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Yeah basically the pre-bank meta will exist for ~2 months so people just want to get into the real deal faster. There's a pretty popular pre-bank ladder too that people use but most are going straight to post-bank.
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Zore posted:That person does not exist.
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Countblanc posted:mega scizor is incredibly scary right now, and beats basically every new mon i like. Sash Salazzle with Corrosive and Toxic will at least put a clock on it. I have been using it against all the really frustrating guys like Celesteela and That drat Sandcastle.
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How hard is breeding at EV training in this game? I tried to get into competitive I think in ORAS but it was kind of, a lot more effort than I wanted to put in.
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Arrgytehpirate posted:How hard is breeding at EV training in this game? I tried to get into competitive I think in ORAS but it was kind of, a lot more effort than I wanted to put in. EV training is about as piss easy as ever. EV training has not been remotely an obstacle for 3 or 4 generations now, realistically. Sadly we don't have Reset Bags anymore but meh, no big deal. Breeding is a big ol' "it depends" but breeding for IVs doesn't really matter anymore since you can manipulate those once a Pokemon hits 100 regardless. So, somewhat easier.
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Nov 24, 2016 05:32
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Arrgytehpirate posted:How hard is breeding at EV training in this game? I tried to get into competitive I think in ORAS but it was kind of, a lot more effort than I wanted to put in. EV training is pretty easy this gen. Here's an in-depth tutorial for it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTg_K4sT9Jg
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Nov 24, 2016 05:33
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Using Mean Look and then calling for help is kind of a hosed up thing to do The help didn't show up, but it's the principle of the thing
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Thank you team        MvP spot goes to Snorlax who I got by surprise in Mystery Gift. She never left my team, helping me catching everything with Yawn and Hold Back and generally being a swell Pokémon! Special thanks to Lilligant, Goodra, Cutiefly and my bowtie babby Rowlet who helped me underway.
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Someone in my festival plaza has a rare kitchen ***** and I need 1500 coins to get it and holy poo poo gently caress what
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I'm thinking, Game Freak only has Mega Stones available right now for the Pokemon you can get somewhere in Alola, as well as the gen 1 Starters through a scripted event (also the non-Mega Stone stuff for the gen 3 legendaries). So, it might be that they're actually planning an update for when Bank goes live, where they add in the rest of the Mega Stones. They might even be planning it so they fix various bugs and forgotten items at the same time, which would be a pretty smart plan of action. I'm realizing that Sun and Moon were possibly an actual rush job, with Nintendo insisting it be released during the 20th Anniversary year. This would explain why Pokemon Z never materialized, they just didn't have the time, between ORAS and then this.
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Nov 24, 2016 05:37
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ArmyOfMidgets posted:So, how do I find the Dragon type Captain? I've seen official artwork of him and he looks dope and I wanna see him apparently you just sit on the champion throne and see who pops up and goddamn that design is stupid as hell
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Pyukumuku is fun as gently caress to use on Battle Spot so far--it's psyching people out like crazy. Either people know what he does and avoid him to an insane degree leaving it easy to predict their moves or they don't know what he does and OHKO him and gently caress themselves I've been running it next to Togedemaru w/Spiky Shield and Soak on Pyuku so I can turn opponents into water types to Zing Zap with the hedgie
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Sockser posted:Dropped my DS and the cart popped out and I lost somewhere around 6 hours of playtime and grinding for eevees and the third trial and mom quite sad Save regularly, my friend
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Phrosphor posted:Sash Salazzle with Corrosive and Toxic will at least put a clock on it. I have been using it against all the really frustrating guys like Celesteela and That drat Sandcastle. I'm not playing competitively, but Corrosive is one of my favorite new abilities. I've been going out of my way to poison everything. I even poisoned Guzma's Ariados, and then just spammed Nasty Plot while it tried to sucker punch me until it died  ...maybe I'm the real villain.
