#Trainer Lodge
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you can get level 10 on both chests and another stone?!
Yes
I'm confused by this spreadsheet. Who goes on Team A and who goes on Team B?
I would see the teams in the visual tab

Of course theres one pair for the team i need (yellow + cache) that I dont have 
Can try 10 chests and possible highest level on yellow 
That’s what i always do for the seasonal teams 
U can also check the “team A/B” sections and choose the one thats higher
Yeah i reworked my expeditions a few weeks ago and last time i was able to get to level 5 or 6 for yellow
Oh and idt u can reach 10 chest/a color without a potion 
You should be able to almost 10/10 two things
In the worst case it's 8 Color + 10 Chests
Alola and Kalos can usually carry the expeditions
And potions to finish
Kalos requires Shauna at least but i dont have her 
Almost 2 months and she'll pop in ticket genpool
Unless you get only Serena and Clemont copies
Knowing my luck i would get her in the last pull
Same
dont have her or melony yet
What’s shauna’s expedition skill?
she boosts +2 rare and drops -2 yellow iirc
she is needed for Kalos blue + chest team if you dont have SS Lysandre
Just to add onto this, SS Lysandre cannot fully replace Shauna in kalos blue + chest team because he has -1 wistful
Only real replacement is SC Shauna
Hmm seems like I neglected to mention her in the Kalos teams.
This will give 0/0/9/9, just need an omni for 1/1/10/10.
wait if i use SC Shauna in that team who do i replace OG Shauna 
Imagine having a Shauna 
Tired of this tbh, I only have one good 10 chest team. gonna start pulling units that give me chests.
Yeah I moved scShauna down to the row with Regular Shauna.
Pull rose 
What chests does Rose give?
Impressive
Wait, why is 'Partner Pokemon' in the "Other" category?
Back to back yellow coin Irida wtf 
your luck
hand it to me 
Got a pretty above-average interaction with Irida today
16 levels first interaction
Irida can’t stand me
dies of cringe
It is a little disturbing that her default expression is a frown, and she returns to it after each animation
Frowns, laughs, frowns again
Dunno why it’s disturbing
Some people’s default face is frowning or neutral
Not everyone defaults to smile
Irida be like
It's not just that the default is frowning; it's that she smiles every time you say something and then immediately returns to frowning
Even Silver's default frown is less discomforting
Dawn is finished. I’ll start Irida tomorrow
Bleh, I got 14 levels today with Irida, dropped me after max vibes on the 8th interaction
bro today was worse for me Adaman have no on topic choice and I only got 3 levels despite using gift at 81%
Got her today, she left early (9x%) 2 days in a row so this is still great 
And she gave me 2 yellow coins 
Getting dropped early by Irida and failing to get her to 100 today. Damn rng 
Damn on our last day together
Irida gave me one too
#15, now back to getting raihan to 1k
What does friedship 1 k get you
Rainbow Boarder
Flex power
Welcome to 0% attention gang, Irida! Current member tally:
:insertiridaemotehere:
... you can't make this up... 
Welp, Irida dropped me on the 5th topic
Irididn't
...When she does the fanning motion but her hair doesn't sway in the resulting breeze, it really does look like a dismissive "blah blah blah" gesture
Are there any reaction gifs for the other characters or is Irida just uniquely memeworthy
do you mean in pokemon overall? because afaik, Irida seems to be the only one... aside from Sw/Sh's Doggo animations
In Legends Arceus, I meant
Ahh... i can't think of any off the top of my head tbh
Poor Adaman can't get any time in the spotlight 
It's rare to see humans even fight each other in this series. Makes me wonder how many Black Belts are doing it to imitate their Pokémon.
Just want to say God bless to whoever figured out this team even if it only works for 14 days a year
Yes I have Cede

Is it this? I... don't have Gloria
Need SS Gio for the Johto/Alola Team and Lysandre for the Kalos Team
I shelled out the money for Summer Marnie might as well get that Galar 0/0/10/10 Team someday.
I've unlocked irony
Now back to Acerola
Why does the heat-intolerant one have a Flareon...? For training???
Maybe it's for surviving in her home on the tundra, but... she likes the freezing cold of the tundra. Hm.
Flareon changes it’s body temperature to best fit it’s trainer so this thing must be colder than her glaceon
Can they go that low? 
I would've gotten lodge irida today but she dropped me at 3rd topic during our very first interaction then was constantly nice for the next five. Aaagh
Finally got her after 3 days in a row leaving early and this fucking moment from her
The most stressful character to interact with for me 
Irida this is getting ridiculous please fucking stop
Love how we're all despised by Irida. Looks like she doesn't want us in her space
3rd? And here I am with Blue and Silver at level 700 
My Rosa is still lvl 7||99||
I still haven't reached 1000 on any character which makes sense when I'm grinding two characters at once
Thats a good strat to me
you can get both to lvl 1000 at the same time
I have serena at like 1300 1400 can't remember, the rest at lvl 100~110 
After those two I'm having a decision paralysis between N, Steven, or Cynthia 
Is that why she shafted me?
got raihan to 983 today, praying tomorrow will be the day
My May is at 865 so just 135 more and I can start for irida 
Speak for urself
Rare Irida lodge W
Worse than Silver
Pretty good, but she dropped me at 59%
When I’m in a leave conversation as fast as possible and my opponent is irida:
She’s left me at 3RD interaction again
Gambling when there's no hot topic on the third round 😔
I have the cloud ring and still don’t see it 3RD interaction hot topic
Well, isn't that just great
Goddamnit Irida, you dropped me at 83% after gift
Irida's not feeling it today but we're getting there
Tomorrow!!!!
And then she leaves you in the 3rd topic
Just gift her at the start of 3rd topic 
raihan left at 95% after i gifted him

