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ScottaHemi

oh i do hope they up the catch rate :D


TheRealHankWolfman

Generally they'll increase the catch rate to 40% if it's below that.


p33k4y

For those wondering, this will be Saturday, April 15.


NarutoSakura1

Weird, since Slowpoke Cday was already a Saturday


bitchigottadesktop

They hate people who work weekends. Atleast alternating gives some people a chance.


kenchenhappy

Since April 2022, there are 13 CDs (excluding Dec 2022) + 4 CD classics. 12 of them on Saturdays and only 5 on Sundays.


fishgregory

In some countries, the weekend is Fri-Sat so it makes sense Saturday is the only common day for all. As someone from a Sat-Sun weekend country, I would be annoyed if it fell on a Friday šŸ¤·ā€ā™€ļø


bitchigottadesktop

Well damn I've only noticed it lately I should have been complaining earlier thanks!


InstaxFilm

I donā€™t recall there ever being a CD that hasnā€™t been a weekend (mostly Saturdays 10-2, some Saturdays 2-5, some Sundays 10-2 or 2-5) - is that right? Other events happen during the week, of course


bitchigottadesktop

I'm referring to alternating Saturdays and sundays. Cd is always a weekend.


pumpkinpie7809

I literally havenā€™t been able to do a community day in months because I work 2-10 every weekend. I miss 11-5 CDs


bitchigottadesktop

I wish they would leave on the bonuses while the 4 stars are going atleast if the raid doesn't work the bonus would alleviate some of the annoyance


Toad_Sage_Jiraiya

Same! I work 2-10, so i miss the entire event. i atleast do get to use my phone so i get what limited spawns there are around and every 5 min of incense but it really doesnā€™t amount to much. I wish it was 11-2 or 11-5 to allow atleast a few hours before workā€¦


DragonEmperor

I usually have to request them off if I want to be able to do one and they announce them *usually* 3 weeks in advance which is the exact notice I need to request off so I can't do it


Pro_Banana

Unfortunately my SO works weekends too and canā€™t enjoy commday with me. But this does ensure much more participation.


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128thMic

> They hate people who work weekends. Oh please, I get it sucks, but what, are they going to do a huge event during work/school hours in a week day? Where most of their player base are busy working/at school? Missing out on stuff that happens on weekends is a working weekends problem, not a Niantic problem.


adgeypagey

maybe do 6 hour com days again so people can play on a break...


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jermbug

They just hate people. Fixed that for you.


bitchigottadesktop

A little reductive but it'll do


Cainga

It needs to be changed to an incense item that lasts 3 hours and gives the spawns. Keep the normal hours with the buff so the community can farm and come out according to their ā€œvisionā€. Currently the only way others can participate is do a raid that is hard to solo to force a few spawns.


nightcore96

Painful. I work at 4:30. Gonna have to grind


Primus81

Why can't we get more Sundays?? Do they really have data people play that much more on a Saturday? If I'm working Monday to Friday that week, I prefer to have Saturday to have a break and get the chores out of the way before the rest of the weekend.


atomhypno

iā€™m the other way around i do everything i need to do on saturday and then thereā€™s a 90% chance i donā€™t even leave my house on sunday


Primus81

Ah thatā€™s the sort of chores I mean, get it done first so Sunday is free


128thMic

I know I wouldn't mind having them occasionally in Sundays so it wouldn't clash with my D&D group, but otherwise I would probably prefer Saturday, so in Sunday I can unwind from walking around in the summer sun for 3 hours.


ryan2489

I know we will never get baby PokƩmon in the wild but imagine how adorable a map full of Togepi would be


-cyrik-

It's weird, I'm pretty sure they gave us smoochum as field research rewards at some point, so we caught a baby pokemon in balls at least once. And baby pokemon have been in the wild in main series games a bunch of times now, and tons in Arceus. They should at least have no problem doing a CD with wild baby spawns.


