Watchog’s Meta Watch: Top Three Disappointing Sword & Shield Pokémon

Greetings, Trainers! In recent days we’ve taken a look at some of the new and returning species which are going to determine the shape of the Sword and Shield metagame, but now it’s time to flip the coin and identify the species that have fallen apart under considered analysis. These are Pokémon with deceptively high stats, interesting typings and expansive movepools, but which fatally fall flat at the final hurdle.

It’s not all negative though – we’ll be providing some tips on alternative Pokémon you can use to fulfil broadly the same role as these unfortunates. More importantly, remember to use teams that you personally enjoy playing with; you shouldn’t pay an iota of attention to our nay-saying if you have the skill to pull off sweeps with the Pokémon below! This especially applies in the developing lower tiers, where the competition (but not the players) are just a little softer compared to the cut-throat environment of Pokémon Showdown OU.

Inteleon

Inteleon has some big shoes to fill as far as sleek, non-mammalian Water type starters go. One would be forgiven for thinking that the Secret Agent Pokemon would be the next Greninja after a glance at its stats, with excellent Special Attack and Speed scores.

Unfortunately, Inteleon falls well short of that title. STAB Hydro Pump certainly hurts coming from 120 Special Attack, but Inteleon’s coverage options are pretty uninspiring; Ice Beam is acceptable for taking on predicted Grass and Dragon switch-ins, but Shadow Ball, Dark Pulse and Air Slash are all weak without STAB. Crucially, Inteleon lacks any means of breaking through bulky Water types, leaving it helpless against the likes of the omnipresent Toxapex.

Inteleon boasts an infuriatingly great physical movepool with access to Swords Dance, Liquidation, Sucker Punch, U-Turn, Aqua Jet and Ice Shard, and a physical or mixed set might be tempting if it weren’t irreparably undermined by a paltry 85 base Attack. A Swords Dancing Inteleon would need to boost twice to be seriously threatening, and that’s time it isn’t going to have with the worst defenses of any fully-evolved starter Pokemon. 

Neither of Inteleon’s abilities help salvage the situation. The currently-unreleased Sniper is likely the better of the two given that Inteleon will rarely retain any HP under offensive pressure, but it’s still too unreliable to build a consistent strategy around. Keep this starter for the in-game adventure, folks.

What should you use instead? 

If you need a fast and hard-hitting Water type, use Barraskewda. It, too, is mono-Water, but it has an amazing range of coverage moves to compensate. 

If you want to smash through targets with blistering special attacks, look to Gengar or Salazzle. Both possess good dual STAB moves and can even utilise Nasty Plot.

Gengar has a snazzy new Gigantamax form to boot!

Toxtricity

Toxtricity is blessed with two types that individually boast great competitive relevance, as well as making for a previously-unseen combination and hyper-cool design concept. Electric has been a stand-out offensive type since Gen 1, spelling hurt for popular Water and Flying types with the ubiquitous Thunderbolt. Poison has also long been stellar on the defense, presenting a roadblock for hard-hitting Fighting Pokémon and bringing an immunity to Toxic, often the bane of bulky walls.

Toxtricity’s movepool is also solid, with strong and reliable STAB moves backed up by powerful neutral coverage in Boomburst and even a setup option in Shift Gear. Unlike many attackers (see above), Toxtricity can make good use of both physical and special options with 98 Attack and 115 Special Attack, enabling it to give a wide range of targets a hard time.

Crobat is a classic example of an otherwise-fragile Pokémon redeemed by Poison typing

Dig a little deeper though, and Toxtricity’s plus-points start to look more like minuses. Though good individually, Poison and Electric mesh together quite poorly; Electric’s offensive bent sits awkwardly alongside Poison’s defensive benefits. Despite the fact that Toxtricity can hit a respectable number of targets for neutral damage, it falls disappointingly short against a number of key defensive Pokémon in the metagame. Of Toxapex, Ferrothorn, Hippowdon, Tyranitar and Galarian Corsola, the Punk Pokemon can only strike Toxapex for super-effective damage with its STAB moves.

It’s a similar story on the defense. Electric doesn’t have many weaknesses but it brings few resistances and utterly compounds Toxtricity’s vulnerability to the ever-potent Earthquake. Mediocre defensive stats and unimpressive Speed means Toxtricity will crumble quickly under moderate offensive pressure – this might theoretically lead to a hit-and-run wallbreaking playstyle, but as discussed, Toxtricity struggles to leave a mark on some of Galar’s most relevant bastions.

What should you use instead?

Toxtricity’s typing is literally unique, so there’s really no direct analogue for its capabilities. That said, there’s a wealth of hard-hitting Poison and Electric types in Galar; the likes of Roserade and Galvantula might scratch your itch.

Alternatively, if you were initially attracted to Toxtricity’s mixed capabilites, Hydreigon and Dragapult are excellent picks – both are highly unpredictable and have access to the moves to punish almost any foe.

Frosmoth

Quiver Dance is such a potent move that it’s automatically worth taking a look at any Pokémon that can use it, and Frosmoth is so unique as to be worth a second glance, too. Along with making Milotic look like Garbodor in the beauty department, Frosmoth seemingly has the tools to be an offensive powerhouse with an excellent Special Attack stat and STAB Ice and Bug moves, striking fear into the many relevant Dragon, Flying, Ground and Dark types.

