As usual, Niantic has released some details on their next update for Pokémon GO!
This time around the latest update to their popular mobile game will make adjustments to the Combat Power of several Pokémon: increasing the CP of Pokémon such as Alakazam, Rhydon, and Gengar (mentioned specifically), and lowering the CP of other, unspecified Pokémon.
In the words of Niantic, “These changes will allow a more balanced and competitive battling and training experience in Gyms. We will continue to adjust the CP going forward to improve the game balance when necessary.”
No word on an official list of all the effected Pokémon, however if you open up the app the changes to CP have already been implanted! Check out Niantic’s official blog for their full statement!
In addition to this, in celebration of Thanksgiving, starting November 22nd users will be able to enjoy a week of double XP and Stardust!
Bet no one is looking but puppy wants a mimikyuu xD https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/4542b376c27f919dd18242ae0464b35d89f0d4bd4be83f6bf4156fe675229dd0.jpg
Went and bought some TMs. Now Golisopod and Komala have payback and shadow claw.
Something I thought was poorly planned out: immeadiatly after the first battle royal with Hau and Gladion, the battle royales are all level 50 Pokemon, and the game doesn’t bump your Pokemon up to that level. So after they hype up this mode, it becomes unplayable for a while.
Completely agree. So I played some Free Royal battles on Battle Spot and I’ve had a great time with that. I can’t wait to get more into Royals once I start getting competitive Pokémon ready.
I can’t wait for. . . BATTLE FRIDAYS!!!!!
I will actually die of happiness if we successfully set up competitive and non competitive tourneys
Out of curiosity, would anyone want to do anything Christmas related? Like a Secret Santa trade, or a Christmas themed tourney, etc
I know it’s not for another month but I still feel it could be really exciting!
I’d be up for a tourney.
Not a fan of secret Santa exchanges.
Yeah I can’t do secret Santa…by law
I’m sure sending someone a Pokémon ain’t gonna get you on any trouble :p
Oh I thought you meant gift.
Nah, that’d be hella tricky to settle over PJ, and I don’t want to sound rude but I’ve only known all of you guys for a few months :s
No I’d totally be up for a trade.
I’m referring to the “other” times
*Montage of people relieving extremely dangerous and lethal gifts*
If there was a secret santa, there would probably need to be some sort of guideline so that people weren’t sending pikipeks and getting 5IV pokemon in return.
Definetley!
I would maybe be interested, but it depends how far I get into S/M. Most of my good stuff is stuck in gen 6
Tbh I think a lot of it will just be shinies, seeing as the shiny charm is easier to get now and chaining is quite reliable
How about no hackmons? 😛
^This
Unless its shiny… .I’d want a 5IV shiny Pikipek
I would put in a level 100 magikarp probably
Do you get salandit on the second or the third island?
second
Cool, thanks!
Second island, about before the third trial.
when can i get type: null? is it post game?
Yep post game
Yeah, Gladion gives you one
He also gives you assortments of drives to give Type Null.
Ok Celeessteela is super broken
Which one is that? White Diamond?
Little miss spams leech seed and protect, and letting beast boost make it a threat
RIP
My diamond… your diamond
PINK DIAMOND!!!!
PINK DIAMOND?! Diancie! Where where where!
ded
RIP. Also where do you get the Diancite?
You can’t just call something broken because you struggle with it. Celesteela is set up bait by anything that has a sub. Hell Charizard X sets up all over it even without sub.
I don’t think you can catch Charmander in the wild.
Probably not, but he’s talking about Showdown.
Oh. But Pokebank isn’t available JUST yet.
They have 2 Metas at the moment.
One that’s similar to in-game.
And one with Pokebank Pokemon available to use.
oy
It also has to sacrifice Special Defense if it wants to attack anything
I struggled with it at first when I didn’t know what it does. Sending in a Ferrothorn for Seed immunity only to be hit by Flamethrower, but after that it’s literally the most predictable thing ever.
I run one and it literally only works when you play around it
Otherwise it’s special attack bait
I’m not sure if I should use Lunaala or not for the E4. The story really left me wanting to use it like in Black and White but I love my team and I don’t know who o apuld replace 🙁
Psst! Use Lunala for the Ghost team!
You mean for the Pokejungle League? I’m fairy type
For the E4.
Pokejungle league? I’m new and confused..
I say try it without lunala and see how it is
I wouldn’t. I hate using Legendaries.
