vestal leaf]

personally think quad banners are terrible

because that 0.5%*4 do be kinda shit

triple and dual fairs are great tho, so skipping fairs makes a lot of sense

[hard wave]

I just hope we get more reruns that arent ss cynthia, lysandre, marnie, alder, etc.

Only fair who reruns alot that I wouldnt mind getting more reruns is redlax bcz I still dont have him

[lean mango]

While me wanting a Marnie rerun

[hard wave]

Well I dont mind the others rerunning as well, as long as we get reruns of other 2021/2022 fairs submas

[lean mango]

I just want her on a skip month or multi banner that have a chance of something I like

[hard wave]

Atleast she’ll eventually rotate into the lodge banner

[lean mango]

True but I'm trying to get her in a time where I don't feel like I'm wasting gems

[hard wave]

Ah, ye thats what I may do w steven n and gloria

[deft glen]

They sure love rerunning SS Cynthia and Lysandre

[hard wave]

But I hope im still able to get the other fairs im waiting for reruns on im still salty about missing red and lucas

[hard wave]

I have both 1/5 so I wouldnt mind more copies as im never candying them, but they dont rlly come with pairs I want

Well I do kind of want emmet but he isnt rlly a priority || like the eon duo and lussa ||

[hard wave]

I rlly hope this doesnt happen again, || 3 masterfairs that take 70k+ gems while a triple banner I want is in the same month ||

[opaque cargo]

Yea same strategy. ||i got my first mf anni steven (reroll) and frog duo cserena(reaching pity) ccalem (got lucky, need 1 multipull only), lucas during the white day triple banner(6k gem), latios on eos duo (also 6k gem). Then the 3.5 anni master fair unit, but this time i got lucky. Have all 3 of em in just few multi pull each.now saving for luSSamine.||

[topaz compass]

I hope we get more than just 1 or 2 more spotlight before 4th anninticket update but I'm not holding my breath after what they did with Bruno and Lorelei

The 10k step up for bunny and Togepi is pretty insulting too when the units are so outdated. Can't count on limited selects more than 1 or 2 times per year now

[opaque cargo]

Bunny may seems underwhelming. Luckily the outfit is also underwhelming. Not tempted to pull her

[sturdy flower]

her outfit is very easter themed, sadly after food for some reason

[opaque cargo]

Wish it a bit more u know…ahem. Well her kit also well, ||Chop is better i guess.||

[sturdy flower]

she deserved additional tiles for 1-3 dupes

same with all seasonals that are 2+ year old honestly

[bleak falcon]

Spring May is a year 1 experimental kit, so it’s understandable that by today’s standards she’s a bit underwhelming

[hard wave]

But burgh is pretty decent compared to her || idk why I pulled on the banner last year, but I got may, wish it was burgh ||

[vestal leaf]

burgh was considered one of the best supports for quite a decent timeframe

and since supports barely age, he's still good

it's just that now there's a fuckton of competition

• many who are way better than him

spring may was always very gimmicky

even when she released

[tough oriole]

There still aren’t a lot of people who compete with burgh’s omni defence (and really everything) buffs + crit and potions

There’s ss morty ig

[vestal leaf]

her outfit is one of the worst in the game imo

[opaque cargo]

Leaf eevee? And dont we have bp morty as well?

[vestal leaf]

sonia is a gen pool tbh

sur eyou don't get spdef but you get a lot of extras

[sly breach]

After 3 long syncs

[tough oriole]

Sonia generally can’t afford her double potion mpr

[tough oriole]

No crit

[opaque cargo]

Ok fair enough.

[vestal leaf]

you can afford potion but at the current meta you never really need potions either

they're good but not as necessary as back then

[sly breach]

||if i didn't already have ss lusamine to pull would have chucked my gems at the banner||

[opaque cargo]

Regardless i wont pull em. || SC Zinnia however is a different story||

[crisp oracle]

I think ||SC Zinnia’s B Move hits harder than B Fiery Wrath||

[pure arrow]

Same here, I’m also missing ||NC Serena so having a fave get an alt with Dark rebuff and sync nuke (in a month where I can just barely reach pity) is nothing short of miraculous for me||

[opaque cargo]

||That, but i mainly wants to pull her cause of her looks||

[pure arrow]

||Yep, but both can clear dark-weak (and very likely offtype) content just fine||, and faves > meta

[vestal leaf]

||one use only definitely a turnoff for me tbh||

[opaque cargo]

||reading back the moves description i think the moves hit almost the same amount with b fiery wrath, just she can spam it over and over as long as dark rebuff exist and she just stat lock the opponent.||

[vestal leaf]

also idk if it actually ||hits harder against 3 targets since b fiery has extend range||

[tough oriole]

Seems the convo has moved to a #916852389347196958 one
You don’t even have to spoiler everything there

[vestal leaf]

you realize it has one use right

[fallen path]

You can argue if 90% of comments are spoiled it would make you more interested in knowing what’s being spoiled lol

[vestal leaf]

it has one MP

[vestal leaf]

people were talking about SC zinnia's bmove

[tough oriole]

Which is a #strategy-and-research topic

[opaque cargo]

I see. Then i stick to my first reason

[tardy fiber]

I need to avoid getting any eggs aside from pasio eggsplorers egg today. As new egg event will happen in 2 resets. But i need to do sync orbs area to clear daily missions for 80 gems

[fallen path]

Do 1 instead of 10

[tardy fiber]

Oh right we only need to clear 1 right? Thanks rancer

[fallen path]

It’s also good that you remind me about the event

[tardy fiber]

Hope to get shiny pidgeot, its a top tier eggmon in zinfogel ranking

[vernal glade]

Ya, since the egg event around the corner, best to do one just for the gems and then stock up the eggs on the next egg event.

