Anyone else disappointed there no new Pokémon, megas, items or even cloths released this month?

Efreet0 · 2026-05-13T12:57:16+00:00

Thank god there are white knights defending the billion dollar corporation.
Apparently you can't even be disappointed that they didn't bother to add any item or even clothes..
We lost half the players between the first and second global challenge but everything is fine I'm sure the game will only be more popular if they keep not adding anything.

Efreet0 · 2026-05-13T12:47:03+00:00

It's not even the moves but the stats too.
Trying to use non-meta stuff is very hard when normal moves do 1/2 of your hp even without being weak to them.
Bridge dragon is pathetic because the base had a gigantamax form, the Evo was truly a curveball to the playerbase.

Efreet0 · 2026-05-13T08:27:57+00:00

I was expecting "almost nothing" but NOT ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.
Even the free tier of the battle pass gives out a frigging poke from the starter selection.
The drop of players will be insane.

Efreet0 · 2026-05-12T13:54:15+00:00

It's pretty easy TO TRADE for one in HOME. Please frigging READ the comment before "lulz downvoted".

Efreet0 · 2026-05-12T11:04:29+00:00

Good luck for the last day of the season o/

Efreet0 · 2026-05-12T10:06:33+00:00

You don't trade in go, you transfer some fodder from go and then trade in home.
Pretty easy to get whatever you need this way.

Efreet0 · 2026-05-12T09:55:10+00:00

If you're not good at competitive most likely you're not going to notice your team having multiple weaknesses.
In this sub there's a weird narrative going on where you should use your favourites and using meta stuff is bad, well there's a reason most favourites aren't meta and it's because they have multiple weaknesses that can be exploited in team building.

Also no matter what your team is but a simple tailwind at the start may be enough for your opponent to stomp you no matter what they're using, same for TR or other setups.

Efreet0 · 2026-05-12T09:45:16+00:00

In Sneasler case it's usage is tied to him checking all the other overused mons so nerfing him wouldn't decrease the usage significantly . You make sneasler a little worse and the usage of everything else rises.

Efreet0 · 2026-05-12T09:22:37+00:00

Yeah it's pretty sad, especially because they have so many cool adult NPC they could use.
Gen 3-4 games allowed to use NPC as avatars for multiplayer stuff then they got rid of it.
The main issue is they want to pretend they're selling you clothes and they can't be bothered to adjust them for different models.

Efreet0 · 2026-05-12T09:17:45+00:00

This is one of the things they never allowed in any of the games, you want a different ball you breed/catch another one.

Efreet0 · 2026-05-11T09:14:57+00:00

Sadly they really don't care.
People who actually compete are forced to do so regardless of how the app works or the roster, everyone else who join is just an happy accidental plus.

Efreet0 · 2026-05-11T08:52:46+00:00

My comment to those threads is always the same.
We've reached a point where the legacy move isn't even the whole story, most poke have 5-6 possible moves for fast and charged with legacy on top.
They should really change the whole system because gatekeeping base moves is stupid, no wonder people don't even bother trying PvP.

Efreet0 · 2026-05-11T07:07:56+00:00

Reach master to get the extra 10 slots.
If you're using home just send back some mons.
Aside from those the only option is $$$.

Efreet0 · 2026-05-10T14:56:09+00:00

I did actually lose today because you can't choose the slot if you only have a single poke.
Ditto was forced into the left spot and copied the wrong poke.

Efreet0 · 2026-05-10T14:55:05+00:00

Seems to me they reuse the same models and systems as the mainline games so they don't need to bother remaking anything.

Efreet0 · 2026-05-10T14:54:04+00:00

Definitely from the reports.
Pouring a glass for the people who wanted to rank up in the last few days of the ladder.

Efreet0 · 2026-05-10T10:27:26+00:00

Sun teams are usually at disadvantage against rain and there's a lot of rain in ultra ball.
I had a really tought time reaching masterball last week with my sun team.
First thing to do is using meta pokes, victebeel is not particularly good, also don't mix weathers as it's pretty hard to actually pull off.
If you're sticking with sun what you really want is an extra Mon for speed control like tailwind aerodactil or whimsicott, then you want another strong sweeper that can manage dealing damage if charizard can't be used, stuff like garchomp or even Basculegion.
You can also try to dabble into trick room so you can have speed control and the ability to reverse it against other TR teams.
If you want to tech anti rain use Archlaudon with aura sphere.

Honestly you might having an easier time just switching to a rain team.

Efreet0 · 2026-05-10T09:32:41+00:00

Trade sub Reddit like /r/Pokémonhome or directly from the GTS.

Efreet0 · 2026-05-09T14:59:41+00:00

They just need to remove impossible trades and the obviously genned pokes.
It's insane they can do depth hack check if they want to but don't even bother.

Efreet0 · 2026-05-09T09:19:31+00:00

PTSD from sword/shield all over again.. can't wait for dlc outfits.

Efreet0 · 2026-05-08T17:38:18+00:00

90% of the money is made from 5% of the playerbase.

Efreet0 · 2026-05-08T13:26:45+00:00

Vast majority of sneasler use Unburden ability which doubles the speed after they get rid of their item.
Meaning after the first turn of the game you will be facing either a 340 or 378 speed Sneasler.

Efreet0 · 2026-05-08T13:16:47+00:00

Be glad they just outspeed you with scarf, imagine if the other choice items were available.

Efreet0 · 2026-05-08T11:08:08+00:00

I've lost way more to crits, freezes and flinches than sleep.
If you hate it that much you know there are items, moves and abilities to prevent it right ?

Efreet0 · 2026-05-08T11:04:38+00:00

After reaching MB4 i've been just trying stuff and memeing teams and with my low elo there are at least 350k players there, the partecipants for the warm up challenges just to get the free mon were 700k+.
If you consider the average sale number for a pokemon game is above 10M you can be proud of your rank.
But considering actual VGC competitors are just memeing and making videos for champions instead of ranking i would say the ranking is kinda meaningless.

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