Alola

Yuki

19:07

Why on earth is it so hard to catch a Skarmory?

Ben Brocka

low catch rate? I caught one

Yuki

@BenBrocka No, I can't find 'em.

They're in the swooping encounters on Victory Road, right?

Ben Brocka

oh he drops from the roof in Victory Road, not random encounters

Yuki

@BenBrocka Yeah, I've been trying to get those but I always get Fearow instead.

Ben Brocka

They were like my second encounter there. There can also be hydreigeons

Yuki

19:12

@BenBrocka Were you getting them in the cave?

Ben Brocka

pretty sure

don't think there are swooping encounters above ground but I can't be sure

Yuki

@BenBrocka I've been getting them but they're all Fearow.

Ben Brocka

weird

I also found a Zweilous but I think he's a random encounter

such a shaggy dragon

Yuki

@BenBrocka Get one and name him Scooby.

Ben Brocka

Ruh-oh breathes fire

Yuki

19:22

@BenBrocka Mind breeding me a Skarmory? I went into the cave and now I'm finding Ariados instead.

Madara Uchiha

@Yuki I mod-edited your pinned message to cram a little more info and clear up the pinned list

Is that OK with you?

Yuki

@MadaraUchiha Sure.

Ben Brocka

@MadaraUchiha how dare you

Madara Uchiha

@BenBrocka Hush

Ben Brocka

I was thinking of unpinning that bug thing anyway

Yuki

19:22

I was wondering why the Unified info got unpinned. Then I looked up.

Ben Brocka

@Yuki yeah I can try and breed one

Yuki

Has anybody found Light Clay?

Never mind, found some~

Maybe you can only find Light Clay on Golett during the day?

Ben Brocka

BTW Viviloon/pre-evos have an ability that makes wild pokemon more likely to hold items

and you can leave a KO'd Vivillon in the front of your party and have a Frisk theif in slot 2 to actually steal the items

Yuki

Light Clay, Damp Rock, Heat Rock, etc. aren't consumable items like Gems, right?

Ben Brocka

they weren't in gen 4

wait gems are consumable? Like Normal Gem?

Yuki

19:33

On that note, has anybody found Flying Gems?

@BenBrocka Well, they're consumed on attack of that type.

That's why Flying Gem/Acrobatics hits so hard.

Ben Brocka

didn't realize that, huh

Yuki

And is a viable combo on pretty much every Flying-type.

@BenBrocka I used to run a Flying Gem/Acrobatics combo on Drifblim with Unburden awhile back. I rocked so many teams with that.

Ben Brocka

I don't like consumables

Yuki

@BenBrocka Yeah. It was better in link battles and whatnot when you'd get the Gems back at the end of the battle.

But that combo was ridiculous. Acrobatics would hit super-hard and then Drifblim would get a Speed boost from Unburden activating.

Huh. Hawlucha has a chance of holding King's Rock.

!!! A wild female Eevee!

Yay, caught it. Now to find what Egg Moves I need to get on it.

Found a second Light Clay.

And a third. I really think Goletts only hold Light Clay during the day now.

Ben Brocka

20:08

> Due to the censor that prevents Pokémon with offensive nicknames being traded on the GTS, an English language Probopass cannot be traded on the GTS without a nickname in Pokémon Black and White.

good ol' censorship

Yuki

@BenBrocka And yet, I got a Diggersby named NOBB POLISH.

Farming Fossils right now. If any of you want fossil Pokemon, I'll see if I can get it and breed one.

Ferroseed!

Madara Uchiha

20:32

Question, how's the grinding?

Krazer

@MadaraUchiha I'll add you when I get home. internet is restircted here

Madara Uchiha

@Krazer Alright

I followed your advice,

Named myself "Madara-sama" and to my ~~minions~~ friends I'm called "Master"

Krazer

@MadaraUchiha Thank you, Master

@Yuki I would like one when you get a chance. I'm trying to get a Vaporeon with it's HA

Yuki

@MadaraUchiha I have... Armor, Plume, Skull, Root, Claw, Cover, and Old Amber.

Not sure if that's all the fossils though. I haven't played every generation.

Madara Uchiha

@Yuki Dome, Helix?

Yuki

20:37

@MadaraUchiha Wow, can't believe I forgot those.

Madara Uchiha

But no, I'm asking, how's the level grinding in gen 6?

Yuki

@MadaraUchiha As in EXP? Really, really easy.

