Resource Saving Support (Gem Zen)

[crisp oracle]

that's it; I can get base Diantha for free someday

I could start shelling out gems but I do want to stay above 100K

no surprises but there is always that devilish month

[rare swan]

Just do whatever you are comfy with

[crisp oracle]

ugg i'm hoping that Diantha gets more and doesn't get more alts

on one hand; she's my favourite; let her cook

on the other hand; do I want to play rerun roulette

[tardy fiber]

Dojo gloria, didn't she rerun before in gauntlet banner or something

[crisp oracle]

the water hs banner

[tardy fiber]

Oh right hs banner

[crisp oracle]

really hoping water hs comes back soon so i can finally get my medal

that was the one with my best roster and I just did first clear rewards

[tardy fiber]

It will be psychic HS next month so like sssteven, annimay or something but there's sssteven banner in this month so probably not him

[crisp oracle]

i just want sc diantha to rerun

then I can be happy

[hard wave]

Trust me, you dont

[crisp oracle]

ok I still enjoy this game; but it's getting very tiresome of waiting

[rare swan]

Nah I totally get it

It's weird how those SCs haven't rerun

[winged fossil]

SS Steven rerun isnt gonna happen for it since he's rerunning just before. Not unless they start the HSE right after his banner date but I don't see that happening.

[hard wave]

Im glad I dont have SCs/Seasonals to go for

Their reruns are harsh

[tardy fiber]

True thats why i said probably not him

[winged fossil]

I think the psychic tapu would be the most likely + something sharing it with it

personally

[hard wave]

I think anni may ss dawn and lear are our options

Ss lana reran in december

[tardy fiber]

Well at least she's more realistic than Ash rerun

[prime quarry]

I think it's gonna be SS Dawn and Lear

[winged fossil]

Oh right, they ran that recently

I forgot how recent that was lol

[tardy fiber]

She better rerun with cake role

[winged fossil]

Yeah, lear seems realistic then

[hard wave]

I think anni may might rerun too but on a dif banner

[prime quarry]

[tardy fiber]

Lear with sprint cake...sync move countdown goes vrooom

[hard wave]

Technically they are PFs and can come whenever but they coincidentally rerun during anni like last yr unless ur name is skyla

[winged fossil]

Speaking of anni reruns, I forget, anni Skyla, is she still in that very small no-free-rerun prison?

[hard wave]

Yeah

Ss cyrus and dawn, anni skyla, ss gio

Thats it I think, excluding post alola VA PFs

[winged fossil]

Think Lear hasn't had a free rerun either has he?

[hard wave]

He has

He reran during 3rd anni

[prime quarry]

He has once

With Rachel and Sawyer

[hard wave]

He could use another but he has had one atleast

[winged fossil]

I see. I was absent for 3rd anni, that explains me not knowing bout it

[hard wave]

Yeah I got rachel and sawyer from it, wasnt able to get tina tho

Would be nice if she’s in the free tickets

[winged fossil]

||On a side note, if Anni has good gemcount this year and has zero favs somehow, I might consider SS Steven's banner, but there'd be a lot of hurdles to jump through for me to bother.||

I'm gonna actually look at the Psychic PFs rn to see if theres any I'd even care about from a psychic HSE banner

After a quick skim, HSE banner is a guaranteed skip for me.

Not missing any psychics that I'd care about that are viable options for the banner.

Prob gonna consider a playthrough of one Pokemon mainline later this month since its been since like gen4 that I did much in them... Haven't decided which gen to play yet from the DS/3DS era's options. Lots of gen options that I could research, although I don't have the Unova and Alola sequels. So would be missing some story from those two gens.

[crisp oracle]

||Oh hell SS Dawn's on my rerun list and is like one of the last pairs I really want other than Galar Trio||

[topaz compass]

The psychic will be 2 out of 3 of Hoopa, Cressalia, Latias

Once deoxys got put as a solo I decided to skip both lol

[sturdy plank]

i guess they work like seasonals?

we'll see if they rerun the tea party sc

[rare swan]

They should

But there was no free rerun in Nov

[pure arrow]

More of a #pokemon-general convo but USUM isn’t a sequel to regular SM, it’s more like an alternate-universe/alt-story thingy with the URS and Necrozma stuff

[rare swan]

So idek

[crisp oracle]

they should have rerun PokeWar so many times

also the paid select with SC Diantha in the banner image was cruel

oh my goodness I was so happy for five minutes... then reality

[summer goblet]

Well that’s unfortunate

Best thing is to stay patient and wait it out as always

They always come back

[winged fossil]

I figured I'd be fine briefly mentioning the possibility here, since it'd be researching the given regions in my case, but yeah, more of a topic for over there. Good to know though I suppose. Have to research the regions I have remaining favs in after all.

[summer goblet]

Except for Ash

[crisp oracle]

well I guess I played RERUN ROULETTE

how fun

[tardy fiber]

Wait for April, april is kinda a SC month, so we might see pokewar sc rerun there

[hard wave]

12 way banner during april or 13 if rosa reruns again

[tardy fiber]

Rip spring alts

[prime quarry]

Good time to get her then! she's a good choice regardless and I'm totally not biased

[tardy fiber]

Recoil removal grid for ssdawn please

[prime quarry]

I just want Moonlight MPR

Maybe CS 9 for fun

[fallen path]

[prime quarry]

[hard wave]

I hope more PF reruns get cakes, id like support ss wally strike ss hilbert and sprint ss brendan

[prime quarry]

Give me any of them for SS Dawn I'll even give her strike rolex at this point

[hard wave]

[hasty umbra]

aren't you, like, allergic to sync acceleration? sprint is a curse I would think

[hard wave]

Does field even work for status sync?

[winged fossil]

Kinda hope some of the PFs with zone-based synergies in their grid get EXR cause else those tiles are dead till we get f2p bug zone and the like.

[hard wave]

True

[pure arrow]

at least RolEX is a possibility for SS Dawn now

[prime quarry]

I'd be fine with sprint because then at least I wouldn't have to run Crisis Countdown

[hasty umbra]

why not, all is doing is setting a field effect

[pure arrow]

Plus, IIRC the Field RolEX stat boosts are more defensively oriented, so it could work even better

[winged fossil]

watch them someday troll us with or EXR on a status sync user

[pure arrow]

SYCAMORE TECH ROLEX

[winged fossil]

would be more of a slap in the face than even chcalem was

[crisp grotto]

[prime quarry]

[pure arrow]

JUST MAYBE IT COULD ACTUALLY HAPPEN WITH HORN LEECH DAMAGE BOOST BEING USED AS JUSTIFICATION

[prime quarry]

I bet Tai would do it!

[pure arrow]

NO

I dont like this possibility

[hasty umbra]

it's silly and won't happen

[hard wave]

Yeah nvm I thought it said sets a field effect then attacks

But it just says sets a field effect and syncs

[winged fossil]

Just out of curiosity, when they gave us the ingame explanation of EXR, did they completely rule out same-role EXR? Cause if not, I could see double SuppEX on someone in a couple years maybe for one of those status syncers

[pure arrow]

It’s so stupidly ridiculous that to me somehow it circles back to being actually something, but that could just be sleep deprivation speaking

speaking of, gn everyone

[tardy fiber]

They gave us explanation through game mail around nc kantrio release date

[hard wave]

I think?

“Of another role” seems like we wont get same role ex roles

[hasty umbra]

same makes no sense whatsoever

[hard wave]

Also sprint and field could still work

[tardy fiber]

Yep, it will be counter productive for their rally content if same role

It wont sell well

[hard wave]

Wouldnt it just be a x2.0 multiplier?

