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Sword & Shield

Quick Guide to Raid Battles

Cherrim, Nov 2019: I've written a quick guide to doing Max Raid Battles together with friends, as well as what to expect when you join one. :) Let's raid together!
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Have people already started cheating in hacked pokemon?

faf, Dec 2019: I'm 90% sure Pressure doesn't affect the opponent's self-applied moves (i.e. Substitute, Cotton Guard) and it only works if the move made contact with the Pressure user (i.e. Leech Seed on the Corviknight). Edit: Tested this on USUM and...
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Pokemon Levels for Ranked Battles

Nah, Dec 2019: Pokemon that are less than level 50 will remain at whatever level they are, while ones above level 50 will be brought down to level 50. So you only need to raise your Pokemon to level 50 for Ranked Battles. It's not so bad this gen (I think), since...
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Sword & Shield

Will you be getting a physical or digital copy?

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Medium Bishi, Dec 2019: Physical copy of shield i have refuse digital downloads for pokemon games.
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Sword & Shield

Favorite gym leader

Elite Overlord LeSabre™, Dec 2019: Opal was amusing plus her quiz was basically trolling you. Piers may look a bit over-the-top, but his disdain for G-Maxing Pokemon automatically makes him my spirit animal. The others were kinda meh, not gonna lie. At least I didn't *hate* any...
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Comparing the Information Release Schedule

CarterJohn, Dec 2019: Hello everyone,, I figured I wanted to compare how many pokemon we knew about for other games at this point in time, because I feel like we know less than we normally know before a main game release. I was only able to find anything that looked...
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Sword & Shield

In your opinion, who should have made it into Galar?

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PokemonMasterRy, Dec 2019: Scyther and MewTwo...
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Sword & Shield

Static/Magnet Pull in the overworld

Zeiro, Dec 2019: They work in this game too, and I know they work in overworld encounters, i'm not too sure about surpirse encounters though. Magnet Pull doesn't exist in the game yet tho since it's locked behind Meltan.
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Sword & Shield

Stolen Zacian :(

thunderxlight, Dec 2019: Ive been wanting to try a nuzlocke of sword, i suppose ill start soon. thank you!
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What did you like about the games?

Delilah the Tired, Dec 2019: I definitely like how they made the gym challenge seem like a huge part of Galarian culture and not just throwing 10 year olds at random people and making them fight. They also introduced toxel, yamper, and snom, clearly making them some of the best...
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What did you think of the story/writing?

pkmin3033, Dec 2019: It was Gen 3's again with everything evil-team/Legendary related crammed in during the league the same way it was in Gen 5. Basically. There was absolutely nothing new about it. But I think this is the first time since Gen V that I've been...
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Which version are you getting?

Poll (3 pages)
Xenutja, Dec 2019: I always end up getting both, but initially I'm going to be grabbing Shield.
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Sword & Shield

Pokémon trainer/character creator?!

ShyRayq, Dec 2019: Yeah, it is a bit disappointing that male characters have such fewer options compared to female characters. Well, if you don't mind playing a female character and want to customize as crazily as you want, picking Gloria, the female PC, is the way...
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Sword & Shield

Mystery Gift codes rewarding rare Poké Balls are live

Sydian, Dec 2019: yo i ain't even used my first ones i'm so paranoid about wasting them. thankfully enough people wonder trade their apriball breeding rejects so that's one way to get some that you might be planning or not even thinking about, but as for me, the only...
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Sword & Shield

I gotta say, I love the Exp candies

Sammi, Dec 2019: Where where these EXP candies when I did my living dex in gen 6???? I had to hack in rare candy!! and I'm not sorry Seriously though I love the candies. Evolving to finish my dex was a breeze. I got my in-game team to level 100 so quickly. I need...
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Sword & Shield

A wonderful surprise trade

Lil MuDkiP849, Dec 2019: Oh wow..I just got done giving away good 5IV sword exclusives esp a lot Timid Deinos on surprise trade...but I have never thought of doing something as kind as that. Things like this remind me that even in such a cold, harsh and unforgiving world...
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All Transfer Only Pokémon no longer available for Pokémon Sword and Shield?

