Pokemon Sun & Moon

[~British Soul~]

Guzma can defo smell eviolites.

The one fight I remove it from Pikachu (so I can Z-move it), it goes First Impression turn 1. The other two times, he went for the Swords Dance.

[Flash Flyer - Sakura]

Only Shiny I found so far was a Gumshoos in Poni Grove; you can take a guess at what I named it. 

 

Then again, you can probably assume the AI is "cheating" (knows what you have, and counters accordingly).

[~British Soul~]

I found 2 shinies in Sun (via SOS; Charjabug and Bagon), and 2 in Moon (via random encounters; Mudbray and Fletchinder)

 

Then again, you can probably assume the AI is "cheating" (knows what you have, and counters accordingly).

He's secretly a pokemon with the Frisk ability, how else would he know.

[Flash Flyer - Sakura]

Well, I was referring to the AI as a whole; not only Guzma, but yeah. 

 

Haven't found shinies in Moon yet, but not really bothered if I don't. Probably not doing SOS battles long enough to trigger the higher chance (and not having the Shiny Charm yet isn't helping). 

[~British Soul~]

​Yeah, the AI seems to be a bit more intelligent this gen

 

So, I got to Poni Island on Moon;

[spoiler=Moon team post-Aether Paradise]

Pacifica the Primarina, level 43

RaiRai the Raichu, level 44

Digger the Dugtrio, level 43

Tsukuyomi the Umbreon, level 44

Smoghead the Salazzle, level 43

Fluffal Bear the Bewear, level 43

 

 

[Βyakuya]

It's still cool and surprising to find a shiny pokemon in the wild and get one in a WT, but with the advent of SOS and an easier Pokedex to fill, I see more shinies pile up in my boxes more often. As a result, my reaction has shifted from utter surprise and glee to basically finding a dollar coin on the beach; it's neat you got one but it just doesn't feel special nor you accomplished much to find it. My friend got 3 from WT recently, I got about 5 in total in WT including an Eevee I use for battling with its Z-Move, and a trolly Level 100 shiny Rockruff. And that's in addition to about 4 more shinies I found in the wild randomly from EV training, only to WT away cause of bad natures. It might just be me, but I'd feel more surprised and blessed if I found a shiny with the right stats/IVs like the stars aligned perfectly.

[Zextra]

I've stopped WT'ing out of fear of getting any more hacked Shinies, since they seem to be running around rampant (online giveaways, I'm looking at you). Being OCD and more of a legitimate player, it very much irks me when I register a Shiny Pokemon image into my Pokedex that wasn't self-obtained or obtained from a reliable, legitimate source. :p

[Astro Dude]

I've stopped WT'ing out of fear of getting any more hacked Shinies, since they seem to be running around rampant (online giveaways, I'm looking at you). Being OCD and more of a legitimate player, it very much irks me when I register a Shiny Pokemon image into my Pokedex that wasn't self-obtained or obtained from a reliable, legitimate source. :p

I'm at Resolution Cave, Friday, I'll get Guzzlord. After that, Necrozma.

[~British Soul~]

Gotta love when a wild Exeggcute uses Sleep Powder, then proceeds to use Worry Seed the following turn. *facecake*

[Urayne]

Gotta love when a wild Exeggcute uses Sleep Powder, then proceeds to use Worry Seed the following turn. *facecake*

Or when swords dance is used then explosion! Lol id even facepalmed that person for him. This happened over Pokémon showdown!

 

My current team:

Greninja

Level 56

 

Shelgon

Level 41

 

Alolan raticate (shine friend) ∆shiny

Level 45

 

Gosliopod

Level 43

 

Incineroar

Level 44

 

50% zygarde

Level 35

[~British Soul~]

Or when swords dance is used then explosion! Lol id even facepalmed that person for him. This happened over Pokémon showdown!

Showdown is different though.

[Βyakuya]

Man, don't you just love it where you start a Nuzlocke and your whole team ends up having a common weakness and having the worst possible natures offensively? All against the monstrosity that is Lurantis? When I originally played through Moon, I had Torracat on me and the fight against Lurantis was not too hard, and I couln't empathize with people who had trouble or complained about that fight. But in Sun with Rowlet as my starter, sheet just hit the roof. The team I had prior to the Game Over:

 

dartrix (Sir Whoot) - Level 27 (Timid)

Lord Magneto (Magnemite) - Level 25 (Impish)

Cotton Mutton (Cottonee) - Level 25 (Jolly)

Batteryman 9V (Charjabug) - Level 25 (Lonely)

Jekyll (Lycanroc-Midday) - Level 25 (Jolly)

 

I also had an Eevee prior but it died before the fight and I had no time to train or chance to get a Fire poke before the fight. In fact, a Groun Pokemon would be feasible cause of that funking Castform and Weather Ball sweeping my very slow team.

 

Now I'm just hesitant if I just want to start the game over again or continue with some setbacks/ajustments.

