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[Caladrius]

Well, I finally did it:

It's got a Lonely nature and Perfect Attack, Defense, Special Defense and Speed IVs, as well as a 25 in Special Attack. Only letdown is the HP, but considering how damn good the IV spread is otherwise, I can't complain.

This more than makes up for that Friend Safari Red Gyarados. Woo!

 

[Firestorm]

...Ugh. :/ That's awful. Now I understand the comments that we'll never have a meta game as good ever again.

What do you mean by metagame? Everything I've heard about the Battle Spot ladder at the moment (if it's the same as the ruleset we get for next season which looks very likely) indicates that the metagame is a lot of fun right now and should be for quite some time compared to last season.

 

[DaBoss]

I think he meant post-game.

EDIT: Congrats on the shiny Zekrom, Caladrius.

 

[A Link to the Past]

I think he meant post-game.

Yeah, thanks

 

[ffdgh]

Well, I finally did it:



It's got a Lonely nature and Perfect Attack, Defense, Special Defense and Speed IVs, as well as a 25 in Special Attack. Only letdown is the HP, but considering how damn good the IV spread is otherwise, I can't complain.

This more than makes up for that Friend Safari Red Gyarados. Woo!

Congrats! C'mon pink lugia...

 

[Dryk]

As I said, strategies that deviate from the standard will screw up so many competitive players. Hell, that's what Sejun did with his Pachirisu.

While unconventional sets will give the element of surprise, once people realise what you're doing you're usually worse off. It's like how comp shooter players are thrown off by bad players sometimes. The bad player has an advantage for as long as their suboptimal play confuses people, then they revert to being just a bad player again.

Good luck with your Furfrou team though Joe. Furfrou is hilarious when people can't figure out how to deal with it in the first few turns its out.

 

[one_kill]

I want a shiny Zekrom and Reshiram
maaaaaaaan

 

[Charlie0108]

Beat the E4, they were so so so so easy UNTIL Steven's Metagross which nearly took out my entire team!

 

[IceDoesntHelp]

I wouldn't have the patience for the soft resetting.

 

[Aveyn Knight]

I want a shiny Zekrom and Reshiram
maaaaaaaan

Camp outside like the rest of us XD

I'm sitting outside Reshiram's portal atm.

 

[MicH]

I can't decide if I ant to try and SR for a shiny Ho-Oh or Reshiram

EDIT: Screw it, I'm joining the Reshiram SR team!

 

[ffdgh]

I wouldn't have the patience for the soft resetting.

It's not so bad for me. Tis a nice change of pace from masuda breeding all the time.

 

[dakkumauji]

I don't know if I have the patience for SR for a shiny.

I barely had the patience to SR for a decent Latias and that was just going through a long cutscene. Though I guess it's quicker to just start fighting and say nope, let's try again (200 more times)

 

[Macka]

I don't know if I have the patience for SR for a shiny.

I barely had the patience to SR for a decent Latias and that was just going through a long cutscene. Though I guess it's quicker to just start fighting and say nope, let's try again (200 more times)

I do it while watching TV or browsing GAF, makes it fairly bearable tbh.

 

[Wyndstryker]

I most probably will get said legendaries in a trade before I can soft reset them all. Especially since I don't care for stats, I just collect it's easier for me to grab the shiny rejects. Hell, aside from literally 4 pokemon (magikarp, crawdaunt, golem, kecleon), the rest of my collection came from wonder trades. This includes my shiny zapdos, groudon, rayquaza, regice, and landorus. And thats not even trying to find shiny legendaries.

 

[MicH]

I do it while watching TV or browsing GAF, makes it fairly bearable tbh.

Yeah, I usually do it while watching youtube videos with my headphones on so it keeps me entertained. Then it's just mashing A/L, a quick glance then L-R-Start and mash A again

 

[IceDoesntHelp]

It's not so bad for me. Tis a nice change of pace from masuda breeding all the time.

