What about the z moves? They do no damage?
An equip item you can use once per battle. That on that particular mon does almost no damage.
Or counter :)(
A defensive move that doesn't work against special attacks or effects.
What about the z moves? They do no damage?
An equip item you can use once per battle. That on that particular mon does almost no damage.
Or counter :)(
A defensive move that doesn't work against special attacks or effects.
The purpose of Pyukumuku isn't to damage traditionally with moves, but to take hits for the team while setting up a variety of things. Give it a red card to phaze out a dangerous enemy that set up on your team, and then it can toxic anything else that comes in. Recover means you can bulk up again to switch into further hits when you don't want anyone else to take them, then baton pass to them for a safe switch-in.
Then there's innards out, which means you can sack it whenever you know someone is about to do something powerful, which means they now eat a bunch of damage which weakens them or sets them up for someone else to kill. OR, if they don't kill you can have it do things like pain split to really be a jerk and heal up at their expense.
Other thing I've seen people run is Pyukumuku with Z-Memento, which cripple an enemy pokemon stat-wise while, I believe, healing the incoming pokemon (or raising their speed? I forget). Means the enemy is likely to have to sit there and helplessly watch you set up for destruction, or switch and give you that free turn which puts momentum in your favor. And since Memento kills you, that means it being a one time thing doesn't really matter unless you wanted the z-move on something else.
Just gotta be careful with taunt. Getting taunted with this means you probably cannot do anything and have to switch.
After pure sweat, luck, and absurb hax, I finally got my 50 win streak in Super Singles!
Kartana
Item:@ Lum Berry
Nature: Jolly
252 Attack 252 Speed 4 HP
Swords Dance
Leaf Blade
Smart Strike
Sacred Sword
Tapu Koko
Item: @ Life Orb
Nature: Timid
252 Sp.Atk 252 Speed 4 HP
Thunderbolt
Dazzling Gleam
Grass Knot
Volt Switch
Silvally
Item:@ Water Memory
Nature: Jolly
252 Attack 252 Speed 4 Sp.def
Multi Attack
Crunch
Swords Dance
Flame Charge
That's funny because I just came on here right now to post the exact same thing. I can't believe the number of times I lost to RNG bullshit hax in the 40s. Like Arcanine landing a 10% burn chance with Flare Blitz on my Mimikyu and completely nullifying my Swords Dance when I literally just needed one hit to win the battle. Countless others too, like unreal streaks of me missing with Play Rough or being put to sleep and frozen and critted and flinched turn after turn… but that one stands out as particularly bullshit.
Also of note: I lost on battle 51. To a fucking Vikavolt, of all things. It opened with a Z move... Tectonic Rage. Because OF COURSE you put a Ground-type Z-crystal on a Vikavolt. So that wiped out my Xurkitree after my opening attack took off about 60% of its health. I switched into Celesteela because I figured okay, I'm faster than it so I can finish it off with a nice Flamethrower. But NOPE! It survives with miniscule amounts of HP and lands a Thunder like it's nothing, and boom dead. My Mimikyu easily killed it but then out came an Escavalier and even after Swords Dance and despite having a Life Orb, it just cannot 1-shot Escavalier (at least not when I'm Jolly), and melts instantly to Iron Head. So yeah. That's how I lost stupidly right after reaching 50.
But anyway my team is:
Xurkitree @ Electrium Z
Modest nature
252 SpAtk / 252 Speed / 4 SpDef
Volt Switch
Dazzling Gleam
Thunderbolt
Energy ball
Mimikyu @ Life Orb
Jolly nature
252 Atk / 252 Speed / 4 Def
Swords Dance
Shadow Sneak
Shadow Claw
Play Rough
Celesteela @ Leftovers
Adamant nature (ugh)
252 HP / 252 SpDef / 4 Def
Earthquake
Leech Seed
Flamethrower
Protect
I cannot overstate the amount of work Celesteela puts in... basically if Xurkitree can't sweep (which it does about 2/3 of the time) there's a HUGE chance Celesteela can stall anything (the amount of HP regen with Leftovers and Leech Seed plus protecting every other turn is disgusting) and either kill it outright or at least weaken it enough for Mimikyu to come in, power up, and take the kill. That's virtually the only thing Mimikyu is there for. Other than a few rare exceptions he's a last resort. There are some very problematic mons that outspeed and melt anything, and for those I need Mimikyu to tank a hit with Disguise and then finish them off. Ones of note are Salazzle, Mega Charizard Y (if it doesn't Dragon Dance or Belly Drum against Xurkitree like an idiot), Mega Lucario, Mega Gallade, and to a lesser extent sometimes shit like Manectric and Mega Lopunny.
