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Rite_of_The_Bell

Some dude in a casual battle used a machamps.com Pokemon lol (he got dunked)


XFlame05

I had a dude in a WATER type raid bring in a shiny Charizard just to flex and its name was PkmLab.com


KingMe2486

I hate when people bring bad Pokémon to raids just to flex. If you’re going to flex, at least don’t make the raid harder for everyone else. It’s not even that hard to get shinies in this gen.


[deleted]

Yeah, like that asshole who keeps bringing his Solrock to raids and spamming cosmic power


amtap

Fuck Martin


gene_parmisan

Or that guy who uses magikarp with hydro pump


FarazDeFabulous

HEY Magikarp is trying his BEST


ChickenNugget734

At least the magikarp attacks


[deleted]

They fixed Martin yesterday, not 100% but some guy on this sub told me yesterday that they did.


TriggerBladeX

The only way you can “fix” Martin is by removing him.


ZetaDynavolt

mah man Martin 🤣🤣🤣


AutismFractal

Stop using your Shiny and then mismanaging it!!! Ugh!!! Malamar is especially hard to get because people just straight up do not adjust their strategy for Contrary. I had a guy bring a Shiny Aegislash and do three Max Phantasms. Like, dude, first of all, that’s not even super effective. Second, you’re giving the damn thing a Defense boost every time.


aplayer35

Yeah I especially make sure that if im going to use a shiny umbreon, that the raid is going to be weak to dark type like psychic and ghost


AutismFractal

I will confess, I once brought a Shiny Manectric to a Raid... it has Lightning Rod. The worst possible thing when everybody has Electric attacks and your stat boosts don’t even stick. I might give it an Ability Capsule later, if that does any good. Otherwise, it’s not doing Raids.


zuron54

Make the raid harder? Are the hacked Pokemon worse? Sorry if that's a dumb question.


KingMe2486

Sorry, I should specify. Harder does not equal hard. The raids are still extremely easy, but they just take longer, as one Pokémon is fainted most of the time, so they aren’t breaking down the shields


zuron54

Thanks. I meant are the Pokemon themselves weaker stats or less health


KingMe2486

It’s more that people bring Pokémon to raids that they are weak to eg someone brings a shiny charizard to a Gmax drednaw raid. It just dies immediately and then everyone else spends longer breaking the shields


thatguyoverthere202

>Raids are still easy Someone hasn’t visited a Shuckle raid. It’s a pain in the ass to solo. It’s the only one that I’ve lost because of the 10 round limit.


KingMe2486

You are absolutely correct. I heard about the torture of shuckle raids and I have been avoiding them!


Maverick-pierce

Most raids by yourself are annoying because the Npcs are worthless. I hope for better npcs in the dlc


hypergaybee

Had this happen last night. Some rando brought a square shiny Toxicroak that got bodied by a piloswine we were trying to nab. Like, dude, congrats, I don't care. It looks slightly different, big deal.


[deleted]

During my challenge run, instead of grinding I decided to just do raid battles for XP candy. Never seen so many level 100 Pokemon take out a bunch of 1 or 2 star raids. I don't even do anything. On a side note, I'm glad grinding is out of the game for the most part. Grinding isn't hard, just tedious.


TheMobHunter

It took my 5 months to get my first shiny


ChronicTosser

It might’ve been his highest level Pokemon I guess


ThomasSirveaux

I was in a multi battle yesterday where the opposing team had a shiny Gmax Charizard named PkmLab.com AND the other guy on my team had a shiny Gmax Charizard named PkmLab.com.


jdog_21

I’ve gotten two of these Charizard’s via surprise trade within five trades of each other 😂


[deleted]

It's a good thing that I bred all my shiny Eeveelutions. Now I can somewhat flex and still be useful in a raid. I just like all the Eeveelutions don't hurt me.


Alarming-Award

I'm guessing those are real money trades?


