Pokémon Thread XXIX: Sword, Shield, and Spoilers

[Mando Knight]

Placeholder copypasta in the secret box below!

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3DS Friend Codes and XY Friend Safaris

Remember, these are your 3DS Friend codes, so these are good both for Generation VI games (XY and ORAS) but also for the Generation VII games (Sun and Moon) and any other 3DS game you and another Playgrounder might decide to play (Smash, Mario Kart, Fire Emblem, Metroid Prime: Federation Force, etc.). Don't forget to PM the player you're looking to add as a Friend, so they can add you back.

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You can only have 100 Friend Codes registered at a time.

To use XY's Friend Safari, you need to have defeated the Elite Four, and both you and your friend must have added each other. For more details, see here.

GitPName	Code	CharacterName	3DS(Mii)Name	SafariType	Pokémon1	Pokémon2	Pokémon3
Alaris	1907-9395-1731	Tom	Alaris	Flying	Farfetch'd	Swanna
Aotrs	5172-0494-3728		Bleakbane	Normal	Lillipup	Kecleon	Smeargle
Arcran	2294-3882-2896		Arcran	Water	Octillery	Wartortle	Azumarill
Armaius	3239-3640-9568		Timothy	Ice	Spheal	Beartic	Lapras
AstralFire	0834-1672-7022	Adorabelle	Cinder	Bug	Ledyba	Volbeat	Venomoth
AtlanteanTroll	4055-3788-4115		Fresca	Normal	Lillipup	Loudred
bluewind95	0473-9066-8078	Raziel	Kallie	Grass	Tangela	Swadloon	Gogoat
boj0	1693-1768-6943	boj0	boj0	Fairy	Swirlix	Togepi	Floette
Burley	1547-6257-5822
Burnerpower	0645-6906-6047	Chase	Burner	Fire	Pansear	Pyroar	Braixen
ChaosArchon	4742-5730-4052
Codswallop	1650-2047-0584		Dan	Ghost	Lampent	Phantump	Spiritomb
CynanMachae	2964-9109-7883		Cynan	Pancham	Hariyama	Mienfoo	Pancham
DMan7733	0104-0178-9108		Dennis	Psychic	Duosion	Espurr	Munna
DarkTira	4012-4193-6629	Flair	DarkTira	Grass	Ivysaur	Sunkern	Quilladin
DarkLightDragon	3110-5232-7003	Gwendolyn	DLD2	Water	Krabby	Floatzel	Azumarill
Derjuin	2063-0607-0374	Gwen	Derjuin	Flying	Tropius	Doduo	Tranquill
Domino Quartz	3024-8274-5412	Dexter	Ignispirus
DiegoHavoc	5343-7951-5809	Diana	Diego	Ghost	Lampent	Phantump	Spiritomb
Dihan	3909-7507-9532	Cai	Bryn	Fairy	Kirlia	Mawile	Floette
Drakenkin	1220-6369-1867		RC	Steel	Forretress	Magneton	Klefki
Dvil	1891-1492-0775		Lorzo	Ghost	Shuppet	Pumpkaboo	Dusclops
Elhann	4656-7012-2957	Afo	Afo	Normal	Lillipup	Loudred	Ditto
EmperorIng	1134-7922-2243	Rand	EmpI	Ground	Phanpy	Dugtrio	Palpitoad
