Recent content by ExistingKirb

:sv/malamar: It’s probably too gimmicky to be reliable, per se, but how do we feel about Malamar? Contrary can come in handy, and Topsy-Turvy (reverses all stat changes) seems like it could enable some interesting strategies.

Here’s a slight tweak I noticed with Blaziken when I fought Crispin. The model itself is the same (albeit updated with textures and whatnot) but it has a new idle pose in battle. It’s a bit hard to tell because the image I got is blurry, so focus the slight difference in the arm and leg posing...

A few months back (Pre-DLC1) I did a Violet run where I used the 6 Paldea mons with the lowest BST (Spidops with 404 to Lokix with 450) and it proved to be a challenging yet fun playthrough. Mr. Klaw the Klawf and Gamer the Lokix were the MVPs, but that’s a rather obvious assumption. I have...

What a funny fella! When was the last time we got a Mythical that had some relevance to a plot previously established in the game? Mythicals with no plot relevance are fun for how creative and unpredictable they get, but I’m glad to see the return of Mythicals being directly tied to the story in...

Kind of an out-of-nowhere question, but does anyone have examples of returning mons who got their models revamped? I’ve really been enjoying Gamefreak going back and changing outdated/wonky models in Gen 9 and I wanna see if they changed any more. (BTW, I already know they remodeled the Johto...

No Shell Smash is a bit of a shame, but access to Nasty Plot and Calm Mind are still nice to have. (Personally, I run Nasty Plot and go to town with Matcha Gotcha.) Nasty Plot is the more aggressive SpA booster that makes your Matcha Gotchas even stronger, meaning you drain even more HP to keep...

Ursaluna’s one of my favorite Pokémon ever (Top 10) so seeing it get the special form treatment THIS early is good news for me. Can’t wait to watch the same bear tear up the battlefield for a second time. Really excited to see its story in the DLC and why it’s so freaky.

Wo-Chien being a stallmon with a natural immunity to Psychic Noise (I completely forgot Wo-Chien has no reliable recovery while making this but I'm not letting it go to waste.)

Appreciate you linking the YouTube version, I completely forgot you can't see tweets Xs anymore if you don't have a Twitter X account, such an odd decision to make.

Pokemon Worlds' closing ceremony brought a new trailer for the DLC, nothing too crazy revealed aside from a tease near the end but the stuff that was revealed was nice to see. I'm excited to learn more about that Tera-related mechanic, and I wouldn't be surprised if we get a trailer within the...

Interesting that Raging Bolt has clear blue eyes (which are VERY apparent in it’s model) unlike every other Past Paradox who have yellow (occasionally accompanied by red) eyes. There’s a 99.9% chance this means absolutely nothing buts it’s an interesting feature to point out. My assumption for...

Good observations that I forgot to mention! That’s a blunder on my part, oops.

I assumed the highest a Mon’s BST could be to be granted an evolution was 500 (Ursaring) but I stand corrected now. I wonder how high Archaludon’s BST is gonna be considering it doesn’t seem like Gamefreak wants to go above 550 BST for a Non-Legendary (or any other special category) mon...

Now that Tera is banned, what should I replace Tera Blast (Ice) with? Should I change my entire Jolteon set or just the one move?

Been having a lot of fun with Jolteon, I’ve been using it as a Choice Specs mon and I’ve had a lot of success with it. 135 SpA hits hard and when paired with its blistering Speed of 155 it can cause mayhem with Choice Specs. 120 SpD is good as well to take a few special moves. It’s HP (65) and...