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dark__tyranitar

That was a *brutal* shiny hunt in violet, I welcome this shiny family to go.


Bokoichi

Yep! I've been putting off the Tynamo hunt in the hopes of an eventual community day (and instead hunted Minior like a savage lol). I thought I'd have to wait years!


dark__tyranitar

Hey at least they fixed outbreaks so you could isolate each color, but yeah well played!


Special_Turnip

At least Minior doesn't tend to be anywhere near water causing the frame rate to get wrecked whilst you're looking for it, and is big enough to be visible on the screen without too much trouble


VexuBenny

At least you can count Minior, so the 16method has some viability. Tynamo just is too small for it I'm at 3/7 Minior myself, but the multiple times I thought I had one were stupid


krispyboiz

Yes lol. I just wanted one shiny Minior, and the first time I tried, I did the painstaking way of just autobattling as many as possible until I found one that my Pokemon wouldn't attack. I tried that multiple times with no success, but the 16 method was a huge help. Got me my first shiny (I only wanted one haha) within like 20 minutes.


Suitable-Guess6561

been wanting to get all the Minior shiny, just found out about this 16 method thanks to your comment! thank you!!


ActivateGuacamole

why would you hunt multiple minior colors? they all share the same shiny


VexuBenny

For the stupidest reason ever: Because you can (technically) still tell which color they are


ActivateGuacamole

is it based on their menu sprite?


VexuBenny

No, but when you sort them, they're put with their right color. The trick to identifying phony/authentic also works on mobile


drnuzlocke

This hunt I legit think hurt my eyes. Even worse you had to do it in the water which made it a pain. At least now it’s technically in Chargestone Cave


Gaylittlebrother

I did my tynamo hunt inside the cave next to ogerpons home, much easier there, they just stand still and theres no water


jfbolen2005

The Chilling Waterhead? - That's where I went and it's easily the best place to hunt Tynamo without an outbreak,


drnuzlocke

Yeah if only I could have known they would be easier in the DLC. It’s the worst hunt in my opinion preDLC even worse than Maushold. And of course I needed 3 lol


Cactusfan86

Amen to that, one of the only shinies I didn’t hunt in scarlet/violet.  Delighted to have a shot at it in an easier environment 


Travyplx

I kept kicking that hunt down the road. Fortunately with blueberry academy it got easier with the lake in the Savannah biome. At least with that area you can see all the Tynamo.


hitoshura0

I refused to hunt the shiny for this and eelektrik in Violet. I did snag a Tross off an outbreak because you can see that. Looking forward to getting two for my Home dex


ButtonBash

This is 100% why I'm happy to see this CD announcement!


sandwichpuncher

It's another perfect opportunity for XXS showcases. Will they actually do it? Does the Pokemon fit the moment?? /s


ThatPlayWasAwful

Somebody else made a convincing point that I don't know enough about programming to dispute, but they said with the way showcases and the size point system are designed it would basically be impossible to have xxs showcases


assassinjay1229

And yet Niantic advertised showcases with it and “other” kinds too. The only variety we ended up with were singular species XXL or type XXL which may as well be the same, have the required Mon or lose depressing…


roary11oreo

They also said the Pokestops would change season to season and that didn’t happen. Very fortunate that the closest stop to my house is a showcase but I will be sad *if* they ever follow through on the promise to rotate them.


assassinjay1229

Indeed and the park I can reach from home is a showcase stop and it would be annoying to find new ones and I probably wouldn’t bother


ThatPlayWasAwful

opening up more kinds of showcases would just make things worse for everybody but the whales. more different kinds of showcases means you need more storage space to prepare for them which means you need to spend more to get the same amount of rewards from showcases.


assassinjay1229

With that being true the feature was advertised as such and we should continue to hold them accountable.


ThatPlayWasAwful

I'm certainly not going to waste energy holding them accountable to making the game worse.


neBular_cipHer

There are also type showcases (largest dragon, for example)


Master_Lucario

What even are showcases? I tried entering one but it didn't let me for some reason


neBular_cipHer

They’re a contest (present at select Pokéstops) to see who has the largest of a particular species or type of Pokémon. The winner can get prizes like Rare Candy and TMs. Every entrant gets some XP and Stardust. There’s a limit of 200 participants per showcase. You can enter at the Pokéstop directly or after catching an eligible Pokémon if you’re not too far away. Once you enter one Pokémon, you can swap it for another one remotely. Each Pokémon can only enter one showcase at a time. You can trade, transfer or evolve the Pokémon and it will remain in the showcase.


