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Need some help guys… which set of teams do you like the best…
A)
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B)
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C)
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A2
See above…
Oh ok sorry, then A
That’s what I’m leaning towards… I just need to know if Vulpix and Ninetales are in Sun or ion. That set is based on Vulpix being a Moon exclusive.
Most places that talk about version exclusive info that I saw showed Vulpix/Ninetales as Sun exclusives
C1
No no. I should have been more specific. One team is for my Sun and the other is my Moon… so just A, B, or C. Not just one team…
For people wondering when you get Earthquake, Sensu Oricorio and Type: Null
They’re all post-game, EQ and T:N Definetley
Interesante
Does anyone know how many shops have boutiques and does anyone have the hairstyle pastebin?
Breath of the Wild looks so good omg
For anyone wondering Stamina is a per-hit basis ability
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/oususpecttest-474685675
I’m so confused
VGC 17 play testing here I come!
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Tapu Koko (Zap Plate / Life Orb)
Thunder
Volt Switch
Dazzling Gleam
Hidden Power (Ice)
[4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe]
ELECTRIC SURGE
(Timid +Spe -Atk)
Alolan Raichu (Electric-Z)
Thunder
Volt Switch
Psychic
Fake Out
[4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe]
SURGE SURFER
(Modest +SpA -Atk)
Male Gastrodon (Leftovers)
Scald
Earth Power
Ice Beam
Recover
[252 HP / 244 Def / 12 Spe]
STORM DRAIN
(Bold +Def -Atk)
Pelipper (Damp Rock)
Hurricane
Hydro Pump
U-Turn
Protect / Roost
[248 HP / 200 SpD / 60 Spe]
DRIZZLE
(Calm +SpD -Atk)
Golisopod (Red Card)
Leech Life
First Impression
Aqua Jet
Sucker Punch
[248 HP / 252 Atk / 8 SpD]
EMERGENCY EXIT
(Adamant +Atk -SpA)
Goodra (Assault Vest)
Draco Meteor
Thunder
Focus Blast
Fire Blast
[252 HP / 84 Def / 172 SpA]
SAP SIPPER
(Modest +SpA -Atk)
Needs more Protect
Yea I don’t disagree.
I lowkey would put passimian because of receiver if one your terrain or weather user dies he can have the ability plus he has acces to the sunny day and rain dance
I’ve thought about it a lot. I’m sure I’ll play test it some. But I just can’t get behind the initial idea of using a Pokémon thats made to do little more than make it less inconvenient when one of the other ‘mons die.
No ones commenting on the troll that is Red Card Golisopod. lol
I really want Vikavolt to be able to fly.
Pokeride though!
I TOTALLY FORGOT ABOUT THAT… I NO LONGER NEED A DESIGNATED FLY POKEMON!
2 cents: The single meta will not change alot this gen but the doubles and VGC meta will change drastically. Spotlight is disgusting
Stamina is disgusting
praise GF for not giving him any type of recover. That would have been more disgusting
If only he got Shore Up.
GameFreak said FUDGE your singles meta. We making new Pokémon for the VGC.
!! I probably gonna start playing VGC just to see the potential of more pokemon
Ahh 2017 VGC. The place where Heatran and Aegislash can be Poisoned….and not hide behind a Substitute all day
I really wanna build a team around Tapu Bulu in-game but I’m too lazy to reset for the correct nature let alone IVs.
IVs are simple with BP purchasable Bottle Caps tho
Yeh but that means I have to play the Battle Tree and save up BP.
Ugh…
lol But… Battling is fun? That’s like… Why we play Pokémon. Right?
Yeh when it’s against real people. Constantly playing the AI is tedious and boring.
As someone who has only recently started playing against people, I don’t totally resent the AI yet lol.
If it was a Battle Frontier with different facilities I actually wouldn’t mind. But a single Facility can get very boring very fast. Especially when it’s just standard battling.
I really liked the Maison xD But I also only played it in AS. So I didn’t have fatigue that I’m sure others did after having already beat it in XY.
You should totes try to build a Bulu Drought team. Dat Solar Beam doe.
I have two ideas.
One with Max HP, Max SpD, and then Set up with Sub/Bulk Up.
Second one with AV, Max Attack, Max Speed or HP.
this is the reason why I never use legendaries. I am so lazy to reset for nature
Yeh same, I’ve never used them in cartridge teams but damn I really wanna us Bulu.
I want to use tapu lele because of psychic terrain, tapu bulu has potential too
I like Lele a lot. It with Bruxish would allow it to use Strong Jaw over Dazzling.
yep. Strong design and strong potential to be good competitive
Ok how do Bottle Caps work? How much do they cost and how much do they raise? Is it easier than just breeding?
Breeding is still the way to go, bottle caps are more ideal for Legendaries and Mythical Pokemon or, dare I say it.. Ultra Beasts
Bottle Cap : 1 stat maxed it’s IV potential, but doesn’t change the IV’s numerical value which matters from a breeding standpoint. I think valued at 40 – 60 BP.
