Pokemon Sun and Moon General Questions Thread

If you faint an UB, does it spawn again?

Thinking of raising a Chansey with Seismic Toss and Heal Bell or Aromatherapy.

1. Which status healing move should I use? Does it matter? I heard Heal Bell is blocked by Soundproof so maybe Aromatherapy?
2. From what I understand, Gen VI made it so that mothers can pass down Egg moves too, right? So I can just keep passing down the right moves 'til I get a Chansey with those aforementioned moves then just keep breeding that one for better stats and the right ability?

Does anybody have a high level red or blue Dye shop they can give me?

when in the battle tree do i fight the special characters? it's tough as nails and the farthest i've gotten was round 9 in a multi battle with that boring farm girl

>>30364982
ye

>>30364915
I fucked up and caught a Gumshoos with my only Heavy Ball. Is there a way to get more and how does ball inheriting work in gen 7?

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>>30364915
Asked this in two threads without an answer, maybe third time is the charm.

Does SM not have Streetpass? I've gotten tons of ORAS Streetpasses and some for more obscure games, but not a single SM Streetpass. Is Spotpass really the only way to easily fill up the Festival Plaza?

Is there no Macho Brace in the game, so I have to buy each individual bracer thing for EV training?

Also am I missing anything to make it go quicker?

>Equip my pokemon with right item
>Turn exp share on
>Chain the pokemon I want to kill for the correct EV with a stronger pokemon

Is there any fucking way i can get a under level 30 Milotic without trading the fucking feebas

Good sets for Turtanator and Ribombee?

My current team is around lv. 60-63. Is that high enough to challenge the E4 rematches?

>>30365549
Get a prism scale later on in the game.

>>30365781
E4 are about 55-57.

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Does anybody have the compilation of all the male trainer models from SM?

I saved the female image, but not the male one

my team is Incineroar, Sylveon, Rufflet, Magneton, and Wishiwashi

just beat Sophcles challenge and totem pokemon

who should fill my sixth slot?

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>>30365944

Is the location we played in the demo in the game?

>>30366326
it's the first city you go to

>>30366351
the demo Ten Carat hill doesn't quite exist the same in the game proper. The interior is the same, but the outside is some weird amalgam that I can't place.

Can you soft reset getting 10% zygarde for his shiny?

>>30365781
Yes, but the Challenger will be rough.

>>30366399
oh, that
i don't think so

>>30366280
Ground type

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has anyone gotten necrozma to freeze their hand? or is it just some weird glitch?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11uyK9C58NM

that video shows the hand getting frozen if you pet his head spikes, but i've tried it in-game and it's never happened. it's actually the area where necrozma likes to be pet the most, i guess it soothes his headaches or something.

>>30366611
Mudbray or Sandyghast

>>30365482
streetpass does go to the plaza, i just think you don't get the green light
>>30365303
You can't get more. ball inheriting is from mother, or father when breeding with ditto
>>30365781
yes that's perfect, e4 rematches range from 61-63 with the champion ranging from 59-65

How do I get the judge evaluation on the pc?

how do i level up shops? i want a dye shop that isn't shit

>>30365906
Yeah I dont know anyone who plays Pokemon though and i dont trust a mongolian basket weaving board

Magnezone or Jolteon?

Is it worth it to hold out for 5 star dye shops?

I found a dude with 3 Star Blue and I can't VIP him because Gamefreak is garbage. Trying to decide if I should spend my coins now or hope for better luck later.

How long should you chain for to get good IVs? I'm on #33

>>30366290
Thanks anon

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Best nature for necrozma?

How are you even supposed to use this dude

>>30366815
defeat red/blue at the entrance of the battle tree and hatch 20 eggs. those in any order.
there's a guy in the battle tree you'll need to talk to. he's standing off to the side and i'm pretty sure he's an ace trainer. after hatching 20 eggs he'll let you check ivs in the pc.

how early can you use island scan?

Could you hypothetically catch Cyndaquil/Chikorita/Totodile at the beginning of the game since they appear on the first island?

>>30367267
no prob

>>30367325
>how early can you use island scan?
When you first get to the dex, you can use it then.
After you do it, the latest it takes is 20h.

>Could you hypothetically catch Cyndaquil/Chikorita/Totodile at the beginning of the game since they appear on the first island?
Yes, but you have to wait on that specific day.

are there any unlockable pc functions other than the box? i miss the hall of fame stuff

Where can I catch something with flame body?

>>30367712
Can't you get Fletchling/Fletchindr really early?

Where's the person in Malie Garden that I have to answer "Gyarados" to? I'm not seeing it.

>>30367712
There are magby at wela volcano park

>>30367763
Fletchling at wela volcano par, but its better to just get a magby

What nature for Salazzle?
It's got base 111 Sp. Atk and 117 Speed.
Is it better to focus speed on it? So Timid?

>>30367712
Route 8.
Fletchinders.
Kinda rare to find, but didn't take me too long

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Really dumb question coming

Are these EVs fully maxed?

They're shining but I don't know if that means they're really high or if they're 100% maxed

I wanna level up this Pokemon but I don't want to accidentally get other EVs into it

>>30368108
For fuck sakes why is it horizontal

>>30368108
The word indicating a stat will be sparkling if it's maxed. You'll know it's fully EV'd when the bars turn blue.

>>30368154
So does that mean you can actually fill in a 3rd stat? How little is it, like 4 EVs?

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>>30364915
>long haired chicken-chan

Holy fuck

>>30366290
Ilima is on the wrong one though...and why isn't Lana on the one?

Is there anywhere you can see your previous hall of fame entries?

>>30365065
Aromatherapy is probably the better option because of that, yeah, and you're correct about egg moves.

>>30368219
Technically it's 6, but since only multiples of 4 do anything, it's effectively 4 EVs.

