Resource Saving Support (Gem Zen)

[tardy fiber]

Elesa at least fine, KGrims does have white hair and turns to black between alts

Seems like the Master Ball badge is based on rankings

Luckily theres no exclusive rewards based on rankings

[drowsy dagger]

So here are my gems after completing the Twin Stars Far apart completion missions, Pasio Special, Battle Villa, and Legendary Mission

I'm gonna try pulling Adaman this time. Hopefully I will get him in the last pulls or a pity pull

[tardy fiber]

As long as you can reach pity before the banner expires it will be good

[oak crest]

im guessing ur 1 or 2 multis away from pity

[drowsy dagger]

Yep

Wish me luck

And finally! I saved my gems from further pulls!

Only Daily Discounts for the Move Level!

Now I can save for the anni month! I'm fully skipping the Galar banners

[lost bobcat]

The galar ones feel so easy to skip, and I like them both but uhhh

[upbeat lotus]

I have to stay strong to not pull Oleana

[lost bobcat]

Same

[vernal glade]

There’s no faves for Galar for me.

[rare swan]

Having a great time Saving Gems over here

[vernal glade]

Yep.

[chrome nest]

Even if it hurts to skip a character

I have to because I have no pity

[tardy fiber]

No fave for now in galar VA, gonna see what August brings

[sturdy plank]

i'm skipping rose & oleana

[tardy fiber]

At least im happy with Hop EX though, even without power boost and only EX is already a great boost to my 3/5 Gloria

Because 3/5 doesn't have haymaker, so support EX is the way

[oak crest]

he will be getting 1 on next month either way

[tardy fiber]

Hope theres tm pep rally

[compact pasture]

TM MGR?

[tardy fiber]

Oh i need to check Absol exchange shop and missions, because I checked at bot zone that there's 4 move coins on summer event rerun, sounds too good to be true for a rerun event

[oak crest]

but i think mgr9 for his 4 guage move is very likely for 1 of his extended grid

[tardy fiber]

Thought so, theres only 1 tech and 1 support coin

[oak crest]

☠️

[tardy fiber]

Bot zone treat summer N event like when it first come out, rerun changes the 2 coin missions to 100 gems each

Well at least i will get 10

[oak crest]

yea, sadge that when they rerun they dont give move coins anymore

[tardy fiber]

Then pulling for non fave units just to clear EBE or coin mission in VA are also bad, not like the EBE reruns when the VA reruns and the coin mission becomes 100 gems as well

Im glad i rarely does that, the only non fave i pull for VA is redlax

[oak crest]

so far I somehow manage to clear with existing units for such cases if i wasnt interested in the featured units for VA/EBE

altho the worst EBE I ever done was Looker's?

the debuffs application from the stage is insane

[tardy fiber]

I almost lose one of the hisui EBE, and then i just change dawn to cs2 after i think, not like i'm gonna use dawn for gauntlet or cs.

Although losing wise entry 2 is a bit regretful because i try to get it for months

[oak crest]

Was glad that Adaman can clear Irida's stage for my case tho since I went for him after deciding to skip Irida

[winged fossil]

I was pretty happy overall with the hisui ebe even if I had to pull to clear it cause I got irida for glaceon simping and was able to go from hardly doing anything to easily doing the whole ebe with her, including adamans half
I would of prob lost almost all the gems from that one otherwise because only 1/5 dawn

And like all the f2p clears for it basically asked for dupes on dawn cause not many people are stuck with her at a low move level like me

Wasn’t willing to sit through like five or six sync cycles just to clear stage one

If I even could get the damage rolls to do that. Was just too long per attempt so I was just planning to try to wait for a different clear to be found until I ended up simping and then being like “huh I wonder if she works here too” when I realized she can almost 1v3 a cs stage if it wasn’t for the stages damage

Anyways, ebes aside, one more reset till my gems commit their disappearing magic act

[tardy fiber]

Be glad that it gone to a fave, well at least you can get it if you have pity

[winged fossil]

Yeah. I’ve got more than a pity. Hoping though I can beat the odds despite it being the pitiful 6split rates

||if I do get it in a couple pulls then I’ll be getting ssn, too, but I doubt that’ll happen||

Will prob have to wait for the next ssn rerun for that alt

[wind nymph]

If I don’t get a Summer unit this month, I will NOT tolerate myself scouting until next Summer unless they release Benga or an alt for Kukui. I’m honestly sick of protag/insert popular character alts.

Apparently this is my plan.

[cunning swan]

Good luck with your plan!

[oak crest]

good luck if you decide to skip until then. I think it's probably impossible for me to skip consecutively for multiple months(>3 mths) in 1 go

[simple slate]

Well, I’ve been playing for just under a month, and starting to save gems after getting a decent enough roster, currently on 11.5k, I’ll see how many I can get realistically before anniversary

Failing that, i’ll wait and see when we get Paldea pairs

[vernal glade]

When my fave list is empty, I’ll wait for hisui forms. ||Because I want to pull for hisui Zoroark because Zoroark my most favorite Pokémon.||

[tawny cedar]

I've racked up quite the rerun list

If it wasn't for variety this would be so much more bearable

[wind nymph]

Hmmm…now that you’ve mentioned it, maybe I’ll try getting Special Costume Emmet and Ingo when they come back in Spring.

[lean mango]

neat, better be prepared for it

[vernal glade]

As for me, ||Im prepared for next reset. A fave is coming this reset and I’m ready to get Hilda.||

[hard wave]

Gl, || u wanted ss hilda/hilbert too right? Hoping they get a dual banner, I want hilbert and wouldnt mind getting some hilda dupes for rising tide ||

[vernal glade]

||Correct, if I get those two, then I have all of the Unova protags alts. Thus, completing my collection.||

[tardy fiber]

1600 gems reset

[vernal glade]

Got my stamina ready for it.

[tardy fiber]

I forgot if summer N event got many event items, im glad that this new summer event only has event ticket A and A+

[tough oriole]

The summer n/hilda event has 2 event tickets (B and B+)

[tardy fiber]

Oh neat

Will be easy to farm

[hard wave]

Seasonal ticket rates r quite low tho imo, and I have 2 seasonals that arent anni pairs so

[tardy fiber]

I only have 2 summer, 1 fall, 1 xmas, 2 palentine...my ny event ticket rates are low

[hard wave]

I have 1 ny, 1 spring

[tardy fiber]

Hope spring will return, there's been 2 consecutive sc instead replacing it

[upbeat lotus]

Japanese dont like easter huh

[lost bobcat]

spring units
bonus expedition area

Btw they're celebrating Carnival instead

I would love more Alice in Wonderland themed units

[tardy fiber]

Im glad that there's a bonus expedition area this time, i forgot if they give it on palentine but NY has it

[hard wave]

The Brazilian(?) celebration? When?

[lost bobcat]

Ye the Rio's one is the biggest i think
It's a popular celebration all across LatAm and Eu

[hard wave]

Ah ok

But we got smth for it in poma or? I dont remember that

[lost bobcat]

No we don't
But the thing all carnivals have in common are costumes
And carnival happens in spring before Easter
That's why I was thinking maybe they drifted from "Spring" to "Special Costume"

[hard wave]

Ah ok

[crisp oracle]

at 64K, slowly gaining gems

[rare swan]

Keep up the saving team, anni is next month!

[hard wave]

I thought anni stuff is september?

Tho ig the first pair comes end of august

[rare swan]

+anni

[jade lava]

Poma's Half-Anniversary happens <t:1677564000:R>, <t:1677564000>
Anniversary happens <t:1693202400:R>, <t:1693202400>

[rare swan]

The actual anniversary is August, so next month

But we get content in early September as well, yeah

[vernal glade]

I hope it’s a skip month for me when anniversary happens.

