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Mega Misdreavus You can always shrink it i guess
They're probably lowered to account for the stat buffs they give.
Dang. True tho.
I think this should have everything, it may be missing a few things, but that’s what we have serebii for.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1f6nll_1FTDVYR2wVxUHuyqWxTOQtU6kO7_ibcY2Lf_0/htmlview#
May someone explain how Hidden Abilities work this gen? I've come across articles that are a bit older saying that you cannot breed down Hidden Abilities. Seems like a few posts back others said this wasn't true. So do Hidden Abilities work like Gen 7?
Do eggs just have a random chance of having a hidden ability and the parents simply have no impact on whether or not they have a hidden ability? Meaning they work like regular abilities? Or are hidden abilities something that must be caught in the wild exclusively?
Do eggs just have a random chance of having a hidden ability and the parents simply have no impact on whether or not they have a hidden ability? Meaning they work like regular abilities? Or are hidden abilities something that must be caught in the wild exclusively?
I WANT TO BELIEVE
I heard we finally got a dark gym this gen is this true
Indeed, it's true. c:I heard we finally got a dark gym this gen is this true
If the articles come from before the leaks they are probably fake, you can check when they started on page one.
Hidden abilities will probably work the same, why attempt to fix something that isn’t broken?
The only thing that I know of is that you can use the leaf and ice stone to get leafeon and Glaceon
So I'm genuinely excited for Dynamax. I think it's got a lot in terms of making it more balanced and strategic.
50-100% HP boost is going to really vary in effectiveness from one Pokemon to the other. Obviously the more HP a mon has the more beneficial it is but on average it lets a pokemon take 1-2 more hits than it normally would. The lack of recovery outside of terrain, seed, and items while maxed also helps control it some in singles while in doubles it becomes a game of partner support. The pokemon also remains vulnerable to percentage based HP loss.
Moves meanwhile are poweful, sure, but nowhere near the power of z-moves. Their secondary effects are amazing of course but I do like some of the balance we see even here. For instance, the strongest a Max Knuckle or Ooze can be is 100 power, which makes a lot of sense considering they boost Atk and SpA respecively. The moves are also easier to absorb because of the lower power and many of the "best effects" have pokemon with immunities to them.
Tying all this together is the two big limitations. Max Pokemon last only 3 turns, and the form ends if they switch out. If you put a pokemon with an unfavorable matchup in, and max them, then you've wasted it. As a quick example, a mixed attacker that was going to run Max Ooze and Knuckle now can't use either if the opponent brings out Aegislash, meaning using other moves to get rid of it, or saccing their max so they can switch something else in. This means that likely Dynamaxing is going to be primarily used late game after the user's checks have been taken out to allow for the sweep. Not only would this let a pokemon do what it was already going to do, just better, but it will make for exciting moments when you finally bring it out.
All that said, I haven't mentioned Gigantamax yet and that's because... well a lot of them look cool but surprisingly I think most of them are inferior to the dynamax options. The most obvious examples to me are Charizard and Coalossal who setup 4 turns of residual damage instead of creating sun or sand respectively. A Charizard with its HA will absolutely prefer sun while Coalossal (bad as it is unfortunately) would prefer sand's SpD boost. Machamp cries at getting a cool form that gets rid of one of the best max moves and replaces it with... minor focus energy. Then there's situational ones. Most cases Corviknight prefers speed boosting over defog and Drednaw would rather set rain than rocks (especially since it gets Swift Swim). There are a few exceptions, of course. Snorlax definitely wants that berry refresh more than dropping opponent speed, and Gengar getting a new way to trap pokemon makes up for losing its mega and is better for it than defense dropping.
My post is getting long so I'll finish it off with this. I think the pokemon that will benefit most from dynamaxing will be bulky offensive pokemon. Stuff like Kommo-o, Hydreigon, and Tyranitar feel like obvious picks especially since they all have methods of setting up before maxing but I'm eager to see what other pokemon are able to do with this.
50-100% HP boost is going to really vary in effectiveness from one Pokemon to the other. Obviously the more HP a mon has the more beneficial it is but on average it lets a pokemon take 1-2 more hits than it normally would. The lack of recovery outside of terrain, seed, and items while maxed also helps control it some in singles while in doubles it becomes a game of partner support. The pokemon also remains vulnerable to percentage based HP loss.