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Does teaching TMs over and over actually increase happiness? Trying to evolve my Eevee.

>>30365253
I think special opponents are at 20

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Bulletproof or Soundproof?

How do I make a competitive team

>>30368655
If it actually does, it's very slow. I tried it and after 15 minutes my Riolu wasn't anywhere near happy.
EV-reducing berries or keeping it with you while you hatch eggs seem to be better options.

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>>30368787
Ya but I want my Espeon now and my Eevee is already level 19 and I want my Espeon to learn Psywave at 20. Well if it's confirmed to work I'll just keep grinding. Fuck people who said this method only took 15 minutes.

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How should I Allah hu Akbar?

Like, the whole deal.
What nature, egg moves, etc? I assume Galvanize is the way to go ability wise.

Ok what the fuck someone help me out. I've been trying to EV train my mareanie in Sp def through drowzees and false swipe kommo-o and exp share. However after the battle is done and ive killed the drowzees none of the EV's are shown on my mareanie. Is there something im doing wrong? Or is this a bug that GF fucked up on.

is it worth teaching safeguard to someone for my story team this game, it feels like enemies REALLY LOVE to drop confusion on you all the time.

Amazing what implementing an actual AI can do.

I'm trying to teach Smeargle some moves via Sketch
Is there a better way than finding a wild Smeargle, getting it to Sketch the move I want and then switching in my Smeargle?

>>30368937
I didn't think of that, that's pretty fucking smart actually
With a lagging tail that could actually work fairly decently

>>30368752
dammit
is there any way to cheese this thing? my normal team and the ultra beasts don't get me very far

>>30368779
Bulletproof.
Gardevoir and Altaria can blow Kommo-o the fuck out anyway with Psychic or Dragon attacks. Sylveon can be Poison Jabbed if you REALLY need your Dragon/Fighting of all things to stand toe-to-toe against a Fairy.

>>30368828
I'd really just run around the autism box on your Tauros for a while.

>>30368779
Bulletproof will protect against a wider variety of stuff, but Soundproof will protect against Hyper Voice from M-Gardevoir, Clanging Scales from other Kommo-o if they run it for some reason, and Parting Shot (not sure if it covers the Z-Move but if it does, that's gonna be a big help)

Personally I'd actually say Soundproof simply because Shadow Ball, Gyro Ball, Focus Miss, and Aura Sphere are the only things that rely on Bulletproof that you'd see even remote use of.

How the fuck do I go chaining for Galvanize without each Geodude potentially blowing themselves up and being able to check for the ability?

>>30365065
Heal Bell is not blocked by Soundproof, they're literally the same exact move, just with a different name and typing.

>>30368330
Well meme'd

Is Shiinotic any good? It's move sound really interesting (especially in doubles). I'm using Whimsicott right now through single player but should I replace it with Shiinotic? From the sounds of it it seems really designed for Doubles with it's spotlight move. Spore, dream eater combo and it's signature Strength Sap sound like really intriguing moves

Where's the mushroom collector I can sell my mushrooms to for a higher price?

>>30369200
>Heal Bell isn't blocked by soundproof

Really? since when?

>>30369265
There isn't one. Sell to any Pokemon Center mart.

>>30369009
are you running optimal EV/IV stuff? The team that carried you through the game and newly caught UBs without much training really won't help much, you need to prepare a team like you would for competitive if you want to stand a chance. And no, there's no real way to cheese it outside of obviously save editing

>>30368779
Bulletproof. It's a great way to switch in and fire off a DD on a greater variety of mons, and for the ones you'd be running Soundproof for (m-gard, sylv, m-alt) they can easily wear you down anyway if you're not packing poison jab.

On a side note if you're just playing against AI they become absolutely retarded against Bulletproof. I remember Acerola spamming Shadow Ball while I just happily set up DD after DD

>>30369142
Golduck + Disable seems to be your best option at the moment, unfortunately. Good luck.

>>30369300
i don't into competitive
guess i'll look it up ;_;

Anyone got a 5-star Purple Dye booth they could put in their first Festival Plaza booth slot? I've got a 5-star Orange, 5-star Big Dreams lotto, 4-star Friendship Parlor, and a 3-star Pink shop I can offer.

>>30369263
Shiinotic from personal experience seems to be an offensive Amoonguss. Spotlight is absolutely brutal in Doubles and Strength Sap is also amazing since so much of Doubles meta tend to be hard hitting tanks or glass cannons. Spore + Dream Eater is actually not that great but you can use it to bait switches.

The problem is its bulk, which is going to be very difficult to get around. I haven't tried it at all in Singles and I'm almost certain it'll be shit.

How the fuck do S.O.S. weather battles work? Are they ally Pokémon or do they appear as regular encounters during weather?

best nature for ash greninja?

>>30369458
>>30369263
fuck I'm tired, didn't see you were going through single player.

anyway campaign is not so difficult that you should switch out your mons, but shiinotic is actually much more bulky than whimsicott and boasts about as good of an offensive moveset. it does have shitty abilities compared to prankster but it more than makes up for them

>>30369458

Thanks, I'm nowhere near making a postgame team. I just want to beat the game first before I start playing against people. I'll consider Shiinotic for the postgame then and for now just use Whimsicott which I've never used until now

>>30369521
They appear only when a wild Pokemon calls for help during that weather effect.
I've read that artificial weather works too, like using Rain Dance yourself rather than waiting for natural rain.

Are there any QR Code teams? I want to try the battle tree but breeding for perfect pokemon makes me want to commit sudoku

>>30369579
Do they appear for any Pokémon or only specific ones? I've been trying to get a Castform in Tapu Village for an hour by chaining S.O.S. while it's raining.

Can you get more beast balls after finishing the UB quest

>>30369333
I take it that another Pokemon with Skill Swap or Role Play is the way to go for the checking part? What else could be used to check?