Anyone with even a rudimentary knowledge of competitive Pokémon knows that Bug and Ice are abysmal defensive typings – paired together, it’s no stretch to say that Frosmoth has the worst defensive typing in the game! However, not all is as bad as might seem. Frosmoth is already acceptably bulky on the special side, but with Ice Scales and a Quiver Dance’s Special Defense buff, it’s very far removed from being a mere moth to the flame!

Galar boasts more than one beautiful Ice type…

These are promising foundations for an interesting if flawed win condition. However, much depends on one vital component: Frosmoth needs a good base Speed stat to outpace threats after a single +1 boost or risk being swiftly and easily taken out of commission. Given this, and given that Frosmoth so closely resembles the swift Volcarona, it would make sense for the Frost Moth Pokemon to have, maybe, 90+ Speed, right?

Game Freak, in their mind-boggling wisdom, gave this gorgeous, delicate creature a miserable 65 base Speed. Even after a boost, Frosmoth can still be outsped and squashed by such popular monsters as Cinderace and Barraskewda, as well as every physical Choice Scarf user going. Even opponents without the raw Speed to achieve this will often require only moderately powerful physical priority to take on the moth – the Cufant in the room is Frosmoth’s horrific vulnerability to Stealth Rock, necessitating hazard removal support for a Pokémon that can already only sweep in narrow circumstances. In Frosmoth’s case, beauty is merely skin-deep.

What should you use instead?

For a powerful Ice setup sweeper, use Cloyster. It has just enough Speed and attacking stats to make it a very effective use of Shell Smash, and Skill Link Icicle Spear is one of the best moves in the game.

If you prefer a Bug type user of Quiver Dance, use Ribombee. It trades a chunk of bulk and offense for much more Speed, and actually possesses a couple of relevant resistances.

Thus ends the roll-call of shame, Trainers! We hope this article has inspired you to think critically about what it takes to make the cut in top-tier competitive play, but here at Pokéjungle we’re always ready to be wrong with our analysis – let us know on our Discord server if you think so!

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337 thoughts on “Watchog’s Meta Watch: Top Three Disappointing Sword & Shield Pokémon”

  1. You really put Toxtricity in this list when it’s not just OU, but an incredibly good anti-meta pick AND put Frosmoth on this list despite it being one of the best mons in UU??

    Ya dawg no.

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  2. I mean, Toxtricity has alot more potential than that. Yes it would benefit higher speed, and I’d have liked Ice Punch or Beam, but it has many options to utilise still. Amped is largely better but you can probably play tricks where the two forms overlap. It’s only good ability is Punk Rock, even if Hidden Power weren’t gone it has little reason to run Technician if any and Plus/Minus are worthless. But what a fantastic ability Punk Rock is for it. I really feel you are selling it short.

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  3. I’m not going to lie, Wooloo is legit becoming one of my favorite pokemon. My shiny lv.100 EV trained Wooloo is the cutest little guy, and I often use him for raiding where he’s pretty often the MVP. He takes hits really well with Fluffy and Eviolite.

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  4. I think I’ll just… do a nuzlocke?
    I’ve never done one before, but now that you can just make a new save file with another Switch Profile, I think I’ll do one for fun

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  5. I’d say Toxtricity is the only one who shouldn’t be on this list, but even then I agree with the notion it is disappointing. It’s a pretty one note special attacker, and whilst it’s absolutely amazing at that, its place in the meta is mostly because it’s such an anti-meta threat and not because of its own merit.

    Frosmoth isn’t super bad, but it is disappointing. Could’ve been the next Volcorona but instead it’s just… Diet Volcorona.

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  6. Nuzlocke update:
    I’m doing it
    Griffin McElroy ruleset https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/8360eefe1a017d9041bc739688a33b4eb6b2b2f781338f51d421eb9810807e49.jpg (the first mon in the route means the first one I spot)
    Naming all the Mons after Death Deities
    I just got to Motostoke for the Opening Ceremony
    My Team so far had
    Thantanos the Grookey RIP, killed by a Strong Looking Vanillite, real bummer
    Persephone the Skwovet
    Rán the Chewtle RIP
    Styx the Wingull
    Nimtar the Oddish
    Nephthys the Electrike

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    • Terrible
      It snowed last night and I’m schvitzing in my overcoat while doing carts and since I forgot to gas my car I can’t take my breaks in a private, temp controlled confined space out of my bosses eyes

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  7. Anyone is gonna participate in the Galar Beginings? I spent a lot of time training, bottle caping and minting my favorite Gigantamax Pokemon…. and it turns out they are not admissible for Ranked play.

    THinking about making a Rain team. I already have Dracovish and Mimikyu trained, might go with:

    Peliper
    Barraskweda (Swift Swim)
    Rotom-W
    Dreadnaw (Swift Swim)

    To complete it.

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  8. Off topic but oh well

    Farenheit 451°’s new movie adaptation that came out like three years ago is the worst movie adaptation to ever exist in my eyes (Its like the directors said “Let’s spit in the face of Bradbury” and ruin the good parts of a good book)

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  9. For some reason my game looks likenits about to crash when I open the X menu. It just freezes for a second before continuing has this been happening to anyone else?

