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>>58947666
Nice haunted thread

What’s the platinum medal you never expected to get? I didn’t even realize this WAS a medal until after I finished the research that involved the thing

Now that these new mega raids have been revealed, has it been shown how much mega energy you get per win or how much more CP does getting the Tier 4 mega evo get?

>>58947666
Mega Malamar has huge tits

>>58947907
I don't the energy stuff but Tier 4 Mega's CP is effectively 2 levels. So a level 50 best buddy Tier 4 Mega would be at level 53.

TWO (2) daily free raid passes
but nothing to raid!!!!!!

>>58948041
Super Mega FUG bros WW@?

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I got the 99 raid pass for 5.4k coins box but I don't even know if I want to pick it up, I've still got 15 green passes left
How quickly do you guys burn through green passes? I kinda feel like my coins would be better spent on remotes

DJ good

Glad they're using the saudibux

>>58948263
The Marn....

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Huh? Why did I get this medal out of nowhere?

>>58948526
Seems Niantic fucked up and gave them out early, there's been multiple reports about people getting them early.

>>58948263
15 passes is genuinely nothing man.
>How quickly do you guys burn through green passes?
Probably like 1-2 hours tops during big events with the local community.
>I kinda feel like my coins would be better spent on remotes
They would definitely NOT be better spent there. However, this greatly depends on if there is a local community near you. If there is, get the green passes.

One thing to note is that the upcoming Tour is shaping up to be kinda ass if you already had good megas, so the 15 green passes might be good enough for this event.

>>58948540
I get what you mean but like every recent raid day we've had gives the free raid passes, 6 (free) +7 with tickets (which I usually do buy)
Are the green passes better value than the ticket that gives you extra gym passes?

>>58948574
>every recent raid day we've had gives the free raid passes, 6 (free) +7 with tickets
Btw, if you save the daily raid pass from the day prior to the event you can get an extra free raid there
>Are the green passes better value than the ticket that gives you extra gym passes?
They might, but the extra goodies you get from the paid raid day tickets outweigh the extra pass you might be getting. Also, buying coins is a slippery slope.

Adding to that, there are some must-tryhard raid days where you are almost guaranteed to need a lot of passes such as Mega Fug/Primals, Origin Dialga/Palkia, the Necrozma fusions or the Kyurem fusions (even more so if you wanna be able to level up your mons).

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>>58947666
I last played nearly 5 years ago, and recently I felt like coming back, because I have a lot of free time and feel like a lazy bum.
But there's new things I'm confused about, and old things I've forgotten or which may have changed drastically. Checked the FAQ pastebin but it seems a bit outdated (no mention of max battles, routes), so I have a few questions:

>clearing out the Pokédex?
I'm at 2020/2075 pokemon, so I need to get rid of a lot of shit to resume catching. But I remember it being a problem knowing what to keep, and what could have niche uses in some niche PvP bracket.
Has anything changed, would I need to re-evaluate all my old shit, and would I use the same methods (IV scanning apps) as before?

>Max Battles
That's the question, basically the entire thing. Are they worth engaging with? It brings me back to the problem of getting more niche pokemon for niche uses.

>sizes
I remember hearing about this change, but little else. Are pokemon sizes relevant anywhere? Besides being more fucking things to tag and filter in the pokedex.

All this metagaming shit is what made me stop playing last time.

>>58949165
>storage, pvp
Probably the same. I don't do pvp myself but from what I know pokegenie is still the scanning tool you should use. Maybe look up a youtube video or something

>Max Battles
I do really like GMax - if you go to a local community ambassador meetup (download campfire) at exactly 2pm or 1:55pm on Gmax days you could probably join with a wooloo and still get the gmax pokemon, then you can build out a proper team
DMax legendaries are cringe though, so unless you know 3 people irl (or 1 other person and you both play on two phones=4 accounts total), don't bother unless you have all the pokemon

>sizes
xxl/xxs each have a platinum medal you can earn (You need platinum medals for one of the quests to level up between 70-80), though this is one of the harder ones to complete
XXL could be useful to keep for showcases if you want to win showcases, which can give stuff like lucky eggs, star pieces etc if you come first. But besides from showcases they don't have much purpose

BTW keep your oldest pokemon (2019 or older, maybe even 2020), go make a second account on an old phone and catch some stuff, then trade yourself. Take advantage of the guaranteed lucky trades for pokemon before 2020 (might be worth double checking the exact cutoff by searching online) and get some easy hundos or even shundos

Also get an autocatcher

>>58948526
Got one too and bought the global ticket if it matters

>>58948263
i don't get autistic for ivs, backgrounds or shinies, so not very fast. only time i'll go on a spend spree though is if i REALLY need rare candies and the legendary in the pool gives a lot, OR there's a fusion energy pokemon in the pool

>>58949165
>But I remember it being a problem knowing what to keep, and what could have niche uses in some niche PvP bracket.
go to dialgadex and just pick w/e s tier attackers for each type you want to pursue in regards to pve.

for pvp, just check rankings per league in pvppoke

>>58949176
Thanks anon. Got the app, and have been comparing any that have good PvP IVs to the site (I figure that even if it has good stats, but it's rank #500+, I should probably still get rid of that shit). Made a good dent in the pokemon collection, but there's still 1500 or so to go through. Then I'll go through whatever I kept once again.

I'll probably end up deleting some things I should have kept (evolution fodder for medals for instance) but I just want this shit done man, I'm going nuclear

>>58949304
Thanks for the tip for PvE. I'll just keep whatever has especially high IVs, then check those mons against the rankings and see if any are worth keeping. I imagine my previous usual picks for raids are a bit dated (regular Mewtwo, Dragonite, a Magnezone, Gardevoir...).

>>58949319
>dated (regular Mewtwo, Dragonite, a Magnezone, Gardevoir...).
>mewtwo
best psychic attacker in the game if shadow. if not, then yeah it's average.
>dragonite
it's alright if it's shadow
>magnezone
throw it in the trash once you get better electric attackers
>gardevoir
amongst the best fairy attackers in the game. probably the best fairy attacker if you mega evolve it

>>58949325
Should have specified the dragonite is shadow, yeah
I think I mostly used Gardevoir because Gardevoir a cute, but megas are a thing now so that's cool she might have a use.

