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It's a great shiny. Congrats! I managed to get one in PoGo once.

I think I loved going into a Pokemon game totally unspoiled for once.

Usually I plan the team in advance - it helps minimise tedium and makes the playthrough more efficient and fun. So I know roughly where everything is and what is available. Because actually catching is usually a bit of a chore, especially running around in the grass trying to find a specific Pokemon that has like a 5% chance of appearing.

Here, because it was on the overworld, there was barely any tedium at all. They can never ever go back after this. Please god.

Got it in 4.

Lumineon, Tyranitar, Noctowl, Girafarig

I think Lumineon is one of the best first guesses. Water is a common type, and not being dual type tells you immediately whether it's a dual type Pokmon or not. Not sure about height/weight but it's not a particularly tiny Pokemon either. It's also from a middle generation.

Nanis23 posted...

https://www.serebii.net/legendsarceus/itemstorageupgrade.shtml

Excuse me but what the fuck
How am I supposed to max this

LMAO

I stopped at like 35 or 40 I think. I do all the crafting at the bench and just carry some healing items, the best three types of balls, razz, pinap, and some mud.

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Nice.

I imagine there will be yes.

I found it weird that there were 94 requests tbh. My hope would be for distortion world DLC! Might be asking a lot though.

hombad46 posted...

Is there a point to collecting all the poems aside from lore?

Don't think so, apart from they maybe become better dig spots afterwards maybe? But I want to see the game all the way through now. Well, pretty much - I'm not doing the research tasks for the entire dex, that's insanity

Not Dave posted...

I released a tonne of Pokmon and got 60 grit rocks. Might actually up a few of my mons to 10s in most stats. The jump from 9 to 10 seems significant.

I guess I should do that. I have so much detritus. It'd be nice to have perfect stats for my team as well as them all being lvl 100.

Anyway I just played this for like 12 hours straight, but I've got the vast majority to level 10 in the dex, almost all requests done, Pokedex complete. I'll do Giratina, Shaymin, Enamorus, Darkrai, Arceus, Unowns, poems and the level 100 grind tomorrow.

Absolutely.

I'm closing in on Dex completion anyway. Got like 6 left to get. Then it's the ending, Unowns, getting my team to level 100 and getting the dex to level 10.

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The answer to this one just came to me almost immediately. Very satisfying. I think my fastest get yet.

Yeah I tried the photo building last night. Very weird. So I just got some cool photos by sending the team out at the same time on some beach. That seemed better.

How are you going to handle his Togekiss? Poison Jab?

Also absolute yes to origin Dialga/Palkia theme and Remixed Giratina theme

Nanis23 posted...

I finished all the side quests besides the last two and that Spiritomb one

Major spoiler for postgame-
I am having a hard time against Volo. I beat Giratina with my last Pokemon but then it changed form and gg. Need to do it all over again. Tried leveling up against some people on the training grounds but it's soo slow

I decided not to grind and instead used my level 85 alpha Garchomp (you can find it in the icelands). Strong style Outrage from him will probably not kill either Giratina but will blow a big enough hole in it. You can also use an aux power and absorb a dragon claw.

My advice would be to exploit his Pokemon that can't hit you too hard and use them to heal. For me that was his Roserade, which could only 3hko Goodra. Heal everything up when you're facing that so you're ready for Giratina.

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Two absolutely stupid guesses nearly cost me this one

Waluigi1 posted...

??? Omg I feel dumb now. I thought we were gonna get a ride mon that could break them -_-

Me too. Didn't figure it out until postgame

I also got a shiny in USUM

I was not sure what I wanted my last Pokemon to be, Larvitar or A-Diglett. They spawned in the same place, so I figured whichever one appeared first would be the one I used

First thing to appear: shiny Larvitar. Perfect

First shiny was a Numel in ORAS. I got a bunch of stuff to maximise the chances of finding one, then did horde encounters until I saw one.

I got two shinies in an hour yesterday (Dusclops and Yanma), my only two so far

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Phew

Not Dave posted...

@XIII_rocks

You just need to catch them! Getting everything to level 10 gets the shiny charm

Thanks btw!

Yeah I used Gengar and Porygon-Z specifically for their status moves. PZ had Twave, Gengar Hypnosis.

@Not_Dave

To access the final Arceus mission, do I need to get all the Pokemon to level 10 in the dex, or just catch them?

MrSmartGuy posted...

But this game has been the complete opposite. Getting one-shotted by lower-level Alpha Pokemon is insanely frustrating, so getting the jump on something and using Calm Mind and Snarl to start things off feels completely game-breaking.

In hindsight I would definitely have used a more defensive lineup.

