All these ingredient codes for the week are expired now but it's notable that this last one was only up for 6 hours.
Battle! Zero Lab was maybe the most toby toby song i've ever toby'd so that wasn't terribly surprising, but pretty neat anywayPokémon Scarlet and Violet have released! I had the honor of making a few songs for the game: "Tera Raid Battles", the "Academy Ace Tournament", and of course, "Battle! Zero Lab". I also composed "Area Zero", which was re-arranged by my friend Go Ichinose.
I also composed a majestic theme melody for the song "Academy". Surprisingly, this ended up used as a field theme for the whole game! Though, all songs using the melody were made by other amazing composers. (I love the soft piano version that plays at night.) Anyhow, that's all I did!
Lets hope it'll drop a ton of Ability patches. I luckily have a turbo controller to do the whole money grinding tournament thing with specs Chi-Yu, but I'm still forced to hold A on my controller + sometimes it automatically turns off since it thinks I'm going AFK so having a ton of ability patches to sell would be much nicer & convenient way to get a lot of money on hand.January's 7 star raid will be a Fighting Type Cinderace, but before that we'll get a Delibird raid for Christmas carrying that tradition from SWSH
Guessing it'll have various goodies to grab, like EV berries and Money items and a chance at other stuff here & there. It's what they did in SWSH.Al so Pokedolls
https://serebii.net/scarletviolet/teraraidbattles/event-presentsfromdelibird.shtmlThe Delibird raids are here along with a new mystery gift code HAPPYHOL1DAYS for 50 Ice Tera shards.
Snom not in top 5? I call fake.It's only 177,829 voters, but a Japanese games site had a little poll to ask about your favorite pokemon from SV. To be clear, from SV, not among the new generation of Pokemon. So another little caveat there.
But it's still an interesting top 50, I think
https://gamewith.jp/pokemon-sv/article/show/381211
shoutouts to Tatsugiri for getting on it twice.
It's only 177,829 voters, but a Japanese games site had a little poll to ask about your favorite pokemon from SV. To be clear, from SV, not among the new generation of Pokemon. So another little caveat there.
But it's still an interesting top 50, I think
https://gamewith.jp/pokemon-sv/article/show/381211
shoutouts to Tatsugiri for getting on it twice.
Meowscarada is extremely popular in Japan, as demonstrated with hard data in this poll.So despite everyone bemoaning about it becoming a biped, Meowscarada is #3
oh this explains a lotThe boss cleanse does not reset cheer boosts, but instead they silently wear off after about 3-4 attacks from the whole party.
I have stayed off the internet in game to keep the Delibird raids live.A tip for anyone skipping dates for raids/outbreaks/auctions is that you don't need to actually change the time to a different day when you do it. Just opening the Date and Time menu with "Synchronize Clock via Internet" off and clicking into the Date and Time option and pressing OK is enough to reset everything.
Yeah, I'm in the same boat and it gives a new set of raids with events and the single 6 star, which may be more relevant for Cinderace farming. Sometimes it doesn't immediately work and I try switching locations if so.I have stayed off the internet in game to keep the Delibird raids live.
Does this mean that I could clear all Delibird raids, the use this clock technique to reset the raids for the day and keep farming Delibirds?
There's only a day left til Cinderace raids so it doesn't matter much, but I am curious.
Also the next event for Steel Hydreigon/Dragon Dragapult was announced here too. It doesn't look like it's on the English side as of writing though.google translate/deepl said:About the strongest Cinderace
The strongest Cinderace remembers the techniques "High Jump Kick", "Pyro Ball", "Acrobatics" and "Iron Head".
The technique unleashed from a high attack is powerful.
Also, as soon as the battle begins, it will "bulk up" to increase its own attack and defense, and after that, as its HP decreases, it will "bulk up" again and again to further raise its high attack and stand in the way even more powerfully.
strategy tips
Let's know the advantageous type!
The strongest ace barn is a Fighting tera type.
The following is a list of Pokémon that attack a Fighting Tera type Pokémon and have outstanding (2x) effectiveness.
Flying type
Psychic Type
Fairy Type
However, note that Fairy-type Pokémon are vulnerable to damage because Cinderace remembers the "Iron Head" technique.
Gyarados, which tends to appear at the same time as the strongest Cinderace, is a Water and Flying type Pokemon. You can learn the Flying-type move "Hurricane", which is strong against the Fighting type, and if you have the characteristic "Intimidate", you can lower the opponent's attack, so you can attack advantageously.
Furthermore, if attacked by a Fighting-type or Fire-type move, the effect is not good enough (0.5x), so it is a Pokémon with good type compatibility both offensively and defensively.