at least surely tomorrow i'll get him to lvl 1000… right…
💀
Holy fuck man
FINALLY i've had it with this punk
I wish we could sell back replicas we bought 
Well, I'm reseting
Yeah you can just exit the app I'd you get the hot topic as the first topic. You want it as your second topic to prevent the first attention drop.
Third topic is slightly better, honestly
I got that before
WTF, Irida dropped me on the 3rd topic again
Got lazy on interactions for a few days. On the plus side. Irida flareon is guaranteed tomorrow for me
Rosa left 2 times in a row under 80% 
I think y’all deserve to see this, cause this is pure insanity
Dreamy will drop the fix on the bot later, in the meantime there is corrected version of the chart
My apologies for the mistakes 🙏
and yes, no Summer location topics for now
what is the mistake 
- Locations had two positions that were never present in her topics
- Others had "Weather" missing
ah i see
I went to work on possibly improved/new version of the charts and realized these mistakes while rearranging the list
i'm surprised nobody picked up on these 
Actually, I saw Weather was missing, but I forgot to say something.
I noticed Others had six topics instead of seven but assumed someone else would report it first...
Who are the best trainers to use for the lodge
After everyone is unlocked and maxed out?
you mean who to grind lodge stone?
the one you like the most ofc
Irida felt good too but I’m not sure
i think Marnie is still the best
Oh I thought Cynthia was always the best
count the number of +10 topics
Just whoever has the most optimal choices
Gotcha thank you
Did someone make a list of that already or do I need to go count them
Alola Elite Four Meetup
I—wha—
I just opened x70 and x93 chests and got the 30x ticket jackpot twice tonight. Why am I getting them when I’m running out of gen pools to get haha
I think dawn Bertha and Ethan are the only ones left I have to 3/5 out of current gen ticket unless i missed one
Personally I calculate the number of +10 topics (in the best stage) and also I take in consideration the number of +5 topics (the less the better ofc) sadly Marnie is still the best (and the only one I don't have)

I guess Marnie is the bestest by far, 28 golds and only 14 bronze the second best isn't even close to that
What is going on
3rd coin from Irida 
My last moments with her
May giving me strike candy coins 2 days in a row: I'm gonna not give u a chance to give me a gift to balance things out
Wasn't there something with the recommended place to talk to each trainer?
I feel most of the times is trainer lodge, but not always
For most trainers trainer lodge and pasio are 10 points
I guess you should try to get a place with 2 gold topics or maybe a gold and a silver if unavailable
Check Zamcio's infographic, they marked down best place for each character
Most of prefer the Lodge, Silver notably prefers the Villa. May is decent at the road but Lodge is still better for her. Irida likes the Winter place but that's only available for 15 days a year if that.
Reached 800, 200 left
been trying to get dawn to lvl 30 and misread Bandannas as Bananas
give her the friendship locket, you wont
Charizard meetup
How often do you get bonus event?
very RNG reliant, I'm not sure we have discovered a rate for it. i could be wrong tho
Spent the last half hour taking photos of trainers by the gong before it's gone
Didnt notice that trainers can go to that spot

Summer Steven is particularly appropriate
His JP name resembles that type of drum. Daigo, Taiko. I think that might even be the reason he was paired with Lyra ("Lyre" in EN, "__Koto__ne" in JP) for the music-themed summer event where he debuted
I have Guzma in that slot, I think. It just felt right to have him in a position to be allowed to beat the shit out of something
Wonder if the cutscenes for that event are on YouTube somewhere. I think I remember him saying he'd handle percussion... but that might be my overactive imagination making it up.
that's not a gong
Stars and Festival are missing
When felt ring is felt
One point away from the next friendship level!
2000

So based, Gon. So based.
2020 is the end
Makes sense
almost 3600
Team Skull meetup
The members in slots 2 and 3 can do that, so you can also make Giovanni and Silver talk to each other the same way
This is why I put Elio and Lillie in the 2nd and 3rd slot of my 2nd team
2nd
Give me a Numel
Is it Maxie or Courtney on the right?
probably courtney cuz its a camerupt
Courtney
Chubby Hibiscus got the Chubby Numel
Also why are you using red potion when you didnt really max it?
Maybe they just want to get rid of them 
Well that went poorly
Didn't even get a hot topic for the 3rd or 4th conversation
I wonder if I can get her to level 1000 before Anniversary
Hmm, you’d be cutting it real close with good luck
Blue is a good option
Oke tysm
100 more and I can be done 
I just looked at the trainers lodge guide image for Lillie and I'm not sure if I understand this right but, do different areas provide different benefits to the interaction?
they add different topics
but just do tl
its fastest because theres no downtime and the extra topics are hardly worth it
ok thanks
I think there may be one or two characters who prefer the Battle Villa (noted here as location number 8)
Raihan is one of them. Silver also has more total points available if you go to the Villa, though his infograph marks the Lodge with the gold medal for some reason
Follow up question, is it advised to use all interactions at once? The way I see it using all interactions has the highest potential for large gains, but it's also much riskier because they might end the interaction at 90% and you end the day +50 xp
its faster
that too
Who is the best pair to farm for stones (except Marnie) Irida?
Should i lvl friendship of sync pairs to lvl 100 and then go for the 1000lvl or? Any use to lvl up them to 1000?
get everyone you have to 100 then worry about hyper leveling
Okay thanks!

266 is probably the highest I got

Lesson taught. Go into max vibe on 2nd or 3rd topic 


Who has the best photo in the trainer lodge?
thats a very opinionated and biased question i hope you know
I'm just asking for fun
i’d say acerola's then since i think the mimikyu ice cream is very cute
even if she isnt a fav character of mine
Lillie’s special photo with the hand made poké doll is also pretty neat
bruh its the third fucking day in a row you’ve left at 6
Who’s you
acerola
certainly no bias here
Of course not 
I'm just amused that there's a photo for Pryce's story chapter. Sometimes we get someone in the help channels who hates using characters they don't like, and... The whole point of that chapter is "you have to be able to work with people you don't like"
You mean the glacier area?
Yep
Pryce's badge is even named the Harmony Badge. It really was this specific lesson he was in charge of testing.
Barry's hair looks extra ridiculous from this angle. I presume, given his hasty personality, he just skips combing it in the morning...
Meanwhile the other bad-blood father/son team (Silver and Gio) still don't really function well together
Wait how do you get this photo? It's awesome 
It's in the artwork section of the Lodge Exchange
You just straightup buy it (for a boatload of crystals)
Lodge calem another tech lodge
A happy richu moment
Calem & Fennekin
Sonia 
Oh hey! I actually reached 0%!
Thanks Acerola!
Man, this game really is on a Tech train with all these invites 
Just wait for the sprint train
I’m probably gonna start saving interactions now because calem coming.
Calem art is so good
Stadium Gloria too
Where are they?
Aww its so cute 