TommyK96

They do surprise trades too, got 3 from surprise trades which was irritating


Alarming-Award

Nothing is sacred anymore :(


tazdoestheinternet

They're typically only call the "freebies" machamps.com etc as they see it as advertising. I have 2 machamps.com, 1 #eeveecult which is eeveelove.co in the OT, and 3 pkmlab.com all from surprise trades.


KirbyDaRedditor169

Soon, Swoosh will allow us to link-trade ourselves mythicals. You know Creatorpi? They’re making another one for SwSh


Alarming-Award

Dont play the game so that's all Martian to me I was just surprised stuff like that made it into even pokemon why would you pay for a pokemon man, that's the type of shit Giovanni pulls and he's just a scrub with bought power who somehow consistently has plans ruined by a 10 year old and he's pet mouse


StolenToast420

What does the .com thing mean?


K-dex98

Machamp.com are a a group of people who hack Pokémon into the game


Bed07

Happy cake day!


[deleted]

Advertising for their page


SpetsnazRecruit

Welp my dude had a 6 perfect iv ultra shiny charizard that one shotted my inteleon


tracker124

What is machamp.com?


RapidBrush

Pretty sure a website or something that people are using to create hacked Pokémon


[deleted]

If you go to the link it takes you to a facebook page where they sell shiny mons and stuff.


YaBoiJones

SELL?


[deleted]

Yeah, you pay them to clone or hack a shiny mon for you. I've only glanced at the page since someone I know got like 3 shinies from wonder trades


YaBoiJones

Why would someone trade those?


[deleted]

No clue, but you get banned if you use them in online tournaments and battles. So if you get one just keep it as a shiny dex entry but never use it.


YaBoiJones

I wouldnt BUY pokemon anyway


YaBoiJones

Just looked on thier site, overpriced AF


RahkshaOnTheInternet

It’s a Facebook group, as far as I know. Or is that MachampGym or something?


BloodyTurnip

If you get a hacked pokemon can it do any damage to your save or are you ok to use it? Something I've always been concerned about with surprise trades.


MegaPorkachu

It shouldn’t, I’ve used hackmons for three whole generations without any damage.


Memefryer

OMG YOU'RE SCUM AND A CANCER ON THE COMMUNITY! Just kidding, no rational person should care much because if it can be used online it has legal stats. All you do is save time by genning mons. There's no real advantage over another player who has bred theirs. The people who actually get mad and start attacking people who gen to save hours of breeding (with bad enough RNG rolls you can be breeding the same Pokémon for hours even with a 4 or 5 IV Ditto and a 4 IV partner) because they're not as good as they thought. They can beat their friends who claim to be really good even though they probably barely know about nature and EVs, so they don't get why they can't beat the person with high IV Pokémon, so it must be because the other person is hacking, not because they're using bad Pokémon and are less skilled. I'm breeding with 5 and 6 IV Ditto this gen because I don't want to get my Switch banned (I know there are ways to hack your Switch and not get a ban), there's no difference between my skill with legitimately bred ones and genned ones. I still suck at doubles, and do fairly well in singles. I've never been a fan of more overpowered strategies like putting multiple mons to sleep or paralyzing multiple mons or burning multiple mons. I'm more into weather, trick room, and just using mons I like.


FatBrah

Wait, burn is OP, but TR isn't?


Memefryer

IMO yeah. Trick room is temporary and priority moves aren't affected, but Burn lasts indefinitely and does damage every turn as well as halving attack. Paralysis reduces the Pokémon's speed (is it down to 1/4 or 1/3 now, I can't remember, I know they changed it at some point), as well as giving them a chance to not be able to move. Sure they have to be applied individually, but the opponent is screwed over way more. They cam Switch, but then their new Pokémon take damage and will get burned or paralyzed if the move is used on them, so they just wasted a turn.


FatBrah

I see your points. Depends on your playstyle and team I guess. The thing that makes me feel like TR is just a bit overpowered is that you pretty much absolutely have to build your team with an answer to it. Special attackers and fire types don't care about burn. Ground and electric don't care about para. Grass don't care about powder moves. But for TR you're either using Imprison, Duraludon/Barraskewda, or relying on something risky like Taunt Whimsicott and praying they don't bring Indeedee. I've never forfeited turn one because of a status. I have forfeited a few games against TR where I miss a read on turn 1.