But yeah prob not happening

[winged fossil]

fair, just couldnt remember the wording they used on launch. prob not happening with that wording tho

[crisp grotto]

4 sync buffs

[lilac crescent]

No...

[feral vale]

Ew

[crisp grotto]

I'll talk to y'all when Marlon gets his EX + suppEXR to become the best support in the game

[lilac crescent]

Who?

[winged fossil]

i think itd be 3 sync buffs? since suppex is +1 buff extra

[winged fossil]

f2p carracosta or whatever

[feral vale]

[lilac crescent]

Oh.

[crisp grotto]

Does the text say double or extra sync buff?

[lilac crescent]

Kinda surprised how he doesn't have EX unlocked.

[winged fossil]

i think it says extra, could be wrong. game still in maint so cant check ingame text rn

[crisp grotto]

I'll check on pomatools

[winged fossil]

oh, pomatools says double

my guess is would be theoretical double>triple

[crisp grotto]

I could see that on the off chance it would be implemented, yeah

4 seems a little crazy

[feral vale]

Yeah for a quick af setup, hella busted

[prime quarry]

Gonna run post-sync in CS with Supp rolex Leaf + Supp rolex Sycamore

[crisp grotto]

post syncing

[untold tide]

to compensate, all enemies are palmer

regitrio palmer

[dark oar]

Post Syncing is great :<

[prime quarry]

[tawny cedar]

I got a small candy dilema on my hand

I got a bunch of faves who o want to 3/5

Some i prioritise but their grida are clearly inferior to other faves' 3/5 grids

Idk what to do

[vestal leaf]

Wait until Anni datamine

[rare swan]

I'm also holding off on using a lot of resources until the half-anni datamine drops

[vestal leaf]

I caked some people for rally

[tawny cedar]

No it's not like i have the candies on the ready

[vestal leaf]

But I'm holding off cakes from now til then

[tawny cedar]

There's a lot of faves I want to 3/5 in the future when I have resources

[vestal leaf]

Well using faves is ideally

[tawny cedar]

But some fave grids are worse the others

[vestal leaf]

The endgame of every gacha

[tawny cedar]

So no idea which fave to prioritise 3/5ing

[vestal leaf]

I'd prioritize faves who gain the most from grid

[tawny cedar]

Hmm

[rare swan]

yeah I gave Akari a cake but I haven't used my Jan BR cake yet

so I'll have two by the time anni hits (not including my coins, etc)

if there's nothing in Mar I want I'll cake my 1/5 Rei (and be very disappointed )

[vestal leaf]

I used some cakes but by finally investing most of my 130+ daily tickets I got back to 1 of every cake except tech

Which is fine for anni

[oak crest]

ngl I liked how we can afford a cake every month now thanks to rally (if you can score 6k final points min. on every rally ticket)

really help lessen the impact of "wasting" cakes if you are worried about regretting your cake choices later on

[rare swan]

it really does, yeah

Feb will be a tough month though, only 4 weeks of attempts

[oak crest]

that's why if your final score is 6k per rally tix, u can definitely get all 20 tickets

[rare swan]

mhmm, it just might be tough for those without many sprint/field units

[oak crest]

will have to leave it to rng to hope they dont get the sets where sprint or field is the main focus

[vestal leaf]

They really turned cake from mega premium currency into super affordable currency

With one update lol

[oak crest]

in less than half a year too

we haven even gotten to 4.5 anni

[vestal leaf]

We now get 27 "yellow" coins per month lol

Actually nvm lol

30

[oak crest]

o right...

we get one every week

[vestal leaf]

20 rally exchange
6 daily ticket exchange
4 weekly reward

[oak crest]

on top of the monthly 20

that's like 1.5 cake a month

[vestal leaf]

That's 18 cakes a year lmao

[oak crest]

not even accounting for the coins from the BP stage

[broken mulch]

At the rate I’m gaining new units and the rate I’m getting coins I might be able to completely EXR my roster within the year lol

[versed flame]

^ i can EXR my whole roster right now XD (i have a grand total of five eligible units)

[warm flint]

gold farm going strong 😈

[lilac crescent]

How.

[fallen path]

I have 700 less

[hasty umbra]

helps not go EXing the most random pairs, looking at you nov

[fallen path]

[lilac crescent]

Bro. How long have you been saving?

Your RICH!

[hasty umbra]

tbf hoarding can also accomplish that, and funnily enough also not hoarding, by spending scout tickets which lots of people don't do to wait for the pool updates on anniversary

I think I could get about 100 if I spend all my tickets now

[fallen path]

I’ll prob hoard again after psychic HS event

[tawny cedar]

I can never hoard

Too many good outfits

Maybe a time will come

When there is nothing left to ex

Then the hoarding starts

[topaz compass]

Palmer didn't even get to sync (on hardest difficulty) when I had 5x kalos and 4x special up power boost for my team. Going forward I just will stop at 5 of the regional/trainer type one

[winged fossil]

yeah similar case here, i had like 500%x500% boosts i think in my run and even with using both ssac and ncrosa together instead of replacing ssac (i had final stage) i got away with cerena triple sync rushdown

barely beat the clock cause cerenas sync was coming 1 turn late, but water shuriken killed anyway

dmg i had half water half spatk up and boost was all kalos

anything above 500x500 is complete overkill territory imo (and even that is kinda overkill but i didnt wanna risk much considering how restrictive that teambuild was)

[topaz compass]

Pretty sure they don't multiply but add

Or are you saying stat ones do essentially multiply with +% damage ones

[upbeat lotus]

you should put the image under spoiler tag

every spotlight and variety banner also has that type of paid banner

[tardy fiber]

It happens during variety banner and new spotlight

Well except rocket variety

[warm scarab]

Hmm how do I spoiler image

[upbeat lotus]

remove and send it again

[warm scarab]

How often do these banner happen? I assume it's worth saving your paid gems for these since it's only 7500?

[warm scarab]

Is it predictable?

[winged fossil]

decently predictable, i think its mostly when variety/spotlights arent in shared banners on launch based on rocket execs

thats the impression i get from their history

[warm scarab]

What's the time gaps

[winged fossil]

theres no specific "time gap"

its purely a "new unit here" thing

for variety and spotlights

the only predictable thing is that if we get a new spotlight or variety, theyll probably have a banner like this

[winged fossil]

itd basically be like asking "how long until we get a new variety / spotlight", we don't know and we never will know beyond the scope of a datamine

[tardy fiber]

Oh also to answer your question, it probably worth it to save some paid gems for it in case your favourite pair appears, mainly because 7.5k paid for a guarantee is cheaper than going to pity with 36.4k paid, plus in case of spotlight faves, ive been missing plenty spotlights and some of them probably reaching a year. So i will totally grab if i got spotlight fave and it only costs me 7.5k paid gems to get but fortunately so far no recent spotlight fave

[vestal leaf]

Selects are much more worthy

[grim plover]

im starting to feel FOMO with ||that victor alt||

its cute but i have to save every single gem for anni

[timber wren]

#1010223517565976737 has been updated

[warm scarab]

That's so sad 4 candies per year 😢

Per type

Actually misread

[tardy fiber]

Hurm im torn on whether to save cake coupons for half anni or just spend it on upcoming faves that gets cake role, although its good to save it for later but with rally giving 20 cake coins monthly, i kinda feel like using them earlier is better as it helps with the multipliers to get 20 coins easier

Oh guys dont forget to do time trial, there's 17 missions in total

[winged fossil]

personally im doing it where i have enough on the 19th for the new t0 fav targets, and any extra beyond that im waiting till anni

cause im at a point where out of all the pairs i own, i only have like 3 cakes left to give out

since im already getting +2 t0 favs im fine with waiting for anything beyond those two. since ill have most role combos covered decently after then

I still think Strike+Field will be my most iffy combo till I cake NCBlue, but T0 fav (even as a free unit) takes priority for me.

