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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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Shiny Hunting

ReKoil, May 8: I'm not hunting via encounters but I'm shiny breeding for both forms of Indeedee like the mad lad I am. Worst part is that I'm basically breeding a pseudo, egg steps wise, and it gave me two male ones straight away, one per round of 150 eggs in...
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Started by VaporeonTrainer

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Sword & Shield

The best teams and most unusual teams you have used in Galar

Corveone, Mar 14: I actually missed the Fighting gym because Shield has Ghost gym instead. Bewear also had Fluffy, almost neutralizing its Fighting weakness since non-contact Fighting moves are rare to see, although that meant more trouble dealing with Fire on a team...
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Started by Adamabbafan

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shiny hunting in sword and shield

Devalue, Mar 8: Recommends knocking out 100 Rolycolys, then fighting all the Brilliant Aura Rolycolys that you see. Seems more time-efficient. Offers a fair shiny rate at that KO count (1 in 683 with the Shiny Charm) with the same rate of seeing Brilliant Aura...
3   221
Started by eishiba

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Now that Generation VIII is rolling to a close, what are your thoughts on these games?

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Harmonie, Feb 18: Lets see if I can remember my thoughts: 1. The Region - I'm always a sucker for European regions, and it was nice to get one based of England. I didn't love the region as much as Kalos, but it's still neat. 2. The new Pokemon - The generation...
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Started by HeroLinik

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Sword & Shield

Might restart lol. :P Wait......how do I do that?

tokyodrift, Feb 7: With a quick search, this came up: "The save data for the game must belong to the same Nintendo account that Pokemon HOME is registered to.", another quick search about multiple profiles being compatible seems to be ok.
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Started by Neon Pink

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Are the cries in Pokémon Sword and Shield glitched or something?

Devalue, Feb 5: An interesting data point: - Silvally with a Fire Memory on the main island: Thud (no whoosh) - Silvally with a Flying Memory on the main island: Whoosh - Silvally with a Flying Memory on the Isle of Armor (leading): No whoosh or thud. ...
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Started by Sweet Serenity

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Anyone else disappointed with Rolycoly's evolutions?

Sandslash Fan, Jan 5: I like all of this Pokémons evolution stages. Could definitely see them being super popular as mobile heat sources in a RL Pokémon world.
16   2,126
Started by Sheep

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Looking for Ability Patches

Sweet Serenity, Dec 20: I can definitely help you out. However, you are better off sending me a private message when you're back on to get in contact with me.
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Started by chiachia

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Do you still play

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Neon Pink, Nov 6: I'm not as disappointed in Sword as I once was. The last time I played, I just updated my look and went on a dynamax adventure. It's also my most played game with 110+ hours poured into it according to my Switch profile. I might replay it someday,...
34   4,548
Started by Louise90

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What was your uniform number?

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edyedy, Nov 5: 111 just cause I didn't care about my uniform number and just wanted to play the darn game lol
40   4,454
Started by Sheep

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Max Raid Battle Glitch?

EmTheGhost, Nov 1: OHH. That might have been the case - I've never seen this information before, and it doesn't usually come up since the non-legendary battles tend to be easy/fast enough that nobody faints. Thank you!
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Started by EmTheGhost

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Battle Stadium Season 35 / Ultimate Finale

Sweet Serenity, Oct 31: Congratulations on achieving Master Rank and earning your ribbon. You're a really good player, sweety. 😊 Keep up the good work! It also sounds like you're really enjoying yourself playing this series. It's a great to end it, but unfortunately, I...
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Sword & Shield

Mystery Gifts

Yoshi808, Sep 29: Okay so I went to GameStop to get my Eternatus code but they were all out. Called almost every store here; first day gone! So resorted to plan B and went to eBay. Found a code for $13 bucks so I bought the code, entered into Switch, and got my...
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Hacked Pokemon with website names

Sweet Serenity, Sep 26: Yeah, they definitely exist there, but I think you see less of them the higher you rank up. You also seem to be one of the few people here that actually battle competitively. I remember one time we were supposed to have battled during that time...
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Started by Toastypk

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How to Easily Farm Watts and quickly look for Gigantamax Raid Battles

Dash31x, Sep 21: Not sure if this thread is dead or what, but the current faster way to farm coins is to reroll the dens and get a bunch of watts, then go to one of the watt traders to buy max amount of luxury balls, then sell to poke center for coins. You can...
7   15,804
Started by bobandbill

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Sword & Shield

Need help with a solo run in SW/SH

Amore, Sep 18: This perhaps should be in Trade Corner. If you have the means to produce it yourself but don't have HOME to transfer, I'd happily hold it to trade to your new save.
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Started by StormCrow__

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Sword & Shield

Help with egglocke?

isahbellah, Sep 16: does anyone have an egglocke sav file that theyd be willing to share? can be from sword or shield, whichever is fine. i cant use the internet, so i cant do the whole trading for eggs thing :(
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Late to the party!

