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Dunno if it needs to be in the OP but I find this image really helpful for figuring out if I want to keep a quest:
500k dust unfortunately can go very easily - the way i look at it is it costs roughly 75k dust to take something from level 20 ( egg or raid catch) to level 30 which is the normal 'base' point for powering up (when you get to level 30 the benefits of powering up go down vs the cost of doing it) so your 500k really is only 6 / 7 things from egg hatch to 30
Although it does not help to just sit on Dust as it does not take up bag space its back to hang around a little while to see whats next and what you want to do with it
After Community day you may find you want to power up some Tyranitars :-)
Latias is a dragon that has access to Dragon moves (outrage being one of the best charge attacks) - in the 'dragon' tier she is out performed by Rayquaza and Dragonite but its still a strong attacker and if its one of the few legendary you have then you may as well use it
On the Charge / Fast TM front there will be some stuff that is a given and if you want to reduce your numbers my shortlist would be :
Machamp should have Counter / Dynamic Punch
Gyarados should have Waterfall / Hydro pump
Dragonite should have Dragon tail / Outrage (although if you have Draco Meteor from the community day you may want to keep it0
Latias should have Dragon Breath / Outrage
Although please check your stuff before using a TM on it - nothing worse than spending items on something to later find they were not worth it :-)
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FYI this may be where your local group got the 'down on Latias' thing from
https://articles.pokebattler.com/2018/04/03/latios-and-latias-raid-guide-and-infographic/
Which is basically saying its useless - however they have it listed as one of the top 5 counters for Latios and you dont have 3 of the others (Rayquaza / Salamance / Latios)
When I started playing the Legendary raids had just begun and the first things were the birds , for the birds you wanted a solid team of Rock fighters , and the best was Golem - however as a new player I did not have any golems and i was walking with my Geodude but that was 120 + KM away from being evolvable so my answer was SudoWoodo - Rock type , plentiful and at the time easy for me to catch
Some of the pages you read tend to assume you have access to everything that has ever been in the game and dont consider that some people will have missed out on them
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I suspect the next EX boss will be Deoxys, and probably won't happen until some time after the rest of the non-Legendary/Mythical Gen 3 Pokémon releases and the Celebi quest goes live, but I guess who knows.
Things are going to get interesting with Legendary and Mythical Pokémon real quick, as the number of both begins to explode. Will all Mythical Pokémon be distributed as Special Research quest rewards? Because Gen 4 alone has four Mythical Pokémon (as does Gen 5), though only two are particularly analogous to Mew (Manaphy and Shaymin). Another one of the four is Arceus, the God of Pokémon, so that to me seems like something more comparable to Mewtwo. But then Arceus is strongly linked to the Gen 3 mascot trio, so it would almost make more sense to release it as part of a quest that involves obtaining all three. And on that line of thought, the Gen 4 Legendary Regigigas actually is obtained in that exact sort of manner in the Diamond and Pearl. But then, would they be willing to include requirements of specific raid-exclusive Pokémon in a research quest? Because so far every quest, Special or otherwise, has been fully completable solo, and while they could drop the required Pokémon into the weekly research rewards, you'd still have a brick wall in those questlines once those Pokémon get pulled, so you could conceivably end up with players entirely unable to complete those quests, for at least several months.
I really hope a Ho-Oh raid starts in my area soon and some people go. I would like to hopefully grab it before it leaves tomorrow but it's looking like unless I head downtown I might not be able to get it.
On the upside, I finish the week stamps tomorrow so Articuno is hopefully mine lol
On the upside, I finish the week stamps tomorrow so Articuno is hopefully mine lol
Keep in mind when they say it's a raid's last day, that means eggs stop appearing after 1 PM Pacific time on that day. If you have a choice of going into a population center (especially one with an active Discord or Groupme or whatever), that is definitely preferable to staying in a rural area.
Thing that sucks is a raid just opened up near me and a guy was looking for people but isn't accepting anyone under level 32. Ah well. It will be easier to find groups when I'm actually able to head downtown but I'll more than likely miss Ho-Oh.
Even worse, I asked if anyone would be down to join up with a level 25 account to help me get a chance at Ho-Oh and no one responded in my discord lol At this point I'm taking this as a sign not to bother unless I can find an area with a lot of people gathered since they are more likely to be accepting I guess. It's a big of a downer but oh well. Next raid I will hopefully have an easier time finding groups.
