Shiny hunting Zygarde

[pseudo steppe]

[sonic field]

[pseudo steppe]

Wtf

[sonic field]

You're the tree guy

[fossil cypress]

[sonic field]

If you wanna switch roles u gotta lmk

[wraith surge]

Anyone have a count of how many we've done today

[sonic field]

Hmm good question

[wraith surge]

I wanna know if I should start ignoring the others and catching zygarde now or not

Hmmm lemme try to just predict

[sonic field]

I've been ignoring them

[fossil cypress]

second one with me

i think you did 3 before me

[wraith surge]

Alright so about around 18 zygardes in total, 18 to be safe

[fossil cypress]

oops, when did we pick items? i wasn't paying attention

[wraith surge]

Before kingler

Dw it's all good

Probably don't need it anyways

[fossil cypress]

what's the to be safe part doing there?

[wraith surge]

Dc

And I don't remember if I did 1 with 3 people

[fossil cypress]

i'm probably at about 5 zygarde

[sonic field]

Abt 8- 10 for me then I think

[wraith surge]

Okay so there's about a 20% chance someone gets a zygarde here

Hope we get lucky

[sonic field]

GL

[wraith surge]

Gl gl everyone Hope someone gets a shiny

[fossil cypress]

depends on shiny charms

i don't have one

[wraith surge]

Ohh fair

None here

[sonic field]

Oof that sucks

[fossil cypress]

also probability doesn't work like that

[sonic field]

No shiny

[pseudo steppe]

0

[wraith surge]

Yeah but probability doesn't really mean likeliness

[fossil cypress]

it kinda does

[wraith surge]

Sure it's the same chance but every time you roll that chance it becomes increasingly more likely that it'll happen, granted there's always a possibility it doesn't happen

Thus why any statement with 100% in it is a lie!

[fossil cypress]

i know, probability would calculate that in

[wraith surge]

5678 1234 searching

[sonic field]

I'm 100% certain you're lying

[fossil cypress]

chance for getting a zygarde in 4 people if all have shiny charm is:
1/100 * (99/100)^3 * 4! = 0,23287176
wait that's crazy high, something is wrong with my calculation

[wraith surge]

I mean if there really is infinite universes there's a universe where every single pokemon encountered in the world was always shiny

[sonic field]

@pseudo steppe join up

I wanna be in the universe where this run grants us a shiny Zygarde

[wraith surge]

Me too

Man I'm so glad that gamefreak ditched shiny frames

I was doing a guzzlord hunt in usum and I remembered I immediately felt crushed when I realized that I had to be frame perfect to get a shiny lmao

[sonic field]

damn

Did you get it tho?

[wraith surge]

Nope

After about 2 weeks I dropped it

Also gimme a quick second after I make I first move I gotta run to help my mom

[fossil cypress]

knowing this
the chances that 1 of 4 people don't get a shiny after 20 runs:
(1 - 0,23287176)^20 = 0,004981, so 0.5%, really low

we're pretty unlucky

[sonic field]

[wraith surge]

This one will be the run trust

[fossil cypress]

i'm not using shiny charm, anyone else who isn't?

[sonic field]

I got it

Strin as well

[fossil cypress]

i think sting does too

[wraith surge]

Yeah

Btw after this round I'm gonna take a short break

[sonic field]

Ok no worries!

[fossil cypress]

ok so then chances we don't get a shiny after 2 runs is:
58.6%

i'm talking about a shiny zygarde, not just a shiny

[sonic field]

Ah I see

[fossil cypress]

i need oranguru right?

[sonic field]

Ye

[pseudo steppe]

Ayo misclicked

Wth

[wraith surge]

Wait what

[fossil cypress]

we got that 23.5 ish % for every shiny of the 4, so we're even unluckier noone is getting a shiny

[pseudo steppe]

Wtf is that

[fossil cypress]

or my math is of, which is more likely

[sonic field]

Huh?!

[wraith surge]

What just happened

[sonic field]

What happened

[pseudo steppe]

Idk

[wraith surge]

What is happening 😭

[pseudo steppe]

Timer got wierd

[fossil cypress]

also noone got oranguru

[sonic field]

All glitchy

[pseudo steppe]

And i pick change to oranguru

[fossil cypress]

same

[wraith surge]

I'll just swords dance twice

[pseudo steppe]

U guys got the same?

[sonic field]

Yeah

[pseudo steppe]

Wtf

[wraith surge]

Did I disconnect?

[fossil cypress]

i should calculate the probability of my math being off

[pseudo steppe]

[fossil cypress]

i disconeected i think

[sonic field]

Had a long ass time on that connecting text box as well

I think I also did

[fossil cypress]

did we all disconnect?

[sonic field]

Oh no

[wraith surge]

I think so

[pseudo steppe]

No

I still see u guys

[sonic field]

Yup I'm gone

[fossil cypress]

what

i see bots

[wraith surge]

Me too

[pseudo steppe]

Oh yeah it turn to npc now

[sonic field]

Rip the dream

[pseudo steppe]

Wtf just happened

[fossil cypress]

i'll take the kingler and spam wide guard, i hope these bots'll beat them for me

[sonic field]

Best of luck to each of us and their bots

[pseudo steppe]

[fossil cypress]

oh cool, battle animations are now skipped

power construct time

[pseudo steppe]

Lmao it frozen

[sonic field]

Damn your bots are fast

[pseudo steppe]

[fossil cypress]

these bots are crazy good

[sonic field]

Lucky ahh

[fossil cypress]

1/3rd damage after complete form

1/3rd hp*

[pseudo steppe]

Won

[fossil cypress]

sandslash died, i'm done :(

[pseudo steppe]

Easy

[fossil cypress]

it avoided screech 😭

[pseudo steppe]

It got 2 screech

[fossil cypress]

only 5 wide guards left :(

[sonic field]

Damn Strin got the best

[fossil cypress]

so close

[sonic field]

Screech and sandslash

[fossil cypress]

they killed sandslash again 😭

[sonic field]

[fossil cypress]

no way, i won 😭

[sonic field]

My bots are still going

[wraith surge]

I lost 😔

[fossil cypress]

me picking kingler was a crazy good decision

[wraith surge]

No shinies hbu guys

[fossil cypress]

still catching zygard

[wraith surge]

Oh alr

[sonic field]

Fighting for life here

[fossil cypress]

no shints

[pseudo steppe]

0 too

[fossil cypress]

i'll take a break and possibly quit for today

[pseudo steppe]

Weird glitch

[fossil cypress]

good luck

[sonic field]

Thx for joining protvod enjoy your evening

I won yay

[pseudo steppe]

[sonic field]

No shiny tho

[pseudo steppe]

What now?