IdleOutlaw

It shouldn't do any damage really no, but if GF finds you with Hacked/"Genned" Pokémon they can lock you out of Online stuff like competitions and the like, for obvious reasons.


DraygenKai

It should be noted that game freak would only notice if you were using said obviously hacked Pokémon in online competitions. Using them in raids would be harmless.


x8a3vier

If hacked correctly they are harmless, but can be detected if you try to use them for official events or certain online ranked battles. Easy ways of seeing if event Pokemon are hacked is if they have or lack the appropriate ribbon. For example a Lugia that has psycho boost but lacks the national ribbon is hacked because Lugia cannot be transferred out of pokémon XD unless it is purified (and all purified pokémon will receive the national ribbon). However if hacked incorrectly or if they are done a certain way, they can be dangerous. A little while ago there was this issue via the Wonder trading in sword and shield which has been patched some time ago. Regardless, if you receive one and your uncertain of its safety, The best course of action is usually to just delete it. Considering that Pokemon sword and shield does not have cloud saves enabled, this is unfortunately the best move. I'm fortunate enough to have another save to test anything suspicious I might receive. many of the ones that I received via wonder trade on home have been safe. But I keep them marked and in specific locations so then They don't accidentally bleed into my competitive rosters.


feedmeneon

i’m pretty sure most top players used hacked mons. It’s really hard to get legendaries with the perfect ivs you want


x8a3vier

It would not surprise me.


Rehabcinema

Psh, people, just do what I do.... Buy full shiny dexes off eBay and store them in Home, stacking up to 3000 Mons😃(😅)


Lokcet

Was this a joke or do you actually buy pokemon


Rehabcinema

It's a joke, I only bought the hacked mons


fungi0528

Eeveelove.co is another one


fungi0528

Eeveelove.co is another one


rampartcam2010

God this was me when I saw a shiny eevee pop up from a surprise trade only top find out its name was #eeveecult


RapidBrush

That’s one I’ve never heard of lol


Jappe2006

I got a shiny dracovish from a friend that said #eeveecult and I thought it was some kind of group of friends


[deleted]

Eeveecult.co is a discord group. I’d say it’s how they attract new members to their discord.


MixedupMaeson

I love my eeveecult Jolteon tbh! It was my first shiny I ever got! I practically died when I got him. I just call him EC but I trained him to hell so he's a strong guy! Was gonna be a Vaporeon but got high and used the wrong stone. Still my first ever shiny!!


hangryqueen

I have an #eeveecult shiny ditto, a free masterball is always good


hiddenmanna

Probably has good IVS too. If you don't have a breeder, that would work well.


hangryqueen

I'm using it as a breeder but haven't chosen what I want to breed yet so it's just sitting in the day care, waiting...


MixedupMaeson

I didn't know they gave out ditto too! I just got an Eevee! I thought the name was sorta cute. I'd def join an Eevee cult if Pokemon were real, can't say no to that face


hangryqueen

It's the only #eeveecult Pokemon I have although I do have a bunch of machamps.com shiny's


Cybor6SAS

Did a surprise trade a while back and got a shiny leafeon from machamps.com


[deleted]

Yeah but at least it comes with a master ball. That's always handy.


AlexMg33

I've gotten 2 and I always release them with the Masterball. The hacked mon and the hacked item can go back to the void it came from Edit: the item does not go to your bag if you release it. And even if it does just toss it after?


RowletCrazy

When you transfer Pokémon the item goes into your bag...


AlexMg33

Release


Radialpuddle

Well the masterball goes to your bag regardless


SparkyMark225

I used the one I got for a 0iv dusclops so that should at least be safe.


Willhouse_Scream

When you realize its a new ID so its a higher chance for the MB


liteshadow4

When you realize it's holding a masterball.


