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Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire |OT| Hoenn Finally Confirmed
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Aveyn Knight
Member
Sorry, I couldn't resist.
Aveyn Knight
Member
5.2% chance. You can do it
Luckily there's no limit on the amount of codes you can redeem in one game, so if you have ~$200 to spare, get 19 tickets (though I'm unsure if you can receive the same Arceus twice or not)
Anyone want to sponsor? : D
;__;
I assume the codes last for a while? I'll need to double check.
Hopefully I can farm the VGC Pokemon in May and pay for the codes that way. Although I was hoping to use those to barter for the 6 random legendaries, but Shiny Arceus...
Tickets available with the code until July 17th. Codes redeemable until August 31st
Be warned. There's already a crapload of hacked ones going around, especially on Wonder Trade, which obviously isn't possible with legit ones due to the Wishing Ribbon it holds.
Aveyn Knight
Member
Thanks, I just found out now : )
Yeah, I figured. That's why I want to get the codes instead.
EDIT: Oh, the tickets sell until July? Hmm, hope I can fit in all the trades between end of May and then.
Shadow Broker
Banned
I've been playing Pokémon almost none stop since X and Y was release. Even with that there's still a couple of things I'm not sure.
The only Mega evolution I like and bothered with is Lucario's. After some Website banned it, alot of people I wanted to play with didn't want to bother with me because I used him so I stopped bothering with mega evolution.
Last light my team went up against a legendary team that had 2 Arceus, Groundon, Kyorge, Rayquaza,and a Darkrai. Here's what I'm not sure of..
He sent out his Kyorge and ot automatically Primal evolve before I could choose an action for my Milotic. He quickly recalled the Kyorge and sent out Groundon which Primal evolved before my toxic even launched that same turn.
after I took out his Primal Groundon he rage quit.
Can people legit Primal evolve Two Pokémon in the same battle?
The only Mega evolution I like and bothered with is Lucario's. After some Website banned it, alot of people I wanted to play with didn't want to bother with me because I used him so I stopped bothering with mega evolution.
Last light my team went up against a legendary team that had 2 Arceus, Groundon, Kyorge, Rayquaza,and a Darkrai. Here's what I'm not sure of..
He sent out his Kyorge and ot automatically Primal evolve before I could choose an action for my Milotic. He quickly recalled the Kyorge and sent out Groundon which Primal evolved before my toxic even launched that same turn.
after I took out his Primal Groundon he rage quit.
Can people legit Primal evolve Two Pokémon in the same battle?
Yeah they can. There's no limits on Primal Reversion
Was the Trainers name Tobias?
EDIT:Welp, Mega Metagross avoided a ban from OU by a measly 2.7%. The OU Showdown chat is in flames.
Aveyn Knight
Member
Should I be happy? I only just started using it XD
Maintenance
Member
Need to get a MM, never tried it before besides the campaign, but that was a joke.
Okay, so. Legendary Hunting questions. I have a couple. Will spoiler tag in case anyone actually cares:
- I only have Alpha Sapphire, and I know that some legendaries are version exclusive. I know you need sets of legendaries to get the third legendary from a generation (a la needing Palkia and Dialga to get Giratina), so will using the Pokebank to bring over a legendary from an older game work? (Like my Ho-oh from SoulSilver, just as an example.)
- The only legendary I do not have is Groudon (and Shaymin, sob). Is there any non-painful way to get it without buying a copy of Omega Ruby? The GTS is ridiculous as fuck, as always.
- The only legendary I do not have is Groudon (and Shaymin, sob). Is there any non-painful way to get it without buying a copy of Omega Ruby? The GTS is ridiculous as fuck, as always.
Aveyn Knight
Member
- Yup, it does work. They don't need to originate from ORAS.
- Breed some 5IV popular Pokemon, put them up on the GTS and ask for a Groudon. Some people really don't care about cover legendaries and will easily trade them away for competitive Pokemon. I got my Yveltal and Kyogre that way.
I figured as much. The Regis always were a pain in the ass.
I know nothing about breeding. I may just put up a trade for it once I catch my second Yveltal in Pokemon Y.
MasterSheen
Member
Oooooh I see.
Muku
Member
Sorry, I couldn't resist.
Yessssss. Golden Arceus...
I don't have that kind of money after moving.