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Hashtag Yoloswag posted:apparently you just sit on the champion throne and see who pops up Alright! You're right and it is THE BEST.
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Captain Oblivious posted:EV training is about as piss easy as ever. EV training has not been remotely an obstacle for 3 or 4 generations now, realistically. Sadly we don't have Reset Bags anymore but meh, no big deal. Thanks for the EV guide! That looks much easier than when I tried it. How do you manipulate IVs at 100? I remember asking on smogon back when I was thinking about it last time and the answer was to ask for a ditto of the nature of the mon you wanted with max IVs.
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Nov 24, 2016 05:42
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After giving up on chaining one with a HA, I went on GTS and grabbed the first gible I could It has rough skin and outrage. Wrong nature but who the gently caress cares Thanks random japanese person
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Arrgytehpirate posted:Thanks for the EV guide! That looks much easier than when I tried it. How do you manipulate IVs at 100? I remember asking on smogon back when I was thinking about it last time and the answer was to ask for a ditto of the nature of the mon you wanted with max IVs. This time you can just go to the Hyper Trainer to give them bottle caps to cause the IV to be flagged as maxed out, which maxes out the stat, but doesn't actually change the IV. This lets you keep your Pokemon's Hidden Power type, if that matters to you. Gold bottle caps do the same thing, but "max out" all the IVs instead. I don't know where the NPC who handles that kind of stuff is, though.
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Nov 24, 2016 05:45
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The two grunt girl roommates in Po town. Oh my god. the defeated pause and hand gesture the one makes when the other says the shirt stinks is amazing. The whole convo is great especially the part where they just start throwing signs at each other silently
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How are people afraid of ghosts if ghosts are tangible, feedable friends you can carry around And why is rotomdex afraid of them? He's a ghost!
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Dr. Fetus posted:This time you can just go to the Hyper Trainer to give them bottle caps to cause the IV to be flagged as maxed out, which maxes out the stat, but doesn't actually change the IV. This lets you keep your Pokemon's Hidden Power type, if that matters to you. Gold bottle caps do the same thing, but "max out" all the IVs instead. He's at the shopping mall in Hau'oli City. e: Calaveron posted:How are people afraid of ghosts if ghosts are tangible, feedable friends you can carry around Because they literally kill people regularly according to their 'dex entries. Also Rotom most likely acts scared of them as part of a campaign to screw with the player, which I also believe is the reason for the especially dark Pokedex entries this gen.
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Been seeing a lot of Zygarde 10% on the ladder even post-Complete. Mostly Choice Band I think. I guess CB Extreme Speed and Thousand Arrows is pretty scary from something that fast and strong.
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So EV talk; is there a way to reset it or are the friends you carried with you the entire game just useless for endgame tryharding (since they inevitably have a huge spread of EVs)? Also, I need some help understanding the stat screen. From the video that was linked, I see that I can press Y and get a visual representation of the EVs but I'm not sure I understand the different colored shapes. On my "oldest" Pokémon like Snorlax there's a large blue shape with a small yellow shape on top, while on newer members of the team there's a smaller dark yellow shape with a relatively tiny yellow shape on top. What does it all mean 
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Your Computer posted:So EV talk; is there a way to reset it or are the friends you carried with you the entire game just useless for endgame tryharding (since they inevitably have a huge spread of EVs)? You can feed them berries that reduce their EV's in a specific stat (and as a bonus increase happiness) . It is what I am using my island berry farm for.
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Just beat the Elite 4. Holy gently caress that fight against Kukui was so good. I had 5 pokemon fainted, and my Primarina at 1 HP (Thank you, Pokemon Refresh) at the end. AND THE MUSIC, HOLY poo poo.