[tardy fiber]

Yep i already cleared my eggs, need to maximise my chance...dont want another no shiny tyrogues and meowths situation

Also if i able to get both shiny nidoking and pidgeot from this event, i will finally form another row of shiny eggmons

[sonic cobalt]

Ugh, the temptation to get bunny May hurts. But I must remain strong.

[tardy fiber]

I like bunny may gimmick but i just gonna wait for faves to have that gimmick of changing types after sync...mega mewtwo X and meloetta might have it

[fallen path]

Will they be general egg pool? Still trying for exeggcute shiny

[tardy fiber]

Nope, the only shiny from the general pool are the 3 starters, mankey, vulpix, dratini, pichu, farfetchd, onix

They will update it later on late February 2025

[tough oriole]

But the training area doesn’t drop eggs while there’s an egg event going on
The Ball Guy one is still up

[tardy fiber]

The event will end this reset

[tough oriole]

Ah

[tardy fiber]

Well at start of this reset

So there's a day gap if you want to fill with general pool eggs

[tough oriole]

Nidoking and Pidgeot seem pretty mediocre but I’ve already got both shinies from here

[fallen path]

We have the squirtle egg to fill in as placeholder

My eggs are also hatching in an hour so I can get two more

[tardy fiber]

Zinfogel put pidgeot rank high because it can flinch, has air cutter and air slash

[tough oriole]

Mine is incubating rn
I guess bulba/charm can fill one slot tmrw

[tardy fiber]

Well shiny nidoking is just like shiny nidoqueen...poison move + he1

But it has mgr 2

[fallen path]

I actually need shiny bulba so I wouldn’t mind that

[tardy fiber]

I will still grab today's egg and hatch it...because the egg will later hatch at 2.am, so before new egg event

But i already stopped ball guy eggs for a while as i already hatched both

Voltorb and exeggcute

[lean mango]

Wait I didn't realize it was this close

I haven't had time to clear out my incubators

[hard wave]

Yeah, maybun was like my 4th or 5th EX

Waste of mats but now I dont have to see her ugly base colors

[tardy fiber]

Dont worry if you're lucky, even first egg will give you shiny

[sonic cobalt]

I'm tempted to buy egg passes but it feels like a waste of gems when it's an egg event. Though I need general pool eggs.

[tough oriole]

If you’re lucky, a single can also give the desired featured in a duper banner

[tardy fiber]

I will only buy egg pass if they release cosmog/phione/kubfu egg event

[tough oriole]

Personally, I bought the permanent egg box upgrade and permanent extra incubator

[hard wave]

Hmmm || my rerun list consists of basically every pokefair support and ssac, and the ones with potions have it locked behind 3/5 for mpr and MH, so ig its not rlly worth 3/5 for those nodes? SS Dawn Brendan Cynthia (aura) and Morty I was thinking of 3/5ing once I get them, red and ingo maybe just 1/5 ||

[tardy fiber]

True but not me i guess because i only pull singles when its reaching pity points

[sonic cobalt]

same I got box upgrade and extra holder. The speed up would be nice but then I saw "oh wait, it's 14 days lmao"

[tough oriole]

||SS Dawn wants 3/5 cuz of sync accel, SS Brendan cuz of HS1 and TSE1, and Morty doesn’t need 3/5||

[tardy fiber]

I almost getting tempted to buy both egg passes during meowths egg event, luckily this thread helps me from doing that decision

If not, i already spend 1k paid

Still ends up with 0 shiny meowths though

[hard wave]

|| r they still pretty functional at 1/5? I think I can get my 2nd support candy so ill prob double candy brendan if I get him and maybe save my next ones for ss dawn if I get her on her rerun ||

[tough oriole]

I wonder when they’ll expand the egg box again

[tough oriole]

||Oh yeah definitely, it’s just that brendan and dawn gain their super niches at 3/5
Dawn does need Head Start LS tho if you want that niche||

[hard wave]

|| rn I only have cbede below 3/5 but I think he’s fine at 1/5 so idk if its worth it over ss dawn or brendan who may need it more, and for ss morty 2/5 is fine? ||

[tough oriole]

||2/5 SS Morty is totally great; you only miss out on some niche tiles. 3/5 Cede is extremely niche imo||

[hard wave]

|| oh ok, what exactly is dawn’s niche tho? ||

[tough oriole]

Typo oops

[tough oriole]

||Tanky -3 Countdown Crit support with some SMUN
She also makes the half ally hp param free||

If we’re gonna continue this, can we move to #poma-questions

[hard wave]

|| ye then ill keep him at 1/5, same w cmarnie for now. Hop im EXing and ill see how he is, but may not candy as well since im using 2/5 bea w him ||

I think im done, but ye ill do that next time

Thx for the help

[rustic heron]

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

[feral vale]

SHOOK AF TO SEE SOMEONE OTHER THAN ME POST THAT

[junior trout]

my jaw Dropped

[rustic heron]

it’s rubbed off on me

[lean mango]

My luck has never been that good with eggs

[topaz compass]

What's so funny about the KH spoiler summary?

It's a complicated plot with so many games lol

[hard wave]

Its a joke about how much || || there is in this channel

[chrome nest]

Lodge gladion and umbreon

[feral vale]

Yea basically this

Also the video name is "Oh My Spoilers"

[summer goblet]

I generally like to go for reruns that have double and triple feature in it

but 4 or more is too much with lower rates

so gotta pick and choose who i go for and who i skip and wait for the reruns

[tough oriole]

I just realized that since i already have these two shinies, it’s better to let these expire so i can have more egg box space for the next event

[vernal glade]

I realized you do get the gems on the egg hunt daily. Good thing I tested it out.

[opaque cargo]

Today is charmander egg?

