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>>58588422Here comes dat boi
I've found an alpha skymory at last! How do I hunt it to make it shiny? What's the best strat to catch Diancie? I've been trying yet she won't stay in the balls I throw and every time I defeat her Emma yells at me.My team is, actually would you prefer a group photo instead of me listing them? I love these topics
>>58588464I haven't done the Diancie thing yet, but if it's anything like the other legendaries, the answer is to NOT defeat it. Just get it down to low health and then start chucking balls. With Yveltal and Xerneas I did this and got each of them with like 5 throws or less.
>>58588478That's really annoying because of how pissed they get after 3 balls especially because I'm using pokeballs I honestly don't know what other ball fits Diancie since before now all I've had are cherish balls
>>58588464You run back and forth until it shines. It is one of the difficult to bench shiny pokemon due to the amount of pyroars stealing it’s chance to shine
>>58588490Once it shines, won't I still have to battle the clock to make it stay in the ball before it disappears? I assume it's pointless to try and hunt the alpha since there's so many different ones that spawn every day in area 20side note, how'd the tower get that green so fast? Has it been a few months since the climax?
Do I just need to give myself a Diancite in ZA using Pkhex in order to trigger the mission? Can't see an option to inject mistery gift nor would I know where to get the file.
>>58588487I mean if your balltism is making it more annoying then you have nobody but yourself to blame, I just use Ultra Balls for pretty much everything because who the fuck cares. But really anything with Pink is a good fit for Diancie in my opinion, Love/Heal Balls. Dream Ball maybe if they're even in this game. Master Ball I feel like would look aesthetically pleasing too.
>>58588494Skarm does not run unlike other shit birds. And the game saves your shiny (up to 10) so you can travel to other areas or farm apriballs if you want him in a specific one. Just save before fighting him likewise if you killed him then he is gone for good.
>>58588490does this work for the alpha in area 20 or just the one in area 17 that's normal?
>>58588545> work for the alpha in area 20I prefer afk bench in area 20
>>58588562won't he disappear if I do that?
Which is the best anti-fairy pokemon?
>>58588568Sorry, I misunderstood. The alpha in area 20 is random. If you want consistency then area 17 is the place to hunt for the shiny skarm. But making the skarm a shiny alpha is very improbable, but if you like to hunt then go for it. Honestly, I have to manually run back and forth for an hour just for that shiny skarmory. It was mind numbing and extremely boring.Now, I just do Area 20 with the alpha glitch and afk bench to get alpha shinies.
I can get 5 alphas to spawn but why can’t I get 6 even following the guides
>>58588725I cloned 2 at a time and I managed to get 6, only got it up to 5 when I was doing it one by one, although I could've been doing something wrong.
>>58588422>Greninja mirror match>Use Water Shuriken>Barely scratches opponent with C+>They use same attack>Get 1 hitAm I missing something? I'm low level 40s on my Pokemon but ranked boosts them to 50 anyway.I use a few rare candies, haven't put any EVs or IV trained as I'm not sure where to invest those stats. Do EV and IV point investment count in ranked?
>>58588725What is the difference between 5 or 6? Can't you just reset the area if what you want didn't show up?
>>58588725Depends on the location of the mons on the save you did after pulling 6 of them. Make sure they are all on the tiled section near the gate of zone 20. But it doesn’t matter since it look like you got the 3 spawns on the southern side with the bench.
>>58588763>Do EV and IV point investment count in ranked?Yes and EVs matter a lot (IVs mean shit all mostly)
>>58588930>Yes and EVs matter a lotMatter enough that I can get 1-hit in a mirror match, Water vs Water? As soon as the match started, we both ran over to each other and used "water shuriken" except I barely did damage and he 1 hit me. I've been trying to go over getting Pokemon ready for ranked. I haven't used a single EV/IV boosting item or gone to hyper train. I have been reading that it's best to save these for the Legendary Pokemon and Shiny/Alpha combo only. I'm at rank B if it matters.
>>58588701Somebody just got hit by Moon Blast
How do you guys feel about replacing team members with Alpha versions you come across?
>>58589214During the main game it doesn't really matter. I just use what I like and if I find an Alpha I want to use I'll place it on my team, but I won't search out one specifically to replace it. For competitive/end game I'll use Alphas because of the guaranteed perfect IV's and extended attack radius for some moves, but even then it isn't strictly necessary to use Alphas, more a personal preference. Good luck finding enough Bottle Caps for just random wild mons though.
>>58589214I did that during my first playthrough. Stopped caring about it in my 2nd playthrough.
My autistic ass prepped a new team for the DLC. Just need to boot the game again when season 3 of multiplayer hits for Chestnaughtite. Depending how scaling works, I may drop Diancie for one of my main game boys for awhile to help power level the rest. Tried grinding up a few side boys via the infinite fairy lady but too tedious past level 50 so I'll hope the over level 100 enemies do it.
>>58589557>My autistic assWhere them Shiny Alphas?
>>58589643Hunted a few shinies but most of Pokemon I care for mega wise, I hunted in Violet in case I cared enough to transfer them to ZA.
too big. alpha gekkouga is too fucking big
>>58589214I just did that while doing my DLC prep. Replaced my level 100 Excadrill with a Alpha I bought a bit back for the bigger Earthquake.