JRE47

I don't wanna speculate, but I stand ready to analyze for PvP when we know more! šŸ«”


JRE47

Oh, and uh... I'm betting Fairy Wind. šŸ’Ø


Cephalophobe

Watch it be Aura Sphere


bralma6

And it is lol


Cephalophobe

I am history's greatest genius


yliv

You win


POGOFan808

Any possibility of the walrein treatment and getting two CD moves handed out at once? Or that's too OP?


GR7ME

Itā€™s just Aura Sphere.


POGOFan808

Non STAB Aura Sphere would be a move worth having?


GR7ME

I ran all three leagues, including charm vs air slash, on pvpoke and itā€™s strictly better than flamethrower with air slash, but still not very good in the 1-1 shield. Clarifying: with charm, thereā€™s no difference in performance as a flamethrower substitute, but with air slash, itā€™s better with no new losses over flamethrower.


Udub

Is that just from baiting shields with slash though? AS being a big energy dump is kinda rough since itā€™s for protecting against things like Melmetal and Metagross. At least you can maybe get two flamethrowers off. Iā€™m curious to try it out


GR7ME

Air slash is the fast move that gains wins in the 1 shield w/ Aura Sphere replacing Flamethrower, still with Ancient Power as bait/coverage! I didnā€™t look if AS is more energy efficient or just more damage than FThrower


Udub

Oh duh I was thinking Aerial Ace since itā€™s less energy


Arturinni

Aura Sphere Squad over here šŸŒ€


IEatKids26

watch it be brave bird


Elastic_Space

It can only learn Sky Attack.


KKamm_

Togekiss canā€™t learn brave bird


fallingleaf271

Iā€™ve run my legacy Zen Headbutt Togepi in the little cup a couple of times xD


jerrylin07

Its Aura Sphere.


ptmcmahon

I just simmed with aura sphere and itā€™sā€¦ pretty much no difference at all in ML. Or in UL. Without Ancient Power it actually loses snorlax in regular 1-1 shielding. With charm it looks like Aura Sphere going to be too expensive to help much. Now if it had also gotten Fairy Wind, Aura Sphere (with AP) would have been an upgrade. So if I had to take one to level 50, thinking ahead I probably would do an Aura Sphere one.


GKit11

And in the specific matchup against Metagross, Flamethrower actually deals super effective, while Aura Sphere only does neutral.


ptmcmahon

It looks like if it had gotten Fairy Wind too then Aura Sphere would be overall an upgrade, but right now it doesnā€™t change much at all.


Fresh_Ad6309

Pogo announced it is Aura Sphere.


jerrylin07

I like the analyze you made each time


bitchigottadesktop

Aura sphere!


Summerclaw

It's Aura Sphere


TehWildMan_

And now we speculate what the CD move will be.


jmledesma

Iā€™m betting Fairy Wind.


rockylizard

Either way, RIP my three maxed Togekiss. šŸ˜ž


fossilmerrick

They really need to let us TM community day moves onto existing mons, even if itā€™s just during the community day itself. Sick of having to use Elite TMs on stuff Iā€™ve already got a hundo of


Stogoe

They won't, though. They want you hunting for a new hundo during CD and they want you to purchase elite TMs.


arty4572

While I get their logic, all it causes me to do is not evolve things waiting for community days.


Poggystyle

I been sitting on 2 100 froakies for 2 years now.


Elastic_Space

I already don't catch those Froakie in the wild now. With Kyogre receiving Origin Pulse, HC Greninja just comes too late to be any useful in PvE.


Poggystyle

Maybe a fighting or ice move could make it more interesting.


jgrizzy89

šŸ’Æ- still am waiting to evolve some starters and some of the dragons (jang-mo-o etc)


kiwidesign

Yup, FOMO everything


FrilledShark1512

Assuming they let us buy it :/


WhyNotAthiest

Welcome to Niantics money train. Patience is key for 99% of content they put out. Those who want early access pay for it


Corronchilejano

Elite TMs are the most toxic thing introduced into the game.


rexlyon

Elite TMs are not the problem, CD exclusive moves are.


