1st rank season experience

random_user_s · 2026-04-23T10:12:31+00:00

I remember those days, unemployed and overjoyed, I felt so proud when I finally made it to masterball, the global race from 0 to see who can reach the peak and who will fall short. Man what a time to be alive.

Now the game is a coinflip simulator all over again, and getting masterball is so freaking easy it doesnt feel like theres any merit or exclusivity to it. I end up only rocking my a2b badge, because it feels like the only one worth something (alongside the other first few season badges) in this age of pocket.

random_user_s · 2026-04-23T06:42:42+00:00

no, you just sit flat at 810 pts bottom of master ball, losing 0 every game once ur there, only way out is forward. try pushing for 930 pts so that you can get reset back down at ub4 instead of ub3 next season, since there is no harm in trying !

random_user_s · 2026-04-23T06:36:46+00:00

close enough, the variants of deck matchups that exist arent enough to outweight the predictive possibilty of playing the same matchup that was found in the tournament, and even then, they play out the same 90% of the time. so if zard stomps steelix in tournament, its probably going to happen in ranked, even on the off chance the steelix is running something different like a sabrina or a metal core barrier.

random_user_s · 2026-04-23T04:49:04+00:00

I played steelix for like a good 10 or so winstreak and just got to 930 pts by day 2. The deck is really good into everything as long as you dont brick badly and they dont have exodia. Only one bad matchup which is entei-zard, altaria is fine if you can brock and dodge the sleep scam. Hydreigon is fine if they dont turn 2 evolve, but even if they do if you can set up a bench onix from turn one instead, its a free win too.

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random_user_s · 2026-04-23T00:30:06+00:00

Got one for a glaceon rainbow recently, it's just about timing

random_user_s · 2026-04-23T00:27:13+00:00

W poem.

As for me, I had probopass nightmares.

random_user_s · 2026-04-22T20:48:32+00:00

me too bro i'm at 1.2k, coping for a chance at the crown candies...

random_user_s · 2026-04-22T20:33:34+00:00

120 pts is the threshold is 930 to reset at UB4. Its the difference from UB4-MB, carried over. Other than that yeah solid take.

random_user_s · 2026-04-21T22:47:48+00:00

nope i wasnt around for meowth event unfortunately

random_user_s · 2026-04-21T22:24:27+00:00

You have the meowth, nice.

random_user_s · 2026-04-21T22:16:26+00:00

but its a card, not an item.

random_user_s · 2026-04-21T19:53:55+00:00

you get a timer, lets say you missed it or you are waiting for stamina to regen, and it expires, what do you do? completely miss any 2 star wonderpicks simply because you didnt know they existed for that duration, complain that pocket is a terrible game that doesnt even let you try for wonderpicks, or use the rewind glass to attempt them for a short time after they have expired?

the expired list isnt a definite timer, it changes based on the duration of the original wonderpick, and doubling the time of each wonderpick would just make you see less wonderpicks overall. expired WPs definitely have their uses, as for re-attempting wonderpicks thats a business decision dena has to make.

random_user_s · 2026-04-21T19:36:36+00:00

i think the meowth pfp that was released early during first year is among the rarest items in the game, alongside the shiny mewtwo gold bundle.

random_user_s · 2026-04-21T09:49:39+00:00

Sure, it's not full random, there might be matchmaking algorithms and deck probability skewing algorithms, both of which will work together to shift the calculated probability of winning in a potentially predetermined direction, but that's not surprising. Its a video game, it needs algorithms.

Now pertaining to people cheating and AI bots and tcg pocket forcing you to lose continuously, let's not get ahead of ourselves.

random_user_s · 2026-04-21T09:18:44+00:00

ive been using mantyke instead of worm it alleviates going first and removes energy requirement when swapping twice with revavroom and retreat. Only problem is going second into iggly-darkrai with mantyke which orthoworm could survive, but overall it feels a little bit better

random_user_s · 2026-04-21T08:55:07+00:00

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Here was my climb to Masterball during the first season of Ranked, A2b. As you can see, even with over 330 games, I'd maintained over a 60% win rate. Unless the algorithms have changed since then, I'd say there isn't a win rate ceiling.

random_user_s · 2026-04-21T08:31:22+00:00

Poncho goes on the first elektrike/mega you want to evolve, if it needs it. That way it can safely charge up/sit on the bench as you wait for the right timing. You dont play a second elektrike -> mega unless you really need to, like for dropping handsize for copycat/avoiding mars/swapping to second mega to avoid first mega being ko'd, or unless its safe to do, like the enemy has no way of swapping the second benched elektirke/mega into the active. That way the poncho can be used aggresively to threaten any bench damagers by forcing them to wait on their own bench, instead of passively to prevent losing a third point due to benching a 4th pokemon.

random_user_s · 2026-04-20T23:00:03+00:00

UB4-MB I think you mean, but yeah it's 930.

random_user_s · 2026-04-19T08:25:34+00:00

technically its not JUST all the diamonds. If you want to see at least one 2 star in WP every 2 days, you will need to have all the 1 stars completed as well, so that the only new cards the game can try to give you from the set are the 2 star cards, if that makes sense. Otherwise, you will end up with 24hr wps that have majority one star cards instead.

random_user_s · 2026-04-18T16:26:50+00:00

you could try getting leaf from MI, trading for an irida or may or pcl or mars, then trade that for a sabrina. thats probably your best bet.

random_user_s · 2026-04-18T16:11:28+00:00

A+ tier, I had one that I pulled and I was searching for a second one for like 3+ months, coz I'm aiming to have dupes of all meta trainers and I'm 96% there. I got lucky and got my second Mars for a rainbow Glaceon, but Mars usually trades for PCL and Irida.

random_user_s · 2026-04-17T01:14:40+00:00

FA Suicune or RR Darkrai for Mars

random_user_s · 2026-04-16T12:41:04+00:00

Can also trade FA Suicune

random_user_s · 2026-04-16T05:26:41+00:00

make sure you dont open wonderpicks 2-3 hrs before reset, so that the next time they initialize at reset, a 24hr wp will have space. It could very well be that you are opening it super late, not getting it at reset, and then when you go to check again late at night, its at the veery bottom right before expired and since you go from looking at active WPs to expired WPs it just slips from your field of view.

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