protips / questions / answers thread you can take steps for

sometimes when I encounter a wild pokemon it takes a dramatic close up of it, does that actually mean anything?

where is the pokemall?

>>30193192
it means GF can't optimize their games and the game is loading

>>30192977
Why do you have a binder clip on your 3DS?

>>30193192
actually after further thought it probably happens only for pokemon you can encounter in the overworld like rustling grass, shadows of bird pokemon, rustling trees etc.

>>30193269
to press the B button.
READ THE POST!!!

>>30193310
Whoops. Sorry. Dumb fag did not read the post.

But wouldn't that gradually break your 3DS?

is there a guide on what mons offer which specific EVs?
I know how the distribution works but who gives what?
And can I berry reset like before or do I have to start over?

I'm at Elite 4 but my team is under leveled. Where can I grind them up?

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>>30193349
more worried about the binder clip snapping desu

Does anyone have a map of lanakila?

>>30193378
>>30193377
festival plaza restaurants or whatever have meals that level up pokemon and meals that make pokemon friendlier but reduce one of their EVs

when I try to go to the other world it says I cant right now, why?

How the frick do I get through the desert?

>>30193438
No, I was worried it would damage the unit. It seems dangerous and counter-intuitive to clip your 3DS with it.

>>30193467
I know but I'm asking are there individual mons that give certain EVs and do those restaurants allow you to reset EVs

>>30193243
do you mean the Thrifty Megamart on Akala Island? it's on royal avenue on the east side

>>30193377
http://www.serebii.net/games/evs.shtml scroll down to the bottom, there's a list of the best ev training spots
as for the reset, I usually go for the berries

Someone mentioned a spot where you can smash rocks for stardust

where it at

>>30193551
I dunno about a "spot" but yeah, I've seen stardust drop from Tauros-smashable rocks before

>>30193489
the guy says the order is 2-1-4-3 and to look at the rock stacks
I am just about to follow this advice myself but I assume that means you go in the direction that has a rock stack with those amount of rocks in it. First a stack with 2, then 1, then 4, then 3

>>30193524
it's about as risky as the dime under the circle pad trip from last game, the clip doesn't have that much strength

Is Pelago island any good for hatching? Grinding for a shiny Growlithe rn

>>30193613
I put 6 eggs in about 16 hours ago and the eggs still say "not even close to hatching"

fucking garbage

>>30193546
No >:(

The Mall. Where the 5th clothes store is that is very expensive.

How does Show Off Your Muscles work in FP? No clue what I'm doing.

>>30193632
Ah good. Fuck it then.

>>30193683
It's in Melemele. I think at side of PMC

>>30193632
You can do a ton of eggs and put on Pelago when you work or sleep. Just put beans on the box for got mor faster

How to get people in festival plaza for exclusive colors?

>>30193835
When can I get there?

How to evolve Melotic in SM?

>>30194048
isn't it trading feebas while it's holding a rainbow scale?

>>30194048
Level with prism scale.

Where do I find an ice stone?
What level should I evolve my sandshrew?

>>30192977
Where the fuck are all the wimpod?
I waited a day for it to respawn but none of them are re-appearing, even ones i havent tried to catch before

>>30194127
good now I only need to know where to get the prism scale.

>>30192977
Why even go into the pen? If you stand next to her you can do the same exact circle motion without having to get off and on Tauros everytime you wanna grab an egg.

>>30193243
1st island next to pkmn centre and other clothng store

Can I run pokemon sun on my old 3ds? It's the small 3ds one.

>>30194432
yes

>>30194348
In the pen you don't have to worry about your movement at all, so you don't even have to look if you just want to hatch eggs.

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are there only 2 ways to obtain ice stones, because christ I just want my ninetails now

>>30194020
As soon as you step on the 2nd island.

>>30194483
You don't have to worry outside either, you are moving in a fucking circle.

>>30194192
You can get one in Poni island.
You can also get one from fishing and pickup ability.

>>30194127
You sure? Serebii says trade with Prism Scale.

>>30193551
Route 15, there is a rock in the water that always drops a stardust.

>>30194583
Serebii is correct.
I just tried leveling feebass with prism scale. Didn't work.

>>30194583
>>30194743
My bad, sorry folks.

Anyone know where to get Upgrade (the item used for porygon evolving)?

does the Battle Buffet level up after you beat the game?

>>30194569
A circle, that while not paying attention, can move.

Why does Drampa never call for help even with an Adrenaline Orb?

>>30195299
Not all pokemon do, there was a pastebin that had the rate at which pokemon call for help, hopefully somebody has the link.

>>30195299
All of its friends died in the war

>>30193535

this may help

http://www.idigitaltimes.com/pokemon-sun-and-moon-ev-training-guide-ally-chaining-and-hyper-training-explained-569264

>>30195363
>Defense
>Geodude
Sturdy would get very annoying, there has to be something better.

Is it not possible to legally get a Rowlet with Curse right now?

