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While we have time to wait for summer for a little bit, I just want to give a huge shoutout to the artists for the teased forms so far! You guys are the un-sung heroes of the game! I look forward to hunting these amazing forms, and the rest to come! (incase some of you havent seen!)6 points
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Map : Crux of Melody Nesting Grounds Pokemon : Larvesta (shadow form) Hi, would it be possible to check the spawn of Shadow Larvesta? It seems weird that nobody got one (at my knowledge) after 5 months of farming in silver and gold server, especially when every other forms have been encountered and caught. Could be just bad luck, but still seems weird right now Thanks you in advance3 points
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I don't know why it hasn't been done. I think this is unanimous, I don't believe there is anyone who would disagree with this but I'll make my point anyway. Main user of King's Rock: Cloyster Main user of Bright Powder: Sand Veil Garchomp in sand These items are honestly terrible items, even for a Pokemon such as Cloyster, you get more value out of a Life Orb, White Herb, or most notably a Focus Sash. However, the issue with all these items are that they completely invalidate your opponent's turn. In context of King's Rock skill link users, you are able to press buttons in a braindead fashion to muscle through checks and counters. Say I switch in my Slowbro (possibly the best check to Cloyster) into a Cloyster. I am expecting to use a move to either cripple or KO Cloyster. However, Cloyster is able to get through Slowbro simply by getting flinches; +2 252 Atk Cloyster Rock Blast (5 hits) vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Slowbro: 150-180 (38 - 45.6%) -- approx. 3HKO after Leftovers recovery. Thanks to Shell Smash, Cloyster becomes faster than pretty much everything else in the meta, so the only real surefire way to kill it after a Shell Smash is to have a weather sweeper up, or use priority moves. Sadly, most priority moves are physical, and Cloyster takes priority moves like a champ; +1 252 Atk Dragonite Extreme Speed vs. -1 0 HP / 0 Def Cloyster: 120-142 (49.7 - 58.9%) -- 99.6% chance to 2HKO So in most teams, you will find yourself praying to not get flinched by Cloyster in order to win. You most likely wont get flinched by it either (41% chance of proc), but, its a nice way to lose a game to someone spamming a button. It simply promotes unhealthy PvP mechanics. In context of Sand Veil Garchomp with bright powder, that extra 10% turns the 1/5 dodge chance to a 1/3 dodge chance. If you dodge your opponent's attack, you essentially obtain a free turn! This allows for players to make plays assuming that their opponent will miss their attack, which they won't most of the time, but once every 3 games, you will be killing your opponent's win condition by simply staying into something you should not. For example, imagine a Mega Diancie and a Garchomp. Garchomp stays in and clicks Earthquake, trusting Sand Veil + Powder to dodge Diancie's Moonblast. The stars align and you dodge Moonblast, proceeding to one hit knockout the opponent's Diancie with Earthquake. Now you may ask, how is this different from our beloved Serene Grace pokemon? Serene Grace Pokemon; namely Jirachi and Togekiss have a 60% chance to flinch with Iron Head and Air Slash respectively. The difference is that these Pokemon (most of the time) cannot win simply by closing your eyes and blindly clicking a move. Firstly, both of these Pokemon have no damage potential, their STAB moves are mediocre in base power at best (excluding Nasty Plot Togekiss sets). Togekiss is mediocre/slow in speed while Jirachi is mediocre meaning they can easily be checked by faster Pokemon even if they are lucky enough to get 20 flinches to break a Zapdos. As a solution, these Pokemon are often used with a scarf, allowing them to outspeed most of the meta while locking them into one move. Unlike Cloyster and Veil + BP Garchomp, there are multiple surefire ways to deal with these Pokemon; for example, as they are unable to deal any meaningful damage, a tank that resists their STAB (such as Heatran) can reliably mitigate any damage with Leftovers recovery, it should also be noted that Jirachi's Iron Head is a contact move, meaning abilities/items such as Iron Barbs/Static/Rocky Helmet can deal with it, and that Togekiss is a relatively slow Pokemon for a scarfer and vulnerable to priority moves, so there are many surefire offensive and defensive methods to deal with these sorts of Pokemon. Summary: King's rock and bright powder are items absolute noobs can use to hax better players and somehow win (once every few matches, odds are never in their favor) by using uncompetitive methods to do so, this is unhealthy for the meta. Thank you for coming to my TED talk. Overall these items are NOT COMPETITIVE, and should be removed from PvP.2 points