Thomas Wiencek, Dec 2019: I have checked out the list of of Pokémon here that are aren't found but transferrable and usable to Pokémon Sword & Shield. And via their updates, what do you think happens if these Pokémon on this list are no longer transferrable or usable in...
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Sword & Shield

Shiny Help?

Sugar-Fable, Dec 2019: Thank you!
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Sword & Shield

Too complicated to find friends

adomanim, Dec 2019: Put yourself in situations where you will meet interesting people
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Help

ShyRayq, Dec 2019: I don't think Drifblim got anything substantially new in this gen, so looking at Smogon's set for Gen 7, assuming you're going to go competitive with this thing: If you can change the ability to Unburden, that'd be a bit better. A moveset of...
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Sword & Shield

Gen 8 Memes

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bobandbill, Dec 2019: Source
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Tool for identifying pokémon shadows in max raid battles

zentos, Dec 2019: You're welcome...^^...I I had a lot of fun creating it~
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What happens when a shiny evolves?

Palamon, Dec 2019: I wish Nintendo kept the higher chances of getting an offspring Pokemon to be shiny if a shiny Pokemon was breeding in the daycare like in g/s/c days. But, yeah, a Shiny Pokemon will always remain shiny. It won't suddenly be normal when you...
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Surprise Trading

Rengoku, Dec 2019: They're culls, probably because the other parties are breeding for perfect IV shinies, it's very common. I release them into Surprise Trades (And Wonder back then). Spreading the joys is fun, especially when people need all the 3 starters and...
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Is it impossible to find a hidden ability Espurr/Meowstic?

ShyRayq, Dec 2019: Yep, looks like Espurr and Meowtic do not have their hidden ability available through Raid Battles. Looks like the only way to get a hidden ability Espurr is through the Friend Safari in X/Y and transferring up when Home comes out.
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what and how many g-max pokémon have you gotten?

Bellsprout, Dec 2019: besides given ones I have a butterfree. All I have wanted is a gmax Kingler and I followed this whole exploit to do it, but after 20 minutes of trying I just gave up. I finally encountered another gmax pokemon which happened to be snorlax and I...
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Sword & Shield

Is there a list of.....

Neon Pink, Dec 2019: WOW AWESOME! Thank you for your information.
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Breeding help

ShyRayq, Dec 2019: The destiny knot takes 5 IV values from the 12 IV values from both parents. Even if both parents have max IVs, you can only guarantee 5 max IVs for the child, with the last stat being max IV being left up to chance.
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How many heads taller do you think Gigantamax Pokémon are in their body proportions?

Thomas Wiencek, Dec 2019: I have measure how many heads tall Gigantamax Grimmsnarl is. However, Gigantamax Grimmsnarl is 12½ head inches taller, making him the #1 most ginormous-hulking of all Gigantamax Pokémon in his body proportion i think. I my dad thought that ginormous...
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Max Raid - Run?

_pheebee, Jan 2020: There is no escape from a giant pokémon, when you enter it's own den.
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Do you like the character customization in this game?

Commander Saturn, Jan 2020: Honestly I love the updated clothing items and I adore the new options to do make-up since my own eyebrows are quite thin and I wear red contacts daily. The only thing that I wish they had added were fur trim coats (for males, not sure if females...
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Favourite Starter?

CosmoeomJ, Jan 2020: Grookey is my favourite I knew I was going to choose it before I even got the game
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Local and Online Battle Records

Troubadour88, Jan 2020: Hi All, We just got Pokémon Sword last week and are loving it! However, I’ve had a few local battles, but cannot seem to find where in the game it tracks my wins and losses by user. Is this a component of the game that has been dropped?
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Sword & Shield

How does Leon compare to other champions?

Commander Saturn, Jan 2020: Yes indeed; a snap back and a cape? It's just wonderful. He doesn't give a single hoot and I adore that.
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Started by Sheep

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Sword & Shield

Gigantimax alcremie

CosmoeomJ, Jan 2020: Yes it is the right den and it's the purple beam but gardivour just keeps appearing so I'll try thank you for all your help
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Sword & Shield

Who hasn't played yet?

