Eddage

How come it took so long? I thought egg shiny odds haven't changed, Masuda method with Shiny Charm has been 1/512 for ages hasn't it?

That's why I always try and get a Pokémon that can just solo it. 90% of the 6+ star raids I've tried online just turn into shit shows since people pick the worst possible Pokémon!

Okay, my shiny boi Slowbro has beaten Greninja five times in a row now. Seems a lot more consistent than against Cinderace which most of the time would require someone with Intimidate on your team. Even with Nightslash crits in one fight and missing Stored Power three times in a row in another I never felt like I was in any serious danger of losing. To be honest I'm a little disappointed that I can just use the same Pokémon as I did against Cinderace!

Just managed to solo it with my Slowbro. I think luck plays a factor as I didn't get crit by Nightslash and only missed one Stored Power after he set up his 3x Double Team. Saying that though he didn't miss with any of his Hydro Pumps either He clears your stat changes on the 4th (or maybe 5th) turn so it's not as quick as Cinderace but with the use of Slack Off and a Shell Bell my HP only went into the red once.

It wouldn't have a super effective STAB move but what about a Water Absorb Vaporeon with Acid Armor / Calm Mind / Fake Tears / Stored Power? If Greninja ends up being a special attacker then it would be able to take more hits than Clodsire and the difference between Clodsire's attack and Vaporeon's special attack stats would go some way to making up for Stored Power not being STAB. After 7 turns (the same number of setup turns Slowbro needed to one shot Cinderace) Stored Power would be up to 260 and Greninja's special defense would be down 2 stages. Potential one shot territory?

I removed that final sentence when I realised Clodsire had Water Absorb Also, both Serebii and Bulbapedia say Water Shuriken is special? Bulbapedia says it changed to a special move in Gen 7.

I'm going to wait and see what Pokemon/strategies prove successful before I commit to training anything up. Hoping for another easy solo strat, I've been enjoying kicking Cinderace's ass over the last couple of weeks! For Clodsire my concern would be that, even with Curse, it wouldn't be able to output enough damage in time.

Thanks, but already got it

I've just PM'd you

Right... Ignore the above, I turned to Reddit to get my Dex completed I'm really enjoying shiny hunting and have already got more than in any other game. Trying to get shinies for all the Pokemon I want to use in Raids, so far I have Azumarill, Kirlia (will be Gardevoir), Camerupt, Toedscruel, Vaporeon, Sylveon, Volcarona, Iron Moth, Iron Hands, Iron Thorns and Iron Valliant. A few of those I caught within 30 minutes using the same sandwich, I even managed three Iron Valliants from one sandwich! However, I am once again requested aid! I caught a shiny Scyther which I want to evolve, however I don't trust Reddit, knowing my lucj the other person will just run away with it Can anyone spare a few minutes to trade and then trade back?

You say that but no-one has responded to my request for help from Wednesday...

I've finally got all the Scarlet exclusive trades done! Just need to sort out Scizor, Slowking and Palafin, can anyone spare 5 mins to do some trades and set up a co-op session?

Urgggh, I swear 95% of people are playing Violet, trying to trade for the Scarlet exclusives using the link codes takes forever! The one time I wanted to trade the other way I found the right version first time Can any Scarlet players help me out with the following? Flutter Mane (in premier ball) Slither Wing Sandy Shocks Roaring Moon (x2, one in premier ball) Karoidan (permanent trade for Miraidon) I can trade the Violet exclusive versions if needed. Also need to trade Scyther and Slowbro to evolve them, then trade back again.

Stop eating so much junk food/takeaways Lose some weight, roughly a couple of stone and get down to about 15% body fat Start exercising at least semi-regularly Pay off my overdraft and credit card debt Actually start to save some of my leftover money each month rather than just spending it (see point 1 ) Move into a management role in my job - if one for a team I am interested in becomes available, I don't want to move up a grade just for the sake of it. Buy a house The first five should be achievable, the final two maybe not