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Willsun posted:If a Pokemon is full on one EV and you check it by pressing Y in its summary, it should sparkle by the words of whatever stat is full. Get into the mid to high 50s, and play it smart with each Pokemon you bring out to respond to what they bring out, and just be prepared to use those max revives, full restores, and max potions you've been hoarding all game.
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leftist heap posted:So is the Castform bonanza over? Trying to get an extra Solgaleo for one now and no bites overnight. Are people having better luck with anything else? still works just fine for me
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Dec 24, 2016 20:19
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I haven't had much luck with direct castform-for-legendary trades in the past, but I've had a lot of luck by simply chaining trades like castform -> version exclusive UB -> cosmog -> legendary.
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Dec 24, 2016 20:23
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When a Pokémon can't gain any more EVs at all the background of the hexchart also changes color I forget if blue background or orange background is full.
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Dec 24, 2016 21:02
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Blooming Brilliant posted:Pokemon you find with Island Scan, can they call in SOS Pokemon? Basically asking can you get the HA of Island Scan Pokemon like Totodile? You cannot.
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Dec 24, 2016 21:13
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Is EV training via PokePelago the best way to do it by far? It's literally impossible to gently caress up, you just enter the amount of EVs you want and let them go, it isn't like they will keep training if you forget to stop them or anything, and you don't have to keep track of anything yourself. Plus you can do batches of up to 18 at a time. As far as I can tell, literally the only downside is how long it takes, 64 hours without beans, 32 hours with beans, but unless you need a trained mon for a tournament that day or something is seems like theres no reason to use vitamins or SOS battle training at all. Am I missing something?
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Dec 24, 2016 21:27
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LanceKing2200 posted:Is EV training via PokePelago the best way to do it by far? It's literally impossible to gently caress up, you just enter the amount of EVs you want and let them go, it isn't like they will keep training if you forget to stop them or anything, and you don't have to keep track of anything yourself. Plus you can do batches of up to 18 at a time. As far as I can tell, literally the only downside is how long it takes, 64 hours without beans, 32 hours with beans, but unless you need a trained mon for a tournament that day or something is seems like theres no reason to use vitamins or SOS battle training at all. Am I missing something? With Pokerus and the respective Power item you get 36 EV's per SOS pokemon killed. It takes 7 SOS called pokemon to get to max EV's in one stat. It takes about 20 minutes to EV train a pokemon if you know where to find pokemon with the right yields and that's taking into account running around in the grass trying to find the right pokemon. The only thing Pelego has going for it is that you don't have to actively do anything in it to train, but the time trade off is not worth it.
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ZenMasterBullshit posted:With Pokerus and the respective Power item you get 36 EV's per SOS pokemon killed. It takes 7 SOS called pokemon to get to max EV's in one stat. It takes about 20 minutes to EV train a pokemon if you know where to find pokemon with the right yields and that's taking into account running around in the grass trying to find the right pokemon. It absolutely is. You set it up, you go the gently caress to sleep, or do literally anything you want.
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greatn posted:It absolutely is. You set it up, you go the gently caress to sleep, or do literally anything you want. Or I take 15 mins to EV train and already move on to the next project/actually using the pokemon to play the game. Like it's fine to do while asleep but unless I'm mistaken you can only set up a pokemon to do one type of training so after you wake up you still have to set up sessions for the other stats you want. It's just kind of inefficient except if you have no intention of using or leveling that pokemon for days from when you start.
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It took me an insanely long time because I've been so busy but it's nice to be crowned Champion on Christmas Eve. Rho Aias the Decidueye was my rock during Melemele and Akala. He took a step back for the others to get training the rest of the way but he got the killing blow. Ape Escape the Oranguru enjoyed using the blow dryer. Or maybe I did. Avalon the Comfey was the MVP. She had surprising Sp Atk, could tank hits, and heal herself. So underrated. Finn Prawns the Golisopod replaced my Marachroid the Araquanid and he was a bruiser. Emergency Exit activation at the worst time was our inside joke. Dragghér the Drampa joined late in the game but saved my rear end against Kahili. Gaebolg the Dhelmise took forever to find and capture but was well worth it. featuring: Narcoala the Komala / Pry the Crabominable / Argalia the Kommo-o.
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I guess it depends on what you time investment is. If you can only play for like, an hour a day then Pelago is a god-send. That's the situation I'm in, especially since grinding BP for the power times takes a WHILE.
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Dec 24, 2016 21:53
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It must be shiny day on wonder trade. I'm dumping the seven pages of non-6IV reject Riolu I've bred over the past week and I've gotten three shinies: a shiny honedge, a shiny torracat, and a 6 IV shiny alolan ninetails w/timid and snow warning.  I feel like the last one is probably not legit, but hey it saves me from breeding a ninetails at least.
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MadFriarAvelyn posted:It must be shiny day on wonder trade. I'm dumping the seven pages of non-6IV reject Riolu I've bred over the past week and I've gotten three shinies: a shiny honedge, a shiny torracat, and a 6 IV shiny alolan ninetails w/timid and snow warning. time to wonder trade my many minior friends
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ZenMasterBullshit posted:Oh come on, nobody likes Jace. Not even as a joke. I like three of Jace's cards if that counts
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 http://babylonian.tumblr.com/post/154906682049/my-five-most-prized-possessions
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Interesting, last generation someone told me the generational marks were also that, but i'm not entirely surpised to hear that was bogus, i knew this little fucker was a shifty shapeshifter. still pretty happy to have it fall in my lap though you know? brainSnakes fucked around with this message at 22:36 on Dec 24, 2016 |
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Dec 24, 2016 22:23
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brainSnakes posted:I'm actually curious how cheat proof the whole authenticity mark on new pokemon are. That little plus sign or whatever. The plus sign isn't a mark of authenticity or whatever, it just means the pokemon was born in Alola.