[dark oar]

oh right

[tardy fiber]

I only have sprint cake for extras, well i guess i will wait till 19th too as there's 3 faves that has cake roles during that time

Oh wrong, its not simultaneously...its 19, 21, 23, 25 for my faves

[oak crest]

It does. If you can get the 20 coins easily just use it

[vestal leaf]

Depends on role tbh

[oak crest]

Especially for the 1 that wants sprint cake since sprint units aren't that readily available compared to strike/tech/supp

[vestal leaf]

If you have no sprint and fields obtaining them from role ex is definitely a good idea

For others it really depends

Personally I invested 3 rolex

And now saving for half anni

[oak crest]

Can always hold for the others if unsure ig

So far I have 6 ex roled units

[vestal leaf]

Same

Don't feel like I need more

Been doing 7.5-8.3k rally anyway

[oak crest]

Even if their ex roles are common they do open up more choices as well esp at the later stages

I really dk what they will do for Palmer UB

Dude hits like a truck due to his piercing blow passives and u cannot afford to let him sync

On top of his ancient power move guaranteed to boost his stats

[vestal leaf]

You can afford to let him sync tbh

Just don't let him max

Which is one extra rotation

[oak crest]

Either they are releasing a really busted fighting type unit or idk what are they thinking

His ancient power being a guaranteed stats boost is like mocking at CHop

[vestal leaf]

They didn't release shit for thorton and darach

So ehhh

[oak crest]

Or an unit that nukes really hard when the enemy's stats is boosted

[vestal leaf]

Chop has very aggro debuffs anyway

[oak crest]

Might be able to keep up if the sides don't die

Cos he always uses ancient power if he isn't using his TM

1 of my rally run

Zerena killed the sides and he spams ancient power

Ended up I switch out for leaf cos the sides die too easily

[tardy fiber]

Sounds like koraidon

[lilac crescent]

Sandwich!

[topaz compass]

Imo spending cakes sooner to make sure you always earn the 20 is best. Though if your goal is just 6k per run that should be possible without any dual roles

[broken mulch]

Yep

It’s when you want something else is when you need that boost

[tardy jolt]

Related to this, I know it’s not gonna happen, but I wish they’d give Ash a sprint role, his ideal team would have all the roles and it would be such a breeze to get through the rally

[sand crown]

Ash never getting an EX role is tragic

[feral vale]

I honestly think he would get Tech if he did get one

But yeah, no EXR does suck

Like……they put EX on the one event character that has never rerun.

[upbeat lotus]

Its the same case with Jessie and James

Both didnt get their grid expansion

[crisp grotto]

[fallen path]

[topaz compass]

Jesse and James hurts more

Though for meta ash hurts more

[fallen path]

Can’t hurt me when I wasn’t even playing when Jessie and James were introduced into the game

[lilac crescent]

Can relate! I can relate!

[broken mulch]

Ash will never be BR Meta

[topaz compass]

It's okay by 7th anni he won't even be good

Strikers all die once their dps falls off

Unless you got a Lele kit that is really just a tech

[feral vale]

I just like having Ash cause fav :)

[tardy fiber]

At least Ash has a grid and we can see what he is supposed to do, but jessie/james, cannot even know if james should be a tech nuker/tech tanker/tech assist

[winged fossil]

https://tenor.com/view/pokemon-pokemon-scarlet-and-violet-koraidon-snack-sandwich-gif-14150804735977386653

still find the sandwich jokes like the best thing about koraidon tbh

on another subject, is it bad that i mistook Alcremie for a 5star rather than a 4star till just now

for some reason them starting at 4star just never clicked in my head

[prime quarry]

They can be 5* if you make them so!

[tardy fiber]

Yep one of the reasons that i like poma, not 5*...make them 5* by force

[winged fossil]

i was assuming all this time it was gonna be another free 5* stuck at 1/5

still a support without tho, from looks of it

wish theyd stop with preventing EX of most of the event pairs they release, this many not being able to be EXd is crazy to me

especially since we have outfitless EXs now and theyre STILL releasing them like this

[unkempt vortex]

So just as useless as the other free pairs

[tardy fiber]

No bugscyther in the pic

[feral vale]

Bugsy & Scyther demands a rerun

[upbeat lotus]

And proper EX outfit

[tardy fiber]

Hope there's support move coin in this reset's event, i just missing 1 coin to 3/5 registeel

[feral vale]

You’re using a candy on that?

[hard wave]

Wouldnt it be better to wait for datamine? Could get a good support which may be legendary

[tardy fiber]

Well i still need to candy it as i calculated that between now to anni, i will be able to form 1 and a half rainbow tickets for next batch

[hard wave]

fair

[lilac crescent]

Yes.

[winged fossil]

cause i dont own him

nor do i own team rocket

its criminal that team rocket didnt rerun when ash released imo, and more criminal that bugscy just doesnt fucking exist for arceus knows how long

||i totally didnt typo ash as ashe. i totally havent been playing league of legends again now that they made the option to only chat with party members... ||

[fallen path]

Team rocket is a separate licensing thing anyways it wouldn’t have mattered

Bugsy is dead to me

[topaz compass]

I think I've hoarded too many candies. Gotta decide whether to spend the extra after 4.5 or 5

Though we got up to 4 MF on the way that will take a chunk of them

[sturdy flower]

how many did you hoard

[tardy fiber]

I got 4 unused tech candies now, hope that a tech fave will appear anytime soon

[lean mango]

6 support candies hear

waiting for a top fave to become anything other than Striker

[grim plover]

im saving 2 support candies for the possible support fav in the anni, otherwise they'll go for grusha

[sturdy flower]

i'm on like 7 tech atm

[tardy fiber]

I still got use for support candies as bp master pairs added every anni and they are supports, and we get around 2.8 - 3k bp a month and thats not enough to 3/5 all of them

[topaz compass]

Sorry I didn't check back after what I said. I currently have 6 omni, 4 each of strike/tech/support, and 1 each of new ones. More than halfway on almost all of the next round too

I have plenty of units I want to give dupes to that would cover using all of them, I'm just too scared to use them on anything but MFs lol

Never know when a super high value triple split banner will appear where having them all 1 or 2/5 is good

[sturdy flower]

worst case you will get them 4/5 for a slightly better damage

and/or additional grid nodes

we are getting more energy next month

[tardy fiber]

Cannot wait for energy increase

There's some grids that i wanted and like exceed 1-3 energy

That will really helps

[topaz compass]

Did they say that is next month for sure or just more news on their plans for it

[topaz compass]

5 more energy would help many grids alot but most basically not at all. I think they are more likely to force a pay to win tier structure on us, like 5 more energy per move level

[tardy fiber]

Or 1 energy per move level, 3/5 is nice i guess, 3 extra energy and unlock most of the grids

[sturdy flower]

5 more energy but only on 5/5

[tardy fiber]

Please at least 1 energy per move level seems better than locking it at 5/5

[winged fossil]

Imagine if excess dupes become that instead of

That’d be truly evil

[tardy fiber]

My bertha will be so OP as its like she's 18/5 or something

18 energies

[winged fossil]

if they did that itd prob only be as of starting next month, but atleast itd give a reason to use excess regionals for those of us with extra already

for like kanto and such

i sincerely doubt they'd have logged our past excess pulls if it were the case

since we dont have a pull history screen

[vestal leaf]

Damn I thought you were f2p

Or did you "win" in prestige?

