Resource Saving Support (Gem Zen)

[grand bramble]

Looks like... This is the anniversary then...

[hard wave]

Wait is there a free select

[round mason]

nah anni WILL be much better

[hard wave]

Plz tell me there is one

[tardy fiber]

Im skipping all of the pairs this month

[round mason]

me too

[tardy fiber]

Good luck guys

[unkempt vortex]

This ain’t anni

[grand bramble]

Any pairs u like from Paldea?

[unkempt vortex]

Not even close

[grand bramble]

Or pokemon

[tardy fiber]

Anyone with koraidon, miraidon, paradoxes, 4 ruins

Also SV dlc mons

[round mason]

||i rly want leon and nemona omfg||
but i gotta keep on saving

[mossy hawk]

Paldea anni is happening

No way Nemona is randomly dropped in August

[broken mulch]

Yeah definitely skipping Rose and his awesome track lol.

[round mason]

volo found dead in a ditch

[tardy fiber]

Oh there's new roles with new drinks

[round mason]

i hate that

what's the new role

[vernal glade]

Hopefully will know soon

[ashen thunder]

I am 90% convinced that paldea box legendaries for anni

[unkempt vortex]

If paldea is anni I sleep

[tardy fiber]

Not sure one of it has mountain like icon and another is like forward button

⏩

[gray sail]

Terrain and gauge acceleration/sync move cooldown?

[broken mulch]

Geeta with a Gogoat for 4th Annie CONFIRMED

[grand bramble]

Of course of course.... It's gonna be either Paldea or hisui as anniversary units... I think

[unkempt vortex]

Which means more gems for reruns

[ashen thunder]

Use that unit instantly skips battle

Aka better unit than SSTred finally

[unkempt vortex]

they don’t end up being better than rats

[tardy fiber]

Miraidon for better electric

[broken mulch]

Oh here’s an awful idea, a unit that doubles your gem reward if the unit survives the battle

[lean mango]

Id whale that

Gotta be prepared for Geeta

[tardy fiber]

Team rocket meowth that can gmax

[ashen thunder]

When does free unit selector get announced?

I wasnt playing this time last year so I don't remember

[hard wave]

I hope there is one

[grand bramble]

How many months after SV released?

[hard wave]

Uh like 9

[ashen thunder]

MF select

[grand bramble]

It's not even a year

[junior trout]

It released in november so about 9, 10

[tardy fiber]

Oh the new roles are Field and Sprint, well maybe to help people keep saying every zone setters are techs..so they might no longer use tech candies and instead field candies

[grand bramble]

Are they trying to do Paldea villain arc next

[round mason]

tf team star gonna do

[ashen thunder]

I hope the candy coin influx does increase

Now that there's more roles

30 coins per month sucks

[grand bramble]

How is it feels of not playing pmex for a month....

It feels great!!!

[unkempt vortex]

They’ll make something up

Like they did with galar va

[round mason]

paradox mons ig

[tardy fiber]

The villain will be the Professor importing paradoxes to wreak havoc in pasio

[ashen thunder]

Oh yea
Hop grid expansion

[grand bramble]

I can focus other things and not to worry about the game itself and gems.... I didn't even participate the high score event too

[round mason]

did you get the gems

[grand bramble]

No

[round mason]

wow

[grand bramble]

I didn't play for like a month now

I might return one day

[round mason]

thats fair

[grand bramble]

But not today

Like I said before... I was burned out and already moved on for other things

It feels good

[unkempt vortex]

Ok what if you free yourself from this prison permanently

[tardy fiber]

I didn't expect all 3 johtrio will rerun at the same time...a truly nice bait

[grand bramble]

If there's a feeling of nostalgia ... Then I will return

[ashen thunder]

Anni gonna be better than bait
Unless they repeat anni 2

[round mason]

having victor and adaman helped me skip sslyra

[grand bramble]

I haven't delete the game because I still loved it

[tardy fiber]

Skip sskris, water highscore event already over anyway

[lean mango]

[grand bramble]

How's your ranking btw

[tardy fiber]

There's dragalge drasna

[hard wave]

Im only going for ethan, dont rlly want lyra that much and have kris

[ashen thunder]

Needing limited MF to get 180k points in high score is skill issue

[lean mango]

Not Poison sadly, but it still is a win!!!

[grand bramble]

With enough water types... It is good

[lean mango]

I saved up my Kalos tickets for a good reason

[tough oriole]

Seemingly new kalos spotlights, which is nice
They’ll probably be added at 2024 anni’s update

[lean mango]

I adore Dragalge

[tardy fiber]

Last time i checked around 30 mins before it over...im at rank 7.6k

[lean mango]

I predicted this miles away 😭

[grand bramble]

Wow... So many people

[lean mango]

I hope there's enough gems for me to reach 100k for next month

[grand bramble]

Interesting update so far... We might get over 30k

[ashen thunder]

I need like 6 tech candies so I'll only roll striker or support or new roles for anni

[tardy fiber]

Hope there's enough gems for me to get 130k+

[lean mango]

I just need a little over 27k to reach 100k I think

[tardy fiber]

Skipping August

[round mason]

maybe i can get pity if game is generous enough

[grand bramble]

This game is very generous... To me

[compact pasture]

Is this run up to anni?

[unkempt vortex]

This game is generous if you don’t pull the trigger

[grand bramble]

Yes...

[unkempt vortex]

And summon every time you open the game

[ashen thunder]

I dislike galar in general so the game has been generous past month

Will likely have 2+ pity for anni

Alola month was brutal

[tardy fiber]

I gonna have 3 pities this reset, so im cruising for anniv

August is also a skip

[grand bramble]

I will return someday.... I really missed you guyz... Anyways... Gtg... See ya

[ashen thunder]

August looks like skip so far but drasna might be pokefair

[tardy fiber]

Iirc she's spotlight

[gloomy holly]

Welp, Johtrio is here...

[ashen thunder]

Well if she's spotlight it's a sleep patch

[tardy fiber]

Still waiting to see who lodge calem will end up with

[broken mulch]

1 is an absolute favorite while another is high in my like list but not a must pull. The rest are definite skips lol

[grand bramble]

And one more thing... All these rerun are bait.....they rerun those top tier units like ss lyra

[ashen thunder]

I hope anni is generous with my rolls

Coz I rly need aura cyn for my zygarde comp

Or they just release a better support

[tardy fiber]

Zygarde...i just use her with ssbrendan and lucas

[grand bramble]

Ss lyra is still pretty strong as for today ... But u won't need it alright

[gloomy holly]

Wait, are all of the Johtrio rerunning or is it just KriSS?

