Resource Saving Support (Gem Zen)

[uneven pewter]

Furniture

Outfits

New trainers

Like they really aren’t utilizing their creativity

It’s not like i am saying go and ham fist pokemon contests but this is literally free money

[vestal leaf]

Programming such kind of events and content in general ain't that easy tbh

It takes a load of time that's rather invested in "safe" development

[sturdy flower]

just give me multiple lucky skill slots

preferably all of them at once and list of unlocked ones

[vestal leaf]

Mhhh yes, can't wait for head start 1x3 supports with vigilance on grid or base kit

[sturdy flower]

not like that

[vestal leaf]

Ok, adrenaline 1+ head start 1 + vigilance on every tank

[sturdy flower]

i just don't want to roll cookies for 10min to swap

[vestal leaf]

Ahhh

You mean like csmm presets

That would be nice

[sturdy flower]

just let me hold my lucky skill and choose the one i want from all previous ones

[vestal leaf]

Swapping lucky skill like we swap grids

[sturdy flower]

and make them change with grid presets for the extra qol, yeah

such a simple thing and will make people more likely to engage with LG

[vestal leaf]

Nah

[tardy fiber]

That is nice as well, will be nice to my zinnia...can swap between dauntless draco meteor and ww3 dragon ascent

[vestal leaf]

LG is a dead mode, always will be

The only way to get players more involved with LG is giving it decent rewards until 20-30 streak

Which isn't happening

[tardy fiber]

I will tryhard LG more if there's more streaks rewards but people will be mad if they do it, most cannot even do 10 streaks

[vestal leaf]

Because average player, me included, prefers a HS grind over LA grind

Because LAs are horrible and boring as hell when optimizing

[tardy fiber]

They stopped giving gauntlet statistics lately, but before this we can see that those who cannot clear 10 streaks is quite a lot

[vestal leaf]

Yeah but to be fair

Most of them don't care

Are on hiatus

Or don't partecipate to say the event sucks

[tardy fiber]

I cannot wait to see them overhauling stuffs, they will need to put the 2 new coins somewhere...so LG giving 2 more coins, BP as well, lodge milestones, poma day, master fair banner first 5 multis... kinda want to see how they tackle that, im in a hopium train that they will increase lodge guest milestones to level 150 or 200

[unkempt vortex]

Give us rewards for like every 50 or 100 levels

Mindlessly getting people levels up with nothing but stones is

[vestal leaf]

I mean the lodge stones are still valuablev

Will lose value around next year tho

[unkempt vortex]

Especially when there’s like nothing that worth stones

[vestal leaf]

Certificates of excellence are very worth

[tardy fiber]

Well if the level 151-200 need certs that Absol found out is true, it will be nice

Some probably ignore level 140 to 150 miniscule stats..but 140 to 200 are big stats change

It worth noticing

Gonna 200 gladion and oak first, they need more help

[vestal leaf]

140-150 is still noticeable for EBEs or 1/2v3s

[tardy fiber]

Oh right it add more than 12 stats for some pairs, iirc roach lusamine add a lot of atk spatk

[vestal leaf]

Remember Pyuko's level 145 crasher wake to tank a sync at 500+ STR HS

140 died every time, 145 died only from max roll iirc

At 150 I bet it would've survived every time

[tardy fiber]

Kinda why i want to 150 all of my faves, i will be done with it in 5 more resets

Can 150 my 64th and 65th pair

[uncut kayak]

Almost to 30k crystals. 7 multis for anni and 3 paid multis for the select

Excited

[sturdy flower]

MORE you need MORE

i'd wait with selects till datamine too if you have only 9k paid

[uncut kayak]

ive got like 13k paid (no more tho since ive stopped spending and am going cold turkey) so its all good

but i have 9k of that saved for the selects

tryna get ny lisia, jasmine w/ ampharos, and marnie with mawile

[warm scarab]

How do you deal with the candies required for that

Like genuine question from a newbie. Feels like I just keep getting these new copies but will never get to see their max benefit.

[gloomy holly]

Man, just 1 more day before they arrive

[violet nebula]

Patience.. lots of it

[dire meteor]

Also you need to know that some ⅗ and 5/5 aren't worth the effort to maximize your move levels.

[violet nebula]

Only go 3/5 max still for your faves

[cunning swan]

sometimes a pair works very well at 1/5 that even if you like them a lot, their 3/5 isn't worth two candies

my Lucas has been 1/5 since his release

[tardy fiber]

True, i think 3/5 is enough for the pair to function just like what DeNa advertised them can do...5/5 is just overkill

Just like DeNa advertised Annisteven on his rerun, "this pair can remove weather" then got a small disclaimer under that statement..need 3/5 grid to do this

[oak crest]

[tardy fiber]

I gonna hopium for N, Lysandre, Gloria power boost...im too stingy to spare candies for 5/5, plus all 3 of those will cost extra 6 striker candies

[broken mulch]

Annie Steven clearing weather not in his base kit is one of the oddest moves by DeNa

[tardy fiber]

Kinda why im aiming to 3/5 all faves, like my sshilda 1/5 still missing the nuke hope for fair select in anni

[clever oyster]

Hmm...well, the only sync pair I already have from that triple banner is Diantha, and she's also only 1/5...
...that means I have Ingo and Redlax missing...people keep on saying good things about Redlax, but...I don't see it?

Like, it's a Normal type who isn't even a support, what's supposed to be do great about it?

The only good non-support Normal type sync pairs imo are Gladion and Bunny May, and that's because they can change their type

Otherwise, if you ask me, Normal-type is only good for Support roles (be it either traditional support or a support-aligned tech)

[cunning swan]

he's a support...

what do you think he is

[lean mango]

wh

[rare swan]

Winter Whitney and SC Steven erasure

[sturdy hatch]

Me using normal Whitney

[vestal leaf]

Crit buffs, SE↑ and max replenish is really good but I think he's kinda overrated

That said, it doesn't matter

It's a trip that reruns ever so often

With LG

So it's a must skip in preanni

No matter what

There's not a single reason to go for it AT ALL

Right now

Especially because it'll last past datamine 99%

And even if it didn't, diantha dupes are mediocre, ingo isn't that insane anymore and redlax is pretty overrated

Nothing there is worth wasting 3 to 36k in such an important month

[clever oyster]

He is???

[cunning swan]

Always has been...

[unkempt vortex]

Unless you think dena out here casually changing unit’s roles

[clever oyster]

Oh, nah, I always just...assumed that Redlax was, like, a Strike or something

[vestal leaf]

Lol

[tardy fiber]

The only non support snorlax is shiny eggmon snorlax, that one is a tech

[sturdy plank]

big gems tomorrow

[tardy fiber]

Yes

Victrier as well

Time to be 65/65 faves

[unkempt vortex]

Who

[tardy fiber]

Victor spectrier

[unkempt vortex]

that’s the joke

[tardy fiber]

[rustic heron]

first new content in like a week

looking forward to absolutely destroying the EBE as well

[latent salmon]

cant wait to not shut up about KriSS rerun next reset then continue gem zen

[rustic heron]

i’m very glad that the water high score event has already happened

i already have way too many water pairs lmao

don’t need another one now

[latent salmon]

i am legally obligated to not shut up about KriSS because she's part of the johto four and a fave but def waiting for datamine

[rustic heron]

good good

only a week and a half away now

[latent salmon]

(i will be repeating the same process for SS Ethan. you will never catch me singing lyrabi's praises because I'M STILL SALTY SHE REPLACED KRIS)

[rustic heron]

tbh if blue didn’t get a power boost last month i’d probably be considering ss ethan

but eh, my flying damage is Good Enough with no limited flying units

[grim plover]

Yeah blue destroys flying content

Thank God we're getting a free Victor. That will make me decrese the urge to pull

[gloomy holly]

Blue got the Kris treatment

[upbeat lotus]

*Karen treatment

for now no one has surpassed Kris in term of glow up

[sonic cobalt]

Sweet, up to 23k non paid saved and 8k paid saved up.

