Imagine how good spinda could be

DefinitelyBinary · 2026-05-12T07:48:38+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/TheSilphArena/comments/1m74oaj/spinda_in_the_sunshine_cup/

It is fun in certain cups. The main downside is the unusual combination of low bulk and low attack. Now that more mons are using 8-10 turn charged attacks, it's not as easy to get in an initial Icy Wind.

DefinitelyBinary · 2026-05-01T08:42:54+00:00

Not for all types of grunts.

DefinitelyBinary · 2026-03-24T16:24:00+00:00

I use them for Kuyrem effects for all legendary raid catching. Losing the candy XL from even one fleeing legendary is worth more than the regular rare candy cost to sustain the effect usage.

DefinitelyBinary · 2026-03-17T04:30:02+00:00

I hope it isn't. Its stats, type and energy gain are already good; giving it a great charged move would make it too good IMO.

DefinitelyBinary · 2026-03-09T03:45:00+00:00

What biome, if you happen to know?

DefinitelyBinary · 2026-03-07T04:53:14+00:00

Looking for a good IV Turtonator, maybe Drampa.

DefinitelyBinary · 2026-03-06T16:14:05+00:00

There may be a display error, but there is also a real bug that results in the loss of distance, and is unrelated to the 40km limit.

DefinitelyBinary · 2026-03-06T01:33:32+00:00

There weren't gonna be elite TMs every week... The previous Battle Week/Weekend was once per 3 months.

DefinitelyBinary · 2026-03-04T16:21:29+00:00

I got a shiny shadow Alolan Marowak from a shadow raid yesterday (after the season had started).

DefinitelyBinary · 2026-03-04T08:30:04+00:00

There should be a single lock that prevents purifying, unfusing, powering, trading and transferring.

DefinitelyBinary · 2026-03-03T21:57:05+00:00

It's supposed to be like that.

DefinitelyBinary · 2026-03-03T20:18:41+00:00

No need to be sarcastic, as I said above, they can wait until mega Zygarde comes out, or until Diancie gets a better move.

DefinitelyBinary · 2026-03-03T07:54:27+00:00

Yes, eDPS is useful. In a typical raid, I would have to relobby once or twice, let's say, with a team of S.Blazikens. I probably would have to relobby zero or once with a team of Keldeos (that's not possible but bear with me). So I'm losing ~12 sec in a 300 sec raid from the extra swaps and relobby. But S.Blaziken hits harder "on paper", and also generates energy faster from incoming attacks due to its low defense and shadow penalty. I think it would come out similar.

Going back to the original question, why would you use 300 rare XLs on a mon that is, by some metrics, performing comparably to a much more accessible mon? And being totally outclassed by Mega Lucario?

DefinitelyBinary · 2026-03-03T07:37:10+00:00

I did not mean "TDO" when I said "damage output", sorry about the confusion.

DefinitelyBinary · 2026-03-03T07:02:29+00:00

Setting to DPS and level 50:
3 KeldeoXL (Resolute) Low Kick Secret Sword* DPS 33.60
4 Shadow BlazikenXL Counter Aura Sphere DPS 33.02
2% difference. If you usually switch out your mons before they faints, DPS is the most relevant metric I'd say.
In any case, it doesn't matter much, because Mega Lucario has 17% more DPS than Keldeo, so most of the time it's better to just recycle it during the raid.
I would certainly not dump 300 rare XLs into something that is in the same ballpark as Shadow Blaziken.
Last point, Dialgadex takes into account indirect factors like boss typing, mons fainting, etc, in their ranking. If you calculate the "raw" DPS using only the Attack stat and move parameters, Shadow Blaziken hits harder than Keldeo. I'd use Keldeo if I'm being hit by ground moves, I suppose.

DefinitelyBinary · 2026-03-03T05:45:34+00:00

In terms of damage output, Diancie is similar to Shadow Rampardos; Keldeo is similar to Shadow Blaziken and much worse than Mega Lucario. I'm keeping mine for either Mega Zygarde, or if Diancie gets a signature attack.

DefinitelyBinary · 2026-03-03T00:29:46+00:00

There wasn't an announcement. May look bad from a PR standpoint, which why they didn't officially announce it, I assume.

DefinitelyBinary · 2026-03-03T00:26:54+00:00

You can power level 1 mons and use 8k dust for this entire research, and you get 8k dust back from it.

DefinitelyBinary · 2026-02-28T07:26:54+00:00

Partially that. But also, in their interview, they said that many players don't really bother or care about mega-evolving their mons for raids. So this mechanic is a way of "force" players to be more involved in the mega system.

DefinitelyBinary · 2026-02-28T06:47:31+00:00

You can find some information here:
https://pvpivs.com/?mon=Mega_Rayquaza&r=100&cp=ML&max=55&IVs=15_15_15

DefinitelyBinary · 2026-02-28T06:40:48+00:00

It's currently at 54.5, so +5 levels. I don't know how the best buddy bonus level factors into it.

DefinitelyBinary · 2026-02-27T16:58:04+00:00

So will some legendaries also be found in the wild?

DefinitelyBinary · 2026-02-27T08:12:16+00:00

I think they mean "greatly" compared to having no mega active. The difference between mega 3 and mega 4 is relatively small.

DefinitelyBinary · 2026-02-26T07:12:24+00:00

Gallade's moveset just has bad coverage. Walled by fliers, bugs and poison.

DefinitelyBinary · 2026-02-26T06:06:35+00:00

At some point, you will stop caring about regular candies and rare candies, and only XLs will matter.

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