[ashen thunder]

My SsBrendan already goes to psychic comps

[hard wave]

All

[grim plover]

i cant imagine how strong the the 4th anni will be with these units as bait

[ashen thunder]

[unkempt vortex]

Grass is a stacked type

[gloomy holly]

Ah

[grand bramble]

All... of them... Once

[tardy fiber]

All for johto VA rerun

[gloomy holly]

[grand bramble]

Except ss giovanni lol

[ashen thunder]

Grass hyper comps don't even run sslyra

Adaman supremacy

[unkempt vortex]

Grass isn’t down bad like half the other types in the game

[broken mulch]

For real

[grand bramble]

I treat nemona as run up before anni bait....well..idk what I would call

[hard wave]

Ive been wanting ethan for a while and rlly glad the triple banner w red and ingo r rerunning ill just wait for zerena rerun and keep using vilda

[ashen thunder]

Grass is defo a top 5 type

[hard wave]

Gym challenger gloria is kind of underwhelming tbh

[grand bramble]

Alright.. See ya

[unkempt vortex]

I mean anything can be considered bait

[tardy fiber]

So...we will get Paldea daily BP battle?

[broken mulch]

Is Olympia bait?

[unkempt vortex]

Variety is considered bait doesn’t stop people from pulling it

[tardy fiber]

Wait there's no paldea spotlight, maybe its safe for now

[oak crest]

it dont make sense to have it now

even if u pull, only 1 unit is boosted

[tardy fiber]

True

[tardy jolt]

Palesa is so exciting, really looking forward to Anni

[broken mulch]

They could wait unti 3 are out haha

[tardy fiber]

Oh right, what if there's EBE in Nemona event

[ashen thunder]

Bruh Gloria is so underwhelming
Single target rebuff on a tech nuker

[unkempt vortex]

It’s dena

[ashen thunder]

Why is it not aoe

[unkempt vortex]

They’ll do it

[oak crest]

probably they will expand it to the typing as well

if there is

[unkempt vortex]

I mean SS hilbert is the same way

Single target rebuff

[ashen thunder]

I never said sshilbert is not underwhelming

[tardy fiber]

Aw crap, so its really for lodge?

[tardy jolt]

They could release so many units next month if they concentrate on a new region: free pair for a story event like Misty and Psyduck, the Anni units, some spotlights. This may come very soon ahah. Ngl, I’m glad I saved and I hope to see some of my fave characters soon, Paldea is my favorite region right after Unova

[tardy fiber]

Theres no sygna suit or others in name

Only Victor

[upbeat lotus]

Victor is event

This month lodge pair is Calem

[tardy fiber]

Wait we will get him from event?

[upbeat lotus]

Yes he is too op for a free event unit

Yeah according to absol

[tardy fiber]

Neat

Thanks DeNa

[oak crest]

O.o

[tardy fiber]

Gonna save certs for him

[round mason]

VICTOR IS FREE?

[tardy jolt]

What, he’s fee? Based DeNa omg

[upbeat lotus]

YESSS

[oak crest]

a free field unit

wows

[round mason]

YES

[hard wave]

Im curious as to what sprint and field EX effect

[unkempt vortex]

Dena on something

[tardy fiber]

I love DeNa, DeNa best mobile company

[hard wave]

RILABOOM?

[unkempt vortex]

Fake news

[round mason]

gtfo leon and gloria
i need victor

[hard wave]

I KIND OF WANTED HIM AND WILL GLADLY TAKE HIM FOR FREE

[upbeat lotus]

The ghost horse

[round mason]

spectrier victor??

[hard wave]

Oh, well I like wanted spectrier anyway

[round mason]

is he bp

[hard wave]

Too bad he doesnt have an EX style tho

[candid burrow]

Free horse

[ashen thunder]

Free ghost zone

[upbeat lotus]

The horse is event only!!!!!

[ashen thunder]

Victor got better treatment than nate and alola protags

[round mason]

is he bp or not

[hard wave]

Free unit

[unkempt vortex]

Dena hates nate and alola protags confirmed

[hard wave]

I hope fields can tank well

[round mason]

ok cool i dont need to wait for rainbow bp ticket

[vernal glade]

Yep, skip month for me. Checked the releases.

[broken mulch]

Like Helena and Naomi free?

[hard wave]

I want to add him to anni lillie and ssrc

[broken mulch]

Or Sawyer free

[hard wave]

Like giovanni misty blue

I think

[broken mulch]

Huh

[ashen thunder]

Sprint base kit doesn't look strong

[broken mulch]

Hey not gonna complain about free ghost HORS

[hard wave]

This datamine is so confusing

[ashen thunder]

Looks like low damage but sync Accel and free move shenanigans

Feels like waste of slot over actual dps

[unkempt vortex]

Easy skip then

[ashen thunder]

[candid burrow]

Dont like pawmot that much tbh

[compact pasture]

Any supports?

[ashen thunder]

Field looks sus
It just mediocre damage with field on entry

[mossy hawk]

No supports

Many techs

[ashen thunder]

Maybe grid offers some shit for both

No supports

All banner units except 1 are tech

[hard wave]

Wait do we get free dupes

[tardy fiber]

Wow checking Victor spectrier stats...high sp atk, so field role is an attacker?

[compact pasture]

Do we know what boost Field and Sprint get?

[tardy fiber]

Havent check sprint yet

[ashen thunder]

Average dps

With entry field

Sprint is free moves and sync Accel with shit damage

But both have nuke multiplier's

Gotta wait for grid

[tardy fiber]

Oh so kinda specialized tech

[ashen thunder]

Base kit for both are unimpressive

Maybe grid has fun stuff

But candies

[junior trout]

i mean lowkey my ghost types suck so i wont complain about one thats free and also a fav character for free

[ashen thunder]

Atleast victor is free

[unkempt vortex]

Candies are screwed

[tardy fiber]

Well at least, the candies will split into 3 in the future

[hard wave]

They arent giving us candies?

