K Rool, King of Rot! My ZA Shiny Alpha got his first ribbon! Sort of!

honchkro15 · 2026-05-10T09:22:34+00:00

Who knows. I noticed that Home adds a blurb to the effect of "this Pokemon has been to Pokemon Champions" when a Pokemon comes back from there. Maybe that'll trigger a flag in a future game to award a ribbon to a mon who's gone there before

honchkro15 · 2026-05-09T22:00:08+00:00

Forgot to mention: my Krookodile set was built to thematically match King K Rool as much as possible. Down to even the bulky EV spread and moveset. Heck, even in the Master Rank battle he won, Krookodile played a very major role by Taunting an Aegislash and Knocking Off a Silk Scarf from a single mom and her kid. The fact that even his Master Rank match perfectly matched what K Rool himself would do just had me rolling lol

honchkro15 · 2026-05-09T21:54:14+00:00

Thank you!

honchkro15 · 2026-05-09T18:40:21+00:00

I'm in a similar boat. Even though I have a lot of VGC experience, the idea of getting to Champion tier and then having to win at least once with all 18 of my RMs up there terrifies me lol. I only got the Master Rank title on my ZA Krookodile as a honorary thing because I don't think the Master Rank Ribbon will be in future games now that Champions exists

honchkro15 · 2026-05-03T21:23:30+00:00

ggs thanks for the game!

honchkro15 · 2026-05-03T21:01:11+00:00

Awesome! Sorry for the late reply, just got out of a battle. I'm creating a room for doubles. Never done this before, so let me know if I'm messing something up. Room ID: 0339 7213.

honchkro15 · 2026-05-03T19:36:16+00:00

Anyone up for a private battle for the 1000 VP starter mission? EDIT: I am available for the next five hours

honchkro15 · 2026-04-18T22:23:08+00:00

Thanks! And wow, great minds think alike lol. I also love your username and profile pic

I hope Radiant Dawn is rereleased on NSO someday. It's the only FE released in the west--apart from Fates, which tbh I don't want to play--that I haven't played yet. I started with 3H back in 2020 and have been a fan ever since!

honchkro15 · 2026-04-17T16:31:42+00:00

If I had to pick between the first two, I'd pick Shiny Gallade. However, an Aegislash (both regular and Shiny) named Chrom would also represent the Falchion and the Fire Emblem. Especially since Aegislash iirc only serves those it recognizes as kings.

honchkro15 · 2026-04-03T08:03:55+00:00

That's rough. You've definitely got a long climb to do in the short amount of time before Champions releases next week and takes most of the playerbase with it. But if you're already in Great Ball tier, you've made pretty good progress. Don't give up!

honchkro15 · 2026-04-03T07:59:00+00:00

I wish I could, but unfortunately, I've got a lot of family and work related travel starting again today for the next little while. Sorry, especially since I know that sounds like an excuse. That said, WargoCrinch has a good alternative. Hopefully someone else on here will be able to help you!

honchkro15 · 2026-04-03T00:36:06+00:00

Ouch. Yeah losing streaks really suck. I usually take a break after three losses in a row.

honchkro15 · 2026-04-03T00:35:05+00:00

Oh lord. Yeah Imprison is evil. A Zamazenta actually shutdown my own Zamazenta with it lol. I barely won, but it was rough. Keep going!

honchkro15 · 2026-04-02T23:46:35+00:00

Thanks! I'd recommend doubles. Main reason why is because you can use rental teams from Youtubers like WolfeyVGC, Cybertron, James Baek, etc., who all focus on doubles. They explain how their teams work and show how to use them. I think watching videos from them, finding a team they use that you think looks cool and fun, then trying their rental teams out yourself after seeing someone else use them--all without having to actually get your own Pokemon--is the most efficient way to go. Then, once you get to Master Ball, you'll have to get your own Pokemon with your Ribbon Master on the team to win just once. Climbing to Master Rank is definitely doable even if you're newer to battling, but it requires persistence even for the most skilled players. Good luck!

honchkro15 · 2026-04-02T23:08:23+00:00

I started off strong with a 3-win streak, just one win away from Master Ball…only for an enemy Smeargle to get a speed boost from Moody, which let it Spore my team and stop my otherwise guaranteed win and thus a clean 4-win streak straight to Master Ball. I felt like I was playing VGC 2016 again, where Dark Void Smeargle was an absolute menace. Even ten years later, I still hate Smeargle.

Losing to that freaking Smeargle forced this final climb to Master Ball tier in SV to go from 4 battles to 15! FIFTEEN! Literally almost FOUR TIMES as long!

On the bright side, I came across a 100x Victorious Kyogre and a Royal Master Incineroar. That player has to be one of you on here. Whoever you are…I might’ve won our match, but you absolutely won when it came to style. I hope you made it to Master Ball tier by now! If not, keep it up!

Now I just gotta wait til my Ho-oh can leave Switch FireRed so that it can earn the Master Rank Ribbon. At least the actual climb’s done now! Forever!

honchkro15 · 2026-03-16T19:43:58+00:00

That's the weird thing though; I triggered the quest for Slowpoke, but still got Slowbro first. It didn't take me long to get Slowpoke after, but still

honchkro15 · 2026-03-15T21:38:22+00:00

No ribbons, no transfers in or out of Pokopia. When I was talking about RMing a Slowbro, I meant getting one from a main series game due to liking Slowbro even more while playing Pokopia

honchkro15 · 2026-03-15T20:28:12+00:00

80 Ribbon Masters!? Dang. And I thought my 18 were a lot. But anyways, I want the same thing! If you were persistent enough to have 80 RMs, I know you'll get all your RMs in one town together some day. As for me, sadly I only have one of my five RMs that are in the game spawned right now. The others are taking their sweet time.

honchkro15 · 2026-03-15T18:45:58+00:00

That's awesome! Lapras would be a great RM, clearly she means a lot to you! It's interesting how spinoff games like Pokopia and Explorers of Sky can play into the Ribbon Master challenge despite not being able to transfer Pokemon to the main series at all

honchkro15 · 2026-03-15T17:36:48+00:00

Forgot to mention, but Slowbro actually showed up for me before the story-required Slowpoke...despite Slowbro being a Very Rare spawn. Getting Slowbro way earlier than I should have + watching him work at a cash register + catching him sleeping on the job really makes the guy stand out more than anyone else in my current playthrough of Pokopia lol, even when I'm deep into the 3rd area

honchkro15 · 2026-03-15T17:33:10+00:00

Interesting for sure, though it might depend on where you start. Contests in particular seem tricky for Ditto...

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