#Pokémon
haughty needle
odd star
Now that I think of it, why is Ash the only trainer who made a fusion like ash greninja
quick kayak
Because he's magical
opaque skiff
The biggest failure is that he lost to freaking Alain
quick kayak
I mean it's been 2 decades and he's still 10
opaque skiff
That stupid Greninja lost to fucking Charizard
odd star
Oh yeah true, nvm makes way more sense
opaque skiff
what the actual fuck
sage cargo
Whoa he's cool
odd star
Irony
haughty needle
why did they make alain have his charizard use a fire type move on leons zard 💀
sage cargo
Because he is a dumbass
odd star
I see trainers in the anime use electric type moves against ground types a number of times... and sometimes they work
sage cargo
Like when Ash beat Brock
odd star
Yeh
pure prairie
Yeah, the anime ignores the rules a lot
opaque skiff
Did you know that not only Porygon is banned from Anime series?
odd star
Type effectiveness goes out the window many times
haughty needle
bruh imagine if ash's pikachu knocked out cynthia's garchomp with thunderbolt 
opaque skiff
Earthquake and Magnitude are also banned from the Anime
odd star
Did you know that not only Porygon is banned from Anime series?
Wasn't Tentacruel one of them
haughty needle
*Earthquake* and *Magnitude* are also banned from the Anime
i know, sad
haughty needle
Wasn't Tentacruel one of them
no, an episode that had a giant tentacruel smashing buildings bc it came out around 9/11
odd star
Oh yeh
haughty needle
Especially earthquake
Ash's tauros using earthquake at the orange islands league was pretty neat
opaque skiff
Well no more!
haughty needle
also porygons evos got shafted smh
odd star
Ash caught those Tauros so easily wtf
opaque skiff
btw I love how they be consistent of Ash having multiple tauros
haughty needle
it was pikachu that made the fucking missiles explode
ban pikachu instead 
opaque skiff
Like an actual herd of Tauros
haughty needle
wait the episode where he got them was banned too
opaque skiff
Fun fact : he actually owns 30 Tauros
haughty needle
odd star
Fun fact : he actually owns ***30*** Tauros
That's exactly a full box in a PC
haughty needle
wait the episode where he got them was banned too
sage cargo
What
pure prairie
Yeah, that happened
haughty needle
an episode that got banned, didnt have a english dub and not aired in the US
pure prairie
The episode where Ash accidentally stumbles into Texas
haughty needle
but this episode didnt get banned 
opaque skiff
I doubt it'll change if there is a gun or two
odd star
Pokemon would evolve to counter guns, they will either be extremely evasive or look like Bastidon to tank shots
quick kayak
It's a world where they use a freaking Hyper Beam to a human
Well what's better? A Hyper Beam that never does more than KO a pokemon, a firearm firing a bullet?
opaque skiff
Point is that I doubt gun will actually be enough to harm any of them
odd star
Trainers get hit with things like flamethrower and thunder and act like nothing happened 5 seconds later
sage cargo
Have you guys seen Beta Wooper
haughty needle
i think so
odd star
Yeh, really friend shaped
sage cargo
He's just kind of a guy
haughty needle
almost reminds me of the undertale annoying dog
opaque skiff
There is a theory that humans in Pokemon worlds are actually extremely powerful
odd star
He's just kind of a guy
Cool pikachu
sage cargo
*almost* reminds me of the undertale annoying dog
Omg yea I can see that
opaque skiff
Some even assume that Humans are actually stronger than Pokemons
odd star
Might just be true
haughty needle
what about that unova dragon gym leader that fights his pokemon
odd star
Ash got hit from Mew and Mewtwos attack clash and died tho. But he came back from the power of friendship and tears
sage cargo
Yes
haughty needle
ash really tried punching mewtwo 🗿
odd star
I would too
sage cargo
Ngl Mewtwo was kind of a dick
odd star
I would hit Mewtwo with a left hook and hit him with a 1,2,3 and then he explodes
haughty needle
IIRC the japanese version of the first poke film is a bit different storywise than the english dub
basically just forkids ruining anime as per usual
quick kayak
Probably a good thing you don't
haughty needle
https://dogasu.bulbagarden.net/comparisons/movies/mov01.html
this is where I get the info from
haughty needle
🍙
odd star
Also the jelly filled donut line is epic
quick kayak
Localization is always fun when it hecks up like that
pure prairie
4kids be like “American kids don’t know what rice balls are, so let’s call them jelly donuts, they won’t be able to tell the difference”
Me as a kid, seeing the dub first air: “That’s not a donut, Brock.”
That attitude of 4kids caused more confusion than non-interference would’ve caused.
manic cairn
It's silly because it isn't as if the name is hard to figure out.
pure prairie
4Kids was just a problematic localization company, tbh.
manic cairn
Plus we used to have Popcorn Balls, although I haven't seen those in a long time.
pure prairie
As a kid I didn’t know what a rice ball was at the time but I was legitimately frustrated with the Pokémon anime because it wouldn’t tell me what they were
haughty needle
at least we got the meme out of it
pure prairie
It’s true
I had my own theory back in the day, “maybe if you ever opened your eyes you’d be able to tell what it is you’re eating, Brock.”
odd star
He did open his eyes for that one Larvitar
opaque skiff
Onigiri tastes good btw
odd star
I wonder if he ever opened them again, I can't remember any other instances he did
haughty needle
i think(?) when he got shocked by pikachu or smthn like that
haughty needle
looks like 3
odd star
This goodbye was the saddest for me, it was simple but effective
odd star
Cilan can never replace Brock
Same with every other character who was supposed to be like Brock as a companion afterwards
solid mountain
Aight gang I caught another shiny
Who wants to guess what it is?
Fucking. Sunkern.
As soon as I find out how to get a Sun Stone I'm evolving this fucker out of spite
1% chance from Pokestops and field research... fuuuck
orchid solar
I go to see what pokemon merch they have, to see if they have something of my beloved sandwich motorcycle, but all they have are plushes of the starters. and shirts with the starts on them. and socks
SOCKS
brazen echo
stone rapids
My starter just evolved and he looks AWESOME!
orchid solar
Yeah
solid mountain
Fire croco
old tapir
In Pokémon Shield, how do I evolve Pancham? Pokemondb said to have another Dark type pokemon so I caught a Dark type Zigzagoon and it didn't evolve.
heavy stone
You have to level it up to level 32 with a Dark type on your team.
stone rapids
I need to evolve one of my Finizen, but to do that I need to level it up in a union circle
heavy stone
I have one I can trade to you.
stone rapids
I don't think it works through trade
heavy stone
It doesn't, but I mean I have one that's already evolved I can give you.
stone rapids
I would prefer to just evolve mine
It's at the right level so I can just give it a rare candy once I join a union circle with someone
heavy stone
That works too. What link code do you want to use for the Union Circle?