How good is tech squirtle

[winged fossil]

tech squirtle is really good bc its an egg weather setter

high value in moltres due to +1 rain set unit

[opaque cargo]

Wow im lucky to get it then, 3 passive also

[winged fossil]

if its anything like last eggsplorers, i THINK the role is guaranteed from its eggs

idk about passive count

vaguely remember them being rolelocked for last time eggsplorers ran

[sturdy flower]

3 passive and role is locked

[cunning swan]

Oh so now I got tech squirtle when LG is already over? Smh

[tardy fiber]

There's also lapras egg, iirc it can set hail

[cunning swan]

Thankfully I have tech lapras already

[upbeat lotus]

where is the list of eggs? i want to check eggs in the next days

[cunning swan]

[upbeat lotus]

thanks Vantner

[tardy fiber]

Magby can set burn, not sure if its good

They will follow their shiny roles

[upbeat lotus]

Shiny Scyther is strike right? rip my 3 passive sup Scyther

[tardy fiber]

Yep

Tauros egg is useless

As its shiny is strike with recoil moveset

Although moss color tauros is kinda nice

[glass abyss]

Yes

[opaque cargo]

U didnt pull at all for 3-4 months?

[bleak falcon]

Not hard to do if there ends up being a multi-month streak of Sync Pairs you don’t want

[tardy fiber]

Last year's anniv was fun, only 1 fave and its sc...so i managed to saved a lot of gems that time

[tawny dagger]

Wait 1?

[tardy fiber]

Yep shaymin

[tawny dagger]

I thought you'd pull both Latias and Tornadus

Oh 3rd Anni

[tardy fiber]

Also kalos VA only has 1 fave, so i managed to scrounge gems to have 3 pities for galar birbs

Now still have 80k gems currently

Waiting to see what May will bring

[tardy fiber]

Yep, last year's half anniv got 3 faves though...latias, tornadus, zygarde

[hard wave]

Wasnt there 2? SS Lysandre and Diantha

[tardy fiber]

Oh right i forgot ssdiantha

I need to check which of the faves that i got starting this year

[hard wave]

I think its just been the galar birds ss lysandre and diantha so far

[tardy fiber]

Okay unova VA ssN was November...december no fave, January only had ssdiantha, february only had sslysandre, galar birbs on march

I guess i saved gems due to December is a skip month, January and feb only had 1 fave each and April is a skip

[hard wave]

I hope next month is a skip, I need to recover after galar birds || and I still have lussa to go for ||

[tardy fiber]

I hope there's gladion power boost next month also acerola might get her

She's the only one left out of story 5* units

[topaz compass]

I love spotlight/story power boosts because it feels like getting a new unit free

Except Cheren grid because 99.9% keep it 1/5

[tardy fiber]

Im waiting for on bp master units, cmon DeNa, make this lad happy

[dreamy onyx]

they probably add ex for those on 4th anni, we still don't know what they'll do to MC when they got their ex hence they delay

[tardy fiber]

Hopefully solgaleo on alola VA or DeNa might be too scared for it and release new legendary adventures unit that have alola tag instead

[fallen path]

They might allow all MC ex on Alola VA just to get it over with since Solgaleo is with MC anyways

That’s my prediction

Worst case scenario is 4th anni like lost said

[tardy fiber]

Would be nice, i will finally 3/5 mesprit this month...so i got 3/5+ move level for all 5* MC pairs

[compact pasture]

Wait, next month's the Paulo interlude?

[upbeat lotus]

*this month

[feral vale]

April

Starts <t:1681192800:R>

[upbeat lotus]

people forgetting its April already

[feral vale]

My birthday month too

[light oyster]

I'm hoping to get one of the Galar champions before they end. Should I go for Marnie, Hop, or Bede?

Unfortunately I don't have any pity

[drowsy saddle]

Don't pull if you don't have a pity, simple as that

[feral vale]

Note that this thread is meant for saving, not asking who to pull.

[light oyster]

Oh my bad

[drowsy saddle]

Have you cleared everything you have available though? Story, Legendary Arena, etc?

[lean mango]

Just noticed this I have had 3 skip months

[light oyster]

I was meaning to ask if it was worth attempting if I didn't have pity built up

[lean mango]

Skipping months really do wonders in you gem count

[light oyster]

Uhhhh not everything exactly I don't think

[feral vale]

This is true, I skipped the entirety of last month

[drowsy saddle]

Go clear it then

[feral vale]

Best thing to happen to my gems

[light oyster]

Right haha

How do I build up pity if I'm not supposed to pull?

[feral vale]

Usually never

[feral vale]

You just answered your question

[lean mango]

Just collect the gems over time till you get 36.6k

[light oyster]

Oh damn

[lean mango]

Pulling doesn't exactly give you gems

[light oyster]

I know

[feral vale]

Then you do not pull, simple as that.

[drowsy saddle]

Don't pull -> save gems -> save 36.6k

[feral vale]

My advice comes down to these:
Don’t look at the scout screen, swipe right to get to daily scout
Do other things instead of focusing on the game
Make a favs list as well

[lean mango]

having pity is good so you don't come out a banner empty handed

[feral vale]

My gem count has been up and down this datamine, but I’m currently at 82k!

[cunning swan]

Expect every unit to cost 36.6k so if you get it before pity, it becomes a pleasant surprise

[feral vale]

Ooh, a bargain!

It’s like going to the store and seeing a sale on an item when you get there, but you do not know until you get to the store and had saved enough to buy it.

[lean mango]

I want gems to come faster rn , pls I just want to reach pity

[cunning swan]

Planning to get at least 5 pities first before ||pulling SC Lyra||

I'm at 160k

[lean mango]

6k away to third pity

4/11 has alot of gems

[feral vale]

Damn, my B-Day is kind of a dead reset, the day after an abundance

[reef river]

My bday usually falls smack dab in the middle of golden week

[topaz compass]

My twin

[lean mango]

[tough oriole]

I read that has Buddy Day

[vernal glade]

Buddy Day

[crisp oracle]

Satisfying gem number again

Another symmetrical gem count!