FallenGeek	2938-7158-7152		UberGeek	Fairy	Dedenne	Mawile	Floette
FoolishTeeth	2965-0036-6655	Jerome	80s	Flying	Farfetch'd	Woobat	Rufflet
Forrestfire	0044-4109-2187	Linae		Normal	Kecleon	Dunsparce	Smeargle
Freudianship	0791-1490-0816		Victoria	Ice	Delibird	Bergmite	Piloswine
Gengy	1762-3248-0955	Genaur	(Redacted)	Dark	Pawniard	Crawdaunt	Liepard
geonova	3625-8744-4346	Geo	Geo	Water	Wartortle	Panpour	Poliwhirl
GiftJeraff	0662-3715-4355		Venkman	Fighting	Mankey	Throh	Hariyama
Goldfly	1203-9717-6298	Gold	Gold	Electric	Pikachu	Electrode	Luxio
GreenSerpent	0662-3910-6053	Jaegar
Gulaghar	4012-3882-1934	Nadia	Ghar	Fairy	Dedenne	Mawile	Floette
HandsomeGoblin	0920-0919-2787
HappyGravity	2208-5735-4223	Eileen	-_-	Poison	Swalot	Kakuna	Croagunk
Harnel	5472-7302-7698	Halae	Halae	Water	Krabby	Gyarados	Frogadier
Hogwarts9876	3024-5607-5601	Adam	Adam
HunterNoventa	0189-8423-5030	Emi	Emi	Electric
InfernallyClay	1891-1230-7244	Alice	Winny	Psychic	Sigilyph	Grumpig	Duosion
JustPlayItLoud	4785-6164-8724	Toaster	Brett	Fire	Magmar	Charmeleon	Ninetales
Keris(Full)	2423-2600-9179	Tarn	Tarn	Water	Bibarel	Floatzel	Frogadier
Kurgan	1478-3987-4689	Kurhanik	Kurgan	Steel	Magneton	Forretress	Klefki
Kuroten	2809-8617-8608	Raijin/Akemi		Water	Panpour	Floatzel	Frogadier
Kuulvheysoon	5257-9453-0107	Ariik
LawlessIII	5129-1568-6363	Gorgeous	Andrew	Flying	Farfetch'd	Woobat	Fletchinder
LordFullbladder	5343-8973-8240		SheG	Normal	Aipom	Minccino	Ditto
Mando Knight	4742-9573-4652	Chris	Chris
MaryRing	5215-0045-7397
Mattarias,King	5343-8171-8375	Mattarias	Mattarias	Water	Bibarel	Floatzel	Frogadier
MeatShield#236	1950-7553-3565	Thomas	Meatshield	Bug	Combee	Beautifly	Pinsir
MercenaryPen	4227-2044-9144		MercenPen	Flying	Pidgey	Tranquill	Hawlucha
Mtg_player_zach	1590-5500-0148	Zach	Zach	Electric	Pikachu	Dedenne	Luxio
NeoPhoenix0	2852-8259-2899	Victoria	NeoPhoenix	Water	Octillery	Floatzel	Azumarill
noparlpf	0705-3326-2027	Jude	Jude	Flying	Spearow	Woobat	Rufflet
OracleofWuffing	2234-7142-0224		T-Dawg	Dragon	Dragonair	Gabite	Sligoo
Othesmo	0533-5350-5769		Gaius	Electric	Emolga	Electabuzz	Manectric
Partof1	4313-0044-7312	Magnus	Tom	Bug	Ledyba	Beautifly	Vivillon
Peelee	5370-1262-5440	Peelee	Peelee	Flying	Pidgey	Tranquill	Rufflet
Peelee'sWife	4339-2708-2563	Sephrenea	Sephrenea	Ice	Delibird	Sneasel	Lapras
Perkinz	1993-7396-5551		Armads	Fighting	Pancham	Mienfoo	Riolu
PingPongAlong	4914-4022-6171	Pierre	Jake	Psychic	Wobbuffet	Gothorita	Abra
ProphetRipley	3437-3875-9174	Artemis	Carebear	Water	Bibarel	Gyarados
