Pokemon Sword & Shield - RECENT HAPPENINGS Thread

[TyranatarGojira]

Been trying to finish out Restricted Sparring for some BP since I’m having zero luck farming mints. Also needed some more of the choice items. Finished the ice type with A-Ninetales, G-Darmanitan and a shiny Weavile. Weavile hits extremely hard with a choice band boosted Triple Axel I found out and using it as a lead in sparring was such a great decision. Shout out to @Rahus for trading it to me. If I join/host a raid against something weak to ice I’ve just been bringing that since the damage output by it is quite nice.

Also did some wonder trading on Home. Sent out a shiny to see what I get. Nothing spectacular has shown up yet but we’ll see what comes my way.

Yeah, I haven't been getting the ones I really wanted, especially Admant mints. I cashed in the points from my HOME account to get some.

Triple Axel Weavile is just fantastic. Lol

Weavile can get Technician right? Yeah I can see why that would end up hard hitting.

 

[Rahus]

Yeah, I haven't been getting the ones I really wanted, especially Admant mints. I cashed in the points from my HOME account to get some.

Weavile can get Technician right? Yeah I can see why that would end up hard hitting.

I WISH Weavile had Technician.

That would make it even better.

 

[Det. Viper]

Triple Axel Weavile is just fantastic. Lol

The amount of damage a banded STAB Triple Axel does is crazy. Loving it.

 

[Rahus]

Here's an interesting grab from the GTS- a Friend Ball Calyrex.

I don't think I've ever come across a Calyrex in anything other than an Ultra, Dusk or Master Ball.

Very nice find though.

 

[Bus]

Turned the game back on for the first time in a couple of months to do some Shiny Hunting. Nothing from the Raid Den, but the first raid I joined (3 Star Rare/Golden Raid) ended up being a Shiny Eevee with its Hidden Ability! I'm now the proud owner of a Shiny Sylveon with Pixelate; my first Sw/Sh Shiny.

Hoping to expand upon it and get an actual Sw/Sh pokemon to be shiny, but that could be awhile.

 

[ParaPapa]

Does it make sense to evolve a golem, or worth the wait of a Event?

 

[Rahus]

The G-Pikachu has Nasty Plot, Surf and its electric Dynamax move paralyzes the entire team.

I... think I'm gonna use my Dracozolt instead.

Edit: Nevermind. It has a Fairy type attack.

This thing is actually kind of tough. Wtf

Edit2: I take it back, this thing is still dog ****. Lmao

 

[Pikasaur]

Yesterday turned into Isle of Armor Detour Day.

Nurse Joy wouldn't stop talking about the "Special Pokemon" in Wedgehurst Station. So, thinking Galar Slowpoke was posion Type, I caught a Rolycoly and flew back to fight it. After figuring out it's not posion till it evolves, my whole team ended up in the battle, Trying to avoid Yawn. During my trip, i caught a Buneary as a Surprise Trade gift for someone. Got a Lvl 100 Shiny '.Com' Stakataka in return. Released it immediately, but i got stuck with its probably hacked Masterball. So i caught a Random Shelmet with it and Surprise Traded that as well. Then proceeded to get lost while looking for diglett. Ending up back in the Forest of Focus no matter what direction i went.

and just now realizing i didn't check how many alolan diglett i got, before i left.

Team
Tarzan / Grookey lvl 15
Snowball / Wooloo lvl 13
Scales / Dratini lvl 14

 

[Reinhardt]

Edit2: I take it back, this thing is still dog ****. Lmao

Heresy! Gigantamax Pikachu is the greatest Gigantamax!

 

[Rahus]

Heresy! Gigantamax Pikachu is the greatest Gigantamax!

No, it's great, I didn't mean it like that. I meant the challenge itself. My bad.

 

[TyranatarGojira]

Heresy! Gigantamax Pikachu is the greatest Gigantamax!

Now, now, all Gigantamax are equal. Equally terrible.

So I guess we aren't getting anything more for SWSH, from what was in the morning presents. Or rather what wasn't.

 

[Reinhardt]

I managed to get that gift Pikachu with Sing today, just a shame that the game won't let me give it my own nickname (I was planning on calling it Lana Del Rey, in reference to the Honest Trailers' name for Jigglypuff in their Pokemon Red and Blue video). But I suppose it's good that it has the Light Ball, so I can breed it with my Home Pikachu and get some Volt Tackle Pichus.

 

[Rahus]

Caught a Shiny Timid Gmax Pikachu in a Level Ball.

