#Trainer Lodge
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😒
...man, I wanna see that tbh
Black and white remakes, hopefully
Today an interaction ended in max vibes, didn’t even knew that was possible
Max Vibes will protect your convo on the turn you enter it, and the turn after that, but not on the turn you exit it
It lasts two turns and protects you for two turns
Yes
aii ty
Free 5* poggers
does the interaction area matter in lodge?
like what do these gold and silver signs mean
those are the best areas for them to be in.
0-0
look here... for exampled elesa.
its her yess
look at the number on some of the topics.
any topic that has a number and map icon are exclusive to that area.
Nah, it doesn't really matter
Unless you want to get lodge pairs asap for some reason
i see
hot topic doesn't matter too much. all that matters is activating Max vibes
the first area in the elesa pic is the lodge right?
yes
Yeah, they're in order
they're in order.
Rikko 
New one for me
Strike coin 3 days ago and support coin today, thanks Elesa 
Finally cleared the hardest content in the game
Hehehe
real
i didn’t realize i hit the cap today 😭💀
Thank you Elesa
"I really wish I wasn't here right now" 
wtf 200
300 soon 🤤
I need to be told the absolute basics because I haven't touched it yet
Check the pins for detailed info
But the gist of it is you want to unlock all 6 slots of expedition asap and to do the interactions as well as possible
Once you have all six team slots (and remember, you have two teams that explore at the same time!), you wanna build for Lv10 Rare Chache and Lv8+ in one color.
Per team, that is
Don't forget to use Extracts. As expensive as Omni Extract looks, a Lv10 Rare Cache gives enough coins to just about exactly offset the daily cost
How do I unlock experience?
...What?
Aaaaaa I tried to edit my typo but it wouldn't let me
I meant to ask how I unlock expeditions
Click the 3 lines
The console in the middle of the room
Fill both teams. You can actually use the same character twice as long as it's not on the same team.
I'm guessing it's one of those cartoony double-date shenanigans
The veil that divides the multiverse is tearing
I mean soon we'll be able to use characters with the same name on 1 team
Well damn, even though I have all the current lodge units, May dropped me at the 5th topic after max vibes
Dragon duo, or, for you ATLA super fans, love amongst dragons lol
How do I find out what someone's "hot topic" is?
Buy specs
Without it, watch out for special zoom-in animation
But you'll be able to buy specs once you unlock all 6 slots
How do I do that
Ok, I just got 2 bonus events within the span of 1 minute
Oh and another one too
And now this happened

at long last. lets gooo 
now i can finally go get rewards from some other characters while i let her sit at this level for a while
If only I had a gold gift
Good day
May really liked to talk to me this time it seems
Tomorrow...
Marnie was so mean today, she kept ditching before I could gift.
may interaction ended on the fucking max vibes
/lodge blue
Now get someone to lv 99,999
First time gonna do 10 interactions
Wow even when I'm done, lodge luck treats me like fucking shit
Colress sus
Colress is the new Viola
Just got Elesa done today
Only May is left to level up
Is it wrong that I'm feeling tempted to roll for Raihan just so I can complete him too
Dont fall into dena's trap
you cannot roll for Raihan
other than the pathetic off-feature chance on N's banner
which is a guaranteed pity
not worth
Yay
First time going all the way to 0
N & Zekrom
N & Sigilyph
Sygna Suit N & Kyurem
N (Anniversary 2021) & Reshiram
N (Summer 2022) & Zoroark
I'm sorry wrong command
Poor thing 
Why don't you sleep
can't doze off on the scheduled all nighter
Still curious who that Deerling belongs to
At last
Damn, I got a good interaction with May today, if only that were to happen when I did my very first 10 interactions
collapses on the floor
Tomorrow I will get Lillie
Idt anyone ever committed this stupidity but oh well
Desperate times need desperate measures
Aw hell yeah Wallace slay
It's no stupidty at all!
A fully gridded unit is worth any lvl150
I would suggest to keep 2-4 4* candies for each role
Just in case they release limited units like Rachel and Sawyer
Planning a new Hoenn VA
Who is better, lodge Lili or lodge may?
eh, none for the upcoming LG bosses
Ah ok thnx, I'll just get May and Lillie after then
May is more useful than Lillie for the upcoming LG
Now that’s nice
Well, that’s every lodge trainer I have.
Now it’s either wait for more to get added, or pull for N/Cynthia/Raihan.
I haven’t gotten a single 5* ticket in over 2 months dena did i do something wrong 
Level 10 cache and pray
I now have all lodge pairs that I can get
This happened today 
You have to do daily mission which requires you to interact with units in lodge so I suggest unlocking level cap of units
yeah, I'm unlocking Blue and Silver's level caps
at least I have huge favorites in the trainer lodge
Sadly I don't ._.
And the lodge seems very boring to me now
Wish they add in some mini game in the future
that'd be neat
I just wish they'd add some one-sentence dialogue for each topic we pick. at least the super exciting ones
this has always been my biggest complaint since lodge's release. it doesn't feel like interactions. it feels like simply clicking buttons and seeing animations
I have pitched an entire idea on it actually and plan to send it as a feedback to Dena
I hope they copy or take it up lol
https://www.reddit.com/r/PokemonMasters/comments/yze6fv/a_mini_game_feature_for_the_trainer_lodge/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share
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Do give your thoughts on this^
Would be looking forward to see it