Maybe we should go into a DM to avoid clogging up the channel.
stone rapids
Alright
last rampart
My starter just evolved and he looks ***AWESOME!***
Skelledirge is also a good singer
orchid solar
this bisharp evolution seems a nightmare to get
heavy stone
It's not too bad. You can tell when a wild Bisharp is holding a Leader's Crest because it'll spawn with four Pawniards close by.
odd star
I saw the requirement for Gimmighouls evolution and all I can say is oof
odd star
Brick break bisharp just for that
heavy stone
If you have a Low Kick TM or some other Fighting move, you can teach it that to always one-shot them. That's how I evolved mine.
orchid solar
yeah good idea
orchid solar
finally got it
haughty needle
Who's hisoka?
opaque skiff
A character from HxH
She is definitely one of the most impressive and unique characters in Pokemon history
opaque skiff
Hot take
One thing I still cannot even comprehend is why is the sandwich part so terrible
Like wtf is that
sage cargo
It looks like WarioWare
molten swallow
So while I don't have all the gym badges yet I have been catching since fairly strong mons.
Got a Glaceon in the wild too. 🙂
haughty needle
Electric buggo
solid mountain
The OG
odd star
Unova really had the best bug pokemon
heavy stone
Unova is such a good region for Bug type fans like myself. I should do a mono Bug run when I replay one of the Unova games.
haughty needle
whats ur fave bug type mon
sage cargo
I caught a Togepi and named her Gary c:
orchid solar
omg larry
orchid solar
well, that was fun
orchid solar
Despite the graphical and performance issues, I can't remember enjoying a pokemon game quite as much. The story really got me.
However, I can't figure out how to name my Miraidon 'Sandwich' so I guess it's a 0/10 for me, smh
young rain
Playing pokemon by myself
heavy stone
However, I can't figure out how to name my Miraidon 'Sandwich' so I guess it's a...
You can make your Miraidon go into its battle mode, rename it like you would any other Pokémon and then have it go back into its ride mode to give your ride one a name.
orchid solar
You can make your Miraidon go into its battle mode, rename it like you would any...
how
heavy stone
Have you beaten the game and done all the Area Zero stuff?
heavy stone
If you've completed the whole main story, you can just go into the menu with X, scroll down to your dragon like it's a regular party Pokémon and make it go into its battle form to enter your party. Then you can rename it and change it back.
orchid solar
mm
neat
sandwich lives!
aw, they won't fight things in the open world. that's cute
solid mountain
rate my paras nickname
haughty needle
hmm, what's the reference?
sage cargo
Wtf uh why is no one talking about Rika??? Literally the lesbian ever
odd star
This is no doubt my most favorite pokemon in scarlet and violet
sage cargo
Lmao
orchid solar
you had an evolution screen??? mine just evolved without telling me
rapid sand
I looked it up because I wasn't sure it was real. Bulbapedia says the evolution sequence is skipped if they level up through exp share
heavy stone
Yeah, they only evolve if they're leveled up in a battle for some reason.
rapid sand
Of all the pokemons they ever made, this is certainly one of them
heavy stone
Using experience candies didn't work when I needed one for the dex.
rapid sand
I'm still not sure how I feel about it. Like, it's kinda funny and cute but also ripe for fridge horror
orchid solar
I'm still not sure how I feel about it. Like, it's kinda funny and cute but also...
that's pokemon at it's finest, let's be honest.
cute
funny
oh god no
orchid solar
"Population Bomb inflicts damage, hitting the target up to ten times per use."
at 20 damage that's between 20 and 200 damage
brazen echo
rapid sand
And that's with loaded dice
heavy stone
Population Bomb is currently bugged to always hit 10 times.
brazen echo
giving it wide lens is also viable
rapid sand
Each hit having its own separate accuracy check makes the move pretty much as good as double slap in terms of number of hits, and worse because of the damage
opaque skiff
rapid sand
I'm pretty sure that's not how statistics work
orchid solar
what
haughty needle
population bomb and last respects, name a more iconic duo
opaque skiff
Apparently loaded dice should make it only hit 4+ times guaranteed, according to Bulbapedia
rapid sand
Yes, between 4 and 10
rapid sand
Without something that fixes the odds you're subject to what's pretty much rolling 10d10
orchid solar
I want to see what the actual animation for this is but training something to 46 seems like a nightmare
rapid sand
It's nothing special. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lW9_0OZIeso
opaque skiff
Each hit having its own separate accuracy check makes the move pretty much as go...
One thing that saves this move is actually that it has low base power
opaque skiff
Maushold has Technician
haughty needle
||Iron Threads|| version of donphan
rapid sand
Is this a region variation or, like, a raid variation?
brazen echo
does technician work before or after S.T.A.B.?
heavy stone
Is this a region variation or, like, a raid variation?
It's the future Paradox form of it called Iron Treads.
haughty needle
kinda like a regional variant
opaque skiff
Technician only counts the base power of the move
rapid sand
What the fuck is a paradox pokemon
I'm gonna read about this, don't bother to answer
That's just my reaction
OMG I forgot amoonguss was a thing
opaque skiff
So with technician, Population Bomb is theoretically a 300 power move
rapid sand
To think it was like 9 years ahead of it's time
opaque skiff
Theoretically
rapid sand
Born too soon to capitalise on the meme
Bro what the fuck is Sandy Shocks, why does he look like a kid's "You know what would be cool?" drawing
haughty needle
magneton
rapid sand
Scream Tail too, feels like a bad joke tumblr made up and now it's real
heavy stone
Sandy Shocks is pretty cool. It's my favorite of the past Paradox forms.
rapid sand
Iron Thorns truly is just pokemon's mechagodzilla's, not that that's a shock
opaque skiff
Aren't Paradox Pokemons like endgame spoilers
haughty needle
scream tail got that mega mewtwo Y hairdo
orchid solar
Basically the paradox pokemon relate to the story ||the professor builds a timemachine and pulls future/past versions of the pokemon into the present. The box legendary is one such pokemon, being the past/future form of Cyclinder or whatever it's called||
rapid sand
Bro, Iron Valiant, for real? They found a way to make Gallade even more edgy?
I love this shit
It's so funny
haughty needle
gardevoir gallade fusion
rapid sand
Basically the paradox pokemon relate to the story ||the professor builds a timem...
Cyclizar
heavy stone
Aren't Paradox Pokemons like endgame spoilers
You can read about the Paradox Pokémon in the school's entrance hall and see one of them before you ever go to Area Zero, so I don't think knowing they exist is a spoiler.
rapid sand
|| So wait, Cyclizar is a pokemon that exists in the present?||
orchid solar
yes
rapid sand
But you still only ever encounter one, I imagine
heavy stone
Cyclizar's just a normal Pokémon. You can catch as many as you want.
orchid solar
yeah they're all over the place
you see npcs with them with handle bars attached and all
brazen echo
pure prairie
Reminder to check your email for the mystery gift codes for Scarlet & Violet if you preordered the digital versions in the eShop.
pure prairie
https://twitter.com/Quag_ao/status/1596058610710106114
This is a mood.
You know, I like that they avoid the question of fall damage by just having your Rotom-infused smartphone save you from long falls, but they probably should've adjusted that animation a bit. It looks like Rotom is just dislocating your shoulders.
sage cargo
Literally the only thing I didn't like about SwSh was the Rotom phone
haughty needle
porygon-phone
opaque skiff
I bet Cap like Arceusphone
haughty needle
I bet Cap likes the sanicphone
pure prairie
I'd totally buy Arceusphone
heavy stone
I like that you can get a phone case made to look like the Arc Phone in Scarlet and Violet.
opaque skiff
pure prairie
https://twitter.com/andmish/status/1596542444715540480
I'm sorry, what.