Well now I might have to pull Leon / Alt for lodge purposes…
before I go and throw away an interaction, is it still possible to reset and retry before they end the interaction?
As in, close the game, and try again without using an interaction or your items?
I don't use items or anything after maxing my units at 100
so I just do the 6 topics and leave it...
ended getting Max Vibes at 12th topic, under 10% of interest
As long as the interaction hasn’t ended, you can reset it
That’s what i do almost every time i don’t get a hot topic on the 2nd/3rd topic
At first I wondered how that'd even work in lodge. Then I remembered that only the base version of each trainer gets in, so a Sprint alt wouldn't be a problem.
...Then I remembered Nemona's base is a Sprint, and she's a fan-favorite, so... we have a problem all over again 
I think I can get behind the concept of adding more class roles, but... it kinda conflicts with how much the game's design revolves around there being exactly three.
They could just have Sprint use Yellow and Field use Blue for Lodge since technically Strike is made up of 2 roles
They both have the same EX effect in an AOE sync though
So I think its a bit of a stretch
I mean, fair, but they’re not required to add new colors, is my point
True
Let's just hope thats what they do instead of adding brand new colors
That'd be hell
Or they can get really weird and change some existing techs to fields. But I think the datamine would've shown that happening if that were the plan
Like... I'd prefer the Field EX effect instead of the Tech EX effect for a lot of them
How is Strike made up of two roles?
Technically there's Physical Strike and Special Strike
Man, it's funny how me setting up two Yellow expedition paid off. Especially with all these Tech invites 
i have been setting up a Yellow farm for ages to prepare to raise Irida to lvl 1000. Now i have a new target over Irida

The way the camera is positioned makes that Liepard's tail look like a stray strand of Acerola's hair
oh, look the reason to scout Leon (Alt.)

lol
damn and Rose got the other Rare 3 skill. Galar special treatment strikes
dena, stop giving fairs common skills
soothing 2 on Gloria (Alt. 2)
Gloria's a protag, so that's standard unfortunately 
How many resets until Calem comes to the Lodge?
Start of august, so 4 more resets
Thank you
Is it normal to only get 17 levels from 9 interactions?
I think 2 of the best gifts and i just spammed tier 2 gifts after that
That doesn't sound unusual
It's just below 2 levels per interaction. That's not bad.
thanks to Zamcio, new graphic is up, enjoy

Calem no way he’s real
is he the best stone farm
ok not even close
jesus
wait no
they’re tied
if you pick trainer lodge
i think
Someone clarifies for me if this works:
- On 31st, do one interaction for dailies
- Start a 5x interaction, then close app
- Upon reset, I should have 8 (+3) attempt for Calem
Nope marnie has 28 in lodge and calem has 25
Marnie has the most 10 point. Best girl 
Yes
If you start on the 30th you could do 1) and 2), then on the 31st you would have 8+3, using 4 would leave you at 7, so on the next reset you would start with 10
Thanks for the info

The one with Giratina casually having her back turned against the ones with Dialga and Palkia having a conversation
That one Cynthia scene during the Hisui event was funny haha
Just Antimatter casually helping stop the anomaly and only Cyrus realizing what happened
Giratina chilled tf out since Legends Arceus, I suppose.
Wonder if it appreciates that Cynthia is probably its former master's great-great-etc-grandniece or something
(I haven't actually played it, I just read its TVTropes page)
Sadly Marnie can't be beat (sadly cuz she's the only lodge unit that I don't have)
I guess calem is the 2nd best, doubt somebody will ever surpass Marnie
She can barely smile, but with that many Super Exciting topics she must be absolutely giddy behind that blank stare
Just a couple of questions
- is spamming materials like the shovel, ring and tier 2 gifts a waste or no
- when should i give them a gift? (ive been told around the 8th topic)
- can you candy the lodge units?
always use items
gift for silver around 80% imo
and yes
First rainbow border
6 more levels to 2k on Elesa
Who is this with?
Got my 9 interactions ready for tonight. Wish was 10 but had to use only 1 just for the daily gems.
Calem this reset right?
Yes
Sweet thanks
how do u carry extra interactions over to the next day??? I want more than the daily 6 for calem 
All I did was do 1 interaction each day and that’s it. But I can’t go beyond 10 otherwise it resets I think so now I’m at 9. So once this reset comes, I be at 12 interactions since I’ll have to use all 9 and then buy the 3 interactions in the shop.
So all you have to do is buy the 3 interactions and do 1 per day or do none but risk losing the daily gems.
I think I remember reading once that if u interact right before reset but then quit mid interaction, when u login again after reset, you'll get both ur free 3 interactions for the day on top of getting ur previous interactions back but idk if that actually works or not 
Interesting.
Ended at the two topics after the max vibes screen
yep, that works. I always did that when new lodge pair was coming
sweet, thanks will try it tonight with calem!
Added Calem.
She's questioning the current climate because it's summer at the lodge
Damn you. It's just 80%
It worked, thanks a ton!!! got my 5 interactions from yesterday back + my 3 free ones! got 8 interactions ready to go right off the bat + 3 more in the shop 
Finally a 10 interaction that didn't suck
Almost reached level 20 first day but I’ll definitely take level 19.
Calem you sweetheart
10 interactions well spent
Calem isn't giving me a single Place for me to trigger max vibe, i'm scared
ok got it 
Pain and suffering and more pain and more suffering
Lodge is the most stupid and random shit introduced in this game
But I get my Calem in it 
probably my best first interaction yet
immediately followed up with this 😭
at least it wasnt the other way around
HOW
ahahah
then again I got Rosa down to around 12%
i cant even zoom into read it
RIP
NO HE LEFT ME ON 88%
i didnt even get to use my present damnit
If you click on it, it should show a bigger image that you can save to your device
Alternatively you could check this out from the maker of the graphics
https://twitter.com/zamcio/status/1581310256289677318?s=61&t=NtehZ5KcSA_dM7AkRgB0YA
So sad
What friendship level is your serena?
His eternal head tilt is kinda freaky
I love it 
Last month Irida shafted me so hard. Finally someone that listen
HOLY CRAP
I only got to 15 today
This is rude considering how poorly that egg event went
I’ve saved interactions for every new lodge unit lel
What to do when you get all hot topic in first topic?
Im resetting but i wanna hear you guys perspective
Sometimes I reset but most of the time I just went screw it let’s go and click the highest point one anyway
same
i don't care about minmaxing anyway
Well, despite me giving him a gift today, he still dropped me at 89% at 9 interactions
i guess we’re just besties