[tardy fiber]

Plenty of timegated gems this reset special rally and blissful bonanza

[topaz compass]

Are rerun tiered scouts cheaper than New unit tiered scouts? How much are each

[dire meteor]

When 1,139,530 gems screenshot

[crisp oracle]

Never because SC Diantha is coming for my gems

[dire meteor]

An understandable tragedy.

[crisp oracle]

LuSSa is too

And Anni pairs

[dire meteor]

May your gems be fortuitous

[crisp oracle]

Thank you Zeen

[vernal glade]

Ya know, I do wonder what the gem cap is.

[dire meteor]

Its not one million, that's for sure.

Though paid gems does have a cap of 70k.

[hasty umbra]

80k*

[dire meteor]

Oh oop. I stand corrected.

[tough oriole]

10k vs 20k iirc

[summer goblet]

wish there is no such cap

so we can freely spend up to get close to 1 million gems lol

maybe one day i can go for 1 million gems if i decided to not pull any units ever again

maybe do the Chest and Holylight route where i don't spend a single banner for months up to a year

[rare swan]

that doesn't sound very fun

[hasty umbra]

right, I admire the commitment but I truly wonder how people just don't get bored going that long without getting anything new

[untold tide]

people do that for favs

admittedly it's easier if your game has a months/years gap with other servers

where you're trailing behind

so you know what banners/their equivalent of trainers are coming in the next 5 months

and you can save up/plan your pulls even better

[untold tide]

sounds like a precursor to a very clickbait news header article

"my child used my credit card to buy 1000000000000 paid gems"

[summer goblet]

lol

[untold tide]

ngl without a cap I imagine it'd be pretty dangerous for DeNA PR

[summer goblet]

maybe, maybe not but getting stressed out every 3 months is also not that fun as well

[summer goblet]

yeah def true

it might lead to some kind of lawsuit or somthing

[untold tide]

and to some it's the excitement that your savings will pay off no matter what

and your dedication to your fav will pull through

[summer goblet]

especially without daily pull luck

[untold tide]

become gacha veteran and get shafted multiple times

[summer goblet]

to be honest, Chest has a fav

[untold tide]

you'll soon learn to save

[summer goblet]

it never came to him ever

well mostly 1 of his fav in the form of Clair

[hasty umbra]

I've only ever gotten shafted once, that was enough

[summer goblet]

the other he is happy with Lopunny

[deft glen]

yeah, I agree

[summer goblet]

i suffer 4 shafts in my career

[rare swan]

but your balance is already pretty huge, there's no need to be stressed

1mil gems is just silly (sorry chest)

[summer goblet]

and some few more deep run pulls

[untold tide]

huh which one is this

[hard wave]

The daily battle

[summer goblet]

that is true and maybe I'm overthinking this a lot recently

[rare swan]

maybe a little

[hasty umbra]

That being said, I don't consider going to pity being shafted, that has happened many times. I just meant missing out on Archie because I didn't have enough gems and wasted all I had

[hard wave]

I could use a break tbh, march was rough

[deft glen]

~~but I also like most female protags so it's impossible for me to stay 1 year without pulling ~~ || not like I'd want to do that ||

[hard wave]

Im hoping aloVA doesnt interest me || and I can get lussa pretty fast, as well as eon duo ||

[untold tide]

ahh, at least this game has pity though

glances at fgo

[rare swan]

we are truly very lucky every banner has pity

[untold tide]

do you guys pull for faves if you have another fave in the same role

[hard wave]

I like pulling but a break once in a while is nice esp since im waiting for quite a few reruns

[summer goblet]

also, i've kinda have a petty reasons to save upward

[untold tide]

lussamine looks so cool and I like her as a great villain, but I already have ss steven so I don't need yet another psychic damage dealer

[summer goblet]

kinda wanted to surpass Aqua even if its farfetch

[deft glen]

yes, they are faves

[hard wave]

Ive had like 2 major ones

[deft glen]

|| I went for Palerena and will go for S.Marnie as well ||

[hard wave]

|| ash and cmarnie both had to pity, but ash came last multi atleast ||

[deft glen]

for me it was missing out on SS Kris

[untold tide]

to be fair, I'm not that concerned for lusamine - one day they'll release another alt, I'm sure of it

[summer goblet]

my shaft consist of ||SS Elesa, SS Serena, Leon, and SST Red||

and 2 of them are up on youtube

1 of them got a reaction video

[hard wave]

|| ss steven 10th multi, a!lillie 8th (which isnt terrible actually), chop 11th multi, and ss ethan was my fault for doing singles and I didnt get him ||

[untold tide]

this is from the town etc events?

6 april breakdown

[hard wave]

Thats different

The riddle event is included daily, this is the seasonal event

[rare swan]

yes. absolutely

faves are faves

[vernal glade]

I have faves, only 1 character and 4 Pokémon’s.

[summer goblet]

i say it depends on my gem economics

i tried to diversify my team as much as possible

if i have enough and there is no other units to pull, i'll have green light to pull

[untold tide]

...uh, that makes zero sense

to a newbie like me

sorry

are the riddles done daily? is that what you mean?

