Resource Saving Support (Gem Zen)

[rustic heron]

allister is good enough on his own tbh

[rotund monolith]

correct yeah

[hard wave]

Like last month, datamine was the 25th (an hr before lussa) so

Also while zone is nice most dont need it

[pure arrow]

Shauntal/Fantina are also there (although I do have H-Jasmine & C-Red so I might have an easier time using them than others will)

[upbeat lotus]

You dont need op supports to carry them

[rotund monolith]

that money can go to nice commissioned pictures of her anyway

i help a starving artist and a lovely image gets put into the world

win/win

[tough oriole]

[tardy fiber]

Alister is my go to poison before i got fall iris he can pair well with koga due to 100% poison sludge bomb

[rotund monolith]

oooo, nice…i need a poison team anyway

[tough oriole]

For a f2p team i’ve always recommended Koga + SpAtk buffer + Poisoner (for Poison Weak Diantha I used Sycamore + Janine, but most of the time I use SS Leaf + Cheryl)

[rotund monolith]

oooo, good suggestion

[rare swan]

Lodge Sycamore also works

[tough oriole]

No bias here

[upbeat lotus]

indeed

[rare swan]

Just offering some help!

[tough oriole]

As someone who certainly has no Bulba-bias, I can confirm this is very helpful

[rotund monolith]

i was going to lodge sycamore after rosa

cos my completionist ass wants to lodge everyone

[deft glen]

I like using Lodge Marnie

I wish she were better

[vernal glade]

We’re almost out of this month, so far I’m doing very well saving my gems.

[tardy fiber]

Cannot wait for poma day

I can form a tech candy

[lean mango]

I'll be able to get my 3rd pity

[vernal glade]

I just need to survive June. ||Then finally it’s my goal month to spend for one Summer Hilda copy in July.||

[topaz compass]

Someone excited to pull Grappoloct wow

[cunning swan]

200k reached!!!

[tardy fiber]

[rotund monolith]

[summer goblet]

from my trajectory, my gem saving is kinda mid

[foggy crest]

no way I could never

[lunar topaz]

Gio and Shauntal are great

[summer goblet]

all it takes is good planning and self discipline

[vernal glade]

I know next month is my next milestone, so as long as no faves comes, then I’ll reach my milestone.

[summer goblet]

i wanna get back to 400k gem milestone as soon as possible, but its looks like i have to wait a while

July and Auguest should be the month of pure saving/dieting

[vernal glade]

Once my 300k goal is met, I’m bumping the next goal to 500k.

I might reach 300k I think around near the end of 2023.

[summer goblet]

my goal for 500k is kinda uncertain right now

def not by the end of 2023

kinda in the plateau area so far like my chess skills

[vernal glade]

I may reach 500k around mid 2024, that’s my best guess.

[summer goblet]

i need to not only reach 400k gems, but to sustain it as well

gotta get through this month, next month, and September

then i think i can move up

[vernal glade]

||The only way I won’t be reaching 500k is if they keep pumping my faves with alts which are N, Hilbert, Hilda, Nate, and Rosa. But mostly N since he’s my most favorite character.||

[summer goblet]

||Champion Stadium be like||

yeah, prob not that special anymore and need to save up more to feel like a superstar

[summer goblet]

anyway, I may not possess any natural talent in terms of gem saving and management but I more than make up for strong work ethic and self-discipline

[untold tide]

That moment when your favorite bois are all dena moneymakers

[tardy fiber]

Probably except Nate

[untold tide]

Poor Nate
Tbh BW2 bois in general is just...
Cheren powerlevel is ewww
Nate is just forgotten
Colress wher (I want a copy)

[tardy fiber]

Nate's alt is kinda due, give him Terrakion or Meloetta DeNa

[untold tide]

Like don't get me wrong I love BW1

[tardy fiber]

Virizion probably went to Morgan

[untold tide]

But dena you can't just shaft BW2 like this

At least Rosa ex is free

[upbeat lotus]

they shafted the game visual once

who is Rosa

they replaced her with Lillie

[untold tide]

[tardy fiber]

Leaf also gets replaced by Lillie in Kanto VA

No reason for Leaf's absence, at least we know Wally's absence from hoenn VA due to he shiny hunt gardevoir

[untold tide]

At least lore speaking it's not wrong (lillie going to kanto)

Imagine if it was johto VA

People would be maldinh

[tardy fiber]

Chuck gets shafted in Johto VA, Bruno only mentioned him... doesn't even show his face in scenes

[untold tide]

More like wrecking some poor ORAS shiny starter hunter's day

Uncatchable shiny ralts moment

[tardy fiber]

I like hoenn VA, Steven has his priorities straight...he focuses on catching an alien virus pokemon without caring that he has a perfectly able to mega Rayquazza that can blow the meteor, yet he keeps asking Zinnia to deal with it

[untold tide]

To be fair, maybe he prevented a hoenn pandemic /hj

[tardy fiber]

Im excited for galar VA but my gem savings said no

[untold tide]

Hmm galar VA, I'm really only excited for Hop EX and maybe a Gloria alt

[tardy fiber]

At least not many candidates left for Galar VA...like there's regieleki, regidrago, spectrier, zarude for new pokemon faves...

Oh right, it will be close to anniv

My gemsss

[tardy jolt]

I’d like to see Sonia tbh
Though, imho we will have Rose and Oleana as new characters and the SS of the protags and that’s it, like for Kalos they had only SS Lysander and Diantha, plus Annabel and Emma

[tardy fiber]

I hope its rose and oleana, they are less likely to have my faves so it is good if i only need to get 2/4 units

[cunning swan]

as much as I've been addicted to saving this year, I really want my faves to come

can't believe I was hoping for Elio, Selene, and Gladion and not one came true this month

[untold tide]

maybe next month

off by one month isn't too bad

inb4 some random ss morty rerun instead

[cunning swan]

he's on the top of my rerun must-get actually

i regret skipping him so much, gah

i need to stay above two pities to secure my must-have reruns: SS Morty and Summer N

[untold tide]

tbh I love N

but I don't mind skipping summer N for a newer alt of N

if one ever comes...

[cunning swan]

had to skip him last year because johtrio drained me

evil move by dena

[topaz compass]

This sentence confuses me. There is no skill required to save, only discipline

[broken mulch]

That is a skill

[tardy fiber]

I cannot save much because my faves keep on releasing but im glad that i skip every non fave that appears and try save anytime i can

74,530 gems currently

[topaz compass]

Weird to call all legendaries "faves". I think you need to call them "objectives" or something more general because I'm sure there are some in there you don't like but feel compelled to get

[tawny dagger]

How many faves do you have
Just 61

[maiden kayak]

actually kinda agree on this but each to its own as long as it comes to savinv successfully

[vestal leaf]

If your appreciation of a Pokémon comes from its class if can definitely be called faves

[hasty umbra]

well, liking something and that something being your absolute favorite are 2 different things, but again, it's their game so who cares?

[vestal leaf]

There's people with many character faves who could get 3-4 alts each

Faving 60 pokemons isn't that different imo

Because the selection is wider

[topaz compass]

I'm pretty sure there are 61 so far, but out of the 1000+ pokemon like 200 fall into the categories he is going for

[sand crown]

Not to mention the possibility of more shiny legendaries…could raise that amount even higher

It’s an ambitious goal so good luck

[tardy fiber]

For now i got em all and don't need to chase any reruns

[tardy fiber]

True, if there's 15 peoples they like here and they all have 4 alts, they will catchup to me...at least, i will be cheaper as 8 legendary adventures, 5 bp master units, 1 mew, 2 general pool are kinda free so 16/61 of them are kinda f2p

So i pulled 45 pairs in 694 days of playtime

So i pull around 1 pair every 15.4 days

[tardy fiber]

Well if collecting faves is an objective so i don't have 61 objectives

Better i use 61 faves then

and Vantner (1/1 Objective) sounds dumb

[bleak falcon]

You could just do “x/y Legendaries”, no?

