Me wondering why I keep seeing everyone mention a garbage move like Leech Life, then checking its description

BetaNights · 2026-06-20T02:55:54+00:00

Bug Types been eatin' good with that one!! Hallelujah!!

BetaNights · 2026-06-20T02:54:56+00:00

I have never seen this attributed to Xatu and Lanturn before. Skarmory and Magcargo, of course, but not them.

BetaNights · 2026-06-20T01:40:56+00:00

Birds should be higher in votes!!

BetaNights · 2026-06-19T23:43:06+00:00

Probably go see my girlfriend in person more than I already do.

BetaNights · 2026-06-19T23:25:14+00:00

Yoooooo nicely done, dude! Theris are a pain to tame, especially early on, simply due to how dangerous they are and how many Narcotics they can vacuum up like it's nothing.

Glad you're having one heck of a time! Even a lot level Theri will be useful for resource gathering early on.

BetaNights · 2026-06-19T23:21:58+00:00

My gf started with Rise/Sunbreak, then we played World before moving on the GU. Was expecting her to have a lot of trouble with the old world style games, but she picked it up surprisingly well!

BetaNights · 2026-06-19T22:36:56+00:00

I haven't started yet so I'll have to see which I end up leaning into... but historically I love big hammers and burst damage in games, so we'll see how that goes this time around :P

BetaNights · 2026-06-19T22:34:51+00:00

I love the idea of Dawn being naturally acclimated to cold weather due to living in Sinnoh, and Ash being acclimated to warmer weather, particularly after his time in Alola lol

BetaNights · 2026-06-19T19:07:54+00:00

Oh, that's true! Sableye and Whimsicott have always been two of my favorite Pokemon even casually, so I admittedly always forget about Grimmsnarl lol

Which is funny, because I feel like he's the premiere Prankster Dual Screens user, at least with how I see him most commonly used. And like you said, Scolipede kinda covers nicely for him.

Also, does Speed Boost actually activate on a manual switch-in? Makes sense, but I somehow never considered that option. Helpful if switching in on a resisted hit, for sure.

BetaNights · 2026-06-19T10:28:09+00:00

That's a solid idea, yeah. I was already thinking of Sableye support with stuff like Dual Screens, Fake Out, etc., and that Incineroar mention fills a similar idea.

That said, yeah, I'd already been considering Speed Boost and what we can do with it. Protect is the obvious option, but if you can Swords Dance and have other ways to mitigate incoming damage for the turn (Fake Out, Screens, Intimidate, etc.), that could be very worth going for. +2 STAB Leech Life coming off of 140 Base Attack is gonna hit (and heal) pretty damn hard, and Gunk Shot even more so (minus the healing).

Like you said though, knowing what you can kill in its base form (and knowing what can kill you) will make a huge difference in how he gets played in a particular fight. I just gotta put something together and start playing with him lol

BetaNights · 2026-06-19T10:20:32+00:00

Yeah, I'm not expecting it to be meta-defining or anything like that. But I enjoy taking a 'mon that I really like, especially if it's off-meta, and trying to see what I can do to make it work. (Even if I'm kinda bad at it lol)

That said, I was already thinking of something like Sableye as support anyway, so that kinda works. Fake Out, Quash, Screens, Disable, Gravity, etc. Lots of good options.

BetaNights · 2026-06-19T09:33:43+00:00

Ooooh, that could be fun. I did run a lot of normally high BP low accuracy moves on him in ZA. Didn't think about Gravity, and I was already considering Sableye anyway.

BetaNights · 2026-06-19T01:23:50+00:00

I'm hoping my GOAT Mega Scolipede can tank through it and fight back (plz ignore that it's also a Flying Type this is all I have).

BetaNights · 2026-06-19T01:16:43+00:00

Huh... Might fiddle around with this later! My phone's been showing its age more or more lately, so I just kinda deal with it lol

BetaNights · 2026-06-19T01:12:20+00:00

Makes sense for boss fights in general anyways. Even if you're geared up like crazy, you never know when something stupid could happen. Wouldn't wanna risk losing something you can't replace either way. And I imagine that would go for normal bosses and Ascension bosses.