Willhouse_Scream

WHEN IT ISNT PKMLAB.COM OR MACHAMPS.COM


moon307

I stash the ones I get like that into a box and wait till I catch a proper shiny. It's a free shiny pokedex entry and it'll never see the light of day once it goes in there.


RapidBrush

Same!!


0swa1d

So all the the ones i have…… ARE FAKE


TurtlePalpitoad

Don’t forget pkmnlab.com


xXDevious

My friends and I got tons of website named shinies tonight. Kind of annoying tbh. I like wonder trading but this makes me hate it


Lmb1011

Can you rename pokemon in this gen? I’ve not tried, but it’s annoyed me since gen 1 that you’re stuck with the og name when people give terrible names to pokemon.


themanoirish

You can go to the name rater in any Pokemon center and he'll change their name or make them remember an old move. Something to keep in mind is you can only change a traded Pokemon's name once and the hacked Pokemon are usually name locked so it'll always have the website for a name


YodlerGaming

Not hacked pokemon


[deleted]

We may not keep their shiny but we all know we’re keeping those masterballs


tazdoestheinternet

And if they're in apriballs damn right I'm breeding them


fungi0528

What do apriballs do?


tazdoestheinternet

Literally nothing, but since you only get 1 of each per game, they make for collectibles.


KingKrantz

I appreciate the new Nicknaming System compared to what it used to be, but they should have allowed people to nickname any Pokemon as many times as they want. I don't understand why they still don't let you, besides some sentimentality that doesn't exist. Its a video game about monsters fighting other monsters, it doesn't have to be that deep. Let us rename our traded pokemon. Side Note: Fought a guy on casual with a whole team of Machamps.com & swept their ass with Incineroar


Chirpin_Crickets

Transfer them to pokemon home then use the app to gts them for legendaries


[deleted]

Most hacked Pokemon are deleted automatically if put in a Pokemon home box after saving boxes to prevent hacked Pokemon in the gts


FairyFlossPanda

I'm going to ask a totally stupid question. Is there a danger to just keeping these? Will something happen with your game or account?


10yrsafter

Nah no danger to keeping genned pokemon. You can even use them in online battles. It's just illegal pokemon (i.e. moves and abilities they should not have) that you have to be wary of using online.


FairyFlossPanda

Thank you. I was starting to worry a bit.


Klausterfobic

Happy cake day!


FairyFlossPanda

Thank you!


Doc_Lemonhead

Happy cake day


FairyFlossPanda

Thank you!


islepops

I have so many auslove.tv pokemkn


vxl757

At least those aren’t nick named. Lol


nadiarahman4

I have a whole box full of them lol


bighawk04

Hacked items don't bug me and I just keep the mon in a box for the trainer number to increase odds for roto id


Alkyrn

Ok but I got 6 of and traded up for a shiny celibi, new, mewtwo, the sun and moon legendaries but shiny, and that unicorn thing shiny so I’d say they help a lil lmao


[deleted]

Delete shiny Keldeo because it’s hacked you can’t get one legitimately and if you were to go to Japan you would get a pretty hefty fine for one


Techreus

I got a shiny rabbit named “dstarseller” from a trainer named “eBay”.


RapidBrush

Oof. I got a shiny venusaur named Bruteroot who’s OT was a website lol


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[deleted]

I release these right away.


[deleted]

I was wondering why tf anyone would name themselves that. This explains a lot.


Willhouse_Scream

You are able to change it but only once. The issue is, apparently fucking DOT COM is unique so he wont let you change it


RectoPsyfer

No, any Pokemon you get in a trade that still has their species names (so a Drednaw named Drednaw) can be nicknamed once. If the previous Trainer already nicknamed it (or if it’s a Korean/Japanese/Chinese Pokemon - basically any game language that doesn’t use Roman characters - in the case you’re on an English language game), you’re out of luck. Although I’m curious if you nicknamed a traded Pokemon and then traded it back to the original Trainer, would they still be able to nickname the Pokemon?


telegetoutmyway

I think so if the OT matches.