[tardy fiber]

Well because its not all legendaries

There's mythical, ub and later paradoxes

As not all will be in game so i just /61 for 61 currently in game

If later i miss some due to lack of gems, it will be 62/63 or something

To remind myself to get on rerun or select

I used to have a unit i missed but i got it on NY select which is N

N, Lysandre, Gloria, Gladion, Lusamine already released before i started to play this game

Luckily i got them all on rerun and select

Im thankful Oak doesn't become like Jessie and James, i will be pissed

Missing faves and DeNa wont rerun it

[rotund monolith]

praying klara isnt rollable because my savings will go to her

shes my fave pokemon character ever

its about time pokemon has a failwoman

i LOVE failwomen

[fallen path]

people play however they want, this is only an area to help people save for whatever they want. and vantner is very committed to just summoning for legendaries and mythicals for now

it wasn't to u mate lol

i frankly don't care how others play the game

[rancid vale]

klara is a girlcringe

[rotund monolith]

exactly

[vestal leaf]

🙏 don't shame spenders, praise savers, that's how I go about it

[vernal glade]

||My only fear is them putting all three Summer Hilda, SS Hilbert, and SS Hilda in July, I find that unlikely tho.||

[grim plover]

ok 20k gems

hopefully no more than 1 fav next datamine.

[winged fossil]

I’m at 40k and having to hope the same bc July is a danger zone for me with summer n rerun coming

honestly I’d like it if it was another 0 fav month

July won’t be as dangerous if 0 favs June somehow

[summer goblet]

Well there are a savers who can save without much effort and can stay focus with their objectives, I’ve have a tendency to go off track and needed alot of tools and constant effort to push my limit

[old thorn]

Good luck 👑

[lean mango]

Klara, toxic women my beloved

[rotund monolith]

i love klara shes so skrunkly and pathetic

[lean mango]

I need more Poison units in my life 🙏

[hard wave]

|| I want hilbert and I wouldnt mind hilda copies, double banner (or triple with N) ||

[untold tide]

Had a nightmare where I ||somehow decided to dump 51 pulls in bulurola banner
(I already had bulurola)||

[tardy fiber]

Oh i did like that 3 times before, and i kinda have a bit of regret. I spent a pity on annimay, anniskyla, and sslysandre although i already got them early. When a bunch of faves suddenly appeared, the regret returns like could have 80+k gems if i am a bit more patient

Should just dupe via candies or selects

[lapis pine]

To be fair we did warn you against doing that

[tardy fiber]

Well i do remember its kinda a drought with no faves for quite a long period and due to that i decided to spend a pity on sslysandre banner to save strike candies

Annimay and anniskyla also the same because gap of tech candies are more than strike and support so i spend a pity on both of them to 2/5 both

Now its : i still need 1 tech candy, 4 strike candies and 4 support candies to 3/5 all of my faves, hope theres select in the future to reduce some of these candies demand

[summer goblet]

yeah, never dump gems for multiple copies or go 5/5

unless you have a special love for said unit and tons of gems to burn

[maiden kayak]

spoiler this

[lean mango]

Gem count, read to reach that pity

[tardy fiber]

Yeap i dont think i will ever get to 5/5 limited pair, the commitment is too high plus better that i just get another fave to 3/5 and make 2 units solid than just 1 OP pair.

[topaz compass]

Only units that might tempt me for 5/5 would be Kantrio if SSB and SSR become really amazing

Mostly because I just love kantrio

[tardy fiber]

I would be more tempted if 4/5 and 5/5 grids costs less energy like power boost grids but DeNa doesn't do that, thank you DeNa...it does help make me less tempted

[topaz compass]

Yeah 5/5 basically guarantees you have to give up good nodes to get slightly better ones

Same reason I leave alot of supports at 2/5 instead of 3/5

[tardy fiber]

The 2/5 grids are pretty helpful though like the 2/5 grids for my Lysandre, N and Gloria are all great

[lapis pine]

I even have some huge favs with 5/5 grids that I’m most likely not gonna candy

Imo 5/5 grids are only ever worth the investment if they’re like a top 1-2 favourite unit/character and the expansion is really good

[broken mulch]

Too many things tempt me

[cunning swan]

🤝

[light oyster]

I'm considering EX'ing Hau because of how frustratingly RNG dependent the Investigating Foundation Battle Challenge is

[maiden kayak]

some expansions really sux

and not worth the damn candy

[ashen thunder]

Lot of 5/5 were miss tbh

But almost all powerboosts have been good

I am looking forward more for those than 5/5

[broken mulch]

I think the only ones I’ve heard praise for was Raihan?

[ashen thunder]

Raihan and lysandre

Devs have bias towards raihan

His flygon also got some good stuff

[broken mulch]

They should have given 3/5 boost to Steven btw

[timber wren]

those two, N, gloria

[broken mulch]

LANCE got one

[timber wren]

thing is that 5/5 is such a huge investment

[ashen thunder]

Eh N is like only another 30% mod

[timber wren]

even for units that got really good ones it’s not worth it unless you really like them

[ashen thunder]

Most physical supports buff crit anyways

[timber wren]

N’s just made him more self sufficient so his team comps are way more flexible

[untold tide]

Do you have a BP Ticket

[ashen thunder]

Eh imo only followthrough was worthy enuff pick

Even then it's available in 2/5 itself

[untold tide]

Getting sophocles might be a good idea

[ashen thunder]

Even gloria's CS2 is in 2/5 itself iirc

[light oyster]

i have 2 or 3

[untold tide]

Go to #1009557516369281075 and ask for help with sophocles ig

[lunar topaz]

I like hay Ex personally due to his matchups against most electric stages is better than others, Especially against Electric Aaron he’s great there im a big fan of him

[untold tide]

But don't buy first

Ask first

[lunar topaz]

Gaming

Plz don’t rerun AnniSkyla or CElesa next month please dena

I love saving months

[vernal glade]

I see Anni Skyla rerun very low right now.

[lunar topaz]

Happy

[fallen path]

don't see either being rerun for a while

maybe 4th anni for the anniskyla

[upbeat lotus]

or never

[fallen path]

[untold tide]

CElesa and Bugsy Scyther in the background:

Also, where's my Naomi deNa

[cunning swan]

Maybe when SC Rosa reruns

Which is more likely at this point than Bugscy

[fallen path]

Bugsy and Scyther aren’t returning, just like Jessie and James

[violet nebula]

😭

[topaz compass]

Another day, another k

[sonic cobalt]

I want CElesa because nice outfit and Emolga’s cute

[vernal glade]

Vilda has a good outfit too. ||So she’s being pulled and is even my Unova protag fave||

[deft glen]

Bugsy Scyther never

[deft glen]

I want her rerun

[feral vale]

Cue the Simpsons sheep meme where Rosa is the one smacked away and Naomi is the one behind it

[crisp wraith]

Damn I can’t wait for datamine. This the first time since I started playing (the beginning) that I’m saving for a pity

Only cuz I have high hopes for the units

Well first time ever

[tardy fiber]

Congrats, once you achieve the first pity saved, it will be much easier for the subsequent savings

[topaz compass]

I was really excited for this past datamine and was disappointed even though the units themselves are powerful

I hope this next one makes up providing more Alola

[rancid vale]

eheh help…

[tough oriole]

So like, 6 alola units ?

[vernal glade]

Ya, if we were to get Alola NC then we would get like 6 or 7 Alolas.

