November CoroCoro Leaks Reveal New USUM Info

Japan’s monthly comic magazine, CoroCoro, has once again covered the upcoming Pokémon Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon games with a large spread revealing new information!

  • Necrozma’s new forms, Dusk Mane and Dawn Wings, will both be getting the ability Prism Armor
  • Necrozma can learn a new attack, Photon Geyser (Psychic-type/Sp. Atk), which appears to be usable by both forms
  • Necrozma will also be getting new Z-Moves which will turn Sunsteel Strike into the new Z-move Sunshine Smasher if Dusk Mane, or Moongeist Beam into Moonlight Blaster for Dawn Wings. It appears that this will also be available to Solgaleo and Lunala, respectively, as well.
  • Pokédex Rotom will be getting much more interactive in USUM! You can now befriend Rotom by communicating and interacting with it to increase it’s Z Rotom Power. Rewards for the increased compatibility include being able to use Z-Moves more than once per battle and gaining items and powers through a new feature called Rotopon. The latter definitely being a play on Gachapon, the famous capsule machines in Japan which Pokémon and Pokéballs took inspiration from

Check out the full scans below:

The new extra Z-Move sounds pretty game changing, but we’re hoping it’s only for the story mode! Happy to see Rotom will be playing a larger roles in the new games, or are you hyped for Necrozma’s new found abilities and moves?

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548 thoughts on “November CoroCoro Leaks Reveal New USUM Info”

  1. Yessss Z moves for my favorite Solgaleo already loving this game!
    Rotom Power sounds as OP as pokemon Amie. I want to use it for the items but idk if I should. The raise of exp + Pokemon refresh doesn’t sound fun. But hey they are adding minigames and all that? I’m definitely using it after I beat the game!

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  2. Can someone get a clearer picture of the image with the Arcanine double battle? Some people on another thread think it’s a new Pokemon in the battle because they don’t recognize the model but the image is a little blurry.

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  3. Minior pet peeve
    So I watched the dubbed episode to clarify if Kiawe’s Marowak was male (the jap version sounded female but it is definitely a male) and it was shown to use Shadow Bone and Bonemerang and some kinda Headbutt attack but Bulbapedia only lists Flame Wheel as its only used attack

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  4. So happy the legends got Z-moves, it was sorely needed. Wonder if Necrozma will get its own Z-Move, at least one in the speculated ‘pure light’ form?

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      • Why though? Dusk Mane is a better Solgaleo so far and Dusk Wings a weaker but more consistent option considering entry hazards exist

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        • But here’s the thing
          It’s still much worse considering I like Dawn Wings
          Prism armor does NOTHING considering all the dark moves that it needs to live STILL kill it on one shot, even with Prism Armor. It doesn’t actually do all that much for it. Its only weaknesses are two 4x’s and it doesn’t do anything to fix that. The only difference with it is Lunala dies Guaranteed now rather than living 4x hits with 80% health
          Plus, it resisted neutral moves. Its a huge downgrade
          There is ZERO benefit to the ability
          I could care less about Dusk Mane

          Also literally everything went wrong today.

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  5. So the new Z moves transform SunSteel Strike and Moongeist Veam into different moves or the new moves are what the Z moves are called?

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  6. For some reason can’t get on Pokejungle on my phone anymore, it says “Bad Request” on a white Page instead of getting me to PJ. Any ideas how to fix it?

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  7. So Stardew Valley update
    I’m finally getting the hang of things
    Making decent profit selling blueberries and melons
    I finally hit 40+ in the mines (I need a better weapon and gear)
    Finally making iron ingots to finally start working on upgrading my tools
    And Summer is drawing to a close and will focus on animals and mining in the fall

    I suck at doing the Community Center though

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    • So apparently new z moves belongs to Solgaleo/Lunala but Necrozma can use both depending on the form, the new move (not z-move) is for Necrozma and is a psychic special move. DM Necrozma will not benefit of it if it’s attack oriented however or maybe both of the new forms will be special oriented, who knows…

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  8. Well, I’m thinking about my USUM team and their nicknames. This is what I know I’ll use:
    Decidueye
    LycanDusk
    Alolan Persian named Joey (after one of my cats that looks like it and I just like the mon)
    I might use:
    Togedemaru
    Alolan Sandslash
    Araquanid
    Ribombee
    Kommo-o
    Oricorio
    Crabominable

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    • I think new Lunala will be fine I did some damage calculations for max defense lunala, and it takes two knock offs from max attack jolly weavile, and two knock offs from Alolan Muk. Krookodile adamament crunch only does 45 to 54%. This based off of Normal Lunala Bold nature with 252 hp and 252 defense. I just want to test it, and thought I would share my findings.

