Pokémon Sword & Shield - GOTTA CATCH... some of 'em

 
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so i beat the game, finally

6/10, i think

definitely the worst and most underwhelming games in the main series so far, but not as bad as reddit wants you to think

i have some more in-depth thoughts that i might divulge later, but i'll leave at this for now


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so i beat the game, finally

6/10, i think

definitely the worst and most underwhelming games in the main series so far, but not as bad as reddit wants you to think

i have some more in-depth thoughts that i might divulge later, but i'll leave at this for now

what did you think of the battle against the unbeatable™ champion?

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i actually found it enjoyable, i was surprised to see his team competently leveled with mine

 my strongest pokemon was only, like, 2 levels higher than his, and i barely won the battle with 2 (both badly weakened) pokes


 
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so i beat the game, finally

6/10, i think

definitely the worst and most underwhelming games in the main series so far, but not as bad as reddit wants you to think

i have some more in-depth thoughts that i might divulge later, but i'll leave at this for now
what did you think of the battle against the unbeatable™ champion?

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i actually found it enjoyable, i was surprised to see his team competently leveled with mine

 my strongest pokemon was only, like, 2 levels higher than his, and i barely won the battle with 2 (both badly weakened) pokes
yeah, i had a similar experience

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despite what i said before about keeping myself from getting too overleveled, there eventually came a point where i kinda stopped giving a shit (around semi-finals, which is probably the lowest point in the game), and i was pretty much one-shotting everything in my path and not really caring

then the champion fight happened, and just like you, i was pleasantly surprised that his team was stronger than mine

i still stealth rocked the shit out of his charizard, though, so that was funny

i still have around 45 pokemon to get before my dex is complete, so i can see myself continuing to play for the foreseeable future, which i genuinely cannot say for a lot of games that i'd consider to be a 6/10


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here's how i'd rate every new pokemon

roughly ordered, no gigantamax

pretty good dex all around, imo

Last Edit: December 15, 2019, 11:49:03 PM by Verbatim


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i think drizzle and thwacky are one of the ugliest starter mid-evolutions, like ever


 
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Shiny Pumpkaboo I found a couple weeks ago (it's a Gourgeist now)
https://twitter.com/jacob_potila/status/1201971092631379968

Shiny Gastly I found a couple days ago (it's a Haunter now)
https://twitter.com/jacob_potila/status/1206716759631286272

the fact that they were glowing in the overworld is just a coincidence

both have the square animations, which are new to this gen, but it doesn't really mean anything

it's nice being able to clip these moments

i only need like 25 more pokemon to complete the dex, so maybe if i breed another shiny gastly or something, i'll be able to use that to leverage a zacian--otherwise, i'm not sure how i'm gonna get one of those
Last Edit: December 18, 2019, 03:47:50 PM by Verbatim


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are you trying to do a living dex? or you just want the zacian entry and call it a day

my friend has sword and i was hoping we could trade legendaries, cuz all i care about is the entry

problem is, he has yet to beat the game (hes right before the championship cup) and doesnt really play it anymore anyways

i keep trying to coax him into finishing it, but he doesnt say anything

point is, if i were able to coax him into at least getting his zacian then MAYBE i can convince him to let me trade it with you real quick, at least for the entry


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oh and also it seems like ive caught everything i could, it doesnt recommend me anything to catch anymore

im about 305/400 now


 
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are you trying to do a living dex? or you just want the zacian entry and call it a day
i guess i'm doing a semi-living dex thing, where i'd like to actually own every pokemon along with their dex entries, but i don't need to have every single member of the line--just the fully-evolved form

one of my friends did say he can hook me up with a zacian though, since he doesn't care

he's only on the sixth gym, though
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i wish we had a system where we could deposit a pokemon for another, or look through what others are offering, across the globe

but silly me with preposterous thoughts




 
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Shiny Gengar is the most disappointing shit EVER


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Shiny Gengar is the most disappointing shit EVER
too bad you cant mega evolve


 
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I did it



in spite of everything, at least i was able to fulfill my childhood dream of catching 'em all some of 'em



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I did it



in spite of everything, at least i was able to fulfill my childhood dream of catching 'em all some of 'em

Why does your character look like Tatsuya from Gundam Build Fighters
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I did it



in spite of everything, at least i was able to fulfill my childhood dream of catching 'em all some of 'em

Why does your character look like Tatsuya from Gundam Build Fighters
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lol

only hairstyle in the game that remotely fits my style + sunglasses are cool


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this was your first time completing the pokedex? what did you think of it?

