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Dr Tran
Dec 17, 2002

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Holy poo poo does the Ultra Box suck.

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Dr Tran
Dec 17, 2002

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DizzyBum posted:

I'm almost constantly at 1900+ items and 2400+ Pokemon. I have problems.

I'm gonna trade away all of these Rayquaza and Mewtwo eventually...

Dr Tran
Dec 17, 2002

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Dr Tran
Dec 17, 2002

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You can’t use power banks in sub zero cold?

Who is the EX boss this weekend?

Dr Tran
Dec 17, 2002

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Parrotine posted:

Why not just use Lucario? That steel typing gives it an assload of resistances with that sweet STAB fighting

Plus Power Up Punch is nice for shield bait.

Dr Tran
Dec 17, 2002

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Ursine Catastrophe posted:

Melmetal is surprisingly useful across the board for the rocket poo poo, as is Mud Shot/Hydro Cannon Swampert. Not being able to get a fast Rock attack on Tyranitar is really starting to be an issue, though- a level 40, literally 100% IV Rhyperior still wasn't able to cut it against Giovani's Arcticuno, and although I'm sure it'll be fine with the inevitable Zapdos/Moltres, this high-meta-relevance-legacy-move poo poo can gently caress off forever as far as I'm concerned.

I put Muddy Water as a 2nd move on my Swampert. Really good for killing shields.

Dr Tran
Dec 17, 2002

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Sprint gyms and stops are gone.

I got 50k dust and 5 passes because my EX Raid there next week got canceled

Dr Tran
Dec 17, 2002

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START WALKING YOUR EEVEES NOW

Dr Tran
Dec 17, 2002

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I believe it takes 120 days for friendship to be reset to zero.

Dr Tran
Dec 17, 2002

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Parrotine posted:

Why two fighting charge moves? Go with Shadow Ball for one of them

Aura Sphere is for smashing Blissey and Terrakion.

Power Up Punch is for smashing Rockets.

Lucario is soooooo good now.

Dr Tran
Dec 17, 2002

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Three shundos catching for other people. None for myself.

Dr Tran
Dec 17, 2002

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Shiny Gible is out. Probably kills its Community Day

Dr Tran
Dec 17, 2002

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Is Stantler in the wild or raid only?

I was driving around all last night and never saw one on the nearby.

Dr Tran
Dec 17, 2002

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angrygodofjebus posted:

For January the research breakthroughs are all Lapras with Ice Shard or Ice Beam. Are those moves actually useful or does this just kind of suck?

Good for Great League.

Also Shiny Heatran is next raid boss, which is pretty good for Rocket battles.

Dr Tran
Dec 17, 2002

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Hannibal Rex posted:

Since Moltres is a bit more relevant that Zapdos and Articuno were, here's a friendly reminder if you still need one:

Make sure to fight Giovanni when it's getting a Weather Boost, as that increases the chance it won't have a useless IV.

Aw man. I caught Zapdos in the rain and still got a poo poo one. Will keep this in mind when I get to Moltres.

Dr Tran
Dec 17, 2002

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Got 110000 dust this morning.

Plan for next Monday's Adventure Sync Rewards

My catches and spins and research are set so that my 7 day rewards happen on Monday.
Bank some dust reward research.
Have all egg slots empty. Open gifts after the AS rewards have kicked in since gifts often have dust.
Scout for raids. Do one or two raids during the starpiece.
Do Training and PVP battles to make buddy happy. Hopefully find a Rocket grunt to beat up. Might be able to line up beating Giovanni during this time.
Berry dump.
Clear out banked research Pokemon.

Dr Tran
Dec 17, 2002

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endlessmonotony posted:

What are the actual benefits of having Adventure Sync on during this?

Because it's been broken since iOS 13 and no, their recent updates haven't done anything to fix it.

seiferguy posted:

So is there an actual award for going 100km instead of 50km?

Last Monday I got 91000 stardust with a starpiece running for getting to 100km

It will happen again on Monday.

Dr Tran
Dec 17, 2002

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Womp womp

Dr Tran
Dec 17, 2002

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Niantic HQ is in San Francisco. Which is where the 49ers are from. The 49ers who are in the Super Bowl. The Super Bowl that has the same hours as the mouse research event. How did this happen?

Dr Tran
Dec 17, 2002

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Johnny Joestar posted:

looks like niantic maybe fixed their poo poo, because after a couple restarts and a few hours later the missing gyms are back

Nope, it’s still broken. Restart your app is a quick fix though.

Dr Tran
Dec 17, 2002

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Thanks Gotcha

Dr Tran
Dec 17, 2002

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seiferguy posted:

I just set up a team of Lucario (with pup and sb), lanturn and skarmony and that whips. I might invest in a 2nd move for lanturn.

