Falinks is already a meme as well.
Pokemon Sword and Shield - Galexit Edition
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And done!
After 107 hours of playtime I've completed the Pokédex in Shield.
Once I've finished with my second run through Sword I'll probably take a break until Home (or some sort of patch) comes out.
Enough time to replay ToV, FFXII and DQXI.My Teams:
Sh: Rillaboom, Noctowl, Hitmonlee, Glalie, Alcremie, Toxtricity (amped)
Sw1: Intelieon, Vespiquen, Pangoro, Vileplume, Coalossal, Gothitelle
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Alright, game completed. Final team was Cinderace, Orbeetle, Runegrigus, Jellicent, Toxitricity, and Grimmsnarl. Took a few Max Revives, but I managed to beat Leon on the first try.
In the post-game quest now and, boy oh boy is this tedious. Oh well. I've already got over half the Pokedex completed, so filling the rest out after this hopefully shouldn't be too bad.
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I had written a long post with my thoughts on every pokemon line, but it got lost to a random AP error message.
So, instead I'll just make some random hot takes on the extremes:
Favorite new design: Galarian Ponyta line. I like fairies, and Ponyta is probably one of the cutest fictional things I've ever seen. Rapidash is regal af, and it's my friend forever.
Best new design: being objective is hard, but I'm willing to judge that either Corviknight or Centiskorch are just outright the best new pokemon designs. Hard to pick between these two. Grimmsnarl line is also an excellent new addition, but I can see it being more divisive.
Most forgettable: Pincurchin
I hate it: Coalossal. Rolycoly could have been something cooler and instead it looks like a fat marge simpson made of coal. Stonjourner is also dumb.Also, design-wise I'm having a hard time deciding whether Bug or Fighting got the best new pokemon. Leaning towards bug (Orbeetle, Centiskorch, Frosmoth are all excellent pokemon), but the combo of Falinks, Grapploct and Sirfecth'd is also formidable.
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Also, design-wise I'm having a hard time deciding whether Bug or Fighting got the best new pokemon. Leaning towards bug (Orbeetle, Centiskorch, Frosmoth are all excellent pokemon), but the combo of Falinks, Grapploct and Sirfetch'd is also formidable.
I agree that Falinks, Grapploct and Sirfetch'd have great designs, but they are all pure fighting types, which is quite boring. Bug meanwhile has Bug/Psychic, Bug/Ice and Bug/Fire, and two of these combinations are completely new! So I'd say that bugs are the biggest winners this gen. (just like Gen 7 and 5)
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Bug just keeps producing the best designs each gen, and I feel that next gen we'll get bug/dragon and bug/dark considering how they are the ones that feel more "checkboxy", in the sense that is the ones that seem to be made to advance on the possible type combinations, as last gen we got two propper bug/water instead of surskit losing the combo, and bug/fairy, gen 6 seemed bad, but Vivillon was something super cool that made the GTS (sigh) interesting and made me evolve everything on it's line to check if I got a new one, and gen5 having like 6 different bug families was neat.
Grimmsnarl is other one that needs the animations to trully shine, his hair armor is awesome/gross.
Coalossal is ugly, and people don't read that WEIGHT BASED ATTACKS DON'T WORK AGAINST RAIDS FFS READ THE FUCKING TEXT make me particulary angry, but is egg mom this gen with the hatching abilities, and was just generally useful so I try to keep calm with this family.
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Graploct I have seen very very little, and I get that sirfetch is the knight of so many people's hearts, but:
It was too big to be called a leek. Too big, too heavy, and too rough, it was more like a large hunk of vegetable.
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Gapploct is friggin' terrifying when it crouches down on all its tentacles and suddenly lunges at you.
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Sirfetch'd is an insteresting mix of imposing and goofy, but I have to admit the sheer badassery of Galarian Farfetch'd trumps it in my eyes. I don't know how they did it, but somehow a duck carrying a giant leak is one of the coolest things in the franchise.
