Greetings, Trainers! It’s now been a week since the release of Sword and Shield and competitive battlers are beginning to get a feel for the Gen 8 competitive scene. The cream of the crop amongst Galar’s newly-discovered Pokémon are starting become apparent, and strategies are beginning to coalesce.
It’s early days yet, but there’s no time like the present to dive into the Wild Area of the Pokémon Showdown OU meta and take a glance at just a small handful of Galar’s native contenders!
Dragapult
This won’t come as a surprise to many of you – Gen 8’s pseudo-legendary Dragon is almost certainly going to be a game-changer thanks to a good typing and high base stat total.
Despite being big-headed, Dragapult’s power lies mainly on the physical spectrum and it has just enough of a movepool to back it up. Dragon Darts is by far the best physical Dragon move in the game, beating Dragon Claw for power and Outrage for reliability. Dragon Dance remains an excellent boosting move, and Steel Wing provides acceptable coverage against Fairy types on a boosting set. Alternatively, U-Turn favours a more exploitative playstyle compared to a traditional Dragon Dance set, helping Dragapult identify foes that seek to keep it in check (particularly Tyranitar) and bringing partners into battle safely.
Dragapult’s lack of access to physical Ghost STAB outside of the gimmicky Phantom Force is disappointing, but it’s made up for by a good 100 base Special Attack. This enables it to run mixed sets very effectively with moves such as Shadow Ball, Thunderbolt and Fire Blast – who knows, an entirely special set could be an effective lure depending on how the meta develops!
Dragapult’s bulk isn’t awful, but with so much Speed those 600 points of base stats have to come from somewhere. Most other pseudo-legendary Dragons like Dragonite and Garchomp have historically been able to adopt defensive roles alongside more offensive loadouts; however, this doesn’t seem a viable option for the frailer Stealth Pokémon despite possessing a very fast Will-O-Wisp.
Still, the watchword with Dragapult is unpredictability. No matter how well you build your team, Galar’s pseudo-legendary might just have the moves to break it right open!
Galarian Corsola
Pro-tip: If you’re speculating on how a new Gen might affect competitive play, look for existing species that can now make use of Eviolite. Corsola was already a fantastic candidate, with solid if not inspiring defensive stats, and a small measure of utility with access to Stealth Rock; now it’s one of the bulkiest walls in the entire Galar meta!
Corsola’s make-over has been more dramatic than a mere stat boost. A newfound Ghost typing grants it two useful immunities and cuts back on the horrific number of weaknesses associated with Water and Rock. New access to Will-O-Wisp and Strength Sap leaves physical attackers wailing in frustration, and while Night Shade won’t be making teams quake, it crucially enables Galarian Corsola to break through Substitutes and avoid becoming setup bait for Pokémon that would usually prey on passive walls.
However, it’s not all sunshine and shallow seas for the deceased coral. Corsola lost two great assets in the migration to Galar, namely Recover and Regenerator. Combined with an inability to hold Leftovers, Galarian Cosola is heavily dependent on Strength Sap to remain healthy. This said, Cursed Body is far from a poor trade-off with Regenerator. We’ve rarely seen this ability on a primarily defensive Pokémon and it can heavily neuter attackers relying on a single STAB move or Choice items, granting Galarian Corsola the space to set up Stealth Rock or recover health from the opponent’s likely switch-in.
Barraskewda
My great grandfather enjoyed prize pike fishing, so it was charming to first see the Barraskewda family in Galar; what I didn’t anticipate was that this dowdy regional fish would possess the potential to be a nuclear force in competitive battles! With an excellent Attack stat of 123 and a truly blazing Speed stat of 136, Barraskewda makes Sharpedo look like a tugboat. It also has a great physical movepool to utilise this stat distribution, including Psychic Fangs, Crunch and, incredibly, Close Combat!
Given these assets some might be disappointed that Barraskewda only has access to the common Swift Swim ability (and the singles-irrelevant Propeller Tail), but this is more complementary to the Skewer Pokémon’s role than might first appear. Under rain, it is virtually impossible to get the jump on Barraskewda and revenge kill it without using priority moves, and the boost to Water attacks enables it to score clean KOs without fear of retaliation. Barraskewda’s low defenses and Liquidation’s merely decent base power will force the fish to pick on weakened foes much of the time, adopting a hit-and-run strategy, but a rain-focused team could help it to sweep much more effectively.