Psychotic	2836-0282-0242	Jimmy	Jimmy	Steel	Forretress	Mawile	Klefki
Quietus	3067-5701-8746
Qwertystop	1805-2284-9978	Qwertystop	Qwerty	Dark	Mightyena	Crawdaunt	Absol
Rezkeshdadesh	0104-0343-1530	Gaston/Sylthia	Rezzy	Psychic	Espurr	Grumpig	Girafarig
RisingPhoenix	2492-5555-9928	Mortimer	Dimi	Psychic	Sigilyph	Abra	Xatu
RyuhoTsugu	3823-9797-6825	Periphas	εχθρός	Fire	Growlithe	Charmeleon	Fletchinder
SaintRidley	1650-2179-8114	AElfgif/DoñaXimena	ColbertJr	Ice	Beartic	Snover
Sajiri	0748-2783-1667	Sadi	Sajiri	Psychic	Abra	Espurr	Xatu
Sasaisen	2380-3648-0994	Trevor	Sasaisen	Grass	Pansage	Petilil	Maractus
ScowlingDragon	2148-8339-5834			Ground	Sandshrew	Marowak	Diggersby
Seerow	4184-2537-0787		Jack	Psychic	Grumpig	Gothorita	Sigilyph
Shinken	4442-0172-6654	Shinken		Flying	Pidgey	Hoothoot	Fletchinder
ShinyRocks	2294-4502-1203		Joelio	Ice	Snover	Beartic	Cloyster
SKarious	2449-5207-9736		Shai	Poison	Kakuna	Ariados	Drapion
spectralphoenix	1864-9713-0312		Alex	Normal	Teddiursa	Minccino	Smeargle
Squark	4571-1588-1000		Squark	Fighting	Meditite	Sawk	Hariyama
Svata	5215-0731-7054
Talvereaux	2406-5576-5996			Poison	Seviper	Ariados	Toxicroak
TamerBill	4828-4410-2451	Bex	Bill	Poison	Venomoth	Gloom
Terazul	3411-1167-8365	Pen	Pen	Water	Frogadier	Wartortle	Bibarel
TheSuccubus	4613-7683-1174		Doc
TheGeckoKing	4098-2424-2486	Martin	Martin	Psychic	Grumpig	Espurr
ThelazyMage	2938-7262-8516	Eric	Eric	Dark	Nuzleaf	Sandile	Absol
ThePhantom	2680-8881-4704		GR	Ghost	Shuppet	Pumpkaboo	Drifblim
Thormag	0619-3578-2378		Thormag	Grass	Oddish	Petilil	Quilladin
Togath	1650-2364-0504	Merry	Ken	Flying	Pidgey	Tranquill
Tono	1478-3812-1377		Tono	Bug	Butterfree	Heracross	Masquerain
truenekomancer	0619-4369-0275		TSK	Bug	Butterfree	Illumise
Tylorious	3668-7804-7430	Tylor	Tylor	Fire	Charmeleon	Magmar	Braixen
urbanwolf	4425-1730-5201		King	Fighting	Pancham	Mankey	Tyrogue
userpay	2036-6900-9795		userpay	Fairy	Togepi	Spritzee
Winterfate	1246-9091-8502		Winterfate	Ice	Snorunt	Bergmite	Cloyster
WJMill	3625-8308-8437	Whitney	Whitney	Fighting	Machoke	Throh	Breloom
Woodzyowl	0834-2121-7393		Woodzy
Wookieetank	5386-8601-6140
YukiAkuma	1633-4400-9136	Yuki	Will	Ghost	Shuppet	Phantump
ZamielVanWeber	3067-5161-6274		Zamiel	Electric	Electabuzz	Pachirisu	Galvantula
ZeltArruin	3840-5756-8123		ZeltArruin	Rock	Corsola	Dwebble	Rhydon
Olinser	1564-3913-5983			Rock	Nosepass	Pupitar	Barbaracle
Razade	0748-3672-5689
Svata	1135-1418-6004

