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I PROTECC

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2 (3.8%)

Waiting on the third AND fourth one

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GET WELL SOON ZYGARDE

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Total Members Voted: 51

[itisnotlogical]

I've caught some neat stuff in my area, like a Krabby and a Gastly. And I once saw a Squirtle in my nearby mons, but it was pretty far away and I had to go back to work at that moment.

I still haven't really confirmed that living on the coast is granting me more Water-types, but I've heard second-hand that there's a lot of Pokemon around the beach area where I live.

[Rolan7]

I once saw a Squirtle in my nearby mons

teehee

[Cthulhu]

I've slowed down, got almost 50km on my tracker but I've caught everything that's likely to show up where I live and it's not as much fun anymore.  The gym system's pretty barebones and as someone else said the complete lack of entropy means you fall behind really fast.  We're already seeing 3000+ guys on the local gyms.

And even then that doesn't mean anything because six 900+ dudes can take a 3000 and wear his gym down.  So what's the point?  Your gym will change hands within an hour if you're in a place with any population at all.

I've been playing PU on pokemon showdown lately.  It's a lot of fun, very different from OU.  The main thing that happens as you go further down the ladder is the pokemon become less consistent and the gap between the top and bottom of the bracket gets wider.

Like the difference between the top of OU, shit like Lando and Talonflame, vs the bottom with guys like Beedrill, is mainly just splashability.  You can throw Lando anywhere, Beedrill can be just as good he just needs more support.

Not as much in PU since it's the bottom of the bottom but in RU and NU you've got a lot of pokemon that are really good but just outclassed.  Moltres is the one I keep bringing up, mega sceptile when he was still RU.  So the lower metagames are really centralized.

PU's just weird.  All the good shit is so weird, it's really fun.  I kind of want to take a banded or life orb raticate into OU some time and throw him in on a will-o-wisp.  I guarantee nobody in OU will see that shit coming.

Drifblim is also really fun.  He's got unburden and acrobatics so you give him a Liechi berry and try to switch him on a weak attack and then substitute.  He'll blitz weakened teams and he's got a great bouncy warcry.

The number of weird, one-note pokemon does mean there's a lot greater volume of dumb shit in PU.  Expect lots of two turn games when you counter his stupid gimmick and he immediately forfeits.

[Reudh]

I always enjoyed the UU tier, which is mainly filled with good, but not great Fighting types, and a helluva lot of stall teams. I used to enjoy a mixed team - three offensive mons, one carrying SR/Spikes, two defensive mons (i preferred Snorlax and Cresselia).

[Cthulhu]

I hate stall.  Even if I think I can beat it I'll often forfeit on stall just cause I ain't got time for that shit.

That's one nice thing about PU, the number of strong bulky attackers and wallbreakers means you rarely see stall.  Most teams are balanced or bulky-offense.  Lots of entry hazards and suicide leads but you rarely see full hyperoffense off of it either.

[Furtuka]

Niantic’s John Hanke just finished a Pokemon GO panel at San Diego’s Comic-Con, which I live-tweeted on our Twitter! During the panel, Niantic revealed:

They’re working on a trading function, but want to make sure the servers will hold up first. Trading is their #1 priority right now along with rolling out the game to more countries.

Legendary Pokemon and Pokemon from other generations will make their way into our world over the next several months and years. The game will be updated for years to come to keep Pokemon fans interested and playing. So far, they’ve only implemented a tenth of the features they have planned. “This is only the beginning.”

Pokemon Centers will be added in the future. They will eventually add customization options to PokeStops, which will encourage players to visit different ones. Breeding in the game isn’t being worked on right now, but there’s been discussions about it.

Niantic stated they consider this Pokemon’s official MMO (massive multiplayer online game). Pokemon fans have been asking for one for many years, and I guess this was the answer!

The Eevee name hack has officially been confirmed by Niantic. Before evolving an Eevee, you can rename it to Rainer, Sparky, or Pyro to yield Vaporeon, Jolteon or Flareon.

Team Captains Blanche, Candela, and Spark were officially revealed after only being seen as silhouettes before. Niantic hinted that the artwork wasn’t ready in time for the game’s launch. The three will have more involvement in future updates to the game.

There were rumors before the panel began that players would be able to capture a Legendary Pokemon at Comic-Con, but that did not happen. They still consider the game brand new, so we probably won’t see Legendary Pokemon for many months.

Also Go went live in France today

[SOLDIER First]

i should have picked valor

[Rolan7]

Nah, Mystic is best team and appropriately has best leader
After some discussion my friends and I think our leader is *probably* female.  Definitely looks cool.

[SOLDIER First]

but candela is so pretty ;-;

[RedKing]

Team Valor: cool military-style uniform
Team Mystic: cool military-style uniform (with cape)
Team Instinct: "Hey guys, I overslept so all I could find in time was this jogging suit..." 

[Cthulhu]

Holy shit, Klang is so much fun.  I'd try Klinkklang in OU if it weren't so full of giant stab earthquakes and fireblasts.

He's a weird kind of sweeper, pretty much the definition of a late game win condition.  Mono-steel is crazy for a bulky sweeper and while his lack of coverage means he's easily walled and countered, once those checks are gone it's very easy to find yourself in a position where nothing you have left can kill Klang through his RestTalk.  And then he just boosts up and grinds agonizingly through your team, totally unstoppable.

He's also a decent pivot with Eviolite, he resists a ton of major PU threats.  I've also gotten a lot of silly wins in the low ranks using him as an early game oogabooga.  That gear shift boost is really scary and a lot of people seem to overestimate the threat he poses, especially once he starts RestTalking.  I see a lot more people than I should forfeit vs Klang when they still have easy checks and counters to him.

[SOLDIER First]

Candela: pumped and Ready To Fight
Blanche: cool, collected
Spark: Naruto

I added the leaders.

[Furtuka]

well then

[Akura]

I was looking up the Pokemon Bank app, since I haven't yet signed up for it despite meaning to, when I noticed a bit on Bulbapedia that said "The service cannot be used if a new game has not been started". Does that mean I have to start a new game entirely to use this?

[Kanil]

I'm not sure what you mean by "new game entirely", but I think what they're trying to tell you is that you can't use Bank without a save file existing on your game.