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I caught one Nihilego for Looker, but he mentioned two locations. If I only catch one and then turn the mission in, will I lose the opportunity to catch the other? Same with the others I guess.

I don't even remember where the second one was supposed to be now.

>>30195436
I have one with curse and defog so yeah you can

>>30195553
According to Serebii the only way you can pass Curse onto it is through Farfetch'd which you can't get in-game.

do you have any leftovers

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>>30195580
A few

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how does SoS work

do I have to get the specific intiial pokemon slot in the column to have a chance of getting the pokemon further down in the column ?

>>30195731
Any chance of me being able to get a crappy throwaway to breed

I don't really have anything of worth to offer
FC is 1092-2578-68730

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How do I start breeding in this game? Where are the 31 IV mons?

>>30193485
Bring your cover legendary. If it's moon go during the day. If it's sun go at night.

>>30195790
You take the initial slot and then you go down the column. So a Magikarp will only call other Magikarp and Gyarados. If you want a Mareanie you need to fish up a Corsola and start the chain from there.

Where can I train post game?


I just wanna train. Plz don't say the E4, i haven't done the UB quest yet.

What's a good SOS chaining set up? How much does the shiny chance improve?

>>30195857
Sorry bro, the Elite 4 is the best way to grind post game.

catch those beasts

>>30195832
You need to SOS chain, and catch one from that, they have a higher chance of having good IVs.

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What is the biggest bag I can buy in this game?

>>30193613

It's trash. With the buffed Magma Armor/Flame Body, it takes less than 5 minutes for any egg to hatch. I put some Jagmmo-o eggs in the level 2 Hot Spring, put some beans to hatch them twice as fast for 30 hours and they're still no where near close to hatching.

>>30195935
There is no bag that can contain Nebby Lillie, no matter the size.

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This guy is bad, should i try to train him or is he going to keep on being bad?

>>30194148
You finjd it on the Third Island, at Po-town at the mansion poolside

>>30195832

After about a 30 SOS chain, the helper mons are guaranteed to have at least 4 perfect IVs

My team I was thinking of doing is
Incineroar
Mimikyu
Raichu
Aranaquid

Looking for two more spots, which 2 are the best pokemon to put in out of these 4 ?
Skarmory
Lucario
Mystery Gift Snorlax
Tsareena
Lycanroc

>>30196025
Does it matter if you kill the original at some point in the chain?

Is there a way to know what the nature of a pokemon in a SoS Chain is before you catch it?

Also, where do you find out your pokes IV's?

>>30195242
An Aether Foundation employee will give you one, in the same room that another gives you a Porygon.

>>30195902

So who's bright idea was it to make it so that you can "manipulate" ivs, but also make it so that your best grinding spot is in the low 60's? Even Gen 5, which introduced the scailing EXP had it so that the grinding spots were in the high 70's or low 80's.

>>30196067

nope.

I miss Blissey Bases.

Are there any ways to get beans outside of the bean stalk?

How do I get to Kala'e Bay on the first island?

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What's the best natures for bamboo lady UB? About to do the quest for it

When and where can you get TM Return?

Does getting a mon different from the original break a chain?

>>30196122
Occasionally a Pokémon will hand you one, and once a day you can get some from a café after a drink purchase.

>>30196091
I'm up to the part where You figure out that the Aether Foundation has been working with Team Skull Did I miss it? Or is it yet to still come?

>>30196045
Anyone ?

>>30196196
It's Postgame. Check their outposts, I forget which one it is.

>>30196130
In that yellow meadow (in the cave on Route 3), on the far left side there's a hole you can crawl into that takes you through to there

>>30196222
Thanks anon

>>30196122
Once a day you can drink something at the cafe in the pokecenter, the guy will give you some. Invest in the bean stalk tho, it gives a shitton when you grow it.

>>30192977
Can you use island scan pokemon on battle spot?

>>30196045

Lucario is postgame only unless you trade one over so you can scatch that one off your bucketlist.

Skarmory is around mid game, 3rd island. Skarmoy is always good, but it being fairly into the game my deter you from using it.

You can obtain two ingame traded pre evolves of Tsareena, one is early game and one is late game. The late game one comes with high ivs. Tsareena has high attack, decently bulky and a good movepool for a grass type, which includes fighting flying dark bug and fairy (if you're willing to breed)

Lycanroc is pretty good. Day form is fast, and fast rock types are a very rare sight, while night form is slightly bulkier while being much slower.

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Elite 4 slaughters me, I think my team is either underleveled or is wrong for the fights.

What do I do?

Got a Shiny Impish Toxipex, but with Merciless. Do invest all EVs into Def and SpDef, or do I distribute between HP, Def and SpDef?
Thinking of running Baneful Bunker, Recover, Toxic and Liquidation. Should I invest anything into Attack with this?

