Yeah, they just took the most used Pokemon from BS VGC and singles and removed them from the next series. It even says that in the ruleset.
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Pokémon Sword and Shield - The Isle of Armor & The Crown Tundra |OT| Black Lives Matter
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I love it.
Is this a new approach? Thus far I had only heard of the rule sets of previous generations opening up to more powerful pokemon as time went on, not the reverse.
Is this a new approach? Thus far I had only heard of the rule sets of previous generations opening up to more powerful pokemon as time went on, not the reverse.
Not for VGC but Special Battle rulesets have frequently done this, but they're no longer a thing
Durant is faster than Urshifu at level 50 EV trained? What is life?
Why does EVERYONE feel faster than me on ranked? I've EV trained my Pokémon. It's the worst feeling when you have a Charizard EV trained in Sp and Sp attack lose to a Dracozolt that doesn't look like it should beat Charizard in speed but just does cause of reasons.
Why does EVERYONE feel faster than me on ranked? I've EV trained my Pokémon. It's the worst feeling when you have a Charizard EV trained in Sp and Sp attack lose to a Dracozolt that doesn't look like it should beat Charizard in speed but just does cause of reasons.
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That just seems...so dumb. I dunno I go off of looks too much I guess.
Ants are super fast and Urshifu would be pretty OP if it was faster.
But he's a bit steel ant. I dunno figured his utility was always defense
Na, Durant is nuts
Ability of Hustle so if you make it a Dynamax user, it's going to hit hard and fast.
Primarina is the one I always had trouble remembering its's as slow as it is, but usually visual cues and actual speed match up for me.
Like Dracozolt's top half would probably be 110+ speed, but the bottom half weighs it down, whereas Charizard is more streamlined overall.
Like Dracozolt's top half would probably be 110+ speed, but the bottom half weighs it down, whereas Charizard is more streamlined overall.
Really hope they do giveaways for the other mythicals at some point, similar to the Zeraora one. After I finish the DLC's and my play throughs of the 3DS games, they will be the only things missing for me.
Seems like a lot of people must be sending hacked Pokémon on surprise trades these days? Got a shiny Chansey and Palpitoad this way..perfect IV, holding a Master Ball, etc. Does anyone actually use these once they receive them? If I put it up on the Pokémon Home GTS could I get banned?
I guess I could use them for breeding..
I guess I could use them for breeding..
Yeah, unfortunately some of the new Pokémon are rather useless.
Anyways, what are you guys thinking about using in the next season. Still not sure, especially in Solo
Finally thinking about trying competitive next season and I just want to make sure I understand the flow of building out a team:
1. Do Max Raids to get a high IV mon that I want
2. Breed that mon with at least a 4 IV ditto until I get one with Best IV's in desired categories, nature and ability that Im satisfied with
3. Level up that mon through fights with certain Pokemon to increase desired EV's (sounds like I don't want to use Exp Candy to level it)
Is that the just of building a battle ready team? Why is the 5 or 6 IV pokemon you get from a Max Raid battle not good for competitive battles?
1. Do Max Raids to get a high IV mon that I want
2. Breed that mon with at least a 4 IV ditto until I get one with Best IV's in desired categories, nature and ability that Im satisfied with
3. Level up that mon through fights with certain Pokemon to increase desired EV's (sounds like I don't want to use Exp Candy to level it)
Is that the just of building a battle ready team? Why is the 5 or 6 IV pokemon you get from a Max Raid battle not good for competitive battles?
You don't need to train with wild Pokémon to raise EVs, that takes wayyyyy to long.
You use PokéJobs for that. You can speed up that process by giving your Pokémon an item like Power Bracer because then you can max out one EV slot in 24 hrs. That way you just need 48 hrs to max out EVs and you're set.
You can definitely use the Pokémon you get from raids, there is no disadvantage to that. But you rarely get one that has all desired IVs max and the fitting nature. If it has though then go with that, send it to PokeJobs and it's ready.
Just a reminder that in next month season the 16 most popular Pokémon are not allowed. Make sure you're not building up those as your first team since you won't be able to use them next season.
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2a. Toss your breedects into Surprise Trade to effortlessly amass a collection of 4-6 IV specimen of popular pokemon, some with Hidden Abilities. You won't be able to control which ones you get, so it's not a replacement for targeted catching and breeding, but something to do on the side so you'll start off on a wider foundation with future team building.
If you have the Isle of Armor and you've upgraded the dojo enough you can also buy EV vitamins from the vending machine there for pretty cheap. If you need cash you can buy Luxury Balls from one of the Watt Traders in the Wild Area and sell them for a nice profit.
Just finished the last fight against
Now I'm gonna work on filling out the rest of the Isle of Armor Pokédex.