[cunning swan]

Riddle missions are added daily

[tough oriole]

Bruh

[cunning swan]

[untold tide]

......shouldn't you be saving especially if you're F2P?

this is what gets people usually

[cunning swan]

Some people enjoy the thrill of only having 3k and do a yolo multi then celebrate the rare occasion of getting the featured unit, ignoring all the other times they fail

[summer goblet]

that's strange that you got downvoted

when i made a based post about saving gems, i get upvoted to the heavens

[summer goblet]

i wanna taste the salt of tears whenever they get shafted hard and laugh at them when they complain hard lol

[feral vale]

[broken mulch]

I pull all my absolute favorites yeah

I don’t give a damn if they suck or not lol

Or even if they’re duplicating a role of a unit I already have

[untold tide]

surprising

I mean, 11 day account, gotta ration my gems

[summer goblet]

if you're new

my advice will be to have a list of units you want/need

and try to save up a pity for each of your fav/meta units

[untold tide]

noted

[summer goblet]

also, Master Fairs don't rerun very often

[hard wave]

No masterfair has had a second rerun so

[summer goblet]

so if you have enough to pity for one of the Galar trio birds, the best is pretty much now

[hard wave]

And it takes like 1.5 yrs ish

[summer goblet]

if you choose too

yep, it takes a super long time

you either want it now or never at all

i learn this the hard way with the Weather duo a couple of years ago

[untold tide]

alr did for bede

cmarnie looks very nice

[tardy fiber]

Yes,

[hard wave]

Is my rerun list doable btw? Im not sure if its too long

[untold tide]

but she's only on "I like", not fav

[summer goblet]

nice

yeah, if you not into her, def pull out and save your gems for future months

[untold tide]

do you think they'll make new N alts

[hard wave]

Karen is a good option for special dark btw, atleast at 3/5

[hard wave]

Probably

[summer goblet]

he is very popular so yes there will be more

Steven got his 6th alt

so there shall be more

[hard wave]

There’s also 5 u can go for; base N + his lodge pair and SS r pokefairs so they may be the easiest to get

[hard wave]

Question is, will they make 7+? or does the 6 pkmn rule not matter

[untold tide]

thankfully my favs are in line with popular chars

[hard wave]

Anni N is a masterfair who reran a few months ago, may be a while for him to rerun

[summer goblet]

i think they will

Lillie and Cynthia will get more soon

[hard wave]

Summer N will prob be the hardest to get if u dont have pity

[summer goblet]

never say never for Dena

[hard wave]

Probably

[summer goblet]

yeah, rerun for seasonals are tough

if you don't have paid gems

[untold tide]

I feel like my priority rn is one pair per unobtained fave

before going for more alts

[hard wave]

Base will prob be the easiest

And its a 2 for 1

[hard wave]

Also this can be bad and good for u

Ur favs will get alts but rip ur gems

[cunning swan]

depends on who your faves are

[summer goblet]

you just have to be mindful and set your limits to how many pairs you getting per month

[cunning swan]

N/Lillie/Serena? yeah rip your gems

[summer goblet]

Steven is the only of my fav that gets the love

[tardy fiber]

If Cynthia can have 3 sygna suits, whats holding DeNa to make the same to N...if he sells well, it will happen

[summer goblet]

others like Brock, Hau, Looker don't get any

so i'm safe for now

[cunning swan]

me with Blue

[vernal glade]

Im only after N. Nothing else so I’m safe for months.

[untold tide]

ngl can't imagine what he'd even have at this point

hisuian zorua?

[summer goblet]

prepare for the pity

[untold tide]

reshiram is stuck with anni N

which is sad because I love reshiram and N

[rare swan]

have an obscure fave, save gems forever

[summer goblet]

is this how Chest saves gems forever

cause it's working

too well

[rare swan]

poor chest

Clair deserves an alt

[summer goblet]

I'm surprised as well

[tardy fiber]

Make scottie/bettie your fave, they wont ever make their alt that will cost gems

[summer goblet]

who knew Morty is more popular than Clair

oh for my pokemon fav

i wanna see if Dena makes mega Sceptile

oh and make it shiny

even if it have to go to May again lol

[cunning swan]

who knows collecting game male protags is doable and realistic as f2p. poor male protags

[summer goblet]

that is not Red

[cunning swan]

even then, Red only has 3 pairs atm

so does Hilbert, the guy puts up a great fight

[summer goblet]

but he gets the best one yet

[untold tide]

egh the rats

[summer goblet]

yeah, poor male protgags

[cunning swan]

true, but at least my gems are not in grave danger

[untold tide]

I remember everyone hyping up the rats

meanwhile I just pulled for ssa cynthia

[summer goblet]

that's a few months ago?

[untold tide]

yep

I took like...a 7 month break

[summer goblet]

make sense

maybe i should take a break

[untold tide]

my lodge was full when I came back

...none of them caches were tickets

sadge

[summer goblet]

like not spending gems but still keep on playing

[cunning swan]

I thought that's what you're already doing

or do you do dailies??

[summer goblet]

i do dallies alot

[summer goblet]

i mean not spending a single paid and unpaid gems

[cunning swan]

ah

[summer goblet]

most of the time

[cunning swan]

yeah that's a plan I suppose. just remember to do pomaday pulls

[summer goblet]

yeah i will always do Pomaday pulls

get 30 gems from co-op

and try to get lucky

[tardy fiber]

Still waiting for the red pair that will have my fave, DeNa just give him moltres or something and i will bite 🎣

[summer goblet]

maybe Mega Mewtwo X will tickle your fancy

[cunning swan]

DeNA just drop any kind of Red and I'll bite

[summer goblet]

just like the Manga

and i guess Pokemon origin anime

[tardy fiber]

Yea, he is a protag you know...give him some legendary, dewit DeNa

[summer goblet]

let's see

[cunning swan]

what protags have legendaries atm?