Well that was very boring, and I don't even care about shiniesThe only things I have left to do in the game now are getting 9 more screws and finishing like 6 catching requests that will give me no EXP anyway
So is it worth it on switch 1 or no? I do really want to play but if the experience is that much better maybe I should just wait
>>58590272You save 1 second on battle load times, 2 seconds on map/boss load ins. It has further draw distance on the 2, though you still work with the 50m-75m distance for resetting for shinies anyway. Both are 1080p 60 frames docked. Got both for my home and mobile systems and haven't noticed any game play difference. Better lighting on the 2, but you don't notice it after the first time.
>>58589695the fuck is a gekkouga
>>58590574Well what's frog in japanese...
>>58590763Kero-san. DUH
>>58588422Finished the game recently, every sidequest (even the secret one) and main quest. I bought it on a whim because the idea of a pokemon Z is something that has been fun to think about for 12 years and really had zero expectations after what the series has been up to since Sun and Moon. I am extremely and pleasantly surprised with how good it turned out to be on the gameplay and story department, I still can't quite believe it.The DLC's coming out in February, right? I want more of this
>>58590419Switch 1 version is not 60 fps
>>58590885December 10th. I'm kinda hyped.
are shiny ods higher in this game? everyone i've seen play the game has found a shiny right off the bat including me, on my first few hours of playing i got a shiny ekans.
>>58590419I found myself playing arceus and SV in handheld only because they look so ass in the TVSo I was wondering if this is the same
>>58591022Only with the charm, which is stronger than previous charms. Base rates are the same. Higher spawn density than PLA and the shiny sound which SV didn't have does it.
I bet taunie would have a brooklyn accident for no reason
I was talking to my 9 year old nephew today (who has a hacked switch) and he honestly thinks that ZA’s gameplay is more fun than SV, is that a good sign that kids might also like Legends style action gameplay more
>>58592387Unfortunately (for ZA fans) I have a feeling they're going to keep trying weird different combat with each legends game rather than refining a formula.I enjoy battling in Z-A but I do think it has some jank. I'd personally like to see a short global cooldown to make things at least a little less spammy (I'm talking like an extra second or two) and some other changes to make speed feel a bit less useless.Also would love to see slightly increased control over positioning (pokemon moves to the direction of your character the analog stick is facing when positioning for a ranged attack, etc.) and of course abilities implemented.What I want most from the combat though is an option to do 1v1s online, if they could retune combat slightly I'd like any future game that uses this system to also provide the option to have something a bit more similar to pokemon battles online against other players, where you lose if all your pokemon are KOd, since battles are a bit too quick as-is, if that cant be adjusted, just a built in best 2/3 ruleset to accomodate the faster speed might make matches feel meatier.
>>58592387SwSh showed me that was I was tired of the turn based system so I skipped SV. Meanwhile with ZA I’m actually doing competitive and shiny hunting, stuff that I usually see as a waste of time.
Eugh, I finally completed my 1,000 trainer battles.A LOT of time was spent in the 1-star restaurant I got through several TNG episodes while doing the grind, then I did matches 994-999 in the 2-star restaurant, before finally rounding out the thousandth battle with Jacinthe.Now to take a break for a few days before I finish off the research with trade evos and finally get the shiny charm.
>see Pokémon>throw Pokeball>hit Froakie>doesn't catch it>it runs>have to leave and kill the stupid Falinks again and sneak around again>repeat>see Pokémon>throw Pokeball>hit Fennekin>doesn't catch it>it runs>have to climb a stupid fucking tower and kill a stupid angry bird again>repeatThese things and Delibird are probably the hardest Pokémon to catch in the game.
>>58588422MY GOAT IS HERE
>>58588422When did you begin using EV and IV boosting/training on your Pokemon? Did you hoarde until you got perfect stat Alpha Shinies and Legendaries? Got abunch of vitamins and feathers but like rank C at the moment.
>>58595140Only matters in online
Just made to rank D in the story and I'm having a great time so far. Is there much game left bros? I kinda want to start grinding for the shiny charm but I want to finish the story first.
>>58595140Post game, at best I caught a few of any guy I wanted to use and used the least shit ones and minted my boys once I had those unlocked. XY with super training is literally the only time I ever bothered with E.V training for in game.
>>58595189You have to finish the story first anyway to get the shiny charm due to dex and mega stone requirements.
Is Legends Z-A like other games where you can't let your Pokemon faint too much or your internal stats go down? >Play up to Rank A>Find out I was supposed to be going to Cafes with my Pokemon to bond the entire gameHow effed am I?
>>58589083>I have been reading that it's best to save these for the Legendary Pokemon and Shiny/Alpha combo only.That's not necessary. You have a chance of winning bottle caps as well as EV items (vitamins and feathers) by winning online battles, and you can also buy EV items at pokemon centres after a certain point in the game. Even without those, you could EV-train the old-fashioned way by defeating pokemon that offer the EV yields you need.
>>58595705Its only happiness that is effected, now that return no longer exist, happiness does nothing except meet evolution requirements (or provide flavor / immersion). I dont think online battles have ever counted for Happiness though, I imagine its only battles that would grant EXP.