I'm legitimately not sure why you would decline people on level anyway. There's no reason to do so outside of literally just being a dick. Every extra person helps, even if they're low level, and even if you do absolutely nothing it doesn't hurt them.
Maybe try finding other raid groups? See if there's any Slack, Line, or Messenger groups in your area.
We just had some drama on our raid page. It lead to some of the most toxic people leaving because the new admin would not let people be bullied. We also found out that one of our local spoofers was an alt account of the toxic guys...good times
Update! Someone saw my level and was super kind enough to come out and help me. Funnily enough, the guy that refused me suddenly was asking to come because the player helping me had friends come with him. He warned me that the player who refused me is an asshole and that they came to help me get Ho-Oh. I ended up not catching it which sucks as most of my throws were Great but either way I'm happy I at least got to participate!
You've got another day. Hopefully you have another chance to get out there!
Yeah that guy sounds like a grade a dick jesus. Something to keep in mind when catching is curveballs matter a lot. More than getting a great (though a curve great is better). A curve gives you a 1.7x multiplier whereas a great I think is like 1.5 - 1.7 probably?
https://pokemongo.gamepress.gg/catch-mechanics
Kyogre returns with a shiny variant! Plus triple Stardust for catching Water-types.
https://pokemongolive.com/post/waterfestival2018/
https://pokemongolive.com/post/waterfestival2018/
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Sweet!
Those of you that are returning: Grab those Magikarps! You will need it for the Special Research. Also, Kyogre is THE BEST Water pokemon right now (Gyarados btw is #2). So this is a Pokemon you want!
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Those of you that are returning: Grab those Magikarps! You will need it for the Special Research. Also, Kyogre is THE BEST Water pokemon right now (Gyarados btw is #2). So this is a Pokemon you want!
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The article specifically mentions shiny Shellder, and along with Wailmer and Magikarp that's at least three shiny hunt targets. There may be more they aren't mentioning, as usual.
Kyogre counters
https://pokemongohub.net/generation-3/kyogre-raid-boss/
So a good excuse to power up your Zapdos if you dont have a Raikou
Otherwise - Exeggutor with double grass / Venusaur with double grass / Sceptile with double grass or Ho-oh with Solar beam
https://pokemongohub.net/generation-3/kyogre-raid-boss/
So a good excuse to power up your Zapdos if you dont have a Raikou
Otherwise - Exeggutor with double grass / Venusaur with double grass / Sceptile with double grass or Ho-oh with Solar beam
Regular has slightly better stats but only by a few points.
Given the rate the Alolan ones were spawning during that event I would think new players will have an easier time making a team with them than the regular ones - also it has a resistance to water which would make it the better counter against Kyogre
https://pokemongo.gamepress.gg/alolan-exeggutor-facts-analysis
I got my Articuno today. Only took 1 ultra ball thankfully and now I can try for another next week.
I'm going to see if I get another attempt in 50 minutes as one is spawning at the Whole Foods near Brentwood I believe.
If I'm lucky I might get another shot in 50 minutes!
Thanks for the heads up! I usually throw curve balls as It's how I played originally but sometimes I'm shitty at it LOL
I'm going to see if I get another attempt in 50 minutes as one is spawning at the Whole Foods near Brentwood I believe.
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Btw: All Quest Pokemon, including the Legendaries in Research Breakout have a 0% Flee Rate. So if you want to save on ultra balls and have plenty of reg Pokeballs, feel free to use reg pokeballs instead. I also pinap all of mine too.
Didn't expect the Gen 3 mascots to return so soon. Can't wait for Rayquaza to return. Only ever caught one because my girlfriend and I kept getting burned by raid groups and it got way too tiresome, so we kinda just gave up on it after getting one each.
So excited for Water Festival and Kyogre becoming accessible again. Hoping to get a chance at all these shinies! I'm super low on balls now though, so will need to hit some stops up tonight.
You've been an excellent help, thanks again :)
You've been an excellent help, thanks again :)
It's super sad to hear about some of the luck on here RE: local raid groups. I am certainly counting my lucky stars, because I NEVER ONCE expected to have the kind of presence that we do where I live. So when are we going to have an ERA Raid Party Meetup :P
Gonna try for Shiny Kyogre, even though I think all my shiny luck got drained by Ho-oh. I also have an absolutely awful team for Kyogre raids.
I'm gonna pass on Ho-oh this morning to go for Kyogre. Don't care about shinies and Kyogre should be useful for battles so may as well go for as many of those as possible. If only this were October or November... I'd basically have a 100% weather boost rate in my area.
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