>>30196340
>39
nigga that shit got no bussiness in the league, level that shit up and maybe improve the movesets a little

>>30196340

git gud

go get some Heart Scales. You can either buy 4 for $4000 at Sushi High Roller or fish for Luvdisc at route 13 and thief em.then go talk to the old lady in the pokecenter directly before the league

>>30196400
Where is best place to level?

>>30196340

I needed my team at around 55ish across the board.

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I was trying to trade on the GTS but the game told me to turn off the power after a while of trying to connect and now I'm suspended from trading. How long does it last? I just wanted a fucking Pheremosa

>>30196468
poni canyon should be decent enough, turn on that exp share and beat some mons, you'll get to an acceptable level in no time. I think around 50 should be enough, considering you'll gain a few levels in there

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Is this guy any good? Also,is a buzzswole that boosts defence instead of attack viable?

>>30195813
I have a spheal if you want, put up something on the GTS and I'll give it to you.

>>30196361
Should also mention, because I caught it, it does not have either Haze or Stockpile.
Thinking of pairing it with Salazzle so Steel and Poison types don't completely wall me.

Can you expand the PC to have more than 8 boxes?

>>30196566
Yeah, there has to be something in each box.
I think 32 is the max.

>>30196552
IGN: Luna
Putting up a lv.9 Abra
Message is "Please trade Pokemon with me."
Thanks!

>>30196314
Thanks for the detailed answer.
So lucario is not good, got it. Ill probably use Skarmory since I need fairy coverage

But whats better then, Tsareena or Snorlax ?

>>30196535

Not really. Dark/Dragon is a weird typing. It has 5 common weaknesses, but also 5 common resists/immunities.

It's stats scream defensive, but it learns mostly offensive moves. It has a very varied offensive movepool, but with no way to boosts its stats outside of Beast Boost, and no reliable recovery, it ends up being outclassed by other dragons. Not to mention that its slow so it's mostly going to go second.

>>30196503
Same thing happened to me one time, I had to wait about 30-40 min? Some people have reported even up to 50 hours plus, but I don't think that was intended.

Where do pew guys level post-game? I have a Clefairy that I need to get to 40 something, but I don't want to take a decade to do it.

>>30196778
Afaik people just go through e4 over and over

>>30196694

Snorlax is better for the fact that its not a neutral grass type, but Tsareena ingame is a fine choice.

>>30196632
Sorry, or it got sniped or put up a less common pokemon as I've been wailing through tons of people and I can't find you.

>>30196694
>I need fairy coverage
Well you thought right, because one of the totem pokemon is part fairy type and they're hard af to deal with if you don't have a bulky steel type.

>>30196045
Mimikyu arrives kind of late though as in at the second trial on the third island. It's also rare to find in its habitat.

>finally find passimian after 20 minutes of searching
>got it to red
>it's literally summoned 9 trumbeaks in a row and just summoned a tenth

ahahah great mechanic gamefreak xDDD really glad you added it

If I have Moon and I catch/breed a Rockruff, and trade it over to someone who has Sun, will it still evolve into a Midnight Lycanroc, or will it evolve into a Midday?

If it still evolves into Midnight, what about transfering the Egg over?

Is there any way to dye your hair wine red or white? Also, where can you buy a Team Skull outfit?

Speaking of the memory discs, which side of Silvally's cheeks do you insert those discs at?

Where do I battle Kiawe? Trying to unlock the battle styles.

>>30197171
Visit his house at night, you also have Sun right? You can't battle him in Moon.

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>if you go to Route 2 you'll find Guzma's house with his parents in it and Guzma will ask for a rematch
Are there any other hidden things like this? I'm done catching legendaries and I don't know what else is there to this game.
Also have we found this Gen.'s ghost yet?

>>30197230
Not the same anon, but if you have Moon then what do you do for Battle Styles?

>>30196975
Both new gameplay mechanics are bad. Z moves are underwhelming flash designed to sell games to kids, and SOS is frustrating BS that's a step down from every analog prior games had.

>>30196340

1. You are rocking two single stage support/defense mons, minior can't do flying types either

2. Two Normal types, which are weak at the fighting and ghost fights, and snorlax cannot get effective STAB during the rock fight

3. Minior doesnt have the stats to do much during the flying fight. Maybe mimikyu has an electric move but even then its not great.

4. You're unerleveled

I'm missing all kinds of stuff. But your team is almost entirely defense or support mons and the two that arent are bulky and too slow to sweep.

>>30197333
Forgot about ribombee. Ribombee is good on the fighting fight and is a good lead on the ghost fight

>>30192977
You can avoid all that by injecting.

Any easy ways to farm money before you've beaten the elite 4?

>>30197333

Do you have any suggested subs I could make? Thanks for all the feedback though!

>>30196732
I'm at 36+ hours lockout right now. All because of an internet hiccup during a Wonder Trade. Good fucking luck.