Devalue, Sep 11: Yes. Requires the DLC. Go to the Isle of Armor. Meets someone looking for Alolan Digletts scattered throughout the area. Must find 100 Alolan Digletts (out of 150) and have chosen the Water starter (Sobble). Supposedly reaches up to 106 Alolan...
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Started by Jay04

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Traded zam for zacian he didn't send sword

Sweet Serenity, Sep 9: Yes, that's true. If he traded his Zamazenta on HOME with the shield, then that means that the person that he traded with actually didn't get the shield either.
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Sword & Shield

Extra Marshadow from distribution event?

CyberNoodleSoup, Sep 9: Hello, I'm new to this community and was estatic to learn that there is a distribution for marshadow! I lost mine (along with two years of other event/shiny pokemon) in a botched save file transfer between switches when one of mine was going...
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contrary to popular beliefs, i liked this game

KalloFox34, Aug 20: The game's hatedom is a vocal minority for the most part. The story is indeed pretty weak, but then again X & Y's story wasn't really any better. I don't think they're as good as DPPt or B2W2, but I will take them over RS or SM any day of the...
12   1,656
Started by katsellscards

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How to get into Isle of Armor on new save file?

Game Duelist CJ, Jul 6: Actually... it was a piece of downloadable content that I had completely forgotten about in my account on Nintendo eShop that had to be re-downloaded in order for me to get the armor & crown pass after I did everything in the game at the start.
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Wild Area News "Cheat"

Amore, Jun 20: I'm not sure if this is already common knowledge or not, and I know realistically we might only have between 0 and 3 Wild Area News left to enjoy, but I accidentally happened upon a little cheat to prolong the event indefinitely (currently on day 4...
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Started by Amore

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Single Battle Cup Anyone?

TaterKoch, Jun 15: Thanks for the info, I really appreciate it and will start looking into it! I have learned a fair bit about IVs and EVs and fortunately do have some Pokemon with near perfect IVs, I just need to EV train them, and that's where I get nervous. I get...
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Moved 4 of my Pokemon in Pokemon Ultra Sun into Pokemon shield! :D

Sapphirejas, Jun 5: Hi everyone, I finished the game of Pokémon Shield, have done the post game and caught Zamazenta! (Plus I raised a Charmander into a Charizard in the Wild Area.) I have decided to bring over four of my Alolan Pokemon to Shield from my Ultra Sun...
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Regis

Louise90, Jun 2: Thank you I was going to shiny hunt them did not know you could before
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My feebas hunt

Fairy, May 31: good luck! let us know how it turns out! :)
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Dynamax Adventure Shiny

PokeDave854, May 2022: Add a shiny Lunala to the list! Only took 8 tries 😎
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After 4 days I finally got a shiny machop, and it has an attack stat of 0, is it even worth training?

colours, May 2022: yes. bottle caps more or less "fake" the 31 IV for the sake of stats. you're not teaching machop hidden power or anything, so for all practical purposes concerning it, yes "maxes" out the attack IV.
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Started by XARAYH

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Upcoming Sword & Shield Event & eSport League Announcement!

SchwiftyETLStaff, Apr 2022: Announcing The "Elite Trainer" Season One, Pokéball League Invitational Tournament! 10 Trainers can register on a first come first serve basis, earning the chance to receive an INVITATION CARD for The "Elite Trainer: Pokéball League", a new...
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Started by SchwiftyETLStaff

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Shiny Hunting

Devalue, Apr 2022: Quotes a previous post. Applies except for the current Special Raid Event. Ran one with a shiny Tyrantrum from March 18 to March 27, supposedly. May release a new one soon.
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Started by mariyaong

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Pokémon Sword and Shield’s 2022 International Challenge - info needed

Amore, Apr 2022: Just for any future reference if they do these things again, I found I could enter one of each game version per console - so if you have two Sword saves, for example, you can only enter 1. But you can enter both Sword and Shield. Already got a...
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Started by Dynasuxbad

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Sword & Shield

Would like to try out cinderance but chose grass in beggining.

curlz62591, Apr 2022: Trade anyone? I have level 100 amazing stats for multiple pokemon. How about the grass starter fully evolved card code: 0000 0000 LHX3 5R
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What to do if you accidently delete your starter pokemon?

giradialkia, Mar 2022: It’s a shot in the dark, but depending on her progress in the game, she could’ve accidentally left it in the Nursery? There are two Nurseries in the game, and that’d prevent Grookey from showing up. Otherwise, she’s almost certainly...
3   1,205
Started by Mayne22

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Rate my future Shield Pokemon team!