There are also instinctive moves you can do after playing enough to really predict what people will do. Celesteela is a godsend against anything fast/tanky that knows Earthquake because there is a 90% chance they open with it immediately so I just go hard into Celesteela (or Volt Switch if I'm faster). The other 10% of the time they use Sandstorm. This goes for shit like Tyranitar or Tyrantrum or Dugtrio but also less obvious ones like Tauros. I also go immediately into Mimikyu if anything uses Overheat because that move is downright dangerous otherwise.
Anyway I could rant for a long time about the strategies I've developed but I guess I'll stop here before boring most of you to death. But if anyone wants me to elaborate I'd be happy to.
To think a month ago little foo was still all "pokemon can hold items?" XD
I guess you can learn a lot in a month.
I honestly did NOT expect to get obsessed like this. I also did not expect to end up with nearly 1300 spare BP :ninja:
Nothing better than competitive and strategic Pokemon lol
Need to start with breeding. But completing the Dex takes so much time (and I don't have much time to spare)
Question: (I assume everyone beat the game by now otherwise SPOILER)
Since Cosmog evolves into Solgaleo in Sun is there anything special about it in comparison to the Solgaleo you need to catch in the plot? I mean does it learn moves while training Solgaleo can't learn/relearn or does it have more maxed IVs?
If not I just catch it and don't care about SR for good nature & Ivs
According to Serebii, the only move that's pre-evolution only is Splash. So no worries there. I don't know about IVs.
It has the same caracteristics and potential than any legendary. My cosmog was even worse than the Solgaleo (and had hindering personality) so I traded it.
According to Serebii, the only move that's pre-evolution only is Splash. So no worries there. I don't know about IVs.
What about Z-Splash?
Ah they said it! "It's been 3000 years…"
That episode reminds me of how dumb XY's plot was.
I'm surprised they remembered Chessnaught existed with how Braixen and Greninja had stole the spotlight.
I'm guessing that's why they picked it.
On one hand this episode was extremely rushed and didn't have anywhere near the emotional impact it clearly wanted to have… On the other hand that is perfectly true to the game and so I can't really fault the short for that. Plus, at least this one had a complete story with a proper end, which is more than I can say about most of Generations' other episodes.
Curse Milotic and it having Recover as a move.
Damn thing had me end my streak at 19 at the Battle Tree
Got Moon as a nice Christmas gift, now I don't have to fight for multiple exclusive Ultra Beast natures.
Curse Milotic and it having Recover as a move.
Damn thing had me end my streak at 19 at the Battle Tree
It's nothing compared to the never missing Thunder Jolteon lmao.
It all depends on your team though. Different things can be especially annoying. One time my Xurkitree was already dead (so no Energy Ball) and I lost to the most annoying stall Swampert ever. Another time I barely managed to win against the worst stall Dusknoir ever that had even been Baton Passed defense buffs. It was running Disable, Pain Split, Protect and Mean Look.
I was running a Aegislash/Golisopod/Inciniroar team for the Battle Tree and other than a Wailord who kept spamming Curse and Rest to power up and get rid of the poison effect from my Golisopod's Toxic I had little trouble up until that battle.
Still working out some other teams that have but I have had great success with the team above getting at least past ten wins
Teams don't really get tested, from what I've seen, up until the 40s when all sorts of RNG hax stuff happens to get in the way of you getting to 50. We're talking constant flinching, 10% burns, missing, etc.
I kinda wish these places like Battle Tree and similar iterations in previous games had a similar format to competitive, where you go in with six and then see your opponents team and then pick your 3/4 pokemon to use.
To think a month ago little foo was still all "pokemon can hold items?" XD
I guess you can learn a lot in a month.
