Resource Saving Support (Gem Zen)

[tardy fiber]

Goodluck ||holiday rerun pool is already too bloated so probably need to have a pity ready in case||

[tardy fiber]

Now that December datamine is out of the way: total faves of 2024 are 11
(2 seasonals, 2 pokefairs, 4 Master fairs, 3 free)

At this rate, 100 faves will probably be on 2026

[crude glacier]

Surprised they didn’t split the banner like with the eevee varieties

Ik they were new ones but last year the new ones debuted in a combined banner with the old pairs

[tardy fiber]

Not sure how long they will wait before doing that, its too bloated currently.

[crude glacier]

100%

It’s the oldest seasonal event

[glad falcon]

https://tenor.com/view/datamine-datamine-gifs-pokemon-masters-ex-pokemon-masters-lyra-gif-14603653598216838597

[vestal leaf]

In your dreams

[broken mulch]

Too sick to enjoy the datamine madness lol

||Damn the only unit I want is in the worst banner||

[crude glacier]

Holiday banner is pretty trashy yeah

They should’ve split

[oblique quest]

I missed out the past few years but I saved 60k for ||holiday rosa|| so I'm guaranteed to pity

I saved up candies too so I can 5/5

[dark oar]

she only needs 3/5 for maximum grid parameters.

[oblique quest]

I like maxing all of her units out

[trim heron]

Rosa Super Fan moment

[oblique quest]

I played on and off for a few years so I kept missing out on her holiday alt

but I played properly this year so I could actually get it this time

[livid rover]

Exactly

[tardy fiber]

Nice, thats pure dedication

Playing properly for a year to grab a unit that you already targeted for years is a commendable effort

[wide walrus]

Down to 8k because of Leafeon

[crude glacier]

Grabbing faves, the true essence of this game

Only justifiable gem spending

[wide walrus]

Guys should I go for ||Arc Leon || Or || NC Blue||

[trim heron]

I think ||NC Blue|| is more optimal in your circumstance

you did mention of only having 8K

[wide walrus]

Yea

[tardy fiber]

Yeap thats the more realistic option

[wide walrus]

I still have story and undone events

And legendary rena

Arena

from chapter 9-21 on hardmode

[tardy fiber]

Probably clear those first, and see how much the actual gem you can get before attempting to pull

[wide walrus]

Okay thanks

[tardy fiber]

Especially because ||leon need 45600 gems to pity iirc due to 500 pity points||

[wide walrus]

O

alright thanks

[late parcel]

https://www.reddit.com/r/PokemonMasters/comments/1h12sdl/gems_count_from_2510_datamine/

[crude glacier]

Under 27k?

Really?

I expected 30k

Well I hope January is slightly better, like it usually is

[dark oar]

hmm i feel like there'll be more gems on 27 onwards, but, its pretty nice.

[fiery pollen]

Oh sweet I'll be back to 200k+ by the end of the month

[tardy fiber]

Quite nice

Although -300 for ebe, and i need to prepare to lose gems in case arc leon fight will be hard

[vestal leaf]

Close enough

[tardy fiber]

Im a bit happy because its more than 24k gems ... November only has 22300 gems

[nimble vapor]

Fr? How much

[tardy fiber]

26750 here

[nimble vapor]

Ohhhh, ty!

[vestal leaf]

50k between 2 months

Not terrible

[tardy fiber]

Yeap, as long as the average is more than 24k, i can cope. Because 24k is like 2/3 pity. If DeNa only give 1/2 pity amount then thats harsh

[vestal leaf]

Good times

2021

Scouting 2 seasonals, 1 MF and 2 pokefairs in Anni 1.5 with 40k gems in 2 months...

shivers

[maiden kayak]

nani? so high

[vale scarab]

27k gems not bad

[tough topaz]

W

300 is in the ultimate battle tho

[vernal glade]

Not bad

[vale scarab]

It's fine

26.5k still good

[cinder cave]

Is ||nc leaf|| better than ||AS Leon||?? I really want ||Leon|| cuz i got no fire but like idk if hes really good

[crude glacier]

This isn’t the place to ask this, but to answer your question: she has more utility and he has more damage

||but overall I’d say she’s better||

[cinder cave]

It kinda fits for me cuz i was wondering if i should just straight up not pull

[cobalt frost]

||and depending on your gem situation rn you'd actually be able to guarantee pity her unlike leon||

[cinder cave]

Saving gemm

[crude glacier]

This^^

[tough topaz]

Wait lol I can’t pity him even if I wanted to

[crude glacier]

It’s always the safest option

[tough topaz]

Who decided he’d be for 2 weeks right after the datamine

[crude glacier]

Considering how many great units we have this month, it’s better to choose them carefully

[cobalt frost]

||yeah im skipping arc leon as im kinda set on fire types||

[crude glacier]

Remember: if your heart is wavering, save your gems

[crude glacier]

spoiler

[dark oar]

dont thjink i can clear the UB for that 300 gems, but everything else is fair game .-./

[tough topaz]

It’s dragon weak right?

[dark oar]

i'm looking at 44k gems before Dec 28th

[crude glacier]

What I’ve been doing recently is beating past ubs that I can now beat after better units releasing to compensate for the current month’s

dunno if u didn’t already beat em before though

[crude glacier]

Since like July

Or august idk

[dark oar]

I've beaten them all

[cobalt frost]

im currently at about 60k gems, and im hoping to come out of this month with a similar amount

[crude glacier]

Woah

Gl

This month is a tough one

[cobalt frost]

||theres 1 unit i have to get because its a fave, holiday lillie, but i should be able to skip everything else||

i have a ton of sync pair stories i need to do so thats probably an extra 500 or so gems

[pure arrow]

So are Hoenn NCs just never going to come? Really?

[crude glacier]

I think the time of NC is long gone

Similarly to how they won’t bring the (anni 20XX) unless it’s for some free unit or something

[pure arrow]

Sigh.
Of course.

My motivation to save right now is actually down the drain

Because what are the odds we’ll get another Hoenn Arc Suit?

or more than 1 Hoenn seasonal in a given month?

I already ||pulled for Irida and am now below pity again||

[crude glacier]

Just noticed how shitty 1% odds actually are

[crude glacier]

After this happened with me

[crude glacier]

I scouted on 11 mf (12 actually but the first was reroll so I’m not counting), spending a grand total of 284400 gems on all of them
On average, that’d be 25855 gems spent per unit.
Since it’s 1% per mf, that means the expectancy is 100 pulls per unit (on average). Meaning that it’d take about 9 multis, or 27000 per unit.
This means that I actually am UNDER odds and am being lucky (?) with my mf streak up until now, even though I feel absolutely shafted

Keep in mind this is because I don’t take into account that pity ≠ rolling for the unit (it’s a guarantee, which is different)

[vestal leaf]

93% to hit pity

Just remember

[crude glacier]

Is it?

[vestal leaf]

Yeah

[crude glacier]

I thought it was less

[vestal leaf]

Vs 73% for 2% banners

[crude glacier]

No shot

Ok I’m verifying those

[vestal leaf]

Breh

[crude glacier]

That 2nd one seems crazy

[vestal leaf]

My guy

That's just how it is

[crude glacier]

ugh im bouta do such an "erm actually" moment

[vestal leaf]

Oh wait I confused the numbers around

It's 93 & 73 to get prepity

My b

[crude glacier]

ahhh

so 73% chance to get the unit prepity for 1% banner

[vestal leaf]

93% on 2%
73% on 1%

[crude glacier]

and 93% chance to get 2% prepity

now that makes sense

[vestal leaf]

Ye

[crude glacier]

yeah

[vestal leaf]

My bad lil

[crude glacier]

nw

[vestal leaf]

Lol

[crude glacier]

since I was at it

you wanna know the odds

of hitting pity

on either?