The fuck is that from
orchid solar
You know, I like that they avoid the question of fall damage by just having your...
you say this like Rotom wouldn't dislocate your shoulder
orchid solar
the weirdest part is that there's not actually a phone version of rotom
pure prairie
Yeah
orchid solar
like electric psychic or whatever
sage cargo
Man I remember when Rotom was a rare Pokémon
orchid solar
rotom is a very weird pokemon!
pure prairie
They've expanded Rotom to basically be the conceptualization of every electronic appliance.
orchid solar
isn't it technically a legendary or something?
sage cargo
Yes
haughty needle
no
sage cargo
Oh
haughty needle
arent pseudolegendary the 600 BST mons like dragonite
pure prairie
Ehh
heavy stone
Rotom's not a pseudo legendary either. I think it was definitely originally designed as a legendary, though.
pure prairie
it's a step up from that
orchid solar
I mean this generation had a bunch of kids mutilate an innocent engine block into an ugly car, so what is pokemon even doing
haughty needle
pseudo-mythical
sage cargo
I mean this generation had a bunch of kids mutilate an innocent engine block int...
I don't remmeber this
pure prairie
Rotom was definitely originally conceived of as a legendary like Azelf and co, but has since just been retconned into being damn near every manmade tool
haughty needle
varoom/revavroom
sage cargo
Rotom was definitely originally conceived of as a legendary like Azelf and co, b...
IndonMt like it
And I won't stand for it
heavy stone
I don't remmeber this
The Starmobiles. The Pokémon aren't part of the vehicles, though. They're just powering them.
haughty needle
ig no rotom-car lmao
orchid solar
mfw rotom and apple collaborate to add one more camera each generation
haughty needle
i trust rotom on keeping tabs on my personal data
orchid solar
The Starmobiles. The Pokémon aren't part of the vehicles, though. They're just p...
the starmobiles are also completely different types
it's weird
sage cargo
I forgor they made the pc a Rotom too
heavy stone
It would be cool if the Starmobiles could be obtained as regular Pokémon.
orchid solar
but it's not anything otherwise special
haughty needle
having a full team of mons and a rotom phone technically means u have 7 Pokemon on u
orchid solar
440 stats. 520 state when possessing something
technically in SV you have 6 regular mons, your bike, and rotom phone
that's 8
orchid solar
since this is gen 9 I assume next gen we'll be able to have 9 pokemon in gen 10. 6 member team, rotom phone, your bike, and this time you're playing as a pikachu so that's 9
haughty needle
finally, pokemon dungeon in mainline
pure prairie
The inevitable conclusion.
orchid solar
I really did like the story for this game
the last final boss was so, so epic
I genuinely don't know if it was scripted or what
heavy stone
The very last story fight is scripted for you to win once you get past the trainer battle, but that doesn't make it any less cool.
orchid solar
well it was fun
heavy stone
Yeah.
orchid solar
the only frustration I have is that your bike can be put into your party
but, if you get on the bike, it moves out of the party
GF, wtf
I know there's another one lurking around but I want MY Sandwich, not some dumb ass bully
fuck that bike, I love my bike
pure prairie
I do like that they solved the HM slave problem with this Pokémon, but some QOL issues still remain like that.
orchid solar
They've kind of been solving this, that way, for a while with ride pokemon
heavy stone
I wish the mass release function from Legends: Arceus was in Scarlet and Violet. That was so convenient and it's just gone for no reason.
orchid solar
I just think GF needs to hire some legend of zelda devs to help them come up with puzzles that aren't "small tree blocks your path" or "rocks go in holes"
heavy stone
I also wish you could get item trade evolutions like Slowking by just using their items on them like you can in PLA.
orchid solar
yeah
heavy stone
Trade evolutions are a fun concept that encourages playing with other people, but they aren't very future-proof. That exact thing is why I got into Pokémon ROM hacking earlier this year. I just wanted to learn how to get rid of trade evolutions.
orchid solar
trading is arguably easier now with the internet than it was when the series first launched
the real problem with trade evolution is that you have to have friends cries
haughty needle
heavy stone
Version exclusives are also kind of an outdated concept like trade evolutions are. I think I would be fine with them if there weren't version exclusive legendaries.
orchid solar
I mean... so long as there's versions, there's going to be exclusive content for them
heavy stone
I think Scarlet and Violet definitely handle version exclusives the best in general since you can encounter things from the opposite version if you play with someone who has the opposite version in the co-op mode.
orchid solar
huh. a wild spirittomb
odd star
Am I the only one who didn't know how to get a spiritomb in dppt without a guide
Cynthia was the only reason I knew it exists
heavy stone
I don't think I ever even caught one as a kid.
odd star
Me neither, I learned how you get it but I never went out of my way to go get one
I kind of miss how you used to receive gift Pokemon, it's a bit of a hassle to go to your local GameStop or Toys R Us (rip) but it added to the epic factor of receiving a mon. There is also the event Pokemon that had their own designated island as well which was neat
heavy stone
Clodsire is probably one of the best new Pokémon in Scarlet and Violet. I've made sure to get a Wooper with Water Absorb in both of my Scarlet playthroughs and it's been a really good team member in both of them.
odd star
I like the Pokemon that has revival blessing
heavy stone
Pawmot? There's another thing that gets it too, but it's probably not what you're talking about.
haughty needle
rabsca?
odd star
Yeh it was Pikachu's cousin and the magical dung beetle
sage cargo
What shoukd I name my Ralts
heavy stone
What are you going to evolve it into?
heavy stone
If you're familiar with Kid Icarus at all, maybe Palutena? I don't really have any other ideas.
odd star
I usually name my Pokemon after food or give them goofy names
Like how my Slowkings name is Taco
I would name Gardevoir Lime Sherbet
sage cargo
I just went with no name
heavy stone
I don't really name my Pokémon anymore. I'm not as good at coming up with clever names as I used to be.
odd star
In my swsh playthrough I named every Pokemon after a variant of Pikachu like corviknight I called Ironflightchu
sage cargo
Is Wonder Trade in BDSP
heavy stone
Probably. I'm pretty sure it's been in every game after it was introduced in X and Y.
I always liked Wonder Trade. It's one of my favorite things in the games.
odd star
I avoid wonder trade until I finish the league
sage cargo
Wonder Trade wasn't in SwSh iirc
odd star
Yeh it was
heavy stone
It was. It just got renamed to Surprise Trade at some point.
sage cargo
O
sage cargo
I FOUND THE GUY WITH SIX MAGIKARP
quick kayak
This was a match from earlier sort of using a meme-y team on the lower ladder on Showdown. Hadn't played showdown since Gen 6, and this was like my 10th game or so since last night
I had burnt a lot of my turn-timer near the latter half of the battle, so it got kind of intense trying to make sure I was still making decent decisions (which sometimes didn't happen) 
last rampart
I basically made a cheeseburger
last rampart
And by the way, this isn’t a recipe in game; I did this in creative mode. I may make more variants of this, such as a regular cheeseburger, deluxe cheeseburger (this), ultra cheeseburger, and a master cheeseburger.
pure prairie
Don’t bother playing Scarlet & Violet multiplayer Battle Stadium.
Every battle currently uses the same RNG seed.
