Resource Saving Support (Gem Zen)

[deft glen]

we need this

at least one to be reserve idk

having head start/adrenaline and wanting vigilance

[summer goblet]

I ask that a month ago as well and it came true

[lunar topaz]

It’s so tough not trying to go after eusine and silver and wait for datamine in case higher priorities release next month

[deft glen]

this is gonna be me with || SS May in a few days ||

[hard wave]

Maybe its a new storyline?

Yr 1 was a feature (EX), yr 2 was a storyline (VA), yr 3 was another feature (lodge)

Were EX and VAs kept a secret too or they announced it before?

[lost bobcat]

10 new interlude chapters

[tardy fiber]

While listening to jukebox, i just realised that we need an in-game playlist where we can select several songs that we like and let them randomly choose from the selected choices to play during fight ...im writing the feedback now

[deft glen]

More Paulo, yay

[tardy fiber]

We already have villain arcs, time for protagonist arcs so that we can have justice for nate

[fallen path]

Paulo struggling between the light and dark side like a Star Wars character

[tardy fiber]

DeNa can easily doubled the chapters especially that we usually have 2 protags every region

[fallen path]

Gonna save between now and anni. Good news is that I have ~50k already

[tough oriole]

Reminder everyone to exchange any final blissful bonanza items!

[tardy fiber]

Oh right, let me double check the shop

Cannot wait for Ice Gear event, it will be a nice boost to low stats ice pair

My level 150 ghetsis only has 402 spatk

So the upgrade from normal 3* gear of +30 spatk to +60 3* ice gear will be more apparent

[rare swan]

VERY excited to get ice gear for

[tardy fiber]

After ice, i cope for flying gear and normal gear to boost annisteven and gladion

+60 atk on gladion lvl 150 276 atk

Like a 22% increase

[sturdy flower]

if they ever make a freeze bot Pryce stonks will rise

[tardy fiber]

The highest freeze proc iirc is still hleon

[sturdy flower]

we need guaranteed

cmon DeNa

flinch already has so many, sleep is by default

make it on Ice Beam, 200 spatk unit, support

[deft glen]

[tardy fiber]

Good for both Candice as both have low atk and spatk

[sonic cobalt]

Irida wanting her frosty accessories

[tardy fiber]

Oh darn what pair should i bring on co-op, maybe i just bring ncmarnie...she doesn't need weather and iirc irida can lower spdef

Even better for her

[lost bobcat]

CManrie is just good

Also you have not to worry about dumb AI moves

[tough oriole]

Use SSN, he has good gauge

[tough oriole]

Never mind how you’ll never get to unity with him

[deft glen]

|| and stacking master passive with my irida ||

[deft glen]

seeing Ash just spamming thunder without buffing himself

[uneven pewter]

Meanwhile i am still sitting quietly wondering when the water gear releases to give Archie the mega stonks buff

[tough oriole]

Gasp doc

[tardy fiber]

||would be good for Eusine too due to his low base stats||

[uneven pewter]

waves

Sorry I’ve been awol lately, kids have been keeping me busy this summer

[uneven pewter]

Yea I noticed he had archie syndrome pretty badly

[tardy fiber]

But after 150 his spatk is a bit higher than archie

[uneven pewter]

Still goes back to the fact nothing requires this level of overkill

[tardy fiber]

Archie 150 332 spatk...Eusine 150 342 spatk

[uneven pewter]

But yea i will be very curious about what anni will hold

I plan to fast heavily july and august

[tardy fiber]

Galar VA pairs will be a tempting bait if it happens before anniv

[uneven pewter]

Even if they do, they’ve already dropped the masters fairs

So there’s few pairs they can tempt me with that aren’t actually villains

Which they already failed to deliver me faba and wicke

I have zero doubts they will fail me again

[tough oriole]

More saving

[uneven pewter]

Essentially

[tardy fiber]

I will be happy if the VA pairs are ssVictor with GMax Blastoise and ssGloria with GMax Venusaur, easier to skip

[uneven pewter]

I am counting on those to be the pairs tbh

Realistically though i am fully expecting someone to get cinderace as well

[mild spindle]

[uneven pewter]

Howdy sages

[mild spindle]

Based on my timeline in #1006618823123800106, I expect Galar VA as the pre-anni bait

[uneven pewter]

That’s what we were just speculating

Which I don’t know how baity it can be

When they blew the load at 3.5 anni

[tardy fiber]

Anniv pairs seems dangerous to me, especially if they are "anniversary in name" pairs...so far 5/6 of anni name pairs are legendaries

[uneven pewter]

Leon rerun and gmax update (mark that down doc was right even if it was a big meh burger ) and the bird trio

[mild spindle]

Dojo Gloria, SS May, SS Brendan, and SS Steven were the fairs following the Johto Trio.

[uneven pewter]

Expect arceus hoopah unbound lear and probably regi gigas

[uneven pewter]

Ironically dojo gloria is the only pair there that hasn’t reran

[tardy fiber]

Im hopeful for Regigigas, especially when its a Normal type pair with no secondary typing hope its great

[mild spindle]

They seem to like them with team cohesion, not sure if those gel well together.

[wet egret]

is there any chance july got a masterfair excluding the poma day one?

[uneven pewter]

Lucario and double pikachus

[uneven pewter]

They said we’ll get a rerun every month

In the news letter

[mild spindle]

+6 defenses for 2 units that setup instantly

[tough oriole]

There have never been new MFs released in July

[tardy fiber]

Many people sad due to not enough gems for the rats+lucario, i skipped them happily and only nab scrosa

[uneven pewter]

It should have been another pikachu or a roided raichu

[wet egret]

because its before anniv?

[tough oriole]

MFs have historically only been released in the updates for:
Half Anni, June, Anni, and Dec/Jan

[wet egret]

ooh

[uneven pewter]

Right but they said MFs will be rerunning monthly

So anything in July will be a rerun

[tough oriole]

And cause june tends to have new MFs

[wet egret]

im reffering to new ones

[mild spindle]

They said except the pomas one.

[uneven pewter]

Then no

Mfs tend to historically drop

[ashen thunder]

We don't get new MFs back to back

Usually

[uneven pewter]

December/Jan, .5 anniversary, june and anniversary

4 times a year new masters fairs drop

Usually

[wet egret]

Then i can safely say cynthia is a good investment

Im in mission to collect all mf

[ashen thunder]

Well worst MF is still better than half the PFs

[uneven pewter]

Gl i am still depressed i might have to sacrifice Irida

[uneven pewter]

If you meant Leon Red is still better

[ashen thunder]

Yea but I said half the PFs

[uneven pewter]

I dunno about half

[ashen thunder]

Still better than shit like diantha and airis

Or kommo

Or leaf

[mild spindle]

Did they hurt you?

[wet egret]

Isnt pokefair is older than most mf so its make sense?

[uneven pewter]

I would agree with ss cynthia but those are fighting words about leaf

[tough oriole]

SS Cynthia is literally a 2020 unit, she can’t even be compared

[uneven pewter]

Sadly leaf wants to pair with bulu but her primary attack requires spattk

[mild spindle]

You haven't seen my ssLeaf + Emma video where I accel up 2 syncs.

[ashen thunder]

That's Emma pulling weight
Not leaf

[mild spindle]

Leaf is the one with Adr2...

and her TM thats another -2

[tough oriole]

Poisoning with Emma

[ashen thunder]

James has aoe poison

[uneven pewter]

Aoe toxic

[ashen thunder]

VAgatha has supp ex and poison

[uneven pewter]

[uneven pewter]

Imagine pulling for varieties

[ashen thunder]

Saying she's better than leon is very cope regardless

[tough oriole]

A 1 dimensional 2020 unit has aoe poison, wow

Tech Weezing has AOE Poison

[mild spindle]

well it didn't have to be emma, she just happens to be poison for leaf :3

[uneven pewter]

I mean we can split hairs about it all day, at the end both need heavy lifting supports to shine

[ashen thunder]

No other poison abuser gonna have Emma level damage

[uneven pewter]

Not everyone gets the cynthia/Lance treatment

[wet egret]

poison is boring but its the best way for limited roster i hate it

[mild spindle]

also, ss Cynthia is nice for getting -3 sync cd with half hp param

[lunar topaz]

That’s what we said about Zerena ever getting creeped so a

[uneven pewter]

I am still hoping to nab emma from a selector

[ashen thunder]

Well so did zerena get creeped for dragon zone abuser?

