Another big announcement, guys! We apologize for having so many of these taking up your time, but this one is VERY important, so please be sure to read it!
We're officially adding a lot of things to the guild, which means they will be now taking place. This means that things like the megastones will now work differently in battle, legendary moves will have reduced damage, and, very importantly, Legendary rules are changing! For more detail, please read below. We've organized this to try and make it easy to go through, but there's a lot of information. Please be sure to note that which effects your characters and their pokemon and make the appropriate changes ASAP.
Legendary Rules CHANGED
This is very important
We recently had a discussion (thank you again to those of you who provided feedback) regarding activity for certain legendary events. We are now enforcing an activity rule to participate in legendary lottos. Because the legendary lotto is competitive, you must have posted ~15 times during the three month period between legendary lottos. We understand being busy and will certainly be more lenient if you communicate with us if things get busy. This is not something we're going to be really, really strict on, but we will be keeping an eye out to avoid people only coming on for rolling.
On that note
We have felt this way for a long time, and other members have now voiced their concerns, so we want to mention this, and will continue to mention it, most likely, every time the lotto happens. Please do not roll if you do not want the legendary. Several of the people rolling do want it, some very, very badly, others because they want the opportunity to create a plot. If you are rolling 'just because', please do not roll. Give the people who have true motive for it a better chance to have the legendary they're after. This, obviously, is not something we can enforce; but we urge you all not to roll just for the hell of it, but rather only if you truly want the legendary.
As an added incentive, we are changing legendary rules.
There is an upside and downside to this. To help with the above problem, we are limiting the amount of legendaries you can win in competitive giveaways (where only one person, or a very select few, can win a legendary) three times. Generally, this refers to the lotto, but there may be other events that are competitive as well, and it will apply to them as well. We'll mention it if that is the case. HOWEVER, we are completely removing the legendary limit. You may now have as many legendaries as you can get, regardless of your time spent in the guild. This means that anyone who has obtained the achievement Loyal Member can now claim x5 Star Shards instead of the previous reward of a 5th Legendary slot, since that reward is no longer really a reward. This also means that getting legendaries through achievements, or events like the recent New Years giveaway, where everyone had a chance to potentially get a legendary, will not count towards any legendary limit.
We hope this will help curb the 'Why not' rolling in the legendary lotto, and encourage people to only go for the ones they're really interested in, while freeing up a lot of the constraints.
On a similar note, we also urge people not to roll for their friends. This, again, is not something we can, or necessarily will, enforce at the moment, but if we see people rolling for their friends, and if people begin trading legendaries won through the lotto to their friends, we may have to. It's simply not fair to have you and your friends rolling for your legendary, when some people don't have anyone to do the same for them, or their friends are gunning for the legendary for themselves. It's not fair, and we don't want to have to buckle down and place rules, but we request you not do it, to keep things as fair for everyone as we can. As it is right now, however, we won't be placing any legendary-trading rules, and this caution only applies, again, to competitive giveaways like the legendary lotto. But do note, if you win a legendary from the lotto and trade it away, you have still won 1 of your 3 max competitive legendaries, so you will only be able to win 2 more (or less if you've won prior) in a competitive event, even if you traded the pokemon away. The point of the rule is to avoid the same people winning legendaries again and again, while others lose out, regardless of what they end up doing with them.
Legendary Move Reductions
The move adjustments we put up a while ago for y'all to take a look at are officially in effect. We never really announced their implementation, so we haven't been regulating it, but from now on legendary moves taught by Balm Mushrooms and/or known by a pokemon other than the legendary the move originally belongs to, will do damage according to the list below. These will be edited into the official attacks and abilities page as well.
List of Move Adjustments
ç•Crush Grip: The higher the user's current HP, the higher damage caused. (121 x Current HP / MaxHP).
Change: 121 = > 100
Judgement: 100
Change: 100 => 80
~Relic Song: 75: 1/3 chance of inflict Sleep condition on all other pokemon.
Change: 75 => 65
Techno Blast: 120
Change: 120 => 100
Seed Flare: 120: 8/10 chance of Lowering targets special defense two stages
Change: 120 => 90
~Origin Pulse: 110: Hits All Adjacent Opponents
Change: 110 => 90
Steam Eruption: 110: 7/10 Chance of Burn
Change: 110 => 90
Blue Flare: 130: 6/10 Chance of Burning
Change: 130 => 100
Fusion Flare: 100: Double damage if Fusion Bolt was used this turn
Change: 100 => 80
Magma Storm: 120: Traps opponent, hits 4-5 turns. Deals damage equal to 1/16 of the targets max HP for each turn after the first
Change: 120 => 100
•Sacred Fire: 100: 8/10 Chance of Burn
Change: 100 => 80
Searing Shot: 100: 7/10 Chance of Burn
Change: 100 => 80
ç•V-Create: 180: Lower physical & special defense and speed one stage
Change: 180 => 130
ç•Bolt Strike: 130: 6/10 chance of paralysis
Change: 130 => 100
•Fusion Bolt: 100: Double damage if the moves Fusion Flare was used this turn
Change: 100 => 80
Aeroblast: 100: 1/10 chance to critically hit
Change: 100 => 80
ç•Dragon Ascent: 120: Lowers users’ physical & special defense one stage
Change: 120 - 100
Oblivion Wing: 80: Restores HP to the user equal to 3/4 of damage dealt.