[tardy fiber]

Im disappointed that Ethan got power boost on alola VA month

They could just save Ethan power boost later

Where's gladion power boost?

[upbeat lotus]

or Lusamine power boost

[tough oriole]

Or Lillie pb

[upbeat lotus]

Lillie

[tough oriole]

Lillie alt then

[upbeat lotus]

[hard wave]

Unless the month after has 5 banners u want to pull on and the first unit u go for makes u pity

[jade lava]

https://streamable.com/j5i32q

[tough oriole]

Me when lillie gets 5 new alts and i don’t have 5 pities

[upbeat lotus]

another secret command reveal

[tough oriole]

Whoever used it erased their tracks, so its fine

[weary spire]

Missed 2 dailies over the past week bc of irl stuff and Bonanza too, so a notable amount of gems

[compact pasture]

3 pities!

[nova lynx]

Currently at 62k gems and counting!

[topaz compass]

Need MOAR gems

[tardy fiber]

Wow next 3 consecutive resets have 1k+ gems

[upbeat lotus]

new event everyday until 26th

[tardy fiber]

I would love that fairy gear

Extra layer of defense for my sycamore in Villa

Less chance to die to random iron head by thorton

[rustic heron]

fairy gear for bede…

[deft glen]

Fairy Gear for Palerena

[upbeat lotus]

Fairy gear for

[fallen path]

going to need a little more than fairy gear for her

[vernal glade]

1 2 3 4. Dang that looks good.

Basically back to back events.

[junior trout]

fairy gear for

[violet nebula]

Fair gear for diantha

Fairy gear for wally🤣

[rare swan]

she'll take what she can get

[feral vale]

Fairy Gear for Pal Serena

[vernal glade]

Even tho my fairy roster not the best, I’ll still collect the gears.

[violet nebula]

It's just a handy boost to have, the gears

[cunning swan]

gimme fairy gear so I can have more fun with Mina

MINA EX VERY SOON!!!

[feral vale]

MINA EX

[junior trout]

im excited for her ex

her outfit is so cute

[broken mulch]

Hmm

Not sure what my team is gonna be for fairy event

[hard wave]

Im bringing SS Wally (bede and diantha for #2 and #3 ig)

He’ll be great since he can help everyone with zone, debuffs, 2 gauge, and +2 speed on entry

[broken mulch]

I’ll probably just lead with SS Mina and see how it goes from there

Shame coop doesn’t give gems

[hard wave]

It does but only the first time u do the stage iirc

We get 150 from it, so 30 gems per stage

I wonder why its so late this month its usually early in the month or middle of it latest

[rotund monolith]

1/3rd of a pity

[violet nebula]

That is 1/3rd closer

Keep it up

[sturdy flower]

i bet on master fairs next month

[topaz compass]

So does everyone

Nobody to bet against

[rotund monolith]

the better question is who

[tough oriole]

Lillie

(Personally idt she’ll get an MF but it is june soooo)

[rotund monolith]

three word horror story: neo champion lillie

[tough oriole]

As a lillie fan, I’d be appalled. That makes no sense

[rotund monolith]

in another timeline, she exists, i just know it

[topaz compass]

Why can't she be a NC?

If you give me a MF alolan ninetales with ice zone and non-support I would be fine with them having her beat Ash to take world champion title away

[rotund monolith]

i mean if the writers want something to happen they’ll make it happen, but unlike the protags who we know are Hot Shit, lillie really isn’t it

lillie hasn’t really defeated anyone strong or powerful, and she doesn’t even have badges either. i’d love to see an arc proving herself but it would be jarring without an arc to prove it.

unlike gladion who we know is pretty tough despite not having any badges/stamps

[tough oriole]

She has no desire to become champion or anything

[broken mulch]

Neo Champion requirements is different so Hau or Kukui can make up whatever rules they want lol

[tough oriole]

Wait, you’re right. Alola has no champion representative in the neo champ event

[upbeat lotus]

What if Selene and Elio became Alola representative?

[tough oriole]

Then they can’t get nc alts

[vernal glade]

So… how would the story go for Alola NC if they don’t have champion?

[lean mango]

Like any NC event would?

They would probably have Kukui do that since Kukui

[crisp oracle]

Kukui and Masked Royale Master Fair events

[sturdy plank]

the collab of year

[lapis pine]

It opens on kukui and MR shaking hands and we’re all like what

[untold tide]

Ngl at that point the only explanation would be a colress cloning machine

Or uh

The ditto attacks

[lapis pine]

Actually having that for a zoura event or something on 1st of April would be awesome

[sturdy plank]

imagine april fools being zorua, zoroark and ditto attack

[untold tide]

Burnet spotlight

The event is just her being like: hmmm kukui is acting odd lately

[rotund monolith]

I NEED BURNET IN THE GAME

[tough oriole]

She is in the game, just not her model

(Kukui referred to her being on pasio in his pmc dialogue)

[rotund monolith]

it only counts if shes pullable

[upbeat lotus]

My friend once saw me playing Olivia Kukui duo and asked me if they had been husband and wife

[cunning swan]

april fools event, kukui and masked royal in the same room

[tardy fiber]

Cannot wait for this reset i will have enough to 5* winona due to duplicate 4* sinnoh VA event badge

[cunning swan]

with so many events until the 27th, I wouldn't be surprised if datamine is on the 29th

[upbeat lotus]

[vernal glade]

I think I doubt they’ll do a repeat on transformation. But nothings impossible.

[severe bridge]

How do I not give in to temptation and save for my 4 faves rn

[violet nebula]

Just don't 😄

[tardy fiber]

Yep should ignore that thought unless there's pity, well even if you have, the datamine is just around the corner, there's no harm if you wait abit

[violet nebula]

Literally a few resets tops

May actually be tomorrow as they don't like Fridays🤔

[severe bridge]

Characters i want and do not have rn ,
SS Lyra , SS Kris , Zerena and SSA Cynthia

[untold tide]

The worst time to push an update is always Friday in the software developer world

If a bug breaks your game or a server goes down

Well too bad, everyone is back home in the weekend

And you'll have to pay some expensive overtime to get it fixed

[violet nebula]

Ahhh makes sense

So likely tomorrow

Monday is spring Bank holiday

So worst case is Tuesday next week😬

[untold tide]

An interesting read
https://www.opsview.com/resources/system-administrator/blog/3-reasons-not-make-major-it-changes-fridays

Ughhh you can't remove preview on mobile

But yeah unless they want to risk poma being buggy through the weekends...

Apparently Dena has only recently started doing Friday updates

So yeah I doubt it

But it won't be the first time

[violet nebula]

They like to take risks😆

[untold tide]

To be fair, data mines are essentially reading preloaded code

That preloaded code can always be changed just before it goes live

Changing it after is...a bit more tricky, as you'll have to announce an emergency maintenance if it's big enough

This is why poma has never had a true maintenance in the past few years btw

[cunning swan]

i expect datamine 29th

the events coming up in the next few days will keep me occupied anyway

[broken mulch]

I’m guessing Friday

[upbeat lotus]

Datamine being on Friday is a thing now

[hard wave]

Hopefully thursday or friday, the 29th seems too late

Since datamine usually comes before the end of gem count and this month ends the 28th

[oak crest]

tbh your MF favs could be re-running as soon as on next month's masters day due to Dena deciding to change the formula on when past MF reruns, Zerena & the Johto MFs are next in line after SSR Cynthia... unless you are prepare to skip them again due to not enough gems, its better not to pull for any non faves rn

[topaz compass]

Another day, another k

[deft glen]

I hope it's next reset

This past few resets have been kinda boring

[grim plover]

same

hopefully tonight to change the app icon

or at least a dev letter

[topaz compass]

I think Friday more likely than tomorrow but combined like 95% chance

[tardy fiber]

Hope there's a dev letter at least for tomorrow , i would love to get some teaser eventhough not getting datamine

[severe bridge]

I have like 13k rn ;-;

[oak crest]

all the more to save

if they decide to have another MF rerun on next month's masters day quite likely its Zerena

[severe bridge]

I'll try my best

To save up

[oak crest]

well if you need reasons to skip a certain unit that isnt fave u can alw ask here

pretty sure many who are skipping units have some excuses like what the unit cant achieve besides being non fave

personally I dont have fave so i go for meta, but im very nitpicky at new unit's kits that many just ended up not attractive enough for me to go for

[topaz compass]

Yeah us day 1 players without many favorites have easier time saving

I collect MF and then try to save all extra for most helpful niches missing which shrinks every month

[oak crest]

i do agree on this as well

im over 1y into this game and I find it easier to skip than in the past since my roster is alot bigger now

[still garden]

How much of your gems do you guys generally save for MF vs other banners?

