In what will be the last trailers for Pokémon Sun & Moon before they’re released, new Z-moves and other gameplay elements have been shown.
- Decidueye’s signature Z-Move is called Sinister Arrow Raid
- Inceneroar’s signature Z-Move is called Malicious Moonsault
- Primarina’s signature Z-Move is called Oceanic Operetta
- UB-03 Lighting officially revealed, no other details released
- UB-05 Gluttony revealed, no other details released
- Alolan Diglett is officially revealed, and Alolan Dugtrio is seen for the first time outside the special demo – both are Ground/Steel-type
- Alolan Diglett and Dugtrio’s new ability is Tangled Hair, which lowers the opponents speed if they make contact with the Pokémon
- The trailer asks US trainers to come back to the official site for where and when you can get Magearna’s QR code – however it’s been confirmed that in Europe it will be distributed via the Pokémon TV app from December 6th, 2016 onward
- Outside the trailer Necrozma was official revealed stateside as well
Move spoilers Dunsparce gets Air Slash & Dragon Rush
I’d prefer an evo, but baby steps. Also Serene Grace T-Wave and Dragon Rush isn’t going to be fun if it hits
I’m hoping this is them preparing for it. And yes that combo even with T-Wave Nerf.
What’s the twave nerf again?
It has a 10% of missing
EDIT: And paralysis only takes away a third of your speed IIRC
Ah ok
Lower accuracy.
So Ultra Beasts are allowed in VGC? Weird
Ehh not really, if you take a look
Statistical Spoilers, not Story
They have the same BST as the tapu
Hey guys, what’s the Pokemon Team Generator website again? I gotta revamp my teams now that Vulpix is in Sun
but vulpix is in moon while sandshrew is in sun
No…. Vulpix is in Sun and Sandshrew is in Moon… http://www.pokemon-sunmoon.com/en-us/version-exclusives/
I was lied to. seems odd though, vulpix line is more whimsical and moon like where sandslash line is more sun like imo. Oh well, looks like I shall be getting both and trading
https://richi3f.github.io/pokemon-team-planner
The only UBs I like are Pheromosa and Guzzlord.. the others don’t even look like living beings
They’re not supposed to be
I wonder if this is it for Ultra Beasts
Either that this is everything trying to go through
http://whatculture.com/gaming/10-problems-with-pokemon-gold-silver-nobody-wants-to-admit
My gen 7 team:
https://richi3f.github.io/pokemon-team-planner/#primarina+oricorio-baile+araquanid+lurantis+tsareena+lunala
Guys help I’m trying to demonstrate my SuMo Fanfic character doesn’t care for fashion
Do I have him commit that faux pas or nah
Double Denim? Sandals and Socks? These are the only ones I know of.
Second one
Only a monster commits the first (though there’s a very small chance of pulling it off)
I guess go for it, or just do a general mismatch of clothing?
At Poni Island
Incineroar Lvl 54
Crabrawler Lvl 45
Lycanroc Lvl 49
Lurantis Lvl 50
Golisopod Lvl 50
Toucanon Lvl 45
How is Golisopod working for you? Good?
With Switch Mode, I’d imagine pure bliss
I have it set
Golisopod is an absolute monster.
It does huge damage to literally everything, it can also tank hits pretty well.
Wimpod is completely usless though, so if you’re planning to use it,you will have to use EXP share to level it up
how do you like first impression?
It’s a great move and has saved me from a game over many many times.
Not many pokemon can survive
First Impression+sucker punch in the main story
What are your thoughts on the trials? Yay or nay?
Trials Aren’t the revolutionary replacement to gyms I wanted, but they are much better than I originally thought.
They aren’t really that big of a departure from gyms, all of them involve battling along with some other task.
The best thing about them are the totem battles. They are actually hard.
Lunala Full Moon phase tonight, don’t miss.
I’d cloudy over here :/
Story spoilers
Saying there are seven trials is misleading, on the last island, there is no trial. The battle with the kahuna takes place as soon as you reach the island without doing any trials. The 7th trial captain(Fairy) just randomly walks by us and gives us the Z crystal. What was the point of having a 7th captain anyway?
Isn’t there a Totem Kommo-o?
there is. But that’s not part of a trial, it’s before you awaken the legend
I’m pretty sure Hapu implies that traversing the Canyon is the trial though, she says it was ‘the first ever trial
Anyone know how early a Flame Body/ Magma Armour ‘mon is available?
