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[Akura]

Made it to Master Rank Battle Royal. First attempt had me facing off against both Terrakion and Cobalion on the right and left. Cobalion took out Mega Lucario in one hit before he could act.


@Greiger: It might be a lot easier to use Poke Pelago to EV train now. Though technically longer, as minimum possible time from 0 to 252 EVs is 18 hours I think, it's still a lot easier since you don't need to micromanage. And you can put up to 18 Pokemon through at a time.

[Greiger]

Heh yea I kinda didn't know about that little feature until well after I had the bands.  And now I'm set up for proper ev training and generally get my breeding and ev training done in one sitting.

Pretty much the biggest issue I have now is leveling the bloody things.  I have a lv 100 lunala that destroys the e4 even with a 1 turn disadvantage from a switchin, and I know evelup does xp too, but I still miss the speed of old sacrifice blissey caves that could get you to 50 in a couple minutes, or triple battle cafe le wow.  Doing the whole festival food thing feels too much like a grind to get set up.

Battle Royale
I've been having some good luck in battle royale with bulky damage dealers like Kommo-o or Rhyperior.  Ai seems to want to target something else when they know they can't one shot what you have.  And the bulkier pokes tend to be slow enough to get in some finishing strikes in cases where the AI sees there is nothing it can one shot and simply goes for what it has STAB weakness against.  A little bit of prediction and you can killsteal til the miltank come home.  If you have a priority move you may not even need the prediction.  Not 100% reliable, but it seems throwing sweepers and revenge killers into royale is just a quick way to come in last.

[birdy51]

Golisopod is nice for the Battle Royal for that reason. Not many mons can KO it in one shot, so by loading up on those Priority moves, you can kill off the opposing Pokémon that have been worn down, and then escape as soon as someone so much as looks at Golisopod funny.

[Culise]

I just plowed right through the Battle Royal.  It was pretty much pure dumb luck, though.  In addition to the usual RNG roulette regarding AI teams (I didn't run into any legendaries, much less the awful luck Akura had with both Regis and Musketeers) and moves (the AI only ganged up on me once), my opening Pokemon was a Dragonite with Dragon Dance and Outrage, which meant that every time I chose that move instead of Stone Edge or Earthquake, it would attack a random opponent.  With the sheer power behind that move and both Greninja and Togekiss playing clean-up, it did not turn out completely awful.  That said, this wasn't an optimum team by any measure.  Dragonite's Multiscale works poorly in a 3-on-1 battle, and Greninja's much too squishy in it.  There just isn't enough time for set-up, either, which also weakened Dragonite's and Togekiss's ability to perform. 

That said, my inclination on beating the Master Rank was to take my ribbons and new pose (which I'll probably never use) and never come back.

[Reudh]

I just plowed right through the Battle Royal.  It was pretty much pure dumb luck, though.  In addition to the usual RNG roulette regarding AI teams (I didn't run into any legendaries, much less the awful luck Akura had with both Regis and Musketeers) and moves (the AI only ganged up on me once), my opening Pokemon was a Dragonite with Dragon Dance and Outrage, which meant that every time I chose that move instead of Stone Edge or Earthquake, it would attack a random opponent.  With the sheer power behind that move and both Greninja and Togekiss playing clean-up, it did not turn out completely awful.  That said, this wasn't an optimum team by any measure.  Dragonite's Multiscale works poorly in a 3-on-1 battle, and Greninja's much too squishy in it.  There just isn't enough time for set-up, either, which also weakened Dragonite's and Togekiss's ability to perform. 

That said, my inclination on beating the Master Rank was to take my ribbons and new pose (which I'll probably never use) and never come back.

Battle Royale seems to be geared solely towards hyperoffense teams, like a banded or life orbed Azumarill or similar, especially with strong priority moves. I've been seeing success with a choice specs Adaptability Porygon-Z, with Tri Attack/Thunderbolt/Shadow Ball/Hyper Beam.
If i need to break a wall to win and Tri Attack won't cut it, a 300 BP hyper beam coming off ~180-200 Sp.Atk at level 50 before specs boosts will. If I need to be more adaptable, given it's not a setup Porygon, just a hyperoffense one, an Assault Vest to improve survivability against everything that isn't a Fighting type is good too.

[Culise]

Can't sleep, it's pre-dawn, and I can't type.  Global Pokemon players, your Mystery Gift code for today is INTIMIDATE.  Your reward, should you accept this code, is Mawilite, Beedrillite, Audinite, and Medichamite.  If you do not enter it today, you may enter it tomorrow; no end date has yet been specified.
*pokes Akura*

EDIT:

Spoiler: And because it amuses me (click to show/hide)

[Akura]

WEEEEEEEE!

[Greiger]

Nice.  I always had an urge to use a mega beedrill but could never fit it in a team in a satisfactory way.  Maybe with the new pokes I can think of something.

Actually heck, megas now have their speed on turn 1 right?  That there might turn beedrill right around alone.

