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Zulily Zoetrope posted:I think a lot of bosses in SM have much better EV/IV spreads than whatever is the series standard. I can't even reliably grind the E4 for experience, because my level 85 Incineroar with well above average attack bonuses can't reliably KO pokémon 20 levels below it and gets knocked out in two hits. That's been a staple in Pokemon since the beginning I believe. Depending on the trainer, their Pokemon will have different IVs, though this may be the first game where a non-facility Pokemon has EVs? I'm not sure. Usually, normal trainers have Pokemon with 0 IVs, Gym Leaders had 15 IVs and Elite Four/Champion had 31 IVs. Now I think it's dependant on the specific trainer at different points of the game. Crosspeice fucked around with this message at 23:32 on Dec 8, 2016 |
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Note Block posted:I am desperately on the hunt for Marill in a Lure ball, but other than that, just trashmons are fine! I can't think of anything I really need right now. I will also accept bottle caps, if someone happens to be overflowing with them. Just let me know the nature and I'll whip one up this evening. Unfortunately I'm not swimming in caps and don't have any marill. Calm, modest or timid female would be my preference please. I'm not sure the value of a bottle cap but maybe trade one cap for a calm and a modest Eevee? (I only have 3 caps so hopefully that's a fair offer, if it's not let me know)
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Is leech seed Celesteela prevalent enough in the doubles meta that fielding a Tentacruel with Liquid Ooze would be a viable counter-option?
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Crosspeice posted:That's been a staple in Pokemon since the beginning I believe. Depending on the trainer, their Pokemon will have different IVs, though this may be the first game where a non-facility Pokemon has EVs? I'm not sure. Usually, normal trainers have Pokemon with 0 IVs, Gym Leaders had 15 IVs and Elite Four/Champion had 31 IVs. Now I think it's dependant on the specific trainer at different points of the game. They've had EV spreads in earlier games. In SM, late game trainers have 31 IVs in their most important stats, with 15 IVs in everything else. They also have optimized EV spreads.
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So, Substitute/Confuse Ray/Charge Beam/Double Team Washer Rotom holding Leftovers has to be the worst the Battle Tree has, right? 
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Mef989 posted:Unfortunately I'm not swimming in caps and don't have any marill. Calm, modest or timid female would be my preference please. I'm not sure the value of a bottle cap but maybe trade one cap for a calm and a modest Eevee? (I only have 3 caps so hopefully that's a fair offer, if it's not let me know) Oh no don't give me any bottle caps then, just take the Eevee(s). I'll be online after 8pm EST so if you have PMs, I'll contact you that way 
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Cicadas! posted:Is leech seed Celesteela prevalent enough in the doubles meta that fielding a Tentacruel with Liquid Ooze would be a viable counter-option? You can't just look at it in a vacuum. In a 1v1 matchup yeah a liquid ooze Tentacruel would ruin the stall Celesteela set. It also would resist all of Celesteela's good offensive moves so it has that going for it as well. But I don't think anyone is doing this because Tentacruel gets completely destroyed by Tapu Koko and Tapu Lele, both of which are basically as prevalent as Celesteela. Tentacruel would also get torn up by Garchomp's earthquakes and he's an extremely common partner for Celesteela. Not gonna say its useless but it wouldn't be an easy solution. Best way to deal with Celesteela is to just not let it stall in the first place by hitting it with powerful fire and electric moves.
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Note Block posted:Oh no don't give me any bottle caps then, just take the Eevee(s). I'll be online after 8pm EST so if you have PMs, I'll contact you that way Awesome, thank you. I have PMs so let me know when you're online. I'm on the west coast though so I'll probably not be on until 10:30 Eastern. I'll send my friend code and name once I'm home.
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Internet Kraken posted:You can't just look at it in a vacuum. In a 1v1 matchup yeah a liquid ooze Tentacruel would ruin the stall Celesteela set. It also would resist all of Celesteela's good offensive moves so it has that going for it as well. But I don't think anyone is doing this because Tentacruel gets completely destroyed by Tapu Koko and Tapu Lele, both of which are basically as prevalent as Celesteela. Tentacruel would also get torn up by Garchomp's earthquakes and he's an extremely common partner for Celesteela. Honestly, Marowak-A comes through as the Meta-Breaker once again. On a 2s VGC matchup, Marowak with Lightningrod and Tapu Koko with Discharge will do just fine against just about any setup with Celesteela and Tapu Koko. Garchomp scares them both out, sure, but Hidden Power Ice is going to hurt on the super obvious switch in (because there's NO WAY they're switching out Celesteela's partner for Garchomp) and Ninetales is ANOTHER meta-killer because she naturally outspeeds Garchomp. Honestly, I know it's early, but I really like how this meta looks and I can't wait for the Ultra Beast dust to settle. This weekends VGC tournament is gonna be fun.