Saиdmaи, Jan 2020: I've looked up the designs because I opted not to buy it. I have the money but I don't feel like buying a Switch just for Sw/Sh, which looks great, but doesn't include all Pokémon. That's the biggest issue for me. If you're not bothered by that,...
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Started by Taemin

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All transfer-only Pokémon no longer available in Pokémon Sword & Shield via update?

bobandbill, Jan 2020: They're not transferable as it stands, because Home doesn't exist, nor do we know details on how it'd work, restrictions, or even a firm release date. Too early to do more than speculate, but I wager if they made a point of announcing not...
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Started by Thomas Wiencek

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Son's account cannot see any active dens

#Not Important, Jan 2020: Try connecting to the internet, or soft resetting, or report this to pokemon
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Started by Vasubandu

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Sword & Shield

Season 2 rules

bobandbill, Jan 2020: Makes sense to me. 7 minutes is a heck of a lot of time to make a single move, and I can't see that being fun... I mean, the point of playing games is to be fun. Waiting 7 minutes per turn doesn't sound fun to me.
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Finding low level pokemon whilst at a high level

ShyRayq, Jan 2020: You're misunderstanding level evolution. If a pokemon evolves at say, level 25, it will still evolve at level 30 because the actual level requirement isn't "At Level 25", it's "At least Level 25". So even if you catch a high level Jangmo-o or...
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Good vs Bad things about Sword/Shield.

Sheep, Jan 2020: I'd have really liked to see backgrounds for battles inside buildings, which have just a plain old gray solid color bg. It's weird. :x Even LGPE had proper backgrounds for battles inside buildings iirc (like Silph Co.) so I wish a bit of work...
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Do you like the starter evolutions?

floralys, Jan 2020: When I first saw them in the spoilers, I was surprised, and didn't like them all that much. But boy did they grow on me later. I just love the Sobble line (Inteleon is just... so cool...) and Rillaboom is so chill, I've been wanting to build like a...
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Sword & Shield

Isle of Armor and Crown Tundra

Palamon, Jan 2020: Yeah, I noticed Regishock and Dragon regi, too. Anyway, this is really nice. Although... having to buy the dlc twice is... a bit ugh, but I'll do it anyway.
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Sword & Shield

Bea's age

Poll
chriton, Jan 2020: No older than 18. Probably 16
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Rotom bike

ShyRayq, Jan 2020: Never had this happen to me, so I don't have any definite solutions. Maybe try talking to one of the wild area guys and activating Rotom Rally. This might allow you to stay on your bike afterwards. Maybe restarting the switch? Then retrying all...
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Who is your favorite character?

Sheep, Jan 2020: Raihan!! man I love that cool dynamax pose, it looks great. Piers is another favorite. I also love Marnie and Bede. <3
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Sword & Shield

Need to to touch trade zacian HELP

ShyRayq, Jan 2020: Please check out the Trade Corner subforum, as that is the more appropriate place to ask for trades.
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How much time do you spend in the Wild Area?

Raicheot, Jan 2020: Spent pretty much th whole game bar story mode still in there now leveling up
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Started by Sheep

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Where does Galar rank in your list of favorite regions?

Raicheot, Jan 2020: After completing the game I would go 1. Johto 2. Kanto 3. Hoenn 4. Sinnoh 5. Unova 6. Kalos 7. Alola 8. Galar
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Fossil Pokemon & The Crown Tundra

Sheep, Jan 2020: I would love if we could combine the parts that belong together (give me my cute electric dragon) but don't see it happening.... ):
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Started by The ShyLarvitar

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Fire blast

ShyRayq, Jan 2020: Fire Blast is a Technical Record (TR15 to be precise) meaning that you can only obtain it via a vendor in the Wild Area or by completing an appropriate Max Raid. The bad news is that both methods involve randomness: the TRs being sold differ...
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