[tough oriole]

“SS Steven will never get power crept!”
“OMG Ash is OP!1!”

[wet egret]

poison only have iris and emma for decent dmg dealer right?

[lunar topaz]

Koga grrr

[ashen thunder]

Koga is cope
I'd offtype than run koga

[wet egret]

if koga does idk what hapu is

[tough oriole]

If lear got power crept twice than the same can happen to Emma

[ashen thunder]

They didn't even bother to give him ex

[tough oriole]

Imagine needing EX to clear content with tech nukes

[ashen thunder]

Are you talking abt ontype

Or ontype is doable with dps like Mina

I want offtype that can blast through entry passives

[tough oriole]

Off Type, Koga would work with Zone

[lunar topaz]

Calem can do this so that’s not exactly a large goal

[ashen thunder]

Pre sync?

[lunar topaz]

Yes

[ashen thunder]

[mild spindle]

the non-limited hate

[ashen thunder]

Show

[lunar topaz]

J did it like last year so a

[ashen thunder]

Wdym
I love my cyrus

[lunar topaz]

Against like rofk Week flint

I think my most used non limit#ed is Sonia and bugsy

[mild spindle]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/651487042886172682/1080279505257627698/RPReplay_Final1677629007.mov

[ashen thunder]

Hilbert or rosa for me

[tardy fiber]

I like my gladion, he even carry me through this harsh sinnoh CS

[lunar topaz]

I like Calem

I consider him a limited tho cause like he requires limited resources for investment (move levels

[mild spindle]

off type

[lunar topaz]

That’s old

[mild spindle]

Well it was the only one I could find 🫠

[tough oriole]

I consider a limited since I never use him

[ashen thunder]

Calem doing wonders with EX

Now koga ex where

[lunar topaz]

So true

We got Roxie at least

[mild spindle]

why pull for ssLana, when you have Tate

[lunar topaz]

No comment from me

[ashen thunder]

Roll Lana to support tate

[uneven pewter]

Because tapus

[mild spindle]

one of the helpers did a Tate Sync clear, and a Liza DPS clear.

[tardy fiber]

exactly my reason

Although she will be in lower priority for candy

Too many psychic faves already

[uneven pewter]

She’s fine at 1/5

[tardy fiber]

I aim to 3/5 my faves, and I don't mind if it takes years 👴

[uneven pewter]

She exists to make someone else better

But i get it

At least she’s a striker

And boy do we drown in striker candies

[tardy fiber]

Although upcoming anniv BP Master pairs will take a while as ssMina 2/5 and ssAcerola 1/5

[uneven pewter]

Eh we’ll see

I am not anticipating anything exceptional

[hard wave]

Is july a low gem month

[uneven pewter]

Another battle chattelain

Maybe another frontier brain

[uneven pewter]

Yep

[hard wave]

[uneven pewter]

We entering famine time

[hard wave]

I hope the next time I have a pity I dont actually have to use it

[tardy fiber]

I dont mind even if they are mid, faves get to 3/5

[hard wave]

Every 4th masterfair ive had to pity (well ash came 12th multi) which ig is accurate? I just wish it wouldnt happen when other pairs I want r there

If it keeps happening its going to take forever to finish my list, since only a few rerun often and we have 51 now (53 w rachel and sawyer)

[lunar topaz]

Wasn’t that aurochs

Both without terrain as well and F2P teams

[tardy fiber]

Well just gonna keep working at it, just like Eusine so that you can reach your end goal...every little step counts

Just dont pull without pity or cannot form pity by the end of banner duration

[hard wave]

unfortunately its between try my luck or wait for months and maybe it’ll rerun and maybe there wont be other pairs I want

I hope next free select lets me get red or ingo so I can atleast cross one of them off

[tardy fiber]

I gonna get Steven from it

[hard wave]

I would get gloria/steven/n from it but favs > lodge pairs

But if neither r there ill go for one of them

[tardy fiber]

Yep faves > lodge pair...the first free pokefair, i grab N to 3/5 him...but for now there's no more pokefair fave that might be in the pool so gonna prioritise new lodge pair

[hard wave]

Would be nice if ingo or red joined lodge, 2 in 1

[ashen thunder]

I want more gen pool or story unit lodge

Acerola was pretty neat

[hard wave]

I want those that I have 5/5 EX to be in lodge so I can have their pokemon frame and holo foil already

As well as special photos for pre lodge alts and ny dawn

[summer goblet]

with all my favourite legendary and mythical acquired

there is one big prize that I shall be waiting

Arceus

[violet nebula]

Too problematic as a pair?

Because its a type change and people likely moan its an updated gladion if they go that way

It also the literal god of pokemon

I think it best to probably leave Arceus out, least until they have content/reason for busted pairs

Yes there is God like pokemon in already but the older ones and newer ones (such as mewtwo to SSLus) are at different levels

[tardy fiber]

They probably just gonna make Arceus as stroner gladion and special damage kit

Man, i need to be strong ||and not get tempted to 3/5 Eusine via pulls, Galar VA and anniv are near. I need to keep reminding myself that i can just candy them slowly later ||

[violet nebula]

You and me both😅

They need to sort the candy drought

[lean mango]

|| you might have to pity him like me for 3/5 ||

[tardy fiber]

Yep although people said striker candies are in abundance, i lack those the most now than tech and support

[tardy fiber]

Thats the problem, and if bad luck even next month will have my fave

And we still not reach run up to anniv yet

And even better, another fall fave that comes out right after anniv

Luckily i can afford Fall Iris as there's only 1 fave in last year's anniv which is ScRosa

But we still don't have anniversary 2023 name pairs yet, and 5/6 of anniversary name pairs currently are my faves which is legendaries

[lean mango]

Better to save for that

[tardy fiber]

Yep

[ashen thunder]

You can just check datamine before gambling

It's likely galar VA so more legendaries is possible

[tardy fiber]

They can easily put 3 anniversary 2023 legendary/mythical and 1 sc mythical like ScRosa on anniv

[tardy fiber]

Yep even if next month is a skip due to no fave, its still dangerous as Galar VA and Anniv approaching...and those 2 periods cannot be checked with next datamine

[ashen thunder]

Wait
I thought you were 90k+ gems few days ago

||Were eusine rolls that bad?||

[tardy fiber]

I still have 99k gems

Just ||im tempted to 3/5 Eusine as i currently need 6 striker candies||

[ashen thunder]

Well it's not like ||3/5ing eusine would solve the issue if the anni legendary is a striker||

Better to save

[tardy fiber]

Well less striker candy to collect

Currently sshilda 1/5, sslana 1/5 and him 1/5

Later if those periods have more strikers

It will grow to 10 or 12 striker candies

And need 2 months to form 1 candy on average

So -2 but +8 candies demand

Thats why i never chase 5/5 grids, i cannot even manage well 3/5

[ashen thunder]

I wish they didnt stop those full candy rallies

Like OG weather duo event

[tardy fiber]

Yep that can be a lifesaver

[ashen thunder]

Getting 2 sets per year would make it bit more bearable

1 set per anni

[tardy fiber]

Yes

I need to be strong, at least, i will wait after fall to make some questionable decisions

Well that time is probably good

Probably no more VA or just Paulo

[ashen thunder]

Well PF still has best rates for dupes

Wouldn't rly want to roll dupes in MF or seasonal banner

[tardy fiber]