I'm close to having my last lodge unit done
So having more stuff to do can only be good
Gonna be spamming may for lodge stones when elesa is done
Well ok then
Forgot to do interactions yesterday ig, bit unfortunate
Bye silver, the most annoying lodge pair
luckily still finish him in 10 days
now only rosa left 
got may to 100! time to work on N
I’ve finished all the Lodge trainers I have so I’ve just been using all my interactions/friendship cap unlocks on Elesa the past few days
Finally done with lodge, I got everyone
Imagine owning all lodge capable units 
I'm missing Cynthia, Marnie, and Raihan
Bianca is a sociopath

I want this event

Easiest lodge unit to get to lv100. For me atleast
Well, my luck turned to a complete 180 from yesterday
What 
Cyrus when his dreams come true

They sure have a negative effect on me
Marnie is now complete for me... now to deal with the bag... i mean nebby i mean lillie
Gigafreak
Hi, so how do I expand the 11 visitor limit from the start of the game?
You don't, it's all we have
And are those 11 from the very beginning the only ones we can invite?
Yup
Lame...
Lodge was introduced in August with 9 pairs, have some patience
Who are the best to raise friendship with first?
Pick a fave, none are gamebreaking
it's been a while since I got max streak, only got max streak doing single run before, shame I didn't use 1.5 item 
Trainer Lodge 14 streak, soon in all nicknames 
trainer lodge is death to me
no more pair.... no more fun time
doubt it
since her only known canon pokemon is Yamper

And the lodge version always has the canon pokemon
Lodge Clair pls
Dragonair as a dragon support 
I know Gloria will come eventually so prepare to debunk this theory
another tech since shiny dragonair is support
Well Gloria is also shown to own a Kommo-o in poma 
LeHarukii intensifies
She own whatttt
Ah yes the Clair meme flooding r/PokemonMasters
In Hop's story battle stages

They should make Gloria owning a Dragapult 
It's my dream
and also my nightmare
Dragapult will belong to Leon... freaking Leon
i refuse that
If Battle Tower Leon pairs with Dragapult I will be fine
Just dont make that pair a seasonal

She isn't getting the right pose ig
Considering how close she is, tha's probably her photo
Dena, give her believable skills smh
I have never been so cucked in my life
I literally got my hot topic, and then picked one more hot topic after it went down and boom, she leaves at 95%
Forgot to stack convos and close the app, 3 interactions gone
I had literally nothing to do in the airport 
maybe this question has been asked, who is the best/easiest lodge pair to farm extra levels after you finished everyone else?
just choose your fav
if none of them is your fav, i think May / Marnie / Rosa are the easiest
thank you, favs are Cynthia and May so ill start with May then 
Hi. Do I have to increase the friendship of a visitor to a certain point before I can obtain his/her Trainer Lodge Sync Pair?
lv100
How... do I raise it quickly? Is there a cheese way?
you can close the game if the thing isnt going well but check the pins, there is a lot of detailed info about strats and other resources
also dont close the game/reset in the middle of the processing answer animation since that will be a problem, do it before you choose an answer of the current ones you have
Today i Hit lv 100 for all my lodge pairs, except raihan and marnie coz I don't have them. What next? I Still have interactions left
just choose you fav
Never gotten this low. Elesa is da best.
Wish it was a x6 interactions.
I have officially run out of lodge pairs to earn (again)
Two-in-a-row, can I keep up this good streak of excellent 10 interactions?
Just use it earlier, getting extra 10% isn't that big
Now that I'm done with all lodge pairs do i just overlevel whoever i like
Yep
almost done with may (27 levels left)
after that i have done all pairs
whens this next pair coming
4 rounds of my first ever sycamore went terrible 
Well,i guess its time to finally put my level cap 568 blue to use
Misty being an actual "gym leader"
Hm. Masters' Day isn't far off. And the datamine won't be long after that. We'll find out who the next Lodge guest is soon enough.
Gloria my dear
We just had a Galar guest (Raihan), unfortunately
It's weird enough that we have three Unova
Cynthia's... already in the lodge though???
👀 but ss cynthia suck so they will try to revive her again
Putting her in the Lodge doesn't actually do that though
i assume next month lodge pair will come with 5/5 grid
oh forgot cynthia in lodge already
Lance and steven then (since they won't give 2 free lodge pair back to back so it must be a pokefair unit)
Do we really want to count the genpool as "free" though
20 5 star pu and 4 coin tho don't think Dena will be generous to do that month after month
There're still a lot of story and Legendary Adventure pairs to go through, plus maybe even the Battle Chatelaines from BP
Hope they do so but i doubt
Hoping for Steven
I’m hoping for Serena
grimsley
I'm just hoping for someone I have
Weirdly I think the more existing alts a character has the more likely it is to get into lodge
Silver and Sycamore are outliers
I do hope we get more f2p pairs as lodge pairs though
I'm begging
and can they add pairs to lodge more frequently 
First drop in attention -> "That's all folks!"
Ooo
Kind of feels like a cult ritual ngl lol
I never got 5☆ pu tickets from this model before
Them all facing the same way doesn’t make sense considering you’re pivoting in a circle about them
After green border (Lv 200) there's blue border, wonder what's at Lv 400
maybe rainbow frame?