[Akura]

First workout with Mega Mawile. Lost at a Battle Tree Single because I got distracted, the game handed me a pretty hard counter to my team, and Play Rough missed exactly once. Still got about further than I usually do. Lost a Super Double because both my active Pokemon were immobilized by paralysis for four or five turns straight. Yeah, I'll totally believe the game wasn't fudging RNG rolls there.

Teams were both the same, Carbink^build, Mismagius^build, and Mega Mawile^build(and Cloyster^build for the Double). I've also got a few Gible eggs going through the hot springs. The mother had great(not perfect 31s) IVs in all stats except speed, the father(son of the mother, hooray incest) similar IVs except HP(but has speed).

[Reudh]

I've had similar in the Battle Tree. My current team is pretty aight, I guess.

Mega Salamence^build, Porygon-Z^build, Azumarill^build, Aegislash^build,

Some that may be substituted in or out as the battle tree demands:
Rotom-Wash^build
Crobat^build

Crobat doesn't see as much use since I trained up Salamence, and its anti-fairy capability is generally filled by Aegislash if present. Aegislash also copes well with the ice types that would otherwise hurt Salamence and Crobat.

[Furtuka]

Not sure if anyone's interested but a new trailer got released for that movie that was appearing to be a nostalgic remake of the first few episodes of the original season of the anime. Except uh... it looks like it's not quite what it seemed. Also Marshadow got its official reveal, so that distribution can presumeably be expected alongside the hat pikachu.

[Sirus]

Not sure if anyone's interested but a new trailer got released for that movie that was appearing to be a nostalgic remake of the first few episodes of the original season of the anime. Except uh... it looks like it's not quite what it seemed. Also Marshadow got its official reveal, so that distribution can presumeably be expected alongside the hat pikachu.

Who the heck are those non-Misty, non-Brock sidekicks?

[Furtuka]

Not sure if anyone's interested but a new trailer got released for that movie that was appearing to be a nostalgic remake of the first few episodes of the original season of the anime. Except uh... it looks like it's not quite what it seemed. Also Marshadow got its official reveal, so that distribution can presumeably be expected alongside the hat pikachu.

Who the heck are those non-Misty, non-Brock sidekicks?

Apparently just some pair of randos named Makoto and Soji

To all Pokémon fans: This is the story of the duo's "meeting" and "promise". This is the creation of the 20th anniversary movie! Pocket Monsters, or "Pokémon" for short: Mysterious lifeforms that hide many secrets. There are still many things we don't know about their ecology. Even today, Pokémon Trainers continue their adventures with the aim of encountering Pokémon never before seen...

Ash, a boy living in Pallet Town, greeted the morning of his 10th birthday, the day he could become qualified to become a Pokémon Trainer. Ash's heart was filled with a desire for Pokémon he has never seen before and a world he has never seen before, but while he was meant to be given a Pokémon that would become his partner at the Oak Laboratories, he ended up severely oversleeping, and all that was left for him was a single Pikachu, a Pokémon that did not get attached to humans. "Do you hate me? I like you!" Even though the two were at odds with one another, their friendship deepened little by little, and as they looked up at the legendary Pokémon Ho-Oh that flew through the sky on the day they set off, Ash and Pikachu swore an oath as they held one of its Rainbow Wings: "Let's go meet it together one day!" And thus, Pikachu and Ash, who set off on his journey to become the world's greatest Pokémon Master, end up meeting the Trainers Makoto and Soji on their way before getting told a legend concerning Ho-Oh.

"Those who, guided by the Rainbow Wing, meet with Ho-Oh, shall become the Heroes of the Rainbow." Ash and the others end up getting guided by Marshadow, a mysterious Pokémon that had been lurking in Ash's shadow without anyone realizing, and make their way to Mount Tensei, where Ho-Oh lives, but a strong enemy appears before them. Will the duo manage to reach Ho-Oh?! In order for them to fulfill the promise they swore on the day the departed, the two of them now begin an adventure that will last until they become "true partners"!

[Neonivek]

I'd complain that this seems convoluted...

But Ash has met every single legendary pokemon and defeated a few of them...

AND saved the world what... at least four times.

So... clearly fate sticks to Ash like glue... and once again the most frustrating part to me is that Pokémon won't have an ending... UGH! (at LEAST we have Battle Frontier... the sort of sort of ending. In that it isn't the actual ending, but it is as close to Ash becoming a pokemon master as the show is going to get. A sort of mid point ending)

[Akura]

My attempt at a Gible breeding mill has finally turned out some success. The mother of the set was a Gible I had traded for months ago which had good all-around IVs(I was wrong before, she did have speed IVs). The first set came out bad because I mixed up the held sextoys? items. The second set had a male Gible with even better IVs in each stat than his mother. Another is a female with even better IVs(28-30 estimate) except HP which bombed.


...Maybe it's time to catch or/and send over a set of Dittoes from ORAS. I should probably also send over a few of the "lesser" legendaries to see if I can use them in the Battle Royal like the AI does. So far I've encountered all of the Swords of Justice except Keldeo, (Mega-)Latios, and Regirock.

EDIT: I just found this.