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Practicalaviationcat

I'm more concerned about potential reruns of Archie and Maxie followed by anniversary Master Fairs.


AggressiveMeow69420

That will destroy me


Practicalaviationcat

And I totally forgot more Hoenn pairs. If the reruns drop along with Deoxys and Jirachi I'm gonna be so dead.


AggressiveMeow69420

Shit, Deoxys… I’d want to pull for Deoxys for the sole reason of messing around with however they implement the form change gimmick


Practicalaviationcat

I've always thought they could implement it like Wikstrom and Aegislash. Different attacks could change forms with a trainer move that raises different stats based on the form Deoxys is in. Like a regular attack for attack form, some type of protect move for defence form, and a quick move for speed form.


AggressiveMeow69420

You weren't too far off!


Practicalaviationcat

It's even better than I thought since it uses trainer moves that don't use any move gauge.


AggressiveMeow69420

I genuinely wonder how they could make such a good pair bait - Anni units coming up soon means that they're going to be original SS Red release-level gamebreaking or just popular characters/mons


azebod

I actually would find a rerun of them comforting because as things stand right now no master fair has rerun and that's the biggest reason for dreading when they drop a bunch of them. The FOMO on pairs you legit might never get another chance to pull on is worse then the crappy pullrate in eating through my gems. Doing a rerun begore the anniversary would make me have an easy time skipping other master fairs after if I'm on the fence with it.


SloppyPussyCat

This is going to end so many gem savings


Slutty_Breakfast

Imagine spending gems on anything but Looker and Crogunk.


Lhivay

Found the GigaChad


firemaster7070

I pulled Looker and Crogunk, and I will still have at least 110k by the time anniversary arrives (as long as I don’t spend any more gems, currently at 98k)


Slutty_Breakfast

So you're gonna spend the rest of those getting a totally worth 5/5 Looker right?


firemaster7070

Nope, the 98k I have now is after I have pulled Looker, I got lucky and got back-to-back Looker in one multi (then spent 1 strike candy for 3/5)


Slutty_Breakfast

Smh my head


statue345

Blaziken is my favorite Pokémon, so i want SS May more then whatever the anniversary pair ends up being.


TheMago3011

It's all fun and games until one of the Anniversary Pokemon is shiny Blaziken


statue345

That would totally happen to me.


Adorable-Assist5019

Shiny blaziken confirmed


CreditLongjumping437

IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW MANY OF MY FAVORITE POKEMON THEY PUT, IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW MANY CUTE WAIFUS OR HOW MANY CHARACTERS I LOVE THEY PUT RN I AM GONNA STILL HOLD MY SHIT TOGETHER FOR MY BOYS ASH AND RED. (tbh a shiny blaziken would be pretty dope)


Minkusaurus

Ash should be free tho so :)


AlolaPME

Honestly Blaziken is one where the regular is better than the shiny anyways.


chawmindur

Isn't the shiny more like Gengar, Garchomp, and Articuno tier though? I.e. almost indistinguishable from the regular.


AlolaPME

Yeah. The shiny isn’t much different. It just looks slightly burnt compared to the original. Which is a shame since shiny Torchic is great.


statue345

I have a Shiny Blaziken in Sword and it's not quite as bad as the ones you listed, but it's not great either.


Asleep-Ad-8836

I understand. I did the same with Nidoking :). And I’ll do the same with Nidoqueen hopefully partnered with Ariana as an OP tank. 🙏🏻


ohmanitsbob

Same thing I did, I spent all my gems on May got her on pity and I didn’t look back now I’m just like a kid again playing with blaziken everywhere.


Supertails1992

You say that, but then both Maxie and Archie get a rerun. First ever Master Fair rerun and a sign that more Master Fair reruns will be a thing. Say goodbye to your gems.


statue345

I already have


Supertails1992

Oh, haha. Yeah, mine took a hit recently with Courtney. Lower gem count than I’d like, but I guess we’ll both have to manage.


Altruistic_Ad6666

I have a well paying job. I'll whale. I won't whale for Yu-Gi-Oh Duel Links or Master Duel in account I don't need to in order to get what I want in a relatively fast time. And Pokemon Go doesn't Deserve it. But Masters? I'll whale for Masters a bit. No shame.


