Resource Saving Support (Gem Zen)

[bleak falcon]

Reject Bug Zone, embrace Lusamine

[vestal leaf]

Yeah why even scout SC ingo if you don't like him

[topaz compass]

I got every zone unit I think for future proofing in case some types never get a 2nd version

I like bug bros fine enough, just not enough to spend candies over other options

[vestal leaf]

Eh, i would have gone for excavalier but it always reruns in bad periods

And always made do without both, easily

I hate to follow the concept of future proofing when the game is so f2p friendly anyway

[hard wave]

I dont have poison steel and bug zone but dont plan to get them, hoping for another tech zone user like they gave hau fairy wish even tho wally had it alr

[topaz compass]

Oh yeah they've made it clear future proofing is a waste haha

[hard wave]

Oh im missing skyla lucas and cyrus (tho I have calem) but I plan to get them eventually, since pokefairs r easier to get

[topaz compass]

But I still tend to go for meta units because the game is so boring, have to feel like my best teams are getting stronger or what's the point

[winged fossil]

been bit lazy the past week but on plus side, ive basically got pity again.

[vestal leaf]

I'm at 212k, datamine will be here before I get 6th free pity

[summer goblet]

Yeah, i feel the sentiment from time to time

That an i love feeling very rich and powerful

[vernal glade]

Next datamine will give me my 6th pity. I won’t get the 6th one this month.

[crisp oracle]

Getting closer to three pities

[topaz compass]

Sometimes I forget I am already past 3 pity

So that covers 4th anni. But what we are getting now goes to all the bait

[dense pike]

All these 200k gems savers, how many months of not pulling has it been?

[mental skiff]

6-7 month

Average gems is pretty high lately tho

[cunning swan]

so far, february and may were full skip months for me

other than that, I ||did pull, though only 1 unit a month, and I got super lucky on all of them|| so I maintained my 200k+ balance

[winged fossil]

i forgor to do most of the villa i managed to speedrun floor 25 before it closed

so atleast i only missed 500gem and a coin

[sly breach]

When y'all talk about buying the streak bonus is it the daily gem bundle ex or the daily gem bundle ex +?

[tardy fiber]

The 3k paid gems with double sync orbs drop bundle

It costs the same with 1k paid gems masters day deal for me...so why grab the 1k paid deal if i can 3k paid

Also due to its timegated as its over 20 days, i keep on buying it eventhough its a skip month

[sly breach]

I was planning to grab the daily then on master day grab the 1k deal its not too costly where i live tho that depends

[vestal leaf]

Just one here and there

I rarely fully skip two months in a row

[broken mulch]

Still at 69k as June ends, at a good spot for summer units and 4th Annie units

[topaz compass]

Another day, another k

[tardy fiber]

Ice weak special CS next reset

I forgot if it give move coin like normal cs or not...but it does give some certificates and gems

[hard wave]

It gives a yellow coin

[tardy fiber]

i love that so every month we will get yellow coin now? As special cs happens during the month without gauntlet

[hard wave]

Seems like it

Btw does anyone know where the other 2 move coins come from?

Not sure if coins earned thru lodge and bp are included in the count

[topaz compass]

I feel like they do estimate a certain amount of BP for the coin calculations but I could be wrong

People that get extra in paid bundles or miss some from events means that many people are at different spots

[tardy fiber]

Yep its from BP because they state the amount of BP you got from the month, and how much you will have if you never missed from its introduction

Iirc Tlim doesn't include the ones from lodge

Because not all people have the lodge guests especially the limited ones

[sly breach]

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

[rare swan]

he means his balance, not in general

[topaz compass]

Haha I should stop saying that because it confuses someone each time

[lapis pine]

Is it k as in okay or k as in 1000

Because I have always been confused by that

I was assuming you were saying k because you were uninterested in pulling

[topaz compass]

K as it one thousand. But yes if I go from 116,900 to 117,100 I say it

[lapis pine]

Right

Idk if it helps you keep at it

I was just confused

In fact I should join you that’d help me save

[topaz compass]

I do keep updating my display name. I can just leave it at that

[lapis pine]

Now that I understand it it’s a nice habit

[grim plover]

datamine when

||i got silver early so if there's nothing i want next month i may pull for adaman||

[vestal leaf]

Datamine is between tomorrow, the day after and two days from now

[tough oriole]

Datamine is never, EOS is in 3 days

[rare swan]

[cunning swan]

Gem check!

Need datamine to know ||whether i will pull on irida and SS N or not||

[upbeat lotus]

stay strong everyone

[hard wave]

That make sense, I assume they could since the rewards r the same each 2k

So where does the 3rd one come from?

[gloomy holly]

I'm barely recovering

[hard wave]

Same, could rlly use a skip month

[rotund sleet]

this next month needs to be ass

i have like 7k to my name

[sturdy flower]

why are you hoping for an early Galar VA

[sand crown]

Amen. My savings were blasted

[deft glen]

I'm hoping it is

I need it to be a skip month

My savings have been severely hurt (and could be even more)

[rotund sleet]

man gakon has really done a number on everyone

nobody reply pings anymore

i promise it’s okay

[vernal glade]

I hope 4th Anniversary a skip month.

[sturdy flower]

i hope, on the contrary, it's the best anniversary we ever had

but units can be mid, it's whatever new they announce that counts

[vernal glade]

As long as they don’t bring a fave, then I’m set for the rest of the year.

||By the time 4th anniversary comes I’ll be back at 200k because I’m only pulling for Summer Hilda next month just please no SS Hilda and SS Hilbert next month.||

[hard wave]

Kind of hoping july and august r skips or have zerena and nothing else

[glass abyss]

Zerena is coming soon for sure which is an easy skip for me right now. I am pretty sure we will see Hoenn though which will tempt me.

[vernal glade]

Zerena is a skip also. ||Because I already pulled for her, was before I knew how to save gems which wouldn’t happen until late October.||

[hard wave]

Yeah im expecting her, I hope she comes early my gems are low rn can pity her if I save in july and august but still dont actually want to ofc

[summer goblet]

July and August shall be a skip month for me

gathering all the gems for September

and afterwards, I will decide which unit I should skip

including MF after September if I were to reach my goal of 500k gems

[topaz compass]

Do we get a VA rerun every month

I'm worried for those at 300k+ skipping so many units that you will be guaranteed to be left holding a huge balance at EOS announcement. They won't feel good to spend when you know game is x months away from shutdown

[vestal leaf]

Sounds like a self imposed issue

If you wanted to scout, they should've

This channel isn't about not scouting after all

It's about knowing when to scout

[tough oriole]

I don’t really get that logic
If the game ended next month, I would not think “oh if only i pulled anni may/had less gems”

[sturdy flower]

i would be like "they really pulled a sneaky one over us"

[tardy fiber]

If EOS next month, well at least i have all of my current faves well iirc this thread goal is to encourage people saving for faves, don't pull without pity or able to form one within the banner duration, help people to avoid temptation of pulling non faves, motivate people that want to start saving

Nothing that says dont pull ever

Those that have much simply means that there's no pairs that's in their fave list and their roster are plenty strong for them to not being tempted on other pairs for meta reasons

[summer goblet]

I wish it happens and I hope it will have VA rerun often like MF so i can plan my spending better

though if EOS happens, yeah we are all screwed which I hope its not going to happen in the next 5 years

[tardy fiber]

Still sad that EBE doesn't rerun when VA reruns...those will be a good extra 1.2k gems on average

[summer goblet]

totally

i want my SS Dawn back along with Emma

[tardy fiber]

Well at least less pressure to pull the unit just to clear EBE, not like the EBE will rerun

