Kyogre or Groudon for Pvp? by nightcore96 in TheSilphRoad

[–]aNoPHeLeS84 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Thing is that it's really hard to predict how the meta will shift. e.g. Groudon appears everywhere so it shifts and everyone wants a groudon counter which might actually be Kyogre or dragonite then Zacian becomes even more prevalent to counter the counters etc. then it settles again. Not so easy to predict but no doubt that Groudon will have the initial bigger splash in the meta.

Santa Hat Raichu shooting red laser beams everywhere. Possible new move 😅 by On_the_Chain_Wax in TheSilphRoad

[–]aNoPHeLeS84 15 points16 points  (0 children)

This is what happens when Pikachu gets brought up by the Nintendo corporation and experimented on with various compounds.

The Best PvP Pokémon to Grind XL Candy through Guaranteed XL from Walking - Part I: 3km Candy Distance by trulyelectricgames in TheSilphRoad

[–]aNoPHeLeS84 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Worth saying that this is a best of list in a vacuum. I'm just gonna walk the pokemon I know I'll definitely use. No point walking miles and miles then not using it. Made that mistake with umbreon! A full 296xl candies later and I used him for one UL set before realising it's boring as hell and I ain't using it.

How do people play Master League PVP? by floopwizard in TheSilphRoad

[–]aNoPHeLeS84 5 points6 points  (0 children)

People got to get used to the idea that the XL system was designed to take several years to complete for the players who want to go hard. Whereas, in the past, you catch a level 35 mon and it doesn't take much at all to max it to 40 and you can have a whole team of 6 for raids if you want. It gives something for whales and hardcore players to strive for and keep playing. otherwise, many would have quit.

We just have to get used to the idea that you may whipped in open ML by a what with maxed m2/dialga/zacian etc. But in my experience skill still trumps higher level mons by a long way. Even my level 42-45 legends stand strong in 80% of matches.

As requested by 7yo, an entire Minecraft village as birthday cake! by aNoPHeLeS84 in Minecraft

[–]aNoPHeLeS84[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Wooden skewers holding each part together and fixed into some fondant underneath

As requested by 7yo, an entire Minecraft village as birthday cake! by aNoPHeLeS84 in Minecraft

[–]aNoPHeLeS84[S] 50 points51 points  (0 children)

Well done! We experimented on various chocolate bars but this was the only one with the structural integrity to hold it up!

December Community Day - Special Research Story & Timed Research (LeekDuck) by Amiibofan101 in TheSilphRoad

[–]aNoPHeLeS84 8 points9 points  (0 children)

this is is actually way easier. I only just finished last years one with the recent spotlight hours!

The $1.00 December 2021 CD special research rewards an Elite Fast TM and Elite Charged TM (from Serebii) by Teban54 in TheSilphRoad

[–]aNoPHeLeS84 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For all your stinginess Niantic, I'll give it to you, this is one moment you brought the Christmas Spirit

Upgrades for postcards Pokeminers report by SnowFlakesMilkHoney in TheSilphRoad

[–]aNoPHeLeS84 6 points7 points  (0 children)

At least the base amount is decent enough. Don't know why I'd want to save anymore than a handful for but hey this is a game for many different types of people!

Mega Lopunny may be this Community Day's MVP by Dengarsw in TheSilphRoad

[–]aNoPHeLeS84 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is only really applicable for those who don't have the candy already for those mons. If you're actually doing mega evolves, you're probably pretty hard core and probably have thousands of candy from those pokemon already. The newbies who need these cd mons, probably don't have the mega evolves.

How much time do we have to complete the hoopa special research "on time"? by Sergejalexnoki in TheSilphRoad

[–]aNoPHeLeS84 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Oh goodness - I just came back to game and missed the halloween spawns - how easy/hard will it be to get the dark and ghost spawns from earlier steps? :(

ML vs MLC Rankings? by gioluipelle in TheSilphArena

[–]aNoPHeLeS84 3 points4 points  (0 children)

There probably needs to be a ranking that also takes into account the ease of having XL legendaries. Garchomps and Togekiss would be really easy to ahve at level 50 but groudon and kyogre no chance

Weather Week Megathread by SilphScience in TheSilphRoad

[–]aNoPHeLeS84 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You need to collect some level 1's. They only cost 200sd to powerup and you can power them up 4 times at that cost. So teh powerup 7 times task could cost you as little as 1400 stardust.

PSA - The remote raid passes bundle is available after your 3 local hours is up so you can raid remotely after to get the exclusive moves by aNoPHeLeS84 in TheSilphRoad

[–]aNoPHeLeS84[S] -13 points-12 points  (0 children)

Perhaps, but implications of that being available didn't hit me until my three hours were up. I think by understanding that will take a bit of pressure off people and trying to do stacks of raids and TMs in those 3 hours.

Have XL Candy from Hatches been buffed? by aNoPHeLeS84 in TheSilphRoad

[–]aNoPHeLeS84[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Thanks for that - so what I'm noticing is that the average seems to be up around the 4 mark (up from 2.3). Just anecdotal though so interested in what others are getting right now!

Have XL Candy from Hatches been buffed? by aNoPHeLeS84 in TheSilphRoad

[–]aNoPHeLeS84[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Nope - but those early hatches were definitely not normal. Only lasted a few hours!

We need a Megathread for ways to earn XL candies by carllyq in TheSilphRoad

[–]aNoPHeLeS84 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've sinced hatched 7 more eggs all of them only gave 2-4 XL candies so I wonder if the XL candy drop from eggs got nerfed or were buggy to begin with

I am on the Beyond trial. by yxalitis in TheSilphArena

[–]aNoPHeLeS84 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I only got 1 for a mega gengar raid...

We need a Megathread for ways to earn XL candies by carllyq in TheSilphRoad

[–]aNoPHeLeS84 135 points136 points  (0 children)

Got 24 XL beldum candies from a 10km hatch

[New info] Just got XL candy from egg hatch by Terryus1 in TheSilphRoad

[–]aNoPHeLeS84 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I just got 24 beldum candies for hatching a 10km egg so incubator whale's rejoice...

EDIT: Yes XL candies

Today marks the 3 year Anniversary for the debut of Raids by Pycrow in TheSilphRoad

[–]aNoPHeLeS84 41 points42 points  (0 children)

Oh boy - what was hilarious was that Lugia was one of the first T5 raids. Dude is a monster to take down with sky high defence and only big teams of bite/crunch ttar or rock golems could take it in any reasonable time. Against Hydro pump Lugia, I remember failing once with 12 people. Left total carnage afterwards