Also, ghost types do not take damage from fighting type moves.
Gengar, which is also likely to appear at the same time, is a Ghost / Poison type Pokemon, and does not receive damage from Cinderace's "High Jump Kick''.
Terastal and type change!
It is also effective to change the type of Pokemon by terastallizing.
Let's terastallize the Flying/Psychic type and stand strong against the Fighting type.
Let's undo the opponent's ability change!
The strongest Cinderace will perform "bulk up" many times to increase its own attack and defense.
The technique "Clear Smog" can undo the opponent's ability change. If you have a Pokemon that learns "Clear Smog", it might be a good idea to add it to your repertoire of moves.
Surprisingly, Gengar, who tends to appear at the same time as the strongest Ace Burn, seems to remember "Clear Smog"...!
Steel Hydreigon is nice, but Dragon Dragapult feels a bit disappointing (like, why not Poison? Or maybe have Ghost Hydregion and Dark Dragapult).Also the next event for Steel Hydreigon/Dragon Dragapult was announced here too. It doesn't look like it's on the English side as of writing though.
This got me looking and it turns out that there are a few sparse mentions of Grusha's injury that are scattered across different parts of the game other than his cynical dialogue.Grusha is depressed because he was a pro snowboarder until he got into a vague accident that forced him to retire and now being a Gym Leader is all he got left. And, yeah, Grusha does have more of a right to be depressed than Volkner, though this is an annoying case of "tell don't show". Because, as far as I can tell, Grusha is perfectly okay. Infact, he only says he was an ex-pro, unless the translators made a mistake it sounds like he still snowboards. So either GF intended on Grusha still being injured, perhaps permanently, yet didn't bother showing us any physical signs that would make us see why he can't be a pro anymore (a limp, easily gets out of breath, occasionally fiercely massages a muscle while making a wincing face, etc.). Or we're supposed to infer he is perfectly fine but the accident gave him trauma that's preventing him from going pro again... except not only does he mention he still snowboards but this character arc also goes nowhere, at least in this aspect. I'm sorry to say but Grusha is kind of a let down for me, he has a backstory but the game decided not to tell me it... so why should I care?
Otherwise, the only permanent mention of this injury is from a random trainer on the mountain.This Ice-type user, once a renowned snowboarder, was forced to retire from the sport due to a grievous injury. His formerly fiery passion now remains locked away behind a thick, icy shell.
Grusha was once the second best snowboarder in all the world... But he was injured in an accident—badly enough that he was forced to retire from the sport.
Paldean Sports Monthly said:The Sub-zero Shredder has done it again! The world’s second-ranked snowboarder put on a clinic at the Montenevera Cup, claiming his sixth straight win in Paldea’s major competitions. No one’s been able to snatch that crown yet!
“If you think you’ve got what it takes, come take me on!” this ice-cold athlete declared from the winners’ podium, and you could just feel his rivals steel their resolve! We’ll see how things unfold in two weeks at the Glaseado Mountain Cup!
I don't like this implication that physical injuries are less real if other people can't observe them within five minutes of meeting you. There are dozens of ways you can injure yourself that wouldn't leave you with any obvious impairments in your everyday life but would stop you from being a professional athlete. Perhaps he went through major reconstructive surgery that left him just as mobile as before but with the caveat that one more serious injury would likely cause permanent disability. Honestly it's silly to even speculate because that's not the point. "Show don't tell" isn't some universal maxim for good writing: sometimes it's more efficient and makes more sense in-universe to "tell don't show". It wasn't a mistake for the devs to 'leave out' the visible evidence of his injury, nor would it have been a mistake to include it. Each is a valid choice with its own implications.Grusha is depressed because he was a pro snowboarder until he got into a vague accident that forced him to retire and now being a Gym Leader is all he got left. And, yeah, Grusha does have more of a right to be depressed than Volkner, though this is an annoying case of "tell don't show". Because, as far as I can tell, Grusha is perfectly okay. Infact, he only says he was an ex-pro, unless the translators made a mistake it sounds like he still snowboards. So either GF intended on Grusha still being injured, perhaps permanently, yet didn't bother showing us any physical signs that would make us see why he can't be a pro anymore (a limp, easily gets out of breath, occasionally fiercely massages a muscle while making a wincing face, etc.). Or we're supposed to infer he is perfectly fine but the accident gave him trauma that's preventing him from going pro again... except not only does he mention he still snowboards but this character arc also goes nowhere, at least in this aspect. I'm sorry to say but Grusha is kind of a let down for me, he has a backstory but the game decided not to tell me it... so why should I care?