Which means you can trivially do some RNG manipulation to guarantee that OHKO moves always land.
haughty needle
just consume product and be excited for next product
sage cargo
quick kayak
https://twitter.com/Sibuna_Switch/status/1596768465095983104
Fixed seed multiplayer battles is insane, what the hell lmao
That literally changes everything, you can play around the luck element so hard if you study how the RNG progresses throughout the battle. Idk if it becomes harder to track after the first turn or something
odd star
Encore, protect and Focus sash could be your best friend to counter this
solid mountain
Protect maybe but I believe OHKO moves go through Sash
odd star
haughty needle
focus sash works with OHKO moves
quick kayak
Sturdy blocks it too
haughty needle
sturdy originally only worked with OHKO moves iirc
odd star
If focus band existed in scarlet and violet, maybe someone could find an rng manipulation to turn that 10% chance of surviving any hit to 100%
quick kayak
I mean maybe? A lot of that is up to the opponent. The most control you'd have is protecting every once in a while
molten swallow
You know an awesome detail? Grimer hates being washed.
orchid solar
heh
last rampart
I mean, it makes sense. Grimer (buzz off autocorrect) is literally sludge.
Given how many future paradox moms shiny variants are all chrome, I’m gonna end up joking the future is chrome.
It seriously makes me wish we get a DLC in the distant past/future at some point, or some area from there with a few more paradox mons. That’s by far my favorite thing this season.
heavy stone
Iron Jugulis has the coolest name of all the future Paradox things but the most boring shiny. It should've been green and purple like the regular shiny Hydreigon instead of just turning silver on some parts of its body but otherwise staying blue and magenta.
solid talon
*ten million copies in 3 days btw*
parents/kids buying it
last rampart
I’m liking it so far, but as DJ said, it suffers from being brought down by technical issues.
I should go and make a plain cheeseburger in creative just to get the remaining recipes going.
heavy stone
It would be nice if you could save the recipes for the things you make in creative mode to make them again later.
haughty needle
living in Spain without the "a":
pure prairie
sage cargo
What is your guys favourite Ultra Beast mine is Buzzwole
heavy stone
I have no idea. They're all really fun.
haughty needle
either celesteela/nihilego
heavy stone
Necrozma, probably. I think that counts.
haughty needle
phermomsa and naganadel are up there too
heavy stone
Naganadel is really cool.
heavy stone
Kartana. That's another one of my favorites.
forest rivet
Definitely Naganadel, the alien super glue bee.
heavy stone
If you can get Kartana's Attack low enough and its Speed high enough with a specific combo of nature, EVs and IVs, you can make it so Beast Boost raises Speed instead of Attack every time you get a KO with it. It's really fun with Swords Dance.
odd star
My favorite ultra beast would be Guzzlord
heavy stone
Guzzlord is funny.
odd star
I made my top 100 favorite pokemon designs, this includes gigantamax and mega evolutions
The mons in 1-50 are the only ones in order
heavy stone
Galarian Ponyta is my favorite regional form. I loved it as soon as it was first revealed. It's so cute.
odd star
Galarian ponyta/rapidash reminds me of Celestia
sage cargo
YES
heavy stone
Yeah. Even the mane color is the same as Celestia's.
odd star
I miss mega evolutions 
haughty needle
#BringBackMegas
heavy stone
Z-Moves and Terastallizing are probably tied as my favorite gimmick, but I do miss Mega Lopunny and Mega Gallade. They'd be so good with Sword and Shield's buffs to Scrappy and Inner Focus making them immune to Intimidate.
orchid solar
finally 999 coins
haughty needle
time to gold
last rampart
So something just struck me about the future paradox mons: they’re mechanical life forms. They need to eat, unlike robots.
orchid solar
I wonder how hard it would be to make a Miriadon figure that transformed into its various modes like a transformer toy
rapid sand
I just love this little gal https://twitter.com/ZulhilmiJasni/status/1597146710794375168
orchid solar
if you go picniking with her and she goes to sleep, she sleeps on top of the hammer. It's really cute
the only thing I don't like about her is that the hammer is so fucking huge that it often blocks the camera's view of the other pokemon, she really should be mirrored
last rampart
It gets funny when you realize Tinkaton is the reason Corviknight got out of the job regarding the flying taxi.
rapid sand
I love the lore
heavy stone
I always thought that was a fun bit of worldbuilding.
last rampart
They will launch boulders at corviknight with their hammers so they could claim the metal from downed corviknight.
heavy stone
If anyone here has Violet and they've completed the main story, would they be willing to play with me in the co-op mode later so I can catch the Violet exclusive Paradox forms for the dex? I could just trade for them, but catching them myself would make it feel like more of an accomplishment, if that makes any sense.
quick kayak
I might be able to later
heavy stone
Thank you. I hope I'm not inconveniencing you or anything by preferring to catch stuff myself instead of trading for them. I could just do that if that doesn't end up working for you.
heavy stone
OK. What's the code for the group once you have it ready?
quick kayak
Oh, do we not need friend codes?
heavy stone
I don't think we need to be friends for it. There's a code it generates when you make a group for other people to join.
quick kayak
X12SY6
heavy stone
I'm in the group now. Thanks for doing this for me.
quick kayak
Do we have to travel in a group to where you want to go or do you have free rein on where you go?
heavy stone
I think we have to go to Area Zero together.
We won't be able to see each other at first and I don't know if that's a bug or what, but I think you can fix it by getting into a wild Pokémon battle with the person you're playing with close by.
quick kayak
Where is Area Zero?
heavy stone
It's in the Great Crater. Have you been there yet?
odd star
After you're done getting the paradox Pokemon, you two should have a pokemon battle 
heavy stone
I'm at the third research station, so we can get together there. I think it's near there where we can find Iron Jugulis and Iron Valiant.
odd star
When I search up paradox mons, they are classified as legendaries too
quick kayak
Oh huh, if you've been there this whole time I've been able to just chill wherever in just some random town interestingly enough
heavy stone
Yeah, we can just roam around separately. I was in Levincia before, so I think it just took you there too when we connected.
Where are you at right now? There's a secret cave that's kind of near the third research station that I'm in.
quick kayak
The cave to the left of it? I'm in that too
heavy stone
There's a big tree you can see from the research station, and the cave is kind of near that.
It's the cave with the weird pattern on the ground that I'm in. Maybe you've been there.
quick kayak
You sure it's near station 3? All the trees in sight appear to be the same size
heavy stone
There's a hole in the rock wall you can see as soon as you leave the station with a tree visible through it. I'll try to take a picture.
It's not a good picture, but it kind of shows where I'm talking about.
quick kayak
Uuuuh. I'm literally standing where you are in that pic
heavy stone
So we must be in the same place, then. It's confusing when we can't see each other.
quick kayak
Would've been nice if they actually had been given time to finish this game 
So weird that this is a problem
heavy stone
You can go over to that tree and look to the left, and there's a hole in the pile of rocks that leads into a cave.
heavy stone
I saw an Iron Jugulis, so we must be close together. It just randomly popped out of existence when I got close, though.
I found another one, so that's good.
quick kayak
You fighting an iron valiant?
heavy stone
Yeah.
quick kayak
There's one in front of me staring into space
I figure that's the one you're battling lmao
heavy stone
It's cool that you can see battles play out in real time in co-op, even if they don't work properly in Area Zero.