>>58949325
>>58949328
I wish my zacian had a fairy fast move, it's criminal
But yes both gardevoir(shadow, or mega, or even regular) is a solid fairy type and also psychic too

what part of the planet is hosting mega gardevoir

>>58949165
Max battles are a failed feature for a few reasons, most notably for not allowing your old catches to take part in them, therefore you won't find many people to participate. On the bright side, there's little reason to care. Most of the time there is nothing worthwhile to battle. Once in a while Toxtricity comes around if you don't want to farm 400 candies to evolve Toxel from eggs. Duraludon was kind of a max battle release but also available from field research during that event. Eternatus was trickier because it was in a special event battle pass, and you would score the most points by doing its gmax battles (which, unlike the rest, don't let you catch the boss). Technically it wasn't necessary to do as points were obtainable elsewhere, but that was the fastest way if you had access to a group of up to 100 players doing them. I spoofed myself for Eternatus and was done caring.

>>58949203
Yeah, bought the ticket too

>>58949459
>max battles being hot garbage mention
seethe incoming

>>58949459
>On the bright side, there's little reason to care.
That's a relief, and also the general vibe I got from a quick look online. I didn't really want to get a whole new set of pokemon for something else.

>less than 900 pokemon remaining (~1100 transferred so far)
Soon..

>>58949459
max battles only happened because they are so stingy with raid passes outside of this battle pass event that gives two per spin so they made raid-lite to placate the playerbase that doesnt get to raid enough unless they bend over backwards. max battles are the fallout, not the failed feature. its the bandaid on a gaping wound of a game they refuse to bring in anyone with fresh ideas/views to fix.

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Team instinct master race

>only 1 remote trade with a specific person every 90 days give or take
what the fuck is this

>>58949611
You can work on multiple friends at once but yeah it's not great.

>finished feb pass
>considering buying the premium track for the coins
i suppose it's worth it at this point

>>58949752
how many coins would you be buying from the pass vs spending that same amount on just straight up coins instead

I feel like at this point if you can trade dynamaxers you should also be able to trade shadows

>>58949771
dynamax doesn't have a built in feature to change ivs like shadows do

>>58949765
I think you get like a dollar more on coins from it than what you spend

>>58949765
In my region of NA If you complete the pass, you get 1000 coins total for a 7.99 value. Buying 1000 coins by themselves would run you 9.9 give or take before taxes.

>>58949784
two dollars can buy some peanuts

>>58949470
>That's a relief, and also the general vibe I got from a quick look online. I didn't really want to get a whole new set of pokemon for something else.
I would at least suggest you partake in Gigantamax raids with your local community (found on the Campfire app). You will get a better than normal shiny boosted mon with a cool alternative form + a lot of dust and experience. Also, Max battles aren't that bad once you get the right mons, but getting those requires someone to trade them to you or for you to get them yourself (tedious).

Are we getting any extra free raid passes for the Kalos Tour?

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finally lucky, now I want another to evolve...

>>58949957
if im gonna fuss over 2 bucks i have bigger things to worry about

>>58950094
Yeah that's only 10% of rebuying FRLG.

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Should i get the global ticket?

>>58950238
Do you want a shiny Diancie which will require months of grinding and a general shiny boost during the event? If not don't bother, the only other things from it are some research for a Xernas or Yveltal and chance to get Unowns X or Y.

super mega raids are absolutely going to be part of the diancie busywork, keep that in mind
as well as routes and doing something with zygarde probably.

Are we gonna get a Road to Kalos Tour pass?

>>58950346
Yes but there's no news on whats in besides Hoopa Unbound and a Zygarde jacket.

>>58950364
Thanks. Also, quick question: If I buy the paid pass a few days into the event, will my paid progress match the free I had or will I have 2 different bars at different levels?

>>58949470
don't listen to that retard, no shit his experience sucked as a spoofer, if you live in or nearany major city with any population gmax is genuinely the most fun you can have in this game

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>>58949470
>1700 Pokémon transferred
One final sweep and I can play the game... Not even going to try with the inventory, I'll just delete ~30% of my berries or something.

But one final question, it warns me when transferring XXL pokemon so I kept those. Are they actually relevant, should I bother keeping an array of them? Or is one one or two for showcases (I forget how they work) fine?

Also I lied, one other question:
Are little cup IV's ever worth considering? From what I can gather the last one of those leagues was 3 years ago?

>>58950471
>if youre a cityfag this awful garbage feature can be steamrolled and made a nonissue, its so fun!

>>58950471
I'm not a spoofer and I don't live in the middle of the sticks, but I don't think there's a massive, thriving Pokémon Go scene in my area in current year either. My local gym hasn't had activity in 5 days.

I don't want to meet up with the 5 local weirdos who still play tbqh, I just want to walk and catch pokemons.

>>58950497
>>58950507
Holy seethers.

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lol lmao even

>>58950546
Where can I see this?

>>58950552
https://www.serebii.net/pokemongo/pass/gotour:roadtokalos.shtml

>>58950387
B-bros?

>>58950387
>>58950610
I believe your progress will match but I've never bought a paid pass in the middle of the pass so can't speak from experience.

>>58950530
?

>>58950387
>>58950610
If you buy the premium pass you'll instantly unlock all the premium rewards you already earned.

>>58950598
Huh funny it just throws Hoopa at you at the start, would have thought that'd have been level 100 reward instead of a Lucario.

>>58950660
maybe lucario z is coming soon

>>58950660
I'll hoopa your ass

>>58950660
>>58950678
Allegedly the Lucario is caught already being Mega Level 3 so it may well be meant to give newer players a legup for when they add Lucario Z.

>>58950473
Xxls can be used to win showcases, you win 100 to get a platinum and the better you do in them wins you things like incubators lures and incense

>>58950797
You can also rarely get Remote Passes from them but only if you're not maxed out.

>log in for my daily stuff right after midnight
>Professor forces me into the mega tutorial and forces another Beedrill on me
T-thanks, it's not like I have all the platinum medals for this shit

>>58950546
It gives you enough energy to get it to 50% that may be enough for me to get the ticket

>only can get 19.6% damage contribution on primal kyogre
damn
i guess i should just spoof to NZ where the spoofers are anyway

>>58951050
Is primal Kyogre gonna be available at the tour?

>>58951098
don't think so. just on the road to kalos event

I play Pokemon Go
I am a virgin
I have never touched or kissed a girl
I'm not even level 80

>>58951347
so do we
who cares
guys>girls
almost everyone is weirded out by level 80s no one thinks that shit is impressive

>>58951347
Same here bro
Except I'm fine with not being level 80, only sweaty tryhards with no job have done that already

>>58951347
I doubt you'll get enough trades necessary for level 80 anyways.

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>>58950876
I'm so close to PhD Pikachu, bros.
I have never gotten a remote raid pass from a showcase though. Not saying you're lying, but it's gotta be extremely rare if they're a possible reward.
XXLs are more valuable to me than good 3*s are lately. I've got one dickhead always entering at my home pokestop and it brings be great joy to consistently give him 2nd places

>>58951447
I've only had it happen twice so extremely rare sounds likely.