Break?

[sonic field]

Ram is doing DAs if you want

But yeah break time

[pseudo steppe]

Rai when

[elfin crown]

If you still want to, I'm available now.

[wraith surge]

I'm down

[limpid trellis]

I’m down to resume the grind.

[wraith surge]

Sweeet

Can we get a 4th?

[limpid trellis]

That’d be good.

I have an idea I kind of want to try if we don’t have a good path to use. If we get a bunch of people together, we either group or do solos to cover as much ground as possible.

If we don’t have a good path (ie a wide guard user + ice type) we attack our teammates to reset and try another path.

[wraith surge]

I have a pretty good one rn actually

1 shot alolan sandslash

[limpid trellis]

Awesome! It’s all about finding the good path.

[fading widget]

I'd like to join if there's a spot open

[limpid trellis]

There’s at least one! We’re hoping you could be the fourth 🙂

[fading widget]

That I can be

[wraith surge]

@elfin crown You still available?

While we wait for a 4th I'll paste the strat here

P1 takes alolan sandslash
Others take wigglytuff, golduck, and coalossal

Coalossal switches to exeggutor
Wigglytuff takes scientist, then oranguru
Exeggutor takes kingler

On zygarde, golduck screeches, oranguru uses instruct on golduck, sandslash uses swords dance. Round 2, golduck uses screech, oranguru uses instruct on sandslash, sandslash uses avalanche

[elfin crown]

I'm here

[wraith surge]

Woooo

Alright code is 5678 1234 lmk when everyone's ready

[elfin crown]

Sec.

[limpid trellis]

Signing into the game

[fading widget]

Ready

[wraith surge]

Dw take your time, no rush here

[fading widget]

https://tenor.com/view/in-a-rush-sponge-bob-square-pants-patrick-starfish-gif-13819601

Lol

[elfin crown]

Ready

[limpid trellis]

I’m ready as well. Quick question:

Is it ideal for the host to be the first to invite others? Or does the order not matter?

[elfin crown]

Host needs to be first.

[wraith surge]

Yeah otherwise you might end up going on someone else's path

Also searching

[limpid trellis]

Had some people dodge and I guessed that was the reason why. Good to know.

[elfin crown]

.

[fading widget]

Which paths?

[wraith surge]

R L R

[limpid trellis]

Geez. That was a waste of a sitrus berry

[wraith surge]

Alright, remember, for zygarde, oranguru instructs golduck THEN sandslash

[fading widget]

Haven't had a path this ez for a while. Hooray for a nice laid back hunt

[limpid trellis]

K

[wraith surge]

Yeah it's really simple to do this one honestly

[limpid trellis]

Dynamax?

Jk

[wraith surge]

Honestly we'd probably 1 shot anyways lmao

[fading widget]

Don't think it quite 1 shot

[wraith surge]

Gl hope someone gets a shiny

[fading widget]

Nothing

[limpid trellis]

Nothing here either

[elfin crown]

No shiny

[wraith surge]

Damn, unfortunate

Alright code is 5678 1234 searching rn

[wraith surge]

Probably gonna call it for the day after this shiny check, good luck to everyone, hope someone gets a shiny!!! ✨️✨️✨️

No sparkles here

[elfin crown]

No shiny

[limpid trellis]

No shiny here either

[elfin crown]

Ty Sting

[fading widget]

No such luck

[wraith surge]

No problem, and thank you all for helping me out!!!

Hopefully one of us gets the snake one of these days

[limpid trellis]

Ty @wraith surge for hosting. Always nice to have a good path without the ai.

[turbid crescent]

thegreenmenace1446 has given 1 Gen Rep to stingrey.y

[wraith surge]

Oh yeah later today I gotta scroll up and thank everyone who's helped me so far

[limpid trellis]

It happened folks! I was grinding for a good Zygarde path and got him shiny. Best of luck to y’all

[wraith surge]

Congrats!!!!! The hard journey is over, how does it feel?

[limpid trellis]

Kinda sad. Especially since I know I’ll probably never do this hunt again 😅 It’s fun to share the journey with other people. But the dopamine rush is real

[wraith surge]

I mean hey, the set pathing is finally over, you don't gotta stress about dynite ore or getting the perfect route ever again

[limpid trellis]

Haha absolutely.

Almost! Almost! I still have Xerneas. After that I don’t think there’s anything near as difficult after that.

Really pulling for you! You’re due Zygarde any day now.

[wraith surge]

Ooooh I hear xerneas is a toughy

But you've got this!!! You've already conquered the toughest so now it's just a test of patience

[limpid trellis]

For sure! I’ll have to study up. Massing ice types and a wide guard user is no longer “the thing”.

Thanks for listening! The hunt was totally worth it!

[fossil cypress]

won't be able to play some today
i got an exam tomorrow morning, so i went to my dorm and i didn't bring my switch

[sonic field]

Congrats @limpid trellis

[elder remnant]

[mental vine]

You down for dynamax raids

[elder remnant]

once we've got some more people active i'll run some

[tacit karma]

perhaps I could help!

I’ve got 2 switches if that’d help too

[mental vine]

Sounds good

Are you guys down to vc

[tacit karma]

I’d rather not personally, but I can still follow directions here!

Just tell me what direction to go

[elder remnant]

cool

i've got a path/route

i'll link my stuff in a sec

[tacit karma]

Ok!

[elder remnant]

1470 1470
P1: Glalie
P2: Hitmonlee
P3: Froslass
P4: Duraludon

R L R

Ninjask (no swaps)
P1: Max Hailstorm
P2: Blaze Kick
P3: Triple Axel/Frost Breath
P4: Thunderbolt

Cofragrigus (no swaps)
P1: Fake Tears, Crunch
P2: Blaze Kick
P3: Shadow Ball, Max Phantasm
P4: Iron Head/Breaking Swipe

Sceptile (P4 swaps)
P1: Ice Fang, Max Hailstorm
P2: Blaze Kick
P3: Triple Axel/Frost Breath
P4: Iron Head/Breaking Swipe

Zygarde
P1: Fake Tears x2, Ice Fang
P2: Wide Guard
P3: Max Guard, Max Hailstorm
P4: Breaking Swipe, Grass Pledge

putting the lobby up now

[tacit karma]

Main account and 2nd switch IGNs are “Stevo” and “Junko”

So I’m all good

[elder remnant]

nice

just waiting on @mental vine

[tacit karma]

Should we x out for more time?