I honestly did NOT expect to get obsessed like this. I also did not expect to end up with nearly 1300 spare BP :ninja:
Lol, did this training involve Foolio getting creamed by you a few hundred times? :ninja:
I've been rolling with Xurkitree, Starmie, and Tapu Koko for the Battle Tree. After EV training them on Poke Pelago they've been doing okay, but Special walls are a big pain since the only Attack-based moves I have on that team are Tapu Koko's Acrobatics and U-Turn. Xurkitree does very well as a sweeper when it gets going (sweep Red on Singles) though, and if I can get a Tail Glow off even walls like Blissey fall to it without much trouble.
Lol, did this training involve Foolio getting creamed by you a few hundred times? :ninja:
Nope, we haven't fought a single time. Don't think I'd do particularly well either since for his team he's breeding for IVs and my team is monotype fairy which gives me some weaknesses to stuff like his Toxapex, or his Scizor. I guess my Primarina could do some work, but I can't say I'd win.
Even then, foo normally learns fast enough to where I could maybe beat him once or twice then he gets wise and destroys me thereafter.
Got moon for Christmas so time to start the game soon…even though I'm a few months late
wonder trading some gibles (Garchomp is always nice to have on the battle facilities) almost traded away my destiny knot. lol
I've been wonder trading all of my failed Mareanies for days, have got some pretty good stuff in return! Wonder trade is not yet terrible like it was during gen 6
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So just lost my battle tree run because a choice scarfed aerodactly swiped my entire team by always flinching my pokemon.
Needless to say I'm incredibly salty right now.
I kinda wish these places like Battle Tree and similar iterations in previous games had a similar format to competitive, where you go in with six and then see your opponents team and then pick your 3/4 pokemon to use.
Yeah. This. There's only so much you could with using the same three Pokemon(without swapping your leads >_>) vs like 150 random combinations. It kinda narrows down your options.
So I screwed up by hatching a shiny Mareanie without realizing that Haze is an egg move. So I made another one. But that means I now have this level 65 shiny Bold Regenerator Toxapex sitting around that I don't particularly need. The only perfect IV it has is SpAtk but still, if anyone is interested I would be willing to trade it for something else really good.
On that note I encountered a shiny Torkoal out of nowhere the other day and caught it. There's nothing remarkable about it, it has crap IVs and Relaxed nature. It does have the Drought ability though. But anyway if anyone wants that I would also be willing to trade it. I also have well over a full box of 5-IV Jolly Mimikyus.
The most annoying part of Battle Tree is that stupid preschooler that has a Bright Powder-holding Mimikyu that spams Double Team. It's swept my team at least 5 times because I just can't hit it with anything, much less hit it twice >_>
I'm probably the only one that still hasn't beaten the E4 yet, huh? I just need to grind a little bit more.
Also maybe I misread the thread or something, but it felt like Poke Pelago was the preferred way to hatch eggs….? I think I prefer using Tauros + Flame Body on the long strip of route 8.
Uhh. Someone just Wonder Traded me a foreign shiny Ditto with 5 perfect IVs. Okay!
The most annoying part of Battle Tree is that stupid preschooler that has a Bright Powder-holding Mimikyu that spams Double Team. It's swept my team at least 5 times because I just can't hit it with anything, much less hit it twice >_>
Out of curiosity, what team are you using? I never had trouble against a Mimikyu, even before I had my own one.
I'm probably the only one that still hasn't beaten the E4 yet, huh? I just need to grind a little bit more.
Also maybe I misread the thread or something, but it felt like Poke Pelago was the preferred way to hatch eggs….? I think I prefer using Tauros + Flame Body on the long strip of route 8.
Why do you still have to grind? I've been raising more mons up myself and even against the powered up E4 I have no trouble taking them down with my team averaging level 50-55. And no, the 'pelago has never been a good way to hatch. Just run in circles right in front of the nursery lady, it's really easy.
Also maybe I misread the thread or something, but it felt like Poke Pelago was the preferred way to hatch eggs….? I think I prefer using Tauros + Flame Body on the long strip of route 8.
Nah, Pelago takes days to hatch things, and it tops out at 18. That's only really useful if you've already hatched the exact thing you want, but you ended up with a bunch of extra eggs in the process… or if you're just reeeeeally in no hurry.
Otherwise yeah, jsut running up and down with flame body is best.
Pelago is good for EV training obviously... and if you really don't want to level something up for anything other than dex entries you can leave stuff there.
It's a nice background thing but takes so long that its useless for main party use.
For some reason I'm getting Cosmogs for Pikachus on the GTS.