[hard wave]

Im just hoping to go for reruns

[winged fossil]

im now broke

||summer n took the whole pity to only bring summer marnie with him. was hoping for 2 feature units on my way up to pity.||

on the plus side, 1 fav down~

[vernal glade]

||Reached pity also, but least I got my fave at least.||

[winged fossil]

im just glad that im lucky enough to have a dream pairing in the game. N & Zoroark is one unit pairing i couldnt ask for any better of a duo with, character wise.

[vernal glade]

Back to saving mode.

[winged fossil]

oh and i also got looker on my way to pity. how goods 1/5 looker?

[vernal glade]

||Should reach back my 7th pity next month since I pulled for Hilda.||

[vestal leaf]

Probably one of the worst 1/5 in gen pool

If not the worst

[winged fossil]

rip, well at least ive got progress on it for the future

anyways
||ima go candy summer N and look at grids now brb||

[vernal glade]

||Well glad you got your fave including mine, our pulls may been bad but we did it.||

[summer goblet]

seasonal rerun banners are kind of a scam if you don't have a pity

you have to be hellbent to get them

[winged fossil]

yeah, i was hellbent on not skipping zoroark a second year in a row.

i felt bad that i wouldnt of had the gem even if i came out of hiatus last year

didnt wanna let that be a chance this year

[vernal glade]

I should go ahead and update my fave list now.

||Added a new row to fill in when N next alt or Hisui Zoroark gets added to the game, they’ll be 5/5 when I pull them. I’ll have enough to pity all 4 of them.||

[winged fossil]

im quite glad to be -1 fav remaining, shame it couldnt be 2/3 this month but i got the hardest one to skip for me so im fine

this is the reason why i save nowadays, to make sure i can guarantee my favs even when im shafted

[vernal glade]

Good thing this is a skip month. I should have an easier time skipping now and August.

[winged fossil]

yeah, galar va makes it a very easy skip bc thats a region most of my favs have already released in

dont got much trainer fav wise, just pokemon, and the main one left is a starter. might look at next month to see if cinderace, but if not or with a trainer i dislike, ez skip

[vernal glade]

||Now that I pulled, I calculated and it seems I return to my 7th pity at 222k? Wasn’t it 219k? Edit: Yep it’s 219k||

[tardy fiber]

Recovering, back to 90k gems

[upbeat lotus]

I can get around 35k gems at the end of this month

[winged fossil]

ill prob be leaving this month with a bit under a pity, if my gem counting isnt off, but im fine with that since anni runup esp with galar pt2 should be a lot of gems. decent odds next months a skip month for me too so

basically saving mode till anni most likely now since i know i cant grab SSN this run

[upbeat lotus]

next month is run up so im expecting 30k gems

[winged fossil]

im expecting 2-3 pities being available for me by time anni stuff is gone, so im in a good position to just perch on my gem hoard and wait to see if any of the anni MFs are favs.

i know rest of this month is a skip for me, even if i had the gems, and im prob skipping next month no matter what, theres like in single digit of things that might tempt me but, a couple of those things would of been in this mine

so the fact its maxie next is even more zenning time for me b/c i dont really care bout the weather duo anymore enough to even bother on either even if i were to assume i had 3 pities lol.

itd take more than 3-4 pities prob for me to consider that low of a fav anymore

[upbeat lotus]

at worst case scenario you will have 2 pities after anni

[tardy fiber]

I will have 106k+ with the remaining gems in this month

Well at least i will buy the 20 days 3k gem bundle in 11 resets

[oak crest]

speaking of paid gems Im on recovery mode on that as well...

Gambled and got my paid gems burnt ☠️

[sullen hedge]

i was weak,|| but hey at least i own my dream boat now||

[broken mulch]

Who?

[summer goblet]

Anyone here with more than 330k gems that is not named Aqua and Chest?

[rare swan]

Gon, maybe

She's definitely in the 300ks

[tardy fiber]

Wait, Tai is not one of them? its been a while since a new kalos pair/alt

[dire meteor]

Tai lost a lot of it to Kiawe.

[tardy fiber]

Kiawe is not even kalos

And worse, kiawe alt coming soon

[dire meteor]

https://tenor.com/view/joker-about-sending-a-message-dark-knight-gif-9259882

[summer goblet]

But Kiawe is not limited when he first came out

why waste gems on a spotlight that will come around eventually

or use alola ticket scout to waste around too

and I'm a huge Kiawe fan but know that I can afford to wait a while to grab him naturally

though i will admit that mindset is why Dena stop giving out spotlight ever again cause they are losing money and incentive

[hard wave]

Only add spotlights after every anni that way we cant just wait until the banner ends

[summer goblet]

nah, i just skip and wait around as well

my strategy is near perfect to how i save and manage my gems

[dire meteor]

Well, not really Kiawe. I was making a long running joke about how he kept evading Tai until very recently. 😭

[summer goblet]

ah, yeah make sense

same with Mask Royal

and yet he has yet to come to me

but i will not cave in, i will keep waiting until he comes to me natuarlly

[summer goblet]

no def not her, I've checked by scrolling through flex channel

anyway, i need someone in between so i can make a reasonable goal to surpass before I challenge Aqua for the gem count

and then claim myself as the richest player in Pocecord server

[dire meteor]

Probably a player playing in JPN.

iirc there's this one person who even surpassed 1m before even chest did.

[tardy fiber]

I should ask Chest to join pocecord

[summer goblet]

no don't do it

[tardy fiber]

It will be fun

[summer goblet]

then i have nothing to stand on

[rare swan]

I am a lowly possessor of only 200k 😔

[tardy fiber]

He will grab the title and bail

[rare swan]

He's joking

[summer goblet]

aside from the whole saying first alot on reset

lol

[dire meteor]

only

[summer goblet]

hahaha lol

[tardy fiber]

Thats 2 times mine

[rare swan]

[summer goblet]

don't you dare, and also it doesn't count if you dip and leave

[dire meteor]

smh you bourgeoisie class

[summer goblet]

or maybe i don't know

[rare swan]

I did drop 200k over the three months of Kalos Content™️ if that helps

[tardy fiber]

Tai, i am willing to pull AZ Eternal Floette if it happens...are you proud of me?

[summer goblet]

anyway, Pocecord server members is at least ignorant enough that i convince the majority that I'm the richest player as long as Aqua doesn't say a word

[summer goblet]

just for Diantha, Lysander and Emma

impressive

[rare swan]

Also the frogs

[summer goblet]

oh yeah

forgoth those 2

[rare swan]

So 5 pairs total, all of which are 5/5

[summer goblet]

wow

[rare swan]

expensive times

[summer goblet]

some dedication

[rare swan]

That's why I saved for so long

[summer goblet]

i had some spending blunders between March to June

[rare swan]

Not a blunder if it's someone you wanted 😌

[summer goblet]

over spent both in April and June

June i can somewhat justified myself a bit since i want them

April, I lost a bet to someone and forfeit 36.6k gems on train bros

and giving up on Steven

[rare swan]

Train bros are v good at least

[tardy fiber]

I thought this also include Hisui

[rare swan]

Although I wouldn't do bets like that 😭

[summer goblet]

oh yeah totally

[rare swan]

No, but I did ||drop 50k on the two Hisuians||

[summer goblet]

i was kinda disillusioned that my favourite hockey team will never come out of the first round of the playoff against a title contender

so i make a bet to "make a point"

yeah, i would not do that for awhile, at least not to next year lol

[tardy fiber]

I am afraid to make a bet in here because i will end up to EX non fave, also im afraid to skip month for save because DeNa can throw my faves whenever they want

[dire meteor]

I only did it once.

And it kinda worked. Joined the 100k club for the first time.