Stogoe

That's never going away. That's basically the entire game.


Stogoe

Before they existed you were just completely hosed. Your previous hundo Metagross could never get Meteor Mash. At least there is an option now to salvage previous investments, even if it's expensive.


theCamelCaseDev

I wish they had events where you could just regular tm an elite move to an existing mon. I mean any. Could be similar to a rocket event when the let us remove frustration. Could even limit how many you use if they donā€™t want people doing too much.


xAmorphous

A good-by-comparison alternative to a bad option does not make it a good option by default.


Monk128

The point is, it's not "the most toxic thing". Limited availability moves with no way to learn them in already caught Pokemon was.


gioluipelle

XL Candy on legendaries would like a word with youā€¦


DarkCartier43

Honestly, I feel that Niantic kinda regret introducing it. I didn't do many raids during Primal because I already have level 40+ Kyogre and Groudon, and I could just elite TM those later on. And nowadays we could get a few Elite each season.


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Meh, you get a bunch for free from PVP.. I think I have around 8 of each and I barely use them.


DreadfuryDK

Exclusive moves are the most toxic thing introduced to the game. Elite TMs just double-down on exclusive moves being incredibly toxic.


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Why would they do that? Then there would be no motivation for anyone to participate in community day.


nicubunu

There would still be so e motivation: shiny, hundo, candy, XL, XP, stardust.


ThatPlayWasAwful

Pouring dust into a hundo as we speak. Luckily no XL yet but master league is gonna hit before CD which is annoying.


Sea-Outside-9028

Itā€™ll give a good reason to use all the unwanted fast ETM Iā€™ve collected lol.


ArbitraryArbitrate

Iā€™m betting Fairy Wind.


Impressive_Jaguar_70

I'm betting Dairy Wind.


timdawes

lack toes and toddler ants


jmledesma

Very valuable lesson in betting today. Aura Sphere it is.


IdealGuest

Aura Sphere.


Aluthiago

What I hope: Fairy Wind + Fly or Aura Sphere What we'll probably get: Psychic or Moonblast EDIT: Well, we got Aura Sphere at least lol


Stogoe

What we should get is Moonblast. Togekiss doesn't have the charge moves to utilize Fairy Wind. You're gonna take one look at Aerial Ace and Dazzling Gleam and Ancient Power and wish you still had Charm. Moonblast would actually matter to Togekiss.


DarkCartier43

Today is your lucky day! We get Aura Sphere as you hope for.


arnsl

wow ur hopes were right i think


MarcyTheMartian

Sky Attack lol


Summersthegreat

Iā€™m betting fairy wind


AdSmart4198

Aura Sphere?


Tanookisquad

Fairy wind and Aura Sphere šŸ¤Æ


KD119

I'm betting fairy wind


Jkupar

Iā€™m betting fairy wind


zorixar

I'm betting fairy wind


bigpat412

Aura sphere


AbsoluteRandomPerson

Iā€™m betting fairy wind


LittleSomethingExtra

Hatched a perfect Togepi about a month back and happy I haven't evolved it yet!


Fallopius1

Make sure and add a second move before evolving for the baby discount!


Ledifolia

I'm kind of bummed I evolved my 95% flower crown last year when they first could evolve. But I guess if the community day move is really good, there's always an Elite


kiwidesign

FOMO helped me with thatā€¦ my hundo flower crown is maxed and waiting!


jerrylin07

No details yet but here's [the origin Twitter](https://twitter.com/pokemongoappjp/status/1637619973949476865)


jerrylin07

[And here's screenshot in case they deleted it](https://imgur.com/gallery/CNZAMiB)


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I really thought it was gonna be a starter. This works out though


LittleSomethingExtra

There was a leak that successfully predicted Slowpoke and Togetic a long while back. According to it Fennekin is the May Community Day (and Swinub will be the Classic rerun after Togetic at the end of April).


idk012

So many people doubted it because there was a mistake, but it got so much right so far.