>>58594470you can save-scum it, anon.>see pokemon>save>throw pokeball>*miss/failed catch*>reloador>see pokemon>save>MAKE SURE that you're fighting that pokemon in a 1v1 (or you knock out all the others first)>knock out the pokemon (froakie and others that run away need to be OHKO'd)>spam the menu button the moment it loses its HP>save>try to catch>*miss/failed catch*>reload
>>58588701>>58589209Flareon, because they think they can geomancy right in front of you, you target their weaker defense, you resist moon blast, and iron tail fucks
>tryout season 2 of ranked>xerneas spam everywhere>retard keep attacking me instead of ganging up on the deer with steel types>another xerneas comes in behind and wipes us bothGood thing im only here for the delphoxite...
>>58596107>>58596107>score is determined by how many kills you get >huur duur, why aren't they going after the legendary who is hard to kill who will respawn anyway?You're being targeted because you're the weak link, and you should have gotten your delphoxite after two wins already.
>>58596107yeah the online sucks. it was annoying before, but now i can't stand it.
I love xerneas, it's easy to one shot unlike Garchomp and Skarmory
>>58596116Retard was also a steel type who was walled by me so they were wasting time slowly damaging me while we could team up on the xerneas.
>>58596107>>58596160Nobody is playing ranked for revenge or to "virtue signal" to legendary users.We're here for pokeballs and bottlecaps.
>>58588494>how'd the tower get that green so fast? Has it been a few months since the climax?Postgame gives a clear answer given it suggest Xerneas has been chilling out this entire time in the city and only becomes more active after the fact, with only Yveltal coming directly after the tower activated.
>>58596107I was mogging some Xerneas user with my scolipede a couple days ago, felt satisfying
>finally get shiny alpha Fennekin>it's male
Does anyone know if online battles count for Mable's ?>>58596286He bottoms now
>>58596308100% do not, I checked
>>58596339Damn
>>58596339Thanks, guess I'll just climb to A and then continue fighting the unlimited ranking
So Rocky Helment doesn't activate when you use protect or king's shield. Is that how it is in the regular games?
>>58596413Yes because you didnt take damage
>>58596418It says contact not damage. Anyway I hope someone else finds a strategy for Aegislash then.
>>58596465Yeah because it makes no contant, however, king's shield is a special type of ability when that happens, so it only procs KS.
>>58588930>Yes and EVs matter a lot (IVs mean shit all mostly)What do you mean?My level 50 Ampharos before hyper training(below) and after (above)
>>58588422Graphics and performance aside. How's the game?
>>58596669You dont even have EVs
>>58596413>king's shieldGod, Aegislash is so pathetic in this game. I won't remove mine from my party, since it's my fav Gen 6 mon, but I had to ditch King's Shield because form shifting makes the move all but useless.
>>58596685The gameplay is pretty fun but for online there isn't any sense of finality because you play for points rather than playing to knock out all of your opponent's pokemon.
>>58596669>before is below>after is aboveHyper Training is for IVs, retard. Also, fix your pic formatting.EVs are what pokemon get from fighting other mons and taking 'supplements' (iron, carbos, etc.)
>>58596669Feed him 26 of the SP atk drug
>>58596698Yes I do.>>58596769Yes, I know. He said "IV's mean shit all mostly" and that's not true. They do matter.>>58596816Already maxed out.
>>58596873This is what you're mostly working on. The real stats will show when you mega.
>>58596902Mega stats are irrelevant if you don't mega. Even purely based on HP, max IV's gives 16 more HP.
>>58596240how'd nobody notice a giant blue deer walking around?
>>58592426I've got one for you whenever you're ready.
Not sure if the best thread to ask, but is there any way to claim the mystery gift and start the Diancie mission with PKHeX on my savefile? I'm on a hacked switch so no internet, I could just get the Diancie and her stone but I want to actually play the mission.
>>58598098Having the stone in your inventory is what starts the quest.
>>58597014How did no one notice the Y-shaped embodiment of destruction landing on the glass domed roof of a shopping mall?
Any speedup mods for ZA yet? Started playing SV lately and the speedup mods do quite improve the performance on my potato.
Alright, made it to 700 battles I just need 300 more to finish that request then I can focus on completing the pokedex and after that I'll start training up several pokemon including the starters I captured in area 20 and buy all the mega stonesQuestion, I bought another snail fossil are those affected by the shiny charm or is it entirely RNG?
>>58599719fossils aren't affected by shiny charm, but you can just reload and try again with the same fossils until you get your shiny or alpha shiny.
Is it true that Mega Mawile has Huge Power baked into her stats to compensate for not having the ability?
Of all the characters they don’t give a unique phone skin to…Jacinthe???
Where's the "technology is amazing" guy
>>58600557outside the pokemon research lab
I’m starting today. What is the best starter and what are some early Pokemon that are good for the entire game? ZA has an entirely new battle system so I have no clue what is good or not.
>>58599760money can't buy everything.
>>58600974All starters are good in one way or another. Talonflame will carry you for a while.
>>58598102Doesn't work, gave myself the stone but the mission doesn't start.
>>58588422Literally why the fug is swappimg Pokemon not on L and R
>>58599757less than what she should have, but yea
>>58588422>last thread was a week agoC'mon guys. Can't you make one before the thread gets archived?
>>58588422I want to play this game more but I've done basically everything I can do in it, and I hate the online battles. What do?
>>58602648Wait for Otome Function to release
800 battles done today, I'm almost there I fucking love extreme speed in this game, it's like a flash step with how fast it is as an opener or a closer Lucario's been every effective at using it as has Dragonite, my other pokemon
>try to catch Diancie with a love or heal ball>dogshit rates>get tired and switch to an ultra ball for the first time>same dogshit ratesUhhh am I supposed to kick her ass for hours until I get lucky with whatever ball?