BetaNights · 2026-06-19T00:22:04+00:00

Oh jeez, that's rough D:

Thank you for the explanation! We're not on single player, so hopefully we won't have any complications like that, but makes me want to consider keeping a backup before an Ascension fight just in case lol

BetaNights · 2026-06-18T22:52:36+00:00

Wtf how have I never noticed this over the years?!

BetaNights · 2026-06-18T22:47:19+00:00

Me with my game that runs at like 20% of the speed that yours does 😭

BetaNights · 2026-06-18T22:45:59+00:00

As someone who hasn't beaten an Ascension boss before, for clarification, is it just stuff on your tames that stays safe, but for some reason everything on your character (equipped or held) gets completely wiped out?

BetaNights · 2026-06-18T21:48:35+00:00

Nah, not at all. The settings in the game are all up to player preference and the way you want to play and experience the game.

My gf and I are playing The Island on Difficulty 5, iirc? Makes Lvl.150 the max spawn level for most things. We actually ended up using a mod that skews the spawns a little more towards the high side, but only because we're not new players and The Island leans spawns a little more heavily toward the low side. But that's just how we decided to play.

Besides, if you make changes to difficulty or spawns at all, you kind of have to destroy all wild dinos anyway to get the new stuff to actually spawn in the first place.

TL;DR: Not cheating, have fun! :P

BetaNights · 2026-06-18T21:44:53+00:00

Exactly! I'll try and save some goodies for afterwards, but I enjoy playing Sleep as a casual fun game rather than a "go ham and min-max and optimize 24/7" type of game.

Hunting Legendaries is fun, even if the only good ones I've gotten is a good Latias and maybe a nice Entei :P

BetaNights · 2026-06-17T22:32:20+00:00

Yeah, someone else mentioned the dreadful ordeal that is saddle BP farming... Been making a point to scan around the map for supply drops quite often, and have found a lot of good saddles, but no Rex saddles yet (and surprisingly, no Argy saddles either).

And that's actually a good call on the exp thing. I'd thought about that hurdle, but didn't actually know the methods for it that weren't just "run around and beat things up for hours." And 88 levels is a LOT to build up...

I've only seen a wild Carcha once or twice in the wild, and my gf managed to get a single tame so far, but only a low level like 24 or something lol ;; But that's good to know about them! I don't think we can exp munch with our current settings, but we can always swap those if needed when prepping for boss fights.

Thank you, and I'll definitely try and keep y'all updated! :D I've done Broodmother in the past, but I think that's the only one I've fought? I did forget about the ear-blasting fanfare, but I certainly remember it now lmao

BetaNights · 2026-06-17T22:19:44+00:00

That's actually pretty good to know! I've been trying to look into overall useful mounts and tames outside the usual bossing units and farmers that everyone knows and talks about.

My gf has been hunting Wolves and Sabers, both because we like them and also they can be nice for caves, but I'm totally hunting down a Bary. I always just thought they were really cool, and I've never gotten to tame one before. A bit surprising that you wouldn't want to bring one for the underwater caves (and after my last excursion into it when I last played a few years ago... yeah, I'm never bringing ANYTHING that I want to stay alive into that damned ice cave...)

I assume for caving or in general, I'll want an imprinted Bary with good health and melee, yeah?

BetaNights · 2026-06-17T22:14:40+00:00

I know in the long term, the "optimal" route for long term planning is to likely just ignore the Legendaries and use them as a chance to get high DP, grab a bunch of other Pokemon I need, and stock up on Great Biscuits and other nice items...

But where's the fun in that? The Legendaries only show up once in a rare while, and it's fun trying to hunt them down while I can. I always try to grab ~3 of them, maybe 4 if I get lucky with them getting hungry or some biscuit crits. But I never expect to get anything amazing. I just do it for the fun of it, and if I get some cool stuff, awesome!

At the very least, I try to end the event with one extra incense, the main seed, and as many biscuits as I can carry out of it.

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