[upbeat lotus]

arguably Elesa but she is fine pre boosted unlike Kris

[sonic cobalt]

I hope I get a Kris dupe with the Johto VA tickets… Free ticket pull talk is allowed, right? Since it isn’t costing gems?

[upbeat lotus]

yeah

[sand crown]

They really gave her absolutely everything she needed

[upbeat lotus]

exactly

[sonic cobalt]

Okay, good because please I’m at 2/5. Gimme that 3/5 DeNA

[sand crown]

Which is why I’m so sad Ethan got peanuts in comparison

[cunning swan]

Looks like i'm hitting 5 pities by the end of the month after all!

[uneven pewter]

Same

Like lucas’ grid is straightforward but it’s all skadoosh damage

He does enough at 1/5

[latent salmon]

i sense ethan haters in dena

[ashen thunder]

I wonder if they'll expand on lodge and BP rewards to give sprint and field coins

[timber wren]

i’m banking my bp without collecting rn just in case they do that

[uneven pewter]

Johto in general

[uneven pewter]

Not a bad idea honestly

Though it makes me wonder if they will just give rewards based on the number of times you’ve completed laps for BP considering many veterans have completed multiple labs on the BP board

[timber wren]

idk how exactly they could do it fairly

yeah maybe

like wait to change the bp board until you complete your current one

[uneven pewter]

This does not seem like something they can’t acknowledge without getting a lot of backlash from veterans

[timber wren]

but then some people are at the beginning

[junior trout]

over 30k

[uneven pewter]

If I had to wager, I would say they are going to give veterans some form of compensation and then just have everyone’s boards continue like business per usual

Is it going to be comparable to the four laps that we have in the backlog? Who knows

But I can’t see them updating the BP board with out, acknowledging the current lap or the prior laps

[ashen thunder]

Implementation of new roles sure does bring pain

Atleast for lodge it's simple
Just have to give rewards to more levels

[vestal leaf]

Maybe instead of 1000 sync orbs

Whoever thinks they'll compensate has huffed too much copium

[unique ivy]

||Something very sad is I won’t have enough for pity by the time of anni||

[ashen thunder]

Well removing sync orbs means slower progression for newbies

It's gonna be some level of revamp for BP if they have to give sprint and field coins

[sturdy flower]

we told you and you did your thing...

[sturdy flower]

honestly, lodge gives so many orbs

[unkempt vortex]

It’s not like orbs aren’t literally everywhere

[sturdy flower]

I'd just remove sync orbs from the game

[unkempt vortex]

And stones for orbs gives a lot

[sturdy flower]

they are an antiquated mechanic

[earnest kiln]

Don't we get rally rewards tomorrow?

[unkempt vortex]

Mayhaps

[sturdy flower]

all i know is I'm reading Pablo interlude tomorrow

[rustic heron]

pablo

[unkempt vortex]

More Tina content

[gloomy holly]

Sasuke content you mean

[unkempt vortex]

Naruto collab

[vernal glade]

First thing tomorrow, doing the EBEs.

[sturdy flower]

More like Jujitsu Kaiten nowadays

that's what kids like now

[sturdy flower]

are we even getting all of them at once?

[gloomy holly]

Yes

[vernal glade]

Nice

[sturdy flower]

i will either repeat what i did last year or just rat them

[vernal glade]

I can get all those gems in one day.

[unkempt vortex]

Pity tomorrow

[sturdy flower]

pity Victor

at least Giovanni had custom outfit

unless said Victor opens lodge too I'm disappointed

[ashen thunder]

Ah yes ebe with rats boosted

I still can't believe they allowed kanto mons

When johto gen pool roster back then was still better than current galar gen pool

[tardy fiber]

All 3 EBEs available next reset?

[vernal glade]

Yep, someone said yes.

[tardy fiber]

Neat, big gems

[vernal glade]

Can’t wait to see if the difficulty on Ethan changed for me compared to last years.

That’s the only one I struggled on to get the gems. But since my Johto and Kanto roster evolved it a bit, should be able to get all the Johto EBE gems.

[unique ivy]

Eh fair point but the excitement you get if u get the pair u want off a yolo pull

[sturdy flower]

yeah, but I also get said excitement if I save a pity and get a pair in first roll

[tardy fiber]

Might can reach 100k free gems before anniv

[flat schooner]

From today until <t:1693202401:d> you can get up to 11080 .
For more information check /events and /banners!

[sturdy flower]

you can!

[unique ivy]

I love this game

[unkempt vortex]

If you enjoy being poor and disappointed sure

[unique ivy]

Yeah I’m F2P and don’t save unless the sync pair is good

||The only time I ever time I ever bought was for irida and SS Acerola||

[unkempt vortex]

You could’ve avoided that

[cunning swan]

Being f2p and don't save is just setting yourself up for disappointment

[unique ivy]

||Oh I also saved for Adaman got him off 1 ten pull. SS Lyra and SS Morty||

[unkempt vortex]

Wow

[unique ivy]

But if u get it it’s more exciting

[unkempt vortex]

Imagine all the pairs you want in the future and don’t get because you didn’t save

[unique ivy]

||U think that’s lucky I got SS Lusamine in 3 pulls||

[upbeat lotus]

please spoiler pulling results

[unkempt vortex]

I didn’t say it because of that

[unique ivy]

I’m trying to learn to save

[unique ivy]

Oop Sry

[cunning swan]

And if you don't? If you keep spending 3k after 3k without consideration, i figure it's much more often that you don't get the unit, no?

[unique ivy]

||Would u be mad if I say I don’t save for 10 pulls and do only solos||

[unkempt vortex]

All those points going to waste

[unique ivy]

Yep

[cunning swan]

The one time I was very confident I'd get a unit early, I reached pity for 1/5. It's not pretty

[unkempt vortex]

I’m pretty sure I had to pity 2 units back to back

[cunning swan]

Well that's something you have to change if you want to start saving

[unkempt vortex]

It wasn’t fun but I had the gems to do so

[cunning swan]

Multis are literally 11 units for the price of 10

[unkempt vortex]

Hey if they wanna enjoy wasting more gems let them

[cunning swan]

All it takes is a bit of patience

[unique ivy]

Yeah but I get impatient

[unkempt vortex]

Then go touch a pulling sim

[cunning swan]

I would, but they're in this channel for a reason

[unkempt vortex]

Just cause they’re here and get advice doesn’t mean they’re gonna change

[unique ivy]

Hey I play Cookie Run Kingdom

If that counts for smthing

[timber wren]

this area is for helping people save resources to avoid missing out on things they like about the game. if you’re uninterested in that sort of conversation then please move general poma game convo to #poma-lounge

[unique ivy]

Yes I will go delete or put it as a spoiler I forgor to put it as a spoiler

[cunning swan]

Oh i'm aware. Making someone change their pulling habits is not easy and it's no one's job but themselves

[unique ivy]

K they’re now spoilers

[unkempt vortex]

||it is amusing tho watching people pull and mald when they don’t get the unit they want in one multi ||

[unique ivy]

||Maps? What does that mean||

[unkempt vortex]

Autocorrect

[unique ivy]

Oh lol

[sturdy flower]

Cake ||i had my fair share of being very lucky, but i also got shafted in the past too, the longer you play the more likely you encounter a bad streak||

[unique ivy]

||I got Nemona in 1 ten solo pull and SS Lysandre on one last Hail Mary pull||

[sturdy flower]

and missing something like Ash that might never return is...