Assuming you could pity in either situation

[crisp oracle]

It depends on how lucky you get

But its more likely to pity a master fair than a pokefair

[still garden]

Fair

[feral vale]

I’ve had to pity……3 or 4 MF’s?

[crisp oracle]

Did you get SS Diantha at 396?

So it overall all comes down to luck

[feral vale]

Bruh I posted that in #gacha-and-flex , that is exactly what happened

[crisp oracle]

I swear, 2% doesn’t feel like much sometimes

[feral vale]

|| #gacha-and-flex message ||

[crisp oracle]

That’s gacha for ya

It giveth, it taketh

At least you got Best Girl

[feral vale]

||She’s 3/5 now too||

[crisp oracle]

Oh sorr for the voice call

My iPhone six decided to lag

[feral vale]

Mine does the same, it’s fine

[cunning swan]

It's very odd Friday datamines had never been a thing, then they hit us with 2 months of Friday datamines in a row

[severe bridge]

Basically tmrw , day after tmrw or Monday?

[vernal glade]

Hopefully June is a skip month. July is a huge month for me.

[severe bridge]

Hopefully Zerena rerun

So that I can have 1/4 faves

[hasty umbra]

weekends getting in the way of PoMa Day and the end of month usually do that, hence why this month is likely gonna be the same, unless they decide to throw it at us on Monday and ruin everything

[sturdy flower]

we had letters during pomadays lately, right?

lets see if they break the streak

would be nice to get letter now and datamine on monday or something

[tawny dagger]

I am expecting an update on 27th

Oh wait that's Saturday

So maybe 26th

[sturdy flower]

we have content till 27th

but i'd expected 29 or 31 to already have something new tbh

sadly I can't tell what it could be from the last week of CS

Fighting, Steel, Ghost, Ice and Poison

maybe White Kyurem?

[upbeat lotus]

Nebby and/or Alola Ninetales jumpscare

[rotund monolith]

every time i do a daily single i get something that sucks and frankly im tired of of it. im not rolling today. fucka you.

[rotund monolith]

im hoping june is also a skip month for me. im not that interested in the protags so hopefully im safe from nc stuff.

[still garden]

What determines a skip month for you guys?

[tough oriole]

If there are no faves

[hard wave]

If there isnt any pair u want whether rerun or new its a skip

[still garden]

Ah ok. I only have some faves from Kanto so not many of those come up haha

[tough oriole]

I’d recommend making a list of favourites so you can have a reminder of who you’re saving for

90+% of content can be beaten without limited gatchas so people recommend pulling for faves>meta.

[rotund monolith]

i have fave mons i care about more than their actual trainers HAHA

i should make a wishlist of pokemon

[hard wave]

I personally have to see the pair and decide if I like the pokemon or the outfit enough

[still garden]

I think I'm pulling for syncs that are just fun to play with their mechanics and skills

[tardy fiber]

Hope next month lodge guest is not a limited pair

[rotund monolith]

it better not be

ill have to actually pull

[naive imp]

Well it has been fun hoarding gems time to spend it all on SSR cynthia

Hmmm actually i should wait for datamine its not like i'm in need of a ghost striker

[broken mulch]

Well, SSRynthia’s a tech

[hasty umbra]

also, her banner will last a while so no reason not to wait unless you are determined to get her for favorite reasons or whatever

[rotund monolith]

yeah, no need to roll for her right now. datamine is soon even if we don't know when exactly.

[naive imp]

You guys are right yeah i'll wait

Just a littek worried about the fire water and bug banner

I've wanted ss blue for a while now

Giving priority to cynthia since she is a master fair but would love to be able to get hin too

Plus there is the chance of good pairs next month

[cunning swan]

who did you get from the victory road banner

[naive imp]

Leaf

I had red

[cunning swan]

ah I see

[naive imp]

Don't know if was the best choice

Since i barely use her

She is pretty good mixed with emma though

But other than that i don't really have any utility for her

[cunning swan]

at base she's good for poison stalling because she compresses potions and gradual heals too

her debuffs are alright

great nuke at higher move levels but she requires total offensive babysitting ||I showcased her nuke but I won't link it here because my SS Leaf is heavily invested ||

[naive imp]

I see

[tardy fiber]

Ssleaf + lodge sycamore gaming

[naive imp]

Honestly for the story mode featured pairs to hold up even today in a good way is quite impressive i can pnly wonder how much of a beast those 3 were at tge beggining of the game

[cunning swan]

i still love using them so much

i am completely objective

[naive imp]

You guys got any character you're been saving gems for the chance he eventualy gets on pokemas?

[cunning swan]

arven, sada, turo are on my must-pull tier list

so... chuckles i'm in danger

[naive imp]

Currently i'd say any character that has a dragonite and mustard

Ig he ever comes to the gane i wonder if he would be accompanied by Opal or Honey

[upbeat pilot]

i really want volo, but i feel like that just isn't going to happen but i'll always make sure to have a pity saved just in case

[cunning swan]

hisui pls

i also want volo

[naive imp]

Yeah better safe than sorry

Of the hisuian starters which one would you guys like to see in masters?

My choice would be definetely typhosion

[tardy fiber]

Other unreleased legendaries, mythicals, UBs, paradoxes

[hard wave]

Im missing 3 already, hopefully someone who’s a spotlight or a limited I have

[tardy fiber]

Im missing 1 currently, steven ... would be nice to get extra move coins and certs, but not nice enough that i want to spend pity to get him

[vernal glade]

For me, N alts and Hisuian Zoroark (doubt that will happen)

[tardy fiber]

Zeraora might happen

[vernal glade]

One day.

[naive imp]

Alola only has 1 mythical right?

Oh no magearna is a muthical too right?

It would be cool giving elio amd selene magearna and zeraora as alts but i'm pretty sure magearna is going to Lillie

[sturdy plank]

marshadow, magearna, zeraora and melmetal and meltan too i think

[tough oriole]

(Meltan and Melmetal never appeared in Alola games tho, despite being gen 7 mons)

[hard wave]

Steven hopefully I can get him for free from a select, if gauntlet banner 3 (n, gloria, ss cynthia) reruns maybe ill go for it if I can afford it

[lapis pine]

I think they’re not technically assigned to a Gen

[tough oriole]

A generation is simply a timeframe
They were before generation 8’s start and were added in a generation 7 game, therefore they are gen 7 mons

[hard wave]

They r from the GO world ig

[tardy fiber]

Melmetal is from LGPE world

Well melmetal has more chance to be added than Chase and Elaine

[topaz compass]

If we don't get an ice zone unit this month i may just give up. If they do it July summer outfit like they did alolan sandslash I won't appreciate the continued joke

[opaque cargo]

Datamine? When?