Cinderace
Boy, this thing is going to be phenomenal once the Hidden Ability is released. Protean remains one of the most busted abilities in the game, and Cinderace seems set to follow in Greninja’s footsteps as a defining top-tier attacker thanks to Libero, a straight clone of Protean. The Ninja Pokémon might have been a faster starter, but Cinderace boasts 13 more points in its highest attacking stat, and that matters.
Cinderace’s signature move, Pyro Ball, is probably the best Fire move in the game, trading Flare Blitz’s recoil damage for a slight dip in accuracy. Other high-powered moves ripe for a STAB boost include High Jump Kick, Iron Head, Gunk Shot and Zen Headbutt; about the only OU walls that Libero Cinderace can’t blow straight through are Hippowdon, which will be forced to use precious turns Slacking Off, and Galarian Corsola. The striker is also a brilliant user of U-Turn, enabling a canny player to identify the Pokémon the opponent needs to keep healthy to stop the rampaging rabbit, and act accordingly.
Thankfully, Barraskewda outspeeds and has little trouble KOing Cinderace regardless of what type it might be at the time. Failing this, chip damage and entry hazards (especially Stealth Rock) can help set up a coup de grace with a priority move, as Cinderace’s bulk is quite poor.
For the moment, Cinderace’s stats are good enough for it eke out a little top-tier relevance, but the lack of a secondary STAB is going to leave it struggling to break through both opposing Pokémon (namely Toxapex) and the glass ceiling of UU. Once Libero is released though… be prepared.
Honourable mention: Galarian Weezing
It probably comes as little surprise that I’m a fan of this design given I recently adopted it for a cosplay, but Galarian Weezing brings some great traits to the competitive scene, too. Many of these will be familiar to seasoned Trainers – a high Defense stat, Will-O-Wisp, Toxic Spikes, Haze and more – but the Poison Gas Pokemon’s new form possesses an amazing typing in Poison/Fairy. Twinned with Levitate (which is a far better ability than Neutralising Gas, trust me), Galarian Weezing has only two weaknesses, offset by two immunities, two quad-resists and three normal resists! It also gained even more utility with new-found access to Aromatherapy, providing clerical assistance to teams which especially despise status conditions.
Unfortunately, Galarian Weezing’s stats are just a little too low for it to really shine as a premier defensive force (a condition afflicting many Gen 1 Pokémon), and this is compounded by a lack of reliable recovery – it can’t simply shrug off powerful neutral hits as well as the likes of Toxapex and Hippowdon. Still, be in little doubt that it will feature very prominently indeed in lower tiers, spreading burns and poison, walling physical threats and carrying (floating?) teams to victory!
Howzat, Trainers? Have you enjoyed success thus far with any of the Pokémon above, or have they under-performed for your team? Have you hit upon any surprise sleepers you’d care to share? Let us know in the comments or on Discord!
Full credit for all individual Pokémon images goes to Joe Merrick of Serebii.net.
Shame Rillaboom wasn’t mentioned, it’s going to be alright to great in VGC methinks.
Also, G-Corsola is the Chansey replacement. A soul for a soul.
Continuing my quest for legitimate and authentic tableware….
Can I pass down legitimacy by breeding?
I adore Cursola so it is a shame its pre-evolution is so much better!! Corsola isn’t bad either, but Cursola’s deisgn is one of my favourites ever… This is Blissey all over again.
While running around searching for polteageist, I’ve run into a lot of Shiinotic. shiinotic is so cool. I love that pokemon! 😀
If anyone has a drampa they dont mind trading (can trade right back) let me know! Last one I need for my charm 🙂
So, let me get this straight… https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/28346b22d89752b38872a4feebf98cd80bac115730fa8f97f781b0b0712af4db.jpg
That’s an authentic Sinistea, correct?
Monkeyfuzz, I have a Heavy Ball Cufant ready for you!
Thank you. I think the servers are down but I should be on until at least 12am GMT.
YES!
I’ve found 2! Now my living dex will have both phony sinistea/polteageist AND authentic!
I am a fan of Cinderace
I dont remember who asked me for my take on Fallen Order, but i finished it last night and i thoroughly enjoyed it! Didnt expect EA wae still capable or cared enough to produce a quality game but here we are.