>>58603602>not waiting for a dream ball
>>58588501>>58598098Diancie's and Mewtwo's events, this and giving yourself the megastones to trigger the missions.
903 battles done, I still don't really know what I should hunt once I get a shiny charm, wait, you have to actually get to level 50 first, right? I'm at level 39 on her tasks because I don't wanna catch a bunch of box clutter but it seems I gotta?
>>58603602For me, I just got her down to the red zone on health and then just threw balls until she got caught (luckily the one that worked was a Heal Ball so I got lucky there). But yes, it took around a dozen or so balls and having to wait for the rage to subside every couple of minutes. They made that bitch incredibly annoying to catch.
Is there a way to get Diance on emulator yet
>>58605213>>58603609
>>58605112I went through 100 heal balls, took forever and my balltism isn't that strong so I ended up catching her in the first timer ball I threw
>>58605062Yeah shiny charm is basically the "you did literally everything what is wrong with you" prize.
I feel like I don't actually understand what the "intended way" to catch Pokemon is half the time in this game.Sneaking a la Arceus isn't viable most of the time because there's limited cover and too many Pokemon around.Kiting and spamming balls is a clusterfuck unless you genocide everything else in the area (while being very careful not to hit the one you want), and even then having to wait for rage every few throws feels like the game trying to tell you "you shouldn't be doing this."Fainting it first and throwing a ball while it's dazed gives you only one shot which is still low probability for low catch rates, then when that fails you have to figure out how to get it to respawn.Gible in Wild Area 8 is a good example, how am I even supposed to catch that thing without ripping my hair out? (Rhetorical question, I've already caught a few of them, but am now balder.)
Is it possible to do the trade evolution mission on an emulator/hacked console? Or just trigger it with PKHeX
I DID IT 1000 battles! now the hardest parts, catching pokemon and completing the pokedex
Honestly what is there to even do for post game? Mega Dimensions looks like it's going to be lame as hell roguelite
>>58609161These are collection games so you collect shiny pokemons just like in every other pokemon game, hope this helps.
>>58606878>>58606878Catching methods just depend on mostly how easy it is to catch the target really. If they have 3-4 arrows then try to sneak up and try for a backshot, if they have 1-2 then just save the game before engaging them, status & throw balls when their health is in the red and rid of any other Pokémon that can interfere.>and even then having to wait for rage every few throws feels like the game trying to tell you "you shouldn't be doing this."If I had to guess I'd say the rage mechanic is so you can't just basically stunlock the Pokémon with Pokeballs until it's caught, since nothing would stop you from doing that otherwise. In the normal games they'll always get at least one turn where they wake up from sleep/etc and get to use a move or just outright get to use a move whenever they're able, so I think they tried to make it mimic that.
>>58588422Grenigga
>>58609489you can stunlock them by throwing the pokeball from behind them
>>58609489Yep, sneaky trick when fighting alphas, you can cancel their moves and buy some time for cooldowns by throwing a ball.
Has anyone played around with the battle simulator at all? You get timed on your victory, is there a better reward at fast times? A bonus for clearing all of them?
>>58610798I played it but I gave up when I couldnt do a no damage run on mega slowbro with a fire type.
>>58610815What the hell, I unitentionally did a no damage run on slowbro, Always circle him counter clockwise while your pokemon is out, unless your pokemon is attacking. Then you want to do a little jiggle in place so the water pulse doesnt hit your mon. Just recall when he does the whirlpool. The third wave of whirlpools stops early so you can star hitting him again after dodging the first two. Probably the easiest rogue mega.
Hey uh, did anyone else notice you can train stats passively with the training bands. Like as long as you have a band equipped to everyone on your team you can have any pokemon out doing the KOs and they will all gain stats. Just commenting because i just read the opposite, and i cant believe id be the only one to notice this.
>>58611925it was like that in scarletyou could ev train a whole team at once
>>58610798There’s rewards? Thought it was just there so you can replay the battles if you wanted
>>58610989It's the psybeam that keeps tripping me up. Even with agility the pokemon is too slow to catch with you.
I just started and Beedrill is my favorite Pokemon so far. I got the Heracross from the Pikachu mission and he’s probably way better than my Beedrill but I don’t want to bench Beedrill.
>>58588422
Kinda horrifying desu...
Getting into the end game and while there’s a lot to enjoy I feel like the whole experience is let down by the game world and I prefer Arceus (and Scarlet for that matter) I can appreciate rethinking the battle system but it’s ultimately not any more complex so you end up with a game built entirely around its underwhelming combat to the expense of everything else. I miss the little world building charms that have been one of the few strengths of modern Pokemon. Seeing the village grow in Arceus or just the way you could throw one Pokémon’s ball at another and they’d interact with each other made for more immersive and memorable experiences than anything I’ve come across in ZA.
>>58588422>Get up to Xerneas and Yveltal>About to catch>Realize idk which ball is most aesthetic to catch them withWhat ball do I use for each to compliment their color palette?
>>58612299premier
>>58612232He brought it on himself.
>>58612380>Using the "here's one on the house" ball for a Legendary
>>58612299>caring about non-shiny balltismYou’re too far gone.
Anyone here got friend balls, just tell me what you want for it, every time i win online i get something different and im tired i just need 1
>>58612440No nigger you ask like 3 times a day.