[tardy fiber]

Enough that Rosa serperior tainting my EX roster, i dont want to add more

[oak crest]

at least her 5* PUs are free

[tardy fiber]

I remembered people making fun of serperior legendary status whenever i post in gacha flex before favourite filter introduced

[oak crest]

☠️

altho i dont chase legends only, legends are kinda a plus point to me when it comes to if i want to pull for an unit

altho the kit can still make or break for me

[rare swan]

Vantner are you ||pulling for Rose?||

[tardy fiber]

No

I just put his pic

[oak crest]

[timber wren]

when he gets shiny eternatus

[tardy fiber]

Also because i saw not many people use his pic as pfp

He is a cool role model with dad bod

[summer goblet]

ledgendary trainer lodge be like

lol

[rustic heron]

role model?

not sure i’d say that

[tough oriole]

Is peony popular? I’m coping for his release eventually

[summer goblet]

prob not too popular

[rustic heron]

i’d say peony is pretty popular

[tardy fiber]

Well he looks smart, got sephiroth like final fantasy boss theme and rich

[summer goblet]

but has a following

[tough oriole]

I’d follow peony

[tardy fiber]

Inb4 galar VA part 2 has Peony Regidrago instead of the protag alts

[tough oriole]

Pls no, i want to save

[summer goblet]

how about a skip

i do plan to skip favs and mf in order to break the 400k gem mark

if the situation calls for it

[tardy fiber]

I already skipped adaman irida

No fave = skip

[hard wave]

Im kind of hoping for zerena rerun and nothing else maybe a pf I want if I can afford

[rare swan]

We're due Kalos CS next month so I'm coping for Malva and/or Drasna

[summer goblet]

i look at my gem budget for 2nd year

[oak crest]

with the way they rerun MFs, its kinda hard to tell if we getting her rerun on the next mine

[summer goblet]

and so far, i'm in the negitive

and have not use a skip month yet

[tardy fiber]

Yep might be leon rerun

[rustic heron]

could also get some sort of galar e4

[oak crest]

yeah they seem more willing to do repeat reruns compared to the first reruns for MF atm

[rustic heron]

i feel like rerunning leon after only a few months is pretty unlikely?

[tardy fiber]

Well aint archie is like that?

[rustic heron]

he was reran after like

11 months?

[tardy fiber]

He rerun in hoenn VA and then water game mode

[rustic heron]

but it’s been less than 6 for leon

iirc

[dire meteor]

||I'd probably do a pro gamer move and pull him for the song key alone. ||

[rare swan]

Thanks I hate it

[summer goblet]

join the club of waiting your fav for a long time

[rustic heron]

allister is in the galar e4 right

or bea depending on your game

[summer goblet]

and a good one at that

[rare swan]

Ughhhh now that you've said that it'll probably be the release of Galar CSMM, yeah

[summer goblet]

also, praying for a clair alt just to see Chest squirm a bit

[tough oriole]

I already did that when waiting 15 months for anni n/lillie rerun
And i’m still waiting for a ||lilliebee/SuN/Fallister select||

[summer goblet]

damn

[oak crest]

they really on a streak of tough CSMM if that's the case

[tardy fiber]

Galar csmm with random e4 each time

Didn't they have a football league style matchmaking

[rustic heron]

yeah

put kabu and milo in as spotlights

and for the galar league as opponents

[tardy fiber]

Yep they need to release all of the gym leaders to do that

[rare swan]

Ain't no way Kabu will be a spotlight

[rustic heron]

[tardy fiber]

Well cobalion LA missions is kinda like kabu...galar, fire, gym leader

[rustic heron]

broke: kabu

woke:

[summer goblet]

i am curious about Galar CS

who will the E4 be

and also wanting to challenge the unbeatable champ leon as always

[dire meteor]

Are spotlights even alive at this point

[rustic heron]

no

[dire meteor]

[summer goblet]

Paldea CS is going to be straightfoward anyway

[rustic heron]

i can’t wait for paldea CS

because that means poppy :)

[tardy fiber]

Random e4, well alola and unova CS have 2 champions, they can expand that but instead do it for e4 for galar CS

[rustic heron]

and rika :)

[timber wren]

rikaaaa

[dire meteor]

I wonder how they're gonna handle GL Larry and E4 Larry

[rustic heron]

it would be really fuckin funny if larry got both a gym leader and elite 4 alt

[slow hare]

Larry

[rustic heron]

with the only thing changing are his gloves

[summer goblet]

i pridict Galar CS will rotate all 8 gym leaders

treating them as E4

[slow hare]

One of them is variety

[summer goblet]

plus Bede and Marnie

[dire meteor]

[rustic heron]

being able to hear bede’s theme more is a win for me

but yea i really hope we get a galar CS

[summer goblet]

true

12 gym leaders with indviual themes

[rustic heron]

we’ve gotten a CS for every region without one when the second part of their VA released, right?

[summer goblet]

yep

Galar is the last one

until Paldea arrives

[rustic heron]

in 2027

[summer goblet]

hahaha

well we won't wait to long for the first Paldea character

somwhere between September to December

[rustic heron]

why’s that?

[feral vale]

Rika :0

[summer goblet]

It's been a year since SV is released

[rustic heron]

mmmm

[summer goblet]

and with VA arcs concluding by September

[rustic heron]

you saw what happened with legends arceus

[summer goblet]

we should expecting SV

I think with LA its kinda of spin-off plus prob had to think a bit to how to incorporate them in a modern setting

maybe

[rustic heron]

i’d say don’t get your hopes up for paldea so soon

it’ll happen when it happens

but it WILL happen guaranteed

[summer goblet]

yeah prob, though I'm just estimating based on SwSh, the main game

[rustic heron]

fair fair

[summer goblet]

we shall see

[rustic heron]

indeed

[dire meteor]

It could be a year to a year and a half. Judging by Sw/Sh and Legends Arceus respectively.

Or even longer.

[tardy fiber]

I kinda feel worried to complete my goal especially after this new non shiny celesteela why can't they make it shiny

[dire meteor]

[tardy fiber]

So variety chatelaines might happen and variety evelyn will have non shiny suicune

[tough oriole]

Wait can you use that emote back to back

[oak crest]

in a way it can be dangerous since u can have >2 faves on the same type of legend since they might make duplicates

[tardy fiber]

Well i just grab whatever i can and get the one i missed on rerun

[oak crest]

seasonal reruns are horrible tho... (unless u intend to go for paid step-up banner when they rerun)

[tardy fiber]

Will return to chasing rerun life, ive left that life for 1 year plus

For now, its still ok

But maybe will be dangerous when paradoxes start to appear

I will have 110k with the remaining gems in this datamine

[oak crest]

if we really get Galar CS next month then followed by Kalos CS, we will have 4 months of consecutive "challenging" CS regions...

[dire meteor]

apparently yes

[rare swan]

On that note

got my 2 back at the front

[rustic heron]

niiiice

[dire meteor]

[slow hare]

Congrats

Very admirable

[rare swan]

Now I just need a fave to spend it on 😔

[tardy fiber]

Nice paid amount, will be enough for Drasna spotlight next month

[tough oriole]

Just wait for the 3 anni serenas at anni

And the variety sycamore

[tardy fiber]

Ss Emma Malamar

[rare swan]

Why would you hurt me like this

[summer goblet]

anyway, until someone speaks up, I claim as the 3rd richest player in the server

[wind nymph]

Imagine we do get Galar CS next month and then we just add more characters to NPC hell again like Kalos VA

[oak crest]

Just pray they dont do trainer files like Kanto e4....