My thoughts on The Isle of Armor DLC:
With its light campaign, The Isle of Armor's main focus is giving you a Wild Area 2.0 to catch more Pokémon. Considering filling out the Pokédex was my favorite part of the base game, I enjoy it here too, but I still would've liked the DLC to be more story-focused. I'm hoping The Crown Tundra delivers on this front.
Also:
Mustard.
My thoughts on The Isle of Armor DLC:
With its light campaign, The Isle of Armor's main focus is giving you a Wild Area 2.0 to catch more Pokémon. Considering filling out the Pokédex was my favorite part of the base game, I enjoy it here too, but I still would've liked the DLC to be more story-focused. I'm hoping The Crown Tundra delivers on this front.
Also:
Mustard's "serious" battle theme is pretty great:
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Pokémon Sword & Shield - Mustard Final Battle Music (HQ)
This play when you are challenging Mustard at his maximum potential in Pokémon Isle of Armor. (Sword and Shield DLC)To check out their battle, just click on ...
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There is even another (and harder but I'm not 100% sure about that) fight you can unlock afterwards. But it takes quite a lot of time if you're not doing much raids.Just finished the last fight against
Now I'm gonna work on filling out the rest of the Isle of Armor Pokédex.Mustard.
My thoughts on The Isle of Armor DLC:
With its light campaign, The Isle of Armor's main focus is giving you a Wild Area 2.0 to catch more Pokémon. Considering filling out the Pokédex was my favorite part of the base game, I enjoy it here too, but I still would've liked the DLC to be more story-focused. I'm hoping The Crown Tundra delivers on this front.
Also:
Mustard's "serious" battle theme is pretty great:
Pokémon Sword & Shield - Mustard Final Battle Music (HQ)
This play when you are challenging Mustard at his maximum potential in Pokémon Isle of Armor. (Sword and Shield DLC)To check out their battle, just click on ...
I also enjoyed doing all the type sparring fights in the dojo afterwards.
Yeah the story was rather short but also quite charming. I think the island is designed very well, a lot better than the wild zone in the base game. Even though finding raids is much easier in the base game.
The best thing about the DLC are the QoL enhancements that made it a lot easier to get battle-ready Pokémon (EV reset, dynamax soup ...)
I guess I already asked this, but I'm still curious about what people are doing when they get hacked Pokémon in surprise trades? Do you just delete them? How do people even hack them in this release?
I haven't gotten anything blatantly illegal, but if it's one of those ones with the website names I usually release it
Yeah, I've somehow got three perfect IV/shiny from the same person now (or at least multiple accounts who've used the same website as their user name and the same Discord Pokemon name) as well as another one from a different person/site. One of the eggs was from 2000.. the other 3 have actually been in 2020 at least so maybe less hacked. I'm still confused how it even works.
I'll go ahead and do the same. I don't want to trade them on and maybe get in trouble for it or to advertise for them anyway.
I'm currently playing through Pokémon X and I'm thinking to either buy Ultra Moon or Sword next.
What would be better to get next? I've heard Sword/Shield feel lackluster/incomplete so am not sure (maybe wait to see if they release a complete version of Sword with the DLC?)
What would be better to get next? I've heard Sword/Shield feel lackluster/incomplete so am not sure (maybe wait to see if they release a complete version of Sword with the DLC?)
Hey, so I just started playing Pokemon Shield a week ago and I recently got the Galarian Slowpoke through a wonder trade. I really like the Galarian Slowbro so i created a egg to have my own Slowpoke under my name but then it hit me, I can't actually evolve this guy since i don't own the expansion :| is it possible to get the item it needs via trading? (as in giving a pokemon the item to hold) or is it a key item and I'll just have to ask around for someone with the dlc to actually evolve mines for me?
Yeah you'll be able to have someone attach the evolution item and trade it over
If you're just playing for the single player -> credits then I would go with Ultra Moon (or even Moon, better story imo) over Sword, but if you're into the whole package then Sword is a no-brainer.
Ahh okay thank you. I think I will wait to see if they launch a version of Sword with all the DLC
Thank you, I thought about it but I did play sapphire on its original release so I wanted to avoid the remake.
It'll probably disappoint you in comparison to the originals if you ever got around to playing Emerald, but I really do feel like it's the better Gen 6 game. And the post-game ties in nicely to X&Y, completing the story in a way.
Also, I really doubt we'll ever see a bundle of Sword & Shield with the DLC for a lower price than just buying them separately. But waiting for the DLC to finish coming out is probably the best bet.
If you were to try Gen 7, Sun & Moon have the better story but Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon feel more complete. If you are only playing these for the story and moving on when you finish I would really say go with the vanilla games.
Hmmm okay I'll probably spend more time with them instead of just story so I think I'll go for Ultra Moon 😁
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Hacked mons deserve to be loved too. I just fix their movesets if they have impossible moves and stuff and that's it hah
Crown Tundra Discussion Stars here
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Early impressions from Crown Tundra. Quite easily the best Pokémon content I've played in years. What a fucking step up from the base game.
