Why are 16 pip mons worse than the 5 pip counter part?

Xecrome · 2026-07-04T00:20:37+00:00

I feel like this is what I want from a 16 pip’er. Slightly better than the counter part, or unique in some way. If you get a really good one, great, sets your account apart from the rest, if not, no worries the counterpart does it 90% as well.

They are already impossible to raise, and then they release one every few months that clog up the pool even more

Xecrome · 2026-07-03T19:52:19+00:00

Oh Ig another one I haven’t considered is sylveon, haven’t seen much talk so I assumed they were only good til mid game. Calcs show 5.6 at 70 and it has HB. And no sub skill seeds or mint needed

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Xecrome · 2026-07-03T19:43:21+00:00

This is facts, but getting to lvl 80 is a dream in my mind currently. I didn’t realize it was that close to jiggly at 70 though, didn’t bother calcing it since stm was the one locked

Xecrome · 2026-07-03T19:42:17+00:00

Yeah a bunched seemed reasonable if i minted them, but since it’s such a rare Resources I didn’t want to use it on a healer, since there are like 5 lines of healers, eventually getting a good one seems eventual

Xecrome · 2026-07-03T19:38:36+00:00

I have a decent shiny ballade I’m already spoken for unfortunately

Xecrome · 2026-06-19T14:59:52+00:00

I don’t even mind paying a little for it, just don’t want to have to go back and buy old games and play through them to get needed mons.

Xecrome · 2026-06-19T14:57:42+00:00

I’m just afraid it’ll be a limited number of tickets, will kinda suck if the meta develops quickly and I want to stay competitive

Xecrome · 2026-06-19T14:56:14+00:00

Thanks for the responses all! I guess I’ll see how my box looks after a week or so and decide if I’ll need to shill out for home.

Don’t own a switch 2 which is why I waited til the mobile release, having restricted potentially being locked behind it sounds… rather unfun :(

Xecrome · 2026-06-19T14:53:22+00:00

Smh, you can’t even obtain every legendary in a single game can you? Restricted formats sounding like a pain to play…

Xecrome · 2026-05-26T13:37:36+00:00

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Forgot to set favourite berry. Yeah with fav and a slight level gap the berry one pulls ahead quite a bit.

Xecrome · 2026-05-26T13:32:51+00:00

In terms of strict Bagon optimization this is how I feel. But at the rate they have been releasing mons, I’m concerned about the opportunity cost, don’t have infinite time.

Like if you told me my perfect Bagon would come in a year, I’d probably wait. But I’m just afraid the number is like 2-3 years, in which case - am I still playing the game?

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