>>58949985
>Are we getting any extra free raid passes for the Kalos Tour?
Prolly not if past events are anything to go by
Every major release like primals, megafug, necrozma fusions, kyurem fusions and crowned dogs gave a whopping 0 extra free passes, those were reserved for ticket holders. Then a few months later they came back in form of raid days that gave extra 5

>>58950625
See
>>58949464
He spent the entire last thread seething about max battles being called a failed feature, which they undeniably, unquestionably are.

>>58952052
neither of the posts quoted in >>58950530 are "seethers" and no one is denying max battles being literal shit except >>58950471

>>58949985
for what? the money printer won't stop until the company acquisition stabilizes
>>58951098
they are using calculators like pokegenie
>>58952035
eternatus was a major release

>>58952064
I might be trolling a bit but I'm not stupid and there's no way my lived experience of gmax being genuinely fun is unique to only my (rather small) city.
Do you guys just hate talking to people? If so then I completely understand why you would hate gmax, but then I would question why you're even playing a social pokemon game in the first place (do you have fun doing normal 5* or shadow raids with shitters that do no damage/don't use purify gems?)
Or is it just that gmax is too difficult and you're struggling to kill them even with your community? Like yeah, during the latest gmax day, by around 4:30pm (2.5hrs into the event) a bunch of people left already and gmax meowth actually took a few minutes to beat, but at the start of the event at 2pm it dies so quickly and everyone is chatting and having a good time and stuff

>>58952121
>eternatus
Those were emax battles, he was asking about free raid passes, which during that event followed the same pattern as usual: extras only for paypigs

whos that raid spot? its pikachu FUUUUUU
>>58952559
particle handouts are the same as raid passes. link charges are the same as raid passes. they're just the lite version of them like ticket stubs. you couldn't even recognize the dark pattern even when its right in front of you
>>58952293
womp womp japan countryside people are mass moving to the city the game isn't designed for you

>>58952705
>womp womp
Go back

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>>58952705
How dense are you?
>>58949985
>Are we getting any extra free raid passes for the Kalos Tour?
>extra free raid passes
>raid
>passes

>>58952293
yeah, anon, the average player in these threads doesn't leave their house, except according to their gps

>>58952293
That faggot (the one moaning about max battles) is retarded and it's better not to engage.

>>58952850
>>Are we getting any extra free raid passes for the Kalos Tour?
>>extra free raid passes
>>raid
>>passes
Huh?

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>>58952962
>nooooooooo he was ACTUALLY talking about ROAD TO KALOS I'm not making shit up to shit on that other poster stop shitting on my narrative I totally knew KALOS TOUR involves link charges how DENSE are you
huh indeed the pokefan meltdowns are real

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>>58953074
>t.

Espathra and Orbeetle coming next season

>>58953087
my man fried garlic is even better also that guy was asking because the inperson shit had a free raid pass task for every mega rerun nobody can answer that question because scopely ashit so the person talking about precedents was talking complete horseshit to begin with nyooooo there was no precedents for free passes -> they just did dumbass

>>58953092
More shitmos?

Is the paid Tour pass worth it? (Not the ticket) It does have some cool stuff but it feels kinda lacking

>>58953144
what are these "cool stuff" you are seeing?

>>58952293
talking to people how? literally no one uses campfire, everyone has different schedules
there are about 15 active players in my town
>do you have fun doing normal 5* or shadow raids with shitters that do no damage/don't use purify gems?
not particularly but getting the rewards for doing so is worth it
>Or is it just that gmax is too difficult and you're struggling to kill them even with your community?
no one shows up in person to do them

What raid mon are worthwhile for the next week?
I only have ~4 remote raid passes for the whole week and I'm a gen wunner so I have the urge to spend them all today but I feel like that isn't the best choice especially seeing mega blastoise coming up (my partner pokemon)

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The gang is all here and ready for mischief

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>ask a question about raid passes
>get an answer about raid passes
>some sperg spergs out about max particles and keeps screeching
The absolute state of /pgg/

>>58953387
>~4 remote raid passes
Anon you ain't getting SHIT. You need to raid a mega at least twice to get enough energy to mega evolve it.
>I'm a gen wunner
If you have no megas and you like KANTOOOO you might as well go for Mega Charizard (X o Y, it doesn't matter, they share the same energy) and a mega of your choosing (like Blastoise).
If you have premium raid passes/bought the Tour Ticket/Pass, it's 100% better to meet your local community and raid with them.

pvp servers are shitting itself right now

>>58953549
>denies that they handed out max particles for eternatus or that it was a major release
>avatarfags as a pokemon because le pokemon is le smart
this generation of pokemon fans sure is cooked I mean its to be expected given the state of the maingames
>>58953639
apparently its all those pvp changes being pushed because they are going to fail their feb deadline so just git push everything forehead

>>58953326
>The retard throwing a fitty about max battles doesn't know what "literally" means
Makes sense

>>58953777
i know what it means. LITERALLY and i specify ABSOLUTELY ZERO people use campfire

>can't ever get a shiny articuno
>can't ever get a shiny regirock
its not fair

>>58953783
>Doubles down
Lel, keep at it man

>>58953845
the "people" outside of my immediate area are merely illusions and not real. they do not exist and are not people.

>>58953858
Do we exist or are we also a figment of your imagination?

>>58953975
some of you might exist but as a whole you are not real because i cannot touch see smell hear or taste you.

Fuck fuck fuck, how much longer is articuno back in raid rotation? It's the last mon I need to fill my dex and I was busy all day.

>>58954039
it fucks off tomorrow, just do a remote raid

>>58954040
As in it will still be here tomorrow, or it will disappear at midnight here so to speak? If it is still here tomorrow I will take the day off.

>>58954058
today is the last day

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Lads... i dont usually paypig for passes but this Kalos with Hoopa and Zygarde cells is appealing. is all the shit that comes with it worth $15?

>>58954065
hell no

Where the fuck is Zygarde

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>>58954061
Haha FUCK

>>58954157
just do
a remote
raid

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Today was a lovely day for raids. Especially for newfags. Went from 0 legendaries to 6+ in less than a week

>>58954065
I would've bought it if it included the Go Tour pass. There have been other methods to obtain Hoopa Unbound

>>58954065
Unless you REALLY need those Zygarde cells don't it

>15 dollars for hoopa
bruh

>>58954162
How do I sign up for those?

>>58954523
pokegenie, google it im not holding your hand for the next two hours

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>>58954527
>Just use a third party tool
How about you suck on my third party tool. I got the bird.