[lean mango]

Gem count, I'm counting this as reaching 2nd pity since it's so close and ~~i need stamina to get the 60 gems ~~

So ye 2nd pity woo

[tardy fiber]

Ripe for Oleana

[lean mango]

[tardy fiber]

Just 1/5 and candy later

I wont mention it, reminding you about the lack of lodge marnie is even more fun

[lean mango]

😭 😭

But ye I'll candy her to 3/5, I have the candies. I don't really wanna spend more than what I probably should have

Still in the recovery arc after all and now I'm in the Geeta Waitingroom

[tardy fiber]

Who knows anniversary might have anniversary lusamine with nihilego

Thats a rock special damage dealer

[lean mango]

I'll skip that painfully

I'll pray for a Poison Shiny Nihilego

[tardy fiber]

Actually i also hope for poison, but its less stressful now as i kinda hopium that ookidogi, munkidori and fezandipity are poison

[tardy fiber]

Sad, 2 consecutive days of Marnie leaving early...my goal to make another 150 pair before water content might be screwed due to bad RNG

[urban laurel]

I have 7k gems now. Hopefully I'll be able to save at least for 1 pity till anniversary

[gloomy holly]

There's still literally 2 more months until anni + the gems you gain on anni

[urban laurel]

I thought it was in 3 weeks 💀

That's good news then . Thank you caster

[gloomy holly]

[tardy fiber]

Run up to anniv and anniv usually have a load of gems, so hopefully it still is in this year

[violet nebula]

They also have a load of pairs😬

[tardy fiber]

Hopefully only 2 faves next month, well after seeing the CS weaknesses...high chance for Regieleki and Regidrago

[violet nebula]

Dena going to Dena

Not even Arceus can dictate them

[cunning swan]

updated my rerun tierlist again. boy it feels great not actively chasing for a rerun

[tardy fiber]

Chasing rerun is harsh, well not because of its random release date or gems needed but its due to meta especially when a new fave that covers the same typings and can deal more damage appears, so the pair really really really really need to be a fave to warrant a rerun pull

Like smliza and annisteven, man annisteven really needs to be a fave for people that want to pull him in his rerun

Sslysandre and Eusine or Archie

[cunning swan]

I ||pulled on SS N rerun fully knowing he's not a good meta pick|| and I'm happy with it

[vestal leaf]

||Did it go well]||

[cunning swan]

||got him on 10th multi, decided to continue until pity. Ended up with 3/5 SS N||

[upbeat lotus]

||get him to 4/5 for Peak Readiness ||

[cunning swan]

||i will eventually, but he'll have to wait until 5/5 SSilver||

[upbeat lotus]

||so pull another dupe ||

[vestal leaf]

||Shnice, ending 3/5 at pity is good enough, but yeah 4/5 is a big step up||

[rustic heron]

someone post the kingdom hearts video

[feral vale]

On it

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

[rustic heron]

there we go

thank ya

[feral vale]

Yee and just ping me, it’s my own inside joke

[rustic heron]

good to know

will do

[feral vale]

My friend made that video lmao

[lofty relic]

how is any of this related to this channel?

[feral vale]

It’s a joke when there’s nothing but spoiler walls

[lofty relic]

i see

[past imp]

can someone slap me around a little and give me good reasons why I don't need to ||pull for Adaman||? whenever I think about his kit, I get tempted

[rare swan]

Plenty of grass types that can handle all content

Kit is powerful but boring

[past imp]

I do have SS Lyra SS Acerola, so with SS Erika I don't have much problem with grass-weak stages

[rare swan]

Oh man then you're FINE

The first two alone would handle any grass weak

[past imp]

haha I guess so 😄

[wind coyote]

is there a reason i shouldnt pull on the double gloria and lyssandre banner cause im having a hard time resisting it too

[cunning swan]

water is a saturated type

[tardy fiber]

Adaman has a lot of similarities with sserika does make him a lot less tempting for me, well i will wait SsAdaman with neck cannon dialga alt

[wind coyote]

i mean it's just that my team is archie, may and ss blue

it's outdated

[cunning swan]

does it matter if it clears comfortably?

[wind coyote]

well no

[cunning swan]

you can try switching up your playstyle with other units then. Kris, Nessa, etc

[tardy fiber]

Outdated doesn't mean useless if they still clear stuffs

[wind coyote]

oh yea

physical water types exist!

[rare swan]

That team will demolish any water weak stage

[cunning swan]

You can have a lot of fun with water pairs. You'll be surprised how fun it is to see big numbers from Barry or Siebold's nuke

[rare swan]

If you want to mix it up, swap SSB with Roxanne

[tardy fiber]

crasher wake gaming

[cunning swan]

Sages approves of this message

[tardy fiber]

Just wait for his EX

Shower power 5 and interference sync 5

[maiden kayak]

tf u talking

i have none of that except for may

and still clears ontype offtype

outdated dont mean anything

dont make it as an excuse to spend

right now u are thinking of excuses to spend

just dont think about it……..

[chrome nest]

Having a slight quick break until the water festival event starts

Let’s just say cafe remix is addicting

[summer goblet]

Now this time I’m on track so far, doing whatever it takes to zen through the month

[summer goblet]

350k gems, you shall be mine

[lost bobcat]

A lot of reasions
You already have Archie+May for special which is one of the strongest synergies

LySS also require investment to work properly, at 1/5 he's not giving you much
The only acceptable reasion to pull is for Fave

Abt DGloria sure is powerful but she also require investment
Nessa is a worth alternative
But we also have strong physical strikers like Kris

Imo that banner is not worth pulling rn, we're too close to Anni
Also avoid pressure from the water event, it's not even water weak

[ashen thunder]

Guys I have a master fair and the perfect theme skill partner for the said master fair in same team but it's still outclassed

[timber wren]

the point was made several times already, no need to be rude

[slender zinc]

lads I'm in a bit of a pickle right now
I have Irida on 2/5 and Adaman on 1/5, and I'm about to get a tech candy.
Do i give the tech candy to Irida to get her to 3/5 or do I give it to Adaman to get him on 2/5?

[lost bobcat]

Imo it's either Irida or Save for Anni

[timber wren]

i’d personally give it to irida or save

yeah

[lost bobcat]

Adaman is already strong at base
You can use him alongside ssErika or other sun-grass units

[slender zinc]

alright sounds solid

thanks

[cunning swan]

Gem check

[rare swan]

satisfying

[slender zinc]

I have five (5) whole gems

[timber wren]

nowhere to go but up

[wind coyote]

i have ten (k) whole gems

saving has done wonders for me

first time ive reached 10k gems without spending them 💀

[slender zinc]

fat stacks, you can definitely ask me for advice and such if you want

[maiden kayak]

save

iridia doesnt really benefit as much at 3/5 than other tech units

her nuke isnt game changing anyways since her nuke is weak to begin with

[timber wren]

you don’t use her for that, it’s for her support role as a zone/weather setter

[maiden kayak]

even her support role 3/5 isnt going to help much

like mind games 9 most of the time seems unnecessary

and over kill if anything

so does artic arrival

and extension

normally in the cs setting her double tm already suffices

[timber wren]

it’s definitely a qol upgrade for her

[maiden kayak]

i just think its not really worth the candy

imo

[vestal leaf]

I think it's worth because they already have 3/5

2*

[sand crown]

If you're using Irida for dmg - no, if you're using her for terrain/utility (she shines here) then 100% worth, especially with 2 copies already

[vestal leaf]

Her utility and especially cycles become much, much, much better with arrival + extensions

Both for solos, duo and triple clears

[slender zinc]

I will start saving sir yes sir

[lofty relic]

hang in there

[timber wren]

it’s the right time to start, you’ll be in a much better position in september for anni

[hard wave]

Probably shouldnt do that

Multis r better value than singles (u get an extra pair and extra SP) but u shouldnt just spend a multi whenever u get it, save it for someone u want and have a pity (36.6k) ready

Ur free not to but thats the safest option

[slender zinc]

I have returned after having not played for 2 years so I pretty much see new sync pair I want it

I've missed a bunch

[hard wave]

https://pomasters.github.io/LimitedSyncPairs/

[timber wren]

please spoiler your pulls in here

[hard wave]

Here’s a list of all limiteds so u can decide which ones u want and save for those

[timber wren]

this is the one place in the server where we help people save their resources to get the things they want and try not to tempt others with “i got lucky today”

[slender zinc]

sorry, I'll have that in mind
didn't realize it'd be an issue
I only tried to describe how what I did is inefficient 😅

[timber wren]

no problem, feel free to stop by in here anytime you feel tempted to do random singles or multis

[warm scarab]

If you look back to previous Anni. Realistically how much gem would you want to have gone into those Anni with?