Plus I'd have to send money and coax a friend to do it. But the lack of funds is enough to not be able to do it now. Would be nice to have Arceus with pentagon, but not overly worried since I still have my Arceus from B/W. Shiny would be cool, but still my luck, I'd buy 20 tickets or whatever and still end up with no shiny. Though, worried about hacked ones running around. But if anyone actually happens to come across a legit one, I have some stuff that might be interesting to offer. Let me know.Got my computer up and running here now though (FedEx was only a couple days late due to snow ;_
so gotta finish up this last Shaymin SR, SR for my trio, then farm a few Fennekin. Probably start my actual save (if they don't throw something else up soon) so I can nab the Eon ticket from my Corocoro code I got a while back. If nothing else guess I can spread the Eon ticket to my other two copies of the games and restart. Which does remind me... if I claim the Eon ticket code and pass the Eon Ticket to my US OR, the US OR has a chance to pass on the ticket too, right? It's not just set to the systems that claimed tickets, correct?Edit: Scratch that, awesome husband to the rescue.
Shadow Broker
Banned
I refer to Smogon every once in awhile usually when I need an idea for a general Poke build and I don't know much about that site nor do I care to learn about it.
I'm amazed how much influence that site has over the singles meta game. They make a decision and people I used to connect with would snap and all of a sudden they won't battle because I'm using a Poke that doesn't fall into Smogon teir ranking. I don't blame Smogon at all. I blame myself for not using Pokes I like just to battle against other gamers that follows Smogon teir system.
I'm just going to recreate a team and during the team preview before the battle the other gamer backs out because he follows Smogon teir system and I dont... Fuck'em.. not worth playing with.
The Awesomest
Member
Whoops. Freak critical on Deoxys. He comes back, right?
I don't use Smogon tiers nor do I follow their silly "bans". (Oh noes Swagger is too OP with Play Rough omg plsnerf)
I don't put Double Team on my pokemon because it's a dick move, not because a website told me not to. Swagger is meant to force switches.
Then again I prefer Doubles and just find it annoying when passerbys I challenge in Singles quit because I used Horn Drill like once for the lulz. Nobody plays fun sets these days, it's all just whatever Smogon says "is best". Back in generation 4 I had a Giga Impacting Delcatty which almost never worked out but it took some people by surprise hahaha
I don't put Double Team on my pokemon because it's a dick move, not because a website told me not to. Swagger is meant to force switches.
Then again I prefer Doubles and just find it annoying when passerbys I challenge in Singles quit because I used Horn Drill like once for the lulz. Nobody plays fun sets these days, it's all just whatever Smogon says "is best". Back in generation 4 I had a Giga Impacting Delcatty which almost never worked out but it took some people by surprise hahaha
Yeah, I don't think any of my battles will get crazier than this. I should stop playing for a while because there's no way I can top this. I was literally sweating at the end because it was so tense:
6ZPG-WWWW-WWXJ-WBMA
Smogon tiers are fine when you're using their simulation. However, it does annoy me when people try to translate them to cartridge and don't want to battle with me for fun just because I'm using Talonflame or other banned Pokemon. My Poor Mega Rayquaza will always remain in it's box never to be used
6ZPG-WWWW-WWXJ-WBMA
Smogon tiers are fine when you're using their simulation. However, it does annoy me when people try to translate them to cartridge and don't want to battle with me for fun just because I'm using Talonflame or other banned Pokemon. My Poor Mega Rayquaza will always remain in it's box never to be used
Someone on Twitter bought 20 tickets.
You'd think they'd get them all, right? Turns out you can get the same one multiple times after all. He got:
Meadow Plate * 3
Zap Plate * 3
Fist Plate * 2
Pixie Plate * 2
Icicle Plate * 2
Stone Plate * 2
Silk Scarf
Draco Plate
Spooky Plate
Toxic Plate
Sky Plate
He's a bit sad by it. No shiny.
You'd think they'd get them all, right? Turns out you can get the same one multiple times after all. He got:
Meadow Plate * 3
Zap Plate * 3
Fist Plate * 2
Pixie Plate * 2
Icicle Plate * 2
Stone Plate * 2
Silk Scarf
Draco Plate
Spooky Plate
Toxic Plate
Sky Plate
He's a bit sad by it. No shiny.
The main issue with Smogon is their obsession with stall. They absolutely love it on there and it's why Mega Metagross was put up for suspect testing, since with it's high attack, immunity to toxic and resistance to stealth rocks, it can get around stall. Wait, you thought MegaM was put up for suspect testing because people thought it was OP? LOL! It had nothing to do with that, many of the bans, outside of the obvious legendary bans, have nothing to do with a Pokemon being too OP, it's usually because they can get around stall. It's been like that for years.