>>58954541
>using an app to get what you want is... LE BAD

>>58951347
Im stuck on 71 because fuck your routes

>>58954546
>spoofing a fitness app
Couch potato mindset lmaooooooooooooo

>>58954711
>pokegenie is spoofing

>>58954541
Congrats anon!
I'm perpetually stuck at 150/151 because for whatever reason, Niantic cave be bothered to do mewtwo raids.

>>58954714
It's just a third party app bro, it's just to get what I want bro.

>>58954711
Do you not understand how remote raids work, or are you just retarded?

>>58954865
Why yes I am retarded actually, how could you tell?

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>>58954065
Hoopa will be back at some point (plus it's not very good for anything) and when Mega Zygarde gets released, there will be all sorts of ways to get cells.

>>58955076
That was literally me today for my first lugia on one of my accounts, fortunately it wasn't shiny and I learnt my lesson and switched to banana berries after the first one fucked me
I genuinely feel like it's harder on some phones than others, it was way easier to throw on my big phone compared to my smaller phone

>>58954733
>perpetually stuck at 150/151
Nigga you done goofed
Giovanni exclusively had shadow mewtwo up until last year

>>58955541
why are you lying?

>>58953611
>If you have no megas
I can evolve my kakuna into a mega beedrill if that counts for anything
>you might as well go for Mega Charizard
no charizard is the gayest pokemon in the entire dex, ill definitely go for mega blastoise I suppose are the megas the only things worth catching during this week?
>>58953611
>If you have premium raid passes/bought the Tour Ticket/Pass, it's 100% better to meet your local community and raid with them.
I work night shift and where I live its going to be blizzard conditions all week AND I have the flu so that isn't happening

I am currently seething that the only day of the year I actually see squirtle is the peek day of the blizzard and my flu. but if it wasn't the case I probably would've actually spent money in the shop so I guess it's good I saved my shekels

>>58954448
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxYkB3BE5HE

>>58953646
ok schizo
>>58955541
>posting easily verifiable lies
>>58954733
At this point just trade someone who has one, a spoofer if you don't have a remote trade

Going to attempt to get my neighbors house marked as a pokestop (on google maps its marked as an academy). What are the chances it gets approved?

>>58955806
Genuinely depends on how good your photos are and how good a mood the wayfarers are when they review your stop
Assuming the location isn't in the middle of a highway

>>58955924
I pulled images of the actual academy from google but the spot I marked is my neighbors house which google maps labels as the academy. Hopefully nobody takes the time to check satellite view and makes it as inaccurate.

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>build Tinkaton
>take it into Love Cup
>first game against a Magcargo
>Bulldoze is such shitty move it can't even two-shot it
I wasted rare candies on that pokemon...

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>Decide to go out and try to host my first raid even though its 0 degrees and snowing
>get to the gym just as the raid starts
>host
>over 1000 person que
>sit there the entire fucking time in the freezing cold
>RAID FUCKING EXPIRES BEFORE QUE GETS TO ME
>just as the fucking raid expires que hits 0 and party fills up
>HAVE TO WAIT AT LEAST 5 MINUTES TO SEE IF THE GYM WILL HAVE THE SAME RAID BOSS
>OH IT DOESN'T FUCKING MATTER BECAUSE THE FUCKING APP ONLY GIVES ME 2 MINUTES
>HAVE TO CLOSE LOBBY
>ACCOUNT PROBABLY FLAGGED BECAUSE FAILED RAID BECAUSE THE APP HAS A 30 MINUTE FUCKING LONG WAIT LIST FOR A 25 MINUTE RAID
IM SO FUCKING PISSED ITS NOT EVEN FUNNY
HOW THE FUCK DO PEOPLE DO THIS RAID IF THE QUES ARE SO FUCKING LONG?

I USED POKEGENIE LIKE YOU FAGGOTS SUGGESTED

I MEGA EVOLVED FOR THE FIRST TIME FOR THIS AND NOW ITS WASTED

I FUCKING HATE THIS GAME AND COMMUNITY SO FUCKING MUCH FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK

>>58956073
Lol, sucks to suck. I hosted for the first time yesterday as a complete noob while on the clock mind you, and got my first Moltres doing so. My only mistake was not adding a last player, either I got no request or I didn't add him on time. I guess people should've emphasized that there is a queue especially for first day legendaries.

>>58956073
just spoof bro

>>58955806
0% in america where you are liable to be shot at
>>58956014
another shitmon when it doesn't have its signature move. many such cases
>>58956073
you really solved 3 garten of banban puzzles to post this

>>58956073
>HOW THE FUCK DO PEOPLE DO THIS RAID IF THE QUES ARE SO FUCKING LONG?
>QUES

I've never seen someone get so mad at their own incompetence in a glorified pedometer that they start speaking spanish against their will before.

wow some good things in the next season, shame they are a seasonal thing and not QoL

>>58956260
>glorified pedometer
imagine not having gps drift lol lmao even

>>58956317
The schedule changes might last longer if they're received well at least.

I imagine they already have the metrics to know Saturdays do better than Sundays for instance.

Are either of the Apex 2nd Gen birds worth it? Because I’m thinking of taking the time after work to grind out the free candy from stops for them but it’s nuts how much they need to hit the arbitrary 4k I want them to hit

>>58956337
Ho-oh is more than usable, but probably not worth actually grinding for.

>>58956337
nah i kept my apex hooh at 2500 for the flex if i ever happened to want to use it in ul
>using lugia in raids
>when mega ray exists
ishygddt

>>58956337
>Are either of the Apex 2nd Gen birds worth it?
dunno about shadow lugia yet having missed max lugia but shadow ho-oh incinerate is easy to raise omega level damage. if you don't have max ho-oh then its just another seed of power yet to sprout until then. two extra copies? yoink.
>Because I’m thinking of taking the time after work to grind out the free candy from stops for them
save the effort for other raid days and grab the ordinary charged tm to tm away frustration. even 10 zygarde cells a day are more important.

i got shiny shadow hopip and shiny shadow lugia yay ^_^

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>>58955570
>I can evolve my kakuna into a mega beedrill if that counts for anything
Alrighty, doesn't count but it's good to know.
>charizard is the gayest pokemon in the entire
True, but I suggested that because it covers 3 types instead of the normal 2 (because it can be Fire/Flying or Fire/Dragon) for when you wanna farm candies of those types. If you don't like it you could go for whichever other man you like.
>are the megas the only things worth catching during this week?
There's also the cap Pikachus, Xernias and Yvelta. The latter 2 could be useful to you if you don't have a good Gardevoir or Tyranitar.
> work night shift and where I live its going to be blizzard conditions all week AND I have the flu so that isn't happening
Rip man, shit happens

>>58955541
>Giovanni exclusively had shadow mewtwo up until last year
Lmaoooo

>>58956512
>hat shitmon
>worth anything

>>58956014
We are at least getting the CD next season.

