Resource Saving Support (Gem Zen)

[vestal leaf]

Ah

Confused the names

Kek

[cunning swan]

I thought she's already in 2nd place due to Ash hogging top spot in the DPS section

[tough oriole]

That wasn’t me who got downvoted; it was someone else

I’d do that too but some of my friends are non savers

[upbeat lotus]

classic Reddit moment

[fallen path]

I used to help a lot on Reddit but not anymore because of things like that lol

[vestal leaf]

"I'm just built different"

Mentality

[dire meteor]

I really do hope next month won't tempt my saving journey.

Or the next four months.

[deft glen]

GiraCynthia rerun when

[vestal leaf]

If you don't like Oleana or summer units you should be mostly fine

[cunning swan]

Why four? Any rerun you're aiming for?

[dire meteor]

I just want to save back up to 100k again.

[vestal leaf]

I guess 4 months for anni

How are you ATM zeen

[dire meteor]

Gem count is devastated. Barely a multi to my name. ||Galarian Articuno (I refuse to acknowledge Bede) and Champ Marnie stole everything from me.||

[cunning swan]

Mannn, half anni felt very boring for me because of too much Galar exposure. Only ||pulled CBede and that's it||

[broken mulch]

Aye Galar halfversary was a bust for me lol. Skipped everything

[dire meteor]

I failed in my resisting because Galarian Articuno and Moltres look both so cool.
And they happen to be a pokemon fave of Galar.

[cunning swan]

I barely have pokemon faves. Most of mine are in the game already

The only one missing is... Glaceon

And boy do I need more ice types

[dire meteor]

For me, there's like a few, but half of them are Paldean so I should be safe.

[cunning swan]

Oh wait Articuno isn't in the game either

[dire meteor]

The non Paldean most notably being

[hard wave]

|| I got all the birds, unfortunately at the cost of the charming banner and maybe double banner and 72.6k gems ||

[cunning swan]

Currently at 161k... SS Morty pls rerun soon i'm tired of staying vigilant and waiting for every datamine for him

[hard wave]

I want him too but my gems r still suffering esp w lussa rerun

[dire meteor]

I swear the game has a desire sensor to drop what you want after you seem to spend gems because you thought they may never run again.

||Palentine Elesa dropping after I pulled the frogs was a jumpscare for me||

[vestal leaf]

||feel that, 2 pities (1/5 zapdos at 367/400 and moltres pity) and 301/400 articuno lol||

[hard wave]

And I thought I had it bad || I got a pity and instantly used it on marnie, bede was first multi, then hop 11th (im not reaching pity bcz id rather pull for the lati duo w my remaining gems then save for lussa ||

[sly breach]

Damn thats a lot of gems

[vestal leaf]

Yep

But that trio is my fav trio of all Pokémon trios

Aside maybe Regis

So I don't feel like I wasted anything

But god I wish I could've had just a bit of luck on 1/3

[silk mirage]

Guys

[cunning swan]

||Me with Summer N after Johtrio. I had to skip N because didn't have enough for pity||

[silk mirage]

I was in record with saved gems i had 54k gems,now reached again 50k (i pulled a lot of units other months) im getting tempted to pull Escavalier and train Brothers banner cause i like EX costume of Escavalier should i pull...?

(im at the point i can pull any units for fun)

But soon ALOLA VA too...

[bleak falcon]

Can always wait for datamine

[silk mirage]

Atm a unit i really want Is kris suicune

[cunning swan]

Just because of the EX costume?

[silk mirage]

Yeah

I like his costume but im unaure

Unsure

[cunning swan]

And how much do you prioritize alola VA?

Any favorite characters?

[silk mirage]

This depend on units/mons pair tbh

That*

If appear like Lillie + Necrozma Moon version ima pull

[bleak falcon]

SC Subway Bros will stick around well past datamine, so might as well just wait and see if you’re concerned

[dire meteor]

😭 That gotta hurt

[silk mirage]

Atm Also every legendary already in there right ?

Of alola

[cunning swan]

This is your best bet

[bleak falcon]

We only have a small portion of Alola’s many Legendaries in the game

[cunning swan]

Honestly if you're unsure, that's already good enough reason to save and wait for datamine

[silk mirage]

Oh wait actually there arent TAPU Legends.....

Maybe next month..Who know

[bleak falcon]

We’re still waiting on all the Tapus and most UBs

[silk mirage]

Triple master fair could Always happen again

UBS?

[bleak falcon]

Ultra Beasts

[silk mirage]

Ohh

[untold tide]

nihilego lusamine lesgo

[bleak falcon]

“Most” is an exaggeration, now that I think about it

[silk mirage]

I would pull

[bleak falcon]

But still missing a few of them

[untold tide]

I'll be super surprised if they take a page from the anime and pair nihilego with lillie

[silk mirage]

Which u guys a unit that u would like ?

[untold tide]

considering there's like an episode about it

[silk mirage]

I really want AQUA SHELLY

[cunning swan]

Gladion better get something

[bleak falcon]

Anyways, best bet if you’re concerned about potential Alola VA is to wait for datamine since all the banners of this month will last beyond it

[cunning swan]

But for debut characters? Hmmm I just want the striaton trio to be playable

[bleak falcon]

I kinda doubt Kartana would go to Lillie of all trainers

[silk mirage]

Hmm

Guzzlord

[vernal glade]

Im just waiting hisui, but I’m just losing hope of it happening.

[cunning swan]

Gladion

[silk mirage]

Blacephalon

[cunning swan]

Hisui characters are money-making machines they have to come

[silk mirage]

Sooo all ultrabeastw missed;
-Nihilego
-Xurkitree
-Kartana
-Guzzlord
-Poipole
-Skatakata
-Blacephaloon
-3 TAPU Legends

[bleak falcon]

We’re missing all 4 Tapus

[silk mirage]

Oh true 4

[bleak falcon]

Unless you’re counting Bulu’s LA version as good enough

[silk mirage]

Next month gems --> 💸

[sly breach]

60k gems next month or bust

[silk mirage]

Which unit should be good for the 4 TAPUS ? For each one

I think Hala & Tapu Koko would be right pair tbh

[bleak falcon]

SS Kahunas would be my bet for the Tapus

[sly breach]

||that wouldn't earn dena enough cash now would it||

[vernal glade]

So I guess the MC will get one of the mythicals?

[silk mirage]

XD

Is there btw any unit u all regretted to pull?

[vestal leaf]

Extreme dount on Kahunas

Doubt*

[vernal glade]

I could see the aether trios getting UB

[vestal leaf]

2 MFs will most likely be Selene and Elio imo for new champs
Then most likely ilima as gen pool, maybe gladion/Lillie/lusa as Fair VA units

[topaz compass]

@untold tide it was smart to prioritize Bede. Building a stable of overpowered supports is most important imo

@vestal leaf imo you should pull 1 more multi for a 2nd copy if you are over 300 pts

If you would still have over a pity

[untold tide]

thanks! I also love bede so it's not a loss

I'm trying to appreciate the trainers I already have

[vestal leaf]

I did ofc

That's why I included it

As a pity

[topaz compass]

I've been so lazy I haven't done more than 1 of the daily riddle gem missions

[untold tide]

It doesn't refresh daily right

I've been ignoring it too

Drowned in homework

[hasty umbra]

they add 1 per day, already completed missions don't refresh

[fallen path]

Because of the checkmark I’ve forgotten to do them in the past 3 days

[topaz compass]

Yeah seems more efficient to wait and do most all at once

[sly breach]

||am broke||

[past imp]

I'm still salty I had to pity both CBede and CMarnie (73k gems gone! 😢 ) ... been tough resisting CHop... but gem count back over 50k. Only 12 more hours before he goes away!