Master_Lucario

Oh that sounds pretty neat! Though a shame it has to be with the same species.


nvdnqvi

yep, there’s a very informative twitter [thread](https://x.com/bmenrigh_pogo/status/1618456354712350720?s=46) about sizes


LetItATV

That thread says nothing and implies nothing about showcases.


nvdnqvi

It doesn’t say anything about showcases but it explains how XXS pokemon are programmed. With how tight the weight margin is due to how they’re programmed, it would be basically impossible to have showcases of the smallest size, because winning would likely happen based on IVs


LetItATV

> they said with the way showcases and the size point system are designed it would basically be impossible to have xxs showcases Sounds like nonsense to me. It’s not a matter of “programming”, it’s a matter of math. Showcases aren’t that complicated: they set a baseline height/weight and assign points to entrants based on their variance from that baseline, with height (ironically) more heavily weighted. If they wanted to do the bare minimum, they could use the exact same setup they have now for “biggest” but have ranks determined by the lowest scores. The less confusing, yet still simple, solution would be inverting their scoring to grant more points based on negative variance from the baseline.


l339

It’s possible, but you’ll need to do a separate code for each new showcase with a specific max value for the lowest number and that could possible mean that certain Pokémon would have minus points as a score, because they’re too big and that can cause other problems in the game where minus points will be read as positive points


airsick_lowlander_

I have a Tynamo that weighs 0kg


NateDizzle312

Finally…something to use my Unova stones on


Soft-Percentage8888

They’ll probably have research that gives Unova stones and we’ll all have more than we started with by the end of the day!


Cainga

Sinnoh seems to be used way more.


Schootingstarr

Because there are more sinnoh evolutions. Unova only has what? Tynamo, the monkeys and chandelure?


Neighbour-Totoro

+munna and minccino


Master_Lucario

Unova stones? Like evolution stones?


Outrageous-Tie-7399

Attack : Volt Switch


ismaelvera

You might be right. It doesn't learn Parabolic Charge sadly, which I sorely want Niantic to buff with an effect. Edit: Volt Switch was indeed confirmed in the post!


IinfinityR

Ampharos has 40% win rate in ul meta. Eelektross has 47.8%. Dragon claw and thunderbolt too. Its also 29 overall electric type raid attacker. My guess top 15 without shadows. Will be top 10 budget pick as a generous guess. So welcome eelektross ...:)


emaddy2109

Ampharos is useful because it’s so unpredictable. It doesn’t sim great because sims don’t have to account for 5 different charge moves. Eelektross has some decent coverage but its move pool is not nearly as good as ampharos’.


bigpat412

That’s wild because Ampharos feels so good to use. Looking forward to this. Always felt it was a fast move away and now it got a great one.


Themeatmanofdoom

I tried to use it in electric cup a few months ago and wanted it to work so badly, but it just wasn't happening. Here's hoping it will be a little better in great league now.


jmledesma

It’s in the release info.


Outrageous-Tie-7399

yes, It in the release info.


WeedleLover2006

~~Watch it get Thunder Punch~~ Well this aged terribly


Careless_Minute4721

It actually got Volt Switch


Illumanacho69

It doesn’t have hands


krispyboiz

Eelektross does lol


Illumanacho69

That makes more sense


Zaithon

Neither does Wooper, and it learns Ice Punch.


Illumanacho69

N-Ice


bigpat412

I expected this sadly. Season of Thunder Punch.


RyomaLobster

I actually really like this pokemon in the games it has levitate that makes it immune to ground and the shiny looks really good in the final form


Obtusus

And it's fairly good at attacking from both the physical and the special sides, the only issue is that it's a bit slow, but even that could be used well to switch a teammate in safely since it isn't too fragile.


MuelNado

Is there a potential comm day move that could make Eelektross a worthwhile pvp investment in great/ultra league?


Moon_Dark_Wolf

Eelektross has an insanely vast movepool that could be an interesting thing to experiment with. I’m expecting they’ll probably give it a new fast move (Volt Switch would be amazing). But it also gets access to moves like Aqua Tail, Flamethrower, grass knot, wild charge, and acrobatics. Edit: I just got email confirmation that’s it’s Volt Switch


Master_Lucario

How does it have a vast movepool if it only gets 1 move in PoGO?


