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Bogart posted:Gale Wings only working when Talonflame's at full HP only makes sneaky pebbles all the more central to the metagame which suuuuucks. I think Garchomp's niche is primarily in singles -- maximum beef and maximum poke works wonders still for dealing with physical attackers. For Talonflame, it makes for a decent starter in doubles with Tailwind at least.
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Countblanc posted:I sorta feel like it's the opposite - it's expected that your opponent will have rocks so people just don't use Talonflame so there's honestly less pressure to prioritize putting rocks out ASAP. I'm noticing a trend of people not using Magnet Pull on Magnezone anymore and going for Analytic based on the idea that people will either have a Shed Shell on their Skarmory/other steel type or will just assume you have Magnet Pull and not even try to switch out so you might as well get that extra damage from Analytic which could also trick the other guy into thinking you have an Expert Belt or Specs because of the increased damage. Rock Head/Lightning Rod Alola Marowak is another one that people try to bluff, but that goes right out the window as soon as you Flare Blitz or the Koko uses Thunderbolt instead of U-Turn when you switch in. Apparently Nidoqueen but Timid instead of Modest is also a thing catching people by surprise. Pokemon metagaming sure is something.
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The White Dragon posted:pokemon thread, i saw bw's soundtrack on sale but i kinda don't remember it. was it any good/worth buying the hard copy over? please provide examples for or against it haha what kind of nerd would buy a cd in the year 2017 *very carefully hides Serial Experiments Lain Soundtrack CD I brought 2 weeks ago*
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Is Stylish the only place for pokemon showdown skins? Some look nice but don't work properly.
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Hi Pokegoons! Random breeding question here. So I want to have my whole competitive team in Luxury Balls, but I've got two starters on my team (one from Gen III and another from Gen IV) who, so far as I can tell, can't be found in the wild to allow for non-standard pokeballs. Problem is, according to Serebii's pokeball legitimacy chart it says you can obtain starters from those generations in non-standard pokeballs. My question is, how is that even possible? So far as I can tell the only way to legitimately do that is to obtain (or breed) a pokemon caught from some random Korean event from Gen V. Am I missing anything here?
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DJ Turbo Punch posted:Hi Pokegoons! Random breeding question here. So I want to have my whole competitive team in Luxury Balls, but I've got two starters on my team (one from Gen III and another from Gen IV) who, so far as I can tell, can't be found in the wild to allow for non-standard pokeballs. Problem is, according to Serebii's pokeball legitimacy chart it says you can obtain starters from those generations in non-standard pokeballs. My question is, how is that even possible? So far as I can tell the only way to legitimately do that is to obtain (or breed) a pokemon caught from some random Korean event from Gen V. Am I missing anything here? Not sure about Gen III, but you can get Gen IV starters from Island Scan. Different ones are available on different days. Do that and you can get your Luxury Ball Ganonpig or whoever. Somebody else weigh in on Gen III dudes. I'm drawing a blank.
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Silver Falcon posted:Not sure about Gen III, but you can get Gen IV starters from Island Scan. Different ones are available on different days. Do that and you can get your Luxury Ball Ganonpig or whoever. Emboar is gen V. Gen IV is Empoleon/Infernape/Torterra, those aren't available in Island Scan.
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For a second I was thinking it might have been because of that New Year's set where they came in cherish balls, but that was the Gen V ones too... I really have no idea where else you could get starters outside of a normal ball. Were they ever part of some dream world event? One where they were a code or a prize or something that you had to go to the special park thing to catch them? That's all I can come up with, but seems unlikely. If that happened, you'd have to really, REALLY hope someone got them in Luxury balls and can trade/clone them to you.
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I don't think any starters could show up in the XY friend safari unfortunately/.
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EthanSteele posted:I don't think any starters could show up in the XY friend safari unfortunately/. The Gen 1 and 6 starters were in the XY friend safaris at least.
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Hrist posted:For a second I was thinking it might have been because of that New Year's set where they came in cherish balls, but that was the Gen V ones too... I really have no idea where else you could get starters outside of a normal ball. Yeah, there was a super obscure event where they were downloadable from the Dream World in I think Japan. That's the only way to get them in anything other than a standard pokeball.
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PSWII60 posted:The Gen 1 and 6 starters were in the XY friend safaris at least. You're right! I was just completely blind when I checked the list on Serebii.
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less laughter posted:Emboar is gen V. You could get them in the Dream World thing in B2W2, and you could have caught them in a luxury ball, and then transferred them forward. Dream World is shut down now though, so the trick is either finding someone with one, or simply hacking one, because it's technically a possible combination. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1l9gztGtUDcVXX21nFsdN3m3B-D7NpkLbgSrILpv3gug/edit#gid=1217519108 <- this has all the available balls for each pokemon and if the HA is accessible. The Gen III starters are also available in Luxury Ball, but even more difficult to find. They came from a Japanese event @ lvl 10 in 2010/11 where you could capture it in any ball you had, which meant any non-apricorn ball. So basically you should cheat, but they're legal once you breed one.
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I loving hate random double battles  http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7randomdoublesbattle-571018937
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OgreNoah posted:You could get them in the Dream World thing in B2W2, and you could have caught them in a luxury ball, and then transferred them forward. Dream World is shut down now though, so the trick is either finding someone with one, or simply hacking one, because it's technically a possible combination. Thanks for all the info, guys! I guess I'm off to find these guys in Luxury Balls, since (as you pointed out), it's a legal combination and they'll be perfectly legal once I breed my own.