[summer goblet]

yeah, though my goal is to have 8 insanely powerful regional theme skills to take care off EBE so i don't have to pull them everytime EBE comes out

[summer goblet]

fear of missing out is prevalent. Maybe she is not top fav, but we all wanted to try out units that are not within are fav list cause the gems are scarce

[hard wave]

I think most months but not every one

We had sinnoh in oct 2022 and may 2023, johto in dec 2022, kanto in feb 2022 and march 2023, and hoenn in march 2023 and this month

[summer goblet]

well i think he is talking about banner rerun

which honestly, i want to see VA banner rerun

i had this awsome plan of waiting for a triple Sinnoh VA rerun to snag SS Dawn

while stacking up the move level for Dialga and Darkrai

yeah, that plan is not coming so i threw it out

[hard wave]

Ah me too, about half/2 thirds of my rerun list is just VA rerun

[hard wave]

I would love to get all 3

[summer goblet]

yeah, but unfortunatly, Dena has diffrent plans

at least MF will have some predicatblity of when they will rerun

VA is going to be a huge guessing game

we still don't have free rerun for both Cyrus and Dawn yet

yet we get Morty and SS N already

same with Blazikan and Latios

[hard wave]

I wish we could get a couple multi banners for poma day like masterfairs but oh well ill just try my best to pull when they rerun w expanded grid

[summer goblet]

when Galar Va do arrives, I pick one that is top fav

which is gonna be Dragonpult or Cindrace

[hard wave]

Im hoping galar va is a skip tbh

[topaz compass]

Yeah I'm hoarding for a really good triple banner

[summer goblet]

or a huge skip yes

[hard wave]

I rlly need to save for anni, not prepared at all

[topaz compass]

I think 4th anni might have some really good split banners

[hard wave]

Also ik brendos reran earlier but can he get another this yr

[hard wave]

I hope the MFs r a skip so I can go for those if they are there

[topaz compass]

I really hope the August bait units are still there for anni datamine so we can decide. But they usually make them run out first just to FOMO us

[summer goblet]

yeah

[hard wave]

I think last year datamine was 25th tho

The hoenn va didnt end until the 28th

[summer goblet]

true

that is why i always pull at datamine

cause at least i can make a decisive decision

also, dailypulling is always my fav strats when i have the resources

[hard wave]

Oh I want ss hilbert too but besides that all reruns I want dont have an expanded grid yet

[sturdy flower]

EOS before Nemona would be too sad

i want to see her in Masters artstyle

same with Iono

[summer goblet]

yeah it will be sad that's for sure

we will get gen 9 characters by December

trust

[tardy fiber]

Man gen 9 is scary ||especially seems like after new DLC trailer, all the 4 kitakami island pokemons looks like legendaries||

18 paradoxes, 9 legendaries my roster will be stacked, if i got em all

Hope the game doesn't EOS, i would like to see my name being 100/100 Faves

[bleak falcon]

I personally doubt we’ll see EoS for a very long time since pokemon as a franchise is hugely profitable

[fallen path]

What is the max number you can put anyways. And I guess x2 because potential shiny variant

[tardy fiber]

For now the missing list is here:
Not counting shiny, or other forms
Kanto-Articuno, Moltres, Zapdos
Johto-Raikou
Hoenn-Regice, Registeel, Jirachi
Sinnoh-Azelf, Uxie, Manaphy, Phione, Heatran, Regigigas, Arceus, Enamorus
Unova-Terrakion, Virizion, Thundurus, Meloetta
Kalos-
Alola-Nihilego, Xurkitree, Kartana, Guzzlord, Magearna, Stakataka, Blacephalon, Melmetal
Galar-Regieleki, Regidrago, Glastrier, Spectrier, Zarude

Oh not adding paldea stuffs yet

I will add when we get first paldea unit

[deft glen]

if there's a gloria alt it prob won't be skip for me there won't be a marnie alt cuz of half-anni

[tough oriole]

And gacha is profitable

[crisp oracle]

Closer

[deft glen]

I got to that point, now no more units to grid

And the orbs start to pile up

[tardy fiber]

Same, i already have 200k orbs and increasing

[deft glen]

I have around 40k

Last ones I gridded were stuff like 1/5 Cheren and 1/5 Nita

[winged fossil]

Tbh it pains me that I have to skip another suicune but it’s worth it in order to ensure I get to have zoroark instead. Gonna have physical and special dark teams next month with both having dual attackers

All with only favs

It’s just a matter of is summer lillie coming. That’s the only thing I can think of that might make me change my mind

So holding my breath for datamine

[rare swan]

Don't forget we're getting the rally gems soon

[winged fossil]

I’m at 33.8k gem rn, over 34k if I get rest of gems available

My bad, .9k

Hadn’t claimed daily missions yet

I’m also safe from whichever mf rerun it is for the month like 99% chance so that’s not a concern

Don’t see them doing kriss or cserena yet

I’m also curious what the new modes specifics will be. Pretty confident in my water box now that I got my may dupe recently

[hard wave]

Kind of hoping zerena reruns for july but I also need to save I just hope I dont have others I want in july and august

[winged fossil]

I’m still glad I got super lucky with zerena on first run. Exiting a banner with 3/5 in 5 multi is prob pretty rare

Was so happy that it was on a fav of all things

[hard wave]

U pulled for dupes or?

[winged fossil]

Yeah I had first copy at like third multi

[hard wave]

Oh ok

[winged fossil]

And wanted 3/5 and had only one candy

Ended up with double dupe on fifth

Was like “wellp jobs done”

[hard wave]

Glad it worked for u, some said they got the first copy within the 1st 3 multis and pitied for 2nd copy

[winged fossil]

I was fully willing to pity for the dupe since I went into the banner expecting shaft bc big strong fav

It was a pleasant surprise to not have to go beyond presents

Especially after experiencing anni n full shaft to spark

My most recent spark was cmarnie

Almost sparked irida but got one on semifinal multi and was like ima just…get the dupe. Wasn’t a unit I initially planned to grab but it’s harder to resist partial favs when they’re mf

At least tho it’s only every three months that we have to worry most of the time for mfs

Anyways ima set phone down I’ve ranted bit longer than prob should of and phone battery in red

[hard wave]

Ive had to pity cmarnie and irida, got close to chop pity but dropped so I could go for other banners, and I pitied ss steven cuz I got him close to spark, and ash since he came last multi I dont rlly like sparking but id prefer it to happen in months when I want nobody else

[winged fossil]

Yeah main time I don’t go for dupe if I get a unit before spark it’d be if I was in last hundred pts

Wasnt*

If I’m at 300+ area I’m like I might as well if I don’t need all for a pity of another

Don’t mind spending 9k for equivalent of candy if it’s a fav. 6k is required range for lesser fav prob

I’m just hoping the summer rerun banner isn’t a spark

Cause those rates are horrid

I’d be fine with any of the like three units I might want before pity but pref n or Gloria

[tardy fiber]

I need to be strong and ignore pulling for dupes for a few months, well at least till after fall

[vernal glade]

I almost missed my gems today.

[hard wave]

Oh I got to 11th multi on hop but since I had smb else to go for I didnt pity

[summer goblet]

my personal goal is to reach 500k gems to fully embrace the rep as a master gem saver who can help and influence a way of saving and managing resources

[hard wave]

My goal is to finish my current rerun list and hopefully have all lodge pairs as well (excluding MFs)

Well, unless I go for them ofc

[tardy fiber]

I already finished my rerun list, so my goal is to get dupes via select scout and get upcoming faves

[vernal glade]

500k won’t happen to me until 2024.

[rotund monolith]

do any units have magearna?