[ashen thunder]

They tend to release 3 featured anniversary units and atleast one another limited unit on same month

Year 1 had kantrio
Year 2 had the 3 gala MFs, red and blue
Year 3 was the cancer team and scrosa

Tho technically year 1 was just blue and leaf for new units since red was rerun

[warm scarab]

So seems like 100k is a very comfortable place

[ashen thunder]

If you only care abt the 3 anni units 75k is bare minimum entry point before September

Since anni month gives enuff for pity

[feral vale]

That PoMa Day time, huh?

I hate being stuck on the 5 gems

[vernal glade]

Same

Luckily doesn’t affect saving my gems.

[broken mulch]

What usually comes out in August, before Annie? Special costumes?

[tardy fiber]

It was lear and ssleon on 2021, 2022 are hoenn VA pairs iirc so SsSteven and this year will be galar VA part 2 pairs oh also might have paulo if they release him for final paulo interlude

[broken mulch]

Oh right Galar va

[vestal leaf]

Part 2 is gonna be first half of August imo

[broken mulch]

Also while I mellowed out on Lear and might want to pull for him and Rachel if he shows up again, I’m never gonna pull for Paulo even if he has Hoopa Unbound lol

[vestal leaf]

Second half will be Paulo? Or a hisui buildup

[broken mulch]

Iirc there was a Paulo thing in the datamine that was since deleted?

[tardy fiber]

Oh I forgot 2022 second half was Ash, ash was released earlier than sstred and ssacynthia

Oh ash on 28 August, not sure who after sssteven as he is on the 10th

[vestal leaf]

End of July datamine

August 8th datamine

[tardy fiber]

Oh the second half was Maxie Archie rerun

[deft glen]

I hope we get Bugsy rerun

I couldn't get him

[tardy fiber]

Jessie James rerun please

I want james especially

Poison gas kinda great

[deft glen]

I've already accepted that they won't rerun them

but they have no excuse not to rerun Bugsy

[vestal leaf]

Actually I think it's the opposite

At least they're lacking grid and ex

Which could incentivize a rerun

[deft glen]

but isn't the problem with them kinda similar with the Ash problem, some sort of licensing issue cuz it's the anime Jessie and James

with Bugsy they didn't rerun him cuz they didn't want to

[vestal leaf]

Yeah, but idk seems a fickle reason

[feral vale]

Support Bugsy needs a rerun dammit

[broken mulch]

Bugscyther not rerunning is so weird

Even freaking CGio got one first

[tardy fiber]

I like CGio, why cannot DeNa just change some colors on existing outfit for variety pairs to be just like him

His and Giovanni Mewtwo have exact same outfit just different color when EX

Just do cloyster color on lorelei outfit

[deft glen]

nah, changing EX colors for a new scoutable unit is too much work

[summer goblet]

Def worth it for the utility alone, Irida hard carries ice team on her back, my 1/5 Adaman is still cooking right now

[slender zinc]

I noticed it myself with Adaman
I was able to beat up Neo Champion Marnie with an Adaman that is level 135, no sync grid upgrades and 1/5

he's cooking hard

[summer goblet]

He sure is

Also, Adaman had a great grass team around him to support him

[gray sail]

||Just here to let some steam out so that I won't pull for this one stupid reason. I can let go until I'm ready. Another chance will come.||

I don't even have many gems but I need the willpower to keep them.

[rare swan]

now is a very good time to hold onto your gems

we could get anni pairs revealed in the next datamine, so

[gray sail]

Yup, gotta breathe it out, take the L for now. 4/5 2v3 in this week's CS is good enough.

Last anni I skipped 2/3 so I'm hoping this one might also be skip worthy for me.
||Pulling only for Colress alt or male fairy user, preferably physical at this rate.
Olympia and Ilima when.. ||

[maiden kayak]

relook your strategy i have a feeling your strategy isnt working since it has been multiple times this happened in a short period of time

dont open the app for more than 10 min

[gray sail]

I already got it over with so the gems remain untouched. :3

[maiden kayak]

honestly tho

i dont see the point to grind the extra

because everytime the monthly conversion cap gets maxed out easily

which also saves the time to relogging again later in the day for the stamina

[gray sail]

I wasn't looking at the power ups this time but the coins. ||Didn't learn my lesson early enough and pulled one at a time for units that ended up being master fair bench warmers. They ate up a lot of candy too.||

[tardy fiber]

Hurm, i dont think not able to clear cs using 2v3 can be a thing that tempted you to pull a pair. Well because DeNa allows us to use 3 pairs for that content for a reason, if not being able to clear it with 3 pairs is much more tempting

Like for example "I don't have good poison pairs that i cannot even clear poison weak cs this week" and then gets tempted to pull a strong poison pair.

Than i cannot clear poison weak with only 2 pairs so i need to pull a strong poison pair

[lost bobcat]

I highly doubt their license works in that way
Poma is already in collaboration with TPC and while they may limit the usage of content from the newer games there's no point in revoking licenses for already released stuff
Plus Jessie and James are canon in the games
It's just marketing

[uneven pewter]

Okay first off

I am going to chime in on this

Ss n is by no means even close to a bad pair despite the meta preferences on whatever list

He does need specific pairs to be optimal though

[feral vale]

His play style is just different.

[uneven pewter]

As long as you’re willing to recognize that he’s a lot of fun

[uneven pewter]

He’s best played with another bar hungry character

He was literally made to be played with ghetsis

And he does that well

[feral vale]

Yee that’s how I use him

[uneven pewter]

Once he gets going

[tardy fiber]

Like his father figure Ghetsis

He does help to set up his nuke

[sturdy hatch]

Hey let’s not go into the power or lack of certain units here

[tardy fiber]

Im glad that my recent faves facilitate double damage dealer team composition, ssN with his free move next, scrosa with sweet scent bogo 9, ||smtate with charm bogo9, smliza with status move free move next||

Oh right ssethan can be like that too if i use tm>aeroblast>tm>aeroblast although it still use gauges but will have enough time for the gauge to fills up

[lost bobcat]

smliza

[tardy fiber]

Im glad that i stick to my faves, i remembered that there was once a time where i only have 1 support EX fave

Iirc scjasmine is my first support EX fave

[gray sail]

||I didn't want the pair, I just wanted candy coins from pulling multis which makes even less sense.|| I was frustrated because I felt like I needed move levels on one of my limited units to get a 2v3 win in one CS battle. In the end, I used 3 pairs and moved on with gems intact.

[tardy fiber]

Well in 3 resets, you can get 1 of each move coins

From water game mode

[crisp oracle]

Good news, The Process is going as planned

||With the staggered rerun of the Hoenn Villains I have more hope that the Johtrio are going to rerun seperately and can plan accordingly||

We have also gained 10K since ||Irida took the kitchen sink and the tub||

[rare swan]

keep it up!