[uneven pewter]

I didn’t say it would be a lot, just likely some for people who have completed multiple laps

[sturdy flower]

please spoiler bro

[unique ivy]

I accidentally hit copy instead of spoiler sry

[uneven pewter]

Or Dena can go full throttle on the f u train and tell us to suck it up

[unique ivy]

||I didn’t get any anni syncs last year||

[timber wren]

everyone gets lucky sometimes but it’s not a good long term philosophy unless you’re okay with not controlling what you miss out on from time to time

[uneven pewter]

[unkempt vortex]

Kids nowadays with their privileged pity madge

Back in my day we didn’t have no pity and we liked it

[unique ivy]

||The only time I ever got pity was SS Lillie and Lunala on an alt and Archie on my Main||

||I love how I had to specify which Lillie it was||

[cunning swan]

We use pity as the worst case scenario, but getting the unit after 10-11 multis is just as painful. Spending gems unwisely can lead to a point where you're deep into a banner but don't have enough for pity, but you still don't get the unit

[vestal leaf]

I mean there was someone like you 2-2.5 years ago

Would never save because they'd get every unit they wanted in max 3 multis

Then they got shafted on Anni 2 and for the successive 5 months

And then quitted the game

[unkempt vortex]

[vestal leaf]

I remember when they said "watch I just did rahians TT gym leader theme mission without him so Imma get him on first single"

And got it, and the same for many other units

But then I bet it hurt when he didn't get a single unit in 6 months

As others said, you can get lucky but every time you don't capitalize on those lucky shot it's one more shaft you can't recover from

[unkempt vortex]

Gacha games are just the casino with digital currency

It’s always the “just one more time”

Then they end up sad and broke

[vernal glade]

Well thankfully I’m f2p

[unkempt vortex]

That wasn’t my point

It’s more the people who think they’ll get the unit early don’t and then say maybe I’ll get it in the next one

[vernal glade]

Oh

[uneven pewter]

I can relate to this

Which is why I try to warn people not to make the same mistakes, i did especially with paid gems

[unique ivy]

||Yeah I can get like master fairs every re run but then on a poke fair cough Battle Tower Leon cough I got badly shafted for like 20 pulls. They were all singles||

[vestal leaf]

My dude

20 singles isn't a shaft

Lol

[lean mango]

That's just 2 multis

[rustic heron]

why are you doing singles

[crisp oracle]

||If you want those Master Fair reruns you're gonna have to stop yoloing...

Can't rely on luck for long IMO||

Take it from me. I was once like you. Before September of last year I couldn't hold 20K to my name. ||It took me barely getting Maxie and missing SSA to scare me into saving||

||The excitement of Yolo is fun, but it's not worth the risk||

[lunar topaz]

He has sync accel

[vestal leaf]

Yeah that too

[uncut kayak]

20 crystals away from 30k!!!!

[crisp oracle]

||must… avoid… SS Kris… before datamine||

[sonic cobalt]

Hold strong, brother!

[stray steeple]

5800 gems this reset!

[crisp oracle]

100K gems tomorrow

[stray steeple]

I lost all my gems on Nemona so I don't have good chances on SS Lyra anymore

If you're wondering why, I lost a bet.

[sonic cobalt]

Gacha is already gambling, so I guess you could say you doubled down.

[unkempt vortex]

Double down passive

[crisp oracle]

Downside Up cookie please

[naive imp]

I really wonder how you guys manage to reach 100K

Am i too weak? Because it feels like every month there is a must pull for me

[unkempt vortex]

Simply don’t pull

[crisp oracle]

I have a set list of characters I only pull for

[unkempt vortex]

100k is roughly 4 months since we’ve been getting at the least 25k a month

[rare swan]

What makes a unit a must-pull for you?

[naive imp]

Favorite character or very powerful

Very powerful varies of course

Only if its in a type i'm lacking strengh

[rare swan]

Every month will have very powerful pairs

[unkempt vortex]

That’s why you have no gems

[rare swan]

It'll be a struggle to save if you want to pull for meta

[unkempt vortex]

You pull on the shiny new toys they pump out

[oak crest]

Maybe drop the 2nd one

If you have faves u shouldn't be chasing meta

[naive imp]

But i don't chase meta that often for example i totaly skipped galar villain arc only got Oleana because she is a fav despite me lacking good steel dps.

[unkempt vortex]

Mc

[naive imp]

Funny enough i've been struggling on some CS steel weak battles with the mc sometimes

[crisp oracle]

Do you have the powerboost

[oak crest]

personally I chase meta myself as i have almost 0 faves, i am able to keep up with my current gem amt(currently sitting at 240k) is solely because I skip units if i dont like the kit or i dont like the trainer or mon

I am very certain if i have a list of faves I definitely won't be able to keep up if i chase meta

[crisp oracle]

||My only rationale for pulling:||

[naive imp]

Yes

Powerboosted and exed

[crisp oracle]

Solgaleo ain’t top of the charts but I think he still should handle content fine

It’s probably down to improper support

[rare swan]

Slowga is still...pretty slow but it can hit decently hard

[crisp oracle]

I thought powerboost killed off slowgaleo

[oak crest]

it gave him multipliers for both his move and sync

[deft glen]

Slowgaleo

[tough oriole]

it has bogo9 now

[rare swan]

I said pretty slow not the slowest unit in the game y'all acting like it's Blaine levels of speed now

[oak crest]

ngl before PB happened i dont even want to touch Slowgaleo outside of LG

[tardy fiber]

Solgaleo is nice although i kick him after getting Hop EX

[rare swan]

I just use Wikstrom

[oak crest]

the 1 who i never even considered using was Zinnia

even with PB she is still bleah

[rare swan]

🤝

Cyrus was right there

[oak crest]

or rather, i dare say, trash

yeah cyrus is wayyyy more reliable and doesnt debuff himself to oblivion

[rare swan]

If you make good use of the free units you save a lot of gems on premiums

[tardy fiber]

Zinnia need too much babysitting

[unkempt vortex]

But but

[tardy fiber]

[oak crest]

Zinnia probably is the only 1 that i wont even bother

[unkempt vortex]

Free units bad

[oak crest]

dude needs a life support type of support to even function properly

🤮

[unkempt vortex]

Shiny toys better unga bunga

[tardy fiber]

Just use bp zinnia , shes free and drsgon too

[unkempt vortex]

[lament arch]

[naive imp]

Kinda sad how zinnia one of my favorite got 2 units in her normal outfit and both kinda suck

[rare swan]

At least she got a fantastic alt

[naive imp]

I wanted that alt but decided to skip

It'll be a must have next year

[tardy fiber]

Man, im always scared for SC and festive seasonals...DeNa can just pop out my fave from nowhere just like last summer

[crisp oracle]

Hilbert

fits very well with Slowgaleo

[oak crest]

nah

was referring to Zinnia

Solgaleo is fine

[crisp oracle]

oh for Zinnia?