[rare swan]

Nope

[tardy fiber]

I still put Glastrier in the list because Hleon ice rider calyrex is still Calyrex other form in the end so they can release Glastrier if they want

[summer goblet]

i want a better version of Glastrier

Hleon is kinda underwhelming right now lol

[hard wave]

Me too, bcz I want ice rider but dont want to pull for hleon

[tardy fiber]

He still have the gimmick of having the highest chance to freeze enemies

[summer goblet]

that is true i guess

for me, i want a strong special striker

ice striker

to pair well if Irida

[tardy fiber]

The outdated ones is like Giovanni for me, too many better psychic faves

[summer goblet]

Hilbert is nice but very guage heavy

[tardy fiber]

And lysandre

No reason to use him if have ssethan

At least annisteven still have flying physical damage fave gimmick

Anniskyla always relevant due to flying zone

But lysandre...

[broken mulch]

Oh I thought his buff made him stronger?

[tardy fiber]

Yep but why should i spend extra 2 candies if ssethan can do better job with 3/5

Before this i use him for dark special damage

But ncmarnie appears

So he and gio gets downgraded to be Gauntlet use

[hard wave]

Articuno would be cool

[violet nebula]

Huh, no datamine

[gray sail]

Have to skip next month for pity, datamine or not. I don't have very high hopes a fave will be in there.

[tardy fiber]

108,300 gems...shy a little bit from a third pity

[sturdy flower]

so i guess datamine tomorrow alongside a trailer for friday

[vestal leaf]

Most likely yes

[topaz compass]

Did we ever get new egg event this month

[violet nebula]

Nope

[topaz compass]

I could have sworn datamine had new eggmon

[sly breach]

Maybe they were for general egg

[tardy jolt]

They were for new shinies in the general egg pool, iirc (rapidash is the only one I remember)

[upbeat lotus]

Only their models got added, maybe its for next month

[tardy fiber]

I just checked, tyrogue event was last july...hope they repeat it, i got 0 shiny from previous run

[topaz compass]

They should have an egg event up 90% of the time imo

I don't even earn 4 per day from the 10+3 daily skips

[sturdy flower]

give me Arezu + rest of the month skippable thanks DeNa

[topaz compass]

Guess what?

Another day, another k

[vernal glade]

So the only content left for gems is Tapu Bulu. After that it’ll just be logins for gems and the daily 20 gems.

[vestal leaf]

Tomorrow datamine, Friday/monday new content?

[violet nebula]

Friday no datamine

Monday datanine and update on that Friday

[vestal leaf]

Can't be on Monday, Irida debuts on lodge on the 1st

So it has to be tomorrow or the day after

[tardy fiber]

Hope datamine is today

[sand crown]

I'm hopeful for something today, expecting tomorrow

[topaz compass]

Why isn't tapu bulu listed on the online event countdown

[vernal glade]

It’s in the bot channel, type in /events and you’ll see it. It appears the countdown doesn’t feature the Tapu bulu for some reason.

[hard wave]

U can find it in #1012256199128915968 as well

[vernal glade]

But if the datamine is today, then I’m ready to see how many gems July will give us once the calculations are done.

[hard wave]

Hopefully alot and a skip month

I feel like ss hilbert will rerun in august so I want to save for that

[vernal glade]

||Same, SS Hilbert part of my fave list so I’ll pull for him||

[hard wave]

I rlly want july and august to be skips besides ss hilbert if he does rerun and anni im just hoping for maybe a multi banner or 2 if I can afford it

[topaz compass]

The hope for good split banners has kept me from wasting on PFs recently

Getting every MF and trying to save extra for that is tough

[hard wave]

The hard part is split banners r rare

Besides the gauntlet banner, which doesnt include newer units

Ill hope for split ones that feature multiple I want but if they come on a solo banner ill prob try for them

[tardy fiber]

They also put old pairs in split banners lately, iirc lucas rerun was on main character pokefair scout and triple charming pokefair scout...kinda hard to get a split banner with all pairs inside it that you wanted

And recent mayziken rerun, its in a single banner...not mayziken+ssbrendan+sssteven banner

[hard wave]

I mean id still pull on a split banner if I only wanted one of them, but im hoping for 2 or 3 that I want

[tardy fiber]

For hoenn VA

[hard wave]

Like eon duo and charming banner had 2 I wanted (since I had flyhan) but oh well

[tardy fiber]

Need to prepare on anniversary then, those banners you mentioned are during half anniv

So anniv might have cool split banners

[hard wave]

Yeah, thats why im hoping both r skip months

[sturdy flower]

if trailer it will be in 7 min right?

[tough oriole]

In an hour, actually

[lean mango]

I thought it was in 2 hours

[hard wave]

1-2 hrs from now

Trailers r always 2 or 3 hrs before reset (1 or 2 hrs before datamine)

[sturdy flower]

ah, I'm going to sleep then

ping me if Winona or Flannery summer alt

[hard wave]

Alr

[crisp oracle]

Hehe

[upbeat lotus]

Fortunately next month is my skip month based on summer teaser

I feel bad for @tardy fiber tho

[bleak falcon]

Looking like an easy skip month for me as well

I'll have to wait to see datamine before deciding that tho

[tardy fiber]

Woohoo im happy

Just in time i formed 3 pities

Let me update my nickname

[vernal glade]

No faves so ya, good start for me for me to save still.

[tardy fiber]

But darn not shiny celesteela

As least make it shiny

Wait i havent check its shiny color

[lean mango]

it's white in the shiny version

[tardy fiber]

Yep

[hard wave]

Remember there’s been another event in july besides the summer pairs for the past 2 yrs + reruns

[oak crest]

uh oh jirachi...

wasnt expecting that at all

[bleak falcon]

If Liza doesn't have Dynamax or something I think this might be the 1st case of exact same pokemon (not even shiny and non-shiny) that doesn't have a gen-specific mechanic to differentiate

Not counting eggmons, of course

[rotund monolith]

welp i like celesteela but also i like new years jasmine more so I’m not pulling Liza

[tardy fiber]

You mean scjasmine?

[grim plover]

both janine and koga have regular crobats

[tardy fiber]

If you wait for NY, she wont even rerun

[bleak falcon]

Ah, true

[hard wave]

Like korrina and cynthia?

[bleak falcon]

So I'm dumb, lol

[rotund monolith]

i can always wait for special costume jasmine

[vernal glade]

||Hopefully the only unit I can pull this month is Summer Hilda, if this datamine doesn’t bring any faves on my list then I’m in the clear this month. Least I have Zoroark so I don’t have to get him.||

[rotund monolith]

she’ll be back eventually, and I don’t even need a steel team

[oak crest]

well gonna wait and see their kits before deciding

a steel addition(that isnt ground weak) would be really nice, esp if its spec steel

[rotund monolith]

Solgaleo + Colress + Hop will always be top tier

[tardy fiber]

Well ||i hope Jirachi is steel and special damage, it can help fill my steel faves coverage... physical already covered by solgaleo and gloria||

[bleak falcon]

We know Liza is Flying, the trailer stated Flying Giga Impact

Since Tate has Doom Desire as a passive special Jirachi is possible

[tardy fiber]

My annisteven will be shelved

[hard wave]

Luckily I have raihan, and while I could rlly use a better flying striker than blue im waiting for ss ethan rerun

[crisp oracle]

We are assuming that Liza is the better damage dealer than SS Ethan

[tardy fiber]

Pretty sure he cannot top giga impact

[bleak falcon]

Por que no los dos?