Can someone tell me what the gigantamix cooking ingredient does?
I swear this meta is not gonna be fun
Ground Mono is ruined and I’m terrible when trying the new OU
Gym 7 completed? (I caught a Gigantamax Drednaw).
One thing I can say about the 7th gym leader is that they probably have my favorite character design so far.
Cath Palug the Cinderace (Lv. 46)
Mash the Corviknight (Lv. 46)
Nightingale the Frosmoth (Lv. 46)
Ozymandias the Sandaconda (Lv. 46)
Hokusai the Grapploct (Lv. 46)
Enkidu the Indeedee (Lv. 47)
I’m pretty confident that my team isn’t going to change before the 8th gym. I feel pretty content with Nightingale as a team member, and Hokusai was stellar in the last challenge.
You can get any den Pokemon you want with a method of SRing and changing date. I wonder if ther are fixing it with the current server update
So today is gonna be the day i hunt down the last of the TMs and in order to do so i need mun-nay!
So i power leveled my event Meowth “Cha-Ching” to 100 and doing the money making
I think I missed something during the main story. Why does the évents turn thé way they do once we arrive in Winscor ? It’s like all of a sudden they are bad ? But why ? I talk cripted to avoid spoiling anyone but could someone explain to me (I arrived at the league finale so i’m not done yet)
https://twitter.com/vergolophus/status/1197782077434945538
Yayyy i finally got Switch online!! the 12-months sub and the first thing i did was a Max Raid battle with other players and it got me a Gigantamax Centiskorch!! 😀 😀
Very nice, I’ve failed to catch that 5 times. So the servers are back up?
Server seems to be back up
Spent 3 hours last night searching for a pair of authentic sinistea for my living dex. Now here’s the tough question I have to ask…
Anyone got a chipped pot they are willing to part with?
@shinyxatu:disqus are you on to trade?
Yeah definitely, I’ll be ready once I catch this Espeon.
Earthen my friend, are you here?
https://media0.giphy.com/media/3og0IV9FQkDRe2HBzG/giphy.gif
*goes to the digging duo aka Dig and Dug*
“Morning Dig my champion of excavating, strong as a Mudsdale, I’ve come for my daily treasure dig”
*Starts digging*
Finds one Rare Bone
“Good Start”
*Dig stops* “Phew i’m tuckered out”
Me: REEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
No G Darminitan? Really
Gym Challenge is complete and now onto the Champion Cup. (I’m still in the dark of how this part of the league is going to work so I’m quite excited). The 8th Gym challenge was a nice change of pace in terms of gym battles, and I wouldn’t mind if they do something like this in the next gens. It really made the gym feel special.
Team:
Cath Palug the Cinderace (Lv. 48)
Mash the Corviknight (Lv. 47)
Hokusai the Grapploct (Lv. 48)
Ozymandias the Sandaconda (Lv. 48)
Enkidu the Indeedee (Lv. 48)
Nightingale the Frosmoth (Lv. 48)
Hey, I didn’t change any team members this time.
Having a hard time finding sableye and I’m pretty sure I cant even find mawile in shield…
If you need more Poke pals mine and my partner’s FCs are below:
Drit (me): SW-0548-1861-3993
Sprout: SW-1177-0246-0428
I have a few of you but always looking for more friends! My partner has no friends yet and is excited to try multiplayer raids!
What about Dracovish? It doesn’t have a whole lot of bulk or speed, but it has a diverse movepool and the best water type attack in the game. You pair it with a Trick Room Set or you get a couple speed boosts (Or even use Rock Tomb) with allied Pokemon, Fishious Rend does a LOT of damage. 170 before STAB and Strong Jaw with zero drawbacks
I’ve been breeding Snom for 2 days
No shiny
18 boxes of snoms
Cringey meme I made about the National Dex right now starting and ending with Poison types
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/49ebdaa58bee03c51f61b51a4a0a60c558a7f6640de8c03fd1c75dadb2bd831e.jpg
Would anyone be willing to help me out with some trade evolutions in a little while? I need to do Haunter, Rhydon, Swirlix, Shelmet and Karrablast.