[tardy fiber]

Tech candies

[hard wave]

Atleast he’s the only field

[ashen thunder]

Their syncs might have different effects

[tardy fiber]

Time to grab coin bundle if no free dupe levele

[ashen thunder]

For EX

[tardy fiber]

Using yellow candy as sub for field candy

[hard wave]

I wonder what they r

[ashen thunder]

Also
The one that Anabel kit got promotion it seems

The dev is rampant with skill names as usual

[tardy fiber]

I checked Victor max phantasm lowers defense instead of spdef ...but he is special attacker...i guess i will pair him with sskorrina

[crisp oracle]

||It's Gameplan Time!||

||Good news! I don't want any of the Galar Units so I can wait for datamine before going for the Johtrio!||

[ashen thunder]

I already hate the summer units this time coz of the skill names

[ashen thunder]

Ah yes
Ssrcynthia moment

Shadow ball but physical sync

[crisp oracle]

oh yeah gacha cope mechanism

[compact pasture]

Which?

[tardy fiber]

Wait we got those weird passive names again?

[ashen thunder]

Yes

The ugly names

I liked the dev that designed sinnoh MFs

Bring him in again

[unkempt vortex]

What if we just don’t do that

[ashen thunder]

The Anabel designer deserves a special place in hell

[compact pasture]

What are their passives?

[unkempt vortex]

[ashen thunder]

Example

Restores 1 MP of the user’s buddy move the first time its sync move is used each battle.```

It's so ugly

Like wtf

Atleast say it like
Buddy move cash back

Instead of this bullshit

[tardy fiber]

Wait i just checked Nemona, she doesn't have Paldea tag...so she's like lear, rachel, sawyer for now

[ashen thunder]

Sinnoh ones were cool

Space spread over hisui and time flows across hisui just sounds glorious

[tardy jolt]

German skill names be like:

[lean mango]

She is from nowhere 😔

[unkempt vortex]

She’s homeless

[lean mango]

Hoopa after transporting her to Pasio:

[tardy fiber]

Wow lodge calem looks like nice to pair with serena delphox

Finally a lodge guest that i actually have

[ashen thunder]

Gen pool powerboost is burgh

And limited is ingo

Ingo basically got nothing

Burgh got +1 crit on TM and furious brain so that's neat

[unkempt vortex]

Burgh usable

[ashen thunder]

Bugs getting some love

[tardy fiber]

My prediction came true...hop powerboost is first aid 4

[ashen thunder]

Hop got FA4 and this

    Has a chance (50%) of applying the Supereffective ↑ Next effect to the user when it is hit by an attack move.```

DPS hop is real

[junior trout]

why is hop's pb so bad 😭

where speed and sp def buffs

[ashen thunder]

Well his base kit is already good

I like FA4

[junior trout]

i do too

[ashen thunder]

They didn't want him to outclass Sonia clearly

[junior trout]

[tardy fiber]

Nice i will skip natural remedy and quick cure if i need old grids

[ashen thunder]

DPS hop tho

[tardy fiber]

Just gonna get that dps SE buff and first aid 4

Yep i will grab the other 2

[ashen thunder]

Now that seup BB gonna hit super hard

[tardy fiber]

But not all enemies will flinch or use bad statuses

[ashen thunder]

Also victor is mentioned as lodge

So

I hope he's free but whatever

I already have ssrcyn

[unkempt vortex]

He’s free

[tardy fiber]

Wait so i need to pull victor?

[unkempt vortex]

We literally know calem lodge

[tardy fiber]

[ashen thunder]

The pastebin for grid mentions him as lodge for some reason

And Gloria as alt 2

[dark cliff]

OHKO Woolo

[ashen thunder]

[mossy hawk]

Victor is free event pair

[tough oriole]

Yea nick said that too

[dark cliff]

Also sadness that I’ll have to start hoarding more since there are new candies

[ashen thunder]

Oh yea the new limited units don't look that enticing
None of em mesh with my existing roster

[unkempt vortex]

Dw they’re just the first

[tardy fiber]

I will totally pair Victor with sskorrina...steal em buffs girl

[unkempt vortex]

Dena will soon make them good to force those gems

[tardy jolt]

No dev letter, Sadge

[dark cliff]

I take it back, we got Dragalge

[tardy fiber]

Oh right i haven't login

[dark cliff]

Now I need to really hold tight

[tardy fiber]

Gonna hope that i get 130 lodge stones to 150 SsMina

[upbeat lotus]

its confirmed to be tomorrow

[dark cliff]

olenana you will suffice

[tardy jolt]

Good, nice to hear!

[ashen thunder]

I was rly hoping cinderace to be aoe rebuff
St rebuff while being tech is so useless when I already have ssmay to kill mid

[unkempt vortex]

Now you can kill mid faster

[mossy hawk]

Flying and fighting got their rebuffs at least

[dark cliff]

Starting to regret not pulling for May or Victini; Charizard and Reshi aren’t doing so hot these days

[grim plover]

man they did my man leon dirty, he has the kit of a variety

[mossy hawk]

To me, Gloria seems like the clear bait pair this month, like SSteven last year

[ashen thunder]

Zard+reshi+SSmorty destroys any stage tho

Fire is super bloated afterall

Tho if you are missing SSmorty that's an entirely different story

[unkempt vortex]

Can we please just stop getting by fire grass and water pairs dena

Would really appreciate it

[dark cliff]

I have those 3, and somehow I end up struggling at times hmm

[unkempt vortex]

Like most types don’t even have 10 units

[ashen thunder]

I don't mind fire water grass pairs actually

If they are supports

[dark cliff]

They did?

[ashen thunder]

Like c'mon we already have so many dps for those

Need supports

[mossy hawk]

Cinderace is not only fire

[tardy fiber]

Time to edit my nickname to 64/65 due to Spectrier

[mossy hawk]

Bit fighting and flying too

It's a libero kit

[ashen thunder]

You are never pressing that flying move at any point

[dark cliff]

? Cinderace has 3 rebuffs? Is that his gimmick?

[mossy hawk]

When you do her max move, depending on which, her passives change and you lower 2 rebuffs of that type

[ashen thunder]

Single target rebuff

On a tech nuke with single target moves

Like ssmay and chop already exist

Any modern tech unit one shots middle

It should have been aoe

Also the ugly names for those skills

[dark cliff]

Bait Pair. Must resist

[mossy hawk]

I am just stating it objectively, but she looks strong

More like SSteven than the Greninjas

[dark cliff]

Anniversary is always been good stuff.

