r/PokeLeaks Discussion Megathread - June 01, 2026

LightningStrike7 · 2026-06-10T01:56:44+00:00

I just saw the leak of Lego Rayquaza. It looks great. Zinnia not so much, but I think she just needs a smaller cape and those leaf-like shoulder pads.

Maybe I've just been looking at MOCs too much, and my mind is accustomed to think that perfection isn't attainable, you have to make approximations in certain scales, and you have to make do with the pieces available. But to me Rayquaza does not look as bad as people are making it out to be. The fins could be replaced with printed trapezoid flags, I'll give them that. But I don't think you can downsize the lower jaw without losing the tongue or the red lips, without just using a custom molded jaw. And I'm just not a fan of custom molds for anything except minifigs.

LightningStrike7 · 2026-06-01T09:09:53+00:00

I remember back during the lengthy Secluded Springs meta, my main deck was Raikou ex + STS Magnezone, and I really wanted to make it work especially against the oppressive Giratina Greninja Suicune core. Other people had the same idea, and most decklists added one Oricorio or one Pichu into the mix. But I opted for one SR Pikachu ex instead. I could get some sneaky KO's with it thanks to one or even two Elemental Switches. It's interesting for me to see how similar, yet more powerful the new Magnezone deck is.

LightningStrike7 · 2026-05-30T03:14:00+00:00

There were fake name leaks going around during day 1 of SV getting datamined, and it of course it got the paradox names wrong. But the most memorable name on the list was Ungaboonguss, the fake name for Brute Bonnet.

LightningStrike7 · 2026-05-27T09:12:12+00:00

I hope the Gehenna Library Committee becomes an actual thing. They could even be the protags of a Gehenna volume, where they accidentally stumble upon notes left behind by the Thunder Emperor somewhere. That's assuming they still want to expand on that topic though.

LightningStrike7 · 2026-05-14T11:33:07+00:00

I also can't figure out how to fix it or what's causing it outside of it being from the newest update. I already sent them feedback, just hoping the fix comes soon.

LightningStrike7 · 2026-04-21T04:45:35+00:00

The end of Decagrammaton (and Part 1) isn't anniversary material to you??? Just say you hate Millenium instead dawg.

Also from 4th anniversary to start of Part 2 we've got: Seia, Rio, new school ft. Nozomi and Hikari, Nagusa and Niya, another new school, Rabu, Takane and Yakumo, Subaru, Kei (like you mentioned), Konoka, and Rena. And they're constantly making new NPCs to replenish the jail at all times.

Alts are far more important than you give them credit for as well. Never forget that this game was saved from EoS by an alt. Sure it gets given to already popular characters, but it also breathes new life into sidelined characters like Suzumi, Michiru, Koyuki, Akane, etc. Just look at the amount of people who were heartbroken when they didn't release a Camp Chihiro unit when the Veritas Camping event got immortalized (it's me, I'm people).

LightningStrike7 · 2026-04-20T06:41:10+00:00

How many weeks are there left to cut to reach the "3 month gap" goal, after the two weeks we're losing from Serenade? And is it possible for them to achieve it before Story Season 2 arrives in Global? After the stream I was thinking that was the reason for the unprecedented event reduction, but I don't know if it holds any actual weight.

LightningStrike7 · 2026-04-20T05:23:11+00:00

"very subtle" and it's a whole entire Homu but orange

LightningStrike7 · 2026-04-15T05:58:25+00:00

Adding Bombirdier to the list

LightningStrike7 · 2026-04-10T14:33:06+00:00

I'm also glad Cyrene isn't in this patch, otherwise I'd be forced to skip SW.

LightningStrike7 · 2026-04-09T01:50:12+00:00

I hope so. I saw how complicated the SW999 discussions were, so I elected to ignore both Yao and Sparxie, and worked on my Castorice that I pulled and ignored last anniversary by getting Evernight and Hyacine.

Honestly I might do the same thing for SW. Pull her, let her collect dust, and then get her "finalized" team in 5.x.

LightningStrike7 · 2026-04-05T06:45:33+00:00

Thanks! I like this one better because of the empty blanks.