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  10. Well it’s about time to rehash my Fakedex to remove mons that happened in SwSh (like my Sci-Fi Villain Ladybug Regional Bug like wth)

    Also instead of making a Fakemon Fan game I’m making a completely different much deeper project using some parts of the fakedex but that’s a story for another day

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    • I felt this one so hard literally all my bones cracked at once
      This is literally how I’ve felt since I’ve joined this site

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  11. Fun fact: along with drinking the souls of innocent Sinistea and Polteageist, Opal also brainwashes poor neglected children using her wizard powers. Symptoms of Opal brainwashing includes a sudden change in personality, a change in habits, and subtle changes to appearance – such as brighter eyes.

    https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/cb1db7189563501e622c186f841228207e5479f0c59e131b57f0c0710a432337.jpg

    https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/085e06bc0a06df566a983b7557c31a164dcb8f6704d0116e8df430b0f5d969fb.jpg

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  12. Please tell me HA hunting is pure RNG and im not doing anything wrong, because i’ve even been chaining using the Brilliant Aura method for almost 24 hours now and still no results.

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  13. I swear to god raids with friends in this game are the most enjoyable thing I’ve ever done in this franchise. I sent an entire raid into chaos with my friends the other day because I decided to murder his Inteleon in the middle of the raid. We were obviously gonna win regardless and it was all fun and games, but even so, raids are such a nice addition.

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  14. Holy frijoles I’m like thermally confused right now
    Wearing a shirt underneath my work shirt, while wearing a hoodie underneath my heavy weather coat and I’m sweating like a delicious pot roast underneath all that under armor while doing heavy manual labor in frigid windy conditions

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  15. Why is Low Key Toxtricity so cucked? It loses out on the actually useful Venoshock (mostly in-game) and Shift Gear for the situational to downright useless Magnetic Flux and Venom Drench.

    If I’m being honest, I’d change how they work. They’re a cool gimmick, and if they were just aesthetic natures would be fine, but hard splitting it by natures based on their flavour rather than their effects always means some Toxtricity are going to draw a short straw.

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  16. Make an international Gym leader with a type speciality you don’t usually associate yourself with. You have a team of 3 as your base challenge team which can be not fully evolved and 6 for your rematch team.

    Example – Flying

    Base

    Corvisquire
    Gligar
    Noibat

    Rematch

    Corviknight
    Gliscor
    Noivern
    Crobat
    Pelipper
    Charizard

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  17. Lmao Earthen saying to do Pokemon whilst drinking inspired me

    Nowhere near drunk yet tho 🙁

    Spinda gets two new evos, depend on gender.

    By giving male Spinda Barley Juice and spinning around, you get a Spindad! Normal/Fighting, has an ability that deals double damage to female Pokemon and half damage to other male Pokémon.

    By giving female Spinda Grepa Juice and spinning around, you get a Wineda! Normal/Poison, has Rivalry.

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    • Next time do it while under illegal substances, on a unicycle suspended upside down from a hang glider operated by a registered homicidal Elvis impersonator, backwards
      I would’ve named one Twistda

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  18. If i had to make a whole brand new series of starters

    Lizoar a Grass lizard with a leaf cape that can glide
    Cuboom Fire Bear cub with an explosive personality
    Galloponi Sea Horse, horse hybrid

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    • In an ideal world, no Kanto Mons would’ve got Gigantamaxes. Instead it’s all Galarmons, and instead of PikaVee and Meowth the staggers get, and the other Kantomons are replaced by Galarmons.

      Example: instead of Gengar and Machamp, Gmax Teaset Polteageist and Kraken Grapploct. Its ridiculous that those ‘Mons are the theme of the gyms and they or their evos don’t even appear in the Gym lol

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    • I dont know why you were downvoted. No, held items stop working. But if you do want to give it a held item, I recommend luck incense or amulet coin.

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  19. Wrote a list of Gmax changes I’d make on the way to the club (long, long walk) Now I get drunk so see you guys in like a day lmao

    Normal: Snorlax > Dubwool
    Grass: Flappletun
    Fire: Centiskorch
    Water: Drednaw
    Flying: Corviknight
    Bug: Butterfree > Orbeetle (Bug Gmax Move now)
    Poison: Garbodor > Galarian Weezing
    Electric: Toxtricity
    Rock: Coalossal
    Ground: Sandaconda
    Fighting: Grapploct
    Psychic: Orbeetle > Mr. Rime
    Ice: Lapras > Frosmoth
    Ghost: Gengar > Polteageist
    Dragon: Duraludon
    Dark: Grimmsnarl
    Steel: Copperajah
    Fairy: Alcremie, Hatterene

    Pikachu, Eevee, Meowth > Rillaboom, Cinderace, Inteleon

    Kingler > Obstagoon (Piers Rematch where he tries Gmax loses anyway so he still doesn’t see any point in it)

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  20. The fact they made a HTTYD short set after the third movie where they just meet back up with their dragons pisses me off to no end. Why the F*CK did you leave them then?

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  21. No offense to this guy but 2/3 pokemon are not bad at all. You literally have pinchurin, galarian stunkfish, stonejourner, eldegoss and thievul and you pick toxctricity and frosmoth?