Could be that, or the red one (used for Certificate of Excellence)

Team Galaxy are here
...Plasmaaaaaaa?
Glasma
Galasma
Whooo
oh hey, a powerup
Does anybody have a picture kinda like this of Elesa's interwctions?
See how it works to use it in the future, practice in #bot-zone
use the command
Just realised today that the conversation could end right after the two max vibes interaction...i don't even manage to give a gift 
should do my strategy.... I only use gold gift
Will face quit before gift everyday you will numb to it
If they have a pair that you get after getting 10 lodge pairs to 100 they should do it now
yeah
Only a few days until I see whether or not I’ll actually have someone new to get to friendship 100
Or maybe sooner, idk
Yeah I have 3 left. I'm going slow but I'm really running out.
I don’t have most of the limiteds currently in Lodge, so I ran out a while ago
Pulling Marnie for lodge
Only Marnie I kinda want is Summer but not that much
I pulled Marnie for lodge too and kinda regret it lmao 
Lucy meets camper and preschooler
That's not Blue, that's Lillie
Blue is the Lv300 frame
Here's someone's screenshot of it
While I'm pretty sure these image files are for something else... the pattern holds so far, so it might be a clue to what we can expect beyond 300.
3 in a row
/lodge Marnie
When Chuck gets playable status?
Ah not a bad start I guess
Feeling good

after Lillie gets 14 alts
Prayinr@lillie gets alts then
HA I went all out and reset for a good hot topic and a perfect opening, and got rewarded by 95% drop of course
I wish for tomorrow's datamine to give me more general pool lodge character I'm on my last person already 
Corrupt Bless-a-Wish: it isn't genpool; instead, it is a story freebie.
Nvm knew there's a limit
And 100 still give me no tickets no pu, no ntg useful 
yeah those old files are item frames, but these new frames are lodge frames, same color
Unlock cap of one of them, continue going forwards
So:
-Lv. 1: Bronze
-Lv. 50: Silver
-Lv. 100: Gold
-Lv. 200: Green
-Lv. 300: Blue
Then then there's:
-Lv. 400: Purple
-Lv. 500: Orange
-Lv. ???: Red
-Lv. ???: Rainbow
Serena is coming to my trainer lodge
Just in time for me to kick Sycamore out of my lodge lol
fletchling
Before it didn't make sense that you couldn't use the lodge for a character even tho you had his alt, now that you can use multiple of the same character in the same team, that means they're different people (maybe clones) so the alts are different from the character in lodge
Straight from NPC hell
fletchling is a debuffer that sets up physical wall and can flinch (30% and raise speed.)
Sounds a little niche but potentially useful. Much like many of the Lodge pairs 
Ah, Lodge Serena to celebrate Master Pair Seren--
...
Doesn't she already have a Master Pair?
This one comes alongside Master Pair Calem. Rich Pichu will be thrilled.
Joins the 5 alt club
Is there even anyone else with multiple Masters?
Ah, right, both Giratina and Lucario. Good call
Is it possible to get 10 soothing + 10 rare for both Team A and Team B at the same time? Starting to grind resources for lodge Serena
Tech, huh... 
I think it can be done by building around Lucas or SSLeaf in Team A, and around May in Team B (with Masked Royal and/or Renegade Cynthia)
Still, I tend to find I'm never short on silver gifts with just one 10color team for my current guest
If we get a winter holiday teamslot, though, you could have one team for each color.
Or stack all three onto yellow I guess
Yeah I wouldn’t modify teams to rush a character you just need to get lucky with chests or lodge caps out
Just balance so all colors hit 99999
Past week I realized I had to stop buying additional interactions 
Most of us will go for serena cus we dont have other pairs to do. + If you have all 12 pairs You would be done with all this month at my pace at least
Team B
May
Any two of Lucy, Wally, Noland, Courtney, Maxie, or Archie
Two +3Soothing, off-region is OK
Masked Royal or Renegade Cynthia
Rare Extract
Team A
SSLeaf
Agatha or Lorelei
James, SSMisty, SSErika
Masked Royal or Renegade Cynthia
Omni Extract
Team A
Lucas
Bertha or Lucian
Darach
Thorton
Renegade Cynthia and an off-region +2Rare OR Renegade Cynthia and Cyrus OR Cynthia(Garchomp) and Masked Royal
Omni Extract
Interesting... The new Master Pairs are labeled Champions
And Calem is a Support
Could he be the key to another 10Blue/10Rare expedition team with Sycamore? 
Currently a Sycamore-focused team can reach 9blue/10rare by using two off-region pairs. By swapping one for a hypothetical Kalos Support Champion (such as Calem?), Sycamore adds one more point of blue for the 10/10.
So we gotta pray DeNA doesn't leave him stuck with the Main Character stat spread (+2/+0)
Just need 6 more levels for Sycamore then I’m done
What color is Serena gonna take?
Me : Since we got a female this month, next month is gonna be a dude
DeNa : What gives you that idea?
Prediction is a meme 
I think 10 blue is possible with Calem
awww the new lodge looks good!
I have plenty of silver gifts, but my issue is gold gifts. I have finished everyone except Marnie (who I don’t have), so that’s why I’m trying to get resources for Serena.
I don't even bother with gold gifts anymore
They're just not worth it
Tier3 crystals can go towards extra silver friendship keys, slightly more efficiently in terms of bonus levels than buying gold keys
1.2x vs 1.3x is an infinitesimal difference
Oh so silver keys are the best investments?
And waiting for 70% Attention to use a gold gift is asking for trouble
I think so, at least
The downside is, of course, that gold gifts get a nicer reaction out of the character
But, well, it's a videogame, so the character doesn't actually have feelings, so...