Plus it feels stolen, it was in the care of Lillie originally.
yeah but she gave it to me because she wanted it to be happy in battle
Until it sits in a PC box for eternity after it gets used once. 😛
I swear all these Ultra Beasts and Tapu are driving me nuts
Did you catch any of em?
TBF
Nihilego-What is a physical attack?
Pheromosa-Attack it and it dies
Kartana-Special attack/Fire-Type = ded
Xurkitree-Attack (probably twice) and it dies
Buzzwole-Special attack/Flying-Type = ded
Guzzlord-Lol no its terrible
The thing with most of them is their crazy stat spreads. Pheromosa has paper thin defences, but insane speed and attacking stats. Even finding an opening to get an attack in against it is tough (outside of priority, but that’s where Tapu Lele comes in).
Nihlego has a very trollish speed stat at 103 as well.
Xurkitree with scarf is an amazing late game sweeper (akin to scarf Moxie Pokemon).
The UBs have a lot going for them….except Guzzlord.
I had to use Xuritree against itself to catch the 2nd one.
Sun and Moon legend/special Pokemon list left;
– Magearna
– Marshadow
Wow, they really went all out…
Well, it’s just one Pokemon less than Gen 6’s event Pokemon.
Magearna is discount Diancie, but marshadow is cool at least.
I’m pretty sure Magearna and Diancie are related.
Probably just how Diancie and carbink were “related”.
I.E. Not at all
They should make a movie on how Diancie and Magearna are actually related.
They are very obviously related though?
IIRC they weren’t related
They are though
Ones a spontaneous mutation of the other
Oh, that’s news to me. I stand corrected.
I mean tbh they don’t share that much in common sans broad themes
Feminine
Fairy Types
Princess
No more of a discount than the reptile grass starts or the fighter based Fire starters
Body shape as well.
Also you’re right about the fire starters, but the reptiles are vastly different.
I mean the body styles aren’t that similar?
Like yeah they’re both humanoid but that’s true of most mythicals
Diancie is a bunch of complex shapes whereas Magearna is a bunch of spheres with limbs
They both have the dress-like structure, same eyes, two structures protruding from their head, etc. It’s really not hard to notice the similarities.
But Diancie and Magearna have completely different protrusions, Diancie has ‘ponytails’ and Magearna has ears
It’s all just loose connections, but they look WAY too similar IMO for me to really think it’s that unique. Take for example, Celebi and Mew, they certainly have similar attributes, but not in the same way that these pokemon do.
Magearna is better than Diancie though. Steel/Fairy is a much better typing, they have similar bulk, and Magearna hits harder.
You do realize I’m not talking about stats/competitive niche, right?
When you say ‘discount’ I imagined you were basing it on numbers. My bad.
For the record I like Magearna more than Diancie competitively or otherwise :p
Lol sorry about that wording. xD
Yeh people usually say that about Pokemon that are outclassed by others.
Things like ‘Flygon is a poor man’s Garchomp’ e.t.c.
😉
Thanks for the heads up, I’ll be clearer next time.
Can we all just agree that Guzzlord is terrible
Like its adorable af but a Fairy could just touch it and it’d burn to ash
GUZZLORD IS THE BEST!!!
Not competitively
I don’t care about that.
Well that’s what the comment was about sooooo
If you train it enough it’ll be fine
Its just a worse version of hydreigon
Nah, Hydreigon is meant to be a sweeper with some slight tank aspects whereas Guzzlord is a failure at a more balanced Blissey
Guzzlord is actually pretty bulky even with the paper thin defences. That HP stat helps….but not enough unfortunately.
I never thought it was that cute
Doesn’t learn any poison or steel moves?
TOTEM MIMIKYU HAS A LUM BERRY? T_T
The more you know?
I’m only my 11th attempt at taking down that stupid rip-off pikachu. How the heck is it so powerful?
i used a weak but fast move first turn, broke its disguise, and used the strongest z move i could next turn, just gotta get it down fast so it stops calling for help
I feel like one or two shadow claws from Golisopod would work, but, I swear, Haunter’s hypnosis never misses.
Try giving your Pokemon a Chesto berry?
I’m counting on a z crystal for one of them, but this might work on Golisopod.
I mean… .What starter did you pick?
I can’t even get off a single damage. Not one.
Ok everyone seems to stealing my specially defensive Mudsdale build
Nah fam
It’s extremely obvious, Ground type (threw weaknesses that tend to be special) with a high Defense and defense boosting ability?