If I ignore Rillaboom's drumset (god damn it I hate that thing), and for that I just need to focus on its official artwork instead of the game model, it is easily my favorite starter line since Gen IV - the gen I think was perfect starter-wise.
Raboot grew on me on I liked Cinderace since the start. Taking into account what seems to be the guidelines for starters in the recent generations, I think it is a very good line. I still don't like Scorbunny, though.
My opinion on Drizzile and Inteleon didn't changed at all since they leaked, so it remained the only starter line I disliked this generation. I like Sobble, though.
I warmed up to Zacian and Zamazenta a lot after my initial very negative reception. Their Hero of Many Battles form definitely helped giving them a lot of personality. But damn, those howls were getting annoying on the post-game chapter.
I have literally no opinion whatsoever on Eternatus. But Poison type gets recognition so good, I guess.As for the regular lines, like I said Orbeetle is definitely my favorite Gen VIII pokémon. From its design to its animations (if you pause its Gigantamax attack animation at the right time, you can pretend he is disco dancing… (...)), I love everything about this little guy. Even though Blipbug is one of the few Galar designs I still dislike.
Other favorites would be the entire Wooloo, Dreepy and Impidimp lines, both -vish fossils and Snom (I like Frosmoth too, but Snom just took the level of cuteness in Pokémon to a complete new level).
Corviknight would probably get the "best new design", though. I think it is up there with Scizor, the so far indisputable best Pokémon design in my list.
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My team:
Corviknight
Intelleon
Galarian Rapidash
Boltund
Sirfetch
Obstagon.As you can see 3 out of 6 are galarian forms and I love corviknight design but wish Bolt has a third evolution like the luxray line.
Team B:
Orbettle
Toxicity
Gapploct
Noivern
Grimmsnarl
GlaceonI love Glaceon and always have her around whenever I play a new game.
Favorite designs that I'm not already running is Hatterene, Drednaw, Copperajah, Cramorant and SNOM.
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I like Rolycoaly bur that second evo's strange eyes creep me right the hell out. Coalossal's Gigantimax should have been its main final design.
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We're almost home!
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Charmeleon!
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Something I've been wondering about, Galar is based on the UK and IIRC the UK is England (or Britain? are they the same country or different countries), Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. But a lot of stuff seems British and/or English, and according to Bulbapedia's Pokemon regions in relation to the real world page, all the cities and towns seem to be based off ones in England except for snowy mountains that could be Wales, although there is a disclaimer on the page that the information is fan speculation.
I thought Hammerlocke sounded like a Scottish name and the Hammerlocke Hills have bagpipes in the music but apparently that's an England place too.
I was wondering if there's any Irish or Scottish elements to the region, or is it just Britain/England and maybe a little Wales? I know Ireland and Scotland have a lot of sheep too but I mean something very specifically Irish or Scottish rather than something that's in them but also England. If there isn't, does that mean since the UK encompasses all those countries it's unlikely for there to be a region set in Ireland or Scotland in the future?
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Something I've been wondering about, Galar is based on the UK and IIRC the UK is England (or Britain? are they the same country or different countries), Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. But a lot of stuff seems British and/or English, and according to Bulbapedia's Pokemon regions in relation to the real world page, all the cities and towns seem to be based off ones in England except for snowy mountains that could be Wales, although there is a disclaimer on the page that the information is fan speculation.
I thought Hammerlocke sounded like a Scottish name and the Hammerlocke Hills have bagpipes in the music but apparently that's an England place too.
I was wondering if there's any Irish or Scottish elements to the region, or is it just Britain/England and maybe a little Wales? I know Ireland and Scotland have a lot of sheep too but I mean something very specifically Irish or Scottish rather than something that's in them but also England. If there isn't, does that mean since the UK encompasses all those countries it's unlikely for there to be a region set in Ireland or Scotland in the future?
Ireland isn't part of UK. It's Nothern Ireland that is. Which is like less than twenty percent of the island.
And about Scotland, you have the female trainer's default outfit and you could say Sobble is solely based on the Loch Ness monster.
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Gapploct is friggin' terrifying when it crouches down on all its tentacles and suddenly lunges at you.