Yeah, if DeNA does indeed give the "proper" expedition skill for a Champion Support
I'm.... a little worried they won't...
Gods freaking damn it
But thank you

Guess we're waiting for Kalos Villain Arc, then
Johto villain arc rerun... Last villain rerun did not give us a banner rerun. If this one does, we'll have a shot at Gioking and the 10blue/10rare team that way instead
...Oh, is that why both holiday pairs are Johto this year
Also, I thought the Ampharos didn't actually belong to Jasmine. Or is this a different one...?
New lodge Serena is also a canon sync pair, the rule stands
gifts don't increase chances for the good stuff right
like chances of me getting move coins daily won't change if i gift stuff
no
ok
I thought it was my lucky day
What resources will Serena use? I assume yellow.
Yeah, she's Tech in her regular version, so yellow
Will her fletching evolve?
Nope
most insane interaction run I've ever experienced
I used the 3* gift too
makes it so much better
Turn 15! It's very rare to get that far
105pts from turn bonuses alone, and 75pts minimum if you somehow picked a 5pt option every time and didn't get Max Vibes
180pts just for making it to Turn 15. Wow.
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found this funny
Rhyhorn Racers! Good ol' stories about her mom!
Trainer Lodge is looking like the best choice once again 
Ah, the Battle Villa looks good too
But since neither one populates her best Hot Topics, the Lodge wins just because there's no loadscreen
What a cutie
I just noticed... the seasonal location topics are on the list there
Snow in Other for 7pts and Ice-types in Pokémon for 5pts
Some new events.
Is lodge Serena coming tomorrow?
Gonna be added December 1st
Would it be better to swap the one team to 10/10/0/0?
I'd try for 0/10/0/10 on Team A
And then 10/0/0/10 on the temporary seasonal team we're getting this month
If you need red crystals until then, put 10/0/0/10 on Team A and then scoot them over to the seasonal slot when it opens
When does that begin, anyway
Jasmine's banner starts on Dec 14, it seems... So I'm guessing the seasonal slot opens at that time
Ah, here we are
Dec 14 indeed
Anyone have an expedition team they can share that’s gets 1/1/10/10 or better? With Omni boost no cheer
Does not exist
The only 10blue/10rare team known to exist is 0/0/10/10 with rare extract IIRC
The seasonal team slot provides an alternative...
Holiday Erika
Holiday Rosa
Holiday Jasmine
Lillie
Lusamine
Plumeria
Rare Extract
This gets 1/0/10/10

Can we get a 10 rare cache with the holiday area if you don't have any holiday units?
Probably, would just depend on your roster
I can send photos.
No need, you can just check when you put the team together once the update drops
It'll be easy since it has +1 rare innately
Apparently it will be +1Red and +1Rare this time
I can no longer buy interactions because I am severely undersupplied for the red material. Why?
These are my expedition teams
Well, for one thing third tier stuff starts dropping at level 7, and the chance gets higher beyond it. But the best source for third tier is level 10 rare caches
How do I get that on both teams?
The pinned google sheets has examples
Oh that makes it easy then. I have a bunch of +3 units.
Any search level below 7 may as well be freaking zero
Any team without 9+ Rare Cache will be basically useless
You flatout cannot obtain the currency for extra interactions without Rare Caches, as they are the only source.
There are not enough points to really meaningfully invest in more than Rare Cache plus one color per team
In the Google docs link
ideal teams are:
team one:
rare cache +10
one crystal + 10
team two:
one crystal +10
two crystals +7
you would need to use the omni extract ofc
Ah I see. The link didn't go the first time.
I got the team I have now from the sheet. Guess I didn't know the best way to play it.
Characters with the Villain, Rival, or Battle Facility Foe themeskills tend to be the ones with it
Rare Cache is pretty common in regions that have a lot of those (e.g. Hoenn or Alola)
(Note: sometimes a character has more than one applicable tag; Blue often has the stat spread of a Champion instead of a Rival)
Do you guy still have gems reward for interaction times and lv 100 certain amount of lodge unit ?
It's a long goal, nobody will be able to finish those missions in quite a while
I still haven’t finished the Gear one haha
👀i need to know my next mission
It's 3k interactions and 20 lvl 100 guests.
Visit this page for more info.
https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/List_of_General_missions
20 LMAO
Ey nice i can complete 600 and 700 interaction
Gonna need that extra 100 gems to round up gems count to 46k
Arigato
hnggggg
Anyone know which gifts Serena takes?
Fiery soothing or wistful I think is what I’m asking lol
Soothing
As her Fennekin (base pair) is a tech
Fiery for strikers and wistful for supports
Ohh gotcha idk how I never noticed that trend
I should’ve based on most of them being fiery lol