[oak crest]

yeah

[crisp oracle]

I would put WW3 on her but I don't have enough cookies

[oak crest]

personally I will give that unit F tier

[broken mulch]

Le sigh

[crisp oracle]

Zinnia is a wild one to use, you can use physical dragon, special dragon, or flying type

she's interesting

[tardy fiber]

I give dauntless to her, well i usually follow the sync move type for mixed attackers...so dauntless zinnia and ww3 silver

[crisp oracle]

I have Dauntless on Zinnia, Brendan, and Silver because I like overheat

Since I have AnniN I might start using Silver's physical build instead

[tardy fiber]

Oh right talking about coverage, i just realized that i dont have good physical dragon...well unless i do outrage zinnia, but nah i just gonna see what future holds also having lucas is enough to bruteforce entryx2 anyway

What else left, i think Regidrago is special too

[ashen thunder]

Zekrom has outrage

[tardy fiber]

But he has electric sync so i mainly use him for electric stuffs

Kinda important too as there's only zekrom and tapu koko for now

Hoping that my discord event prediction of chatelaine dana zapdos really happens

[crisp oracle]

Who is the best Physical Dragon outside of Tower Leon?

[tardy fiber]

Probably him or iris alt

Both alt alts

Oh right guzzlord can be dragon if dena want to

Although i hope its dark

[unkempt vortex]

Hey that’s champion iris to you

[fallen path]

Good news, free unit at reset! Bad news, no ghost weak CS to test said free unit

[tardy fiber]

I want to test him at uxie

[cunning swan]

yay high gem count this reset

[cunning swan]

ghost weak will is shit anyway. he has impervious

[crisp oracle]

I can hit 100K!

https://tenor.com/view/fcb-fcbayern-bayern-munich-bayern-muenchen-bundesliga-gif-12913813

[feral vale]

Oh snap, Victor’s that soon??

So excited!!!

[ashen thunder]

Finally my ghost team gets improvement

[wet egret]

This is gonna be my first time getting event pair

anyway, whos higher priority, getting victor or Silver EX?

[hard wave]

?

Silver’s spirits r in the shop, victor’s powerups r a login bonus

2 a day

[junior trout]

i know ppl are saying victor's meh/bad/whatever but hey its a free zone unit + it's a fav of mine so i'm ecstatic

not sure who imma run him with yet but i cant wait

[tardy fiber]

Ghost pairs

[junior trout]

duh

i was gonna go with og morty

[tardy fiber]

Those pairs that doesn't sync probably

As you need to sync with victrier to refresh and extend second ghost zone

[wet egret]

ah, i thought it requires stamina

Wait

Is the victor himself free or shall i spend stamina?

I was talking bout that

[hard wave]

I rlly like spectrier…. But my ghost team rn is anni lillie (1/5) ssr cynthia (3/5) and kiawe (5/5) so

[hard wave]

1/5 is free, 2/5+ needs stamina

The way it works is there’s a small story thats one chapter and a reward for doing it is the unit, dupes r in the exchange shop

[junior trout]

i have neither of the former two so i'm golden when it comes to victor

[tardy fiber]

Fourth ghost fave incoming my lunala, giratina, marshadow will get a new friend

[tough oriole]

There’s your second Ghost crit support

[tardy fiber]

Many of victor stuffs looks nice, only his tm is kinda mid

[tough oriole]

I can’t think of many scenarios in which you’d want to use it on an ally

[tardy fiber]

Yep

I kinda dislike tm that need to double press

Just like lillie and sslyra

Oh and sabrina

[gray sail]

36.6k for the first time, whoo!!

[mental skiff]

Free 5 star ex victor you are a winner this month vantner

[glass abyss]

Time to save for Anni, I hope I can catch up

[vestal leaf]

Sometimes you gotta wait til the banner is ending to realize that must pull ain't so must

• I skipped some faves to wait for their reruns or selects in more dead months

[rare swan]

@tardy fiber are you waiting to EX or using regular power ups?

[tardy fiber]

I just use regular, but i dont touch the 2 custom PU they give today...as it will cause problems in the future as the conversion is 5 custom PU to 1 if it follow others like mistyduck shop

Still havent 3/5 him though i already finished 150 him

[cunning swan]

wow so many events to do

[unkempt vortex]

Sigh

Just give me the rest of the johto ebe so I can bully

[rare swan]

So he's EXd already?

[vernal glade]

Ya I thought all EBE stages would’ve been available. Would’ve gotten more gems.

[unkempt vortex]

The gem sheet lied smh

[tardy fiber]

Yep

[uncut kayak]

It’s hard to resist pulling when a masterfair drops but I keep reminding myself that I already have ch serena, ch Calem, ss lysandre, ss erika, and ss acerola

Now what do I tell myself to help me not pull Ethan…

[ashen thunder]

Buffed blue has better nuke than Ethan

[uncut kayak]

Fr?!?

[mental skiff]

[latent salmon]

he's ethan enough said

dena hates male protag

[tardy fiber]

My 1/5 victrier + sskorrina team can clear latias and uxie, thanks DeNa for making him free sad that i might need 1 or 2 days to 3/5 him

[mental skiff]

5/5 true fan status

[tardy fiber]

Not enough vouchers

I cannot even get enough to 2/5

[ripe echo]

did a 11 pull on suicune and got her 12k gems left should i go for more?

[sturdy plank]

no

[upbeat lotus]

this is gem saving thread so everyone will tell you to stop

also please spoiler pulling talk

[tardy fiber]

The answer here is always save, unless you are guaranteed to get suicune in another multi which means you are close to 400/400 pity

[mental skiff]

3000 gems is much better than a support candy tho

[vestal leaf]

Eh depends

That said if you get a mf before 200/400 always stop there

[tardy fiber]

Yep thats why i said only to do a multi if that one multi helps you to reach 400/400

So you guaranteed suicune

If that multi doesn't guarantee and you dont have plenty gems better just stop early or not even attempt it at all

[unique ivy]

||May have accidentally hit 3k gem button on kris and didn’t get her most definitely didn’t get impatient and yolo pull nope definitely not||

[crisp oracle]

Well…can’t say we didn’t warn you

Just know one multi here and there is one less multi toward something you don’t want

||also I don’t believe this thread if for pulling talk||

[vestal leaf]

^

Hoping to pull a 1% in a multi is just delusional and now that's one less multi for an eventual Anni fave that you could've just waited 10 days to do

[unique ivy]

Eh true

[cunning swan]

Johtrio lasts until september anyway, no reason to pull day 1, let alone yolo

[vestal leaf]

^

Unless one of them is a huge fave

Especially if it's kriss

But this is the kind if rethoric you can afford only if you have a pity for Anni after scouting

[tardy fiber]

Yep if only have gems enough for some pairs, its better to just wait for anniversary

[pale plaza]

5 more days until ethan

[junior trout]

sitting at 34k now, been a long time since i've saved this many gems

[rare swan]

We love to see it everyone!

