pogo_discussion

[odd glade]

Wait

Mega Kangaskhan is out? o.o

[final tulip]

i already see a raid for it

[odd glade]

[dusty oracle]

Yep.

Research is also live.

[tropic reef]

Theres research?

[ivory halo]

Ah, megas are great now.

[tropic reef]

Do u choose which mega you get from the research?

[dusty oracle]

Of the Kanto trio, yes.

[glad bay]

What do y’all think is the best choice?

[faint ferry]

depends on what you already have

i picked charizard cause i already have 3 gyarados and mega venusaur...

[glad bay]

I don’t have much in the way of any big hitters

[faint ferry]

all 3 of them are really strong options for their typing, just pick whichever youre most lacking really

though charizard can also do dragon

(not really flying though)

[tropic reef]

I dont have any mega energy for all 3

[faint ferry]

you get hundreds from the quest

[tropic reef]

Ye ik but lots of people said what you have least of

And all 3 are good

But i dont have any candy so what do i choose

[faint ferry]

yeah, but like... in terms of other mons of the same type

not necessarily just what you have of those 3

[tropic reef]

Still got none of em

Only have pidgeot steelix and beedrill

[faint ferry]

not talking megas

[tropic reef]

Ook

[faint ferry]

just strong pokemon in general of water, fire, dragon, grass, or poison

[tropic reef]

I have zekrom and ho oh for dragon and fire

So char is out

But i have basically nothing for the other 2

[faint ferry]

venusaur is probably more useful than blastoise simply due to having 2 types

[tropic reef]

Ok

So venusaur it is

[faint ferry]

you can also get other mega energy from field research, though its not focused around 1 mon

[tropic reef]

K

[faint ferry]

still have that stupid landorus quest

[glad bay]

I have a venusaur but it’s not very good

Think I’ll roll Charizard just because it’s always been a favorite

[tropic reef]

I think u get a good one at the end

[faint ferry]

you get multiple of whichever you pick from the quest, yes

[glad rover]

Sure for anyone who needs a regional Pokémon like Kangaskhan will be jumping on this

Kangaskhan typically spawns in Oceania only from what I remember

[twilit sapphire]

Ah yeah.. I might need more...

[charred rapids]

Any hundos 👀

[oblique ridge]

Samsung phone... was that supposed to be the flex or the kangas

[faint ferry]

@final tulip when do you want to hit that 4th heart?

[twilit sapphire]

just a 96

max attack and missing a bit of the other 2

[tropic reef]

thats how i felt for my swampert 😔

same ivs as that kanga

[twilit sapphire]

Pain

[charred rapids]

I mean I suppose it has attack so

[final tulip]

you can take it whenever i’m not too bothered about friendship exp right now

[faint ferry]

just asking cause i dont have a gift waiting atm

[final tulip]

oh let me send you one then

go ahead and take the exp whenever

[faint ferry]

thanks

[crisp relic]

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[twilit sapphire]

[final tulip]

wow a gift from aimee i see

[twilit sapphire]

before i forgor

niantic gifts

[tropic reef]

send me more niatnci gifts pls

niatnici

[twilit sapphire]

probably during weekend because i ran out of them by accident

[tropic reef]

ncaitni

oof ok

[faint ferry]

cianti

[twilit sapphire]

seems they left the stops from the go tour

[tropic reef]

you still got any from the irl tour?

[twilit sapphire]

not right now but might try and get some this weekend since stops seem to be there still

or at least this last commday they were

[tropic reef]

i alr got the second

[charred rapids]

Why are the gifts so important

[tropic reef]

i just need the first

[final tulip]

considering how many gifts aimee sends a month i do think there should be some left from february

[tropic reef]

the postcard book

and the postcards are from niantic

so they special

[charred rapids]

People give a shit about the postcards

Well shit

[tropic reef]

only the niantic ones

[twilit sapphire]

hear me out this last comday niantic gave a quest of getting 5 postcards

[tropic reef]

the other ones i couldnt care less

[twilit sapphire]

so i had to throw away most gifts and try to easter egg find 5 stops in particular

between a hundred of them

[tropic reef]

i need like all of those

u alr gave the white one tho

[twilit sapphire]

i literally only have 1 of each so i don't think im sending them yet

[tropic reef]

ook lol

[faint ferry]

<200k to lvl 40...

[charred rapids]

https://tenor.com/view/its-been84years-titanic-rose-dawson-gif-5372593

[twilit sapphire]

They also gave us these

One was a code with the usual incense, balls and incubator

[charred rapids]

Captain Doty suppose to look like a yeti? Boi looks like a tampon with horns

[faint ferry]

hehe balls

[twilit sapphire]

[charred rapids]

@regal jacinth are you around? I’ll be planning to do a legendary raid in the raid channel soon

[twilit sapphire]

can you invite me and my bf

pretty sure you have him too ahaha

[charred rapids]

SEND ME MANS CODE oh wait do I?

Who be he

[twilit sapphire]

idk let me send

2480 5805 0918

[faint ferry]

do i evolve a second shadow vileplume or a first shadow bellossom...

[charred rapids]

Pffft no lol I’ve never seen this fella in my life >_>

[twilit sapphire]

well know you have

[charred rapids]

Alright well too easy

[twilit sapphire]

said he added

[charred rapids]

Yeah I see mah boi

[faint ferry]

evolving takes way too long...

[twilit sapphire]

I cant, the Durant there

[charred rapids]

Durant outlived lando, confirmed durant stronger and far superior than a landorus

[final tulip]

i was going to say why does durant have avalanche

but then i looked a bit closer

[faint ferry]

hax

report report report

[twilit sapphire]

so close

[charred rapids]

So am I

[near yarrow]

I wish I got the shiny mew research

[faint ferry]

its so long...

[twilit sapphire]

the only reason i haven't finish it yet is because i always forgot to catch a daily mon

[faint ferry]

lel

[twilit sapphire]

since the day it was released

[faint ferry]

i finished that step in 1 shot

[charred rapids]

Could be a shundo mew, but keeps forgetting to catch a daily Mon 👀

[twilit sapphire]

my painful one was breaking the chain at day 25

i cried

[near yarrow]

Try setting a reminder

[faint ferry]

i think ive broken the chain a total of like 3 times since the quest started

[twilit sapphire]

shundos are inexistent for me

[near yarrow]

Same

[faint ferry]

same

[charred rapids]

I keep breaking the earn a heart with ya buddy 30 days in a row, the motivation just isn’t there

[faint ferry]

i mean me too thanks

[final tulip]

i have one and it's useless in raids

[near yarrow]

The only shiny legendary/mythical I have is celebi

[faint ferry]

is that shiny mew...?