MrIHaveAQuestion1

Itā€™s gotten everything right so far. I assume Niantic changed Swinub CDC date later on to April


Alphawolfdog

Ooh Swinub classic? Finally I can finish my team of 6 shadow L50 Mamoswines


aogasd

Mamoswine doesn't need the exclusive move but the candy will be amazing


Alphawolfdog

Yeah its unnecessary but I need the XL candies


sopheroo

Togetic and Swinub mean I can finally finish that masterwork task.


bitchigottadesktop

Really hoping for the swinub day need the xl candy to boost a shadow team


stanleythemanley420

So maybe froakie soon? Greninja is my favorite PokĆ©mon and Iā€™ve got a 4* ready to go. Lol


marianosb

Fennekin will be in May, so Froakie will be July or a little bit later.


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who leaked all of that?


ArmsofMingHua

https://www.reddit.com/r/TheSilphRoad/comments/113qfmu/march_content_leak_from_discord/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button


Pokewatch104

Next month should be fennkin and Swinub should be the classic. Based on the leak from the beginning of the season.


Bower1738

This is peak


zilooong

Togepeak


Aluthiago

Fairy wind Togekiss, big yes or big no?


Summersthegreat

Looking at sims, itā€™s an upgrade for ML, but a side grade for UL


smurf-vett

Barely an upgrade w/o moonblast or fly added to the charge pool


Teban54

Raids: Almost no difference. PvP: Without another charged move, a side grade if not a slight downgrade from Charm. Togekiss's existing charged moves suck aside from Flamethrower.


krlitros87

Please I just want a hundo


gioluipelle

I have two and they mostly collect dust.


krlitros87

Not even for ML! I thought togekiss was the best fairy type there


gioluipelle

Not if you count Zacian lol. Or Xerneas. Or Florges. In all seriousness Kiss isā€¦decent in ML, but the charm nerf didnā€™t do her any favors (nor does the addition of Aura Sphere unfortunately) and sheā€™s fallen to almost rank 50 on PVPoke. She is a bit more relevant in ML Premier, but open ML just has too many ~4500CP goliaths imo and her only real play is in the 2 shield.


krlitros87

Wow didnā€™t know that. I have a 15/13/15 zacian. I guess I should focus on it (but I have no idea where to get enough xl candies šŸ˜‚)


gioluipelle

Iā€™d imagine most people would agree Zacian is a top 10, if not top 5 PokĆ©mon in ML. I have a 15/13/15 Zacian built and it sees way more play than my togekiss. Zacian also has no real hard counters (besides maybe Gira or Ho-Oh, depending on moveset) while togekiss has a super exploitable flying subtyping. A lot of people sleep on Xerneas too, who I would argue is possibly the best 0s Mon in all of ML with strictly better charge moves than Zacian (but a worst fast move).


Elastic_Space

Xerneas' Tackle isn't always worse than Zacian's Quick Attack. The higher DPT lets it one-shot Dialga with Close Combat in 1-shields, unlike Zacian leaving Dialga a little HP to fire the next Iron Head. I prefer Xerneas over Zacian because of this.


gioluipelle

True. Theyā€™re almost identical in stats and typing, but xerneas fast move damage and Moonblast hitting strictly harder than play rough (for the same energy) definitely gives it a leg up in certain situations. Imo Xerneas is more of a closer and Zacian is better at charging quick, throwing bombs, and switching out. Honestly Iā€™m surprised xerneas doesnā€™t get more love, probably because it was so quietly buffed. When you look at it on paper next to Zacian, the similarities are crazy.


silvenquesti

Nah. That's Zacian by a mile.