>>58956514
I mentioned everything available in raids and said that the legendaries are the only ones worth looking at in terms of non-mega raids.

>>58956073
>ACCOUNT PROBABLY FLAGGED
This don't happen in genie.

>>58956517
>>are the megas the only things worth catching during this week?
>There's also the cap Pikachus,

>>58956073
Take a chill pill, it's like that sometimes mane. The key is to host before the last raid ended so you get like an additional 10-15 mins.

>>58956317
>wow some good things in the next season
QRD?

>>58956337
They ain't Apex lil bro, they are just Shadow Ho-Oh and Lugia. Apex means they had their special signature move + the shadow aura was the same as Shadow Mewtwo's.

>>58956522
Suck my cock, dude.

>>58956528
evolved Pokémon can be shiny now!

>>58956531
no one thought the apexes were returning in raids he obviously got them four years ago and wants to know if its worth grinding field research for their candy

>>58956535
That wasn't the case before?

>>58956592
only fully evolved mons with megas

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>>58956539
you sound like the expert. if you catch the non shadow lugia and ho-oh in the league, do they know their featured attack?

>>58956610
trick question the game lies when it says you can get legendaries from gbl

New code for an Unown research
>https://store.pokemongolive.com/offer-redemption?passcode=QFWM3SRJPVRY5

>>58956701
>only task is to complete any 1 field research task for the unown-x
ok

>>58956701
dont click
virus

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Came back after a long break (4 years).
I've spent a few hours looking into which pokemon are actually "good" now, and which I have, and I've narrowed down the apparent best of mine. Ignoring megas.

Here's everything that's apparently either A+ or A tier (I don't have anything that's S tier it seems)
So I guess what I wanted to ask is, are any of them are worth dumping rare candies and dust into? Would anything be an especially decent all-rounder to have?

Or should I wait for some future raid to give me something better? Everything in S-tier lists is so confusing, with fusions and megas and primals.
Also am I being dumb for caring about the IVs so much?

>>58956836
>asks for advice
>ignores megas
>am I being dumb
yes

>>58956877
I don't have any mega energy, and as far as I can tell I cannot earn any

>Sources:
>Raids (none available for my pokemon from what I gather)
>Research (I have none)
>walking with a buddy IF they have previously Mega'd (they have not)
>event rewards (no relevant ongoing events)
What do you expect of me anon

>>58956836
If we don't take IVs into account (which we should but won't for now), the best 100% meta Mons you got are:
>Rayquazs -> One of the best Flying type attackers + has Mega
>Lucario -> One of the best Fighting type attackers + has Mega
>Groudon -> One of the best Ground type attackers + has Primal
>Shadow Tyranitar -> One of the best Dark and Rock type attackers
Honorable mentions would be:
>Salamence -> Alright Dragon type attacker + has Mega
>Shadow Metagross -> Alright Psychic type attacker and Good Steel type attacker
>Shadow Moltres -> Good Fire type attacker

Now should you invest in them? Probably not (however if you were to invest in any mon, Groudon would be your best bet). The reason why answers your last question:
>Also am I being dumb for caring about the IVs so much?
You aren't. Despite what many (retarded) anons might say, IVs are very important if anything because investing in a Pokémon is pretty expensive and it's always best to invest in the best possible Mons you can get your hands on (not to say that you have to obsess over it though).
>should I wait for some future raid to give me something better?
If you have the passes/coins, you could have a go at Tomorrow's, Thursday's or Friday's raids. We're getting the Primals back tomorrow, Origin Dialga and Palkia on Thursday and the Kyurem fusions on Friday.
You need to raid the primals at least 4-5 to get enough energy to primal revert 1, so that's probably not the best investment; same with the Kyurem fusions, which require around 10 raids to get enough fusion energy. I recommend you try to raid Origin Dialga or Palkia (preferably Palkia).

Also also, we are getting a bunch of megas during the Tour, raiding the best ones (Gardevoir, Lucario, Blaziken, Tyranitar and Salamence) to mega evolve them ain't a bad idea.

>>58956884
You are correct, anon. The retard you're replying to is just trying to b8 you.

>>58956884
>Rayquaza (82% IVs)
>Groudon (91%)
garbage until it gets dragon ascent
garbage until it gets precipice blades

>Shadow Metagross (either a shiny 56%, or a 67%, both are kinda
garbage until it gets meteor mash, still meh even with

>Shadow Ho-Oh (84%) (not an 'Apex')
you raise this with dmax ho-oh candy and not rare candy

>shadow Moltres (76%)
>Shadow Zapdos (58%)
>Terrakion (82%)
>Shadow Tyranitar - (62% IVs, including 1 attack)
>shadow Machamp (93%) Enough candy for 2.8k CP.
meh

>Lucario (78%)
mega mule good for pvp but this isn't a legendary

>salamence (89%) Enough candy for 3.5k CP.
mega mule

>Rampardos(100%)
idk

>So I guess what I wanted to ask is, are any of them are worth dumping rare candies and dust into? Or should I wait for some future raid to give me something better?
weird question when we're in the middle of kanto birds/shadow johto birds/honen land and sea/origin palkia dialga/kyurem fusions/xerneas yvetal. even pimp slap fusion bolt zekrom if you lack base him would be worth more than anything you have. everything you have is just wip not in the raise it stage yet

>Everything in S-tier lists is so confusing, with fusions and megas and primals
fusion big damage and adventure effects and kyurem must have glaciate for the fusion to have fused move. origin adventures effects. dog must know iron head. main fuser stats are used e.g. kyurem, necrozma. mega rayquaza is beast damage and is a walk buddy with poffin

>Also am I being dumb for caring about the IVs so much?
you need another user to swap/lucky trade to truly start clearing out bad ivs,

>>58956893
Sincerely, thanks a lot for the thought out response anon. I've only briefly looked into primals / megas previously, because I didn't like the idea of trying to grind currencies for limited time gains, but from what I gather you only need to walk about 8km to get another mega Gardevoir (for example) up, after the initial one. I guess that's not too bad. And presumably similar for primals.
I don't raid (beyond tier 1 solos) very often so that's fine.

I've got enough coins + passes for ~9 raids, so I guess I'll have to try and figure out what to go for then. I have a 14/14/14 Gardevoir, so if that gets a mega raid that could be good to go for then.

>>58956959
bait used to be believable

>>58956959
>dig a little deeper
>"Super Megas" were announced mere days ago
Oh. Fuck sake why do they keep convoluting this even more

>>58956976
I'm just sorely out of touch.

