ASB News [December 2016]

[Greyfox]

ASB NEWS
WINTER 2016

How is everyone doing so far? Crickets? That's great! It's been almost two years since our last news post, but we're gonna shape things up a bit for 2017. Let's get started with the obvious bits:

POKEMON SUN AND MOON

With Sun and Moon officially out worldwide, it's time to start the traditional giveaway. This time, all ASBers will be given 5 Alolan Points (AP for short) for catching new and exciting Pokémon for their teams. If you have a Kanto native that has an Alolan cousin, you can use your AP to swap them to their new form! Alolan natives and Alolan variants can now be found in the Safari Zone, and (with some exceptions) can be caught in the Approval Tower.

The Legendary Pokémon from Alola and the Ultra Beasts will slowly start roaming around the Safari Zone as well, so make sure you stock up on plenty of Ultra Balls and, dare I say, Beast Balls as well!

Z-Crystals have also started making their ways around in the Safari Zone. While we haven't officially implemented Z-Moves into the league quite yet, rest assured that they will be coming very soon!

HOLD ITEMS

Speaking of Z-Crystals, did you know that you can now purchase items for your Pokémon to equip and use in battle? Well, now you can! Stop on over to the Item Depot for more details!

EVOLUTION UPDATE

We've done a bit of house cleaning in the Rules Tower. Starting with evolution reform! Now you will no longer need to spend any points to evolve your Pokémon! However, you might have to show your Pokémon off a little more.

ASH-GRENINJA AND PERFECT ZYGARDE

No one has caught Zygarde yet, but when they do, they'll be in for quite a surprise! After finding the Zygarde Core in the Safari Zone, you can use that with your Zygarde to change them into their 10% or 50% formes. And! When they're in battle and have 50% of their health remaining, they will automatically change into their 100% forme. This will cause all of Zygarde's stats to increase by quite a nasty bit!

Greninja is a little more widespread, but even they're getting in on the action! Greninja can now be found in the wild with the ability @Battle Bond. If they have this ability, they will transform into their hero forme once they've KOed an opponent! Like Perfect Zygarde, Ash-Greninja's stats will increase by quite a bit and their Water Shuriken will have it's attack power doubled!

Both of these forme changes will follow the rules of Mega Evolutions, so they can only be used once per battle.

CONCLUSION

That's it for today's exciting update. Hopefully you'll be hearing more from me very soon.