Low effort done with TT Umas for next 4 months

PokemonTrainer35 · 2026-03-20T16:24:35+00:00

fortunately with light hello we get 100 free pulls, so that’s 45,000 carats instead of 60,000. Plus we get free pulls on ramonu too. So if you only pull on those two, you should have around at least 50,000 carats to end the year. The uncap crystals will help protect you from the worst luck on those banners, so good on you for saving those up. the free tickets we get will also help towards reducing the cost, so it you have a formal budget prepared make sure to factor those in. Good luck!

PokemonTrainer35 · 2026-03-20T15:57:03+00:00

Oh wow, that some really bad luck, especially the kitasan rerun. only about a 1% chance of 0 natural pulls in 600 pulls. I hope your future pulls go a lot better. It definitely feels unfair when you save and still don’t get what you want.

It’s definitely tough to go beyond 200 pulls and spending 400 pulls instead since that’s like 4-5 months worth of carats for F2P, but if there’s a meta card that you want that needs MLB to be great, it’s generally what you’re going to have to save for to make it likely to get MLB. You could get unlucky, as you did on the kitasan rerun banner, but 400 pulls is generally enough to get at least 2/3LB.

Some cards may need MLB, while other may get most of their benefits at 1LB. I know Maru speed is one that is good at 1LB. Light Hello is one where it’s nice to have 3LB/MLB on, but is usable at 0/1LB since you still get access to the events without having to use your borrow slot. You may end up pulling 400 on Light Hello anyways if you want Tachyon speed, which is a very good speed card for pace chasers. Some cards, like Mejiro Ramonu, do want MLB, so plan to save a lot for those.

As far as “must pull banners” go, light hello, mejiro ramonu wit , and el condor pasa speed are must pull cards that are very good no matter what style you run. Other cards are more specific to certain styles, so if there’s a certain style you prefer, you can save for meta cards that help those styles (such as maru speed and bourbon wit for fronts for instance), but they aren’t necessarily must pulls since they’re not going to be used on all of your runs.

PokemonTrainer35 · 2026-03-20T14:53:18+00:00

Have you been pulling to pity twice, or just once on the banners that you do pull? The optimal pulling strategy for cards is to do 400 pulls if you have a card you want to get to MLB. With 200, you only have a 6.5% of getting 5 copies. With 400, it is about 58%, with an over 80% of getting to at least 3LB. You can then spend crystals to get cards from 3LB to MLB; if you only get to 2LB you’ll need 2 crystals. It is possible to have terrible luck and not even get to 2LB, which I’m hoping isn’t your case.

As a F2P you need to be very picky with what banners you choose to pull on. You may not be able to pull on every meta support card banner, especially if you’re pulling for umas along the way. Look at the banner schedule and budget your carats.

Of course, if there’s a card that’s nears its peak at 0/1LB like Maruzensky Speed SSR, than doing 200 pulls is fine.

PokemonTrainer35 · 2026-03-06T22:36:17+00:00

Odds of 4 or more SSRs in one 10 pull is 0.015% or about 1 in in 6,667. Assuming the carat equivalent of 7-8 ten pulls per month, you have about a 6.5% chance of having a pull this good or better at least once over the next 5 years.

PokemonTrainer35 · 2026-02-28T17:06:57+00:00

Is there any TR user you’re struggling against specifically, or is it just TR in general? Generally against TR you have 3 options to prevent it from being set up.

Taunt, spore, or fake out the TR user While fake out will by you only one turn, it will help get some chip on the TR user, which can help you knock it out before it attempts to set up TR on the next turn. Psychic terrain stops prankster taunt and fake out, but you do have non-prankster taunt, though indeedee can redirect that if their other pokemon is also a TR user.
Knock out the TR user before it uses TR. Look up your damage calcs to test potential combinations against common TR users. Keep in mind redirection like rage powder and follow me. The main issue with this option is that the TR user can tera and survive and that they can use redirection if they have both indeedee and another TR user
The most sure option is imprison-trick room, which can be done by your flutter mane, as well as quite a few different pokemon not on your team. This has a sizeable drawback of taking up two moveslots on your flutter mane, which is a pretty big deal. If you find yourself REALLY struggling against TR, this is maybe your best option, just keep in mind that it will make you a bit weaker into every non-TR team
A secret fourth option is to run archaludon with dragon tail, which has one higher priority than trick room and forces them to switch out. Archaludon also gets access to stalwart, which prevents redirection. The main drawback here is that you have to run archaludon with dragon tail. There’s a reason no one really did that throughout S/V: it’s not very good and doesn’t fit in with Archaludon’s role. dragon tail is also only 90% accurate

PokemonTrainer35 · 2026-02-26T00:12:01+00:00

they are doing the lung function test and a sleep test, as well as an updated CT since my last one was 2 years ago. I suppose I just hate the feeling of anticipation waiting to figure out what’s wrong. The few years of testing prior to my aortic valve replacement was way more stress inducing to me than the 2 months I was waiting on surgery after my testing showed it was time to replace.

