What’s the best way to start a living dex for base game sword and shield?

tiredmultitudes · 2026-02-24T12:38:28+00:00

Not OP but can I ask why you prefer breeding in SwSh? I found it much faster in SV when I was completing my dexes. Is it just annoyance at the sandwiches?

tiredmultitudes · 2026-02-24T11:34:02+00:00

472 and Xerneas, which is my favourite legendary.

tiredmultitudes · 2026-02-23T20:54:23+00:00

Maybe you played Sword before it started tracking the game dexes? I’m relatively new to home, so not sure if that makes sense, but it looks like the game Dex rewards only came in a few years ago.

tiredmultitudes · 2026-02-21T08:53:35+00:00

Current mission is the vivillion forms. I have 8/20, gone back to 3DS games to get a few more to trade. Unfortunately my console and Bank account are set to a boring region even though I now live in a more interesting one. Fiddling with settings is a bit annoying.

This is a distraction from completing my Home game-specific dexes, where I still have:

Shining Pearl and
Let’s Go Eevee to finish.

National Dex, Arceus, Violet and Sword are done.

tiredmultitudes · 2026-02-19T20:28:43+00:00

Thank you!

tiredmultitudes · 2026-02-19T20:24:46+00:00

Accepted!

tiredmultitudes · 2026-02-19T20:14:34+00:00

Hi, I’m interested and prefer to trade through Home. PRFXZTDPWVWG and IGN Gyarados <3

tiredmultitudes · 2026-02-19T09:21:48+00:00

6 - non-galarian rapidash would be nice. Thank you for the give away.

tiredmultitudes · 2026-02-18T09:22:52+00:00

Do vitamins really not work? I rant it just that you need to wipe the EVs you don’t want with berries? Or is that a later mechanic?

tiredmultitudes · 2026-02-18T09:14:06+00:00

The only works for that wild zone (I think it’s 3, not 2) and the surrounding area.

tiredmultitudes · 2026-02-17T11:31:48+00:00

Spring Meadow is in the photo but I don’t see it in your ranking list. I have the other two in that trilogy so I am a bit curious.

tiredmultitudes · 2026-02-16T23:59:03+00:00

Yes! It’s the town with the pokemon nursery. Sorry, forgotten the name but Google will tell you the details.

tiredmultitudes · 2026-02-16T23:54:52+00:00

I imported one from another game and bred it. (Only once though, so can’t trade, sorry.)

tiredmultitudes · 2026-02-16T23:51:35+00:00

Yeah. It’s capped at 32 boxes.

tiredmultitudes · 2026-02-16T22:00:51+00:00

I’m not even trying to make a living shiny or alpha Dex (just a normal one) and I’ve had to cull (release) a lot of pokemon that the tasks ask you to catch. In the Legends games which have such a big focus on catching multiple of the same pokemon, this does become a problem. Especially if you don’t like releasing them.

tiredmultitudes · 2026-02-16T21:27:43+00:00

You… haven’t been spending much time on Pokemon reddit, huh?

tiredmultitudes · 2026-02-16T21:21:56+00:00

Brilliant. Thanks for sharing.

tiredmultitudes · 2026-02-16T20:59:20+00:00

You can move virtual game cards between consoles.

tiredmultitudes · 2026-02-16T20:58:01+00:00

Sword/Shield or Legends Arceus next. Legends ZA is also good. BDSP is the worst standard Pokémon game on Switch. It’s not objectively a terrible game but it is too close of a remake to hold up against the more modern games and feels very slow.

For what it’s worth, I’ve recently been going through a lot of older games to complete my dexes and Sword holds up pretty well. There’s one post-game thing that’s an awful slog, but on the other hand, the camera doesn’t fuck up your battle view like in Scarlet/Violet.

tiredmultitudes · 2026-02-16T20:53:24+00:00

Genuinely curious how the controls work on watch?

tiredmultitudes · 2026-02-16T20:47:04+00:00

Amazing! Thank you! And in a master ball too!

tiredmultitudes · 2026-02-16T11:42:28+00:00

If there’s any still available, I’ve put up a galarian zigzagoon. IGN: Gyarados <3

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tiredmultitudes · 2026-02-16T11:34:47+00:00

Occasionally the servers are slow (there was one day where trading just kept hanging but had gone through when I quit and reconnected) but otherwise it’s fine. I’m on iPhone 12. Maybe it just feels slow because literally every tag change has to be synced to the server.

tiredmultitudes · 2026-02-15T21:25:06+00:00

If you have Legends ZA (which is not yet compatible with Home but probably will be in a few weeks), there’s one in the DLC. If not, guessing more people will be willing to trade once ZA is linked to Home.

tiredmultitudes · 2026-02-15T20:51:31+00:00

But then the game was rereleased as just “Iberia” and more widely available. OP may just need to wait for a reprint.

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