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Pokémon Sword and Shield |OT| God Save The Vespiquen
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Does Leek work on Sirfetch'd? The description doesn't imply it but I swear I've been getting crits with brick break very often
Sadly I don't 😄 At least not yet. I did once dabble in EV stuff when B/W came out (I wanted to have a good Starmie) and I remember fighting a gazillion Stunfisks - and then Starmie got dexited lol.
But I'm looking forward to getting to know this stuff better and get some really good Pokemon in these games.
Working on a set of rules for a Sword and Shield Nuzlocke
1. If a pokemon faints, it is considered dead and must be released. If a player experiences a total defeat/wipeout, they have failed the challenge and must restart.
2. The Player can only catch the first Pokemon they see on a route. If multiple Pokemon are visible, the player has to select the one closest to the player character. If duplicates clause is in effect, the player can go for the second closest if they have already caught the closest pokemon on a previous route. If the wild pokemon runs away or faints in battle, the player does not get a do over and must progress to the next area.
3. All pokemon must be nicknamed to create an emotional bond.
4. The player can only catch one pokemon from the Wild Area when the game requires the player to run through the Wild Area to get to a new area and progress through the story(going to Motostoke before the first Badge, Going to Hammerlocke after earning the 3rd badge and so on). This means the player might have a couple of pokemon from the Wild Area but they aren't endlessly catching Pokemon when they are in it.
5. If a player is trying to catch a pokemon in the Wild Area and they get the "very strong _________" message at the battle's beginning, they can escape and try again for a pokemon they can actually use.
6. The player can only catch two pokemon from a Max Raid Battle for the entire playthrough.
1. If a pokemon faints, it is considered dead and must be released. If a player experiences a total defeat/wipeout, they have failed the challenge and must restart.
2. The Player can only catch the first Pokemon they see on a route. If multiple Pokemon are visible, the player has to select the one closest to the player character. If duplicates clause is in effect, the player can go for the second closest if they have already caught the closest pokemon on a previous route. If the wild pokemon runs away or faints in battle, the player does not get a do over and must progress to the next area.
3. All pokemon must be nicknamed to create an emotional bond.
4. The player can only catch one pokemon from the Wild Area when the game requires the player to run through the Wild Area to get to a new area and progress through the story(going to Motostoke before the first Badge, Going to Hammerlocke after earning the 3rd badge and so on). This means the player might have a couple of pokemon from the Wild Area but they aren't endlessly catching Pokemon when they are in it.
5. If a player is trying to catch a pokemon in the Wild Area and they get the "very strong _________" message at the battle's beginning, they can escape and try again for a pokemon they can actually use.
6. The player can only catch two pokemon from a Max Raid Battle for the entire playthrough.
My Raichu kicked his in the balls. Dude was a little bitch all game and then suddenly they try to make him on par with you at the end, was not justified.
Pokemon with a yellow aura are supposed to have a chance of having their hidden ability right? Because I've caught nearly 12 Hatenna and not a single one of these little shits has had magic bounce. I don't even want it that much anymore but I feel like I've come too far to stop trying at this point lol.
No, they have higher IV's and egg moves. Hidden abilities come from raids
Just finished the last battle of the Champion Cup. God damn what a ride. I REALLY enjoyed this game. Loved the locations, loved the music, loved the stadiums and just the overall presentation.
Fantastic experience. Much better than X/Y and Sun/Moon for me.
Cut Pokémon big disappointment but damn this goes down as one of my favourite Pokémon games.
Fantastic experience. Much better than X/Y and Sun/Moon for me.
Cut Pokémon big disappointment but damn this goes down as one of my favourite Pokémon games.
Speaking of Hidden Abilities, I'm trying to get a Farfetch'd with one in Sword. I've found the den that they spawn in, but have had no luck so far. A problem I have is that they are a two star spawn, and I just keep getting 4 & 5 stars.
Is there something I need to do to get the star level lower, or am I stuck with the full table and RNG now that I'm in the postgame?
Is there something I need to do to get the star level lower, or am I stuck with the full table and RNG now that I'm in the postgame?
I've beaten Giga Butterfree like a dozen times at least and still haven't caught him. I'm terrified of how long it's gonna take me to get the Giga's I really want :(. Haven't even seen any of the cool forms like
Machamp and Gengar
Giga butterfree is the most common gmax by far at the moment since it's been boosted by a launch event for everyone and can show up at any den
Breeding might still be viable but I want to point out that nothing is really locked to breeding anymore.
I for one don't plan to hatch an egg to get a competetive mon this gen.