[vestal leaf]

It's just the rest no

So 6.66% and 26.66%

I'd think

[crude glacier]

oh yeah

[vestal leaf]

So 1/15 and 1/4~

[crude glacier]

you're right

6.67% for 2%

[glad falcon]

||And the candy option is better too! ||

[vestal leaf]

Well to be fair regarding this

||Leon is better 1/5 I feel||

[crude glacier]

and the animation is different / unique

[vestal leaf]

So if you plan to not invest candies ||he's better||

I feel

[crude glacier]

||I feel like his 3/5 grid is only slightly better than nc cheren's? like it doesnt have that much utility||

||really, pulling him is for galar / leon stans and meta chasers||

[cinder cave]

Im ||leon|| fan :(

Sucks

[vestal leaf]

Same

[crude glacier]

you guys exist?

[vestal leaf]

||but I'm keeping all his other ALTs instead|| because 3/4 arcs are scams

[cinder cave]

I have ||his dragapult and eternatus but eternatus is pretty mid imo||

[vestal leaf]

Cynthia is the only real "suit"

[vestal leaf]

Duh

He's an extremely fun character with a really good background

And some very interesting shading in narrative

[crude glacier]

I find him rather bland

probably bc I didnt play the games

[vestal leaf]

He's surely less bland than gen 1-7 champions to me

[cinder cave]

I prefer him over most champions personality wise

He also kinda 😳

Especially on ||eternatus costume, shame hes like useless at least on 1/5||

[vestal leaf]

Blue is just "annoying rival" until retcon
Lance is just a generic placeholder
Steven has literally negative depth
Cynthia's depth is "I like archeology and watching plot unfold without doing shit"
Alder is probably the saving grace of champions until then but gets relegated to post game
Iris is fun as hell as both a fight and as a design but we never get much out of her
Diantha is... Cynthia but worse (I like acting and watching the plot unfold without doing anything)
Hau is 💀
Kukui is fun too but as a final flat it's really weak as hell

[crude glacier]

hows geeta

[vestal leaf]

Geeta is actually really interesting to me

I think she's extremely misunderstood as a character

[cinder cave]

Shes utterly uncapable of holding back (how bad her og team is )

[crude glacier]

I really like geeta

despite most people saying shes weak

her team goes crazy in rematch

[cinder cave]

Yeah her og team was just... not it

Sucks you cant replay e4 either

[crude glacier]

makes sense tbf

whatre you gonna do? become champion again?

[cinder cave]

I mean other games allowed you to

It doesnt make much sense but like they can find a way

[vestal leaf]

People relegate her role as the one of the "regular champion" you should not beat unless MC while her role is more of a final test you're meant to beat if you're mature/studied enough, and she built up her "I can't hold back" façade because of Nemona destroying her the previous year without even going serious on her "final test" team, so to avoid that happening again she basically lies to you so you don't hold back yourself

This is just a mixture of cope, canon background info and the way her and nemona interact

But then again, that's also why you can't refight E4 & Geeta, because you're already promoted past that test

It's not a challenge you're meant to go through multiple times

[cinder cave]

What about past e4s besides alola and galar

Yeah alola and galar make sense to replay e4 because its defending your title or funny pwt like tournament but what about other games

[vestal leaf]

It's just a matter of RPG mechanics or replayability and post game scaling mechanics for gen 1-2-3-4 imo

And in general a way to make you think they went and trained/improved themselves after losing to you

[crude glacier]

I think in those gems you arent really defending your title

you kinda accept the champions are staying there since you're too busy with something else

[vestal leaf]

I always felt like the e4-champion rechallenge is just the game saying "your title is just saved as backup because you're too young to be a champion or E4" and are basically put in a list to become the next elite trainer to end up in the league once you're mature enough

It's also why I really don't like alola

The champion defending his title being a 10yo is kinda cringe

[cinder cave]

Tbf pokemon games just make no sense most of the times so replaying e4 for the funsies shouldnt be too much problem

[vestal leaf]

Yeah, I think paldea has that reason to not let you

Because I really doubt it's a lazyness thing

As it wouldn't really be hard for them to just up levels and keep same moves if they wanted to

[elder topaz]

we got the gem count?

[vestal leaf]

Yea

26750

[finite shuttle]

Do we have the daily gem breakdown?

[elder topaz]

not bad

that brings me to exactly a pity

[vestal leaf]

I'm gonna be around 260k free gems and basically nothing to use them on

Can't wait for when they'll drown me in reruns I want + 3 faves getting arc suits

And I'll get shafted on each and every one of those

[elder topaz]

i really want ||nc red and blue|| so the gem count will at least guarantee me one of them

[vestal leaf]

Hopefully you get lucky

January is usually around 30k so you might get both as long as one doesn't get to need pity

[elder topaz]

awesome, hopefully i get lucky then

i’ll probably just save all my gems until the day before the banner leaves

||ngl holiday bugsy is cute too so it’s a little tempting for me but he definitely won’t be sticking around long enough||

[elder merlin]

on top of being a resource saving support does this also include money saving support

cause my ass be impulse buying gems to gamble quite often

[onyx tinsel]

How do we feel about the gem count for dec

Mid but not unexpected?

[elder topaz]

it’s alright

enough to bring me to a pity so i’m not mad about it

[trim heron]

It's to be expected

But workable in my circumstances

[crude glacier]

Yes

It’s gem zen

just remember the game went eos in Vietnam

your country is next

all the money you spent will be for naught

[elder merlin]

shid

i really need to tone down

specially cause it’s gambling game

but the addiction is too STRONG

[topaz compass]

I notice Bugsy ends like a day before end of month. Could he potentially appear in NY paid select in such a short turnaround?

[trim heron]

I think he could

[white heart]

Do we know a gem count?

[trim heron]

I do recall the Fall 2023 pairs being available when Mix was new

Yep

[white heart]

And coin count

[onyx tinsel]

It's 27k, better than last dec

[trim heron]

Coin count is not listed so far

But there’s 20 omni candy coins from one event

[vestal leaf]

It's average for Dec iirc

2023 25k
2022 34k
2021 24k

[crude glacier]

34k?

[vestal leaf]

27k is definitely very much fine

[crude glacier]

In 2022 I think no?