Flying weak CS will probably happen sooner or later anyways

[oak crest]

Giga impact sounds like phy based rather than spec like SSEthan

[tough oriole]

One is AOE, one is ST

[tardy fiber]

Although im crying due to my lack of strike candies

[grim plover]

thank god liza was the one to get flying celestela. i already have 3 favs with flying strikers

[tardy fiber]

SsHilda, SsLana, Eusine all 1/5

[oak crest]

oh liza is flying? prob skipping her then

[grim plover]

yes

[tardy fiber]

And the coin bundle is becoming more expensive after 2 price revisions

[hard wave]

Yeah but I like ss ethan’s outfit and lugia better, im indifferent to both liza and celesteela

[crisp oracle]

same

[mild spindle]

Maybe ||HTG Flash Cannon & Meteor Mash||

[rotund monolith]

i hate waiting for the datamine in between a trailer

[oak crest]

personally i'll say those 2 are different, Ethan is special and Liza is most likely phy based flying from the name of the sync move

[rotund monolith]

||i wanna see if i can pull SS Morty and get a 3 on him||

[rancid wraith]

For now it's easy skip for me, I can save for 4th Anni in July and even August as well if it's Galar VA since I'm not Galar's biggest fan

[topaz compass]

Really wish Jirachi was with Liza instead of the 2

[rotund monolith]

same tbh

[oak crest]

but still not going for liza since Darach still does a pretty good job as a phy flying type nuker for me ATM

[rotund monolith]

DARACH IS SO GOOD

[topaz compass]

Also jirachi tech is expected but still devastating

[hard wave]

Yeah liza has giga impact

[vernal glade]

I already have planned to skip Galar VA months ago, just like I did with Alola.

[rotund monolith]

i hope he gets an alt someday

[hard wave]

But I dont think there’s any stage that id need a physical flying so

[rotund monolith]

white day would be a good alt

[topaz compass]

We have 3 decent physical flying nukes, fletchling, staraptor, and toucannon

[tardy fiber]

I would love that, as long as it have special steel damage and better than scjasmine flash cannon dps

[oak crest]

I actually used fletchling as a support

due to the guage-less reflect TM

[rotund monolith]

is Fletchling that good

i thought it was mid as far as lodge units go

[oak crest]

its a really good secondary support for me

against certain E4 that hits hard with phy moves (Bertha being 1 of those)

[topaz compass]

Fletchling is far and away the best attacker lodge unit

Well it is all utility and no dps, but solid nuke

[oak crest]

i really liked it as a utility since its prob the only unit that can cast reflect that doesnt cost any guage

[rotund monolith]

interesting…maybe I’ll go for serena after I’m finished with dawn then

[oak crest]

(the 30% flinch chance from peck is also another plus point besides the constant debuff when u use attking moves)

[vernal glade]

Wait, with Bulu and the rally gems, I’ll bump to 215k. I’ll be 4K away from my next pity.

[winged fossil]

ill prob be gone for here a for a little bit atleast till the rerun banner's done, i dont want to get people to follow me down the 0.33% or worse rabbit hole

cause i think its pure hopium to expect good rates on the rerun banner

glad tho the new pairs easily are skips so far for me

[vernal glade]

||Even tho the rates are low, I’m still pulling for Hilda, I’m not missing my fave this time.||

[oak crest]

ur biggest chance is hope they separate the reruns into 2 banners or smth

if Dena wants to do that

[lapis pine]

I feel like that will eventually happen

[vernal glade]

Least you have a pity rhythm.

[winged fossil]

id prob be unhappy with that result still tbh bc if i can get lucky id like gloria too

[lapis pine]

Or at least they will make seasonals more easily accessible

[winged fossil]

yeah, im sitting on a pity so i should be fine

[lapis pine]

Because they can’t keep putting them all in 1 banner forever

[oak crest]

Seasonal select when

[winged fossil]

0.1% rate per pair when /j

[oak crest]

0.2% isn't far now, just need 10 past seasonals in total

[vernal glade]

||Im probably expecting to get a power up ticket from Zoroark due to it being 5/5, I just need to find out what’s Summer Hilda mindscape message is while I’m pulling.||

[tardy fiber]

||didn't she have the same mindscape with summer N?||

[broken mulch]

Gems safe from the new summer units lol. Hard skip

[compact pasture]

Datamine today!

[broken mulch]

Only temptation then is the old summer units and what other unannounced events or reruns will be in July

RoSCa plz

[vernal glade]

||Yes I think, however the messages are different so should be easy to find out who I’ll be getting when the mindscape appears. I know Summer N mindscape is a nighttime festival and it shows the drums.||

[sand crown]

Easiest skip month in awhile so far

Unless any surprises ofc

[broken mulch]

Well we have only two banners and 1 event so far

[mental skiff]

summer joke

[rotund monolith]

||unless ss kris is rerunning|| looks like this'll be a skip month

[hard wave]

I dont think so, zerena ss ethan and ss lyra havent yet and they’ll prob come before her

[mental skiff]

good luck for vantner

[hard wave]

They said they have 2 pities, so as long as the other half is regular pkmn they should be fine

[tardy fiber]

I got 3 pities this reset

[topaz compass]

I feel bad you have to waste on a non-shiny dupe

Is this the first time a fave is non-shiny dupe

[tardy fiber]

Yep

Hope for the other hidden units of the month are non faves

Well 2 faves in this month is good enough

As galar VA might have 2 or 3

[hard wave]

Rlly? I thought there would be more tbh

[tardy fiber]

Well kyurem is a non shiny dupe but its different form

Others are shinies

[hard wave]

Hmm, yeah I cant think of any

How many dupes do we have that dont have a dif gimmick/both non shiny?

[mental skiff]

[hard wave]

Vaporeon, leafeon, umbreon, crobat, lucario

[broken mulch]

Depends on what you mean by gimmick

[tardy fiber]

Probably roles?

[broken mulch]

Rats, Charizard

[tardy fiber]

Support/striker/tech

[hard wave]

Mega or gmax

[tardy fiber]

Both rayquazza are striker

[mental skiff]

Gengar

[hard wave]

Like charizards r dupes but one is mega one is gmax

Same w gengar

[tardy fiber]

Right both gengar are tech

[hard wave]

Atleast it’s somewhat different ig

[tardy fiber]

Onixes have different roles

[hard wave]

Not roles, mega and gmax since its atleast different forms ig

[tardy fiber]

Well then onix

Both cannot mega and gmax

[hard wave]

Yeah

[tardy fiber]

Also both non shiny

Crobats

Rats

Snorlaxes

Leafeons

Vaporeons

Umbreons

Lucarios

[mental skiff]

https://tenor.com/view/pikachu-shocked-face-stunned-pokemon-shocked-not-shocked-omg-gif-24112152

[tardy fiber]

Oh right, people asked me if i will pull non shiny fave dupes...i didn't see people not pulling both rats, both non shinies

At least frogs are shinies

[broken mulch]

I’m torn between wanting a total skip month or my favorites getting a banner everytime datamine happens lol

[rotund monolith]

same

[tardy fiber]

Only 2 faves

Good luck guys

Oh Cris ||oleana looks like poison pair||

[tough oriole]

||SS Wally rerun is real||
Goodbye 36 600 gems

[rotund sleet]

nevermind they dropped ||oleana||

[hard wave]

So far skip month

[mental skiff]

Galar VA part 2 time to save gems

[hard wave]

I have cynthia and wally and dont care ant the rest

[rotund sleet]

hopefully she’s spotlight so i can skip

[tardy fiber]

||right, they can shove 3 faves to me like Johtrio ||

[mental skiff]

[mental skiff]

hopefully

[hard wave]

Recent history w base pairs tho

[rotund sleet]

yeahh

[broken mulch]

Ah finally Oleana is here

[mental skiff]

[tardy fiber]

What gear is this?

[hard wave]

Water

[tardy fiber]

Is it water?