Fun fact: Opal developed her magical powers by slurping the souls of Sinistea and Polteageist every morning
Well i just caught myself a 4IV Ditto in a raid, so thats pretty neat imo
Just got to Spikemuth and I can still safely say I’ve had the most fun with a Pokemon game since the original Pokemon Black in 2011. I’m truly enjoying taking my time through this game, stopping for a raid battle or two, some camping, and especially setting the controller down and listening to some of the amazing music in Galar. I’m so overjoyed!
My shiny Snom is Shield Dust I want to die
I hath returned
So what are you magnificent schmucks doing with yourselves in the end game?
I’m breeding my Syncho Indeedees so that whenever i hunt for things i can’t breed i can synchornize them my first target will be Zacian
And once that’s done i’m gonna try and pump out a few competitive mons
Bred a shiny snom, bad ability, need to rebreed it now
Why is my game sometimes flooded with raid requests and activity while other times, like right now, it’s entirely empty? I know my internet is working.
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https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/thumb/0/04/873Frosmoth.png/250px-873Frosmoth.png
https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/thumb/7/79/876Indeedee.png/250px-876Indeedee.png
https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/thumb/5/56/878Cufant.png/250px-878Cufant.png
https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/thumb/7/76/879Copperajah.png/250px-879Copperajah.png
https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/thumb/9/91/880Dracozolt.png/250px-880Dracozolt.png
https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/thumb/0/03/883Arctovish.png/250px-883Arctovish.png
Okay I need some advice. This week I have the chance of going on a free vacation to Florida with a friend. The issue is my asthma has been horrible lately and a part of me is afraid to go. Does anyone here with similar issues know how beach weather effects it?
I just bred 30 Stonjourner and am about to surprise trade them out. Do any of you guys want one? I’d gladly take a Shield exclusive for one! (Or anything else; I’m pretty easy)
I don’t know how it happened so suddenly but I’m now down to 19 Pokémon remaining for my Pokédex! I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. I’ll just say the base stages of some I’m missing to save time: Combee, Corsola, Rotom, Drampa, Turtonator, Sableye, Mawile, Mimikyu, and Deino. The majority of these are locked behind the weather while a few of them are Sword exclusives. I’d appreciate any help from you guys so I can finally wrap this project up. Obviously I can provide almost every other Pokémon in exchange.
I can help you with Combee, Drampa, Turtonator, Sableye, and Deino! I’ll gladly breed you some!
Yo Monkey this Pinchurchin has Electric Surge
Anyone have a chipped pot they are willing to part with? I’ve hunted for hours last night for 2 authentic sinistea and I’d love to evolve one of them for my living dex!
Ugh… I was really hoping to be able to complete this pokedex without bothering any of you but It seems i may not have a choice by the looks. I’ll go as long as I can though.
I don’t have the pot but might be able to help elsewhere.
Why is Indeedee so fat? and why is their arms coming out of their collar bones?
Audino reskins.
Monkeyfuzz, can swoobat line breed with corviknight line? I’ve got one with max HP, Attack, Defense, and Sp.Defense.
I found a Rhyhorn with Metal Burst, Ergo my first competitive Pokemon to bred will be my Rhyperior!
Aargh hunting for HA Snom is more tedious than i expected
Really sad I don’t get WiFi on my switch at uni. Feel a bit left out and it’s nobody’s fault 🙁
don’t worry the stupid online has been messed up for the last 2 days
I can’t enter any max raids, there was a freaking 5star Gmax Charizard that i got into only for it to just not work
My college’s WiFi isn’t compatible either, but if you have ethernet accessibility, adapters go pretty cheap.
You could get a dongle or something
Breeding for an HA Snom you spent your entire first week trying to get, spending the rest of the week trying to catch every mon just so you can get the shiny charm, only to get a shiny with Shield Dust after all that?
Yeah. That fucking hurts
They need to add an item to give a Pokémon it’s Hidden Ability. Doubt they’ll ever do it though.
Getting disconnected alot again. I’m wondering if there is just an issue with the sheer load they are processing or some other issue.
sees a max raid, tries to enter, user not found……
and suddenly i get a 6IV Drednaw…. too bad it female, docile and not gmax
Finally the blue baby demon is mine and my journey continues! I absolutely love it’s nature! Took me 608 encounters. My first Galarian shiny. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/c025c912f35354bb5d937ab19e4d7ac813c335eb4eea68ac94d1e8eb7171d4db.jpg
So much want! The main shiny I want!