[Flame Dragon]

Man, don't you just love it where you start a Nuzlocke and your whole team ends up having a common weakness and having the worst possible natures offensively? All against the monstrosity that is Lurantis? When I originally played through Moon, I had Torracat on me and the fight against Lurantis was not too hard, and I couln't empathize with people who had trouble or complained about that fight. But in Sun with Rowlet as my starter, sheet just hit the roof. The team I had prior to the Game Over:

 

dartrix (Sir Whoot) - Level 27 (Timid)

Lord Magneto (Magnemite) - Level 25 (Impish)

Cotton Mutton (Cottonee) - Level 25 (Jolly)

Batteryman 9V (Charjabug) - Level 25 (Lonely)

Jekyll (Lycanroc-Midday) - Level 25 (Jolly)

 

I also had an Eevee prior but it died before the fight and I had no time to train or chance to get a Fire poke before the fight. In fact, a Groun Pokemon would be feasible cause of that funking Castform and Weather Ball sweeping my very slow team.

 

Now I'm just hesitant if I just want to start the game over again or continue with some setbacks/ajustments.

IMO Lurantis should be an easy enough battle for Dartrix. It 4x resists its STAB and you'll have access to Acrobatics at this point. Even with the minus nature you'll 2 shot it.

[The Warden]

Said Dartrix is like, 3-4 levels lower than Lurantis innit? Plus Castform does Sunny Day, so its Weather Ball becomes fire. So I'm not sure if Lurantis was the issue here given his team comp and their glaring fire weakness.

[Βyakuya]

IMO Lurantis should be an easy enough battle for Dartrix. It 4x resists its STAB and you'll have access to Acrobatics at this point. Even with the minus nature you'll 2 shot it.

 

I think it was kind of an oversight for me there. I had Pluck as my main offense and I thought it couldn't learn it. Charjabug could learn it though. My plan was to use my quad resistance to my advantage but I oversaw Weather Ball Castform, which was the reason behind the death of my teams since Lurantis would not die in one hit so it called Castform and it spelled my doom.

[Flame Dragon]

Said Dartrix is like, 3-4 levels lower than Lurantis innit? Plus Castform does Sunny Day, so its Weather Ball becomes fire. So I'm not sure if Lurantis was the issue here given his team comp and their glaring fire weakness.

 

Bulbapedia said Lurantis was level 24 so it is actually 3 levels higher. Castform is a problem, but it isn't there turn 1 and it needs turn 2 to set up Sunny Day at which point Lurantis would be dead (unless it healed, but then it dies next turn).

 

I think it was kind of an oversight for me there. I had Pluck as my main offense and I thought it couldn't learn it. Charjabug could learn it though. My plan was to use my quad resistance to my advantage but I oversaw Weather Ball Castform, which was the reason behind the death of my teams since Lurantis would not die in one hit so it called Castform and it spelled my doom.

You are right about Dartrix not learning it. I had assumed it could, not helped by Decidueye being able to learn it. Pluck needs a fair bit of help to get the 2HKO especially if you have bad IVs.

[The Warden]

I seriously don't remember it being level 24. I mean, I had a Golisopod by that point.

[Flame Dragon]

I seriously don't remember it being level 24. I mean, I had a Golisopod by that point.

Yep, only 24. The levels for the 7 are, 12, 20, 22, 24, 29, 33, 45.

[Flash Flyer - Sakura]

Yeah, Lurantis is level 24 when you fight it (despite it normally evolving 10 levels later). [Got ninja'd]

 

I think I just resorted to using Trumbeak to take it out first in Sun, then if the Castform still existed, kill that later. Moon, I probably cheated a bit by bringing in a level 32 Pelipper w/Drizzle from Wonder Trade and some other stuff. Still won, but Lurantis using Synthesis in Sun was a pain otherwise; coupled with having the Water starter both times. 

[Flame Dragon]

We know the next global mission and start date. We need to trade many pokemon of GTS starting on the 31st. Not sure how many that is going to be, but I can see us hitting it even if it's stupid high.

[Flash Flyer - Sakura]

Well, I know I'm going to be trading with myself a lot, so this should be interesting. (As in doing trade evos and stuff)

 

So far, no one's sniped my stuff yet, but seriously, who the hell would want common Pokes you can catch on your own? 

 

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And guess Bank is delayed again. 

[Flame Dragon]

Well, I know I'm going to be trading with myself a lot, so this should be interesting. (As in doing trade evos and stuff)

 

So far, no one's sniped my stuff yet, but seriously, who the hell would want common Pokes you can catch on your own? 

 

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And guess Bank is delayed again.

Only time I'm looking for common Pokes is if I need a high level up move and am too lazy to go and train them myself. Though the odds someone would trade a high level Kadabra for a weedle is super unlikely.

 

They haven't said anything about it being delayed and we still have a week left before they miss their date. Still, I would have liked it by now.

[Flash Flyer - Sakura]

Think we'd all like Bank to be here by now; certainly would've liked to move some of my stuff sitting in Bank into S/M (which yeah, does include some breed rejects and all). Bank being delayed for this long (well, no definitive release) is likely why I predicted this would end up like how X/Y were and we'd get it next month. 

 

But yeah, they still have a week or so left. 

[Yemachu]

Only time I'm looking for common Pokes is if I need a high level up move and am too lazy to go and train them myself. Though the odds someone would trade a high level Kadabra for a weedle is super unlikely.

The move relearner supposedly can learn your Pokémon moves in advance this generation. As such you would only need a "Heart Scale" for those niches.

 

As for Global Trade Station, I barely use it. Others often request Pokémon I don't have, or rather wish to keep. Reasonable requests tend to have already been traded.

[~British Soul~]

To be fair, I hardly use the GTS nowadays as well, though I still need to get a Rowlet and I don't know if I can be arsed to grab one from the GTS.