Madara Uchiha

I'm guessing it's easier with the addition of the non-held magical EXP. All

Yuki

I also have two extra Light Clays if anyone wants one.

Ben Brocka

@Yuki someone on reddit got A BIG DILDO the snover

also you apparently can't name things "spike"

You know, because it contains the wor--I mean it's almost---it's a euphemism for....hm

Trent Hawkins

20:49

Ok, I have a box full of Pumblooms. now to wonder trade them away.

Krazer

@BenBrocka or shaft

Ben Brocka

@TrentHawkins save one for me

Trent Hawkins

@BenBrocka k.

Ben Brocka

can't believe I didn't notice that in gen 4

Yuki

@TrentHawkins I have to ask, what is a Pumbloom?

Trent Hawkins

20:53

@Yuki glad you asked!

►

Krazer

Yuki

@TrentHawkins Oh. My friend has been bothering me to watch this series.

So... a Taillow?

Ben Brocka

Oh is that not the ghost pumpkin X exclusive?

Yuki

@BenBrocka That would be Pumpkaboo.

I can catch one for you. It's on one of my Friend Safaris.

Trent Hawkins

@Yuki no, pumbloom is after the paralyzed tailow.

fbueckert

20:56

aka. Whismurs.

Trent Hawkins

@BenBrocka oh, well, if you want a pumpkaboo, I've got one of those too. :P

Ben Brocka

I think I have a Y pumpkin if you want to swap

Trent Hawkins

hahaah! wonder trade got me a bunnelby named "Too bad"

Krazer

@Yuki missing Dome, Helix (Gen 1) and Sail, I think

Yuki

@Krazer Nah, I picked Sail. And I got a Tyrunt through a trade.

So, I have every fossil Pokemon except Kabuto and Omanyte.

Krazer

21:02

nice!

Dome fossils are available in X's Glittering Cave postgame, according to Serebii

Ben Brocka

allegedly most of them are in glittering cave postgame

Yuki

@Krazer Hmm... then I should be finding some.

Ben Brocka

maybe some are version exclusive?

Yuki

@BenBrocka Well, extrapolating from what @Krazer said, I think Dome is X-exclusive and Helix is Y-exclusive.

Krazer

supposedly the Helix Fossil and Dome Fossil are X exclusives while the Claw Fossil and Root Fossil are Y exclusives, I hear

Yuki

21:08

Also, I got a male Espurr.

C-dizzle

I got a wonder trade Snorlax named "Jonah Hill" :/

Yuki

@C-dizzle That's rude.

C-dizzle

@Yuki that's what someone sent me lol

Yuki

Ugh. I wish female Nincada would be easier to find.

Or just Nincada, period.

I have a male, but I would like a female.

C-dizzle

Oh I hit up the the friend safari last night... Yuki I think your type is Ghost

Yuki

21:15

@C-dizzle Really? @TrentHawkins says it's Fighting.

And that I have c--- Pokemon on the Safari.

C-dizzle

Ok maybe I'm thinking of someone else then lol

Ben Brocka

yeah it's fighting I checked earlier

C-dizzle

Ok just went back to Safari, it is fighting

@BenBrocka is ghost

Krazer

@Yuki I think I have one

Yuki

@Krazer Female Nincada? Caught with what kind of Poke Ball?

Krazer

21:16

regular, vanilla

C-dizzle

I've noticed when breeding, my eggs hatched have the same type of poke ball as the parents were caught in. That's a cool new feature.

Yuki

@Krazer Darn.

Krazer

@Yuki what were you looking for?

Yuki

@C-dizzle I think it inherits the female's capture ball. Which is why I'm looking for females.

@Krazer Anything not regular.

I want to try to catch one with a Net Ball.

C-dizzle

Where are Nincada? I can look for one for you too

female of course

Yuki

21:18

@C-dizzle Just next to that Palace place.

Krazer

@C-dizzle rt 6

Yuki

The one's that a big reference to Versailles.

C-dizzle

I think I caught one the other day... let me check.

Nope :/ But when you said rt 6 I remembered encountering one

Ben Brocka

@C-dizzle yep, I have spiritomb

C-dizzle

@BenBrocka I caught male and female Spiritomb, started breeding and wonder trading them

Yuki

21:22

inb4 hacked Wonder Guard Spiritomb.

C-dizzle

Did you guys hear about the destiny knot breeding thing now? It will pass down 5 stats when given to a parent.