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Your Computer posted:So EV talk; is there a way to reset it or are the friends you carried with you the entire game just useless for endgame tryharding (since they inevitably have a huge spread of EVs)? You can reset stats with certain berries in the game. There's also another way using the festival plaza but using that garbage feature isn't worth the effort. The yellow shape is the Pokemon's original stats. The blue is the EV stat spread. With proper EV training, that large blue blob would instead be two blue triangles that are pointed to the stats you specifically trained.
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Blaziken386 posted:Just beat the Elite 4. Holy gently caress that fight against Kukui was so good. I had 5 pokemon fainted, and my Primarina at 1 HP (Thank you, Pokemon Refresh) at the end.   I'm also legitimately thrilled that petting my Pokémon actually helped me win against the Elite 4.
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Nov 24, 2016 06:00
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The triangles (Or blob if it's evenly distributed) will be orange if your Pokemon doesn't run into the EV cap, 510. If a Pokemon has their EVs capped out, they'll turn blue. A maxed out stat (252 EVs in it) will have the stat sparkle when the EVs are checked.
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Waffles Inc. posted:Pyukumuku is fun as gently caress to use on Battle Spot so far--it's psyching people out like crazy. Either people know what he does and avoid him to an insane degree leaving it easy to predict their moves or they don't know what he does and OHKO him and gently caress themselves Minior is another one, the people that know about Shell Smash, Power Herb, Shields Down, Acrobatics shenanigans go crazy trying to kill it, the ones who don't know about it get a nasty shock.
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Dr. Fetus posted:The triangles (Or blob if it's evenly distributed) will be orange if your Pokemon doesn't run into the EV cap, 510. If a Pokemon has their EVs capped out, they'll turn blue. A maxed out stat (252 EVs in it) will have the stat sparkle when the EVs are checked. Thanks! (Also thanks to everyone else who answered) That explains the colors and why my newer members aren't blue (since I've used them less) I checked and the only one on my team with a sparkly stat is Salazzle... with Attack.
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Postgame spoilers: Fighting Tapu Koko with a Lightningrod Marowak is hilarious. It can't do anything besides Nature's Madness to me, and I'm pretty sure that just halves your HP, and can't kill you.e: Your Computer posted:
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The more I look at Aloan Muk, the more strongly I consider it as a special wall, it seems like it would do a fantastic job thanks to its typing. Though could anyone clarify how the heck power of alchemy works? Is it only useful in doubles or does it do something in singles fights as well?
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Obligatum VII posted:The more I look at Aloan Muk, the more strongly I consider it as a special wall, it seems like it would do a fantastic job thanks to its typing. It's a doubles only ability. It does nothing in singles. Stick with Poison Touch for that format.
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For the love of God how do you get to the lower level with the water in vast Poni canyon? I can't find an entrance anywhere and the online guides aren't goddamn helping at all.
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Farg posted:what are the Coolest pokemon to make my team out of in the main game. I have a rowlett and a litwick and a magnemite so far how'd you get a Litwick?
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This game lets you climb into peoples' beds and comment on the smell, feel, just you know whatever. I'm in the big bad boss base and I climbed into their bed and I'm like "pretty good".
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AAAAHH This is my favorite game in the series. It's so good. SO GOOD. Slight spoilers, but I hope if Lillie shows up in later games she fights you as a full fledged trainer with a kanto starter. Also the credits are adorable and I love them. Especially Gladion & Silvally. e:oh no there's a picture of Lillie nuzzling Solgaleo and it's adorable
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Krinkle posted:This game lets you climb into peoples' beds and comment on the smell, feel, just you know whatever. I'm in the big bad boss base and I climbed into their bed and I'm like "pretty good". I know it's an RPG staple to go into people's houses and check their drawers, take their items and so on.. but this is one hilarious step further and I love it Blaziken386 posted:AAAAHH This is my favorite game in the series. It's so good. SO GOOD. I'm glad I'm not the only one freaking out right now. IT'S SO GOOD. I haven't been this into Pokémon since Gen 2, and it took me completely by surprise. I can't wait to get started on the post-game quest!
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