reread the rest thus far of lackadaisy and there's the both v easy & difficult task of gathering a shit ton but only a shit ton of excerpts (like every single page is a highlight i'm not exaggerating)
and every single element is superlative and the way it all only becomes More So....already mentioned the way the like smooth gradient shading made the successful evocation of 3D Shapes more noticeable, along w/the consistent geometries of character design & details in fabric folds; the way Lighting & Coloring only goes on to become more prominent elements only enhances that further. the compositions, backgrounds, pacing, angles....everything is so dynamic & expressive, such as including the expressions which you know i also Love / absorbed
going "hell yes for people to discover this superlative comic" then having to occasionally refresh past site traffic overloaded server errors like "nooo" but actually yes
whilest clapping & cheering for the fun of everyone who's been here a minute. My God the invigorating reward when again i started reading in '07 & the concept of rocky & freckle on a "proper" run had only manifested via fun official bonus art, then a literal decade later as it was actually happening in the comic like screeeeaammm i can feel it coming in the air tonight oh lord etc....i've loved following it, again, if i see another new comic page. i am going to be Enriched
i also really was right on the ball myself this time around like okay okay yep i have picked up on Everything, at least to the degree i can lmao. i love the mysteries. i love how Character Focused it is too ofc and there's no characters i'm uniterested in / dislike. you gotta point to one of them, truly, and i have been a [pointing at freckle] enjoyer these fifteen years but fr i am a connoisseur of everyone, i love that so many characters are a weird mysterious chaos element story driver in their own right. i considered mordecai more intently than ever, love his like ultra mystery (and that we leave off on him doing some detectiving even) and truly fun that like, the source of the more Immediate problems he keeps having in every damn interaction isn't the like [wow mordecai with the just diving into the hatchet murdering] factor so much as it's that he's generally like "i am just standing here" and is not nt in any way that matters and people insist on fucking with him on that front. the peak tragedy of him in a bonus comic getting bullied into having to dance with someone to Be Polite like i'm so sorry i wish you could be that ficus too. anyways intrigued with the marigold &/or mordecai mysteries including that it's like, how coincidental is it that he talks about marigold having a thorn in its side & the savoys' nickname for him is peekon = thorn. there is so much to consider, love that for us truly. and i'm rooting for mordecai & nicodeme's dynamic out here, is another conclusion....very enriched by comparing & contrasting that serafine nicodeme mordecai triumvirate with the rocky ivy freckle one, to be sure. im enriched
i'm also enriched by every footnote that's got like historical facts / research notes / [this is inaccurate for xyz prioritization but here's the disclaimer] explanations. i Love information. and everything else like i loooove this comic it's Soooo Fucking putting my hands to my temples and inhaling at length through my teeth
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Tips for the 7☆ Cinderace Raids
Well we’re back here with a new 7☆ raid event, so might as well go over it like I did with the Charizard raids when they first came out
Important Information
You can only catch one Cinderace per save file. This doesn’t stop you from breeding for Scorbunnies however keep in mind you can only catch one Cinderace from the raids.
The Cinderace is Shiny locked. If you do want to get a shiny you can still masuda method, however there’s no need to attempt to encounter a shiny in the raids, you cannot.
All Cinderaces will have perfect IVs when caught. So there’s no need to hyper train it if you so wish, this is also useful if you want to breed for a Scorbunny with perfect or near perfect IVs
All Cinderaces will have their hidden ability. Though it’s hidden ability was nerfed inbetween generations it’s still a pretty fun ability to mess around with, though keep in mind it doesn’t work when terastilized (in otherwords, doesnt work for the raid boss so good for us)
All Cinderaces will be identical minus the OT. Mainly just continuing off of the previous three points, the Cinderaces will all have the exact same stats, and movesets. This is important to keep in mind. They also will come with the mightiest mark which gives access to the special event title
but speaking of move sets, lets get into that
Cinderace’s Moves
The raid boss Cinderace will have the following moves
Normal turn moves
High Jump Kick
Pyro Ball
Acrobatics
Iron Head
Special Turn moves
Bulk up
Bulk up
Bulk up
Bulk up
Are you wondering why I listed bulk up four times? because it has four special instances of using bulk up, and always opens by using one of them. This means it can get up to +4 Attack and Defense. This should go without warning that that can be fairly threatening.