[twilit sapphire]

what is it?

[final tulip]

good in ml though

lugia

[charred rapids]

Nah apex research

[final tulip]

already level 40ed it and double moved

[faint ferry]

oh

[charred rapids]

I have 4 shundos, thanks to a recent event one of them went from useless to slightly less useless 👀

[twilit sapphire]

the closest to a shundo i have is that swampert 98 up there

[charred rapids]

Giving you and ya man all that shundo luck in future endeavours

Everyone deserves one

[faint ferry]

closest i had to a shundo was a hundo lvl 1 greninja (not shiny)

[twilit sapphire]

closest to a shundo is that 0iv shiny chikorita

Still love it at heart

even tho is just a throphy

[faint ferry]

evolve it and stick it in a gym

or just stick it in a gym

[final tulip]

@twilit sapphire @charred rapids you guys around

[near yarrow]

I have this which I know is functionally the same but it still pains me a little

[twilit sapphire]

barely

[final tulip]

wow aimee hardest hitter

[twilit sapphire]

my sent me this

[final tulip]

is that yours or your bfs?

[twilit sapphire]

my bfs

[final tulip]

also congrats either way

is that the second shiny from fremont

for him i mean

[charred rapids]

I am around but I am passless

[twilit sapphire]

its just his second raid mine too but still

[final tulip]

you want to make it a third

@twilit sapphire

[twilit sapphire]

if you give me a chance to buy passes

[final tulip]

aimee really going hard for landorus i see

[twilit sapphire]

i just don't have a decent one won't go full in hopefully

am redy at least

[final tulip]

i'll send to some onlines then

[twilit sapphire]

my bf really went i have the shiny already

[final tulip]

he was in there though

[mighty lynx]

This quest is totally broken for me x')

All the text is just the code placeholders

[regal jacinth]

cool but also OOF

i got a charizard before i even evolved my charmander lmao

[tropic reef]

1 hp

[grand iron]

Just to be sure, the fully evolved kanto starter you get from the mega quest thing that just came out is guaranteed to be shiny right? Or am I just super lucky

[final tulip]

you got lucky

[grand iron]

Nice

[regal jacinth]

am i in #pogo_showcase or #pogo_discussion

[rotund copper]

You are in #pogo_discussion

[regal jacinth]

k

[dusty oracle]

Mega Latios and Mega Latias inbound.

[tropic reef]

Ye

[dusty oracle]

https://pokemongolive.com/post/air-adventures-global/

For PVE devices, Mega Latios is a fairly good Dragon type!

[tropic reef]

Yess finally an opportunity to shiny hunt latias

[dusty oracle]

Psychic, less so, but it is the best Psychic Mega we currently have, by a long margin.

Assuming they keep the same energy cost as currently,

Both signature moves are worse than Psychic.

[regal jacinth]

wait. MEGA LATIAS AND LATIOS? WHERE?

[tropic reef]

After tapu lele

[regal jacinth]

hmmm how to get 3k exp...

[sleek quarry]

3 excellent throws or a 3* raid will get you at least 3k xp

[final tulip]

oh balloon pikachu is coming back

[regal jacinth]

hmmmmm but i cant walk much because of sickness

[twilit sapphire]

Also , latam event of double exp per capture today and tomorrow, pog

[final tulip]

the carnaval thing right

i saw a post about that on tsr

[twilit sapphire]

children's day here

but is just double xp, not spawns haha

[coarse pagoda]

I caught the following pokemon all in shadow form & 15A: Salamence, Dragonite, Machamp, Snorlax & Tyranitar. Which one should I prioritize in powering up?

[twilit sapphire]

Does any of them have their comday attack? At least sala, Machamp or tyranitar?

tyranitar is pretty pog with its comday attack

[regal jacinth]

i miss being able to run

[dusty oracle]

With Commday move:
Salamence and Tyranitar (For Rock).

Without needing Commday move:
Dragonite, Machamp and Tyranitar (For Dark)

[tropic reef]

What is dragonite comm day move anyway

[twilit sapphire]

Tytanitar is so versatile even without commday

[dusty oracle]

Machamp's CD move is garbage, remember? XD

Draco Meteor.

[twilit sapphire]

Dragonite is draco meteor too

[dusty oracle]

Strictly worse than the Outrage it normally has for PVE.

[tropic reef]

And also what moveset would u guys recommend for Avacado

[twilit sapphire]

Yeah I was asking mostly to tell them to change the move

[dusty oracle]

...What's an Avacodo, and for PVE or PVP?

[tropic reef]

Pve ig

Avacado

[dusty oracle]

...

I have never heard it called Avacodo.

[tropic reef]

You havent?

[dusty oracle]

Leave alone Avocado.

[twilit sapphire]

I thought it was avocado

[dusty oracle]

It is.

[tropic reef]

So what do i use for avacado

Im gonna double move it so best 2 charge attacks

[dusty oracle]

Dragon Tail/Outrage for PVE.

[regal jacinth]

omg it looks like one too

[dusty oracle]

...

[tropic reef]

Ok

[dusty oracle]

You don't need 2nd Moves for PVE.

[tropic reef]

True ig

[regal jacinth]

avocado without the seed in the middle

[dusty oracle]

The only time I would consider it is something like Garchomp or Snorlax vs Rockets, and even then, that's resources that could be going to better places.

[twilit sapphire]

Imagine having a good iv shadow mon

[final tulip]

i have 2 good shadow ttars for pve

nothing else of not for pve that i've powered up yet but i have a few good pvp shadows

[tropic reef]

Does dragon tail have a higher eps than dragon breath or smt? Cus ive found that dragon breath does alot more damage

[dusty oracle]

I have a pet project 93S!Mewtwo.

[twilit sapphire]

[dusty oracle]

That's more or less my only claim to fame on fantastic shadows.

[final tulip]

dragon tail is something like 13 damage over 3 turns and dragon breath is something like 4 damage over 1 turn

[tropic reef]

I have no good shadows..

[dusty oracle]

Effectively this.

[tropic reef]

Other than my good pvp iv latias that i dont even have any candy to invest into

[dusty oracle]

Errr.

Don't invest candy into that.

[final tulip]

i wouldn't

[tropic reef]

Ook

[dusty oracle]

Latias be kinda trash in PVP.

[final tulip]

kinda is an understatement

[dusty oracle]

It's redeemable.

If it had Dragon Claw, it would be a tonne better.

It lacks a good low energy move.

[final tulip]

my flex for pvp shadows is rank 2 shadow golbat and rank 10 shadow beedrill

[tropic reef]

Only kinda shadow flexes

[dusty oracle]

Did you check those resources I directed you at, RB?

