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PathAsc
Nov 15, 2011

Hail SS-18 Satan may he cleanse us with nuclear fire

PISS TAPE IS REAL

Give me that goddamn mewtwo right now

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Cowslips Warren
Oct 29, 2005

What use had they for tricks and cunning, living in the enemy's warren and paying his price?

Grimey Drawer
Thank the gods he is not in EX raids. I really wish they'd do away with that system.

Armored Mewtwo is Cosplay Mewtwo.

Hopefully he is in dinner raids this next Wednesday. I already have a hopeful raid train set up for my area...and some schmuck on Discord wanted to know why I only did that area for dinner raids, and not his city. I told him the gyms are closer, so there is less walking, AND I DON'T LIVE IN THAT CITY. poo poo dude, we have a super active Discord, make your own!

MorningMoon
Dec 29, 2013
Probation
Can't post for 3 days!
But the hat is new!


I got the tenth off anyway, so gently caress it, i'll get me some mewtwo with extra edgelord.

Entropist
Dec 1, 2007
I'm very stupid.
Perhaps it's a Sword and Shield tie-in? There were rumours that armored Pokemon were going to appear in that (though they seem to have instead opted for a raid-like gimmick). And of course armored Mewtwo also appeared in movies.

MorningMoon
Dec 29, 2013
Probation
Can't post for 3 days!

Entropist posted:

Perhaps it's a Sword and Shield tie-in? There were rumours that armored Pokemon were going to appear in that (though they seem to have instead opted for a raid-like gimmick). And of course armored Mewtwo also appeared in movies.

Nah, those were just rumors. The only compelling rumors now are the Gigantamax, Team Yell, and Camping ones since a bunch of other stuff there ended up true. This is definitely just to tie-in for the movie, like how last year we got Lugias. It's just that only Japan gets the message about it being a movie tie-in, while the rest of the world gets to pretend it's just a random event.

Big McHuge
Feb 5, 2014

You wait for the war to happen like vultures.
If you want to help, prevent the war.
Don't save the remnants.

Save them all.
I was kind of hoping for another Groudon dinner hour raid since I missed the one a few days ago due to other holiday obligations.

Ursine Catastrophe
Nov 9, 2009

It's a lovely morning in the void and you are a horrible lady-in-waiting.



don't ask how i know

Dinosaur Gum

Entropist posted:

Perhaps it's a Sword and Shield tie-in? There were rumours that armored Pokemon were going to appear in that (though they seem to have instead opted for a raid-like gimmick). And of course armored Mewtwo also appeared in movies.

That's the actual tie-in, Mewtwo Strikes Back remake drops on July 12. The SwSh guesses were a combination of fake 4chan leaks about "armored pokemon" and people datamining "armored mewtwo" strings out of the PoGo client.

Centzon Totochtin
Jan 2, 2009
Probation
Can't post for 13 days!
I have a lick/shadow ball gengar and another with shadow claw/shadow ball, which one should I power up to die instantly against mewtwo

Chairman Mao
Apr 24, 2004

The Chinese Communist Party is the core of leadership of the whole Chinese people. Without this core, the cause of socialism cannot be victorious.

Centzon Totochtin posted:

I have a lick/shadow ball gengar and another with shadow claw/shadow ball, which one should I power up to die instantly against mewtwo

They're functionally identical but the obvious choice is the shadow claw one.

BGrifter
Mar 16, 2007

Winner of Something Awful PS5 thread's Posting Excellence Award June 2022

Congratulations!

Centzon Totochtin posted:

I have a lick/shadow ball gengar and another with shadow claw/shadow ball, which one should I power up to die instantly against mewtwo

Both. Everyone should have a full team of max level Gengars.

Cause it’s freaking Gengar! The greatest Pokémon in the entire franchise.

Mustached Demon
Nov 12, 2016

BGrifter posted:

Both. Everyone should have a full team of max level Gengars.

Cause it’s freaking Gengar! The greatest Pokémon in the entire franchise.

Well until Timburr gets released

BGrifter
Mar 16, 2007

Winner of Something Awful PS5 thread's Posting Excellence Award June 2022

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Mustached Demon posted:

Well until Timburr gets released

Nah, eventually we’ll get Mega Gengar with the best shiny in the game. There is no point in the history of Pokémon where Gengar stops being the greatest.

Centzon Totochtin
Jan 2, 2009
Probation
Can't post for 13 days!
Ok but I have limited dust and candy

DEEP STATE PLOT
Aug 13, 2008

Yes...Ha ha ha...YES!



hi hello, i am in need of room on my friend list. so i am going to go through my list of dudes and anyone i am below ultra friends with right now will have one week to either send me a gift or open a gift i have sent out to them. i am making a list right now and will note who has and hasn't interacted with me in the game by next friday, and those who have not will be removed from my friend list. my in-game name is Subkeratom.

also livingliquid, you are one day from best friends with me. i'm level 40 so idgaf about xp, i'll send you a gift to open tomorrow and you can just open it whenever. remember your lucky egg~

BGrifter
Mar 16, 2007

Winner of Something Awful PS5 thread's Posting Excellence Award June 2022

Congratulations!