Let’s actually go over the moves though
Iron head is it’s weakest move, and really seems like it’s just there so it’s not obliterated by fairy times like Charizard was. this can cause your pokemon to flinch however, which can be annoying if it happens too much
Acrobatics is it’s second weakest move at base 110 power because the raid boss doesn’t hold an item. It’s probably what you’re most likely to see the boss spamming if you brought a pokemon that resists fire and fighting.
Pyro ball, Cinderace’s signature attack, is it’s second strongest move. Remember that it still gets STAB off of it’s natural fire type so it will hit hard if you dont have a high defense stat, a resistance, or if fire is weakened somehow. Ontop of being a 120 base power move it also can inflict burn which can really hurt any physical attackers. It is 90 accuracy though, which means it always has a chance, even if slim, to miss.
High Jump Kick, it’s last attacking move. Getting the tera STAB from fighting ontop of being a base 130 attack move makes this move scary if you don’t have any sort of resistance or immunity. It also doesn’t have it’s most major draw back of if it misses the user takes a bunch of damage due to, well the massively inflated raid boss HP. It can still miss being another 90 accuracy move. You shouldn’t rely on it missing but it can save you if it does
and it’s last move overall Bulk up, this allows Cinderace to wall physical attackers while also increasing it’s damage output. It’s a simple move but not one that should be discounted as a game changer. Bringing a special attacker bypasses the physical defense increases but there’s still the issue of the attack increase.
Keep in mind all moves are physical, meaning you will want to focus on your pokemons physical defense above it’s special defense
What Pokemon are good?
While this is being made fairly early into the raid’s first run, there are still some pokemon that have stood out from what I’ve seen in raids. I’ll start by listing pokemon I’ve seen as great supports/DPS pokemon, and then list a few traits pokemon need/want to have in order to be able to survive these raids.
Don’t forget to EV and IV train your pokemon, as well as make sure they’re level 100 going into these raids.
Key Pokemon
Slowbro - Probably the best pokemon I’ve seen for the raid so far, and probably the Azumaril equivalent for this raid event. Slowbro is able to get 319 Physical Defense, on top of 323 Special Attack with a beneficial nature. It being a water psychic type means it’s only hit for neutral damage by Acrobatics, which it can tank fairly well without needing to use a nature mint on it for defense meaning you can focus on it’s special attack stat. It can learn Slack Off, Nasty Plot, Iron Defense, Rain Dance, but most importantly, it can learn Stored Power, which has it’s base power increase based on stat buffs you have. in otherwords with Slowbro you can spend a fair amount of turns setting up building your physical defense up with Iron Defense, than use Nasty Plot to boost your special attack to land some devastating hits of Stored power.
Espathra - While you could run a similar Stored Power strat, Espathra has some other valuable tools at it’s disposal, namely Feather Dance, which lowers Cinderace’s attack by two stages, Lumina Crash, it’s unique move that has 80 base power and lowers Cinderace’s special defense by two stages, Reflect, which can increase the party’s physical defense for five turns, and Helping Hand, if you want to assist an ally for damage output. Odds are you’re going to want it with Opportunist for it’s ability, mainly for making the bulk ups used by Cinderace almost moot against you due to giving you the physical defense up. Do try to keep your own bulk in mind however.
Armourouge - Lastly for the key pokemon I’ve seen so far, Armourouge. It shares a few traits with Espathra, namely having access to Reflect, Helping Hand, an attacking move that lowers the special defense of the opponent by two stages in Acid Spray, but also gets access to Clear Smog, which removes stat changes from Cinderace. It also has Expanding Force, which if you or an ally sets up psychic terrain, deals increased damage. On top of this, it also has Flash Fire for it’s ability, giving it immunity to fire type moves. Cinderace isn’t likely to attack it with pyro ball, however an immunity is still worth mentioning.