[sand crown]

Well on my way to 2nd pity by anni

[tardy fiber]

Hope anni have plenty of gems

I still not feel safe yet with my gems amount

Especially as there's history of fave appearing right after anniv

[sand crown]

I never feel safe. But I will be prioritizing. At this point after nearly 4 years, I can make do

[tardy fiber]

Also run up to anni gems amount does affect my judgement, i will be calmer if there's a bunch of gems this month like last year's

[lament arch]

I have over 1 600 gems

[upbeat lotus]

please spoiler pulling result

[lament arch]

||I have 1600 gems after successful SS Kris multi and doing few events||

I'll keep saving up

[sturdy flower]

people be like I'm saving but have less gems than we got today

[oak crest]

uhh no comments on those, end of the day its their acct and their decision

[lament arch]

It's kina polar opposite 4 me

[rare swan]

In this thread of all places

[oak crest]

[tardy fiber]

Outrageous

Blasphemy

[gloomy holly]

Should I delete it?

I think I'll just do it

[compact pasture]

Almost Anni!

[tardy fiber]

Im probably ready hope so

Hope to survive with some gems, as after anniv are also dangerous especially when ultra beast suddenly pops out in fall last year

[compact pasture]

Anni is always a danger to gems

[glass abyss]

Ash was such an easy skip for me; if no favs on display heavy pass

[vestal leaf]

🤝

same

[broken mulch]

Plz be all sucky units I don’t want

My gems can’t take it

[vestal leaf]

i hope it's the most insane strikers

on non faves

so i can skip

and watch meta slaves cry a bit

[mossy hawk]

I would also appreciate if I get to skip now that the Paldea floodgate opened

[naive imp]

SS Nemona

[rustic heron]

got 2 pities again, finally

[unkempt vortex]

Pity again dedge

[mental skiff]

i have a thought. Since i plan to play this game on long term why border with initial run of a MF sync pair. With current policy of Dena every MF will rerun with the same rate around 6 month or so.

[violet nebula]

Yus

[mental skiff]

so in conclusion anni is just a bait we should skip anni and wait for rerun

[violet nebula]

Yus

[mental skiff]

👀feel less stress with anni... I know it is copium but still

[violet nebula]

If you are prepared to wait that long then do so

It is an act of discipline

[vestal leaf]

Eh it depends

[mental skiff]

I dunno but i chased seasonal rerun eversince i joint so waiting for MF is just child play

[vestal leaf]

Waiting for MFs fave reruns is asking for the moon since it implies you'd scout it in a dead month

And there's been a scarsity of those lately

If you have paids, fairs and seasonals eventually get selects or step ups, while MFs get nothing

In general with MFs I only consider the ones I like because it's extremely I'm never scouting that unit once I pass on first run

While fairs are free game

Seasonals are in a messy place because everything is bundled in 4/6 way splits

[mental skiff]

I mean Pokefair, Seasonal rate only go down so if they are your favs you better get them on init run. And as you said we dont have dead month currently, the gems are always in low quantity getting 1 MF definitely a pity so next month you will run low on gems and if seasonal drop then it kinda suck. It is not about saving more gems but raise the chance to get more favs.

Unless you paid then not that matter

[vestal leaf]

yeah, which is why waiting for a fair rerun/dual/triple with 3 units you want is better

seasonals too, if i want more than one i wait

if i only want one of the two i scout immediately

[mental skiff]

I have mix feeling about triple since i always get triple with only 1 unit i want and some i hate so it feel like they are semi MF with 1.5% rate. And about seasonal rerun, if i dont have select i dont think i have enough sanity

[vestal leaf]

i mean it's all random luck

if you want both units

of a seasonal release

more if it's SC

it's better to wait imo as it's shit to risk splitting pities

[mental skiff]

you guaranteed pity if you want less than 3 sync pair on rerun tho 0.3% probably the lowest rate in gatcha

[vestal leaf]

well you can hit pity on 2% 3 times in a row too

it's not that unlikely

i almost had it happen to me

[mental skiff]

average gatcha player experience

[past imp]

Thanks to the recent slew of gems, I've hit 6 digits for the 1st time! Ready for the incoming awesome anni units now!

I've successfully (thus far) pushed off pulling for Rose, Oleana, Nemona, Gloria, Leon. need to stay strong

[vestal leaf]

great work

keep it up

can always wait for a nice rerun with them

[past imp]

thank you Clair!

[mental skiff]

They will rerun soon

[sturdy flower]

i feel like the Paulo ending hinted at possible pairs

but im not sure if they would put Tina as MF or as a PF later in the month or something

Blue is a contender, both to have a revenge against Giovanni and to stop Paulo

Giovanni is possible but he might be a "finale freebie" by upgrade of unit or something

maybe they will add a new mechanic like style change and his Mewtwo will have new grid and moves, who knows

[vestal leaf]

imagine if it's a sygna of every single villain

jfc

[feral vale]

Villain Anni is on my 4th Anni bingo card

[vestal leaf]

but genuinely speaking, I wish for a komor, lear and tina

possibly

[sturdy flower]

issue is, they don't want to use Pasio originals that much

[vestal leaf]

i have huge doubts on a blue option

[vestal leaf]

i get it, but this is pasio villain arc

[sturdy flower]

Blue was kinda Paulo's mentor the most though

[vestal leaf]

was he

i saw him as much as komor

[sturdy flower]

who is komor

[feral vale]

Blue and Cheren were the big guys to keep an eye on the dude

[sturdy flower]

isn't Paulo Interlude the Pasio VA?

[vestal leaf]

uhhh cheren

sorry, native language moment

[vestal leaf]

that's his canon event backstory

anything team break centered is still pasio tied at its core

[sturdy flower]

out of all the villains trying to counter him

they didn't show us Giovanni

and I genuinely don't believe Paulo will manage to outdo him

[vestal leaf]

because he's gonna probably just try to steal his hoopa

and maybe manage

[sturdy flower]

i can see him having his own Hoopa

[vestal leaf]

and become the true villain

[sturdy flower]

just because

also someone summoned Adaman and Irida

wonder if that's related to VA or different story

[past imp]

since that's the topic now, how does the "final chapter" end anything? it just seems like villains are going to duke it out with Paulo, and eventually he will be the "final villain" / "last evil"? we won't see any more resolution to this?

