Sun & Moon: how many layers of furry are you on Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire: like… maybe 5 or 6, my dude Sun & Moon: you are like a little baby. watch this Sun & Moon:
I feel like there’s a lot of new mechanics in SuMo that warrant explaining, that aren’t explained… Hm.
I learned much of what I know about oddly specific things in the game that I wish it told me, through trial and error and screwing around. I have beaten the game and done some post game, so.
Some general things that most might know, but some might not:
Charjabug will not evolve until late-game at the fourth island.
Jangmo-o is so late game, it’s almost not worth it.
Pokemon Moon is 12 hours reversed, so during the day in real time, it will be night and vice versa.
Alolan Raichu does not learn anything from level up, so be careful if you want Thunderbolt or else you’re waiting until basically end-game for the move relearner.
Alolan Raichu learns Psychic when it evolves.
Decidueye is slower than most realize.
Poke Pelago is useful, it can give Poke Beans, free level ups, rare evolution stones, and you grow Berries there.
The Professor will give you a Lucky Egg if you catch 50 Alolan Pokemon and talk to him in his lab after doing so.
Eating at restaurants gives you Heart Scales; they’re essentially buyable.
Fire, Thunder, Water, and Leaf Stones are buyable.
MALE SALANDIT DO NOT EVOLVE. Females are a about a 12 percent encounter rate as well, it’s basically Combee.
Alolan Vulpix and Alolan Sandshrew only evolve through the Ice Stone. Not the Icy Rock, an actual Ice Stone item, like a Thunder Stone. There is only one in the game. Same goes for the Dusk and Shiny Stones.
The Thunderbolt TM is not avaliable until postgame.
MORE STONES CAN BE GOTTEN FROM POKE PELAGO, THOUGH!
Leafeon is not obtainable until the 2nd island, Glaceon is not obtainable until basically end-game.
Defeat the Pokemon under the berry piles to get the berries.
Mimikyu is a good Pokemon.
Affection and friendship are two different things affected by different actions.
Level up the Festival Plaza by talking to people with RED speech bubbles. They give you Festival Coins, which will advance your rank.
You now need to hit the blue Wi Fi icon in the Plaza menu to connect to the Internet.
Ditto can be caught below the observatory.
Anyone need some help?
shouldnt be surprised about jangmo-o there is always a 3 tier evo dragon late in the game
most stone evolvers dont learn new moves after evolving so im not surprised about raichu either
– Wishiwashi’s speed increases by only 10 points when not schooling
– make sure your mudbray has stamina and not own tempo because stamina is fucking broken
– you dont need to catch HM pokemon, and this might throw your team typing off balance. Make sure to check your typing coverage. I had 4 pokemon weak to fighting which is awful for the elite four
– Prankster ability will not allow u to do anything to a dark type now i.e priority will o wisp etc
– please buy balls before u defeat the pokemon league theres a legendary encounter straight after
– leech life got buffed like crazy
– pixelate refrigerate etc got nerfed
– HYPER POTIONS ONLY HEAL 120 NOT 200 HP
-If you have a friend who’s further along in the game than you are, you can trade your Charjabug to them and have them level it up in Vast Poni Canyon to get a Vikavolt much earlier (same with Magnezone)
-If you catch a Stufful, make sure it has Fluffy rather than Klutz
-Go to the cafes whenever you pass them, they often give free healing items and Poke Beans
-In Poke Pelago, max out Isle Abeens before you even think about building/upgrading any other islands
-The rainbow Poke Beans are broken as shit and will max out your Pokemon’s affection with just two of them
-Crabrawler won’t evolve until practically the end of the game, and its evolution gains the Ice-type (making it weak to several of the E4 types) – if you’re using Crabrawler, you’ll be better off just slapping an Eviolite on that bad boy
-Much like real life, the Eevee evolutions are unnaturally popular with Poke Finder commenters (making them an easy way to level up the Poke Finder)
-Don’t give up on Wimpod, the lil’ fella becomes a total beast when it evolves at level 30
-On the above “buy balls before the Elite Four” – you can KO said legendary and it will be there again when you talk to the statue. I actually recommend KO’ing and going after it later to save a lot of stress due to the 50-hour ending cutscene
-Alola Raichu learns Psychic when it evolves
-Catch the overworld Wimpod on Route 8 by surfing around to the other side, and then cornering it (it runs on a set path)
-If you’re worried about PP while SOS chaining, get some Leppa Berries (10 PP each)
-Doing missions (Type Match Up seems to be popular) is the best way to level up Festival Plaza
– You only get one of each Apricorn ball. Ever. But male and genderless parents can pass them down to offspring now if you breed them with Ditto.
– After the credits, bring your version mascot back to the altar and you can access the opposite version’s clock system – and get your own Cosmog.
– Also after the credits, a guy near your house will give you a letter. Doing what it says will start a decently long sidequest with very strong opponents, some up to level 70. Even the relatively weaker ones can very easily kick your ass if you’re unprepared.
– Level up Isle Abeens first, then focus on Isle Aplenny or Isle Aphun. The other two aren’t super useful until they’re maxed out, so save them for last.
– The Festival Plaza facility NPC!you recommends to other players is whichever one is in the first slot. Dye shops are the most valuable, so put one in your first slot if you can. You can switch the order of facilities by talking to the guy in the upper right of the castle.
– Hyper Training doesn’t affect genetics. So for example, if you have a Crobat with 0 for all of its IVs and Hyper Train it, it will have 31 in everything for battle purposes, but it will still pass on those 0s if you use a Destiny Knot.
– The Battle Tree, these games’ Battle Tower/Chateau/Subway equivalent, does not mess around. You’ll start off facing fully-evolved teams with competitive movesets, instead of how the other facilities normally had a dozen or so cheap wins before the difficulty started amping up.
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