>>30369677
I don't think it matters. They're very rare, though. Took about half an hour of Sandile to spawn my Gabite.

>>30369838
Darn. Makes me wish I wasn't banned so I could just GTS them instead.

>>30369786
Anything that can learn something to change the opponent's ability, like worry seed, entrainment, simple beam, etc. Pangoro and Leavanny both get Entrainment and are pretty easy to get.

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>>30364915
anyone know the best set to use on this?

>>30369786
Worry Seed is actually a great way to find out if a Pokemon has its HA, since it'll reveal the original ability before changing it to Insomnia.

>>30369926
Careful, HP and SpD build
Thousand Arrows, Coil, Rest, Sleep Talk

Thousand Arrows is great as a mono type attack because it hits Flying types, meaning at best you have to deal with resistances, and 4x Ground resists are pretty hard to come by I think.

>>30369926
the set I used for it was

Zygarde-Complete @ Leftovers
Ability: Power Construct
EVs: 252 HP / 120 Def / 136 SpD
Careful Nature
- Rest
- Dragon Tail
- Substitute
- Earthquake

Maybe swapping Sub with Coil.

Now that it's in Ubers, I'm not really sure.

>>30369142
I used a Smeargle with Imprison, Self-Destruct, Entrainment, and Earth Power. Used three X Defense and a ton of Hyper Potions and Leppa Berries.

>>30369960
i was thinking that. i wanted espeed but i cant really find a slot for it. lefties or chesto?

>>30369960
>>30370003
Why careful and not something like adamant?

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>>30369915
>>30369949
>Golduck can learn Simple Beam by breeding
>But Simple Beam is still locked behind transfer-only Pokemon

Well shit.

>>30370042
Guess I'll try something like this.

>>30370003
yeah im aware smogon slapped it in ubers which is fair, i just like having trained and compete ready pokemon in the box, even if they never get used. thanks

>>30370062
aparently giving it bulk is really op. the dd set is ncie but the bulky one is what makes it broken

>>30370003
Replace Earthquake with Thousand Arrows

an SOS chain only breaks if you leave the battle right?

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When you talk to someone in festival plaza, you can view their stats such as number of battles won, super effective moves used, etc. Is there a way to view your own stats?

Whats better?
Adamant Physical Sweeper Marowak or Careful Sp Def marowak?

>>30370062
It doesn't really need the extra attack, it just needs to be bulky. It has the best defenses of any Pokemon possibly ever, so if you can't kill it, then it just can easily shuffle/boost/PP stall/whatever.

Gonna breed a bunch of Lapras and Wonder Trade them because they're cool and catching one was an absolute bitch. What nature should they be?

>>30370123
You can also break it by changing SOS table. For example, you're chaining Riolu and a Chansey shows up. Kill the Chansey and the Riolu chain continues. Kill the Riolu and the Chansey does not inherit the chain.

>>30370133
interesting, i would like to know this as well

>>30370156
It's usually the latter, but it depends on the set and what it's countering for your team.

How do i get 6 on 6 battles online? Either with friends or with random people

>>30370162
I had a Lapras walk up to me at the isle so it was super easy.

How about modest?


Is there any trick to pickup? I really don't want to quicklose 48 battles for destiny knot.

Sitrus berry or z belly drum on azumarill?

How do I trade for Celesteela if I can't qr code it? Fight it randomly online?

>>30370285
Scroll to the bottom of the alphabet and you can type in whatever you want.

>>30370236
If you can somehow squeeze the turns in, Z belly drum after belly drumming once just heals you up to full.

>>30370285
You can write in it's name, the option is on the bottom.

When do I get Wondertrade? I just got to the second island.

>>30370285
You can search for a specific Pokemon that's not listed in your available trades for the GTS. Scroll all the way down past the alphabet, you should find it.

>>30370236
Sitrus Berry. The Z-move slot can be used for something better

>>30370236
Figy/Iapapa berry, one of those that was always useless before
They now heal 50% of your HP

Is there a handy list of postgame content or do I just have to itemize serebii's horribly organised content to figure it out myself

>>30370328
Just go to the Festival Plaza, it's in your menu and you can access it anytime. From the Plaza, go past all of Sophocles' bullshit and press the big blue Trade button, it'll be listed there.

>>30370133
of course not, why would they put in something as useful as that?

>>30370370
For every good decision Game Freak makes, they have to balance it out with an absolutely baffling one

>>30370227
Catch five Alolan Meowth or breed five Pumpkaboo. Avoid Lillipup and other things that evolve via level because it'll want to evolve and it can't pick things up with Everstone held.

Exp Share them up to ~25-30, won't take long at all with wild encounters at Poni. After that just defeat wild encounters as fast as you can. I found it a lot faster to check if a Pickup Pokemon has an item during a battle rather than between them. One quick touch of the switch option compared to slowly opening up the menu, checking Pokemon, then slowly closing the menu.

>>30370410
I have 5 at level 27, I've been running around for a while, I've gotten some good stuff but the only actually good thing was a second prism scale.

Thanks for the during tip.

Is the store that sells the elemental stones the only store that sells stones? Want to know if pokepalego was the only way to get more of the other stones

>>30370344

serebii is saying they also cause confusion, is that true?

How to you get pokemon with hidden abilities?

What's the best pre-e4 leveling spot?

>>30370620
If your pokemon dislikes the taste. look up the taste your particular nature dislikes and then which of those berries corresponds to that taste, then choose any of the other berries. e.g. if your pokemon is adamant, it won't like dry flavors and thus won't like the wiki berry but will take any of the others

Do the Isles outside of Aplenny have any use at all? Is there a secret trick/clue to Evelup that i'm not seeing? Because 80 exp per hour seems like nothing but a cruel joke from gf's side

>>30370778
there really isn't one. best thing you can hope for is absol SOSes in Lanakila, tend to give 2000 exp a pop, but those guys are faggots because m-muh huge crit chance for everything. you also have vast poni canyon whose encounters give a lot.