Magby and Fletchling can be caught in the second island
Great :), I was worried they wouldn’t appear there until post-game.
gonna see if i can do a speedrun nuzlocke on AS, somebody pick a starter
Treecko, don’t evolve it ’til Lv 21 though.
will do 🙂
So I was going to post a battle regardless of outcome because how interesting it was but then my opponent used Shock Wave Hydreigon
Whyyyy
To beat Gyarados obviously…
Goes with his Superpower Dragonite that like 4HKO’d my Chansey then
My Sun Team:https://richi3f.github.io/pokemon-team-planner/#primarina+lycanroc+marowak-alola+golisopod+golem-alola+kommo-o
My Moon Team:https://richi3f.github.io/pokemon-team-planner/#incineroar+muk-alola+lycanroc-midnight+mudsdale+araquanid+shiinotic
You’re the first person I’ve seen using Shiinotic.
I honestly prefer it to Tsareena or Lurantis so it was really no contest. I was considering using Lurantis instead of Alolan Golem on my Sun team, but they have pretty much the same number of weaknesses and resistances so I went with the one I liked more.
Ok two things. First is how early/is there a breeding daycare? Second is what’s the word on shiny hunting? Is there. New method in the game?
1) Day care is very soon on the second island, Akala.
2) Pokémon can summon allies, and each ally has a chance of a Hidden Ability, good IVs, or a higher chance of being shiny depending on how long it’s been chained. This process can be made easier with a consumable, cheap item called an Adrenaline Orb.
Also, Shiny Charm will be available pre-bank: you get if for completing the Alola Dex, there is no in-game National Dex (bank does have a national Dex, however).
No in game national dex..? That’s stupid.
Even I can’t defend it. There’s only 081 Non-Alola Dex Pokémon available, but Bank is literally coming out in two months
Yeah, but when I transfer them all to S/M won’t they show up as ??? number in summary if there’s no national dex?
Here’s the three possibilities
1) Number is ???
2) They lack a number
3) They will have their numbers but don’t have Pokedex entries (are you okay GameFreak?)
It’s not completely gone, Bank has a Pokedex (about time) and keeps track of the national Dex, but still.
Yeah, but it still kinda sucks. Some people just won’t be able to get a lot of pokemon if they don’t have the bank.
Yeah, hopefully remakes will cover everything not in SuMo
They probably will. D/P remakes about to be sick as hell. I have doubts we’ll get Alola update/sequels tho
Same here, wouldn’t be surprised if we’ll get some elaboration due some minor details in SuMo that tie to Sinnoh but beyond that I’m confident it’s Sinnoh remakes next year
I’m actually outraged rn ggggrrrrrrrr!!!!!
What? You get shiny charm for completing Alola Dex? I assume it’s not that hard thing to do.
It still requires trading and stuff TBF
Especially as I don’t believe you register the opposite mascot at any point
Okay… I need major help. I’m so torn! Here are my teams so far…
Sun:
Decidueye
Crabominable
Lycanroc
Oricorio (Baile Style)
Ninetales (Alola Form)
Moon:
Incineroar
Toucannon
Lycanroc
Oranguru
I don’t know where to put Kommo-o and Bewear, who I really want on my teams… Do I put both on Moon and Toxapex on Sun? Or I was thinking Kommo-o can go to Sun and Dhelmise and Bewear can go to Moon… what are your thoughts? If I put Bewear on Moon that would be 3 Normal types… But if I put Bewear on Sun my team is more vulnerable to more types…
I’d put kommo-o and dhelmise on your moon team and toxapex on your sun team. I would choose either bewear or crabominable for sun, I wouldn’t have both.
Crabominable is on the team regardless… That’s my new favorite Pokemon. He’s a solid fixture on it…
Then personally I would go with toxapex as your last slot for sun
Not Bewear, even though the team would be weak against a ton of types? Or maybe Kommo-o on Sun and then Bewear and Dhelmise on Moon?
You could do that, although that’s three normal types on moon. You might have a hard time with fighting types.
So they’d look like this…
https://richi3f.github.io/pokemon-team-planner/#incineroar+toucannon+lycanroc-midnight+bewear+oranguru+dhelmise
https://richi3f.github.io/pokemon-team-planner/#decidueye+crabominable+oricorio-baile+lycanroc+ninetales-alola+kommo-o
Or this…
https://richi3f.github.io/pokemon-team-planner/#decidueye+crabominable+oricorio-baile+lycanroc+toxapex+ninetales-alola
https://richi3f.github.io/pokemon-team-planner/#incineroar+toucannon+lycanroc-midnight+bewear+oranguru+kommo-o
This is better, although it leaves out dhelmise.