Change: 80 => 70 and restores 1/2 as opposed to 3/4
Secret Sword: 85: Inflicts damage based on the targets physical defense, not special defense
Change: 85 => 75
• ~Land's Wrath: 90
Change: 90 => 80
•~Precipice Blades: 120
Change: 120 => 100
•Thousand Arrows: 90: Deals damage to non-grounded Pokemon, hits Pokemon in the air during semi invulnerable stage of an attack for double damage, and cancels the moves Fly and Bounce before they strike; Pokemon using Sky Drop will take double damage but the attack will not be canceled. Pokemon are grounded so long as ground type moves would effect them.
Change: 90 => 80
•Thousand Waves: 90: Target can no longer flee as long as user remains in battle
Change: 90 => 80
•~Diamond Storm: 100: 8/10 chance of raising user's physical defense one stage
Change: 100 => 80
Doom Desire: 140: Damage occurs 2 turns later
Change: 140 = 110
~Dark Void: Puts all adjacent opponents to sleep
Change: This move will simply be edited to have the same repeat-use probabilities as other sleep moves.
Hyperspace Fury: 100: lower physical defense one stage. unaffected by changes to accuracy stat and evasion stat. can hit opponents using guard moves
Change: 100 => 80
ç•Shadow Force: 120: 1st turn charge, 2nd turn attack. Can Strike Through Protect/Detect
Change:120 => 90
Heart Swap: User's stat changes are swapped with the targets
Change: N/A
Hyperspace Hole: 80: Ignored accuracy & evasiveness. Can Strike Through Protect/Detect and other protection moves.
Change: 80 => 70
Lunar Dance: User faints and the next pokemon released is fully Healed
Change: N/A
Luster Purge: 70: 8/10 chance to lower targets special defense one stage
Change: 70 => 60
Mist Ball: 70: 8/10 chance to lower targets special attack one stage
Change: 70 => 60
Psycho Boost: 140 damage, Lowers user's special attack two stages
Change: 140 => 110
Psystrike: 100: This attack does physical damage. Does damage based upon user's speical attack and opponent's physical defense stat
Change: 100 => 80
•Freeze Shock: 140: 1st turn charges, 2nd turn attacks 7/10 chance of Paralysis
Change: 140 => 110
~Glaciate: 65: Lower targets speed one stage
Change: 65 => 60
Ice Burn: 140: 1st Turn Charge, 2nd Turn attack, 7/10 chance of Burn
Change: 140 => 110
Roar of Time: 150: User must recharge next turn
Change: 150 => 130
Spacial Rend: 100: 1/10 chance to critically hit
Change: 100 => 80
Geomancy: 1st turn charge, 2nd turn attack special attack & defense, and speed two stages 2nd turn.
Change: N/A
Light of Ruin: 140: User takes recoil damage equal to 1/3 of the damage dealt.
Change: 140 => 100
Change: 121 = > 100
Judgement: 100
Change: 100 => 80
~Relic Song: 75: 1/3 chance of inflict Sleep condition on all other pokemon.
Change: 75 => 65
Techno Blast: 120
Change: 120 => 100
Seed Flare: 120: 8/10 chance of Lowering targets special defense two stages
Change: 120 => 90
~Origin Pulse: 110: Hits All Adjacent Opponents
Change: 110 => 90
Steam Eruption: 110: 7/10 Chance of Burn
Change: 110 => 90
Blue Flare: 130: 6/10 Chance of Burning
Change: 130 => 100
Fusion Flare: 100: Double damage if Fusion Bolt was used this turn
Change: 100 => 80
Magma Storm: 120: Traps opponent, hits 4-5 turns. Deals damage equal to 1/16 of the targets max HP for each turn after the first
Change: 120 => 100
•Sacred Fire: 100: 8/10 Chance of Burn
Change: 100 => 80
Searing Shot: 100: 7/10 Chance of Burn
Change: 100 => 80
ç•V-Create: 180: Lower physical & special defense and speed one stage
Change: 180 => 130
ç•Bolt Strike: 130: 6/10 chance of paralysis
Change: 130 => 100
•Fusion Bolt: 100: Double damage if the moves Fusion Flare was used this turn
Change: 100 => 80
Aeroblast: 100: 1/10 chance to critically hit
Change: 100 => 80
ç•Dragon Ascent: 120: Lowers users’ physical & special defense one stage
Change: 120 - 100
Oblivion Wing: 80: Restores HP to the user equal to 3/4 of damage dealt.