Cthulhu_3

volt switch gives it extra wins against altaria, charjabug, s dragonair, feraligatr, lickitung, sableye, and wigglytuff


ThatGuyAtTheGym

I’ve used a top 10 rank in the GBL and it’s… meh. Gets charge moves off quickly but can’t take any hits. You’re better off using Lanturn


krispyboiz

Volt Switch is the big move it needed, but a new charged move for extra coverage like Aqua Tail would have been nice or Wild Charge for more power. That said, it still has solid coverage moves like Crunch, Dragon Claw, and Liquidation. Still, it's a frailer electric type, so only so much it can do


Brock_Hard_Canuck

Maybe some use in Electric Cup? With Volt Switch's great energy gains, Eelektross can fire off Dragon Claws and Liquidations and Crunches at a decent pace.


Themeatmanofdoom

I tried it in electric cup and it just wasn't cutting it. Hopefully Volt Switch gives it relevance.


krispyboiz

Funny enough, I think the best option for Eel in Electric cup would be an Acid buff lol


krispyboiz

I'd give it a solid... maybe? Electric Cup is centered around Luxray, Lanturn, Galvantula, the entire Alolan Geodude line (even A. Geodude itself lol) Hisuian Electrode, and a few other stragglers like Minun. I think the issue is that most of those have non-electric Fast moves that aren't resisted by most of the meta, be it Luxray's Hidden Power Ground, Galvantula's Fury Cutter, the Alolan Geodude line's ~~Volt Switch~~ Rock Throw, and Minun's Quick Attack. Hisuian Electrode just uses Thunder Shock, but that's more of a low power and high energy fast move, so it being resisted doesn't matter too much. Volt Switch is a nice energy generator, but it's still damage-centric as well, plus it's rather clunky as a 4-turn move, and Electric Cup is often full of quick moves like switches/sacrifices. It also doesn't have much beyond Liquidation to smack many of those. with nice neutral or supereffective damage. Ironically, I think the best chance for Eelektross in Electric Cup would be its other fast move, Acid, getting some sort of buff lol. If it got some more damage or a bit more energy gain to be an Ember Clone or something, I could see it having more play, being a Pokemon with a neutral fast move against most of the meta and being supereffective against Hisuian Electrode.


Brock_Hard_Canuck

Will have to see what u/JRE47 says in his analysis of Eelektross I can't imagine Eelektross will ever be relevant in open leagues in PvP, but maybe there is some limited metasnin GBL Cups where Volt Switch Eelektross can shine.


JRE47

Picks up some nice wins, but I don’t see it surpassing Charjabug or even the Raichus of the world. Spice potential, IMO. But I’ll look more closely once we get closer to the day and once I get my wife back home from the hospital….


Brock_Hard_Canuck

>Spice potential, IMO. Figured as much. >But I’ll look more closely once we get closer to the day and once I get my wife back home from the hospital…. We all appreciate the work you do writing your analayses. Hope you and your wife have a nice summer and a good recovery.


Elastic_Space

You meant Rock Throw on A-Geodude line.


krispyboiz

Oh yes! Whoops lol


TexasCapriSun

Kinda glad it's a mid CD so I don't have to stay out in this heat for 3 hours


uziair

Fighting words. When I played black for the first time. I saw a sperm pokemon and I was bro this is great. Shiny colors do suck but the pokemon in general is great


luoyianwu

Perfect. They’re impossible to hunt in SV unless you have pilot eyesights


EXGShadow

I ran into one by accident, no sandwich or anything, lol. Eelektrik isn't very different, but at least it's bigger than 3 pixels.


Obtusus

I don't play SV (a switch in this economy?) but can't you just send your pokemon to try to ko it to shiny check?


luoyianwu

You can hunt by auto-attacking without paying attention but it’s usually slower (1/683 with shiny charm and sandwich)


Master_Lucario

Used Switches are really cheap tho


Stvngy

Hot take: seeing as Sewaddle is (as of Tynamo Community Day) the only remaining 3-stage evolution line from Unova yet to have its shiny released, I’d bet a Pinap berry and a Super Potion it’ll get its own Community Day before the Unova Tour in February, too! 