[mossy hawk]

Because she can't switch her type back

[unkempt vortex]

If they didn’t make pairs look good people wouldn’t pull

[hard wave]

Rlly

[tardy fiber]

Rank 7971, bye2 highscore medal temptation

[dark cliff]

Leon looks nice outfit wise

[ashen thunder]

I assume cinderace gonna be like deoxys in tierlists
Like 3 different rankings

Coz flying is garbage

[mossy hawk]

Tied to her max move

[hard wave]

Oh

[tardy fiber]

I doubt i will worry about flying coverage with lysandre, anniskyla, annisteven, ssethan, smliza

[hard wave]

Ill just keep using vilda

[grim plover]

well deoxys actually changed roles, gloria just change types

[mossy hawk]

And passives

[clever oyster]

uuuuuuuuuuuugh

why must the Cinderace banner end BEFORE the September datamine? 😦

now how am I suppoesd to decide?!

[mossy hawk]

It was to be expected

[ashen thunder]

Flying coverage not a problem anymore with blue buff

[mossy hawk]

Because Oleana and Rose leave then

[grim plover]

if they didnt split c.serena i dont think they'll give gloria the deoxys treatment

[unkempt vortex]

You literally just don’t pull easy

[clever oyster]

no

just not pulling is NOT an option either

[unkempt vortex]

It’s always an option

[clever oyster]

not for me!

[ashen thunder]

Fighting cinderace is the only incentive tbh since fire is bloated as hell

Even then there are better fighting limited in same region that actually has fighting tag

[grim plover]

||thank god i have 1 pity, i will spend it on leon and will be able to secure 2 pities for the anniversary||

[ashen thunder]

Oh yea also bea exists

Cinderace who?

[grim plover]

even solgaleo

[clever oyster]

the thing is: I wouldn't have gotten Cinderace because of the typing

[unkempt vortex]

Bea nukes and she’s not even a tech

[clever oyster]

I would have gotten Cinderace simply because I like Cinderace

[ashen thunder]

Bea has soften up on her nuke as well

Guaranteed crit

I used bea for both galar EBEs as well

[mossy hawk]

You weren't expecting Cinderace this month?

[unkempt vortex]

strike>tech

[clever oyster]

no, I was expecting Regis

...though on second thought, that would have been bad, too

because I also like Regieleki

oh god

[unkempt vortex]

She’ll rerun

Trust

[maiden kayak]

why are yall even discussing here smh

[clever oyster]

yeah, she'll rerun god knows when

[tardy fiber]

Im happy, the only fave i have this month is free...DeNa helping me for Anniversary

[maiden kayak]

just save

[clever oyster]

I don't know if I'll be able to wait for that long

[tardy fiber]

Finally 3 pities with today's gems

[ashen thunder]

I mean

[clever oyster]

save for what? for an anni that I might not end up even liking in the first place?

[tardy fiber]

[ashen thunder]

You can have the option of

Skipping anni

[clever oyster]

god, why must the Cinderace banner end BEFORE the datamine?!

[clever oyster]

but what if the Anni will have Flannery?

then skipping will NOT be an option?

[maiden kayak]

can u say the latter, dont even know what anni looks like smh

[ashen thunder]

Then save

[unkempt vortex]

[grim plover]

To bait you

[unkempt vortex]

Flannery anni is the biggest copium

[grim plover]

If gloria is not a must pull you would be better saving those gems

[maiden kayak]

but i do know its bad habit to discuss units here openly like nobody business

[ashen thunder]

Cinderace isn't even that good
Just skip if you are broke

[rotund sleet]

drasna is spotlight right

[ashen thunder]

Yes

[clever oyster]

I don't know if she's a must pull or not...problem is that I have no idea if the ACTUAL must pulls would ever even happen in the first place

[rotund sleet]

once she gets added to ticket pool i will finally spend all 2000

for now i will resume not playing pmex

[hard wave]

5th anni?

[ashen thunder]

Drasna and that psychic gym leader are spotlight
Victor is event free unit
Calem for lodge

[rotund sleet]

hopefully

[clever oyster]

maybe an Anni Flannery or, like, ANY Flannery alt in generally really IS huge copium

...not as huge copium as playable Wes, though

[maiden kayak]

tbf last year anni is great

ppl dunk on the repeat alts

but they had good meta

[clever oyster]

...what was last year anni again?

[maiden kayak]

dunno where ppl pirorities go nowadays

[unkempt vortex]

Cynthia and the 2 rats

[clever oyster]

oh yeah, them

I dunno if this year's anni is gonna be good, though

[grim plover]

If your not sure about her prob she's not your fav. It's better to have one pity saved for that unit that you know is a must pull.

[clever oyster]

considering this year's half-anni was a huge disappointment

[unkempt vortex]

They’ll make anni good because money

[tardy fiber]

I skipped last year's anniv easily

[maiden kayak]

…

what…

lol

[unkempt vortex]

There’s no way they’re going to make anni bad

[rotund sleet]

3.0 anni was sleeper dogshit

[maiden kayak]

this year half anni is bad?

[tardy fiber]

Gonna stick to my fave list

[maiden kayak]

what world are u staying

[ashen thunder]

Worst anni unit is still lunala
Who is an amazing unit

[maiden kayak]

lol

[clever oyster]

well, yeah, it was Galar, of course it was bad

[unkempt vortex]

Brother what

[round mason]

annisteven 🧍‍♂️

[maiden kayak]

~~tfw u said that but u still pulled ~~

[ashen thunder]

Payquaza got shiny drip

[clever oyster]

and it wasn't even the good Galar mons either

[unkempt vortex]

[ashen thunder]

So better

[clever oyster]

...am I seriously alone in...really disliking the Galarian Kanto birds?

[grim plover]

I'm scared about the anni. If bt Leon and gloria + bunny +nemona are the baits I can't think of how popular the Anni units will be

[maiden kayak]

but u still pulled, right?