I think that's everything exclusive to this cave, so we should go into the actual crater part now.
We can stay so you can catch a Flutter Mane and Roaring Moon if you don't have them already.
heavy stone
I found an Iron Bundle.
heavy stone
It keeps using Flip Turn and activating my Clodsire's Water Absorb. It's not very smart.
quick kayak
I think wild pokemon has always had AI that just picks randomly out of the moves it has regardless of the situation
heavy stone
Yeah, I think they do.
quick kayak
Where are you roaming at now?
heavy stone
I'm in the very bottom part looking for an Iron Treads.
I saw one earlier just standing still and unable to be battled, so I think that's the one you caught.
last rampart
Iron Bundle is pretty good. Base stats are apparently faster than a Garchomp, so...
Also, it got banned from Smogon's OU tier, so it's quite strong.
quick kayak
Iron Bundle is pretty good. Base stats are apparently faster than a Garchomp, so...
It already got banned to ubers
yeah
Fricken Robo Delibird is uber
heavy stone
Freeze-Dry and Hydro Pump is completely unresisted by everything in the game, I'm pretty sure.
opaque skiff
Meowscarada quickly becoming one of the (furry) fan-favorites
heavy stone
I just found another Iron Bundle, so I think we're close by.
opaque skiff
last rampart
I really want to get myself a Ceruledge.
haughty needle
Meowscarada quickly becoming one of the (furry) fan-favorites
every gen has a fur-bait ig
opaque skiff
Pokemon is a furbait
quick kayak
I'm just hanging around the vault door on the bottom
last rampart
I’ll be happy once I get a time travel DLC.
heavy stone
I see an Iron Hands now. I already caught one of those, but I might as well get another.
quick kayak
What the hell lmao. A Great Tusk just spawned on top of me
Quick Ball success rate 100% so far down here tho
heavy stone
Quick Balls are always good.
I always make sure to have a ton of them and Dusk Balls.
quick kayak
Same
heavy stone
A Great Tusk just came out of the floor at me.
quick kayak
At this point nothing out of the ordinary
heavy stone
I saw a Flutter Mane in the ground too. I didn't know you could even find them down here.
last rampart
I dubbed Great Tusk “Mastophan”, given it’s relation to mastodons.
heavy stone
That's a really good name. That's definitely what it would be called if it had a more traditional one.
last rampart
Naming the future mons is more of a challenge. As far as I can tell, they’re pretty much mechanical life forms.
heavy stone
I think the past Paradox forms being named the way they are definitely fits better since they're basically named the same way dinosaurs are, but Mastophan is cool.
last rampart
Naming Iron Treads is gonna be tricky, though something involving it’s locomotion wouldn’t be out of the ordinary.
I was tempted to dub it “Cyclodon”, but it doesn’t feel completely accurate.
The tread it uses to move around wraps like a wheel.
heavy stone
It might be a good idea for one of us to make an Encounter Power Ground or Steel sandwich to attract an Iron Treads. I don't think it would work if I did it.
heavy stone
The tread it uses to move around wraps like a wheel.
I wasn't sure if I was a fan of Iron Treads at first, but then I saw how it moved like that and thought it was super cool.
quick kayak
There is an iron treads just chilling near the water on my screen atm
last rampart
There’s one just chilling in the desert for some reason
heavy stone
That's the Titan one. Seeing the Titan on my sister's Violet version is where I first saw it in motion.
I think I just need Iron Thorns now, which I'm pretty sure is near the second research station.
Maybe it's near the first station, actually. I also need Iron Moth, now that I think about it.
quick kayak
I'm fighting an iron thorns near second station right now
heavy stone
I'll go back there, then.
I found a Sandy Shocks at the top of the rough and kind of collapsed-looking wall, so I think I'm in the right place.
quick kayak
At lab 1 now
heavy stone
OK.
It would be nice if we could see each other so we didn't have to constantly update each other on where we are.
Hopefully a later patch fixes that.
quick kayak
oh rip
heavy stone
Communication errors are a pain. I can just trade for the last two future forms if you don't want to mess with that again.
quick kayak
I would still be in need of Sandy Shocks, Slither Wing, and Roaring Moon
heavy stone
We can connect again if you'd like, then.
quick kayak
Could we trade?
heavy stone
Yeah. That works.
I'd just have to catch a Slither Wing first since I don't have one.
quick kayak
Alright
heavy stone
I just caught one, so we can trade now. What do you want the link code to be?
heavy stone
OK. I'm searching now.
I keep getting communication errors, so I'll disconnect from the internet and reconnect before trying again.
heavy stone
I'm online again now. I'm about to hit search.
quick kayak
Also have a 5 IV sprig 
heavy stone
Thank you for helping me with version exclusives, even if we didn't go about getting them in the most practical way at first.
Thanks for the Sprigatito too.
quick kayak
Didnt realize the crater area would just not work while doing co-op
when the disconnect happen it straight up locked poke portal too, probably to prevent people from setting it up there maybe?
heavy stone
Yeah, that was kind of a pain. I had heard that your co-op partners wouldn't show up, but I didn't expect it to be that bothersome.
quick kayak
At least the exclusive mons still show up
heavy stone
I noticed that it locked the Poké Portal for me too. I think it's probably like that to prevent you from going through the story bit there in the co-op mode, but it would be much simpler and make more sense to just lock it for that part and unlock it after you finish the story.
That story bit is probably why you can't have a picnic in Area Zero either. I haven't found anywhere you can in the crater, at least.
orchid solar
https://d.furaffinity.net/art/fortuna/1669499110/1669499110.fortuna_meowscarada.jpg
https://d.furaffinity.net/art/fortuna/1669407082/1669407082.fortuna_skeledirge.jpg
odd star
Skeledirge gang
quick kayak
Catgirl but more cat
last rampart
Skeledirge’s eyes look too familiar… I love it.
quick kayak
Worth noting
opaque skiff
They always do that ngl
haughty needle
ye applies to all the starters
quick kayak
Still worth noting
haughty needle
iirc to make breeding harder
quick kayak
odd star
I don't assign genders when looking at a mons designs, unless they have a 100% chance of a gender
quick kayak
I tend to not to either, at least not by default
opaque skiff
It's actually hilarious how Gardevoir is 50:50 and Gallade is 100:0
quick kayak
Even for Meowscarada I don't particurly see it as feminine really, just feline
haughty needle
it's a little pet peeve of mine when someone always refers to a pokemon as "he"
orchid solar
"all cats are girls"
"even the boys?"
"Especially the boys." /s
quick kayak
okay then
haughty needle
no one knows where baby pokemon come from
quick kayak
I mean it is one of life's greatest mysteries
Like even in all seriousness, it's always implied that Pokemon Eggs just kinda show up out of nowhere
And in this gen, it's quite literally that
heavy stone
It would be cool if there was a Paradox Ditto that could breed with other Paradox Pokémon and nothing else.
last rampart
Okay, so I have one for Hariyama’s paradox variant: kuromuyama. Might think of another candidate to reflect its electric typing, or levitating hands
Edit: might go with Tetsukaina based on its JP name (tetsunokaina). Ironically, it goes full circle with the naming.
last rampart
I’m taking guesses based on what I can gather, so…
molten swallow
I just thought of something.