Thanks when i saw it i was pretty much like I’m not leaving these woods until I’ve got this shiny. If you try to go for it then the best of luck to you! Also try to beat my encounter rate😉
https://twitter.com/toei_rider_ZIO/status/1198398497990402049
Can’t wait for this
I GOT INTO A FIVE STAR GOLD DITTO RAID WISH ME LUCK
GL with it.
Good luck!
IT BROKE FREE THE BASTARD ON THE THIRD WIGGLE
ANYBODY on and in my friend list i spawned a 4 star gold ditto
I made it in!
This article forgets one thing
Cinderace is an insanely good dyna candidate as it gets both acrobatics and HJK, letting it set up its offensive stats to the point where it becomes nigh unkillable
Ya kno gamefreak should make hidden abilities guaranteed to pass down
Just make a HA capsule that doesn’t work on Legends or those without HAs.
Hell why they made Gigantamax PKs so hard to catch! Jesus!
Got a few Scrappy Farfetch’d and Cursed Body sinistea, I am looking for other HA pokemon, nature and ivs aren’t important as I have a good ditto. Any offers? I would like maybe a HA Corsola, Hattena, Rookiedee and the like,
I have Rookideee, for Farfetch’d.
Alright, let’s go. Link code 0631
Also HA Bunnelby would be nice. Basically, any HA mon.
i got moon Ball Dreepy!
Ok i’ve said it a million times this is without a doubt the worst online system ever
They need a friends only filter
You say that like SuMo doesn’t exist
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/2b1ff444f69f305c87563d4bce517ce050169fa81a5e6cbf070930f48efdc453.jpg
At least you could always link with the right person on that and there was the GTS, flawed as it was.
This game is basically the equivalent of Diamond and Pearl for the modern era. Game Freak is trying their best to figure out the newfangled WiFi systems you’d find in almost any online game after 2010. I applaud their effort and think they did an 8/10 job compared to the past, but there is enormous room for improvement.
I think they did their worst. There is no excuse to this really horribly implemented system especially while we are stepping into 2020.
@BigGuyI:disqus if you are still on they are finally done, if not I’ll catch you Sunday. Sorry it’s taken so long. Dreepy wouldn’t have the HA and raids came up I should probably have ignored..
So I arrived at Wyndon and my entire team is at level 52. Am I underleveled?
hey so whats the deal with like… the giant crop circle thing from that first trailer
Idiot Torkoal using Clear Smog after we had worked down Vanilluxe defenses, at least it didn’t end up mattering.
397 Pokémon. Three remain.
Mawile. The chomp of reality.
Rotom. The jolt of dreams.
Zacian. The dauntless knife.
The trio of fears must be vanquished swiftly to usher in a wave of sparkles and joy.
Have fun in the BOIvern den
Uh oh…
Didnt realize Silvally couldnt breed…
Guess I’ll need to do a second playthrough for another Type: Null
🙁
I realized that a while ago myself, along with Zacian. Living Dexes are not for the faint of heart which is why I’m trying to pace myself.
If you got Gen 7 you could wait for Home, unless you evolved those too.
Just finished the game.
Did anyone notice that there is a furiously moving cursor at the credits scene…
Just caught a 5IV Imposter Ditto! Do I need to keep looking? I mean, Is it even possible to get a 6IV one?
yes its possible via max raid battles
@BigGuyI:disqus You want to trade after this raid?
sure
if i remember correctly
Toxtricity
Naughty Ditto
And something else
Moon Dreepy
Oooooooh I cant wait! Today, I’ll be making bowtie pasta, topped with a mushroom sauce and spicy sausage!
ooo that does sound tasty, my father makes bowtie pasta with parmesan flakes and lots of peas and shrimp smothered in home made sauce
https://twitter.com/Thunderblunder7/status/1198629715772350464
Well I tried so hard to not have to bother you all for my pokedex, but I got really REALLY close!
All I need is Sableye, Rotom, and a member of the Goodra line. If anyone could help that’d be great. I dont have much to trade but I’m looking at my extras and I see a 5IV G-Max Butterfree. Dont know if that’s something anyone would want, or I could breed exclusives… maybe I can make something work.
Just a reminder folks this’ll never be a Bug/Dragon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBfty1fsgAc
Holy hell, Monkeyfuzz this vikavolt is damn near perfect!
Thanks guys, I’m trying to reset my available raids and restock on candies. Makes the raids go faster when you assist!