Yep ||thats why i got tempted to 3/5 Eusine||

MF rates are bad

[oak crest]

seasonal banner is fine, the reruns on the other hand

[tardy fiber]

Although 5* rate are good but what would i use with my 15th Ethan dupe

[oak crest]

worse than MFs

[ashen thunder]

More powerups

[tardy fiber]

I need to be strong, its better that i ended up getting all of my faves 1/5 rather than getting some of them 3/5 and missing some of them due to lack gems

[oak crest]

esp seasonals, since their rerun rates are insanely bad

[ashen thunder]

Well just 10 days till datamine
Just hold out till then

They started doing legendaries in seasonal banners

[oak crest]

pretty much a pity is required unless ur super lucky

[ashen thunder]

So summer might have a legendary unit

[tardy fiber]

Seasonal at least have seasonal select, MF and SC are more scary

[oak crest]

speaking of that, we haven had 1 for over a year now

[tardy fiber]

Hope anniv have one

[ashen thunder]

They do it for anni probs

I am expecting a candy set for anni

The current coin influx is horrible

With every PF getting 5/5

[tardy fiber]

I keep my fall Iris 2/5 for 8 months already expecting for a seasonal select to 3/5 her 👴

[ashen thunder]

1.5 months for 1 set is pretty shit
Like it's effectively only 3 copies of a unit

[tardy fiber]

True, well DeNa probably did it to bait people buying coin package...but ive been hit by price increase 2 times, the bundle is already way expensive than before

[ashen thunder]

Coin package only increases that by 1

So its effectively a new 5/5 unit every 1.5 month

But old PFs won't have candies to spare

[tardy fiber]

I hope there's sslana in one PF select and sshilda in another PF select so that i can straight get both and save 2 candies on anniv

Oh ssacerola also can

SsMina probably not, i will be able to 3/5 her by the time anniv arrive

3k or 5k paid is still cheaper than 36.6k free gems in my book

[oak crest]

kinda annoyed that they seem to run select banner less often ever since they introduced the bundles

[ashen thunder]

They kinda slowed the rerunning PFs post raihan in general

[oak crest]

yeah, that too

[ashen thunder]

They are just rotating same set of first 2 year PFs for the triple banner

Like
Why we still haven't gotten a triple banner with Lear, ssleon etc but rotating alder for 200th time

[tardy fiber]

Still wondering why DeNa didn't put Sskorrina in gauntlet banner, iirc she is the only ghost pokefair unit and one of the lake pixie bosses weak to ghost

Oops Gauntlet

Not lodge

[ashen thunder]

She'll likely get in rate up for cress or latias

[oak crest]

they just treat the weakness as inexistant ig

[ashen thunder]

Since she counters em better

[tardy fiber]

They rerun redlax instead why

[oak crest]

redlax rerunned like 93257438594 times alrd

[tardy fiber]

So that we can put SE buff on agatha and clear the boss

[oak crest]

he prob is 1 of the most rerun'd PF

[ashen thunder]

Nah

That title is SSred or alder

[tardy fiber]

Lodge Red incoming

[ashen thunder]

I see em way too often

[oak crest]

lul ssred

never had him, and still dh him

[ashen thunder]

Oh yea also ssblue

[oak crest]

lmao

[tardy fiber]

I still skipping ssred ...i got ssblue though due to victory road

[ashen thunder]

But for some reason I see less ssleaf

[oak crest]

that guy's stuck at 1/5 for ages

[ashen thunder]

Just like how Dena ignores leaf

[oak crest]

when i decide to candy other limited supp chars instead

[tardy fiber]

DeNa should just add Green

And give her shiny Mewtwo, its green as well

[ashen thunder]

Poor leaf

She got nate'd

[oak crest]

at least she still has an alt

[tardy fiber]

Nate, Selene, Elio crying

Rob of their chances on their region VA

[ashen thunder]

Can't wait to see victor join em

[oak crest]

i was rather annoyed no UBs in Alola VA tbh

[ashen thunder]

When they decide to give stuff to Marnie instead

[tardy fiber]

Well i guess Nc Unova and Nc Alola slot still open

[ashen thunder]

NC Lillie incoming

[tardy fiber]

Im happy that more normal pokemons start to be Master Fairs

Easier for me to skip

[ashen thunder]

Well first MF was the overrated lizard

[oak crest]

now that u mention it, Kanto MFs has no legends

[ashen thunder]

Tho the weather duo felt like the real MFs

The birds might get MFs

[oak crest]

both are overrated rats with some broken af power that they will never get in the mainstream games

[tardy fiber]

I cannot even do a Kanto three people team of faves

Theres only Oak and Giovanni

[ashen thunder]

But

Arcanine is the legendary pokemon

[tardy fiber]

[ashen thunder]

And we got a free one at it

[tardy fiber]

Give some UB to kanto peoples

Sabrina blacephalon or something

Erika kartana

Surge xurkitree

[ashen thunder]

Red will likely get one of the birds one day

Just wait till then

[lean mango]

Blaine Blacephalon

[tardy fiber]

I wont mind

[lean mango]

It's a fire/ghost

[tardy fiber]

Trainers are secondary for me

Pokémon is the one that matters

[lost bobcat]

I think we're more than ready for CSMM 15k

[tardy fiber]

I might even bit variety faves

But DeNa doesn't want to do it

[ashen thunder]

I am expecting blue to get an alt this year
Its been almost 2 years since his last one

[tardy fiber]

One or two of the kanto bird still available, well as one will go to Chatelaine and might even 2 if the leak ocean blue MC outfit is for MC articuno pair

Moltres probably will go to others as we already have fire teamwork and flying type burning bird feels weird

[ashen thunder]

Birds gonna be for red, blue and leaf likely

[tardy fiber]

Yep kanto NC pairs will be nice as well

Probably not for this anniv, as last year's already have 2 kanto

[topaz compass]

Pretty sure datamine won't be until 28th or 29th

[topaz compass]

Most SC events have either all or no legendaries right? So maybe pull dupes on the split rerun banners for SCs rather than dupes on initial runs. But yes candies definitely best used on MF when conserving gems

Also regular PF you could get lucky with split banners for 4.5% all being legendaries

[lapis pine]

why would you ever pull on the split banner over the individual ones

[tardy fiber]

Only pokewar SC is all faves, SCRosa is a solo run

Also VA PF doesn't even rerun in a split banner when VA reruns

Instead they got mixed with others like SsBrendan and annimay

[lapis pine]

pokefair reruns have been really inconsistent recently

[tough oriole]

This month there were a lot tho, hopefully that’s a good sign

[lapis pine]

yeah was just about to say that

I think even though I want both current pokefairs I will skip and wait for a rerun

[tardy fiber]

Well a random ssN appears this month

No VA so probably due to ice gear

Or because they just corrected his sync move name

Changed to freeze shock from freeze bolt

[vestal leaf]

I mean Kalos va fairs were really really good

[lapis pine]

Well N is coming back because of special CS right?

Makes sense

[tough oriole]

Yea, just as victor came back for grass cs

But SS May coming back for VA is hopefully good

[upbeat lotus]

SS Brendan:

[grim plover]

ss brendan expansion when

[dire meteor]

What would even SS Brendan get?

Team Supreme Entry?

Or the team version of Super Preparation 9

[tardy fiber]

Lower enemy spdef on entry...i forgot the name

[mild spindle]

Befuddle

[upbeat lotus]

Dismay 2 to synergy with Anni May

[grim plover]

that would be REALLY good actually

tm + lp + lp + sync and yo get -6 spdef

[tardy fiber]

But lately 5/5 grids on already strong pairs doesn't improve em much ...i think ssmorty grid also nothing that kinda game changer that demand to 5/5 him fast

[mild spindle]

Dismay has that clause (the first time) preventing it from being too strong for the Mega Evolving pair.