Pokémon GO Trainer Codes

Pokémon GO uses a 12-digit Trainer Code for long-range interaction between players, similar to (and the same code length as) the 3DS Friend Codes.

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GitP Username	PoGo Username	Trainer Code
LoyalPaladin	LoyalPaladin	5954-8354-6061
Red Fel	RedFel	4859-1642-8609
Unseenmage	Draqoun	7679 1541 1229

Helpful Links/Hints For Adventuring Ten Year Olds
Bulbapedia: Like Wikipedia, but Pokémon.
Smogon: In-depth discussion and analysis of competitive Pokémon.
Serebii: Comprehensive fansite that can be useful in how it organizes information differently from Bulbapedia. Also has an IV calculator.
Pokémon Showdown: For playing competitive Pokémon battles, without the need to actually manually train your team.

Spoiler: Breeding for Dummies

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So, you're tired of navigating a Pokemon thread where everyone uses fancy words and stuff? Well no worries! Here's a guide on... BREEDING FOR DUMMIES!

One of the first things to remember in breeding is that there are Natures that help and ones that hinder. For instance, a Special Attacker such as Mewtwo would be hindered by an Adamant nature, but helped in his stat growth by a Modest nature. To improve your chances for getting a particular Nature in a child Pokémon, use at least one parent with the Nature you want, and give it the Everstone. In Gen IV, the Everstone doesn't guarantee the inherited Nature, though it does in Gen V and VI.

Brilliant Spreadsheet for Growth.

Some IVs (don't know what an IV is? Check the next spoiler box!) are randomly inherited from the parents. You can lock in a maximum of one IV by giving a parent the corresponding Power training item (Power Bracer for Attack, Power Lens for Special Attack, and so forth), or (starting with XY) randomly inherit 5 (instead of the normal 3) by holding the Destiny Knot. Use Flat Battles to determine the IVs of a hatched Pokémon, or if you only care about the highest IV and the sum of all of its IVs, you can take it to a guy who's in the lobby of either the Battle Tower or the Battle Subway in the DS games, depending on the generation, and in the Kiloude City Pokémon Center in XY. You're looking for them to judge it Relatively Superior overall and Can't Be Better in its best stat. The XY judge will also tell you about any really bad IVs the Pokémon has.

The third main thing with breeding is Egg Moves. Egg moves are moves the parent has, and passes down to a child. For instance, in my breeding of Chimchar, the egg moves are Grass Knot and Swords Dance, which are passed down to the child who gets said moves from the start. In order to pass on most Egg Moves, the father must know the move (Genderless Pokémon never learn Egg Moves). These include all of the moves that are listed as the child Pokémon's Egg Moves in a move list chart, as well as any compatible TMs or HMs. You can also pass on moves that the child would learn by level-up that aren't in those two lists--for these, both parents must know the move. In XY, some moves can be inherited from the mother...

The fourth and final thing to keep in mind are Hidden Abilities. Starting in Generation V, most Pokémon were assigned an additional ability that they could only get if you caught them under certain circumstances (the special Darmanitan in Desert Resort, or Pokémon found in hidden grottoes, the Dream World, or some in Friend Safaris). Some Hidden Abilities are highly sought-after, like Dragonite's Multiscale. If the mother has the Hidden Ability, the children will inherit it. The father can occasionally pass down the Hidden Ability if bred with a Ditto.

Spoiler: A Primer on How Stats Work

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Don't feel the need to bother with this stuff unless you're playing against humans or at one of those "Battle Whatever" places. You shouldn't need it for most of the game, and it can be kind of a pain.

First, the equations. These are how the game calculates the Pokémon's final stats.
HP = (IV + 2*Base + EV/4) * Level/100 + 10
Others = ((IV + 2*Base + EV/4) * Level/100 + 5) * Nature
So, at level 100, 1 IV or 4 EV raises a Pokémon's stat by 1 while a 1 point difference in Base stat is worth 2.

Nature
Most natures raise one stat and lower another, while some don't change any stats. A raised stat has a multiplier of 1.1 (or +10%), a lowered stat has a multiplier of 0.9 (or -10%), and a neutral stat has a multiplier of 1.0.