[feral vale]

100k achieved for the first time

[topaz compass]

Congrats! Now you can see in 45 minutes or a day what you can spend on

[feral vale]

||Yeah I already know it’s gonna be gone next reset.||

[umbral meteor]

inb4 29th

[crisp oracle]

||Cynthia is looking tempting ngl||

is it possible to sneak across four pities by anni?

[upbeat lotus]

if you start saving now, you can get one pity by anni

anni itself gives another pity

[crisp oracle]

||I'm at 62K, having lots of gems is kinda tempting me lol||

||Johto Trio and SC Diantha reruns are breathing down my neck lol||

[broken mulch]

Be stronk

[tardy fiber]

Im happy that i can form a tech candy and 3/5 another fave today, each 3/5 fave means less chance to grab a select if all of my faves in the select pool are already 3/5

Means more gems and money saved in long run

[violet nebula]

Dena are dark... no dev letter or datamine😆

[rustic heron]

hope for a fridaytamine i guess

[tardy fiber]

Please Friday and not Monday

[violet nebula]

Does Japan have the spring Bank Holiday on Monday?

If they do, unlikely that be it

[tardy fiber]

78,615 gems, maybe i can reach 80k with remaining gems

[rotund monolith]

oooooo PLEASE save 80k gems that would be rad

[lean mango]

Gem count, give me the 3rd pity already cmon

[violet nebula]

Soo close😮

Least you be ready for 3 MFs🤣

[cunning swan]

Got a feeling it's Monday

[tardy jolt]

I just reached four pities with non paid gems, 170k total. I think this is my highest horde yet

[topaz compass]

Another day, another k

[maiden kayak]

skipping poma day paid dailies

[vestal leaf]

🙏

[untold tide]

Had two pitied saved ||and decided to pull for Ssr cynthia||
It feels great to save because I know I'll be able to bag no matter what

[broken mulch]

I dunno, even if I have pity, getting shafted still hurts lol

[hard wave]

I would be less salty if I was able to get 1/5 by the 12th multi maybe, pitying for 1/5 sucks

[violet nebula]

Nice saving folks

Arceus shall reward us

[gloomy holly]

I need to save up for the Johtrio

Need to get KriSS and Lyra for my vengeance on shafting me

[crisp oracle]

||For me, its a choice of either going for SSR now, or Johto Trio potentially later||

||but I'll wait until datamein||

[cunning swan]

SSR will rerun again and again

[crisp oracle]

||there are like five poke/master fairs breathing down my neck lol||

[hard wave]

We have like 20 masterfairs rn and we r going to be getting more, it may take a while

Hoping to get the 3 I want since they will be some of the next reruns

[tardy fiber]

Hope its zerena later, well she will be if we are following release order

[untold tide]

Thinking of grabbing ss lyra cause I love flinch gaming

[hard wave]

|| same, I just hope next month isnt overwhelming, just hoping for zerena and maybe a rerun banner with pokefairs I want ||

|| ss ethan will prob be after her and ssa cynthia a few months after ||

[deft glen]

I want datamine to come soon

[violet nebula]

Tuesday

[deft glen]

|| I am almost certain I'm going for SSRC, but I want to check just in case bigger faves release ||

[deft glen]

Yeah, me too

Even if I have gems left, pitying still feels bad

[lean mango]

If I even like the MFs, I've skipped every MF since SS Ethan

[crisp oracle]

||Holy frick SSRC is breathing down my neck||

copium injection with a savings pie

Must...hold...out...till...datamein

(Dang though, some of y’all have saving willpower)

[feral vale]

||Yeah uh ya should’ve seen my pull in #gacha-and-flex , that was weird||

[crisp oracle]

||Back to Back||

Hey, savers mentality rewarded you!

||Speaking of saving, why do I feel like having more gems than pity leads to bad saving decisions more than not having a pity||

[feral vale]

RIGHT???????

[flint sparrow]

new ultra gem zen method: I started pulling with my little sisters and mother, and one of my sisters always wants to pull the scout machine down.. so i can't get myself to pull without them around

[feral vale]

[crisp oracle]

||having more than a pity i'd argue takes more saving willpower than not having a pity||

[hard wave]

|| I have gotten most masterfairs, exceptions being leon anni steven maxie ss lyra sst red and anni n (+ waiting for zerena ss ethan and ssa cynthia rerun) so hopefully its skippable, but not likely ||

[lean mango]

|| The only closest they've gotten me to pull was Bede but eh, none of the characters have gotten me interested or even exciting at all Anni speaking rn ||

[cunning swan]

I think hitting pity the first time and carrying those 36.6k is the hardest

once you hit two pities and above, it gets easier

[deft glen]

|| same situation for me ||

[timber wren]

i agree with this, it got much easier to save when i got comfortable having that level of a safety net

eventually three pities became the safety net

pretty comfy not dipping below that if i can help it

[crisp oracle]

hopefully I can hit over two pities before the first time come the end of June

[topaz compass]

Yeah I'm trying to maintain 100k minimum now for triple MF. But they will slowly give better and better split banners that will tempt me

[vernal glade]

||Ya, SS N what caused me to start months of saving, I’ll be waiting for his next alt||

[violet nebula]

Better gen pool when

Got 1900 tickets😭

[cunning swan]

Right now my safety net is two pities

[timber wren]

its a good place to be

[rotund monolith]

im hoarding tickets until august when colress gets added to the ticket gen pool

i have to bring him to 5/5 no matter what

[topaz compass]

I'm worried they know we all hoarding 2k+ non-region tickets and they find a way to bypass it, making the current rickers worthless

[rotund monolith]

unlikely

[timber wren]

they’ve pretty much given up making new spotlights anyway

the ticket system largely exists to help new players bulk up their roster these days

we’re almost halfway thru the year and the only spotlight we got was shauna in january

[summer goblet]

very depressing

i think we've done that to ourselves when we decided to focus on limited units

especially myself

i forgot when i last pull for spotlight units

[hard wave]

I mean, why would u pull on spotlights unless they r like top favs

[summer goblet]

exactly

and dena figure it all out and make it limited

[hard wave]

They’ll come to the gen pool anyway while u never know when a limited might come back

[summer goblet]

true

except for seasonals

they are always consistent in they return

just harder

[hard wave]

Yeah

[violet nebula]

Bit like.... datamines🤣

[topaz compass]

Well if we never get any new spotlights after Shauna, then that means after 4th anni ticket update I can just spend the tickets as I get then which would be stress free. Lots of 5* tickets lol

[violet nebula]

Yep, means lots of EX's potential

[hard wave]

I still think quite a few characters should be added to gen pool but eh, less potential EXs I have to do and I can focus on music keys/holo foils

[sand crown]

Variety is kind of that last straw for more regular spotlight additions. Because those units would have fit in the gen pool perfectly.

[hard wave]

Ball guy yeah but the rest idk they just re use the model, its not like a new character or anything

[sand crown]

I think we’ll see more gen pool but few and far between

[hard wave]

Who could get in anyway? Missing gym leaders, trevor/tierno, and kalos e4?

Ig frontier brains and stuff

[sand crown]

Quite a few people in NPC hell but would not be surprised to see some of them as variety

[hard wave]

Eh, if we get more spotlights ill take them but if not then I just wont go for them since I prob wont care about most

[timber wren]

variety having the same tier scout structure that they implemented for new spotlights was the biggest signal to me that they’re done with spotlights

[wind nymph]

Saw a theory awhile back the next Trainer Files event we get will feature the Rocket Admins based on how the last even ended. If they end up being Variety, that pretty much confirms Spotlight is dead imo

[tough oriole]

How would admins being variety confirm the death of spotlights?