Just need an Ability Patch and I can make it good for battles.

Edit: Got an Ability Patch and trained it up. Here's the results:

Gmax Pikachu @ Light Ball
Ability: Lightning Rod
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Nasty Plot
- Thunder
- Draining Kiss
- Surf

Mainly gonna use this only in Raids.

 

[Prince Amrod]

Trained this week's mewtwo... And threw in a shiny porygon z I've been meaning to do something with. Needed to hit up the restricted sparring for the points for the timid mints so took out the normal and grass types. Maybe about half to go.

 

[Det. Viper]

Trained a Marowak specifically for the Pikachu raid because I didn’t want my team to end up paralyzed the whole battle.

Marowak @ Thick Club
Lightning Rod
252 Atk, 252 SpD, 4 Def (0 Spd IV)
Stone Edge, Fire Punch, Bonemerang, Curse

Stashed it away in my doubles box where it’ll probably get dusty since I rarely play doubles. But very helpful over the weekend especially when someone else brought storm drain Gastrodon.

Otherwise I had a pretty successful raid weekend. Got myself the shiny Pikachu from the past weeks event. It has the lighting rod ability so I like that. Was also able to catch a shiny Metagross this weekend too but it had its HA which is light metal so disappointed in that. But definitely a great catch and will be training that and applying caps where necessary.

Nabbed myself two singing Pikachu as well and tucked them away into Home and will be stopping near a GameStop sometime this week to get that Toxtricity.

 

[Spider-Phoenix]

Haven't gotten any Pikachu. But then I just did 4 raids so I could reap the rewards lol

One battle was interesting as the partners brought Rillaboom, Raboot and Lycanroc. At some point the Rillaboom trainer used Earthquake for some reason but I eventually figured it was probably a plan to avoid the chu hitting them and gaining boosts since Rilla revisted some of its attacks and I was using a Pallosand.

It was funny that on two battles the partners let me dynamax. I was like the thid in line but the people before me let me do it.

 

[Pikasaur]

Starting off in Route 3, i am reminded that even with an NPC's help i will never get more than Milcery Rank on curry. At least, Grookey evolved along the Route. Scales handled most of the Galar Mine with her Waterfall attacks. Only problem was Worker Georgia and her Timburr which Tarzan dealt with. Scales also had some fun with Bede, Dragon Tailing his pokemon in and out of the battle. On the way out of the Mine i almost got run over by that Wild Carkol riding around, but i managed to catch it. Avoided most of the Trainers on Route 4 because i thought my team was already getting over leveled for the gym.

But that didn't matter anyway, because when i reached Turfield i flew back to Isle of Armor for Diglett hunting. Turns out i only had 7 from the first trip. While Diglett hunting i managed to find an igglybuff dynamax. Caught it and then caught a Wild Jigglypuff too. Jigglypuff had a Moonstone, so i have a level 15 Wigglytuff now. After a few hours i ended up with 31 Diglett and a bunch of new alolan friends.

Return to Turfield and find out that i'm not as overleveled as i thought. The gym Trainers were easy, but Milo's Eldegoss was only 1 level below Tarzan. Snowball handled Gossifleur with a Super Potion assist and Tarzan Double Hit Eldegoss into Oblivion after stalling out the Dynamax.


Team
Tarzan / Thwackey lvl 22
Snowball / Wooloo lvl 21
Scales / Dratini lvl 21

 

[Orthographer]

I'm going to have to try that Pikachu raid, then! I'll be sure to bring either Rhydon or Excadrill to the battle to avoid paralysis. Fortunately, I've trained up several Lv. 100 raiders for this kind of thing.

 

[Rahus]

I've decided that I'm no longer going to be collecting any furthur Love Ball Pokemon. I'm just gonna finish my Galar collection and call it a day. So I just need to get Arctovish, Dracovish, Arctozolt, Zacian, Zamazenta, Regidraco, Regieleki, Glastrier, Spectrier and Calyrex in Love Balls, and I am gonna get the rest of those fossils in Love Balls today.

Edit: All fossils in Love Balls! Fully trained (except Sracovish, because it needs an Ability Patch).

Which means... the hardest part has begun. I will have to catch Zacian in my alternative save in a Love Ball..

 

[Fred Garvin]

It was funny that on two battles the partners let me dynamax. I was like the thid in line but the people before me let me do it.

I rarely take the max in raids I host. I always let others as it's a way of saying thanks for joining my raid.