Teni (Casual Acct)

(And yes ofc I primarily did it for the Delphox stone. But I still got to Rank K during my stress test, so I guess I could have done it without the nerf and got some other goodies along the way!)

Overall tho ranked battled aren't as irritating as I thought they would be. It's chaotic af and depends a little on luck with w/e players you end up with, but the rhythm of it is pretty fun

I kinda wish we could run tho, if only to get myself out of accidentally crouching at the worst moments plsss

[PKMM-ZA] 🫠 Not me playing ranked battles to stress test my switch's connectivity (it's been disconnecting way too much), only to find out I forgot to equip my Steelix with his megastone.

I took it off for reasons but /nooooooo wonder I couldn't seem to trigger it the past couple battles JSKDFJSDFD

IT EVEN WORKS ON BENCHES WITH ALL 6 POKEMON /SOFT!!!!!!!!!

[PKMN-ZA] Was honestly just admiring the size of my new Alpha Steelix (normal-sized in game was not gonna cut it for me--) and wondering "how can I get my mons to react in photo mode when it's not at a cafe or bench??"

I did not realize the ZL and ZR buttons actually influenced this... /soft--

Next one I aim for will probably be Shenhe's C1, and after that I'm not sure who else I'd want who would be a boon. Maybe a standard banner unit to get closer to earning a Masterless Stella Fortuna in the distant future.

But for now I can slack a bit from babysitting my resin for the next 4 weeks--

Two screenshots from the "To Temper Thyself and Journey Far" event in Genshin Impact, where I finally earned a free constellation for Baizhu.

Finally snagged this to get C1 for Baizhu; not that he needs the extra charge, but compared to my other choices it was the most beneficial for my account (C2 is better but I've little reason to ever pull for it...).

Honestly would be fun to doodle them all, but I don't know if I have the speed to draw 12 different mons -- even the ones I'm well practiced with drawing.

I also want to add a few more team members in the post game / name them accordingly, so we'll see!

[PKMN-ZA] Kay now that I reached the story's end and the nicknames stuck -- older video from midway during playthru, but a fun naming-theme to work with based on fabrics!!

Well, more like a mix of textures and/or patterns, but still fabric-related terms \o/!!

There were more I wanted to train but if I did I would have progressed more slowly -- training 12 at once is a lot. But I indeed rotated them in an out as needed! It also helps that the majority can mega-evolve -- Roserade is the only outlier here (and Delphox will, eventually).

Screenshot of my ZA-Royale Trainer card, featuring my playable trainer and her Gallade beside her.

Screenshot of my 12-mon Rotation team for the story playthru of Pokemon Legends Z-A Curernt Party: Meganium, Blastoise, Froslass, Lopunny, Houndoom, Gallade. Rotation Team (In Boxes): Manectric, Gardevoir, Lucario, Mawile, Roserade, Delphox.

[PKMN-ZA] Annnnnnnd rolled credits u m u ) Gonna play post game stuff but overall, that was a fun ride!! I enjoyed it a lot and feel it was on par with the first Legends, if not a little better.

This is the team I ended the main story with, but my entire Rotation team were in their level 70s+

He genuinely surprised me with how much a short king he was--

I actually want Jahoda, but idk if I want Durin to get her... and I'm considering Columbina now cuz she grew on me... so I'll see how I feel based on how much I save as well 🤔

But that can all wait until after I get my fix with Pokemon lmao--

I wasn't planning to get all 3 honestly, Lauma was going to be a skip but I also didn't have a decent Dendro support (I didn't like Nahida's playstyle), and Lauma kinda powercrept her 😂

It just works out that she's also Nefer's premium support, which I usually tend to skip for other hypercarries

Screenshot of Nefer's summon artwork from Genshin Impact.

Screenshot of Flins's summon artwork from Genshin Impact.

Screenshot of Lauma's summon artwork from Genshin Impact.

