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I was reading the reddit hysteria over this ('oh no I'm going to be banned because of my breeding ditto / 6IV Shiny I got through WT!'), and after reading from folks who actually got banned, it seems like the common thread is hacking trainer information. So it was primary people changing their IDs or hacking themselves a bazillion FC or other stuff along those lines (possibly from comparing GameSync information?)
If that's true, it seems like it's mostly just overconfident/blatant hackers getting caught, and nothing to do with Pokemon legality.
Groudon no, Landorus-T yes
is there any specific list i cant go see too see whats banned and whats not?
【Pokémon That Can’t Participate in Rating Battles】
Mewtwo, Mew, Lugia, Ho-Oh, Celebi, Kyogre, Groudon, Rayquaza, Jirachi, Deoxys, Dialga, Palkia, Giratina, Phione, Manaphy, Darkrai, Shaymin, Arceus, Victini, Reshiram, Zekrom, Kyurem, Keldeo, Meloetta, Genesect, Xerneas, Yveltal, Zygarde, Diancie, Hoopa, Volcanion, Solgaleo, Lunala, and Magearna
Source: https://3ds.pokemon-gl.com/support/2/en/manual/manual_battle/basic-rules/
Also pokemon caught prior to gen6 can't be used. The Pentagon rule applies.
So I just got a Celesteela from the GTS. It's Careful, and has a weird EVs spread of 252 HP / 4 Atk / 92 Def / 116 SpD / 44 Spe. At level 100, this gives stats of 398/239/265/225/293/169 (HP/Atk/Def/SpA/SpD/Spe), and at level 50 these stats are 204/122/135/114/149/87. I know Speed is to outspeed Scizor and other base 65s. But any clue of what the other EVs are for?
Thx for the feedback. So that's just weird hackers putting max FP and then get caught when sync or people giving impossible stuff in SM until Bank (like Thick Fat on Mamoswine).
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Why has no one tickled Doubles content at all in my Resident Evil / election fueled abcense?
Just wait until I beat RE7, and I'm going to destroy life as we know it and Doubles shall flow forth like cancer. Celesteela and the Tapu's are fucking amazing.
That said, with Bank's release, I'm wondering if we've had any updates on QR code-based teams? All I've seen it used for so far is the Pokedex.
Just wait until I beat RE7, and I'm going to destroy life as we know it and Doubles shall flow forth like cancer. Celesteela and the Tapu's are fucking amazing.
That said, with Bank's release, I'm wondering if we've had any updates on QR code-based teams? All I've seen it used for so far is the Pokedex.
There is no official word about that at all, sadly.
only for Pre-Bank teams, i'm not sure how viable they'd be in the Post-Bank game, a lot of them are weak to Fire...
Thank you for the answer. Is there a place to talk about this kind of stuff...? I prefer not to get into some random thread to go off-topic and disrupt the thread.
edit: I'm particularly interested in the megas. I understand the current mega kings are Gyarados and Mence. But I'm interested to know how Pokebank would change that.
Breaking onto the post-bank chaos, I'm looking at Tapu Fini and and haven't seen much discussion on it. Stats look similar to Suicune, with debatably better typing and inferior overall bulk (70/115/130 vs 100/115/115) with the same Speed and Sp. Atk. Obviously Fini is lacking Tailwind, Icy Wind, Snarl, and a lot of things Suicune offers, so I'm wondering if there's any real draw to Fini or at the least, a nature suggestion on the one I plan on SRing? lol.
Swagger spammer looks funny though.
edit: I'm a Doubles guy for clarification.
Swagger spammer looks funny though.
edit: I'm a Doubles guy for clarification.
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Is it too early to start seeking good switcheroo/trick users that are viable in the current singles meta?
Rotoms are as good for that as they always were. But honestly, there isn't that much great stuff to target since stall teams seem relatively rare. It might be useful to toss Choice Scarf onto their Cresselia or something that might be otherwise problematic for your team.
i have a 6 iv Tapu Koko...with a brave nature :(. Any ideas for a good set to make this useful in battle spot singles?
The whole reason Tapu Koko is so popular is because of its Speed tier really, not sure there's really anything you could do to make a Brave nature work. A mixed set with Thunderbolt/Dazzling Gleam/Brave Bird/Volt Switch perhaps, but there's not much you can do with Brave there since the Speed tier is very important for Tapu Koko.
Scarf..? or Power Lens in Trick Room idk
Can be good if you wanna go for gimmick. Intimidate is better to get a dance and go for mega evolution.