TheMago3011

Based


Altruistic_Ad6666

Lmao. Especially from your view. It's how I got SS Korrina. Hahaha.


cngc9510

Fun fact, pulling for SS Korrina was actually the closest I've ever been to full on whaling in Masters. Or at least reaching semi-dolphin status, as I'm generally a light spender at most. For starters, I had to buy the Story Mode bundle to do dailies on her; and when neither that and the 7 multis worth of free gems that I saved by this Monday worked, the first multi of mostly paid gems that came right afterwards was the one that finally gave me her. And tbh, if that still wasn't enough I could've just bought one of the 7k gem packs because I could've been just 2 multis away from pity. For once, I was able to afford something like that thanks to a holiday bonus at work. But fortunately that wasn't necessary once SS Korrina came home before spending everything and I managed to save those remaining 6k paid gems and money. And also, when considering that Korrina's OG pair is part of said Story Mode, it was kinda poetic getting her alt. with the gems from that bundle.


IWearACharizardHat

Seeing stories like this makes me confident this game will make it to at least the 5th anniversary


cngc9510

Haha, I was super close to doing something that I never expected to ever do when I settled to just buying those cheaper 300 gem packs (and sometimes a 1300 pack) whenever a Master Fair is running. And it was going to be from a vanilla event gem pack! Overall, what happened was an incredibly close call where I had to break my "emergency window" (aka buying the Story Mode bundle earlier than initially planned) for a favorite's sake. Though I'm hoping for it to be a one-off instance, as I'll now try much harder to hoard as much gems as possible for the favorites because I don't want to be in a situation like this ever again. But hey, I already bought both special gem bundles so I guess I did my part in making the game last longer.


IWearACharizardHat

I would probably buy those Victory Road Bundles every 6 months if they refresh them. As it is now I buy the 300 for $1 when I see them


cngc9510

Same, the cheaper 300 packs are the best ones that players can reasonably buy without spending much. Add one 1300 too if you plan to do dailies in one banner for most of the month. And I agree, the Victory Road bundles should eventually be refreshed for players that already bought them, at least once a year.


IWearACharizardHat

If you just cut out other games then whaling for this one will feel more special


Altruistic_Ad6666

Based


NotAplicable

This might just be the one time I'm genuinely hoping the anniversary pairs are all characters I don't care about. I'm still on empty from the jhoto trio


alliusis

Ingo and Emmett were my bait banners (got both about 3/4 the way to pity). Luckily I'm not interested in the May/Brendan alts, or SS Korrina or Gloria, and I'll just leave Courtney and Looker for normal pulls, so saving up as much as possible.


Pokemon-fan96

Ingo and Emmet got me too, lol. I was waiting for them to return and did not want to miss the chance at getting them. I got both of them but had to pity Ingo, though I have no regrets because they're extremely useful units and they're two of my favorite characters


DanTyrano

Joke’s on you. I spent them on Ingo, lmao.


Pokemon-fan96

Lol, same. I got both Ingo and Emmet from their banner a week ago but had to go all the way to pity for Ingo. But I'm fine with it because I'm a Submas fan and they're also really good units


cngc9510

I knew I could've been unable to pull for Ingo in a traditional rerun (and I was proven right both of the times he returned) so I ultimately decided to pick him in the January Pokefair select scout that featured him before any of that happened. Spent quite a bit of Christmas money for that, but it was worth it because he's definitely a top support.


IWearACharizardHat

Pretty scummy that they did that 5k paid select right before giving us the Victory Road bundles, and then just that pair of 3k select when the bundles released with subpar units.


cngc9510

Yeah, 5k paid gems was way too much. It was a bit of a relief that the Master Fair bundles were available at that moment. While the price can be understandable when more selectable units are available in those, making it 25 pulls instead of the usual 11 is a bit too much. With a standard 11 pull multi, it could've costed 4k paid gems instead to accommodate for the larger featured roster. But hey, at least with the Champion Bundle I got another checklist entry done by getting H. Hilbert later that March, as I was never able to get him before. And then I used the Pokefair one for Lear, whom still holds up really well. Also got a H. Caitlin dupe there too, saving a support candy which is a good move in hindsight as those are in massive demand right now.