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  22. Why am i so unlucky
    a female Sandaconda Adamant with 5IVs missing SpAtk with Sand Veil…..

    Besides i want to catch my Sandaconda in a Level Ball

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  23. Lmao hit a rough spot emotionally in the club so taking a bit of a breather and decided to post here about something that makes me happy

    Sandaconda

    Did not expect to like it so much. Ended up on my team because it had no type overlap and absolutely adored it. Still lowkey wish it was Poison type, but that only makes sense for Silicobra and not so much Sandaconda. It’s surprisingly bulky, and when I found the assault vest to slap on it as soon as a I got surf Paul the Sandaconda really made the late game his bıtch. Also, its quite rare that a mid game two stager ends up with over 500BST iirc but Sandaconda somehow does it and I love it

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  24. Kk so Alola Dream team run is still at a standstill due to SS and life stuff, and I robably won’t do Galar Dream Team for like one- two years but

    Alola Dream Team:
    Current: Torracat, Pikachu, Crabrawler, Golisopod (Overlevelled due to Pelago), Steenee
    Planned: Incineroar, Raichu, Crabrawler, Golisopod, Tsareena, Mimikyu

    Galar Dream Team (Subject to change if I do an Inteleon run)
    Rillaboom, Centiskorch, Drednaw, Alcremie, Toxtricity, Sandaconda (literally my first ever Galar team in Sword so might just not bother doing a dream team run lmao)

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  25. Damn it my robot is unlocking my old stories…
    These are the characters
    Good Guys
    D’Zan: The protagonist, a gifted inventor and current owner of the Alpha Core. Smart, courageous and creative, he invents things not to help others but to inspire minds to unlock their creative focus
    Gizmo, Tech and Fix: D’Zan’s trio of robotic assistants, he has legions of mechanical laborers but he these three have unique personalities. Gizmo flies with a propeller and has a inquisitive outlook. Tech is a inventions tester but fell in love with a energy lance and shield and desired to be a guard, Fix a construction droid that did things on his own thus promoting a significance of ingenuity
    Zia: a Feminine robot which holds feelings for D’Zan but her impatience leads to disaster and makes plenty of mistakes

    The Bad Guys
    Dhej’ram: D’Zan’s former student, a gifted tinker but his desires to use his creations for his own benefit was looked down upon and was caught stealing data
    Neos: a violent and upgraded form of Dhej’ram, using a powerful exo-skeleton modeled after D’Zan’s body blueprints he will stop at nothing to destroy D’Zan’s legacy
    Lord Nekros: a villainous and dangerous robotic overlord, he wishes to use the power of the cores to make him the most powerful being in the universe he currently has the Omega Core which is the polar opposite to the Alpha Core
    Slash & Burn: Nekros’s flunkies, Slash a maniacal buzz saw wielding robot with a love for carnage and destruction, Burn despite his name he is cold uncaring and sophisticated even when burning things down to ashes despite their abilities they fail at completing simple tasks
    N-Zane: an exceedingly destructive forced sealed away for good, Nekros weighs the options of unleashing this demonic machine to tear through planets for his dirty work, keeping him under control is next to impossible

    The main evil
    Infios: This is the creature that created the Cores. He resembles a liquid metal draconic angel. He is the ancestor of creation itself, liquid metal flows from his claws which he shapes into life which evolved into the millions of mechanical species in the realm. He isn’t good or evil but he simply holds no affection to the life he created and treats it as one of the billions of ideas he’s had and does not care if it would perish via the cores

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  26. UGH. I have gone through this championship cup like 10 times now and still no flame orb. I dont have the energy I used to, I’m falling asleep doing this. I remember when I was younger I could do this farming/grinding thing forever.

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  27. Tbh I think I’m done with jungle
    This whole place kinda feels lifeless and empty now… there’s just nothing fun to it anymore…

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    • Well the fandom kind of slowly died over the last 6 months. There’s GF to thank for that

      But would you leave permanently or just come less frequently?

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  28. I’m trying to decide what I want for Christmas from my grandma. I want a game but torn between two options

    Super Bomberman R or Mario Maker 2

    If I ask for the former it’s more cost efficient and I could get more gifts as well, while the latter restricts to a smaller pool of gifts

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  29. So in Animal Crossing Lost
    You can edit your skin tones and more importantly your triangular noses to different shapes

    I foresee a civil uprising, the war of what noses pleases God the most, there will be carnage and divisions as the master race nose will reign supreme

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  30. With regard to the newest article, in my first ever Playthrough just after release I did run into eiscue on route 10 but I didn’t know it was rare so I ran away from that ugly cube face pronto and now I regret it 🙁

    Also apparently it can show up at Camp? Anyone has more info on that?

    Also with regards to this article, shouldn’t Grimmsnarl be part of seemingly beastly Pokémon that let down comp due to stats? Or is it actually good?

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    • Grimmsnarl is amazing. It’s not raw power like some expected, but it can run either dedicated Prankster sets or Bulk Up Prankster which are both amazing.

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  31. How come I am excited to use one of the Pokemon which I consider the ugliest (tied with Stonjurner) on the new Gen, Eiscue? Damn you amazing ability and access to Belly Drum. Now I need it on my rain team.

