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So I'm debating getting into competitive, at least somewhat casually. Is having the proper nature a huge deal, or is it just min/maxing?
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Yeah, I really have that problem most players have that they view status moves as overrated. That's probably the first thing I have to break myself of.
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Feb 24, 2017 01:45
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So I got the judge in my game. Somehow, I got a Pichu from another country... Perfect IVs except special attack, which is just shy of perfect. That was a surprise.
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Feb 24, 2017 03:54
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notoriousman posted:It was probably traded away for that precise reason, Pokémon eugenics can be harsh. So why 0 speed for certain builds? Just so that specific 'mon will always go last?
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Feb 24, 2017 04:15
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Dabir posted:Isn't Raichu about equal in both? Don't forget this is the Pokémon whose signature move is Volt Tackle. Alolan has a bit higher special attack for base (as in they took 5 points out of attack and put it there so instead of even, it's now 10 higher). And yes, I'm doing research, though I probably have a loooooooooooot to digest still. iospace fucked around with this message at 05:22 on Feb 24, 2017 |
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Feb 24, 2017 05:15
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That's the thing that sort of boggles my mind. Why are Ultra Beasts and Tapus legal?
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Feb 24, 2017 07:04
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Countblanc posted:Why not? Mostly because they're unique (as in there's a limit you can get on a single cart without trading). I thought they were legendaries for the purposes of online battles.
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Feb 24, 2017 07:13
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Flagrama posted:Pretty sure "pseudo-legendaries" like the birds, the beasts, and the like have pretty much always been allowed in VGC rules. Ah, ok. This is all new to me. I sort of wanted to get into this in X and Y, but real life stuff sort of conspired against me.
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Feb 24, 2017 07:26
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The White Dragon posted:Since bank finally came out for Sun & Moon(?), I'm gonna start playing later and I was hoping someone could hook me up with a Snivy egg and a Fennekin egg maybe some time tomorrow You can actually catch a Serperior in Sun and Moon. Just gotta get 100 points on the island scan. Fennekin, however, can not.
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Feb 24, 2017 14:55
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Pokemon 2017 Meta: Tapus, Ultra Beasts, and Mimmikyus, OH MY
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Feb 25, 2017 03:58
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iPodschun posted:I did Silvally with Swords Dance and Explosion, Mimikyu (I think...), and then Celesteela to make sure I wasn't the person to get knocked out. Took me like 3-4 tries at the third rank then 2-3 at the final rank to win and get the pretty princess throwing style. Lefty style best style  On that note, if you use lefty, you still throw balls to capture righty  e: Silver Falcon posted:Mimikyu works really well in the Royal. Disguise should let you get a Swords Dance off, then you can snipe kills with Shadow Sneak. I won the Master rank pretty handily with Mimikyu, with Dragonite and Celesteela as backup. I never had to use the Celesteela, but Dragonite's Multiscale was helpful in letting it get off a Dragon Dance and start ripping things to shreds with Outrage or Earthquake. How long did you have to farm SOS battles to get a multiscale Dragonite  Also, what was the Mimikyu setup you used, because I wanna farm BP to get at least some items. iospace fucked around with this message at 07:27 on Feb 26, 2017 |
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Feb 26, 2017 07:19
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And someone sent over a shiney, pokerus'ed sandygast with its hidden ability to me. I'll probably never use it (maybe), but I'll take it anyway. And yes, it probably was a failed breeding attempt, but whatever. I find it cool.
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Feb 26, 2017 19:08
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Is there any advantage to having more than one flame body pokemon while hatching or is it the same rate as one?
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Feb 27, 2017 06:04
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Theta Zero posted:It doesn't stack. What I figured, thanks!
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Feb 27, 2017 06:51
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OgreNoah posted:Way faster. Bottle caps are not super abundant and if you've got 6IV dittos it's super easy to get the correct 5IVs or even 6IVs. Getting to 100 takes so long now that Blissey Hidden Bases are no more. But how long does it take to get a 6IV ditto?
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Feb 27, 2017 19:17
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Dienes posted:A couple minutes after asking for one. Right  I wouldn't mind having one, to be fair. iospace fucked around with this message at 19:24 on Feb 27, 2017 |
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Feb 27, 2017 19:21
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I usually grind Sos battles in resolution cave if I need attack (dugtrio) or speed (golbat) evs. Usually gets a good chunk of levels before the target uses struggle. Add in ev items and you can easily max out that ev in that time I've found.
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Mar 1, 2017 20:29
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I got lucky enough to have a wonder trade boost while dumping 3 boxes of rejects. And then manage to pick up a reject off someone with the nature I wanted.
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Mar 3, 2017 01:02
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LEGO Genetics posted:Regarding counterpicks; We've known since Emerald that the Frontier/Tower/Subway/Maison has been a bunch of cheating BS that only the AI can access I didn't know the AI had access to Tapus and ultra beasts. On that note, I didn't know that Tapus were legal so all mine have bad natures.
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Mar 3, 2017 14:32
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Paul.Power posted:I just straight-up taunted the Totem Mimikyu by opening with Pikachu and Volt-switching out. One part  one part 
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Mar 5, 2017 01:44
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I have four shineys. One I caught off an SOS chain (golbat), two are blatantly hacked ones I got off Wonder Trade (Lvl 1 Sandygast with a champion ribbon and Lvl 5 Eevee with champion ribbon and a footprint ribbon, both with 6IV and Pokerus), and the last one has enough plausible deniability to it but is likely hacked (Turtwig with 6IV but nothing else). I had better luck finding them in X though, but I can't find my cart anywhere (read: too lazy to dig it up).