If you ever see a Smogon player using phrases like "This Pokemon makes the meta unhealthy" or "This Pokemon makes the meta stale", that's usually another way of them saying, "I can't run full stall like I used to". Every time Gamefreak makes something that makes stall unviable, they try to ban it to protect their unnatural playstyle, a playstyle that really shouldn't exist, and this is coming from me, a Smogon player
If you ever see a Smogon player using phrases like "This Pokemon makes the meta unhealthy" or "This Pokemon makes the meta stale", that's usually another way of them saying, "I can't run full stall like I used to". Every time Gamefreak makes something that makes stall unviable, they try to ban it to protect their unnatural playstyle, a playstyle that really shouldn't exist, and this is coming from me, a Smogon player
MrCookiepants
Member
The main issue with Smogon is their obsession with stall. They absolutely love it on there and it's why Mega Metagross was put up for suspect testing, since with it's high attack, immunity to toxic and resistance to stealth rocks, it can get around stall. Wait, you thought MegaM was put up for suspect testing because people thought it was OP? LOL! It had nothing to do with that, many of the bans, outside of the obvious legendary bans, have nothing to do with a Pokemon being too OP, it's usually because they can get around stall. It's been like that for years.
If you ever see a Smogon player using phrases like "This Pokemon makes the meta unhealthy" or "This Pokemon makes the meta stale", that's usually another way of them saying, "I can't run full stall like I used to". Every time Gamefreak makes something that makes stall unviable, they try to ban it to protect their unnatural playstyle, a playstyle that really shouldn't exist, and this is coming from me, a Smogon player
Smogon doesn't have a bias for stall. Most of them seem to hate facing it, and strong stall mons (like Chansey) are downplayed whenever possible to discourage people.
But they usually ban anything that threatens a certain play style. Greninja was banned because it wrecks hyper offense teams for example.
Starwolf_UK
Member
Enter the Dragon Type Online Competition is beckoning.Smogon tiers are fine when you're using their simulation. However, it does annoy me when people try to translate them to cartridge and don't want to battle with me for fun just because I'm using Talonflame or other banned Pokemon. My Poor Mega Rayquaza will always remain in it's box never to be used
Speaking of which. The Arceus event reminds me once again how crazy this will be. The fact it is anything goes means dragons might want to stay at home with things like Pixie plate Arceus and Mega Diancie running amok (how ironic that Enter the Dragon Type could be dominated by anything but Dragons), neither of which have, yay
. Maybe I underestimate the abilities of Life orb mega Rayquaza a little though.As for going insane there is always Darkrai and its apprentice Smeargle hauling Dark void around to worry about too.
But one little technicality in the rules. The mandatory Dragon type includes Pokemon which mega evolve into one, in other words Sceptile and Ampharos count. I assume you must have the stone on them though. If not you can be cheeky and have Charizard-Y as the dragon.
I also like to look at PGL although it can be inaccurate for unpopular Pokemon (as in unskilled players only use these so movesets might not be up to par, you might also see ideas you never thought of or harsh realities like the most reliable KOing move for Seaking being Horn Drill). It also allows you to filter by format which is a key thing as sets can be completely different. One thing I was ignorant about was Kangaskarn for example, it runs Earthquake all the time in singles but never in doubles.
Also EV spreads on Smogon are designed for level 100 instead of level 50. IIRC HP doesn't scale linearly which is why it is important if you play Battle spot to do calculations at level 50.
Muku
Member
See, that's the kind of luck I'd have. Though I'm not surprised you don't get one of everything. GF wants to make sure you have a ton of those ones you don't want. I guess at least he has trade ait?
If I were to use a Corocoro Eon ticket code and then transfer the ticket to my US AS, that game an continue to pass it, right? It's not just whoever claimed the ticket initially, is that correct?
Blue Ninja
Member
Shiny Arceus looks baller. Wish I could get my hands on one.
On a break from playing, though. Playing the DS at night just wasn't very good to my sleep cycle, and it's already fucked up to begin with.
On a break from playing, though. Playing the DS at night just wasn't very good to my sleep cycle, and it's already fucked up to begin with.