(I meant to reply to the 6 Omni part)

[lost bobcat]

Are current events (Falkner and Palentines) requiring more clears than usual to get the prizes?
I always do dailies and already done the 50 clear mission on the higher one, but still need to get the powerups and skill sphere

[upbeat lotus]

I feel the same for Palentines event, even with 3 1.4x pairs

I havent got Candice's feather and 3 gear pieces as well

[wide yew]

Is it more shop items, less currency or that we don't have any pair that goes above 1.2x rewards
The seasonal event shops are always the first two

[lost bobcat]

Same, 3 x 1.4 and I feel so behind

[wide yew]

There's also the extra artwork

[lost bobcat]

NY was fine maybe we got more stuff

[upbeat lotus]

Yeah forgot about artwork, it costs a decent amount

[lost bobcat]

Oh right, Artwork, two feathers and skill gear set ooof

[winged fossil]

i only have 1.4x+1.2x+1.2x team cause is the only p alt i have

[lost bobcat]

Still falkner event is sus, need to track stamina again

[winged fossil]

i think falkner event had a bad stamina:reward efficiency

plus it also has 30 johto tix ontop of that fact

so yea

i still have the art, coins, and feathers to grab and im almost done all missions for the event, at like 47 clears i think

[tardy fiber]

I only have 2 1.4x for palentine

[broken mulch]

Same haha

I’m not too worried honestly

[tardy fiber]

Yep I'm done with falkner although my boosts is only janine for 1.4x

Sometimes stamina from rank up came clutch

[broken mulch]

You don’t have BP Janine?

[tardy fiber]

Got but its only 1.2x, normal janine is 1.4x

All flying give 1.2x

So i just use ssethan

[mossy hawk]

Isn't it so that the same bonuses(like 2 x 1.4) don't stack?

So max bonus is ×2.2

When you have 1.2 + 1.4 + 1.6

[tardy fiber]

I use falkner, ogjanine and ssethan

I dont have 1.6, i dont want variety falkner

[mossy hawk]

I'm just mentioning because I don't think having three pairs with 1.4 makes any difference

If antyhing it's worse to have 3 of those, better to slot in a third with 1.2 bonus

[tardy fiber]

Pretty sure the multiplier stacks especially if you use 1.6x + 1.6x + 1.4x compared to 1.4x + 1.4x + 1.4x

As there's some events in the past like pokewar sc where i grab all featured pairs and got a bunch of event coupons

Only need few days to clear shop

[mossy hawk]

I've been playing it wrong for 2 years

[tardy fiber]

They want to give benefit for whoever pull their featured pairs thus the featured pairs get more multipliers so of course if you pull all of em, they will reward you more for doing that

But the difference is faster clear shop

So aint worth

Spending pity for non fave

[mossy hawk]

There were situations where I genuinely avoided putting 2 of those 1.6 pairs because I thought that having both wouldn't stack

[tardy fiber]

But for egg event drop, if you put 3 boosted pairs with mc and type compare to using pair with either has boosted type / main character theme tag...the egg drop rate difference is only 100% versus 98% because max rate for egg drop is 100%

Event currency, the more multiplier the better

[mossy hawk]

Well at least I know now

[topaz compass]

Yeah I got 2nd tier in prestige which did get the candy. I'm not pure f2p though most of my spending at this point has been through Google survey rewards, which is still my time instead of money

[broken mulch]

Lmao I never noticed the 1.2 for BP Janine

[upbeat lotus]

The discrimination #justice4crobat

[crisp grotto]

It's got more than enough justice, there are like 5 crobat line pairs

[broken mulch]

Crobat infestation lol

[hard wave]

Seasonal events are a pain, im doing 3 x1.2

The regular one isnt terrible, but the + ones are

For the normal ones ive gotten the scout tickets both candies and 4* PUs, + ones ive gotten… both candy coins

[upbeat lotus]

yeah the Palentines event is painfully slow to grind

i want to finish the shop to get back to feather farming

[hard wave]

Tbh I dont have anything to farm after this I just want to be done before the rerun comes since alcremie events starts on the same day

[upbeat lotus]

does it cost stamina?

[hard wave]

Seasonal events in general are a pain for me since I only have 3, spring may, ny lisia, and hviola

[hard wave]

Its a normal pair up event

[upbeat lotus]

ic

[upbeat lotus]

just checked, its actually a day after the rerun

but still not better

[hard wave]

You need 400 of the whipped cream cakes (vouchers for it) and then 1600 for the candies (general ones atleast)

[hard wave]

Oh yeah mb

But I cant even get everything from a normal event let alone a seasonal one and then have enough for the next day for a pair up event

Riley is the one who comes out at the same time as gladion’s event tho

Also all these events last until the end of february or early march 28th for pal rerun, 7th for family ties

[tardy fiber]

Oh i need to farm alcremie event a lot

The shop sells 4* support move candies, never have too much of those especially lodge pairs are mostly supports

[broken mulch]

Wait it sells infinite candies?

[tardy fiber]

No just 4 support move candies

Its nice as it aint 4* alcremie dupes

So can use to other future pairs too

Time to restock back my candies that i used on lodge wally

[broken mulch]

Ah ok

[feral vale]

WAIT I FORGOT FAMILY TIES IS BACK???

I NEVER GOT THE MEDAL FOR THAT EVENT BECAUSE I WAS DUMB AT THE TIME IT FIRST RELEASED, FINALLY

[lilac crescent]

Well, I'm happy for you.

[feral vale]

Now they just need to rerun The Eccentric Electrician then my past event medals are complete! (Battle Buffet Bash don’t count, we don’t talk about that)

[hard wave]

Yeah its like after poma day, its one for the uh 20 ish sets of medals I dont have

I didnt do events until morty’s ghost training reran around johto VA , sadly some medals like lussa zerena 2.5 anni etc. havent reran but ss morty’s did

Oh nvm its the 22nd 3 days for riley’s and ss gladion’s events

[lilac crescent]

The what and the what?

[hard wave]

Eccentric electrician is volkner’s debut event

Battle buffet bash is prestiege

[lilac crescent]

Isn't Volkner the Gym Leader who was potentially bored?

[hard wave]

https://tenor.com/view/volkner-volkner-pokemon-gif-19780519

Yeah ig

I forgot what happened tbh, and I havent played any sinnoh games so the anime might be different

[prime quarry]

In the games, he's bored because he gets so few challengers and the challengers he does get are always disappointing

[feral vale]

Loves fiddling with machines :3

[lilac crescent]

I see...

[feral vale]

[robust plaza]

Buying 1 wally plush got me down to 7k tier 1 red stones. It costs 30k tier 1 stones to buy a plush

Need to save red stones

[upbeat lotus]

Smh just go to a cave and mine some wait is this a Minecraft server?

[feral vale]

[tardy fiber]

I stopped buying lodge deco stuffs after i wrongly pressed buying 999 interaction items, i need to save some mats in case i wrongly pressed again

[lunar thistle]

Also in the games, he is disappointing

As in any Ground type Pokemon just beats it

[tardy fiber]

Hope this reset's event got the final support move coin i needed to 3/5 all bp master pairs

[prime quarry]

Yeah kinda sad that his DP team is better than his Plat team, but Torterra still completely destroys him

[lilac crescent]

Torterra is cool.

It has Grass/Ground which...

Something.

[uncut kayak]

So tempted to pull because I just hit a full pity of saved gems but I keep telling myself to wait for gladion

[violet nebula]

Yes, wait

[lilac crescent]

If you wait, you'll get the pair you want.

Don't fall into your temptations! Stay focused!

[tardy fiber]

Alcremie event this reset

Thanks DeNa, i will grab any fairy non eggmon pair for fairy HS in the future

Now just give me some more poison

[lilac crescent]

And it's ours!

Oh, it's ours. And it has a grid!

DeNa doing Scottie/Bettie justice, and it's not even a Sword of Justice.