>>58956994
>Super Mega Raids
Don't worry much about this, anon, it's just a new raiding system Niantic's adding. They are 8-10 player min raids against a Z-A mega (for now just Mega Victreebell, Malamar and Dragonite). They also added "Link Charges" which is a type of currency which can be used to enter Mega and Super Mega raids (costing 150 and 200 each respectively). There's also a fpurth Mega level called "Super Max Level", which gives you a higher CP boost, more candies but needs 5k mega energy to obtain (Primals are excluded from this for whatever reason).

We are getting these Link Charges in the "Road to Kalos" Pass (600 in total), which would equal 4 mega raids (or 3 super mega raids if you really want to raid those). You could use these to get your Gardevoir energy and for the other good mega mons I mentioned.

One last tip for obtaining mega energy after having already mega'd a mon is to use an app like DeFit, which uses adventure sync + Google fit to make it seem as though you are walking while your phone is stationary. I use it after I when I go to bed and it works pretty well.
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>>58956959
>Sincerely, thanks a lot for the thought out response anon
Np anon, happy to help. Lmk if you have any other questions
>from what I gather you only need to walk about 8km to get another mega Gardevoir (for example) up, after the initial one
Somewhat, yeah. After mega evolving a mon for the first time (and spending the hefty ~200 mega energy), the subsequent mega evolutions will require less energy (and depending on the mega level, you can mega evolve for free after a certain amount of days). In Gardevoirs' case, yeah, walking around 8km should give you enough energy to mega evolve it again (because you get 25 energy every 5km).
>And presumably similar for primals.
In the case of the Primals or Mega Fug, you get 100 energy every 20km, so it's kinda even there too.
>I've got enough coins + passes for ~9 raids, so I guess I'll have to try and figure out what to go for then
That's incredible, anon. If you have that many and can find a your local community (using Campfire) or use a raiding app like Poke Genie, it might be a very good idea to use half of those passes to raid Primal Groudon tomorrow. The Primals are BEASTS and I credibly good in every piece of content they are allowed in. You could use the rest on Thursday for Origin Palkia or save them for the Tour.
>I have a 14/14/14 Gardevoir, so if that gets a mega raid that could be good to go for then.
Oh it will on the weekend. More specifically on Sat from 1-2pm like the pic I posted here >>58956512
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>>58957062
>>58957066
I fucked up the order, fug

>>58957062
defit hasnt worked in years

>>58957109
It doesn't work like it used to, you gotta use covert mode and not move the phone at all (he ce why I use it when I go to sleep).

>>58957119
>use defit for hella walking candy for a good couple years
>they patch it out
>lose interest in go
>stop playing for a year
>start playing again
>remember all the egg hatches and buddy candy im missing out on
>try defit
>no matter what it doesnt work even with covert
>fuck this shit
>download pgsharp
>autowalk around
>get anything i want
feels good man. fucking kikes should have let defit be.

>>58957066
>>58957062
Cool, thanks again, going for Groudon energy tomorrow sounds like a plan then. I'll probably be working during Gardevoir's hours on Saturday so that's probably out, sadly, but this is likely better anyhow.

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4 fucking passes and not even a single 3 star

>>58957135
>Used to have defit working 24/7
>Hatched quite literally hundreds of eggs every month
>Swam in buddy candy and mega energy
>Life got hard and stopped playing the game
>Came back and defit no longer worked like it used to
>Covert is shit, rarely works
Losing Defit was my 9/11

>>58957149
Godspeed anon, gl with the raids and let us know how it goes.

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who wants this?

>>58957317
Probably (You)

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SIIIIIIIGH

so they really are getting rid of spotlight hours next season huh

>>58947666
This shit belongs on a different board.

>decided to keep just one of each event Pikachu
>but have three of the Pikachus with Ethan's hat that are 'special': a shiny, an XXL, and one with an animated background (only one I've seen)
OK this has kind of ruined what I had going.

>>58957444
boo hoo

>>58957444
keep the xxl for showcases and the others for remote trade bait or just trash them

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I think I'm finally lucked out a bit.

>>58957366
Are the Regis any good as dynamax raid tanks?

>>58957865
They seem like they would be a lot more situational than Blissey. There's also the fact most Dynamax's seem to have surprise Earthquake these days.

So, I decided to ignore the Raids today, LAREADY HAVE A 14/14/14 Shadow Ho-oh
and also a near perfect dynamax Lugia so whatever
I dont have either Primal though, so how do they work? like megas? just raid 1-2 times each, or cancer liek Kyurem energy?
which I also need to farm for White Kyurem

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>>58957186
is it normal to get 5 2-star legendaries in a row? What am I supposed to do with all these ho-ohs...

>>58958087
They're basically Megas and need 400 Primal Energy to evolve.

They however don't get some bonuses Mega Pokemon do, like right now they don't get the 6 points worth of Mega Level bonus if you have the event Ticket all the other Megas get.

Shadow Ho-Oh. Purify?

>>58958356
Purify, transfer to HOME, GTS to the oldest offer, make some little shitbag's day

>>58958422
That reminds Home is going to see Furfrou trades fucking skyrocket this weekend.

Lowkick the new Counter?

>>58957660
Gg anon

>>58958087
>just raid 1-2 times each, or cancer liek Kyurem energy?
It's an in-between but much closer to the former. You need 400 primal energy to primal revert Groudon/Kyogre and each raid gives like 80-100 energy, so it takes 4-5 raids. Primal Groudon raids are easier because of the 4x water weakness.

What the other reply said is right, for whatever reason Niantic is excluding Primals from the new Mega features they're bringing (so they won't get the Super Max level nor will they be able to break the Super Mega raid shield), but even without this, the Primals are pretty busted. They get 3 boosting types each (unlike the 2 normal Megas get) and in raids, they always boost the attack of the boosted type,, no matter if your primal is actively attacking, not out yet or dead.

>>58958188
>is it normal to get 5 2-star legendaries in a row?
Ye, specially when they are shadow legendaries.

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my only prize so far….not even the cool new backgrounds….

any Icy Snow, Sandstorm, Ocean or Sun vivillon anons?
I really need your help 6994 0894 6183

>>58958815
That's really cool doe

>>58958815
Imagine being cucked by a fucking background.

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How do I get 25 friends fast so I can send them gifts with sticks for research thing to get sylveon?

Of the 100 wayfinder spots I approved yesterday 59 got agreements.

You're welcome.

Are the primal raids worth doing?