Yuki

@C-dizzle Yep. Perfect IV breeding is actually something a normal person can do now.

C-dizzle

@Yuki I have a present for you

First Nincada encountered was a female, caught with net ball

All yours if you want it

Yuki

@C-dizzle You are a gentleman and a scholar, as I'm sure I have informed you before.

Anything you want?

C-dizzle

Do you by chance have Tyranitar or any evolutions of it?

Yuki

21:30

@C-dizzle I believe I have a Larvitar.

C-dizzle

I have the stone

Perfect :)

Yuki

Lemme check if I have an extra or if I need to breed it.

@C-dizzle All right, I have an egg.

C-dizzle

Can you trade eggs?

Yuki

Yep.

C-dizzle

Thought I tried before and it didn't work... oh well.

Sorry it wasn't a shiny, I can only do so much :)

Madara Uchiha

21:37

Does super training affect EV or IV?

Yuki

@MadaraUchiha EVs.

@C-dizzle Nah, it's fine. I just wanted a Pokemon that would pass down its capture ball.

C-dizzle

I always keep at least 20 of each ball on me at all times

Yuki

@C-dizzle Buying balls from the Poke Ball Boutique in Lumiose is also a good way to raise stylishness.

user56652

@Yuki Which Pokemon did you say I should get to fix the weakness on my team? you told me it's name earlier.

Yuki

Though expensive.

@user56652 What was the weakness on your team?

user56652

21:39

@Yuki Something about being vulnerable to steel/ghost? or that I needed that Pokemon?

@Yuki Here is my team comp.

C-dizzle

Time to fish for another shiny, I hope!

user56652

@C-dizzle Good luck.

Yuki

@user56652 Wow, even I can't remember at the moment.

C-dizzle

@user56652 Thanks, caught a shiny Relincath earlier.

user56652

@Yuki Well I remember you or someone told me that I needed a certian Pokemon to fill my weakness. I forget which though.

@C-dizzle Wow. Was it just luck or were you trying for a shiny?

Yuki

21:41

yesterday, by user56652

I've beaten all eight gyms, and for the most part I've steam rolled them all. However I don't really like my team composition though. Here it is if anyone has any ideas on how to make it better please let me know.

It was @TrentHawkins who said Ground/Rock or Ground/Electric.

user56652

Whoops wrong person then. Well would a Steelix or Excadrill work?

C-dizzle

@user56652 Well I was at work when I caught it, so I really wasn't TRYING to get one. I was just testing out the consecutive fishing thing.

Yuki

@user56652 They do cover the Electric weakness.

Excadrill would probably be better since most Electric types are fast.

user56652

Does anyone have a foreign (non US) Ditto they'd be willing to trade?

Yuki

And they would definitely outspeed Steelix, which would suck if they packed Focus Blast or other Fighting-type moves.

user56652

21:44

@Yuki I guess it's Excadrill for me then.

Wasn't there an item in Pokemon Platinum that helped find shiny Pokemon?

Poke Radar is what it was called.

Yep

Ugh. I always want to use BBC code here for some reason.

Krazer

@user56652 [word](link)

user56652

@Krazer I already fixed it, but thanks.

Is SE built off some platform or is it all customized?

Krazer

@user56652 Markdown, see this

user56652

@Krazer That's useful, I'll keep that.

So has there been a patch for the "Gamebreaking Save Bug" yet?

How will they update a cartridge game? does the patch get saved onto the SD or is there an area on the cartridge to allow updates?

Krazer

@user56652 not yet, but there are some workarounds

user56652

21:53

@Krazer Ya, like not saving in that very particular area for starters.

Krazer

The first one is to load your save file, then press the “Home” button repeatedly as the screen turns black and music starts to play

the other one is to remove your SD card from your Nintendo 3DS, then boot up the game without the card

user56652

@Krazer What will that solve? once you press the "Home" button again won't the game proceed to freeze?

I thought that pressing the "Home" button when in-game just suspends the game.

Krazer

@user56652 techforums.nintendo.com/message/112327

user56652

This is kind of out of my scope. How is the 3DS able to suspend a game? is it like a save state, I'm confused.

@Krazer I see.

Ben Brocka

anyone need drowzees?

Yuki

22:04

So... someone wanted an Aron, right?

Ben Brocka

I think I need one

Krazer

@user56652 trying for the Masuda method?

you try the GTS?