btw
should i use all interactions instead of just 1 by 1
Min-Max would be resetting interactions 1-by-1 making sure you get high conversations
what is considered high
my tolerance for TL, is zero.
So I just use all my interactions at once because I couldn't be bothered to min-max conversations
Same
8 or 10+ interactions
i get abt 10 levels each day doing that
like getting to 50% attention or lower
Finishing one character (lvl 100) takes ~10 days, so there’s 20 days before a new one drops
also can someone please explain what this means
Even if u have multiple to do u’ll get it done eventually
i thought it was interesting
Like if ur doing lodge interactions and it becomes the time for daily reset and u close the app, u get 3 extra the next day I think
if you close the game while doing a TL convo, the entire thing is reset and progress is reset including items used
However, if you do after choosing a topic, and the conversation is going to end afterwards you risk just losing both progress and items
im kinda dumb but i see some people doing that and is it worth it?
Ig if ur still maxing a character
does anyone have a video of how it works
Ive never done it before, im just assuming u start ur interactions 1 one minute before reset (e.g if reset is at 9 for u start at 8:59)
I don’t think you can, cause it resets the convo
Step 1: spend one or more Interactions to begin a conversation
Step 2: wait for the topics to appear, and then close the app without picking one (though you can pick up to two topics safely, the progress will be undone anyway so don't bother)
Step 3: reopen the app and return to the Trainer Lodge. You will be refunded the interaction(s) you spent initiating the now-canceled conversation.
The trick is that... If you Use All Interactions, all of them will be refunded at once. Aaaaand if daily reset happens between starting the convo and receiving this refund... you will be given your 3 daily Interactions plus your refund
This allows you to "carry over" interactions from one day to another
This does not gain you extra levels per day, it just gives a little flexibility on when you spend them.
Woah
I'll tell you what I did for the past few days, as an example case.
So technically I can get like 3 extra
No.
You can delay today's convos until tomorrow.
While still getting tomorrow's three interacts
Oh
From mid July to July 29: I just did 6 interacts each day like normal.
July 30th: I bought one of the three daily shop interacts. Spent four interacts in one convo (the one from the shop and the three from daily login). Bought the other two. Started a convo using both of these interacts, and then quit the game.
July 31: I return to the lodge. I get 3 interacts from logging in, plus two refunded from yesterday, for five interacts in my "inventory" plus three more in the shop. I buy the three from the shop, use one interact for the daily mission, then start another convo with the other seven. I quit the game without finishing it.
Aug 1st: Calem arrives to the Lodge. I receive 3 interacts for logging in. I am refunded my 7 interacts from the convo I didn't complete yesterday. I now have 10 interacts in my inventory (the maximum).
At no point am I generating more than 6 interacts per day. I am just shoving some of them from earlier days onto later days (in this case, so I can max Calem sooner and stop worrying about him sooner)
Oh
Bonus...
Aug 1st: I have 10 interacts in inventory and 3 in the shop. I can't hold and use all 13 at once. So I spend 10 in one convo, buy the other three, start a new convo with them, and close the game.
Aug 2nd: I have 3 from login, 3 refunded from yesterday, and 3 more in the shop. I use them all at once.
Because fuck doing the minigame more than once a day. 
Actually tbh
The only reason I do lodge is for the extra materials
I was uninterested in the units until people called some of them decent
So I went for them to make up for my bad gacha luck
#skillissuef2pplayer
Dawn's Wormadam skillset has quite a bit in common with Roxanne's Probopass skillset, and I mean that as high praise
Blue's, Cynthia's, and Elesa's lodge pairs are variously useful supports (e.g. Blue is kinda Hilbert Junior and Cynthia has the rare combination of +acc and +crit in one Support)
But my favorite lodge guest is May, for completely unrelated reasons
This remains my favorite screenshot in PMEX ever.
And then some people improved on it
Why is calem self conscious about his hair 
He has one of the boringest hairstyles in Kalos tbf
Also even Serena changes her hairstyle in her alt costumes. Calem doesn't.
Even Trevor's hair was good for the Live Trevor Reaction meme
Can’t he focus on his hair more 
Damnit Calem, dropping me at the 10th topic at 83% attention
Finally got him to 1000!