[vestal leaf]

2022 was a game economy mess

[crude glacier]

Yeah but u put a wrong digit by mistake

[vestal leaf]

Yeah I missclicked twice

[crude glacier]

confused for a sec

I mean I’m cool with 27k

Wished for more, but it’s fine

[vestal leaf]

27k with 1 1% is very much fine

Compared to last year's 25k with 2

[crude glacier]

Exactly

[vestal leaf]

Hopefully next month doesn't give us another

[crude glacier]

Compared to anni

[vestal leaf]

[tough topaz]

Anni was crazy

[wide walrus]

What was the highest Gem count Ever in the game I am curious

[crude glacier]

Unfortunately I’m at less gems right now than I was after anni

[wide walrus]

in a month

[tough topaz]

I’d say fire whoever thought of 5th anni but they probably made a ton of money for the game

[crude glacier]

August this year

[wide walrus]

Lemme check

[crude glacier]

Oh they won’t fire a money genius like that one

[crude glacier]

Actually august 2022 was slightly higher

By like 1-2k gems I think

[vestal leaf]

47k I think

Lemme check

[wide walrus]

Ye it's right

I js checke

[vestal leaf]

Eh, not as much as they hoped imo

[crude glacier]

Still

It’s not THAT far off from last year

[vestal leaf]

Still far from a bad anni

Which is fine for me

As Anni 3-4 are much worse

In my opinion

[crude glacier]

This anni didn’t innovate that much

[vestal leaf]

3 had ash, the most bland kits, bait events and bad drip but insane gems
4 had decent event, awful character picks and insane powercreep with awful gems

Also 4 has rocket banner

Arguably the biggest flub ever by DeNa imo

[tough topaz]

Ash carried tbh

[vestal leaf]

Ash made me sick to my stomach

[tough topaz]

But he’s ash cmon

[vestal leaf]

His event was one of the worst in the history of poma

[tough topaz]

What was the event?

Never played around then

[vestal leaf]

Him beating everyone without rhyme or reason and ending with Red looking at him and smiling

Iirc

After they literally teased the two with a fight in PR

[tough topaz]

Red smiles?

[vestal leaf]

Yeah?

[tough topaz]

That’s worth 30k gems

[vestal leaf]

Often enough too

[tough topaz]

But nah that’s bad

[vestal leaf]

Journey Ash is worst ash too which made it extremely more annoying

[tough topaz]

Haven’t seen journeys and prob gonna keep it like that

Horizons looks good at least

[vestal leaf]

Yeah I really hope horizon gets a Collab aside this black rayquaza one eventually

[crude glacier]

Ash interacted with NO ONE from the main line games

I think other mcs look at him fight and comment for some time

But that’s it

Ash only interacted with Tina from the playable units iirc

[shell glade]

have we gotten the daily gem breakdown yet

[nimble vapor]

https://www.reddit.com/r/PokemonMasters/comments/1h12sdl/gems_count_from_2510_datamine/

[crude glacier]

https://tenor.com/view/datamine-datamine-gifs-pokemon-masters-ex-pokemon-masters-lyra-gif-14603653598216838597

[fallen path]

the overall gem count is already on the subreddit. unless you want the daily too. then you just gotta wait for that one i think

[vale scarab]

I mean 9 multis is not insane

[tough topaz]

9 multis is one month of gems

[drowsy birch]

With two of my arcs pulls over 9 pulls, yeah 1% sucks.

Although I've had worse pulls in 2% poke fairs...

Both 1-2% sucks

I have 33k right now. It's basically a luck warzone this upcoming month 😭

[tough topaz]

Depending on what you’re pulling for you got ~2 pairs

Can guarantee one pair this month and one of the Kanto units with January gems

[shell glade]

might as well skip leon i think

and get him in rerun

[drowsy birch]

I need kantrio more than that atrocious Leon sry Leon.

[shell glade]

Most people have a strong fire option already

[drowsy birch]

Yes... But I'm also a bit tempted just because of the arc title

I only have 1/5 ss red for fire dmger

[shell glade]

anyone remember the debates about whether ssred or OG leon is better

[tough topaz]

Arc title is cool

However

[drowsy birch]

But NC blue is like top no.1 I need then NC red if I CAN NC green

[tough topaz]

||Nc leaf 👀||

[drowsy birch]

Oh yes.. 😅 forgot even name

[tough topaz]

What’s your gem count rn?

[drowsy birch]

33k I just said above

[shell glade]

im out atm

[drowsy birch]

Oh not me

[shell glade]

just gotta finish ||adamans|| pity

right before lodge arven shows up and makes my OCD act up

[tough topaz]

Real

He’s a pokefair tho right?

Could just pick him up in a paid select if you have the paid for it

[shell glade]

eventually

at least arven is good enough for LG at 1/5

[tardy fiber]

I also ||kinda want him just for Nacli|| even if there's PF select later, i still need to grab Kabu and Volo from it

[cinder cave]

I want arven but im not really a big fan of mabostiff or its moveset (yeah i knew he would most definitely have it but like sucks you cant get lodge without main)

So cant really get arven lodge even if he gets a ss 😔

[tardy fiber]

Yep, it's sad. ||I make this decision because his role overlap with Kabu, so in case pokefair role select happens. I can only select one of em, so better i just grab Arven now||

Also close to 27k gems next month means, i will still be in a comfortable spot

[shell glade]

no selects for christmas

maybe ny

[tardy fiber]

Gonna try to get Volo and Kabu from that select

Others i want are varieties, Proton, Petrel and Ball Guy

Lodge ||adaman and irida are lost case for now, pull them just for lodge are pretty steep especially because they are MF||

[tough topaz]

Wait no selects for Christmas??

[shell glade]

just need another 3k to hit pity

[shell glade]

nothing. nada. only 3k gems

[tough topaz]

Hope they show up for new years

They’ve been consistent around late December right?

[shell glade]

right on the ny

theres always a select

unless dena decides to flip the bird at us ofc

[tardy fiber]

Although ny select mostly costs 5k each

[tough topaz]

They’ll prob show up

[shell glade]

they used to be 3k

[tough topaz]

5k is standard tho right?

Oh

[tardy fiber]

3k selects are usually for half anni and anni. Iirc ny always 5k

Although they give 30 units or 20 units select

Still, can be all 3*

[tough topaz]

Still worth it tho

5k is what I’m paying to hopefully pull someone from dailies

[tardy fiber]

Wow, well if its on mix scout. Its good i guess

Im not an avid believer of pulling singles outside mix scout or filling the 396/400 pity points

[shell glade]

30k paid for a mix pity tho

[tardy fiber]

Yep but at least your progression are not lost because it get carried over

Like i currently stop pulling mix because i want to save the pity in case a mix fave appear

[tough topaz]

Wait what’s normal then?

Oh mix scout nvm

I was pulling on pokefairs for a while (regret it) and it’s 50 dailies/5k to hit odds for those

Switched to mix + multi banners still no hits tho 😭😭😭

[tardy fiber]

I learnt my lesson during annilillie, n, steven, ssleon batch. Spend 400 paid gems a day for almost the whole bannet duration and i got 0 featured pairs

Since then, i stop believing on singles

[tough topaz]

Ouch

[tough oriole]

The only 3k gem PF selects we had iirc are the ones that only had 3 options

Which were very inconsistent with having who you want

[inner zephyr]

guys do we have gem count this month?