Rotom Phones don't need to ever be charged.
Could you imagine never having to charge your phone because an electric ghost lives in it?
molten swallow
I've made it into the very much late game.
last rampart
Slither Wing is likely a nod to the Carboniferous era, so I’m trying to find something to reference a name for.
Iron Moth I am going to dub as Satellarona, due to its resemblance to space telescopes and satellites. I am certain the poison typing has to do with radiation too, since it’s habitat is likely the vacuum of space (somehow). I may reconsider the naming for this one.
heavy stone
Satellarona is a cool name. That's a really good one.
heavy stone
Something like Jigglyruff might work as a proper name for Scream Tail.
celest lance
I'm in love with so many character designs in SV
Nemona, Geeta, Bug Type Leader whose name already esccapes me
orchid solar
Yeah
rapid sand
Bug Type Leader
Why does she look like a patissier? Is she putting bugs in her food?
celest lance
She is a baker, yes. She says nothing about putting bugs in her food, just that Bug Type Pokémon and baking are her two passions
orchid solar
She’s a honey big
sage cargo
Am I boring for having my favourite Pokémon be Pikachu
forest rivet
Since my switch was being repaired I couldn't start playing the Violet, so one of my family members let me run around and pick up items in their Scarlet. I somehow managed to find five shines before even starting my file. I happen to be resetting for a female Sprigatito right now.
solid mountain
You have alerted the horde.
forest rivet
I have obtained Sprig the Sprigatito. 
heavy stone
I just found a wild Sylveon outside of Alfornada. I had no idea that was even a thing.
celest lance
Same when I found a wild Vaporeon
orchid solar
all the eevee evolutions can be found in the wild
one of the better parts of the most recent generations is that they just put a lot of the evolved pokemon in the wild so you can catch them
quick kayak
Tbh it was kind of odd finding like 50 Staravia and what-not in the wild when they evolve many many levels earlier
orchid solar
pokemon evolution and levels have never really made sense
heavy stone
I always felt like certain trainers having underleveled Pokémon could be explained in-universe by normal evolution levels being the average ones achievable by your everyday, run-of-the-mill trainer and more skilled trainers like Gym Leaders being able to evolve their Pokémon earlier than normal.
forest rivet
The shiny Pokemon I've found so far, the Pokemon and the nickname I gave them.
Noibat:Ebonshield
Mareep:Ammy
Mareep:Ros
Maschiff:Inkwell
Maschiff:Lusamine
Psyduck:Turf
They were all before first gym and yes I've somehow found duplicates.
quick kayak
Ran into a shiny Hoppip while EV training ✨
heavy stone
Hoppip was my sister's first shiny in Violet.
pure prairie
Dang, are y'all doing RNG manip to encounter shinies?
opaque skiff
pure prairie
I haven't run into a legit wild shiny Pokémon in like 15 years.
opaque skiff
People literally make Shiny farms
pure prairie
Huh, did S/V change the probability from 1 in 8192?
forest rivet
Mine were all random encounters. I must've stolen all the luck.
opaque skiff
I think the tweet has all the explanations but long story short
- Outbreaks
- There is a set of sandwich recipe which increases Shiny rate
pure prairie
Hm, nah the base probability is still the same in SV
Yeah, looks like the best probability can be 41/8192 (roughly 1/200) prior to SV
opaque skiff
And since you also have Let's go mode
pure prairie
What's Let's Go mode?
opaque skiff
The autobattle mode
pure prairie
Ah
opaque skiff
So you get all the preparation, go outbreak, murder every non-shiny pokemons
pure prairie
That would indeed speed things up
heavy stone
Huh, did S/V change the probability from 1 in 8192?
X and Y changed the shiny odds to 1/4096, and they've been like that ever since.
pure prairie
Wait, really?????
First I've heard of it
Well I still haven't run into any since I accidentally ran into some natural encounters in the original Pokémon Gold
last rampart
Something like Jigglyruff might work as a proper name for Scream Tail.
That’s a good one.
pure prairie
Gen 3-onwards, I've never run into any without hacking
Gold must've sucked up all my luck because I also acquired the PokéRus naturally in that one back in the day
Years before I actually knew what that was
Which is wild because that's a 1 in 21,845 probability
Kinda sad that S/V ripped out the PokéRus, likely due to the pandemic
orchid solar
I don't think I've ever encountered a shiny in pokemon
rapid sand
Two in my whole life, sneasel and hoot-hoot in Gen 2. But I guess at this point I haven't played half the gens
molten swallow
So I went to get some pony comics including the reimagined classics...
And had a fun time talking to the clerk about Violet.
celest lance
The only shiny I've run into without trying to or farming was a Magikarp... in Soul Silver... where you get a red Gyarados anyway
rapid sand
Bro I didn't know they made Ls that big
pure prairie
The only shiny I've run into without trying to or farming was a Magikarp... in S...
Wow, fucking crucified.
odd star
Best to not evolve it
rapid sand
Why couldn't shiny Gyarados be golden too....
odd star
Back then I used to think shinies weren't obtainable without cheats or event pokemon in dppt because I couldn't find one. Even tho I found shinies in hgss and bw I still had the same mindset for sinnoh
I was 7 while playing diamond so that might be a factor
last rampart
Last gen, I encountered a shiny vespiquen.
odd star
Getting a shiny male combee is pain
last rampart
I didn’t even intend to run into it, and then it turned out to be shiny.
quick kayak
In ORAS, I was masuda method shiny breeding for a Gallade...
odd star
How did it go
quick kayak
This was nearly 8 years ago now, but yeah.
Suffice to say, I got a female ralts
that was shiny
with Jolly
... 5 times
odd star
quick kayak
5 Jolly shiny female ralts was just pain lmao. I did end up getting a male at the 6th one though
Was breeding for IVs too, but I believe it was 5IV but had crap speed, so there goes the point of Jolly
Sucks to suck
odd star
But now you could go for a shiny Iron Valiant without the worry of it being the wrong one
quick kayak
Yeah competitive training tools are super accessible
In a way maybe too accessible?
I dunno
it's the first mainline game I've seriously played since they've introduced most of this stuff
quick kayak
I mean in a way, if you feel attached to the pokemon you played through the game initially with, you could technically make them competitively ready pretty easily even with non-ideal IV spread or natures
So far I've only done Bottle cap hyper training for pokemon that cannot breed, such as the Paradox pokemon, or legendaries
But otherwise I honestly would prefer to breed for it, I like the way you have to work for that more
odd star
I only did hyper training in X and Y(Mostly because the minigames were really fun)
quick kayak
I did those a lot back in ORAS days
Way easier to manage than battle EV training, which is what I've reverted back to doing now in Gen 9 since Super Training has been yeeted away
odd star
Breeding the perfect pokemon feels more like an accomplishment than just using the stuff in the recent gens to get the ideal pokemon
odd star
Way easier to manage than battle EV training, which is what I've reverted back t...