He left before I could give my gift 2/3 times so far
only lvl 24
i never want to see his face again
mfing silver hot topic is fashion
Rare Alder appreciators
Well that's new. If only I had 6 of the silver or gold presents 😭
Bronze stones are often scarcer anyway
Almost done with him
How is everyone so lucky Omg
I conserved my mats too hard
Hi guys, does someone here knows how much the Rose's Results passive boosts its steel types?
20%
But please ask in #poma-questions or #916852044692856834
Oh ok, my bad! Thank you 😉
Is fennekin a good unit?
not a good option but it has some utility on LG
Then i can afford not to rush getting it just in time for next cs then
I think Calem is officially my worst lodge experience. He’s dropped at 96% four times in a row
Fennekin... Hm. Freebie unit focused on Heat Wave spam. We already have Silver as a powerful freebie Fire option, so the question becomes who the best freebie companion is between Flint, Blaine, Flannery, and Lodge Calem.
I... think I would prefer Lodge Calem over any of them except maybe Blaine. Early sun to help Silver get his buffs up, and the second Sunny Day can let an EX Support have the first sync.
Quite a few damage multiplier skills in his grid, plus Superduper 5 innate. I can see a trick here with Healthy Superhit, too: three TMs, let Silver sync, and then wallop the enemy with his first Heat Wave
(3) Friendly Rivalry Fire Beam: Power +25
(3) Friendly Rivalry Fire Beam: Power +25
(3) Friendly Rivalry Fire Beam: Power +25
(3) Friendly Rivalry Fire Beam: Power +25
(2) Battle Beside You!: MP Refresh 2 - Has a chance (30%) of restoring one MP of the user's move when that move is successful.
(2) Heat Wave: Move Gauge Refresh 3 - Has a chance (40%) of charging the user's move gauge by one when a move is successful.
(2) Heat Wave: Super Freebie 2 - Has a chance (30%) of applying the Free Move Next effect to the user when its move is super effective.
(2) Psybeam: Move Gauge Refresh 3 - Has a chance (40%) of charging the user's move gauge by one when a move is successful.
(2) X Sp. Atk: MP Refresh 2 - Has a chance (30%) of restoring one MP of the user's move when that move is successful.
(3) Battle Beside You!: Ramp Up 1 - Raises the user's Sp. Atk by 1 stat rank when its move is successful.
(1) Dauntless - Sp. Atk cannot be lowered.
(2) Charging Confusion 4 - Has a chance (50%) of charging the user's move gauge by 2 when its attack move is successful against a confused opponent.
(2) Natural Remedy - Removes all status conditions from the user the first time it is inflicted by any status condition each battle.
(2) Power Reserves 3 - Powers up the user's moves when it is in a pinch.
(3) Baffle Buff 3 - Powers up the user's moves when the target is confused. Powers up the user's sync move when the target is confused.
(3) Burn Synergy 3 - Powers up the user's moves when the target is burned.
(3) Catalyst - Applies the Move Gauge Acceleration effect to the allied field of play the first time the user's sync move is used each battle.
(3) Scorching Sync 5 - Powers up the user's sync move when the target is burned.
(3) Super Interference 1 - Raises the chance of inflicting status conditions—as well as inflicting the flinching, confused, or trapped condition—with the additional effects of the user's moves.
No lodge unit is that great. Calem is a freebie tho
How many of those are freebies?
not many units are reliant on burn or confusion for multipliers and the ones that are can usually do it themselves
silver
and rosa
both have guaranteed defense drops and function as decent dps
Neither is fire though
i didnt mean exclusively fire
I do.
Calem doesn't have to be best at everything. He just has to beat his competition (freebie fire to pair with Silver)
Hell, newbies might not even have pulled Blaine yet. Once in a while that actually happens
Silver+Lodge Calem+ Support becomes their strongest fire team, since the alternative is hecking Flint
I doubt I'll use Calem myself but I can see some value here
The more I think about it, the better this sounds...
Calem doesn't even need to grid for his own burn and confusion bonuses. Superduper 5 on its own is already massive. He can work well gridless, which might actually have a lot of value to a beginner
Silver exists so his usage is pretty low
Silver wants a sun setter than Calem anyway, unless you run SS Morty
There isn't a conflict until there's a third freebie fire pair, and that's Flint.
Flint is... Not great
Newbie perspective. They might not have a sun setter (once in a while we get a newbie who hasn't even pulled Blaine yet)
thats too rare to happen so i didnt consider it
well running two together is fine
but maxing Silver nuke is miles better
That's the thing.
Calem doesn't need to nuke.
He's not even a Tech.
Superduper 5 gridless
Newbies never have enough orbs. Calem doesn't even need any. So he's looking actually good for them
If the newbie is new enough, they may not even have cookies for Dauntless on Silver.
Sacred Fire is nowhere near as strong as Overheat 😔
4star Calem has more SpAtk than 6star EX Silver's Atk, 3/5 Heat Wave has more BP than 5/5 Sacred Fire.
Lodge Calem is valid as hell
I don’t think we should recommend lcalem to newbies over lblue on the pretense that they lack blaine or anything
Who said anything about recommending him over LBlue?
Getting all six team slots and then maxing one trainer takes maybe two weeks? That's still really new
Silver without power boost needs way more support than Calem, too. It's been half a year since the power boost was available; who even knows how long it'll be after this month's Johto VA rerun ends
EX Support sync into Healthy Superhit Superduper 5 Heat Wave is, what, 200ish BP to all enemies? That's almost equivalent to an EX Striker sync.
And it doesn't even cost gauge since his TM gives him a freebie
That's a pretty strong thing to give out for free.
And permanently, unlike Bluecanine
It just seems very improbable that someone with no sun setters would have an EX support to spare. Rosa is very valuable to be wasted like that
And the equivalent of an EX strike sync move with no multipliers is nothing to write home about, especially if the power goes down after the first usage
Maybe that's how it feels to someone who's played for years. To someone who just started, though, this is good and costs nothing-- not even orbs. Even Silver costs orbs
Take the EX Support out and the BP drops to 150ish per enemy, which is still nothing to sneeze at compared to what else a newbie would have
Done with Calem
Back to Acerola
What are you girls talking about
Matching swimwear. It is summer.
Summer Marnie and EX Summer Gloria
(They also match, but in blue, if Marnie is EX and Gloria is not)
do i just reset
Sawyer
Turn your head a bit to the right
How many times can you reset in lodge/interactions are given back to you cause I tried exiting the app before Calem left and it didn’t work was I to slowv
I’m pretty sure that once you click the topic, the game autosaves
7th day pair. Probably the fastest for me
if they are thinking about a topic you cant reset or it’ll just end
it has to be on the three topics
The result of your choice is calculated the instant you click it, and it autosaves immediately if the result was "the conversation ends"
You cannot quit/reset in response to the conversation ending, because the game autosaved long before it told you the conversation is over
Even if you turn off your wifi/5G, the game will just send the autosaved results to the server when you next login
You have to either make the decision to reset on your turn before you click a topic, or you have to just live with the result
There's a fire-weak fight in CSMM this week. I kinda wanna see how he does in there on a fully gridless team, to simulate newbie conditions.
2k clear on round 4 (special amp). All three are gridless. I can't un-EX Silver but his sync is physical so it's meaningless. Calem does good work cleaning out the sides. (I admit Silver does have Dauntless though; I really didn't feel like overwriting it for this test and then fishing for it again after)
Fennekin's not too shabby indeed.
Welp, time to reset and do it all over for a 2.5k clear because... I'm not a newbie.
did you mean his sync is physical?
Yes. Lemme edit
Thank you
On the one hand, it's nice that this saves orbs for beginners. On the other, Dauntless still is a bit of an investment since IIRC Vigilance is on the same cookie 
Not always going to have Villa or Gauntlet or Bonanza up... But hopefully one of the three will be in place by the time a newbie gets Lodge Blue and then Lodge Calem
How come this is here and not in #1010274591601598555 or #1009554906568462476 
Because it's about Lodge Calem.
I looked at his kit and he seemed really beginner-friendly, in ways that Silver isn't. He can work alongside Silver as a strong Fire team even when no member is gridded
So I tested it and won with 2k.
Way above the usual 850 to 1500 we typically recommend for beginners
Innate +50% damage multi (and for something as simple as being ontype) is really good for someone with more than 300 SpAtk.
He can grid for Confusion and Burn bonuses, but... (Gestures to clear photo) a beginner can just shove EXP books into him and he's ready to roll.
Blue is still probably the top pick for first lodge pair. But Calem is pretty darn valid for a subsequent pick
I mean, Lodge isn't just about raging at early convo dropouts and the occasional shitpost or meme. Sometimes it's part of the actual game 
TIL you get the picture even if you dont have the og
same
Huh
and obtained