You tell me.
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If any of you guys want a perfect Jolly Scorbunny tell me, I'm breeding for a shiny so I've got quite a few perfect/semi perfect(missing special which doesn't need).
Since they ruined my dex collection hobby I'm shiny hunting more this gen.
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Well, I'm gonna say I'm finally wrapped up with pokemon now. All that remains of my pokedex are the starters, region exclusives, and Rhyperior (not grinding out until that max raid battle shows up). Had a fun little game with myself where I tried filling out the pokedex with just females of everything (that can be). Had some great luck with the wild zone special spawns and I've just had to settle for a male Milotic, Trevenant, and Aromatise. At least I have female pre-evos waiting with those, but idk if/when I'll ever be able to meet up with a friend to local trade.
I'll leave some random positive/negative points most prevalent to me in spoilers, so not to clutter the post.
! Positives
- This game's group of rivals and supporting characters might be some of the best a pokemon game's ever had. Hop, Marnie, and Bede are great, fun characters and it's not their fault the terrible late game writing stops them from getting to be a great as they could've been.
! - The whole sport event they were going for with the league this time was really fun and well done. Just a shame that the last-game screw ups stopped it from being perfect.
! - I enjoyed running around the wild zone, checking for different spawns on different weathers, and getting to catch many pokemon I normally would've just evolved to get. Could've been better, but I'm happy with what we got.
! Negatives - As needs no explanation, the late-game plot decisions were just terrible. I was expecting the big historic natural disaster to be an impending event that Rose is just keeping a secret from everyone (to see what'll happen), using the league as a distraction. It really could've been a good "Entertainment media is good, but don't let it distract you from important issues." thing. Team Yell could've been find as just Piers' gym trainers going wild, or they could've also had a splinter faction that was working for Rose, but shoving them into the end to be good guys was just….lame. Piers should've had an earlier relevance as the "Leader that doesn't trust Rose" if they were gonna shove him into so much end-game and post-game stuff. It was just all... such a mess.
! - While the Sports League format was really fun, it also flops at the end. The Top 4 tournament to be gym challenger champ and then a top 8 tournament with the gym leaders to fight Leon were both too small and not enough fanfare and fun was put into it at the end. There's enough people there to make it just 1 top 16 tournament with you, the 8 leaders, Bede, Hop, Marnie, and 4 randos (or you could throw've thrown Oleana and/or Rose in too, for the story tournament). Also why the heck is the big hotel in the league town at the end also the only one with no rooms you can go to?
! - The Dark and Dragon gym challenges should've been flipped. The entire time doing the dark gym I was wondering why I wasn't doing double battles, and it would've worked better with Piers refusal to dynamax. Dragon guy made more sense to have some elite single-battle focused trainers to make you fight. Also they really screwed up the Dragon guy himself. He might as well be the ground gym leader. With all the new dragon types, you just gave him Flygon and the Steel Dragon, come on.
! - Everything terrible and stupid about the design of Max Raid battles could be solved by just giving an immediate option to skip or reset battles that you can't beat solo. I also would've appreciated a way to better manipulate what's gonna appear, like throwing multiple wishing stars to guarantee a 5 star raid. -
Ever since I beat the fifth gym my system crashes whenever I put it on standby.
Is anyone else having this problem?
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Nope. Must be something with your Switch.
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Jesus, whoever designed that five-star Obstagoon battle can go to Hell.
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Not the first time that I hear that, when I hunt for defiant, I’ll go for linoee.
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Anyone want to do some trading? I need to trade for the version exclusives, and a few non-exclusive trade evos. Also, there are a few non-exclusives trade evos I'm willing to part with (Onix-Steelix, Feebas-Milotic, Dusclops-Dusknoir, etc.)
My Friend Code is in my signature. PM me if you're interested.
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Nope. Must be something with your Switch.
Yeah… I did some research and it's pretty serious.
Looks like I'm getting a new Switch with better battery life after all.