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  32. Siiiiiiiigh i’m in a mixed mood today
    I want to strengthen our community by trying to get more people involved with online games
    Understandably i know lots of people don’t have as much free time as the next user but i still feel like we should try to work something out in order to do more things together

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  33. I think I’ve figured out my Rillaboom team…

    Rillaboom, Obstagoon, Centiskorch, Polteageist, Sirfetch’d, Mr. Rime/Hatterene

    Now I’m working on the Inteleon team and the Cinderace team…

    Inteleon, Corviknight, Thievul, Bolthund, Eiscue, Dragapult/Galarain Rapidash
    Cinderace, Cramorant, Dubwool, Grimmsnarl, Galarian Darmanitan, Toxtricity/Dragapult (If I don’t use it on the Inteleon team)

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  34. Hi waiting to put the sneakers at Gym 6 was a stupid idea because the colour variety of shoes in the game is abyssmal beforehand xox

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  35. I’m really irritated at the way they make you get the flame orb in this game. I’ve done this championship cup about 50+ times now and still no flame orb.

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  36. How to make Sword and Shield’s plot ten times better

    >No Hop, or a reduced presence. Leon is your older brother. Personal grievance too, but his ace is Venusaur/Charizard/Blastoise, whatever beats your starter. He also gets the Galar starter weak to yours

    >Bede doesn’t start as a Psychic specialist and then a Fairy specialist. That’s dumb. He gets the starter strong to you and takes a little while longer to get disqualified, and battles you an extra time after being disqualified in Hammerlocke. This is what gets Opal to recognise his pink. Gets the starter strong to you. Post-game rematches where you get to fight his non Fairy team. Hatterene is still his ace, however.

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    • Signature Attacks:

      Seamian:
      Crashing Wave, Physical Attack, 95 Power, 90 Acc water type, increases speed. Water Type.

      Chill out, Status attack, recovers 25%HP, 50% hp in Rain or Harsh Sunlight.

      Boarst:
      Triple Spark, Special Attack, 30 Power, 95 Acc attacks 3 times.

      Chain Reaction: Cuts HP in Half, +6 Sp Attack.

      Koffein:
      Flashing Step: Physical Attack, 60 Power Bug move. Priority.

      Energy Shot, Grass type Shell Smash. (The shot in this case is a shot of Coffee, so he basically eats his Coffee bean armor to get it).

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  37. Does the big man Pokejungle himself ever pop in? I know he writes some of the articles but it would be nice to say hello to the guy every once in awhile. Hes probably busy with something, which is understandable.

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  38. Since it’s December I think it’s time to reopen a classic holiday tale
    “A Pokejungle Carol”
    With good ol mean Eathenezer Skunge

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  39. I hope that when Gigantamax Melmetal gets released it is not just “Every Melmetal can gigantamax” but rather it be with dens, because I definetly don’t wanna play Pokemon Go to get a Melmetal.

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  40. If anyone can hear me and is online right this very second i managed to spawn a 5star gold Ditto anyone want in?the code is 3331

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  41. When I first saw GalFetch’d in an NPC’s camp I thought it was a version exclusive counterpart to Sirfetch’d rather than its form prevo

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  42. So okami update. Love it so far. Beat first boss last night and pretty sure I’m on my way to fighting second one. Also from the little I’ve played Amaterasu be a great smash rep for capcom. Would be a pretty unique fighter with the possible paintbrush gimmick

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  43. Siiiiiigh well good night my beloved friends
    I’m gonna try and figure out how we all can start doing things more as a community

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  44. I got a good question for the Holidays

    Whats your Favorite Christmas Special? (Not movie, so stuff like Elf doesn’t count. A special is more something that’s only like 30-45 mins)

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  45. I made a very special and very expensive Pokémon-related purchase tonight to commemorate the end of the decade, end of my National Dex project, and what have you. This is something I’ve had my eye on since I was a little tyke but it’s only in the past couple years that I’ve been financially capable of collecting such gems (albeit only barely). This is Pokemon Box: Ruby and Sapphire. I actually wrote an entire article about this which was going to be posted on PokeJungle so I’ll try to send a link to that later or something in case you’d like to become educated. Basically it’s the grandfather of Pokémon Bank which allowed the Ruby and Sapphire games to connect to the GameCube and transfer up to 1,500 Pokemon as well as play those games on the TV through the GameCube without a GameBoy Player. It was only sold through Pokémon Center New York so it’s quite a priceless relic and something that I will cherish through the years once it arrives.
    https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/thumb/0/04/Box_RS_EN_boxart.png/250px-Box_RS_EN_boxart.png

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  46. Question time! What champion has the best team in your opinion?