>>30370733
Simply chain SOSes, or pokemon that call for help. Continue killing the allies they call for until you get one with an HA. Best way to do this is to use a move like Worry Seed or Entrainment to see the ability

>>30370733
SOS chaining, HAs start popping up around 40 pokemon in
>>30370778
Vast Poni Canyon or Mt Lanakila
>>30370542
Besides the sun and moon stones (pickup), all others can only be found via pelago

>>30364915
Is there any way to earn more cash in post-game assuming I have already fought every trainer and got every item? I assume challenging E4 again will offer that, but what about challenging kahuna's again in their homes? Is there other methods beyond those that I do not know of?

>>30370913
>>30370923
Thanks.

>>30370912
Isle Aphun is great for farming evolution stones

>>30370912
most of pelago is useless in general except for the excavation island for shards so you can get bottle caps and rainbow beans to make leveling easier. alpenny is really pointless since most berries are easy enough to get ingame but I kinda like it

as for evelup, look up the calcs for EVs and don't bother at all with experience drinks. that's the only way it really helps, and even then, SOSes tend to be quicker

>>30370912
You can hunt for Evo Stones/junk you can sell
You can EV train while you sleep
You can hatch eggs and increase happiness while you sleep

>>30370912
You can get evolutionary stones from the mining one.
At max upgrade level, Evelup can passively EV train up to 18 Pokemon at once while you work and sleep and play other video games. At max efficiency I think it takes, like, a day.

>>30367385
There's an NPC who tells you your hall of fame teams just outside the Elite Four chamber, but I don't have it on the PC yet, if it's available.

>>30370923
>>30370913
I would but the only pokemon I want it on are Scolipede and Gothitelle and they only show up on island scans, am I just boned until I can use poketransfer?

>>30370931
isle aphun at max level can farm rare stuff that sells a lot (pearls, rare bones, etc).

>>30370980
thanks

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Alolan Golem.

Is breeding in Magnet Rise worth it to try and mitigate the 4x ground weakness, or should I just get it a balloon from the battle tree?
Are any of it's egg moves worth it?

>>30370912
Level up Abeens to 3 and you'll get more rainbow beans. One rainbow bean shoots any pokemon up to 3 affection immediately, getting you an EXP boost. Aplenny is the best way to get berries once it's at max level and Aphun is great for getting evo stones. Evelup is only good for EV training and I honestly have never found a use for Avue
>>30370993
You're boned until then, sorry anon

>>30370993
Pretty much. Sorry, man.

>>30371024
Magnet Rise tends to be a waste of a moveslot, don't. Balloons work just fine for what you're trying to accomplish.

None of the Egg Moves are really worth it. Maybe Autotomize for meme sets

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Did anyone else have more trouble with Guzma at the Aether Foundation than Lusamine? He was not fucking around with my party this time.

>>30371024
>Egg moves

Not really. Electric-boosted Flail sounds hilarious though.

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>>30371084
That's good, then I can just chain for Galvanize then get to breeding it right away.

Still don't know what to do to fill in my last slot though.

>>30371134
Masquerain outsped and one-shot two of my Pokemon and Pinsir one-shot another. Did way, way more damage to my team than Lusamine did in either of her fights.

>>30371178
Absolutely get something with Levitate or the Flying type. Even with an Air Balloon that Earthquake vulnerability is real.

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>>30371084
>Magnet Rise tends to be a waste of a moveslot

>he doesn't run quickclaw magnet rise

>>30371178
>>30371267
I've been having fun with Braviary, if you're ready for a deadweight babby 'mon from the end of Ula'Ula' to the League. But wew lad, does he make up for it in spades once you hit 54.

Is there a way to change my skin color?

>>30371178
Fill it in with whatever you'd like, but don't make it weak to ground.

>>30371270
>not running autotomize + weakness policy and sweeping with electric flails
I feel so sorry

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What's a good Nature/Ball/Build for Turtonator?

>>30364915
Is the soundtrack out yet?

If so has anyone dumped it?

>>30371380
Been playing with this set I lifted from smogon:

Turtonator @ Rocky Helmet
Ability: Shell Armor
EVs: 236 HP / 16 Def / 8 SpA / 248 SpD
Sassy Nature
- Shell Trap
- Dragon Tail
- Toxic
- Taunt

It's difficult to see what the optimal Turt set would be (Shell Smash really does not make up for that speed and unlike carracosta it has no priority) but it looks like punishing tanky sets are best

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>>30371267
>>30371328
Good point on the ground weakness.

My old team had no answer to flying type or electric, so I kinda focused on those with Golem.
But that leaves a big ground hole now since Drifblim really wasn't working out.

The only levitate option that seems like it'd work for me is Flygon.

So, let's say
>Flygon
>Braviary
>Mandibuzz or Honchkrow (don't have any stab dark, not sure if needed, they both seem meh stat wise)
>Dragonite
>Celesteela (don't really want to use an UB cause they seem broken)

Large group to pick from. Suggestions on narrowing it?

>>30370133
Copy your save to another game, link with yourself, and add yourself to your VIPs

>>30371046
>>30371084
Fuckk I was hype af when I saw I could catch 2 of my favorite pokemon in the new game. Should I just cheat for em and not use them online? Or will I get fucked for that?

Anyone have an effective way to chain the geodudes? Or better willing to trade an anon one with galvanize? I don't care how reject or shit it is. I just really want one to mess with.

Any help appreciated

Do beast balls have a 100% catch rate for UB's?

>>30371598
It's super high but not 100%. Had my Nihilego break out once.