Wooo

[tough oriole]

Water, to coincide with the water event

[mental skiff]

[tardy fiber]

Neat, a big boost to archie and eusine

They have low stats

[chrome nest]

Hello everyone I’m back after a while

Sooo let’s just say ||I yolo’d two multis on iridas banner, I want to start saving again. How do I do it again?||

[chrome nest]

I just returned because I want to save again

I think I’ve lost my ability to be patient

[sullen hedge]

oh gosh, summer steven is the last steven i need i only have 1 pity saved

[crisp oracle]

||I like Irida, but anni is incoming and I may get a few favorites (johtrio) coming soon + a potential SC Diantha rerun||
what should I do lmao

[sly breach]

Looks like no skip month in site

[chrome nest]

I honestly don’t know my ability of patience as probably expired so I need help with that

[sullen hedge]

Oh right there's like a paid seasonal select scout during anni right

[hard wave]

So what reruns r we getting this month?

[tough oriole]

||SS Wally, SS lys, DU Gloria. And Maxie||

[vernal glade]

||Summer reruns still being searched?||

[tardy fiber]

Well every savings starts from somewhere, as former denizen here, you probably made your fave list so it just a matter of willpower for you to avoid temptation of other non faves, if you keep on pulling on everything, of course you will lack gems.

[rotund sleet]

it’s joever if oleana is a master fair. but even if she’s a pokefair her banner may not last long enough

[hard wave]

I dont see || lyss and dloria ||

[chrome nest]

Alright thx

[mossy hawk]

They are in a duo banner

[hard wave]

I dont see it tho

I checked absol’s twitter

[tough oriole]

||https://twitter.com/absolutelypm/status/1673921888329023488?s=61&t=NtehZ5KcSA_dM7AkRgB0YA||

[hard wave]

Ah ok

What’s the misty/lana one? A spotlight select? And the melony gordie one too

[tardy fiber]

Oh im happy ||i see summer tate sync animation and its steel beam|| at absolutely pm

[chrome nest]

I guess I could attempt to save through this month

[tardy fiber]

Finally no temptation to use raihan

Can kick raihan

[chrome nest]

Oh there’s an extreme battle

Well let’s hope that this villain arc extreme battle isn’t too difficult

[sly breach]

||The dojo gloria rerun is it paid?||

[hard wave]

Wait kiawe and mallow r variety? Seems like they have the same EXs as base tho or….?

And ofc, || oleana and rose r PF ||

[tardy fiber]

Kiawe got same EX with marowak kiawe

[sly breach]

Looks like

[tardy fiber]

Change shorts

[hard wave]

Well its better than no style ig

Still a skip tho

[tardy fiber]

Yep

[hard wave]

Is one of them for poma day?

[chrome nest]

I think I can manage to beat the galar eb

[tardy fiber]

I like that smtate and smliza sync animation did show they hold hands first...i wonder if they did the same on their base pair

[chrome nest]

It’s just steel and poison weak right?

[mental skiff]

no spotlight Dena go full limited mode

[hard wave]

For EBEs?

[chrome nest]

Yes

[hard wave]

I assume so

[tardy fiber]

If my galar birbs cannot clear EBE, i will ask DeNa refund

[hard wave]

Hopefully there isnt any passives that stop birds from beating it

[chrome nest]

Let’s hope there’s no special attack resistance

[hard wave]

I have raihan as well so that may help for rose ebe

[tardy fiber]

Well if need poison, there's alister

[hard wave]

Oh yeah true

[tardy fiber]

Iirc his sludge bomb kinda 100% chance poison

[chrome nest]

Oh wait Gloria with zacian exist

[hard wave]

Dont have her and the lodge banner seems to be cynthia so

[tardy fiber]

Gonna use double gloria, dojo Gloria does have max steelspike

Also hop will get EX

That surely helps

[hard wave]

Oh yeah

[chrome nest]

Put three dogs in one team and win

[mental skiff]

part 2 Galar gonna slay me

[tardy fiber]

But man, so i will get faves on August

Its VA part 1

They might throw shiny eternatus or something

[chrome nest]

Rose gets his vengeance and gets shiny eternatus

[tardy fiber]

Iirc there's pic of people editing rose face on ssleon

[mental skiff]

only fear they throw Bea

[lean mango]

Yea ||but I'm really happy I got my garbage||

[tardy fiber]

SsBea Machamp

[mental skiff]

[tardy fiber]

||yep, you do like trash ||

[hard wave]

Hop gloria and?

[chrome nest]

If rose gets an ss next datamine then that means he’s the fastest unit to get an alt

[chrome nest]

Sonia

[hard wave]

Oh right

[mental skiff]

Bea, Nessa and Sonia

Highest chance

Also Kabu, Milo spotlight so people wont complain

[tardy fiber]

Milo got good chance

There's eldegoss in this datamine file

[mental skiff]

True

But they will make Milo and Wooloo tho (wooloo carry)

[tardy fiber]

Oh Mallow Kiawe are variety, at least they got EX color...well better than no color

[hazy socket]

I have 16610 gems now

And have 0 preference for anything

[hard wave]

I wonder if they’ll update the BPs/Varieties/Bugscy/Lodge units with the base’s EX

[hazy socket]

Continue saving?

[tardy fiber]

Oh SsLysandre and DjGloria are double feature banner

[hard wave]

If u dont care for anything then ofc save

[tardy fiber]

Yes

[hazy socket]

I only care about the 12% rates

[gray sail]

Thank Arceus, it's a skip month for me.

[mental skiff]

Flareon

[tardy fiber]

Variety trainer file : Akala Passion...so there will be variety for other islands?

[mental skiff]

Prepare to be get rekt

[tardy fiber]

Well at least i didn't set Alola MAX as goal

[mental skiff]

you free from variety tho

[tardy fiber]

Well they release duplicate non shiny celesteela, i might not be so free of variety in the future

[mental skiff]

Variety cant get legendary tho

Mostly pokemon that trainer own in game

[tardy fiber]

Well frontier brains variety might cause problems

They have legendaries

Noland got articuno iirc

[mental skiff]

yeah that never gonna happen unless they want to get quick money before eos

[hard wave]

Do they have any non legendaries?

[tardy fiber]

Alot

Iirc greta have heracross and shedinja

[broken mulch]

Hmm, think I’m gonna have to skip the summer reruns

[hard wave]

Do we know the role of oleana and copperajah?

[tardy fiber]

||archie acting like a neo champ||

[hard wave]

Tech and phys striker

[signal axle]

they’re trying to milk us dry aren’t they

Galar VA then immediately right afterwards 4th Anni

[hazy socket]

I always feel like being pressured into using the featured units just for the rewards

And interesting phrase "flavour of the week"

[rotund sleet]

||oleana debuffing tech centred around poison, with a strong bp 4 bar move. also rebuff ||

[tough oriole]

||Gamepress has the kits||

[grand bramble]

What do you think guyz??? Very underwhelming right?

U know... I kinda.. lost my motivation of playing this game... because... I already moved on to the other game which is I mainly played now

Work and stuff too

This is the longest I haven't login like since the last datamine... which is crazy... and came back again to look at the update

turn out to be sooo underwhelming... to me at least

[hard wave]

Wait I just realized smth

Where’s gauntlet 10???

[tough oriole]

For this month, there’s the prestige event at home instead

[hard wave]

Oh alr

[upbeat pilot]

as someone who initially wanted to collect all of the hoenn units, this update has me crying

[hard wave]

Guess no triple banner then

[grand bramble]

Alot of gems I missed... But I already moved on....