Oh man, what's next? Him/Her getting a EX Style? Because I still want one.

[tardy fiber]

Hope so, if not them, at least give chatelaine EX this anni as we will get the final one, Morgan this anni

[winged fossil]

https://tenor.com/view/donkey-kong-mine-cart-ride-dispair-diddy-kong-gif-22844465

This is basically me waiting for Monday

Or at least for this road trip to be over

Really wish they could of opted for Sunday rather than Monday cause the fav would of helped with higher scoring on this weeks rally

Had some strike/sprint/field shenanigans in there but ended up caking ncblue to solve the striker/field UB dilemma I was having… hoping I won’t have to cake many more of those strike/tech exr supports

Rather do other way around

Still really happy that one of the favs this month is completely free barring the cake

[tardy fiber]

I just give cake role to my faves, eventhough it wont change my gameplay using them but the extra stats are great

[winged fossil]

I was planning to never touch exr for calem, blue, and whoever else gets shafted like them.

Then rally happened.

[tardy fiber]

Well at least they have extra stats so their sync damage increases very little bit

[winged fossil]

I guess so haha and at least blues second rebuff aoe now

[unkempt vortex]

Blue at least gets double rebuff

[winged fossil]

…huh I just realized that prob means that one sync tile is aoe now too

I need to look up something really quick

[tardy fiber]

Ncblue nuke

[winged fossil]

Unless I did my math wrong the -def tile doesn’t solve Thorton buff on its own. Rip

[tardy fiber]

Thorton got buff?

[winged fossil]

He scales off positive defense apparently

So have to -def him for some teams to survive

[tardy fiber]

Which thorton? Og thorton sync nuke multiplier based on enemies being flinched

Oh the relentless

Just pair with leer pair

[winged fossil]

Ub

Still haven’t finished that battle

[tardy fiber]

3 more fairies so that i will have 15 pairs for fairy HS

[winged fossil]

I chose the blueberry oran berry looking cake. I want to consume it, why does dena force me to befriend it instead.

[tardy fiber]

I chose the blue color, only that has kinda cool eyes

Disappointing stats though, low def but alright spdef, hopefully can still help in HS

[winged fossil]

God those stats are abysmal yeah

I get it’s four stars but jeez I was hoping 125 would at least break 600 hp

Speed base leaves to be desired on too

Since no speed buffs to make up for it

And quick tempo bro we can’t even quad with this thing

https://tenor.com/view/throw-out-rage-parks-and-rec-nick-offerman-ron-swanson-gif-17688925

This things just latias fodder for me probs

[tardy fiber]

Yep unfurtuitous is nice, just like lodge volkner and oak

[tardy fiber]

121k gems, its growing steadily till the fateful day

[winged fossil]

Update regarding road trip btw. Left home at like, 9am ish, got back at almost 3

And now I pass out from exhaustion

https://tenor.com/view/sleep-sleepy-head-ikea-bed-bedtime-gif-16576805

[broken mulch]

Hmm

Actually kind of worried about stamina haha

[rare swan]

I wouldn't stress too much just yet

resist the urge to spend gems on it

[topaz compass]

I'll take ad many Unfortuitous 9 as they give free

I think I'm picking hearts over shamrocks since this isn't a St. Patrick Day event after all

[tardy fiber]

2 compensation on the way ... battle rally gear deletion and sync grid energy cheat

Hope both are gems

And not like 1 rally pass and 750 co-op sync orbs

[crisp grotto]

I'd take a BR pass tbh, did they mention compensation for the gear issue?

[timber wren]

#game-announcements message

yes

[crisp grotto]

[tardy fiber]

Those compensation better boost up February gems to 30k

[upbeat lotus]

Never have high hope for compensation

[upbeat lotus]

Ironically this is my highest exception

[tardy fiber]

I only left 4 cake coin coupons to claim for this month, i think i will save the extras instead of claiming 5* PUs...i think its better as bad rally role day might appear and those points i saved might come clutch to claim monthly 20 coin vouchers

[lilac crescent]

Say... what track in the jukebox is your favorite?

[upbeat lotus]

I think this fits #poma-lounge more

[sturdy flower]

another compensation

[sturdy flower]

i will take 300 thank you

(gemmers)

I can't decide which Alcremie...

[lilac crescent]

Take your time.

[lunar thistle]

17k gems

Highest we've ever gone

Let's see if we can pull through

That's almost halfway there

[unkempt vortex]

So more skip tickets got it

[winged fossil]

Oh so that’s what the problem was. I was out of the loop entirely and too scared to ask anything lol (regarding the grid situation)

I barely use the see other teams feature anyway tbh

Most of the time it’s just ash or some other unit I don’t own

[sturdy flower]

i will just trade all and bank on extra entries on anni

[winged fossil]

As long as I score 7200+ next week I’m already done with this months coins

Actually 6300 is fine cuz forgot to count for my leftovers

So I’m basically guaranteed to finish next week

Cause I can score that high pretty easily with the two new sprint pairs

Won’t be day one caking Riley since not enough trade for strike coins till after rally

Gonna save those coins for anni datamine instead

I only have two more support>techs to do anyway

[topaz compass]

Is it MF time yet? Is it datamine for more MF time yet?

[topaz compass]

I bet you they give 300 gems and claims it fixes both as compensation

[dark oar]

Hmm currently at 21k gems and 1.9k paid gems

Waiting for pokemon day gems to get me to 24k gems kuku

[zenith eagle]

I'm less than 2k away from 50k unpaid.

It seems like I have a lot until I realize it's not even 2 MFs worth

[upbeat lotus]

you have above a pity, so its still something

by anni you can get over 2 pities, and a small chance, even 3 pities

[zenith eagle]

Just a little more patience. Gotta keep saving!

[upbeat lotus]

[rare swan]

50k is a fantastic balance, especially going into an anni!

[feral vale]

I’m at 52k myself!

[crisp oracle]

163K, waiting for SC Diantha

[lilac crescent]

163K!?

[crisp oracle]

yup

not too much sweat, and all of the gems are free

[lilac crescent]

I question your saving skills...

[zenith eagle]

How long have you been saving? And what was the last sync pair you scouted?

[crisp oracle]

||The truth is that I scout almost every other month; my discipline is absolute shit||

I've been saving since last jan aggressively

[lilac crescent]

🙂Holy shit.

[zenith eagle]

Going by historical gem income, you spent close to 170k in 2023 and still have 160k remaining.

Wow

[crisp oracle]

true

[lilac crescent]

So you don't scout on Masters Day?

[crisp oracle]

I ||got pitied five times, spent 27K on SSA and Lucas, spent 9K on NC Rosa, SS Hilbert, SS Hilda, SS N, and 6K on SSTR||

and no; I don't summon on Masters Day

[zenith eagle]

Do you guys mean the cheap single multi we get on PoMa day?

[lilac crescent]

Ye.

The Free one.

Not the paid one.

[crisp oracle]

i have never experienced a paid gem

[lilac crescent]

Same.

[zenith eagle]

Do you never spend money on games in general or is it just in PoMa?

[crisp oracle]

no

I don't spend money on FIFA nor PoMa

I rely on a bit of luck and hard saving

[lilac crescent]

The Happy Scout is like 100 gems.

For 11x Scout too. Kinda surprised how you'd skip on that.

[crisp oracle]

dude it's paid gems

[lilac crescent]

Oh my bad.

I mean 25 gems.

Right?