I might try it with Ho-Oh if it's in OR, as it's one of my favorite legendaries

 

[Spinosaurus]

I might try it with Ho-Oh if it's in OR, as it's one of my favorite legendaries

The "red" legendaries are in OR, so Ho-Oh is one of them.

Thankfully.

 

[MicH]

The "red" legendaries are in OR, so Ho-Oh is one of them.

Thankfully.

Itt also means we get the absolute worst legendary: Palkia *barf*

 

[WarAdept]

Itt also means we get the absolute worst legendary: Palkia *barf*

Reminds me, I need to transfer my Shiny Dialgia/Palkia/Giratina that I got from Gen 5 promo.

 

[Spinosaurus]

Itt also means we get the absolute worst legendary: Palkia *barf*

No I like Palkia a lot too.

Reshiram is the stinker.

 

[Caladrius]

Reshiram and Palkia are bros. Y'all are crazy.

... Keldeo on the other hand...

I think he meant post-game.

EDIT: Congrats on the shiny Zekrom, Caladrius.

Congrats! C'mon pink lugia...

Thanks! (And good luck on the Lugia ffdgh)

I want a shiny Zekrom and Reshiram
maaaaaaaan

It's not out of reach, it's just a matter of how tolerant you are of bad stats.

I wouldn't have the patience for the soft resetting.

It can wear on the nerves, but as other people have noted, if you've got fun distractions, it's doable.

I don't know if I have the patience for SR for a shiny.

I barely had the patience to SR for a decent Latias and that was just going through a long cutscene. Though I guess it's quicker to just start fighting and say nope, let's try again (200 more times)

Yeah, there were a few occasions where I nearly gave up on it. (I took about 270 or so resets total, which took about a minute each, partially because of my shitty eyesight) Thankfully for the most part it's simple enough that you could read something on the computer or watch a show / movie without too much inconvenience.

Cutscene legends are by far the worst for soft resetting though, methinks. As you noted, there's so much useless fluff to go through compared to the "battle intro, master ball, check stats" standard. I went through much the same problem when Soft-resetting for my Jolly Rayquaza. (I don't envy the poor souls who forget to leave party slots open for the trainer fights after Xerneas/Yveltal/Rayquaza.)

It's a damned fine sight that they let you KO Kyogre/Groudon and Deoxys and do them after the story. The amount of long cutscenes surrounding them is downright disgusting.

 

[ivysaur12]

Does anyone have any links to a secret base code that's all Blissey, all the time?

 

[one_kill]

It also means we get the absolute worst legendary: Palkia *barf*

Are you serious?! Palkia's so awesome that Sakurai felt he needed to add it as an assist trophy!

 

[NormalFish]

Are you serious?! Palkia's so awesome that Sakurai felt he needed to add it as an assist trophy!

Does this apply to goldeen, too?

 

[one_kill]

Does this apply to goldeen, too?

Yes

Goldeen has freaking "gold" in its name!

 

[Macka]

Does anyone have any links to a secret base code that's all Blissey, all the time?

Secret meadow:

 

[Macka]

Genesect is the only Unova legend that I like. Wish I could get a red one.

Edit: Crap, figured somebody would have posted by now.

 

[ohlawd]

each of those six bases are full of Blissey trainers?

 

[Wyndstryker]

each of those six bases are full of Blissey trainers?

Nope, it's 6 trainers you can get for your base to make it a blissey base for yourself. You can't have 6 blissey bases just due to how the secret base system works. (Other people's bases, only the owner has their special team, the rest of the people in the base are generics) However more bases does means more base owners that have blisseys that you can fight so it doesn't hurt having more.

 

[Macka]

each of those six bases are full of Blissey trainers?

Yes, they are. The entire Secret Meadow is filled with those six bases, each of which contains 3 level 100 Blissey's set to have a triple-battle. The Blissey's only know Heal Pulse and have no attacking moves. With a Lucky Egg and Experience O power you'll be swimming in exp.

Nope, it's 6 trainers you can get for your base to make it a blissey base for yourself. You can't have 6 blissey bases just due to how the secret base system works. (Other people's bases, only the owner has their special team, the rest of the people in the base are generics)

Nope, it really is 6 trainers with 3 Blissey each.