[grim plover]

yeah the 5/5 are generally QoL

that's why idk if i would 5/5 anni raihan or 3/5 ss silver

[tardy fiber]

Kinda why i just gonna focus on 3/5, i think 3/5 is enough for the pair to function as what DeNa advertised them able to do

[mild spindle]

SS Brendan's main issue is longevity, I'd like to see some sustain options.
I'd like some regen, and def buffs. And maybe a way to apply teamwide freebies outside of the TM.
Maybe Static Cling to alleviate having to go for DB:HE1 for paralysis teams?

[ashen thunder]

Idk what longevity he needs when he has 2 potion MPRs

Maybe give him more smun stacks
So that stage dies faster

[grim plover]

yeah he can solo many LA thanks to his longevity

[mild spindle]

(but think of how many more if he had regen)

[ashen thunder]

That's why you roll healthy healing

[mild spindle]

Maybe this is my hyper offense clear bias, I usually see poor brendan pummeled to near death before 1st sync.

[ashen thunder]

If you want super overkill

Just give him another headstart

[lapis pine]

Me fr

[ashen thunder]

-3 sync CD would be funni from a support by just existing in field

[grim plover]

brendan is such a solid support that idk what would make him better without adding something absurd

maybe team SMUN on tm?

[ashen thunder]

Let him shread defense as well

[tardy fiber]

Got another problem though, 5/5 grids use a lot of energy so it might be hard

[ashen thunder]

-2 defense on luster purge

[grim plover]

why tho

he doesnt even buff attack

[ashen thunder]

Doesn't have to

He already gives +3 crit

Most dps these days are self sufficient anyways

[tardy fiber]

Dragonbreath mind games 9

[ashen thunder]

Oh yea
Forget defense shread

Give him ripple effect

Or extend range

[grim plover]

actually, entry freebie like c.bede would be really cool

[ashen thunder]

But if he doesn't consume gauge

The TM won't give max buffs

[grim plover]

I think it counts the bars you have when you select the move 🤔

Let me try it

[tardy fiber]

Oh talking about CBede, i give him healthy healing lucky skill as my grid build lack some health regen, i removed my head start 1

[crisp oracle]

||Me waiting patiently for datamine so i can either go for Irida or wait ||

[ashen thunder]

How is your stage not dying before bede receive damage tho?

[grim plover]

Yeah this happens

[ashen thunder]

Sounds like LG build 👀

But the description says based on gauge consumed

[tardy fiber]

I hope next month is a skip month, too close for comfort...galar VA and anniv is near

[ashen thunder]

The more amount used, the more it raises the Sp. Atk and Sp. Def of all allied sync pairs

Not like powerflux description

[tardy fiber]

Well healthy healing is good for gauntlet

[crisp oracle]

||We have about two months to stack, and I have so many things coming I need Johtrio to rerun seperately so I can keep my sanity, plus I need a full pity in case the SC Diantha and the like banner reruns||

[tardy fiber]

Probably they will run separately like this month, its only archie and not archie+maxie

Not sure if Johto VA rerun, but if you lack gems, could just skip johtrio banner if all 3 reruns at same time and instead only get 1 of them and wait for the other two to appear via poma day MF rerun

[crisp oracle]

That's nice, I can always keep gain a pity each month as I spend them

84,535 gems, why does 109K seem so far away

||irida is slowly becoming more and more tempting ||

[tardy fiber]

Hope i can reach 3 pities as well, currently im at 99,785 gems

[hard wave]

We should get a few 10 triple banners a month

Since we have like 50 its going to take forever to rerun them all, prob once every 2 years at most

[tardy fiber]

I think Master Fair also almost once in 2 years, there's already 22 Master Fairs

So 22 months

[hard wave]

Yeah

Luckily I only want 3 hoping I will be able to get them on their reruns tho, as all 3 r 2022 MFs which may be next

And we r in dangerous times while I have no gems

[tardy fiber]

Hopefully no MF in Galar VA as it's too close with Anniv

[crisp oracle]

||irida's kit looks so enticing||

but I desperately need to save

[vestal leaf]

Almost 6...

[oak crest]

technically we alrd have 4 MFs for galar, the chances of another isn't really high

do we have a region with >4 MFs yet?

[rancid vale]

no

[grim plover]

well, we didnt have >3 mfs untill the 3.5 anniversary

[oak crest]

yeah

it will be really odd if they release even more MF on the VA when some region dont even have all 3 types of master passive pairs

[tardy fiber]

Like Unova iirc there's only anniN

[rare swan]

yup, just him

[tardy fiber]

Sinnoh MF is also only Cynthia iirc plus both Cynthias are flag bearer, its not like serena

Oh

I forgot hisui

Damn

Ok only kanto, unova and alola still not complete

[rancid vale]

well clan leaders are sinnoh by the game’s logic

so its sinnoh and galar with 4 mfs

kanto kalos has 2

johto hoenn with 3

[upbeat lotus]

Kalos has 3

dont forget Zerena

[rancid vale]

oh ss serena

[tardy fiber]

Kanto might be the next 4 MF if they need to replace Ash due to licensing or something

Duplicate Kanto spirit passive

So anniv might have 1 unova, 1 kanto, 1 alola ...but man 2 same regions like 2021 anniv

[sly breach]

Alright my dumbass is back, i dont have any unit in mind to save for anymore but i think i still need to save

[tardy fiber]

Wow so you got all pairs that you chasing for? Nice, we in the same boat...i also cleared my goals of all collecting all available legendaries, mythicals, UBs

So just waiting for datamine

[cunning swan]

I'm still chasing 2 pairs currently. Silver tomorrow and summer N next month. There are others on my rerun list but ofc tentative

[tardy fiber]

Man it feels both relieved and uncertain when the current list is done

Alas, thats one huge weight off the shoulder

[topaz compass]

If you like all the pairs in a split banner that is 4.5% limited, you get way more bang for your buck. Likely to guarantee a copy of all 3 units with a pity while a 2% unit 3 tines you have a good chance to get unlucky in 1 of those 3 banners. Gems saved overall if you trying for as many different PFs as possible

[vestal leaf]

Kanto only lacks flag bearer so meh

I think a double Unova + third surprise is more likely than alola since I'm expecting alola neo champ to come at any moment

[hard wave]

Isnt sst red flag bearer?

Kanto alola and unova lack pride and unova lacks spirit as well iirc

[deft glen]

Summer Marnie next month

[hard wave]

I hope my list goes down im chasing 11 pairs besides ss morty and eusine

Luckily all are pokefairs or masterfairs so I dont have to worry about seasonal/sc combined banner rates

[vestal leaf]

Uh right, I thought he was pride

[ashen thunder]

Hope it's support zapdos with passionate and sygna suit theme skills to get pride

[topaz compass]

I'll take any support MF kanto for the rats, hopefully with electric rebuff

[grim plover]

and cakewalk enabler for red

[ashen thunder]

Eh I personally don't even grid him kekwalk

[vestal leaf]

Yeah so people can understand ash is just shite and cringe

[ashen thunder]

The other stuff in his grid are too good to pass up

[grim plover]

i dont either but because its hard to setup with my favs

[sly breach]

At this point i would say ok save for when gen 9 but seeing that LA took almost 2 years to come makes me feel that i wouldn't save properly

[ashen thunder]

Last time I actively grided for kekwalk was for that cerena ebe offregion without ash

Coz I was picking the spd down anyways

So might as well get some big nook

not that it helped much anyways

[vestal leaf]

SV most likely will come for Anni 5 imo

Because they will most likely wait for DLC to be done

[grim plover]

but it could be at the end of the year like gloria

[ashen thunder]

Yea galar did drop a bit late

[vestal leaf]

Galar came one year after release

[ashen thunder]

I am just hoping for a new box art legendary for free

[vestal leaf]

But galar DLC were way earlier than SV

[ashen thunder]