[clever oyster]

no

I skipped half anni this year

[maiden kayak]

[tardy fiber]

Anni Nate with Terrakion...trust

[rotund sleet]

they weren't bad but it didn't feel like a half anni, felt more like galar va

[maiden kayak]

jk but i honestly dont believe

[rotund sleet]

didn't pull for any

[grim plover]

(mandatory yearly red alt + mega mewtwo x)

[clever oyster]

that's because it was Neo Champion and not a true half anni

[unkempt vortex]

more like a galar va than the actual galar va

[clever oyster]

I was so hoping for half anni to be Hisui sync pairs

[tardy fiber]

Same feeling with nc frogs, feels like kalos VA

[unkempt vortex]

Neo champ was a mistake

[clever oyster]

...fuck, what if this year's anni sync pairs is gonna be Hisui? 😦

[rotund sleet]

but the frogs weren't a part of any anniversary celebrations

[clever oyster]

what if one of them is gonna be Arezu?

[rotund sleet]

they were sort of standalone

[unkempt vortex]

Frogs were out of nowhere

Cause dena felt like being quirky

[tardy fiber]

You forgot lysandre smirking after seeing calem and serena with their new outfits at the end

[ashen thunder]

I feel glad that I skipped unova VA for Xmas
Coz frogs was a happy surprise

But I had to skip Xmas for that

[unkempt vortex]

I’m the opposite

I hate the frogs so glad I pulled unova

[clever oyster]

I didn't skip Unova VA, because by god

[tardy fiber]

Also frogs released on December and kalos Va on month after

[clever oyster]

I desperately NEEDED a Hilda alt

because while I like Hilda, I really dislike the Tepig evolutionary line

[ashen thunder]

I felt pretty regretful for skipping genesect and kyurem but on long run it didn't feel super hard

[clever oyster]

like, the ENTIRE Tepig evolutionary line

[ashen thunder]

I am just coping for colress+shiny genesect now

[unkempt vortex]

Ah see that’s a pipe dream

[ashen thunder]

I mean

[clever oyster]

and the best part about Unova VA Hilda was that she just so happened to be teamed up with Victini

[ashen thunder]

Eusine got his suicune

[clever oyster]

a Pokémon that, unlike the Tepig line, I actually like

[clever oyster]

that was one of my big dreams as well, actually!

good thing I was able to get him relatively quickly...but now I am put in a NEW decisive situation, sadly

[tardy fiber]

Time for Volo and his dream pokemon, arceus

[ashen thunder]

I would be surprised if anni is not paldea legendaries at this point

Especially miraidon times perfectly with high score event

[unkempt vortex]

They’re already dropping female goku more paldea wouldn’t surprise me

[tardy fiber]

im hoping for it...got 3 pities for now

[unkempt vortex]

Also means an easy skip for me

[ashen thunder]

Only got like 3 multis as of now

Aug and September should get me 2 pities

[tough oriole]

Hmm, the first dlc for sv is in fall, right? Maybe that could be a cross promo

[unkempt vortex]

Surely I can get 2 pities in the next 2 months only being at 15k

Just in time for fall rerun

[ashen thunder]

Wait
They didn't announce any anni free selector?

When was last year one announced?

[tardy fiber]

Oh great the fall iris pic are seasonal select

There's 3 seasonal select

[unkempt vortex]

Indeed

[tardy fiber]

I can 3/5 my fall iris

[ashen thunder]

Btw new ex effects are adrenaline 3 and field on sync right before sync for sync to get field buffs

[tardy fiber]

So victor refresh ghost zone?

On sync?

[ashen thunder]

Yes

[unkempt vortex]

I mean kinda weird but ok

[ashen thunder]

But victor doesn't have ex

[tardy fiber]

Neat

[ashen thunder]

[tardy fiber]

I dont mind that

Those without EX can always use support EX or other damage dealer EX...well thats how i use my BP master pairs

[ashen thunder]

True

Well they revealed the effects so victor might get ex on future

Like other event units

[tardy fiber]

But if he can keep refreshing zones, i might just sync with him instead

Not much difference without EX, as the ghost zone boost is already nice

[clever oyster]

so...uh...how high are the chances that this year's anni is gonna be 100% Paldea?

because if that's gonna be the case, then I could be able to skip the anni

just like how I skipped the half anni this year

[ashen thunder]

He can only refresh it first time I think

But it's still good enuff

[mossy hawk]

It's a 1st sync effect only

[upbeat lotus]

iirc he cant refresh zone outside of EX effect and on entry

[tardy fiber]

I see so its like maxie archie first sync refresh

So not like tapus or silver

Still can, i will find a way to make my fave works

[vernal glade]

If that’s the case then it’s a free skip for me.

[ashen thunder]

I mean
If you have ssrcyn

[clever oyster]

same here, which is why I gotta know

[ashen thunder]

You don't even need ex to make it work

[rare swan]

you can't know

none of us know

imo it could be hisui OR paldea OR alts of gen 1-8 units

this update was an interesting one....

[clever oyster]

if it's gonna be Hisui, then I'll be hosed

I'd have to decide between Cinderace or (possibly) Arezu

[mossy hawk]

Arezu is not anni worthy

Don't worry

[clever oyster]

wdym, she's totally anni worthy

she's, like, THE big fan favorite of the Hisui region

[vernal glade]

||I’ll only pull for hisui anniversary if there’s a playable hisui Zoroark. If there isn’t then it’s an automatic skip||

[ashen thunder]

Ill only roll new unit if they have cool skill names

Take that P moves up bullshit away from me

[rare swan]

not on the same level as Volo

[flint turret]

If it's hisui anni they should count like sinnoh, right?

I really need strong sinnoh pairs, it's my most lacking region

[oak crest]

i highly doubt anni will be solely on 1 region only

[sturdy plank]

yes

same

unova should get another

[oak crest]

mixed yes, solo region 100% no

[clever oyster]

well, yeah, she's obviously an even bigger fan favorite than Volo

[sturdy plank]

sinnoh just recently got 2 mfs

[ashen thunder]

My sinnoh is strong thanks to those
Only need aura cyn to be unstoppable

My worst region is still johto(which I don't intend to fix) and galar

I think my unova also outdated

[oak crest]

my worst is probably Alola and Kanto

[ashen thunder]

But it's not bad so

I can cope for a while

[oak crest]

(esp the fact that I completely skipped the Alola VA units)

[ashen thunder]

My peak unova is still SCemmet

[vernal glade]

Worse is Galar for me.

