Pokemon thread

[Juihau]

She may seem like the 11 y/o version of Lili but she acts nothing like her. She hates fighting and is very caring towards others.

She doesn't even look more like Lili than any other white, blonde, green/blue-eyed, long-haired female character.

Spoiler: Actual big spoiler

Even less so after "unleashes her Z-power," donning a ponytail and changing into a more energetic outfit.

Even the name Lily and variants are fairly common, especially considering Pokemon's taken a fondness to naming major characters after flowers the past few generations. Not to mention, in Lillie's case, it's supposed to be pronounced "Lilli-eh."

 

[deathofaninja]

Got a Shiny Litten in the wonder trade... gave it to my friend. I can see that he's trying to get out of the craze and it was my way of keeping him satisfied... why did I do that XD

 

[David Gregg]

I don't get the point of the shiny hype. It's just a recolor with not stats/move changes right?

 

[Sotherius]

It is rare, and that is why is special.

I'm getting a 2ds next month and probably sun or moon with it (and DOAD).

So, most important question, is there any spot to capture Ralts?

 

[CyberEvil]

Fuck Eevee. I've leveled it to level 28 now and the bastard refuses to evolve to Umbreon. He started to evolve last night but I stopped it, thinking he would just try to evolve after the next level up. NOPE.

 

[David Gregg]

Fuck Eevee. I've leveled it to level 28 now and the bastard refuses to evolve to Umbreon. He started to evolve last night but I stopped it, thinking he would just try to evolve after the next level up. NOPE.

I gave up and just evolved it into Sylveon. XD

Didn't have a fairy type in my team anyway...

 

[Chapstick]

Got a Shiny Litten in the wonder trade... gave it to my friend. I can see that he's trying to get out of the craze and it was my way of keeping him satisfied... why did I do that XD

It was undoubtedly hacked or cloned so I wouldn't sweat it

 

[deathofaninja]

Fuck Eevee. I've leveled it to level 28 now and the bastard refuses to evolve to Umbreon. He started to evolve last night but I stopped it, thinking he would just try to evolve after the next level up. NOPE.

I caught a level 17 Umbreon through an Eevee's call for help. Instead of Eevee being summoned it was Umbreon. I was thrilled and caught it. It was a bitch though, it kept sand attacking me, confusing me and making life hell in general.

 

[Chapstick]

The SOS mechanic can be really annoying at times. Like when you have a pokemon down to minimum health to catch it and it calls for help right before you put it to sleep with a weak pokemon incapable of OHKO'ing the backup. So you have to switch out to a stronger one, KO the help, and by that time the pokemon has woken up. You switch to the pokemon that can put it to sleep and it calls in another pokemon. This kept happening with Beldum which apparently has a low encounter rate and catch rate and all they knew was takedown so even if they wouldn't call in help they'd KO themselves and I wanted to scream

 

[Juihau]

Wishiwashi's what gave me hell. I'd have to chip through its monstrous school form stats, only for it to call in another full health Wishiwashi as soon as it reverted. And of course it would use aqua ring, so it would heal back up to the treshold for schooling to take effect again while I'm busy dealing with the other one... Not to mention, it has a relatively low catch rate, so actually catching the thing is a pain in itself.

I just wanted a fish, damn it!

 

[NightAntilli]

Haha. This game sounds fun already. Can't wait to play it. Europeans always get screwed over with release dates -.-

 

[Chapstick]

Wishiwashi's what gave me hell. I'd have to chip through its monstrous school form stats, only for it to call in another full health Wishiwashi as soon as it reverted. And of course it would use aqua ring, so it would heal back up to the treshold for schooling to take effect again while I'm busy dealing with the other one... Not to mention, it has a relatively low catch rate, so actually catching the thing is a pain in itself.

I just wanted a fish, damn it!

I have a Butterfree I keep in my first slot when I'm pokemon hunting (sleep powder, stun powder, weak moves that won't kill most things in one hit) and what I did with Wishiwashi was just sleep powder -> dive ball and it worked in one shot. Tho I was probably just lucky.

Most of this game sleep powder -> whatever ball to use in that situation worked really well but I just got to the last island where all the wild pokemon are like level 40+ final evos and I have a feeling it's not going to work anymore

 

[NightAntilli]

For some reason that combinations worked quite well since Black/White. It was my go-to combination to catch something I didn't want to accidentally KO or let it kill all my Pokemon. Sleep -> Throw Pokeball. Pokeball also works better than Great and Ultra in that case. Might be superstition but it really did appear to work.

 

[NightAntilli]

I keep wondering how the whole grooming/feeding/petting influences the game in a relevant matter. And the festival plaza seems more like a chore than a fun aspect. Still early in the game though, and despite these, it's quite fun. The intro is much better than the majority of other Pokemon games, except maybe Black/White.

 

[Chapstick]

I keep wondering how the whole grooming/feeding/petting influences the game in a relevant matter.

It influences it a lot. When your pokemon is at max affection through "refresh" (pokemon amie) it has a good chance of surviving with 1 HP when it should have been KO'd, breaking out of status problems even poison paralysis and burn, dodging moves that should hit, and gives more critical hits. It also gets more exp. And it's the only way to get Sylveon

And the festival plaza seems more like a chore than a fun aspect. Still early in the game though, and despite these, it's quite fun. The intro is much better than the majority of other Pokemon games, except maybe Black/White.

Giving you access to multiple lottos a day I think is the biggest bonus. You can fill the whole thing with lotto places. Also you can dye your clothes colors you can't buy in shops. Can level up pokemon with the kitchen, can raise EV's with the bounce house, can get heart scales with the haunted house.

 

[NightAntilli]

Really? I wouldn't have expected affection to affect dodge, crits and status, let alone save a pokemon from fainting. Interesting mechanic. I'll have to try it out.

Went with Rowlet btw.

 

[David Gregg]

Really? I wouldn't have expected affection to affect dodge, crits and status, let alone save a pokemon from fainting. Interesting mechanic. I'll have to try it out.

Went with Rowlet btw.

Yeah it's great they dodge more attacks than I thought they would and your Pokemon looks over their shoulder to look at you to see if you're proud. XD

I'm glad that I got Sylveon that Moon Blast is deadly but I need a dark Pokemon anyone know the easiest location to find another Eevee so that I can try for Umbreon again?

 

[Chapstick]

Yeah it's great they dodge more attacks than I thought they would and your Pokemon looks over their shoulder to look at you to see if you're proud. XD

I'm glad that I got Sylveon that Moon Blast is deadly but I need a dark Pokemon anyone know the easiest location to find another Eevee so that I can try for Umbreon again?

Breed your Sylveon with a Ditto if you have one. Breeding goes really fast in this game, I got eight Eevees in like 15 minutes

 

[David Gregg]

Breed your Sylveon with a Ditto if you have one. Breeding goes really fast in this game, I got eight Eevees in like 15 minutes

I don't have a ditto. Probably will be even harder to catch than Eevee. XD

 

[Chapstick]

I don't have a ditto. Probably will be even harder to catch than Eevee. XD

Idk where you are now but they're on the third island on the road down the mountain that you take the bus to go up. I've caught like 3 or 4 there, a lot of people seem to want them on the GTS