Change: 80 => 70 and restores 1/2 as opposed to 3/4
Secret Sword: 85: Inflicts damage based on the targets physical defense, not special defense
Change: 85 => 75
• ~Land's Wrath: 90
Change: 90 => 80
•~Precipice Blades: 120
Change: 120 => 100
•Thousand Arrows: 90: Deals damage to non-grounded Pokemon, hits Pokemon in the air during semi invulnerable stage of an attack for double damage, and cancels the moves Fly and Bounce before they strike; Pokemon using Sky Drop will take double damage but the attack will not be canceled. Pokemon are grounded so long as ground type moves would effect them.
Change: 90 => 80
•Thousand Waves: 90: Target can no longer flee as long as user remains in battle
Change: 90 => 80
•~Diamond Storm: 100: 8/10 chance of raising user's physical defense one stage
Change: 100 => 80
Doom Desire: 140: Damage occurs 2 turns later
Change: 140 = 110
~Dark Void: Puts all adjacent opponents to sleep
Change: This move will simply be edited to have the same repeat-use probabilities as other sleep moves.
Hyperspace Fury: 100: lower physical defense one stage. unaffected by changes to accuracy stat and evasion stat. can hit opponents using guard moves
Change: 100 => 80
ç•Shadow Force: 120: 1st turn charge, 2nd turn attack. Can Strike Through Protect/Detect
Change:120 => 90
Heart Swap: User's stat changes are swapped with the targets
Change: N/A
Hyperspace Hole: 80: Ignored accuracy & evasiveness. Can Strike Through Protect/Detect and other protection moves.
Change: 80 => 70
Lunar Dance: User faints and the next pokemon released is fully Healed
Change: N/A
Luster Purge: 70: 8/10 chance to lower targets special defense one stage
Change: 70 => 60
Mist Ball: 70: 8/10 chance to lower targets special attack one stage
Change: 70 => 60
Psycho Boost: 140 damage, Lowers user's special attack two stages
Change: 140 => 110
Psystrike: 100: This attack does physical damage. Does damage based upon user's speical attack and opponent's physical defense stat
Change: 100 => 80
•Freeze Shock: 140: 1st turn charges, 2nd turn attacks 7/10 chance of Paralysis
Change: 140 => 110
~Glaciate: 65: Lower targets speed one stage
Change: 65 => 60
Ice Burn: 140: 1st Turn Charge, 2nd Turn attack, 7/10 chance of Burn
Change: 140 => 110
Roar of Time: 150: User must recharge next turn
Change: 150 => 130
Spacial Rend: 100: 1/10 chance to critically hit
Change: 100 => 80
Geomancy: 1st turn charge, 2nd turn attack special attack & defense, and speed two stages 2nd turn.
Change: N/A
Light of Ruin: 140: User takes recoil damage equal to 1/3 of the damage dealt.
Change: 140 => 100
MEGASTONE CHANGES
As a result of the last several polls we've had, Megastones are now customized! Previously, they all increased attack and special attack by 1.3, however, they now each do different stat boosts.
Note: Aerodactyl's are different form the examples in the poll, because we realized it's Special Defense is actually higher in game and, given its weaknesses, higher special defense would come in handy more than defense. Garchomp's was also adjusted.
We ended up making the changes based on what the megastone itself boosts, rather than their overall stats, so also keep that in mind! This was based on the bit of feedback we got and what we thought made sense, but we could see it going both ways, so please feel free to give feedback! This is definitely an experiment and very much a beta system, so giving feedback will help us figure out where to go with it!
Please also note Rayquaza now has a megastone. Rayquaza can obtain its mega form through knowing Dragon Ascent, and its mega ability, but to be fair, it will not receive any stat boosts unless it's holding its megastone.