[sturdy flower]

i wonder if they will give us the whole chapter or make it 2 part on Anni

if they do they might split pairs between 2 events

[vestal leaf]

it's just a way to pin all the "villains" against the same objective in a way that they can either turn "dormient" as threats or fully resolved (like, idk, ghetsis get either jailed or whatever, the grey characters like lys and cyrus get so fed up by bullshit they just give up doing bullshit shadily from then on) or are just good from the start (lusamine and rose? ig) so basically this shuts up all possible old region villain thingies

and can maybe legitimize admin scoutability and such

with small events every now and then

at least, that's what i kinda expect/hope

[sturdy flower]

Ghetsis will just keep seething

as is tradition

[vestal leaf]

yeah ofc

it's hard to defuse him

that's why i'm still expecting unova, alola, sinnoh (as hisui) and maybe kalos having a basically VA part 2 that's called differently

[sturdy flower]

i could see Ghetsis join PML 2, but by proxy

because that's the next arc

r-right

they won't say "this is all for now kids, game is done"

[violet nebula]

I gotta admit

Never watched the stories because the writing is quite low level

But rockruff passing hit the feels😅

But he'll be back to save the day probably 🤣

[sturdy flower]

i'd be really surprised if he's just dead

[violet nebula]

Even though Paulo was a big pee pee to him

[sturdy flower]

Colress is building a deus ex machina for Tina to bring it back

[violet nebula]

I mean they need rockruff to sell sync pairs

So insert plot armour here😆

[sturdy flower]

buying Paulo in 2023

maybe just put him as spotlight or something

better yet, Variety so i dont have to get him

[vestal leaf]

i mean it's average pokemon plot level

i enjoy the cute events

[tardy jolt]

I mean, I’m fine with them making the OCs PFs, the only ones I’ll pull are Rachel and Lear, so if the others get a spotlight during Anni, for me is good, because I get to save

[vestal leaf]

like the recent one with nemona was very og

early poma

vibe

i really liked it

[sturdy flower]

Galar VA was also not as constrained to one region

[crisp oracle]

Finally, 100K

[silver jackal]

Never had this much, don’t know how I haven’t spent all trying to pull on Dragapult or Copperajah

[sonic cobalt]

Discipline and patience

[pale plaza]

This is the first time i have ever save for over a couple of days which makes me not want to roll

[feral vale]

Keep it up!!

[pale plaza]

gotta save for ss ethan

[tardy fiber]

Cannot wait for datamine hope there's some faves...well at worst, i can still have fun with new bp Legendaries

That's how i did it last year, having fun with mesprit, Nita and ScRosa

[unique ivy]

||Highest I’ve saved us like 9k lol that’s how impatient I am||

[unkempt vortex]

Skill issue

[light oyster]

I like a lot of the available sync pairs and I'm not sure who to get or if I should keep saving.

I love Cinderace and Dragapult and I'm excited for them to be in Masters, but I also love N. I also feel kinda obligated to get Nemona since she's the first Paldean sync pair and a new type of sync pair.

my current gem count is 43,970

[unkempt vortex]

Skip everything it’ll be rerun eventually

[light oyster]

well yeah of course

[oak crest]

Nemona is a skip if that's the reason why u feel u should go for her

[rare swan]

I personally don't care that Nemona is the first Paldea pair, I'm not pulling

Don't feel obligated

[tardy fiber]

Nemona does need yellow candies to increase her move level, that is kinda tough if she's not a fave

[dire meteor]

Focus on your faves, the pairs you have now will most likely be able to clear 95% of the important gem-giving content

CS and LG doesn't give gems so I don't count them.

[tardy fiber]

EBE

[feral vale]

I only got her cause fav. Don’t feel like you need her because of us getting her.

[dire meteor]

Yeah the 5% is EBE

[oak crest]

[tardy fiber]

There's 5 ebe this month so 3k gems from the gems total

So like 10+%

For this month

[dire meteor]

Don't be afraid to back out if the going gets too tough
3000 gems ain't worth the 36k x 5 (worst case) gems spent.

[feral vale]

Literally 1/12

[tardy fiber]

Hope anni have big gems

Because our run up is kinda mid

[unkempt vortex]

Watch anni only be like 30k

[sturdy flower]

Anni 22k

[unkempt vortex]

[sturdy flower]

here's your 180 more tickets

[unkempt vortex]

[deft glen]

Hopefully

[unkempt vortex]

Tickets and spirits here we come

[deft glen]

I'm kinda disappointed on how it's going

[sturdy flower]

as long as Paulo isn't an anni unit

[tardy fiber]

30k is kinda nice

[deft glen]

30k is nice on a regular month. On Anni though...

[unkempt vortex]

Well that’s considering how the past couple months have been downgraded

Like slowly getting less and less gems

[sturdy flower]

i get why they wouldnt increase the gem amount

but why lower it

[tardy fiber]

Kinda interested to see move coins allocation for next month

[sturdy flower]

it's not like people will magically spend lots of money just because there's less free gems

[deft glen]

5 each, take it or leave it

[unkempt vortex]

watch them not even change it

[sturdy flower]

opposite in fact, it suggests doomsday

[unkempt vortex]

Nah

3 each take it or leave it

[sturdy flower]

you thought field and sprint are all the new types?

🫢

[unkempt vortex]

They introduce 5 more to make it 10 total

[tardy fiber]

Because currently there's 40 coins in total this month, so i hope its at least 8 coins for each roles

[light oyster]

alright that's reassuring!
I like Nemona but I wouldn't say she's a fav

[deft glen]

They'll create 1 more role cuz the exchange in the shop needs to have a six-pack

[sturdy flower]

and all the best units will still be tech

[unkempt vortex]

Like these new roles don’t matter when tech are still likely gonna outclass

[sturdy flower]

the new roles really feel underwhelming with the base effects

[unkempt vortex]

They’re more gimmick roles than tech already was

[sturdy flower]

they will need to jump through hoops just to match tech

because debuffs? no, they cant have it because thats techs thing

very strong sync? no, that's for tech

rebuff? no, that's for tech

etc

[unkempt vortex]

Watch them make a new role just for debuffs

[deft glen]

Or they need to nerf new techs, which is just not a good decision...

[unkempt vortex]

This game is too simple for them to just make stuff up roles already do

[junior trout]

ah yes, the new role: lower

[unkempt vortex]

Like wow sync accel and longer field effects

Stuff units already have as a passive or tm

[sturdy flower]

biggest issue to me is how their effects already overlap with really common stuff

whereas what the 3 base roles have is unique in a way

[junior trout]

yeah

[sturdy flower]

sure, you can add more damage, but tech get HUGE damage boost from ex, that will take many nodes or more convoluted passives

[junior trout]

i wouldve been fine if they added these new roles like, a year ago

better late than never ig tho

[sturdy flower]

they could have made the roles smarter like

[unkempt vortex]

Well they could just add this stuff as part of a normal unit’s kit

That’s the problem

[sturdy flower]

Sprint gives itself bonus sync buff and Adrenaline 3

field rebuffs the target before syncing, always

[unkempt vortex]

Like SS leaf has adr 2 as a passive

[junior trout]

i think sprint should've had innate momentum on top of adrenaline 3

permanent -1 sync CD

[sturdy flower]

issue with our only sprint right now is that it has no DPS

a trend i hope they won't keep

[unkempt vortex]

they did in fact keep the no dps trend

[sturdy flower]

what do you mean keep

we only have one

[unkempt vortex]

They will

[sturdy flower]

like, Lear is basically a sprint prototype

[unkempt vortex]

[sturdy flower]

and look at his dps

what Nemona does isn't bad, but it leaves the unit in an awkward position as far as something like double strike goes

[unkempt vortex]

SS n a sprint unit

-2 cd every shock

[junior trout]

my biggest hope is that fields dont continue to take after victor

and more of something like winona/blaine

they have 2 uses of it and they can also set it on sync but extended

[sturdy flower]

how can they compete with a bonus sync buff stack

water/fire/electric/psychic field units are useless

[tardy fiber]

Victrier got max move as his saving grace, i wonder how DeNa will do with next field pair

[sturdy flower]

he isn't a bad unit for a freebie

just... boring

no new outfit, not even matching ex color

[unkempt vortex]

He’s basically a variety

[tardy fiber]

Yep kinda better than free bluecanine before this, kitwise

[feral vale]

That just means an easier incentive to skip and save

[tardy fiber]

Or a bugscyther

[sturdy flower]

SHADOW BALL when the horse has their own cool signature move

[tardy fiber]

Astral barrage is only for shadow rider

[sturdy flower]

the story was dumb too, he just found the stupid horse on Pasio like why

[junior trout]

they’re saving the signature move for gloria duh

[unkempt vortex]

That wasn’t even a story

Oh wow this thing showed up and ig we friends now

[tardy fiber]

Need to put the onion legendary above spectrier to get astral barrage

Or is it pumpkin

[sturdy flower]

it's more about how tone deaf that would be with community expectations

[tough oriole]

Bulbapedia says its a thistle

[tardy fiber]

Calyrex is a thistle?