10 seconds left

[elder remnant]

yeh

@sonic field you up for a run?

if not it's doable with 3

[tacit karma]

Do you have the route for 3? Cuz the mons would be different with only 3 as opposed to 4

[elder remnant]

yeh it's just shuffled around

i'll say as we go

[tacit karma]

Okay

[elder remnant]

we mostly keep the opening 3 anyway

just P4 swaps but that's the bot so

searching now

left

[tacit karma]

Shoot sorry

[elder remnant]

lol

it's ok

[tacit karma]

You literally told me which way to go, and I still followed the old directions

[elder remnant]

it's confusing, you're essentially being 2 players rn

dw about it 🙂

we froze the rhydon boi anyway xD

[tacit karma]

Which way

[elder remnant]

right

we'll try to get the bot to take the comfey at the end

right again

[tacit karma]

No deaths, not doing too bad!

Oop

[elder remnant]

lol

[tacit karma]

Me and my big mouth

[elder remnant]

you will probably get healed up dw

so spam wide guard on hitmonlee

[tacit karma]

Yup!

[elder remnant]

when you can dmax frost breath on zyg

see

good old janet

doing lord arceus' work

[tacit karma]

thank goodness

Big brain computer?!

[elder remnant]

OMG

[tacit karma]

After You fake tears

[elder remnant]

IKR

that was actually pro strat AI

[tacit karma]

So close

[elder remnant]

lmao

[tacit karma]

Oh the hail

[elder remnant]

hail pog

[tacit karma]

Gl!

[elder remnant]

gl!

[tacit karma]

Now if only every attempt could go that smoothly

[elder remnant]

usually always does with this path

[tacit karma]

True

[elder remnant]

but i'm doing to about 11 runs worth of ore left

[tacit karma]

Nothing on my end

[elder remnant]

nothing

searching

maybe we do that path again

[tacit karma]

From the last attempt?

[elder remnant]

the regular 4 man one just gets us ninjask cofragigus or sceptile along the way

comfey much more useful as support

yeh

[tacit karma]

Alright, works for me!

I blanked, I’m so sorry

[elder remnant]

that's ok

[tacit karma]

Wait did we get a connection error, or did you shut off?

[elder remnant]

no?

oh wait

[tacit karma]

I’m with NPCs

[elder remnant]

same

oh no

[tacit karma]

I’m gonna shut off my systems for a sec cuz…huh

Tell me when you’re ready for the next run

[elder remnant]

seeing if the npcs can do anything lol

[tacit karma]

Me too

[elder remnant]

think i'm about to wipe lol

[tacit karma]

Got it to Perfect Form, but it’s gonna—yeah same

One system beat it

And so did the other somehow

[elder remnant]

yeh I got close but it did a lands wrath at the end

nice

gl then

[tacit karma]

I still don’t know why it crashed

[elder remnant]

I might just do something else until we have 4 players in here

a failed run really sucks when i'm resetting for 10 ore each time lol

[tacit karma]

Okay! No shinies here, I’ll be on standby

[elder remnant]

cool, thanks man!

[tacit karma]

I have 2 Zygarde routes that I would host, but I still need to write down the best paths. They aren’t as good as yours

[sonic field]

@elder remnant oh hey y'all still running?

[tacit karma]

@elder remnant @sonic field we may have 4 now!

[elder remnant]

[tacit karma]

Otherwise, I’ve got 300+ ore in my main file, we could do several runs until it yields a good path, and that could help you accrue some ore too?

[elder remnant]

well if we did that now i'd lose this path

[sonic field]

Don't you lose the path then BigRig?

Yeah

[elder remnant]

I still have 100 ore so 10 runs left of this path

[tacit karma]

Oooh yeah, shoot

[elder remnant]

after that i'm keen to just search

because the grind to get more from raid dens is so painful

I farmed like 20 in the last day or two

but it's like 1 dynite ore per den

[sonic field]

I could get my 2nd acc to join so there's 4 but I don't wanna steal the opportunity from someone to get it shiny

@elfin crown ya free?

[elder remnant]

i'll brb i'm gonna put the kettle on while we decide what to do

[sonic field]

Kk

@fading widget @mental vine down for Zygarde runs?

Let's see if someone responds

@pseudo steppe

[tacit karma]

We’ve got 3 of course, but worst case if no one else responds, you can use a second system skey

[sonic field]

Yep

Let's give it like 20min or so before we start

[pseudo steppe]

The fk

Im not home yet

[sonic field]

When are you?

[tacit karma]

@pseudo steppe we haven’t started yet, but we were wondering when you may be ready, if you’d like to join?

[sonic field]

He told me he won't be joining bc he's gonna take a nap

[tacit karma]

Oh ok, my b

[sonic field]

So we can start if y'all want

Np

@elder remnant

[elder remnant]

k

1470 1470
P1: Glalie
P2: Hitmonlee
P3: Froslass
P4: Duraludon

R L R

Ninjask (no swaps)
P1: Max Hailstorm
P2: Blaze Kick
P3: Triple Axel/Frost Breath
P4: Thunderbolt

Cofragrigus (no swaps)
P1: Fake Tears, Crunch
P2: Blaze Kick
P3: Shadow Ball, Max Phantasm
P4: Iron Head/Breaking Swipe

Sceptile (P4 swaps)
P1: Ice Fang, Max Hailstorm
P2: Blaze Kick
P3: Triple Axel/Frost Breath
P4: Iron Head/Breaking Swipe

Zygarde
P1: Fake Tears x2, Ice Fang
P2: Wide Guard
P3: Max Guard, Max Hailstorm
P4: Breaking Swipe, Grass Pledge

who's gonna bring the 2nd switch 😄

i'm searching now

[sonic field]

this guy

[fading widget]

Currently at work

[sonic field]

Ahh sorry for the ping then

rip wide guard

[tacit karma]

Hang in there

[elder remnant]