>>58612440Saw two other people offered to trade you in the previous threads. At this point it feels like you're taking advantage of people's kindness.
>>58612299I just default to luxury balls for most legendaries because I can never decide. I like the dusk ball's smoky poof effect, but I don't really like the green/black pattern on the ball itself. The apricot balls have some cool looking poof effects, but usually I either don't have any or I'll only have one. I like the heal balls for pink fairy type Pokémon at least.
>>58612553I did trade with one person, and im offering literally anything they want for it, how am i taking advantage of anyone? i’ve only done 1 trade and i used the ball to catch 1 pokemon i have 0 right now
Speedup mod my beloved...[17# Change Gamespeed (Hold B)]040A0000 031E6C18 01FCA05680000002040A0000 031E6C18 05F5E10020000000
>>58612440I can trade for a moon ball and a xs pokemon.
>>58612916Deal let me ceck my box im sure i have an xs
>>58612916Ok im giving you an xs inkay with a moon ball let’s use this post code
>>58612951Cool thanks.
>"It's time for me to return"I unironically teared up. 3 years later and I finally got a little closure for Ingo to go home to his brother.
>finally catch a slowpoke>wonder when I get kings rock so I can get Slowking on my team>>>>>post gameWhat the fuck. Is there really no other way?
>>58613252get someone to trade you one
>>58613252I can trade you one.
>>58613389If you're still around I'd appreciate it.
>>58613567552233. I'll close out of the trade to attach it once you trade it over. You can keep the pokemon i send.
>>58613582Please accept my heartfelt thanks.
>>58613598Enjoy anon!
>>58612396I actually chuckled when I discovered you can buy premier balls in Z-A, and they still give you free ones along with them.
Need tips on Perfect Zygarde, once it uses Core Enforcer I insta die, the safe zone is so far away from where it fires and the second burst comes out way too fast for me to make it thereIt sucks too because my Meganium was beating it's ass with Dazzling Gleam and Giga Drain combo
>>58614547i made it there just fine, just go far left or right
>>58614597Alright, third try
victory
>Get to end game>Catch legendaries>Go to train EVs after you get the "judge" function>Realize I haven't used a single EV item, bottle cap, vitamin, or featherIs it better to max out the legendaries now, or is there a benefit to training them in wild zones that has a higher max potential? Don't plan on using anything for EV/IV other than shiny alphas so I don't mind maxing the legendaries if that's better for now.
I have only 1 missing screw left to find, what’s the best way to find it?
Is there a map that shows all Battle Zone locations with their Flying point spawn to use as a reference for fly spam shiny hunting?
>>58615102This right here is exactly why I would never begin hunting screws. Leaving them until the end game and doing them with a guide is the only way. Even with a guide it takes hours.
>>58615133It doesn't take hours man.
>>58615102What i did when I got under 10 was just methodically go through each section of the city one by one making sure I explore every rooftop or scaffolding course. Once you finish one section you can cross it off and won't run the risk of exploring shit you already have. The last one I needed was actually just sitting randomly on the ground in a park between buildings so make sure you really look everywhere.Of course you could just look up a guide too, but unless you have photographic memory for every screw you've found it would take about as long.
>>586120093 m candies. Useless.
>>58615097Is the main difference here vitamins and bottlecaps use vs training them up? In the guides they say the max you can add in is 252, then it hits the Pokemon's internal max and all stats show as "Best!" when judged.
I want a gold or silver pokeball.
>>58616234The GS ball was such a fucking disappointment.
Hoping today they reveal pokemon ZA icons after splatoon leaves i really wanted a zygarde for my profile
When do you unlock Ultra Balls?
Do Pokemon receive EV training when battling in Infinite Royale? What instances can you train EVs efficiently?
>>58588422I don't like the day night cycle. There, I said it.
>>58617258Right now!*unzips*
Was reading earlier that you can use one of each of the "power band" holding items on each of the 6 Pokemon, and each Pokemon get a benefit as if they were wearing all 6 bands. Is this true?
>>58588422>Play through the final section>A ton of battles and back track for Mega evolution re-matches>Post game>Another ton of rematches at Quasartico>Have to do 15 back tracks to get 50k per challenger ticket>After doing those 15 battles, another repetitive infinite battle seriesThe Elite Four died for this.
>>58618139>Legends Arceus end game is a catch marathon>Legends ZA end game is a battling marathonPerfectly balanced
>>58618167>Both options are autistic time trapsNo wonder these games sell so well.
I did the scyther substitute quest the other day and took pics of substitute but forgot to set as my trainer card. Is it possible to put an old pic from your album in there? Or possible to use the move substitute in photo mode somehow?
My victory achieved, my shiny charm acquired now I wait for the DLC through I haven't bought it yet
>>58619441Base game is fine but the DLC really doesn't look very good.
For some reason I kinda enjoyed the 1000 battles. It made me like some mons I never used like Avalugg and Clawitzer. Now I can go ahead and continue the story since the only research things I have are locked by story progression
>day cycles while I'm on zone 17's rooftop>trying to catch that mawile/skarmory>suddenly get earth power'd>the fucking pyroar aggro'd me from 30 floors below
>>58617590Pokemon always recieve evs when holding the training gear.
>>58615253The reward changes based on time. Anybody cleared it in under a minute?