I thought its a pumpkin

[junior trout]

onion
pumpkin
thistle
big brain

[feral vale]

[tardy fiber]

Spectrier move...i guess shadow ball and haze is true, why the random mud shot

Should have make it double kick

[sturdy flower]

Double Kick and some passive to debuff twice

[junior trout]

damn he really only has 2 special moves through level up and they're both ghost

[junior trout]

unfortunate strike? if you say so

[tardy fiber]

Cannot wait to 3/5 him this reset

[junior trout]

first ever ex victrier showcase

[sturdy flower]

i will just wait because im not even going to uncap him for now

can't waste these precious 50 spirits they oh so graciously gave us when we didn't meet our rally goal!

[tardy fiber]

I already EX and 150 him

Just not yet 3/5

[slate ether]

Just gotta hold out for 6 more days, at least the daily’s should get me a full pity

[sturdy flower]

wonder if datamine will be before or after 25th

or rather, before or during

[upbeat lotus]

25th is Friday, isnt it?

[tough oriole]

Yes

[upbeat lotus]

So its either 24th or 25th

Unless dena break no update on weekend pattern

[unkempt vortex]

Watch us not get an update until the day of

[tough oriole]

The update is ||that they tell us that its eos||

[unkempt vortex]

[crisp oracle]

The update has ||gems and more units||

Why should we be surprised

[tardy fiber]

Excited for new BP pairs

Hopefully there's more pairs of niche typing so that i can do future highscore event easier

[deft glen]

Update will have: Anni Paulo, Anni Tina, Anni MC
and 22k gems

[upbeat lotus]

Worst update ever

[tough oriole]

And EOS

[feral vale]

That would make me laugh
Except for the gem part ofc

[crisp oracle]

~~The Rosa and Oak missions expiring ~~

oh sorry for ping lol, I forgot to turn it off

[tough oriole]

They’re being renewed according to the update notice

[crisp oracle]

for how long?

another four-five years

[tough oriole]

Forever

[crisp oracle]

or are they becoming part of the story

[mild spindle]

still bingo I think

[tough oriole]

https://pokemonmasters-game.com/en-US/announcements/Notice_5070_1W_1

[mental skiff]

Can we do it again?

[mild spindle]

idk it says "relaunched"

[mental skiff]

[crisp oracle]

wait who's being added to Unova scout

[unkempt vortex]

New dates reveal eos

[mild spindle]

Colress & Hugh

[crisp oracle]

Oh Colress lol, I already have him 3/5 lol

but hugh 🥶

[unkempt vortex]

Same

[crisp oracle]

whoops

[unkempt vortex]

Missing Hugh

[crisp oracle]

Colress is lowkey a very underrated unit

[unkempt vortex]

Aoe screech

[mental skiff]

Oh forgot to save ticket for that

[unkempt vortex]

More damage for SS hilda

[crisp oracle]

Colress, SS Hilbert, SS Hilda

who needs supports when you have damage?

and colress is an amazing gauge support too

[tardy fiber]

I heard great things about ssHilda, mine is still 1/5

I hope anni fair select have some of my 1/5 striker faves, i currently lacking a lot of striker candies than other roles

[rustic heron]

i don't even have ss hilda

[crisp oracle]

i don't even have paid gems

[tardy fiber]

Well you can aim for her rerun

Her 1/5 also deal good damage just none of sync multipliers and stuffs

[crisp oracle]

||I do want her, she's one of the few units I want just because she looks like a fun kit||

[rustic heron]

same for me and classic elesa

[tardy fiber]

I thought her kit is just damage just like zerena

[unkempt vortex]

It is

Tm then spam move

[tardy fiber]

Yep therefore i dont think there's much fun in it

[crisp oracle]

Zerena is a bit interesting, she wants external crit support so she can thousand waves at least once

[rustic heron]

Big Damage is fun sometimes

especially when it's downside up

[tardy fiber]

Hoping for one of the future Chatelaines buff crit

[unkempt vortex]

Sometimes you don’t wanna spend more time buffing before you start doing damage

And that’s just the way strikers are nowadays

Max or almost max offenses with tm then use move

[tardy fiber]

Nita buff atk, spd...evelyn def, spdef...hoping the next one gives spatk and crit

[mental skiff]

Next BP MF gonna be sprint and field role

And this

[hard wave]

I still have
4/5- elesa, bianca
3/5- hugh
2/5- colress
1/5- grimsley

[tardy fiber]

Zapdos will be nice 3rd elec fave

[mental skiff]

Electric zone

[hard wave]

Hoping for elesa or colress dupes, maybe grimsley but wouldnt mind any

[crisp oracle]

i see legendary gauntlet ngl

[mental skiff]

I think we get morgan and virizion next tho (matching color) dont think we will get Dana this year because seem like dena try to save trio bird for kanto trio

cant wait for datamine

[hard wave]

Isnt there a pattern? They go in order

Evening > night > morning > day

So ig morgan is next

[tardy fiber]

I wonder if free stuffs for Master Fair multis will be upgraded...before this it gives 3 strike, 2 tech, 1 support for 5 multis...after this will it be 5 strike, 4 tech, 3 support, 2 sprint, 1 field

[oak crest]

[mental skiff]

Dena just create more problem

[tardy fiber]

Still need another reset to 5/5 victor

And Johto VA part 2 will appear

[cunning swan]

I still only have 3/5 Victor

[clever oyster]

I only have 1/5 Victor

...Rillaboom Victor, I should say

[broken mulch]

4/5… whatever funny name we’re calling ghost horse Victor.

[tardy fiber]

Well at least it will be over next reset, i can chill with other team up event as i already got em still nice though 9 from each event

[uncut kayak]

Next reset is gonna be tough cause Lyra looks so fun to play but I will stay strong

[dire meteor]

I have 5/5 Victor

~~Spectrier Victor ~~

[unkempt vortex]

Smh not candying the monkey victor

[tardy fiber]

That was fast

I gonna finish him soon, who knows if he will be the next bugscyther..i rather dont have any regrets by getting him 5/5 soon

[vestal leaf]

I just got 2/5 because I'm still going for 40/50 fights in the johto event first to then do dailies for a month

[tardy fiber]

My johto VA is still 5/50 runs...650 gems is still stuck there

[cunning swan]

Victrier sounds cool

[cunning swan]

He's not from Kanto, he'll be the next bugscy

[unkempt vortex]

Kanto gets privilege by not releasing any alts during the year in exchange for freebie reruns

[cunning swan]

Do we seriously not have any Kanto alt in the past 8 months...?