[tacit karma]

Thank goodness for Wide Guard

[sonic field]

Yeh

Wonder where we went wrong tho

[tacit karma]

It might’ve cleared Fake Tears at some point

[elder remnant]

it did twice

just got bad rng

[sonic field]

No shiny

[tacit karma]

Me either

[sonic field]

Oh I mustve not seen the first one then

[elder remnant]

no shiny

[tacit karma]

Not me seeing a raid on Twitch for Arctovish 😭💀

[sonic field]

Lmaooo

[tacit karma]

I know it’s not legal cuz the Galar fossils can’t be obtained in raids, but I’m also fascinated with seeing mons you wouldn’t normally see in raids

[elder remnant]

lobby up

[sonic field]

I thought their accs got banned for hosting illegitimate dens

[elder remnant]

i've only got time for another run, maybe 2

so let's make it quick

[tacit karma]

And it’s just the little alert-guy like “holy crap it’s an Arctovish!!?”, like yeah man me too

[sonic field]

Alrighty 👌

[elder remnant]

they're in crown tundra dens I think?

[tacit karma]

I mean maybe they are

[sonic field]

No clue

[elder remnant]

but probably still hacked

[tacit karma]

But a user name that’s Twitch and some gibberish is telling lol

[sonic field]

90 accuracy moves the bane of every pokemon player

[tacit karma]

Fr

Everyday 95% and One-Hit-KO moves look the same to me

[sonic field]

so real

[tacit karma]

C’mon pink mummy man

If not Zygarde, I’d take that

[elder remnant]

yeh it's a nice shiny

same with sceptile

[sonic field]

Ooo right he has a good one

[elder remnant]

i'm not catching anything but zygarde tho

[tacit karma]

fair

[sonic field]

same

[elder remnant]

i've phased before on this path on sceptile

I think I had about 400 or 500 ore when I started this path

[tacit karma]

When I look at Sceptile, I can only envision the meme of the guy staring out over the ocean like, “man…”

That’s Sceptile’s expression

[sonic field]

Damn
Gotta appreciate you running it for everyone

[elder remnant]

so that means surely i'll get it soon

[tacit karma]

^ Fr it gets tedious real fast

[elder remnant]

would still only be 50/100 but

[tacit karma]

Doesn’t feel that way lmao

[sonic field]

At that point u deserve it

[elder remnant]

if I don't get it before Z/A comes out I guess i'll just use the event one

[tacit karma]

Okay so it’s not just me lol

Oop-

[sonic field]

Yikes

[elder remnant]

at least it's not hitmon

[tacit karma]

Without Glalie’s Fake Tears we’ll probs trigger Construct

[sonic field]

I'll guard twice

[tacit karma]

Okay yeah

[elder remnant]

probably

[tacit karma]

Just gotta last long enough till Glalie’s back

I’m a broken record saying this, but I’m very glad Wide Guard doesn’t fail more with successive use like Protect & Detect

If it did, this’d be impossible

[elder remnant]

absolutely

[tacit karma]

Oooh the SpDef drop might be what’s allowing it to live too

I mean boost

[sonic field]

Could be yeah

[elder remnant]

nice

[tacit karma]

Phew nice! GL guys!

[sonic field]

GL!

Nothing

[tacit karma]

Nada

[elder remnant]

[sonic field]

[tacit karma]

“Regular Zygarde doesn’t exist,” they said. “It can’t hurt you,” they said.

Zygarde: 🐍

[sonic field]

Time for one more or you do you have to go?

[elder remnant]

one more

[sonic field]

awesome

[elder remnant]

searching

after that I have 7 runs of ore left in me

then i'll try hunting something that doesn't cost all my sanity/ore

[sonic field]

Yup more than fair you've invested a lot of time

[tacit karma]

Wish you could just buy ore like the game corner coins in the older games lol

Especially with how easy it is to get money in this game

[elder remnant]

ikr

I have rayquaza and giratina also saved

so maybe those

or kanto birds

[tacit karma]

Zapdos could be free

[elder remnant]

https://pokedextracker.com/u/TimmerousD/shiny-living-dex

[sonic field]

Ray is kinda doable solo

[tacit karma]

If you get a ground type

[sonic field]

[elder remnant]

yeh thinking birds and ray

[sonic field]

He not touching da ground lol

[tacit karma]

Just to be immune to electric moves I mean

It wouldn’t be able to touch you

[elder remnant]

https://tenor.com/view/rowlet-squish-zapdos-pokemon-gif-24619561

[sonic field]

Oh

Tbf a lot ground mon know a rock move here so yeh

[elder remnant]

https://tenor.com/view/pokemon-articuno-mystic-gif-5679846

https://tenor.com/view/pokemon-driving-legendary-birds-articuno-zapdos-gif-7591446

[tacit karma]

Birbs!

Hmmmmm. What item. Do. I. Choose

[elder remnant]

lol that was me last run

I wasn't paying attention and missed it

but it was the seeds and a lum berry

[tacit karma]

If we could pick the Tapus, I’d take one of the seeds lmao

[elder remnant]

and zyg doesn't do conditions lol

[sonic field]

Seeds for the birds that are coming

[tacit karma]

Run

[elder remnant]

https://tenor.com/view/the-birds-attack-crows-alfred-hitchcock-60s-movies-gif-23561763

https://tenor.com/view/drinking-beer-bird-parrot-drinking-beer-gif-12698533

what pokemon region are you guys from? 😛

[sonic field]

There hasn't been a region themed that yet but Germany

[tacit karma]

Unova

[elder remnant]

Unova was....France?

[tacit karma]

With its unfortunately less than ideal healthcare

[elder remnant]

no that was kalos

so US

[tacit karma]

Bingo

[elder remnant]

oh god

comm interrupted

[sonic field]

No way

We just killed

[elder remnant]

wtf

[tacit karma]

Game wtf

[sonic field]

Did Froslass dyna for you?

[elder remnant]

yes

but then it just boots me

no chance to catch

[sonic field]

Nooooo

[elder remnant]

ffs

[sonic field]

Really?