Base Stats (Base)
With a new generation just out, there's a lot of talk about finding out about a Pokémon's base stats. What are these, some of you ask? Well, they're modifiers to stats that a Pokémon gains just by being that kind of Pokémon. A (normal) Tyranitar has a base Attack of 135, a Mewtwo has 154 base Special Attack, and so on. When a Pokémon's stats change as it Mega Evolves or changes Form, it does so by changing the set of base stats it looks at. Otherwise, these base stats can't be changed (hence the "base"). At level 100, a Pokémon gets twice its Base stat to its final stats.

Individual Values (IV)
In addition to base stats, every Pokémon gets a bonus of 0-31 points applied to each stat. So a level 100 Tyranitar could have an attack stat of 273, or it could have a attack of 304. That bonus is the IV.
A Pokémon has its IVs generated the moment you meet it, or accept its egg, and there's no way to change them (though Hyper Training in Sun/Moon gives you the stat bonuses as if the IVs were 31, but you have to train the Pokémon up to level 100 first). You're stuck with what you've got. However, you can influence them a little, if you're willing to breed. Bred Pokémon don't randomly generate all their IVs, they inherit up to 3 from their parents. Starting in XY, giving a parent the Destiny Knot causes them to inherit five random IVs instead. There's a few other ways of influencing IVs in bred Pokémon, which are explained in the breeding section.
In addition, starting in XY, some Pokémon are guaranteed to have some "perfect" (31) IVs. Pokémon found in the Friend Safari will have two random perfect IVs, while Pokémon that can't breed will have 3.

Effort Values (EV)
Every time you win a fight, your Pokémon get experience, but that's not all they get. Every Pokémon also gives out effort points. For every 4 effort points in a particular stat, your Pokémon gains 1 point in it. So if that Tyranitar from earlier with 304 attack had 4 attack EVs, his actual attack would be 305. If he had 252 attack EVs, it'd be 367. Sounds handy, but there are limits. You can't have more than 255 points in a single stat, and you can't have more than 510 EVs in total.

You'll see a lot of Pokémon with 252 attack/special attack EVs, 252 speed, and 4 HP, but there are a lot of ways to configure them. Defensive Pokémon will obviously focus on different things, Pokémon which use both physical and special attacks will need to split EVs between them or possibly sacrifice speed, and so on.

It's a tremendous pain to work out what EVs your Pokémon has (if you weren't keeping track, anyway), so you'll likely want to start with a Pokémon that you freshly hatched and work from there, though you don't have to. There are 6 berries that reduce EVs in a single stat each, so you can use those to reset your Pokémon and start from scratch. After that, just keep a careful record of what you fight, and only take down Pokémon that you know give you the EVs you want.

EV training takes a while, but there are a few ways you can speed it up. The first is an astonishingly rare status condition called Pokérus. Any Pokémon with Pokérus gets double EVs from fights, and will spread the Pokérus to any Pokémon in your party for the first 72 hours after it catches it. After those 72 hours it stops being contagious, but still gets double EVs. Pokérus has something like 1/20000 chance to appear on wild Pokemon, but with the magic of the internet I'm sure you can obtain it.

The second way to speed up EV training is through Power Items. If a Pokémon is holding the right item, they get bonus EVs from every fight. For example, a Pokémon holding a Power Lens will get 4 special attack EVs. A Pokémon holding a Power Anklet will get 4 speed EVs. A Pokémon holding a Macho Brace will just get double the EVs of whatever they're fighting. These bonuses are doubled if you have Pokérus.

The third way to speed up EVs is through vitamins. Each vitamin given to a Pokémon gives them +10 EVs in a certain stat, up to a limit of 100. 1 protein gives 10 attack EVs, 10 give 100. These unfortunately aren't doubled by Pokérus or items, so you'll have to pay for the full amount. Luckily money is easy to come by in these games.