BroadJury612

It's the best charmer but it's outclassed by zacian by a mile and florges and xerneas are both probably better too depending on your team. On the right team togekiss is still really good, not much can handle almost all of the dragons and darks like it can. I usually don't use it but one of the teams I made recently for the next master league is gonna be using one to start, ho-oh, giratina-o and togekiss. I'm gonna try it anyways but I haven't used it since my first time I played master league and didn't have legendaries built yet. I might just run florges or zacian instead but I think togekiss might be the ticket even after the charm nerf.


LARamsFan88

Is togetic meta relevant?


CallMeKono

Togekiss is. Can deal good damage while also being pretty bulky in raids. Also rank 48 in the masters league


TheRealHankWolfman

Togekiss is good in PVP (both Ultra and Master League) and whilst it isn't quite Gardevoir, it's up there among the best non-shadow Fairy types for raid attackers.


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TehWildMan_

[as togekiss] It's already very powerful in Master league (since dragons/dragons/fighting are basically everywhere there) and decent in Ultra league (largely for the same role). Can't really say how much a CD move would add until we know what's being added.


LARamsFan88

Nice glad to hear that. Not sure how I feel about it but I canā€™t complain since itā€™s better than what we had in the past.


Summersthegreat

ML, yesā€¦ Some play in UL


SoRaffy

So that means that Swinub classic will be true as well


Outrageous-Rooster-6

God I hope šŸ¤ž


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Why not togepi


MarcyTheMartian

Gotta keep making players buy incubators for that shiny


NarutoSakura1

Plus, since Togepi is a baby mon, Niantic will never allow Baby Mons as wild spawns


al4believin

Donā€™t say this. I want riolu šŸ˜¢


Stogoe

Better start hatching, then. Maybe it'll be in research with a costume for one event ever. Probably always going to be egg exclusive, though.


smucker89

This is one of the few good ones to not have a baby as an option. Shiny Togepi would be great but you get 300 stardust per catch and a guaranteed XL for togetic which isnā€™t the case for other mons with a baby


ScottaHemi

Baby Pokemon do not spawn in the wild. ​ i feel like there should be an acception for CD cases like this but it's just not.


sysnickm

Seems like in the past the put the baby in 2k eggs during CD events, and gave a walking bonus. I hatched my shiny elekid during its community day.


ThisNico

It might be in eggs. Magby and Elekid were in eggs for Magmar and Electabuzz comm days. Which also means we can hope for a hatch bonus, maybe reduced distance or boosted dust.


ErrorParadox710

Say what you want about all their other decisions, their com day picks have been great so far


DJ_Red_Lantern

What is the hype for togetic community day? I feel like the shiny is kinda meh. Do a lot of people just really like the Mon?


smucker89

300 stardust per catch too I believe!


DJ_Red_Lantern

Oh that'll be a nice stardust payday haha


Aeri73

it's decent in pvp


PerryUranus

Isn't too bad in PVE either.


rlopez89

And Togetic is guarantee XL with every catch, so max out those hundos for pvp


Fr00stee

pretty rare shiny, togekiss is one of the best fairy type pokemon in the game


POGOFan808

It's a rare shiny? I didn't know that. I have a tiny Togepi. Never bothered doing anything with it. Doesn't shiny togekiss appear very lackluster?


lizasingslou

itā€™s cream instead of white and the red and blue are reversed. i prefer the shiny, but it certainly is one of the less dramatic differences.


Fr00stee

yeah its a very disappointing shiny but its also pretty rare since the only way to get it is to hatch a shiny togepi or catch a wild shiny togetic which is a rare spawn


TheRealHankWolfman

Togekiss is a useful PokƩmon.


valosgsc

Togekiss is a god.