Not gonna lie got excited because I thought you made a pun and then remembered that’s how the word is actually spelt
https://richi3f.github.io/poke…
https://richi3f.github.io/poke…
Unfortunately no pun made :/
Punfortunate :<
And I’d have Oranguru on Sun as the 6th spot but I honestly don’t like having traded Pokemon on my teams… Maybe I can get over it…
https://richi3f.github.io/poke…
https://richi3f.github.io/poke…
It’s quite a predicament. I feel your pain though. It’s hard to make teams in these games.
Not when I was getting three versions… one for each starter, but I’ve decided against that scenario and I’m sticking to two… And, I know that once I start playing the game I’m gonna figure out who I like and don’t… Which may include anyone of these… But I like to get a team set up anyways.
Could you have someone trade you a popplio and then use it in one of your teams?
Nah, I’m good with Jeff’s Rowlet and Cosimo’s Litten as their starters. My best friend is picking Popplipo and Rowlet so
I like the Sun team better than the Moon team, tbh. I say just go with what you want if you’re not overly worried about typing lol
Typing not so much… Sun team is pretty solid except that 6th spot I just don’t know about. Only because I do like Kommo-o, Bewear, and Oranguru…. And I’d have Oranguru on Sun as the 6th spot but I honestly don’t like having traded Pokemon on my teams… Maybe I can get over it…
https://richi3f.github.io/pokemon-team-planner/#decidueye+crabominable+oricorio-baile+lycanroc+oranguru+ninetales-alola
https://richi3f.github.io/pokemon-team-planner/#incineroar+toucannon+lycanroc-midnight+bewear+dhelmise+kommo-o
Get a female and breed it?
Keep in mind Toucannon and Oranguru aren’t weak to Fighting and have SE STAB on them :p
Yes, but Toucannon is slow and has bad defense so it won’t be able to tank many fighting hits, especially because a lot of them carry moves like stone edge and rock slide, even in game. Also don’t forget that lycanroc and incineroar would be weak to fighting on this team as well.
True, although in-game you can get away with that seeing as you can retry if you fail and it’s a relatively minor trade off for using Pokémon you enjoy
That’s fair. I still prefer not repeating types if I don’t have to 😛
My opinion comparing these and ones you want
Sun:
Decidueye
Toucannon or Orocorio Baile
Kommo-o
Crabominable
Lycanroc
Toxapex
Moon:
Incineroar
Oranguru
Ninetales (Alolan)
Lycanroc
Dhelmise
Beware
So, Vuplix is Sun exclusive… And I tend to avoid traded Pokemon on my teams… If Vulpix was Moon exclusive this wouldn’t be such a hard decision to make teams…
But I could have sworn that Vulpix was Moon exclusive
No. It’s sun.
Damn it I have nothing to Give my brother so he can have Oranguru
So what’s everyone’s favourite music track from SuMo that they’ve heard? Keep in mind to spoiler it if it isn’t officially revealed or if it’s a spoiler for a character
Team Skull’s battle theme. I just love it so much I can’t stop listening to it xD They have easily became my favourite Evil Team in all of Pokemon
I’ve recently heard Colress theme and it gave me liiiiiife 😀
Gladions theme. Mystery Dungeon vibes
Champion title defense theme
is anybody else having problems getting into 3ds eshop or pokemon bank?
Has anyone been to Pokémon Symphonic Evolutions? I am asking because they are offering 15 free tickets at my school.
I heard it was amazing. Definitely go if you have the chance. I regret not going when it came to town
I think I will. Also my roommate is a real music aficionado but isn’t into Pokémon. He has only ever played Pokémon Platinum. Do you think he would be interested?
He might it’s mostly all the game music though
He is really into the dramatic scenes and appreciates the soundtrack in movies.
I suggest it
Thanks, he ended up saying no because it was the weekend before the first finals week.
It’s a live orchestra so hell yeah
It was amazing I saw it 2 years ago I will never forget it so yes take them while you still can
I saw a video about it a while ago and it looks like its amazing.
Here is a link:http://www.pokemonsymphony.com/gallery/video-43
Thanks I’ve just signed up for my ticket. In less than an hour I was the 4th person to have signed up for it which I consider impressive since it is a school day and people are in classes right now. (I had to rush over from the med campus to the main campus in like 40 minutes to get it).
GO GO GO IT IS UNBELIEVABLE AND PERFECT
Yea I have already signed up. They are also offering free dinner as well so that is another plus. An issue really is just finding someone else who would like to go with me.
GAH SO BORED
I just finished Pikmin 3 which makes all 3 (i gotta say Pikmin 1 is my favorite to play but Pikmin 3 is my favorite aesthetically)
i swear i’m blowing through Pikmin games like wildfire
I completely burnt out my wow lust
and we’re 3 1/2 days away from SM which is the only thing i want
so yeah Earthen bored
Get into a new series of anything that you can binge in 3 1/2 days?