Just as an example, I'll show how I EV'd my Gengar.
First, I gave him 10 calcium, and 10 carbos, so 100 special attack and 100 speed already.
After that, I gave him Pokérus and a lucky egg, got him to meet a Floatzel (2 speed EVs, doubled to 4 because of Pokérus), and then sent out my Weezing to explode on it so Gengar could get all the experience, for a higher level and 100 special attack, 104 speed.
After that, I gave him a Power Lens, flew over to the Old Chateau, and killed 15 Gastly (1 special attack from Gastly, 4 from the lens, doubled to 10 from Pokérus) for 150 special attack EVs, bringing my total to 250 special attack, 104 speed.
After that I equipped a power anklet and killed one more Gastly (1 special attack from Gastly, 4 speed from the anklet, doubled to 2 and 8 from Pokérus), meaning Gengar had 252 attack, and 112 speed.
Leaving the anklet equipped, I flew to Route 201, and killed 14 Starly (1 speed from Starly, 4 from the anklet, meaning 10 speed per starly thanks to Pokérus), for a total of 252 attack, 252 speed.
All that was left after that was to kill a Bidoof with a Power Weight (1 HP from Bidoof, 4 from the Weight, 10 thanks to Pokerus, although I only gained 6 points because I hit the EV cap), leaving my Gengar with 252 special attack EVs, 252 Speed, and 4 HP, just how I wanted him.
Roughly an hour's work, and one Pokemon down.

In XYORAS, you can alternatively train your Pokémon through Super Training, a set of minigames accessed through the bottom screen. In Sun and Moon, you can instead use Isle Evelup, which isn't fast, but can train up to 18 Pokémon at a time even when you aren't playing the game.

tl;dr: The simplified version of EVs/IVs - EVs are gained by fighting other Pokémon. They vary by the Pokémon defeated. They increase your stats for every 4 gained. IVs are inherent to a Pokémon. They increase stats for every point possessed, and range from 0 to 31. EVs have to be manually tracked or else removed entirely with certain berries. IVs can be checked by knowing the EVs of a Pokémon and then plugging its stats into an IV calculator. The higher the Pokémon's level, the more accurate; level 100 wifi battles provide maximum accuracy. Additionally, Sun/Moon offers a graphical representation of a Pokémon's IVs if you unlock the Judge by visiting the Battle Tree.

How do you get those accented e's? On a PC, change your keyboard layout to US-International, and press 'e. For some versions of Windows, if you don't want the US-International keyboard on all the time, you can also have it switch between different registered keyboards with a press of Ctrl+Shift. On a Mac, you can type Option+e, followed by the letter to which you want to apply the accent, i.e. Option+e, followed by e. You can also copy-paste them from someone else's posts. Or the thread title.

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[unseenmage]

It really is too bad all the scattered PoGo friend codes from the last thread didn't make it into the OP.

[Mando Knight]

I'll look to see if I can find them all when I update the OP later today.

[Bartmanhomer]

Some of the Pokemon are very weak in Let's Go. A
Obviously it all Generation 1 Pokemon. But I like this game regardless.

[tgva8889]

I don't think Blastoise CAN have Rapid Spin in Let's Go. From what I understand neither Defog nor Rapid Spin are available at all in that meta, because you can't breed so there's no egg moves and Defog isn't an available tutor. Stealth Rock is of course still around, though, so, y'know, wreck 'em I guess.

This meta is interesting but I probably won't invest too much time into it with a new Pokemon game coming soon. I did decide to get Pokemon Red to play through, though, so that should tide me over.

[Manticoran]

Just started playing pokemon go, what should I know?

Code 4732 5200 3523

[unseenmage]

Just started playing pokemon go, what should I know?

Code 4732 5200 3523

Your friends list is a nice source of extra Pokeballs.

Remember to feed extra berries to pokemon you have in gyms for bonus stardust.

Clicking once on pokemon that could be shiny and leaving the encounter is an effective method of finding shinies.

Dont be afraid to walk up and chat up local players, they're usually pretty cool and can often connect you to local raid groups.

[Manticoran]

Your friends list is a nice source of extra Pokeballs.