Eventho it's less possible

[vestal leaf]

Iirc

[sly breach]

Am waiting for larry and penny so yeh i think 5th anni period most likely

[vestal leaf]

Like, armor was summer and tundra late autumn iirc

Dlc1 of SV is 31/12 iirc

DLC 2 is March? Iirc

That's way way later

[ashen thunder]

Tbf they never rly released a new regional stuff on anni

Gloria and irida weren't anni units

[vestal leaf]

Ok sure but what if sv is Anni 5 bait

Still checks out

[ashen thunder]

Can say for dojo Gloria as well

[vestal leaf]

The timing was also different

Gloria being released exactly one year after release sounds to me like a contract thing

Meanwhile hisui might be just that there's scheduling problems so they couldn't release them around the PLA anniversary

Plus, hisui might still get stuff on Anni

We can't know

Irida and adaman could literally be just a small bite

No way to know

[ashen thunder]

Maybe Arceus for anni this year
With volo

[vestal leaf]

I doubt anyone here wouldn't be able to see volo and cogita being easy MFs

[grim plover]

rei and akari (anivarsary 2023)

[ashen thunder]

[vestal leaf]

I still doubt heavily on MCs

[ashen thunder]

I can see MCs being pokefairs

[grim plover]

volo and arceus are anni material

[vestal leaf]

But between volo, cogita, ingo or the galaxy chief it's kinda easy to see 2 MFs at least

Arceus ain't gonna pair with volo lol

99% volo & giratina origin or smth

[grim plover]

I MEAN

they paired lusamine with necrozma

[ashen thunder]

Arceus gonna steal sshilbert gimmick but for all typings

[grim plover]

gladion gimmick*

[vestal leaf]

Sure but I still think it's not the same

Necrozma is like a demigod/alien, Arceus is omniscient origin of everything, creator of life, matter and worlds

[grim plover]

in PLA arceus talking to you says that the "arceus" you catch is not the original, just a representation

so it's just a normal pokemon, not god

[vestal leaf]

It's a part of him

It's the smallest part, the one human minds can comprehend

It's still a part of him tho

[hard wave]

But is it actually what it looks like

[hard wave]

Also hilbert does it automatically gladion can only change once

So if a stage has multiple weaknesses

[topaz compass]

Ugh genesect rerun please

[hard wave]

but first I need gems

[sturdy flower]

Hau can enable kekwalk really fast

i can see mc get starter unit and then arceus mf with sygna suit

[deft glen]

we all need gems

[deft glen]

I barely use SS Hilbert

I just forget he exists

Reached 42k today, I got used to having a higher gem count, I need to save some more

[uneven pewter]

I mean the biggest issue with the power creep is the fact that we should have had some form of max raids to try and min max the damage we can actually put out

[uneven pewter]

I don't disagree, Kalos really got the Lion's share on their fairs

[uneven pewter]

He's really underwhelming if you don't have him invested in

I use him just for bug weak and he does the job

Main reason I am not a fan of him, is that even with investment only 1/4th of his grid is actually useful so it forces you to go 5/5 to actually get his better grid nodes

[uneven pewter]

little surprised you are wanting genesect

I am still waiting for the hopeful shiny genesect though

[topaz compass]

Yeah I am anti-off type but still like him for bug and an ice placeholder

[vestal leaf]

He's super fun imho

Great enabler for 2v3

Aoe -2 Spdef debuff with no gauge cost+ rebuff

[uneven pewter]

i mean that's his big draw for investment as a splash damage

I dunno maybe i'll put him past 1/5

but techs fight over candies so often it's insane

[deft glen]

too many techs

Hilbert's def low on my list

[topaz compass]

He seems like a rare 1/5 or 5/5 to me lol

[vestal leaf]

Eh idk I like the simplicity

Those debuffs rack up fast an can make stuff like cerena or Irida clear up some silly damage

Plus he's my electr weak Aaron slayer

Oh wait no nvm who was the sentry entry X2 stage in Sinnoh that was so annoying...

[tardy fiber]

Elec weak aaron has sentry entryx2 cannot wait to test my 3/5 sshau for him

Still gonna bring N for a ride, as i only have 2 elec faves

[vestal leaf]

Ah so it was him

[lapis pine]

Yeah I was referring to the 4 way split which was responding to your first message about SC reruns

[hard wave]

Wdym

[hard wave]

Personally idk what techs to candy, and from the ones I want on reruns he’s the only one I want to candy atm

He’ll be a special colress as well as my main bug damage dealer, currently using 1/5 alder

[tardy fiber]

I will 150 sshilbert soon, he is a super effective kit pair and usually those with SE kit have lower stats by DeNa...so his 150 will be more impactful

[lunar topaz]

I don’t, even I who consistently does them there’s still a couple stages where I do seriously struggle on even when they first added 12.5K I was worried

[deft glen]

I can never decide lol

some really want, some don't need it that much but I like using, others may want but idk if I'll use much

[hard wave]

All the pairs I want to candy atm r pairs I want on a rerun

[deft glen]

I don't think of my candies in terms of reruns cuz we basically don't know when most things will rerun lol

I just keep a yellow candy in case a top fave alt appears out of nowhere

though I usually have 1 or 2 candies of each role

[hard wave]

I just dont have anyone I want to candy rn anyway so

[tardy fiber]

It will be harder for f2p, if for dolphin like me, i will put tech pokefairs and seasonals in lower priority as i can get their dupe level via select even though it might take a year

[lost bobcat]

With the new parameters the 2.5k feel similar to 2k imo
I don't remember if rewards were diluted or not
If the rewards stays the same but with additional steps, there's no harm in having a little extra, like:
10 10 few bpcoins and maybe cookies or eggmon treats

[tardy fiber]

I gonna wait for last week of sinnoh cs to see if its easier for me or not after new params, last week have my past nightmare, elec weak aaron and steel weak bertha

[lunar topaz]

I still find some 2.5K stages to be at least some work so idk I’d say I have a stocked roster as well so if I don’t feel ready for it and if consider myself alright Ay the game I wouldn’t subject others to it

[tardy fiber]

I rather love it if we get new battle villa floors first

[lost bobcat]

Dena: here, we nerfed villa again

[tardy fiber]

Increase 20 more floors and double the rewards

[lost bobcat]

The double reward is good enough without 20 extra floors

How's cookies income rn?
I used to clear villa coop daily, but not anymore

[tardy fiber]

I still clears it daily, because im lazy to keep grinding gauntlet like before

[summer goblet]

Current Gem report during a 2 month Zen Mode

[cunning swan]

gem report: 210k

[tardy fiber]

101,185 gems

[sly breach]

Ok just remembered i want ssa Cynthia so well i guess one unit to save for

[lunar topaz]

Gem report 27K

[lean mango]

55k rn

[grim plover]

38k here

[vestal leaf]

Yeah that's what most of my 150 faves are

Megas, low offensive stat pairs or fun supports

[topaz compass]

Another day, another k

[sly breach]

https://tenor.com/view/askers-where-who-gif-24612724

[tardy fiber]

I only get 300 gems this reset

[lapis pine]

Pretty low gems for the next week as well

But that’s okay

We save and wait for datamine

[vestal leaf]

I bet we're getting galar va p1 at end of July

[grim plover]

Yeah same, alola VA part 2 came two weeks earlier

[deft glen]

Possible Gloria alt

[upbeat lotus]

Possible Sonia alt

[topaz compass]

I only mention when my free gem count goes to a new 1k number. So "another k" doesn't mean 1k gems in just that day necessarily

Plus we all finish event missions at different times too

[rustic heron]

possible allister alt

[vestal leaf]

Another one?