[crisp oracle]

i don't look at the shop

i use the top bar to get to the daily scout

[winged fossil]

im fine with 25 for a handful of and the occasional , but def wouldnt touch the paid one

the quantities we get are perfect for selects from the most efficient deals typically

(and if i were to touch something else, id rather wait till a fav is featured on mix one day)

man though i wish i could form candies a bit faster atm

wanting to candy both SSAC and NCRosa eventually cause theyre gonna have a ton of use in rally due to the EXRs

so need to have access to stuff like their potion mprs for that mode (and hopefully tm mpr if that exists for ssac, main thing i checked so far is 3/5 is crit and more heals)

i honestly hope due to that that anni doesnt give me another support fav to chase, cause thats gonna be a little bit to catch up on already.

[rare swan]

25 gems is nothing and that scout can be helpful to solve any pulling temptation

[tardy fiber]

As long as im missing some general pool pairs, i will keep pulling poma day scout

[dark oar]

Im missing uh.... Leenora and Ryuki

[lunar thistle]

We're doing well

Breaking 20k soon

[vestal leaf]

Here's to a skippable half anni

[tawny cedar]

how much can we expect for half anni

20k?

[upbeat lotus]

26k at least

[tawny cedar]

damn

thats good

easily will get 1 character

[tardy fiber]

Well not that good if you begin from 0 as a character max cost is 36.6k

[versed flame]

essentially means you only need 10k of prior savings to get the guarantee which itself is pretty good

[tardy fiber]

In which there's only 10190 gems left for this month so lets get to saving today

To guarantee a pity on march

Oh wait this includes UB, so need to beat argenta and if not, wont be able to form pity

[sturdy flower]

I'm at over 170k but i do spend money here and there for the 3k bundle

it's money i can save by being stricter with snacks and that's good for me too

[tardy fiber]

Yep i also do the same, that 3k paid helps to grab selects

[sturdy flower]

I'm a bit excited about March in Pmex because half anni, but also finally some lucky skill qol might arrive

i have asked for it for years

hopefully they don't nerf gems

[tardy fiber]

Well i remembered that they said they will be working on it, so not sure if it will arrive in march. End of February update is just expansion of profile picture

[topaz compass]

As a MF collector the past 3 months saving has been fun. But it comes to an end Monday and next month. Hopefully they don't all take pities so I can still be a saver

[tardy fiber]

Well at least MF pairs are rarely bad, and they cover various typings and regions plus they appear every few months or so, thus it is kinda a good investment

Well the main reason that i can skip non fave MF because i also have faves that are non MF so i need those funds for them

Like skipping one of the grass MF adaman, but i have 1 grass fave MF sslyra plus ssacerola and scrosa

[topaz compass]

I force myself not to simp for faves or else I'd feel obligated for bad units like pal elesa

[rare swan]

keep in mind this channel is dedicated to faves, not meta kits

i've happily pulled plenty of "bad" units bc they're characters I love

[lilac crescent]

Meta's boring in my opinion.
Favorites proves you really love them and don't care about winning or losing with them. Like I am with Pikachu.

[rare swan]

that's the spirit

[lilac crescent]

Wait, when?

[feral vale]

Rules list in the pins lol

[rare swan]

the main purpose of this channel is to help people avoid fancy meta pairs and save for the characters they love

like Annie said, there's a full explanation in the pins

(there's nothing wrong with saving for said fancy meta pairs, but meta will always creep while faves last forever)

[crisp oracle]

A meta chaser generally does not save unless they are very disciplined. This channel is aimed for those who want to save and need a place to vent or discuss the best ways to save gems

[feral vale]

It also feels weird when your favs end up being big meta, but it’s not what I aim for anyway

[rare swan]

definitely nice when that happens

[crisp oracle]

I’m happy ||SC Diantha still chunks as a three year old unit||

[feral vale]

I am genuinely happy to get a free fav tho

Saves my gems

[crisp oracle]

I hope diantha is in a ticket again

[feral vale]

So true

[sand crown]

When the both meta and fave happiness hits, that's a good feeling

[rare swan]

[upbeat lotus]

SS Marlon & shiny primal Kyogre

[dark oar]

uhhh what was Shiny Primal Kyogre look like? was it jet black? @_@

[hasty umbra]

both are black

and both are ugly in their regular shiny form tbh, so removing their ability to go primal is a crime

[topaz compass]

If I get enjoyment from units being good for strategy, then why is my definition of faves being looked down upon?

And I still have favorite pokemon and favorite trainers. But it is rare to get all 3 together

Closest was Karen & Houndoom after grid expansion

[rare swan]

No one is looking down on you

pulling for meta just isn't a common motivation here

[topaz compass]

MF collecting isn't always Meta. Look at anniRay who i got on rerun when he had absoutely nothing left going for him

[sand crown]

^ I agree with that, especially with PFs also being very viable and making S and U rankings consistently

[rare swan]

PalRena my beloved!

(just pop a spoiler on that image since it's an active banner )

[zenith eagle]

Only reason I was willing to risk 10k gems is for her. Guess what tho? ||got her first multi||

I can't figure out how to spoiler tag images

Help

[rare swan]

it's all good, it might be easier just to delete it

but ||congrats on your new unit mine is 5/5 EX and she's still got it!||

[zenith eagle]

How'd you get her to 5/5? Candies or overtime getting more copies?

[rare swan]

candies I'm a Kalos Kollector™️, so I like to completely max out all my Kalos pairs (even if it does nothing for them)

[zenith eagle]

I can't wait to have all her alts at atleast 3/5 6EX.

[rare swan]

all her units are genuinely great, she's very lucky

two of the best MFs in the game imo (i'm exceedingly biased)

[zenith eagle]

I found out I started playing the month after ||SSerena got a rerun||. But it's okay though. I'll get it eventually.

[rare swan]

she'll be back

[zenith eagle]

I have 3 tech pairs I wanna candy. Need 5 candies total. Don't know how long it'll take.

Also looking forward to the CSMM after the next one. I'll finally get to try pal Serena against a fairy weak stage.

[zenith eagle]

I actually started saving to try and get all the meta units. But seeing how OP SstR is, I'd rather not go for the OP pairs unless favs. He honestly makes the game braindead press buttons win.

[crisp oracle]

I don't like braindead play

[tardy fiber]

I got 4 unused tech candies, hope any tech faves appearing soon

[rare swan]

likewise

[zenith eagle]

Well it was fun when I couldn't beat stages without brute forcing them with Red haha

[tardy fiber]

I skipped the electric rats and im proud, waiting for raikou, thundurus, xurkitree, miraidon and the like instead

[grim plover]

I hope they add another gimmick to miraidon and not just ET

Dragon zone

[tardy fiber]

Probably first sprint + field pair cake role

[rare swan]

i'm definitely expecting that at half-anni, yeah

[tardy fiber]

They are bikes that set up weather and terrain totally sprint+field

[prime quarry]

inb4 Supp + Tech for both

[grim plover]

I think they will be the June MFs

Half Anni imo is alola, hoenn or sinnoh

[tardy fiber]

I hope they bring back anniversary alts for half anni, stop with this region NC for a while

Region NC can appear on months that are not anniv related

[prime quarry]

I think half anni is gonna be Johto or Hoenn NC tbh

I think they're gonna keep doing the NC stick until they're out of regions

[tardy fiber]

Sinnoh NC to commemorate Volo arrival

Nc Lucas and Dawn + Volo PF/MF

[lilac crescent]

No no no. Not Volo!

[prime quarry]

I think that'll be 5th anni

[tardy fiber]

Hoenn NC better have primals

And they better not only speed boost when change form

[grim plover]

This

With permanent weather finally

[lilac crescent]

Primal shinies would be cool.

[tardy fiber]

Nc May pink shiny kyogre

[prime quarry]

Nah it'll be like Hitmon trio or smth

[grim plover]

Shiny primals would be really cool for NCs because they're black

[tardy fiber]

Johto e4 trainer files, second variety bruno but with hitmonchan

[lilac crescent]

Naw naw, I got a idea.