[ashen thunder]

They stopped releasing broken dps

The new units are boring

[grand bramble]

Ever since Ash released... All the updates are soooo underwhelming... I dont even feel hype anymore like I used to

[sly breach]

Well that sucks ||ss Lysandre and dojo gloria is split in the banner, got frog so ss Lysandre is a bit useless to me||

[ashen thunder]

Well I am only bored coz I personally don't like galar

So next 2 patches are snooze fest for me

[broken mulch]

Hyped for Oleana and the new event types

Time to drown the stadium LMAO

[grand bramble]

I haven't delete the game yet lol... Cuz I know one day I will return again... But who knows... I already lost my motivation

[ashen thunder]

Atleast more gems to hoard till anni

[mental skiff]

[broken mulch]

Gonna have to look at the summer rerun banner and see what’s inside it

[ashen thunder]

I can't believe they just released a SSgio and NYlisia copy paste

[grand bramble]

2 updates left for the 4th year anniversary.... Villian arc is almost in the end... what will be store for us next month

[sly breach]

Eos?

[grand bramble]

Lol....

Do you think it's better for me to move on for something else

[ashen thunder]

Your choice

If you feel burned out

You can take a break

[grand bramble]

Alright then

[tardy fiber]

Yep like i take a break on Genshin due to burnout, haven't returned yet...might never return because i like star rail more

[grand bramble]

I see... Exactly my case right now lol

[ashen thunder]

Well genshin has no content except for anni

[grand bramble]

Anyways... Have a great day!!

[ashen thunder]

Atleast pomas has monthly content

[tardy fiber]

Its so different, like i can do daily star rail stuffs just by clicking or auto while farming but genshin, i need to jump/glide/swim/dodge projectiles/fight during time limit just to clear dailies

Kinda burned out

[ashen thunder]

Well doing dailies but 0 content is what makes it dry

Tho I wish star rail had 18 battle limit for auto instead of 6

Oh yea
How many gems you got now vantner?

Coz 2 favs this patch for you

[tardy fiber]

109k gems

[tough oriole]

Exactly 3 pities, nice

(Well 109.8 is 3)

[vernal glade]

||So checked the units and yep, I’m set for one pull this month which is only Summer Hilda, all the other units will be skipped.||

[ashen thunder]

So vantner still safe even after this year's legendary infestation

[topaz compass]

I am upset that Jirachi kit is awkward to use but still underwhelmijg, while Copperjah looks amazing for steel

[mossy hawk]

I think it's too soon to judge, NY Dawn ended up better than expected

Liza is the better of the 2 that is for sure

[topaz compass]

And Oleana is a physical poison....synergy with Emma instead of Fall Iris....

[ashen thunder]

Oleana is arguably best unit of the patch

Since she synergizes so well with Emma

[topaz compass]

Copperjah didn't get aggravation I don't think, if he did for 60% aoe flinch I would have instant pulled

[ashen thunder]

Well rose doesn't look as tempting when steel already had strong dpses

He doesn't look like a big upgrade

Tho it's surprising this patch has no zone units

Only 1 rebuffer

[topaz compass]

Steel doesn't have a good physical striker really, except nidoking but Nido was not steel sync

[ashen thunder]

I mean

[topaz compass]

Rose goes perfect with mawile. Oh I forgot zacian but zacian needs 5/5 way more than copperjah

[ashen thunder]

Gloria exists

[topaz compass]

3/5 copperjah blows 3/5 zacian out of the water

Good thing is the tempting ones are the late July, so easy wait until next datamine

[weary spire]

Hop EX is awesome to have, honestly with how hard Hop carries as both Support & Steel F2P, this’ll be pretty nice

[ashen thunder]

I thought hop will get powerboost this patch as well

[weary spire]

Nah next I’d imagine

[topaz compass]

They always tease with EX first then grid expansion later

[tough oriole]

Only 2 units in galar va so it’s split across 2 months

[weary spire]

The guy’s been there clearing every CSMM & even EBs without the featured units

Would like to see how far he goes now

[tardy fiber]

Celesteela kit is more awkward

Well ssliza

Oops smliza

[weary spire]

I wouldn’t be surprised if Hop carries through Galar’s EBs as well. Particularly if there’s a Steel-weak (is there?)

[mossy hawk]

Celesteela could actually top NY Lisia in damage

[ashen thunder]

Celesteela is just NY lisia part 2

[weary spire]

All in all, good wins for skippers

[ashen thunder]

Both are giga impact users with 1.3x sync multipliers and 1 30% dps multiplier

[tardy fiber]

Yep but the tm doesnt buff atk, it will buff atk if you have def buff, to get def buff need to spam iron def but to take advantage of status move free move iron def for free giga impact, you need to cast iron def than giga impact...so see the awkwardness? Whats the rotation

[ashen thunder]

Well it's physical

Just use one of the 200 physical supports to max atk and crit

[weary spire]

Btw, just a fair reminder to prob walk the line of datamine units so as to not especially gas them up here, prob not the best place for it

[ashen thunder]

I am just arguing how shit the new units are ♿♿♿

Why no powercreep this patch

[weary spire]

Nah you’re all good lol

[ashen thunder]

I wanted my big 200 BP 500 atk 3 multiplier dps with tech nuke that has expand range

[weary spire]

Just wanted to throw out some caution in case

[tardy fiber]

Yep i said smliza is awkward so should skip her

[weary spire]

Lmk when gem count is datamined

Or rather, when datamine is gone through and total gem count is tallied

[ashen thunder]

Gem count should be up in like 5-6 hrs

[mossy hawk]

1 iron defense( nets you 4 defense), 1 tm(+3 crit and +4 attack) and use a support that tops the stats to +6, and there, setup in 2 turns

[tardy fiber]

She still need support, smtate kit is much more less awkward to use

Tm, spam flash cannon twice, doom desire proc

[mossy hawk]

Well every team has 1 support, she is striker

[ashen thunder]

Bulu is perfect partner for her

Also awkward kit is trademark for seasonal units

Unless your name is lisia

Then you get a straightforward kit

[tardy fiber]

But still if not fave, dont pull ...there's plenty of physical flying damage pairs, well steel special is rarer as there's no f2p pair that provides that other than steel beam perserker

[deft glen]

So I just saw the new units that are being released and I thought to myself "NICE, FINALLY an easy skip month"
|| then I saw the Dojo Gloria rerun banner ||

[tardy fiber]

||you might get spooked by ||

[deft glen]

|| and I don't even want him, he's just there lowering her odds ||

[topaz compass]

Kind of how I feel

The twin kits are low key mediocre and easy skip which means anything tempting after can be sat on until next datamine for me

Never thought Copperjah would interest me more than Jirachi...

[tardy fiber]

Darn, Blue is the month's power boost

Smell ya later ramp up 2, head start 1, sync power flux, brain sync 5

Well better than Grimsley

[topaz compass]

Did pisgeot have any sync multipliers before this

[ashen thunder]

Blue now has similar nuke to SSred

BS5 and SPF

They both have 1.5x multipliers and 550 atk post mega

[tardy fiber]

Rivals

[ashen thunder]

Tbh they rly didn't have to give blue his PB on same month as flying type celesteela

[tardy fiber]

DeNa even give a flying pair power boost, even more reason to skip smliza if she's not fave

[ashen thunder]

Blue probably nukes harder than her

[topaz compass]

I am actually really happy he got a decent nuke now

[ashen thunder]

Well now only Phoebe and Olivia left out of day 1 5* to get powerboost

[winged fossil]

after looking at the datamine, all im going to say is, wish me luck on the 6th.

