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Macaluso posted:Wait... what?? I thought you could only breed Pokemon with each other with the exception of Ditto, who can breed with anyone. Did they change that at some point in the series? Nope, it's been set up like that for as long as breeding has been a thing.
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Macaluso posted:Wait... what?? I thought you could only breed Pokemon with each other with the exception of Ditto, who can breed with anyone. Did they change that at some point in the series? Egg Groups have been a thing since gen 2.
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Nov 19, 2019 05:45
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I randomly ran into a shiny Mandibuzz and it used loving whirlwind on me 
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Nov 19, 2019 05:47
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Flopsy posted:I have one in sun and moon....you have one of those versions? BTW anybody here know how to find pokemon with hidden abilities? I do too lol, nah I need one in swsh
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Nov 19, 2019 05:49
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Emong posted:Nope, it's been set up like that for as long as breeding has been a thing. Gruckles posted:Egg Groups have been a thing since gen 2. My whole life has been a lie. Ditto has been a lie
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Nov 19, 2019 05:50
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Macaluso posted:My whole life has been a lie. Ditto has been a lie ditto is still really useful and also the only way to get more of a pokemon if all you have is a male one to start with
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Nov 19, 2019 05:51
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Flopsy posted:I have one in sun and moon....you have one of those versions? BTW anybody here know how to find pokemon with hidden abilities? Sometimes raid mons have them. It’s in no way guaranteed though. 
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I actually caught a Mareanie in a raid yesterday, but I didnt check what it's ability was since I was leveling Koffing and Toxel
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Nov 19, 2019 05:52
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THE loving MOON posted:I actually caught a Mareanie in a raid yesterday, but I didnt check what it's ability was since I was leveling Koffing and Toxel Could you check for me, and breed me one or gimme that one? You'd be a hero
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Nov 19, 2019 05:56
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Flopsy posted:BTW anybody here know how to find pokemon with hidden abilities? Raids and anecdotally the glowing wild mons. No idea what the % odds are though. pray for my aunt fucked around with this message at 06:00 on Nov 19, 2019 |
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Nov 19, 2019 05:58
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What pokemon are y'all using to help capture? I've been relying on chipping things down to red HP with Nuzzle, but something that can put things to sleep more reliably than Hypnosis would be nice.
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Nov 19, 2019 05:59
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Walrus Pete posted:What pokemon are y'all using to help capture? I've been relying on chipping things down to red HP with Nuzzle, but something that can put things to sleep more reliably than Hypnosis would be nice. I don't think Spore is in SwSh, so the only way to get better accuracy is on sleep is Compound Eyes. Gallade can learn Thunder Wave, Hypnosis, False Swipe and a heal making it a prime candidate. Setting up a catching Gallade is my next goal.
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Nov 19, 2019 06:05
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Walrus Pete posted:What pokemon are y'all using to help capture? I've been relying on chipping things down to red HP with Nuzzle, but something that can put things to sleep more reliably than Hypnosis would be nice. I caught a Pancham, taught it False Swipe, and jacked it up full of EXP candies. I use it in tandem with my Butterfree that knows Sleep Powder.
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So, at computer. Verdict, as stated: it's comfort food, the game. It's not anything special, not going to blow your socks off, but nice, warm comfort. That said, some in depth things that I didn't cover prior. First off, the villains in the game are probably the best in the series. Both Rose and Yell have good reasons for doing bad things. Rose is worried about the future, but is shortsighted in it won't be a problem in anyone's life times. Yell wants to bring their town back to glory. Both good intentions, just not good execution, and to me it makes them relatable and believable. Secondly, you can tell when the time crunch started to hit. I wouldn't be surprised if they wanted to extend the wild area even further north, but time ran out. Gym 4 or 5 is where the seams start to show, and once you get past 7, it's obvious that the time crunch hits. About Gym 7. Thematically, it makes sense, though gameplay wise it's lacking. Broken record and whatnot, it's a beat-em-up tribute, in a town that has seen better days. They probably want a nice, glorious mission like the others but can't anymore. Oh and the music in it rips royal rear end. However, from a gameplay perspective it falls a bit flat. Gym 8 is  , the gym, especially compared to its predecessors in the game.The removal of the Elite 4 makes sense, and is a good change to me. You are supposed to effectively go in order: challenger finals, night off to recover, gym leader finals, champion match. My take is the leaders are probably former top ranked challengers, or challengers who, would under normal circumstances, would have made it all the way but other had things happen (I'm looking at you Bede). On that note, the rivals. The good, the bad, and the ugly. Marnie is great. She's a perfect example of how to do a friendly rival. Bede grated me but that was the point, and it's nice to see him find some redemption. Hop... is worse than Hau. Hop is arrogant, Hau just wants to have fun and raise Pokemon. I did have a smile though when he brought back his original team after trying to shake it up. Difficulty: If you don't go out of your way to grind, namely only do trainers and a spot of catching here and there, you won't overlevel. I thought I would be be cheap bringing loving Eternatus along with me to Leon's fight, BUT NOPE, HE NUKED EVERYONE ELSE. The difficulty is definitely there. That being said, I think the biggest indictment here is not so much Gamefreak, but Nintendo and the Pokemon Company. They could really benefit from stretching the releases from every year to a year and a half, maybe two years. Problem is, Pokemon, as a while, is such a major media empire that requires planning well in advance. And yes, I would like fries with that. Final team Eldegoss was the one who got swapped for Eternatus: Cinderace: Punk Drednaw: Snapper Corviknight: Edelgard Eldegoss: Yuka Toxtricity: Blast Beat Hatterene: Trans Pride
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Metagrubs posted:Could you check for me, and breed me one or gimme that one? You'd be a hero The one I have has got Limber. I just looked it up on Serebii and apparently Regenerator is it's Hidden Ability, so I dunno how you'd go about getting that. Walrus Pete posted:What pokemon are y'all using to help capture? I've been relying on chipping things down to red HP with Nuzzle, but something that can put things to sleep more reliably than Hypnosis would be nice. Malamar. Inkay has hypnosis, and I've been using it for Psychic and Dark coverage anyway. I'm using a lot of pokemon I've never bothered with much before.