I think I should just close the game and not open until after reset

[tardy fiber]

||Wow you have it more rough than me, be strong buddy it cost me, 2 pities for cmarnie/chop while cbede cost half pity.||

[tardy fiber]

Gonna stack my mission reward eggs, gonna try to increase my chance of hatching shiny pidgey and nidoran male

[vernal glade]

Im keeping the daily eggs in the box for it to expire, just want the daily gems.

[tardy fiber]

I gonna try to hatch it though although later, after 14 days of current nidoking event egg

Well if i get both early, i will stop it earlier

[winged fossil]

i dont think the daily eggs matter to me cause i think theyre repeats of last time, could be wrong but meh, rather do egg event than repeat 3passive eggs i already have

[hard wave]

Ill just hatch all the eggs, need to do the 15 for the egg event anyway

[tardy fiber]

It kinda matters for me because i still dont have shiny for 7/14 daily eggs

Hope to hatch shiny kangaskhan to replace my current non shiny

[sonic cobalt]

Thus far none of the daily eggs have been shiny. Am sad

[broken mulch]

Not a single ball guy egg has been shiny

[cunning swan]

I got a shiny voltorb at least

[untold tide]

question: how do you guys prioritize saving

I love a pokemon but not the trainer -> do you guys pull?

[tough oriole]

Depends on the scenario really

[vestal leaf]

You don't like, don't care, or hate the trainer?

How many gems you have?

What kind of banner is it?

That's what I ask myself in that scenario

[upbeat lotus]

make a fave tierlist, and follow that list

[rare swan]

A good thing to remember is this game focuses a lot more on the trainers than it does the 'mons

so if you're meh or dislike the trainer, you might regret the pull

but to be fair, I do not pull for mons, so.

[lean mango]

If I don't really care that much of a trainer then I don't mind but if I don't like the trainer then I just skip

Chop is the perfect example of this tbh

I absolutely love GZapdos but not Hop so I skipped

[rare swan]

Yup, that's a smart choice

[untold tide]

makes sense

[rare swan]

one of my most favourite pokemon could come out but if it's on a trainer I either don't like or don't care about, I would skip

(thankfully one of my big fave mons came out on one of my big fave trainers 😌 i'm very lucky there)

[untold tide]

I guess the biggest examples I can think of is something like sc rosa - shaymin and brendan - latios
pokemon faves, neutral on the trainers

[lean mango]

I tried to keep my Pokemon fave list pretty small because my char fave list I would say is moderate

[tardy fiber]

My fave list consists of just pokemons so yep i do pull based on pokemons

[rare swan]

I think with Brendos (since I obviously remember your Q from #poma-questions ) you'll have to weigh up just how much you love Latios against how you feel about Brendan

another thing to consider would be if you love any Alola characters or mons

[untold tide]

yeah no I've decided against brendos

[rare swan]

😌 happy to hear that

[untold tide]

I'm just asking in general now

[rare swan]

We have some users in here who pull for mons but iirc they're in the minority

[lean mango]

Also making a list for mons is good, since theres a point where you have to draw a line with them as well

[untold tide]

makes sense
what about lukewarm trainer + pokemon but WOW this SC looks really nice (SC zinnia)

[rare swan]

some people find pulling for outfits to be enough reason! it's not really something I'd support in here, though

[untold tide]

that's true I suppose

[rare swan]

we get a lot of nice outfits, so

[broken mulch]

I wondered about this… then DeNa gave me a Pokémon I love (Excadrill) with a trainer I loathe (the subway brothers)

So yeah if I love the mon but hate the trainer I skip. If I hate the mon but love the trainer I pull

[lean mango]

I usually only apply the outfit tier to already faves

[broken mulch]

To this day I still skip Excadrill even though he’s perfect for Cynthia lol

[lean mango]

If I like the outfit, I pull, but if I don't, I don't oull

[rare swan]

Yup, mons are always secondary to me

if I like the mon, great! but even if I don't, if they're with a fave of mine I'm pulling anyway

Emma is a great example (sorry Cris)

[untold tide]

lmao yeah brendos tempts me because he can help ss steven go through the roof (or so I've heard)
but yeah probably some alola support would come out (please be lusamine or lillie PLEASE)

[rare swan]

sounds like you have some Alola faves with very good chances of getting alts

[lean mango]

[rare swan]

I like Crobat just NOT on that unit

[untold tide]

thankfully my fave tastes line a lot with deNA's money makers (with the glaring exception of pikachu and red/kantrio)

[lean mango]

Crobat ❤️

[rare swan]

All Lillie fans definitely need to brace for impact

[lean mango]

Sometimes I think about removing Kingambit but then again KGrimsley

[broken mulch]

I think NC Lillie or VA Lillie is gonna be the first Lillie alt I’m gonna skip haha

[rare swan]

I'm on the fence as well

[lean mango]

There's definitely going to be UBs pairings

[vernal glade]

Same here. ||Im after zeraora||

[lean mango]

Looking over my shoulder they might release a UB fave

[untold tide]

Lusamine nihilego lesgo

[broken mulch]

I think what would tempt me the most after Lusamine alt is a Gladion MF

Other than that Alola doesn’t tempt me much

[lean mango]

I'd prefer Nihilego to go to Gladion tbh

Out of the Aether family

[broken mulch]

… ooh maybe Olivia or Kahili. But low chance of those gals LMAO

[rare swan]

I can see Gladion with Kartana or Guzzlord

probs the former

for the edge

[lean mango]

I also see Xurkitree

[broken mulch]

Gotta have THE EDGE with that boy lol

[hasty umbra]

I'd take it, Kartana my beloved

[lean mango]

Nihilego makes some sense because anime shenanigans

[broken mulch]

Oh random question, but Summer is July right?

Or was it June

[hasty umbra]

yes

july

[broken mulch]

Ah thanks

[lean mango]

Kartana is probably my least favorite UB, phobia time lfg

[vernal glade]

I know it’s July because I remember last year.

[hasty umbra]

phobia? to what? paper?

[broken mulch]

I live in fear of summer Cynthia when I have no gems lol

[untold tide]

Didn't they have an episode where ||mohn replaces Lillie with a nihilego||

[rotund sleet]

please don't give gladion xurk

[untold tide]

[lean mango]

Papercuts, get me away

[hasty umbra]

I see

[lean mango]

I'm 10 miles away

[lean mango]

[broken mulch]

I can see mah boi Guzma getting Guzzlord

So we can call him GuzGuzz

[rare swan]

I would be surprised if Lillie is with anything other than Magearna

cute girly mon will make for a VERY nice SS

[untold tide]

Isn't magearna kalos tho

[rotund sleet]

no

[rare swan]

it just seems like it would print money

[untold tide]

They won't do that for alola va right

[broken mulch]

Damn Magearnea would tempt me not gonna lie

[vernal glade]

That’s the movie. The game is Alola.

[rare swan]

oh bestie.....i personally think so but I can see it going to Lillie

(I want it for SS Sycamore my dream unit....)

[lean mango]

There's also a high chance that she gets Nihilego, her outfit is inspired by Nihilego after all

[untold tide]

Wait, what?!

[rotund sleet]

magearna is gen 7

[untold tide]

L

[rotund sleet]

i used to think it was 6 for a long time as well

[rare swan]

they gave Lysandre Volcanion they NEED to give Sycamore a Magearna to pair with him

ok. that's enough copium from me

haha SS Lillie and Magearna right guys???