This is the RARE raid?!? A 3 star krabby?
I’m just gonna knock it out for wasting my time!
guys hurry i got a ditto raid
alright next time i’ll use link code
How do you guys so consistently join friends? You never appear for me to join with…
Can you check the IVs on it?
Well that was a series of unfortunate events…
Turns out when you save to go online, it’s more of a “Save-lite” as it doesnt actually save your progress.
Went to go invite you all to a 5 star Conkeldurr raid;
Joycon Drift made me select “Dont Invite”
I figured it’s ok since I just saved by going online, and reset.
Lost tons of pokedex progress and that nesr perfect vikavolt monkeyfuzz and I raided for.
Cue me being a sad boi.
Do you want my Vikavolt?
Always save frequently gaming 101
Wait a second… my raids are all the same from before… does this mean what I think it means…? i need to redo that vikavolt raid to check something….
Imagine if they gave Frosmoth that extra 75 to its BST that Volcarona has
Imaging the world where Volc and Frosmoth were the Metagross-esque second psuedos and had the obvious cocoon middle stages they should’ve got
A see through chrysalis I’m so for this
Volcarona would be even more terrifying to deal with.
It’s disappointing to me they didn’t make Frosmoth a true mirror to Volcarona yet still ended up cutting Volcarona from the game
Yupp, as I thought it’s a carbon copy.
So, if we find a ditto raid, we can save the game in front of it, and invite friends. If this ditto just so happens to have perfect or 5 IVs, we can do the raid repeatedly and pass them out for at least 24 hours.
Yes, and trade them for foreign ones with the same IVs in other places.
Seems like a good idea to me!
…just gotta find that perfect ditto raid, I guess anything less than a 5 star gold aura wont do, unless we get really really lucky.
a trainersona question for those nerdy enough to care
After their Galar journey where is your trainer character taking residence these days? Does he further his career as a champion (or elite trainer because canon circumstance) by training day and night in the wild area via camping or is he soaking up the good life in one of Galar’s big cities in a ritzy hotel he or she lives in now free of charge
He went crazy with fame and just spends his days in the wild area eating curry and hatching eggs.
He just spends his days in the Wild Area trying to find a G-Max Raid that isn’t Corviknight, Sandaconda, or Centiskorch and generally filling the Dex
I am glad they combined Friendship and affection into one. It was stupid to create affection as a separate thing to begin with.
Really? How does one reliably get sylveon instead of espeon/umbreon?
Not really. Affection is stupidly OP whereas Happiness is just a mechanic that used to be used for two moves and evos.
I dont think I’m meant to catch any G-Max pokemon. Corviknight ran away from me 😭😭😭😪
Does Strong Jaw not buff Jaw Lock?
So Eiscue is good
Wild
Catching pokemon makes you so overlevelled. My team is level 47 and I’m on route 7 going to the 6th gym
I like that theyve gotten Hop different teams each time you battle him as it gives the impression that hes really trying to find himself as a trainer but holy ish are these teams random AF
You’re a Galarian Gym Leader.
Position is your month of birth. First eight months are obvious, if you’re born September-October you can choose between 1/5, 2/6, 3/7, and 4/8 respectively.
You make your own unique Gmax, you can’t use a Gmax introduced in Sword and Shield. Give it a unique Gmax move and its effect.
Optional: Sword and Shield TM handed out. No badge as the badges are just the name of your type lol.
Level and number of Pokemon follows Sword and Shield’s, so here’s the list
1) 19/20 (2) (No Gmax, but can list what you would Gmax)
2) 22/23/24 (No Gmax, but can list what you would Gmax)
3) 25/25/27 (Gmax)
4) 34/34/35/36 (Gmax)
5) 36/36/37/38 (Gmax)
6) 40/40/41/42 (Gmax)
7) 44/45/45/46 (Gmax, unless you’re saying your Gym remains in Spikemuth)
8) 46/46/47/48 (Gmax, can be a double battle if you want but not necessary)
First gym. Bleh.
I’ll just make it ice cuz January is cold and unforgiving (could make it the trainer name too). Generally upset at the fact she’s the first gym this season.