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Just hatched a shiny mimikyu, was the first pokemon to make me work for it ever since I began hatching them. I hope the next game whatever it is has the bank ready right away so I can actually use my glittery babies though. I almost have a full team!! They all have bad to middling IV's because I'm not a comp battler or anything and just like having em 
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For dex completion on SM do you have to catch everything or just see it? I don't really wanna breed one of every eevee and stuff. I've already got it all in my bank.
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 Top Ten OU Pokemon Marowak
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Ruggington posted:
tfw mantine is top 25 OU
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Toxapex, is that popular? Wow that's crazy. I thought that Pokémon was bad.
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I know Mimikyu is down there in the 30s but that still makes me really happy to see the little monster is popular and useful.
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Countblanc posted:tfw mantine is top 25 OU Bulky motherfucker, great typing, reliable recovery. JackDarko posted:Toxapex, is that popular? Wow that's crazy. I thought that Pokémon was bad. Bulky motherfucker, great typing, great ability, reliable recovery.
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Ruggington posted:
As someone who endured leveling RBY Marowak to 100 back in the day just because I loved its design, this makes me so happy
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The only real problem with Toxapex is that it has absolutely no offensive presence whatsoever. It's great at stalling, but that's all it's good for. Not even Merciless will help with that.
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Is there a reason why regular Dugtrio is in the top 20? Is Arena Trap really useful right now?
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PenguinKnight posted:gts apparently does not like kartana, i guess Can't even get a Yungoos for the drat thing! I'm just gonna Wonder Trade my last extra.
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SyntheticPolygon posted:Is there a reason why regular Dugtrio is in the top 20? Is Arena Trap really useful right now? Yes. It's also still extremely fast and was buffed this gen (+20 base attack).
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FishBulb posted:For dex completion on SM do you have to catch everything or just see it? You gotta catch 'em all. At least you only have to catch one to get all the form entries if you QR them. Although that won't help with Eevee. If you're not too fussed about the Shiny Charm I guess you could just wait until January when the Bank opens. SyntheticPolygon posted:Is there a reason why regular Dugtrio is in the top 20? Is Arena Trap really useful right now? I'm sure I read somewhere regular Dugtrio has been pretty popular for a while.
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hangedman1984 posted:Do beast balls get the catchrate bonus on solgalo/lunala? Nope
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hangedman1984 posted:Do beast balls get the catchrate bonus on solgalo/lunala? No. Nor Necrozma.
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Note Block posted:Nope Lame! All this in game talk that it is an ultra beast too. Was hoping to get someone to trade me some trashmon holding a beastball to so I could catch it in a shiny spaceball, but it ain't gonna be worth it if I have to hurl like a 100 of those things at it to catch it.
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McDragon posted:You gotta catch 'em all. I'll probably just wait til bank. Seems silly to try to breed anything before I get all my Dittos and poo poo anyways. The
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SyntheticPolygon posted:Is there a reason why regular Dugtrio is in the top 20? Is Arena Trap really useful right now? arena trap is always useful
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Arena Trap and Sucker Punch is an amazing revenge killer.
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 I took Professor Oak's advice. Senerio fucked around with this message at 03:19 on Dec 9, 2016 |
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Senerio posted:
e: Dwall, you around? I want to steal your Beastie Boys. DACK FAYDEN fucked around with this message at 03:24 on Dec 9, 2016 |
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hangedman1984 posted:Lame! All this in game talk that it is an ultra beast too. Was hoping to get someone to trade me some trashmon holding a beastball to so I could catch it in a shiny spaceball, but it ain't gonna be worth it if I have to hurl like a 100 of those things at it to catch it. I hurled 117 spaceballs (via soft reset each time) at Lunala to catch her. It's fun but in a determined, crazy way.
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Man the Vast Poni Canyon music is so good and the music not changing when you get on a ride pokemon is a pro move, wish they went all in and did the same for battles.
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Wait a moment. Zygarde is made up of a bunch of cells, and 100% Zygarde is "Perfect Zygarde" in japan Did they introduce Perfect Cell in the new Pokemon?
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i've been throwing every ball i got at tapu lele for like 30 minutes now wtf its at 1hp and asleep like 95% of the time :/
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Note Block posted:My Mimikyu is also Pikaboo and my Ninetales is Yukimarimo. How do you do, fellow good names friend? Giant Boy Detective posted:We've been poke-lady-bros for like ever, Silver. I don't have a ton of time for breeding until at least Sunday, but let me know if there's anything from my lists (on the Great Goon Pretty Ball Spreadsheet) that you're jonesing for first, and we can find time to trade next week! Anything at all. Thanks, both of you.  I would feel better about it if I could offer something, so I'll have a look at that Beast Ball/Apricorn Ball spreadsheet tomorrow and see if I can get some things folks don't have yet!Note Block, do you still need a Marrill in a Lure Ball?
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spit on my clit posted:Wait a moment. Zygarde is made up of a bunch of cells, and 100% Zygarde is "Perfect Zygarde" in japan Yeah kinda. I mean it's not unprecedented for Pokemon to take inspiration from other sources. (Tyranitar, Volcarona, Hydreigon, Mewtwo-Y)
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