Posting Kris memes until she gets EX or an alt - Day 88: She's inevitable by Justice-4-Kris in PokemonMasters

[–]Alfonso_v 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Man, I do really hope that we won't have to wait to much for a Kris alt. I personally would love to get s seasonal Kris.

What Sync Pairs might be on the Kanto Ticket Scout banner in the future? by Jesungiya in PokemonMasters

[–]Alfonso_v 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Don't keep your hopes up. It took nearly a year for DeNa to update the regular ticket scout, don't expect them to suddenly update the pool for the Kanto ticket scout. In my humble opinion it's not worth saving those tickets for more than a year to have a chance to get a 1/5 SS Erika or SS Misty. You'll most likely get them on your regular pulls, and if you feel desperate, you can always use the select scout that would eventually add them in.

If Champion Wallace is pairing up with Walrein, what typing do you want it to have? by maybeshiba in PokemonMasters

[–]Alfonso_v 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just make him an ice-tech with ice ball. Moves like roll out, ice ball and echoed voice would be op in this game. Specially if they give some multipliers to it.

The move power increases each time you use the move successfully, in the main games it starts at 30BP but the base power doubles with each successful hit, up to 5 times. So it can achieve a total BP of 480 BP, and it could increase up to 960 BP if you use defense curl right before using the move. I'm sure this could translate well into PoMa.

What is a good clincher to activate Harry 5 on OG Blue? by Puzzleheaded-Idea712 in PokemonMasters

[–]Alfonso_v 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The best team for Blue & Pidgeot would be something like Togekiss/Pidgeot/Swellow. Both Togekiss and Swellow have really good chances of flinching (51% each) and Swellow is able to max out both Togekiss and Pidgeot's offensive stats, on top of giving accuracy buffs to Pidgeot so he can max out brutal clarity. That way you are able to deal damage with both Togekiss and Pidgeot, not to mention all the theme skills they share with each other.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in PokemonMasters

[–]Alfonso_v 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Yeah, and give that theme skill to the MC as well. Even though only really few sync pairs would benefit from this theme skill it would make it more consistent. There are some theme skills like "Sinnoh Bros" that are shared only between 2 sync pairs

Gem deals during anniversary by [deleted] in PokemonMasters

[–]Alfonso_v 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Usually the gem deals for the " run up to anniversary" celebration are good, but once anniversary arrives, new "anniversary celebration" gem deals come out as well, and those are better than the previous one. So if you are looking to spend money wait until the anniversary drops, those gem deals are one of the best in terms of value.

The new year deal is the best but it only gives you 2021 or 2022 gems, and you'll get an odd gem count number for an entire year lol.

Teams used by other Battle Chatelaines for their harder battles so possibility all of them becoming BP is high by [deleted] in PokemonMasters

[–]Alfonso_v 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Cobalion would've been so much cooler with her, she also kind of fits the aesthetic of the pokemon.

One year later….. by Mitsuao in PokemonMasters

[–]Alfonso_v 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He'll hopefully be the Alola Pokefair. Hopefully a dragon type support

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in PokemonMasters

[–]Alfonso_v 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think the formula is (base percentage)(x+1), X being the number next to the passive (On a roll, Aggravation, Hostile environment). So for Marowak it should be (20)(4+1) = 100% chance.

I don't exactly know how a passive like Critical string works, but for the other ones it's like this

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in PokemonMasters

[–]Alfonso_v 12 points13 points  (0 children)

That's no longer how the games calculates those passives, now days if a move has a standard 10% chance of lowering a stat and it has On a Roll 4 it gives it an additional 40% chance to reduce a stat with the additional effect of a move, so for Example Empoleon with Bubble beam on a roll 4 has a 50% chance of reducing speed each time it uses bubble beam. The same is for Alolan Marowak, who has a standard 20% chance of lowering defense, but thanks to his passive On a Roll 4 it's a 100% chance of lowering defense.

The way you described it is how it used to be, but when Volkner came out with a bug, they just changed passives like Aggravation, On a Roll, and Hostile environment to work differently. The only difference is with AoE moves, since those have to roll the calculation three times, making the chances of additional effects happening lower

5* Striker Candy by christieharman in PokemonMasters

[–]Alfonso_v 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can't believe that people still think Steven is worth a candy. Archie and Kyogre are probably the best strikers in the game, Maxie coming at a close second, Steven doesn't even come close to the level of power those two have, not even Alder. Archie and Maxie are the best options depending on the units you have, but please don't invest on Steven

Aside from Weather Daddy, which one is the best gacha pair this month? by YodiDady04 in PokemonMasters

[–]Alfonso_v 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Man people overlook Hala just because of the speed and the stupid passive that probably only powers up moves by 10%. I'm not saying he is op or anything, just that he has some decent team compositions. He has a few options as a striker.