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Xander B Coolridge posted:I loving hate random double battles welcome to my life, that poo poo always happens. You should have been spamming protect/EQ to force them into fighting avalugg, or switch him out with someone else to stop them from focusing one dude down. Also, gently caress flinches. dumbest loving thing in pokemon since single battles.
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You're right about Earthquake. I should have predicted they'd focus on Magmortar and just risked it.
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The lame thing here is you saying 'cool' every turn, my buddy.
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I'll tell you right now, it was not cool
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Team Rocket finally achieves their goal at 1:15 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jATNXN9w1NA
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Nth Doctor posted:Team Rocket finally achieves their goal at 1:15
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ty9vdFyNE90 Head on over to GameStop and get yourself a Life Orb! Comes attached to a No Guard Midnight Lycanroc.
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So a Pokemon you can get in the game normally is being given away through an event. Okay. 
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But not in a Cherish Ball! Real talk, is Lycanroc even any good? I see Midday used sometimes since it's a fast offensive Rock-type (with awful coverage), but I don't see Midnight used much.
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PMush Perfect posted:Real talk, is Lycanroc even any good? I see Midday used sometimes since it's a fast offensive Rock-type (with awful coverage), but I don't see Midnight used much. is its type coverage really that bad? with the various fang attacks and sucker punch plus whatever stab rock attack you want, you can hit 8 and that ain't too shabby
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The White Dragon posted:is its type coverage really that bad? with the various fang attacks and sucker punch plus whatever stab rock attack you want, you can hit 8 and that ain't too shabby Edit: Realtalk, though, what is No Guard even good for? Stone Edge? Doesn't really match up against "please hit me with Sleep Powder". girl dick energy fucked around with this message at 10:35 on May 6, 2017 |
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PMush Perfect posted:Accelerock is neat, but it's just not really enough. you have no idea how bummed i was to find that lycanroc doesn't have technician on its ability list
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Dr. Fetus posted:So a Pokemon you can get in the game normally is being given away through an event. Okay. They want to make it this generation's Lucario I guess.
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Hammerite posted:They want to make it this generation's Lucario I guess. i think you're thinking of zorua, right? lucario was just a rare pokemon you got in a mandatory egg by progressing through the story
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PMush Perfect posted:I'm pretty much in love with the entirety of Cynthia's D/P/Pt team, Lucario aside, and even that I can get over in the name of a theme team. Cynthia was the best League champ with Alder as a close second, both as characters and by chosen teams. (Volcarona is still my favorite bug type.) Steven probably would've been better if his games hadn't been poo poo, and Iris was a better swap out than Wallace. But they still don't compare. Everyone else was complete poo poo; yes, even Red.
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AlternateNu posted:Cynthia was the best League champ with Alder as a close second, both as characters and by chosen teams. (Volcarona is still my favorite bug type.) Steven probably would've been better if his games hadn't been poo poo, and Iris was a better swap out than Wallace. But they still don't compare. Everyone else was complete poo poo; yes, even Red.
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PMush Perfect posted:Edit: Realtalk, though, what is No Guard even good for? Stone Edge? Doesn't really match up against "please hit me with Sleep Powder". It's other ability is "please waste a turn trying to hit me with Sleep Powder while I set up on you", so... If this event came out 3 months ago it would've saved me a shitload of breeding time.
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Rudoku posted:It's other ability is "please waste a turn trying to hit me with Sleep Powder while I set up on you", so... If this event came out 3 months ago it would've saved me a shitload of breeding time.
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AlternateNu posted:Cynthia was the best League champ with Alder as a close second, both as characters and by chosen teams. (Volcarona is still my favorite bug type.) Steven probably would've been better if his games hadn't been poo poo, and Iris was a better swap out than Wallace. But they still don't compare. Everyone else was complete poo poo; yes, even Red. I don't get saying Steven would be better if his games weren't poo poo after saying Cynthia is the best. That makes no sense.
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Blaze Dragon posted:I don't get saying Steven would be better if his games weren't poo poo after saying Cynthia is the best. That makes no sense.
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The White Dragon posted:i think you're thinking of zorua, right? No, I mean Lucario. They want to make it the pokemon that the 10-year-old target market thinks is badass and which gets really popular in general (and furries draw tons of porn of it but just ignore that as much as possible) They were trying to make Zorua the Lucario of Gen 5 but it didn't really work out.
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Hammerite posted:No, I mean Lucario. They want to make it the pokemon that the 10-year-old target market thinks is badass and which gets really popular in general (and furries draw tons of porn of it but just ignore that as much as possible) oh ok i see what you mean i'm not sure if that's their goal, but in japan, they haven't had lycanroc distribution events at all. they're actually much more about bewear. in terms of advertising efficiency, i'd assume that sticking with one across all regions (like pikachu, or the coordinated pushing of lucario and zorua) would be better. maybe they're still deciding, or wanted to make zygarde the cool pokemon but they just need to give up, it's never gonna stick i hope they go with nebby
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The White Dragon posted:oh ok i see what you mean I'm speaking from a position of total ignorance. I just figure from the "bad boy" design of Midnight Form, and this distribution of it that they want it to fill that niche.
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Tapu Koko has gotten the biggest Lucario-style marketing push this gen.
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less laughter posted:Tapu Koko has gotten the biggest Lucario-style marketing push this gen. It's a minor anime character, popular in the meta, and cool looking. Don't blame them
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