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How are people doing with their Smeargle search?

I got mine around the 4th try on each account. Got some sick movesets!

Asked by KESAthans5 years 1 month ago
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Got one with counter/ dynamic punch from taking pics of a machamp. Was debating between that and a MM metagross

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Took me about 25 pictures for me to get it. Mine has C/SB

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Got one on my main, shadow claw shadow ball copied from a legacy gengar, 67%. Not really planning to do a lot more because of the effort needed...

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SC/SB is great for ghost attacking (insofar as Smeargle can be great), and something like Quick Attack/Body Slam will take advantage of the Normal typing. Still, it's all cosmetic.

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More like one from the Dollar store that they threw away and you picked out of the dumpster out back.

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by daltry 5 years 1 month ago

People are really trying to optimize moves on a garbage mon?

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For fun, because it costs nothing but time, and you get to take pics of Groudon in your backyard, Gengar in your car seat, etc.

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Time is a super valuable resource. If you have fun doing it, time well spent, but grinding it doesn't seem productive because there are better things to grind for in this game.

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It doesn't really even take time to get an "ideal" moveset, just lots and lots of TM's. If you're like me and had about 40 FTM's burning a hole in your bag space with nothing to use them on it makes for a fun sink.

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Took me more than a 100 tries over 3 days. It'll most likely be my first and last Smeargle.

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It actually became much easier once I figured the rules to the game.

1. Smeargle only appears on the first photo of a series. So there's no point in spamming photos. Select a Pokemon, take a picture and check. No Smeargle, repeat.

2. You can tell if Smeargle has photobombed by looking at the small thumbnail on the right lower corner. It will also appear for a few frames after the photo was taken. And finally, the thumbnail circle will pulsate 3 times if it appeared.

3. You can deny storage access for the app on Android and Smeargle will still appear. No need to delete a thousand photos after each attempt every day.

First day I spammed like a troglodyte and it took me 2k photos. Yesterday and today I got it in the fourth and sixth attempts respectively.

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Took me hundreds of times each time, but got one the last three days.

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by Voidv 5 years 1 month ago

Mine gives presents

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Currently 3/3. They pop up quickly, and after reading that they usually only show up within the first couple of photos of each session it hasn't taken me long to get them.

I took some advice and sunk a bunch of FTM's into one for a varied moveset before they take away the ability to do so. Managed to snag a Fury Cutter/Hydro Cannon combo. I might do the same with a Meteor Mash or Frenzy Plant one depending on if my remaining FTM's allow it.

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Why? Are you planning to pair it with a Shuckle and a Shedinja in the new 300 CP limit Crud League?

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Swap Shedinja with male Combee and you got it.

I've had like 40some FTM's clogging up bag space for a considerable amount of time. What else am I gonna use them on? Might as well get something semi-unique from it.

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Same here, going hard into the 100 FTM mark and nothing to spend them on. Might as well

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