Hyper training also vanished with Pokemon Amie, which was my favorite variant of interacting with your mons
quick kayak
Super Training*
but yeah
Technically picnics do allow some direct interaction
but eh
opaque skiff
I remember all the controversies about using tool to create a competitive pokemon in regionals and championships
quick kayak
Personally I don't really care if that happens as long as movesets and stats are still legal
opaque skiff
I think people don't really care unless it is an "impossible" one
odd star
Yeah like if a pokemon had a move that was only available from an event during pokemon emerald but was genned to have the move in SwSh would be illegal
quick kayak
Well wouldn't Pokemon Home allow it to still get it there?
I dont know how Home entirely works regarding stuff like that
odd star
Oh yeah that is true
quick kayak
but wouldn't it allow it?
odd star
Actually I need to double check because I don't know if pokemon like the spiky eared Pichu can go through Pokemon home
quick kayak
Yeah I dont think they would. If they do, it would probably just become a normal Pichu
heavy stone
Spiky-Eared Pichu is stuck in HGSS. It can't even go to Gen 5.
odd star
I looked into it and it seems you would have to delete the moves that would be incompatible with the game you are storing the mon in. I don't know how that would work with pokemon abilities tho
heavy stone
I wouldn't be surprised if some leftover alternate form data for Spiky-Eared Pichu was left in the Gen 5 games, but the Pokémon itself can't be transferred to them.
quick kayak
Spiky-Eared Pichu is stuck in HGSS. It can't even go to Gen 5.
Ah actually I think I remember that now
It was such a cool alternate design for Pichu, though probably not worth maintaining long term for future games.
Though it is pretty neat they had Spiky ear pichu as a skin for Smash Ultimate
odd star
I wish it was a really rare pichu encounter in titles after hgss
Then they would have to give Pikachu and Raichu some type of custom model too even tho spiky ear pichu couldn't evolve originally
quick kayak
Unrelated, but I hope to see the set random seed issue fixed for PVP battles soon. Seems kind of silly that the official game itself has basically 0 competitive integrity versus something like Pokemon Showdown.
And sort of defeats the purpose of training and breeding things up in-game if battling in the game is garbage when trying to min-max
odd star
Scarlet and violet has the most impactful rng manipulation for battles out of all of the pokemon games
quick kayak
Big time
sage cargo
Never even played HGSS and this is making me emotional :,)
https://youtu.be/TxhyvwJRdDA
odd star
1:20 is always my favorite part
Also you should play hgss, doesn't matter much whether it's emulated or physical copy
One of my highlight childhood moments was playing gen 1-5, I cherished those times 
sage cargo
Mm, when it comes to Pokémon I prefer physical
odd star
Hgss is expensive to get physically, but maybe you can find a used one for cheap
odd star
heavy stone
Good luck with that. They're stupidly expensive for no real reason.
sage cargo
I'd prefer HG since I like Ho Oh a lot but I'll take SS too
heavy stone
I modded my 3DS a while ago, so I just play ROMs of the DS games from the SD card on that.
I wish I knew where my 3DS went. I misplace my stuff all the time and can never find them.
odd star
I have all of my pokemon games I had except for my original diamond, I have many dppt cartridges but none can replace the original
heavy stone
I have all the DS Pokémon games physically except for White 2 and Black, although most of them probably don't even work anymore.
celest lance
Mere hours after I talk about my first and only non-farmed shiny, I run into this
sage cargo
Fellow Gardevoir fan 🤝
pure prairie
haughty needle
Gardevoir gang rise up
odd star
I'm more of an Alakazam enthusiast 
orchid solar
who's shiny?
celest lance
The Graveard
heavy stone
Gardevoir and Gallade are both really cool Pokémon.
odd star
I think my favorite psychic type is Grumpig because it evolved from Spoink
celest lance
Gardevoir and Espeon are among my favorite Psychic types
orchid solar
I gravitate more to ghosts and fairies these days
haughty needle
my fave psychic type is espeon
last rampart
I have an on/off relationship with fire types…
heavy stone
My favorite Psychic type is probably Claydol.
haughty needle
gardevoir delphox and espeon
celest lance
I don't know if Metagross counts as my favorite Steel or Psychic type
pure prairie
Yes
heavy stone
Metagross is also really cool. I kinda forgot about it somehow.
odd star
I feel like doing a favorite mon for each type chart
last rampart
Been looking at prehistoric Lepidoptera to find if one closely matched slither wing. Been trying to name it more like Larvesta, since it’s basically a winged caterpillar.
orchid solar
my current team is equipped with the following:
Pawmot
Clodsire
Skeledirge
tinkaton
revavroom
Sandwich
haughty needle
metagross is my 2nd fave pseudo
celest lance
Ayo where do you get stones up in this game? My Growlithe and Pikachu are itching
orchid solar
you find them
heavy stone
Metagross definitely has the most well-designed Mega Evolution, I think.
orchid solar
time to try and catch this bowl again
sage cargo
My team in Brilliant Diamond is Pikachu, Kirlia, penguin guy, Ponyta, Togepi, and Egg
orchid solar
lol wtf
I went to catch this legendary the other day
I wasted like 10 dusk balls, who knows how many ultra balls, and fainted
and now I catch it with a quick ball first turn
brazen echo
big fan of Starmie
sage cargo
Can you catch Kyurem in ScVi
haughty needle
heh, ScVi
heavy stone
I'm pretty sure Kyurem will be transferrable from an older game when Scarlet and Violet become compatible with Pokémon Home, but there's no way to catch it directly in either game.
orchid solar
it's currently not in the game
sage cargo
Here's a question for y'all
haughty needle
bulbasaur will always be #1
orchid solar
rhydon
sage cargo
Also thanks to this TIL Rhydon was the first ever Pokémon designed
Now I want a Rhydon for some reaosn
Hmm looks like Rhyhorn can be caught in the grand underground
And it would cover ground type for me
celest lance
I found stones
On a whim I checked a shop and it turns out you can get stones at Delibird Presents
pure prairie
Here's a question for y'all
sage cargo
Lolll
Does Rhydon being the first designed Pokémon have anything to do with one of the little party sprites in R/B/Y resembling Rhydon
sage cargo
What is a Paradox Pokémon
molten swallow
What is a Paradox Pokémon
A spoiler
sage cargo
O
pure prairie
Does Rhydon being the first designed Pokémon have anything to do with one of the...
it's likely. A prototypical Rhydon was also the first sprite programmed into the game.
sage cargo
Cool
sage cargo
What should I name my Rhydon when I catch them
odd star
Doomsday if you choose to evolve it into Rhyperior
sage cargo
No I want something cute
molten swallow
I'm in the postgame finally.
forest rivet
Welp time to fight my first gym. My team as fellows
Floragato:Sprig
Flittle:Finish
Pawmo:doesn't have a name yet.
Vaporeon:Aurora
Ralts:Shining
Pachirisu: doesn't have a name yet. 
it's the bug gym.
molten swallow
I had a team that barely held out on the penultimate battle there.
There are some tough lategame fights.
La Primera was one that took down a lot of my team, and there was a tough Elite Four fight.
But like, I did it.
forest rivet
I have beaten the first gym.
molten swallow
So like, the lack of voice acting didn't actually bother me until some of the endgame cutscenes. It's not like, necessary...