[tough topaz]

~26k

[tough oriole]

Yeah, about 26.5k

[inner zephyr]

yey thank you guys

[sweet tide]

OVERALL TALLY FOR V2.51 (29 November - 31 December)
Gems = 26750
Strike Candy Coin = 9
Tech Candy Coin = 15
Support Candy Coin = 9
Sprint Candy Coin = 6
Field Candy Coin = 6
Move Candy Coin = 24
Strike Roll Cake Coin = 8
Tech Roll Cake Coin = 7
Support Roll Cake Coin = 7
Sprint Roll Cake Coin = 8
Field Roll Cake Coin = 8
5⭐ Power-up = 17
BP = +3060 (tally is at 4140, R13)

General Scout Tickets = 59
Kanto Tickets = 5
Johto Tickets = 5
Hoenn Tickets = 5
Sinnoh Tickets = 5
Unova Tickets = 1
Kalos Tickets = 2
Alola Tickets = 5
Galar Tickets = 25

Gem Count from 29 November 2024 - 31 December 2024
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/893411915638923264/1311535838072672326/V2510_Dec24_GC.jpg?ex=6749366e&is=6747e4ee&hm=a42eb6878a8e6769762928c0d7cd7349d8ed816ea808a0eddf6bdd3d9ea30ca5&

Daily Gem Count Breakdown from 29 November 2024 - 31 December 2024
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/893411915638923264/1311535922747019264/V2510_Dec24_DGCB.jpg?ex=67493683&is=6747e503&hm=6007365f8ab831dc0bad342c46d7a75847195b49196121b06604ec7798ea46ab&

Daily Gem Count & Gems Left Till 31 December 2024
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/893411915638923264/1311535991114174536/V2510_Dec24_DGC.png?ex=67493693&is=6747e513&hm=bccf0c15570f502c388b39a2e87a5a9f83a7bf3ff48abe41c497431c5cf28786&

@crisp grotto

[tough oriole]

[tough topaz]

Wow we get a lot of stuff on the 25th

Wonder if there’s something special that day

[sweet tide]

3k presents

• nc kanto event and ebe

[tardy fiber]

Kinda weird, i feel like there's more event on November compared to December but the latter have more gems . I should save stamina this reset as new event start in 2 resets

Oh 3k gems presents

[tough topaz]

If you think I’m spending Christmas Day grinding the nc Kanto event

I can just log in and get the 3k right? Nothing else is time sensitive?

[inner zephyr]

that means we will have 29k for the month of december?

[sweet tide]

No presents is alr included in the count

Its been datamined

[sweet tide]

stamina log in bonus

[tardy fiber]

I need to prepare to lose 600 gems, 300 from UB and 300 from arc leon final fight . Well there's still 26150 gems

[tough topaz]

That too ofc

The final fight should be way more doable than the ub

[sweet tide]

Isnt leon's final fight rock weak

[tardy fiber]

Really? Its not geared towards arc leon? I might have a chance then

[sweet tide]

Nope

U are supposed to take down leon

He will be using his arc zard

[inner zephyr]

i have 12k gems right now + the 26k . i only need 7k gems to complete 45k for sure puty on AC Leon

[sweet tide]

Are u aware that arc leon's banner runtime is only for 2.5 wks? He leaves 17 Dec

[inner zephyr]

yes bro thats why im thinking to buy some gems 😭

for sure pity i dont want to gamble for arc suit

im done doing single multi just for luck

[sweet tide]

U cant count the full 26k in tho

Since he leaves half way

[inner zephyr]

omg my bad

[sweet tide]

Which reminds me i should put the gem count till 17 Dec

Brb

[inner zephyr]

yes ur right his banner ends on december 17

that means bye bye leon

[sweet tide]

Ok added

Its 14530

[tough topaz]

14.5k is tragic

I can pity him barely

or I can skip

[vernal glade]

I’m skipping. Need to continue saving for February.

[inner zephyr]

me 100% skip

[sweet tide]

Well a huge chunk of gems are given on 25th so i am inclined to think there is another MF/AF waiting in jan

[inner zephyr]

i dont want to gamble

[tough topaz]

I do

Gambling is fun

[vernal glade]

Christmas Day distracts me so hopefully I don’t forget to get my gems that day.

[tough topaz]

I just won’t gamble because I like my gem count

[sweet tide]

The present is not time sensitive anw

Unlike the stamina log in bonus

[tardy fiber]

Present gems and 20 yellow coins from rayquazza. December is pretty solid

Although i wont touch the yellow candies now that arc pair is a thing, might need it in case arc fave pairs appear

[cinder cave]

I wonder how hard will it be to get the 20 yellow coins

[tardy fiber]

38k hp

Weak to ice

Also its a co-op

[cinder cave]

Luckily i have ||Irida, NC Red and Sina||

[tough topaz]

I have friends who can carry me

Hope that works

[tardy fiber]

If its damage is too high, probably need a weather setter. It can remove weather if it sync, but at least you can remove clear power up and clear sync up it have

[tough topaz]

Surprised it doesn’t disable weather completely

[tardy fiber]

It got 1056 atk and 1056 spatk, not so sure how high the damage will be

[cinder cave]

||Nc red protect time ||

[sweet tide]

Year to date
2021 - 269,360
2022 - 379,290
2023 - 336,420
2024 - 314,520

Actually surprised its not that much of a difference from last yr (as compared to 2022 to 2023), granted the gem cuts started in the 2nd half of 2024

[cinder cave]

why was 2021 so low

[tardy fiber]

Dark ages

[fiery pollen]

Early game year syndrome

[shell glade]

huh it dropped so much

[vale scarab]

I mean 1% is heaven compared to the variety pulls

And seasonals

[vale scarab]

30k + a month in 2022 😋

[vestal leaf]

Yeah ive been saying this

1k monthly isn't a humongous loss

People been insanely overreacting

On 2024 gem counts

We're still getting 9+ pities per year which is a lot for 1% as worst odds and 4.5% as best odds

Personally I'll start worrying whenever we go under 300k yearly

[sweet tide]

Well...point is that its on a downward trend while the pities are on an upward trend 🤷‍♂️

Baring the assumption that arc fairs would be more common now, which would bring the 2024 total to 7 pities

But thats a 2025 problem since we only have 4 arc fairs this year

[vestal leaf]

I also can't sympathise with pulling all new 1%s as it's a meta puller world which this game absolutely doesn't ask you to indulge in

The overall unit pressure has gone down if anything

As now seasonals are really good, pokefairs keep getting stronger and MFs keep getting reran

So I really can't see a reason to chase the meta arcs or MFs especially

[sweet tide]

There are players who only pull the MF/AFs tho

Thats their version of chasers/favs i guess

[vestal leaf]

And there are players who pull most seasonals, which there are 10 yearly of

[sweet tide]

But either way, the downward trend of gems + increase in banners is something that i guess is more obvious this year

At least to me

[vestal leaf]

Plus I kinda also wanna address the quality of freebies since 2023 also really increasing

[sweet tide]

Well they have to make up for things they cut out dont they

[vestal leaf]

Idk, I personally had a much harder time in 2023

Like, this year I skipped 1 pair I liked, while last year I had to skip 3, and this year I gained 90k gems while last year I lost 60-70k minimum through the year

Ofc this is personal

[sweet tide]

Im probably the opposite of u. I pitied every single banner this year so im very jaded lol

[vestal leaf]

But I feel like with them pushing out arcs as their "popular character bait" and doing much more niche characters as pf and such there's been much much less pressure into pulling at all

[vestal leaf]

Oof

I pray next year goes better

[sweet tide]

Been pitying every single banner since 2022 actually

So the gem cuts feel even more painful for me

I dont even pull that much anymore because of that lol

[vestal leaf]

Yikes

You can see why 2023 was definitely annoying to me

While I got pretty lucky with dailies

Every character I would spend multis on

(or rather, the overwhelming majority of them) was 30+k

[sweet tide]

Mine is just every MF/AF from NC Serena onwards, goes to pity 😂

Hence i cant even consider any other units cos i have to hibernate for 3 mths to go to pity AGAIN

[vestal leaf]

Yeah I really can't put myself in your shoes, as the only arc I felt was worth was Cynthia because her outfit actually changes

[sweet tide]

Which is like how many units a year probably 10-12?