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Anyone want to do some trading? I need to trade for the version exclusives, and a few non-exclusive trade evos. Also, there are a few non-exclusives trade evos I'm willing to part with (Onix-Steelix, Feebas-Milotic, Dusclops-Dusknoir, etc.)
My Friend Code is in my signature. PM me if you're interested.
Are you ready or want help?
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Are you ready or want help?
I'll be available later this evening, any time between 7:00 PM EST and midnight.
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sorry, that's midnight for me. Maybe tomorrow? I am done with the dex tho, if you get someone else's help, go ahead.
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sorry, that's midnight for me. Maybe tomorrow? I am done with the dex tho, if you get someone else's help, go ahead.
I mean, that's pretty much my schedule all week. I work from 9:00-6:00 PM EST, so 7:00 PM EST to midnight is pretty much my only availability. Maybe on Saturday or Sunday I could do it in the afternoon between 1:00 and 6:00?
Oh yeah, and in case I didn't mention it before, I have Sword, so I need all the Shield exclusives.
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sorry, that's midnight for me. Maybe tomorrow? I am done with the dex tho, if you get someone else's help, go ahead.
Nevermind. I found someone else and got all my trading done. Thanks anyway!
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Jesus, whoever designed that five-star Obstagoon battle can go to Hell.
Out of curiosity what's so bad about it? I just joined an Obstagoon raid for the first time during my lunch break and I actually really enjoyed its uniqueness. Never seen 7 barriers before, and it made me think a bit strategically.
Really I only ever saw it use Obstruct, Counter, and Max Strike. Counter is easily avoided by not using physical moves and Obstruct is easily avoided by not using contact moves. Our raid leader took it a step further by using a slow mon (Bewear) so he was always slower than Obstagoon and Obstruct would always come out before his Max Knuckle, denying the stat-lowering effects. Either way Counter is never going to do much damage while barriers are up, which is almost always.
Now this one wasn't Defiant but Defiant Braviary wasn't all that scary since once shields start breaking you start racking up damage really fast anyway. And since Max Strike was its only actual attack that used the attack stat, it doesn't have enough time to kill everything.
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I don't know if it is Crossword's case, but if you don't have switch online and need to make with just your pokémon +3 NPCs, some 5* can be nearly unbeatable. Anything with Rock Slide can reach the faint quota in 3 rounds.
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Well yeah, but that's true of tons of raids. This one in particular didn't stand out to me in terms of difficulty.
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The raids are most definitely balanced for groups of multiple players, which is why the NPCs are mostly trash. It makes sense for them to be hard playing them by yourself, much like dungeons and raids in an MMO are a pain without the right amount of people.
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Yeah I don't have the online subscription so I'm stuck with the mostly trash NPCs. Sometimes you get competent ones, sometimes Wobbuffet actually uses the right moves, and then other times you have Solrock. Some of them you can still muscle through but others are pretty much impossible if the bosses are packing AOE moves like Discharge or Dazzling Gleam.
For Obstagoon I was venting over how Obstruct still works even with the shields up and how its able to loophole its way out of Protect/Detect/Obstruct's normal failure clause. Even with a full party of human players I imagine that thing can easily stall you out.
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A system update came out this morning that fixed the crashes, so it probably was Pokemon-related.
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Is Charmander seriously the only Kanto starter Pokemon in this game?
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Is Charmander seriously the only Kanto starter Pokemon in this game?
The other two (six) are coded in but not yet released, is my understanding.
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Wait are they really going that route with REGULAR Pokemon? I mean I already hated the idea of them slowly releasing Giantmax forms, but they're doing this with regular Pokemon? Jeez.
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Alright, just beat this damn Ghost Gym and I can go get my freaking Ponyta. The question is, whom do I retire? Help me decide guys, do I set aside my Carkol, my Centiskortch, or my Eldegoss?
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I liked the Carkol line fine, but its attacks seemed kind of underwhelming.
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Carkol gets fire type heavy slam, so it can cash in a new life as an attacker, but both it and centiskorch who is actually cool is double dipping on fire, but a rock user is important. even with those two comments, I would bench eldegoss. As it was what I did.