C-dizzle

Yeah search for Ditto in GTS and then filter by another region

Ben Brocka

whats game chat anyway? Voice chat?

Krazer

@BenBrocka yes

Yuki

22:06

Aron's so adorable.

Ben Brocka

he's got a little smile under his helmet thing

C-dizzle

Not as adorable as that gaze from Espurr

Ben Brocka

oh who needed a skarmory?

Yuki

@BenBrocka That... was me too.

Ben Brocka

oh you're kidding a quickball didn't work

give me a minute

Yuki

22:08

Want anything specific for it?

Ben Brocka

do you have a spiritomb from my safari?

Yuki

Yes.

Ben Brocka

that works

are you kidding. lvl 3 o power and quickball and it fails after one rock

Krazer

C-dizzle

lol

Ben Brocka

22:11

finally

skarmory fresh from the safari

Krazer

I heard a rumor about Pokémon becoming Shiny during a trade

Yuki

@Krazer Yeah, apparently during Wonder Trades.

Oh a female Skarmory caught with a Quick Ball. <3

Ben Brocka

hey the 3D model makes it more clear that spiritomb is coming out of the odd keystone

Krazer

@Yuki I heard normal trades too

Ben Brocka

the 3D models are cooler than I expected

Yuki

22:14

@BenBrocka It does show that Aron has a little smile.

If you rotate it in the Pokedex, that is.

Ben Brocka

anyone need ferroseed?

user56652

@Krazer Yep. It makes getting a shiny a bit easier.

I'll check the GTS tonight.

C-dizzle

41 consecutive pokemon during fishing, no shiny yet. Earlier I got one about 20 fish attempts

Yuki

@BenBrocka Heh, I just caught two.

Ben Brocka

@C-dizzle the /vp/ thread made it sound like it could take over 100

C-dizzle

22:16

@BenBrocka I'm sure it's completely random, but I could see it taking over 100 for sure

Krazer

C-dizzle

What in the...

Ben Brocka

well depending on the increase in chance it probably has some threshold where you're more likely to find it

I should just buy max count of quick balls

Krazer

@C-dizzle kotaku.com/…

Ben Brocka

man friend safari is awesome

Krazer

22:20

@BenBrocka feels a bit like a caste system :p

C-dizzle

@Krazer That's crazy

@BenBrocka What type is my safari?

Ben Brocka

I saw that reddit thread but I don't really agree. I need pokemon of all types

Krazer

@BenBrocka HA Ditto really does reign king

Ben Brocka

ugh marowak must have a low catch rate

Krazer

Ben Brocka

22:21

well, yeah, Ditto would be an exception

crap I forget where my pokerus pokemon is

Yuki

@Krazer Not necessarily HA Ditto. Just Friend Safari Ditto. Since Friend Safari guarantees 2 perfect IVs, Safari Ditto is key to getting 5/6 perfect IVs on your Pokemon.

Krazer

<-- Philthy peasant

Yuki

@Krazer Philthy pheasant.

Krazer

@Yuki that's right

Yuki

Well, I'm the same.

@fbueckert, on the other hand, is a noble.

Him and his Dragon-type Safari...

Ben Brocka

22:25

@C-dizzle psychic

GIRAFARIG

Krazer

Hail @fbuckert !

Ben Brocka

@C-dizzle has the best safari

C-dizzle

@BenBrocka watch out for them espurr then

Yuki

Honestly, I think Bug-type Safaris would move to middle-class at least if they have Heracross.

Moxie 'Cross is... well, I think it's self-explanatory.

Ben Brocka

@C-dizzle drowzee, girafarig and wobbuffet

C-dizzle

22:27

Well that's kind of disappointing...

lol

Ben Brocka

girafarig is great, I dont' think he's anywhere else in thegame

Yuki

Wobbuffet is so broken, he's in his own tier.

Ben Brocka

onix! @Wipqozn has rock types

Wipqozn

@BenBrocka I do?

Ben Brocka

yeah

onix and boldore

Wipqozn

22:32

I don't have either of those.

Yuki

i think Boldore is a cool guy. he stelth rocs and dosen't afreid of nething.

Wipqozn

I assume I'm just missing the context of what you're talking about.

Yuki

@Wipqozn Friend Safari is something your friends can use to catch other Pokemon using your Friend Code.

Wipqozn

Oh, gotcha.