So all my gems just goes back into pities

But i've come to terms with it so its kinda 🤷‍♂️

[dark oar]

i've gone 4 pities for all of 2024.

6 pities in 2023

[sweet tide]

Yeah bc i usually have to go to pity so in my mind im just like i'll just pull the MF/AF instead of the fairs since i can select scout the fairs if they end up in the select banner

[vestal leaf]

Oof, i can definitely feel the difference between 2 and 1% tbh

In most cases

[sweet tide]

I've done 10 pities in 2023 + 9 pities in 2024 lmao
would probably have been 10 in 2024 if i had gems to scout ss nemona

But it will be 10 pities in 2024 tmr so lmao

[vestal leaf]

But when you gotta 66k for two 1/5 on 2% it definitely feels awful

[sweet tide]

Cant even rmb when was the last time i pulled on a 2% banner ssksksk

Using non paid gems at least

But its fine i thankfully dont care for the seasonals as much as i used to

[vestal leaf]

I don't scout a lot of them but the ones I do scout are usually more worth to me than most MFs

As the outfits are always amazing

[sweet tide]

Yeah there are some i wish i had the gems to scout ie fall iono

[sweet tide]

Oh

They changed the leon banner runtime

It goes till 7 Jan now

[crude glacier]

yeah it was a typo on the part of absol’s friend apparently

We’re good, even if you only have about 20k gems, people should be able to get him

Though I’d highly advise against unless he’s a fave

Also, not to get our hopes up but

[dark oar]

December Raids typically be huge in the gacha game market.

hopefully its something nice to work for.

[trim heron]

I could see candy coins considering that's usually a reward for those

Also considering that the amount for Strike/Support Candy Coins is surprisingly low despite the event count

[sweet tide]

Dont think it was a typo since the trailer also had 17 dec on it

[sweet tide]

Its rayquaza plushies

[fiery pollen]

sounds like a last minute decision

[crude glacier]

|| https://x.com/absolutelypm/status/1861793560355623155||

But you’re right

The trailer also says till 17/12

Go figure

[calm thunder]

https://x.com/pokemas_game/status/1862061283287466429 the scout is actually supposed to go until jan 7th???

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[broken mulch]

Yeah

[final axle]

What does it say

[timber wren]

“we goofed, the banner doesn’t end until 7 jan”

[gloomy canopy]

@wind nymph you can pity him

[cinder cave]

Inb4 it was all a test to see how we react/j

Apologems tho (for scaring people)

[wicked wharf]

Are the arcfair paid gem discounts gonna be available again when leon drops?

[trim heron]

Not the OP ones though

Just the regular MF one (that also appeared during the anni)

[tardy fiber]

I wonder if the offer will be good, i always make orb bundle as my bench mark before i grab gem offers

[trim heron]

There seems to be another MF gem deal for Christmas though

The one that has three 300 gems for $1 deal

[tough topaz]

That’s so bad tho

Spend that money on an orb bundle and get 2k on top of that over the month

[cinder cave]

Monthly bundle deals are so good like what

Well not monthly, they last 20 days

And i mean yeah you have to wait to get the whole deal but
3000 gems and like 7000 gems over 20 days...

[vestal leaf]

3k bundle is the best paid deal aside the yearly 1k for 1 buck

[cinder cave]

Honestly imo the candy and 3000 + 200 daily is very cool too now that ||arc suits|| are a thing that are insane at higher prom levels but yeah 3k bundle is peak

[tough topaz]

My problem with that bundle is that it’s $25

You get your moneys worth but like

That’s over $30 a month

[vestal leaf]

Wayyyyy too expensive

You're getting 1/3 of the value per cent of the 3k bundle

[cinder cave]

Wait really? Well tbh almost every pack is like expensive so i thought it was a good deal especially considering the candy... maybe its just the pricing cuz my money is in pesos

[cinder cave]

Sorry for asking but like what are the best packs? (Not counting the story mode and CS ones or daily x20)

[tardy fiber]

Welcome ash bundle, it got same value as 20 day orb bundle

[tardy fiber]

Oh wait after checking my spending, i also bought the first two cheapest arc fair anni gem deals. It got good value back then

[wide walrus]

Guys I wanna ask I don't have Any Fire DPS and I dont have another good support besides ||Arc Steven|| Should I get ||NC blue|| or ||Arc Leon||
13k saved

[tardy fiber]

If the date correction is true and with that gem balance ||you can pity nc blue|| not sure about ||arc leon|| as the new date will be till 7th jan iirc. And that last few days of his banner gem count are still unknown

[wide walrus]

Okay thanks

[crude glacier]

I’d recommend you not going for ||arc Leon||

@wide walrus

[wide walrus]

Okay thanks

And thanks for pinging me 😭

[crude glacier]

nw

[crude glacier]

If you want to know the reasons why feel free to ping me

[tardy fiber]

Its not a problem if ||arc banner pity costs the same with regular banner but dena made it 45600||

[cinder cave]

Yeah anni deal was great

[wide walrus]

Ye I know it because the Pity is ||9k more||

[wide walrus]

Ye I understand

Is his kit even that good?

[crude glacier]

• the other 3 units last until the end of January (more time to save gems), of which ||nc leaf|| is there, which costs less gems and has more utility than just pure damage

[crude glacier]

No utility, just damage, that’s why I don’t recommend

[wide walrus]

Okay I will save then

[wide walrus]

I am sorry but what does utility mean?

Like buffs

And debuffs?

[crude glacier]

It’s everything other than damage

And tanking

[wide walrus]

Oh alright thanks

[crude glacier]

So everything not numbers related

[wide walrus]

I ma js save up

[wide walrus]

thank you

[tardy fiber]

The one thats sad is ||his playstyle looks the same with base leon, i expect for a blessed reskin to actually have more utility||

[wide walrus]

I have || Base Leon || on my main

[warm egret]

What should I save my gems for as a brand new player? I did a 11x pull on a trainer thing and got a 5* blue so I think I should be okay for a lot of early game content?

I have 1100 gems right now

[nimble vapor]

The free 5* Pidgeot blue? Everyone gets that lol but i suggest saving for the || NC Kanto Trio (NC Red, Blue, Leaf)||

[tardy fiber]

Yes, also get his lodge pair too. Blue exeggutor is very good

[warm egret]

This one #gacha-and-flex message

[crude glacier]

Oh, then I’d recommend not pulling on the banner anymore

It’s a scam

[warm egret]

Oh

[crude glacier]

Unless you’re referring to the victory road one

Then you made the right choice to select blue out of the three

[warm egret]

I just went to shop and pulled

on the top banner

[elder topaz]

you do get one of the kantrio sygna suits for free from victory road so uh

bad idea

[warm egret]

I don’t have victory road unlocked

[crude glacier]

Then yeah it’s a scam banner

It uses fomo

To scam you

It’s a scam

Scam scam

[warm egret]

Rip

[crude glacier]

Save your gems

[warm egret]

what else should I be using them on then

[cinder cave]

saving

[crude glacier]

since you’re starting, get your favorites

You kind want to have an ok roster so you can do some content

[elder topaz]

you’re in a channel where we talk about saving gems so yeah, most likely we’re gonna recommend you to save

there are some op pairs coming out next month

[crude glacier]

we talk about saving and going for faves*

[warm egret]

is a pair just a trainer

[crude glacier]

Yes

[elder topaz]

that too

[warm egret]

ok

Yeah I’ll just save

[cinder cave]

peak units overall coming next month, it would be great if you got them 👍

[warm egret]

holdon imma move to the questions channel

[crude glacier]

Whatever looks the coolest to you, get it since you’re just beginning

[warm egret]

Where is that

[crude glacier]

Worse case scenario you reset

[crude glacier]

#poma-questions

[elder topaz]

any unit should help you through the main story easily

[oblique quest]

do you have a favourite character or pokemon?

