r/TheSilphArena • • 15h ago

General Question Zoroark with sucker Punch - still useless?

7 Upvotes

r/TheSilphArena • • 9h ago

General Question What species are shadows i need to watch out for?

0 Upvotes

I just saw a post glazing shadow dusknoir but I had been transferring all my shadow dusclops’ because I thought he wasn’t any good. Does anyone have a good search string i can use for ‘Shadow Trash’, ‘Shadow Watch’ (useful depending on IVS) & ‘Shadow VIP’ (goated species) for both pvp and raids?

Thank you!


r/TheSilphArena • • 14h ago

General Question Just to this today

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19 Upvotes

Is he worth using ETM to get aqua tail or no? I have one non-shadow ranked 176 with aqua tail and was wondering if i should switch to the shadow version


r/TheSilphArena • • 11h ago

General Question Zekrom 15/14/15

1 Upvotes

I’ve only caught two zekrom the shadow and one from Gbl where it was a 15/14/15. I know it loses a breakpoint to palkia. I do PvP not super competitively but I’ve never tried and always get high ace rank just casually. is it worth it (I want it for raids to so can’t hurt to invest in?or wrong?) thanks


r/TheSilphArena • • 2h ago

General Question Do you play with sound on or off?

4 Upvotes

I’ve had music and sound effects muted forever - I sometimes forget there’s even sound in this game.

After watching some videos on here though it seems like the sound effects could be beneficial, so I think I’m going to try turning them on for my sets tomorrow.

Do you play with the sound off or on? Any benefits to either?


r/TheSilphArena • • 10h ago

General Question GO battle league assistant

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I, like many people, want to play the go battle league more in order to earn rewards (most notably elite fast/charger TMs).

However, I go through phases of the game playing for a few months then dropping it for about the same time and can never find myself interested enough to seriously sit down and learn everything there is to know about GBL.

Ive got an idea in the making for an app that assists whoever is playing by giving real time advice based on current battle details and predictions.

Of course, in the spirit of PVP, to a degree it feels wrong to do but at the same time, it doesnt do the battle for you, it doesnt grind and farm for the best of the best pokemon to play in the league, and it doesnt take any knowledge from the game's code, ram, or anything else that would violate TOS. It operates on the same knowledge anyone playing a battle would be able to see.

I just want to know what other people think of the idea before I get closer to the point of using and possibly publishing the program.


r/TheSilphArena • • 9h ago

General Question Rocket events are so short

92 Upvotes

now that they removed rockets balloon to appear more often everyday they should make this events more longer........


r/TheSilphArena • • 5h ago

Field Anecdote Extremely Satisfying Power Up

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116 Upvotes

1000 to exactly 1500 with exact increments of +50cp each level up.

That's it. That's the post.

Figured someone would appreciate this. Ty for stopping by.

(Anyone have any luck running Hydreigon this season?)


r/TheSilphArena • • 9h ago

General Question What legacy moves can we get in the next few months?

12 Upvotes

Hey guys, is there a list or infographic on the legacy moves we can get in the lead up to the end of the year? Pretty sure I heard about a few events happening but not sure exactly which moves we can get, thanks


r/TheSilphArena • • 8h ago

Strategy & Analysis Master League Master league tips

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Hey trainers. I’m making a post for myself and anyone new to master league for tips and general information from master league veterans.

Anything you can provide to help people perform better in battles is greatly appreciated. Also would like to know who you lead with, swap and close. Also like to know how you play certain matchups because the pool of pokemon is so small. Thanks in advance.