I just caught the 2 UBS on the 2nd mission in the post-game,i can't progress
Note that i got Pheromosa before the mission in WT(I have sun)

Where are the two chicks who give you Surf and Waterfall? Everything says they're right outside the Ruins of Hope but I don't see them. Are they only there at a specific time or after I've done a certain thing?

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Am I going crazy, or does the text sometimes look sorta blurry? I'm at the motel Gladion is staying at, and if I talk to the girl with a snubbull, her text is blurry, but if I talk to anybody else in that area, their text is totally fine. I've tried cleaning my screen, but no matter how I look at it, her text is blurry.

>>30196340
Depending on which game you chose use lunalla or solgaleo, use cosmic power, then use X-attack or X-sp.attack. use hyper potions when you get low on health. There that's it. You just beat the league and all of those faggot trainers surrounding the battle tree.

impish adamant or jolly passimian?

>>30193605
Hi, just checking in to say that my circle pad snapped off after doing this for about a month. Had to crazy glue it back on.

>>30197925
This has happened to me too.

>>30197925
I've noticed that a few times. I'm on a N3DSXL, are you?

>>30197904
I got surf and waterfall tms at poni breake coast post game. They are to the east side.

Does anyone know if you can relearn event moves if you delete them?

>>30198009
Yeah, should be able to. They started doing that in Gen 6

>>30197984
I'm not the person you're responding to.

I'm on a 3DS XL (not new) and it happens 2 me.

How do I recruit pokemon in the Pelago?

Just lost a modest ghastly and a timid wingull because game told me to come back tomorrow and now they're gone.

>>30197997
ight they must be postgame then. Thanks.

>>30197925
>>30197984
>>30198045
I noticed it too. I'm on O3DSXL as well.

>>30194504
have you found the one in Po Town senpai?

do i have to leead with synchronize or can i switch it in?

Anyway to see your own Festival Plaza stats? As in your materialism ranking, how many eggs you've hatched, trades, etc?

>>30196990
All that matters is the game that it is in when it evolves. If it is in Sun, it will become Midday during the day. If it is in Moon, it will become Midnight during the night.

Doesn't matter which game they were obtained in or who hatched the egg.

>>30198048
As far as I know, you either have to keep the bean crate stocked while it's there, or it's just random.
First time I put beans in the crate a Staryu showed up and it stayed. Now a Pikipek is in there. I'm gonna leave the crate empty and see what happens.

>>30198107
My crate is always full.

I heard it hails instead of rains in tapu village sometimes

How do I make it do this

What's a good place to grind up to E4 level?
I'm having trouble with the E4 because my team has fuck all counters for most of their Pokemon, so now I'm trying to train up some other mons to put on my team for better balance. Just need to know the quickest way to grind them up to the level I need.

>>30198088
has to be the lead pokemon.
im pretty sure it can be dead tho.

Does anybody know what the colored shards from poke pelago do?


>>30196301
no, it's just for the four main islands

>>30197984
No, I'm using an original O3DS.

>>30196340
>I think my team is either underleveled
jesus fuck no kidding dude

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Chaining for a Damp Paras. At what number would you expect to see Hidden Abilities? I have no way of actually checking.

>>30198107
I never put anything in my crate and when two pokemon visited me one decided to stay the next day and one didn't

I've been grinding for a bagon at route 3 in the right grass patch for 14 hours, was I tricked?

Do Alola mons have different egg moves tables? Like, two Kanto Rattatas will produce an Alola Rattata, so what if the parents know Kanto exclusive moves?

Mainly thinking about things like Vulpix, an ice mon with fire moves maybe?

>>30195411

can your poke learn a multi hit?

>>30197925
happened on both my o3DS and n3DS, drives me crazy. Also if you hold down your pokemon on the bottom screen (as if to switch them around), everything that's held is blurry too.
I hate it

>>30198209
I got a regenerator mareanie after about 10-15 chains of mareanie, which was about 25 chains total.

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>>30192977
Not sure if this was posted yet
When the girl next to milktank changes her pose that means you can pick up a new egg

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Can you dye clothes with light colors in the plaza? Serebii only lists berries for dark and pastel.

Where can I battle Acerola?

>>30198273
They have different egg move tables.

For example, only Kanto Vulpix gets Heat Wave and Flare Blitz as egg moves, but only Alolan Vulpix gets Freeze Dry and Moonblast

Breed a Kanto Vulpix w/o everstone that knows Heat Wave and you will get an Alolan Vulpix with no Heat Wave

>>30198494
Lame. Thanks though.

New question: how da fug do you catch Minior

>>30198648
Get something with Damp. I used a Poliwhirl I traded an NPC for.

>>30198468
This is an actual spoiler so read if you dont care
in the elite 4

Other than raising affection, what are beans for?

>>30199180
They have various uses in Poké Pelago and are used to unlock islands.

Will hyper training reset EVs?

>>30197925
Ive noticed it too... it's really strange

>TMs cost 10,000 a pop
>game gives you shit for money
How to get rich quick?