Me tomorrow
Like half of the days so far I couldnt even give a gift
I think im at like 70 rn
Idr but I think I got the support coin and powerups today
Calem liked me more, and joined me today. 
5/5 wasnt enough
shoulda tried to feed him a 6th tech candy smh
I wish I could
Dammit Acerola!
On the one hand, it's sad to see her fall in with a bad crowd. On the other, Guzma is surprisingly good with kids according to that one event with Liza
😳
Wow
So close to 0%
Classic Calem tbh
Why does Dawn drop me before I could give her a gift?
And I got a red coin 3 days ago. Thanks Calem
The only thing “great” there is pain.
classic calem strikes again
Oof, been there
Purple border!
And it fits her
Didn’t realized Rosa level was max. Oops.
Epic
Level 12nice
Noice
Hau 
I guess he's trying to follow his grandpa's footsteps by doing this
Wait, you can do that?
Marnie getting publicity on Spikemuth's behalf
I have all of the +3 rare sync pairs except Leon. Does adding Leon give me access to any expedition team that I wouldn’t have had before?
I’ve been trying to do the 10 blue / 10 rare Galar team with Omni boost but it seems you need summer Marnie for that..
Check out the first pin i guess?
Scrolling to the right from the team you mention, shows a 0/0/10/10 Galar team with Rare Extract that does use Leon and does not (have to) use Summer Marnie (Hop can take that slot instead)
Oh dear, I got an oldie in my bookmarks.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1NJORqewA2MoLlZRUTpPs8Dl1bLKQkxBIvcDQOt9JREw/edit#gid=0

That team uses Leon or Rose (I have Rose), and also it requires a Rare extract. I’m looking for a team with Omni extract, and both of the listed teams seem to require summer Marnie
Viola, how did you convince Officer Nanu to let you take his picture?
I'm an idiot
I'm gonna reset
Silver?!?! This is the third coin you've given me, you absolute champ!
First time talking to N and he's so good to me
When N stands for Yes
Silver hates weak sync pairs
He wants you to 5/5 all your supports!
I have to admit, that is how post-growth Silver would address that problem
Apparently N is a mathematical genius? Did I miss that part of the game?
N’s design apparently has some math based inspirations, and he talks about formulas or variables a lot