[warm egret]

Rayquaza but apparently he’s kinda buns

[oblique quest]

I think the game is the most fun when you use your favourites even if they're not the strongest

[cinder cave]

Rayquaza is doodoo but you can get from free from legendary adventures (i think thats the name...?)

[oblique quest]

yeah free zinnia unit

[cinder cave]

Zinnia rayquaza

[oblique quest]

so you can at least get your favourite pokemon for free

[cinder cave]

Make sure to pick up all the legendary adventure units you can, theyre not the best but its better than nothing

Especially xerneas

[oblique quest]

they're good when you're starting

[warm egret]

I’m just farming to unlock victory road rn

tho I’m starting to struggle a little

[oblique quest]

what are you struggling with?

[warm egret]

the level up event

Wait

I don’t even need to do it rn

[tardy fiber]

Just remember to use a support, i struggled during my early days because i use groudon, kyogre and solgaleo together in a team

[warm egret]

A support?

[tranquil elbow]

I can still pitying ||Hol. Lillie||, right?

[leaden nebula]

Need an opinion on whether I should try and pull adaman
My current grass team dmg dealer is a 5/5 ex SS Erika with MF Lyra, with like a 1-2/5 with ex would Adaman be overall stronger than that?

[feral vale]

Please note that this channel is not about asking who to pull. You can ask for that sort of help in #poma-questions

[vale scarab]

well he lasts till jan 7th now so the december 16th gem count is irrelevant

oh yea 😅

i forgot

[sweet tide]

Ok then just ignore it? Lol. But anw thanks for the ping. I removed the note

[vale scarab]

i was confused at first tho, :P

[vale scarab]

i cant tell if the thanks for the ping is sarcasm or not, im sorry

[sweet tide]

Its not sarcasm dw

[vale scarab]

ah alr

am i missing something, i swear i dont get these many 4* pu

[upbeat lotus]

because most of those events have not happened yet?

[vale scarab]

i mean like even last month

the count was 60+

and i dont even have like 50 4* pu

and i did like all the events

[nimble vapor]

Did you buy them from the event shop?

[vale scarab]

Yds

[tardy fiber]

Hurm, this arc leon gem deals are worse than arc cynthia, steven, lance gem deals

Maybe because those are anniversary probably

Well at least that's some money saved and focus on co-op orbs bundle

[sweet tide]

Did u exchange them for 5* power ups

Im just following the datamine so 🤷‍♂️

But the 4* power up counts are usually very standard.

• New main events - 1
• Solo events - could be 2 or 3
• Rerun events - usually 3 from exchange shop (subject to change), 10 from 4* event medal
• Battle points - usually 9 per month

U also get 20 from the monthly exchange shop by exchanging 100 3* power ups

[vale scarab]

no

[vale scarab]

wait i get power ups from event medals?

how

[tardy fiber]

If you got 4* medal again for rerun event, you get 10

[vale scarab]

oh i get it automatically?

how do i get the event medal for it?

the mission?

win the BC round 2?

with certain conditions?
yea thats just like not possible for me

do i also get 10 from getting 4* from the 10k points ones?

[vale scarab]

or is it just max 1 unit dying?

[upbeat lotus]

You get the medals by completing the missions that give them, simple as that. For the new event format you have to clear each milestone to receive one

About getting from the duplicated medals, you have to get the medals in the first run in order to receive the converted powerups (this applies to events under Rerun tab currently)

[vale scarab]

oh :(

so i cant get them

so that means i get like 30-40 less than what the datamine suggests if i havent done it before

[vale scarab]

so in this i only get 27 :(

[leaden nebula]

Oh sorry

Wait do you need a specific role to access that channel?
It just says no access for me

[trim heron]

no

[dark oar]

They dont seem to have the Trainer role o.o

[trim heron]

how?

[dark oar]

DM @flat schooner

it happens sometimes when you are a lurker for too long, and you try to chat i think.

[upbeat lotus]

It's just Discord bot messing up but yes do contact modmail to get the role back

[tough topaz]

I accidentally misclicked on ||elaine’s|| banner and spent 300 gems instead of my daily 😭

My finances will never recover

[crude glacier]

Oh no! 300 non paid gems, how could I possibly recover from that

[fiery pollen]

[strange trout]

You have to delete the whole account now

[vale scarab]

I think he might mean a 3000

[broken mulch]

12k going forward, should hit pity by new years and have enough for halfversary haha

[tough oriole]

Lesson learned from this is not to daily

[oblique quest]

the chance of getting a pair from dailies is quite low, isn't it? I don't see the appeal

[grim plover]

idk if i can ask this here but are the seasonal selects in the anniversaries only?

[tough oriole]

Seems like it #1142434215208702073 message
Tho this is def more of a #poma-questions question

[grim plover]

that was what i was looking for, thanks

[tough topaz]

Nah 300 lol

[tough topaz]

It’s on the ||penny/elaine|| banner. The odds of getting one is 3% and I like them both, figured it’s ok to take the risk

Especially since my supporter want list for the select scout around new years is very big

[tough oriole]

||If you’re the type of person who already buys most high value selects then I think dailies are fine, but they aren’t for everyone||

[tawny cedar]

26k this month huh..

So i can pity ||ncred|| next month for sure

Prob gonna ditch/postpone ||HBugsy|| to a select

[tough topaz]

||The holiday units|| this month look so cool

Kinda bummed that I can’t pull them

Or shouldn’t over ||kantrio|| at least

[narrow lodge]

does anyone have the day by day gem count ? can u plz share it

[tough oriole]

[narrow lodge]

thanks

[broken mulch]

||NC Red|| is coming on January?

[upbeat lotus]

yeah, that means you should spoiler tag the name

[broken mulch]

Where was this mentioned?

[upbeat lotus]

#1012256199128915968

[broken mulch]

Oh

Somehow missed that

Lol

[vale scarab]

no, its on christmas :p

[stray steeple]

How many gems until || Irida || leaves?

[dark oar]

About this much 16930~
Also please spoiler the name.

[tribal peak]

Should I skip on ||Irida|| and saving gems for ||NC Kantrio|| I have 8K right now ||spent for 4 multis for AS Leon||

[tribal peak]

Exclude Ultimate, Extreme Battle such as Challenge Deity, challenge ||kantrio|| how much it would be left

[tardy fiber]

Iirc if you cannot clear challenge deity mission, already lose 500 gems. Because mission to clear it without any pair 0 hp gives 300 gems, overall missions clear is another 200 gems. Oh wait, if you cannot even clear the stage, will lose another 100 gems so 600 gems total

[dark oar]

assuming you've already cleared all the other missions before this day.

if you haven't that gems can be higher.