>>30199812
Give your Snorlax the Amulet Coin, and make it use Happy Hour every battle. This will quadruple money gains.

>>30195857
if you have patience, pokepelago can put in work

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How the fuck do I get the friend ball from oak? I showed him my persian and he gave me a love ball. Now he just talks a out blue.

>>30199898
He's up near some docks or something, I can't remember. North of either the city you're at or the next one.

>>30196361
You need regenerator bruh. That is the only ability you should be using.

>>30197240
>Also have we found this Gen.'s ghost yet?
There was that girl that wanted you to go on the ship with you in the demo.

>>30200113
I get that, but I'm going to make use of what I've got.
I Just need to know if only Def and SpDef should be invested in, or HP and both defenses.

Is there a trick to fishing up a prism scale like a certain location or am I really just unlucky

is there a way to get easy BP's?

breed a 6iv jangmo-o with soundproof ability and need the capsule

>>30200106
Thank you so much anon. Just got it.

>>30196990
btw, you can catch midday form in moon if its daytime in vast poni canyon. fairly common too

>>30198648
I just used a quick ball, no trouble at all.

>>30200342
Super Doubles in Battle Tree. There are a lot of cheesy setups that can finish fights in 2 or 3 turns.

>>30199842
>tfw i deleted happy hour so i could use the leppa switcheroo/recycle trick to chain for dittos

>>30198430
What's this about dye? How do you dye clothes at all?

>>30200564
get a dye shop in festival plaza, shoul look like team yellow or team red or whatever

>>30199812
You gain 1mil for completing UB side story in post game

Do Beast Balls pass down when you breed with the parent in one?

Ex. If I caught a Stufful in a Beast Ball and bred it, would the offspring be in Beast Balls, too?

>>30196340
use the god damn exp share + raise affection for faster level.

>>30201138
ye

It's never raining in Lush Jungle. What am I doing wrong?

>>30192977
Where's the Cave of Resolution?

Is the waterfall tm postgame?

>>30201790
Use Drizzle or Rain dance instead.
Yes, it works. It doesn't have to be natural weather.

>>30202049
Yes, you get it with surf on poni breaker coast from two maidens.

>>30202049
There is a double battle on poni island that gets you both surf and waterfall

>>30200265
There was also the room during the ghost trial?

How do you get the long and tousled hair option? It doesn't show up for me

Can Minior's core forms be passed down or are they random when you breed them?

>>30202364
Its locked per game

>>30202309
have you gotten to the postgame yet? Some styles and colors are postgame only

Wifi general is not working out for me

Anyone have a spare Hondew Berry? Can trade leftovers, tamato berries, or metal coats

also protip: Crabrawler will always have the first berry you get after defeating it. Can only SR for the berries that come after it. (which is why i was cucked out of a hondew)

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>>30195508
Someone pls respond, I haven't touched my game since because I'm afraid to proceed.

On that subject, how many of each UB are there?

>>30202458
pretty sure you get one per playthrough

>>30196361
Since you've got merciless, it's going to be much less valuable competitively. Don't take Baneful Bunker and Toxic at the same time, drop baneful. Consider Venoshock.

>>30195508
>>30202458
1 nihilego
2 buzzswole (sun)/4 pheromosa (moon)
2 xurkitree
4 kartana (sun)/2 celesteela (moon)
1 guzzlord

>>30202533
>>30202499
Ahhh, alright, thanks for clearing that up, guess I had nothing to worry about.

Lastly, do I have to catch all of the multiples at once, or can I catch one of each and then go back for the rest later, after the questline?

>>30202533
What are the best natures for kartana and guzzlord?

so how exactly do bottle caps work with raising IVs? and what's the best method to dropping them?
Just caught a shiny Comfey that's x/31/31/x/31/31, so I'd like to fix the SpA and HP.

>>30202736
They raise the stats, not IVs. They make it look like you have 31 ivs, but if you breed, they egg will have the original ivs.

>>30202774
So if I don't breed it, it'll still treat it like it's 31?

>>30202676
Well Kartana is all attack so easily Jolly or Adamant, depending on if you want that extra punch or not.

As for EVs, speed and attack if you plan to use it in singles, but sacrifice some Attack for SpDef if you plan to use it in doubles, since you can usually compensate with Beast Boost. I've found him great with an Assault Vest in doubles, same goes for Buzzwole, since they can boost without any moves for it.

Unsure about Guzzlord though.

how do ability capsules work exactly? if a pokemon has three abilities, do I get to choose between the two possibilities? does it work with changing hidden abilities to normal abilities?

Can you not WT pokemon outside of the Aloladex yet? Trying to offload some Helioptile and it won't let me.

>>30202790
Yep. Other than for breeding, the only real other difference is that Hyper Training doesn't change Hidden Power.

>>30192977
Timid or Modest mismagius?

>>30202859
They only work for normal abilities, not hidden abilities. So you will only have 2 choices, at most.

