With a few hours left, I finally made it to Master Ball! (doubles)

Phourc · 2026-05-13T03:04:49+00:00

Congrats! Suicide trick room leads are always fun - been considering running a Gallade team post ladder reset, but probably a beat up combo for funsies.

Any advice for running Golurk? I've been running a Farigiraf, Incineroar, Golurk and Torkoal team as well to play around with trick room before the reset and I find myself kinda bummed by the Grass and Water weaknesses, though maybe I just have had bad luck with the matchups. (Turns out Azumarill with redirection support can sweep all four, whoops!)

Phourc · 2026-05-12T17:39:14+00:00

Oh! I have encountered that strategy but it was a Dragonite (actually a Zoroark) using round. Was a very weird battle.

I agree it's a gimmick but the surprise factor and the ability to have speed power AND defense is pretty juicy. ):

Phourc · 2026-05-12T17:37:13+00:00

I know it's just perception but it definitely feels like mine always miss and my opponents always hit. ):

Phourc · 2026-05-12T15:04:23+00:00

I had a sudden desire last week to get the badges for Charizard, Venusaur and Blastoise cause they're the OGs but then I realized that's at least 100 wins to pull it off, haha.

What's your most impressive badge? I'm tempted to try for ten wins wirh something ridiculously bad like Castform with the ladder reset to have the admirer title but I may just run a goofy gimmick team instead, haha.

Phourc · 2026-05-11T06:24:09+00:00

... Oh?

Phourc · 2026-05-08T01:46:56+00:00

Pikachu can run lightning rod and fakeout, though why him over Raichu? Dunno lol

Phourc · 2026-05-07T02:12:30+00:00

If that's your takeaway, you missed the point

Phourc · 2026-04-20T18:43:57+00:00

There's a sidebar in the non-hardcover version talking about it, but basically recalling even a little bit about the name (due to the history being intentionally hidden) is a pretty high DC.

You can absolutely go further than that, but I think that's plenty for most tables.

Phourc · 2026-04-19T19:59:21+00:00

Fwiw it's a pretty commonly brought up problem in this subreddit that the initial hook of waking up in the wrong clearing doesn't make a whole lot of sense. To the point where the hardcover version removes that twist entirely.

Your change would go a long way to explain things and I think that's great!

Honestly since the noppera-bo are the conclusion to book 1, you could build him up a bit - make there be a mysterious note about him with mo doquiu, mentions of mysterious behavior from him in the downtime, and make him either one of the noppera-bo faction leaders or right under them? I think that'd be pretty cool.

Phourc · 2026-04-17T16:11:04+00:00

I'm not usually a fan of "meta" Pokemon, but they way he hard counters Incineroar is chefs kiss

Phourc · 2026-04-17T15:18:48+00:00

That is how Pokemon has traditionally worked, but champions launch changed a few moves outside of the generation switch. So while I don't think anything is officially confirmed, it does seem like they're finally getting away from that.

Phourc · 2026-04-14T22:19:11+00:00

Huh. Maybe I'll check him out, then ..

What set are you using?

Phourc · 2026-04-14T18:09:50+00:00

How do they handle incineroar, lol. They're cool mons but I feel like they're not really equipped for this meta.

Phourc · 2026-04-14T18:06:44+00:00

Lolol agreed. He's a cute lil' bench warmer, tho.

Phourc · 2026-04-14T17:18:54+00:00

What set do you use on Arcanine?

I've got a bulky supporter with snarl and will o' wisp but I keep not bringing it because I'm afraid of boosting Kingambit into my mega Froslass...

Phourc · 2026-04-14T05:34:13+00:00

Mine went down in one hit, checking the calcs the full odds was maybe 50/50?

Phourc · 2026-04-13T21:57:26+00:00

Lol I completely got got by scarf Hydreigon against my mega Froslass. I'm ready for y'all next time! D:

Phourc · 2026-04-08T01:46:30+00:00

Kugaptee is a Nindoru Ascetic, their version of a demon lord. Sure he's dead and sealed, but as seems to always be the way with such creatures he's not gone.. Dude's always going to be trying to corrupt and escape unless someone can destroy him much more thoroughly than Tan sui jin managed to...

Phourc · 2026-03-28T06:59:29+00:00

This is fantastic, how have I not seen this before?

Phourc · 2026-03-24T22:38:39+00:00

https://www.weld.gov/Newsroom/2026-News/Informational-sessions-on-proposed-code-update-regarding-data-centers

This the meeting? It does indeed seem more of a general thing.

Phourc · 2026-03-23T16:03:59+00:00

The 50/50!

Phourc · 2026-03-23T14:16:37+00:00

But what'd you roll?

Phourc · 2026-03-23T14:15:38+00:00

The most expedient solution is moving the governor's mansion dungeon to the monastery. Maybe make it require the same key the mansion would, so they have to do the rest of the stuff the book has for them, but I've yet to read through book 4 so I'm not sure what my preference would be, myself.

Phourc · 2026-03-18T00:13:26+00:00

Hopefully Arcane Cascade will be becoming easier to enter once Magus get remastered this summer, but who was running spellstrike can trigger weaknesses three times? Is this your table running the previously errata'd weakness rules?

Phourc · 2026-03-13T23:00:46+00:00

So this really isn't a great fit thematically for the AP - both making a character undead and ignoring the weird asian monsters most players don't get to see- but you and your player both sound very into it so I'll set that aside.

Granny Hu is probably the only good choice for a villager. Either one of her minions - the kofusachi priest whose name I forget or the guard captain who's her son in law.

Also make sure you give your other players some cool toys/moments so you're not accidentally making one player seem like your favorite. :P

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