[wind nymph]

Considering that Courtney and Plumeria are spotlights, there’s really no reason for say the rest to be variety

[tough oriole]

That wouldn’t mean that the likes of Iono or Ilima would be varieties

[hard wave]

Is illima popular?

[wind nymph]

Not really

But yeah, imo characters like those shouldn’t be Variety but I wouldn’t be shocked if Dena just made them variety in attempt to get more people to pull

[upbeat lotus]

Rocket admin being variety?

[vernal glade]

Yaaaaa I probably not gonna like that idea….

Like put them in general pool like they did with Courtney.

[upbeat lotus]

Cmon dena, please respect these characters

If you are gonna make it happen

[tough oriole]

They’re respecting these characters by making people pull them

[upbeat lotus]

[topaz compass]

Spotlight coming out super rarely basically means I'd have to wait up to a year to guarantee them free, or spend 2-3k paid for a select

[dark cliff]

I think you mean Cynthia Alt Costume

[tardy fiber]

Not many sinnoh tix left, yet my Lucian is still not 3/5 well i managed to 3/5 aaron from the sinnoh tix at least

[uneven pewter]

Do not

Do not bring that mojo

Why

[tough oriole]

Doc!

[uneven pewter]

Why would you put Ariana in variety

[uneven pewter]

Howdy Winston

[upbeat lotus]

dena want money

[hard wave]

Saving my tickets for looker and lucian dupes I still have 2/5 volkner too

[tardy fiber]

Looker is still not in kalos ticket pool but lucian is already in sinnoh ticket pool

[hasty umbra]

well, for starters Looker is not from Kalos

he is from Sinnoh, but still applies, he isn't in ticket pools yet

[tardy fiber]

Oh i forgot, because he appears in kalos VA

[severe bridge]

It's Friday ? Datamine time?m

I hope for a fave to rerun next

After ssr

[upbeat lotus]

80% datamine happens today
20% on next Monday

[severe bridge]

I remember when Tuesday/Wednesday datamine was the norm

Now it's Friday huh

[tardy fiber]

Hopium that there's a trailer in 11 minutes

[hard wave]

Yeah thats why im saving them for pool update

[hard wave]

But gem count ends 27th, isnt monday too late for datamine (29th)?

[upbeat lotus]

doesnt stop dena from releasing update on Monday tho

we also have Alola VA gems on 29th

[cunning swan]

I sure hope it's Friday

[hard wave]

Yeah but its not part of this update, and stuff usually gets released on the 29-31st for the new stuff I think

(Idk if everything im saying makes sense, im on alot of )

[tardy fiber]

No video trailer

[severe bridge]

Are trailers necessary for datamines?

[upbeat lotus]

not at all

sometimes there is a trailer 2 hours before datamine

[severe bridge]

Oh

[vernal glade]

Ya, so technically we still have a chance.

[severe bridge]

I'll keep inhaling the cope till reset

[vernal glade]

And when it does, I’m ready to reach my milestone next month finally.

[upbeat lotus]

if next month has a fave of mine + Marnie being featured in lodge banner, i will explode

[vernal glade]

If there’s ||Hilbert Hilda Nate Rosa or N|| Im gonna collapse but if it’s only one, that’s fine.

[severe bridge]

I have like 7k worth of events + Whole BV left but I'm bored ;-;

If next month is a fave I'll do them

[tardy fiber]

Hope there's 30k gems next month, so that i can form another pity

[vernal glade]

Skip month…

[cunning swan]

usually trailer is 2 days before the event

[hard wave]

|| well she is next ||

Everyone else had 2 turns in the lodge banner except gloria and steven but they r too new

[upbeat lotus]

i do expect her next month

just hope for no fave

[hard wave]

Im hoping its no more than 2 banners that interests me so im not overwhelmed preferably a pokefair rerun I want (1-2 in a triple banner maybe) and zerena

[upbeat lotus]

[cunning swan]

ss morty rerun pls it's long overdue

[tardy fiber]

I only have enough to pity 2, hope it doesn't resort to that and hope that there's at least 30k gems next month so that i can form another pity amount

[hard wave]

|| would love to get him and zerena, but I have 33k rn so rlly hoping I dont actually have to pity, I have the candies to 3/5 both as well ||

[oak crest]

hoping the units next month is smth nice for me to pull

[rotund monolith]

if i hit pity ill roll cynthia if i dont see anything i want in the datamine

which is 19k gems away

i think its doable

[violet nebula]

Ahhh no datamine

Or dev letter

[sturdy flower]

so no new content till Wednesday

[tardy fiber]

DeNa holding datamine to allow me to 150 another fave before the new lodge guest arrives...thanks DeNa

52/61 faves done lvl 150...i think i might can clear it in 3 months, after accounting future faves that might arrive during those months

[winged fossil]

i forgot to do the actual poma day activities but got the login reward how many gems did i miss from forgetting to do that stuff

was so distracted today

[tardy fiber]

530

Also 3 move coins

[winged fossil]

rip, oh well ig.

nothing i can do about it now

just was a day i didnt really have the time to do stuff other than log in

[tardy fiber]

I never missed poma's stuffs, but i did missed months of Genshin's login and dailies

[winged fossil]

no mine today means we arent seeing an update till like monday or whatever btw right?

[tardy fiber]

Yep, but video trailer might happen on weekends

I dont think weekends can stop a trailer

[winged fossil]

tbh i didnt do dailies on almost anything today, i just was busy for varying reasons to really focus on anything

[tardy fiber]

Well dont worry, its just a game, life is more important

When game is more important than life then that's a problem

[winged fossil]

yeah, im above a pity still which is the important part for me here

[violet nebula]

Yes

[winged fossil]

42,730 gem rn

[tardy fiber]

Like spending a lot on the game that you cut food budget, that is probably already becoming an issue that need to be addressed

I left a game before when the arena grind to get free champion, cut my sleep time to only 4 hours a day and i need to be alert whole day for guild war that it feels like a job

[winged fossil]

speaking of money, that cheap bundle that gives like what, 3k paid gem over multiple days

how much is that one again

[tardy fiber]

Vary depending on countries

[winged fossil]

usd

im in usa

[tardy fiber]

But its the cheapest for me

Im malaysian

[winged fossil]

dang, lucky

[tardy fiber]

Nah not lucky

My country price hike due to apple price increase

So i can only afford that bundle now, and other bundles feels way expensive than the paid gems that they gave

[winged fossil]

i might consider getting the bundle some months depending on how my spending money looks when we figure out how much our bills actually are. since we're hoping like 200$/mo fun money for me so far, but im not really thinkin bout spending till we actually see the bills lol.