[crisp oracle]

Me realizing there were two 3rd Anni Events, meaning that SSA and SST can rerun without Ash at any time

||If there is nothing around and my bundle of gems is fat I may go for them||

me also realizing I can't spell

[rare swan]

I'm a broken record atm but this is a really key time to hold on to your gems

Anni.....Soon™️

[crisp oracle]

despite my love of Gloria alts I don't really need a Gloria at the moment

[rare swan]

that's the spirit

plus water is a v saturated type (haha get it. saturated)

[warm scarab]

Wait so you reckon sst red coming anni?

[crisp oracle]

and why go for Rose when I have the other FTP poverty three-type unit in

[crisp oracle]

I'm predicting December if it's like last year

[warm scarab]

Ssa is referring to Lucario?

[crisp oracle]

yes

[lost bobcat]

Also we got a decent MCLeo poeerboost

[crisp oracle]

see why do I feel like they dangle the SS Giovanni/Rose unit right before a bunch of masterfairs drop

is it really that good of a bait

[lost bobcat]

Rose doesn't feel like a bait tbh I maybe underestimate him
But for me Rose was an announced fail since ssLeon stealing Eternatus

[tardy fiber]

Galar VA part 2 will be the bait for anniv oh also mid August stuff

[rare swan]

in this thread all pairs are bait if they aren't faves

[tardy fiber]

True

Thats why i will still grab if galar regis happen

Although its right before anniv

Got 3 pities

[lost bobcat]

The fact I'm giving up Victor Rose and Oleana is weird
But this year we got so much Galar Stuff

The galar trio release felt so random

Loved it, but still random

[tardy fiber]

Galar birbs trio, such a huge upgrade compared to last year's 3 half anni pokefairs

[wind nymph]

are the story and the champion bundle a better deal than montlhy specials?

[upbeat lotus]

Yes but they are one time deal

[wind nymph]

thanks

[ashen thunder]

Ssmay banner ends today
Means I can start hoarding till anni

[mental skiff]

Lately i realized gambling isn't as fun as i thought 👀surely it can give short term excitement but it decrease in long term. And it doesn't feel earned. go back to right way of gatcha, saving

[wind coyote]

I made a horrible mistake

I took ur advice and finally reached 10k but then i saw ss may on the scout screen and couldnt resist it anymore

But i dont wanna make such a mistake again

[lean mango]

It's best to ignore the scout screen as much as you can to avoid temptation, like clicking the daily scout from the top section of the center and ignore the rest

[wind coyote]

||like i said i got lucky and got her in 3k gems but still i dont wanna gamble again||

[wind coyote]

Yea i understand im gonna work on it

[maiden kayak]

just curious tho are u making this mistake often

because if it, its best to work on your temptation system first while saving

so your efforts wont go to waste

it could be as simple as marsmallow test (but on other things)

which can train your temptation and attention span

often times both are somewhat linked

attention span (i mean attention span focused on the goal of saving) >>> basically means very easily side tracked by other distractions than to focus on the saving goal

[wind coyote]

ive done it twice

both with ss may only

recently

one time i didnt get her

the other i did

but i wanna stop man this is the wrong way to play

[inner eagle]

I have 14.6k gems as of now. Will i be able to save 3 pity before the anni ends?

[upbeat lotus]

Probably will be around 2.5 pity

That assumes you dont pull anyone

[inner eagle]

Yes. I am saving for anni since they release 3 pairs

Hope one of them is not my fav pokemon or person

Or I pull one 1st mutlu😅

[ashen thunder]

Safest assumption is like 65k gems both August and September combined and we get like around 15k gems this month from today
So if you have around 30k gems on hand now, you are guaranteed 3 anni units

[wind coyote]

well now i can remove ss may from this rerun list since i just got her

new list

also significantly need to decrease the list as always

eh ill get 2 of em on anni, one at fall

[vernal glade]

Good luck getting those units.

[fallen path]

..that's a really big list

[vernal glade]

I agree.

Mine has like only…. 2 units.

[fallen path]

if you're willing to compliment that list with some paid gem selects (whenever that happens), maybe you can get a handful. but there's 6 master fairs in the top list alone

[lean mango]

My rerun list hass , like 5 units even then 3 of them are not my priority

[mossy hawk]

I'm only waiting for a SC Zinnia rerun

[vestal leaf]

Quad shared banner in April 24 for that one

[mossy hawk]

Yeah, is a pretty good quad line-up though

[hard wave]

Mine has 11 + anyone who gets added to lodge (not priority tho) so im hoping to reduce it hoping I can reduce it by a few this year

Luckily its 8 PFs and 3 MFs so no SC/Seasonal rerun banner rates

[lapis pine]

Mine has, 1 unit which I would only get on a select

[tardy fiber]

Same, mine is steven for lodge...not a fave to justify getting him on rerun, but if a 3k/5k select appears and theres no better choice in the pool, i will get Steven

The better choices are dupes for SsLana, SsHilda, Eusine, SsAcerola

[rustic heron]

mine has 3 units that i’d definitely get on a rerun

a few more that i kinda want but can skip if better options come out

[broken mulch]

Only rerun unit I’m waiting for now is RoSCa

… maybe SS Korrina and Holiday Skyla? Maybe not the latter

[hard wave]

I have some other units I wouldnt mind getting but idt id go for them unless they were in the same banner as the ones on my rerun list

[crisp oracle]

Passed over a mark of 66,666 gems today, my personal gem benchmark for the coming months.

Once I pass it, saving tends to become much easier for me lol

[deft glen]

60k

my rerun list has shrunk quite a bit

basically 2 units

but there are some I'd like getting in a select

[tardy fiber]

90930 gems currently, just waiting for new faves and probably some selects to get dupes

[wind coyote]

i come here for advice once again; pls suggest units to remove from the third row

first two rows are favs but third row i need help to clear

[upbeat lotus]

Remove the entire third row

Easy fix

[tardy fiber]

If you lack gems, i will compare pairs that have the same typing and which between them will benefit your roster more

[wind coyote]

you are a gift to mankind gakon tbh

that lifts a load off my shoulders

[upbeat lotus]

[lost bobcat]

Bug duos, NyLisia, Fall.Iris are easy to kick out

[tough oriole]

Wait so why do you want the people in the third row if they aren’t faves

[lost bobcat]

Meta fave

[ashen thunder]

I like my rerun list small
Candies tho

[violet nebula]

Could remove ss kris as there plenty of rain setters

And NC Serena doesn't really need rain to take down most content, rain with Lugia is just a nice to have

[lost bobcat]

SsKris for the dress

[violet nebula]

Emma, is great but poison can be done with Sycamore, viola and BP Erika

[wind coyote]

that aint small

it looks small cause uve divided into many rows

[ashen thunder]

It's only 6 units
Compared to your 20+

And I am actively skipping bottom row

[wind coyote]

heyyyy one sec

im 20+

daym

[ashen thunder]

When I don't have gems

[wind coyote]

shit

[ashen thunder]

I still don't have kommo-o

[wind coyote]

shit u're right!

[ashen thunder]

Coz whenever her banner drops

A bigger fav comes with it

[violet nebula]

SS Hilda is nice but in a super saturated type

[ashen thunder]

[wind coyote]

SHIT U'RE RIGHT

GAAAAH

[tardy fiber]

My ssHilda 1/5...not sure if she will ever get to 3/5 as i know maybe if Barry Anniversary Heatran coming it, i will candy that pair first to 3/5 instead of her

[violet nebula]

Can trim ss Brendan just on the basis there are plenty of great supports out there

Ala sycamore etc

[ashen thunder]

I'd just trim it down to everything till ssdiantha minimum in that list

[wind coyote]

We're getting Barry and Heatran?