Remember to feed extra berries to pokemon you have in gyms for bonus stardust.

Clicking once on pokemon that could be shiny and leaving the encounter is an effective method of finding shinies.

Dont be afraid to walk up and chat up local players, they're usually pretty cool and can often connect you to local raid groups.

What do you mean about clicking on a pokemon that could be shiny?

I got a shiny castform my first day. Its stats are garbage, but hell it's pretty.

[unseenmage]

What do you mean about clicking on a pokemon that could be shiny?

I got a shiny castform my first day. Its stats are garbage, but hell it's pretty.

So not every pokemon in PoGo can be shiny yet.
Tapping on a pokemon let's you try to fight it, right?
If its shiny it will look different, and have that shiny symbol.over the name.
If it's not shiny, you just run away and tap new pokemon until you find a shiny.

Because catching everything takes time and potentially shiny pokemon can de-spawn and disappear while you're catching junk.

[Manticoran]

So not every pokemon in PoGo can be shiny yet.
Tapping on a pokemon let's you try to fight it, right?
If its shiny it will look different, and have that shiny symbol.over the name.
If it's not shiny, you just run away and tap new pokemon until you find a shiny.

Because catching everything takes time and potentially shiny pokemon can de-spawn and disappear while you're catching junk.

Are shiny pokemon actually any mechanically better? Because I'm still level 9, so I kind of need to catch everything I can I think right now.

[unseenmage]

not better, just hard to find unless you can make it to Community Days.

[Bartmanhomer]

My team dragon from Pokemon Let's Go are garbo (urban slang for garbage). What am I doing wrong?

[Lvl 2 Expert]

My team dragon from Pokemon Let's Go are garbo (urban slang for garbage). What am I doing wrong?

That depends, we don't know what you're doing to begin with.

Part of the story is probably that monotype teams just aren't very good in general. Everyone brings a way to counter dragons, and ones that's on the field you have nothing to switch into, just as your fire team probably got sweeped by a water typed mon a lot.

[Bartmanhomer]

That depends, we don't know what you're doing to begin with.

Part of the story is probably that monotype teams just aren't very good in general. Everyone brings a way to counter dragons, and ones that's on the field you have nothing to switch into, just as your fire team probably got sweeped by a water typed mon a lot.

Well I use Mega Blastoise, Alohan Exeggutor, Mega Charizard X, Mega Aerodactyl, Mega Gyarados, and Dragonite.

[Lvl 2 Expert]

You can use four mega's on one team in Let's Go?

Okay, that's new to me.

[Bartmanhomer]

You can use four mega's on one team in Let's Go?

Okay, that's new to me.

I was playing the Pokemon Let's Go Overused game. You can only use one mega Pokemon.

[Lvl 2 Expert]

Karnitis beats Lvl 2 Expert. Want to build a monotype team? Learn from Karnitis!

The just for fun rematch was a lot closer.

[Karnitis]

I have made mono-Normal my thing the past 3 gens. For fun, I even made a normal-PU team. I track my success if I'm able to knockout a single person's pokemon.

Delcatty, Kecleon, Furrett, Dunsparce, Castform, and Spinda.

It is beautiful.

[Manticoran]

I have made mono-Normal my thing the past 3 gens. For fun, I even made a normal-PU team. I track my success if I'm able to knockout a single person's pokemon.

Delcatty, Kecleon, Furrett, Dunsparce, Castform, and Spinda.

It is beautiful.

What does PU mean? I do love that kind of personal-challenge stuff though. Optimization within limitations.

[Lvl 2 Expert]

What does PU mean? I do love that kind of personal-challenge stuff though. Optimization within limitations.

It's a lower tier. Ubers-OU-UU-RU-NU-PU-sort of ZU that has been a less official thing for the last 2 gens. (And then there's untiered, which is about half of all Pokémon, they don't cut it in any of these tiers. There are too many Pokémon...) Unlike the others (overused, underused) PU doesn't stand for anything. Apparently just "PU" means body odor, meaning these Pokémon stink. I personally "mind-pronounce" it as Practically Useless, but officially that's wrong.