[tardy fiber]

Our only EBE this month is kanto nc right?

Arc leon only got this deity thingy right?

[trim heron]

yep

[trim heron]

and yes

[tardy fiber]

Nice so i guess i can get all of the EBE gems for December kinda a bit traumatic because i cannot clear final subway ebe stage, nvm. I just lose a bit

[tawny cedar]

The more I play BW2,the worse my fave list gets

[tardy fiber]

Dont worry not many from this list are related to BW2

Also N is Natural Harmonia Gropius, Tropius is a pokemon

With a banana on its throat and can fly for some reason

Cannot wait for next reset. 2 more faves getting cake

[broken mulch]

There’s also the 300 gems locked behind the new UB this month

[vale scarab]

ooof will only get about 24.5k gems of the 26.7k gems

big rip

should still be able to get two pities by the time ||nc kantrio|| ends

ouch

i will be 6k off

if we get 22k next month

[vale scarab]

i should not have done the ||yolo multi on leon||

lets hope i dont need to pity

[vestal leaf]

It's a lesson

Never YOLO

Never fall in temptation

Unless you're ready to commit

[vale scarab]

tbf, in my past experiences with yoloing i got a giacomo :P

tbf that was my only yolo

[vestal leaf]

And?

Yoloing got you 1 character that won't help you much at all

[vale scarab]

it convinced my brain into thinking it was a good idea trust

[vale scarab]

it was my first multi in the game soo, it did

[vestal leaf]

Yeah, and now you risk missing out on an actually important character

[vale scarab]

mhm

oh well

[vestal leaf]

Also rerolling is an option

[vale scarab]

no point thinking about 1 month before it comes

[vale scarab]

now? nah

[vestal leaf]

I meant when you started

[vale scarab]

ah ok

[spring lodge]

started saving a few days ago : 5k gems

[narrow lodge]

how much gems do you have now

[vale scarab]

~20k

[oblique quest]

oh I see, I hope you can get one

[topaz compass]

I hope we get more MF/AF next month to spend gems on

Saving for EOS isn't fun

[tardy fiber]

Im coping for new year kartana

[topaz compass]

Those datamined pokemon mean nothing to me considering they didn't give alolan ninetales to Lillie

[tardy fiber]

Although i dont mind saving ||i just spent 2 pities|| now only have around 81k gems

Although there's still 24610 for me this month (already minus UB) so im probably quite fine for January

[crude glacier]

wtf is this take

istg you have the worst ones (no offense)

[tardy fiber]

Also coping for a good rayquazza rally, anything it gives probably not included in monthly calc because its tied to twitter

[topaz compass]

I collect the 1% units, why is that so bad?

[crude glacier]

I mean we don’t get enough gems per month

To scout a new 1% unit every month

So you might want breaks

that’s why it’s spaced out per 3 months

the player base would go crazy

[crude glacier]

Yeah same, was looking at that the other day and I’m hoping it’s actually gems

[topaz compass]

Well 1 per month vs 3 per 3 months is arguably better for the average player that cant stop impulse of pulling

[tardy fiber]

Well some people thought everyone have the same gem balance although people have different likes and pull different things

[crude glacier]

exactly

I mean if everyone always had 100K gems laying around then sure yeah 1% a month would be chill

[topaz compass]

By saving in past i do have 100k sitting around

[tardy fiber]

Nvm just try to be understandable to build a healthy atmosphere

[crude glacier]

Yeah we gotta be considerate of others, everyone always needs to have gems for their faves in case of urgency after all

That’s why I tell some people to have at least a pity sitting

In case of emergencies

and not to use it unless absolutely necessary

I think it’s a good tip worth sharing

[tardy fiber]

Probably increase the amount a bit especially some banner nowadays costs 45600, a normal pity aint so safe anymore

[crude glacier]

the ideal is always to have it higher

[topaz compass]

I got meta over faves which isn't a great mindset for many, that's why I pray for arc houndoom/karen since that is my favorite pokemon and a semi iconic pairing of trainer

[tardy fiber]

Its probably arc akari

With a lodge akari that month just to bait me to select her

Although i still will prioritise volo for field select as lodge volo already exist

[spring lodge]

6.7k gems yipepee

[tardy fiber]

Nice saving more than a multi is always a commendable feat.

Mainly because single is always easy to resist because you will get 1 less pull than a multi with the same amount of gems. But saving while having a multi or more is pure effort and dedication as the only thing stopping you from YOLO is your willpower

[nimble vapor]

2k saved up so far it’s not a lot but i calculated that I should have around 27k at the end of this month, luckily only that interests me is ||NC Blue banner & Chase banner || but || Chase is out of the question since he’s sharing the rates with two other Pokefairs I don’t really want || my current strategy if I ever get the urge to summon is to look at salt channel and see the reality of trying to YOLO. Wish me luck guys 🙏

[dark oar]

worst case scenario, we get Move Candy Coins of the 5 types (minus the yellow)
Best case scenario? We get full candies that's not Yellow. o_o

[tardy fiber]

The worst case is just champion spirits

[spring lodge]

real

[vale scarab]

I would like gems too :p

[vale scarab]

How many and which 3* and 4* candies do we get this month

[spring lodge]

8.600 gems, did all my sync pair stories

[feral vale]

I still have a ton on the backend myself

[narrow lodge]

26k saved should have around 46k until the end of this month and will be able to get both reamining before they are gone YIPEEEEE

[dark oar]

spoiler the names 😮

[narrow lodge]

?? i did not get what u want to say ??

[gloomy holly]

Do you even know the rules here?

[crude glacier]

chill out 1 week

@narrow lodge just know you cant mention the current banners

thats all

[gloomy holly]

More like you have to spoiler what you pull

[tough topaz]

Nobody reads the pins/rules so you’re all good, this happens a lot. In the future please spoiler the names to help keep others from being tempted.

[bleak falcon]

Yeah, spoiler-tagging pull talk is required in this channel

So if I wanna say ||I can use gems on the SC rerun without leaving myself unprepared for New Year banners|| here I spoiler-tag it

[narrow lodge]

Thank you everyone for letting me know . How to spoiler tag ??

[nimble vapor]

Using || at the start and end of ur words

II like this II

But with the bars instead of the uppercase I’s

[nimble vapor]

Yes

[bleak falcon]

||/Remove the slashes/||

Ok, that didn’t work

I forgot what the way to get the actual bars to show up instead of turning into spoiler-tags is

[cinder cave]

||test||

[broken mulch]

No Spaces

[vale scarab]

I believe it is hey

` at the start and end

Bruh

I forgot to turn off ping

Mb

[bleak falcon]

It happens

[carmine void]

Should I wait for rika next rerun? Im not really interested in more n dupes or anni may

[lunar topaz]

If you’re unsure I would lean that to a no answer

There’s always possibilities for more beneficial shares

[crude glacier]

Yeah I’d wait

This month is too packed with goodies

if you find yourself with a lot of spare gems in an empty month and badly want her, consider it then

but now it’s pretty meh

[carmine void]

ill just do one more yolo multi ngl and call it.

[lunar topaz]

I wouldn’t do that

[carmine void]

nope

ah well

i still have enough gems

just not meant to be

[crude glacier]

Don’t

you never get your stuff

if you yolo

[carmine void]

too late, consequences of my action

its only 9k gems wasted tho

[crude glacier]

why even bother

[carmine void]

i still have plenty

boredom

[crude glacier]

you did 3 yolos?