[untold tide]

inb4 ss sycamore - hoopa

[rare swan]

[rotund sleet]

syc has a chance for shiny magearna lol

[broken mulch]

Unleashed Hoopa haha

[rare swan]

you know it's interesting

Magearna actually has two forms

in the anime Lillie has the special form

[lean mango]

They could also ruin all of my hopes and dreams by making Nihilego rock

[rare swan]

so Syc could still get normal

[vernal glade]

Ya, the shiny being a Pokéball fits perfect for a Pokémon professor

[rare swan]

[broken mulch]

Hmm actually

[rotund sleet]

nihilego getting the rock typing is so random

[broken mulch]

LuSSamine rerun actually made me think there’s not gonna be a new Lusamine alt for VA

[rotund sleet]

what is it supposed to be? a jellyfish alien

[lean mango]

I think there is a reason for it being rock, but forgor it oop

[rotund sleet]

potentially true, MCs are almost certain to get something

and then probably lillie

[rotund sleet]

on bulbapedia it says it's made of glass

might be it

[lean mango]

I don't really wanna lose another unit as what happened to Nidoking

[broken mulch]

Oh yeah Selene is gonna make me cave just like that

[rare swan]

According to its concept art, Nihilego's body is made of various types of glass.

[lean mango]

I think that's the reason yea

[rare swan]

that might be why the rock type

oh hivemind

[rotund sleet]

lol

[lean mango]

confirmed: it's made out of glass

[rotund sleet]

that's cool

had no idea

[hasty umbra]

original color Magearna is not the shiny version, just another form, granted the shiny for that uses the ultra ball color palette

[rotund sleet]

UBs continue to be the coolest subgroup of pokemon they've released

collectively

[lean mango]

Anything for the adorable parasite

Love this thing to death, pleeeeeasse don't be rock type

[rotund sleet]

still waiting for my sentient cable management

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

[lean mango]

XURKITREE

[vernal glade]

Ooohhh… and here I thought the Pokéball one was shiny.

[lean mango]

Wires ❤️

[rotund sleet]

why are so many ultra beasts groovy

[lean mango]

They just are

[rotund sleet]

https://tenor.com/view/pokemon-pokemon-sun-and-moon-alola-blacepheon-dance-gif-24389531

[lean mango]

[lunar topaz]

[rotund sleet]

idk who i want to get blacephalon

if it even makes it in

[lean mango]

anyways

Alien bee ❤️

[vernal glade]

Ghost is in last week CS and which UB has ghost type? that UB.

[lean mango]

As long as I'm fine with the character I'll get them

I love Blacephalon

[rotund sleet]

ill pull either way

idk if anyone would make sense

so doesn't really matter

[lean mango]

Xurkitree and Blacephalon are here for my gems

[vernal glade]

Because so far, the VA been getting legendaries/mythicals.

[lean mango]

Nihilego too ig

[rotund sleet]

nihilego lusamine

[untold tide]

imagine: clown lusamine with blacephalon

would not happen in a thousand years

but it's a funny thought

[vernal glade]

So, UB being next month is a possibility.

[rotund sleet]

i'll take it

[lean mango]

UBs are treated as legendaries kinda soo

[broken mulch]

Clown mom? That’s a sight

[lean mango]

Lusamine I'm fine with

As long as she has a stellar outfit

Like LuSSa

[untold tide]

Imagine if the outfit was something like FE Engage's controversial hortensia

[lean mango]

Had to search that up but I really like the outfit so I buy it

[untold tide]

Yeah I like it too but apparently a lot of people didn't, hence controversial

[lean mango]

People didn't? Don't really see anything bad with it

[rare swan]

if Blac is getting a unit the character NEEDS to go full clown

[untold tide]

yeah a lot of people didn't (easiest way to find is either a reddit or twitter search about how they discounted her character because of her outfit)

[lunar topaz]

She’s really well written in both stories of the game I never saw what people said about her design I don’t like her (primarily for her voice) but we’re very off topic lel, her design I’m fine with lel I find it unique

[wind nymph]

i think im going to start saving in preparation for alola va

can't wait to get ss hau or gladion thing

or even buzma

[topaz compass]

Another day, another k

[broken mulch]

K?

[untold tide]

+1k gems probably

[broken mulch]

Oh right lol

[tardy fiber]

So dry reset till 11th, 11th reset has 4k+ gems

[topaz compass]

Yeah I only update when I hit the next 1,000

So a day could have 180 and I still say that

[rare swan]

the 11th is going to be a biiiiig reset

lots to do!

[broken mulch]

Oh man you’re not kidding. Grass weak CS event, Regirock LA missions, Battle Villa, Paulo Interlude too

[upbeat lotus]

Someone said big gem day?

[rare swan]

beeeeeeeeeg gems

[topaz compass]

Change that AC/DC song to "big gems" and then Chest can sing it

[broken mulch]

Does the CS event give gems?

[hard wave]

200 dailies/login
500 blissful bonanza
90 for riddle, daily egg thing, paulo interlude
2k BV
1k for regirock
700 for pasio CS

[broken mulch]

Noice

[hard wave]

Apparently

I should be able to have 2 multis

[broken mulch]

I’m finally back to pity that day yay

[hard wave]

Im hoping ill be able to have a pity saved next month but idk maybe aloVA pairs wont be mid

[rare swan]

raining gems!

[violet nebula]

Almost up to a pity and aiming for another in May

Though must resist that dual banner of Brendan and May😅

[lofty relic]

yeah so blessed

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

what a day

[vernal glade]

Can’t wait for that day. That’s a lot of gems.

[tardy fiber]

Cannot wait for new grass weak special cs, iirc it gives certificates in its points milestones i can straight make another one of my fave 150

[upbeat lotus]

Only 5 certificates iirc

[tardy fiber]

Yep, my scjasmine will be 145 today so its just nice

It does help in a month without new lodge guest for me

[lapis pine]

Actually I have no clue what the grass weak CS will be like so I’m excited

[vernal glade]

Gonna be scary to me, not a lot of great grass units on me.

[upbeat lotus]

Offtyping is always a viable option

[tardy fiber]

I hope its not limited to be only grass as i still want to do all faves run so i might need to offtype 3 teams

[lapis pine]

I’ve actually been super impressed with the content they’ve been giving us recently

Lots of fun different events and things to do

That aren’t pulling and don’t require pulling

[tardy fiber]

Giving lodge and 4* bp pairs is a chad move by DeNa

Quite a lot of lodge pairs are f2p and general pool accessible

[vernal glade]

Ya, thanks to the EX for Lodge units and BP EX, F2P players can have a easier time now.

[tardy fiber]

Giving 3*, 4* gacha fodder units grids and EX for some of them is also a chad move

[deft glen]

I've already built my 5 on-type teams, this will be fun

Damager Dealer Dawn gaming

[broken mulch]

I wanna see if my 5 grass monotype teams work or if they crash and burn lol

[cunning swan]

BV and LA! Amazing

[compact pasture]

There’s 15 grass units?

[hasty umbra]

there are 20 without including any eggmons

[reef river]

Are there any new events that need stamina coming up in the next 2 days

[upbeat lotus]

no

the SC event part 2 is in 3 days tho

[tardy fiber]

I already claimed all good stuffs from sc part 1 and eggsplorers so for now i just grind for theme orbs as i dont have a need for more for now. Now just gonna wait for a new event, well at least next reset has grass weak cs

[compact pasture]

How do we get gems from the CS?