Gold Cap : Same as above but all stats, not just 1. 200 BP.
I don’t know too much about the ease of breeding.
Oh and the IV numerical value not changing matter for Hidden Power too of course.
Does this mean it needs to start with the nature u want it still?
Yeah because forcefully changing a Pokémon’s personality would come off as offputting
no. I mean do perfect IV’s mean nature doesn’t matter? I’m sure it does tho
Nature is still very important, it still boosts stats even with max IVs
Personally I think breeding will be easier.
I’m just gonna need to convince someone to trade me one of those hacked 6IV Dittos to make it even easier.
hopefully is like XY, when some dude here had like 10 dittos and he was just giving them away lol
Pretty sure I got mine from Heavy back in the days…good times. I used to breed entire teams in a single day
Someone I purchased Pokémon from for my Battle Maison teams randomly gave me a shiny, perfect IV, foreign Ditto as a bonus. Pretty cool stuff.
nice
breeding is the way to go. they cost 60BP for 1 IV and 200BP (gold cap) for all IV
God, might as well not even be in the game at this point
yep. only use for them is for legendaries
Hackers.. . .. Hello! infinite Gold caps <3
…You do realize hackers would just give their pokemon max iv’s to begin with and not muck around with bottle caps, right?
ohhh righhtttt ‘=]
oh no… because now they can catch any wild pokemon and just use the caps they’ve saved in game.. unless they want a shiny. much quicker this way!
What about when you get shinies that have bad IVs
Also the fact a Pokémon can have ‘perfect’ IVs with any Hidden Power now
Really!? That’s once reason i’ve never used that move.. that stupid rule. What determines it’s type now?
Still IVs, but Hyper Training just gives the effects of IVs
200 Maxes out All of the IV’s at once!?
yes
Any confirmation on the looping path for breeders?
Now that would be a cruel feature to take out. lol
Also, EV training since I haven’t seen any confirmation on Horde Battles either.. damn
If Horde Battles don’t come back I guess we’ll be expected to utilize the fact that any wild Pokémon can call for help and just do an endless battle till our EV is where we want it for that stat.
Does the ally calling mechanic rely on chances? Or do they just keep respawning?
Not sure. I know that the less health it has the more likely for them to call. So get ready for that Tapu Nature’s Power spam
This is also the new method for shiny / HA hunting if I’m not mistaken.
Apparently both Horde battles and Super training are not in the game. It seems you’ll have to do ev training through the Festival plaza or do things the old fashion way.
Ok I’m actually really upset about that
At this point I don’t know how much Festival Plaza increases things by, but it can only be assumed its quick high and fast if they’ve removed two of the fastest methods for ev training.
As for IV training, I feel that its fair. Grinding doesn’t seem likely to be that hard, though I haven’t seen any confirmation about how long post game grinding will take, and 200bp, assuming its handed out like candy like in Gen 6, for max iv’s is fair.
Wow D: That’s gonna suck
Do we know when we can first change our clothes?
Aurora Veil’s duration is extended by Light Clay and it stacks with Reflect/Light Screen
If you never want to die, use Snow Warning Ninetales and Dual Screens Claydol
Enjoy it now til the nerf in Gen 8
It was ok .. . and I really don’t know who Buck is .. .
one of the Stat trainer
huh? one of the random trainers in game?
there are five stats trainers in Sinnoh
Cheryl – HP
Riley – Attack
Buck – Defense and SpDef
and two other representing speed and SP A
oh wow… is this after game.. or BW2? I did neither
this is actually on the main game. But you only need to meet Cheryl to continue in the game in DP
Characters you encounter in the story and post game of DPPt, but only Cheryl and Riley are necessary to encounter
Buck is the guy you team up with in Stark Mountain if I remember correctly. An optional quest in DPPt that leads you to capturing Heatran.
Ohhh DP.. had my games wrong :/
No Hordes for EV training? *sigh*
????????????????????? I don’t even do hordes and know that’s an odd choice :/
No Chain fishing either (for those that care)
They also made HA Pokemon a bit more difficult to find (Huge step backward from the DexNav)
bye, so shiny dewpider will not be that easy to get
TBF though, Chain Fishing did make shinies laughably easy to get
Would’ve preferred to have it nerfed than removed though
DexNav was cool. I used it to get Drain Punch Shroomish early on on ORAS. It also had its hidden ability so I got Poison Heal Breloom
I don’t understand GameFreak sometimes. Why remove such a useful feature? ?
Dazzling/Queenly Majesty work on both damage and status priority moves and those influenced by priority boosting abilities, such as Prankster or Triage.
so that means protect will not work agaisnt Tsareena?
What about negative priority moves?
havent read that yet but check this out i think you will like it
http://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/pokemon-sun-moon-battle-mechanics-research.3586701/
I’m pretty sure they stop it from being targeted by priority moves.