[violet nebula]

No

[tardy fiber]

Nah if any fire pair with good kit arrives later, i will candy them first than sshilda

As sshilda is just damage

Just like zerena

No cool gimmick

[ashen thunder]

Except zerena has to sync

[tardy fiber]

At least silver has setting sun as gimmick

And mayziken got team speed entry or something plus giving defense debuffs

AnniN got them piercing blows

[ashen thunder]

But

Blaziken is not legendary

[tardy fiber]

Yep at least cool gimmick than sshilda

[ashen thunder]

Oh yea even leon has dmax and sync accel at base

Victini being bland

[tardy fiber]

True

Well 5/5 does make it less bland with consistent burning

But i aint gonna spend extra candies

Rather i make another striker fave 3/5

[ashen thunder]

Striker candies so hard to get

[tardy fiber]

True, i lack striker candies the most

[ashen thunder]

Lot of my favs are old PFs and they are strikers

Part reason why I am rolling dupes these days

5/5 is a mistake

PB is nice enuff

[tardy fiber]

Well support might catchup for anniv, but for the 2 new bp master pairs (1 will be 3/5 using rainbow tickets and 1 more will need to use candies)

[ashen thunder]

Give my zekrom and gardevoir pb so I can remove em from candy priority

I am only broke on support candies coz of tapus
Before that I had plenty of those

Back to back ccalem, Anabel, 2 tapus broke me

Also SsBrendan

[tardy fiber]

True i hopium for this well because 3/5 already enough to get all power boost grids

As some of them are locked if not 2/5 and 3/5

[ashen thunder]

Can only pray anni support is not a fav

I rly don't want to roll another support except aura cyn

[tardy fiber]

So i just gonna hopium for Lysander, Gloria, N PB than start to get tempted for 5/5 grids

[ashen thunder]

PBs also tend to be more noticable boosts than 5/5

looks at cynthia and lance

[tardy fiber]

True

[ashen thunder]

5/5 is so expensive to pick as well

Raihan basically ignores stuff like tough cookie

It's so dumb

[wind coyote]

whoever goes for 5/5 only goes for favs not grid expansions

[tardy fiber]

Well at least we can use 2/5 grids while waiting for PB like Gloria cs2 2/5 grid and Lysandre grand entry 2

N unbending

[ashen thunder]

Eh
Ssmay got very strong LG focus, lot of LG players have her at 5/5

Coz of it

I hate it when 5/5 is good

Anni raihan as well

[wind coyote]

ok so i removed glojo from my rerun list after i got ss may cause glojo covers the same role ss may covers and thats defense debuff

[ashen thunder]

Dena rly loves raihan

2/5 is great

[tardy fiber]

I got 64 current faves, i will be ded if i need to make all of my faves 5/5

[ashen thunder]

I like that Steven got TS3 and unbending on zekrom

Only unit I plan on 5/5 are ssmay and ssdiantha
Tho since they are techs it'll take some time or a good rerun banner

[wind coyote]

i cant wait for a double UnoVA banner

both ss hilda and ss hilbert

i'll be able to strike off two units from my list then

[ashen thunder]

Doubt

[tardy fiber]

Hopefully DeNa do it for you, they didn't do it for hoenn VA, sinnoh VA

Johto VA

[wind coyote]

well anni paid selects will get me 2 pokefairs

that ik

[ashen thunder]

They often split em across other PFs

[wind coyote]

so ill probably aim for lucas and ss diantha there

[ashen thunder]

I haven't seen a shared banner between units of same batch

[tardy fiber]

Yep like lucas with some randos

[ashen thunder]

Except for the sc costumes

[wind coyote]

yep my anni selects will be lucas and ss diantha

perfect

two zones

two strong units

two nice favs

[ashen thunder]

I am too poor for selects

not like I'd pay for a gacha game anyways

Selects are still best value

[tardy fiber]

Hope that there's free fair select again, DeNa already made it twice...third time's the charm DeNa

I gonna use it for lodge guest if it happens

[ashen thunder]

If they do old selects it's gonna be diantha dupe for me

[tardy fiber]

Gonna grab Steven

Well might change if there's Lance / Diantha lodge pair

I pick N from the first one to 3/5 him and Cynthia from the second free select

[ashen thunder]

I missed last year selector

Could have picked kommo-o

[tardy fiber]

The one from Ash?

[ashen thunder]

Ye

It ended the same day I came back

[tardy fiber]

Iirc it needs to do a daily event as one of the mission, but the daily mission only available for 7 days so many people are pissed

[ashen thunder]

I rly wish I atleast did logins

Would have even grabbed ssmay back then

[tardy fiber]

Many people are stuck without able to complete the missions

[ashen thunder]

I was like hey, may just got anni alt, she isn't gonna get blaziken for atleast 6 months I can just not care abt it and focus on my internship

And oh boy how wrong I was

[wind coyote]

cant wait for masterfair paid selects

3 yrs down the line

[ashen thunder]

I wouldn't be surprised if we get MF selects this year itself

It's been 2+ years since first MF

We got our first PF selector in similar time frame

[tardy fiber]

I wonder if it will costs 10k gems

[vestal leaf]

SC Emmet & ingo, SS Cyrus, ny lisia and SS wally are definitely not particularly outstanding units who are already outclassed or are gonna be probably soon

Palmarnie is also on a terrible rerun banner so I'd give her up too

[wind coyote]

...so i give up like all the terrains?

these units r majorly zone setters which is why i want them

[ashen thunder]

I mean

Do you have the damage dealer to go with zonebots?

[vestal leaf]

I mean they're far from synergetic and for some of them there's already better alternatives

[ashen thunder]

Moylane dps isn't gonna be fun with pal Marnie

[mossy hawk]

Disagree on NY Lisia and SS Wally, they are not outclassed, the rest is true though

[ashen thunder]

They aren't

But you need to roll both

[vestal leaf]

SS wally has a very bad rotation tbfh

[ashen thunder]

If you care abt meta

Why roll for an entire team when you can fix patches in existing teams

Much cheaper that way

[vestal leaf]

Plus he can't solo DPS unlike some other setters

Ny lisia is just damage

Pure Damage units can last but they're not worth purposely going for unless fave

[ashen thunder]

I don't think other than serena anything is a fav in that list

Rolling 1 or 2 units is fine for meta
Rolling entire teams for rerun is

Unless you are LG soloer, at max you are gonna use 10 teams

[wind coyote]

ok so ive decided

ill remove sc ingo and sc emmet

since ss hilbert is too OP even w/out zone

ok so i removed fall iris, sc ingo and sc emmet guys

ill keep palmarnie cause i like her kit

ill remove ss cyrus since im waiting for calem anyways

[wind coyote]

also ive rearranged the list based on priority on the types i dont have well

but obv also accounting for favs in the first two tiers

gah still too much

[ashen thunder]

You can remove one of the rain setters

[wind coyote]

no both r mcs and therefore important to me

[violet nebula]

Can cut Kris, Emma, ss Brendan

[tardy fiber]

You also need to consider what pair you already have like if you have lysander might can kick ssethan

Both flying striker

[violet nebula]

Yes this too

[wind coyote]

no i dont have any flying besides blue

[ashen thunder]

From what I've heard Emma is not as much the hype even with firis

So can remove both unless they are favs

I mean flying is like we just got blue power boost

[mossy hawk]

Emma with Oleana slaps though

[ashen thunder]

Yea but their list doesn't have oleana

[violet nebula]

Ss hilda can go too, fire so saturated

[ashen thunder]

And I doubt they have gems to afford her

[violet nebula]

She is also just damage

[wind coyote]

ok so ill remove fall iris

[violet nebula]

Sc diantha, yea sets rock zone

But rock didn't need it

[ashen thunder]

I mean

You don't "need" anything from gacha

Free stuff is already overkill for this game

[violet nebula]

This is quite a forgiving gacha as well

[tardy fiber]