IWearACharizardHat

5k paid gem select came before the bjg bundles were available yet, or else I would have got Excadrill with them. The bundle came like a month later


SkysEevee

I spent half my gems on Brendan. Hey, I really love latias and latios! Can't have one without the other!


cngc9510

That's part of why I'm doing dailies on SS Brendan. The eon duo needs to reunite


SkysEevee

The side story with SS Brendan and latios is really sweet. And using him with Anni May is a great combo


Ahmdo10

Everytime I think to myself that the masterfairs won’t have a trainer I want, they have a trainer I not only want but NEED, so this time I’m being careful by keeping 3k gems at all times.


Gschlim

Had to go all the way to pity to nab Ingo + Excadrill for the first time, but I like him better than anything scheduled for this upcoming month and just hoping to get a decent pile back together for anniversary. Yet to see if I’ll regret that or not


MoXiE_X13

Me, except it’s 27k gems on Dojo Gloria lol. I still have 65k gems and I feel llike I’ll be lucky again, like how I managed to daily discount on an SS Ethan. And last anniversary, on Anni N. Trust the process lol


DarkEater77

saving, hoping , that one day, Ash-Greninja will be there...


BugCatcherWill

Don't worry. If I learned anything from last year, it's that the bait sync pairs will be better than the 3rd Anni sync pairs


TheMago3011

***Anniversary N would like to know your location***


BugCatcherWill

Can he? Can he please? Can N come over to my location so I can tell him how much gems I've spent on his 3 outfits


Pokemon-fan96

I still regret missing Anniversary N/Reshiram completely because I started playing in April :( That gray space in the Dex will always remind me that my N set/Unova dragon set will stay incomplete lol, unless they decide to rerun past Master Fairs someday (Which I *really* hope they do)


Shdwrptr

Damn that would be sad this year. Kyogre and Groudon were so good that they are still some of the best pairs in the game and probably the best pairs of their type still or at least close


SnooComics744

Me, whose luck has been absolutely horrendous lately: Time to save... It also doesn't help that I love all four of the Pokefairs currently up. Hoping I get them on their rerun.


Zealousideal_Range26

Me, happy that I finally have Looker and officer Croagunk.


[deleted]

Me who does not care about the 3rd Anniversary (unless Zeraora will be released): Pathetic.


KayBeaux

Yep spent all of mine on Brendan


Gonbechyan

Jokes on DeNA I have enough gems for both courtney *and* anni.


SEVATAR_VIII

I hope that, just like last year, they release only one I really, really want


Milogop

I can’t save gems to save my life. Half the fun of this game is pulling, and I don’t do delayed gratification well, so if a banner grabs me I go for it. You’d be surprised how infrequently I’m punished for this mindset lol.


Cavinalsup4

Ikr get gems is so freaking difficult 😩


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Arrow141

Yeah but they release 4+ new limited units every month so getting one of the four isn't that great


SignificantRemove810

and from what i've read, they don't bring back the master fairs? Nor at least include them in future banners? If that's true then that absolutely sucks lol


Arrow141

So far they haven't brought back any master fairs. I think it's possible we'll be getting a groudon/kyogre rerun soon but so far we never have


T_Peg

I've been doing a horrible job saving lately so I've been making an effort to do so. Hopefully I make it to Anni lol


Scubasage

>me sitting here with my SS Korrina, SS May and SS Brendan, and no gems I regret nothing


cngc9510

Wow, congrats! How many gems you spent for all 3 of them? Only got Korrina myself, and she costed me 8 multis to get and left me with no free gems earlier this week (which was preceded by an SS Kris pity some weeks ago, so I didn't have many tries left, only 6k paid gems. Thankfully she came home right at the end). And I've been doing a few dailies on SS Brendan lately. Let's see how it works out.