[tropic reef]

Yea

[final tulip]

yo x what are you running for kanto cup right now

[tropic reef]

Sandslash with mudshot night slash and earthquake kinda op for kanto cup

[dusty oracle]

I'm being boring.

Queen/Lapras/Tung.

You?

[tropic reef]

Lapras is like the one counter for my squad lol

[final tulip]

rn shadow machamp amuk and legacy alolan sandslash

[dusty oracle]

That's honestly more cute than mine lmao.

I feel very boring, safe and meta.

[final tulip]

well i get core broken by fire spin awak and shadow nidoqueen

[dusty oracle]

I have issues with Venusaur, and that's about it.

...Honestly, I've never built a team not weak to Venusaur.

Meh.

[final tulip]

well i've seen more blastoise than venusaur

and i've seen 5 blastoises

[dusty oracle]

I can't escape Venusaur and Meganium.

My regular GL team is weak to both as well.

[final tulip]

what's the last meta that grass was good in

[dusty oracle]

Grasshole Remix.

[final tulip]

since walrein was introduced venu and meganium sort of fell off

[dusty oracle]

Yeah, literally right before Walrein.

[final tulip]

venu can still work as a safe swap imo but can get easily hard countered

[dusty oracle]

I think I'm magnetised to the 10 people that still play it lmao.

I've seen about 10 of each, the GL season just gone.

[final tulip]

niantic matchmaking at it's finest

[dusty oracle]

I'm fine with it normally.

Because no-one understands how to deal with Flygons.

Well

Apart from the one mirror match I found, which was honestly pretty cute.

[final tulip]

dragon tail or mudshot

[dusty oracle]

Oh, Mudshot all the way.

The rate you can confuse the hell out of people with Claw makes it 100% worth it.

[final tulip]

it's shadow right

[dusty oracle]

Nope!

[final tulip]

weird

[dusty oracle]

I find the extra bit of bulk to be more useful than the extra bit of damage.

[final tulip]

i've found that with spice picks that the extra damage from shadow is better if you give it shields

[dusty oracle]

Ah, you see, that's where we differ.

I regularly don't give it shields,

[final tulip]

what's the rest of your team

also are you running ep or se

[dusty oracle]

BB/IB/PR Azu, MS/DC/EP Flygon, LO/FC/FB Registeel.

[final tulip]

flash cannon registeel 😟

[dusty oracle]

It actually works better for my matchups, weirdly.

[final tulip]

you kind of lose to walrein with shields

[dusty oracle]

I mainly make up for it with shield mindgames elsewhere.

And everyone expects the Steel to have ZC anyway.

So they always swap out.

[final tulip]

true

the blind format of pogo pvp makes mind games very interesting

[dusty oracle]

The entire team is basically mindgame central.

[final tulip]

especially when you get stone edged by a nidoqueen

[dusty oracle]

It's why I run "unoptimal" movesets, because as a team, they cover each other just as well as the classic movesets.

And you can absolutely play with expectations.

[final tulip]

i 100% agree with that

[dusty oracle]

I know all the timings for the classic movesets, so I know where and when to throw baits.

[final tulip]

i usually run dewgong/altaria/deo-d in open gl

works pretty well

[dusty oracle]

I love Deo-D.

[final tulip]

it feels so satisfying to throw on a cmp tie and win it when your pokemon is at 1 hp

maybe not 1 but you're in the red

deo-d is a beast with either shields or energy advantage

[dusty oracle]

Mm. I struggle whenever I lose both my shield advantage and my information advantage.

Either or is redeemable.

Both is 100% a loss.

[final tulip]

information advantage is very important imo

[dusty oracle]

It's very underrated.

[final tulip]

switch advantage for me is a nice to have but i usually prefer shields

[dusty oracle]

I'm still undecided which I prefer.

It's kinda situational for me.

[final tulip]

i mean in open gl either dewgong with shields or deo-d with energy and/or shields is very good

if i get switch it's game over for the opponent

[dusty oracle]

True, true.

I'm more focused on baits and flexibility, so it is more situational.

Sometimes I wish I ran a 1Atk Azu over Rank1.

Just to get that CMPtie advantage in the mirror.

[final tulip]

what advantage you need just depends on the team tbh

there is some stuff that needs shields to sweep or something that needs good alignment

[charred rapids]

hella happy i got this today

[regal jacinth]

i got that yesterday, and now i evolved it again today, into the Y form

[final tulip]

https://pokemongolive.com/post/may-2022-content-update/

[lucid frigate]

Meh, grasses can’t really work as safe swaps

Switch vs shield advantage is always situational for me

If my lead mon has no play against the opponent’s lead mon, then i really want to win switch if i get the opportunity

[charred rapids]

personally, i think x is better level wise, y is cool i used it during my pokémon y play through and i think it sticks better to the colour scheme

[lucid frigate]

Y is better overall as a fire attacker

Ig if you have a low level charizard then x is better for now with the cp boost

[odd glade]

Worst month for this year so far...
Yes, we get mega latios/latias for first time, but it will only be a 5 days event

Boring 5* raids, boring research breakout mon, boring cd (11am~2pm lol). time to rest a bit from pogo

[dusty oracle]

Y is objectively better.

Higher damage.

[slow warren]

Been doing surprisingly good in kanto cup seeing as my entire team is weak to ice and 2/3 weak to psychic
Got my pikachu libre

Dragonite, nidoqueen and venusaur :)

[lucid frigate]

Im running a-wak/dewgong/a-muk

[final tulip]

if you can replace the dragonite with a dark type that would probably be better

hex or fire spin

[lucid frigate]

Fire spin

Need it for a-slash

[final tulip]

yeah i figured

it’s a big threat in the ka to cup meta since it got sclaw

[lucid frigate]

Yea ive seen quite a few

Thankfully mostly in the lead

[final tulip]

mine is in the back

[tropic reef]

im using a flareon/gyara/sand

[slow warren]

Hm fair just dunno what other mins and I'm low on dust to build another kanto mon

Have a shadow drag and nido ranked in the top 50 or something

[faint ferry]

i hit lvl 40 finally

[final tulip]

shadow dragonite has some play just needs a good team to keep the ices and the charmers away from it

[final tulip]

congrats! now the real grind starts

[slow warren]

Yeah my team is terrible against ice
Fairy types are handled by nido though

All my alolawak are bad ivs since I only have the 10/10/10 base research task ones

[charred rapids]

Yeah I use shadow champ, kinda basic

[faint ferry]

The grind:

i have a ton of uncollected special research tasks too

[final tulip]

time to go catching for xls then

[faint ferry]

cant really, live rural and nothing spawns here

[twilit sapphire]

Its pretty pog that you made it to 40 in rural tho

[glad bay]

Do xls only drop after a certain level?