>>30371559
You should be good as long as you don't use them online, yeah

>>30371598
It's a x5 multiplier on beasts, x0.1 on normal mons

>>30371494
You also get Aerodactyl in the village on the last island, if you're interested in that.

Flygon or dragonite work well with your team cus you have a lot of ice and fairy absorbers like salazzle and meta. Braviary is a great physical bulky heavy hitter, which you already have in golem and meta, but who knows. Mandibuzz is really more of a defensive wall and honchkrow is a primarily powerful physical attacker, both of which don't really fit on the team since you have a lot of them. Celesteela's post game but it's probably the best pick there.

You might want a special attacking flier like togekiss

>>30371594
Trade little girl in Konikoni City a zubat for her Poliwhirl (get a free extra Waterium).
The poliwhirl has damp.
Exp. Share it up to 32 or more on Poni (i brought 4 pickup mons with me to grind some of that out at the same time).
It should have bubblebeam and mud slap, you can also teach it scald and brick break.

Get chaining.
Scald first, as it can potentially burn to get through Sturdy.

It's how i'm doing it now. Putting in some X Defenses (shop on route 2) can also ensure the THunder punches don't do as much.

Does anyone understand how the pokepelago stuff works for EV training? I followed serebii's description, but even with berries and 63 sessions my pokemon don't have maxed EVs. Am I missing something?

>>30371697
Is Evelup maxed out at level 3?

>>30371697
Has to be maxed out island to give 4 stats per session like that guide says. Otherwise it only gives 1

>>30371711
>>30371724

It didn't say anything about the level of the island mattering, as I understood it the only difference was the number of parties you could have going at once. Guess I'll upgrade it again. Thanks.

Red gave me the Charizard, Blastiose, and Venosaur megastones when I beat him in battle tree. Do any of the other Trainers give you stuff?

i'm trying to get a scrappy pancham for EV training, and all i have for ability checking is mega alakazam. i've never used a mega evo before, nor have i used trace. does it trace every time you switch in with m-alakazam or only the first time?

how do i obtain a Dewpider? apparently i can obtain one in Brooklet Hill while "surfing" but while riding my lapras(which i just got) i don't encounter a single pokemon while riding it?

>>30371800
dewpiders are in the grass

What is the point of the festival place and festival points?

>>30371431
I'll post a link to the raw sound files of the game alongside many other 3DS games (and the convert to wav program if you want) if somebody can tell me if these songs have names, or at least what I should call them since I don't know what to name these.

https://mega.nz/#!05VHlbQL!CN-eSY362mgvX594NkjmDmLxw7ANvIBfrqYfDX5XVd8

https://mega.nz/#!dklgkRyL!ELP_9ItPGTMVow9ayTuR6IbS2SvDIIEUxPPRTBjewAI

>>30371769
Should be every time.

But just send out a strong Ghost. The Pancham on Route 10 only have Fighting and Normal moves. "Use" Adrenaline Orb to burn a turn when a new Pancham spawns in and see if it can touch you. I got mine utilizing my Decidueye with its False Swipe and Ghost typing.

>>30371828
>a-marowak can learn false swipe
well i'm an idiot, i'll know for sure, then

does the global mission count hatching eggs or do i have to throw quick balls at garbage for it?

>>30371828
>>30371851
oh yeah, and thanks

>>30371866
egg-hatching doesnt count

What am I missing about the whole abragate glitch thing?

I only just started and I want a bird with Skill Link and Rock Blast. I just evolved my second attempt here and it only knew one move going in, and still only knows one. Why isn't it learning Rock Blast at evolution?

>>30371681
Actually, that brings up another question for me. If you're traded a pokemon holding a particular z-crystal you don't have, can you obtain that z-crystal permanently by taking it away?

>>30371769
I tend to use a silly Exeggutor set to chain, it saves me a bunch on healing items, or ethers if you want to pack leppa berries.
Exeggutor-Alola @ Sitrus Berry
Ability: Harvest
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 Def
Impish Nature
- Sunny Day
- Worry Seed
- Stun Spore
- Dragon Hammer

>>30371649
Don't really see a need for Aerodactyl.

Would Togekiss be okay when I already have Shiinotic? Also, is Togekiss actually able to do things besides being a Paraflincher now?

I feel kinda bad going Celesteela or Dragonite because I already have one pseudo on the team with Meta (who I'm also planning to have be mega).
I should have specified that I'm doing this mostly for casual battling with friends (maybe online some), so I want something that can work, but not look like a douchbag that loads up on legendaries and psuedos.

Is that weird?

anyone have a feebas i can have? cant find that fucker :(

>>30371892
I'd think you get the Z-Crystal, but you don't know the dance so it doesn't count.

But then again, we never see the fairy dance or bug dance among others.

So, probably not, but no real reason why besides story progression.

>>30371898
so that means you heal every time you get low, and recycle the seed every time due to sunny day. worry seed lets you check for HA, and dragon hammer is your vaudeville hook for non-ha summons

>>30371946
Yep, that's the basic idea. It's not the most efficient set, and I probably want something besides Dragon hammer, or an attack nature to compliment it. Damn if it's not silly fun though.

>>30371940
Huh. I'll have to try this if I play again anytime soon. At the very least it would make sense as a way to get event only ones like Snorlaxium after the distribution ends.

>>30371939
Soft Reset in a place with puddle, if you don't get it, reset.

Thing is like 5% appearance rate.

Also don't fish at the water trial, it's not there.

The old guy outside the league tells you what pokemon you used, from what I remember about my other playthrough he doesnt record anything but the species name of the 6 you used right?

why does Gladion hand twitches? any reasoning behind that?

>>30372039
Frostbite nerve damage from freeing God's reject

>>30368335
There's a guy standing outside the League who'll show you the hall of fame.

>>30372039
He's a chunni.

>>30372039
Possibly an injury from escaping from the Aether Foundation and/or Type:Null hurting him inadvertently.