Ooh I finally found a decent way to get 10 soothing and 10 rare (given that I’m lacking SSRC and Lucas for the sinnoh team)
It’s a real hodgepodge but it is 10/10 all the time with omni which is great
just got my last lodge pair! what's the consensus on the most efficient trainer to befriend long-term btw?
Serena’s coming out verrrry soon lol
true haha
And that completes all 9 Lodge Trainers I have! Until Serena drops tomorrow anyway.
WHY?
why did the game have to tell me about an app update...in the middle of a Trainer Lodge interaction?!
👀why not update it
I didn't know there was an app update already
it didn't tell me about it yesterday
if datamine come here or you receive dev letter it means update
The game doesn't really tell you to update as soon as a new update drops, yeah
Once you get pinged in datamine, update your game so you don't forget
You get 24 hours 
YES LETS GO
So best hot topics are friends and fashion, nice
Holy shi I got a striker coin from elesa today o.o
and didnt ss it T-T
2nd time ever I get a coin!!!
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Wrong channel for general teambuilding, you’ll wanna go to #poma-questions for general stuff or to one of the dedicated content channels for specific content
If you’re specifically asking about Expedition teams for Lodge, there should be some resources in the pins to help you out
Oh alright thanks
/lodge elesa
Pls serena come out already 
Serena infograph out?
Huh stylish things is not fashion
holy

Do we have lodge Serena details?
Here's the image
Alternatively you can use PoMaTools
Perfect timing to be done with him
queen
Keep thinking ill run out of sync pairs to raise friendship with soon.
Probably the best day record. Thanks Serena
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Whats her hot topics
Others and Pokemon
Good thing about Serena is that she isn't picky about stuffs. Lots of 10s 
How to use the Bot?