[torpid prawn]

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[cunning swan]

....ugh

I mean sure

But

[dire meteor]

Kanto variety was three months ago, but yeah proper alts was almost a year ago.

[cunning swan]

Crying

Dena please give me food.....

[dire meteor]

Sadly in Kanto only Red exists

[cunning swan]

A kanto addition in lodge when

Blue is getting pretty lonely

[dire meteor]

Blue needs a same country buddy so bad 😭

Erika could be nice to have

[cunning swan]

Erika and sabrina are very plausible options

[tardy fiber]

Then rerun jessie and james please, they are kanto

[dire meteor]

Red would be funny because silent cutscenes

[cunning swan]

His special day stories will have Leaf or Blue in it

[dire meteor]

To translate for them? ... that works. 😭

[tardy fiber]

There's an interpreter, speaking is for the weak

But having various "humph" sound depending on interaction topics would be funny

[cunning swan]

The special snapshots will have Leaf and Blue photobombing from behind

[cunning swan]

Red already has a victory voice line for Ethan because it's so easy 😭

I wonder when Red got an alt in SST Red, did they call the voice actor to add new variations of grunts

[dire meteor]

Aw that's kinda cute.

[tardy fiber]

I kinda want some voice for our MC, just grunts like red is enough

Current MC cut any voiceline after victory screen for the team

Do some line with Lear, Rachel, Sawyer

[oak crest]

If he made grunt sound when he punch and kick pauLo

He needs a beating up

[vestal leaf]

[cunning swan]

42, many of them being low genpool or free

[vestal leaf]

Yeah, same goes for gen 2,3,4,5 and 6

[sand crown]

Nope. It's been a painful wait. People like to think Kanto is overexposed but I don't think that has been the case at all

Kanto and Unova were much more prevalent at the start of the game. Now, they can't even full all three MF slots

spelling is my enemy today

[unkempt vortex]

People complain about those two regions when it’s like hoenn and kalos and galar that get way more

The last unova alt was pal elesa

[sand crown]

That's insane to me given how much Dena loved Unova earlier in the game

[violet nebula]

Change of management maybe

But please no more galar content dena

Worst Gen and representation of a nation I ever seen 🤣

[sand crown]

Kalos needed the glow-up to be perfectly fair, they were straight up neglected. But Galar is way overdone in this game

[violet nebula]

Pokemon league hooligans looking like colourful gimps😂

[ashen thunder]

Post Olympia and drasna

Kanto has least gen pool 5*

[violet nebula]

No real central villain... check

[ashen thunder]

[unkempt vortex]

Johto is also in shambles

[ashen thunder]

Kanto representation where?

[unkempt vortex]

They only recently got SS silver

[violet nebula]

Some real bad pokemon design... check

[sand crown]

At least Johto got a banger VA lineup

[violet nebula]

Smooth criminal Gio is just drip

[unkempt vortex]

hee hee ensues

[violet nebula]

A dumbarse supposedly unbeatable champion dressed like a billboard... check

Complete with real irritating pose and personality of a youtuber... check

Really easy game... check... and you can't argue it it is for accessibility

As the old games for us older fans when we were kids were way tougher

But we worked it out

[oak crest]

Eusine is johto too isn't it

[tardy fiber]

There's still chance for more kanto, there's some kanto gmax pokemons that not yet arrive here

[ashen thunder]

They are likely saving kanto stuff for anni

[oak crest]

Dena be like what do u mean no kanto

[tardy fiber]

Misty kingler

[oak crest]

We gave u 4 kanto variety

[vestal leaf]

My guy

[oak crest]

[vestal leaf]

What Pokémon game is hard aside legends

[ashen thunder]

Since most of the kanto trainers already have atleast 1 alt by now

[vestal leaf]

And even legends is fat from difficult

Gen 1-3 difficult?

[tardy fiber]

DeNa wondering if they should do johto e4 variety, a bunch of em are kanto anyway

[oak crest]

They probably alrd planned it after anni

With VA over they have more time slot freed up

Probably can do variety banner once per month if they want

[unkempt vortex]

[vestal leaf]

If variety means actual niche ball guy picks hell yea

[unkempt vortex]

It won’t

He’s the only outlier

[vestal leaf]

Then hey

Can't complain, easy skips

More gems

[tardy fiber]

Finally everything will be a surprise after this...VA finally ended, i used to feel afraid for VA as they usually release my faves in it ...hope this will pave way for more normal pokemon pairs, and less of my faves so i could save

[oak crest]

Well galar va was a complete skip for you

[tardy fiber]

Kanto too

[oak crest]

I'm guessing SC reruns will move back to nov

[vestal leaf]

Kalos was only lyss

[oak crest]

Unless they intend to leave it at mid Sept after last year

[tardy fiber]

Oh right pokewar debut on November right?

[vestal leaf]

Ah and diancie bvm

[oak crest]

Ye

Idt pokewars will rerun anymore tho

The banners yes, event I doubt

[tardy fiber]

5 of total sc pairs are faves, so not a good track record

Festive seasonals also got 4 faves

[oak crest]

[tardy fiber]

Variety is nice

Unless they release variety chatelaines

Those girls use legendaries

[vestal leaf]

Doubt

[tardy fiber]

So far most of variety pairs are canon

Well eeveelutions and ball guy does have some doubts

I forgot if ball guy has amoongus is the game

[vestal leaf]

You never fight him iirc?

[upbeat lotus]

Ball Guy has no confirmed pokemon

[tardy fiber]

So only those four variety pairs are non canon...3 eeveelutions+ball guy

So i only need to worry about frontier brain and chatelaines variety

[junior trout]

peetah… the horse is here

[feral vale]

Pet dat horse

[hard wave]

I got the orbs codexes and 3/5 victor so far, going to get the gems from johto VA missions and the exchange stuff first bcz they end on anni and victor ends next month on the 30th

Prob grinding the other pair ups too but for now ill just get the codexes

[cunning swan]

Victor ends next month? Damn that's long

Understandable tho

[hard wave]

So much stuff that requires stamina last yr it was 15th 18th 21st for the 3

[hard wave]

Yeah sept 30th and the others like october 4th

Oh 8th

[round light]

Am I doing okay? Towards my first ever pity gems.
How much gems we re gonna get before anni?

[fallen path]

The good news is that you have from one to three of the free sync pairs you won’t have to use too much energy (and just one and done for the gems)

[sturdy flower]

but you can get

it's cheaper than grinding 10

[fallen path]

just gonna finish those villain arcs first (almost done the first one)

[winged fossil]

Seeing more than three roles in the role filter feels weird.

At the same time though, field might become one of my fav roles to look for favs in because of that juicy ex effect. Does the ex effect happen every sync?

Cause if so they’re going to be so good for gauntlets

[sonic cobalt]

Just first time they sync I think.

[vernal glade]

One day my fav will have the new roles.

[vestal leaf]

only first sync

[winged fossil]

Bummer. Oh well

[sturdy flower]

yeah... Alola VA units do it every sync