Edit: an EX raid invite on the day of the loving super bowl???? Jfc Niantic

Mine is at kickoff, lol.

Dr Tran
Dec 17, 2002

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Is Scraggy worth powering up?

Dr Tran
Dec 17, 2002

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I made a shiny team of Alolan Marowak, Ninetales and Raichu and actually won against some metas.
Then the GoBattle network went down :(

Dr Tran
Dec 17, 2002

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For the first time, I went 5/5 in Rank 9. Overheat Charizard slays!

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Dec 17, 2002

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Unsinkabear posted:

drat, that's awesome! What else are you running?

Poliwrath and Clefable.

My alt was crushing it with Giratina legs in Charizard’s spot.

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Dec 17, 2002

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Parrotine posted:

Skull Bash is completely useless on Snorlax, takes too drat long to charge up and the defense boost is nowhere near worth it

I’m not sure about running Earthquake any more either.

Seems like a waste to charge and I never get lucky when they still have a shield left and I try to bait it with Body Slam.

Superpower or Outrage seem more useful. Probably Outrage since I’m not seeing many steel types.

Dr Tran
Dec 17, 2002

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DJ Fuckboy Supreme posted:

Am I eating extra crazy pills or was lickitung in raids late last year as a 1 or 2 tier mon

It was a 1 or 2. But for this event, it is a 4

Dr Tran
Dec 17, 2002

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Woohoo! I’m at 61 charge TMs after raids.

Dr Tran
Dec 17, 2002

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My alt learned from my main’s mistakes, is now retired.

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Dec 17, 2002

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Smiles posted:

with the elite tms does that mean i can have a single mewtwo know both psystrike and shadowball o_o

Yes!

Dr Tran
Dec 17, 2002

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Apze posted:

I've been having the most success in the current league with Bastiodon, Medicham, Shadow Victreebel, although I may swap Medicham out for Toxicroak.

I’m trying this lineup and it’s fun, but I’m only getting 2/5 in Rank 9.

My first few tries had Registeel as the lead and I’m yelling “Oh Come On!”

Dr Tran
Dec 17, 2002

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Saoshyant posted:

Is there some kind of underground trade ring that whales have access to? Fought two guys on GBL today who had a super try hard GL team with two shinies each (fine, quite lucky people I guess) and a Tropius(!!)

I mean, if GPS cheating is a thing, I imagine someone out there is more than willing to sell regional mons and GL relevant shinies to whoever wants to pay them for, but seeing it was kind of a what the gently caress moment.

Got my Tropius at GoFest last year.

Aw man, Go Fest this year is probably cancelled.

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Dec 17, 2002

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thumper57 posted:

Wait so is it possible to lose ranking points or not? I just surrendered a couple of matches as soon as Bastiodon came out because it's too drat tedious to waste time on, and I swear I dropped (it didn't show the number go down, but I was over 1800 and am now 1792)

Points go down hard when you lose.
You need points to go up in Rank.
However, you can’t lose Rank.
If you can reach Rank 10, you can lose all you want and still be Rank 10.

Dr Tran
Dec 17, 2002

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I tried out Bastidon, Shadow Victreebel and Escavlier and went 4-1.

I like the better Venusaur coverage but the lineup is still busted with Registeel leads.

I might end up with Deoxys as my Counter user for the push to Rank 10.

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Dec 17, 2002

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Hannibal Rex posted:

There's no sane way to get the ace trainer jacket, right?

I always go against Candela in Master League

Swampert takes out the shields fast with Hydro Cannon and an Earthquake finishes Entei.

Tyranitar/Rhyperior
Rock fast moves take out Salamence.
Rock charge move takes out Moltres with one shot.

Current buddy gets the last slot to get buddy points. Only reason I still do training.

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Dec 17, 2002

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Wheany posted:

You don't have to finish the fight to get buddy points. You get the point as soon as you pick your team. Just surrender as soon as you can. If your phone has a back button, you can surrender the fight as soon as the fight screen appears and if you're quick enough to tap on "yes" on the confirmation screen, the screen will fade out before you even see the opponent's pokemon spawn.

Don’t I need to finish the fight to get the notch on the Ace Trainer badge?

Dr Tran
Dec 17, 2002

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Ursine Catastrophe posted:

Riolu isn’t in friend eggs right now, it’s still all fossils all the time

I recently hatched a 98% Riolu thanks to Adventure Sync. Get a phone swing.

Dr Tran
Dec 17, 2002

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Started work on my Sableye.

Found out Lucario can counter Blanche with no charge moves in Great League.

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Dr Tran
Dec 17, 2002

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On my alt, I'm running Typhlosion, Swampert and Sceptile w/ Leaf Blade+EQ

Getting 3/5, which is fine. I'll take a loss if it means I can solar beam an opponent's Swampert with Typhlosion.

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