>>58596685the story is fine, but like all recent games lza suffers from having absolutely fuck all to do after the story. shiny hunting is a joke, there are no minigames, and this game doesnt even have a ranked mode worth playing because the battle system doesnt have the depth to warrant playing it beyond grabbing the stones
how i beat restaurant le wow? is it just a case of overlevelling and coming back?i can be fucked training up new mons and to my knowledge most of my current team cant learn healing moves
>>58620499I cheesed lewow with zygarde. Everytime it transforms it restore health.
>>58620577oh i dont have him yet. i guess ill come back then
>>58620264Yeah but if all 6 Pokemon wear a different piece of training gear, and one Pokemon carries the other 5, do you get all 6 stats boosted every fight?Was reading this and considering throwing training gear on now that this infinite royale is going. Might as well work on stats while doing the ticket grind.
>>58620605Each pokemon would only get stat boosts related to the equipped gear. You wouldnt want to divide it anyway because of how ev caps work.
>>58620633Does the Pokemon actually need to be the one battling to receive benefits? Or does everyone's EVs grow like how EXP is distributed amongt living Pokemon?
>>58620729Everyones ev grows. Not just the battling pokemon.
>>58620499I overlevelled my party to high 80s, and opened with a steel-type.
Anyone got some Machokes, Haunter, or Kadabra laying around? I want to knock out Mabels quest, I think its only 5 trades. I have those Pokemon ready to go for trading on my end.
>>58620770If you battle wild Onyx's and get the 2 DEF EV each, does that mean everyone gets 2 DEF EV every Onyx defeated plus training gear bonuses?
>>58621270Everytime you knock out a pokemon everyone with the training gear gets like 5-8 EVs of the appropriate stats. The wild pokemon Evs dont seem to get applied at all.
>lost to taunie because i was watching slop on my other monitor>the game straight up just has her do all the important endgame stuff while you sit in the cuck chair at the bottomfucking kek, i fully expected gf to just start the fight over. based of them not to
>>58621475Losing to Taunie at the end makes more sense for the story.If you win, she just goes "nuh-uh, I don't care if you're the strongest, I'm going to do it anyway."
>>58621486oh, she goes regardless? thats lame. id figured there were two versions of that cutscene and you got different roles depending on who won/lost. guess i was giving gf too much creditshe must come off even more unlikeable if you win then. she was already pissing me off with how desperately she was trying to be the main character, insisting on it anyway even if she loses is pathetic
>>58621498My opinion of her went from 'annoying but mediocre rival' to 'massive cunt that deserves no love' because of that scene.It doesn't help that in the post-game (that you have to finish 15 rounds of the infinite Z-A Royale to even see) she goes from owning Hotel Z to becoming the new CEO of Quasartico, because the person Taunis is searching for is her mother, and the current CEO is actually Taunie's grandmother. Taunie KNEW THIS, but didn't want to bring it up earlier in the game. The old lady CEO decides, upon discovering that Taunie is her granddaughter, that she'll need to step down because of the massive clusterfuck that happened and just gives Taunie the job because of nepotism.
>>58621513fucking hell lmao, approaching lillie levels of "its her game and youre just a side character"also, whats with these megas in the street in the sequence where im trying to reach zygarde? is their hp just inflated massively? im doing qyad effective moves from my own megas 10+ levels higher and its barely 5% damage
>>58621533>also, whats with these megas in the street in the sequence where im trying to reach zygarde? is their hp just inflated massively?Yep, and it only gets worse.When you're doing the final fight, you don't even get to use all of Zygarde's moveset before you're forced to use its finisher.
>huh, why is mega aggron of all things dying so quickly compared to the others?>oh rightliterally what reason is there for this game to to have abilities? the ones that wouldnt work in the realtime system could just be lazily reworked like most of the other battle stuff was
>>58621592The game is lazy and arbitrary when it comes to abilities and how they work.Just look at Aegislash. They made its ability be an active detriment in combat.
>>58621609its such a weird choice for a game completely centred around megas.no abilities in pla was kinda shitty but whatever. but in za, megas are the focus of the game, and so many of them are completely made by their abilities
>>58621498>>58621513>>58621533ffs. just got to the bit after AZ dies>we could use our wish to cement the legacy of the man who took us in and preserve the hotel where he spent his last years>i dont want to thoughthey have to have intentionally written her as bitch, right?
>>58620885Still looking for someone to trade with.
>>58621803I can. Do you have a galar slowpoke? I'll trade you for a shiny fennekin or shiny bagon.123123
>>58621982You'll get a Galarian Slowpoke from a side mission. Other than that I don't think they are wild in ZA.
>>58621997Yeah. I need another galar slowpoke.
>>58622009Then I unfortunately can't help you there.
>>58621982Many thanks.
>>58622033No prob anon
>>58617770I agree. I’d be fine with it if it was manual and didn’t happen automatically.
>>58622045Yes. I've been doing more BattleZone fighting than wild zone fighting, and I would be much happier manually triggering it.
>>58589214It feels kinda wrong to replace my starter or a member who was on the team since the beginning, but I just headcanon that they're spiritually the "same" Pokemon/individual even though I'm using their alpha version.Sorry if that sounds overly retarded or autistic
>>58589214Soulless
Holy fuck, why are XS size Pokemon so rare? I swear I've caught over 200 Pikachu in WA3 and not a single one of them have been XS. I even got a random shiny Flabebe in there and still no XS.