[topaz compass]

He was my 2nd best unit behind sceptile for a long time

[topaz compass]

Both have good potential. Olivia will get shafted because they fear her power. Phoebe will stop being terrible if they give her bulk

[winged fossil]

ill literally take just stats on oliv and not even be mad NGL

[ashen thunder]

I mean

They made blue strong

Olivia is still only a 110 BP dps

[winged fossil]

olivias nuke is still nice enough to not be bothered by it

[ashen thunder]

They'll likely throw in furious brawn and some utility tiles and then call it a day

[winged fossil]

if she gets utility tiles, can one of them be accuracy on entry so i dont have to press her tm, please and thanks

[tardy fiber]

Gladion power boost when

[vernal glade]

||Same here I’m joining on the 6th||

[ashen thunder]

Wait

Also Hilda is the only other year 1 dps they released

[lunar topaz]

Kris is crying

[ashen thunder]

So 3 year 1 units left for powerboost

Kris already got PB

[lunar topaz]

Oh that’s what you meant

[tardy fiber]

Goodluck guys, i will go first on ||30th and 2nd||

[ashen thunder]

And the best one at it

Grimsley was the last gen pool they released that year

[winged fossil]

||if i get lucky on zoroark and have enough gems then ill prob get SSN out of the way, else zoroark is all im pulling this month||

[ashen thunder]

Hmmm I might be forgetting someone

[tough oriole]

||I’m going out on 26th||

[oak crest]

kinda feel that Dena is trolling, Jirachi is another steel type... weak to ground

[vernal glade]

||6th will be the day I get that Hilda, Zoroark has already been obtained. I just gotta not urge on lysandre and Celesteela. Anyway I’m gonna rest, wish me luck next Thursday.||

[ashen thunder]

I am not a big fan of galar and seasonals don't interest me so this patch is skip
Just like how I skipped half anni

[tardy fiber]

Darn not sure if i can do faves only run for water new game mode, i only have 4 water faves

Cannot even do 5 teams

[lean mango]

[tardy fiber]

Cannot do all faves run

Need 5 water at least

Darn

Heck if i cannot use all faves, i just gonna use all water pairs that i have

[ashen thunder]

15 water types

[oak crest]

no harm done anyway, not like you have to pull to achieve that

[ashen thunder]

It's funny how 2 of my rain setters aren't even water types

Oh wait 3

Ccalem, ssmina and Winona

[oak crest]

water eggmons should consider as water type i hope

[ashen thunder]

Goddamnit game

[chrome nest]

Hang on what is this highscore event thing

[deft glen]

oh, that's flawed, DeNa

[tardy fiber]

Oh wait i can

[ashen thunder]

I hate eggmons

[winged fossil]

hm thats a good question, how many water teams can i manage... uhhh
may, nessa, kris, grimsley.....
i...think i have to raise someone.

[tardy fiber]

Need at least 1 water for every team

[oak crest]

if there isnt a choice might have to

since need 10 water pairs on top of the 5 water DPS

to support/just be there

[ashen thunder]

They'll likely cap the score enuff to ensure it's only like 7 or 8 water pairs out of 15 for max rewards

[chrome nest]

Is the high score event just a water type boost

[winged fossil]

anyone got opinions on which 4star i should raise

[tardy fiber]

Siebold got high sync nuke dmg iirc

[winged fossil]

youre required to bring atleast 1 water per team it sounds like by wording

more the merrier

[chrome nest]

Seems not too difficult

[tough oriole]

Use +3and4stars in #bot-zone

[chrome nest]

Unless the opponents are grass and electric types

[tardy fiber]

Oh right this water event gives certificates

Thanks DeNa

It is kinda helpful as i dont pull adaman and irida

[chrome nest]

Oh yeah I should save that 3k gems that we get in 2 days

[ashen thunder]

I think I can manage 15 water types
It just won't be as overkill with less rain access

[tardy fiber]

Only crasher wake is a 4*

Oh right, i need to 5* clair next month

She got the EX treatment

I always 5* those 3* 4* pairs that get EX treatment

Oh right, i don't see any Eggmon event in datamine news

[ashen thunder]

Oh yea Clair got ex

I might ex her if I can afford some 5* PUs

[lean mango]

I think I have enough for water

well for strikers

[tardy fiber]

I just noticed why my skip ticket window kinda sus, you guys are fine?

[oak crest]

Yea mine looks similar

[tardy fiber]

They give it an uplift

[oak crest]

Yea

[deft glen]

they said something about it in the dev letter

[tardy fiber]

But it even block the texts above it

Please DeV this affect my gameplay...so 3k apologems please

[mental skiff]

ewww dena

[tardy fiber]

Time to send feedback

[mental skiff]

[oak crest]

dont think they ever gave out that much apologems before did they

[tardy fiber]

They did before, iirc they advertised wrong banner units on twitter post

[oak crest]

ooh

oh wow... We have Hoenn CS right after Sinnoh month... Dena sure like to be nasty

[tardy fiber]

I not sure if is there any hoenn stages that i scared, i need to recheck

[oak crest]

saw some said about steel weak glacia....

[tardy fiber]

Glad that i cleared my traumatic experience at sinnoh

[oak crest]

idk if she's a nightmare on 2.5k for off-typing

pretty sure i off-typed her back then

since i never have a spec steel type

[oak crest]

Steel weak bertha still gives me headache

took me a number of resets to get SSGrimsley to work

[tardy fiber]

Oh i use hop, solgaleo, gloria...next month will make it even easier as Hop EX

[oak crest]

Even if I decide to go for Jirachi, the fact that Jirachi is also weak to ground is another pain

||Hopefully if they decide to give Archie Jirachi in the future like Morty/Eusine, the Jirachi won't be a ground weak steel type striker/tech||

[tardy fiber]

No free NPC pair again

[chrome nest]

I need that event timeline thing

[tardy fiber]

Hard, i think people are waiting if absol post more stuff

There's no gem events and missions thingy yet

Also no news of eggmon

[chrome nest]

Honestly I should start saving when the new event starts

If we get a pity then that’s great

As long as I can get one anni unit I’m happy

[oak crest]

i wonder tho... for the EBEs... what nasty passives those bosses will have so u cant cheese it easily with the NCs if you got them

[chrome nest]

Tough skin 9

[oak crest]

the poison 1

will definitely have smth that reduces damage if the boss doesnt have a status condition

[chrome nest]

Dang on the second anni we had a galar unit as a pre anni unit, we’re gonna have galar units as pre anni units this year

Interesting

[oak crest]

galar VA probably ends right before the countdown event to anni too

[chrome nest]

I bet their gonna release hisui units for anni

[chrome nest]

Crap

[oak crest]

since we have p1 on 2nd half of jul, p2 will be on end of jul til ard mid Aug

[chrome nest]

Oh yeah new BP units for anni is basically guaranteed

[oak crest]

ye

BP Sophocles the goated unit for last yr 100%

[chrome nest]

Alright what’s the master BP unit this time

[oak crest]

he came in useful for so many EBEs

pretty unexpected for a free unit

[chrome nest]

I swear if it’s thundurus I’m gonna be mad

[tardy fiber]

Probably zapdos/articuno

If chatelaine Dana

Virizion if Morgan

[chrome nest]

Oh yeah the BP units usually never boost the current anni units soooo

I’ll feel safe knowing that the time travel duo will return someday

[tardy fiber]

Im excited for BP master pairs, well each one of them means less 36.6k gems that i need to save as they are free...and their teamwork passive does have noticeable increase in damage especially in a monotype team, and finally they are all supports...not many of my faves are supports so i accept when any of them are released wholeheartedly

[tough oriole]

:nitanod:

[tardy jolt]

Easiest skip month ever, summer never fails to disappoint, happy to cruise through July and stock up for Anni

[tardy fiber]

Ice teamwork articuno will be nice, especially when ssN + Ghetsis team are pretty gauge friendly so that ice Teamwork bonus will be sweet

Also as i skip Irida, it will be good

[chrome nest]

Watch as articuno is flying instead of ice

[tardy fiber]

if they want to do flying BP, choose moltres

[stray steeple]

B Fiery wrath on Marnie bypasses it, no?