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How the fuck do I clean this shit?

>>30372039
it's the power of the evil spirit trapped within his cursed right arm

current team is a wishiwashi, salandit (female), dartrix, and a pompom style oricorio. what should I get for my last few spots and would it be wise to replace my oricorio with a vikavolt?

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How the Fuck do you get better battle tree multi partners? I'm stuck with a shitter breeder with shit mons.

>>30371993

thanks for reminding me of soft reset, havent played a pokemon game in a long while

>>30372079
Hold the stylus to the top edge of the bottom screen. The camera should move.

How do I EV-train in SM?

Are we sure there weren't any Legendary Pokemon missing from the datemines? I only ask because I'm assuming that the strange souvenir is related to a legend that we have yet to see. I guess there's a chance that things will change when the game updates or with a third game, but is this something people have discussed?

What egg group is tsareena in I'm trying to teach it rough play

>>30372132
Nah, the Strange Souvenir is either
>A. A representation of the Tapu, looking close to those alters in each ruin that they rest in or
>B. A joke, as you can buy the same strange souvenir at that market store. Some tourist just got conned into buying this "ancient symbol" when it was a cheap trick.

>>30372132
It's just based on the Tapus in general. The man who gives it to you in Malie City says so IIRC. If anything it's probably specifically a reference to the giant humanoid form the Tapus are all capable of assuming.

>>30371239

Yeah I didn't expect Bug Buzz to rip through my Magneton like it did but shit, it really did a number on him. Thank god my Mudsdale lucked out and survived long enough for me to revive him to finish the job.

>>30372087
go a-raichu over viavolt
going last against every single mon sucks and having to agility isn't fun either

>>30372087
Vikavolt is tough but incredibly slow and you can only evolve for one very late in the game, so I'd just stick with oricorio. Incidentally, the nectar that makes it ghost/flying is postgame if you were planning on doing that

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>>30371820
Anyone? I can remember hearing these songs at some points throughout the story but I cannot for the life of me figure out what they're called or if they even have names. I haven't found them on any ost on YouTube either and it's driving me nuts.

>>30372215
I think the first one comes from the credits? The second one comes from one of the Lusamine encounters at the end of the game

What the FUCK is up with signature moves? I can't figure this out.

Evolve into Toucannon with four moves, get zip. Reset, delete all but one, evolve, still NOTHING.

How do you teach these little shits their special stuff without using the annoyingly late-game Move Reminder?

>>30371993

if it's not in brooklet hill then where is it?

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I want to chain a Sableye with a HA. How do I go about this? Do I keep chaining using Carbink and check the Sableyes that show up, or do I kill Carbink when a Sableye appears, and try to get THAT one to call for help?

Let's say I have a Butterfree with Compound Eyes. Would it make battles against Pokémon holding items more frequent? For example, if I were searching for Munchlax on Route 1, would I be more likely to find it over Bonsly, Caterpie, and Metapod, which don't have any wild held items?

>>30372351
I think that when a new species is introduced and you completely kill off the old species, the whole chain ends. I would say just keep chaining Carbink and catch one of the late Sableye.

How/Where can you get Nectar? I've been using Oricorio since the first island and want to change formes.

>>30372374
As long as it's in front of the party, yes. It can even be fainted if you don't want to use it.

What's easier, catching a Happiny on route 1 with the nature/gender I want or catching any Happiny and breeding it until I get what I want?

>>30372421
Yellow nectar is in melemele meadow in the field as a shiny yellow particle, pink nectar is in royal avenue's garden by one of the flowers, red nectar is in ula'ula meadow, and purple nectar is postgame

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>>30372398
Thanks, guy

>>30372421
You get them in the meadows on each Island. Pink is in Royal Avenue, yellow, red, and purple have their own dedicated meadows.

>>30372436
>gender
uh...
in terms of nature, though, it's about 50/50 in terms of time spent

>>30372436
breed a shitload of abra syncers
put the one at the front of the party
catch happin

>>30372424
Well that's convenient, though I'm now questioning how that might work with Light Ball hunting. Normally I'd just have a Pichu/Pikachu/Raichu with Static in front so Pichu appear more often, and then start SOS battles from there. But that would mean I couldn't have Butterfree in front.

>>30372436
Happiny is always female. For nature, just get something with Synchronize.

Actually, how are SOS battles affected by out-of-battle abilities?

>>30372490
IIRC the game gives you a Light Ball, though it might not be until later on.

>>30372326
You have mistaken me. It's there, but don't actually go to the end.

>>30372421
Each island has a "Meadow" section ie. Poni Meadows(?). You get it rarely from the flowers growing here. Dont remember if you can buy the nectars though.

>>30372440
>>30372456
Thanks.
>purple nectar is postgame

I guess I'm in the clear to add a Ghost-type to my party without worrying about type overlap. Is Palossand useful, or at least more useful than Raticate (since that's what I would replae)? I don't want to use Mimikyu since I already have a Fairy-type and everyone else is already using it.

Is there an easier way to hoarde dittos or is it just the garbage encounter rate by the observatory?

>>30372599
If you like Honedge you can catch him today on the second island with island scan

>>30372599
Not really, no. Slow as dick and its ability is useless. There are way better Ground types around.

Like >>30372663 says, Honedge is available today. There's also Gastly and Misdreavus avilable on the first island.

How do I enter the portal at the top of the temple?

>>30372745
bring your box legend there when it's nighttime in the real world

>>30372745
Your box legend needs to be in the party. If you still can't then it's the wrong time of day.

>>30372745
If Sun, have solgaleo with you during the night

If Moon, have Lunala with you during the day

is brave nature worth it on a minior?
Im trying to go mixed attack, but im not sure which stat to give up a little on
im thinking defense

If I had a fainted pokemon say with timid in front of a synchronize poke with different nature, would the poke im vsing be 50% timid or the other nature?

if im breeding two pokes, does the poke in the egg determined by the female or male that was bred? say like female marill and male froakie

>>30372783
>>30372792
>>30372809
Oh, didn't know it had to be night. Thanks.