Earthen I need some gaming advice. I am considering buying a Nintendo Switch and some action/adventure games but they usually get me nervous (specially when there are things out there trying to kill me). How do you guys even play these games? xd
What games?
Hmmm, things like call of duty and all of that. Even Tomb Raider for me lol
Tomb Raider is amazing, screw call of duty.
I started to watch a TR playthrough yesterday and it’s nice but too much action for me lol
There are definitely intense and adrenaline-induced moments.
Doesn’t help that the girl playing screams x)
It really is a good game series though.
I live for the movie so it made me want to see what the game looks like. I don’t even own a tv now so if I buy the NS I’ll have to invest in a tv too
Can’t you just use the handheld as a tv screen though? It’s basically like a handheld that can do console games if you want to look at it like that
Oh yeah, you’re right!
Mysterious and smart, hmmm..
are you working with looker?
And then you could always get a tv/monitor later if you end up wanting to play the games on a bigger screen. 😛
I don’t play any shooting games either
Why I don’t play Fire Emblem, Metroid, or Zelda
Breath of the Wild looks so good but I’m hesitating
Pfff it looks like funland compared to Twilight Princess.
such a masterpiece
It really is great. Probably my second favorite Zelda game.
unpopular opinion i think my favorite is Skyward Sword
i don’t understand why it gets a bad rep
I like Skyward sword a lot. The world building is really nice and I really enjoyed the lore. I also didn’t mind the motion controls.
Omg yes Skyward Sword is easily my favourite Zelda game. I love the world and characters in . Girahim remains one of my favourite Zelda villains, partially cause i love insane aracters like him
Zelda aint scary.
i’m disowning you
I mostly only play from Nintendo
Pokémon, Yoshi, Kirby, a tad bit of Mario
Zelda IS Nintendo
Zelda is that guy with the green hat right?
yes
Princess Link is so amazing
Dude like, what if Zelda was a girl
But from Nintendo that’s all I play from it
Outside of Nintendo
Starfy, Yo-Kai watch, and Digimon
You should play Cave Story
I thought about it but it was too much money… Wait isn’t it 3DS digital exclusive
It’s free on PC fam
http://www.cavestory.org/
Just grab an English patch and play. There are some tutorials if you get confused
totally me
Metroid is fantastic though. I should finish it some time
i’m never heard such a crock of crap
love you too
bite me
*bites you*
I should mention I’ve only ever owned portable consoles + I basically only play PKM and Animal Crossing
Definitely check out Fire Emblem and Zelda. I’d say that should be a good segue from RPGs like Pokémon to more action-y games. Though fair warning everyone’s first Zelda game is their most difficult one because the franchise utilizes the same logic for puzzles throughout the series so it can be quite the head scratcher when first diving in cause you don’t know what to expect.
Then help me… Which teams do I pick?! I can’t decide where to put Kommo-o and Bewear…
Moon:
https://richi3f.github.io/pokemon-team-planner/#incineroar+toucannon+lycanroc-midnight+bewear+oranguru+dhelmise
https://richi3f.github.io/pokemon-team-planner/#incineroar+toucannon+lycanroc-midnight+bewear+dhelmise+kommo-o
https://richi3f.github.io/pokemon-team-planner/#incineroar+toucannon+lycanroc-midnight+bewear+oranguru+kommo-o
Sun:
https://richi3f.github.io/pokemon-team-planner/#decidueye+crabominable+oricorio-baile+lycanroc+oranguru+ninetales-alola
https://richi3f.github.io/pokemon-team-planner/#decidueye+crabominable+oricorio-baile+lycanroc+ninetales-alola+kommo-o
https://richi3f.github.io/pokemon-team-planner/#decidueye+crabominable+oricorio-baile+lycanroc+toxapex+ninetales-alola
I’m bored
You’re bored
Everyone’s bored
Question time!
What’s one thing that you never thought you’d like but when you tried it you loved it?
Mines pretty much everything to do with Rocky Horror, going to see the live show was amazing (until the basophobia kicked up when everyone was doing the Time Warp, my city’s most well known theatre mostly consists of rows of balconies)
Special Life Orb Dragonite in the Rain.
Was doing to slag it but I’ve seen worse gimmicks on paper work extremely well
How does it work?
Abuses 100% accurate Thunder and Hurricane. Also uses Surf for the rain boost, and I gave it Roost in the final slot to heal off Life Orb damage and reset multiscale if needed.
It’s not the best but I didn’t want a generic rain team
Huh
That’s actually a really good strat, the surprise factor also factors in.