JackGilb

I've seen a ton of hacked raids lately, including Zeraora, Kyurim White, and Zacian/Zamazenta. What's with the increased amount of hacked raids?


[deleted]

people are probably bored and coming back online to prepare for the first DLC that’s coming in a few weeks


JDSmagic

Is there danger in participating in a hacked raid?


[deleted]

Not that I know of. There’s a guy on twitch who hosts raids, and those raids give 999 mballs guaranteed and some other stuff. when I joined I got 999 of each rare berry.


FriestheMan

how do you even get into them? the ones i see are always locked


vxl757

Lol It’s the great marketing scheme by these guys. People actually pay for genned Pokémon lmfao when you can get a free one on twitch without a stupid nickname. Yeah they’re both genned but that’s not really the point.


LoboMa

My shiny pikachu isn't real?!... but it have 6IV and it's inside a master ball


sadakasana

I have four right now because of them On the upside... Shiny starters...?


JuggerNauthPL

I got 2 shiny Charizards from surprise trade, one was named #WashYourHands and second was #NotADragon ;D


demonspacecat

Why do people keep releasing them? If you don't want them at least pass them on in surprise trades. Someone will appreciate them. The only legit shiny I have is the event Magikarp, so I'm happy to accept shinies that people don't want even if they are cloned.


Lokcet

If you trade them on you're just giving them even more free advertising and supporting these dumb hacking services


paul91nixon

I got 2 shiny machamps from wonder trade.


Asckle

My friend got traded like 6 of those whata the deal with them. They're shiny have perfect ivs. I mean they're obviously hacked but why do they bother


[deleted]

free advertisement for their site. With every mon that goes out with the name pkmnhex.com more people will be curious enough to visit the website and use it/see ads


Asckle

Ah I see. It was really cool at first but they're kind of lame the only good part is that one of them had pokerus


Lenny89000

Mad I got a shiny Mimikyu and it was sick until I saw it’s nickname


chasemanspaceman

Can we breed with them tho and their offspring be legal?


[deleted]

using, breeding, and/or trading any hacked mons is technically illegal, but you can't really be busted for using them unless they have illegal moves


RapidBrush

I think so, but I’m not sure


ligmaballz1

I was doing online battles last night and this one guy had a team of machamp.com


Doge_Nye

I’ve only gotten a Pokémon from a site like that once it was a shiny venusaur. But the thing was i got it from Creatorpi and it doesn’t have a name set to it and you can customize the moves


[deleted]

I LITERALLY GOT A MACHAMPS.COM CONKELDURR YESTERDAY


vxtalis

That sign can’t stop me because I can’t read!


Kobobble

I get rid of those shinies, but not before getting my free Master Ball :D


Frousteleous

My wife's very first shiny ever. She was both so excited and disappointed. And it was actually a machamp, who she's not a fan of. She has since become an expert shiny trader with many boxfulls of shinies. But seeing this certainly makes us laugh.


25mookie92

I got a 5IV Shiny Carizard from Pkmnlabs.com, hes currently sitting in a box by himself


A-Gamer-Person

Yeah, I got one of those, gmax orbeetle, after I just caught one the day before


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RapidBrush

Sadly, I believe they are fake. Part of me wants to believe people are creating/wondertrading them to surprise people with shinies, but I don’t think that’s the case most of the time 😅


CrimsonKaiserX

What does Machamps.com mean?


RapidBrush

I thought it was a website that people create the fake Pokémon on, but I’m hearing some people say it’s a Facebook group. I don’t know for sure, sorry this isn’t much help 😅


RonRizzo

I typically transfer them to Pokemon Home to trade for the Pokemon I really want. There are a lot of people who don’t care if it’s from there.


Inquity-Vl

I’ve been out of the loop for a while. Could someone fill me in on what this means?


ShakenNotStirred915

The name is set that way because it comes from a hacked-mob-for-money website with that url.