Wtf

No shiny

[elder remnant]

good night guys lol

[tacit karma]

No shiny either

[elder remnant]

could be because of my less than ideal internet

[tacit karma]

Yeah time for a break

[sonic field]

aww I'm so sorry for you

[elder remnant]

this gives you a clue to where i'm from

[tacit karma]

Shot in the dark, Paldea

I’m not good with geography

[sonic field]

I'd say South America

[elder remnant]

australia

[sonic field]

Ohhh

[elder remnant]

that's a cockatoo

[tacit karma]

I love those birds, they’re really funny

[sonic field]

And gorgeous UwU

[elder remnant]

yup very smart and cheeky lol

[tacit karma]

Well, sorry for the less than stellar runs, but again, if and whenever you need another player, give me a ring!

Always happy to help

[elder remnant]

all good

[sonic field]

Noice one more in da Z squad

[tacit karma]

I’m in EST, so it’s nearly 11am where I am

[elder remnant]

we only errored out of 2

it's 1am here

so i'm off

[tacit karma]

Have a good night!

[sonic field]

Good night!

[limpid trellis]

@elder remnant @sonic field Thanks! I really had fun raiding with y’all. Good luck on your hunt.

Oh, and Timmy, my offer still stands to help with Dynite ore to at least return the Dynite ore I saved. It’s probs fastest to just find another path, but I thought of a plan to where I could host 1-2 star raids for you to “speed” clear.

[turbid crescent]

thegreenmenace1446 has given 1 Gen Rep to bigrig404, skeyller

[wraith surge]

2 shiny sealeo and 1 shiny aurorus before I got a zygarde I can't tell if I'm just unlucky or even more lucky lmao

Maybe I should just start catching zygarde and ignore everything else

[fossil cypress]

pretty lucky i'd say

[wraith surge]

Just a warning for anybody queing with randoms, there's somebody joining zygarde raids and intentionally throwing for no reason

I've got matched with them like 4 times now

[fossil cypress]

sad

i'll be able to do some raids later today, i'd like to play some fifa first

[civic ridge]

drop their name if you remember it so we know not to interact

[wraith surge]

Other language

Lemme see if I can copy it somehow

[civic ridge]

ah

[wraith surge]

Yeah I don't know which language it was

BUT

It was only 2 characters

[fossil cypress]

i'm available to play some

[fossil cypress]

ping me when others are available

[reef apex]

i am

[fossil cypress]

i have the zygarde path, but it's not a set one, it's random
it'll be too risky and i'd rather spend my time doing DA's with at least 3 people on set paths or 4 people on randoms

[sonic field]

I'm free to hunt Zygarde today! Ping me if there's need for people

[fossil cypress]

same

[wraith surge]

Forgot to say but I probably won't be hosting any raids for a bit, I got sick and have just been going on and off for the past few days

[wraith surge]

Speaking of this is the 4th time I've gotten a shiny right before zygarde 😭

I don't want these shinies does anybody want them

[elfin crown]

I can host to search for paths.

[limpid trellis]

I like searching for paths on easier DAs like the Tapus—they take less time to clear and look good in something like a luxury ball. It’s helped me save up ore faster and heck, they’re still “shiny attempts”.

Once you find a path that looks good for Zygarde you can start resetting then.

[fossil cypress]

these path mechanics are weird

[fossil cypress]

i'd like to join

[nova terrace]

Can I join

[terse venture]

Is anyone down to shiny hunt

[dense wing]

Anyone down to hunt?

[terse venture]

@dense wing I’m down

[dense wing]

Awesome, you have zygarde in your list?

[terse venture]

Yeah

[dense wing]

How do you join other peoples DAs? I haven’t played swsh in forever

[terse venture]

Yeah, but I can send you a code and it should link our switches together

[dense wing]

Sounds good

[terse venture]

Okay getting on now

Click anything is fine and then hit link code

[dense wing]

Alrighty

[terse venture]

1397 1397

[dense wing]

Tyty <33

[terse venture]

We need ice types or wide guard users

[dense wing]

👌

[terse venture]

Ghost flying flying

[dense wing]

Sounds good

We taking it?

[terse venture]

lol well we will lose this one also I send you a dm so other people are getting spammed with our messages

[wraith surge]

So I woke up from my nap and decided to do a quick raid and I GOT THE SHINY ZYGARDE

I'll still leave this up for peeps wanting help tho, might join up sometimes to help too when I'm feeling better

[limpid trellis]

Congrats!! You can actually save up dynite ore again!

[wraith surge]

I can finally close pokemon shield and play a different game 🥹

[limpid trellis]

Haha that’s awesome! It’s so nice to leave Groundhog Day. Capturing shiny Zygarde might just be the hardest thing to do in the game—happy you can join the club

[wraith surge]

It feels great to be over with it, but it also feels nice to see people getting their own, so I feel like I have to see someone else do it before I move to the next one, yknow?

Later I'm 100% thanking everybody who helped prior, gonna start making a list when I'm done cleaning up

[limpid trellis]

It’s nice to give back for sure 🙂 and it’s also nice to feel like you can stop anytime without quitting or feeling like you’ve wasted your time. Hope you have fun with your next game!

[elfin crown]

Congratulations.

[sonic field]

ayyy congrats

Deserved 🫡

[wraith surge]

Thank you you 3!!! Couldn't have kept motivation without your guys help, both in beating the raids and guiding me through them!!

[sonic field]

you've been hosting set paths ty for that! Ofc we'll help any way we can

[terse venture]

Congratulations 🎉🎊🎈🍾

[fossil cypress]

my online trial ran out :(

i might buy one, but not in the near future

[elfin crown]

I'll be doing them later tonight. Probably in eight hours.

If anyone would like to join.

[tacit karma]

Definitely wanna keep doing Zygarde raids!

[tacit karma]

Congrats!

[mental vine]

Anyone down for some DA runs room for 2 be ready to voice chat please

[tacit karma]

@elder remnant @sonic field either of you down for Zygarde raids later this evening?

[terse venture]

I’m down to do zygarde raids later tonight

[sonic field]

Yeh. I'll be here in like 4 hours with Mimikyu as well

[tacit karma]

Sweet! It’s nearly 2pm (EST) where I am. I could be set to start raids around, 6~7ish

In about 4-5 hours

[sonic field]

Perfect 👌

[elfin crown]

Just leaving work. Hopefully I get home before the top of the hour.

[elfin crown]

https://tenor.com/view/car-funny-gif-24595989

[tacit karma]

@terse venture @sonic field what say the Internet peeps? Still down for some raids?

And you Mimikyu?