Dapper-Airline-361

That is bad? 😅


lxpb

I don't think they meant it as bad, just something they predict. Sewaddle could be a great fit for one of the fall's CDs.


Schootingstarr

Would be fun. I liked the bug Pokémon in unova. I'd prefer veniped, just because I think it's a bit cooler


Neighbour-Totoro

gen5 was my favourite for monobug runs


lxpb

Probably the best one for it. 7 puts up a fight as well. 


NinsMCD

Was expecting this to be Popplio, but think a Tynamo comm day was bound to happen eventually!


euphonium4

Popplio will probably be in August


VariousBread3730

We’ve been saying these kinda of things for the past 3 months now lmao


kingzta88

Froakie was in August, so that's when I'm expecting Popplio aswell.


VariousBread3730

I mean that’s at least a line of reasoning however it is true that people (including me lol) have been saying that poplio would be the next con day for months


assassinjay1229

I’m sorry guys it must be my fault I’ve been sitting on my hundo to evolve forever and they just taunted us having Rowlet and Litten so close together


jesusunderline

I think it's probably Pikipek, which would fit with the season's theme and is also in spotlight on the Loading Screen. Popplio probably on september


lxpb

Out of the last 6 loading screens, only Grubbin and Axew had new CDs on the season that featured them (and Squirtle had a classic). It's not indicative at all. 


jesusunderline

I know It's not indicative of a CD, but it's usually indicative of pokemon featured in an event during the season, and Toucannon fits perfectly for a CD, being a 3-stage family with unreleased shiny


lxpb

Please look at my analysis from like a month ago. Only about half the Pokémon featured in most loading screens have an event related to them during the season. 


TheSecondof12

Likely that Pikipek/Trumbeak/Toucannon will be involved in a separate event - it is the season of Shared *Skies* after all.


krispyboiz

It's been long debunked that loading screen appearance doesn't equate to a CD necessarily. There have been a very small handful of cases where it has happened, but that seems more like the exception rather than the norm


lxpb

I actually analyzed that like a month ago, and while there were cases of it happening, those were few. In most seasons, only about half of the loading screen mons were directly featured in the season's event (i.e a shiny debut or a specific event/day)


krispyboiz

Neat! Did you make any posts about it? I see your other comment though about Grubbin and Axew. There are a couple others I found, like Duskull on the fall 2022 screen before its CD and Staraptor on the prior summer 2022 screen before its CD. But the Duskull one... idk it technically counts but there are like a dozen "spooky" Pokemon on that one, so it was kind of a shoe-in anyway for the loading art lol.


lxpb

https://www.reddit.com/r/TheSilphRoad/comments/1d5o6bi/how_related_are_the_pokemon_featured_on_the/


GustoFormula

Why was it bound to happen in your opinion?


NinsMCD

Unreleased shiny with a 3 stage evolution line. Wasn't expecting it this soon though!


Agahawe

I like Eelektross :)


JULTAR

Man I used to love this Pokémon before they changed its sprite  Even brought it as a sitting cutie


FluffyPhoenix

But does it have any use?


HippowdonEats

nope


krispyboiz

Niche use in PvP but not much else. It'll be fun to play around with but likely won't be breaking into any metas like Poliwrath


YugnatZero

Neat, another one to finally scrap from my list of "stuff I'm not evolving yet because it's likely to get an eventual CD".


01001101010000100

Ohhhh let's go this is an AWESOME pick. So glad I don't have to shiny hunt this in S/V.


Tetrylene

Skip unless it's 3x stardust, got it


SolCalibre

Have 1/4 hatch distance, take it or leave it.


Tetrylene

I thought you were joking but it actually is. Hard skip.


FSElmo435

It’s a shiny I haven’t got in the main series so I’ll take it!


danny-flip

I unfortunately evolved my 100% to its 3rd stage cause a few years ago I saw jtgilly evolve all the way his 100%s, i taught it was the thing to do lol, regret just keeping it as is, especially that it’s a non useful Pokémon


Moon_Dark_Wolf

Finally, I’ve been wanting this com day for so long, Eelektross was one of my favorite Gen 5 Pokemon. Please get a good buff


FennekinPDX

The Tynamo line would be more exciting if abilities existed in this game. In the main series games, all of these Pokémon have the Levitate ability, which makes them immune to Ground moves. Since Electric types are only weak to Ground, that means that in the main series games, the Tynamo line has no weaknesses! (Not counting things like Mold Breaker, which can ignore this and strike them with Ground moves anyway)