Megastone Changes
Abomasite: Mega Evolves AbomasnowAtk 1.2
Sp.Atk 1.2
Sp.Def 1.2
Absolite: Mega Evolves AbsolAtk 1.2
Sp.Atk 1.3
Speed 1.1
Aerodactylite: Mega Evolves AerodactylAtk 1.3
Sp.Def 1.2
Speed 1.1
Aggronite: Mega Evolves Aggron ( Lose rock type )Atk 1.2
Def 1.3
Sp.Def.1.1
Alakazite: Mega Evolves AlakazamSp.Atk 1.4
Def 1.1
Speed 1.1
Altarianite: Mega Evolves Altaria ( Lose flying gain fairy type )Atk 1.3
Sp.Atk 1.3
Ampharosite: Mega Evolves Ampharos ( Gain dragon type )Atk 1.2
Sp.Atk 1.3
Sp.Def 1.1
Audinite: Mega Evolves Audino ( Gain fairy type )Def 1.3
Sp.Def 1.3
Banettite: Mega Evolves BanetteAtk 1.3
Sp.Atk 1.1
Sp.Def 1.2
Beedrillite: Mega Evolves Beedrill Atk 1.5
Speed 1.1
Blastoisinite: Mega Evolves BlastoiseAtk 1.1
Def 1.1
Sp.Atk 1.4
Blazikenite: Mega Evolves BlazikenAtk 1.3
Sp.Atk 1.2
Speed 1.1
Cameruptite: Mega Evolves CameruptDef 1.2
Sp.Atk 1.2
Sp.Def 1.2
Charizardite X: Mega Evolves Charizard ( lose flying type gain dragon type )Atk 1.3
Def 1.2
Sp.Atk 1.1
Charizardite Y: Mega Evolves CharizardSp.Atk 1.3
Attk 1.1
Sp.Def 1.2
Diancite: Mega Evolves DiancieAtk 1.3
Sp.Atk 1.3
Galladite: Mega Evolves GalladeAtk 1.3
Def 1.2
Speed 1.1
Garchompite: Mega Evolves GarchompAtk 1.3
Sp.Atk 1.3
Gardevoirite: Mega Evolves GardevoirSp.Atk 1.3
Sp.Def 1.2
Speed 1.1
Gengarite: Mega Evolves GengarSp.Atk 1.3
Sp.Def 1.2
Speed 1.1
Glalitite: Mega Evolves GlalieSp.Atk 1.3
Sp.Def 1.3
Red Orb: Primal Evolves GroudonAtk 1.2
Sp.Atk 1.3
Def 1.1
Gyaradosite: Mega Evolves GyaradosAtk 1.2
Def 1.2
Sp.Def 1.2
Heracronite: Mega Evolves HeracrossAtk 1.4
Def 1.2
Houndoominite: Mega Evolves HoundoomSp.Atk 1.2
Def 1.3
Speed 1.1
Kangaskhanite: Mega Evolves KangaskhanAtk 1.4
Def 1.1
Sp.Def 1.1
Blue Orb: Primal Evolves Kyogre Atk 1.3
Sp.Atk 1.2
Sp.Def 1.1
Latiasite: Mega Evolves LatiasAtk 1.3
Def 1.3
Latiosite: Mega Evolves LatiosAtk 1.3
Def 1.1
Sp.Atk 1.2
Lopunnite: Mega Evolves LopunnyAtk 1.4
Def 1.1
Speed 1.1
Lucarionite: Mega Evolves LucarioAtk 1.3
Sp.Atk 1.2
Speed 1.1
Manectite: Mega Evolves ManectricSp.Atk 1.2
Def 1.2
Sp.Def 1.2
Mawilite: Mega Evolves MawileDef 1.3
Sp.Def 1.3
Medichamite: Mega Evolves MedichamAtk 1.3
Sp.Atk 1.2
Speed 1.1
Metagrossite: Mega Evolves MetagrossAtk 1.1
Def 1.2
Sp.Atk 1.1
Sp.Def 1.2
Mewtwonite X: Mega Evolves Mewtwo XAtk 1.4
Def 1.1
Sp.Def 1.1
Mewtwonite Y: Mega Evolves Mewtwo YAtk 1.2
Sp.Atk 1.2
Sp.Def 1.2
Pidgeotite: Mega Evolves Pidgeot Sp.Atk 1.4
Sp.Def 1.1
Speed 1.1
Pinsirite: Mega Evolves PinsirAtk 1.3
Sp.Def 1.2
Speed 1.1
Rayquazite Grants Rayquaza the full strength of it's Mega EvolutionAtk 1.3
Sp.Atk 1.3
Sablenite: Mega Evolves Sableye Def 1.3
Sp.Def 1.3
Salamencite: Mega Evolves SalamenceAtk 1.2
Def 1.1
Sp.Atk 1.2
Speed 1.1
Sceptilite: Mega Evolves SceptileAtk 1.2
Sp.Atk 1.3
Speed 1.1
Scizorite: Mega Evolves ScizorAtk 1.2
Def 1.2
Sp.Def 1.2
Sharpedonite: Mega Evolves SharpedoDef 1.3
Atk 1.2
Speed 1.1
Slowbronite: Mega Evolves Slowbro Def 1.4
Sp.Atk 1.2
Steelixite: Mega Evolves Steelix Atk 1.2
Def 1.2
Sp.Def 1.2
Swampertite: Mega Evolves Swampert Atk 1.4
Def 1.1
Sp.Def 1.1
Tyranitarite: Mega Evolves TyranitarAtk 1.3
Def 1.2
Sp.Def 1.1
Venusaurite: Mega Evolves VenusaurDef 1.2
Sp.Atk 1.2
Sp.Def 1.2