Anyone wanna do mutual trade evolves for those dex entries?
>>58623272I gave away a bunch of XS and I think a Shiny in the beginning because I was told the Alpha gets 3 maxed stats and larger attack hit boxes covering double distance. Are you collecting XS or do they serve a benefit in ranked? It feels as is Stunfisk seems to get hit just as easily as a Flareon.
>>58623370From what I've heard, Alphas only have bigger attack hitboxes on AOE attacks like Earthquake. Unless your Pokemon is using one of those AOE attacks, it's better to be XS to potentially dodge attacks better.But that's not why I'm going for it. I started a 2nd playthrough and I just thought using a full team of XS Pokemon would be funny.
Is installing the 1.0.2 update on emulator worth it? Does it mess with the 6 Alphas exploit or break anything else?
>>58623436It doesn't mess with the 6 alpha exploit.
I seriously found a Shiny XL (non-alpha) Pikachu before I found an XS Pikachu. I should be happy, but instead I'm absolutely fucking livid right now.
>only have 2 Love Balls on me>Diancie won't stay in the goddamn ball>have to reset every timeAttempt 50.
how early in the game can I get the shiny charm without trading anons? do I have to beat it first?
>>58624239You gotta do at least 1,000 battles and get all the Mega Stones first to get it, so you ain't getting it until you beat the game, more than likely.Luckily, Shiny hunting for most things in this game is braindead easy if you got a $20 Walmart turbo controller, a rubber band, and a shitload of masking tape or a vise.
>>58624247I'm already close to 1000 battles but yeah I can't get all the stones. That's unfortunate but it is what it is I guess. Thanks anon!
finally beat restaurant le wow. falinks my goat clutched the last battle. love thee lil niggas like you wouldnt believe
>>58624239>>58624247You don't need all the mega stones do you? 1000 battles gives you 2000 mable exp meaning you don't have to do every single mable quest.
I have nearly finished the game but haven’t caught a Froakie or Fennekin yet by doing their side missions.Once I catch them, how do I level them up to 50 quickly?
So are moves like rock blast and pin missile 75 BP since they always hit five times
>>58624798im running into this problem too. evolutions to fill out the dex as well as various endgame side quests that require fights with specific mons necessitate a lot of levelling, but if theres a fast way to consistently get xp candies i havent found it>>58624939yes
>>58624581I wish their walking animation wasn’t so shitty. Had to box them because of it. You’d think if you’re putting the effort into including them in the game and giving them a new form you’d not make them look so jank
Can I get some help trading my onyx and scyther with metal coat back and forth? I need the evolutions for Mable's research, but dont know if not getting the evolution trade happening with me would make me lose those poiints
To the specific dev that said lets lock Altarias mega stone far late in game I hope you meet a terrible end, seriously fuck you in particular.
>>58626114this but with half the fucking mega stones in the game. the whole point of this game was shilling megas, locking half of them to 2/3s through the game minimum and gimping them by removing abilities were such retarded decisions
Is this Title broken?I've gotten the "Flawless survivor" bonus 4 times in ranked mode in the past hour, yet it only counts 1(one) single point towards the Title.
>keep a furfrou in my party for fucking ages to level it up for this furfrou e4 bullshit>finally get it levelled and kill all 4 of them>but wait, theres a furfrou champion!>she has 6 fucking furfroutime to overlevel i guess. its so obnoxious how many quests like this there are that require specific pokemon to be levelled, when theres no way to easily + quickly level a mon in this game
>>58626504Wanna know a surprise?The Furfrou league, unlike the Pikachu and Raichu battles, lets you field a FULL TEAM of Furfrou.
>>58626535yeah but it took me fucking ages to get 1 furfrou levelled, i cant be fucked doing 5 more
>>58588422>>58610112grenigga lol!!!
>>58626504>>58626535>>58626544update i beat her. a lot of spamming full restores and dodging but i successfully 6v1ed while being 5 levels underlevelled
>>58626588Congrats.I cheaped out and did the Furfrou league and 3* battle restaurant (10 battles in a row, no items) postgame.
>>58626588Is she the only NPC with a shiny?
>>58626632as far as ive seen, yeah. theres the scripted mareep shiny in the early game quest, but he never catches it and its all yours. those are the only "story" shinies ive seen. im not completely done though, im only just into the postgame. havent finished the research or anythingon that note, ive seen people say theres stuff locked behind 15(!) infinite royales. what exactly is that stuff? is it zygarde?
>>58626646The final bit of story content as of now, which includes Zygarde.
you just know
>>58627086That's not a horse
>>58626646>what exactly is that stuff? is it zygarde?No, you can get Zygarde before then. After doing the missions to catch Xerneas and Yveltal, go back to Hotel Z and it'll trigger the final main mission to get Zygarde. What's locked after 15 Infinite Royale reward battles is you getting to keep AZ's Eternal Flower Floette and its mega stone.
>>58588422Anyone interested in extra shiny charmander I caught while going for every shiny starters? He's in luxury ball and M sized.Any pokemon is fine, I don't care about shinies because I prefer them to have my ID. I just don't want to see this charmander stuck in box forever.
>>58627086That's not a dog.
>>58627086that's not me
12 hours of hunting, 3 random full-odds shinies, over 400 Pikachu caught, and still no XS Pikachu. I need a long break from this game. I'll do my 2nd playthrough another time.