[summer goblet]

the Johto trio has ledgendaries

[hard wave]

Only 2 of his pairs r limited tho

Well one is limited but free

[untold tide]

do the obvious NCs count

[summer goblet]

Brendan and May got Eons

Lucus got Dialga while Dawn gets Cressy

[cunning swan]

exactly I do have some other faves and I collect male protags, but none have as many alts as Blue

[untold tide]

man I should get cressy dawn sometime

I love cresselia

[tardy fiber]

Ethan, Kris, Lyra, May, Brendan, Dawn, Lucas, Hilda, Hilbert, Rosa, Serena, Gloria

[summer goblet]

only Nate gets shafted

from uniova

[cunning swan]

huh, more than I thought

[hard wave]

Johtrio, hoenn sinnoh and unova (bw1) duo, rosa, serena, gloria

[cunning swan]

a lot of those are for villain arc, makes sense

[summer goblet]

let's see about Selene and Elio

[cunning swan]

elio and selene better join

[tardy fiber]

Waiting for selene and elio to have my faves

[summer goblet]

ultra beasts

or tapus

[hard wave]

Skip month plz

[untold tide]

selene lunala I'll pull

[tardy fiber]

Elio Zeraora and Selene Magearna

[summer goblet]

i bet your gems is gonna get wasted on Alola VA

[hard wave]

Unless lussa is nice to me then idm

[untold tide]

magearna also fine

[summer goblet]

nah Magearna goes to Lillie

its anime lore

[untold tide]

the urge to pull for cmarnie is there as a damage dealer for my cs-fearing account though

[hard wave]

There will be others if u dont like her

[tardy fiber]

True kinda the reason for me skipping this month

[summer goblet]

this month is kinda easy if you don't have fav

which doesn't apply to me

[untold tide]

they'll probably not release a lusamine alt for alola va

sad

[summer goblet]

cause Steven is there

[hard wave]

• no favs for u, this month just lussa for me || maybe eon duo ||

[summer goblet]

and maybe Lyra, but i'll skip her

[untold tide]

since lussamine is filling the villain slot

aaagh if only she wasn't psychic

I still love ss steven morew

[summer goblet]

don't worry, at least you have motivation to save for Steven

unless you have him

[tardy fiber]

There's no rerun that i need to chase currently woohoo

[hard wave]

I hope I can complete my rerun list this year

[cunning swan]

I thought cmarnie left already

[summer goblet]

tmw she will leave

last day

[cunning swan]

oh damn

[hard wave]

Need some good triple banner combos also hoping not many new pairs I like this yr

Will help me save gems for said reruns

[summer goblet]

like the VA reruns

i was kinda hoping Sinnoh VA have triple rerun

so i can get Cressy Dawn

[cunning swan]

same, I need some good triple banner combos

[hard wave]

Praying for this banner

The birds made me skip lucas and red, flyhan I just candied to 3/5 so eh

[summer goblet]

and dupes for Dialga and Darkrai for bonus

[hard wave]

But for now I want to get eon duo and lussa

[untold tide]

I have him. And sc Steven.

[summer goblet]

nice

[untold tide]

11 days of this account is literally on ss steven and sc Steven's banner

[summer goblet]

i think you have everything you need

SC Steven will serve you well

on super effective dmg

[hard wave]

Half of my rerun list is VA pairs, other half is 4 masterfairs 2 anni pairs (may and skyla) and ingo

Well ss morty is kind of related to the VA, im including him in it

[summer goblet]

i have my rerun lists as well too

[untold tide]

I should make one when I have the time

[summer goblet]

that will be a great plan

[tardy fiber]

Kinda hard when VA units don't rerun when their VA reruns

[signal halo]

I think my rerun list so far is SS Morty, classic elesa and peeeeeeeerhaps SS ethan

[untold tide]

how should I go about making one

[signal halo]

I'm also considering Steven's banner, because I like metagross

[signal halo]

Consider that you'll have to save gems for everyone

So try to make it in a way that you really would feel dumped by your loved one on a rainy day if you skipped them

[rare swan]

+tiermaker

[jade lava]

https://tiermaker.com/create/pokmon-masters-ex-sages-type-colored-1132341

[rare swan]

most people use this!

[untold tide]

ah, not pomasters?

alright

[rare swan]

whichever you prefer

the tiermaker can be handy because it allows you to rank your faves (if that's something you like to do)

[opaque cargo]

Someone said clair? Dont be rude

[summer goblet]

You are not the World's Strongest Dragon Master

if anything, you might be the worst Dragon trainer I've ever met

[opaque cargo]

Lol. Her kingdra cant ex. Poor her

[summer goblet]

yep

not even an ex

[lunar topaz]

her ex will at least be in the next like 6

years

[summer goblet]

muhahahaha

i wanna bet to see who gets their ex first

my Brock or Clairs lol

[cunning swan]

if next month is Alola VA, they might give Alola pairs EX

[upbeat lotus]

Clearly Brycen first

[cunning swan]

OG Sophocles

[summer goblet]

yep

[untold tide]

priority also considers the fact that my account is still beginner and I need to fill in roles asap
*steven not inside because I already have two of him (obviously the fave of faves [duelling with N, alas meta has not been kind to N])
*I normally don't care about lisia but she looks so cool and I love g rapidash
*anni N is so cool, too bad I have mayziken already
*lussamine same dilemma vs ss steven
*B tier is I like the trainers but not the design/like the design but not the trainers
*C tier is "what on earth is that design" but fav pokemon
*D: a fav pokemon, but couldn't care less about lucas

[summer goblet]

nice list

[untold tide]

if only dawn's design was a bit better

instant A or S tier

my issue with dawn is the same issue with cbede

"what on earth is that costume design"

but I love the trainers and/or pokemon regardless

any ideas about which one of them is near to rerun

*anni N is substitutable with a future alt of him, same deal with lillie

[summer goblet]

adside from Lusamine

[untold tide]

I mean...ngl I might skip lussamine

[summer goblet]

Serena should be around the cornor for a rerun after SSR Cynthia

[untold tide]

I love her but she'll just rot in my box while I continue using ss steven

[summer goblet]

that is true

as soon as i daily pull for Steven

[untold tide]

unless I decide to offtype csmm with psychic for a second team but egh

[summer goblet]