[upbeat lotus]

In the special CS, E4 stages give 100 gems each while the Champion stage gives 300 gems

[winged fossil]

Speaking of event shops I ended up just emptying the entire hoenn va pt2 event shop just cause I could, tbh, while waiting for a new event to dump stamina into

[tardy fiber]

Pidgey done, only left nidoran male...then i can finally hatch the eggsplorers egg

[chrome nest]

||Im slowly regretting having buzzma||

[tardy fiber]

Why? Im having fun with him, he carried my fighting weak cs this week

[chrome nest]

I thought he would be much more powerful

Turns out at 1/5 you miss a lot = You’re probably gonna get knocked out

[reef river]

Try using him with maylene

So you can use her trainer move to determine when he hits

[vestal leaf]

he needs 2/5

for haymaker

iirc

to perform decently

[tardy fiber]

Yep he need at least 2/5 to be good enough due to dynamic entry...but 3/5 does have sync multiplier haymaker

[tardy fiber]

This on 3/5

2/5 for dynamic entry, headstrong, dp mgr, dp consolation prize

[vestal leaf]

misremembered

my b

[tardy fiber]

3/5 gives juicy haymaker and fuzzy strike 5

He is pretty nice although usually need to sync with him first rather than syncing with support sync in csmm...after sync, he will get SE buff

I just use tm>dpunch>sure hit>sync>dpunch with him and usually everything is over

Dynamic entry gives him sure hit on entry

I dont use his missing gimmick much

I rather hit enemy than missing a lot

[chrome nest]

Sometimes I wish I got the ||other birds instead of g moltres||

[vestal leaf]

||why? did you grab it just for meta?||

[lapis pine]

One of the biggest lessons I’m learning in this game is to never pull for strikers unless fav of course

I like units with cool kits and sometimes I get tricked into the striker hype but every single time I pull for a meta striker I regret it

[tardy fiber]

I ignore non fave striker hype, skipped ash and nylisia

[chrome nest]

||Because I like Galar so if there’s a Galar pokemon, trainer or regional form from there you bet I’m gonna pull||

[vestal leaf]

||Why'd you choose that one if you're now regretting then||

[chrome nest]

||At least the other one has some utility uses||

[vestal leaf]

||should always go for the more favourite one over utility or power tbh

If I had tho choose one I'd have gone for zapdos because it's my fave of the 3||

[chrome nest]

||I should’ve gotten articuno it’s my favorite out all of them||

[sly breach]

I have received enlightenment

[vestal leaf]

That sounded like a no brainer to me then, maybe this will be a lesson?

[sturdy flower]

I'm impressed at Lodge Steven's performance even without EX

and that counts as free for me, ticket

[vernal glade]

This month is stacked. I like the idea of having two CS.

[sturdy flower]

higher points on CS, more parameters so we can attempt hard on type clears for very busted teams

finally new LA, new CS like event

it feels like they shifted their focus to give us more content that focuses on playing

[vestal leaf]

yeah hitting 25k first sync vs 2.5k is pretty nice for a 5* non ex free unit

but he is still way worse than last month's losge unit

who was basically almost fair tier LUL

[sturdy flower]

you mean the monkey?

[vestal leaf]

ye

[sturdy flower]

contrary to rock my grass units are very powerful

so i didnt have any chance to use her yet

[vestal leaf]

that's also why they made her so strong imo

[sturdy flower]

Serena's lodge unit is great too, but sadly dumb Bruno has impervious

[vestal leaf]

yeah lodge serena is great but i mostly use her for LG debuffing

[sturdy flower]

i will use her tomorrow, will aim to run 5 grass teams

[vestal leaf]

since she basically gives positive gauge

and debuffs 2 stats

while giving herself sustain

very good lg unit

rahian lodge is also cool

[sturdy flower]

if they keep releasing lodge units like this I wont have any incentive to pull new units

and might go more for old base units for lodge

[vestal leaf]

tbh steven has basically no dps and his nuke being ST kinda incentivizes you to scout a pure dps to clean sides

so i guess it works to make people scout emmet, ss diantha and so on

[sturdy flower]

ST?

I cleaned one side with Steven himself and 2nd with Olivia

[vestal leaf]

single target

can't really solo dps with him

[sturdy flower]

can with flincher as 3rd

[vestal leaf]

well

to be fair

what nuker can't win with a third unit entirely focused on sleeping or flinching sides

[sturdy flower]

there are several tactics, i'd even say using weaker units keeps me from getting rusty because the new meta ones are just win buttons

[vestal leaf]

i just do harder params and 2v3

so i usually keep weaker units for LG meme clears

[sturdy flower]

2v3 have different constraints than 3v3 weaker units imo

your units need decent gauge, preferably strong nuke

[vestal leaf]

yeah, or just straight up good staggers

like anni skyla and leon i did earlier, that won because i could turn denial + sync > max airstrike turn queue

it's funny to use good units without supports tbh

[tough oriole]

Why is uncapping to lvl 150 so time consuming
I thought this was to encourage us to use faves

[sturdy flower]

they didnt figure out the UI

[hard wave]

Apparently its cuz if it was included w the max level cap option u could accidentally spend ur certificates

[sturdy flower]

yeah, but they could have made it like the Power Ups

ask once for ->140 and then again for ->150

[hard wave]

So until they figure out how to make 110-140 and 141-150 separate we have to do it manually

[reef river]

Ive made a lot of mons 145

[tough oriole]

Remember when we had to uncap from level 50 - 120 in like 6 different clicks

[hard wave]

Uncap from lvl 50?

[reef river]

I ran out of favs i wanted to make 150

So i made some.slight favs to 145

[hard wave]

I think ill just save mine for rerun favs now

[reef river]

There hasnt been a new unit i was excited to max out and uncap to 150 since christmas

[tough oriole]

Before 1st anni (or maybe stamina update?) units started at a level 30-50 level cap (depending on starting potential)

[hard wave]

so was it raised eventually to 60 70 80…120?

[hasty umbra]

you uncapped starting from much lower, yes

you also had to unlock moves and passives

[hard wave]

Oh I thought 30-50 was the highest u could go

[hasty umbra]

oh no, I think max at launch was 100 or so

[hard wave]

Ah

[tough oriole]

That was why star level was named potential; since it represented their level caps

[vestal leaf]

yep

100 was start

we also had to unlock skills and moves

[tough oriole]

I’m running out of 4* tech

[tardy fiber]

I have 2 4* tech and 1 4* support, i will keep it if i get Steven in the future

Hope its Acerola and lodge gladion + power boost next month

[vernal glade]

Im running out of 5* power ups, and right near the Alola VA.

So, I’ll probably have to save for the rest of the month.

[fallen path]

convert those

[deft glen]

I have only 1 now

I didn't have some of those units like Nanu and Viola gridded until recently

[sonic cobalt]

For the sake of not feeling tempted to use my paid gems for dailies, I decided to double candy SS Brendan. No regrets.

[deft glen]

I have more 4* support candies now, who would've thought

[deft glen]

I am trying to quit dailies for good

10 days straight without doing them

[wind nymph]

Any Rosa's coming up soon?

[lunar topaz]

No, but you can also check in #datamines

[vernal glade]

Remember that sometimes there won’t be a Rosa alt every year tho. Edit: But there’ll be reruns instead if she doesn’t get an alt.

[cunning swan]

You need to pick this up from Channels and Roles afaik

Wow, big gem day this reset

[wind nymph]

is today the big reset happening

[upbeat lotus]

Yes

[wind nymph]

yay

[vernal glade]

4K gems. Sadly I don’t think we can grab all the gems on that day I think.

Unless I’m wrong.

[hasty umbra]

BV and LA missions alone are 3k

Bonanza is 500, so yeah, you can, at least most of it

[vernal glade]

Ah I see.