Snover, Jynx. Would gigamax the latter. Move would be G-max Cold Shoulder. Set’s up Hail and ice type stealth rocks
Hands out icy wind tm
Has anyone had any luck finding Feebas on Rt 2? That’s where Serebii lists it, but I’ve been searching for about three in-game hours and no luck.
well the worst is happening, the burnout…
Well I failed to catch that one monkeyfuzz! Thankfully I’ve already got a G-Max Corviknight!
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/68facb97aa70b6c7f3abf68bdac59f1fde14da54fd5719efb01e14a5f0d736d0.jpg 😂😂😂
Because multiple profiles are a thing, I’m doing a Shield nuzlocke.
Rules
1) Nicknames – Nickname must start with the first letter of the final evo’s name
2) If a Pokemon faints, it’s permanently boxed. Either Graveyard Box or Valhalla depending on how well it did.
3) Encounters can be nearest overworld, first raid in that area, or first grass encounter. Can’t leave the area without an encounter, and can’t use a Wishing Piece to force a raid. Nearest Overworld means I can only catch the nearest species, I don’t need to literally fight the first one I see as that prevents raids and grass.
4) Species clause
5) Shiny clause, can’t actively shiny hunt
6) If I do happen to find a shinies, I can exchange them to rez a Pokemon from Valhalla.
Probably forgetting some rules
Anyone want to give me a Fast Ball so I can go catch a Toxel and breed it, one for you too? I have the Egg moves ready, not that the’re useful.
Hop’s rabbit killed my squirrel :'(
Mercy from becoming Beter
Best regional rodent
Ok so i’m just sitting here and isn’t kinda strange that Inteleon completely abandoned any remnants of its camouflage abilities?
Like Crybaby can’t even learn Acid Armor or Camouflage, Drizzile copied Popplio’s gimmick of water balloons and then Inteleon has a pistol finger and a Super Mario cape, no more crying or invisibility powers which would’ve been sick af having a sly water chameleon using his powerful utility belt of abilities to slink in the shadows and make chumps out of opponents
I mean Grookey kept his sticks and Scorbunny’s line still has fancy footwork but Sobble’s whole line just started a new theme with each evolution
gigantamax rotom is just a big red one of these
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Vanillite I was catching killed my Swinub 🙁
Let’s hope Vienna the Vanillite is worth the trouble
you doing a Nuzlocke or somethin?
Wow. My friend sitting next to me shook a berry tree and Leftovers fell out. Didnt know that was possible.
I got one of those in like the third tree I shook. A nice surprise.
Just had a revelation about Bede, at first I thought he was just wearing an uniform that was just oversized for him because he was too young… But it’s just the Jersey that is too long…. Is he wearing one of Opal’s dresses fashioned into a shirt?
The Fairy uniform is just loose like that I think
hello jungle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0Ezf9BbIYk
Sword and shield have been way to far on the easy side… But honestly I’ve had a lot of fun playing through this one. Don’t think I’ve had this much fun since BW. Yeah the game has plenty of issues but it’s surely worth every bit of $60!
Although I did have a tough time getting Zacian in a dive ball lmao
I CAUGHT A GMAX BUTTERFREE!
well Smooth Rock is banned ergo i am completely out of business
What do you guys think would be the best way to distribute starters in the JungleDex? Keep in mind this is hypothetical as the project is purely about the Dex, not about making a game or any other piece of media.
1) Player starts and picks one starter of each type, harder main quest to compensate.
2) Player starts and only gets one starter, selecting from three different groupings depending on where they’re from.
3) Player starts and only gets one starter, but gets to choose another starter from another group twice in the story.
2 and 3 could be combined.
Also, starters are the Sinnoh, Alola, and Hoenn starters due to their high placements
Hmm…
My instinct at first was to support the first option, mostly because it’s never been done before and sounded like it could be interesting, but I think having half of the player’s team filled up with gifts before they could catch anything (and there would really only have six possible combinations if they didn’t want type overlap) seems like a bad idea in the long run. There’s always technically the option to box a starter, but that’s always felt pretty cold to me!
On the other hand, I think having a full 27 dex spaces dedicated to starters and locking the player out of all but three of them (one line) would just be… a bit much?
I think I would lean towards letting the player get one of each set but spacing them out a bit depending where they start sounds like the best answer! It may have been done before, but on giving it some more thought, I can’t say there’s not a good reason that it has and the others haven’t, haha.