Aveyn Knight
Member
See, that's the kind of luck I'd have. Though I'm not surprised you don't get one of everything. GF wants to make sure you have a ton of those ones you don't want. I guess at least he has trade ait?
If I were to use a Corocoro Eon ticket code and then transfer the ticket to my US AS, that game an continue to pass it, right? It's not just whoever claimed the ticket initially, is that correct?
The Eon Ticket spreads, so you should be OK. Just make sure you have the Eon Ticket on all your game files before wiping any files : )
Muku
Member
Sweet so it's like a plague despite not having original on your game, haha. Just wanted to make sure before I do anything crazy. I want to redeem my codes before I lose track o time and they expire. Thinking of starting up a save file in JPN AS that will be my play through, but wanted to make sure I had a way out without losing the ticket should another generic code thing pop up. Thank you.
DragonKnight
Member
Hey guys. I just bought my copy last night and i think i figured out the team i wana run through the game with. As usual...most of them cant be gotten until after the E4.
Im looking for these pokes:
Dragon dance bagon
Hidden ability torchic
Shadow sneak aegislah (first form)
Hidden ability abra.
I know im essentially asking for freebies but as the game has been out for quite some time i figured this wouldnt be a big deal. Advantegous natures and iv are always nice but its more of an ocd thing than a competitive battling thing. I just like a nice powerful squad.
My final in game team will look something like this:
Swampert
Blaziken
Magnezone
Alakazam
Salamence
Aegislash
I dont have the fc or anytbing yet but if you could set them aside, i can always pm you my details later.
Edit: how soon can i start trading in game anyway? After the firdt badge?
Edit2: i just read up on magnezones hidden ability. Anybody got an analytic magnemite?
Im looking for these pokes:
Dragon dance bagon
Hidden ability torchic
Shadow sneak aegislah (first form)
Hidden ability abra.
I know im essentially asking for freebies but as the game has been out for quite some time i figured this wouldnt be a big deal. Advantegous natures and iv are always nice but its more of an ocd thing than a competitive battling thing. I just like a nice powerful squad.
My final in game team will look something like this:
Swampert
Blaziken
Magnezone
Alakazam
Salamence
Aegislash
I dont have the fc or anytbing yet but if you could set them aside, i can always pm you my details later.
Edit: how soon can i start trading in game anyway? After the firdt badge?
Edit2: i just read up on magnezones hidden ability. Anybody got an analytic magnemite?
Muku
Member
Don't even need first badge. When you go to town where your dad is and help Wally, at end of that you'll get the PSS.
entremet
Member
Yeah, I don't think any of my battles will get crazier than this. I should stop playing for a while because there's no way I can top this. I was literally sweating at the end because it was so tense:
6ZPG-WWWW-WWXJ-WBMA
Smogon tiers are fine when you're using their simulation. However, it does annoy me when people try to translate them to cartridge and don't want to battle with me for fun just because I'm using Talonflame or other banned Pokemon. My Poor Mega Rayquaza will always remain in it's box never to be used
Basically.
I don't mind if people agree to play Smogon rules amongst themselves, but that should not affect Battle Spot, which it what it does.
Daemul is correct for the most part. The ones who make policy decisions on Smogon have been biased towards stall for a long time.
Maintenance
Member
Not even 6x31IV and EV 252 in every stat would make her better.
Yeah the thing is, she won't get any better even with perfect IVs. Just don't bother man.
MikeBreezy92
Member
Smogon is too ingrained with the battling community for that not to happen.
wow brave bird came in clutch for you last min,pretty good match, I feel like my biggest problem right now is predicting what will come next from my opponent and sometimes out thinking it.
Really says it all about Meganium. Even the game is self aware.
MasterSheen
Member
Late reply but WG can be used consecutively. Think it's the only protection move that can
If you still need them I can help with most of those
The Awesomest
Member
Anyone? Did I just lose my chance at Deoxys?
To add on, Quick Guard and Wide Guard add to the "failure counter" for Protect/Detect/Spiky Shield/King's Shield and Endure. So those latter moves would have a higher chance of failing if you use Quick Guard or Wide Guard before.
Beat the Elite 4 to make it respawn.
Have you checked GTS? If not, try checking there. If there is no reasonable trade there, Just post when you become available for trading.
Quick Guard can also be used consecutively.
I can give you the Abra and the Torchic:
- 5 iv HA Abra, HP ice.
-5 iv HA Torchic
My friend code:
FC 2DS: 5386-9221-3755