[hard wave]

[hasty umbra]

actually, yeah, you can get it all just fine, the special CS has MM unlocked right away iirc

wait, that doesn't matter

gems are received just by beating each battle, no MM needed

[vernal glade]

Ya.

[hard wave]

MM is unlocked automatically anyway, is there even a hard mode?

[vernal glade]

There should be.

[hasty umbra]

yes, like regular CS, difference is you don't need to bother with it

[vernal glade]

Ya it’s completely optional.

[hasty umbra]

may as well just go directly with MM and get everything in one go

[vernal glade]

Also thanks AR, I didn’t see that message yesterday, whoops.

[lunar topaz]

I don’t see this channel lel

[hasty umbra]

it's at the very top of the server list, unless you are blind it should be visible

[tough oriole]

It’s right below the server invite button

And above the reset timer

[vernal glade]

Ya if you haven’t interacted with it, you’ll see “New” on the right side.

[sturdy hatch]

Rip i interacted with that channel and now all my notifications are messed up

[hard wave]

Np

[hard wave]

Oh nice

[hasty umbra]

inb4 I'm wrong and you have to clear Hard Mode once first

still better than being gated for a week due to types

[rare swan]

Y'all ready for beeeeeeg gems this reset??

[lunar topaz]

!!

Ever closer to 2 pities at the end of this month I’ll only be missing a Dialga Classic Elesa and AniSkyla from my favs list and I am finished until a fav gets an@alt!

[tardy fiber]

I'm ready

[mental skiff]

New champion stadium crush every meta chaser dreams

Good luck find 5 x 18 pair

[tardy fiber]

I offtype half of the grass weak new cs

I guess i will survive just by using and getting faves

[broken mulch]

Woo back to pity

Back to saving

[ashen thunder]

Doesn't hurt me coz only need 5 busted offtype teams

As if picking another +3 str gonna stop my rats and snake

[tawny dagger]

New champion stadium validates meta chasers lol

Who needs on type teams when you can have 5 busted offtype meta teams

[violet nebula]

Yus

[vale ivy]

Both are demanding in their own way tbh

5 offtype teams strong enough for 2.5k
Or 5x 17 ontype teams
Are both so demanding

[tardy fiber]

5 offtype teams cost 15 pities if all are limited units, 17 ontype teams if all of it are limited units costs 51 pities

[vale ivy]

Ontype has lower standard

[warm flint]

just use f2p 🤑

[violet nebula]

No, requires to use brain

[topaz compass]

My busy day is when all these gems become available

[vestal leaf]

Well considering you can just use

• BP Erika
• SS Erika
• mallow
• gardenia
• Brendan

It's not really that much tilted towards whales

I think there's barely any type aside poison and ground without 5 accessible DPS units

[tardy fiber]

88,715 still have stamina rally final milestone gems

[oak crest]

Man why is Paulo so cringe, I really don't like him lmao

After reading the new story

[tardy fiber]

I like hoopa unbound, i got my gems ready

Hope it will be a dark type

[oak crest]

Sadly it probably will end up being paired with him

Which I def will not pull for

Prob the first pair where the "trainer" is using a pokemon that doesn't even belong to him if they really release these 2 as a pair

[grim plover]

why victor is so cruel to me. i dont have gems and he
leaves before datamine

[cunning swan]

He'll rerun again eventually

If you don't have enough for pity, I'd say swallow the loss and skip him instead of facing utter disappointment

[sly breach]

Gen pool when?

[ashen thunder]

||Finally, I got lati twins after spending pity I saved since anabel|| Hopefully I can gather enuff for another pity before SSmay

She and SCrosa are my only rerun targets left, finally catching up after 4 month blank last year

[vale ivy]

Kinda same. Sad that his banner is so short.

[lament arch]

I have over 3000 gems right now

Keep saving or go for Togepi?

[upbeat lotus]

keep saving

can you make a saving list of yours?

[lament arch]

the list: SS Johto trio, Easter Burgh, NC Marnie,SS Morty, Klefki, SS Dawn and SS Cyrus

SC Rosa, Summer Marnie, Xmas Whitney

Xmas Jasmine, SS Leaf

Victor, Ball guy,SS Steven, Palentine Marnie and future awesome and faves units

really huge list

[upbeat lotus]

try to narrow down to 10

[lament arch]

Mainly I need Easter Burgh, NC, Summer and Pal Marnies, Xmas Whitney, SS Kris and Morty

and SS Hilbert

All psychic poke/master fair are unesessary cuz I have Giovanni, Anni May and SS Brendan

same with Fire strikers/techs

[upbeat lotus]

okay now keep saving as many gems as you can, sadly you should skip EBurgh to begin building up gems stock

in your list only Summer Marnie and Xmas Whitney have a set date to rerun

which is July and December, respectively

[oak crest]

wow Bertha was kind of annoying in 2.5k... (mainly because I saved SSLyra for Serena)

[upbeat lotus]

#poma-lounge please

[lament arch]

I guess I'll wait next easter

I guess I'll wait next easter

[vestal leaf]

Wasted SS Erika on another stage?

[oak crest]

my erika's only 2/5

nv tried her

was using mellow against bertha since she drops attk(mines 4/5 so I drop 2 attk stages for every trap kick on Bertha)

took quite a number of retries as my Mellow isn't EX'd

[vestal leaf]

She's already really good at 2/5 and she's kinda made for stat stage, especially if 4th condition

Since you can just sunny day>TM>sync

[oak crest]

i went for bertha on 1st condition

cos she hits pretty hard and the 1st condition helps mitigate

[lament arch]

this gem center, guys

[drowsy saddle]

This is a place for saving gems and getting advice on it, yes.

[topaz compass]

More gemmies

[rare swan]

nice getting gems as a reward for CS 😌

[maiden kayak]

honestly feel like skipping this month

[rare swan]

||you're not pulling for Zinnia?||

[maiden kayak]

yea

the urge just went down

for the past 2 weeks

[timber wren]

that’s why i like new units that come later in the month

you get that clarity

[maiden kayak]

and also

i dont see myself using her alot

shes so niche

i see myself using cmarnie more than her

[timber wren]

i expect the unique aspect of her kit to appear more in the future

[maiden kayak]

||altho shes good in current MM||

[rare swan]

it is a bit weird they dropped her right after another ridiculously powerful Dark-type

[lament arch]

I need special dark type unit , cuz I have Sidney as main physical dark

[hard wave]

Atleast zinnia is physical dark ig

[lament arch]

and does huge damage is sync move

[maiden kayak]

honestly her og outfit colours turns me off so much in the trailer

[hard wave]

Tho we did get cserena recently as well

[timber wren]

karen works spectacularly for special dark now that she has a power boost

[maiden kayak]

i suspect may and june is gonna big outfit bangers

[lament arch]

I wanna overkill special dark unit, familiar to NC Marnie

[ashen thunder]

Wow
Locking best dpses in the game exclusively to ontype

[sly breach]

||Thats a Superpower ||

[sturdy flower]

Do you really think Paulo out of all people will one up Giovanni instead of being used by him?

[gray sail]

Must avoid Victor. X.x
Need to find decent off type options for the all husbando 12.5k.
Update: Yay, got an off type to work~ Gems are safe!