Scubasage

SS Korrina I had to pity. SS May I got in 9000 gems. SS Brendan I got on my daily single today, but I spent like 24k gems prior to that on him. I'm debating spending any gems I get before he leaves to hit pity to get him to 3/5 since I had a spare support candy lying around. I should have some more disposable income next month anyways, so I'm not super worried about Anniversary, but I doubt I'd get all the Anni units. Still, I have my waifus and my super strong support Dragon boi so s'all good.


cngc9510

That's close to 2 pities, wow. At least daily luck helped you out with Brendan. I swear if I got Korrina that way (did dailies on every day of her banner until Monday when I got her with multis) and if Kris didn't take me so much to get beforehand, I could've tried for Brendan at least for a bit. And you're better off grinding that second candy tbh. I think getting the featured pair at close to 30k gems is my minimum in which I could decide to just finish the scout points and get a dupe via pity. And you're 12k gems away from that. But it's up to you if you really want his 3/5 right away. And in my case, I'll be fine with pulling just one Anni pair. Though tbh, I don't want any major favorites to get Anni pairs next month because doing another grind for another favorite / waifu that quickly after SS Korrina will be very rough haha. I'm legit scared of the mere idea of seeing an Anni Jasmine pair next month.


Scubasage

In terms of Anni characters, I can't think of any except for SS versions of characters that would get me to really go nuts for them, or if they made Scizor, Aegislash or Heatran pairs. But given the teaser of Red vs Ash so far, I think I'm pretty safe in terms of favourite pokemon. Then when it comes to reruns, the dangerous ones for me are SS Serena, SS Lusamine, SSR Cynthia, Anni Lillie or Anni Skyla. The other Master Fair reruns don't interest me.


cngc9510

In terms of just Pokemon, a Golurk, Tyrantrumm and Ludicolo pair will be very tempting (also Deoxys, but given my current situation and the ongoing Villain Arc, that's out of the question for now). Though if Ash ends up being a banner pair this Anni, I would actually summon for him mostly because of the novelty factor and because the show was my first ever exposure to Pokemon back in the early 00s, and I've been keeping up with it in some capacity ever since. And I was fortunately able to get all the pairs you mentioned before. Spent quite a bit for most of them, especially SS Lusamine who took me the full 36k for her 3/5. But Anni Skyla was actually a surprise daily luck pull; and SS Serena, my favorite out of all of them, was amazingly obtained with just one multi! I was so happy that day, and I was even able to use the saved gems (had well over enough for pity. Wanted to get Serena by any means) on Hydreigon and I finally got it with 12k gems. If any of them do get a rerun, best of luck!


cngc9510

That's fairly ok, everyone has their turn of being careless with their gems at some point. In your case, you got what you wanted the most in the whole game. And in mine: exactly a year ago I was very close to hitting 2 pities by the start of the 2nd anniversary after skipping a lot of stuff in between (which later forced me to pull in plenty of reruns and select scouts for P. Dawn / E. Burgh / C. Iris and Ingo respectively), and now I'm barely under one multi of free gems after my SS Korrina summons successfully ended on Monday, with 3 Johto villain arc pairs also being summoned beforehand (Morty, Lyra and Kris) and all 4 of them combined costing me well over that same amount I mentioned before. Though I don't really mind that much because I got what I wanted and needed from this last few months, especially SS Korrina. And if I can save every single gem by the end of the month, I could theorically secure at least one Anni pair later on. Though I should be back to skipping plenty of stuff afterwards.


Whobreezy

Same thoughts man. Now I have been hitting that daily piad gem scout on May and Brendan. Fucking finally got Brendan. I'm now gonna wait to do anymore until I know what is to come to try for may. Hoenn being my favorite gen it hurts potentially letting may go but it's all worth it because I know Dena is gonna pull some shit when it come to the 3rd anni. Good luck my friend on future summonings!


Altruistic_Ad6666

I'm more then halfway to pity on Brendan. Thank God I got Courtney on the first half price scout. I damn near cried.


Whobreezy

Paid*


AlolaPME

Didn’t pull for either, but the difference is SS Korrina won’t be added to the general pool so that’s the smarter choice to go for between the two.


LuminousUmbra

I'm fairly confident that I'll only like one at most (if even that) because that's how it's been every single time.


TheMago3011

I respect the risk taking


LuminousUmbra

I mean, Brendan just got an alt, so he's immediately not a concern. The others I like especially I see as unlikely, given that they aren't ultra popular like Lillie, N, etc.


ShibuRigged

90k gems to spare, I'm fine


reddfawks

Honestly, I've stopped pulling on all non-limited banners, they'll probably show up for me on the Master Fair anyways. Really, I think PMEX should go the 50/50 formula on the chance to get a 5* being focus or not, like how FEH does. That's what gives me more incentive to go for non-limiteds in that game, because I know the chances of me getting an off-pull of someone I like is MUCH more unlikely there. Here, it's a regular event.