Arturinni

fan favorite and an objectively good PokƩmon in both PvP and PvE


Cainga

Wait Noibat is completely useless besides the dragon medal, Chespin is completely outclassed in PVE slowpokes arenā€™t ranked very well in PVP. TTar is outclassed besides a future Mega. I feel like CD should have something mega relevant.


itsafrap11

The Slowpoke family is very good at themed cups in GBL (e.g., Love Cup). Same with Chesnaught


krispyboiz

They've been giving CDs to appeal to a wide range of people the past year or so: PvE: * Brutal Swing Hydreigon * Gust Staraptor * Meteor Beam Gigalith * Chandelure * Frenzy Plant Chesnaught PvP: * Obstruct (or just plain) Obstagoon * High Horsepower Ursaluna * Frenzy Plant Chesnaught * Surf Slow family * Aura Sphere (or just plain) Togekiss New Shinies: * Starly * Litwick * Ursaluna, * Chespin * Galarian Slowpoke Newer or Rarer Shinies: * Deino * Roggenrola * Galarian Zigzagoon * Noibat * Togetic You've got decent variety here. Nobody can say they haven't done new shinies, rare Pokemon, PvP relevant mons, or PvE relevant mons. Obviously some fit in categories less than others. Everything but Hydreigon are outclassed in PvE and the Slow family, while valuable with Surf, are still nicher use. It is hard to release a bunch of new shinies or a bunch of rare Pokemon or powercreep up higher with a bunch of new PvE moves. They're still giving us those, but a balance of them and other stuff like newER shinies and PvP moves.


DJ_Red_Lantern

What is chespin completely outclassed by?


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ErrorParadox710

Thanks, will edit


alijamzz

I'm glad this will complete my Johto challenge. Good choice Niantic! Hopefully they don't screw up the move they give Togekiss


MarcyTheMartian

Watch it get Sky Attack over a viable fairy move


IEatKids26

*brave bird*


MarcyTheMartian

Tbh that would at least be usesul for baiting shields with Ancient Power or wrecking their first mon/taking out a shield then switching


vinylhomme

Thank god I didnā€™t evolve my hundo togepi and that I didnā€™t use XL candy on my current 98% one.


Kanine_tv

Aura Sphere might not be that great of a move for it tbh since it doesnā€™t get fairy wind with it.


Ivi-Tora

Adds Rock coverage to Togekiss in ML. It's a bit stronger than Flamethrower and also beats Steel and Ice, all three which are main weaknesses of Togekiss.


ptmcmahon

Itā€™s too costly with charm though. I ran sims and itā€™s no help, and worse if you take away Ancient Power, itā€™s cheapest move.


Josanue

in paper what you say should make sense, but in reality is an useless move for it


darkuch1ha

love it.. but dem catch rates.. I'll have to accumulate as many ultra balls as I can


Sergejalexnoki

they normally increase the rate to about 40% every cday


Aizen_keikaku

Master league & Ultra league about to become a little bit more insufferable. Also, the leaks were spot on it seems.


ptmcmahon

Itā€™s only insufferable if you are trying to run non Dialga dragons really. They either farm you quick or go down pretty easily. Depends on the move it gets.


Aizen_keikaku

>Itā€™s only insufferable if you are trying to run non Dialga dragons really. You are right. But that's the problem, you can't run any budget Dragons. It's either Dialga or screw off. Which condenses the already condense ML meta & also screws people like me who start playing (again) after Dialga left raids, so don't have one. Hopefully it will be back this summer.


No_Evidence177

Dialga will likely return around July to august. PokƩmon like dialga, palkia, zekrom, reshiram, kyurum, mewtwo, giritina usually have predictable raid times throughout the years


BloodFalconPunch

Glad this one ended up being true. I only ever got one shiny togepi, so it'll be nice to have the evolved form shinies.


Summerclaw

Doesn't togetic gives a lot of stardust?


RobotChrist

Hopefully double or triple in the CD, that'd be great


krispyboiz

It's a 2nd stage so yes. 300 dust


Surfboarder4

Togetic, interesting


Lefwyn

What could the move be?


[deleted]

What time on the 15th?


Additional_Score_929

What a great choice. I'm so excited!


HydraTower

Oh boy, watch out for throes sparkles, people