Either one of oleana/fall iris/emma are already enough probably...i suggest that you still got 1 because f2p poison pairs are kinda mid...well at least fall iris has zone or oleana has poison rebuff, im not so sure with emma because i dont have her so not sure if she can carry the whole team if her other teammates are mid for poison weak

[violet nebula]

I can confirm she can carry

[ashen thunder]

I'd just go for oleana if you care abt meta and is on a budget

[violet nebula]

But not necessary

[ashen thunder]

Other 2 are kind of whatever

Most 1/5 emma rollers I've talked to say she's not as much as the hype

And firis has poor synergy with top poison

[violet nebula]

Nope she isn't

[ashen thunder]

I meant synergy as in
She contributes nothing other than zone

[tardy fiber]

Oleana probably nice, well because of poison rebuff and guaranteed poison...so even koga can straight up venoshock extra damage as enemies are guaranteed being poisoned

But because she isnt a fave, so i still skip her

Gonna skip rose too, but his pfp is so nice

[mossy hawk]

Not to mention Oleana has enough damage both in moves and nuke especially to carry a team

[violet nebula]

Was about to ask why you got his pfp😆

Looks like you were going to summon

[tardy fiber]

He is so cool and got cool theme eventhough he has a body like dads

[ashen thunder]

Just wait for shiny eternatus rose alt

[tardy fiber]

Gonna hopium for ssRose with shiny eternatus or something in the future

[ashen thunder]

Guzma and rose being villains without a legendary Pokemon to abuse
Even then Guzma got a UB ig

[tardy fiber]

Yep im having fun with buzzma

[ashen thunder]

Rose is defo getting smth just for the pattern

[tardy fiber]

He is my go to fighting damage dealer but had to use scdiantha last week due to Glacia has a lot of stat buffs

[ashen thunder]

Meanwhile lysandre with 2 legendaries

[tardy fiber]

N with 3

[ashen thunder]

I see N more as rival than villain, but that's just me

alt where

[rare swan]

Give him 3!!

[tardy fiber]

Golden Tuxedo Lysandre with shiny hoopa

[wind coyote]

gonna remove some more but keeping this for now

[tardy fiber]

I thought you gonna remove third row before this

[wind coyote]

couldnt let go

gonna remove some from 2nd row

like i dont need ss hilda i have mayziken for fire damage

i can also let go of ss brendan ig

[tardy fiber]

Well i guess reducing from 21 pairs to 18 pairs this time is still a progress

[wind coyote]

gonna reduce it down to 10

[tardy fiber]

Water gear next reset gonna farm those first before water game mode...will be good as it's not like enemies are water weak, so extra stats on water pairs would be nice.

[maiden kayak]

lol

yall never heard of offtype?

often times i see ppl have problems saving and said stuff like my “whatever” type is shit so i need to pull bs

[vestal leaf]

Are SS Ethan, Brendan and Emma faves? Lucas too

They're not really must get units either if not faves

[oak crest]

imo he can drop either Oleana or Emma for poison

[maiden kayak]

the whole problem is they are all existing units lol

that shouldnt even be the whole 100% of the list

[ashen thunder]

Man doesn't even have 10k gems and put oleana in high priority

[maiden kayak]

not only that

[ashen thunder]

[maiden kayak]

its 9

[oak crest]

also SSWally and NYLisia, can choose to drop 1

[maiden kayak]

9 units

thats shitload of gems

of ridiculously low rerun rates

[ashen thunder]

Reminder that you only get enuff gems to pity 10 units per year
Good luck chasing 20 reruns over 3+ years

[maiden kayak]

this is literally bite more than u can chew

[oak crest]

personally i wouldnt chase phy/spec of the same type until i have sufficient units for all 18 types before even considering it

[vestal leaf]

I have 13 units I'd like to have, but I also know only 6 of these I'll actually try to get if they rerun in a month that's not stacked already

[maiden kayak]

in the first place this 18 types i have to pull bs gotta stop first

or else its gonna be very hard to save

[oak crest]

true

[ashen thunder]

Only need 5 teams for MM and 10 teams for gauntlet

[maiden kayak]

like bruh theres like offtype

[vestal leaf]

Knowing how to split between "want but won't likely get" and "really want" or "must get" is all the difference

[maiden kayak]

which is wrong way to put in the list

[vestal leaf]

And most of these teams can run 2 f2p or gen pool units per time

[maiden kayak]

because by doing so , u are adding more mental burden to save

[ashen thunder]

To be fair, they are rolling for meta
Which means the list gonna look pretty big

The problem is affordability

[upbeat lotus]

i was a meta chaser back when i was first played, now i know how to not get hyped by new units
the only problem is trying not to get urge of pulling

[maiden kayak]

in the list should BE VERY CLEAR CUT : YES OR NO (dont even put)

[vestal leaf]

Rolling for meta makes no sense if you're new imho

[oak crest]

hm, idk man, meta wise, some units might fall off before they even rerun

[ashen thunder]

Rolling for meta makes no sense in general

The game difficulty is horribly low

[vestal leaf]

I mean one is allowed to know which pairs he would've liked in case a select or smth rolls around

[oak crest]

if want to chase meta, probably should just wait for a better unit to be released instead of rerun

[maiden kayak]

u technically can , but i will put that in seperate list

not together

[oak crest]

cos Dena eventually will release smth better

[ashen thunder]

Optimal meta chasing is roll rats and then wait till smth outclasses rats

[oak crest]

ye that

[tardy fiber]

Yep usually those strikers that only have damage...

[wind coyote]

all the units on the very high priority list are important favs

[vestal leaf]

Understandable, I keep them in separate tiers because I have the mental fortitude to save and know when to spend

[maiden kayak]

me looking at ssa cynthia staying stong in top tier for almost a year

[ashen thunder]

Almost every MF been out of "meta" before their rerun btw

[vestal leaf]

Or zerena LOL

[ashen thunder]

Only ssrcyn was meta

And that's coz she's the only ghost zone

[maiden kayak]

yea zerena is like the only striker i think that aged like wine

even ss steven is becoming one

[vestal leaf]

Cmarnie will too imo

[maiden kayak]

yea

[ashen thunder]

Zerena so good that lucas looks like a D tier unit when run with her

[vestal leaf]

They're Uber tier for a reason

[ashen thunder]

My lucas does half damage as zerena in same team

[oak crest]

CMarnie has 60% flinch chance on all 3

[ashen thunder]

That's the gap between ubers and S+

[oak crest]

will take abit more to overtake her

[wind coyote]

no wait it's 60% on either of the three not all 3

[oak crest]

60% each on all 3

ig the wording

[vestal leaf]

Her buddy has 60% on all no?

[maiden kayak]

need a ♀️dragon zoner please

a ♀️dragon rebuffer

[tardy fiber]

I like lucas although i put him in an assist damage role instead...chip damage dealer as free move roar of time every 2 moves is kinda nice

[oak crest]

her reg move has 60% if u have her aggravation tile activated

[wind coyote]

akari and origin dialga
rei and origin palkia
volo and arceus
4th anni imagine

[sturdy plank]

clair alt trust

[ashen thunder]

Yea and you have a rerun list that big when anni is that level bait

[maiden kayak]

i dont care about rei and volo smh

[tardy fiber]

Gloria Regidrago

[maiden kayak]

[vestal leaf]

Origin dialga and palkia like the tapus, with dragon zone + rain/steel rebuff

[tardy fiber]

Or Regieleki, she might get one of them next month

[maiden kayak]

i just hope she has good outfit

[vestal leaf]

I think cinderace is almost guaranteed and so is the Leon alt

[ashen thunder]

I am honestly not interested in origin dialga or palkia since I have the regular version already

[sturdy plank]

advance good luck vantner to the regi banners next month