Pokémon (Not-So) Griefing Thread - Scarlet and Violet Released with 10 Million Copies in First 3 Days in Buggy States

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Abella said:
Watching /vp/‘s /tcg/ continuing to seethe over a deck that will rotate out after worlds winning NAIC is hilarious
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TPCi changed the rotation dates a while ago, they’re in April rather than being in September like past seasons’.
Abella said:
It makes no sense to be upset by Gardevoir ex winning anything given how much has had to change to remain as consistent as it has and the fact the winning list changes a lot from event to event. Instead they don’t seem to have a grasp on the metagame and just want to complain that the same tera box deck they’ve piloted since rotation is falling out.
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The main problem with Gardevoir ex is that it's too consistent even when factoring in the changes it has made since its inception, you can occasionally sneak in a win with decks like Dragapult ex, Roaring Moon, and Raging Bolt but there are a lot of factors that put Gardevoir ex in a class that almost puts it into the Tier 0 category as Fusion Strike Mew/Genesect or Arceus VSTAR/Flying Pikachu VMAX.

That said Standard isn't as cucked as Expanded it, with one of Japan's recent Expanded tournaments being raped to death by Regidrago VSTAR decks.
Grayback said:
You guys did remember to download your Wolfe Glick Incineroar via mystery gift before it expires tomorrow, right?
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I completely forgot to do so but I'll probably trade for one at Worlds this year, I have enough spare event Pokémon to where I can part with one and not leave much of a dent in my collection.
 
Archeops said:
The main problem with Gardevoir ex is that it's too consistent even when factoring in the changes it has made since its inception, you can occasionally sneak in a win with decks like Dragapult ex, Roaring Moon, and Raging Bolt but there are a lot of factors that put Gardevoir ex in a class that almost puts it into the Tier 0 category as Fusion Strike Mew/Genesect or Arceus VSTAR/Flying Pikachu VMAX.

That said Standard isn't as cucked as Expanded it, with one of Japan's recent Expanded tournaments being raped to death by Regidrago VSTAR decks.
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Munkidori is proving to be more of an annoyance than budew in this format. I’m sort of disappointed in the decks dropping the basic beatsticks for more munkidoris and basic darkness energy. I’m not sure how megas will change things for the deck, but eventually it’ll have to hit a wall somewhere.

That all said, nothing is as cucked as a format where regidrago is still dominant.
 
In my unbound gameplay.

Not using any shiny methods or items, just straight up luck. First time I found two shinies in a regular odds game
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I am doing little missions, capturing legendaries but I am not sure about what to do after the post game in Unbound.
 
I completed Violet, and I have to say it's not that bad. It feels less text-heavy compared to Sw/Sh, and Nemona becomes tolerable after a few gyms. I even came to somewhat like her towards the end. I liked Arwen's arc and the only problem was Operation Starfall, that was just too much text and the resolution was shit.

I have started to go into VGC because it sounds fun and involved. I just wish you could skip the tutorial. I did like the Teal mask DLC, and I am on the Indigo disc now, but I only just unlocked the Elite 4. It has floors. I wish the towns had more identity, but I like Tera as a mechanic.

Team is - Porygon 2, Clefable, Gholdengo, Incineror, Amongoss, and Appleton. I was using Khingambit but his weakness to fighting and low kick being used so much soured me. Gholdengo is vastly superior. I am surprised that Clefable, when IV'd properly, becomes such a beast.
 
Kier Starmer said:
I completed Violet, and I have to say it's not that bad. It feels less text-heavy compared to Sw/Sh, and Nemona becomes tolerable after a few gyms. I even came to somewhat like her towards the end. I liked Arwen's arc and the only problem was Operation Starfall, that was just too much text and the resolution was shit.

I have started to go into VGC because it sounds fun and involved. I just wish you could skip the tutorial. I did like the Teal mask DLC, and I am on the Indigo disc now, but I only just unlocked the Elite 4. It has floors. I wish the towns had more identity, but I like Tera as a mechanic.

Team is - Porygon 2, Clefable, Gholdengo, Incineror, Amongoss, and Appleton. I was using Khingambit but his weakness to fighting and low kick being used so much soured me. Gholdengo is vastly superior. I am surprised that Clefable, when IV'd properly, becomes such a beast.
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With Kingambit you really have to use Terastallization to benefit. Most builds run a Fighting-resistant type (like Fairy, Ghost, or Flying), run Dark to boost Sucker Punch and Knock Off whilst turning its 4x Fighting weakness to a less-damaging 2x, or Fire to negate Will-O-Wisp.
 