[tardy fiber]

Like poma day gem offer of 1000 paid gems have same price with 20 days 3k paid gem bubdle

[winged fossil]

just booted game to check the bundle price, apparently its $2.99 hm

[tardy fiber]

Thats why i never missed buying those 3k 20 day bundle

Poma day gem offer that some say have good value, have 2000 gems less than it

[winged fossil]

the one with coin is $18.99, im prob not going to get that one cause that just seems pricy to me

[tardy fiber]

I did get some before but now my candy demand already manageable

So i stopped buying it

[winged fossil]

apparently i hadnt even claimed my daily gems yet from past couple logins so i actually have 43,580 gem, neat

[tardy fiber]

I bought it when there's a large gap between candy roles like i need 8 strike but only 1 tech and 2 support, so i bought that offer to change yellow candy to strike candy

Now i already stopped buying it

[winged fossil]

personally im short on strikes, but ive got 2 strike candy and 1 yellow on hand, and my pulling has slowed drastically now that im more caught up on favs than before

im just holding onto the strikes ive got b/c i wanna instant 3/5 n zoroark

[tardy fiber]

Nice, he is coming soon

Late next month

[winged fossil]

yeah, id 3/5 lussa but meh, i feel she works fine at 1/5. same with cmarnie and alder.

ssethans the main temptation to finish candying rn but im alr satisfied with 2/5 kit

[tardy fiber]

Yep i put master fair as more priority as can also get pokefairs move level via select

But not for master fairs

[winged fossil]

tech and support are roles im basically caught up on what i wanna do with so im just sitting on a candy of each (soon to be 2) for new units

[tardy fiber]

Thats why my fall iris is still 2/5

I hopium that a seasonal select will happen

[winged fossil]

the other reason im hesitant to candy ss ethan is if they by some suuuuper slim chance do a johtrio 3way banner

[tardy fiber]

And i just 3/5 her via that and use tech candy on other faves

[winged fossil]

b/c ill prob pull for suicune

but thats a while out still

[tardy fiber]

Hopefully that will happen for you, not sure if it will be multi featured banner as maxie+archie and anniN+anniLillie+anniSteven rerun all in separate banner

[winged fossil]

yeah, thats why im saying its a super slim chance

ncerena and suicune are the main MF reruns im looking out for i think

seasonal are both summer reruns, hoping to knock out gloria and n in one go

[tardy fiber]

And separate banner have the move coins bait, like some might be tempted to get those move coins so 9 striker 6 tech 3 support from 3 separate banner...kinda wonder why people did that, as 5 multis to get the coin for 3 banners already means 15 multis so 45k gems, already costs more than a pity

[winged fossil]

then its just dojo gloria and ssn for the most part, from what i remember

[tardy fiber]

Nice a person that likes ssN 🤝

[winged fossil]

i simp for n, lillie, and serena

all relatable to in own ways

[tardy fiber]

He keep getting bad rep just because he only attack once in few turns but he still clears contents for me so i got no problem

[winged fossil]

idc, its an ice type fav ill take it

[tardy fiber]

Just pair him with his role model father figure, he debuffs everything that Ghetsis wanted

[winged fossil]

ngl i kinda hate ghetsis as a character, but i still use him bc theres no better partner for anni n.

[tardy fiber]

Partner with anniN? SsHilda

Both fire unova

[winged fossil]

i dont have her

i use ghetsis for the debuffs in 3 turns

gives n time to set up buffs as gordie sets fire rebuff and sets sun

[tardy fiber]

I see, because anniN can help ssHilda by burning all enemies and lower spdef to all also blue flare pep rally...so ssHilda sync goes boom

[winged fossil]

interesting.

maybe ill look into her if she ends up on banner with a fav/lesser fav

but as a character i dont care too much bout her or victini that much

already feel like my boxs solved fire with favs decently well, i usually just aim for favs for solved types

for example, someday ill get lucas dialga when hes available in a month that id be able to have spare for him

but till then, hes not a big priority bc got ss serena top tier fav

havent struggled anywhere with her despite no dzone so

[tardy fiber]

Lucas dialga might also arrive in lodge banner

As its a base pair and not sygna suit or sc or seasonal

[winged fossil]

yeah, altho id be waiting for N Zek feature on spare month to pull there

thats the base pair fav im missing

[tardy fiber]

Oh right ssserena might appear next month

[winged fossil]

wasnt playing during anni thing that he was free sadly, so if hes free again itd save me gems

[tardy fiber]

But the good news is even if she appears, it will be on 25th so way later so you got until 25th july

[winged fossil]

i alr own ss serena 3/5

[tardy fiber]

Neat

[winged fossil]

got her 3/5 in 5 multi first run

got super lucky on her

had a early copy, then was like "eh ill finish gifts, i want dupes anyway, and ill decide from there" next thing i knew, 2 more in one of the multis and was like "ok ig that saves me candies, thanks serena"

[tardy fiber]

N zekrom is kinda nice although i just 3/5 him and not 5/5, not gonna be tempted with his 5/5 grids as he still has a chance to get power boost grids like cynthia

[winged fossil]

cause at time i was really struggling on all candies

speaking of the summer rerun banner, how bad are slyra ssteven dupes

cause i have both of them from 2nd anni's 6way banner that i got them off dailies from when i got palser

havent looked into either units grids since neither fav, but might end up with on way to s!n so

[tardy fiber]

Not sure, i can only comment on N or anni N or ss N because i have them due to them using legendaries

Oh and sslyra

[winged fossil]

Hm. How important are suicune dupes?

Dunno if she’s a base kit character or grid dependent character

So figured I’d ask so I’ll be able to have support candy if she needs it

[ashen thunder]

Candy always gonna depend on rest of your box

[tardy fiber]

2/5 already got nice stuff, 3/5 for me is for speed management and potion/rain mp refresh...but mp refresh is not that important as she have sync burst

Speed due to rain catalyzing

[ashen thunder]

Support candy is so much demand these days

Since we get atleast 1 busted support every 2 months

I miss the days back when every limited unit was just striker

[coarse lynx]

Where are the special rally gems

[tardy fiber]

The twitter rally?

[violet nebula]

What about the days when everything was tech

For like 2 months straight🤣

[tardy fiber]

If the twitter rally its on monday

[ashen thunder]

I was on hiatus a good chunk of last year

So I have less tech units

[tardy fiber]

The special rally gems in pins, you need to spend 2500 stamina to get em all

[coarse lynx]

No in the list of gems today says u get 1k gems for special rally today

[tardy fiber]

True, i used to be happily making my bp master units 3/5 and suddenly dena shove 2 support legendary faves this month...i guess the anniv bp master units later will have to wait

[tardy fiber]

Need to spend 2500 stamina to get all of the gems

[ashen thunder]

I need like 5 support candies

Compared to 1 tech candy and 2 strike candies

[ashen thunder]

I blame the tapus

[violet nebula]

Only 5... I need 11

And 13 odd tech candies

[tardy fiber]

I need 4 strike 1 tech 4 support

[violet nebula]

Strikes is catching up fast too😭

[ashen thunder]

Tbf the one I need strike candies is zekrom so I can opt to not 5/5 him

But I want fully maxed zekrom in my box

Since it's my fav legendary

[tardy fiber]

I hope there's sshilda and falliris select on anni so that i can save a strike and a tech candy

I dont mind waiting for a year for good deals, like my ssleon just became 3/5 this month

[ashen thunder]

I think you don't rly need more than 1/5 on fall iris

Unless it's for collection

[tardy fiber]

Neat, i only can afford to 3/5 my faves as think 3/5 is already enough for the pair to do what DeNa intended for it to do so the other 2 candy can go to another fave

[tardy fiber]

I aim to 3/5 all of my faves

[ashen thunder]

Ah
Good luck on that

Must be lot of dupe rolling

[tardy fiber]

Still need 4 strike 1 tech 4 support

Not really, i dupe using selects

Well 3 or 5k paid better than using 36.6k gems

[ashen thunder]

Sounds abt right

Since select is best paid gem value

[tardy fiber]

That and the extra permanent egg incubator and egg storage...because i hunt shinies for my side goal

[ashen thunder]

Shiny hunting

Shiny Pokemon hate me

I didnt get shiny strikedos again

[tardy fiber]

Same, i got 0 shiny tyrogues and 0 shiny meowths

Well magikarp loves me

Im done with the event forever

[ashen thunder]

I have to wait for next tyrouge and gyarados event

Well I don't use eggmons anyways

But missing free shinies still hurt

[tardy fiber]

Yep i also dont use them, might change if there's meltan or cosmog or kubfu eggmons

I will 5* 20/20 those if it happens

Although its 100% copium

[ashen thunder]

If I get shiny strikedos and potential striker volcarona I am 5* 20/20ing em

[tardy fiber]

I might 5* them but theres 30+ 3* and 4* non eggmon pairs that i havent 5* so i wont 5* eggmons till i done with them

[ashen thunder]

I think I have like 40 non eggmons left to 5*

Well all the supports are 5* atleast
Only strikers and techs are hanging in there

[tardy fiber]

They have 3 stuffs that eggmons dont have, nice stats / grids / theme tags

Same, i also 5* supports first

Even the turtle guy

Marlon or something

[violet nebula]

Yep

[ashen thunder]

Ye Marlon was the last support I 5*d

Oh 18 strikers and 17 techs at 4*

Think I'll be done by 4.5 anni
Assuming I don't go on hiatus

[tardy fiber]

I thought that i might catchup to 5* all of them, then i remembered that anniv will add a bunch of new 4* bp units

Well at least they will have EX on release now

[ashen thunder]

Well I was suprised they didn't add any BP stuff in half anni this year

Tho I don't even remember if they added anything during last year half anni

[tardy fiber]

Does they add something for bp on last year's half anni?