    FRLG Blue – Pidgeot/Alakazam/Rhydon/2 of Gyarados, Exeggutor, and Arcanine/Advantageous Kanto Starter

    HGSS Lance – Gyarados/Dragonite/Dragonite/Aerodactyl/Charizard/Dragonite

    ORAS Steven – Skarmory/Claydol/Aggron/Cradily/Armaldo/Mega Metagross

    Emerald Wallace – Wailord/Tentacruel/Ludicolo/Wishcash/Gyarados/Milotic

    Platinum Cynthia – Spiritomb/Togekiss/Roserade/Milotic/Lucario/Garchomp

    BW Alder – Accelgor/Bouffalant/Vanilluxe/Druddigon/Escalvier/Volcorona

    BW2 Iris – Hydreigon/Archeops/Druddigon/Lapras/Aggron/Haxorus

    XY Diantha – Hawlucha/Tyrantrum/Aurorus/Goodra/Gourgeist/Mega Gardevoir

    SM Kukui – Midday Lycanroc/Alolan Ninetales/Snorlax/Magnezone/Braviary/Advantageous Alola Starter

    USUM Hau – Alolan Raichu/Tauros/Flareon, Vaporeon, or Leafeon/Noivern/Crabominable/Disadvantageous Alola Starter

    LGPE Trace – Mega Pidgeot/Vileplume/Marowak/Rapidash/Slowbro/Jolteon or Raichu

    SS Leon – Aegislash/Haxorus/Dragapult/Seismotoad, Mr. Rime, or Rhyperior/Advantageous Galar Starter/Gigantamax Charizard

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  47. I swear I truly hate the Switch’s battery life
    I barely play fifteen minutes and I’m down 7% I just hate how much it ticks down even when plugged in, it makes me feel so crazy because unless I see it going up a percent I cannot breathe easy, I mean I know it’ charge if I put it on the dock but still it drives me crazy to the point I feel like I need a lobotomy just to physically remove the gram of gray matter that causes these anxieties

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  48. Game Theory, Galarian Corsola was created to make plaayers aware of how global warming affects them…. by making them get angry at the thing that just ended their Sweep.

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  49. Was enntering a Gmax Snorlax Max raid while not looking at the screen. Hear the Shiny Spark sound effect. Almost get a heart attack…. look at the screen, it’s one of the players in the raid using a Shiny Failinks. Sad.

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  50. Right before my local Gamestop closed down, I managed to snag a copy of Final Fantasy IV DS. That was nearly a year ago and i havent touched it yet, guess I’ll play that now!

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  51. Hi.

    I played Persona 3. I didn’t like it.

    I’m now playing Mass Effect. It is very cool

    My girlfriend is playing Earthbound with me. I forgot just how much I love this game

    I gotta play more Death Stranding

    Happy birthday Haru Okumora

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  52. Fun fact: as of Sword and Shield, every type has had at least one male and one female gym leader. Sword and Shield finished it off by giving us a male Fairy leader, and both a male and female Dark leader

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  53. So, I know there’s not many people here that care a lot about Fire Emblem, and even less for FE Heroes, but they announced Book IV yesterday. After a lot of greys and death and making Alfonse an actual badass, Book IV is a lot more colorful. A sleeping sickness has infected some villages in Askr, so Alfonse and Sharena are sent to investigate the root of it. After something happens (Not a lot of details were given), they end up in this other world (I assume) and meet up with a fairy called Peony. Their enemies for this Book (as of now) are two other fairies, Triandra and Plumeria. I’ve always been interested in stories involving mysterious illnesses and creatures, so I’m looking forward to seeing how this plays out.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGfmxhUpOLE&t=20s

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  54. Siiiiigh I really hope Seraph didn’t leave for good, I know it’s only been two days but the thought of never seeing him again bums me out,

    When I get home I wanna do some double battles, I just hatched a perfect Drilbur and I leveled my Rhyperior to 100

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  55. @disqus_zSyKzyTQ2N:disqus for some reason it says your post is inactive so I’ll reply here.
    Seems to be a problem every new comment.
    I’m basically falling asleep and it’s only 10pm.
    I have like 20 or so left of my ‘dex to get.

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  56. Poison mono lmao

    https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/494697bc5ba821b7cd1fa67b3e283e19c761808a6cf666027d24ab126fd8a6e3.jpg

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    Name scheme: poisonous plants

    Locke – Poison Hemlock

    Sophia – Gysophila, Baby’s Breath. Weezing breathes out Poison and steam

    Castor – Castor Bean, like a spellcaster

    Rana – Ranunculus, Buttercup. Named for Amped Toxtricity’s yellow throat, tho Rana is gonna be Low Key as I’ve already used Amped

    Belladonna – Atropa belladonna, Deadly Nightshade. Belladonna means ‘beautiful woman’.

    Oleander – Oleander (lel). Couldn’t think of a name so just went with a Poison flower.

    Helena – Hellebore. They look like roses, but aren’t, and are poisonous. Theorised that that’s what Roserade is based on due to having rose and masquerade themes.

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  57. Broke: Wanting them to do Megas instead of Gigantamaxes in DP remakes

    Woke: Wanting them to get rid of battle gimmicks and focus on making games that have both quality and quantity of content

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  58. I like how not 10 minutes after we’re introduced to Sonia’s “new assistant” she’s revealed to be a plant. A+ storytelling, y’all.

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  59. Turned on my animal crossing new leaf for the first time in over 2 years.

    …damn, I really let Edenmyre go…. looks horrendous. Cant wait for new horizons!