>>30197706
My team was

Raichu
Lycanroc
Ribombee
Solgeo (didnt really use, just kept it cuz it felt wrong to box it)
Incineroar
Ninetales

This team was able to get through without needing to heal during battles. On the flying fight the skarmory will lay down spikes, use this opportunity to set up yourself, one swords dance and lycanroc should be able to sweep the entire team

>>30202960
so I can change a hidden ability to normal then?

>>30202984
Nope, it won't give you the option. Just the normal abilities.

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Do offspring no longer inherit hidden abilities from their father? I'm two full boxes in and none of these guys are getting their dad's hidden ability.

>>30203033
Are you breeding with ditto? If not, there's your answer.

Do I need to just get lucky for a galvanize geodude? I'm using a damp pokemon to keep them from self destructing. But that means I can't check the ability or self destruct goes off every single time while I swap a mon out to check. I have been at this for 8 hours now and may be going insane.

Also on a completely different note I am considering picking up competitive for the first time. Is there a certain format I should focus in that will build up skills I can bring to other formats?

>>30203111

Also when should I stop chain, 20, 30, 40 even?

>>30203111
practice on battle spot, definitely

>>30199898
Can you get more of these balls at any point or are they seriously just one offs?

>>30193448

It's hardly big enough to be called a dungeon though. Biggest disapoijtnemt for me this Gen is the lack of a true Victory Road

On Serebii, the Air Balloon is listed as being in Malie Park, north side, by answering a question. I cannot find the girl at all, even post game. Is there something else I need to do?

>>30203155
only 1(one) of each one

lame

do z status moves have 100% accuracy?

Where's the best place to EV train for Defense? Geodudes blow themselves up constantly.

>>30203585

They have 101% accuracy and can break through protect, but damage is decreased by 25%

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>at pokemon league
>team is all level 47
>"I got this."
>continuously get my ass handed to me
Best grinding spots for E4?

>>30203746
i said status z moves

>>30203616
Please respond

I can't do cubones either because they spawn kangaskhans

Where is the Hall of Fame screen so I can check the team I did it with?

An online friend wants to battle me but since he just finished the game we're doing a hall of fame battle, no postgame bred Pokemon, so he wants proof of my team.

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>>30203882
There is an NPC either in the pokemon center near the E4 or outside in that area. I can't remember which


What is a good nature for this guy? I asked in the last thread but didn't get an answer. Some people on smogon are saying mixed, while others say to go full physical.

A Ditto I caught from a 40< chain had slightly better IVs than a Ditto I caught in a 30< chain. Now is this luck or do the IVs gradually increase?

Can I just soft reset in front of a berry patch to get a Crabrawler? Are there easier ways to encounter one?

Max Affection still raises the EXP gain, right? What's the best way to max it out? Just keep rubbing?

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Does the Cosmog from the alt world only become another of your version's box legendary?

>>30204097
yes

>>30204039
I actually don't believe so. I believe every day the berry spots change, if it's not there before it won't be there that day. Interesting if it is there you can encounter it infinitely I believe. If you run or kill it you will just find another as if nothing happened.

>>30204070
Yeah, there's still boosted EXP for affection. By far and away the fastest way to increase it is feeding it rainbow beans. Just a couple will max it out from 0 to 5.

What's some good team members to pick up in Hau'oli City?

I only have a Litten

>>30204070
This method is not accessible until you're a few ways into the game but

>Feed 2 rainbow beans
>Rub 2-3 times

Done, max affection.

Can I go online with my hacked 3ds now? Haven't turned the wifi on a single time out of fear.

When entering a battle my Torracat will jump up and down a bit and there might be some text saying he's hungry or wants to be petted. Will this affect anything in battle? I'm worried I'm going to neglect Pokémon Refresh and it's going to just stop listening to me.

>>30204194
It only means positive things. His affection from Pokemon Refresh is going up and he'll get occasional bonuses in battle as it raises.

That's just flavor text to encourage the player to spoil their Pokemon and raise the affection more.

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what's best ability/nature for this guy ??????
assume i'm not using rain team

Once you beat other pokemon games they often reward you with more wallpapers. How do I get those if possible?

How do I get striped stockings from Festival Plaza? I see people with black/white striped one's, don't have those yet and wondering if there's more in different colors.

>>30204138
Personally I find crabrawler solid for the first islands, loses steam by third.

>>30203992
I think it maxes out at 40

>>30203992
After 30 you get 4 IVs. The rest is random.

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Where do I get purple contacts?

>>30204729
Beat the game.

Can you dye hats and glasses?

>>30202605
You get them all at once.

>>30204097
It's meant to be traded.

What Pokemon are used in the Fetch Quests? I'm at the end of the first Island and there was Drifloon, Cutiefly, and Rockruff, and I'm sure there's more on the other islands.

>>30204780
Didn't even notice it in the options, thanks anon.

>>30204729
>>30204780
Is there any Database for all of the female appearance options? I hate not being able to see what a haircut would look like before doing it.