Just use Pomatool
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If you mean hot topic, it is random and needs glasses to check
I sidnt mean Hot topics
I called it that cuz i forgot the name of it
PoMaTools is a Pokémon Masters EX tool that helps users to plan their sync grids while simulating the possible damage outputs.
I mean like shauna, Tierno and Mega Stones. Those are 3 note things
All 3 are 10 points
Yeah
Wgat is the rest that give thst much
Check the link I put up. Go to Menu -> Trainer Lodge
This should be helpful?
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Nessa’s having a photo op
Tomorrow I end with Elesa and start with Serena, which will end up being my final Lodge unit (I don't have Cynthia or Raihan)
I guess no serena Infograph is out yet
It is.
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is there a guide for serena yet
There is absolutely no guide for Serena three messages above.
the Zamcio one will be added today or tomorrow as they're busy with IRL stuff
in the meantime yeah you have Pomatools
I think it goes to 999,999 at least
Ah am I a 9 off?
Not sure lol
Seven digits, wasn't it?
But I wanna see what color her icon frame is, in the Invite menu
I'm just one 9 off either way 
Lol
A 1 bar move with 30% flinch and 100% attack/speed drops just seems so insane...
She’s definitely a nice utility pair with a solid Sync nuke
She's going to be a great addition to LG
Yup I want to get her before LG ends
Flinch and stat drops, plus a free reflect.
I think it's time DeNA looks at light screen/reflect and drops them to 2 move gauge
Alakazam and Meganium suffering compared to this units effect
Wait wtf?
It also has a 50% chance to burn and a 50% chance to Debuff a third time on each attack???
LG players be wilding
that's me, I'm LG players
I was excited that joltik, gastrodon, and Exeggcutor performed super well this time around.
Wish I could ex them
I wish I could EX Lodge Blue so my Kantrio EX can be fully complete 
Yeah lodge serena is a crazy debuffer
Imagine if they made her a support with good defensive stats too
And also added a high bp damaging move 
Lodge Serena debuffs
Champion Serena debuffs
Standard Serena debuffs
It might just be her Thing. 
SSerena debuffs hp pretty quickly
Ain't no debuff quite as potent as the HP stat being debuffed to zero
she's up! thanks to Zamcio for this
While I suspect there may be room for four seasonals in that graph's format, it does lead me to worry about the little background portrait there
(I also worry that there may be more than four seasonal locations)
(It might work if they just use Palentine as the fourth season, since we don't have a consistent Spring seasonal event cycle)
Off to a great start with serena
highest i've ever gotten
wish this was on a different character and not one i was already close to finishing 
I will make it work, don't worry
Wow, Serena dropped me just when I was about to gift her on the 8th topic with 81% attention
2 days in a row she shafted me
3rd one. Thanks Rosa
Damn, Lillie is still the only one who's given me a candy coin
/lodge serena
10/12 done
I’m wondering what’s the highest level cap for friendship
10M - 1
According to Absol-utely
Don’t do this and then not give me a Numel DeNa
the dogs
Serena is high maintenance lol
Gotta suffer for f a s h i o n
19 non-locational 10pt topics; 21 of them if you're in the Lodge or Battle Villa
That's actually way above average
ooooh I've never seen this one
also I die inside every time I see them being called dogs 
What, you mean they're not gerbils?
Bring me my third zombie cat thing
Serena’s 2nd Lodge story: ||How the hell does she cut her hair and regrow it instantly?
||
||Maybe MC is just amazing with photoshop||
lel
Hair extensions
I’m uncertain whether Raikou will ever come
Damn, Serena dropped me after I gifted her with 89% attention remaining
3 bad days in a row
it will come as a support with a master passive just to complete the pattern
it will come with a kanto character so we can have triple kanto electric MFs 
2nd time, thank you May 
So cute
please tell me it's possible to increase the max amount of interaction stamina
Max 6
is there a link to all the interactions and which is super exciting
because after the base peeps were released the beginners guide stopped updating
You can use any of these:
- Porybot in #bot-zone , type "/lodge" and then input the character's name
- PoMaTools (https://ng-pomatools.web.app/lodge/)
- Serebii (https://www.serebii.net/pokemonmasters/trainerlodgetopics.shtml)
It seems to be generally acceptable to use the /lodge command right in this channel, but maybe it's more polite to do it in the bot channel-- especially if you're planning to do it more than once
The etiquette I once saw in another server was "If you're showing it to someone else, it's okay to use a bot command to pull up an infograph in the chat channels; if it's for your own use, it's best to head to the bot channel for it"
Don't know whether we're up for adopting another server's policy though
I mean our current practice is along those lines, feel free to use commands etc. in conversation, but do personal use in #bot-zone
Also available from a button once you’ve selected a trainer and an area
Is there a place to find the grids for the lodge pairs
That has their like data for the best answers
Someone on Reddit was making them but I can’t find one for the new pairs
That weren’t released in the original cast
...that's not increasing the max amount of interactions
that's just refilling your interaction stamina
that's not even close to being the same thing
Mm, the max anount of interactions you get daily for free is 3.
You can buy 3 additional interactions daily.
yeah, I wanna know how I can increase that max
There are tricks for carrying them into another day, but it doesn't add anything, just transfers.
You can't.
...
DAMN
this is gonna be bad once I end up having more than 3 trainers in the lodge
6 interactions daily can get you 10-12 levels a day with decent luck
You can't increase the max, but you can surpass the base limit
Wait, how do you only have three? There are four free units there.
It goes by pretty fast.
Like 2 weeks per unit. There’s no rush. They only add one every month.
But does anyone have the last 3 new units information somewhere?
Which units? Which info?
The last 3
So, uh, no comment on other question?
For their interactions
#bot-zone /lodge command
I actually only have 2 trainers invited in my lodge right now: Rosa (aka the tutorial one) and Elesa
That makes it five. Sycamore, Silver, Blue are free
Inviting pairs is a matter of seconds, all that matters is having them
Have you obtained three extra expedition slots already?
of course
Do you follow pinned teams to get 10-s in two colors?
If you do, and you get enough materials to buy specs, juice, and shovel daily, you should be fine as long as you know the interactions chart for that character.
I actually have one team that nets me 10s in two colors if both an item buff and a cheer buff is active
What's the team?
The Unova Squad
Drop yellow, focus on two colors only
Losing 10th levels robs you of much more than you gain from lvl 4
10Rare+ 10(color) is the ideal thing to have
Omni Extract and/or Rare Extract tend to be most valuable since they help build for that
There's a spreadsheet with some team recommendations in the pins, I think
There is.
Just remember that getting a constant lvl 10 is the goal, spreading between lower levels is bad.
If you want general advice... look for regions that have
- many Villains, Rivals, and/or Battle Facility Foes (e.g. Hoenn), as these themeskills tend to be the ones with Rare Cache bonuses
- a full Elite Four, as these have the valuable +3/-1 stat spread (Kalos, Johto, and Galar are handicapped here), or
- are just Alola, as Trial Givers have the same stat spread as Elite Four, and it has many Villains
Pick a character with a region-stack bonus skill for that region (like the ones Hilbert and Nate have)
See if you can get 10color and 10rare that way
Some suggestions?
Team A gives +1 to red
Add Selene in a full-Alola team for +6 red
Add any +3 red Alola unit (there are several choices) and that's +10 red
Then stack as much Rare Cache as you can with the other four slots-- if they don't harm Red-- and top it off with a Rare or Omni extract
While I still wouldn't do this (Rare Cache is hugely important in this), that is indeed looking way better than the one you had before
I have a second team handling rare cache, actually
Rare Caches are the sole source of tier4 crystals
Even so; two teams with +10 rare cache are how I'd do it
And outright neglect one color
yup, I usually go cache + color on both expedition teams and just rotate the colors around
In the middle of this month, a temporary third expedition team will open
You can build a Rare+Color team for all three colors with all three team slots
(It's a seasonal expedition slot for the seasonal event)
Unless May and Marnie and Serena are all favorites, I'd recommend "neglecting" yellow most of the time
Guests who use yellow are massively outnumbered on the guest list
There is only one known 10Blue+10Rare team currently available; it might not be so bad to go for 9Blue+10Rare or even 8Blue+10Rare in Team Slot B
There are way more guests who need Blue than need Yellow
Progression these days
I'm eyeing my growing pile of friend keys (and tier3+4 crystals to trade for friend keys) with increasing anxiety so... there is a point in rushing still
I'm actually just setting both my teams to max chest so I can get more friend keys
And not using my gold crystals for gold gifts but on keys
Dawn is still not in lodge after all
Yeah, silver gifts are plenty
I’ve used Serena so little that there was actually a moment it dawned on me that she obviously wasn’t another Fiery resource unit
She’s a Tech. Not sure how I exchanged for her gifts without thinking to switch from red teams to yellow ‘till now
I mean, considering how few yellow users there are, you might've just had enough yellow crystals stockpiled from Rare Caches anyway
I’m far too lazy to change to yellow given will need to change for the Christmas event soon anyway.
Well... actually it would work fine to do that now
Holiday event squad has bonuses to red and rare
So you could make Team A your yellow team-- and you don't have to wait until then
May was my last iirc, so I remember having like 30-40 gold gifts for her tbf
But yeah, I had some left for Serena
Fair, though ider when that is
Whoops, didn't mean to ping
Dec 14, I believe
It's cool, you can just form the yellow team on slot A right now, and then re-form your red team when that comes in
me having no Holiday alt 
same 
What's the bonus for the holiday area again?
+1 rare cache for each Holiday pair
Oh wait I mean bonus on the area itself
i think its bonus is like the Halloween one
Wonder if that means the next seasonal expedition will be yellow and rare
It'd be a little weird to have one that's blue and rare, since it'd just be Team B again (but with seasonal bonuses). Then again, Halloween was just Team A but better, so...
Well, absolutely
Back when the feature launched, I thought we could gradually use up our friend keys
With a third expedition slot periodically available, though, I wonder if that might tip the balance towards keys not being the limiting factor...
I didn’t get a single hobby topic what the heck
Are you fucking kidding me Serena, dropped me again at the 80% attention range?
Hmm not many yellow teams in the pins
Where’s Hala?