[sonic cobalt]

This month is full save mode for me

[stray steeple]

Also where is daily gem breakdown

[sonic cobalt]

Takes a bit for that

[tardy fiber]

As long as absol doesn't post the list for all missions and quests rewards, we wont be able to calculate much

[robust shore]

Praise be, it’s a skip month

Rose and Oleana are tempting but I’ll just wait for them to come back around when o have more gems saved up

[upbeat lotus]

I skip this month despite Oleana being fav, i will get her when she reruns

Gonna zen unless VA part 2 has SS Sonia

[tardy fiber]

Seeing this first part VA pairs, i wonder if this Galar VA will again be a VA without new Protags alts

[cobalt frost]

skipping entire month tbh

i really needed this

as depending on who they add in part 2

(mustard or peony are what im worried about)

zarude is an easy skip if they want to go that route

regieleki regidrago skips

protag alts are skips

[sullen hedge]

yea i dont feel strongly towards this month either though i love jirachi (i watch the wish maker movie at least like 20+times as a kid)

[sturdy flower]

i think you don't have to worry about these

i feel like 2nd part of the month will be Paulo Interlude units

[tawny cedar]

Is there a chance for anni to have johto units

[tardy fiber]

They could release Johto Solo SC just like ScRosa last year

A Johto pair with Raikou as we got Raikou LA

[tawny cedar]

Alr I'm skipping this month then

I already have an insane backlog of 9 johto reruns

[tardy fiber]

Well only summer pairs expired early, if others, you can wait next datamine

[tawny cedar]

I'm scared theyll do johto mfs

I can at max get 2 pities by anni

Not a lot

[hard wave]

They are saving zerena for anni arent they or anni bait

|| going for her regardless but hope im ready for anni and august ||

[sly breach]

Damn Dena please i need a skip month

[stray steeple]

I'm skipping this month, but I still want SS Silver

[tawny cedar]

Easiest skip of my life

Lance really became broken with 3/5

Just need 2 more candies to make him god

[chrome nest]

I have no idea

[sturdy flower]

likely

next month might be her

[chrome nest]

Or it’s leon

[orchid field]

Any gem estimate yet?

[upbeat lotus]

not yet, wait for a bit

[idle estuary]

Whew it seems like a safe skip month for me unless I have completely underestimated units

[hard wave]

Well hopefully im able to go for her then

[tardy fiber]

Or Leon rerun for galar VA

[hard wave]

well im expecting ss hilbert next month anyway

[tardy fiber]

Oh right, no VA rerun next month

[hard wave]

Wdym? Oh and I meant ss hilbert for august assuming we get a bug stadium with calem

Unless they want to do an alder banner instead

[gusty wadi]

i saw that the summer n rerun is a tier scout, does this mean it’s paid only?

[sturdy plank]

can we get unova rerun or johto rerun, well i want unova rerun so i can get the 3 and 4 star medals

[sturdy plank]

yes

tiered are paid gems

[gusty wadi]

that’s a big oof

[hard wave]

All tiereds are paid

If u want a seasonal on a rerun as f2p u have to pull on the one with all the old ones unfortunately

[tardy fiber]

Well there's a non paid and it's rates are very low so prepare to pity

But tiered scout is paid

[gusty wadi]

welp rip my anni gems

[tardy fiber]

Well there's 6 featured in it

Will be 8 pairs next year

[gusty wadi]

knowing my luck i probably won’t even pull a single one without pity

[tardy fiber]

Well at least, you only want one

[sturdy plank]

holiday is having 8 units this year, will be 10 for next year

[tardy fiber]

So 1 pity only

[gusty wadi]

true true

[hard wave]

Can we get a free seasonal select

Oh yeah free pf select in august probably for anni run up

[gusty wadi]

that’d be a godsend

[tardy fiber]

I will grab steven/lance/diantha if there's free select again

[broken mulch]

Oh I see summer Gloria on the old seasonals banner

Do we know if it’s paid or not?

[crisp wraith]

How many gems for month were datamined. Having trouble finding it

For July

[sturdy plank]

not yet

[hard wave]

I think there’s a paid and free option but they wont put all 6 when displaying the banner

But both free and paid should have all 6 summer seasonals

[broken mulch]

Sweet

[stray steeple]

Is it worth spending gems on old seasonal banners if there's a unit your really want

[sand crown]

Nothing wrong with faves, just be aware it is likely to cost a pity since those seasonal rerun banners have quite low odds for a specific unit

[upbeat lotus]

if you can afford paid gems consider spending 10k on paid tiered scout of rerun

[stray steeple]

Can you choose the seasonal you want

[upbeat lotus]

yes

[stray steeple]

I don't have the money

Well I guess I ain't getting summer Marnie anytime soon

[upbeat lotus]

the summer pairs will go away before datamine so its a tough choice

[rare swan]

A satisfying (free) gems update

wow that's huge. anyway ||I just managed to pull Eusine so|| I'll be saving until the next datamine, since I have 0% interest in any of the pairs next month

[cunning swan]

gem update: 218k! i should recover back to 6 pities next reset

[stray steeple]

Is gem breakdown here

[sturdy plank]

not yet

[stray steeple]

Wake me up when it's here

[hard wave]

23k gems

[upbeat lotus]

[lofty relic]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1010594009720295425/1123598150280695838/RDT_20230628_145741722537947546942658.jpg

in case it wasn't posted yet!

Tlim's will come later

[grim plover]

23k 💀

[sturdy plank]

23k total gems this month>?

wait no

it's 26k gems, i don't see the hisui rally

[lapis pine]

26k is acceptable

[crisp wraith]

It’s gonna be like 30k anni month

[lapis pine]

Ye

Run up has big gems

[crisp wraith]

So like if I had 0 gems today I’d have around 50k by anni right

If I started saving now

[copper escarp]

yes

[grim plover]

oh thank god

thats better

[tardy fiber]

No rally so 26k right?

[sturdy plank]

yep

[tardy fiber]

Neat

[deft glen]

That's fine I guess

Not bad

[upbeat lotus]

im confused rn, so its 26k with or without Hisui rally?

[sturdy plank]

23k without

[tardy fiber]

Oh right is there any point rewards for high score event water?

[sturdy plank]

with hisui rally it's 26k

[upbeat lotus]

thats kinda acceptable

anni months tend to give load of gems anyway

[crisp wraith]

How many gems do u guys normally go into anni with

This might be first time I go in with a pity

[grim plover]

+36k

[crisp wraith]

Gotchu

I just wanna pull someone and then save for anni

[grim plover]

yeah same

[oak crest]

Last anni i went in with i think 4 pities(but skipped all anni units except Cynthia)

[grim plover]

my plan is to keep at least 2 pities for the anniversary

[tardy fiber]

Yep 36k+ because run up to anniv gives a lot of gem iirc...and anniv gives a lot as well

[grim plover]

||if tate doesnt destroy me i could reach that||

[sturdy plank]

i got 36.6k gems when chop released

[grim plover]

yeah anniversaries usually give more than a pity

[topaz compass]

Celesteela is a boring upgrade to physical flying, easy skip I'll "suffer" with anniRay and Fletchling or something together. Jirachi kit is a huge disappointment no matter how good that residual damage is, and i am very tempted for both Galar units plus urshifu split 😞 goal is to pull nothing until next datamine lmao

[hard wave]

I hope there isnt too much in august/september hoping for just reruns

[tardy fiber]

I might survive July...but dev words of both galar VA part 2 and final paulo arc on month after scares me