Add Hitmonchan instead.

[tardy fiber]

We already got it

[upbeat lotus]

given how they are building up Mysterious Stone chapters to Arceus and Volo, im certain that they will introduce ||Anni Sonia || in 4.5 anni

[tardy fiber]

They are even shiny hitmontop

[prime quarry]

||NC Galar part 2 with NC Sonia, Nessa, and Bea ||

[tardy fiber]

Give her regieleki/regidrago/sword of justice and i will grab her

[upbeat lotus]

[upbeat lotus]

I wont complain at all

[unkempt vortex]

Your gems will

[tardy fiber]

Cannot wait for Morgan later, for now it could be virizion grass teamwork or latias dragon teamwork

[dark oar]

Hopefully with ex

[tardy fiber]

Yep please EX

[unkempt vortex]

No ex

[upbeat lotus]

[unkempt vortex]

Suffer like the other bp 5*

[tardy fiber]

My non ex faves are only bp master pairs plus oak...oak ex when?

[unkempt vortex]

Never

Oak is dead

He left pasio

[dark oar]

Maybe if we get Professor Elm or Birch

[tardy fiber]

Elm shiny celebi with gs ball

[unkempt vortex]

Thinking we get another professor again is funny

[tardy fiber]

Sada and Turo

[lilac crescent]

Naw. Aren't they dead!?

[unkempt vortex]

They’ll make up some excuse

Like they did with rose

[lilac crescent]

Wait, what they do with Rose?

[unkempt vortex]

The rose that’s there was before he did the whole thing he does in galar

[lilac crescent]

I see...

[unkempt vortex]

But the others from galar know what he did or I guess will do

[lilac crescent]

Rose is still the worst villain in Pokémon.

Giovanni - The goat

Moxie & Archer - Mid (redeemed)

[upbeat lotus]

You spelled the 2's names wrong in a funny way

[lilac crescent]

Really?

[rare swan]

Maxie do got moxie

[lilac crescent]

[upbeat lotus]

Archie is literally in disguise

[tardy fiber]

Thats what happened when they joined rainbow rocket

Moxie and Archer

[dark oar]

Actual names archer with a Kyogre

Would make Giovanni proud

[lilac crescent]

You mean Kyorge?

[tardy fiber]

I thought the rocket admins will get UBs due to Gio opening the wormhole inside their base but nah

[lilac crescent]

Wait, Team Rainbow Rocket? More like Team...

Rain.

...

Rock.

[tardy fiber]

Well its a blessing in disguise if admin UBs in that harsh rocket banner rates, i will cry

[zenith eagle]

If it's Hoenn or Alola NCs who can we expect to get alts?

[lilac crescent]

It better not Lillie or so help me.

[tardy fiber]

May and Brendan probably oh also Wally

[lilac crescent]

Elio and Selene. They really need a Clothing Alt

[tardy fiber]

But 4 new Master Fairs in two months is kinda harsh, i hope there's only 2 on March

[lilac crescent]

Wait, what if we got another remix of a remix in Masters?

[zenith eagle]

Wishful thinking but I hope it's Unova we get NC Hilda

[tardy fiber]

Remix?

[lilac crescent]

Like the USUM version or ||BB Academy version||

[tardy fiber]

Well they will have alt in their name just like Leon and Gloria alt

They already toss away cool name like Gloria (dojo) or Grimsley (kimono)

[lilac crescent]

Atleast Victor has a alt now.

[tardy fiber]

So sad that Victor (Tundra) will be Victor (Alt) instead if it happens

[lilac crescent]

Alt.*

[prime quarry]

My expectations are May, Brendan, Wally for Hoenn and Selene, Elio, Lillie for Alola if they go for trios

If they save Alola for November (which I think is decently likely) it'll probably ||hopefully|| be Selene and Elio

[rare swan]

you'll want to post this in #poma-questions , this is the saving thread

[uncut kayak]

oml im so sorry i clicked the wrong

ill delete it and post it there

[rare swan]

all g, no worries!

[uncut kayak]

ty for catching that!

[topaz compass]

Definitely should just expect 3 more MF for anni to lower the disappointment levels when it happens

Of course I'm actually hoping for 4 total MF

[dark cliff]

I have resisted the temptation of pulling on Palentines pairs

It’s hurts but, with half ani, there is bound to be some worthwhile stuff

[dark oar]

Theyll rerun eventually. So just save for that rerun for them

[lunar thistle]

When will we be able to get all the sync pairs in the game

[upbeat lotus]

when eos

[tardy fiber]

That means i can finally get Jessie and James?

[dark oar]

Inb4 locked away cuz no longer allowed

[tardy fiber]

Hope they will do variety select, i kinda want Ariana to complete ||Silver's family theory ||

[winged fossil]

i managed to beat argenta day one already without any limited grass units

my fear was for nothing ig

300 gems in the bank without investing resources

feels nice tbh

[tardy fiber]

I thought she need rebuff

[winged fossil]

she does, ||but i used ncblue and ncred and irida team||

i already shared my team in the EBE channel

[tardy fiber]

Oh i misread its without limited grass units, i thought limited units

And so far rebuff is limited locked

[winged fossil]

yeah, i dont own any grass ones atm

waiting for a grass fav someday

most likely meowscarada or a serperior alt

[tardy fiber]

Im waiting too but not many left i guess, theres virizion, zarude, kartana, iron leaves

[winged fossil]

oh, and technically rebuff isnt limited locked

Gordie exists

🔥 rebuff tar shot

[tardy fiber]

Oh i forgot about gordie

I rarely use tar shot, but instead rock damage build but he might come clutch for rock HS as none of the enemies will weak to rock

So some might weak to fire

Gordie and Courtney ❤️ non limited rebuff and zone

Oh there's victrier too

[winged fossil]

yeah, im glad that gordie exists cause it helped my anni n team for the longest time

since he has both fire rebuff and max flare

and anni n only really needed a one-off sun for sync nuke in cs

[tardy fiber]

Oh i use my anniN with sshilda

[winged fossil]

i havent used anni n for a while cause ghetsis tank is very out of date vs stuff like 3k csmm

so just been using my newer fire units

[lunar thistle]

We're almost halfway to a full pity!!

[lunar thistle]

Exactly at the halfway mark! It's the endgame from here on out lessgooooo!!!

[sturdy flower]

i go for pairs that i deem fun to use mainly

[lilac crescent]

You and I are in the same boat.

[sturdy flower]

also, half anni trio might not be MF this time around as we are getting Gladion before

it might go MF - half anni - MF

[topaz compass]

Nah Dena greedy

More mf incoming

If anything they will increase to 4 mf with gladion

[grim plover]

this is the first time we're getting a feb MF so i shouldnt be surprised if anni still has 3 MFs

[rare swan]

considering half anni last year was 3 MFs, I would be bracing for another 2 a minimum

[tardy fiber]

Just like ash, he released in month before anni just like ssgladion this time, while sstred and ssacynthia are during anni

Hopefully only 3 MF in 2 months

[grim plover]

dena: it's time for a monthly MF debut

[tardy fiber]

Aint we already got one every poma day?