[charred rapids]

if anyone has any 1* raids pls add me i need to do my research tasks

8870 0594 3957

[vivid kernel]

Will this be enough to beat up mega latios?

[charred rapids]

40+

[charred rapids]

I mean it can’t be solo’d or anything, would it help contribute? Well as far as typings go sure.

[glad bay]

Thanks!

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[stark narwhal]

I suppose it pays to check everything

Also, just to make sure i understand, a first time mega Evo still needs the original 200 mega energy right?

[sleek quarry]

Depends on the mega. Gyarados and Altaria are at 300

[tropic reef]

Wait so for the raid day do kangaskhan raids spawn alot more?

I wanna get the shiny mega

[tropic reef]

Wait does the lvl 51 cp boost for megas end after the event?

[final tulip]

yes

[regal jacinth]

actually, X form is way better because my charizard was 1500 cp now since i mega evolved it AGAIN to x form, its 4 THOUSAND. Y form on the other hand didn't do the same much. but if im just being stupid and both of them increase the CP, then X form is better because it looks cooler

fax

[tropic reef]

Y has 5 thousand

[charred rapids]

Ya zard gained an incredible amount of CP for its X form purely because the current event allows such a boost, the difference in them are plenty far apart on an ordinary day, not like CP matters much in this game, Y is still overall better.

[oblique ridge]

wtf lmfao

lemme get one as well then

[final tulip]

because it's boosted to level 51 because of the event bonuses

[glad bay]

Well I wish I’d chosen Y then. I thought the Dragon aspect would maybe be helpful with X.

[dire scaffold]

Anyone know what mons the go rocket leaders have?

[sleek quarry]

Sierra- Drowzy
Cliff- Cubone
Arlo- Exeggcute

[dire scaffold]

Holy shut

Shit

I’m dead

This fucking scared me

First go rocket leader ever

My hands are shaking

I missed my first 4 throws out of pure shock

[cedar sun]

Anyone have a bewear or kommo-o they can trade me? I can offer anyone of my shinies

[sleek quarry]

Trading is limited to 100m. You would have to find a local server to trade someone

That's against this server and overall pogo terms of service

[final tulip]

we don't talk about that here

[cedar sun]

Alrighty i wont talk about it here

[final tulip]

bewear just had a community day so find someone locally who can trade it to you

stufful is also spawning in the wild fairly commonly

[cedar sun]

Im bound to a wheelchair so i cant just walk anywhere i want. But i dont expect you to understand that struggle

I have a right to play this game just like everyone else

[sleek quarry]

No need to get hostile. Like I said, I'd suggest a local server and to delete any comments worthy of the ban hammer

[cedar sun]

Hostile? You are the one who hit me with a ban emoji lol

Assuming im just spoofing for the sake of spoofing. Maybe its cause i cant walk mr insensitive

[dire scaffold]

Yo

Can wingul in raids be shiny?

[dusty oracle]

Yes, but only at the same rate as in the wild.

(1 in 512ish)

Aka not worth.

Do Rockruff raids instead.

They're at roughly 1 in 64 odds.

[final tulip]

you mean the rate is so high

[lucid frigate]

No point in doing wingull raids when there’s gonna be a spotlight hour for it

[regal jacinth]

Yeah, just realized today lmao

[candid spindle]

hey does any1 know a good moveset for garchomp

[candid spindle]

btw can anyone rate my team for master league?

the ivs suck ik

[cold saffron]

Too low CP, you’d get stomp by players with lvl 50 Mons

[charred rapids]

Yeah I’d probably forget about master league 👀

[tropic reef]

Whats gonna happen during like the raid day

Like are the raids ending faster so you can get more raids in?

[wet jewel]

Guys, i need helps deciding... Shiny Mega Beedril 1star or Mega Beedrill 14/14/15. The shiny is the shiny, but... the other one is stronger i guess

[charred rapids]

Kanga raids will be on every gym, will have like a 5-6 hour countdown

[charred rapids]

The shiny, better megas than Beedrill in its typing, gengar is more superior for poison, and they’ll release better mega bugs too

[wet jewel]

Thank you God!

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[charred rapids]

I’ve used mega beedrill like maybe a couple times, it’s extremely glassy so it’s not like it will be a mega you’ll depend on a lot

[twilit sapphire]

We can totally do the Kanga raids with 2 people right?

[charred rapids]

Not sure that ya can

4 I think >_>

[twilit sapphire]

Have I been scammed by silph and other guides that said it can be easily duo'd?

[rotund copper]

I mean its pretty easy

Not sure about duoable but its definitely easy

[charred rapids]

Maybe it can, I’m so outdated with stuff I wouldn’t think a mega with no quad weakness would be easy but I suppose it’s just a kanga

[rotund copper]

I mean me and 3 other weak peeps on pokegenie took one down pretty fast

[charred rapids]

Test it out Aimee

[wet jewel]

X2

[charred rapids]

I promise I’ll be here with two accounts if you fail

[wet jewel]

Im down to assist too

[twilit sapphire]

I will

[wet jewel]

Good luck

[twilit sapphire]

I dragged my bf to "lets do raids together", "guides say we can do okay with just 2" so if we fail im gonna be so

[wet jewel]

Hahahahhahahahhaha

[charred rapids]

good luck there bud, just let us know

[wet jewel]

At least you know you wont loose your pass. We are here and ready!!

[twilit sapphire]

"40 raids nearby"

[charred rapids]

Impressive, I know who to tag along with when I hunt axew raids for go fest

[wet jewel]

Lol

[twilit sapphire]

Imagine getting shinies

The day deino was in raids, I got clowned by my bf

He got 3

[wet jewel]

Lol

[twilit sapphire]

I got none

[wet jewel]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[final tulip]

wait for the community day

[charred rapids]

All my shiny emo Dino’s were wild, made the raiding a big waste

[wet jewel]

Im jumping on a raid in 5 mins

Shiny Kangaroo seems nice

[charred rapids]

Yeah but shiny mega lati’s on Tuesday sounds nice too

[wet jewel]

I have some coins for remote raid passes!!

[charred rapids]

Be the first thing I see when I open my eyes tomorrow, 12 gyms around should pop at least one

[twilit sapphire]

Guys I

Almost got clowned

[charred rapids]

ya did it

[wet jewel]

Naisssss

[twilit sapphire]

But would appreciate the help if anyone wants

[dusty oracle]

If you make the Beedrill your buddy, you can walk for enough mega energy to Megaevolve the other.