Even his nickname and real first name are math references
It's for that reason, that he was the first to notice the scam in the summer event he was in.
Pointless change: the lodge percentage drops as soon as you click the topic, rather than after the reaction
so no reset and go back right?
So no more double phone
Idk
Reset always happens before a topic is selected tho
It is functionally equivalent to before, just very slightly more transparent
Courtesy of @hot solar , Leaf's graphic has been added! Thanks a lot for the hard work
Wow 26 super exciting in lodge
Higher end let's gooo
Also thanks for the Infograph
...That was fast. Wow.
Adding my gratitude to the pile
Thanks, Zamcio
Dark mode
Ooh, Eevee-print wristband.
Glad it’s leaf, have her 5/5 EX alr so I get the holo foil and eevee frame
I can get N in a few days too 
thanks for the hard work!
thanks a lot
do we have the expedition skills for all new pairs
absol hasnt posted them yet cuz no laptop and they're pretty low priority
I can post guesses.
...It... now occurs to me that the Team Rocket Admins would probably be Johto Villains, finally giving an easier way to get 10cache in a Johto team
They are johto, yeah
BP Barry: Rival, Support. +2 Rare Cache, -2 Red and/or Yellow
BP Olivia: Elite Four, Support. +3 Blue, -1 Red or Yellow
BP Valerie: Gym Leader, Striker. +1 Red, +1 Yellow or Blue
BP Falkner: Gym Leader, Tech. +1 Yellow, +1 Red or Blue
BP Dana: Battle Facility Foe, Support. +2 Rare Cache, -Red or Yellow
Neo Red: Main Character and Champion Striker. Either +2 Red (because Main Character) or +3 Red and -1 Yellow or Blue (because Champion)
Neo Leaf: Main Character and Champion Tech. Either +2 Yellow (because Main Character) or +3 Yellow and -1 Red or Blue (because Champion)
Neo Blue: Rival and Champion Support. Either +2 Cache, -2 Red and/or Yellow (because Rival) or +3 Blue and -1 Red or Yellow (because Champion)
Lodge Leaf: Main Character Support. +2 Blue.
Paulo: Rival Sprint. +2 Rare, and... I don't know which color a Sprint would "bite."
Tina: Typeless Support. +2 Blue.
Variety Gio: Villain Field. +2 Rare, don't know what color a Field would bite
Variety Archer: Villain Sprint. +2 Rare, I don't know what color a Sprint would bite
Variety Ariana: Villain Tech. +2 Rare, -2 Red and/or Blue
Variety Petrel: Villain Striker. +2 Rare, -2 Yellow and/or Blue
Variety Proton: Villain Support. +2 Rare, -2 Red and/or Yellow
Palmer: Battle Facility Foe Striker. +2 Rare, -2 Yellow and/or Blue
Argenta: Battle Facility Foe Support. +2 Rare, -2 Red and/or Yellow
Tina's a rival to Paulo but I guess only rivals to Main Characters get the actual Rival tag.
They're on a variety banner. That's usually a 2% feature rate. If they end up splitting that 2% five ways to end up with 0.4% each, I'm going to be really annoyed
I'm already reluctant to pull on anything with the default overall 7% 5star rate
Because... yeah, it looks like they're all going to together in their main banner
Apparently you can choose Ariana or Archer from a free ticket banner. The ticket is assuming to be given through missions
This is another Sawyer situation but this time you can freely choose which unit to get
A difficult choice indeed. Archer is a Sprint, and he'd be our first freebie in that class. But Ariana has the booba
She's evil and pooooossibly literally married to Gio but
Ill be going for ariana to pair her w looker
Also it's harder to justify a Poison attacker when we already have options for that role
Not sure if that last bit is appropriate for this server
Do note that they both have EX role unlocked too
Ariana is Strike and Archer is Tech
A search turns up 78 results, so it's not exactly unheard of here
Getting the cakes, though... Hm. Lemme recheck Ariana's skillset

Ariana can get some utility out of having her sync turn AoE, since she partially debuffs the enemy team on entry. But she doesn't have Ripple Effect to spread her attack debuffs around...
Wait archer is a sprint w tech ex role and ariana is a tech w strike ex role right?
At base she is just Lucy+
I think gio has strike, petrel has support, proton has… tech I think?
Lucy who can't get a 100% trap rate and needs 5star candies to get 100% toxic rate 
Well at least she has 100% aoe spdef debuff
Isn't it 50% due to AoE dispersion?

@severe river can you send the full list again?
Somehow stat debuffs arent affected by aoe penalty
I c
No Fields or Sprints as EX Roles in the first batch? 
Fascinating, then Acid at least still works. Thank you
I didnt notice the variety ex roles at first
May with OAR1 MW is 60% and FIris with OAR9 Acid is 100%
I'd love a Support+Sprint or Support+Field, but let's see...
Aaand neither combination is in this batch. Darn.
Supports benefit from those but I dont see them benefitting from tech or strike unless its part of their kit like bluedos
We still have Field and Sprint cake unused, maybe they will make them EX role in the near future
Paulo is Sprint --> Support
Biggest winner is Zerena imo, she needs to sync first and her EX role is support
Wait, it is?
Too bad u get the cake from paid banner 
Oh dang, it is!
Cakes are also rewards from new difficulty of daily regional rotation
*cake coins, mb
Similar to candies, you need to get 20 cake coins to form a cake
Will take 100 days 
Ah, right... 20 days for a single cake, though. And more like 100 since they cycle in and out...

Yeah it may be great but what if smb needs it more in those 100 days 
There will probably be more ways to get them.
Event rewards and stuff
After all, we get quite a few candy coins that way