[oak crest]

well Kanto wise, I skipped rats

[ashen thunder]

Waiting for shiny genesect to save mine

[oak crest]

cos i hate yellow rat

[ashen thunder]

My peak johto dps is Kris

Kanto is hard to be your worst roster
They release only good units

[oak crest]

well idt Kanto got anything else outside of variety after 3rd anni

unless i forgot abt smth

dps wise i think I only got CBlue, LA Giovanni and 2/5 ssErika

[ashen thunder]

Cblue so good tho

Better than my lowest low if that's what your worst is

[oak crest]

O.o

whats your worst

[ashen thunder]

Kris

For johto

Legit got no better option if they throw in johto ebe sometime

[oak crest]

oh, she's pretty decent after she got the grid expansion tho

[ashen thunder]

Yea but other regions have better stuff in general

Even galar I got leon due to him being first ever MF

[wild glen]

Alright, do you lads think I should pull Nemonika? I have (59.1-36.6) gems available and i do not plan to pull any other pairs. I do have both electric rats from 3rd anni though

[tardy fiber]

||pulling for olympia and drasna?||

[wild glen]

i would normally tell people not to do so

but hey

its tai

for kalos he can do whatever he wants

[ashen thunder]

You can wait till next datamine

[tardy fiber]

Kalos fans eating good

[rare swan]

[tardy fiber]

There's also chatelaine on anniv

[oak crest]

its good tho

Kalos ticket pool will finally expand even more

[rare swan]

I will be ||5/5-ing those girles||

[rare swan]

unfortunately I don't think they'll be added

they're too close to anni

[oak crest]

next anni

[sand crown]

Quite some bait but surprisingly it is more of a skip month for me than July was

[vestal leaf]

Drasna and Olympia kits are so fucking good dear lord

[oak crest]

still better than being stuck with 3

[rare swan]

yeah for spotlights they're both excellent

[oak crest]

[tardy fiber]

Wow and i thought ||u just gonna tiered pull with 7500 gems||

[vestal leaf]

No johtrio,?

[rare swan]

olympia in particular is awesome, i'm looking forward to her

[rare swan]

both

until they're ||5/5||

[vestal leaf]

Yeah she looks like an insane solo LG unit

[sand crown]

I’m a gen 2 kid, that was resolved the first time around

[vestal leaf]

Drasna Is more standard

But team dauntless

Is fun

[rare swan]

yeah drasna is a bit more run-of-the-mill but still nice

emma will enjoy her

[sand crown]

How are Hop, Ingo and Burgh expansions

[ashen thunder]

Ingo expansion doesn't exist

[vestal leaf]

Tbfh for a gen pool

Getting +1 smun, SEUP, +4 spa and +3 crit on one turn is definitely fun

[ashen thunder]

It's basically nothingness

[vestal leaf]

Ingo is shit

[sand crown]

That’s sad lmao

[vestal leaf]

Burgh os good

[ashen thunder]

Even hop got FA4

[vestal leaf]

Hop is great

[rare swan]

oh yeah that trainer move is fantastic

[ashen thunder]

Burgh got bit more self sufficiency and dps

No improvement on nuke

[vestal leaf]

Yeah burgh is nice

His nuke was strong already

[sand crown]

Well 2/3 ain’t bad, I love seeing old units get glammed up so I’ll take it

[vestal leaf]

He needed DPS and self sufficiency

[ashen thunder]

Yea but it needs sun iirc

[vestal leaf]

Hop got FA4 and 50% Seup when hit

[ashen thunder]

I never rly used him outside 2nd dps role

Coz of it

SP also hard to set up

[vestal leaf]

Yeah it's not crazy

But it's good

Better than grims or ethan

[ashen thunder]

Hop dps meta is real btw

[sand crown]

FA4 for Hop is icing on the cake

[vestal leaf]

Yeah SEUP hop is insane lol

[ashen thunder]

Better steel dps than smth like Steven

[vestal leaf]

Not even Gloria got seup on 5/5

Lol

She got rebuff which is better

But still

[tardy fiber]

My steel team will be nice, hop 5/5, gloria 3/5 and smtate 3/5

[vestal leaf]

Btw spectrier setting ghost zone for free infinitely wasn't what I expected from a free unit

[ashen thunder]

It's not infinite

Only first time on sync for EX

[vestal leaf]

Is it only first time?

Oh

[ashen thunder]

And victor ex isn't even confirmed

[vestal leaf]

It is

The logins give 20 custom PUs

[sand crown]

Did they just give it the rillaboom colors?

[vestal leaf]

Seems like it

[ashen thunder]

Oh nice

[tardy fiber]

Not sure whats useful for sprint role, aint they are just different types of speed form deoxys? So faster villa clears?

[vestal leaf]

Well he sets zone twice, and the second one lasts his + next sync

It's a lot

For a free unit

[ashen thunder]

That's why his costume wasn't datamined

[tardy fiber]

Better than my lodge raihan

[vestal leaf]

Well a free ramp is big

[tardy fiber]

Only sandstorm on entry

[ashen thunder]

It's adr3

[vestal leaf]

-3 cd on sync "for free*

Is pretty big on csmm

[mossy hawk]

Field ex doesn't have to be the zone the pair sets, he can extend other zones too(if you want/time it)

[tardy fiber]

Oh right i forgot, it will be good for highscore too

[ashen thunder]

Not for high score

High score is high strength stalling

[tardy fiber]

As the quicker you beat enemy, more points you get

[ashen thunder]

It's more off CS focus

[vestal leaf]

Yeah but time bonus is veeery low

[maiden kayak]

drasna being tech is unexpected

[ashen thunder]

They all are techs

[vestal leaf]

Yeah I expected strikers

[oak crest]

tbh beating all the enemies under 1min is impossible

[ashen thunder]

Only striker is fennekin

[oak crest]

unless ur str setting is like

+0

[ashen thunder]

Which is a fire striker again

[tardy fiber]

Tech roles are still vague, even if they split it to field and sprint now

[ashen thunder]

Tech is big ST nuke

Simple as that

[tardy fiber]

So sshau is field

[ashen thunder]

Sshau has big st nuke too

[tardy fiber]

But set field on entry

[gloomy holly]

Unless your name is SS Steven

[sand crown]