[carmine void]

yeah, got not even 1 focus banner

i still have plenty of gems tho

[crude glacier]

how many

[carmine void]

around 90k

[crude glacier]

yeah save up

[vestal leaf]

That's 11-12 days worth of gems

[crude glacier]

it’s barely 2 arc pities

[carmine void]

im not really interested in arc pairs

[vestal leaf]

Based

[crude glacier]

well it’s not 3 pities either

[carmine void]

either way no more yolos

3 strikes im out

[elder topaz]

16k gems rn

still 20k left to reach a pity

[carmine void]

Just pretend you need to save for a Lance summer alt

[elder topaz]

[crude glacier]

more like ny alt v2

[tough topaz]

Thinking about it: can I have enough for ||two of the nc trio|| before they leave and still be able to safely pull for ||elaine||?

I can’t have enough gems for all of them (don’t want to use paid on ||non-selects or dailies||) unless January is an insane month somehow

So it’s more a question of is it worth the risk

[trim heron]

There’s about 22K left this month and I’d personally expect about 23-25K more before ||NC Kantrio|| leaves

[vestal leaf]

The average luck will require you to spend around 55k on ||two 1%|| + 15/18k on ||the 1.5%||, which is in total pretty much what you'll get before end of banners

But if you get remotely unlucky you'll miss out on one of them and basically waste the equivalent spent without pity for nothing

So I'd just decide on a skip and stick to it

[broken mulch]

Why would you waste a yolo and not get it anyway

[summer goblet]

Little late but still like my progress as usual

[tough topaz]

Gotcha, that puts it in perspective. I’ll stick with ||dailies|| for now hoping for her, but I’ll skip if I don’t

||maybe I can get her on the paid select?||

[tardy fiber]

I just spent ||2 pities for 2 1%, my luck is kinda shitty ngl ||

Well at least, i can aim to get all lodge pairs now till they ||add Lodge Leon and Lodge Geeta, or worse, Lodge Ash||

[oak crest]

||Lodge Ash has a 0% chance of happening, the fact they wont even rerun Jessie/James after the movie debut proves it||

[vale scarab]

I got like 23k gems rn, so do I have hope to get 2 full pities before ||nc kantrio|| leaves?

21.5k*

[broken mulch]

Hmm

21,980 gems left this month…

Nah you won’t hit it sad to say

[trim heron]

I also would estimate about 23-25K before January 25th

[broken mulch]

Unless DeNa is being uncharacteristically generous on January AND also give most of it before 25

But yeah you’ll be shy a few thousand gems

[vale scarab]

Hmm :(

Maybe I can do story to get the rest

Really shouldnt have done that yolo on Leon

[crude glacier]

Usually we get quite a lot of gems on January

So it’s not impossible

[vale scarab]

How much did we get last Jan before 25th

[trim heron]

26.8K

but that including a 3K rally gift

[vale scarab]

Ah

Let's hope rayquaza rally isnt dog

[vale scarab]

Uh I just finished some incomplete events

Have 23k now

And hope

[vale scarab]

Btw espeon what drained ur gems

[tribal peak]

Wish Ray didn’t become Ultimate or Extreme battle

[fiery pollen]

It's co-op

[broken mulch]

It is? Huh

[trim heron]

yep

[vestal leaf]

Yeah it's coop

So it won't be hard

(it's more likely a teaser for the new coop revamp)

[crude glacier]

I wonder how effective the revamp will be

[broken mulch]

We have a revamp incoming?

[cinder cave]

I wonder if we can just ||nc red|| our way to rayray

[trim heron]

||He does have Piercing blows on B Ice Beam, but do note the Shiny Rayquaza has Antifreeze (and Wide Awake/Unflappable)||

[broken mulch]

No fun Rayray lol

[crude glacier]

pretty sure that rayquaza will be the easiest thing ever

so I wouldnt worry too much about it

hey if it isnt easy at least https://discord.com/channels/583120259708616715/651493901135380480 will be revived lmao

[tardy fiber]

Iirc it got 32k hp

[tough topaz]

Oh that’s free

[tardy fiber]

And if its damage is too much maybe can opt to add weather, to remove its clear weather passive

[vale scarab]

Where did we get this info, and can someone please tell me in detail

[tough oriole]

Just look on absol’s pastebin, you can see all battles there

https://pastebin.com/k0ePgdb6

Use a find command (like control f) to find the shiny rayquaza event

[vale scarab]

Oh it's on the pastebin already I didn't know

Even the battle challenge is coop what

[sturdy hatch]

Lots of events ending today

[tardy fiber]

Got my last minute eevee eggs

Although i already got all of em but not like the rest of the month got new egg event anyway

[spring lodge]

11k !!

[tough topaz]

I caved and ||went for Elaine. Got her (no penny) but it took 24k||. I’m down to 14k rn. Was kinda mad about my luck so I ||whaled on the 5k triple banner and got a single 2/5 dupe 😭||.

Hoping my luck turns around for a little bit over Christmas. I can still get ||Leaf|| for sure but will need decent luck for ||Blue||

TLDR yolos aren’t worth and mex is not a good influence /j

[trim heron]

that's actually kinda unlucky 😭

[elder topaz]

mex is a terrible influence, i agree

ouch

[tough topaz]

I don’t regret ||elaine|| cuz she’s a fav but yeah, ouch 😭

[crude glacier]

yeah you usually dont take advice from #poma-lounge , especially not from mex

lmao tough luck

[tough oriole]

PoMa lounge isn’t advice at all

If it helps you could mute the channel, I did that

[trim heron]

#poma-lounge is the best place if you want to get the worst advices

[feral vale]

I removed it from my list lol

[vestal leaf]

||Getting a dupe on the 5k fake selects is already a dub||

||So you definitely didn't get shafted||

[tardy fiber]

PoMa lounge is the place to chill while waiting for datamine

[elder topaz]

poma lounge is the place where no one wants to see you suffer more than your fellow poma lounge commuters

[vale scarab]

So u joined the dark side huh

[broken mulch]

One of the soon to end banners interests me but I have no pity so nah skipping

[sturdy hatch]

I hope I got them this time, haven’t sorted through yet

[tardy fiber]

You are chasing all shinies or just normal?

[sturdy hatch]

Well I’ll take shinies but only got 1 this event

[tardy fiber]

Better than my luck for paldea starter eggmons, got 9 shiny outcomes because all 3 pokemons + 3 roles got shiny but i got 0 till the event ended

[vale scarab]

I didn't even get normal

Tbf I was trying for three passives but sitll

Still

[oak crest]

got lucky this round, got all the shinies for the ones that I do not have, so I have the full set of shiny eevee eggmons

[spring lodge]

12k !

[dark oar]

24k o/

[vale scarab]

24k

I'm recovering slowly but surely

[broken mulch]

17k here

[compact hill]

162k, should have enough for nc kantrio, been resisting the urge all year long for this

[elder topaz]

your patience shall be rewarded in 17 days, poma player.

[tough oriole]

Might wanna just wait 5 days before pulling, who knows, maybe we’ll get Arc Suit Red next patch

We’ve never had a northern hemisphere winter holiday season with less than 2 Master Fairs or higher

[elder topaz]

18k gems rn