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Nobody uses Eldegoss, so don't box the poor thing.
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Even Milo benches Eldegoss.
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The raids are most definitely balanced for groups of multiple players, which is why the NPCs are mostly trash. It makes sense for them to be hard playing them by yourself, much like dungeons and raids in an MMO are a pain without the right amount of people.
Yeah… But a Magikarp that gets one hit KOed every single turn by the raid Pokemon is a bit of overkill. Magikarp isn't even the only one. Nearly every AI Pokemon is weak, and they all seem to be programmed to rarely go on the offensive, which just makes five star Raid battles a loss if you can't find anyone.
I actually had a Raid battle where three of us were human, and only one was AI. That AI was the blasted Magikarp, and because of that one AI with the Magikarp we lost. That's overkill.
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I only lose with other players when they constantly go heat crash/incinerate with Coalosal and don’t read the text that it didn’t miss but didn’t work.
Or the few geniouses that use surf/earthquake.
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Piers was worth the long wait.
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On single-player raids, I wish they didn't all become 4-5 star late-postgame. I wish it was still possible to find some three stars and below, because I used the EXP Candies to level up and I couldn't beat the 4 and 5 star ones.
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Yeah… But a Magikarp that gets one hit KOed every single turn by the raid Pokemon is a bit of overkill. Magikarp isn't even the only one. Nearly every AI Pokemon is weak, and they all seem to be programmed to rarely go on the offensive, which just makes five star Raid battles a loss if you can't find anyone.
I actually had a Raid battle where three of us were human, and only one was AI. That AI was the blasted Magikarp, and because of that one AI with the Magikarp we lost. That's overkill.
Magikarp is one of the okay partners. It usually attacks (unless it misses Hydro Pump) and it has a Focus Sash so it never dies in one turn unless there's a sandstorm etc. I'll take that crappy Magikarp any day over a Clefairy that does nothing but Helping Hand / Follow Me / Life Dew, or a Solrock that sits there jacking off with Cosmic Power and Rock Polish. I'll even take it over the stupid Snorlax and Maractus that feel the need to use 2-turn moves like Giga Impact and Solar Beam.
But if three of you were human and you still lost, people must have had some bad / low-level mons. Now that it's post-game I go into 5-star battles all the time with only one human partner, and at least when it's someone I know like Noqanky or maxterdexter, I've virtually never lost. I guess one exception was a time maxter and I got cocky and both sent in kinda underleveled Flapples against a 5-star G-max Drednaw… that thing doesn't mess around.
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On single-player raids, I wish they didn't all become 4-5 star late-postgame. I wish it was still possible to find some three stars and below, because I used the EXP Candies to level up and I couldn't beat the 4 and 5 star ones.
3-stars still happen. I get them all the time. But 4-star raids should not be a problem solo as long as you have one or two solid high-level mons to choose from to send out. If nothing else, Spamming Dynamax Cannon with Eternatus (even better with Choice Specs) should make short work of almost any 4-star. Or your legendary if you have it. I usually solo them as a matter of course so as to not waste others' time. As others have mentioned it can become more RNG-centric if it has AOE moves, but when I bring a level 100 mon, a 4-star has never survived enough turns to KO all my allies, have them revive, and then get KO'd again.
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Hmmm, I think you guys are right, I'll bench Eldegoss. Also since I plan on catching Morpeko later.
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With a few rare exceptions, I'm pretty much strictly opposed to using single-type pokemon and non-evolving pokemon.
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Falinks breaks both of those rules but deserves love.
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oh Yeah, I don’t have any 100 level, the highest is just 90, but with lvl 70 I haven’t lost any solo raid against a 4*, as they just put barriers once. Maybe once that I used a fresh sandaconda by mistake, and the time that I was the jerk with the useless Coalosal.
And I can attest of the killer drednaw with foolio, rock slide is dangerous.
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Falinks deserves x6 of your love. The rest of my team would put a helmet and shields to get the same love, if they were real.