Pokemon X and Y SPOILER Discussion Thread

Kyzon said:
Better pics of Megadactyle

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It would have been interesting if Aerodactyl's design became more modern... being that it's a prehistoric Pokemon and all.
 
Boss Doggie said:
Holy fucking shit

Barbaracle learns SHELL SMASH

A mon whose base stats are already freakin' dangerous.



Interesting. Is it mostly for support/traps?
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Yeah. It's really good at dealing with strong special attackers due to its high SpD and access to Wish. Foul Play allows it to deal heavy damage to physical attackers that switch in, which is nice.
 
Mega Manectric looks like it could quickly reach the speed of light and then plow through the concrete-fortified walls of an enemy base.
 
Neiteio said:
Mega Manectric looks like it could quickly reach the speed of light and then plow through the concrete-fortified walls of an enemy base.
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I hope it has ridiculously high speed and special attack

I'm really starting to warm up to Manectric. God I love electric-types.
 
UberTag said:
Alakazam was a surprise.

Quick question for those of you in the know. We know the mega evolution stones for Tyranitar and Aggron are in the opposite game that those pokemon appear in?

Is that also the case for Heracross, Manectric, Houndoom and Pinsir?
Or are we just assuming that's the case because Joe discovered them? Because I don't recall him having to trade for the other stones.
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Pinsirite and Heracronite are in the right game for their exclusives

Manectite, Houndoominite and the ones for Aggron & Tyranitar are mixed.

Still haven't found the Tyranitarite
 
Wait, Barbaracle has Wish, Foul Play AND Shell Smash?? In addition to naturally high Sp. Def?? His design looked cool, but for some reason I didn't think his potential would match.
 
ColtraineGF said:
According to this, Critical Hits do 1.5x damage instead of 2x, and the Sleep counter doesn't reset when you switch out.
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Back when Sylveon took that Hydro Pump like a man in that PGS Exhibition Match people were like, "OMGWTF".

I later took out a ruler and paper and measured CHs as being 1.5x.

Glad to see my math was correct. That also explains Frost Breath's buff.
 
Neiteio said:
The trademark list -- and they ARE real trademark renewals -- had all of the Mega Pokémon revealed so far except Venusaur, Alakazam and Manectric. The others on the trademark list that haven't had Megas shown yet are Jynx, Scizor, Latios and Latias. Of those, I fully expect we'll see Scizor and Jynx in the coming days. As for Latios and Latias, I could easily see them being a promo event.
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Yeah, I expect the Latios/Latias to be saved for a promo event, or even R/S remakes. I wouldn't be surprised if a few Megas may be held for promos. Either way, its good to know that it is following that trademark list, but that there are also Pokemon who weren't on the list getting Megas.

JoeM86 said:
Pinsirite and Heracronite are in the right game for their exclusives

Manectite, Houndoominite and the ones for Aggron & Tyranitar are mixed.

Still haven't found the Tyranitarite
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I'm sure this has been covered, but how do you find Mega Stones?
 
Yay for less annoying battles!

Neiteio said:
Wait, Barbaracle has Wish, Foul Play AND Shell Smash?? In addition to naturally high Sp. Def?? His design looked cool, but for some reason I didn't think his potential would match.
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It is the Ugly Binacle. Of course it needs methods to kill everyone!
 
PK Gaming said:
I hope it has ridiculously high speed and special attack

I'm really starting to warm up to Manectric. God I love electric-types.
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I don't understand some of the negativity toward Mega Manectric. He looks elegantly simple, but packed with power. The silhouette is strong. I submit to the Guillermo del Toro school of thought that silhouettes are the most important aspect of monster design, and Mega Manectric delivers in spades. Definitely one of my favorites, and I say this as someone who never particularly liked regular Manectric.
 
Demoncarnotaur said:
Yeah, I expect the Latios/Latias to be saved for a promo event, or even R/S remakes. I wouldn't be surprised if a few Megas may be held for promos. Either way, its good to know that it is following that trademark list, but that there are also Pokemon who weren't on the list getting Megas.