 

[Muku]

Well, I finally did it:



It's got a Lonely nature and Perfect Attack, Defense, Special Defense and Speed IVs, as well as a 25 in Special Attack. Only letdown is the HP, but considering how damn good the IV spread is otherwise, I can't complain.

This more than makes up for that Friend Safari Red Gyarados. Woo!

Congrats man! Congrats to all who have gotten shinies recently. I imagine the shiny hunt will be better once I get the shiny charm. Just wish we could skip the Lati@s given to us by default for later SRing.

Going on day 10 for Latias. Still drinking the haterade. Really wish I could skip it and come back for it later. Not entirely sure how I feel about this "here, have a legendary" deal. Though I guess when Latias does show up as shiny, it'll be even more rewarding. I know it's IVs will be shit, but meh.

 

[PreyingShark]

Congrats man! Congrats to all who have gotten shinies recently. I imagine the shiny hunt will be better once I get the shiny charm. Just wish we could skip the Lati@s given to us by default for later SRing.

Going on day 10 for Latias. Still drinking the haterade. Really wish I could skip it and come back for it later. Not entirely sure how I feel about this "here, have a legendary" deal. Though I guess when Latias does show up as shiny, it'll be even more rewarding. I know it's IVs will be shit, but meh.

At least it's guaranteed to have the right nature if you're using a sync.

 

[J. Bravo]

My coworker offered up a 5 IV shiny charmander , but when I offered him a 5 IV modest flash fire vulpix with energy ball, he never responded!! Jerk. I want that charmander

 

[RionaaM]

Congrats! C'mon pink lugia...

Mine is taking 557 resets and counting. Maybe Lugia doesn't like the color pink, who knows?

 

[Muku]

At least it's guaranteed to have the right nature if you're using a sync.

True, and I am. Using a dead Timid Ralts in lead. But nature won't matter all that much if it gives me the IVs in the exact wrong spots. Either way though, I'll just be happy to have it.

 

[ffdgh]

Mine is taking 557 resets and counting. Maybe Lugia doesn't like the color pink, who knows?

I've lost count but I'm sure I'm aound 230 resets so far.

 

[one_kill]

My coworker offered up a 5 IV shiny charmander , but when I offered him a 5 IV modest flash fire vulpix with energy ball, he never responded!! Jerk. I want that charmander

Is your Vulpix a shiny?

 

[Macka]

I'm at around ~850 for Raikou. :/

 

[Gentle Rodriguez]

I'm at around ~850 for Raikou. :/

Welp, too late to quit now!

 

[Hatchtag]

I don't understand how people keep track of their resets in numbers. Right now I'm up to two South Park episodes and the first half of Wedding Crashers for Zekrom.

 

[J. Bravo]

Is your Vulpix a shiny?

No but do you really think that's why he didn't respond?

 

[Styles]

A week and I still have yet to acquire a shiny Latias. Fuck my life.

 

[ffdgh]

No but do you really think that's why he didn't respond?

C'mon...He could likely breed that in no time

 

[DaBoss]

The gifted Lati@s comes in a PokeBall, you don't want that.

 

[Styles]

I could restart my copy of Pokemon White 2 and try and get a shiny Latias there....

 

[Macka]

I don't understand how people keep track of their resets in numbers. Right now I'm up to two South Park episodes and the first half of Wedding Crashers for Zekrom.

I just go on roughly 50 per hour. When in all honesty it's probably far more than that considering I just timed myself and it takes 45 seconds per cycle.

 

[J. Bravo]

C'mon...He could likely breed that in no time

3 IV male timid smeargle with ice punch, baton pass, substitute, and pursuit?

 

[shadow2810]

I don't understand how people keep track of their resets in numbers. Right now I'm up to two South Park episodes and the first half of Wedding Crashers for Zekrom.

Get yourself a calculator. Every time you reset, add one, just make sure you don't accidentally press reset

 

[ffdgh]

OMG OMG PINK OUT OF NOWHERE!!!