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  9. Boy, the Chroma league on pokken got intense in the tournament… They have pretty tough counters and know all the when tos and restraints from attacks…

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    • Here’s help (Trust me, I know the game, I’m one of the best Deci’s in the world)
      Learn the character’s priorities. Some counters, grabs, and attacks can be broken if you choose the right moment to attack.
      For example, Decidueye can grab blaziken through his kicks if timed right despite the kicks normally beating grabs

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      • I noticed counter or nulled attacks occur, but i am not familiar enough with the game to really grasp how to break counters effectively, i usually just wait for them to stop countering and find a way to overpower them, like with an assist pokemon or synergy burst. I realize it’s not always a practical approach, but i am at the champion now, just saved prior to and will try him today.

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  10. Really hope we get access to the UBs around the same time we get access to legends in ORAS, or at least get to use them in a big enough postgame. Want to use Adhesive and Nihilego to solidify myself as your poison prince of PJN >:)

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    • Yeah that’s the one problem I have with the new UBs. They’re amazing, but I won’t ever use them as we won’t get then until post game…..It’s a shame really

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    • I mean, you don’t have much competition if any.

      And yeah we’ll probably access these areas in pos-game ( except the Necrozma one)

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      • Nah, I’ve recently done two monopoisons so my first playthrough of USUM isn’t gonna be any mono. But I might poison mono it some day, especially it we get a poison form of anything and Nihilego/Adhesive at decent levels

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  11. Yo, I need help on deciding my US team. With us being 77% of the way through pre-release season I have to consider the possibility that we are not getting Alola forms of Johto Pokémon. I am considering this because I want to plan my team for the starter that I haven’t used yet-Decidueye. Currently I have:

    Decidueye
    Dusk Lycanroc
    Toucannon
    Togedamaru
    Comfey

    These are all Pokémon that I haven’t used before (yes I haven’t used Lycanroc yet). Now I am also considering using Mimikyu in place of Comfey-even though I have already used it before-because it is my favorite Pokémon this generation and it is very likely to get an exclusive Z-move. Below is the list of Pokémon that I am considering for the 6th place:

    -Wishiwashi
    -Araquanid
    -Passimian
    -Golisopod
    -Pyukumuku
    -Bruxish
    -Maybe a Pokémon that is now added to the Alola regional Dex that I really like. I am thinking of Volcarona.

    Anyway let me know if you think I should make the fairy type replacement and which Pokémon Of the ones that I have listed by name should be my 6th Pokémon.

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    • Arquanid, Passimian and Pyuku are great mons (even tho one of them NEEEDS a Water/Fighting evo). If I were you, I’d breed a Shiny mimikyu, level it up to the level that you can obtain Mimikyu at in USUM and trade it to USUM, but only if it gets the exclusive Z-move.

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      • I am guessing that you are talking about Pyuku when you say that one of them needs a Water/Fighting evolution. I actually prefer catching all my Pokémon live through my first playthrough of a game-with this game having a story that is quite modified from SM, I am thinking of just catching a Mimikyu if I do flip on my Fairy type.

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    • Tbh if I was you I’d go for an adaptive team because it allows much more freedom, it gave me my first Sun team and whilst the natures were bad the species were great

      Although if you’re defo planning, I’d say avoid Pyuku because it’s hard to use, whilst Bruxish is an interesting mon with two great abilities and a pretty good movepool.

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      • I have been thinking about British as well, but its design is actually my least favorite this generation. There were even times when I had been planning for my other two runs that I internally said to myself that I wouldn’t use Bruxish. However, I have already used Araquanid, Golisopod, and Wishiwashi. So of the other three I am thinking that Bruxish is the best choice in terms of movepool, typing, and ability. I will probably really like it after using it like I have had with other Pokémon that I disliked initially. I guess to some extent I am just a stickler when it comes to using Pokémon that I like. There is also the 1% chance encounter it that is kind of off-putting.

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  12. Man I’m so happy about this Pokemon news. I just want USUM to be out now! These games look fine. My grades are also getting slightly better too! Man I’m so happy. I just need to find shiny suicine today and I’m good.

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  13. Photon Geyser? Moonlight Blaster? Man these names are amazing, props for those who made/translated these. Also, more than one Z-move per battle? Isn’t that a little op?

    Not a little bit?

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