Finally got around to hatching perfect pokemons/getting mtsuda shinies. Its really helpfull that the eggs go to pc when your party is full.
Got the oranguru i wanted and i have some extras if anyone is interested. They have Calm nature with Telepathy ability. The extras i have are 1 female with 6 perfect IV and 4(2 male 2 female) with 5 perfect IVs (-Attack).
Nah, Pelago takes days to hatch things, and it tops out at 18. That's only really useful if you've already hatched the exact thing you want, but you ended up with a bunch of extra eggs in the process… or if you're just reeeeeally in no hurry.
Otherwise yeah, jsut running up and down with flame body is best.
Pelago is good for EV training obviously... and if you really don't want to level something up for anything other than dex entries you can leave stuff there.
Yeah, most of my egg hatching will just be for dex filling.
Why do you still have to grind? I've been raising more mons up myself and even against the powered up E4 I have no trouble taking them down with my team averaging level 50-55. And no, the 'pelago has never been a good way to hatch. Just run in circles right in front of the nursery lady, it's really easy.
I have 9 team mons and I've been rotating keeping Exp. Share on and off throughout the game for a little extra challenge. I know the game wasn't designed in that way but whatevs. Keeping everyone at the same level is just for my OCD. ;)
Yeah, most of my egg hatching will just be for dex filling.
I have 9 team mons and I've been rotating keeping Exp. Share on and off throughout the game for a little extra challenge. I know the game wasn't designed in that way but whatevs. Keeping everyone at the same level is just for my OCD. ;)
I ended up with about 25 team mons and just switched off a lot. Pelago makes it easy to keep a large number of pokemon at similar levels early on.
Out of curiosity, what team are you using? I never had trouble against a Mimikyu, even before I had my own one.
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Life Orb Moxie Dragon Dance Salamence, Mega Metagross, and Expert Belt Primarina. It's not that I have trouble with Mimikyu, it's that I don't run any Sure-Hit or Z moves (or Defog/etc) and Bright Powder/Double Team just hates me. I can one-shot it with any of the 3 after breaking the Disguise, I just miss 10 times in a row while it chips me out.
Same thing happened with a Ferrothorn. It used like 10 Iron Heads to kill Metagross and I didn't hit him once. Primarina eventually killed it, but was too weak to take the rest of the team.
I mean I know the RNG just screw you the hell over in Battle Tree (earlier I decided to give it another go and lost because I missed Play Rough twice in a row for no reason… 1/100 chance right there alone), but that sounds unreasonable lol.
I mean I know the RNG just screw you the hell over in Battle Tree (earlier I decided to give it another go and lost because I missed Play Rough twice in a row for no reason… 1/100 chance right there alone), but that sounds unreasonable lol.
In X and Y the maison opponents would regularly suicide with their last pokemon using explosion, and then brag about how awesome they were for winning. Does BT still have that?
And with that, the (main) game is over.
! I stopped at level 53, because I was getting bored of the whole shebang. Four trainers, let's go.
! Kahili
-Jolteon pretty much Discharge'd most of her team, except when Toucannon killed him with the Z move. Then Lycanroc cleaned up.
! Acerola
-Mimikyu did a good job in the first half of the battle, but her Disguise was busted in the first turn. Jolteon and Decidueye finished the remaining pokemon with Shadow Ball and Spirit Shackle (she didn't use the Z move)
! Olivia
-This was where the momentum got slowed. Her Lycanroc beat mine, plus Stealth Rock was set up ready while I didn't get the chance to do it myself. Probopass was by FAR the tankiest and hardest to kill, given Sandstorm + Thunder Wave. Golem and Decidueye battled for the final round, while he soaked up hits while I healed against Steamroller.
! Hala
-the toughest of the four. Mimikyu lost Disguise early, and got rekt by the ice crab thing. I forget what happened, but I know it came down to Bewear, and a revived Mimikyu was able to pull through….after it Brutal Swing'd and killed half of my team.
! And nowwwwwwww the champ! KUKUI!
-Overall it was a VERY challenging and intense battle, and it was awesome!
-I didn't know what he would lead with so, I had Mimikyu (who beat Lycanroc) lead, but Magnezone slowed things down. Sturdy made it impossible to kill in one shot, and Salazzle didn't have the power for it anyways.