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Dec 24, 2016 22:25
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brainSnakes posted:I'm actually curious how cheat proof the whole authenticity mark on new pokemon are. That little plus sign or whatever. They have ways to check legality for official tournaments but nothing outside of that afaik
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Dec 24, 2016 22:31
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YO SHINY COMFEY!!!
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good to know! i forgot where i heard the authenticity thing last gen, but i knew this shifty shapeshifting shapeshifter was a sketchy dude.
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Dienes posted:Holy poo poo, I just naturally picked up Pokerus. Happy Christmas Eve to me. hey i have been breeding a bunch of outstanding potential vulpixes with snow warning, and then gave them all pokerus. You want one? Anyone want one, for that matter? 4871-8062-7071
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TheKingofSprings posted:I like three of Jace's cards if that counts Well yeah mechanically he's great and the did that because he's the Hero protagonist that is the solution to every problem in the multiverse and isn't he so cool and dreamy and not a boring at all design?
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Where the hell do I get a destiny knot? I've gotten incredibly good IV pokemon from WT and i'd like to spread the love
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spit on my clit posted:Where the hell do I get a destiny knot? I've gotten incredibly good IV pokemon from WT and i'd like to spread the love 48 BP from the Battle Royal shop (you can grind at the Battle Tree since it's all the same BP) or a party of 5 Pick Up Pokemon and good RNG.
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vOv posted:48 BP from the Battle Royal shop (you can grind at the Battle Tree since it's all the same BP) or a party of 5 Pick Up Pokemon and good RNG. I got two Destiny Knots in 15 minutes with a quartet of Meowth that weren't even level 10 yet. Something tells me I ain't gonna repeat that one.
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vOv posted:48 BP from the Battle Royal shop (you can grind at the Battle Tree since it's all the same BP) or a party of 5 Pick Up Pokemon and good RNG. oh god, the battle tree..well, gently caress it, i got nothing better to do!
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spit on my clit posted:oh god, the battle tree..well, gently caress it, i got nothing better to do! Trust me, a party of pickup pokemon will go much faster.
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Hunter Noventa posted:Trust me, a party of pickup pokemon will go much faster. If you're bad at the battle tree/super lucky. I had a party of 5 Pickup meowths and spent hours and got everything BUT a destiny knot. A SD Mimikyu, even off nature and not well EV trained can handle normal Battle Tree Singles by just setting up and sweeping.
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ZenMasterBullshit posted:If you're bad at the battle tree/super lucky. I had a party of 5 Pickup meowths and spent hours and got everything BUT a destiny knot. A SD Mimikyu, even off nature and not well EV trained can handle normal Battle Tree Singles by just setting up and sweeping. Z-splash and shadow claw/play rough  My singles tree team is z-primarina/mimikyu/life orb kartana
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If you can take it I suggest getting the BP, the Pickup method is soul destroyingly boring and generally takes a lot longer. At least you can spice up the BP by switching up your team.
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How likely are you to find a shiny in the wild anyway? Fabion the shiny Dugtrio is really nice and all, but I wanna know how bad I should feel if I need to swap them out at some point.Improbable Lobster posted:
I really liked generation VI for the most part, but man the badge designs sucked.
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The trick is to combine your Pickup grind with items you can steal. Steal Leftovers from Munchlax (100%, so use SOS to get multiple in one encounter), Metal Coats from Magnemites (let a Scyther hold it and put it on the GTS for whatever you want) or maybe even one of those mythical Razor Claws on Jangmo-o (definitely SOS chain that one).
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Ariong posted:How likely are you to find a shiny in the wild anyway? Fabion the shiny Dugtrio is really nice and all, but I wanna know how bad I should feel if I need to swap them out at some point. It's unlikely you'll find more than one during the normal course of play. I actually only found my first wild shiny in this generation, and I've been playing this series for way too long. Use whatever you want, but sun and moon are balanced in such a way that practically any Pokémon is viable for the endgame, and Dugtrio is pretty powerful. Edit: you can raise the chances of a shiny in the wild with SOS battles, but that takes a lot of deliberate effort and is also kind of a pain in the rear end.
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i fought a gengar in the battle tree with a focus sash and hypnosis/nightmare/dream eater/shadow ball next trainer had the same exact gengar. im so mad.
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spit on my clit posted:i fought a gengar in the battle tree with a focus sash and hypnosis/nightmare/dream eater/shadow ball Oh man, I've fought that Gengar. He wiped my team because his hypnosis never missed, he slapped a nightmare on me every time, and I got a 3+ turn sleep each time.
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Theta Zero posted:Oh man, I've fought that Gengar. He wiped my team because his hypnosis never missed, he slapped a nightmare on me every time, and I got a 3+ turn sleep each time. hahaha yeah the hypnosis never loving misses!! primarina got lucky and woke up to deliver my last resort Z move and it was barely enough to win. the second time was even more retarded!
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gently caress that gengar
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Mierenneuker posted:The trick is to combine your Pickup grind with items you can steal. Steal Leftovers from Munchlax (100%, so use SOS to get multiple in one encounter), Metal Coats from Magnemites (let a Scyther hold it and put it on the GTS for whatever you want) or maybe even one of those mythical Razor Claws on Jangmo-o (definitely SOS chain that one). I've been farming razor claws off jangmos to make Weaviles for the GTS since lotta people don't want to bother and it's pretty easy. Not related to the conversation, just something else to do if no one's biting your castforms.
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I made a team of 6 Lurantis because Poke Pelago is free effortless EV training, but sadly I still can only use them all in Link Battles. I can only imagine a feeling of fear and unease clouds my foes as the team preview flashes 6 perfectly pink killers.
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