>>30205082
Later on you find aether employees who pay you if you have the dex entries of certain pokemon. Only two I remember are oranguru and mimikyu, probably more. Also I remember a lady asked me if I had a alola raichu as she says from kanto and wants to see what it looks like.

When can I find an Oricorio?

I'm about to do Verdant Cavern

Why don't any of my wimpods respawn?
They're supposed to keep showing up but after catching one he never reappeared on route 8.
On poni island they fled and didn't saw them again when I kept checking.

>>30205297
Depends on the island, they appear in the flower fields. The nectars change their form.
>>30205411
I believe they spawn every day. If you accidently activate wimp out leave the screen and it should be back.

Yesterday while I was trying to catch a Pokémon (I believe it was a Mudbray) something weird happened. I used a simple Great ball. The sound it made when launched was higher-pitched than usual, and it twitched only once before capturing the Pokémon. What the hell happened?

>>30205521
thats called critical capture
has been a thing since last gen
the more pokemon you've caught the more likely it is to happen

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Why did I have to catch 2 Buzzwoles?

are there any QR codes for Battle Royal Dome or are those not out yet?

>>30205442
Do you know how to get more nectar?

>VERSION
>EXCLUSIVE
>CLOTHING
>COLORS
Could I at least get red dyes from the festival plaza?

>>30205601
Yes, I think, I don't know how but I think I've seen threads for this. I'm garbage.

I've decided to train a 6x pickup team to try and farm money

>>30192977
does black dye exist? i want dye the chicken beanie

>>30197118
Those dyes are post game. Po Town.

>>30205616
You can just smash rocks on poni coast for stardust

>>30205616
Happy hour munchlax with amulet coin is nice on the elite 4.

>>30197929
jolly

So how exactly can I find HA Pokemon in SOS battles?

>>30198048
Check Pelago often. Keep bean crate filled. Continually check on the mon, even when it doesn't do anything. Got a Mismagius this morning from it.

>>30205616
I had 5 Pickup Dedennes in ORAS. Can't wait to transfer them. For now I only have Meowth for this.
>>30205660
The summoned pokemon have a chance to be HA.

>>30205646
Where on Poni Coast?

how's the difficulty level? I'm thinking of going full pickup, which means I'll have 4 unevolved mons in my team. Do I need to grind or is the game as ez as x/y

Where are the stores that sell pokeballs outside of the generic three? I feel like I've gone 10 Pokemon Centers without seeing any interesting balls other than my own.

>>30195996
His HP and Defence are fucking atrocious, but he's fast and strong.
I remember that even resisted attacks would 2hko.
I'd say use Festival Plaza for and use the Haunted House to look for some Proteins and feed him up, or get some low level Attack EV SOS Chains going and he'll start rupturing assholes with Metal Claw and Magnitude/Bulldoze

>>30205737
It's more balanced for experience share than Gen 6 was, and more difficult in general, but it's still a children's game. If you want difficulty then you have to make it.

Changing the battle style to Set is huge. I highly recommend it if difficulty is what you're looking for. I turned off Exp Share too and as I approach the E4 I'm ~6 levels below my opponents. This might be too much for your Pickup team, but it's been really fun for me.

>>30196085
You can either use a Synchronize Pokemon to get a good chance or use Imposter Ditto and do a stat calc. Obviously IVs will effect this too.

Best pokefinder place?

>>30205737
I had the exp share on for pretty much the entire time and it had a decent difficulty. Would have had a tougher time if I didn't just whip out my strongest pokemon any time the rest of the party couldn't do something easily.

>>30205809
>shit hp and defense
>give it an ability that triggers when it gets hit

I'll never understand Gamefreak

>>30196130
You need a Surf Pokeride to get to the grass that has 10% for Bagon though.

Question here, someone on plebbit said that you can have a fainted pokemon in first slot and a synchronize pokemon in second and the other pokemon will get the first ones nature no matter synchronizers nature. Any truth to this?

>Wimpod evolves at lv30
>Golisopod learns Razor Shell at 26

Why

It doesn't get Liquidation until you're balls deep into Poni as well. The only water move it can get is Scald but the SpA is ass. Why cant I get Waterfall until postgame? For all the good decisions this game has there's like 3 more retarded ones

>>30205991
Golisopod learns razor shell at level 26 so Guzma can rape you.

>>30205966
>someone on plebbit

Fuck off

>>30206004
Soggy Bullshit, Im not going 90% of the game without a semi decent water STAB. Once he evolves I'm gonna get a friend to give him Razor Shell because thats honestly just silly.

Where do you get the other fossils? I got Cranidos and Tirtouga already.

Any better way to make money besides Happy hour + Amulet coin encounters?

>>30205991
>Not breeding it with Aqua Jet

>>30206008
not if I bring my golf club

>>30206080
Breed them then GTS. Fossils are version exclusive.