[rustic heron]

acerola has 2 alts

allister can get another one too

[upbeat lotus]

Its always good to see not too popular and underated characters get new alts

[grim plover]

well, now to wait to the next event (datamine)

[little briar]

Crossing my fingers there's nothing for me next month so I can keep saving. ||Down to 4k cause of Silver||

[topaz compass]

We still have at least 10 days to datamine 😞

[robust shore]

Crossing my fingers there’s no faves next month because I devoted myself to saving for Anni

[hard wave]

Same

[cunning swan]

the events tab looks so vacant

[fallen path]

I was so used to scrolling that I wasn’t used to seeing only 4 events

[deft glen]

yeah, it's so weird not being able to scroll

makes it seem like the game's "empty"

[hard wave]

Yeah I was shocked when I saw it this morning and its technically 3 bcz region rotation is just always there

[winged fossil]

im hoping for an empty month but im honestly expecting like summer lillie or something

its been too long since lillie alt and she somehow didnt get one in the va so im scared

[gloomy holly]

Still expecting SS Lillie/Magearna

[topaz compass]

Say no to magearna

Say yes to alolan ninetales

Steel just got zacian upgrade, metagross upgrade, solgaleo upgrade, pending zamazenta upgrade, and jirachi is a way more interesting upcoming unit

Ice got alot but it still is missing alot for team comps

[sturdy flower]

shiny alolan vulpix fits Lillie REALLY well

[topaz compass]

What is different about the shiny? Little booties on the feet?

[sturdy flower]

it has a subtle pink instead of the cyan

recently I have started saving BP, i only open the page once a week to see all the prizes at once

[flat schooner]

From today until <t:1687672801:d> you can get up to 4640 .
For more information check /events and /banners!

[remote night]

Oh 🤔

Hope it works then

[tough oriole]

Why would Lillie (the fairy specialist)’s Magearna (whose signature move is a fairy type) be a Steel type in this game?

[topaz compass]

I honestly forgot it was fairy as 2nd type.

So it would be a special attacker striker most likely? Am upgrade on diantha/gardevoir?

[deft glen]

Fleur Cannon is a Fairy Type Leaf Storm

[rustic heron]

probably with some sort of b fleur cannon

or just downside up really

b fleur cannon lowers special attack, defense, and speed by 2 stages

[sly breach]

Been waiting for a skip month for like 3 months now

[topaz compass]

I don't expect many skip months ever again. Their greed means as much FOMO as possible until burnout and EOS

Which is why I plan to spend all my gems at 4th anni if they give us enough MF and split banner reruns

[winged fossil]

it wasnt hard to skip the sc event and va units for me, im mostly just collecting fav reruns atm which im getting low on the need for. although ||irida was not skippable for me but thats fine||

[hard wave]

I hope to finish my rerun list maybe by 4.5 anni that way I dont have to worry about reruns and can just focus on the new pairs I want

It may take longer tho

[sturdy flower]

at 5/5

[flat schooner]

Pokémon Masters Ex - Events

Gems Today: 300

Ending in the Next 10 Days:

:arrow_right: 04 - The Battle Villa Is Open! - 9 reset(s) left.
:arrow_right: 06 - Legendary Arena: Terrakion - 3 reset(s) left.
:arrow_right: 08 - Solo Event: Kris's Worries - 7 reset(s) left.

Ongoing Events:

:arrow_right: 02 - Battle Point Challenge
:arrow_right: 07 - Story Event: A Golden Future - 15 reset(s) left.
:arrow_right: 09 - Story Event: Chase the Northern Wind - 15 reset(s) left.

Coming in the Next 10 Days:

:arrow_up: 10 - Ice-Type Gear Event - in 3 reset(s).
:arrow_up: 11 - Team Magma's Red-Hot-Rage - in 5 reset(s).
:arrow_up: 12 - Team Aqua's Stormy Seas - in 7 reset(s).
:arrow_up: 13 - Pasio Special Stadium (Champion Marnie) - in 10 reset(s).
:arrow_up: 15 - Pokémon Masters Day - in 8 reset(s).

Upcoming Events:

:arrow_up: 14 - Legendary Arena: Tapu Bulu missions - in 12 reset(s).

r/PokemonMasters · Jun 17, 2023, 10:15 PM

[stuck canopy]

h

I’m pretty much out of ways to earn gems and I am FRUSTRATED bc I’m one multi and one single pull away from Adaman pity 😔

[tough oriole]

There’ll be gems next month that we don’t know about yet

[stuck canopy]

True

I’m just impatient I guess since I’ve wanted Adaman for a while now

And we don’t get the rally 3000 until the end of June

[tough oriole]

Much like Adaman

[stuck canopy]

TRUE-

[topaz compass]

@stuck canopy as long as you complete all content you will get him very soon

Knowing you will secure a unit should be a good feeling

[gray sail]

Back to 1k. Not tempted for anything now and gotta let go of a certain unit* a second time. Wish I was more prepared for the game pitying me most of last year and this one. I can be now, at least.

[wind coyote]

Hi i need therapy

I was feeling confident ill get ss silver with 9600 gems

But i failed

Horribly

And now im on 0 gems

[deft glen]

you should prob spoiler that

[tardy fiber]

Thats how life is, i was lucky with maxie, archie, gloria, lear, lysander, ssleon, annilillie, anniN and the annisteven need a pity ...and after that ive been hit by pity occasionally and learnt that i need to force DeNa to give me the pairs by having pity

Pity is good

No calculations, no need rates, no need percentage

[wind coyote]

I have pitied only thrice in the game till now

SS Lusamine, Ash and SST red

[tardy fiber]

Just have pity and you're fine

[tough oriole]

Well now you’ll realize that this can happen again in future

[wind coyote]

Yep after i get ss silver im skipping every month till anni so i can get all 3 anni units

[tough oriole]

Why do you want all 3 anni units

[wind coyote]

I joined at 3rd anni
I have all 3 3rd anni
I have all 3 3.5 anni
I want all 3 4 anni units so i can continue the streak

[deft glen]

yeah, making sure you'll have enough to pity avoids stress

[tough oriole]

That seems like an interesting reason to want units

Guessing that you don’t have many faves then

[tardy fiber]

One thing i learn is, i wont say that i will skip any future months unless i already know the datamine...your faves can just pop out like that and poof your promise is gone

[vernal glade]

Good thing I made myself a fave list. I don’t get stressed out on the game thanks to planning on faves.

[deft glen]

yeah, I can never say that

then, BOOM, || Irida || appears

[vernal glade]

||The last time I wasn’t prepared on pulling was October because I wasn’t saving when Iris dropped. But after November, that’s when I changed. Now here I am months later and I’m doing fantastic on saving.||

[dire meteor]

You should spoiler those pull results.

Just saying.

[wind coyote]

Right my apologies

[dire meteor]

All good!

[static thistle]

Is the general process with pitying saving up 36.5k and then rolling until you get one copy of the unit and then stopping? Or do people usually aim for 3/5?

[vestal leaf]

People usually roll one copy then candy if the copy came early

[drowsy saddle]

36.6k, and depends on amount of gems you have + pairs you'd like to have. But one copy is common.

[vestal leaf]

If the scout got quite close to pity, they go for pity

No reason imo to stop at 330/400

2 multis for one guaranteed copy is worth imo but some people would say otherwise

270/300 is already a different story for example

Especially because many units still work well 1/5

[lime hill]

I saved a ton of gems for Alola villain arc, but ended up spending way under budget even after pitying for SS Red. After that, I started thinking about pulling for Adaman and Irida since I played Legends Arceus. Could I get away with pulling for both even at the risk of pitying both?

[tough oriole]

It’d depend on how many gems you have, and if they’re your favourite characters.