[elfin crown]

Yup.

[sonic field]

of course

[tacit karma]

Just started a run, it’ll probably go downhill though, so I’ll be ready in like 10-15

Hopefully sooner

If anybody’s got a path set and wants to use it specifically though, I’m open to it

[sonic field]

Ah no worries!

[elfin crown]

I don't have a set path on mine

[sonic field]

I don't think anyone does

Only one I know who does is BigRig

[tacit karma]

Ah that does pose a problem

Specially cuz while Rig’s route yielded the most success for us, their Internet wasn’t cooperating last time and cheated them out of a check

[elfin crown]

I mean, we did defeat it a few times with random paths

Which we were lucky on

[tacit karma]

True

[sonic field]

Ah true that happened right

[tacit karma]

Found a decent path and I’ve ore to spare!

It’s a Marshtomp with Ice Punch, Abomasnow, Alolan Sandslash, and Hatterene w/Life Dew!

[elfin crown]

Ah ye. Punch it and win.

[tacit karma]

It’s not perfect and clearly exploitable with ice types only resisting ice, but I think it has promise

[sonic field]

I'm down

[tacit karma]

I’ll try to host it briefly then!

These randoms actually picked the best Pokémon, nobody doubled up on taking a Pokémon, and everyone kept the stuff we need

That shared braincell kickin in

[sonic field]

best of luck then

[tacit karma]

It went to hell SO quick lol. Hatterene player didn’t Life Dew, and I probs shouldn’t have D-Max’d Marshtomp

Setting it back up rn!

[sonic field]

dang rip to yall

[tacit karma]

It had like 10% health left, so close

[terse venture]

Is there an extra spot

[tacit karma]

Yup! Perfect time!

[terse venture]

Bet joining now

[elfin crown]

Skey will dyna the hat and use Max Guard like a pro.

[sonic field]

Entertainment factor here we go

[tacit karma]

That, or even spamming Life Dew!

We might’ve lasted one more turn with that

[terse venture]

Do yall have the strategy

[elfin crown]

Yeah. Win.

[sonic field]

Real

[tacit karma]

Good point, lemme type something real quick

[sonic field]

https://tenor.com/view/kitten-cat-typing-typing-cat-gif-5751430

[elfin crown]

Doing a cleaning the ocean sim in Ultra Moon. Good god.

[sonic field]

What ya huntin?

[elfin crown]

I'm trying to get Corsola again, but game is throwing items at me instead.

[sonic field]

Ahhh
Team seas Mimi

[tacit karma]

P1: Marshtomp
P2: Gourgeist
P3: Abomasnow
P4: (Any)

Path:
Right - Swoobat (P1 takes)
Left - Alolan Sandslash (P4 takes)
Left - Hatterene (P3 takes)

Final team: Swoobat, Gourgeist, Hatterene, Alolan Sandslash

I forget some things, but I’ll put them in as they appear

Code is 1212-1214

Invite out now!

[sonic field]

Obama is somewhere

[terse venture]

You know when you add more people to the raid, the den changes slightly

[tacit karma]

Yeah

Last attempt had a total of 4, so I’m hoping if we have 4 now, it should be maintained

Idk if it’s dependent on it being the same people, though I’d like to think not

[sonic field]

Player count is what matters yeh

[elfin crown]

You don't fold a shirt the same way, the path changes.

[sonic field]

The starting team is the same but paths change

[elfin crown]

P2 or P4 takes Sandslash, being P3 has snow.

[terse venture]

I can take it

[elfin crown]

Sure. I take hat then.

[tacit karma]

ok, finalized!

[elfin crown]

Imagine if management communicated like this.

[tacit karma]

Never

[elfin crown]

Oh no, my worthless ability.

[sonic field]

Simple beam can't get rid of Zygardes ability right (besides the fact it wouldn't be able to pull it off fast enough before dying)

[tacit karma]

Now that I think about, if this team doesn’t quite work, Swoobat could help. It could use Simple Beam and/or Speed swap on Alolan Sandslash, so it could get to +4 Swords Dance turn one

And then Sandslash D-Max’s with the G-Max Ice move. It’s wishful thinking though, Sandslash would have to live at least 1 or 2 turns against Zygarde’s multi-hit moves

[elfin crown]

Correct. Land's Wrath is one ability that cannot be removed.

[sonic field]

Sadge

[elfin crown]

Reminds me how crappy this thing is to face in tera raids.

[tacit karma]

Fr, you need a Wide Guard mon for it to be forgiving

[elfin crown]

What would the bat replace?

[tacit karma]

Maybe Marshtomp?

[elfin crown]

Oh, I was talking about A-Slash in SV.

[tacit karma]

oh lol my b

[elfin crown]

skey knows about it.

[sonic field]

Yeh prob. Both of them easily die I'd say

[elfin crown]

Tomp first probably? Snow resists Ground at least.

[sonic field]

Sandslash is a doozy yup

[elfin crown]

I squeaked by with my Unaware Skeledirge. Was Bug tera 🙄

[tacit karma]

doesn’t unfortunately. Ice only resists ice

[elfin crown]

Grass resists Ground though.

[tacit karma]

It’s always been the worst defensive type, only resisting itself

That yes

[elfin crown]

Oof.

[tacit karma]

Yikes

[sonic field]

We might need da bat

[elfin crown]

Water Pledge
Waterfall
Dig
Ice Punch

Avalanche
Aurora Veil
Round
Grassy Glide

[tacit karma]

Yeah it’s starting to look like a good change

If we can set up Hail early enough, then Aurora Veil would be huge

[elfin crown]

Yeah, was thinking the same.

[tacit karma]

I didn’t pay attention but I guess Abomasnow has its hidden ability

Soundproof? Either that or Bulletproof

[elfin crown]

Yes.

Soundproof.

[sonic field]

It got sound proof yes

Ugh

Close

[tacit karma]

So close!

[elfin crown]

Ow.

[tacit karma]

Ok that was just rude

[sonic field]

I-... My bad

[tacit karma]

You’re good!

Rip

[sonic field]

So sorry

[tacit karma]

You’ve nothing to apologize for, stuff happens

[elfin crown]

I was not paying attention. What did you do?

[terse venture]

We got it next time

[sonic field]

I should've attacked but I veiled

[elfin crown]

Ah.