>>58959155
Publish your code on Twitter

>>58959202
I don't have a twitter

>>58958426
Furfrou will become worthless when Z-A gets Home support

>>58959155
Unironically install Poke Genie and either host real raids (which will take time) or make fake raids, accept the invites of people trying to raid, send the gifts and then delete them.

>>58959175
They are incredibly good for every piece of content they are allowed in and a must if you haven't already gotten a good Primal Kyogre/Groudon.

>>58959285
I just did a kyogre raid and got a 12-14-12 one which is good enough for me going to try Groudon next and then save the rest of my remote passes for mega blastoise

>>58959289
>12-14-12
Could be better, but it's not awful. Did you get enough Primal Energy to revert it?

>>58959291
No not even close, I got 60/400
Maybe I could try to host some when raids open up here but its supposed to start snowing again soon so probably not

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What are the chances of me living to see a squirtle squad event happen?

>>58959292
Dw anon, we'll probably get the Primals back at some point this year.

>>58959296
You mean to get the glasses Squirtle again? Not impossible but probably pretty low.

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>>58959301
Say it ain't so...

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After six years, I finally got my perfect fish.
I was ready to burn 50 passes today but got it on the first raid.

>Ill never have a shiny Ho-OH
it hurts

What's the range you get for primal energy?

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Is this shadow ralts worth evolving if I don't have a gardevoir yet? I have a Kirlia that is technically 3 stars but has lower attack and isn't shadow. Is that any better?

>>58959367
The 20% damage buff from the shadow will be more impactful than even a hundo non shadow.

>>58959380
tell that to my shadow happiny

>Pikachus keep cucking my Primal raids
The gym at work is not doing it for me today.
I also got kicked out of a primal groundon cuz GPS drift fucked me over. Luckily didn't consume the pass.

>>58957364
no I genuinely don’t want all these event pikachus but they seem a little too valuable to transfer away for a candy each. I’m new to the game so I don’t know what else I can do with them… I have a dozen of them but I only want to keep the strongest. I’m indifferent to shinies but I know some people covet them.

This week long event happening during a week long blizzard (and also me catching the flu at the start of it) has broken me. I realize I'm falling into a FOMO hole now that I can't even see a scorbunny in a power spot and get excited to catch a new dynamax mon because its not even gigantimax and also theres a scorbunny event coming up so why both evolving anything.

Everything is beginning to feel pointless. I will spend all my remote raid passes on mega blastoise then never raid again. I give up

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I got a shiny mudkip (˶ᵔ ᵕ ᵔ˶)

>>58957865
Depends if Lock-on is a 0.5 move
If so, Rock and Ice will be decent tanks.
Registeel is doomed no matter what

>>58959803
Winter sucks ass for a game like Go. It'll be Spring soon enough though.

>>58959345
Cheetos chicken sucks actually
>>58959793
Everyone has them the value is zero
>>58959899
Nah this game is getting enshittified at record pace. Dynamax spots last less than a day now making them unreliable candy generators. Raid distribution in rural areas is getting fucked over by ai. Link charges are like 10 or 20 for every 50 gifts opened. Everything is being pushed to a ridiculously tight saturday 2-5 window. They let people learn featured moves by using ordinary charged tm during the period once fairly recently and then decided it won't happen again. If you escaped this game, you really shouldn't have come back. Every iteration is just worse and more scumiantic.

>>58959945
>Link charges are like 10 or 20 for every 50 gifts opened
Fug.... Didn't know it was that bad

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Not all people have time to sit infront of the screen the whole day. I work from 7:00-18:00 as a gardener on weekdays. And there's my other job on the horse farm on the weekend from 8:00-15:00.
I have just no time for big events :-( and all my friends are playing as if they don't have an rl

anyone else have all their powerstops get the same 24 countdown? or did i just fuck mine up because i moved and reported a few

>>58959793
event mons are basically worthless because anyone who actually wants one had lots of time to go get one themselves

>>58959945
Are you Da****Cl****r?

>>58959793
Keep the XXLs and the shinies (+ the highest IV one you got). Normal ones are pretty worthless because everyone will have them (they only gain value after quite a few years).

>>58960015
There will always be another event and I'm sure you'll have a bit more time by then. I bet it'd be fun to spend all day playing Go, but you're doing something more important, I'd say, so don't worry anon.
Also, Qt hors

I’m really happy with this mega buff this event is giving us. I’ve actually been able to get every mega I have to the max level fairly quickly

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Bros, if you wanna use Poke Genie to host the Primals, make sure to host around 8 mins before the current raid ends. This gives you plenty of time to wait in queue. If you hosted Croydon but Kyogre appeared, just wait until the current raid's remaining 8 mins and host again.
Also, if you wanna level up your Poke Genie hosting profile faster and don't mind wasting time, you can host hatmon Pikachu raids (which autofill immediately), leave when there's 5s left before the raid starts and rehost as many times as you can/want. I found I was able to host around 8 times per Pikachu raid.

how do people look for friends here
I need to send like 50 gifts for one of these stupid missions

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>>58957213
I got myself enough primal energy, and a pretty good one. Can't wait to finally dump my rare candies into something

I can probably do 3 more raids, and I'll probably go for a Mega Lucario, should be able to play while it's available. My current Lucario is pretty shit, so hopefully I can get a good one too.

>>58960390
The free pass ends with a Lucario that is already Max Mega level for what it's worth.

>>58960392
Oh neat, so it does, that would be perfect. I'm 39 ranks away from it, and I think I can get 45 more worth of points before the event ends. Perfect!
Thanks anon. I think I started playing again at the perfect time, a day later and I'd have gotten screwed out of it.

Huh, maybe I'll just wait for something else then, I don't think there's anything coming up that I'm too interested in (besides Mega Gardevoir, but work will probably get in the way).

>>58960102
>highest IV
is this the same as having three stars? or something different? I also wanna know if I shot myself in the foot by evolving mons with the highest CP instead of the highest appraisal. Now I have a Swampert with zero stars but like 2200 CP. Out of all of the Mudkips I transferred to get the candies to evolve a Swampert I figure there was a three star one amongst them probably. Kinda stings… and a one star Charizard but, if I had known different, I woulda looked for a three star one to evolve. Shucks.

I also have an XXS Mudkip. Is it worth keeping?

>>58960558
In theory if Niantic ever actually turns on smallest size showcases maybe. Otherwise not really.

>>58960558
Evolve for the medal then ditch if it has low stats

>>58960558
niantic mentioned xxs showcases once upon a time, but has never followed through with them a single time. they've only ever been xxl with some kind of theme since then.