Pirate Team:
Primarina
Toucanon
Minior
Dhelmise
Lunala
( ) Arcanine?
Couldn’t decide on a 6th member… maybe empty
@someguyab:disqus i finally understand your golisopod/red card strategy. that is so brilliant and trollish
i can’t wait to play in person with that and see people’s faces when it goes off.
how does it work??
And does that poke keep switching out each hit after the first low hp withdrawal due to it’s ability?
Red Card is a one time use item. Emergency Exit only happens one time after taking damage from an opponent that drops your health below half. EE will only get set off again later if you use something like Leech Life that restores you health back above 50%.
Sadly I think I read that when Red Card and EE both activate, it’s simultaneous. So even though I pick my swap in and my opponent doesn’t, I unfortunately do not get to directly respond to whatever pops out from Red Card.
Burn damage has been reduced to 1/16th the user Max HP regardless of their type.
ugh
They needed to reduce poison damage!
No, because Poison literally only does damage
Burn also halves attack and thus is why it’s getting nerfed
I still say this
they need a poison stronger than toxic lol
THEY NEED CYANIDE! (or polonium)
chlorine. just imagine koffing used chlorine gas. the opposing pokemons skin started peeling
the wild pokemon fainted
='{] Y u do dis?
But no actually.. I’d be happy if the poisoning process restarted each time you withdrew and sent the pokemon out again. Instead of picking up where it left off. Smart idea if u ask me
You mean a Pokémon loses Poison when it switches out? That just defeats the point
Dat indirect Scald nerf doe 🙁
Yeh, I saw this one. It’s a little annoying to whittle wall down. But the main use of Burn was the attack drop anyway.
i heard burn attack drop was nerfed but not comfirmation of that yet
It makes Pokemon with Guts live a little longer.
What determines hidden power now?
IVs still determine Hidden Power I think.
So, without spoilers, from a scale from 1-10 (1 being xy, 10 being bw) how good is the story in sun and moon?
That scale’s not really going to work since its incredibly subjective. Personally I actually Liked XY’s story and though that BW’s story was absolute garbage. However, with my limited knowledge of the story, it seems the the best way to pitch it would be saying if you took the quality of BW’s story, and then gave it the competence of Platinum’s story.
Hmm then you are saying they will be good and worthwhile?
I would say yes. What little I know about the story I love. It has compelling villain’s right up their with Cyrus, fun characters, and some twists that legit caught me off guard and I kind of love. Like finding out who Prof. Kukui’s wife is actually a huge love letter to fans of a specific pokemon game. Really I can’t think of anything that really comes across as bad with the story, but as I stated before my taste’s are different.
11
OVER 9000!
To me it’s by far the best story we’ve ever had in a Pokemon game (better than BW).
Maybe a 13 or 14.
I have a deep hatred for all of the people who compare yungoos and gumshoos to Drumpf.
*Trump
DRUMPF
*TRUMP
Drruuummmpfff 0=]
But yeah.. kind of looks like him.. like a lot
I know But I’d rather Compare them to Dick Gumshoe from Ace Attorney, a much more wholesome and less INFURIATING alternative.
blame GF, they got a lot wrong this gen
It’s not GF that’s the Problem, IT’S THE AMERICAN REPUBLICAN PARTY OR GOP OR WHATEVER. I would be fine with it if he was just some celebrity Nobody really gave a shit about.
Grand
Old
Party
Which is a lie in and of itself.
CORRECT
Golisopod has three priority moves. Damn
One of which is his signature move, strong AF, and +2 prio.
yep that ability sucks but it is not that bad. Wonder if the ability activitates twice.
If you heal then it will activate again
crap. I was hoping to regain health back with leech life and hope that it didnt activate
Nah see you’re thinking about it wrong, gotta embrace the ability and use it to your advantage. It’s good that it can go off again once it heals.
Bug Fake Out and steroids and you’re guaranteed to be able to use it twice if Spikes or SR don’t kill it?
Noice
it needs it.. with that ability :/
So when pokebank is aloud can’t we just transfer stuff to XY for horde and EV training any who?
Pokémon can’t go backwards in generations.
Boooo. Why take that useful stuff out? Goodness gracious
Agreed but, just use a Tapu’s Nature’s Madness a couple times on the wild Pokémon you’re trying to use for EV training. It’ll have minimum HP left. It’ll consistently call for help, beat the newly spawned Pokémon for EVs, and repeat till you need to end the battle.
uhh false swipe ftw
Yea that’s better. Lol
just hope the call in feature has a high percentage
Keep in mind that it seems that nobody has actually used Festival Plaza to see how it effects ev’s, so its probably likely that its just as easy a system, but a bit more balanced.
That too
huh? we can’t transfer item if that’s what you are asking
99% sure they meant PokéBank.
I know.. I think they meant from XY not to.. cuz why go back?
They’re talking about EV training.
I know… but yeah i read that weird. I understand now. still a no