It's a cool tier, lots of not quite useless Pokémon with one or two good tricks up their sleeves. The kind of mon you could use in the single player and feel pretty good about, basically. Some can even be used well as high as in OU.

Aside from the ever growing list of tiers there are also a whole bunch of other metagames, where the rules are different rather than the mon. I've been meaning to try the "2V2 Doubles" concept, but it seems to be quite dead.

[Karnitis]

Aside from the ever growing list of tiers there are also a whole bunch of other metagames, where the rules are different rather than the mon. I've been meaning to try the "2V2 Doubles" concept, but it seems to be quite dead.

Because I love Normals, and most (98%) are below OU, I'm vaguely familiar with the bottom tiers. NU (never used) is the lowest official tier I think, but below that is PU (body odor), FU (**** You), and ZU (because Z is the last letter, I suppose). Though agreed with Expert, due to the abundance of other pokes out, many halfway-decent Pokémon have been relegated to Untiered simply because there is at least one duplicate that matches the stats of type of any other pokemon but-better or but-bigger-movepool.

I love Doubles more than Singles because any Singles pokemon can still be good in Doubles, but there are also Pokémon specifically tiered for Doubles in the game. See: Oranguru, Mega-Audino. Not to mention in changes the viability of many moves >>Earthquake hits everyone. So if you plan for that (Telepathy, flying-type), you're fine. Otherwise, maybe you want to pick a new move instead. Or Surf + Water Absorb. It just really widens the playing field.

It also allows me to do Lickilicky + Choice Band + Explosion.

[Lvl 2 Expert]

Because I love Normals, and most (98%) are below OU, I'm familiar with the bottom tiers. NU (never used) is the lowest official tier I think, but below that is PU (body odor), FU (**** You), and ZU (because Z is the last letter, I suppose)

ZU is Zero Use, it used to be called FU, but that was deemed mildly inappropriate. PU is a real tier these days, so NU is no longer the lowest one.

[Bartmanhomer]

Karnitis beats Lvl 2 Expert. Want to build a monotype team? Learn from Karnitis!

The just for fun rematch was a lot closer.

Both battles are awesome. I love Pokemon battles.

[Karnitis]

http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7ou-886842341

The NARROWEST of victories of Karnitis over Piggy Knowles.

Also, at this point I've gone against a sand team and a rain team. My next opponent is obligated to use a sun team.

[Bartmanhomer]

http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7ou-886842341

The NARROWEST of victories of Karnitis over Piggy Knowles.

Also, at this point I've gone against a sand team and a rain team. My next opponent is obligated to use a sun team.

That battle was bonkers! LOL!

[tgva8889]

tgva8889 defeats boj0 in a tight match!

That miss with the High Jump Kick, wow.

[Bartmanhomer]

tgva8889 defeats boj0 in a tight match!

That miss with the High Jump Kick, wow.

Nice. That battle was very long.

[Karnitis]

1. So much Swords Dance
2. I had no idea Tapu Bulu was such a tank. He might be fun for a Grass mono, along with some other tanks (M-Venu, Ferro)

Another great battle!

[Lvl 2 Expert]

By the way, as a prediction for Sword and Shield:

IF Sword and Shield do in fact get a thing called armor(ed) evolution (there are some loose rumors)
and IF that's essentially just the same thing as mega evolution
and IF they make like a few dozen of these forms max but Charizard immediately gets two of them
I will seriously consider being officially done with this franchise.

(Armored Pikachu on the other hand would be pretty cool.)

[unseenmage]

Perhaps armored for any pokemon and mega only for final evolutions?

I think a "rule" like this would allow us to be hesitantly expectant of new forms without the eternal limbo that is waiting to find out what BS nonsense pokecrud gets to be mega before our fav best friend mon.