252 SpA Life Orb Dragonite Hurricane vs. 252 HP / 0 SpD Ferrothorn: 173-204 (49.1 – 57.9%) — 55.9% chance to 2HKO after Leftovers recovery
Even better when this monster which usually walls Dragonite and Rain teams, gets 2HKOd on the switch.
Oh my God I actually love surprising Ferrothorn
Hidden Power Fire Amoonguss just laughs at it, it’s not doing too much to it but it does have recovery and doesn’t care about T Wave or Leech Seed
But back on topic, that’s actually really clever! Hope I can make a set this good some day, I’m a beginner so I tend to stick to recommended spreads
I’ve always strayed away from recommended spreads. Everyone uses them and they are predictable.
I used Max HP, Max Speed Rotom-W (everyone uses Max HP, Max Def) at the beginning XY, was brilliant outspeeding and burning stuff I really shouldn’t be able to.
I also uses Physical Sap Sipper Goodra, that was fun for a while. Earthquake, Rock Slide, Power Whip.
Yeah, unpredictable but good builds need to happen more tbh
People underestimate how powerful surprise is, heck I lose to bad sets sometimes because I don’t expect them
So I can’t imagine how your opponents feel with good unpredictable sets
Wanna know my favourite.
Head Smash Rock Head Aggron. The trick is I use Head Smash when I’m safe from getting KOd to smack something really hard. They almost always send out a Fighting or Ground type to try and KO me. Bam, hit Mega Evolve, tank the hit and 9 times out of 10 KO them back (especillay if its a fighter using CC). Pair it with a wish passer for more fun.
I actually experiment a lot, cos I get bored of the same thing over and over again.
Fudge that sounds strong
Yeah, I’m getting bored of my stall team because it’s pretty much been stall or be stalled so far, Chansey is actually Satan
Ummm damn I don’t think I have anything but I’ll check this again
Pot. lol But on the real; embracing the competitive sides of my TCG and video game hobbies was something growing up I didn’t really want to do. I enjoyed being the best among my friends, but the competitive nature of these games typically means playing what’s best not what I like best flavor-wise. But every time I embrace a new competitive scene I get hooked and find it to be very intellectually rewarding and just fun in general.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKUw0ytEdhw
Lunala and Zygarde are too cool. Also the UB have good shiny models
Shiny Solgaleo hurts my eyes. The Tapus are cool with the black shells. Some of UB look cool as well. Especially UB-03. I like Marshadows shiny better than it’s original
When building an in-game team does anyone else have certain things they have to have, like a Pokémon based on a mammal, or equal amounts of special and physical attackers? I do and it can get pretty annoying tbh.
Anything cute goes
Goes away or goes on your team?
On my team
I used to always build special teams with maybe one physical attackers and a support, but now for Sun and Moon I’m going to build a team with an extremely fast special sweeper (Raichu), a fast support (Tapu Koko), A fast physical sweeper (Silvally), a bulky defensive physical Pokémon (Mudsdale), a bulky specially defensive special Pokémon (Ninetales), and an undecided support Pokémon. So pretty even this gen.
A pokémon per color XD i didn’t realize until recently but I often make my team visually balanced ahah (Miltank/pink + Emboar/red + Ampharos/yellow + Togekiss/white + Salamence/blue + Trevenant/green for exemple)
When playing new games I try my best to type balance my teams but a little bit of overlap can be fine if I like the Pokémon enough. When going back to play versions I never bought I just check out what Pokémon I haven’t played with yet and use whatever ones sound fun regardless of type.
I still have to type balance, regardless of what play it is, I really dislike overlap 😐
I think overlap is really funny when using Pokémon I wouldn’t normally use cause it makes the team more interesting and memorable to me.
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/82eef378aabd2b233cc751611c4fed41e3aa8f8eda95d7dbdbcc1fb94ee1637c.png
UB-03 Glutton in a nutshell
I need some serious help. The official Pokémon website and various leaks say that Alolan Vulpix is exclusive to Moon, and Sandslash is exclusive to Moon, but the data mine states that is the other way around. Help me!!!
The official site said Vulpix was exclusive to Sun. http://www.pokemon-sunmoon.com/en-us/version-exclusives/
Sorry wrong way round, but my point still stands.
Well… I think the official site is the one you should base it off of…
OK.
???
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/a73549531e12ceb824936f24dfe92d034b8948e9883101bf8cf8395bb209b824.png
Official site says Vulpix is Sun and Sandslash is Moon
im trusting the official site
1. What’s official is official so therefore its right.
2. If you’re referring to the YouTube video with all the stats and moves the video description explains that the version availability got flipped on accident.