It’s very obvious investing in SpD is necessary
Urgh, if only it got Bulk Up. Max HP, Max SpD with Bulk Up would be nice. It actually has a Solid movepool, and it gets CC for those annoying Ferrothorn.
Question
Why is High HP that important because if Wailord has 200 HP It will still die to electricity with its Def.
High HP still lets you tank hits, but it has to be backed with Defenses
It’s easier to wear down lower HP stuff.
I got my ass handed to me 3 times by Blue. That was absolutely ridiculous. 14 Revival Herbs and countless Potions down the drain…but at least I won.
Totem Mimikyu is destroying my team. Ugh.
These games can be seriously challenging, no joke. I think this is a good thing, though. It’s tough while also being lighthearted, as usual.
It’s much tougher than XY, which is absolutely a good thing. Gen 6 IMO presented zero challenge, which wasn’t fun at all after a while, so I’m glad to see that GF hasn’t given up on challenge in Pokemon games after all.
Same, I got hundreds of hours out if it but still didn’t feel like I got that “Pokemon” experience. I can’t say that’s true this time around. When I have to go back and challenge something multiple times to succeed, even if I’m angry, I’m still getting more out of it.
Wow, how was it so ha-Ah you didnt have either Primarina or Lunala did you?
Nope, Incineroar hasn’t been too kind to me…
How painful is it to soft reset to catch Solgaleo/Lunala?
Extremely, since you would be doing it indefinitely.
What do you mean?
I was told that all legendaries are shiny locked.
I just mean for nature. Idc about shinies lol
Oh whoops, I guess soft reset and shiny hunting just go together naturally for me!
Lol but in regards for trying to get a good nature will that be painful? I know for Groudon/Kyogre it was terrible cause of that long ass cutscenes
I think you can save right in front of the legend and it’s basically handed to you right away, no battle really happens, so you should be good.
Oh cool. Thank you!
It was easier if you fainted them first time ’round.
If you abra farmed beforehand like me, once or two tries
I just caught a Dhelmise, now I’m off to find Comfey…wish me luck.
I BEAT MIMIKYU!!!
RNG favored me for once and it missed hypnosis twice.
I can’t beat it ugh
You’ll get lucky eventually.
I am dying right now. So, I caught a level 12 Butterfree in the wild, and it leveled up to 13. So, it had Gust, Confusion, Sleep Powder, and Mega Drain. I swept Hala’s entire team by making them sleep and then gusting them.
Anyone heard about this glitch about saving in Pokemon centers? Does the same thing as in Lumiose city.
Yeah. It sucks, hopefully they’ll patch soon.
Same for battle tree.
Okay just wondering, wasn’t sure if anyone has talked about it. Haven’t been on in a while.
That’s why I’ll save on Exeggutor Island….
I’ve been saving in the Pokemon Center every single time. Thank god I turned out alright before I found out about this.
Came to state they definitely stepped up their difficulty. Litten users probably are fine here, but holy crap the 6th trial is so hard. Im on my 3th loss, and running out of strats. Well played Pokemon Company
I just beat Mimikyu after 12 tries, but just got lucky with RNG.
Its so hard. Play rough and shadow claw like ohko, and haunter hypnosis never misses. Im about to rematch for 4th time
I agree, that Haunter is cheating I swear. Yeah, play rough out OHKO every Pokemon I had other than two, so I basically spammed revives and got lucky.
Lucky! Im doing no items during trainer or important battles, so i just have to take my loss.
I done squished it
I forgot disguise existed and wasted my Malicious Moonsault on it. then promptly murdered the shit out of it, then spent a few minutes looking for one, named it Mimikkun
Pokemon Sun and Moon sold a collective unit of 1.9 million copies in Japan during the first three days of release which is down a slight margin compared to X and Y’s total of 2 million. However, the sales figure for Sun and Moon do not include downloads. Thus, if we were to include downloads to the already massive 1.9 million copies, Sun and Moon sold MUCH more than X/Y. Wait for worldwide figures to come soon.
Wow just found Grimsley on route 15. I love how they’re giving more screen time and more development to so many old characters, such as burnet and Anabel.
At this rate I think I’ll find a shiny Magikarp/Wishiwashi before I find Corsola and Mareanie, but I’m honestly fine with that.
Shiny wishiwashi school form is dumb. It should be only the one fish that’s shiny, maybe the pupil.
SON OF A BITCH
The BP needed to buy all Power Items and a Destiny Knot will cost 160BP
Better start cracking skulls