Lusamine kinda lost alot of relevance in my usage rate

[untold tide]

ngl ssr cynthia is fire

but I already have a cynthia

[summer goblet]

true

[untold tide]

and I'd rather get not owned faves first

before going for second alts

[summer goblet]

make sense

[cunning swan]

which is why I skipped ss steven last time. I love using luSSamine

that was a lie. I just dislike the outfit

[summer goblet]

SS Lyra is def a must get

[untold tide]

LMAO

[summer goblet]

for grass lovers

[untold tide]

it's grown on me

although maybe I'll ex him one day

[summer goblet]

and flinch lovers

[untold tide]

his ex costume looks nice

my only beef with lyra is that

her hair looks bare

I'm too used to seeing a hat

on her

I love celebi tho

[untold tide]

and when is she coming?

rosa...I love shaymin

but hilda > rosa for me
and in general rosa is just meh imo

[summer goblet]

if i have to make an educated guess

i will say around August

[untold tide]

L that's so far away

[summer goblet]

but its only a guess since that is when the Weather duo arrives

its what it is

and its only an educated guess

so it could be sooner or later

[untold tide]

Noted

[cunning swan]

master fair reruns are pretty unpredictable

zerena rerun when

I don't even want to pull on her rerun, I just feel like she's due for a rerun soon

[lean mango]

Any banner rerun except seasonals are unpredictable tbh

[earnest kiln]

I hope they rerun Master Fairs more frequent

[earnest kiln]

Any other way to get more Gems? I'm at 123/400 Scout Points for CBede and no CBede

[drowsy saddle]

[broken mulch]

Money

[untold tide]

this is why you don't pull without pity (36.6k in the bag)

[cunning swan]

do everything with a red ❗

sync pair stories, main story's hard mode, all the random battles and general missions people sometimes overlook

well if you're exhausted all the gem sources, the only way is to

[rare swan]

all the coop stages as well

[earnest kiln]

I'd spend money on the game if it had a similar subscription service to Mario Kart Tour, but alas, it doesn't

[vestal leaf]

Didn't you ask here about going for more Bede (99/400) couple days ago and went "ok" after we all told you it wasn't a good choice since you wouldn't reach pity?

[rare swan]

As Nov said, if you've exhausted all other gem sources your options are 1) spend money or 2) abandon the unit

that's pretty much it, I'm afraid

[vestal leaf]

It's the reason why if you're f2p you shouldn't pull when under 36k

Can't expect to get lucky every time

[untold tide]

[vestal leaf]

Especially on MFs

[lean mango]

It's best to abandon if one doesn't have a pity since you might just be left empyhanded unprepared for the future

[vestal leaf]

You still can get to may with around 5 multis

If you can resist til then

It means by June you'll have a pity guaranteed

[earnest kiln]

After the concert I had waited for over a year, I had hopes ||CBede|| would have come home.

[cunning swan]

ahhh, having "hopes". I miss that

[untold tide]

...well, you're kind of crying over spilt milk

[cunning swan]

nowadays I just expect a unit to cost 36.6k so if I get it below pity I'm pleasantly surprised

[untold tide]

what do you want to do now?

do you really, absolutely want to finish cbede?

if you do then spend

[cunning swan]

basically this

[untold tide]

if you don't then give up

[cunning swan]

next time the urge comes up to pull because "maybe I'll get lucky" try visiting #salt-channel to remind yourself how cruel RNG can be

[oak crest]

Give up for now if you are not buying gems, they probably will rerun in a year+ time

[dreamy onyx]

Did people really spread their gems on multiple banners because we can pity at least 1 MF. If you want to spread gems at least calculate how many you need for each banner before pulling

[winged fossil]

are the eggs same as last year? anyone know?

[vestal leaf]

Yeah 3.5 month basically gifted 1/3 galar birds to every player

[winged fossil]

cause if so im just going to let all these expire tbh

cause i got them last year

[gray sail]

First 3k gems saved.. and 3 weeks until the next data mine. :3

[cunning swan]

Keep it up!!

[lament arch]

I currently have 300 gems rn

[rare swan]

everyone starts somewhere

[lament arch]

Wait! I checked my gem amount again and it's actually 620 gems. Sorry for axymoron

[oak crest]

Guessing that they got lucky and decide to yolo with the remaining gems on other banner

[opaque cargo]

My gem is increasing so happy

[winged fossil]

my counts growing (17.5k so far, still have some in missions), just still expecting to be back to 0 at poma day due to whats coming with it being a fav.

hope i can avoid a full shaft like most of my MFs so ill have a fighting chance at surviving alola VA

Current expectation for the va is two favs to drop and only afford one without skipping zoroark. If I can finally get lucky on either this banner or one of those though I might be able to do two favs during va rather than having to let someone pass for rerun

[opaque cargo]

Omg zoroark? Zoroark rerun coming?

[winged fossil]

Yeah in July cause summer unit

Early July is summer units time

[opaque cargo]

Oh shxt

[untold tide]

When's poma day

[winged fossil]

Which means it’s right after the va which is yikes timing but I have to hold strong

[winged fossil]

25 every month

[opaque cargo]

My goal to save for 4th anni gonna be jeopardised

[rare swan]

the summer units do tend to be baity for anni, yeah

[untold tide]

Are we talking about Zoroark N

Oh no

[rare swan]

it's a hard time to save

[untold tide]

[rare swan]

and yes, we are

[untold tide]

I love anni N more

Egh

[opaque cargo]

I been skipping N cause lots of other fav in priority

[untold tide]

Poma day I remember they have a special banner?