Moves meanwhile are poweful, sure, but nowhere near the power of z-moves. Their secondary effects are amazing of course but I do like some of the balance we see even here. For instance, the strongest a Max Knuckle or Ooze can be is 100 power, which makes a lot of sense considering they boost Atk and SpA respecively. The moves are also easier to absorb because of the lower power and many of the "best effects" have pokemon with immunities to them.
Tying all this together is the two big limitations. Max Pokemon last only 3 turns, and the form ends if they switch out. If you put a pokemon with an unfavorable matchup in, and max them, then you've wasted it. As a quick example, a mixed attacker that was going to run Max Ooze and Knuckle now can't use either if the opponent brings out Aegislash, meaning using other moves to get rid of it, or saccing their max so they can switch something else in. This means that likely Dynamaxing is going to be primarily used late game after the user's checks have been taken out to allow for the sweep. Not only would this let a pokemon do what it was already going to do, just better, but it will make for exciting moments when you finally bring it out.
All that said, I haven't mentioned Gigantamax yet and that's because... well a lot of them look cool but surprisingly I think most of them are inferior to the dynamax options. The most obvious examples to me are Charizard and Coalossal who setup 4 turns of residual damage instead of creating sun or sand respectively. A Charizard with its HA will absolutely prefer sun while Coalossal (bad as it is unfortunately) would prefer sand's SpD boost. Machamp cries at getting a cool form that gets rid of one of the best max moves and replaces it with... minor focus energy. Then there's situational ones. Most cases Corviknight prefers speed boosting over defog and Drednaw would rather set rain than rocks (especially since it gets Swift Swim). There are a few exceptions, of course. Snorlax definitely wants that berry refresh more than dropping opponent speed, and Gengar getting a new way to trap pokemon makes up for losing its mega and is better for it than defense dropping.
My post is getting long so I'll finish it off with this. I think the pokemon that will benefit most from dynamaxing will be bulky offensive pokemon. Stuff like Kommo-o, Hydreigon, and Tyranitar feel like obvious picks especially since they all have methods of setting up before maxing but I'm eager to see what other pokemon are able to do with this.
Well... That's not exactly what I meant. When I asked about evo stones, I wanted to know how early in this game can we get (in my case) dawn stone. Maybe someone had this kind of information from leakers
I haven't watched any of the gameplay footage, but did you guys notice how often weather changes? Specifically, how long would it possibly take for snowing/snowstorms to occur?
Don't worry about that, they have you covered.
According to a 4chan anon, the method to evolve Farfetch'd into Sirfetch'd is by................. KO'ing 3 mons in a single battle with Leek equipped? 
Otherwise if he's wrong, it might be at lvl35.
source: http://boards.4channel.org/vp/thread/41107054#p41108709
Otherwise if he's wrong, it might be at lvl35.
source: http://boards.4channel.org/vp/thread/41107054#p41108709
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I think Drill is going to Uber's, call me crazy.
According to a 4chan anon, the method to evolve Farfetch'd into Sirfetch'd is by................. KO'ing 3 mons in a single battle with Leek equipped?
Otherwise if he's wrong, it might be at lvl35.
source: http://boards.4channel.org/vp/thread/41107054#p41108709
Apparently he didn't even need to level up, sounds like an easy requirement if you're looking to raise a Farfetch'd. Though it may not involve the Leek either. Their logic makes sense:
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>Evolves into Sirfetch’d-0 @ 0 (U43) [3]
@ 0 is the level it must evolve at. 0 means it is at any level.
(U43) is the evolution method. In this case, KO # Pokémon.
[3] is the argument for this evolution method. Is this case, KO # Pokémon = 3.This also might be why Sirfetch'd's moves aren't learned later on as per the usual tradeoff of evolving.
Not gonna lie, Sirfetch'd's evolution method could be extremely annoying. If it's just "KO 3 Pokemon in total throughout its various battles" then it's piss easy. But if it's "KO 3 Pokemon in one battle", then what the fuck are you expected to do once you've gotten all the trainer battles in the game overwith?
Would the Battle Tower battles suffice?