I'm sure this has been covered, but how do you find Mega Stones?
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Kyzon said:
Some you can buy, like the Kanto starters, and others are just around the map between 8pm and 9pm
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^
 
I had a thought today, I truly like the mega evolution and it brings a fresh air to the gameplay mechanics buy I'm afraid the competitive metagame will be full of teams with only pokemon that are mega evolved. It put all other pokemons at great disadvantage. Why would anyone for an example play with haxorus while there is the mega dragonite? Who would choose infernape when there is mega lucario? and assuming that all mega pokemons are about 25+ (maybe up to 30+ but nothing is officially confirmed)I predict that the OU and Ubers tiers would be so repetitive and dominated with these pokemons. I don't know, I love all the variety of pokemon teams in the competitive scene but this will kill it unless the ban mega evolved pokes.
 
I'd like to hear from Joe and others as to their methodology for searching for Mega Stones. Is it just a matter of wandering everywhere from 8 p.m.-9 p.m. and talking to every NPC, checking every interactive object, using the item that detects invisible objects (if it's back), etc?

EDIT: ^^^ Ah so it's trial and error. Things change in that time period and you just come across the Mega Stones.
 
Demoncarnotaur said:
Yeah, I expect the Latios/Latias to be saved for a promo event, or even R/S remakes. I wouldn't be surprised if a few Megas may be held for promos. Either way, its good to know that it is following that trademark list, but that there are also Pokemon who weren't on the list getting Megas.



I'm sure this has been covered, but how do you find Mega Stones?
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What are the ones not on the list who have gotten Megas so far?
 
Neiteio said:
I'd like to hear from Joe and others as to their methodology for searching for Mega Stones. Is it just a matter of wandering everywhere from 8 p.m.-9 p.m. and talking to every NPC, checking every interactive object, using the item that detects invisible objects (if it's back), etc?

EDIT: ^^^ Ah so it's trial and error. Things change in that time period and you just come across the Mega Stones.
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iirc I believe your mega bracelet thing also upgrades to help you. I could be wrong though.
 
Smedwicks said:
What are the ones not on the list who have gotten Megas so far?
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Venusaur, Alakazam and Manectric were not on the trademark list but have received Megas.

All of the other Megas we've found were on the list. And the ones on the list that haven't been found yet are Jynx, Scizor, Latios and Latias.

So clearly the trademark list was about Mega Evolutions -- but it didn't include all of them. Which means the sky is the limit. We have no idea how many are in the game.

I'd say Scizor and Jynx will show up this week. Latios and Latias will probably be held for events. And due to their version-specific status, it's possible that Starmie, Cloyster, Mightyena and Liepard might Mega Evolve -- but don't hold your breath!
 
mui said:
I had a thought today, I truly like the mega evolution and it brings a fresh air to the gameplay mechanics buy I'm afraid the competitive metagame will be full of teams with only pokemon that are mega evolved. It put all other pokemons at great disadvantage. Why would anyone for an example play with haxorus while there is the mega dragonite? Who would choose infernape when there is mega lucario? and assuming that all mega pokemons are about 25+ (maybe up to 30+ but nothing is officially confirmed)I predict that the OU and Ubers tiers would be so repetitive and dominated with these pokemons. I don't know, I love all the variety of pokemon teams in the competitive scene but this will kill it unless the ban mega evolved pokes.
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while i can see some problems rise, there can only be one mega pokemon per team so i can see some balance also they dont have access to items so there can still be ways around them and if the items can be knocked off or have a way to reverse the effect, then i think people will still pick the regular pokemon just for the consistency
 
mui said:
I had a thought today, I truly like the mega evolution and it brings a fresh air to the gameplay mechanics buy I'm afraid the competitive metagame will be full of teams with only pokemon that are mega evolved. It put all other pokemons at great disadvantage. Why would anyone for an example play with haxorus while there is the mega dragonite? Who would choose infernape when there is mega lucario? and assuming that all mega pokemons are about 25+ (maybe up to 30+ but nothing is officially confirmed)I predict that the OU and Ubers tiers would be so repetitive and dominated with these pokemons. I don't know, I love all the variety of pokemon teams in the competitive scene but this will kill it unless the ban mega evolved pokes.
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You can only have one Mega on a team at a time.
 