Xerneas and Yveltal should've gotten megas.
>>58627364I think primal reversion would work better for them.
>>58627390That is still just mega shit. At least give it a cool name.
is there a way to always keep 6 spawns at 20 after you catch one or do you have to repeat the process every time?
>>58627498Nope.You have to re-do the process every time.I do it when I'm down to 4 alphas.
>waiting for guy to switch out and hit him in during the intro animation>his metagross skips it entirely and OHKOs meI hate ranked so much.
>>58627746fuck. thank you appreciate it
just startedwhen will this super faggot orange hair kid stop blocking my path with his calls
Think they'll shove the Beast Ball into this game as a ranked season reward?
>>58628129The city opens up once you reach the Looker Bureau and unlock the first 3 side quests. Takes like an hour to get there, depending on how much you decide to dawdle in the wild zones catching Pokemon along the way.
Why does the game autosave when I catch Pokémon sometimes and it doesn’t autosave other times when I catch mons?
anyone want to help me with some trade evos?
Beat the game100% the Pokedex with all Pokemon, gender variations, alternate forms, and MegasGot the Shiny Charm (1k battles too much)Think all I have left is five more Z-A Infinite battle tickets and to complete the Side Mission from that
>>58629577Back and forth or one way? I can do the former even if it's time consuming.
I'm sure I've regenerated way over 100 Aerodactyls and still no alpha. Do I need to complete the dex before I can possibly get alpha fossils or what? I refuse to believe it's an 1% chance.
>>58628350I'm thinking it only autosaves if you're not in danger like if you catch a pokemon while an alpha is aggro after you it won't save.
>>58631205I got an alpha Tyrunt after a bunch of resets. Seeing that Aurorus is wild in the DLC you could probably eventually get a wild Aerodactyl too.
Rump
>>58631986Before or after completing the game/dex?
>>58633313>>58631205Okay I finally got an alpha, I must have regenerated like 200 fucking Aerodactyl but I finally did it. Now Tyrunt and Amaura>but the DLC...We know the DLC has alpha Aurorus so it probably has alpha Tyrantrum too yeah. But we don't know if the preevos or Aerodactyl will be wild alphas too, that's why I'm doing it now
kek
Beyond kino ending, I loved it. Also this big girl was my absolute MvP for the final fight.
So I'm at 22 or so Infinite ZA tickets or whatever on my way to get these 1000 battles done. Is there any actual reward for continuing on from this or should I just grind out the Cafe battles?
>>58635612There's no additional reward. The regular rewards you get can be easily obtained in ranked instead except the master ball. If you can autobattle the cafe do it.
Holy fuck, I've just seen Corbeau's little jump he does when he throws the ball
>>58635592Can you choose Zygarde's ball or does it go to a default pokeball?
>>58637042you can choose it. once you beat his third phase he just sits there waiting to be captured and its a guaranteed catch from one ball
>>58627364No.No.No.
>>58627364>mega xerneas>cant one-turn geomancy because it needs to hold the mega stone instead of the power herbitd unironically be a nerf
>>586232721-255 is the size scale, it feels like those sizes may be weighted too. So the "medium band" feels like it appears way more often than other sizes.Even if the sizes are unweighted, it's still only 1/255.
After procrastinating for so long and afk farming z20 to get 30 alpha shinies (and 2 boxes of garde, malamars, dragalge and roseardes) I am finally finished with the game.What zone is best to afk farm while waiting for the dlc?
>>58588422the bench method or any other shiny hunting tips should be in the rentry I see the term thrown around a lot but I've been playing super casually I just got to the rust syndicate missions.
>>58589083>Matter enough that I can get 1-hit in a mirror match, Water vs Water?yeah. one of the best things you can do is get the held items that boost Effort Values and just fight like 12 low level pokemon and one shot them. I got one or two training items early on and was able to max EVs on guys I like. It was enough to jump from Z rank to S rank after two matches online this morning for my delphox mega thingie.
>>58589274>first playthrough>2nd playthroughwhat did you change up the most between the two playthroughs? different team comp? just trying different dialogue choices? I don't replay a bunch of games and it's not like getting the starters would be impossible.
Do you guys spam vitamins on your Pokemon until their stats say "best!" or is there another way of doing it to max their potential?
>>58638217I just use the training hear and start murdering falinks.
>that one fat black otaku-class Infinite ZA Royale trainer whose entire team is Eeveelutions>has a Vaporeon, Glaceon, and a SylveonGF knows....
>>58638217I use vitamins because I still have a lot of cash from izar. >Best!That's IVs. You need to go to the dojo to get the equivalent of best on those.
I wish that ZA had given a alternate evo to all the starters. A permanently water dragon feraligatr and fire fairy delphox would've been cool.
>>58637105https://serebii.net/legendsz-a/pokemonsize.shtmlAccording to Serebii, the "XS" size corresponds to a size value of 0-15 out of 255. 16 values out of 256 total possible values equals a 1 in 16 chance, or 6.25%. If that's true, the odds of me not hitting that 6.25% chance a single time after over 400 catches are so astronomically small that it's a statistical anomaly. I'm literally more likely to win powerball than I am to end up with no XS Pokemon after 400 catches.
>>58639481Noticed a mistake and had to refresh and recalculate, but same result. The chances are still extremely small and I was extremely unlucky.
>>58639493~100%≠100%Git good and keep on trying, anon.
