Start, End Dates for Legendary Bird Trio Announced for GO

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Niantic has announced the official start and end dates for the original legendary bird trio in Pokémon GO via twitter!

  • Articuno: now until July 31st
  • Moltres: July 31st to August 7th
  • Zapdos: August 7th to August 14th

Like Articuno and Lugia, Moltres and Zapdos will only be encountered and caught via Legendary Raid Battles. Each only last one week, so catch ’em while you can! No official end date was given for Lugia.

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  2. When do you all get your final grades and stuff? Mines aren’t until the 8th of August even though my last exam was like end of May

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  3. So unless they loop back for Firium Z, Ash doesn’t have Firium Z. He’ll probably get Z-crystals that match at least one of his Pokémon’s types, so I’m guessing that Ash’s Litten is defo gonna evolve?

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  12. Bee Fakemon!

    Buzzoney
    Bug/Flying
    The Honey Bee pokemon
    They are diffrent from other “bee” pokemon, they focus more on making honey. They were close to extinction, but they learned to outspeed their predators.

    Evolves into Honeyctar after learning Honey Drink (it can learn either Honey Drink or Honey Attack)

    Honeyctar (Honey + Nectar)
    Bug/Flying
    The Collector Bee Pokemon
    They collect all the ingredients needed to create honey. People often give them other foods for exchange for their honey.

    Signature Move:
    Honey Drink
    Bug
    Status
    10 PP
    Restores up to 35% of user’s HP and boosts user’s speed

    Evolves into Honeyctor after learning Honey Attack (it can learn either Honey Attack or Honey Drink at level 33)

    Honeyctor (Honey + Protector)
    Bug/Fighting
    The Bee Soldier Pokemon
    A part of Buzzoney are chosen to protect the honey. They are great fighters, they can use their weapons with extreme speed. Their wings can’t be used to fly.

    Signature Move:

    Honey Attack
    Physical
    10 PP
    70 Power
    Lowers target’s speed and attack

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    • I’d change Honey Drink to 33% (1/3rd) health recovery, it’s just nicer to deal with smaller fractions (1/3rd rather than 7/20ths) and it’s easier to keep track of numbers because you just have to divide your Pokémon’s health by 3 to get a rough idea of how much health it recovers.

      Honey Attack needs a better name imo (Honey Spill? Honey Strike? Honey Splatter? Honey Burst?) and I think 70 power + lowering two stats is a bit too strong, seeing as Lunge is only 10 power stronger and only lowers attack, and Trop Kick has the same power and only lowers attack. Maybe put it up to 80 power (so it’s on par with Lunge) and have it only lower Speed? Makes it a nicer counterpart to Honey Drink – one heals and raises your speed, another harms and lowers their speed.

      The names need work and I think a gender divide would work better to determine evo, but overall good concept

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      • You’re right! And Honey Strike sounds waaaay better. But I avoided the gender divide on purpose, I wanted them to be unique.

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  14. I got my switch 3 days ago with Splatoon 2 and God I love it so much. I’ve never played a shooter before but I haven’t enjoyed a game this much since playing the original Mario when I was a kid. I’m already level 15, trying to climb the ladder in ranked which can be very frustrating at times. What gear abilities do you recommend if I want to main the Octobrush in ranked (I’m using the Aerospray MG in turf war)? I was thinking of Ninja Squid with a few Swim Speed Ups but other than that, what should I run?

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  22. Well since my bitchassholec*ntsuckers cut my work days it’s officially my weekend
    time to just play splatoon and play movies on netflix until somebody forces me to stop or i pass out

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