3rd
Team Jeff update:
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Maxing boutta get banned in comp literally just because of how it interacts with choice items tbh
I KNOW RIGHT
I’ve been trying to use Runeirigus and the only thing i can think of is a scarfed tricker but every time i try doing it it seems that no matter what i trick the scarf on and they still get to change the move they’re supposed to be locked in
Rune tricks scarf onto Dragapult after it uses Dragon Dance, uses Dragon Darts, am i crazy or is this just not how this is supposed to work
Yay, Adamant G-Max Corviknight.
Nice! I’m glad you finally caught one!
Why the absolute fucc does Conkelldurr get defog now
He waft.
Please don’t
Some movepool choices this gen make no fucking sense
For real? Nice.
@BigGuyI:disqus I have Heavy Ball Drilbur now if you’re interested.
if y’all think i’m exaggerating about Corsola
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8monotype-1016252529
Holy moly. Not gonna lie my friend, I thought you were going to lose that one
New survey for the JungleDex!
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/XHJVMDD
Rodents
Birds
Bugs
Pikaclones
Pseudos
ALSO
Comment your favourite that isn’t already in the dex (or being considered via active survey) or isn’t one of the following (starter/repeating regional/fossil/legend/mythical/UB) and it’ll get in! Everyone has a Fave Choice, and if they’re added in by a survey later you get that choice refunded!
Are you guys actually discounting Megas like I said to? I hate to spoil a bit, but Beedrill is surprisingly high for such a weak bug.
Hmmm, could I request Murkrow and Honchkrow?
(Also, NICE – those are some great starter trios!!)
Accepted! Pretty popular too so I’m sure a lot of people will thank you
Lucario
Toxtricity
Currently grinding up milcery for that shiny.
Need myself some Ashen colored cake
Just beat Raihan! Doing some Max Raid Battles to pass some time.
Cinderace (51), Polteageist (50), Drednaw (50), Grimmsnarl (50), Corviknight (50), and Boltund (51)
THe best thing that could happen to corsola competitive prowess was dying off and becoming a vengeful spirit of Gaia.
i truly hope they move Dracovish to ubers
Slap a Scarf on it and it gets to nuke for free
Pokemon in the JungleDex all evolve by stone, trade, or level, just like Gen 1.
Trade and stone now have minimum levels to evolve Pokemon.
Items that are made redundant by this that affected particular Pokemon will become signature items with unique effects for the Pokemon that get in.
Also, remember to tell me your favourite so I can put it in the Dex!
Anyone have a sableye they can make an egg from?
Wow! This was a great league. Aside from being seriously underleveled for Leon, I can see why people consider him to be one of the most difficult champion battles yet.
Cath Palug the Cinderace (Lv. 59)
Mash the Corviknight (Lv. 59)
Hokusai the Grapploct (Lv. 59)
Enkidu the Indeedee (Lv. 59)
Ozymandias the Sandaconda (Lv. 59)
Carmilla the Dragapult (Lv. 60)-was still a Drakloak during the battle.
Nice! Glad you pulled through!
Exeledus, thanks for the Gigantamax Centiskorch Raid! Beeen wanting it for the longest time and finally managed to catch it. I was really surprised when it used Max Overgrowth and OHKoed my Drednaw lol.
Me: Enjoys Poliwhirl and wishes to have a figure of it
1990’s Japanese figure sellers: Well we’ll give you Wag and Wrath in a set, but Poliwhirl you gotta buy in a more expensive single pack online off a site your not allowed to buy from (I’m not allowed to use E-bay)
Today I’ve been chipping away at my National Living Dex project because I want to get it done sooner rather than later. I’m nearly done with every starter and evolution along with fossils. After that I’ll have a few more legendaries and some others in-between. I’m nearly at the point where I can start organizing everything by number and crossing names off my giant list to narrow my search. This is an exhausting process, and one that I could only do once in my life, but that’s exactly why I’m doing it. For way too long I’ve been putting in a fraction of the effort that I know I can exert to get this done.
Oh my lord bless the person who I could join for a rotom raid!
Now it’s just sableye and the goodra line and my pokedex is complete!
Is anyone with Sword around tonight who can help me with a quick Zacian-Zamazenta exchange and trade back to complete my Pokédex? A Shiny Charm hangs in the balance!
It’s time to start playthrough #2! This will be a Mono-Dragon Challenge Run!