[tardy fiber]

Her kit of preventing buffs made me scared that the next gauntlet will have cresselia ...still gonna skip though as i already have 3 cresselia teams

[sly breach]

Already got lucky with ||marnie|| aint testing that luck again

[vale ivy]

I think the idea is using carnie and zinnia tgt for overkill purpose
But no one is that wasteful to do that

[sly breach]

Would have ||actually pulled lyra if i had the gems|| the outfit look great

[tardy fiber]

I use ||CMarnie with SsCyrus together ||

[oak crest]

well i hope not, dude's trying to be like Lysandre but failing hard

[untold tide]

Even lysandre fails to be a good villain

Being lysandre is a low bar already

I prefer ProZD's lysanderoth

[wind nymph]

9k gems today pog

i had to redo all 30 floors of BV which was boring asf but whatever

[sturdy flower]

i almost misclicked and had to do them too

[upbeat lotus]

||got SC Steven today so im back to zen mode||

[feral vale]

[cunning swan]

165k! I'm gonna save up to 5 pities ||before pulling on Lyra||

[vestal leaf]

Hope it goes well ||pulling anything else?||

[cunning swan]

that's it. I managed to not give into temptation and skip spring burgh yet again

I love the kit but I don't like burgh nor the silly outfit

[vernal glade]

151k ||going for one copy of Zeraora if Zeraora next month||

Wait, I forgot the helping on pasio daily today. (Like no idea why I keep forgetting the help on pasio refreshing)

[hasty umbra]

you don't like Willy Wonka? smh

[grim plover]

it's gonna be a long month until the datamine. I Hope something good comes next month so i dont regret skipping victor.

[hasty umbra]

tbf it's more like 2 weeks

[topaz compass]

The datamine goes through 4/26 so I'd guess the most likely datamine dates would be 27th or 28th. 31st too late

[vestal leaf]

Yea, 27-28 is likely

[vernal glade]

Ya 31st if we’re very unlucky.

[topaz compass]

I thought it had to be 2 days before new stuff. Or did the last month or 2 disprove that

[grim plover]

it's at most 2 days before the new banner but can be earlier

[feral vale]

Borfday in 10 days tho

[grim plover]

But I think we got the dev letter way earlier last year

I remember seeing the morty there

[untold tide]

did I miss .5 anni

was it last month

[violet nebula]

Yus

[untold tide]

oh well

[tardy fiber]

Ssmorty released on 28th April last year, so the datamine this year might be earlier than 28

[broken mulch]

Oh yeah golden week starts on 29th

[vernal glade]

Oh wow you’re right SS Morty nearly a year old.

[sturdy flower]

they take time off during golden week presumably

at least if DeNa isn't a black company

[vernal glade]

I’m kind of curious if they’ll rerun the Magikarp egg event.

[broken mulch]

Plz I need the other shinies

[vernal glade]

Same here honestly. If they do the Magikarp egg event yearly then that’s good for shiny collectors.

[grim plover]

yeah

we got the datamine on a Wednesday 27

so this month the datamine could be on wed 26

[sturdy flower]

i'd rather get a new mon and magikarp be pushed for afterwards as a rerun but ehh

[grim plover]

gholdengo

[hard wave]

I hope its a 2 month VA tbh, || idk how lucky ill be w lussa, and if there is smth I want I have 2 months to pull ||

[topaz compass]

Well anything 26-28 is like 99% combined chance of the datamine

[hard wave]

I dont think we have anything past the 27th (which is when shiro’s gem count ends) so I assume 24-27

Prob the 26th

[summer goblet]

if anyone have issues with too many favs and not enough gems in a short period of time

here is what you do

make a priority list of top 3 at most

[crisp oracle]

5, 6, 7, 8

[summer goblet]

and pray you get yours as early as possible

[crisp oracle]

Really only seven targets left for me
||SS Lusamine, SS Hilda, Johto Trio, SC Diantha, and Aura Cynthia||

[summer goblet]

pick the unit you both need and want the most out off all the favs and skip the rest for a preparation of a rerun

optionally, make a chart budget to see how much gems you spending

[deft glen]

I hope they rerun it
I didn't get a single shiny last year

[hard wave]

Same, I have a non shiny one id like to replace as well

And I realized im only missing a few eggmons; cloyster onyx muk and rapidash

Idk where to get them tho

[chrome nest]

I feel like I should stop trying to get more points in cs

It’s killing my mood and enjoyment towards the game

[summer goblet]

if you can't do it, you can't do it

its for the the veterens and the hardcores

[hard wave]

I think past 7.5k the rewards r just extra unless u need champion spirit

[chrome nest]

I nearly have 10K of those orbs

[vestal leaf]

yeah 7.5 is what you should aim for if you wanna just clear

10k gives very minor extras

12.5k is literally just for completionists

[silk mirage]

Record with saved gems 57k 🔥

[chrome nest]

I can consistently do 10K just its very exhausting

[sturdy flower]

is it?

[chrome nest]

Yes

[vestal leaf]

then go for 7.5

or something

[hard wave]

U have a week to do it just do 1 stage a day or smth ig

[tardy fiber]

You can hope to get shiny onix from current non event eggs

[vestal leaf]

You can even copy setups now

[tardy fiber]

Still need to wait for this poison dragon flying egg event to finish to farm it though

[rare swan]

Lot of great milestones reached in here! we love to see it!

[hard wave]

Oh didnt know onyx is in the gen eggs

What about the other 3?

[tardy fiber]

Can only get shiny vulpix, dratini, mankey, onix, farfetchd, pichu, charmander, bulbasaur, squirtle from non event eggs...will need to wait for next year before they update non event egg pool again

[hard wave]

Oh alr ill just wait for fire poison and ice(?) egg event

Idrc for eggmons, but since im so close to having them all might as well try

[tardy fiber]

Those with asterisk can be shiny

[crisp oracle]

Palindrome!

[lunar topaz]

[tough oriole]

Can I has 5 gems

Knew this happened before lmao

[untold tide]

how did this even happen

[tough oriole]

PoMa day multis cost 25 free gems

[untold tide]

ah

then just wait for...checks calendar 13 days

then you'll have a reprieve for one month

rinse repeat every poma day

[tough oriole]

Idc about having xxxx5 gems; it’s being so close to a 10k milestone that hurts
That being said i could just finish BV

[winged fossil]

me when alola bp dailies: Lillie, Lillie, and Lillie shall do this
||versions: base, anni, SC|| spoilering which ones since ones running this month and such

[untold tide]

One is running this month?

[winged fossil]

||sc lillie rerun iirc||

unless im mistaken^

[untold tide]

Oh right the ||teapot one||?

[winged fossil]

yeah

[untold tide]

Yeah that's the bottom tier list of all the Lillie alts I want

[winged fossil]

for me, ny lillies the bottom tier of her alts

because she has a bee

[untold tide]

I'm so sorry but the evolved teapot looks so goofy

I love sinistea

But uhhhhh not its evo

Polteageist?

[winged fossil]

yea

[tough oriole]

||I’m just waiting for Lilliebee to come into a select scout, then I’ll finally finish the quintet. Most likely there’ll be another Lillie before then ||

[tardy fiber]

Sygna suit Lillie for alola VA

Well tea party is till 8th May so pretty sure we already get datamine

[tough oriole]

Magearna pls

[deft glen]

Pls

Lillie and shiny Magearna || is an instant pull for me ||

[untold tide]

yeah

just don't be pokeball normal magearna

what's with those colors?!

||I'll pull regardless||

[tardy fiber]

Hope its fairy, xerneas being the only fairy fave currently is hard. I'm fine if its striker/tech... heck i would also be fine with another support

[untold tide]

same but I can cope with nyisia rerun...in 8 months

[tardy fiber]

I skipped nylisia, not legendaries/mythicals/UBs/paradoxes, no touch

[tough oriole]

Lillie is a fairy specialist so it makes the most logical sense
Not that DeNA has ever done the logical or predictable thing

[tardy fiber]

I also copium due to fleur cannon type is fairy, but latios did happen...luster purge is psychic but it is dragon type instead

[grand bramble]