[twilit sapphire]

That took longer than I wanted

[charred rapids]

I guess I can help for like two

[twilit sapphire]

That would be pog

Let me send in a bit

[charred rapids]

It’s my regional so it’s not something I wanna do a lot of, again with the lati’s too, yeah 2 I can happily tag along with

Ya man would have to send my other account the invite, only got ya on one

[dusty oracle]

M!Bee's biggest issue is the lack of good partners, something that will hopefully get fixed by Nihilego and Naganadel soon...ish.

[wet jewel]

I can join for 1

[near yarrow]

I wouldn’t mind hopping in on one

[twilit sapphire]

Drop me fc for next one

[near yarrow]

Alright

8874 8177 9611

[twilit sapphire]

Sent

[wet jewel]

Thank you @twilit sapphire

[crisp relic]

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[twilit sapphire]

Me. Too aaa

[near yarrow]

Ooh shiny

[wet jewel]

Hahahah yeah!!! Lets goooo

[near yarrow]

Ty @twilit sapphire

[crisp relic]

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[twilit sapphire]

Will any of you wanna keep going?

Im gonna be in pain having those 30 secs left just between 2

[charred rapids]

Can do one more with two

[twilit sapphire]

Yay, I forgot what was your alt

[near yarrow]

Prob gonna save my other passes for mega latis

[charred rapids]

4785 2086 0148

Wetnoodle you don’t have

[twilit sapphire]

Sent

[wet jewel]

Sorry im out, the gf is using "We are going out now" and its super effective

[charred rapids]

https://tenor.com/view/awkward-kangaroo-punch-gif-12273994

Let’s fight this mega bitch

[twilit sapphire]

@charred rapids poggers for help

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[charred rapids]

No worries sorry I couldn’t be any more help but maybe I’ll get ya and ya man in some lati’s

[celest creek]

420324460024 can someone invite me to their mega raids

[stark narwhal]

Did three raids, no shiny, oh well.

[sleek quarry]

I did two. Oh well. More passes for Latios

[faint badger]

i got my first raid shiny on my first landorous raid

after a year and a half of that bastard haunting my tasks

now time to have thund haunting my tasks for a year

[final tulip]

thundurus was just in raids

so was tornadus

[tropic reef]

I feel bad for you..

[faint badger]

i cant raid

i can not afford remote, and my closest gym is 10 miles

cant really go into the city just to host a raid

[tropic reef]

Pvp?

[faint badger]

and dont want to walk 20 miles for a raid

dont really like pvp

[tropic reef]

Still an easy way to get legends other than raiding

[faint badger]

how do i get them thru pvp

[tropic reef]

At rank 20 they spawn from the encounter at 3 wins

[final tulip]

they can spawn

[faint badger]

im only rank 6...

welp 🙃

[final tulip]

not a guarantee

[tropic reef]

Ye

[faint badger]

time to slave away in a mode that isnt fun just for a damn challenge cuz the game time locks everything

[tropic reef]

No point in doing it now

Thund isnt even in raids

[faint badger]

whats the best pvp group then so i can grind now and get it in 17 years when theyre back in raids

[tropic reef]

Lmao

Depends on the cup or league

[final tulip]

well ranks reset every 3 months and we're in the last month of the season now

[faint badger]

currently i got a magnezone machamp and greninja

[dusty oracle]

You do get an almost free remote a week from the 1 coin box.

Doing a few gyms twice a year, then being super careful with your 1 coins would potentially be able to mitigate the issue.

Not ideal in any stretch,

But better than naught.

[stark narwhal]

Bruh I’m not fooling with Giovanni. That Persian is stupid

[lucid frigate]

No such thing as a best pvp team

[glad bay]

Do remote raid passes drop anywhere?

[tropic reef]

I used a 2500 cp machamp for it

With counter and use a fast charging move

And put it in the second spot in your party

[tropic reef]

Use any fighting type

And then switch to it as soon as the battle starts

[glad bay]

Is there a benefit to doing the switch?

Why not start with it?

[tropic reef]

The enemy pokemon has a bit of lag or smt

It doesnt attack for a few seconds after a switch or someone uses a move

[glad bay]

Ohh didn’t know. Thanks @tropic reef

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[final tulip]

giovanni's pokemon stops attacking for 4-5 turns

[tropic reef]

Ye

[stark narwhal]

I don’t think I have the horses for this one. Tried Zekrom for Gyarados but the wild charge took too much off my defense

[tropic reef]

I used my zekrom for latias

And i had rhyperior so i used walrein

[tropic reef]

Any electric types with a move other than wild charge?

[regal jacinth]

LAST NIGHT... I HAD TO STAY UP UNTIL 10PM THEN GO HOME WITH NO POKEMON RAIDS. WHERE WAS ALL THE POKEMON ON THAT SOCCER FIELD? WHERE WAS THE POKE STOPS?

[fossil basin]

no lures?

[dusty oracle]

They have an.... interesting way of ranking there.

They're going in DPS terms, except they're not considering shadows, really, leaving out a few pokemon from their rankings for being too glassy, and keeping others.

[tropic reef]

what would the best moveset for gengar be

[dusty oracle]

Lick/ShadowBall.

ShadowClaw/ShadowBall is basically equivalent though.

[tropic reef]

lick is a legacy right?

[dusty oracle]

Mhm

For Poison, it's Lick or SC and Sludge Bomb.

[tropic reef]

hope they give an etm next pvp season then

[lucid frigate]

Lick was only available on gengar raid day in 2018, but it was a way for players to get a good fast move for gengar since at the time, shadow claw was only a legacy move from 2016

[tropic reef]

Gengar has so many legacies lol

[lucid frigate]

Yea

It also got psychic on that same raid day for some reason…

Might be fun for gbl spice ngl, i still have some lying around, but would need to etm for shadow punch

[stark narwhal]

Zapdos with thunder, just 2100 CP though

[stark narwhal]

Zapdos with thunder, just 2100 CP though

*thunderbolt

[tropic reef]

might be fine

depending on how fast the fast move charges up thunderbolt

ok another question about gengar

lets say i wanted to be a dumbass and wanted my gengar to be special and not best dps

what charge legacy moves are best

for gengar

[regal jacinth]

idk

Lick and Shadow Ball i guess

Shadow ball, Sludge wave, Focus Blast

[tropic reef]

Shadow ball isnt legacy i dont think

[regal jacinth]

you take that back

kyurem knows it

it it can be tuaght

[tropic reef]

it isnt legacy..

the ones with elite tm next to it are legacy

[dusty oracle]

Lick/Sludge Wave, if talking any DPS.

[tropic reef]

ok

if i were to double move it i assume shadow punch?

[dusty oracle]

I mean, if you were to double move it, want it to have "Legacy" value and still have it be decent, just do Shadow Ball/Sludge Wave.