Could always wait until datamine to make a decision

[lime hill]

That is an option. I do have 185k gems, but I also know that a 1/16 chance of pitying both is a nontrivial chance

[vestal leaf]

Yeah uhhh I'd choose one of the two as bigger priority

And wait for datamine

[lime hill]

Yeah, I’ll wait for datamine. The master fairs won’t go away until July, so that’s plenty of time

Thanks, Clair and Winston

[topaz compass]

I mean your gem count is comfortable regardless of whether you go for 2 MF

To get to your number you obviously have willpower to skip again in future

[grim plover]

back to 39k

my goal is to reach 2 pities by the anniversary datamine

[violet nebula]

Easy

[tardy fiber]

After next month, it will be a dangerous period for me. Galar VA that might happen next month or August, run up to anniv thats confirmed to be on August, also anniversary that start on late August...fall that come right after also might have my fave, well Fall Iris did happened before and i am lucky that anni doesn't have many faves

[lime hill]

Galar VA might happen soon, but don’t anniversary events usually start in August?

[tardy fiber]

Run up to anniv start on August, anniv start on late August

[lime hill]

I’m more inclined to believe that DeNA will release summer pairs in July and anniversary pairs in August

If I guessed, Galar VA might happen in November

[sturdy plank]

last year hoenn va happened before anni

[tardy fiber]

Anniversary starts on 28th August so you are not wrong but need the August datamine...early August might be galar VA, but confirmed to be run up to anniv

Yep they might make Galar VA the run up stuff

[sturdy plank]

could be late july-august that we get galar va

i also need to start saving for ss allister

[lime hill]

If nothing appealing shows up in the July datamine, I might consider pulling at least one pair for Galar VA, too

[tardy fiber]

SsSteven is a good bait

I expect the same will happen this year

So i need to be ready

[sturdy plank]

battle tower leon bait

[tardy fiber]

And SsSteven doesn't even rerun yet does make the fomo pressure increase especially if the Galar VA unit later are fave

Worst case scenario i might need to wait a year if i miss any galar VA fave

[sturdy plank]

we have zarude, spectrier, regieleki, regidrago, and is it single strike urshifu?

[tardy fiber]

Yep

Also if there's shinies

[upbeat lotus]

dont forget some popular normal pokemon like Cinderace or Dragapult

there are many possibilities

for Galar VA lol

[sturdy plank]

oleana could maybe get garbodor

[lime hill]

Maybe, but I half-expected the Alola box legendaries’ shinies to come with with Alola VA, but that never happened

[sturdy plank]

with gmax and as a spotlight unit

[upbeat lotus]

that is you assume she will debut in the VA

[lime hill]

She could just appear but not end up playable like Shelly and the Galactic admins

[upbeat lotus]

[tardy fiber]

I hope more of those appear, easier to skip and many of my faves might appear on anni, and current record of 5/6 anniversary name pairs are faves is dangerous

Only anniraihan aint a fave

[sturdy plank]

i forgot none of the team rocket, galactic members are playable besides the leader

i remember team aqua

[tardy fiber]

Could still appear on neo champion alola event

[sturdy plank]

1 unit to skip

[lime hill]

2 even

[sturdy plank]

i like shiny lunala

i don't like shiny solga

[tardy fiber]

I hope Necrozma appears, the non fused form, although i already have 10 psychic faves...but base Necrozma has a cool design

[lime hill]

Yeah, I get that

[lime hill]

I’m glad LuSSamine has Dusk Mane; that one’s my favorite Necrozma form. What else would be cool is if Dawn Wings became playable

[sturdy plank]

ss gladion and dawn wings?!

[lime hill]

I’d pull for that

[hard wave]

VA and Anni r dangerous times for anyone I just hope there isnt too much I want for anni and galar VA is a skip

Or one pair which I get early 3.5 anni had 5 banners I wanted

[sturdy plank]

i need to start saving for ss allister soon

[tardy fiber]

I only have 100,885 currently...hope next month only have 1 fave or a skip month

[sturdy plank]

well i kinda doubt he will be in for galar va but better safe than sorry

[hard wave]

I have || 200 gems I hope the fav is a masterfair rerun (prob zerena or ss ethan) so ill have enough time to reach pity ||

[sturdy plank]

wait is half-anni and full-anni the one that gives the most amount of gems?

[hard wave]

I think so

But we have other high gem months like december

[tardy fiber]

Iirc run up to anniv also gives a lot

[hard wave]

Not sure how it compares tho

[sturdy plank]

on august?

[tardy fiber]

Aug 22 45k, aug 21 30.6k

[sturdy plank]

also for that report, does it only count the gems from the first day of that month to the last day of the month? (DAY 1 to DAY 28/30/31)

[tardy fiber]

Need to ask @timber wren

[timber wren]

yes

[tardy fiber]

Thanks Cami

[maiden kayak]

whats the gem avg this year

[topaz compass]

What was the monthly average in 2020, like 5k lmao

[vestal leaf]

15-17k

In 2020

Iirc

[topaz compass]

I suppose everything was new so the gems for missions etc pumped it up to that

[vestal leaf]

There was also barely any banner

[timber wren]

we had like eight limited banners that whole first year

[upbeat lotus]

Good times

[tough oriole]

You were there?

[upbeat lotus]

[violet nebula]

It was the golden era of pulling

[topaz compass]

I don't even remember what I pulled on before Garchomp but I definitely wasted all my gems doing so

[vestal leaf]

The golden era of saving*

I only pulled to reroll for 5* gen pools, chomp, metagross and red in first 6 months

Then got shafted by SS Cyn, then SS blue/leaf

That's all for year one lol

[topaz compass]

I didn't realize I could reroll when starting the game

So all I had was Pidgeot and soon after Sceptile thank God. But I didn't get my first Lycanroc until it was outclassed by several units

[violet nebula]

It happens, we all had no clue what we were doing

[limber stream]

Should I save up for Bede if I already have SS Wally and diantha? I feel like diantha is very underwhelming for special fairy damage

[violet nebula]

She is good with the right team around her to boost defences/speed/ special attack

And she can speed up sync count down

Bede has a good nuke but takes a bit to set up as he hits like a wet cloth

With ss wally as well with fairy wish, both wally and diantha can rip through fairy stages and even off type

Though together they compete for the sync... but I haven't found it to be a big deal

[tough oriole]

If you’re going to ask for a question on if you should pull for meta here, the answer will always be no

[violet nebula]

That too

I was getting to the save gems bit😅

[limber stream]

Ok thank you

[tough oriole]

||Definitely a bit different but SS Hau + 1/5 Diantha is easy enough for fairy weak for me||

[violet nebula]

Or any of the tapus with fairy wish/zone

Ss lana if you have her and looking for a heavy hitter

[vestal leaf]

I just wanted Karen

(the comedy of pulling a Whitney dupe on first multi tho)

[topaz compass]

I think I got Karen pretty early on. She was decent at start for sure. Then I finally tried to replace her with Zoroark and she got a grid expansion like a month or 2 after he came out lol. Thank God I didn't candy him

[tawny dagger]

I pulled Lycanroc and Brendan after pulling 3/5 Metagross and Charizard

[vestal leaf]

Karen was my main DPS til zard

Lol

[tawny dagger]

Blue was my main dps

Luckily Elesa was released not too long after I got Blue

[vestal leaf]

Because Cynthia sucked and Steven was not really good without Phoebe back then

Because no grids

[tawny dagger]

Steven had a grid tho

[vestal leaf]

Yeah but consider the following:

Fug I lost my "sync orb chance" screenshot

[tawny dagger]

I mean if there was one unit you wanted to grid

It was Steven

Very high prio

[vestal leaf]

Nvm

Found it

Imagine farming for hours and hours to grid 30 energy

Couldn't be me

I rather play the game til first Anni without grids at all

[violet nebula]

Blue was my main Tank, still sees a lot of use as well

Leaf was just awesome utility, still is

[summer goblet]

my 2 ultmate wish list for new sync pairs

a very powerful version of Brock alt

and a Mega Sceptile with Leaf Blade (shiny will be awsome)

and maybe add Arecus into the mix if its possible lol

[topaz compass]

They should just do another rock tyranitar and make memes in the event pretending the other one never existed

Like all the people from his original story event having deja vu and Brock swearing they are wrong

[tardy fiber]

I gonna wait for a fave Tyranitar...Iron Thorns

[cunning swan]

Gem update: 211k

Doesn't seem like I can recover back to 6 pities by the end of this update but I'm still pretty safe entering July

[tardy fiber]

Better than me, i only have 3 pities entering July well at least im happy that it's all gone to faves and not getting tempted to non faves pairs

[vernal glade]

I think July will bring me to 6 I think.