But a lot of cutscenes would be cooler with it.
molten swallow
I have beaten the first gym.<a:lyradance:587780328886632459>
Assuming you haven't been all over yet, there's a lot to discover, both in the world and like, new Pokemon wise.
quick kayak
solid mountain
"This gym looks easy"
the gym:
i'm not touching this postbox if this boyo is flexing like 4 shinies on it
heavy stone
I think the guaranteed Tera Pokémon spawns you can find around Paldea might have a chance to know an egg move. An Ice Tera Glaceon I found knows Curse.
brazen echo
https://twitter.com/OOCPkmnShowdown/status/1381660778365919232 this is still my all time favourite match
forest rivet
I'm currently doing one last shopping trip, before the grass gym. This will be gym number two for me.
molten swallow
So I have been lazy with training a lot of mons to evolve in the game and have just caught evolved versions of several.
forest rivet
And that's the second gym done.
forest rivet
Time to go after my second titan.
forest rivet
And my second titan is down.
sage cargo
What's the best nature for a Pikachu to have?
opaque skiff
I think people usually use Naive
odd star
Timid or modest for special attack/adamant or jolly for attack
sage cargo
Yeah I mostly want it to have high special attack
opaque skiff
Yeah Timid/Modest would be C focus
Well I mean, if you're not going for actual competitive level it shouldn't matter that much
Pikachu is a high-speed Pokemon which can focus either A or C or both
haughty needle
and use light ball
sage cargo
What is light ball
quick kayak
It's also doubling the actual in-game stat, not the base stat. So if you have a fully trained up Pikachu in Attack, instead of base 55, it's effective base attack with light ball is about 160
quick kayak
Also even with that in mind Pikachu is still not even close to viable
sage cargo
Cease
quick kayak
As for getting one, I think wild Pikachu sometimes carry them
sage cargo
Pikachu best
sage cargo
Yeah wild Pikachu have a 5% chance of holding one
sage cargo
~~Also even with that in mind Pikachu is still not even close to viable~~
What do you mean
opaque skiff
Pikachu is not considered practical in competitive Pokemon
quick kayak
Viable competitively is mainly what I'm referring too
Too frail, poor coverage options, too slow
sage cargo
But he's cute
opaque skiff
It's semi-competitive and some people use it, but compared to top tier Pokemons it fails hard
Instead we have Pachirisu
opaque skiff
haughty needle
cute doesnt make one competivley viable sadly :scootasad:
pure prairie
quick kayak
I think Glaceon is cute but it's the worst Eeveelution competitively technically speaking
haughty needle
being slow and being ice type 💀
opaque skiff
Leafeon vs Glaceon
quick kayak
In just a 1v1, Glaceon guaranteed to win, but that's what switching is for
Viability wise, I'd say for all the eeveelutions, it'd go in about this order, generally speaking:
- Sylveon
- Vaporeon
- Jolteon
- Umbreon
- Espeon
- Leafeon
- Flareon
- Glaceon
And there's a pretty decent gap between Espeon and Leafeon
sage cargo
Could Glaceon beat Trent in a fight
haughty needle
who
sage cargo
Trent
opaque skiff
Flareon is infamous for being bad
haughty needle
fire being special but its highest stat is attack
quick kayak
The main issues with Eeveelutions is their criminally limited movepool
Usually their only good moves are their respective STABs
With a few exceptions
orchid solar
they really should give the eeveelutions a signature move that changes type based on their type
quick kayak
they really should give the eeveelutions a signature move that changes type base...
That wouldn't solve the issue
opaque skiff
Sylveon : lol losers
quick kayak
They need some diversity in coverage, desperately imo
And having no hidden power has made that situation worse
There is Tera Type now, but that is likely going to be banned in Smogon at some point
haughty needle
glaceon prolly cant beat kyurem
orchid solar
yeah I suppose
but I know historically you had stuff like Flareon not really learning any decent fire moves either
or was it jolteon?
haughty needle
flareon
sage cargo
What do you think of Trent, Cinna
haughty needle
best physical fire move it could learn back then was fire fang iirc
opaque skiff
As I said, Flareon is so bad that it became a meme
People call Flareon "The one and only king"
Also called Moltres "The one and only god"
haughty needle
isnt flareon also called the false prophet
opaque skiff
Isn't that from Twitch Plays Pokemon
haughty needle
yup
opaque skiff
The one and only king Flareon is a meme commonly used in Eastern Pokemon communities
To mock how pathetic it is
orchid solar
I'm not a great fan tbh
sage cargo
:c
opaque skiff
Pokemon is definitely not a very well balanced game
It took 6 generations until Flareon learned Flare Blitz
odd star
Pokemon is definitely not a very well balanced game
Yes
sage cargo
Rayquaza sweep
opaque skiff
And Flareon cannot learn Flame Charge in SV
odd star
Wooper can learn punch moves
opaque skiff
It's been like that since SwSh iirc
haughty needle
Growlithe can't learn Growl
odd star
opaque skiff
``Zacian-Crowned has entered the chat``
Zacian got nerfed
Instead they created crazier legendaries...
haughty needle
such is the process of power creep :scootasad:
odd star
Is the revival move banned or no
haughty needle
iirc, its not properly implemented in showdown
but smogon cant decide if a 300 BP ghost type move is broken or not 
odd star
Yeah, I noticed this gen made a whole bunch of power creep moves, moves with 120-160 power everywhere
quick kayak
but smogon cant decide if a 300 BP ghost type move is broken or not <:stormthink...
There's a ban policy they have regarding complex bans of moves. They only ban moves if they know for sure it's broken on more than just one pokemon. And if that move is only on one pokemon, that policy still applies, so they ban the pokemon
haughty needle
I'm aware of the complex bans, but i still think it's a bit absurd
opaque skiff
Starter Pokemon casually holding never-miss 100% critical move with 10PP
haughty needle
just get a pokemon with Anger Point to counter it /s
quick kayak
Flower Trick is actually probably not a lot of Meowscarada will want to run with Protean
opaque skiff
I mean it shows the potential of future moves
"We can make a never miss 100% critical BP70 PP10 move"
odd star
Next thing you know, there will be a pokemon move or abilty that hits all of the opponents pokemon when they're not even out in battle
heavy stone
I have no idea if Skeledirge is any good in competitive, but Throat Spray Torch Song sounds fun.
odd star
I actually don't really use my starter Pokémon a lot
Yep, I usually kick my starter out of my team
opaque skiff
People : omg Pokemon powercreep so bad look at this move so powerful
Earthquake : Look what they need to mimic a fraction of my power
odd star
Scald was pretty good too
sage cargo
I remember getting hit with Fissure back in 2013 when I was playing Black 2 and my jaw dropped
odd star
haughty needle
scald was learned by every mon and their mom back thern
odd star
Yep
opaque skiff
Fun fact : Giovanni is the person who invented the Earthquake move according to LGPE
heavy stone
I kinda miss Scald, honestly. So many bulky Water types just get completely gutted by not having their main tool available to them anymore.
odd star
Wait is scald gone
opaque skiff
Only Volcanion can use it now
heavy stone
Only Volcanion can learn it in Scarlet and Violet, I think.
brazen echo
and why would you teach it Scald when it has Steam Eruption
odd star
brazen echo
unless you really want to hit 100% of the time
odd star
Come on, at least have something like blastoise or octillery have the access to using scald
Rotom wash should have scald as well
brazen echo
what's the percentage for it to occur? according to bulbapedia, scald had a 30% chance to burn (felt like 80%)