-Snorlax was rough, and a Full Restore negated its Paralysis (plus High Housepower killed Jolteon). But I had my own! It literally came down to a Body Slam ditto, since Kukui was smart enough to know STAB.
-Incineroarlooks too goofywas annoying because of its Z move, and because it was part Fire, Mimikyu couldn't solo with Play Rough. Very tough, and my team was screwed over by Stealth Rock again!
-Braviary….wooooof. It killed Mimikyu and Salazzle, and I got stuck in a Revive loop. Because of Pokemon Refresh, Decidueye survived a Brave Bird with 1 HP, in my most clutch moment ever. Holy shit. It finally went down, but I was stuck with one pokemon and had to pick the right mon to revive.
-Ninetales. what a goddamn lucky break. Salazzle was the perfect counter.
! We're the champion, blah blah, festivals (cute scene, everyone doing their Z move), and Lillie bodes her final goodbye as she leaves for Kanto. Awww.
! Oh wait, Tapu Koko fight. Tell me you can rebattle it to try to capture it again, because it'd be a dick move to sit through that and have no retries.
Overall I LOVED this game.
+
-trials were refreshing
-characters were vibrant and fun
-I liked this game's plot over Y's (although now I forget the finer details of the latter)
-the new pokemon were cool
-Gladion, Lillie, and Lusamine
-handholding is too much in the first island
-maybe there was too much Kanto love? Would've liked some more Unovan and Johto mons in the dex
-no national dex is REALLY hurting my OCD
-dem encounter rates
! Oh wait, Tapu Koko fight. Tell me you can rebattle it to try to capture it again, because it'd be a dick move to sit through that and have no retries.
! You have to beat the Elite 4 again for a retry. The good thing is that there is no cutscene in-between and you can actually get ready for it.
! You have to beat the Elite 4 again for a retry. The good thing is that there is no cutscene in-between and you can actually get ready for it.
! You get one free retry without having to rebattle the e4.
! You get one free retry without having to rebattle the e4.
Thank the lord. I was banking on a weakened Poison status, since Jolteon couldn't paralyze it. This time I'll bring way more balls and use Slowbro's Yawn.
Dammit , I made someone VIP because they were giving Lv 5 rare kitchens but didn't have enough coins, today finally got enough coins (ugh took so much time)
and now he is giving some other random crap facility. -_-
In X and Y the maison opponents would regularly suicide with their last pokemon using explosion, and then brag about how awesome they were for winning. Does BT still have that?
I've definitely had them use Explosion on me, but never on their last one (and never on MY last one). Usually I just hilariously survive… sometimes they even do it from full HP. The one that actually lost me a match once was getting revenge killed by Destiny Bond.
Yesterday I was fighting in the Battle Tree… Made it to a streak of 21 in Super Battle Singles before my Gyarados killed itself with confusion. In any case though, there was this one battle that was just kinda hilarious in how completely and utterly the CPU just sabotaged itself.
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Though if you don't feel like checking out the video or can't for some reason, here's a quick summary:
! -Durant with the Truant ability. Just… why. There is literally no benefit whatsoever to it. And it had Dig. Sure it had a Miracle Herb to get rid of the buffer round but that wouod only work once.
-Golisopod with an Eject Button. The first turn I just hit it and triggered the Eject Button, then I defeated the next thing that came out, then Golisopod came out again and I attacked it triggering Emergency Exit, then I defeated the third member of the opposing team, then Golisopod came out once more and I killed it. It never even got to attack me at all.
-Couldn't see anything absurd about the Absol but given the rest of this team I wouldn't be surprised if it had Splash and Focus Energy working by Gen 1 mechanics or something. And yes I know those are both impossible.
I've been SOS chaining for Hidden Abilities for a while now and I hadn't encountered a shiny until today when I caught three. A Magby and a Cubone from chaining and also just a random encounter Yungoos.
If anybody is looking for a HA that's available in Moon just tell me. I'll get to it sooner or later. So far I have everything on the first island and almost everything on the second.
Was chaining for a shiny female Salandit and it took me two male ones before I got my girl.
I hate those gender only evolutions lol
http://www.pokemon.co.jp/ex/sun_moon/collect/160920_01.html
@Translation:
Pokemon Bank" upgraded in late January 2017! We plan to correspond to "Pokemon Sun Moon"!
late January
I expected this but I was hoping otherwise. Aww.