Hello

Oh.. This is sad... I missed alot of login due to the assignment I had to do

And I missed alot of stuff... So.. some gems are gone

[tardy fiber]

Well at least you didnt miss riddle gems, stamina rally although can still get it but you need to burn 2500 stamina...also can still get BV, LA and new special CS gems

Only missing daily mission, blissful bonanza daily, pasio eggsplorers daily gems

[grand bramble]

Let's grind all the gems then

[grand bramble]

The limited CS isn't that bad

I still can do all stages at 2.5k point without Victor

[tardy fiber]

I cleared ||em all just by using only 2 grass pairs, others are from other types ||

[sturdy hatch]

Am back at 3 pities

[tardy fiber]

I need May's gems to get 3 pities, best i can do within this datamine is 100k

[violet nebula]

That is not a long wait until 3rd pity

With the gems from a likely alola VA, you could get close to a 4th

As those units run for close to two months which is nice

[tardy fiber]

Hopefully, there's usually 4 new units for VA right? I will be both happy and sad if that happens and all of it are faves

[vale ivy]

i really hope i can skip next VA lol

[sly breach]

Yeh me too

Just gonna grab ||ss lusamine|| and i don't think i would have to worry about damage dealing

[violet nebula]

Would wait for Alola va reveals

Ss lusa is part of a pretty stacked type as is

[untold tide]

I am building a lot of pity for that reason

[tough oriole]

The short VAs (Unova and Hoenn) had 3 limiteds instead of 4
Kanto also had 2, while Johto was preceded by SS Morty, the Golden Week unit

[fickle bloom]

First time getting to pity! Hopefully I'll get scZinnia before then lol

[tardy fiber]

Johto VA has 4...ssgio, ssethan, sskris, sslyra

[tough oriole]

Yup, but SS Morty was also heavily featured in it, and the VA part 1 shop had Fire Books for him

[tardy fiber]

Kanto VA also 4 iirc, redlax, cblue, sserika, ssmisty

[untold tide]

that's the fun thing about pities
if you get the unit before pity, beautiful, you can build pity for another fave

[tardy fiber]

If include him then thats 5 units

[tough oriole]

But only 2 limiteds

[untold tide]

if you get the unit at pity, well, you prevented yourself from sunk cost fallacy

[tardy fiber]

Kalos VA got ssdiantha, sslysandre, emma, anabel so 4 again

[fickle bloom]

Yup

Welp, gonna enjoy my happiness

[tardy fiber]

Just gonna hope that if i got 4 faves, the Alola VA will be May+June...that will lessen my burden

[untold tide]

for example, I had pity for sc steven, and then ||I got him first multi so then I moved on to cbede and got before pity||
and it's very refreshing to not have to be like "oh no I need to gather gems before the banner ends"

[fickle bloom]

Yeah feels good to not worry about you not getting the unit u want

I'm so excited to summon for scZinnia this weekend

Oh wait it's tomorrow lol

[tardy fiber]

Cannot wait for Tea Party SC rerun, i can get 20 as i have both 4* event medals

[untold tide]

the only good thing for me when I returned on hoenn va

[tardy fiber]

Sad that new players cannot get this badge though as there's no riddle event

[tawny dagger]

Riddle event had big gems

Dena stingy

[cunning swan]

oh yeaaah, riddle event

I forgot that's rerunning

[sturdy flower]

only part of it is rerunning

[sturdy flower]

sad I cannot get the 4* PUs

[tardy fiber]

We got helping out pasio riddles instead

[cunning swan]

...i forgot to help out on pasio today!

[tardy fiber]

Just bring Rosa serperior

And use tm

[cunning swan]

Whew I'm done

[hard wave]

Glad I did these last year

I got the eggsplorers medal this year and im waiting for the sonia/lillie and emmet/ingo ones

[topaz compass]

Got back to 3 pity

[violet nebula]

Awesome

[topaz compass]

You can do them all at once later

[cunning swan]

I know, yeah. I like doing them every day though, so I don't get tired

[hasty umbra]

at least you didn't forget to do your Lodge interaction yesterday, unlike the fool I am

[topaz compass]

Does that mean you lost the 80 gem daily?

[hasty umbra]

obviously... if not I wouldn't care in the slightest

[crisp wraith]

So I got 9k gems, I really want Brenden. But I’ll save if there is a chance of their being an amazing unit in next update. Idk what to do

[hard wave]

Well he leaves in 3 resets so u cant pity

[crisp wraith]

Yeah no I never pity anyways

It sucks he leaves before datamine for me

Like ik u can’t tell future, but are odds high that Brendan is still better than next datamine units

[hard wave]

|| tbh I suck at saving and did 3 multis and got may and looker in my 2nd but 1 and 3 were dead, but I do rlly want brendan too ||

[hard wave]

[crisp wraith]

Yeahh ik I want the dude

I just don’t wanna miss any new master fairs, or something in next datamine

[vestal leaf]

don't pull if you're not ready to dump 36k in the banner

[crisp wraith]

I’ve never done that once

U can still enjoy the game and do well without pitying, even though it is very safe

[hasty umbra]

well, that's the wrong attitude for this channel... you are supposed to not fall to FOMO...

[crisp wraith]

It’s not really FOMO, more just I’ve been fine the entire time playing without pitying so there no reason to change up

[vestal leaf]

i mean that's just being lucky

you can play however you want

[crisp wraith]

Yeah I support the play how u want

[vestal leaf]

but you'll eventually have to pity

and pulling few multis and not getting the unit you want is a waste

[hasty umbra]

yolo multis are bad, and thinking pity is never gonna happen to you is delusional at best

[crisp wraith]

I mean I’ll just be a little upset if I don’t get the unit. It happened maybe three times and I was just bummed for a few

[vestal leaf]

do you pull for many units?

[crisp wraith]

Yeah I try to pull for one or two every datamine

[sly breach]

||Love that view, never had to pity on my old account|| but since i lost my old account i am getting shafted more often so i started saving

[crisp wraith]

That sucks u lost ur account

[vestal leaf]

yeah that explains

[hard wave]

|| ive had to pity 3 times so far; ss steven was my first time (shouldnt have done it tho since I got him 10th multi, but its fine), ash (12th multi), and cmarnie (didnt get her before pity), I also got chop 11th multi but since I had other stuff to go for I just stopped pulling ||

[crisp wraith]

Explains what

[vestal leaf]

by pulling on most units there's no big interest or sense of loss by losing some of them

[crisp wraith]

Oh yeah no I pull a lot, but I’ve only failed on like max3-4 units out of all my time playing

Not too shabby

[hard wave]

|| usually I get the pair I want before pity but then when u actually have to pity ||

[crisp wraith]

It was Ccalem, suicine, and SS lusimine

I can’t spel

Id like to think I got a real nice acc tho without pitying once

And being free to play

[vestal leaf]

yeah definitely

got definitely lucky if you missed only 3-4 while going for 20+ units per year

[crisp wraith]

If I had money to just throw at game, id prob pity all the time

Yeah no real lucky

Never had to do more than 3-4 multis for someone, I just give up if I don’t get them in that

[drowsy saddle]

So, what are you here for, exactly?