I think its only anniskyla, annimay, anniraihan

[ashen thunder]

Well last year half anni didn't have a selector

But this year did

[tardy fiber]

Well upcoming anniv will have anni pairs back as half anni pairs was neo champions

[ashen thunder]

The half anni this year itself felt like a full anni level stuff

Except for no new BP units

[tardy fiber]

Now that duplicate MF passives is a thing

They can just release whatever they wanted on anniv

Although kanto pride, sinnoh pride, sinnoh spirit, alola pride still missing

[violet nebula]

Those will be coming

[tardy fiber]

Oops

Galar birbs

[violet nebula]

Alola pride probably just around the corner

[tardy fiber]

Yep hopefully so, i hope it went to a pair that dont have alt yet

But serena having 2 different master passives is a thing

[ashen thunder]

I hope kanto pride pride is support

Then rats get boosted even further

[tardy fiber]

I cannot even do full kanto faves team, theres only mewtwo and mew

Where others DeNa?

The birbs?

Give kanto peoples UBs or something

Melmetal even due to LGPE

[ashen thunder]

Pretend dragonite is legendary

[tardy fiber]

No

Arcanine is a legendary

Pokedex said that

[ashen thunder]

We got 2 arcanines

Perfect

Kanto has 4 legendaries then

[tardy fiber]

Missing opportunity for Gamefreak, like they should release paradox arcanine

[ashen thunder]

Paradox count for legendary?

[tardy fiber]

Well koraidon and miraidon does

So i cannot discriminate

Therefore i added all paradoxes in my fave list

[ashen thunder]

Well one of em gonna be free legendary

Hopefully koraidon

[tardy fiber]

If Legendary adventures still happen after emo Paulo arc

And DeNa doesn't thought like making 2 limiteds will earn them more money

[ashen thunder]

Well they gave one for each region

And so far every legendary except M2 is a box art one

I doubt them breaking that trend

[oak crest]

Nice gem amt I have now

[deft glen]

no datamine

[broken mulch]

Nope

[violet nebula]

Not even a dev letter

We got shafted really good

[grim plover]

mf gem deals on 31

so 99% monday datamine

[violet nebula]

Ahh they don't have a bank holiday on Monday?

Unless of course someone getting overtime 😅

[tardy fiber]

Cannot wait for fairy gear next reset

[violet nebula]

Yes

[tardy fiber]

Faves getting stronger is always nice

More survivability for my sycamore in bvilla

[violet nebula]

Bede, Diantha, Lillie

All get a boost

[broken mulch]

Honestly I have no idea what my gameplan for fairy gear coop is. Probably open with SS Mina and wing it

[untold tide]

Bring Cede, hope others bring OP pairs

That's my gameplan

[tardy fiber]

Not sure if i will bring galar birb MF trio or hoenn weather MF trio

[oak crest]

im prob just gonna bring and start as maxie, then switch to sshilda

since weather and terrains stack

[tardy fiber]

Well at least cmarnie doesnt rely on field effects much

[oak crest]

dont have to worry abt rats

they can all terrain all they want

[broken mulch]

Oh right no clashing

[tardy fiber]

Or the other guy bring archie and removes yor sun

[oak crest]

that gotta be trolling

[tardy fiber]

True, i guess i will bring ncmarnie, she's immune to trolls

[oak crest]

but maxie/archie pairs are pretty rare on coop

like 75% are rats

no matter what the weakness is

[tardy jolt]

Same strategy, will auto it with her

[topaz compass]

This sounds like forgetting more than not having time. Like you could do it when waking up or going to bed

[vestal leaf]

They literally said they forgot two phrases before

It can happen, nothing big

[vernal glade]

So no letter either huh? Guess I’ll have to wait for Monday then.

[topaz compass]

Yeah I just get triggered by the "don't have time". If you are logging in you have time haha

[vernal glade]

So now we gotten fairy gear, there’s no events for gems until datamine I believe, I think we still have to get the rally gems.

[upbeat lotus]

imagine trailer tomorrow

[vernal glade]

Imagine…

[topaz compass]

It would be a small consolation to get a trailer while waiting for datamine

[cunning swan]

Datamine is real in my imagination

And my imagination says Elio and Selene MFs

[tardy fiber]

Steel and poison weak in cs, melmetal/kartana and nihilego

[vernal glade]

Just realized reached 5 pities, next one is around 219.6k

[iron robin]

||i wanna pull for ssr cynthia so bad, considering that giratina is my fav legendary but... i need to wait what datamine has in store for me||

ik i have a pity saved but it'd be nice to reach 2nd pity just once

[cunning swan]

Stay strong! You got this

RNG rewards those who are patient

[violet nebula]

Imagine pulling now then having no pities

And they release some damn cool unit

That looks good, popular pokemon/character with an awesome kit to boot

[winged fossil]

i have to walk the dogs when i wake up, and my going to bed time is past daily reset was tired asf the prior night

i just had opened the app in background and didnt touch it beyond that

but yeah, i mightve been able to squeeze it somewhere if i was thinking about the date ig

oh well, irls more important anyway.

[broken mulch]

Happened to me with RoSCa lol

Dammit 3rd Annie

[feral vale]

You called?

[robust shore]

||this was me, unfortunately||

just gotta cross my fingers and hope its not a fave (which it most certainly will be because of course it would)

[iron robin]

that is true... i must continue saving and as novemberninth said, rng rewards the patient 🙏

[crisp oracle]

||hoping next month isn't a Lillie Alt, I need Sinnoh NC and Zerena so I can save||

this is the best channel in the server fr

[robust shore]

it really is

[vernal glade]

It truly is, this channel was how I was able to save.

[crisp oracle]

This is the only channel that has kept me sane with saving

||Its not fun, trust me, with several good units breathing down your neck||

[deft glen]

so...

[crisp oracle]

injects more copium into vein

||must...stay...strong...for...johto...trio||

i...must... SAVE

[vernal glade]

I’m waiting for datamine. But I will STILL continue to save if there’s no fave.

I must believe that June is a skip month.

[upbeat lotus]

Have yall seen the newest tweet

[vernal glade]

Yes.

English one only.

[cloud kayak]

Nah, what was it? I don't have Twitter

[upbeat lotus]

Hisui characters are coming next month

Check #game-announcements

[deft glen]

ngl I wasn't expecting this

[vernal glade]

Same as well.

[deft glen]

at least I have enough for Irida if she gets here

[crisp oracle]

||are you interested or is it gonna be another saving month for you||

[cloud kayak]

Says to expect something on Sunday?

In the trailer they had...

[upbeat lotus]

||my gems is in danger if Palina or Irida or Adaman are coming next month||