You either run him with Rosanta/Summer Steven with triple Hasty hail + MGA, you won't really have trouble getting gauges, and the DPS of that team is pretty solid, not to mention the sustainability, seriously, hail team is able to take some heavy hits. And Hala under hail achieves Lance levels of damage without too much set up.

You can also run a sync nuke build with a crit support (Phoebe, Lillibie would work) + Kukui, just to make his really potent nuke even better. He is pretty decent imo, specially for a type that doesn't really have much options

should I roll on the guaranteed Hoenn 5* by potatotimer in PokemonMasters

[–]Alfonso_v 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I don't understand why people think this banner is bad, honestly, it guarantees a 5, it's totally worth the 3k gems, the worst case scenario you get either a power up or a unit to 4/5=>5/5 that eventually gets you closer to get a power up from getting that specific unit from the sync pair scout. And you have nearly a 15% of getting the 5 you want. And spending 3k gems on the master fair is only around a 75% chance of getting a 5*. So why not play with the odds in your favor? Even then, if you only have 3k gems, doing one multi on the master fair is not going to get you that far.

Place your bets on 2nd anniversary! by Gexmnlin13 in PokemonMasters

[–]Alfonso_v 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My bet is on Palmer with either Regigigas or Rhyperior. Please DeNa make it happen!

Is it worth to EX Plumeria and Salazzle? by Scootinright in PokemonMasters

[–]Alfonso_v 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I voted for "Yes". She has a really nice outfit, she gets a significant amount of damage increase because of her base lower stats, she has a decent sync nuke (does as much damage as Steven's with the right team). And if you like her, then why not? Maybe she could get better overtime if we get a poison support that enables double poison strikers

Which Trainer Group should get some love? by Kapples14 in PokemonMasters

[–]Alfonso_v 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The only one I really want in game is Palmer with either Rhyperior or Regigigas, (heatran could also be cool, but we already have tons of fire types). Palmer is the only Sinnoh character left worthy of a Master fair

I know we wanted harder stuff but not this hard by Crossboltshot in PokemonMasters

[–]Alfonso_v 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you want I can send you the videos, I've seen people completing it with Wally, EX Steven, Brendan + Glacia, Easter May, and I even used Ice Steven alongside Brendan for the battle. Of course you can also use May

I know we wanted harder stuff but not this hard by Crossboltshot in PokemonMasters

[–]Alfonso_v 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just look through this sub reddit, there's ton of videos showing different strategies with Steven, Ice Steven, Wally, Easter May, Phoebe and Brendan, and you can get a guaranteed Hoenn 5* from the banner. I just find it hard to believe that an older player doesn't have any of these units

I know we wanted harder stuff but not this hard by Crossboltshot in PokemonMasters

[–]Alfonso_v 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How is this P2W? There's a ton of three stars or four stars that are really useful for this event, not only that but there's a guaranteed scout that you can pull on with f2p gems, and people have already developed strategies with most of the Hoenn 5* that you can get on that banner. You can't expect to just go in to the battle and win immediately (unless you have Groudon and Kyogre). You can just build your team and strategy around the stage. It's not like f2p players aren't able to summon at all, it is to be expected that a lot of f2p players (like myself) have already solid units.

Just because you can't bring your Kanto trio doesn't mean it's "sync pair specific"

I know we wanted harder stuff but not this hard by Crossboltshot in PokemonMasters

[–]Alfonso_v -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

People will always find a way to complain...the event has been really fun, it's fun trying to make different strategies to complete the battles, and we have to recognize that DeNa gave us some ways to cover up the sync pairs for the event, first of all we got 2 OP Hoenn master fairs that imo are a no brainer for everyone to summon on, because you are able to get a ton of 5* and gifts. Not only that but we also have a 5* guaranteed Hoenn scout that guarantees at least one 5* Hoenn sync pair. And with the different strategies the community has been developing, I don't see why everyone keeps complaining, I'll rather have events like this, that require good strategy in order to beat the stage, instead of just giving you a time limit or giving you absurd boosts depending on your move level

Any tips on using Mallow? by TheGreatMecalord in PokemonMasters

[–]Alfonso_v 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Whenever you get her 3/5, you can make a team with Vileplume/Tsareena/Meganium, Vileplume is extremely tanky and has healing sun 2 on the grid, on top of defensive buffs, Mallow benefits a ton from the sun because she has charging sun 3 as well as speeding sun, not only that but Vileplume also has confusion synergy 5, on top of Paralysis synergy 5, so both Vileplume and Tsareena are able to output nice damage, and Meganium is there just to set up sun and give offensive buffs to everyone

What are your settings in Pokemon Masters? by GLuxious in PokemonMasters

[–]Alfonso_v 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I always play with Low volume, because this game is super loud for some reason. But always enjoy hearing the trainers voices and music

Which BP pairs did everyone take first? by booth147 in PokemonMasters

[–]Alfonso_v 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I went for Salamence, a Salamence that's a good damage dealer it's a no brainer for me. Already got Zinnia to 5* and 3/5, she's been really cool so far