[tacit karma]

It’s always a gamble with stuff like that, can’t fault yourself

Worst case we run it back

[sonic field]

Nah it's ok I know when I misplay lol

[elfin crown]

+4 Slash would have killed right?

[tacit karma]

Though I am wondering if switching Marshtomp for Swoobat would help

Definitely

I guess Simple Swoobat it is

[elfin crown]

Yeah we can swap.

[sonic field]

Yuh swoobat might be a faster clear

[tacit karma]

It’ll just be a matter of keeping it alive

Hope it’s not a liability for 2 raid mons b4 Zygarde

Same code, 1212-1214, invite out now!

[terse venture]

I think i need to swords dance if dmax isn’t on me

[sonic field]

Resists life dew mommy pretty well. But Sandslah might kill it

[elfin crown]

.

[tacit karma]

Thank you for correcting me

If Sandslash was just a bit bulkier and we could ensure it lived 2 turns against Zygarde, Avalanche could be good enough on its own

Cuz it’s a negative priority move

But that’s too much to bank on, plus D-Max for extra HP helps a bit

[sonic field]

Pretty sure it's boosted to 120 in dyna anyways

[tacit karma]

True

[sonic field]

Was that fairy Alcremie?
Could potentially think about simple beaming Obamasnow and decorating tho I don't think it ohkos but it'd be funny

[tacit karma]

I didn’t pay attention, maybe?

[sonic field]

Klefki nvm

[tacit karma]

Ah yeah, Alcremie is always G-Maxed in here, so it would’ve been taller

Decorate would be sick for this though

[sonic field]

Not actually it still shows the base form not gmax

[elfin crown]

I'll mystical fire to lower it's sp. atk.

[tacit karma]

Shoot really? Didn’t know

[sonic field]

Ye ye prob meant as a surprise when u first do em that you can get gmax in here as well lol

[tacit karma]

Alright, only one death!

[elfin crown]

Mommy too punishing.

[terse venture]

We got this

[tacit karma]

Mother

[sonic field]

And I'm full health this time

[sonic field]

😩

[tacit karma]

Focus Sash!

Noice

[terse venture]

Same

[tacit karma]

I’m…worried, that Sandslash may faint before it’s time to D-Max

It’ll be close

[terse venture]

Big damage

[sonic field]

If only he attacked us all

[elfin crown]

Lol, moron moment. I said it's ability earlier was Land's Wrath. Meant Power Construct.

[tacit karma]

If this attempt goes bad, I’ma say we do an attempt where we don’t hit half health, so Sandslash can crush it without hitting PC form

[sonic field]

Ah rip

[tacit karma]

Zoinks

[elfin crown]

The two moves in one turn is bullshit.

[tacit karma]

But yeah if we can just take it out before this phase, then we won’t agro it, and it won’t get too many actions

[terse venture]

Seriously

[sonic field]

You could speed swap hatterene so life dew gets off faster

[tacit karma]

True

[sonic field]

Could maybe help a bit

[tacit karma]

Good idea, no good reason why I speed-swapped something with a negative priority move

Hatterene would be better as you said, cuz than an avalanche user like Abomasnow might have enough health remaining to make use of the negative priority

[sonic field]

Mhm!

[tacit karma]

Oh shoot yeah, I’ve 776 DyniteOre left lmao

[sonic field]

enough for few runs

[tacit karma]

So I’m cool to host for awhile—yea lol

Same code, back up!

[elfin crown]

Using bathroom rq.

[tacit karma]

Got it, np!

And of course if anybody needs to dip from doing runs at any point, just say so! Skey, I know you and I both have access to a 2nd system, so worst case one of us could two-man

[sonic field]

Yessir 👌

[elfin crown]

I can keep going for an hour and a half.

[tacit karma]

But if at any point we don’t have 4, I’ll put this on hold

That way we don’t lose the path

Sweet!

I hope at least one of us gets the pretty Snek

Before the night goes on too long

[elfin crown]

Honestly, all we need is a debuffer.

[sonic field]

I need to clean ma teeth in the morning he better shine

[tacit karma]

Absolutely better

[sonic field]

Ghost dyna to lower Def

[tacit karma]

I mean, we do have Gourgeist

If we dropped Abomasnow for Hatterene and kept Gourgeist…

[sonic field]

+6 -2 should ohko

[elfin crown]

I meant a screecher.

[tacit karma]

Ohhh yeah

[elfin crown]

Ghost dyna reduces by 2?

[sonic field]

Ghost dyna take it or leave it

-1

But avalanche neg priority you'll get off 2

[tacit karma]

-1 defense, +4, 4x effective, not at full health by the time Avalanche goes off

It could work. And we haven’t been doing too much with Abomasnow either

[elfin crown]

Imagine +4 Avalanche.

[sonic field]

Ah yeh can't do +6 that be too many moves

But +4 -2 if we time dyna

[tacit karma]

it’s up to you guys!

I’m down to give it a whirl

[sonic field]

Let's try yeh

Sandslash dynas here then

[tacit karma]

Got it! And Skey, you get to take the Mad Hatter

[sonic field]

Yup

[tacit karma]

If we beat it this turn, P2 would have D-Max first, next battle

[sonic field]

cruel mother

[tacit karma]

Nice!

[sonic field]

Oh I thought sandslash was P1 oops

[elfin crown]

So I dyna.

[sonic field]

Yes

It missed oh no

Bright powder on slash?

[terse venture]

Yeah

[sonic field]

[terse venture]

It’s was the best item

[sonic field]

We're still fine at least

Ggs

[tacit karma]

Oh thank Arceus

[terse venture]

Let’s go.

[tacit karma]

GL everyone!

[terse venture]

GL ✨✨

[sonic field]

GL

No shiny

[terse venture]

0

[tacit karma]

Nada

[elfin crown]

No shiny.

[tacit karma]

Least our strat worked!

Even with that hiccup

[sonic field]

[tacit karma]

BaCC up!

[elfin crown]

.

[tacit karma]

P1: Marshtomp
P2: Gourgeist
P3: Abomasnow
P4: (Any)

Path:
Right - Swoobat (P1 takes)
Left - Alolan Sandslash (P4 takes)
Left - Hatterene (P3 takes)

Final team: Swoobat, Gourgeist, Hatterene, Alolan Sandslash

yup

[sonic field]

I want Boufallants Smart Strike so bad for Hatterene but I just know he will die to sandslash

[tacit karma]

Darn yeah

Did Sandslash not have a steel move?