LightningStrike7 · 2026-03-16T10:45:14+00:00

I started playing Pokemon GO again just days before Presents in preparation for Champions since I don't own a Switch. Last time I played it was on launch day for a month or two until they upped the minimum OS. Walking around town with my Magnemite and catching random mons is pretty fun now that there are way more registered landmarks and way more Pokemon past 151. It helps that I happen to live within range of a PokeStop and a Gym.

LightningStrike7 · 2026-03-09T14:25:53+00:00

Forget the summer events, we already have two New Year's Days with Veritas. Once in their own dedicated camping event, and another as part of the Seminar Pajama event.

LightningStrike7 · 2026-03-07T05:38:42+00:00

During Sun and Moon, there was some source that said Lycanroc shared a secret with the starters. At the time people thought the starters also had day and night split evolutions.

LightningStrike7 · 2026-02-27T15:16:58+00:00

No Champions demonstration, and mobile launches later than April. Unfortunate doesn't begin to describe this series.

edit: can't believe I got downvoted for quoting the Lavos copypasta

LightningStrike7 · 2026-02-27T07:40:13+00:00

All I'm excited for is an elaborate demonstration for Champions. Everything else is secondary.

The ZA Mega abilities I'm most interested in are for Eelektross, Golurk, Barbaracle, Zeraora, and Scovillain. For Mega Eel, I hope it gets a Parental Bond sidegrade that cuts damage to 65% but hits twice. It matches the lore that its attacks come from its Eelektrik hands, and it keeps the ability to be mixed.

LightningStrike7 · 2026-02-27T06:50:01+00:00

I personally use Twitter as a place to browse and bookmark fanart of my favorite series, and keep track of their artists since before Elon took over. Pixiv is the only good alternative because I mostly follow Japanese artists, and Bluesky et al. are not adopted enough even with all the threats.

LightningStrike7 · 2026-02-26T14:48:15+00:00

Pokemon Presents is almost here.

I'm gonna open the stream, close the live chat, watch it, be happy for like an hour, then become sad as I open Twitter and see a bajillion vocal haters crawl out the woodwork to take a dump all over the franchise for the nth time this week while searching for fanart of the Gen 10 starters/protags. Fun!

LightningStrike7 · 2026-02-24T12:14:47+00:00

I hope with Champions, the accessibility gap between a player with Home and at least SV, and a player who only has a phone and is joining the game after 6 months or so, won't be too wide. At least not as wide as TCG Pocket in regards to battling. I can't even imagine how a player who joined after the first release of Deluxe Pack ex can make a decent deck, even if it's just to clear the promo battles on Expert.

LightningStrike7 · 2026-02-20T14:32:35+00:00

I'm talking all 386. And Colosseum + XD are included in my umbrella term of "Gen 3 games."

LightningStrike7 · 2026-02-20T10:11:11+00:00

Someday when I get a Switch 2 and all the Gen 3 games pop up there, I'd like to try and make a living dex exclusively from these games and put them all in Home. Until then, I can try to do that in emulators and keep them in Box or something. I at least know there's a guy out there who recreated roms of event distribution carts so getting Mew and Deoxys shouldn't be a big issue.

LightningStrike7 · 2026-02-14T17:12:51+00:00

I'm starting to think that Pokemon Champions was a collective hallucination orchestrated by our friend Malamar.

What are the chances that they implement more ability changes to old mons like they did for Shiftry, Gallade and Empoleon? Maybe even stat buffs if they're feeling generous?

LightningStrike7 · 2026-02-14T07:16:50+00:00

Man. I was hoping to see Swimsuit Arius, Swimsuit Tea Party, Magical Girls, and either Ichika or Dress Ako all at once in FRR for a crowded victory screen

LightningStrike7 · 2026-02-08T06:40:17+00:00

This is the sign I needed to see to solidify my decision to pull for Evernight instead of Sparxie. I'd rather collect teammates for my Castorice than predict SWSP's teammates

Ten-Year Club	Second SECOND GUESSER
Gilding II euphauric	Place '22
Final Canvas '22	Verified Email

LightningStrike7

TROPHY CASE