Good luck if they intend on reclassifying everyone that would now be better suited to field or sprint

[tardy fiber]

Speed form sssteven is sprint form deoxys

[ashen thunder]

Atk Steven is just striker

[broken mulch]

Normal Steven is Field then

[ashen thunder]

Oh yea
They can now give expanded sync to the new role units to patch up their shitty nuke as well

[tardy fiber]

Also ssmay is kinda sprint, didn't she got team speed buff and reduce sync move countdown

[ashen thunder]

Yes +2 spd on entry

[tardy fiber]

Im happy with this change

[ashen thunder]

Lear is the OG sprint

[gloomy holly]

Emma tho

[ashen thunder]

5 stages of sync Accel

[tardy fiber]

More variety for pokemon pairs, they can add mega blaziken tech and mega blaziken sprint

[ashen thunder]

Which is same as ex nemona

Oh yea
Sprint for Shiny blaziken totally possible

[gloomy holly]

Does sprint require units with the highest speed stats?

[ashen thunder]

We only have 1 sprint unit

So I don't think we can take much from that

All we know is adr3 on sync is sprint ex

[vestal leaf]

Most likely gonna be the category for "support-like techs"

[tardy fiber]

If they add sprint and field extra damage on cs params, thats free 100 points

[vestal leaf]

Pawmot basically gives buffs and utility

Over damage or debuffs

I think that's what sprint will work on

Giving you utility and faster cycled

Since ramping is a form of "support" too

[flint turret]

I only got irida

[vestal leaf]

Yeah ok sprint role is just

"tech-ish supports/support-ish techs"

[sturdy hatch]

Everyone, this is not the place to discuss the kits of the new units

[round mason]

i hope for 30k for august

[vestal leaf]

Right sorry

[mossy hawk]

Some say 40k+ for August

[rare swan]

[uneven pewter]

Did they say if there’s selectors

[versed flame]

i am so glad i skipped tate
||INGOOOOOOO||

[vestal leaf]

||3 actually||

||Seasonal Select A : NY Lisia, Pal Elesa, Summer N
Seasonal Select B : Pal Mallow, Xmas Jasmine, Summer Hilda
Seasonal Select C : Xmas Whitney, NY Dawn, HW Iris||

[upbeat lotus]

||There would be more in these select hopefully||

[vestal leaf]

Unsure

[tardy fiber]

Gonna grab ||select C||

[vestal leaf]

||we never had 3 seasonal selects iirc so I don't expect them to fill them with units||

[tardy jolt]

|| they are finally doing selects again, I hope we see a couple for PFs during Anni proper ||

[upbeat lotus]

||We got 3 seasonal select banners during 2.5 anni, but they are not in the same role pool||

[tardy jolt]

|| Btw, is SS Leon the unit that has gone the longest without a free rerun lol? I swear, I’ve only seen him in selects ||

[tough oriole]

||Technically egg cloyster and bugscy were longer||

[uneven pewter]

Pretty sure ss leaf still holds that record

She almost went two years without a rerun

[tough oriole]

#bot-zone message
Did she?

[uneven pewter]

Sadly out of the kantrio she’s arguably aged the worst

[tough oriole]

Wait you’re right

[uneven pewter]

Not because she’s bad by any stretch but she gets absolutely zero boosts to her stats which makes her exceptionally difficult to run with without dedicated support

I am hoping when the kantrio gets their updates she gets some freebie tiles

But yea save your paid gems folks

[vestal leaf]

As a 5/5 SSLeaf enjoyer

[uneven pewter]

[vestal leaf]

I can say she's mid as a tech but very stupid as solo stall unit

Noxious hit my beloved

[uneven pewter]

She’s great as a striker if you can ramp her stats and give sun

[vestal leaf]

Potent toxin 2+2 and regen + potions

[vestal leaf]

Her nuke is also great tbfh

But she needs far too much babysitting

[uneven pewter]

Yeeeeeep

And i love my girl

[violet nebula]

Her stat reduction and poison is nice. As is frenzy plant

[vestal leaf]

I didn't candy her to 5/5

It's not a good investment

I just got 4/5 on first anni

So I got her up through champ road

She's fun AF

[tardy jolt]

Same thing I did with Red

[vestal leaf]

But that's kinda it

[uneven pewter]

I am just praying that this cements the probability we’re not getting galar master fairs for anni

[chrome nest]

I dodge a potential datamine galar va 2 bullet

[sturdy plank]

ok galar va part 2 is skip

[tardy jolt]

I mean, Hisui or Paldea are probably more likely. I kinda hope we get proper Anni pairs (with the titles in their name), but Koraidon and Miraidon seem plausible especially considering the fact that we are going to get an electric high score event and they may come with the protagonists

[sturdy plank]

nemona too

idk any of the pairs in august

[tardy fiber]

Yes the only pair i want in August is free

[mental skiff]

Skip month for me and my worst fear became true.... ||Leon my most hatred character and dragapult my beloved pokemon||

[tardy fiber]

If all 3 anni MF are faves, and there's 2 new bp master faves...i will have 70 faves after anniv

[mental skiff]

We have select this month?

[tardy fiber]

Yep

3 selects

All of it is seasonal pairs

[mental skiff]

Seasonal 3000k?

Any Gloria?

[tardy fiber]

Not sure how much

[tardy fiber]

This @mental skiff

[mental skiff]

Bruh i cant never use my 3k paid gems

[tough oriole]

Those are just the banner images, there will be more sync pairs

[vestal leaf]

I wouldn't expect that tbfh

Until it's proven

It can be

[mental skiff]

summer Gloria let's go i save paid gems for 6 month already

[vestal leaf]

But for now we can't know

[tough oriole]

That’s how every select in the past has worked
Dena would be stupid to only include those 9

[mental skiff]

Any select in anni or that is anni select

[vestal leaf]

We'll see

It's preanni select

[tardy fiber]

Iirc fair select for sscyrus before this only have those revealed in the banner pic

[vestal leaf]

We'll get more shit on the 28-29 of August

Most likely

[tardy fiber]

Oh and it also cost 5k paid

[mental skiff]

But pokefair tho

[vestal leaf]

Datamine for Anni

We'll see then

[mental skiff]

I onky care for seasonal

New type?