[grim plover]

those are reruns, i mean new MFs

[sand crown]

Feels like they want to head in this direction

[winged fossil]

wont be surprised if they ramp the reruns to 2/mo to constantly have 2-3 running barring new ones

[tardy fiber]

Well if there's at least 3 MFs every 3 months so in a sense its already 1 MF monthly if you divide it based on months

[dark oar]

So... we're gonna get 2 MFs on Feb 28th announcement? xd

[tardy fiber]

Probably or they only leak 1 during pokemon presents

[grim plover]

Oh boy no gem rally

[upbeat lotus]

~~Worst run up to anni ever ~~

[fallen path]

we'll get Riley for free and we'll like it

[grim plover]

I will

[tardy fiber]

Free pair tax

[fallen path]

and uhh 100 sync pairs hopium i guess

[grim plover]

But I would have liked gems too

[tardy fiber]

Just like victrier

[upbeat lotus]

We sacrificed 3k gems for a great free unit

[fallen path]

battle rally legend victrier

[grim plover]

Well, yeah

And it's not that bad because of the ticket count with a chance of a pokefair

[fallen path]

0.02%

[winged fossil]

my reaction to the 100 pulls this anni:

https://tenor.com/view/super-smash-bros-ultimate-everyone-is-here-gif-17099121

[tardy fiber]

At least there's 3 free pairs this time, during victrier there's only him yet we got hit by free pair gem tax

[winged fossil]

(expecting 4/5>6/5 Gilbert and nothing else )

[tardy fiber]

This time we got riley, alcremie, petey

[winged fossil]

supposedly someone estimated ~97% if its 7% rates to see at least one. but im expecting nothing or something with literally no use to me at best

cause i dont wanna feel scammed

and from sounds of it, ||chase is excluded prob because of him ending the literal day after it starts||

honestly id be hype for ANYTHING of the field or sprint variety to grace my 100x but uh
i just realized something worrying

the promo image they used for this

wheres my boi paulo

he might not be even a possibility

either way we'll be blessed if any of us get a fav off it, dupe or otherwise

gl to all for when it comes

[crisp oracle]

bro we'll be blessed with anything lets be real

[dark oar]

Amen.

[crisp oracle]

the rates are gonna be that <1% bs i feel like

[dark oar]

hopefully not ;-;

[upbeat lotus]

Im fine with anything from the banner, maybe except dupes of 5/5 units i have

[crisp oracle]

ah yes and guess who? EA

be very lucky the master fair rate is an integer rather than a small decimal

[tardy fiber]

I just gonna accept it and don't hope for much

The rates will be abysmal for sure

[winged fossil]

even if its abysmal rates its still gonna be satisfying as always. even if the most likely outcome is just powerups like every year

[hard wave]

Its going to be like slightly lower than 3.5% im guessing, 67 PFs and 137 5 stars total

[tardy fiber]

They could lower PF rates and 5* general pool have higher rates just like 3k gems for guaranteed 5* with a chance of getting seasonal pair like before this

[tardy fiber]

Yep i will just accept in my heart that it will be powerups

[hard wave]

3.5% total since the rates should be the same despite PF or spotlight

[tardy fiber]

The rates are already in the datamine?

[hard wave]

No but they dont get boosted rates I think

So it should be the same as spotlights

[tardy fiber]

I will wait till we know the rates, wont get my hopes up

[hard wave]

Assuming its 7% like every other time we had ny or pre anni tickets it’d be slightly higher than 0.05% per 5*

[tardy fiber]

I guess we will know in 2 resets

But im more excited for Riley

Fighting pair that knows steel move will be nice for fighting hs

[hard wave]

but who would it even be useful against? Hala?

[tough oriole]

Any fighting or steel weak stage when sprint is boosted

[hard wave]

For BR, but for fighting HSE idk

There’s like terrakion crabominable and iron valiant for fighting types weak to steel I think, so unless there’s a steel weak hala steel moves may not be so useful there

[tardy fiber]

Well not like enemies in fighting HS is weak to fighting anyway so it having steel weakness is much more possible

So fighting units that have multi type attack moves are good for it

Just like variety gio rhydon that has surf

[hard wave]

Yeah but what pokemon are fighting type and weak to steel?

[tardy fiber]

Crabominable

[upbeat lotus]

Vantner forgot about Iron Valiant and Terrakion, fake legendary fan smh

[tardy fiber]

Wait they are fighting?

And weak to steel?

[crisp grotto]

Iron Valiant is fairy/fighting

[prime quarry]

Terrakion is Rock/Fighting

So yes to both

[upbeat lotus]

Vantner....

[tardy fiber]

Oh but they're not yet release so tough chance to be fighting HS

And need a gym leader to use them

And i dont think any galar leaders or elite four using them

Oops paldea

[upbeat lotus]

[tardy fiber]

Oh kofu uses crabominable

[upbeat lotus]

Eri is not a gym leader nor elite four tho, same to Dendra

[oak crest]

8 pities, will be my highest for awhile as breaking zen soon on top of half anni is almost here

[rare swan]

nice!!!

[lunar thistle]

Actually I just realised

Each month you get 20k gems which means in 12 months you can easily get 240k

Saving seems less intimidating when you think about it that way

[dark oar]

nodsnods

[tardy fiber]

True

Thats why i still think poma is kind

Like although like there's kinda 4 units monthly, of course the gems they gave wont be enough if you try to get everyone

But you can get by with that much of yearly gems

If you stick to a realistic fave list

[oak crest]

If you have no faves and only go for meta, it is sustainable if u are very fussy with the kits

Altho I do have things that I detest and will skip even if the kit they offer is awesome

[winged fossil]

if i ever feel temptation metawise for any reason, my go-to backout is "in the 'optimal' team for this unit, would it even help my fav vs other stuff?"

like with Penny, i recognized that shes not a third for PSerena, cause no speed buffs, meaning 3 turns clicking her tm and 1 on paralysis

while my egg sylveon just sitting there waiting for when pserena ready to do damage

rather use a support that covers her offenses and the speed mult rather than go for penny as a result

[oak crest]

I skipped penny back then cos I have 0 fairy units that will benefit from her(og valerie does not exist)

[winged fossil]

didnt bp valerie already exist?

then again shes physical

[oak crest]

BP Valarie kinda wants a phy buffer isn't it

[winged fossil]

yeah

[oak crest]

She buffs on the sp side

[winged fossil]

just was thinkin cause of the rebuff

i guess theres sycamore, but if youre using syca youre prob syncing with him

[oak crest]

Sycamore is locked with Adaman and sslyra for my cs team

The delete any stage team

[winged fossil]

i mean og sycamore

the deer

[oak crest]

Yea

The og

I don't have holiday version

[winged fossil]

gotta admit did not expect that with those two

[oak crest]

He's the unkillable tank there

[winged fossil]

id rather just go a defensive potion unit than have sycamore there personally

like swim misty

[oak crest]

Oh

For me the opponents pretty much don't have any opportunity to really attack most of the time due to sslyra being there after she is fully buffed

[winged fossil]

in that case you can just use a unit that can buff sslyra faster

[compact pasture]

Use Tapu Bulu?

[winged fossil]

and not really care about if tank dies

[oak crest]

Don't have acerola

[winged fossil]

idk what her needs are but id bet Hilbert or something would work fine

[oak crest]

Kinda use sycamore since his sync buffs speed also

[winged fossil]

then yeah Hilbert

so you can sync with one of the damage nukes instead if youre going to sync

those should be clearing quickly anyway

[turbid sapphire]

close to 3 pities!

[chrome nest]

I have just returned and I did some of the events, how many should I save by anni?

[dark oar]

assuming you're aiming for 1 pity, likely up until Late March

If we get like 24k-ish gems then.

you'll probably pity range mid to late march

[chrome nest]

Aight

[tardy fiber]

You just returned? If so you can get 2k from permanent villa

And do rally quick, if not, you can miss 300 gems

[upbeat lotus]

Permanent villa gives 3k for first time iirc. The mission gives 1k gems

[crisp grotto]

Correct

[upbeat lotus]

That still doesnt motivate me to clear villa

[chrome nest]

The screenshot includes rally

I’ve done all the missions before the perma villa

So I’m getting 2K