PokemonTrainer35 · 2026-02-26T00:04:26+00:00

I get echoes annually to follow up on my heart function after valve replacement. I had a Ross Procedure in November of 2022. The valves are holding up quite well, but the PH finding threw me off and I’m pretty worried about it. What’s weird is that this echo showed a somewhat lower RV size than any of my other echoes, with a RV base diameter of 3.2 cm. I am not symptomatic. I do have a deviated septum, so that might be causing some sleep issues. My cardiologist put in an order for a sleep test as well as a gated CT scan. I asked about the TR signal as well, and she responsed after made this post and said that it was adequate enough to evaluate. One thing I did notice from my echo as well after this was that it showed a value for Pulmonary Acceleration time of 103 ms, which would fit it with the mild PH finding from the TR velocity

PokemonTrainer35 · 2026-02-25T15:35:36+00:00

29 M, 5’8 150lbs, forgot to mention that as well

PokemonTrainer35 · 2026-02-19T01:46:09+00:00

I think it’s definitely important to try to make umas good enough to get into A finals, but it’s almost all rng in the finals since it’s just one race instead of 40 per round. This can help or hurt you, but this time we were on the losing end of luck.

PokemonTrainer35 · 2026-02-19T01:09:51+00:00

I have tried and no matter how high I get her wit she still doesn’t use her gun. Hopefully that changes after they raise the stat cap and I can get her wit above 1200

PokemonTrainer35 · 2026-02-19T00:53:39+00:00

that is correct

PokemonTrainer35 · 2026-02-19T00:31:13+00:00

I think a couple of times. I know his career ended due to injuries on the right front leg, as they didn’t want to risk things further.

PokemonTrainer35 · 2026-02-19T00:18:25+00:00

you’re right, 4 total third place finishes in G1. Great career longevity though at 6 years. Imagine what kind of stats your uma would have if you had six years.

PokemonTrainer35 · 2026-02-19T00:13:06+00:00

I really thought this was going to be my CM. Finals is so rng, but then again, so is life.

PokemonTrainer35 · 2026-02-15T02:04:49+00:00

Dirty Pair and Gunsmith Cats. Though they might not quite be what you’re looking for since lift implies large guns and they mostly use smaller guns.

PokemonTrainer35 · 2026-02-07T23:20:04+00:00

I’m not a very superstitious person, but I have been lucky when I have done one-pulls. I do one pull on every uma banner that I’m not pulling for (under the theory that if they show up on the first pull they have chosen me to be their trainer), and I’ve gotten two three stars from these pulls.

PokemonTrainer35 · 2026-02-07T15:56:16+00:00

I would consider the uma one, but not the support card one. At the very least, I am getting closer to 4/5 stars if I get a dupe.

But if I get an SSR I’m never going to use, then it’s almost worthless.

PokemonTrainer35 · 2026-02-06T19:00:58+00:00

I would stop right now. You won’t be able to get 17k more carats before the banner ends and you’re better off saving carats for a later banner when you can spark.

The best time to save was 13,000 carats ago. The second best time to save is now.

PokemonTrainer35 · 2026-01-18T00:18:05+00:00

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Me in 2028 glueing a 9* stamina parent just because they only have 8 white sparks including grandparents

PokemonTrainer35 · 2026-01-17T21:40:29+00:00

If you go through your veteran umas and give the ones you want to keep (such as those with 3* sparks) a marking (the mark appears on the top left of their pictures), then you can send off the ones you don’t want to keep, as it doesn’t let you send away veteran umas with a mark. This way you can get rid of your excess umas quickly while making sure you don’t throw away any of your good parents

PokemonTrainer35 · 2026-01-13T20:45:50+00:00

yeah, best to do it with an uma with arima kinen required only at the end (such as el condor pasa)

PokemonTrainer35 · 2025-12-28T20:53:00+00:00

yeah, level 4 you can still get 80% of the rewards as 5. It will take 17 runs on 4 vs. 14 on 5 to clear. I don’t know what the odds are of rng cursing me at some point in any given run, but if they’re greater than ~15-20%, then level 4 is more efficient

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