One day only or sth

[winged fossil]

N is in top three fav trainers, hard to skip him unless for a Lillie or Serena

[opaque cargo]

Like when anni N and Anni steven side by side

[rare swan]

25 free gems for a multi

[opaque cargo]

Its either rayquaza or reshiram

[rare swan]

100 paid gems for a multi with 1 guaranteed 5 star

(no guarantee with the free)

[winged fossil]

||for me this month poma day also means day||

||the 1.5 year waiting room is coming to an end this month!||

[opaque cargo]

My priority was like, rayquaza = N = Lillie

[untold tide]

I mean, I have 1000 paid gems from that $1 bundle that ran with sst red banner back in the day

Should I pull?

[winged fossil]

It’s probably better value to either do dailies on a fav or do a select, imo, unless there’s some general pool favs you’re looking for in which case gl ig

[untold tide]

Ah it's only general pool

[winged fossil]

Yeah

[opaque cargo]

Poma day give discount to general pool.

[rare swan]

good luck! this is why we save

[rare swan]

most spenders find the poma day multi to be worth it

but if you have a massive gen pool collection already it might not be

i personally do it

[winged fossil]

Yeah, was hoping she’d be reran more directly for va than as bait for it but fav means I have to take the bait.

[untold tide]

Ehhh, I dunno

What if VA came with new lusamine alt

Is that possible

[rare swan]

yes

everything is possible

[winged fossil]

Lusamine necrozma is hard to top for me when it comes to her. I’m mainly looking out of Lillie and gladion Alts in va

Pref the siblings over their mom

[cunning swan]

Expecting Alola VA to give me 1 fave minimum. 3 is the worst case scenario (i do have the gems though) but it feels hella unrealistic

What are the chances of Elio, Gladion, Hau all getting alts?

[untold tide]

When is alola va dropping anyways

[cunning swan]

Expected to be May

[winged fossil]

Should be next month

[rare swan]

next month

[cunning swan]

Just stay tuned in #datamines

[rare swan]

Kalos VA lined up exactly with Sinnoh VA from ther year before, so if they keep that pattern, Alola VA starts next month

[untold tide]

I see

[winged fossil]

1 fav is basically guaranteed for me because of the fact Lillie is one of denas fav money printers I mean trainers

[untold tide]

Lmao

Money get in the bag
-DeNa probably

[cunning swan]

Go to Channels & Roles and pick this up

So you can be pinged in #datamines when update drops

[untold tide]

Got it

[winged fossil]

It’s a blessing and a curse that all three of my top three trainers are milked. On one hand I’m not starved for new pairs I like. On the other hand I’m drowned in them instead!

[untold tide]

Just be me and choose the top 2 of all the alts

(In terms of design)

Or...meta

Why choose between fave and meta when they can be both

[winged fossil]

Problem is it’s hard to do that for me cause of just how much I like n Serena and Lillie

Thankfully I’m basically done my Lillie collection cause ny pairing doesn’t interest me cause it’s a bee

Serena I still need her frog to be caught up on

N…the only n I have so far is anni, got a lot of catching up to do

[untold tide]

I'm more interested in Zerena tbh

[winged fossil]

Lillie and Serena are the only two of my top like five or so favs im 1 away from being caught up on out of ones with 3+ versions

gladion I’m fully caught up on because he only has silvally

I might have to pick gladion over Lillie if he gets an alt unless it’s a master fair vs pokefair choice

Cause I want a good gladion p badly

Silvally leaves stuff to be desired even when exd with redlax

[untold tide]

Tbh thats one of the reasons why between alts I prefer the most meta one

I'd rather not...be left wanting when I roll my fave

[topaz compass]

Another day, another k

Also I think gladion will get lots of nuke tiles in his expansion

[crisp oracle]

Oh, tonight is the final day of Galar trio
||I have
-Karen
-Bea
-and a bunch of good supports
Gem Zen for LuSSa activated||

[untold tide]

ok question

what are spoilers for

here

[crisp oracle]

We spoiled any mention of pulling as not to tempt others here in saving mode from pulling.

It’s courtesy

[rare swan]

[untold tide]

yep, trying to learn the etiquette!

thanks

[tardy fiber]

Waiting for datamine news gonna stay strong

[topaz compass]

I mean if you know they talking about pulling, the giant black block of text isn't really hiding much other than a specific unit mention

[untold tide]

Anyways someone convince me to not pull for cmarnie

The fact that I don't really want anyone from the rest of the month doesn't help much

[hard wave]

She’s leaving this reset, occupy urself w something elsd

U also dont need her for dark weak if u dont rlly like her, karen is gen pool

U can also save for zoroark, another special dark striker

[crisp oracle]

And Karen also has flinch-

[topaz compass]

@untold tide I think you mentioned before not having a pity worth. That is reason enough not to

[untold tide]

yeah

[rare swan]

part of the saving journey means there will be months you don't pull on anything

it's just how it is

[crisp oracle]

Also, the powercreep of this game will leave CMarnie in 2nd place in no time

[untold tide]

honestly it's the fact that I only have two damage dealers I'm really comfortable with rn (ss steven and mayziken)
which is why cmarnie's Big Damage tempts me
but yeah no pity anyways

[crisp oracle]

||But since the boss content doesn’t go up as fast you really only have to pull on favorites||

Chasing Meta is possibly the worst thing you could do

[untold tide]

true true

[vestal leaf]

There's a ton of simple and direct f2p DPS

[hard wave]

Tbh u rlly just need good on type strikers

[vestal leaf]

That clear as easy as fairs

[hard wave]

Esp since CS is encouraging it w 300 points tough skin

Btw how did u get mayziken and ss steven if u’ve only played for 11 days

[vestal leaf]

Hell now even BPs can clear offtype with EX

[tardy fiber]

Only have that thought, if you have or are able to form a pity before the banner's gone

Hate to see 3k gems being extra copy of Glacia or noland dupes

[untold tide]

true

[vestal leaf]

Isn't Noland a story pair?

[crisp oracle]

I finally got my 2/5 Glacia and I’m incredibly pissed

[hard wave]

No

Thats norman