>>30206080
Shieldon and Archen are from Moon. Breed your fossil and put it on the GTS and it'll likely get traded in seconds.

>>30206117
Fun as that would be, its in game and I dont really feel like babying a wimp from lv1 to 30. But for future reference, what gives it Aqua Jet!

>>30206124
fug, meant for >>30206004

>>30206134
The Gen V scaling experience system makes leveling babies REALLY quick. My team was ~35 when I decided to bring in a level 1 Jangmo-o and it was caught up in no time. I didn't even use Exp Share.

Anyone know the fastest way to breed a Sneasel with Ice Punch?

>>30205991
Speaking of Wimpod
I wish I'd known the first one you find does /not/ respawn.
So to anyone still early game, if you want to use Wimpod early, be sure to save and be careful. That's the only one until much later.

>>30206229
It actually does. It just takes a day.

I need to know one thing. Is the biking sim really gone? like super honest no fucking around gone?

>>30206332
It's just Tauros simulator now

>>30206345
fuck no what? what about hyper training

>>30206345
Tauros is faster though

>>30206372
It's more for patching up legendaries and shinies. Too resource-intensive to use for everything. Not a valid replacement for typical breeding autism.

>>30206372
What are you asking exactly? If breeding is useless now?

>>30206415
>not a valid replacement
fuck me. The resources for it aren't renewable?

>>30206441
Hyper training only works on lv100s and there isnt a great place for training for that.

>>30206441
They definitely are, you just won't be able to replenish the resource at anywhere near a rate where it's efficient to drop it on things you could just breed. The Pokemon in question also has to be level 100.

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>>30206476
>>30206484
I'll take grinding to lv100 and grinding for resources over breeding any day, even if it's slow. Maybe if I get a killer ditto I'll consider breeding again, but with my 1IV dittos it's pic related.

>>30206530
I think it'd be easier to just grab a hacked Ditto off of /wfg/ or something. That or SoS battle 100 dittos since the more you fight, the better their IVs are. Pretty sure they get a guaranteed minimum of 4 perfect after a bit.

In the early days of XY I lucked oit and got a near perfect (1 IV was 29,rest were 31) ditto from the safari so its not impossible.

>>30206552
Right, forgot about the 4IV sos thing. Maaaaybe I'll give the autism one more go. Which is what I always say, sigh

>>30205899
I don't mind thematic abilities but Tangling Hair is pretty bad.
It would have been cool if it made trapping moves like Bind, Wrap, Fire Spin etc. work like in Gen 1. It keeps the trapper ability normal Duggie has but in a different form.
He could have had a nice niche with Sand Tomb, Wrap, Steel type Bind and filler move.
Add a binding band and start constricting.

Most wanted ditto natures?
also what are good IVs

When can I catch something actually decent? Doing the first trial now and all I run into are shitmon

>>30206816
For battle or breeding?

>>30206852
uh for breeding, sorry im really new to this and it seems fun, I caught a few dittos but im not sure which are the go to natures you should have at the start

>>30206823
Cutiefly and Growlithe are literally right outside of the 1st trial cave. If you wanna slave away against the encounter rate, there's Bagon in the grass where the route loops back to Iki town

>>30206878
You should have all offensive natures (adamant, jolly, modest and timid) aswell as the defensive ones (Calm, Careful and bold)

Those are the basic natures that you use the most, then you can look into more advanced stuff ( negative speed natures like brave, and so on)

>>30206943
Right, thank you

>>30206943
>>30206956
Or you can just ignore natures and pass the right nature down from the other pokemon.
Get a 4-6 Ditto and slap a Destiny Knot on it. You don't have to have 20 different Dittos.

do different colored beans have different effects? or are they all the same?

can you breed pokemon without genders like minior?

>>30207632
Only with Ditto

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So when some mons only get SOS called by certain weather, does it have to be the overworld weather or can i just use rain dance to rain-SOS-mons appear?

>>30207749
You can induce the weather yourself.

there was some kind of market stand in a street with clothing shops and so on. i remember a trainer with 3 pikachus beside her who game me a pikachium z or sth.

where was that again?

it says i can buy the weather-TM´s in avenue royal super market. all i get there are cheap balls, potions and that souvenier from kalos hiker.

do i need to invest money in that market?

>>30207889
Konikoni city, south of akala.

Are there no poke finder spots that give you ridiculous amounts of points?

Protip: Sticky Hold Gastrodon for fishing. I think it's all that's in the game with that or suction cups

>>30207931
no one got any idea?

>>30207889
2nd island

>>30207931
>>30208076
They're in one of the pokemarts I don't remember which one.
Just fly to poke centers and talk to both of the merchants, one of them is a TM salseman.

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Where can i find leftovers in SM?

>>30208098
>>30208098
ah found it.

holy fuck 50k for a weather attack, are you kidding me?

>>30208102
Catch a bunch of Munchlax in the first island. You'd need Tauros ride to access the grass area where it spawns near your house.

>>30208119
perefect, thanks