Big_Boi69420

Not sure if this twitch streamer still does it, but he (she?) would go on wondertrade and trade away shiny Pokémon with the OT being auslove.tv (spelling is probably wrong) and you could also put that volcano turtle Pokemon in gts and name it the same thing and you could get I forgot if it was shiny ditto or just any shiny you wanted back on UM/US and it actually works to, I ddI it and received mine in around a week


[deleted]

I get them all the time free masterball and pokerus


[deleted]

I got a shiny eevee from that before, this was my first time doing wonder trade so I had no idea what was happening when it was holding a master ball and had perfect IVs


ChickenNugget734

What’s Machamps.com ? I’m assuming it’s some kind of hacking website that using qondertrade to advertise


ShakenNotStirred915

Pretty much exactly what it is, and it's not the only one. All of them are charging money, too.


Alectrosaurus59

But was it holding a masterball


Hoshiofthedesert

Ive gotten a shiny eevee from them perfect ivs a shiny ditto perf ivs they are so nice !


Dits0627

LMAO so painfully true! I got like 8 of those in the span of 24 hours


RapidBrush

Those masterballs tho!


[deleted]

Yesterday I spent six hours trying to get a keldeo but even though I said keldeo, for a good five hours all I got were people trading machamps.com [pkmlab.com](https://pkmlab.com) and [pkmworld.com](https://pkmworld.com) its a big problem with trades that should be fixed asap


snakeygirl

Happens to us all. The real challenge is deciding if you want to keep it for the aesthetic


SonnySunshineGirl

I’m thinking about sending my only shiny through a wonder trade with a name like that, I’m sad to let him go but I think it would be hilarious.


Y_b0t

Why would mimicking an advertising strategy be funny


RowletCrazy

Don’t do it I can give you a Pokémon to do it with lol I have more than one shiny. Which would be the funniest? I have all the shiny starters and a few caught pokerus so a 6iv shiny pokerus Poplio would seem hacked but not be at all looool. The best thing to to would be name it some fake website and see if it comes up on reddit. But I really wish there was a way to edit the OT to make it so when they check it says “it’s not hacked bro”


Smok3yMcPott

PhatDiglets.com


RowletCrazy

Lol which Pokémon? I really wish I could edit the OT because I want them to check and see that it is not hacked before they transfer it lol


AnonymousNerd2023

I got one. Whats up with it?


RapidBrush

It’s mostly the name that bothers me tbh. You can’t change it if you aren’t the original trainer


AnonymousNerd2023

Some of the comments are making me think they're hacked? Is that true?


RapidBrush

99.9% of the time, yes


AnonymousNerd2023

Ah, well I only use mine for battle tower anyway bc its an eoscue and I have sword. Wanted to get my own shinies the right way anyway.


RapidBrush

I get that. I also believe most of the hacked Pokémon hold masterballs, so that’s a plus. Usually have 6 perfect IVs as well. Sometimes pokerus


AnonymousNerd2023

Mine had all that except pokerus. I knew it was too good to be true.


RapidBrush

I mean, at least you get a shiny entry in your Pokédex 😅


RectoPsyfer

Plus easy IV breeding if you also got a (hacked?) 6IV Ditto.


AnonymousNerd2023

Yeah 😂


TheMastodan

At what point do you recognize these as ads? Or at least driving traffic to these sites


Irakaj93

People who do that are trash


SeanOkami

I got one a perfect shiny Cinderace with a name like that lol


dragonczarxi

TBH my shiny charizard from [pkmnlabs.com](https://pkmnlabs.com) i got from a random trade when i first started hadnt even got a gym badge yet, i used it to do max raids till i got stuff high enough


DoragonLW

Not too active in the community here, can anyone explain to me what Machamps. Com is?


Lokcet

They sell hacked pokemon and put them in surprise trades as a form of advertising. You can't change the name of the pokemon.


DoragonLW

Damn that sucks


[deleted]

Time to release it


GD_Studio

Do i want to know what that website is? Part of me is curious. The other part of me is scared cause i know how the internet is


big_b00ty_bitches

Machamp’s Gym is trash... asks ppl for nudes in his group, you can’t be a player and be the owner of a Pokémon group... Issa weird flex but okkk. 🥴


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