She's busy getting together with Oak because she's DTF
Down To FIGHT!
I need to get better at accepting that I will not get past 6-7 without the Friendship Gifts
I just refuse to boost when I am almost at 80 and 70 is right there
Overall advice for trainer lodge should be relax and get as many high chest teams as possible
After alll team slots unlocked of course
The regular colors dont really matter, never buy gold gifts, the silver/ bronze stack up to 99999 eventually regardless
While buying silvers
Can't believe it's already almost over
Bronze is a potential problem since Rare Cache does not provide it, especially if using teambuilds that require Rare Extract instead of Omni
Oh they gave details on the 284. Went down to 64% before vibe on topic. So the double points were at a later higher point base
But the thing is, you would fail on multiple days before getting to gift at 65% everal times before successfully getting this scenario. So I doubt they actually got through this 1-100 any quicker than playing it safe
Serena has been most cooperating. Not like I need her for more streak 
@void lintel you get bronze from using cheer also never buy sunglasses topic is revealed automatically after a bit
Also I know this doesn’t go here but I only use this section
Cheer is not enough and specs are too useful with Boost Juice
You literally dont need specs though
I reset for Hot Topic on turn 2-3
Not what I mean
Test on sync pair 70. +
They no longer require glasses
Auto topic reveals
Not sure if new mechanic
Also the thing I was going to say
That so? Interesting...
Doing singles on eevee banner
I still need them for now because Serena is not yet that level, but that is useful to know afterward
Thur vaporeon friday jolt sat flareon
Im personally disgusted
Too scared to calc odds
Of that happening
It would be funny if they dropped on the days corresponding to their types
Japan names the days of the week after elements. In this case, Fire Day is Tuesday and Water Day is Wednesday. There isn't a Lightning Day in Japanese, but there is one in English: Thursday (Thor's Day)
I'm actually interested if it's really a 100% and how many test runs?
But then agn I don't see myself having bronze problems