[tropic reef]

ok

[tidal temple]

So I'm worried now

Someone from NZ sent me a screenshot of a Lati egg on their nearby raids thing

it was 6 star

This is what they sent

Let's hope this is a visual bug...

[tidal temple]

OH GOD APPARENTLY LATIOS IS 84000 CP

[ivory halo]

May arceus help us.

[radiant vigil]

Mega and 5* raid bosses generally do have that much cp

[final tulip]

84k is fairly high though

also rare candy xl is available in raids now?

https://www.reddit.com/r/TheSilphRoad/comments/ugylf0/just_got_rare_xl_candy_from_an_in_person_raid/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

[sterile dock]

are there any joystick hacks that actualy work

[faint ferry]

joystick hacks?

[sterile dock]

yeah

[dusty oracle]

Yeah, no, we don't discuss that kind of thing here.

[glad bay]

Is pokegenie allowed to be talked about?

[final tulip]

yes

[glad bay]

Can you only join the Latias/Latios raids if you have good enough Pokémon?

Based off their damage algorithm thing

[tropic reef]

yep

and you have to verify them too

atleast 20% damage

i just passed that amount of damage lol

at 21 or smt

[glad bay]

Yeah I somehow finagled 21.1%

Still not sure how but 🤷‍♂️

[tidal temple]

Wait wdym by that?

@tropic reef @glad bay

[charred rapids]

You upload screenshots of the counters in genie and it will tell you how much damage you’ll deal, it’s how pokegenie raiders determine if you’re good enough to join their raids

[final tulip]

input your ideal team into pokegenie

[glad bay]

Pokegenie has a damage verification you have to pass before doing certain mega raids

[tidal temple]

Neat

[final tulip]

it's not certain mega raids it's certain raids like deo-d

[vivid kernel]

Apparently you can get up to 200 mega energy per tier 6 raid

[final tulip]

raids that are hard to beat

[glad bay]

Oh I’ve only seen it for the megas

[near yarrow]

Can confirm this

[glad bay]

And some of them if you’re over a certain trainer level you don’t have to do the verification also

[vivid kernel]

That’s what leekduck have said

[final tulip]

@autumn ember

[charred rapids]

^We got best friends in a day, trying to coordinate a lucky egg

Gimme a dm

[tidal temple]

Oh shoot, that other egg hatch yet? @charred rapids

[charred rapids]

Not yet, currently doing another raid anyway at the moment I’ll ping you guys when ready

[tidal temple]

Alr

[dusty oracle]

I believe that's both the maximum and the minimum.

Haven't seen anyone get more or less.

[charred rapids]

Can get less

175 under 150 seconds

[tropic reef]

thats only 2 raids for the mega

thats p good

now if only i can get lucky with my shiny hunting and get the shiny within the first 2 raids so i can get mega latios 💀

[dusty oracle]

Huh. I haven't seen that.

Still should be only 2 raids at least.

[glad bay]

If you don’t catch it do you still keep the energy?

[dusty oracle]

Yep.

[glad bay]

Sweet

[charred rapids]

I’d say the minimum is probably 150 energy or something which is probably if ya beat it with barely 50 seconds on the clock, docked 25 for not beating it before halfway, regardless it’s still a good amount of energy

[tidal temple]

@dusty oracle 150 under 75 seconds

[glad bay]

Man I have had terrible luck with pokegenie with Latios

Wasted two remote raid passes.

[slow warren]

? Your group wasnt able to win?

[tidal temple]

Out of remote raids, all my pulls for the night

[charred rapids]

Have you touched the power up button yet

[tidal temple]

On any of em?

I powered up the mega a bit b4 mega evolving it

But didn't power up any of the others

I managed to get enough mega energy for a Latias as well

So that's nice

[tidal temple]

Niiice

[charred rapids]

I’m too poor for level 50 lati

[tidal temple]

U get any shinies?

[charred rapids]

Yeah a few

[tidal temple]

Lucky

I want shiny ones :/

[tropic reef]

same

[charred rapids]

Nah they’ve been around a few times so I’ve done a fair share

[tidal temple]

Oh I meant from this event

With the new legacy moves

[tropic reef]

imma hunt for latias shiny this time aound

[charred rapids]

Oh two Latios so far

[tidal temple]

Damn lucky

I'm probably gonna host em once they r in my area

[charred rapids]

Good luck 👀

[tidal temple]

Thx lol

[twilit sapphire]

Bruh the group size for latios and latias

[sleek quarry]

Zen Heatbutt/ Psychic Latios completely destroyed Mega Gengar. Lasted like 5 sec. Died dodging Psychic :(
Strong boss for sure

[twilit sapphire]

Yeah it is supposed to be for beeg groups but when you can only have 5 from remote, without knowing if your invites ones have decent counters, is kinda hard

[final tulip]

so you guys are telling me you can't do at least 33% to it

[slow warren]

Would you guys favour Mega houndoom or gengar for the latis?

[brisk knoll]

I'd go with houndoom to help other strong dark types like shadow weavile and tyranitars, yveltals

[slow warren]

gotcha ty

[charred rapids]

And if it has psychic houndoom at least survives unlike gengar

I would like to note, latias wb with outrage is the most difficult boss I’ve had to deal with in a very long time

[radiant vigil]

Never again

[radiant vigil]

Apparently we tried hard core on the most hard core latias setting

[rustic nova]

I can finally mega evolve my shundo

Not doing it yet, though

[twilit sapphire]

Time to ask pokegenie to roast me and my mons

[radiant vigil]

I did the raiding without the roast

Oops

[twilit sapphire]

Pog

[final tulip]

i should check my damage against latias

[rustic nova]

Looks like I can’t elite tm to give my shundo Latias most ball though :(

[charred rapids]

[final tulip]

psychic is better

i do a solid 25% to latias wow

that thing is tanky

[radiant vigil]

Yeah it's lower than I expected

Also according to poke genie I should've been using salamence not darkrai

Although salamence gets one hit by outrage pretty much

[final tulip]

i think salamence gets okhoed by anything

especially if it's charm as the fast move

[rustic nova]

Wish I had more raid passes so I could get the XLs to max it out

[charred rapids]

https://tenor.com/view/shame-jerry-seinfeld-too-bad-thats-a-shame-gif-12571290

[vivid kernel]

Pog

[charred rapids]

Gonna need some solid numbers for that

[vivid kernel]

I do my saw one mega raid why does it seem rarer

[brisk knoll]

my dumbass incubated a 12km egg before the event began, fml

[glad bay]

Yeah we kept having 6-8 in the lobby and then when the raid starts we’d only have 5 people.