Centzon Totochtin posted:

Ok but I have limited dust and candy

Stop levelling inferior non-Gengar Pokemon, set Gengar as your walking buddy, and don’t be afraid to use Rare Candy because everyone should have a full team of Gengars.

Mustached Demon
Nov 12, 2016

BGrifter posted:

Stop levelling inferior non-Gengar Pokemon, set Gengar as your walking buddy, and don’t be afraid to use Rare Candy because everyone should have a full team of Gengars.

I admire your love of Gengar. Everyone should love pokemon as much as you.

seiferguy
Jun 9, 2005

FLAWED
INTUITION



Toilet Rascal
Just gonna come out and say Gengar is flawed too much because of horrid typing. Ghost is only effective against ghost and psychic, and weak against psychic because it's also poison typing. It's really one of the stupidest typings in the game. Unless armored mewtwo has non psychic fast moves, its gonna be a glass cannon of any sort, so you're better off using giratina or tyranitar.

Ursine Catastrophe
Nov 9, 2009

It's a lovely morning in the void and you are a horrible lady-in-waiting.



don't ask how i know

Dinosaur Gum
If you want TDO then Origin Giratina’s your dude, but if you want to spend the time and effort on like 12-18 gengars then he’s your glass cannon

Centzon Totochtin
Jan 2, 2009
Probation
Can't post for 13 days!
I have an O giratina but he's up to the point where it's 10 candies to power up and the returns are so marginal. Already have a bunch of tyranitar, a maxes out scizor, and maxed out bite crunch gyrados. I live in NYC so it's probably irrelevant what I do because I don't I ever had a mewtwo raid with fewer than 15 people the last time he was around anyway

Ursine Catastrophe
Nov 9, 2009

It's a lovely morning in the void and you are a horrible lady-in-waiting.



don't ask how i know

Dinosaur Gum
If you’re doing a team, as a rule of thumb prioritize getting multiples to 31 (where it jumps from 4 candy/powerup to 6) — actual level cap is nearly always worthless because of how much the game revolves around breakpoints, but having 6 Level 30 hard counters is basically always more worthwhile than having 1 40 and a handful of 20-25s.

(Breakpoints are also why the difference between a 100% and a 0% are frequently not really worth paying a ton of attention to— if a 15/15/15 L35 and a 15/15/15 L40 survive the same number of charged attacks in a raid, then you can have a L37 or so 0/0/0 survive the exact same length of time and do effectively the same amount of damage)

Crosspeice
Aug 9, 2013

Only power up mons to max level for the swag, there is zero reason to do it for a gameplay advantage.

Vandar
Sep 14, 2007

Isn't That Right, Chairman?



I have a perfect 15/15/15 Gastly I caught back in January.

I have yet to see a single Gastly since.

Sure would be nice to have a Gengar of my own. :F

Mustached Demon
Nov 12, 2016

Crosspeice posted:

Only power up mons to max level for the swag, there is zero reason to do it for a gameplay advantage.

Level 40 party hat pikachu and golems.

Manoueverable
Oct 23, 2010

Dubs Loves Wubs
I legit can't believe they never fixed the gastly line to pure ghost, it's always been some bullshit to have it fold like a wet paper bag against either psychic or ground.

Zombie Dachshund
Feb 26, 2016

Vandar posted:

I have a perfect 15/15/15 Gastly I caught back in January.

I have yet to see a single Gastly since.

Sure would be nice to have a Gengar of my own. :F

Set it as your buddy and start walking. They find candy quick

Do lots of “3 great throws” quests to get a gastly reward

Wait until October when there will probably be a ghost event

If you’re a min maxer, wait to evolve it until the end of the year, in case they bring legacy move evolves back so you can get lick

Saoshyant
Oct 26, 2010

:hmmorks: :orks:


Nearly lost my train on a detour to get a tall boi today but it was totally worth it: shiny dragon tree!

BGrifter
Mar 16, 2007

Winner of Something Awful PS5 thread's Posting Excellence Award June 2022

Congratulations!

Manoueverable posted:

I legit can't believe they never fixed the gastly line to pure ghost, it's always been some bullshit to have it fold like a wet paper bag against either psychic or ground.

I do miss Levitate in the mainline games.

BUT GENGAR IS STILL THE GREATEST.

Mumbling
Feb 7, 2015

Manoueverable posted:

I legit can't believe they never fixed the gastly line to pure ghost, it's always been some bullshit to have it fold like a wet paper bag against either psychic or ground.

Its poison typing definitely has its uses with fairy types being popular.

SpaceCadetBob
Dec 27, 2012
So is level 30 mons a good place to plateau and try to start widening my team coverage? Dust is suddenly starting to become pretty sparse with these upgrade costs.