Sapphirejas, Mar 2022: Thank you so much for the suggestions! 😀I’ve upgraded my team to be more balanced in physical and special attacks and I replaced Ludicolo with Gastrodon because I don’t have a special electric type attacker Pokémon that can benefit from it. Also, I...
5   1,517
Started by Sapphirejas

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What's the best pokemon to use in Dynamax raid battles?

Gengar89, Feb 2022: I usually use Zacian or Eternatus to finish the job quickly but I don't know if there's a faster way...
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thievul and boltund

_confused_piplup_, Feb 2022: Nickit is actually one of my fav pokemon, I really love its design. I started to like Thievul but it's not even near to Nickit. When my Nickit evolved I was quite disappointed with Thievul. It kinda grew on me tho. I don't really like the mustache,...
5   1,472
Started by eeveefanatic

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Sword & Shield

What's your Favorite Apricorn Ball?

Toastypk, Jan 2022: It would have to be the Love Ball for me. The two I had (one from Ball Guy, the other from that Mystery Gift) I used to catch Mawile and Mesprit, two Pokemon I adore and are worthy of the heart effect from the Love Ball. I actually traded for a...
12   2,533
Started by ShinyCinderace335

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found Shiny Jigglypuff at 1595 encounters

Fairy, Jan 2022: Oh man I’m late but congratulations!! I highly recommend getting more shiny fairies, hehe. :3
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Started by ShinyCinderace335

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Hacked pokemon with website names still being surprise traded

Toastypk, Jan 2022: Yeah, this keeps happening. I started a thread just like this last year. Btw it's important to make a distinction between Hacked Pokemon and Genned Pokemon. Genned Pokemon are Pokemon you could obtain in game with all the proper work and luck, and...
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Started by RoastedCR

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What do you think of the Galar starters?

_confused_piplup_, Jan 2022: I always choose the water type starter for tradition. Most of the time it turns out to be also the one I like the most lol. I often like grass type starters too, while I kinda dislike all the fire types lol. I don't really like sobble, even if it is...
8   2,178
Started by Sheep

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Sword & Shield

Did I miss the event for Dada Zarude?

Sweet Serenity, Jan 2022: Well, in that case, I definitely missed out on it. Nonetheless, thanks for the information. I guess I have to try to trade for it.
2   1,712
Started by Sweet Serenity

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Sword & Shield

Monotype Tournament.

AussieJimmy, Jan 2022: Hey Everyone. Was wondering if people would be interested in doing a monotype tournament. This is how I would run it. There are 18 types but that wouldn't work since you would be left with 9 winners which is an odd number. 16 would work...
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Started by AussieJimmy

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Confuse what to buy

Louise90, Jan 2022: Like everyone has said get sword no one knows what the new game will be like
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Started by TrainerThq

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Has anyone gotten a shiny starter?

ReKoil, Jan 2022: It doesn't have perfect nature and IVs... but, at some point I randomly hatched shiny Charmander. Wasn't breeding for one. I was doing HA/egg move breeding and it just happened @[email protected]
12   3,549
Started by Sk8erBoiz

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Sword & Shield

For those who got the DLC, did you finish it?

ShinyCinderace335, Dec 2021: the 2 dlc were pretty easy, they are very replayable for collecting items and shiny hunting. i still havent found all the hidden digglets
15   2,844
Started by Sheep

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Making quotes from my online ranked battles

ShinyCinderace335, Dec 2021: Let me know what you think about this creative idea and give your feedback and opinions. you can also suggest quotes of your own
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Started by ShinyCinderace335

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Sword & Shield

What's your favorite gen 8 Pokémon?

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ShinyCinderace335, Dec 2021: Definitely Cinderace, Raboot and Scorbunny! I also like Rookidee
63   15,083
Started by Sheep

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Sword & Shield

How can I get shiny pokemon

Fairy, Dec 2021: This post is excellent, just wanted to let you know.
2   1,762
Started by Martina_Vk

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Sword & Shield

One more free shiny Zamazenta for Pokemon Sword

RazgrizKT, Dec 2021: Someone has already used this code.
1   1,794
Started by Jumps7yl3r
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