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Walrus Pete posted:What pokemon are y'all using to help capture? I've been relying on chipping things down to red HP with Nuzzle, but something that can put things to sleep more reliably than Hypnosis would be nice. Setting up a Gallade for capturing.
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Nov 19, 2019 06:09
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I use Quick Balls and if that doesn't work I run.
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Nov 19, 2019 06:13
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Clarste posted:I use Quick Balls and if that doesn't work I run. 
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Nov 19, 2019 06:18
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You can get a Nincada or Ninjask pretty early with false swipe right out of the gate.
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I want to start frontloading the work of creating competitive teams. - where is ditto? - where do I get mints? - is there an equivalent of bottle caps in this name? If yes, where? If no, where is the destiny knot? - are hidden abilities really only available through raids and aren't breedable??
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Bottlecaps still exist, I have gotten them from raids. If there are post-game sources I don't know what they are.
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Xander B Coolridge posted:I want to start frontloading the work of creating competitive teams. -Lake of Outrage, Wild Land (Northwestern most zone) -Battle Tower (Aka Rose Tower) -Yes. -Not a clue! Would be weird if you couldn't pass them down though...
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I see all the budget went into the legendary encounter of this game. Legit cool setpiece and gimmick. It's dopey but I like dopey.
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Nov 19, 2019 06:31
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Oh and is there a convenient method of EV training?
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ThisIsACoolGuy posted:I see all the budget went into the legendary encounter of this game. Legit cool setpiece and gimmick. It's dopey but I like dopey.
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Nov 19, 2019 06:33
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Xander B Coolridge posted:Oh and is there a convenient method of EV training? you can just shove drugs down your pokemon's throat the whole way now
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lmao, the only Pokes that survived the Champion Fight were: d'Artagnan the SirFetch'd Joan Jett the Toxtricity Henry Rollins the Obstagoon e: where do I get the berries to reduce unwanted EVs?
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Wooper is the best little  in the world.
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Incoherence posted:All the budget went into the first one, specifically. The other two had no music and a very badly looped 1 minute of music, specifically, unless my game bugged out. Sounds bugged to me. In the normal fight he had a pretty cool theme, then before the wolves showed up it was like... horror electronic sounding? The wolf balled went on. Fight didn't last long enough for me to really focus on it looping so that part might of been on me.
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ThisIsACoolGuy posted:Sounds bugged to me. In the normal fight he had a pretty cool theme, then before the wolves showed up it was like... horror electronic sounding? The wolf balled went on. Fight didn't last long enough for me to really focus on it looping so that part might of been on me. The postgame feels extremely rushed, in general.
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Incoherence posted:Not that. I'm talking about something in the postgame (you can probably guess what it is). Oh dang. I stopped after the event I described so I guess I'll see that tomorrow 
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There's a noticeable jump in difficulty from the fights just before the Champion to the Champion himself. Kinda surprising.
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Nov 19, 2019 06:54
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I'm stuck in the starting wild zone. Not because I don't know where to go, but because I'm too busy chasing down the raid battles across the map to really care about progressing further. I probably should use some of the Watts I picked up, along with the exp candy, but once again, I'm too busy chasing beams.
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I was a bit worried because it looked so frail But Polteageist is wiping the floor with everything that isn't dark type (Grimmsnarl handles those) Do 1 time use items disappear forever if you use them outside of like, battle tower? Like will a focus sash never come back? My "New Pokemon Only" rule has worked out great, there are some super cool new guys. Currently 8 badges in but I think I'll use these guys to finish the game and then go back and start replacing.
I was using Gyarados a lot and honestly he is busted in this game, but if I wanted a New Only alternative I'd probably do Baraskewda and take out either Flapple or Toxitricity
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THE AWESOME GHOST posted:Do 1 time use items disappear forever if you use them outside of like, battle tower? Like will a focus sash never come back? Yes.
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I didn't like the championship just being people you fought before - recently even with how quick the pacing in this one is. The champion fight itself was cool though, and even managed to be pretty close - got there at a 5 level disadvantage, in the end I was down to one last pokemon and had to cheese it with a max revive. Another thing I missed was a "hall of fame" slide where it shows what teams you used to beat each gym up to the finals.
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Avalerion posted:I didn't like the championship just being people you fought before - recently even with how quick the pacing in this one is. The champion fight itself was cool though, and even managed to be pretty close - got there at a 5 level disadvantage, in the end I was down to one last pokemon and had to cheese it with a max revive. I don't think reusing the Gym leaders like that is a bad idea, at least in principle. I think it's better to give them more focus as characters, rather than introduce even more people who you will never see again. And frankly it kind of explains the relationship between gym leaders and the league champion in a much more concrete and logical way than any Pokemon game has done before. Not that the game necessarily cashed in on these character development opportunities, but I didn't mind it at least. In general I feel like this game's plot would have been much better if it just scrapped every last bit of the legendary/secret organization plot lines and just decided to be a sports drama, because that's really where it shined. Presentation-wise, at least.
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Man is it me or my Switch Lite. I got the Pokemon one but sometimes I get dead spots where I'll slow to a walk, even when my joystick is all the way pressed foward. I just hit a spot where I stopped moving altogether. The Switch Lite is only 2 weeks old.
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