Kier Starmer said:
I completed Violet, and I have to say it's not that bad.
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It's not that bad by switch game standards but it's still not great. I found myself having to force myself to pick it up to complete it at a certain point after finishing the main story, so I just stopped playing. I do think the story was one of the best they've had in quite a while though, I liked Arwen, and Nemona. I couldn't stand Penny though.

I'd rather put my time into playing the gen3-5 games again or hacks and fangames of those, personally.
 
Kier Starmer said:
I completed Violet, and I have to say it's not that bad.
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Yeah, I don't think SV is that bad either and do enjoy it from a casual standpoint. The problem is that it's just alright, not great not terrible. Though a part of the reason I don't think it's that bad is definitely because, aside from legends arceus the rest of the switch games are either mid like let's go or bad the SwSh or BDSP.
 
What's the best romhack of Gen2 so far? I never played Gold, Silver or Crystal and I'm looking for what to play next. I know there are the Drayano hacks, but I'm not looking for a difficulty hack, just quality of life features
 
Gravityqueen4life said:
Why not play the original Crystal before going into ROM hacks?
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I was going to, but I wasn't sure if the level curve was as bad as it's made out to be? I play on emulator but it's still fairly tedious to grind in the older gens. I really enjoyed playing Yellow though, so presumably Crystal would be as fun.

The Ultimate Ramotith said:
Try Polished Crystal or Sour Crystal.
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I've heard of Polished Crystal, thank you
 
FoxLover9999 said:
I was going to, but I wasn't sure if the level curve was as bad as it's made out to be? I play on emulator but it's still fairly tedious to grind in the older gens. I really enjoyed playing Yellow though, so presumably Crystal would be as fun.
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Only level curve you kinda-sorta have to worry about is when you get to the 3rd gym to face Whitney and her Miltanks. If you're solo-ing it up, you won't have an issue, but if you have a fire/bug/flying type on your team, you might want to either grind them up to holy hell, or catch a drowzee to trade for a machop.

Chokirota is the "hard mode" considering the first 2 gyms are types Chikorita is weak against.
 
I will say for transparency's sake, I was playing it on the Switch 2, and it honestly felt like a different game. There were still issues, but they are less prevalent. Crystal with Chikirita was pretty fun, but it is harder. You need 2 other mons to deal with Falkner since Bayleef will get raped.
 
Celebrate Nite said:
Only level curve you kinda-sorta have to worry about is when you get to the 3rd gym to face Whitney and her Miltanks. If you're solo-ing it up, you won't have an issue, but if you have a fire/bug/flying type on your team, you might want to either grind them up to holy hell, or catch a drowzee to trade for a machop.

Chokirota is the "hard mode" considering the first 2 gyms are types Chikorita is weak against.
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I don't remember having any trouble with Whitney in HG, but I had a female Quilava at that time, so attract was taken out of the equation. Rollout was annoying enough.

I tried Chikorita in Heart Gold as a kid once, I couldnt make it past bugsy even with Bayleef. Mind you, this was back when I overleveled my starter and had maybe the regional bird and that's it.

Kier Starmer said:
I will say for transparency's sake, I was playing it on the Switch 2, and it honestly felt like a different game. There were still issues, but they are less prevalent. Crystal with Chikirita was pretty fun, but it is harder. You need 2 other mons to deal with Falkner since Bayleef will get raped.
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Chikorita gets raped at multiple points up until it gets to be Meganium imo, you've got Falkner, Bugsy and arguably Jasmine without a good steel counter. Bugsy's Scyther was a nightmare in HGSS with a Chikorita/Bayleef and underleveled hoothoot
 
FoxLover9999 said:
What's the best romhack of Gen2 so far? I never played Gold, Silver or Crystal and I'm looking for what to play next. I know there are the Drayano hacks, but I'm not looking for a difficulty hack, just quality of life features
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Just play base Crystal first. There are no good gen 2 ROM hacks that fix the level curve without adding fag shit (Crystal Clear), stupid difficulty (close your eyes and pick almost any existing hack), or a completely different gameplay experience (Fool's Gold, Spaceworld 97).

The original game is very good and honestly holds up, save for some missing QOL, but grinding is the last thing you need to worry about. Past gym 3 the game becomes a complete joke, with almost every single gym leader permanently hovering around levels 30-35 until the elite 4, and if you have a solid team by then you'll have no issues. If you don't, just rematch trainers until the new guy is up to speed. People overexaggerate generation 2's flaws as backlash to the endless HGSS and Johto wank that engulfed the fandom a few years back and because their favorite homie with extra chromies, any given Poketuber, said it's bad, and while the level curve is indeed pretty bad it's mostly a nonissue outside of being an idiot during challenge runs or preferring a lot of later-game monsters.
 
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