And ticket scouts too
Missions are not datamined yet so hopefully there are cake coins there
Indeed.
Same with the event exchanges
Speaking of ticket scouts and getting back to this channel's actual intended topic, whoops are we expecting that fair scout ticket to have all the lodge pairs?
Then I'd better start deciding between Marnie vs Gloria. Hm.
Neither would be a meaningful addition to my rost--
Wait, Electric High Score Event. Marnie might have a use.
I need gloria n and steven, think ill go for N
This is gonna be a problem, Irida and Adaman ate all my yellow crystals
N would also be helpful for the same event.
I do like all 3, but N has the better EX and may help w electric HS even tho 1/5 may be bad ive heard
3/5 Elesa is definitely better than 1/5 N, but N at least has high raw attack BP and no recoil
...not that Elesa's recoil matters anymore at 3/5 with Standfast 9.
Unless filters are failing me, these should be the lodge pairs in the scout
Yeah just those
Pick N to get his op lodge pair 
Cant wait to get smol N
I’ll probably pick either cynthia or marnie ||for the song keys||
n
Kind of glad that the select is for lodge bcz thats what I use it for anyway
tho I picked alder in the first one
I'd rather have Gloria (It's been a while since I had someone to use up my red crystals) but Marnie has greater practicality for me 
Free PUs and stuff 
I’m just glad to have the eboy 
Going from 0/5 Cynthia to 1/5 Cynthia is kind of sad 
Ive touched her like 3 times
At least you'd get Lodge Cynthia out of it, for Legend Gauntlet or something
Once to use for the raikou missions the rest for type rotations
I use Cynthia regularly, since Lady Luck decided to be a sarcastic a-hole and gave me 5 of her (when I was trying to get Lance or Steven to 3/5)
Her grid expansions made that pay off hugely... literally years later. 
Damn the variety is all cache
Make sense since they are villains
Time to max another
Interesting. Johto actually has a proper expedition team now
Why stop at 2000?
I guess because I had long gone past 1k 
We have five 3 rare cache pairs now right?
Lololol Scottie/Bettie pair with an expedition skill
Otherwise no surprises in that list
All three Sprint/Field pairs subtract from the colors matching their EX Roles. Hm.
Paulo is a Sprint subtracting from yellow and blue, kind of strongly implying sprints count as red
Archer is a Sprint subtracting from yellow.
Variety Gio is a Field subtracting from red.
M.Royal, SSLusa, SSGio, R.Cynthia, Alt.Leon I think
Is it weird to visit someone's house and they have a shelf full of dolls that look like you
Is it less weird if you signed a deal to let a company produce the dolls commercially
Hm, I thought Rose was one
Apparently so. Six, then?
Ooh 6 nice
Oh didnt realize alt leon was good for caches
May look at my expedition teams soon, currently doing 10 yellow/red (team 1 and 2 respectively) and 10 cache
Tho ig it’ll reach 8/10 anyway 
at least Elesa is a model so she might be used to being commercialized
in my case
That would make it slightly less weird, but I think it might still be weird to hang around someone who has a whole shelf of the same doll
Look they only sell the one model
If they sell all alts of the character as a doll I would buy them
Hm. I could see someone going to Elesa "I'm your biggest fan!" and pointing at a full collection of different dolls, and that would be something close to non-weird
Maybe for Marnie too, come to think of it, since Team Yell actually does make Marnie merch
But with probably a slightly higher baseline level of weirdness than for Elesa
I didn't play Sw/Sh so Team Yell's very existence seems a little weird to me. ...She's probably used to it tho
Marnie is the sister of Spikemuth’s Gym Leader, Team Yell is definitely a reference to rowdy sports fans cheering on their hometown team
Why do they have merch for her, then
Do Lakers fans have merch for LeBron James' sister
That would be weird
Like, I get the Local Sports Fan thing, but it's weird to me that they seem to also serve as Fan Club For The Sports Guy's Sister (with merch)
And waving the merch around, no less
The thing is, Marnie is the sports team in this analogy. Piers is a Gym Leader, he’s not taking part in the league challenge
I haven’t played Sword (only Shield), but I would guess Gordie’s is the traditional fan club
Gordie’s fan club is only mentioned in his league card, you dont see it in game
I think I read that his mother Melony was the first to sign up. ...Now I'm wondering if she's the only one to sign up
well he is popular
just a supportive mom thing
even though gordie doesnt really like her
Neat
When you hate the only member of your fan club lol
is there a reason not to use all lodge interactions per day (ie all 6)? if I only use 1 will I get 3+3 more the next day?
Not really
Unless you want to save interactions for an upcoming character being added to the lodge
The interaction limit is 6 so you need to bypass it by using a pseudo exploit
Use all interactions, but then exit the game. Dont enter lodge until the next reset, and the interactions will be refunded to you fully
When is Leaf dropping?
Will we have the first MC possible in lodge?? Because all the others don't have any expedition skills...
Anyone knows if the others will get expedition skills too or only this one??
NF Leaf 30/08 and Lodge I'd say 01/09
1 reset to BP update, so it's 3 resets left for Leaf coming to Lodge
Yes
Thanks
Would we even want to use Scottie/Bettie when they have no region tag and a +2/+0 expedition skill due to being a Main Character
I saved my interactions of yesterday to start Raihan today just to find out we cant get the ticket for some more days 
I am also annoyed by this because I needed Lodge Raihan for Gauntlet 
Same
guess ill do leaf first
On a side note, 0/0/10/10 is now more(?) accessible as Dana can replace Lysandre, making Shauna the only required general pool 5*

thats a nice team actually, i guess i can replace Drake with anyone having +3 blue?
Indeed! Lana, Glacia, anything with +3 Wistful/Blue works in place of Drake
Finally, a team with 10 blue/cache that doesn’t rely on units i lack
This works too
Ooh that one looks neato
The game is really happy I redownloaded it huh…
move coin jump scare
A man and his blue whale

Rosa nearly scared me.
So unfortunately, I don't think we're ever getting a batch of characters again.
Getting a what
Oh multiple characters at once
i mean i felt like that was a given
they only dropped multiple chars at the lodge launch and never again
i forgot to screenshot but Silver gave me a yellow candy coin. again. i don't even know how many coins he has given me at this point. 4? 5?
We are supposed to get 1 lodge guest per month, except the initial batch we never got more than 1 unit a month
Even when they added adaman and Irida, Irida had to wait a month to enter the lodge
Leaf arrives in a few hours. Her lodge pair looks kinda useful in Gauntlet or for a beginner.
Gauge: 1 | Power: - | Accuracy: - | Uses: -
Target: An opponent
Effect Tag: Flying, Shadow Presence, Phantom Presence, Bouncing, Hits against flying pokemon
Uses one of several moves at random.
Gauge: 2 | Power: - | Accuracy: - | Uses: 2
Target: Self
Effect Tag: Heals
Restores the user's HP by approximately 50% of its maximum HP. HP is restored by 60% instead when the weather is sunny, and 40% when the weather is rainy or during a hailstorm or a sandstorm.
Gauge: 2 | Power: 45 | Accuracy: - | Uses: -
Target: All opponents
Effect Tag: Sure Hit
Never misses.
Gauge: - | Power: - | Accuracy: - | Uses: 2
Target: All allies
Effect Tag: -
Raises the Attack and Sp. Atk of all allied sync pairs by 2 stat ranks.
Power: 250
Target: An opponent
Effect Tag: -
No additional effect.
Yeah very good, but imo LBlue is still the best for new players
And base Blue is guaranteed to get
Escape artist and flameproof will be good for entei
I mean NoO LeAf’s BAD sInCe hEr kIT iS rNg


That is what people said after spring burgh’s release, when he was imo like a top 3 support, but no one recognized it 
There's also Cynthia, Morty and Acerola (that can buff crit to max) so that's 5 out of 9 supports
Impossible to grind her for this LG 