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>>30372663
>>30372694
I don't like using old Pokémon in new playthroughs. I could always use Marowak but I already have Raticate and Sandshrew on my team and don't want Alolan formes to dominate my playthrough.

Actually, might as well just post my whole team (adjusted so everything is fully evolved). Are there any good Gen VII Pokémon I could replace Raticate with that don't use any of the above types, besides Oricorio's different forme types since I could change those? I don't want to use any other starter since I already have one, and don't want to use Salazzle because I already have two waifumons on my team.

>>30372866
Female determines species.

I have Jolly, Timid, and Naive Pheromosa, and I can catch 1 more. What nature should I give it?

>>30372892
Two of those are extremely late-game and one is mid-game anyway.

I understand the desire to create a plan and stick to it but you're gonna use what you get, trust me.

>>30369680
no, you have to farm them from Looker prior to completing the UB shit. it's really time consuming and probably not worth it

>>30372977
How do you farm them from him?

>>30372971
I already got a Jangmo-o from the GTS when I heard it was late. Just grabbed a Sandshrew at Tapu Village, and have had the other four since the second island.

>>30372892
>Are there any good Gen VII Pokémon I could replace Raticate with that don't use any of the above types

A-Muk is way better than A-Raticate anyway.

>>30373007
Oh sorry, assumed you hadn't started your playthrough yet.

>autistic about types and not wanting to use old Pokemon
>sequence breaks and gets the pseudo off of the GTS

Oh alright, you're just retarded. Could have said that from the beginning.

>>30373034
>you're just retarded

I fell in love with Jangmo-o the first time I saw it, and its evolutions are even better. I'm willing to break my autistic rules for it.

>>30373005
>have your pokemon hold all your beast balls
>talk to looker
>ask for more balls
>he will give you one ball
rinse/repeat until you have an acceptable amount

>>30373005
Make Pokemon hold all of your Beast Balls and then go talk to Looker and ask him about them. He'll give you one more.

Rather than do this one at a time, I would grab six itemless Pokemon from the box, go to Looker, and one-by-one fill up their held items with Beast Balls right in front of his face.

Kind of comical because he somehow thinks you've wasted the Ball he just gave you when you've been standing in front of him the whole time.

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Where can I find the character sheets for the SM characters like pic related?

>>30370133
short of making friends with someone who has SM and is willing to meet up whenever, either reset your game and keep track manually or buy a second system/game

>>30371380
Piggybacking off this question.

Making a Metal Gear Rising Team and need ideas for each Character, so far.
>Turtonator as Sundowner.
>Bisharp as Monsoon.
>Conkeldurr/Machamp as Armstrong.

I just need a Mistral, Sam, and Raiden.
Suggestions?

What the fuck is with all these pokemon that only appear in one area and have a super fucking low spawn rate?

>>30372009
Anyone?
Also, does he remember nicknames?

>>30372285
Yeah, first one was just before the credits but I couldn't hear the second one any time between Lusamine's and Mother Beast's fights. Still, I don't know what to name these tracks.

I'll post this now, so help me out somebody please.
http://3sf.joshw.info/

where can i buy bulk moo moo milk?

Do wild Staravias via QR have reckless HA?

>>30373235
I've cleared it twice now. Looks like his two options are:
>First entry to the Hall of Fame
>Latest title defense

He only tells me the species of my team. No details such as level or nickname.

>>30371892
probably artificially locked by the game until you beat the captain kind of like how you could trade in a pokemon with an HM in older games but couldn't use them until you got the badge

how high do i need to level my pokemon for regular online battles? is 50 or until they learn the moves i want fine, or do i need to grind every goddamn thing to 100 just to play online battles?

>>30371892
the anime gives an answer to this: you can maybe use it if you know the dance, but the crystal shatters after one use because you are not recognized as having bested the appropriate trial.

how does the air balloon work? i've heard that salazzle can wreck shit with one but it pops every time she gets hit

>>30373452
50.

>>30373477
The Air Balloon makes you immune to Ground-type moves but pops after one hit.

>>30373452
50 is fine, most of the time your levels will be scaled down

>>30373490
that seems awesome and pointless at the same time
thanks

>>30373488
oh thank god. so i just level until i finish evolving/learning skills and then i can stop

New to online battling


I have a team set to go, but they're also my team for the story line. If they go over lvl 50 are they still usable?

Any tips in general?

>>30373521
You can go over 50. It'll scale you down.
But an in-game team with in-game natures, moves, IVs, and EVs will be stomped. Unless you specifically request for in-game-team battles on a board or something everyone is gonna bring competitively bred and trained monsters.

>>30373374
fantastic.
Im glad the record system is simplified to that, nobody wants to remember going to the first trial with caterpie and pidgeys, nobody wants to remember beating the E4 with a lax ribombee

>>30373568
why not? unless it takes more time, knowing the specifics is kinda nice, like embarrassing photos of yourself as a kid that no one else has to see

>>30373549
That seems very intimidating

I just wanted to play causally

which of these sets is better

Tsareena (F) @ Life Orb
Ability: Queenly Majesty
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Trop Kick
- High Jump Kick
- Play Rough
- U-turn

Tsareena (F) @ Life Orb
Ability: Queenly Majesty
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Adamant Nature
- Trop Kick
- High Jump Kick
- Play Rough
- Synthesis

>>30365303
Why do pokeballs matter

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>>30373568
>nobody wants to remember going to the first trial with caterpie and pidgeys

I do. I love memories like when your team gets wiped and you only win the battle by the skin of your teeth because your Level 3 shitmon had Quick Attack. It feels intense.