mui said:
I had a thought today, I truly like the mega evolution and it brings a fresh air to the gameplay mechanics buy I'm afraid the competitive metagame will be full of teams with only pokemon that are mega evolved. It put all other pokemons at great disadvantage. Why would anyone for an example play with haxorus while there is the mega dragonite? Who would choose infernape when there is mega lucario? and assuming that all mega pokemons are about 25+ (maybe up to 30+ but nothing is officially confirmed)I predict that the OU and Ubers tiers would be so repetitive and dominated with these pokemons. I don't know, I love all the variety of pokemon teams in the competitive scene but this will kill it unless the ban mega evolved pokes.
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Teams are limited to one Mega Pokémon per battle, so I imagine most teams will have a Mega that serves as their "anchor" around which the rest of the team is built to set it up, control the field, etc. So Infernape would get use in teams where it provides coverage and supplements a Mega Pokémon other than Lucario. Haxorus would get play in a team that doesn't use Mega Dragonite (if Mega Dragonite even exists). And so on.
 
mui said:
I had a thought today, I truly like the mega evolution and it brings a fresh air to the gameplay mechanics buy I'm afraid the competitive metagame will be full of teams with only pokemon that are mega evolved. It put all other pokemons at great disadvantage. Why would anyone for an example play with haxorus while there is the mega dragonite? Who would choose infernape when there is mega lucario? and assuming that all mega pokemons are about 25+ (maybe up to 30+ but nothing is officially confirmed)I predict that the OU and Ubers tiers would be so repetitive and dominated with these pokemons. I don't know, I love all the variety of pokemon teams in the competitive scene but this will kill it unless the ban mega evolved pokes.
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You would use haxorus instead of mega dragonite to make room for your mega alakazam. Remember that we can only have 1 per battle. Besides, losing the held item may be a huge deal.
 
Hey Joe. I have a request.

Can you upload a back picture (like the one houdoom has) and a picture of stats for the megas?

I feel like pokes like Manectric and Pinsir to look better for a different angle. Also Banette stats.
 
I'm really glad that Flareon finally gets Flare Blitz. I have a fun Eevee-themed team that I made when Diamond/Pearl came out and I've been anxious to recreate it in Gen VI, especially since Slyveon fits my particular theme excellently. Flareon is a must for the theme as well, so I'm really glad that it will actually be able to do significant STAB damage.
 
Winterfang said:
Hey Joe. I have a request.

Can you upload a back picture (like the one houdoom has) and a picture of stats for the megas?

I feel like pokes like Manectric and Pinsir to look better for a different angle. Also Banette stats.
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Joe -- please listen to this man! As always you're doing great work for the Pokémon community. I think doing the above would deepen our appreciation of what you've found so far. :)
 
Heal Pulse is cool unless you're in a 1 on 1.
Although I guess it might be useful against legendaries you're trying to catch?

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To be clear it's for multi battles, to heal your other Pokemon.
 
I'm starting to the think that the version exclusive Pokemon are going to get mega forms.

aggron, sawk, starmie, mightyena, pinsir, houndoom = X exclusives
tyranitar, throh, cloyster, liepard, heracross, manetric = Y exclusives

It's just a tentative theory though.
 
Clawitzer is going to be amazing :O

Also, I have some pictures that I'll be uploading in a sec, nothing major but people might be interested
 
Oh I had no idea about that. Restricting to only one mega makes a lot of sense.

Does that mean I "can't" put more than one mega pokemon on my team or is that I am allowed only a one mega evolution in a match (as in for an example, I have alakazam and charizard, I'm I allowed to have them both in my team in a battle but only evolve one of them of my choice?)
 
mui said:
Oh I had no idea about that. Restricting to only one mega makes a lot of sense.

Does that mean I "can't" put more than one mega pokemon on my team or is that I am allowed only a one mega evolution in a match (as in for an example, I have alakazam and charizard, I'm I allowed to have them both in my team in a battle but only evolve one of them of my choice?)
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My understanding is both Alakazam and Charizard could be on your team in the same battle, and both could be holding their Mega Stones, but once you Mega Evolve one of them, you won't be able to Mega Evolve the other. It all resets at the end of battle, of course.
 
mui said:
Oh I had no idea about that. Restricting to only one mega makes a lot of sense.

Does that mean I "can't" put more than one mega pokemon on my team or is that I am allowed only a one mega evolution in a match (as in for an example, I have alakazam and charizard, I'm I allowed to have them both in my team in a battle but only evolve one of them of my choice?)
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I believe it's the latter. You can have a full team of 6 mobs with mega stones, but only one will be able to use their stone per battle.
 
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