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  60. “Hey, guys, thanks for helping me fight these out of control dynamax pokemon. Please take this rare picture of me as a reward. Thanks I guess”

    This is actually the story

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  61. so yeah…. i just had my best smash winning streak in months i won like 9 matches online in a row
    i smoked an overly spammy link so much he got knocked out of elite smash, crushed a pisshead hero who spent all his time back airing and i taught a Bowser who the real King is and it’s the one with a crown (which i jammed up his arse)
    And i beat a grab happy DK and know i rule Kongo Bongo island

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  62. I just realized i never met back up with Hop in Slumering Weald after the whole post game stuff….i’m sure he’s fine it was only 8 days…..yeah he’s dead…..

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  63. I failed catching 3 Gigantamax Snorlaxes in a row earlier but then I caught the 4th one which spawned on my own Wild Area! It was 5-star as well so I’m quite satisfied now.

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  64. What are some good name ideas for a male Galarian Rapidash? Also, if anyone has a Dreepy and wants to trade, I have a Applin (Sword Version)

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  65. Hi, im trying to finish my pokedex, I’m almost there. All that’s left are some trade evos and sword exclusives… Can anyone with sword help out?

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  66. In wonder trade yesterday I got a shiny gigantamax Charizard which says it’s from a max raid battle at the lake of outrage… And it’s 6IV. Why would any sane person do this unless it was hacked?! How do I confirm if it’s legit, does anyone know?

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  67. @Monkeyfuzz hey friend if you wouldnt mind just hanging onto that HA minccino/egg for awhile, I’ll be heading to work shortly so I’m not going to be able to trade. I appreciate it, we’ll rendezvous later!

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  68. So I would like to apologize to Hop. I still don’t really gaf about him or his brother, but his final team is impressive. Though tbf they basically just gave him a nuke. I will say aesthetically his team doesn’t really flow together

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    • You know what’s funny about games, whenever a character doesnt have voice acting (and this happens a lot in pokemon for me) I’ll give them a voice in my head from a different preformance.

      For example, Kabu to me sounds like Mark Hamill, specifically his voice for Eraqus in KH:BBS.

      Piers in my head sounds like Vic Mignongna, specifically his voice for Qrow in RWBY.

      And Raihan in my head sounds like Troy Baker, (who usually does similar voices) but I think of his voice for Snow Villiers in FF: XIII

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    • Lets see
      Melony: Big hair, hips, gazongas
      Piers: Big hair
      Kabu: Big Pride
      Raihan: Big stage presence
      Opal: Big nose
      Gordie: Big gut

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  69. The most bizarre thing about the accidental webste update is that the page for Galarian Corsola says that they were wiped out by a meteorite, even tho the game explicitly says it was Climate change.

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  70. Welp, Milotic and Arcanine survived the snap. Time to replace the member of my precious team with new recruits!

    The newest member is working quite well,
    Tsareena has been an excellent addition so far!

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  71. Anyone have a HA Galarian Corsola they can breed? I dont really like weak armor so cursed body will have to do. I dont need stats just the ability will do.

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  72. I’ve recently been playing Nancy Drew: Curse of Blackmoor Manor with some friends. It’s surprising how good it is, I’d highly recommend it! And it was made in like 2004.
    I’m definitely enjoying it way more than I did Sword, which says a lot I think.

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  73. Just fought someone in balanced hackmons who had six delibirds who only new celebrate and who’s nicknames spelt out “You should have a wonderful day!”

    🙂

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  74. Wasn’t noted until now, but Terrains were nerfed. Damage Boosts are only 1.3x rather than 1.5x.

    Surprised they did this after removing the Tapu lmao

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  75. Woo! My team is tearing apart the battle tower! My newest member, Cinccino, is an amazing addition!

    Arcanine
    Milotic
    Tsareena
    Cinccino

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  76. Question for the battle experts here… I just had my G-max Gendar out speed by Dinamaxed Mimikiu. How is it possible? Was it using a scarf? Didn’t choice itens loose their effect during Dinamax?

    Or does Max Phantasm from Shadow Sneak gets priority as well?

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  77. Question/thing: say your three favourite types, and favourite Pokemon of each of those types, and Junglers will say if they’re surprised or not based on your personality.

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  78. Anyone do any Christmas shopping yet?

    I got my friend a copy of pokemon sword

    I got my friend i work with a set if kitchen utensils that look like a cute lochness monster, and a heavy duty travel cup because shes always dropping and breaking hers.

    I got another friend at work, the security guard, a snake amiibo. Even though he doesnt have a switch, he loves metal gear solid so I’m sure he’ll like it.

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  79. Confession: I make jokes about Inteleon but I actually don’t mind it. Liked it better than Cinderace. If I ever use it I’ll probably like it a lot better

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  80. Happy 1st birthday to Smash Ultimate! In celebration I finally got around to completing every Classic route which has really cleared my mind after all this time. To think that we were all taking part in the hype for a game that will likely still be played by our children a decade from now. Sakurai has really raised a gold standard and I’m hoping he gets the credit he deserves this coming Thursday. I’m also crossing my fingers for the final Fighters Pass character! There have been so many conflicting rumors about who is or isn’t deconfirmed so my anticipation is through the roof.

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  81. I finally got my long-awaited GameCube gem! Now I’m ready to cool down my collecting until next year since I’ve made great strides these past few months. Oh yeah, I also thought I’d use this opportunity to re-reveal my face because it’s been a few years.
    https://imgur.com/PzTY0DJ

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  82. Ended up seeing a beautiful day in the neighborhood tonight. As someone who grew up watching Mr. Rogers neighborhood it was a great movie. Tom Hanks was a fantastic Mr. Rogers. If you ever watched the show growing up I highly recommend seeing it.