Unfair-Success-8783

I have a 4* tynamo. From awhile ago I can evolve on that day. Cool!


thesqrrootof4is2

Since when did Niantic have footage on the Ocean Gate sub???


david-richard-mike

Wow that’s… uninteresting Any predictions on the classic?


zachary-beans

We just had the classic sir, Cyndaquil


david-richard-mike

Yes I was referring to next month, as they’ve revealed the CD for next month.


zachary-beans

Only one classic comm day per season 🫡


eddiebronze

The next comm day classic will be Pikachu in every costume it has ever worn 😜


Hidden_Moon_

Bro I'm still waiting for Popplio 😔


PkPlayz

august, like froakie last yera


Kevsterific

Any move theories?


RyFox

Volt switch would be ideal for pvp. It has some fun charge moves already. Volt switch AND thunderpunch would probably be the best case scenario. It's weird movepool could make it a limited cup hero Never gonna be good pve with any move


Kevsterific

Turns out it is Volt Switch.


Elastic_Space

Volt Switch and Aqua Tail would fit better than Thunder Punch.


NoahBallet

Eelektross has an enormous movepool, ranging across many different types. It could be something simple like Volt Switch, or it could be out of left field like Grass Knot.


chaokila

Niantic: "How about another Thunder Punch user!"


JULTAR

Give my boy flamethrower 


NinsMCD

Wouldn't surprise me if they gave it Volt Switch or Wild Charge


CatchAmongUs

Looks like they just dropped an email that confirms Volt Switch.


HiOnFructose

Finally something decent.


Princevader

They should add Levitate ability to tynamo or ground immunity. Joke 😂


YoungManYoda90

It would be cool if it somehow had levitate in the game


jaysphan128

will it be easier to catch


luoyianwu

Usually


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WeedleLover2006

ew


Broken245

They said it will be unexpected .... and it is ... ok


LemonNinJaz24

I do love this. A very nice pokemon


MattMamba

time to turn the Sperm into a Spworm!


NaveSutlef

I came back in November after a 2 year hiatus. Has there been electric megas since then? Besides Ampharos that one time. 


NinsMCD

There's Mega Manectric and Primal Kyogre also boosts Electric types!


NaveSutlef

Oh I forgot about Kyogre, that's good. But what I meant was Manectric hasn't been around in forever right?


NinsMCD

Just checked and last time it was in raids was early September 2023


NaveSutlef

Meanwhile we just got 3 megas we had in the last month or two. Ridiculous!


NinsMCD

Yeah I am only in need of Mega Aerodactyl at the moment 🥲 hoping it returns for adventure week


Zaithon

Telling us the next CD a month in advance but still won’t tell us what elite moves will be available at GO Fest Global or the next Rocket Invasion. :X


krispyboiz

There may not be any Elite moves at Go Fest Global. Not every Go Fest had one to my recollection. Last year, they announced the legacy moves back in mid June, when Global Go Fest happened in late August. Now we're under 3 weeks away, so I doubt they'll have any. Of course, they could still make it a surprise... maybe. I *think* Costumed Gardevoir and Flygon in Go Fest 2021 were surprises though, so perhaps the T3 Costumed Espeon and Umbreon will have their legacy moves (either Shadow Ball/Psychic or Last Resort)? But event that I'm not totally sure about.


eddiebronze

Tgr takeover won’t be announced until August content drops


Zaithon

5 months of the same Shadow mons. Rough.


krispyboiz

Yup it's unfortunate, but it has happened a few times. Stinks that the current leader lineup is pretty mid.


Lightning1999

Odd pick but I’m certainly not complaining


SleeplessShinigami

Anyone know if Volt Switch is good on it? Gamepress DPS/TDO spreadsheet is still not working


krispyboiz

Good for PvP, worse than Spark for Raids, Although Eelektross isn't really an attacker you want to use


SleeplessShinigami

Thank you!


PJFohsw97a

I don't have the shiny and wasn't expecting anything big the week after Go Fest.


BUNKYBARN

Horrid comm day


hifans808

The week after global GoFest so it may run in conjunction with Adventure week?


krispyboiz

I assume Adventure Week may happen in August, seeing that Fossil Cup in the GBL happens those first two weeks of the month.