>>58955076
kek

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>>58960390
>I got myself enough primal energy, and a pretty good one. Can't wait to finally dump my rare candies into something
GG anon, that's an excellent Groudon. Getting it to Primal Revert for the first time is amazing.
>39 ranks away from it, and I think I can get 45 more worth of points before the event ends.
You absolutely will. The pass is hardlocked the week prior to these big events (to like 150 points daily), but it's unlocked during the actual event so it's much easier to level up.
>I think I started playing again at the perfect time
Oh yeah absolutely, Go Fests and Tours are a lot of fun and very good for new and returning players.
>I'll just wait for something else then, I don't think there's anything coming up that I'm too interested in
If you're not too sold on the megas available, I recommend you try to do a couple of Origin Palkia raids tomorrow. Origin Palkia is the 3rd best non-mega, non-shadow Dragon type attacker (shown in picrel) and if you're lucky it will know it's signature move Spacial Rend which allows you to widen the mon interaction area around your character for the cost of some candy and dust.
What kind of sucks about it is that it's not a guaranteed move and it's not possible to teach that move if it wasn't caught with it but it's an option to take into account.

>>58960554
>is this the same as having three stars? or something different?
It's pretty much that, yeah. The stars show you a general view of the mon, the exact IVs are the bars that fill up below the stars.
>I also wanna know if I shot myself in the foot by evolving mons with the highest CP instead of the highest appraisal.
Not necessarily anon, fret not. Early game, it's best to keep and use the Pokémon with the highest CP, those will carry you a lot (just don't power ANY Pokémon up). IVs tend to come into play in the mid to end "game" when you have amassed a good amount of resources and high CP Mons so you can begin investing in some of them.
>Out of all of the Mudkips I transferred to get the candies to evolve a Swampert I figure there was a three star one amongst them probably
Happened to all of us. What's important is for you to keep both the highest CP Mons you can get your hands on (for now) and the highest IV mon of that species (just 1, the one with the bars as filled up as possible). Oh and some shines if you like them just don't hoard your mons. In the case of Pikachu, for example, it's gonna get a mega from ZA soon, and that will be the best Electric type attacker for a long time, so if one of your Pikas had high IVs it's be wise to save it for when said mega releases.

Something worth mentioning is that IVs aren't everything and you should necessarily obsess over them, but it's a pretty good metric to keep in mind when evaluating the "value" of your mons.

>>58960558
If it's just one, sure, but XXS showcases were never implemented, so they are inherently less valuable than XXL Mons.

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>>58960069

>>58960809
>just don't power ANY Pokémon up
oh ;-;
I’ve powered up a LOT of pokes
good to know now ig

>>58960932
Better late than never, anon. Just make sure not to do it for now, dust is pretty difficult to obtain early game.

Also, if possible, you should get into hosting raids. Download PokeGenie (hosting app) fill in your username, friend code, level and host away. This will allow you to obtain legendaries and get a good stream of items and experiences. Also, your level and Mons don't matter, the remote raiders will take care of the raid boss.
If you're still a bit unsure about it/never hosted and not convinced, you could host a hat Pikachu raid today and test the waters that way (they are autofilling pretty much, so it's almost instant).
The process goes like:
>Input the raid boss, your weather, the gym's color and if you have any other people there helping with the raid
>Then you are shown a queue (size and time depends on the amount of hosts and remote raiders)
>When it's your turn, 5 players will send friend requests, add them, enter the raid and invite the players
>Make sure to go back to the app and press the big green button that says "All invitations sent"
After that the remote raiders will join, you will all battle and you get the encounter.
You can add some other info in the app after the raid is over (such as if the raid ended successfully, how many people joined and if there was a problem with any of the raiders). There's also different host levels with some perks attached to them (hence why I posted this here >>58960287 in case anyone wanted to level up their profile).
At worst it's a free daily high CP mon and at best it's a meta moon that will carry you all the way to end game (like the primals or origin mons).

So, what's better to have Priml Groudon or Kyogre?
I wont be able to fo both, slo I guess Im sitting out White Kyuren tomorrow, not that it wont be convulted to get, 2 Pikachus, Reshiram, Zekron, both Kyurem fusions all in rotation

>>58961287
kyogre in general

so when do we get the new megas?
that basically need a unique remote pass apparently I dont get it

>>58961312
you get three on saturday, then beyond that its whenever scopetic wants to push out "new" content*
*when they need more money

they dragged out regular megas for years and only caught up with those, minus mewtwo, because new ones were created. they'll drag out the new megas just as much

>>58961287
>So, what's better to have Priml Groudon or Kyogre?
It depends on your current mon loadout, but I believe Groudon is a better all-rounder.
>2 Pikachus
You do know you can get the hat pikachus from research tasks, right?

>>58961312
>so when do we get the new megas?
Victreebell, Malamar and Dragonite release during the Tour. The rest will be dripfed to us for years.
>that basically need a unique remote pass apparently I dont get it
The new passes (link charges) work as an alternative to normal raid passes (needing 150 for normal mega raids and 200 for super mega raids). Doesn't seem that bad because you can allegedly get them by opening gifts and through the weekly challenge.

>>58961371
>you can allegedly get them by opening gifts
the current rate seems to be about 1 or 2 single charges per daily amount of gifts you can open

Can you niggers on genie get your primals and fuck off? Holy fuck all fucking day waiting for to host a lobby that is never ready on time

>>58961397
Are you unironically retarded? Just host like 10 mins before the raid starts dumbass.

>sunny weather
YAY BOOSTED GROUDON
>suddendly cloudy weather
the fuck
>go outside
>its scorching earth
no fuck you, dont make me use dust and candies

>>58961397
that's going to happen every time the raid timers are lowered in any event. the number of genie users isn't large enough to churn through lobbies before a 25 minute raid expires in-game.

>>58961437
>have only a couple gyms in area
>pre-jack a kyogre raid in genie in case it spawns in the next rotation 30 minutes from now
>groudon, pikachu, pikachu
>genie shadowbans your account for fucking with everything
gg

>>58961443
>genie shadowbans your account for fucking with everything
>gg
Huh?

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>been without galar Articuo for so long I forgot I need one
>shiny motherfucker jump scares me while I'm grocery shopping
At least it had the courtesy to not take 50 ultra balls like the others.

>>58961459
Nice

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>>58961437
How the hell was I supposed to know waiting for the last fucking minute would be better than being early? In what world does that makes any fucking sense without prior knowledge? So be it then

>>58961287
Groudon is better in a vacuum, and it's basically only competing with mega Garchomp for ground attackers. Even the other regular ground attackers (excadrill, rhyperior, mamoswine) can be hard to get enough candy for. Kyogre is great but water has three other megas and lots of good attackers, so being Kyogre being great is less impactful for the average raider unless you're literally starting a brand new account today

>>58961500
Doubt that's ever enforced