Final team was:

Samurott, Staraptor, Porygon-Z, Gengar, Hisuian Arcanine, Hisuian Goodra

But for postgame I had to drop Arcanine and Staraptor, and replace them with the lvl 85 Alpha Garchomp I caught and Heatran. They were slightly too low leveled and I needed more power for more spoilers Volo and Giratina

Had I been more defensive I think the Volo fight would have been less of an RPS/Revives/OHKO fest

Holy fuck. The postgame has some amazing shit

First Cresselia screwed with my controls, then the most challenging Pokemon boss fight in years - Volo and then double Giratina immediately afterwards. Great. I loved it. Lost three times and had to really put thought into when to heal, use agile style, etc.

The Mana Sword posted...

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lmao

I really need someone else to fail today to make me feel better

Legends Arceus

Not "finished" finished but got the credits. This was fantastic. It's not just because it's a good, satisfying game but because future games that improve on this have so, so much potential.

I did start scary swarm shark

furious

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Motherfucking piece of shitty fuck fuck.

Oh cool, I just finished Arceus

Just got the credits. I really enjoyed the game, particularly the closing period, and I wasn't spoiled on the new form for Dialga/Palkia either. So that was a cool surprise. Also loved the way they remixed the Dialga/Palkia theme for both the first battle and the second.

Now the real fun begins.

Its an incredibly addictive game tbqh

I'd be playing it right now if not for work

Waluigi1 posted...

Speaking of, how the hell is Porygon around during this time period?

Afaik, Pory only appears in time rifts, which does make sense

Zigzagoon posted...

Hyper Beam change is probably one of my favorite move changes so far. I actually use it on my Jolteon now because of the no recharge time!

I don't like the drop in power, but it absolutely has the appearance and feel of power, so that works for me

Plus I use it on my P-Z so it's basically the same

I wasted 30 great balls on that fucking Cherrim

Team is now Samurott, Staraptor, H-Sliggoo, H-Arcanine, Porygon-Z and Gengar

Briefly used an alpha Heracross but removed him, might bring him back in but idk who for.

Just beat the 4th boss. Loved that whole area and the more linear progression.

I'm Samurott, Hisuian Arcanine, Kleavor, Kadabra, Haunter, Staraptor.

I imagine three or four of those will change when I see something I really want to use.

Just beat another frenzied Pokemon, Arcanine. Bit of a challenge! Fun game.

RE8, last week

Pretty good stuff! Some good scares, satisfying action, decent story and some classic RE insane characters

Felt like it was slipping more into RE5 or 6 mode than RE4 at the end, and that's not a compliment. That said, I mostly like the way it mixes RE7 and 4 to create something new.

Thought the factory went on way too long and the castle was the game's peak, a shame since it was so early.

8/10 I guess? Could go higher. I think 7 was better.

What I love is that I'm actually catching Pokemon again because it's fun.

In BDSP I caught like, a box and a half's worth, max.

My team is still very basic, Beautiflies and Dustoxes and Staravias. My current self-imposed goal is to take down that level 45 Snorlax I ran into early.

Axl_Rose_85 posted...

I wanna know if this is worth playing for someone who thought he's completely done with Pokemon after the lazy blandfest that was Sword/Shield.

Honestly, it feels so much better. It's slicker and moves so much faster. Not having a battle screen and diving right in, catching two or more Pokemon at once (at low levels anyway), the openness of it - it's been a breath of fresh air so far, though a bit handholdy early on.

Picked Oshawott obviously

Enjoying it so far. So much more slick.

I thought it was that Venom went to the mcu in the credits of Venom 2, found out that Peter was Spidey, then just stayed... or went back to the Venomverse and got pulled back to the MCU by the spell.

mnkboy907 posted...

I'm pretty sure I've seen people say "at least it's something different from the standard Marvel movie" for every Marvel movie in the past five years.

Sure - different people look for different things

I wouldn't say that about NWH for instance. Even though it was different in a way, I took it more as like a souped-up Marvel movie.

GuessMyUserName posted...

Kumail Nanjiani certainly nopes right out at the end, but I like that not everybody agrees with the choice to stop the emergence but that his character doesn't want to fight his family.

I liked this a lot. All were very distinct characters.

Eternals wasn't bad at all, I enjoyed it

Some issues (including a bit of ropey acting) but good. Think I prefer it to Shang-Chi (which I liked) for example

I like that it took itself a bit more seriously too. It didn't undercut itself with humour like GotG or Ragnarok, which set it apart

I always wanted to do that

Weep david
Weep in your puddle of blood

No remorse

Yeah man, go Bang

You can do it!

*spits on Panthera for good measure*