[vivid kernel]

Whyyyyyyyy you

[regal jacinth]

oh crap! get it if you can

[vivid kernel]

I want latios

[regal jacinth]

the mega latios looks the same....? hehe sorry

i mean, i'd choose latias over latios

[mighty jacinth]

Hello friends

I have returned to the pogo section

[regal jacinth]

EEE

[tropic reef]

i mean same

but latios is better in general so i understand them wanting latios

[regal jacinth]

whoops

[dusty oracle]

Mm.

There's not really a good reason to use M!Latias over M!Latios in PVE.

[regal jacinth]

i mean

i like it better

[tropic reef]

why can i do more damage to latios than latias 💀

[tight pilot]

Latios is weaker but hits harder

Latias more tanky but weaker attacker

[tropic reef]

ok

i need raid passes badly

for the shiny latias

[tight pilot]

Time to load more coinsss

[charred rapids]

👁️👄

[vivid kernel]

Pog

[mighty jacinth]

Cuteee

[faint badger]

well fuck me i guess the game glitched and lost

[tight pilot]

This has been happening to a lot of people, contact support ingame and they’ll give you your pass back

[faint badger]

cant expect raids to work preoperly in raid events

[faint badger]

thx

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[faint badger]

abt how low long will it take

[tight pilot]

They’re probably getting bombed with these requests at the moment, i’ve had it take anywhere from an hour or two ~ 6+hrs, if they have figured out whats going on they may just quick refund everyone with this issue without looking into it much and would likely be quicker but tough to say for sure!

[faint badger]

thanks for all the help

hopefully its done during this time lmao

[tight pilot]

Anytime! I feel for ya bc when remote raids were first introduced they were so buggy and I lost tons of passes & didnt know I could contact support for the longest time

[regal jacinth]

WAIT A MINUTE THAT POKEMON APPEARS THING BETTER NOT BE A LATIOS OR A LATIAS

CUZ I SEE LATIOS AND LATIAS MEGA ENERGY THERE

[tropic reef]

it isnt

[regal jacinth]

GOOD

[tropic reef]

whys it good

[regal jacinth]

WHAT IS IT THEN

[tropic reef]

flying pika?

[regal jacinth]

gasp

[tropic reef]

i think

[regal jacinth]

eek!

[tropic reef]

whys latios/latias not being in it good tho

[regal jacinth]

omg, calls father GET THE CAR

[tropic reef]

id much rather have another chance at shiny latias

[regal jacinth]

i dont like the shiny forms

bro that poke ball went BEHIND the driftloon-

chairzard

[regal jacinth]

i decided to take a break from pokemon go and play pokemon crystal

[mighty jacinth]

I’m sad

I downloaded pokegenie because people told me it was good and now I wasted two remote passes 😭

AND IT DIDN’T even register me as someone who participated in the raid

How will I ever get my beloved Latis

[tropic reef]

I wish you could give friends raid passes

[covert idol]

dude someone by where i live keeps kicking my shit out of gyms then leaving them empty

like instantly when i put shit in

[twilit sapphire]

Pokegenie IS good, people are just too afraid to do the mega legends

[tropic reef]

They are?

Damn i guess i lucked out

3 of the 4 raids i did had 8-10 people and we won

And the last one had 6 and lost sad

[twilit sapphire]

well the latis are indeed in need of at least 7-11 people to be decently done

since genie and remontes only allow 5 peeps at a time

most people think that there would be other locals and not the 5 from remotes + host

so yeah only being host + invited is pretty rough specially if no one in the party has decent counters

plus the fact of getting the lati that spams outrage or dragon claw making unexperienced raiders suffer

[tropic reef]

Would be cool if pokegenie added an option for 8 people so people can actually beat the raide

[twilit sapphire]

That would be dumb

You cant invite 8 people

Not everyone has an alt

And max you can invite ingame is 5, there is no use for genie to modify something thats not even possible

[final tulip]

you can actually invite more than 5 with the glitch

[twilit sapphire]

oh yeah the get out of the lobby and in back to invite

game crashes or gets pretty slow whenever i try to do stuff like that so i really don't risk it my phone aint that bad btw

[tropic reef]

Yeah

Its worked for me a few times

[odd glade]

It's timeeeeee

Scam

[stark narwhal]

Nice!

Also, it took three times for me actually host a raid on Pokegenie because I had a full team, then 2 left, then I couldn’t get everyone in. Finally got it the third time. Really cheeky from niantic to have you be 50 energy short after a raid and finishing the task.

[elder cloud]

is mega latios beatable with 6?

need answer asap

[odd glade]

I've done it with 6

But it really depends how strong your group are

[stark narwhal]

Yeah I had 6, and I guess some rando at the spot luckily showed up. Had about 10 seconds left

[rotund copper]

Well that wasn’t too bad

[lucid frigate]

Mega latis aren’t that bad

People just need to pick up the slack and build some decent counters instead of the recommended

[tropic reef]

i diddddd

from the mons i had atleast

[glad bay]

Yeah from what I have I can only do so much 😞

[tropic reef]

This is the squad im running rn

With a houndoom in the back running snarl and foul play

And gardevoir running charm and synchronoise but that doesnt matter

With a few other fairies like sylveon slurpuff and aromatisse in the back too

[tame stone]

Are shiny odds for spotlight pokemon decreased during spotlight hour and if so what are they

[tropic reef]

no

same odds as usual

1/500

[tame stone]

Wait fr?

I got two shiny wingulls from spotlight

[rough tapir]

Can someone help me

[tame stone]

Damn I’m lucky

[rough tapir]

I have a question

[final tulip]

check the pins for a detailed explanation on shiny rates

[rough tapir]

It’s abt mega evos

The latias latios ones

[final tulip]

what about it

[tame stone]

So they are 1/125?

For medium event

[final tulip]

it's base

[rough tapir]

So I mega evo latias already. I tried mega evo my latios but it says it will take away my latias mega evo. Will it take it away forever? Like I’ll have to get another 300? Or can I still mega evo latias again when that timer thing runs out?

[final tulip]

the changed rates only apply to certain pokemon

[rough tapir]

By timer thing I mean how you don’t have to use any more mega points to evolve. You just have to wait for the timer

[final tulip]

you can only have one mega at a time so it will unevolve your latias but you will be able to mega evolve it again at a lower cost

[rough tapir]

Oh okay good

[final tulip]

thanks @tight pilot

[rough tapir]

Thank you!

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[dusty oracle]

Medium event shiny rarity is generally only triggered when Niantic labels an event as "If you're lucky, you may find a shiny (NotNewShiny)"

Mega-evolvable species are also conclusively at Mediumboost rates.

[tropic reef]

wait

[dusty oracle]

Excepting Latios/as.

[tropic reef]

by mega evolvable species do you mean first forms?