(Re: frog multis, I had to go all the way to pity on both. Glad I managed to stockpile so many gems...)
(...It'd feel a little less bad if they actually had Champion stat spreads for Expeditions)
I actually wonder if this is just the first set of Neo Champions, with the other protags getting Champion versions as time goes on
The event seemed to sort of foreshadow such a thing
Perhaps rivals can also gain Neo Champion status. It'd be really weird for Red and Leaf to become Neo Champions without Blue
Test it could be broken, but on my higher characters no sunglasses required
I have interactions give me 1 sec
100% no sunglasses required on higher characters seems to be once all areas open
Odd, though... I'm quite sure I saw "???" as the hot topic on Lv100+ Cynthia when I forgot to turn items on
For the holiday area is there a way, not having any holiday pairs, to get rare cache and some yellow items?
I'm running desperately low on yellow.
How serious is your yellow situation...? Decided that a yellow-crystal guest would be the one you'd use friend keys on, perhaps?
Let's see
It'd be equivalent to trying to make a yellow/rare team on Slot B
May
Masked Royal
Renegade Cynthia
A +2Rare unit and two +3Yellow units, at least two of which are from Hoenn
Omni Extract
Alt:
May
Masked Royal or Renegade Cynthia
Two +2Rare units and two +3Yellow units, at least two of which are from Hoenn
Rare Extract
Alt2:
Lucas
Bertha or Lucian
Renegade Cynthia
Darach
Thorton
Cyrus and Soothing Extract or Off-region +Yellow unit and Rare Extract
Alt3:
Lucas
Bertha or Lucian
Masked Royal
Cynthia(Garchomp)
Darach
Thorton
Soothing Extract
Alt4:
Lucas
Bertha or Lucian
Darach or Thorton
Renegade Cynthia
Masked Royal
Any +Yellow unit from Sinnoh
Omni Extract
Me having no Cynthia 
Well I'm down to just like 40k in bronze and silver yellow stuff.
I think this is the only one I can do, I don't have Lucas.
And no I just need to do Serena and I'm not sure I have enough yellow for it.
40k bronze and 40k yellow isn't a crisis, no
I think you will be fine with Team A Yellow+Rare, Team B Blue+Rare, and Seasonal Team Red+Rare
Unless you're like me who spends their expedition mats on unlocking level cap
With Omni Extract on two or even all three
But I just did that once
Bruh, you literally can't spend bronze and silver on level uncaps
You can only spend gold and emerald
Unless you mean Tech Tonics

In which case whut
Wait, you mean it doesn't use the ultra mats anymore?
They changed it to great mats?
What do you mean "changed"
All four were there since day 1
It is slightly more efficient to use Gold+Emerald
Hmmmm ok
But anyway yeah there is no option, and never was, to spend bronze and silver on these
Unless you meant THIS kind of level uncap item... But the exchange rate is freaking terrible 
Yeah, that's the one
Thanks I appreciate it
I bought those a couple times when i maxed out on the bronze/silver items 
Also does anyone know any 8-10 yellow 10 cache teams without SSR Cyn or Masked Royal?
Hmmm just had a run not show the topic so now i don’t understand
It probably is a chance-based thing
Where does Serena get the Fashion topic?
Welp, 5 days in a row I got shafted by Serena
Noice
If you're not going for 10 yellow, you can adjust one of the teams I listed
Don't forget you can just filter for +Rare or +Yellow (but maybe don't do both at once or it'll mix them together)
Team A
SSLeaf
Agatha or Koga
Giovanni(Mewtwo or Persian) or SSBlue
SSMisty
SSErika
James
Rare Extract
That's 9Yellow 10Rare
(It can become 10Yellow 10Rare if you swap Gio/Blue with-- you guessed it-- Masked Royal, and then used an Omni Extract instead)
Imagine having masked royal :/
Thanks
What’s the point of having further interactions with your buddies after their friendship levels reach 100?
more lodge stones
Best location for serena?
Trainer lodge
Does she get the Fashion hot topic there?
Yes
Hmmmm, then how come I never got it once despite resetting so many times?
Hot topic doesn't depend on the location
I thought it did or was I thinking of something else?
Locations grant extra topics.
trainer lodge for less cutscene 
The reason I’m doing silver last
there is
Yo finally got my first candy coin from Lodge, thanks for the Striker coin, Serena
Dec 14, alongside the seasonal event just like last time
You can check for either the event start date or the seasonal Sync Pair Scout start date if you need to recheck
Been a while 
Thankfully Serena has been nice to me
I hope Shelly and Matt get playable status
do we know what level a lodge unit needs to be before we get to the highest border they can have in the invite screen?
I'm curious too. All I know is that it's at least in the high hundreds. I'm half-expecting it to be lv1000...
Inb4 the final cap has the final color
Wow, 6 days in a row Serena dropped me at the 80% attention range
Ouch RNG shafted me hard, got the friends topic but left despite consecutive on topic
1 more day to go 
Wow, aren't you lucky
Meanwhile I get dropped at 80% attention range
I got the 40 tickets again. What the odds.





cant complain