I for one don't plan to hatch an egg to get a competetive mon this gen.
so is it basically impossible for Gigantamax Pokémon to be "Competitive?
I would change 2 to be "First pokemon that appears in an ! encounter." I don't think there is any routes you can't get an ! to exist.
Same applies to Wild Area. I think if you allow raids, it has to be whatever first raid hole you look in, can't back out if you don't see what you like in there.
I dunno how you handle Route 8 outskirts as it's own new route or not.
You can use the Bottle Caps and Nature Mints to get the IVs and Nature Sorted, then nursery to get Egg Moves, so in theory Gigantimax Pokemon can be competitive.
In practice though, some of the G-Max moves are worse than that types Max Equivalent and you would be better off using the regular version instead (Which includes Charizard hilariously enough).
You gotta use bottlecaps and nature berries for Gmax Pokemon.
I've also read that GMax Pokemon aren't even eligible for use in Ranked Battles in the Vs screen. Anybody can confirm? I haven't tried myself.
Man, the catch rates in this game can fuck right off. It really shouldn't take me 15+ balls to catch a fucking Duskull about my Pokemon's level with ~5% health left.
It really makes you not catch Pokemon. Guess I'll finish the story first and then catch stuff. If I still can be bothered that is.
It really makes you not catch Pokemon. Guess I'll finish the story first and then catch stuff. If I still can be bothered that is.
If you want to skip breeding there are basically three places you need to grind for in Sw/Sh.
Battle Tower: BP for competetive items, bottle locks and nature mints
Champions Cup: Money to buy vitamins for EV training
Max Raids: Watts for TR's, TR / Exp Candy / Rare Candy / Bottle Caps from battles, high IV mons from the raids
I'll consider the breeding for egg move the same as using a TM.
Event Gmax mons override the charts and can appear in any den.
Battle Tower: BP for competetive items, bottle locks and nature mints
Champions Cup: Money to buy vitamins for EV training
Max Raids: Watts for TR's, TR / Exp Candy / Rare Candy / Bottle Caps from battles, high IV mons from the raids
I'll consider the breeding for egg move the same as using a TM.
Event Gmax mons override the charts and can appear in any den.
Honestly for Catch Rates in this game I wonder if the Catch Rate formula was adjusted to be harder/grindier or if I have just become accustomed to use Quick Balls and Dusk Balls in the other games. What has datamines showed?
I know they sell Quick Balls in the wild area but been staying away from that for my run until the post-game begins.
I know they sell Quick Balls in the wild area but been staying away from that for my run until the post-game begins.
I thought it was just me. I was going around the wild area catching low level Pokemon and spent fucking 12 great balls trying to catch a 1/4 health Oddish. I've honestly had so many issues catching trash Pokemon that I've killed them and left more times than not.
On the topic of catch rate, I presume very few people have experienced a rare Gmax raid (no, I don't mean Butterfree / Centiskorch / Drednaw / Sandaconda / Corviknight) so I'll discuss them a bit.
The person who encounters a rare gmax has a 100% catch rate. Every ball will catch every time. Anyone joining the raid... That's a difference story. We have no hard evidence but we're speculating the rate is 1%, which can be increased with special balls: Repeat Ball can increase it to 3.5% for example.
An example: there was a gang of 3 people going at Gmax Lapras for five hours. Not a single person caught it.
Makes my personal rate of 3/19 all the more absurd.
The person who encounters a rare gmax has a 100% catch rate. Every ball will catch every time. Anyone joining the raid... That's a difference story. We have no hard evidence but we're speculating the rate is 1%, which can be increased with special balls: Repeat Ball can increase it to 3.5% for example.
An example: there was a gang of 3 people going at Gmax Lapras for five hours. Not a single person caught it.
Makes my personal rate of 3/19 all the more absurd.
apparently they are worse if you are under leveled to the Pokémon from what I've heard. Post game these catch rates have been so generous.
Also the official shiny catching method is interesting but a ton of busy work.
That explains so much
When I let people go at my Alcreamie for 3 hours one person caught it. Meanwhile the guy who had a Copperajah raid got to four person catching it (including me). Will be fun to find out the details.
But isn't the event just Butterfree, Corviknight and Drednaw?
Fair enough, if it's a Pokemon I really want or a super rare G-Max or something I'd rather not take the chance tbh but each to their own
I don't know if there is any difference but all these 5 are special at the moment.
Until we start to see mons except for these 5 gmax mon break the encounter charts I wouldn't think about it much.
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