[dusty oracle]

Nah, final formes.

[tropic reef]

ook

kinda sad charizards the only permaboost mega

[dusty oracle]

Charizard isn't Perma.

As far as we can tell, all Megaevolvable species are consistently Mediumboost.

[tropic reef]

im pretty sure its 1/64

[dusty oracle]

And I'm very sure it's not.

[tropic reef]

lemme check

[final tulip]

check where

[dusty oracle]

Probably shinyrates

It's inaccurate, but close enough on large data samples, normally.

The final nail in the coffin was when Venusaur was featured a few weeks back.

[tropic reef]

silphroad

[dusty oracle]

There was enough spawns of it to get an actual rate off it.

Yeah, no, they're using very questionable and out of date data.

TSRwebsite does some good analyses, but they're generally very slow and out of date.

They had Deino still listed as Perma for ages after it changed.

[final tulip]

i don't look at rates while hunting i just everything until it shines

saves a lot of stress

[dusty oracle]

And the data they're using for that runs back to 2020, where it's had at least 2 confirmable changes in rate since then.

[dusty oracle]

Speaking of, they currently have it listed as directly as 1 in 125, with 18,642 datapoints.

That'll almost certainly shift around a bit over the event, but it'll be fairly consistent, as Charizard is spawning with a high enough frequency.

[final tulip]

yeah with that large of a sample size it's hard to go wrong

[tropic reef]

in that one picture it says megas are 1/60

the picture in the pins

[dusty oracle]

I'm 99% sure that it is wrong.

It's consistent across all Megaevolvable species.

[tropic reef]

ok

[dusty oracle]

Kangaskhan has jumped up from 1 in 500ish average to 1 in 125 average since the Mega was unlocked, although the data on that is still a bit too wobbly for definitive conclusions. Give it a week or so.

The Venusaur that was spawnboosted (enough to get a decent number of datapoints) a week ago was 1 in 125 average (approximately, again, it wobbled, but you expect that on an imperfect data sample)

Speaking of the image in pins, there's no evidence to suggest that there is a separate tier for Raid/Egg exclusive mons that's higher than 1 in 64.

I'm not saying there 100% isn't, but that there's currently no evidence, at least not as far as I have seen, to suggest a difference.

[tight crater]

Who's silver4105?

[crisp dove]

I realise Latias Latios have 0% catch rate

I ran 3 in a row

[fading harbor]

Hello

[ivory halo]

Should I mega evolve this Latios?

I don't think I should.

[mighty jacinth]

I’d probably wait for a better one (though ig I got lucky with a 98% for my first one)

At least 3 stars with some max stats, but I’m no expert either

[ivory halo]

Makes sense, I'll see if I can get another pass.

[dusty oracle]

If it's the best you have, (and are going to get) go for it.

If you plan on raiding a few more, wait a bit.

Once you have the first one of a species Megaevolved, you can walk it for more energy.

It's fairly reasonable, essentially working out as 5 energy per km.

[odd glade]

Don't

You can get a better one

[charred rapids]

Im having trouble deciding what to evolve this into day or night? Like is one better than the other or what

[rotund copper]

Keep it smol

[fading harbor]

Night has a darker blue than day I believe but I would go with day if you want rockruff to stay quadruped if you evolve

[tropic reef]

I updated my great league squad

Its now typhlosion (ember blastburn solarbeam) sandslash (mudshot nightslash earthquake) and serperior (vinewhip frenzyplant aerialace)

[dusty oracle]

You're going to get eaten alive.

At minimum swap Ember for Incinerate.

[final tulip]

you’re corebroken by swampert walrein or any ice type in the back

[dusty oracle]

Or pretty much any Flying type.

[final tulip]

yes

[dusty oracle]

You lose to most of the big threats, and many of the small ones. Walrein, Mandibuzz, Trev, Scrafty, Vigoroth will each individually decimate your team.

Build around Serperior, if you're insisting on keeping with any of these.

Typhlosion's a big weak link for GL.

It does far, far better in UL.

[final tulip]

more in ulpc if anything

[dusty oracle]

Alolatales and Swampert are decent shouts for buddies for Serperior.

[final tulip]

but imo shadow typhlosion has some play because shadow blast burn is insane

especially as a lead or a closer

[dusty oracle]

I'd decently happily run it as a closer.

[tropic reef]

Ok then which ones would you guys think would be best to go with sandslash

My sandslash does really well so i dont wanna swap it out

[final tulip]

if dewgong is double legacy that’s a good pick

[tropic reef]

its the legacy from the battle day

ice shard and icy wind

but i wont be able to use it since i dont have any candies to like double move and power up

i have like 6 seel candies 💀

[dusty oracle]

If you're absolutely set on Sandslash, the probable best non-Registeel comp for it is probably Altaria/Lickitung?

[tropic reef]

altaria and lickitung huh

i have no good lickitungs

but im close to getting a good altaria

[dusty oracle]

It's not the best, and would require legacy moves on both.

But it's serviceable.

[lucid frigate]

Lickitung seems quite out of budget judging on the amount of gl mons they’ve built

[final tulip]

lickitung has to be xled

[tropic reef]

im not level 40 yet 💀

[dusty oracle]

More or less all of the best things with sandslash in all outright require ZC Registeel.

[tropic reef]

i do have one of those

[dusty oracle]

Aight well, you have a lot of walking to do. XD

[tropic reef]

eeeehhh

anyways

i pray to lord arceus to bless me with shiny latias from pvp

[dusty oracle]

Honestly, I would suggest the above, if you have a Swampert from Mudkip day lying around.

[tropic reef]

yep

i got my swampy boi

but no alolatales

[dusty oracle]

Lemme look for alternatives.

Swampert/Altaria/Serperior is fairly consistent.

[tropic reef]

hmm

[dusty oracle]

You struggle with Walrein a little,

But there's not that much in the meta that you don't have some form of answer to.

[tropic reef]

i might just have gotten lucky but i havent seen any of the mons in the meta

lol

except azumarill

[dusty oracle]

VineWhip/FrenzyPlant/AerialAce Serperior, DragonBreath/SkyAttack/Moonblast Altaria and MudShot/HydroCannon/? Swampert is probably the best thing you can make with what you've said and shown. Decent coverage, good bulk, great consistency.

I include the ? because Sludge Wave and Earthquake Swamps fill slightly different niches.

[tropic reef]

ok

yeah i have eq

[dusty oracle]

I'd probably run with Earthquake with your team.

[tropic reef]

ill have to get an etm for altaria after i evo it tho

[small rover]

hey yall got mega latias anyone want it?

[tropic reef]

so itll be a month or 2 until i can try out this team

[dusty oracle]

Actually