[terse venture]

None

[sonic field]

Unfortunately

[tacit karma]

Ouch

Oh no

Not confusion

[elfin crown]

We always take a death to this thing.

[sonic field]

Yep

[tacit karma]

I just hope the status isn’t our undoing

[sonic field]

Why smart strike looking so attractive to me but would it help who knows...

[tacit karma]

It’s a tossup

[sonic field]

No ghost dyna

[tacit karma]

Yeah

Hello?? Scary Face is Galaxy-brained

[elfin crown]

Attack drop is intriguing, but it's just a chance.

Oh.

[tacit karma]

YOOOOOO

[sonic field]

Nice!

[terse venture]

Yes

[tacit karma]

GL!

[sonic field]

Gl

[terse venture]

✨✨

[elfin crown]

Was that only +4?

[tacit karma]

[sonic field]

Think so

[tacit karma]

run with it, it could’ve had a SpDef down nature

[elfin crown]

No shiny.

[tacit karma]

Nothing

[sonic field]

Was about to say if slash could maybe pop a max knuckle but then that happened lmao

No shiny

[terse venture]

Nothing

[tacit karma]

Mr. Snek is being silly

And non-Shiny

I don’t like this

And yet, we still subject ourselves to it

Up again!

[sonic field]

Imma sacrifice my first born soon

[tacit karma]

Oooo

I will…idk, I’ll get back to you on that

[elfin crown]

So Slash should dyna on Hat right?

[tacit karma]

Mhm

Wait, actually…

[sonic field]

Uh swoobat should

My mistake earlier

Basically p1

[tacit karma]

Hard to keep track of how many turns each round is

On average

Hatterene’s the most inconsistent

Specially if it gets G-Max Smite’s confusion

[sonic field]

yeah

[elfin crown]

We'd be better off as long as we stop dying there.

Which seems to happen due to no fault of our own.

[tacit karma]

True

[elfin crown]

That's unfortunate.

[tacit karma]

Ironic that the mon we need primarily for support, keeps whooping our asses down one Pokémon

[sonic field]

[tacit karma]

She is MOTHER tho💅

[elfin crown]

We're fine if it keeps using Safeguard.

[tacit karma]

No deaths!

Oh shit, just enough health!

[sonic field]

Wow quick claw almost did us in

[tacit karma]

Let’s gooooo!

[sonic field]

GL!

[tacit karma]

GL!

[terse venture]

✨✨

[sonic field]

No shiny

[tacit karma]

Nothin

[elfin crown]

No shiny.

[terse venture]

None

[elfin crown]

I'm most happy that I'm doing successful runs.

[tacit karma]

Mind if we take a 5-10 minute break? I’ve gotta get a snack and use the restroom

[sonic field]

I don't mind

[tacit karma]

Thank you! BRB

Alright, I’m back! We still okay party people?

[terse venture]

Ready

[tacit karma]

Same code, searching now!

[sonic field]

[elfin crown]

Last one for me.

[tacit karma]

Ok!

[sonic field]

GL!

[tacit karma]

GL!

[terse venture]

Muscle band saved my ass

Gl✨✨

[sonic field]

oh Fr?

[terse venture]

Yeah

[sonic field]

That's awesome

No shiny

[elfin crown]

No shiny.

[terse venture]

Nope

[tacit karma]

Nothing

How’re we doing time wise for everyone else?

[sonic field]

I can run like 2 or 3 more

[elfin crown]

Thanks for the runs.

[tacit karma]

Sure thing!

[sonic field]

Ty for helping Mimi

Have a gn

[tacit karma]

What about you Fly? Do you need to call it quits, or are you good for a few more attempts?

@terse venture ?

[terse venture]

I’m down for more attempts

[sonic field]

Noice

[tacit karma]

Ok! I’ve got my 2nd switch, so we still have 4!

Invite out now!

[sonic field]

Ah u got it ok was about to set up mine haha

[tacit karma]

I’ll do it for this run, but if you want to next run, you’re welcome to!

[sonic field]

I'll leave it up to you

Testing bull 👀 love it

[tacit karma]

Yessir

[sonic field]

Carry us bull

Slightly faster I think lol

[tacit karma]

Yeah, not too shabby!

[sonic field]

Atk drop

[tacit karma]

Uh oh

[sonic field]

Nicu

[tacit karma]

Sweet!

GL!

[sonic field]

Gl

No shiny

[tacit karma]

Nada

[terse venture]

Nothing

[sonic field]

This'll be my last now. Gotta sleep after

[tacit karma]

Np!

You can use your 2nd system this time if you’d like!

[sonic field]

Nah I'd rather not. I don't wanna mess up being kinda sleepy

[tacit karma]

Gotcha gotcha

Invite out now!

You okay for one last run tonight Fly?

[terse venture]

Yeah

[tacit karma]

Alright!

C’mon game, give at least one of us a shiny tonight

Even if it’s not Zygarde, just A shiny

[sonic field]

Just end the dry streak frfr

[terse venture]

Seriously. Swoobat

[tacit karma]

Swoobat’s green and orange, Sandslash blue, or Hatterene’s pastel pink

If nothing else, I’m very pleased that we’re getting more consistent wins with this path!

[terse venture]

Same

[tacit karma]

I’ll try to keep it for awhile, that way if there’s any day this weekend or even next week that anybody wants to try again, we can resume it

[sonic field]

Sounds good!

GL!

[tacit karma]

GL!

[terse venture]

Gl✨✨

[sonic field]

Nothing

[tacit karma]

Nothing, that’s game for tonight

[terse venture]

Same

[sonic field]

Oof

Tyvm you two it's been fun!

[tacit karma]

Same to you! I’d fun working strategies with you guys!

I’ll probably run this again tomorrow sometime, only if 4 people are available! I’ll try to notify you guys if & when that should happen!

But for now, have a good night!

[sonic field]

Yup same to you!

[tacit karma]

Not me getting a G-Max Modest Hatterene to use in my playthrough with only one badge 💀

[sonic field]

Lmao enjoy that

[fossil cypress]

when do you sleep 😭

[sonic field]

Since I got done with school I can sleep till 11am for a while

[fossil cypress]

i still rather sleep till 8, even when done with school