Throughout the descriptions of those pokemon you might have noticed a few key traits, mainly the following
Some way to counteract the attack buffs Cinderace gives itself
Forms of resistances to Cinderaces moves
Ways to increase damage output
Super Effective Special Attack
The ability to take a hit
If you can find pokemon that can fill these traits well enough, and you don’t quite need to fill all of them, it might be worthwhile attempting to try them out. I can’t test every single pokemon myself, but it might be worthwhile seeing what pokemon could work out. There will be ones that are the optimal choices but do try and keep your options opened in case you either can’t build these up or maybe you want to try using a pokemon you think got overlooked.
Final Notes
A few final notes to close this out
Don’t forget to use cheers - Cheers always go before Cinderace attacks, meaning they can save you or your teammates by healing or increasing defense. If you see a teammate might be going for a stored power strat, then using the attacking cheer can help them out as well
Don’t bring a sun setter - Do not make Cinderace’s Pyro Ball even stronger. While it might not hurt you, it can hurt your teammates if Pyro Ball starts dealing even more damage to them. If your human teammates die, that makes EVERYONE lose time.
Don’t give up - One attack can make the difference between victory and defeat. I know for my first raid where it was a victory for this event, there literally wasn’t any time left on the clock. Trust me, while the game can be funky sometimes, it occasionally will work to your advantage.
If you have anything you think might be worth adding, feel free to say it. Good luck to all, hopefully if you so desire you can catch the fire bnuuy, and to those who wish to grind the event for as many materials as possible, happy farming.
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why r u so mad about ppl preferring ten x madame de pompadour to ten x martha like ten/martha will never be a thing. ten don’t want anything to do with martha. he literally said to her face she wouldn’t replace rose… and she never did… isnt canon enough for you
hm.
im glad im only a scorpio on this alone. if martha deserved better than ten then so do all of em but anyway:
this ask is giving 2006/07 i dont want to see tenth doctor in a romantic relationship with a person of color because i can't project myself or relate to them if they arent the very thing being catered to me ever since the silent pictures vibes. u know the same vibe when rtd was told to not regenerate 14 in 13's clothes. just. Ick.
but im not mad. its just interesting for a ship so big as tenrose, it is usually correlated with hating madame de pompadour and/or joan and/or river [though in joan's case they hate her not because shes racist but because shes not rose]
though comics tend to release to combat that in multi doctor stories where they jump through various alternate universes of themselves where the doctor sees themselves settled down with dr. grace holloway (for 8th dr multi doctor stories) and professor melody williams/river song (for 11th dr multi doctor stories) where in those cases, they are frightful of the concept settling down at all. [take note that both times, he settles down in the same house that he owns bc of that unit paycheck on the dl] so i am curious that with this new drs, the equivalent of this would be 13 14 15 being terrified of settling down with rose because they had grown past her as this point.
i prefer the doctor in a polyromantic ace relationship than their umpteenth 🌟tragic heteronormative romance with yt human woman number 23445788764443356743🌟 i want 14 to sweep martha off her feet in pure joy and kiss her passionately while badmouthing tf out of 10 like 9 11 12 13 do with no filter before cradling her like a baby because hes about to crumble under his brand new identity complex and then take her kid to an amusement park and then 14 trips over a brick and dies. hell i rather have nina sosanya play a whole different lady in nod to doctor who recycles their actors trope as a way to introduce a love interest to 14
that amusment park one weirdly sounds like a 8th doctor audio. pls 🙏🏾 dont make it into one i couldnt handle schezro let alone the rest of his content. Empire of the Wolf made me so fucking worried for rose marion tyler like im just she back home 🫣. as for rose tyler from the sea devil universe still out about. whoop his ass. if billie come back as HER? MISS COVER MODEL MISS DICTATOR MISS EMPRESS ROSE?
NOT
i would love for ten to be strictly friends with the new miss empress rose. get that martha karma real quick ehehehehe after all rtd did say they need freema for somethin and im sure seeing 10 get treated the same way he treated martha by no other than empress rose herself -AND THEN EMPRESS ROSE FLIRTS WITH MARTHA??? FINGERS CROSSED??? im just saying that i personally will ride on that for 8 black history months and christmases straight like woo
also real glad it is collectively decided by every one that tentoo is just john smith not corin so yay thanks big finish and titan comics
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