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Mar 5, 2017 18:41
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OgreNoah posted:BP seems really easy to get if you've got Pokemon Bank and a ton of breedjects just sitting in it. Mine's about half full, generates BP really fast. I had 600some when I got Moon, let me buy all the mega stones i wanted. How does that work then?
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Mar 5, 2017 19:17
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Hammerite posted:Masuda Method makes a much greater difference than Shiny Charm does (unless they changed it this gen) so it's not that unlikely. They stack, by the way.
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Mar 5, 2017 19:32
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OgreNoah posted:You put a bunch of Pokemon in the online bank, and it generates 1BP per some amount of Pokemon in there that you can have it sent as BP or pokemiles to your game when you login to bank. Ak, ok. How often does it generate then?
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Mar 5, 2017 20:33
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Nth Doctor posted:Alright. Since I can't get rid of this code any other way, here's a bottle cap code! as requested: 
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Mar 15, 2017 22:26
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Countblanc posted:gunk shot oddium posted:gunk shot
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Mar 15, 2017 23:49
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So Kanto x Alola is live! Team Participation Trophy has participated. I only got one move off across all three battles: a splash.
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Mar 17, 2017 02:03
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AlternateNu posted:I think the AI attached to that Electrode is hosed. I've had the same thing happen where I had one dude left at 1/4 health choice locked into Focus Blast and they throw out Electrode which is guaranteed to outrun my dude. I missed with Focus Blast twice in a row, and it decided to just try to set up instead of finishing me. I think that's an AI thing in general. It wants to set up SO BAD but won't go for the kills when it's in range.
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Mar 17, 2017 02:51
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Bongo Bill posted:gently caress you if you don't like Trubbish. Trubbish is trash 
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Mar 23, 2017 05:44
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Hustlin Floh posted:You're allowed one single favorite poke from previous generations. A franchise poke. Pidgey family (real talk: back in X when I encountered a Pidgey I squeed. That family was one of my regulars in Gen I)
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Mar 24, 2017 03:51
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Hey guys, want 4000 FC, 5 rare candies, and a love ball? Hatch 200k eggs. Well, help anyway. You have to contribute 3.
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Mar 28, 2017 05:24
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Also new competition details up: https://3ds.pokemon-gl.com/information/2264176e-fe49-4c1b-99c6-c970d74d8ae9 Alolan dex only doubles. No megas or the usual legendaries.
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Mar 28, 2017 06:14
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Just checked, it's over 128k. I think for the last time it already had passed that amount.
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Mar 28, 2017 14:13
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DizzyBum posted:Oh, nice, I got a decent doubles team halfway done for the Battle of Alola. Maybe I can actually get it done in time for this one! I'm debating if I want to use Team Participation Trophy again or actually try this time.
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Mar 28, 2017 19:56
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Dizz posted:https://pastebin.com/ujsiMkWj Random question: how do you get the team format like that exactly? Is it something to do with Showdown?
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Mar 29, 2017 20:48
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Someone please stop me from continuing the shiny Mimikyu project.  BUT IT'S SO GRAYSCALE AND RETRO AND I WANT ONE
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Mar 30, 2017 05:49
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Dizz posted:E: Third game, barely get a win thanks to Ninetales. http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7vgc2017-554618123 my only quibble watching this was you focused down PoryZ while it was recharging when you could have taken out Palossand with snarl. Would have left Arcanine up to at least get a STAB flamethrower off on Celesteela before the death of it. But sometimes, the opponent is even more dumb! Squeaker wins are fun. Dizz posted:I hope you aren't chaining for one I'm breeding one  Chaining for one when I need it a very specific way (trick room setter) is a bigger gamble.
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Mar 30, 2017 17:01
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Rangpur posted:I have a shiny Mimikyu. May yours not require leveling to 100 and forcing a Gold bottle cap down it's throat to be viable in competitions. At best, mine will require 0 regular bottle caps. At worst, it'll need 4 
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Mar 30, 2017 17:24
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Dicking around on Showdown using VGC rules. Encounter an obvious trick room team. Dumpster the guy's Hariyama. Instant forfeit (also me being a derp with my attacks).
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Jithendra posted:No actually, using Trick Room again returns the dimensions back to normal. So one way to counter trick room is to have your own pokemon that can use Trick Room, and either use it yourself or have your Trick Room mon use Imprison so that the opponent can't use it. You could also use Taunt or Roar to prevent it from going up, since Trick Room has negative priority, so it will go last. Mental Herb Inner Focus Oranguru cheeses all those mechanics, but it's squishy as all hell. Porygon2 can usually tank the focus fire but is weak to taunts and flinches. Mimikyu has some flinch immunity thanks to typing, can use a mental herb, but if the disguise goes down it's squishy. Hrist posted:That makes sense then. Trick Room has always gone over my head beyond wanting to use something incredibly slow on your team. Trick Room also has the advantage of having bulky 'Mons. What would normally go towards speed can be dumped into HP or some defense stat.
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