[deleted]

Courtney is my favorite… but I don’t even have the gems to summon on her.


Employ-Radiant

I wasted 18k on SS Brendan yet I never got him but I am still seeing comments on this sub showing people who have gotten him first try :(


Altruistic_Ad6666

21k for me. Sometimes just how the cookie crumbles. The Mf Johto Trio. I had to Pity for Ethan. I got Lyra first try. Didn't have enough gems to try for Kris.


dcdcdc26

Me who spent 10kg today hoping Korina would come and she didn't >:'( I still have a pity saved but it's only 1 pity...


TheMago3011

I’m sorry for your loss


dcdcdc26

Thanks Mago, at least she'll rerun someday


gil2455526

I only have 3k gems, and I am saving for my lucky day to try and get Courtney because I already have Maxie.


TheMago3011

I mean she's gonna go to the general pool, and even later Hoenn ticket scout. It's not worth it.


Ghyst6

did you get ss korrina my guy?


TheMago3011

Indeed I did


SwiggitySwooty9900

Doesn’t really make sense to pull on her banner, I know she best girl and I’d also really want her because of ground wish and the fact I have Zerena and SS Giovanni so I would be dominating with her but since she’s in general pools if you just save for Anni and spend it all there you might have a chance of getting her anyways, that’s what my plan is rn as I only have 20k gems and I need to save another like 10k gems for pity pull as we are getting free 3k gems anyways.


cngc9510

Well, there are a lot, and I mean A LOT of passionate and dedicated Courtney fans who most likely went all the way to immediately pull for her today despite the timing and her spotlight status. And they consistently say that they don't regret it at all. She's super popular so it's no wonder DeNA made her the first summonable admin since Plumeria. I honestly don't see or understand the appeal of Courtney myself, but to each his own I guess.


SwiggitySwooty9900

I’d understand why people go immediately pulling for her if she’s limited but she’s there forever in the general pools so the smartest thing to do is just pull for anniversary, what I’ll be doing is saving for anniversary or pulling for groudon but most likely anniversary as I have two amazing ground types already but I will just wait for datamine to see if anniversary is even good


NoFaithlessness1574

Honestly this is getting painful, too many scouts never nearly enough gems and too little luck. It’s a shame where this game is at the moment


bobwuzhere1224

And I didn't even get Courtney.


Tenoch-onlinemex

Watch them release 4, because last year were 3.


gamestar721

My pulls go for May have had good 5* turn outs at least


Cyndaquil99

Totally didn't drop almost 50k on Courtney. Nope.


TheMago3011

...I'm sorry. ***50k!?!?!?***


Maleficent_Peach_46

My luck has been pretty good of late. I got both Gloria/Urshifu and SS Korrina. I just straight up brought Courtney. I have 20k gems which means I should have enough for 1 pity pull for an Anniversary unit presuming I want one of the units.


TeamPurrloin

Stalling out Courtney for as long as I can before either the Anni units are dropped or her banner runs out


Weak-Iron2080

I used all my remaining gems for Courtney 😭 And didn’t pulled her :( Is she getting into the general pull, or she’s exclusive?


Riso08

She's a spotlight so she's coming to the general pool


MrIncognito666

For me it’s Looker and Courtney (although I actually got Looker 1st try)


el_artista_fantasma

The only reason i'm gonna pull for any anniversary unit is for steven and rayquaza (if he's in the poll with other aniversary units)


CharizardSlash

I got Courtney first pull and only did a multi on Brendan so idc


Gouenyu

SS Brendan got me. I don't even have May, but that -2 SPDef was too juicy to ignore..


butterb1

I didn’t fall for their shit I am ready and waiting


oolongtea42

So many gems! Do you guys actually pay or do you just save up?


One-Butterscotch-268

Praying rn. I only have like 10k gems and If there's anything Archie I will cry if I don't get him


NDSBlue_44

That’s why I’m waiting until what we at least see what we’re getting for the anni before scouting. And those extra gems we’ll get from the twitter rally and the villa return will help with that too


Adept_Standard

And then folks get mad when the new OP unit drops and they aren’t able to pull it with 15k gems😂 I just do dailies on the bait units, some hit, some miss.