Ursine Catastrophe
Nov 9, 2009

It's a lovely morning in the void and you are a horrible lady-in-waiting.



don't ask how i know

Dinosaur Gum

SpaceCadetBob posted:

So is level 30 mons a good place to plateau and try to start widening my team coverage? Dust is suddenly starting to become pretty sparse with these upgrade costs.

Generally speaking, yeah. If you've got regular big groups then 25/weather boosted fresh catches are fine, but teams of L30s is where you can really start getting into the Quad/Trio range for most 5-star raids.

indigi
Jul 20, 2004

how can we not talk about family
when family's all that we got?
anyone feel like trading trash mons with me for a quest? 7284 3624 5513

PK
Apr 30, 2004

EXFOLIATE! EXFOLIATE! EXFOLIATE!

indigi posted:

anyone feel like trading trash mons with me for a quest? 7284 3624 5513

I think trades can only happen in person.

bowmore
Oct 6, 2008



Lipstick Apathy
need a new friend

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Silver Falcon
Dec 5, 2005

Two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight and barbecue your own drumsticks!

Ursine Catastrophe posted:

If you’re doing a team, as a rule of thumb prioritize getting multiples to 31 (where it jumps from 4 candy/powerup to 6) — actual level cap is nearly always worthless because of how much the game revolves around breakpoints, but having 6 Level 30 hard counters is basically always more worthwhile than having 1 40 and a handful of 20-25s.

(Breakpoints are also why the difference between a 100% and a 0% are frequently not really worth paying a ton of attention to— if a 15/15/15 L35 and a 15/15/15 L40 survive the same number of charged attacks in a raid, then you can have a L37 or so 0/0/0 survive the exact same length of time and do effectively the same amount of damage)

Thanks for this. Everybody talks about what level dudes are in this game but nobody ever bothers to mention how you tell what level your dude is and I refuse to install some third-party app to tell me information that the game should freaking tell me. I just had a look through my 'mons and I see I have some work to do to get my best ones to the 6-candy for upgrade range. At least now I have a goal!

JUST MAKING CHILI
Feb 14, 2008
Team gengar repping. Make new friends with me for the last step of this special research and I’ll try to send gifts from BBQ places in Texas.

1136 8112 1548

Ursine Catastrophe
Nov 9, 2009

It's a lovely morning in the void and you are a horrible lady-in-waiting.



don't ask how i know

Dinosaur Gum

Silver Falcon posted:

Thanks for this. Everybody talks about what level dudes are in this game but nobody ever bothers to mention how you tell what level your dude is and I refuse to install some third-party app to tell me information that the game should freaking tell me. I just had a look through my 'mons and I see I have some work to do to get my best ones to the 6-candy for upgrade range. At least now I have a goal!

There's a chart if you really want to reference it but the short version is:
At 0.5+, it's 1 candy
11+, 2 candy
21+, 3 candy
26+, 4 candy
31+, 6 candy
33+, 8 candy
35+, 10 candy
37+, 12 candy
39+, 15 candy

LumpyGumby
Feb 22, 2012

"Here's the world famous hockey player sitting in the penalty box for slashing..."
-Snoopy Brown
42g - 65a - 107pts
106gp - 317PIMS
Caught a shiny Nidoran tonight while getting dinner at Cafe Coyote, didn't know they even had shiny out!

Plus dinner was bomb.

RBA-Wintrow
Nov 4, 2009


Clapping Larry

DEEP STATE PLOT posted:

hi hello, i am in need of room on my friend list. so i am going to go through my list of dudes and anyone i am below ultra friends with right now will have one week to either send me a gift or open a gift i have sent out to them. i am making a list right now and will note who has and hasn't interacted with me in the game by next friday, and those who have not will be removed from my friend list. my in-game name is Subkeratom.

also livingliquid, you are one day from best friends with me. i'm level 40 so idgaf about xp, i'll send you a gift to open tomorrow and you can just open it whenever. remember your lucky egg~

I tried to send you a gift but you still have an unopened one from me.

ShakeZula
Jun 17, 2003

Nobody move and nobody gets hurt.

DEEP STATE PLOT posted:

hi hello, i am in need of room on my friend list. so i am going to go through my list of dudes and anyone i am below ultra friends with right now will have one week to either send me a gift or open a gift i have sent out to them. i am making a list right now and will note who has and hasn't interacted with me in the game by next friday, and those who have not will be removed from my friend list. my in-game name is Subkeratom.

also livingliquid, you are one day from best friends with me. i'm level 40 so idgaf about xp, i'll send you a gift to open tomorrow and you can just open it whenever. remember your lucky egg~

I don't have any gifts to send right now, but I think you and I just had a gift exchange (atomican13), and we're 8 days away from Ultra.

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A Long Way Down
Jul 14, 2009

I am Jack's complete lack of surprise

Grimey Drawer
I need friends, I’ve stalled out just below level 35 and no one I have is working toward that sweet friend xp

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I’ll send you gifts

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