[rare swan]

Actually it's been a while since I did this myself - current free gems are about 185k

||Adaman and Irida took 51k from me|| so I'm back in saving mode atm. Still kind of want Eusine but I'm definitely holding off until datamine

||With every failed daily I want him less and less ||

[upbeat lotus]

good

[cunning swan]

good

[rare swan]

[cunning swan]

I really want Irida and SS N but i must wait, hngggg

[rare swan]

Need that sweet "2" back at the front of my gem balance

[maiden kayak]

ohhh nice thanks ||this makes me wanna save lesser and lesser lmao||

[weary spire]

learn from my lesson: make sure to hop on early, just in case. can’t always complete everything right as reset comes, as you’re not always afforded the gems

[rotund monolith]

||if olena or klara get in via Galar VA i am def pulling||

||heres hoping they wont come||

[tardy fiber]

Done with ice gear, 2 more resets till big gems

[violet nebula]

Da faq

That was quick

[dire meteor]

Meanwhile I have like 1.5 pities to my name.

[grim plover]

how many candies are left for the month?

[tardy fiber]

Candies? Depends on your coin inventory

[grim plover]

candie coins i mean

how many more can we get for the rest of the month

[upbeat lotus]

you can use /event command to see each event's rewards

[tardy fiber]

There's 1 coin for hoenn va rerun, then hoenn VA rerun part 2, next week cs, and also poma day 3 coins... others probably depends on how for are you in battle points

[topaz compass]

I'm confused, LA gem missions are not a 1 day thing. You must have forgotten this repeatedly

[weary spire]

I'm not sure where you got me saying I forgot there were missions at all until just then, nor that they were a 1 day thing?

[topaz compass]

You said learn from my lesson

[weary spire]

Oh, probably a misunderstanding from when I say to hop on early just in case, that's fair enough if so

[topaz compass]

Yeah sorry I just meant checking events frequently is advice you need to take, not logging on early the last specific day

[weary spire]

I think you're probably realising what the lesson is

Or maybe I shoulda made it more clear is what you're saying

[maiden kayak]

honestly its pretty easy to miss especially when there are lots of events

and u forgot to check each event

[weary spire]

I haven't been playing that much lately, been burned out for a few months tbh

[maiden kayak]

let alone scrolling down that specific gem goals

[weary spire]

Not all that active

[topaz compass]

Yeah stuff is super easy to miss, best to do a tab by tab sweep of all missions every couple days

[maiden kayak]

i also did miss like 500-1k gems from lear event

and also yellow move coin

[weary spire]

There was 1 actually that I proper missed entirely, forgot what it was

Or it may have just been the rally gems. Either that, or that and something else

[maiden kayak]

problem when saving too much

[weary spire]

I wasn't coming online much and spending stamina enough, but I forgot that that the rally was a thing entirely near the end

[maiden kayak]

when u can casually forgot saving gems like this

[weary spire]

lmao

It still bugs me even while semi-burned out from the game

1k still feels like a lot even if it isn't to the total count

[maiden kayak]

yea i know

but im like whateva at this point

[weary spire]

But that is true

[topaz compass]

Well, you can't expect to complete all missions without logging in everyday, or almost everyday. Just how the game is

[weary spire]

Dailies have kinda got that way with me really

[tardy fiber]

Luckily i still haven't burned out in poma, i did burned out in genshin though... luckily star rail is kinda casual like poma so im okay with it

[maiden kayak]

yea im just annoyed at daily battles from VA

[weary spire]

There are a few days I'm really busy and then have a tiny little bit of spare time, and I just don't feel like it

[maiden kayak]

i can skip daily battles from other events but not for VA

[weary spire]

That's fair

[maiden kayak]

which is kinda annoying

[topaz compass]

Any of you that play other gachas too, no wonder you feel burned out

[weary spire]

I'm still saving tickets for next anni

I play no other gachas personally

[maiden kayak]

actually no

[weary spire]

I originally avoided PMEX for that reason lmao, I eventually made an exception bored 1 day

[topaz compass]

Doing dailies in this game is already too much tracking. I'd never do a 2nd

[weary spire]

Yeahh, I'll admit

[maiden kayak]

altho this is like the least time consuming gacha if anything

[weary spire]

Some people run 2nd accs consistently and while I'm sure they physically have the time, it's enough to dedicate separately

[rare swan]

At least the overall grind here is very minimal

[maiden kayak]

2nd account just consumes so much mental energy lol

[topaz compass]

I play this one because it is pretty casual and is pokemon. It's not like gachas are an enjoyable game type overall

[weary spire]

I'll at least give this game the benefit of saying you reaally can just pop on and do whatever real quick, largely. It's usually not too hard. It may be annoying at times for a few reasons, but not too bad

[topaz compass]

People with alt accounts are crazy imo lol

[maiden kayak]

yea i know

[weary spire]

Yeah basically

2nd acc and it crosses into something else proper

[maiden kayak]

i cannot phantom how they have that mental energy to cope that lol

[weary spire]

No disrespect to anyone who runs a second acc here for the record, props to you, I just couldn't do it

I feel like I'd be burned out faster lol, and that's prob while playing casually

Even I can admit I prob made myself get burned out by giving it too much focus for a while

[maiden kayak]

honestly if u are busy irl

saving gems are rather easy

tbh

[weary spire]

That is kinda true

[maiden kayak]

u just tend to get gems before u know it

[tardy fiber]

I didnt do second acc. For me, i work hard to make 1 acc to have all of my faves, so i dont need a second account.

[weary spire]

But if you can at least do the main content anyway

Which this game isn't too bad with gem-wise

It helps that dailies are so auto-able lol

[maiden kayak]

daily auto daily battle when

i need that if anything for VA related

[weary spire]

I daily auto them, but it became even faster after their update with it remembering what teams you used

[maiden kayak]

yea

[weary spire]

So it just remembers my Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh, Unova, Kalos, Alola teams

[maiden kayak]

oh i mean VA specifically

[weary spire]

or I just use the same one for them all, but that takes a lil bit longer

[maiden kayak]

those event daily battles

[weary spire]

VA ye

[tardy fiber]

I already preset daily VA battle team

I will delete that team once the event is over

So the game just auto choose that team

[maiden kayak]

i dunno man

[weary spire]

I will say it can be a bit annoying to have to click onto 1 event, do the daily, click onto another event, do the daily and they're both using the same teams for the same region bonus bc it's a VA

[maiden kayak]

i feel like next month is gonna be disappointing as usual

[weary spire]

It often feels like I may as well just be replaying the stage except I have to go to the other event for it

[rare swan]

I'm probably not going to worry about the Hoenn VA dailies

[tardy fiber]

I need to keep aware, a fave might pop as summer seasonal...as they did pop out as xmas and fall

[rare swan]

Those tickets are useless to me

[tardy fiber]

Might be useful if we got frontier brain spotlights

[weary spire]

I'll still try to collect them all, but if something comes up and I miss it, I won't lose sleep

I probably would if I'd never missed a ticket before

[rare swan]

I really only bother with Sinnoh, Unova, Kalos and Galar

Since those are the regions where I'm missing something

Oh Alola too

[weary spire]

I'm not missing anything for Johto, and I guess Kanto as of recent, I think, then uhh... I think I need all the others

I'm just waiting for them to add gen pools for these regions

Chuck is right there

[rare swan]

The issue is they add gen pool units but don't update the pools for another year

[weary spire]

True