[Genshin] Realized that I've neglected sharing my recent Nod Krai summons but I ended getting, all three featured 5-stars thus far with my saved primos, with Nefer being the most recent 50/50 win (at hard pity lmao)

In contrast, Flins was a capturing radiance win, and Lauma was a double hard-pity 😂

Yeahhh I know that some speedrun the game to share content, but not all of it are good-faith takes. Esp. the ones saying the battles are too chaotic, etc

Maybe if they /took their time/ exploring and practicing the battle mechanics, and not brute-forcing their way thru, they might enjoy it more?? 😂

Actually, it baffles how some finish the games in 24 hours or less. I know you /can/, but the game encourages exploring the city and completing wild zones, it's a fun way to pace things

Not to mention that /not/ exploring means missing out on some key items that could make late game easier, so ya--

Guess I'll need to go at a more steady pace with the rest of my [PKMN-ZA] playthru, back to the day job tomorrow u m u )9

My rotation team has reached their 60s (level-wise) and I know I'm already near late game, but it feels like there's a lot more and I wanna savor the story without rushing it

[PKMN-ZA] Fleur has an Impish nature (not ideal meta wise but, mints exist--), and I've been trying to reconcile how she would act with my trainer, but this set of photo conveys seems to convey their familiarity quite well.

I'm going to sit on them while I continue the story and share their progress later, but at the very least my Meganium has a nickname now -- Fleur[-de-Lis]! If that gives a hint to the theme ✨

I think… I finally thought of a nicknaming theme, for my 'mons o)------<

As mentioned, I didn't want to name them after OCs, but wanted to give them /some/ sort of theme like I did with my Legend Arceus team. I think what I have will work well though, and it helps that most of the terms are French…

[PKMN-ZA] Getting the hang of Rogue Mega Battles and honestly, they're a lot of fun!! They feel like actual boss battles, similar to nobles in Legends Arceus

Also a lot less frustrating that Alphas in wild zones tbph /less factors to focus on aside from "Dodge and Mega evolve as soon as possible--"

KSDFSDF THEY RLY MADE THAT AREA AWFUL almost every pokemon aggros, and they are so hard to see in the grass, and so little room to run or dodge aha... 🫠

And omg that sucks!! But at least you beat it, that was my main goal too but I just managed to catch it in a last ditch effort throw after it KO'd

LEGIT LMAO the Ice Beam in particular is so scary -- like it has a bit of charge time but comes out fast. And there was very few areas for both you and ur mon to dodge 🫠

Despite my venting I'm having a good time with the game, I just wanted to beat this 'mon before moving on

Also u can spy part of my rotation team -- finally found out how to get a Riolu and wild Ralts, and thankfully got my hands on two (2) Dawn Stones so I didn't have to choose who to evolve!!!!

Like what do you mean this giant shrimp had Water Pulse, Ice Beam, /AND/ Aura Sphere??? WHY LMAO...

Not to mention all the [REDACTED] spawning around the grass and being aggro'd constantly, I blacked out during one attempt cuz of the /other/ mons respawning!!

But we got it now, so it's all good 😊✨

Screenshot of me finally [FINALLY] defeating and capturing an alpha Clawitzer with my Frosslass (and with assistance from Mega!Gardevoir), in a very precarious wild zone in Pokemon Legends Z-A

[PKMN-ZA] With all sincerity, fuck this alpha Clawitzer and this wild zone in general LMAO;;

If the alpha wasn't gunning for me the other mons were, I was so heated

I had fully surveyed the area but wanted to beat this particular one on principle /in this wild zone/ just to convince myself I could

Omg that’s good though that we can at least save the moment we hear or see them and retry as needed 😭 I even managed to find a shiny weedle in the city last night thanks to the audio ping — which is nice that shinies can even spawn outside of wild zones, too!

and the [redacted] I received happened to be female too.

For the latter, there would have been no opportunity whatsoever to soft reset, so I wonder if this was programmed because they knew most would want female, but I'll take it regardless.

Okay pauses this thread here, back to the poke-grind--

Also, I will concede... auto-saving is not nearly as irritating as I thought it would be. Cuz now I don't actually gotta worry to manually save every 10 minutes JIC my game crashes or anything.

My main concern was with soft-resetting the starters, but I still got my female Chikorita in 10 resets //