[tardy fiber]

Im more of seasonal select C gang

[tardy fiber]

New roles

[mental skiff]

Wot is that

[tardy fiber]

Field and Sprint

[mental skiff]

I mean oke

[maiden kayak]

EX effect : Field extends field
: Speedster -3 sync

[mental skiff]

we used call them tech

[vestal leaf]

It extends it? I thought it casted and extended it first use

[bronze tulip]

You can just skip Nemona on the fact that sprint is useless. We have better options

[vestal leaf]

Sprint is amazing for csmm wrym

Wdym

A whole ass ramp

[mental skiff]

Penny on anni so i will save

[vestal leaf]

Past sync

[tardy fiber]

I kinda like it:
-Less burden for tech candies as now they are tech/field/sprint
-More varieties of pairs as now they are 5 roles

[vestal leaf]

^

[mental skiff]

how about old tech

[vestal leaf]

From a look at the 2 kits we can theorize

[tardy fiber]

Stays tech

[mental skiff]

Is Blaziken a tech or sprint

[vestal leaf]

• sprint is a mix of support and tech
• field is a mix of striker and tech

[mental skiff]

still need 20 tech candy

[vestal leaf]

At least that's how nemona and victors kit are

[mental skiff]

Good job Dena

[tardy fiber]

Well at least now theres no whine that every new pairs this month are tech or something ...might be 2 tech 1 sprint/field after this

[mental skiff]

wait till we get mix between tech-tech

[tardy fiber]

Also more roles for eggmons

Field eggmons will be nice

[mental skiff]

we will have useless candy

you can dream

[tardy fiber]

Man, koraidon/miraidon might be field

They set terrain and sun on entry

[sturdy flower]

what are these new types

[tardy fiber]

New pair's roles

[sturdy plank]

i'm going for tech & support

[sturdy flower]

now they have excuse to give even less candy 😭

[mental skiff]

Gems bait

[vestal leaf]

No ex tho

[mental skiff]

true

[tardy fiber]

So fall iris select gang?

[mental skiff]

New role Eos soon

[tardy fiber]

Well f2p zone is nice

[sturdy plank]

no i'm picking ny dawn for ghostmax but we'll see

[sturdy plank]

||i wanted to pick fall acerola but she isn't in the banner for now, but we'll see if that changes||

[sturdy flower]

I'm glad i skipped all from previous update

[tardy fiber]

I can skip every banner pairs this upcoming month

[mental skiff]

Free victor?

[chrome nest]

Also what is the new candy thing

[tardy fiber]

Well as spectrier is free

[mental skiff]

5 star free

[sturdy flower]

huh?

[tardy fiber]

Just like every other legendary adventures and bp master pairs

[sturdy flower]

why is he free

we already have Hop

[vestal leaf]

He's like psyduck

[tardy fiber]

Victor spectrier is just like bluecanine and giopersian

[vestal leaf]

And Persian

[mental skiff]

Paulo interlude?

[sturdy flower]

ah, the 4* pair

that's nice

[mental skiff]

[vestal leaf]

He's free 6* ex

[sturdy flower]

Nemona interlude

[mental skiff]

4 star legendary

[sturdy flower]

hey, maybe he this more than anni Lillie

[mental skiff]

[sturdy flower]

I'm happy Paldea starts so early

we might get dlc outfits for mcs quickly

[mental skiff]

I can get Penny soon

[sturdy flower]

i want Arwen and Iono

[mental skiff]

[sturdy flower]

Pawmot is a fave too so

I have gems saved for this month + anni

because last year Dojo Gloria burned me

[mental skiff]

i will wait for rerun then or free select in future because she is first paldea introduced tho

[sturdy flower]

I'm hoping for quick lodge

[tardy jolt]

This is gonna be such a pain to stock up

I hate it when they introduce new currencies and resources

[tardy fiber]

Happy for lodge calem

Finally i have a lodge guest that i can work on

[mental skiff]

And 2 spotlight?

I thought it is the lost art

[tardy fiber]

No variety pairs month

[mental skiff]

let's g{oooooooo}

[tardy fiber]

Finally iris alt got friends, the 2 galar part 2 pairs are (Alt.) Pairs

[rustic heron]

i feel bad for the guy who named stuff in this game

got fired early june

now we have (Alt 2.)

and Team Sp. Atk ⬇️ Immunity

[vestal leaf]

Yeah why not team dauntless

[sturdy flower]

Alt 8

[vestal leaf]

Jfc

[sturdy flower]

wait, who's the 2nd spotlight?

[rustic heron]

drasna and olympia

[sturdy flower]

oh right

finally Drasna

[rustic heron]

so uh

malva fans

how's it goin

[sturdy plank]

malva fan spotted dead on street

[mental skiff]

Who

[sturdy flower]

who

[lean mango]

Only Drasna fans here

[sturdy flower]

Kalos the first one with both protags in lodge

[rustic heron]

good

kalos has the best protag designs out of any region tbh

[sturdy flower]

poor Alola

[rustic heron]

elio and selene shot dead

gone

[lean mango]

me waiting for a Nate alt

[rustic heron]

they'll never exist again

[sturdy flower]

and even Nate

[rustic heron]

same with bugscy

[lean mango]

I gotta keep begging for the Nate alt

[rustic heron]

they're doing the exact same thing they did last year

rerunning every event sync pair EXCEPT bugsy

ok well not every

[vestal leaf]

Based

[sturdy flower]

what did Bugscy do to deserve this slander

[rustic heron]

not the three NPC trainers

[tardy fiber]

So my bugscyther is rarer every passing year

[rustic heron]

oh yeah jessie and james are also perished

but that makes sense considering anime tie-ins never ever get anything good

(see ash's battle theme getting removed)

[tardy fiber]

Well at least jessie james doesnt even have grids

But man, bugscyther even got EX

[rustic heron]

wasn't it just by technicality tho

no new outfit

[oak crest]

i wonder tho, will they modify the BP point rewards to include the new candy coins

[sturdy flower]

the new types will suck for dealing damage won't they

[violet nebula]

No

[sturdy flower]

next month 5 coins of each type

[vestal leaf]

Spectrier nuke is fine, his DPS is kinda ass but not HORRIBLE

Nemona has kinda shit DPS but ok nuke

[sturdy flower]

spectrier is free so I'm not even taking it into account