Yuki

So, we can use Friend Safari and your Friend Code to catch Onix and Boldore.

Krazer

22:38

this could explain why Goomy is Dragon

C-dizzle

Mega Garchomp is awesome! Just saying...

Krazer

i wanna rough skin gible :p

C-dizzle

Is that possible?

Krazer

@C-dizzle not sure it's not working on friend safari for some reason

@fbueckert has gabite

Ben Brocka

Trench coat dress: 300,000 pokedollars

I'll never become a public flasher at this rate

6

Yuki

22:52

@Krazer Wow, can't believe I didn't think of this. Use a Pokemon with Trace.

@BenBrocka Hmm... I should check my Boutique too.

Ben Brocka

mine's still full price

C-dizzle

if i run from a battle during my consecutive fishing, will that break my streak?

Ben Brocka

@C-dizzle gamefaqs.com/boards/696959-pokemon-x/67572859

C-dizzle

oh no... i've captured a few pokemon, and my count right now is at 87, so it may not be a true 87 :(

Ben Brocka

woah bargain power 3 is 50% off

Yuki

23:00

@BenBrocka Poke Mart only though.

Good for buying the TMs.

Ben Brocka

Yeah. I already bought the TMs though

@MadaraUchiha added your friendcode

C-dizzle

@BenBrocka after 117 of what I think was consecutive reels, I finally got a "you reeled in to slow", argh!!

FAE

@Fluttershy got our copies in the mail today. kermit flail

C-dizzle

I'm going to that fishing guy on rt 16 to see if he will tell me my longest streak to confirm

Ok I thought it was 117, it was only 116... so apparently fainting, catching, or running away doesn't break the streak. I even went into my menu a couple times and did some stuff...

Fluttershy

23:16

Ben Brocka

I have your friend things right?

I know I have @FAE's

@C-dizzle yeah I noticed it's possible to fail it. Part of why I'm not even trying

shiny dratini would be cool though

C-dizzle

@BenBrocka guess I just got lucky earlier with such a low count of consecutive reels

Fluttershy

@BenBrocka You've been in my Animal Crossing town! :P

Ben Brocka

@Fluttershy oh, right!

FAE

Now the agonizing wait until it gets to me.

And now I have to figure out starters, waugh.

Wipqozn

23:26

@FAE Just pick your favourite Kanto starter.

and then choose among the new starters.

Ben Brocka

try not to pick the same types though

FAE

@BenBrocka I dunno what to do. I want Charmander because that's who I had back in the day, but I'm not so much into Froakie, even though it does become dark. I just don't like frogs that much. <_<

Ben Brocka

"that;s what it says on the paper the skiddo appears to be eating" I laughed so hard

@FAE but he's a ninja and dark type!

C-dizzle

I used Fennekin for my first play through, Froakie for my second... When I pick up Y, I'm going to go with Chespin

OrigamiRobot

@FAE It doesn't matter because we can get you any starter.

Ben Brocka

23:39

100,000 meal, left 100 tip

I have an adamant beldum, how do you clone natures?

C-dizzle

Wasn't it a stone you had to have the pokemon hold?

The everstone I think

Ben Brocka

oh is that all? Can I do it with a ditto? I'd like to clone some in case other people here want some with adamant

OrigamiRobot

@BenBrocka Yea, just give it an everstone

C-dizzle

I think so, I have never tried to breed for natures... but if I remember right an everstone had to be held

Ben Brocka

okay, to the Beldum right?

C-dizzle

23:51

I don't think it matters if you give it to Beldum or Ditto, since Beldum is the egg it should get Beldum's nature

OrigamiRobot

@BenBrocka Yes, if you give it to the Ditto as well, it's 50/50 between those two natures

smogon.com/forums/threads/big-news-for-breeding-in-xy.3490166

unrelated to natures

Ben Brocka

Nice. I won't bother, but they've really done a lot to improve aspects of the game from all angles

C-dizzle

Yes they did, except I still feel the game is to easy to play through. With or without the exp share turned on. I think that's why Platinum was my favorite, it actually gave me a challenge

Ben Brocka

eh, the battle institute and battle mansion are more for difficult NPC battles than the main story

C-dizzle

I only hit the battle mansion once, just so I could get to the part of upgrading the mega ring

Ben Brocka

23:59

it;s acutally kinda fun in the doubles/triples

C-dizzle

I'll have to try it out... I really liked the triple battle feature in B/W

Transcript for