personally, i enjoy catching/evolving every pokemon, even if it does take a while


 
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it was a pretty fun time, glad i finally got it done

i'm lucky in that i caught a lot of evolutions like sirfetch'd and runerigus in max raid battles, rather than having to evolve them myself, because i dislike using guides, and i probably never would've figured out those evolution methods on my own


 
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i'm so glad dynamaxing is banned now

https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8ou-1034589060

i'm getting gen 5 vibes from this meta


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i'm so glad dynamaxing is banned now

https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8ou-1034589060

i'm getting gen 5 vibes from this meta

I love how he just ran an Aqua Jet into Dry Skin after already seeing it go off.


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God damn why does this game look so bad compared to other switch titles, botw is beautiful

And the models are so desaturated does GF hate colour or something. That's been a problem since 3D , let's bring back sprites


 
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retired ninjask and crawdaunt, now i'm using a drednaw and a gyarados

as much as i love him, i'll probably have to either convert toxicroak to a special attacker or use a ludicolo instead or something (which i don't wanna do, because i hate that thing)

still looking for a goddamn lightning rod raichu though, fuck
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oh my god it's fucking over


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but not as bad as reddit wants you to think
ditto, no pun intended

half the supposed issues i probably wouldnt bat an eyelid at were it not put under the microscope, in the end I had fun, which is still more than i can say for a lot of other games

there are definitely some questionable game design decisions, but otherwise it is mostly the sound of angery gamers
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but not as bad as reddit wants you to think
ditto, no pun intended

half the supposed issues i probably wouldnt bat an eyelid at were it not put under the microscope, in the end I had fun, which is still more than i can say for a lot of other games

there are definitely some questionable game design decisions, but otherwise it is mostly the sound of angery gamers
at this point, i'm anxious to see how GF will move forward with future generations--the backlash seemed so intense for a while there, but at the same time, it didn't seem to affect their sales whatsoever, so who knows what'll happen

good to see you btw


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but not as bad as reddit wants you to think
ditto, no pun intended

half the supposed issues i probably wouldnt bat an eyelid at were it not put under the microscope, in the end I had fun, which is still more than i can say for a lot of other games

there are definitely some questionable game design decisions, but otherwise it is mostly the sound of angery gamers
at this point, i'm anxious to see how GF will move forward with future generations--the backlash seemed so intense for a while there, but at the same time, it didn't seem to affect their sales whatsoever, so who knows what'll happen

good to see you btw

likewise

my friend brought up a good point about TPC and their merchanidising, i probably dont need to tell you that is likely where most of their money comes from and the game is secondary to that, it would make sense that GF doesnt necessarily have freedom in this regard, when considering the bigger picture for their business model

we could hope to expect the refresh to be a bit more "complete"; i do think they tried where they could with swsh, just with not enough time to realise it properly

those ridiculous excuses about it being a new console suddenly seem a bit less ridiculous, not that i like excuses at all and again it would be foolish to expect everything to be alright with the rerelease, i just dont think it would be fair to blame everything on GF
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so on top of 3v3 being cancer, level 50 fucking stupid as well

i didn't think it would matter that much, because you're effectively just cutting a level 100 pokemon's stats in half, right?

but as it turns out, there are instances where it can completely throw your entire strategy off

I have everything fully invested into my Raichu's Speed stat, bringing its total to 350, which is the absolute highest it can go without items. On top of this, I'm having it hold a Choice Scarf, because he's designed to be a hit-and-run sort of Pokémon. This brings the stat up to 525, which is fuck you speed. Even with boosts, most Pokémon are going to struggle outspeeding that. The only notable example is Barraskewda in rain.

What's really cool about this setup is that it's enough to outspeed a Shell Smashed Cloyster by a single point, and Raichu's Volt Switch is strong enough to one-shot the thing. It's probably one of the most efficient yet least expected ways to punish that otherwise terrifying strategy.

However, as I've just discovered, this only applies if the Pokémon are set to level 100.

If they're set to level 50, like they are in Galar's ranked matches, it doesn't just cut the stats in half. It fucks with the numbers in such a way that the reverse becomes true: After a Shell Smash, Cloyster actually outspeeds my Scarfed Raichu by a single point. It's not even tied. So instead of one-shotting the Cloyster, it's now one-shotting me because of some weird fucking algorithmic deviation bullshit. That fucking sucks.
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What in the Fffffffffuck is a dynamax level?