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  83. Quick Okami update before I get to sleep. Just beat the Ninetails boss fight. That was such an insane and fun boss fight. Honestly had trouble with it. The fact it wasn’t even the final boss excites and scares me at the same time lol look forward to facing the rest.

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  84. So i’ve decided that whenever i decide to play Shield i’m going to pick Scorbunny and keep an everstone on it
    So
    Scorbunny
    Corviknight
    I’m debating over Flapple or Appletun
    Runerigus
    Falinks or Grappleoct which ever comes first
    Stonejourner

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  85. Monkeyfuzz, think that guy we raided with last night felt out of place when all of us but him used shiny pokemon? XD I can only imagine the look on his face!

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  86. Is breeding Indeedee like Volbeat/Illumise and Nidorans where both Genders can appear or is it like Tauros and Miltank where they are treated as separate ‘mon?

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    • Sure do! (Sorry I’m not familiar with that lingo, you mean trade then trade back, correct?) You didnt get a null from the battle tower though?

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  87. why is every character so much better than me… no matter what i always get fked over by the speediest, spammiests jumpiest characters and K. Rool’s blubbery body just constantly gets hit no matter what
    or the jerkasses who just camp and wait for me to get by, shield to oblivion and punish me, i’ve lost over 10,000 gsp and i can’t afford any more losses

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  88. Anyone have a copy of Let’s Go? I bought eevee today and I dont know if anyone plays that game incase I need to trade evolve or something.

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  89. The game awards are this week and people expect the next smash bros dlc fighter to be revealed. Personally I’d rather see something for the botw sequel, or Metroid prime, or proof of life for Pikmin 4, or like… anything else

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    • There’s a stamp of authenticity on the bottom of them, and sinistea will require the much much rarer Chipped Pot to evolve. Stats are the same.

      TL;DR your sinistea’s in phony cutlery without the stamp. Authentic is much rarer.

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  90. So I started let’s go eevee, and in had to put eevee in the box for a second, but when brought her back with me she’s no longer in the overworld on my head. I dont know how to get her to come back out of her pokeball
    🙁

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  91. Well just finished playing okami! What a great game! We need an Okami 2 to happen eventually with the ending. So happy I finally got to play this game after wanting to play it for years. Will start sword later today after putting it off for a bit.

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  92. Seriously, what is the deal with Synchronize? Its a myth that it provides a 50% chance of your encounter having the same nature, because i’ve been SR’ing for almost 3 hours now.

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  93. So I’m watching The Dragon Prince, on Season 2 Episode 3 right now. I’ve got a few issues with it, but it’s exactly that: a few. Mostly it’s been quite positive, and whilst people have been calling it the next Avatar I feel it falls a little short yet succeeds at its own thing.

    The frame rate stuff is a bit annoying at times, haven’t seen anything that bugs me in Season 2 yet though. I absolutely love that the style imitates 2D animation, and although the 3D emulating 2D makes it fall short of either style the fact that it smoothly animates and regularly stays consistent and on-model does combine the strengths of the two forms.

    Also a massive thing that makes it appeal visually to me than say RWBY, another 3D animation, and even games like Pokemon some times, is that there’s not anything that’s jarringly flat or round. Most 3D animations, especially if they’re series rather than one shots like movies. The world of The Dragon Prince feels beautifully natural and doesn’t contrast with the characters at all.

    There’s also not been anything even equivalent to the Cinder roof run so that makes me very happy.

    https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/8de6904ecc8f4c45b7ff18458e4dc26d5837cea7823b5f1441bc57fe21fd82ad.gif

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  94. At some point I think I’ve lost a shiny but I have no idea what/when. My League card says I have 1 more than I seem to. I can only assume it was one where it was barely different looking or it was whilst I was playing and falling asleep.

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  95. I tried breeding Sinistea but they didn’t get along… Now I’m trying to breed Toxel for a shiny, but they aren’t getting along either… And I have a TON of Applin from breeding, if anyone wants one from the Sword version let me know… I can trade later tonight or tomorrow morning.

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  96. Huh, so Toxel’s our first baby Pokémon since… Diamond and Pearl.

    First cross-gens, that aren’t Eevee, since Diamond and Pearl.

    Your mother has a Munchlax and two Budew, whereas Hop has a wooden Croagunk statue in his house like the one in Pastoria City’s Pokemon Centre.

    Your character and Leon didn’t know each other before the game, so your character likely moved to Postwick rather than being from there. What if your character moved from Sinnoh?

    That, and the fact that none of the additional foreign Pokemon are from Sinnoh, nor any of the regional variants. Unlike Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, and Unova, all of which got at least one cross-gen and regional form.

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    • The 3rd paragraph is unlikely. They could have originated in sinnoh, but it seems they’ve lived in galar for at least awhile, as they’ve picked up the dialect which I would assume would take awhile (“Its the Telly your Mum bought you!”)

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    • ehhh the gross poop lizard is hardly a true babby pokeman
      I feel only true babby pakemon have to be younger forms of already preexisting forms

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