[crisp wraith]

Lmao I was here for a question before, and it just branched into small non harmful convo

[signal halo]

I had a dream I had spent gems on a banner and had to log in to make sure I didn't

one of the scarier poma moments I've had

that said, the new sort of champion stadium is really scary for me

[crisp wraith]

Add a 4th pair I couldn’t get, Brendan was mean 😦

[signal halo]

I wanna keep hard on-typing, but 5 functional teams of the same type is a bit daunting to reach for

[sly breach]

Used ramos against serena somehow 22k on sync wasn't enough to do 75%

[reef river]

I slipped pretty bad yesterday

||i forgot victor was getting reran, and since its a skip month otherwise i decided to do a multi or two. Both were dead and i kind of rage pulled a few more times and ended up needlessly sinking 15k gems||

[crisp wraith]

That actually made me feel better thank you

[vestal leaf]

yuck

that sucks

but hopefully it's a lesson

of not pulling just because it's a skip month

[sly breach]

Oof rage pull, sorry about that

[vestal leaf]

skip months are hard because it's hard to not pull anything at all, but you gotta power through by thinking how much you gem count is gonna rise afterwards

[reef river]

Its been a while since ive done that + it didnt pay out

Ive done it a few times in the past 12 months but it ended up working out

I ||stopped myself from going below 30k, but now ill end the month at 40k instead of nearly 60k||

[vernal glade]

If you have a fave then you’ll have an easier time saving. ||I want more N alts so can spend||

[vestal leaf]

that's especially sad because it'll mean you won't have two pities by next month's end

sadge

[feral vale]

Please spoiler any pull mentions btw

[timber wren]

#1010223517565976737 has been updated (sorry for the delay)

[feral vale]

No worries cami!

[timber wren]

four months in a row where we got nearly a pity worth of gems, pretty nice

[feral vale]

[topaz compass]

The past 4 months look to have narrowly edged out first 4 months of 2022

Shame we couldn't keep thr 30k train rolling in april

[vestal leaf]

We actually did

Apparently

With the bonus rallies

And everything

[grim plover]

i must resist pulling for victor

how do i do that

[bleak falcon]

I mean, I guess that depends on what's tempting you to get him

[feral vale]

Close the game, swipe right to get to daily scout, etc.

And do daily missions quickly

[vestal leaf]

He's not that great for meta

And if you're doubting yourself he doesn't seem like a favr

[grim plover]

yeah. I actually like him and i've been waiting for him since his release but the anni trio (and sc steven) destroyed my gems

but im scared of what the alola VA could have

the main reasons are gladion and guzma which i like more than victor

[vestal leaf]

Then wait

He's a fair

He's gonna be in dual or triple reruns eventually

Unlike his single rn

[hard wave]

Yeah the dual/triple would have better value anyway since u have a chance to get another unit or 2 as well, thats what im doing since I kind of want victor but have other goals this month

[wind jay]

any tips to prevent myself from Yolo'ing?

[lean mango]

You might get nothing from that yolo and so now you're down gems, every gem counts

[feral vale]

@wind jay

[grim plover]

well it would be harder to get victor in a multi banner

[wind jay]

ahh, thanks guys :]

[lean mango]

haven't made an update in some time, but I've reached 109k gems but not yet to full pity

Next reset will definitely reach it

[vestal leaf]

Not that much tbh

And you'd still get other units aside him

2% Vs 1.5% X2 or 1.5% X3 is not that big of a difference

[mental skiff]

👀is there a way to get to daily scout without clicking to the new banner?

[grim plover]

yeah but it could be units i dont like/care

i remember getting close to the pity in the first white day banner and i got 2 lance and 2 N before the first steven

[mental skiff]

you will have victor eventually

He is main character they comeback frequently

[vestal leaf]

Ofc you wouldn't scout if both other units are skips

Or the other

But waiting is always worth it

There's no reason to scout a single fair rerun imo

[mental skiff]

Everytime they rerun the more likely they will appear in something like free selected ticket... I have hope for that

once chased Gloria by single multi (not good) and they gave me free. Also wanted C.Iris recently and Dena gave me free.

[lean mango]

then where tf is Marnie

[mental skiff]

well..

You have to pay pity

[tough oriole]

Next update will be a fave that you’ll miss if you yolo

||I find strong scenarios like these to be the best way to avoid them||

[lean mango]

I love the frog, but paying money

[grim plover]

every failed yolo pull will haunt you for the rest of your life 👻

[bleak falcon]

I will say that Gladion is high odds for Alola VA

[mental skiff]

the frog

[lean mango]

As someone with experience with this, it's true

[mental skiff]

Steven still haunted me tho... lesson to be learned

Now im all in to save for VA

[grim plover]

yeah same haha. I realized that i would have 15k gems more without the yolo pulls

[mental skiff]

Next VA gonna get 1 lilie MF alt, 1 Galidon MF alt, 2 neo champ elio and selene, 2 PF Lussamine and Guzma

Alola gonna bring gem count back to 30k

[grim plover]

it's gonna be painful if it's lillie with the hat

[mental skiff]

i think lilie wont wear hat

it is like devolution for lilie

[grim plover]

just like classic elesa tho

[mental skiff]

not the same.... hat lilie is the time when she have no pokemon and under control of lusamami... Only pokemon she can have is nebby

That is why we have no hat lilie when she first came

[lean mango]

My only faves from Alola VA ~~Mina and Nanu left dead in the ditch ~~ have to be UBS

[reef river]

The only alolans i truly want are guzma and kukui and/or mazked royal

Unless they went crazy and did stuff like nanu or kiawe

Or olivia or hala

[broken mulch]

Lusamine and Selene for me

[reef river]

But im expecting the MCs and the aether family

[broken mulch]

Oh and maybe Gladion

[reef river]

Gladions a nerd and i have enough lillies

[lean mango]

My UBs fave list is:

Poison Nihilego
Xurkitree
Blacephalon
Naganadel

[broken mulch]

Also Olivia and Kahili but they’re not getting alts LMAO

[reef river]

And i dont care for the alolan MCs

[lean mango]

Xurkitree I doubt they add because of I think the more popular Zeraora

[broken mulch]

Now I say that, but somehow I have all Lilies so far for some reason

[reef river]

Xurkitree + Guzma is my wish

They have the same hair

[grim plover]

same

[lean mango]

~~still hoping for Holiday Xurkitree ~~

Funny Christmas tree

[grim plover]

you mean holiday mega sceptile

[lean mango]

I don't care for Sceptile that much so

[vestal leaf]

galar? no rerun and no good multi rerun then

aside base gloria

[topaz compass]

I'm convinced pulling for anything but MF and triple banners are a waste. Though some quad SC banners will probably tempt in future if I skip all 4 the first time around (like I might for this SC now)

I expect to go hard on Alola and galar will probably have alot of good reruns and new units too

[lean mango]

I've skipped all MFs except SS Ethan from all the way from May 22, I'd say skipping almost all of them has saved my back

[vestal leaf]

i think skipping units while you definitely don't want their co-running units is a bit of a mistake

like, why should you skip appletun if palesa is a unit you definitely don't want

and so forth

you gotta know when to commit

and when to skip

it's heavily personal after all

[topaz compass]

That assumes you really wanted Appletun

But weren't those seasonals that will get rolled into a bigger rerun anyway

[lean mango]

Seasonals are kinda stuck in their own little corner, you really have to want want one to go for it

[vestal leaf]

yeah, which means that if one you really want comes out you might wanna pull it because it's better than waiting a year to have it rerunning with 1 or 3 units you couldn't care less about

same for SCs

it's not like seasonals aren't worth going for

you gotta know and think what skipping or not skipping means in that moment

the key to saving isn't just skipping, is also knowing when to pull

[lean mango]

It's basically 2 sides of the same coin then

[vestal leaf]

yeah, but after all, rng decides your fate

you could skip for ages and get shafted or get lucky on first run, or get lucky after saving /pitying on first run

in general following numbers is good tho

[broken mulch]

Oh actually

How far apart have the Neo Champion events been?

[lean mango]

Numbers confuse me most of the time