>>30373639
First, go for broke.

>>30373616
You can probably get by on battle spot for a while pretty easily. It's pretty enjoyable once you get into it and if you've got any friends who do this I'm sure they'd be more than happy to give you a few freebies

Does Cosmog evolve into the box legendary of the game he was received in or the box legendary of the game he was evolved in?

>>30373710
Evolved.

>>30373616
Me too, honestly. I like the competitive for what it is, but I love the story team I've built this time around and would like to see it fare against human opponents.

I don't like 3v3 and I absolutely hate how nicknames don't show up in matchmaking. They already ban you from naming Pokemon naughty words in the single player, why can't we show our nicknames off?

>>30373710
if you're playing sun, cosmog's end evolution is solgaleo, and vice versa for moon

>>30373743
They can't possibly catch everything and some people have bypassed the filter anyway, so better safe than sorry so little Jimmy's mom doesn't throw a shitfit.

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What's this about a bug with Synchronize when trying to go for certain natures?

>>30373741
>>30373773
That's what I was hoping for, thanks.

why is there nowhere good to bang out levels?

poni island grinding is slow as hell

>>30373709
I had gone on battlespot before posting and was just demolished. I went in underleveled thinking my mons wouldn't be usable if they were over 50

>>30373743
I just don't like how I'll have to start all over again especially when my story team is Max comfy. It feels like bloodburne all over again

>>30373884
just rerun E4 ad infinitum

Serebii says you can get the Mega stones for the Kanto starters if you beat Red at the Battle Tree. Do they mean the battle before entering or the first battle against him inside the Battle Tree? I initially challenged Blue without thinking it would matter

>>30373884
If you grind and evolve Pokemon for the Pokedex at the same time it goes pretty quickly.

man, why isn't there a level 80 or 90 area

that would be so useful, but they gotta put a massive grind wall in the way of hyper training...

>>30373923
Like 99% sure they mean after a 20 Tree streak.

>>30373923
They definitely don't mean when you first meet them. I'm assuming it's when you hit 20 wins.

excuse me sorry for poor english, , how to get alolah marowak????

>>30373970
Evolve Cubone at night al level 28. Cubone is at the bottom of the volcano in Akala

>>30373970
evolve alola cubone

>>30373970
Cubone evolves into Alolan Marowak at Level 28 at night.

>>30374011
>>30374017
>>30374021

tank u from serbia!!!

>>30374058
No problem. Good luck removing kebab.

>>30373970
apology for poor english
when where you when aegislash dies
I was sat at home eating malasadas when smogon ring

"aegislash is kill"

"no"

Where are all the apricorn ball locations? How many are there in total?

where, if anywhere, can i teach pokemon knock-off?

>>30374592
Only through level up, provided that Pokemon does so. There's no Knock Off TM or tutor.

Are there any sets for Guzzlord and Necrozma that stand out as being particularly strong? To me they both look like they can do a lot but without excelling much at anything, which makes it real hard to figure out what to go for.

>>30364915
is the alolan vulpix any good? I like the fairy / ice form of ninetails.

>>30374616
dang, alright

Has anyone tried hacking Z-Moves onto Pokemon? How do they work? Do they work like regular moves just with super high BP or additional effects? Can they be used more than once this way?

Once done with EV training, what's the best method to raise a pokemon's level in the post-game?

Is there Gladion's outfit for trainer customisation?

>>30374627
Guzzlord can try running a stockpile set, which works off similar principals as Zygarde-C.

Necrozma's access to recovery and calm mind go well with its defensive ability and stat distribution. Try a Stored Power meme set, or just give it rocks and call it a day.

>>30374365
One of each. Oak gives you most in the town you meet him in. If i'm not mistaken the rest are on the slopes of the Mount with the observatory

Does Pelipper still carry Lucky Egg?

Is it impossible to obtain an 6 IV pokemon legit?

>>30375049
It's far from impossible, but it is fairly difficult.

does Lillie ever come back?

>>30375187
I'll take the challenge up then.

Can you only get one love ball?

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>>30375049
At the very least it's time consuming without hacked Dittos. You can chain for a 4 IV Ditto yourself though, and grind to Lv100 and use bottlecaps to cover your lowest. Unless you're using a mixed attacker you really only need 5 IVs total, and then there's some tricky business with specific IVs if you wish to get a certain Hidden Power, Belly Drum number, maximizing Gyro Ball with 0 Speed IV, etc.

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>>30375238
Next question please

>>30375417
Im just trying to breed my own team from the ground up and I have no fucking idea what Im doing more ten half of the time

>>30375476
I know legendaries and by extension UBs have 3 IVs maxed guaranteed, sometimes even better. There's a good selection of them around if you want to build up BP for power items and the Destiny Knot.

How do get hidden abilities? Once I get my dex filled I'm gonna start shiny hunting competitives, finally.

How decent of a team i need to beat all the SP content in Sun? Want to avoid using UB to cheese it.
Can i catch UB with normal pokeballs?
Whats a good set-up for BR to grind BP.

>>30375637
The exact same way you get shinies, by ally chaining. The kids call it SOS or whatever, you can look into it on your own.

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New thread in advance.

>>30375685
>>30375685
>>30375685

>>30375637
SOS chaining, events, and later down the line, transferring.

>>30375639
UBs are part of a linear-progressing postgame sidequest. Not sure about regular balls, but you get given ten Beast Balls per mission that have a retarded capture rate when used on UBs, which is more than enough. There is a failsafe to get more but you won't need it

>Nihilego x1
>Buzzwole 2x (Sun) / Pheromosa 4x (Moon)
>Xurkitree 2x
>Kartana 4x (Sun) / Celesteela 2x (Moon)
>Guzzlord 1x

Pheromosa and Kartana have very lenient catch rates, you can throw the ball first thing and get them.