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Hello to all competitive PRO PvPers! This year, PRO Staff have decided to launch another Summer PvP Tournament, which is open to everyone who meets the requirements to sign up and wishes to participate. This is our 6th year hosting an annual PvP tournament! Are you ready to face off against the rest of your server to battle for bragging rights, and a unique reward to set you apart from the rest? The Tournament will consist of a double-elimination bracket. The bracket will be randomly seeded, recorded and posted on Youtube; Registration will begin now (17nd July 2024), and end on 3rd August, 2023, 23:59 GMT Each round will last 5 days (except for Finals that last 7 days). All matches prior to the Finals on both brackets will be best of 3 Winner's Bracket Finals, Losers' Bracket Finals, and Grand Finals will be best of 5 Loser Bracket winner has to win 2x Bo5 against the winner bracket winner in order to win the tournament. Should any circumstances necessitate changes to this format, Tournament Staff will give at least a week's notice before the tournament begins. Only one account per player may enter the tournament. Each user can participate only to one tournament, gold one or silver one. Ghosting is forbidden. Players may seek assistance prior to matches, but may not confer with other players during the game or allow another player to play for them. The Pokemon pool of players will not be limited, so there is no need to register teams. All Ranked PvP Rules apply. Battle MUST be started using the command /battle Username,true - This command enables the PVP rules blocks, like normal ranked. In the event that any Ranked PvP Rules are changed while the tournament is in progress, the change takes effect immediately in this tournament as well. Should any moves, abilities, Pokemon, or items be coded between the start of the tournament and its end, those moves, abilities, Pokemon, or items may not be used. Players are not required to record matches, but it is recommended, as it may be impossible for staff to validate reports if they choose not to. Should any Ranked PvP Rule be broken, the offending player will forfeit the game. Should either player disconnect, the other player may either claim a game victory or allow a rematch at their discretion. For disconnect, we mean the kind of disconnection that entirely end the battle and not the new reconnecting feature. Should the server crash during the game, a rematch is to be played with the same teams, unless a player demonstrates to Tournament Staff that they were in a position where they could not reasonably lose the game. Should any match fail to be completed, both players must submit evidence of activity to Tournament Staff. If Tournament Staff should decide that either player was not sufficiently active, that player shall be disqualified. If both (or neither) players were sufficiently active, the match will be decided by coin-flip. Any reports of participants breaking rules should be accompanied by as much evidence as possible, preferably video. Screenshots will reinforce your case, but may not be considered concrete proof. PRO Rules will continue to be enforced with no regard for the tournament. If an infraction would render a player unable to participate in a round, that player forfeits the round. Toxicity and despicable behavior will not be tolerated, both during matches as well as before and after. Sustained behavior of this sort may lead to disqualification. Match fixing is not tolerated. Players may not attempt to bribe or coerce other players to forfeit or intentionally play poorly. By entering the tournament, you agree that Tournament Staff have final say over all tournament-related decisions. Staff do not take any responsibility if the user is unable to play the match cause they decided to transfer and are unable to transfer back (e.g due to lack of CC, etc) All Pokemon used have to be Level 100. Fill out the following format and make a post in this thread. Example: You will be invited to our official Summer Tournament Discord after you will have registered yourself by posting the filled template in this thread. First place is able to choose between two options: FIRST POSSIBLE OPTION Pick one of the available and obtainable legendary Pokemon: Pokemon conditions: 4x 31 & 2x 30 IVs at maximum/limit but IVs can be decided as you wish as long as within the limit (e.g can have 1 speed) Can be Shiny Can choose Level Can choose Moveset and EVs SECOND POSSIBLE OPTION Nature Change OR Ability Change OR 1x Legendary Shiny Mount (Can Pick 2) Additionally, First Place, regardless of their choice, receives: 3x Locked Reroll Ticket 1x Gold Crown The reward/option not picked from First Place. (e.g If Winner choose the Nat/Abi Rerolls, 2nd Place can chosoe only the Legendary pokemon) 2x Locked Reroll Ticket 1x Silver Crown Nature change OR Ability change (Can Pick 1) If the Nature Change was already picked from the other winner (first/second place) the third place can not pick it 1x Locked Reroll Ticket 1x Bronze Crown IMPORTANT: Starting from this tournament you can still SELL your nature and ability reroll. However, the Pokemon it is applied on will be TRADELOCKED. Illustrative Image of the Crowns - 1x Fox Mask OR 1x Pancham Hat OR 1x Black Petal Shaymin mount (Pick 1) Illustrative Image Disclaimer: The rewards will be for each server, this means that both silver and gold will have their top 15% Contributions: Shinohara, Qeight, Idkup, Fluffles, , MagicGuard and Senrosia1 point
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I would buy these poke: Absol 3 Altaria 2 Azumarill 9 Darmanitan 4 Infernape 2 Mantine 1 Rotom 1 Tangrowth 3 I will contact on discord1 point
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Hello, with the next client update, there will be an option to view currently lent Pokemon, and the remaining time.1 point
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