Friend level gives bonus premier balls. Catch rate is unchanged, but since you have more balls, your odds of catching before running out of balls improves. Tyranitar has a much higher base catch rate than any legendary.
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Pokémon Go |OT| Tap those mons!
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Got a shiny Solrock and a second shiny Sunkern.
I guess I'm technically done with this event.
I guess I'm technically done with this event.
Didn't see a single Solrock the first day, only to see 15 of them this past day. A few of them were spawning as late as 9:30 pm. It definitely feels like their spawn rate got tweaked.
It's another busy day at work, so I'm stuck just grabbing whatever floats by the office again today. Maybe I can actually go looking for them on Sunday.
It's another busy day at work, so I'm stuck just grabbing whatever floats by the office again today. Maybe I can actually go looking for them on Sunday.
Also remember your alt probably does not have the rock or dark medals which give you a boost to catch it (in the same way Dragon or steel medals help with the current T5) - its only another 2% or so but adds up especially over large numbers of throws
Anyone add friends in here?
Just need 3 adds for a quest. You can delete me later if ya want
Just need 3 adds for a quest. You can delete me later if ya want
Quite a good writeup on what to look at evolving and what you'll want for the next groups of bosses.
The one thing I would say (and its covered in some of the comments) is that his T3 list includes Electrivive you can swap that directly for Raikou (or mix and match) as both are good electric attackers and I think a lot more people will have got Raikou in the boxes even if you did not specifically do raids VS people who have either found nests of Electrabuzz or hatched lots of Elekids *and* have enough Sinnoh stones and candies to evolve them
https://www.reddit.com/r/TheSilphRo...ext_raid_bosses_and_what_you_should_power_up/
The one thing I would say (and its covered in some of the comments) is that his T3 list includes Electrivive you can swap that directly for Raikou (or mix and match) as both are good electric attackers and I think a lot more people will have got Raikou in the boxes even if you did not specifically do raids VS people who have either found nests of Electrabuzz or hatched lots of Elekids *and* have enough Sinnoh stones and candies to evolve them
https://www.reddit.com/r/TheSilphRo...ext_raid_bosses_and_what_you_should_power_up/
They mostly spawn late at night or in the early morning hours. It's not impossible to find them during the day, but they are a lot more rare.
Lunatones spawning in the day is rare to the point we were convinced it was a bug whenever it actually happened. It took a lot of effort to get them when they were first swapped in here because they didn't exist before 10pm.
Oh I figured that would be the case after the event ended, but not during it. Thought they'd pop regardless now, but that's good to know. Think I'll bring my gotcha to work tomorrow and try to get a few in the morning that way.
Giratina returns as the april raid boss. First a couple of days altered, then original.
To be clear, Altered Forme is the one that was previously in raids, so there's a quick 5 day rewind for those who didn't get one the first time around or wanted a better one.
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Gotcha, but was it in the game before?
I only really got back in around the time Altered Forme was in raids.
I'm not sure where I'm being unclear. Giratina Origin Forme does not currently exist in the game and won't until April 2.
You said "didn't get the one they wanted the first time around" so I wasn't sure if he was available as a research breakthrough or something.
Understood.
OK, I can see how that was confusing, though I still think it made sense in context. In any case, I've edited the prior message for further clarity.
Hell yeah, looking forward to hopefully getting both forms (but definitely least the origin form).
Just started playing this game recently for the first time since it came out. So much more to do now lol.
Of all the weeks now is when having cloudy weather is a detriment to trying to find a damn solrock lol
Suicune was my first legendary, and I was deeply disappointed and almost stopped raiding right away.
A fully maxed out 100% Suicine is a worse water attacker than a low IV vaporeon
Same lol, don't care for anything in the 7day box at the mo
Yeah, I think I looked at mine and had a fairly buffed Vaporeon as one of my top Pokemon at the time and was really disappointed.
Same with the Regis, really. Ultra poor attack power. Whatever use they have really doesn't transfer to this game.
To be fair, most of my top 20 now are legendaries or CD exclusive, but you can get an ace Salamence, Dragonite, Gengar, Breloom, Machamp, Rhyperior, Electivire or Roserade and have decent damage output. So when would you even need a bad legendary?
So much indeed! One quick tip: take a look through all the special research tasks for Mew, Celebi, and Meltan before doing a bunch of evolutions. ESPECIALLY, hold off on evolving Magikarp to Gyarados as it's a late level task for Mew that can take forever to accumulate the candy for.
The Regis's all have great defensive power , however you cant drop them into gyms so their main benefits are vastly reduced
Rock is a useful rock attacker but Golem / Rhyperior / Smackdown TT are all better - and Ice is a useful Ice attacker but Mamoswine / Mewtwo (with Icebeam) / Weavile are all better so why bother with the difficulty of powering them up via rare candy / etc when you can pick up better high level weather boosted stuff just by going for a walk.
Hey everyone, just got back into this after a few month hiatus. I have a couple questions if ya don't mind.
1. Is Lunatone no longer available in NA or is the swap just for the spring event?
2. Is there some algorithm for finding shinies at a quicker rate? I get it its like 1 in 5000 outside of community days but can that number go down if say you catch a lot of a certain kind of pokemon?
3. Lastly, I did a few raids at an Ex Raid gym yet haven't received a pass for Deoxys. Are they randomized?
Thanks in advance, I'm pretty excited to be back, especially since I have a Japan trip coming up (I know there isn't anything too exclusive to there but still :P)
1. Is Lunatone no longer available in NA or is the swap just for the spring event?
2. Is there some algorithm for finding shinies at a quicker rate? I get it its like 1 in 5000 outside of community days but can that number go down if say you catch a lot of a certain kind of pokemon?
3. Lastly, I did a few raids at an Ex Raid gym yet haven't received a pass for Deoxys. Are they randomized?
Thanks in advance, I'm pretty excited to be back, especially since I have a Japan trip coming up (I know there isn't anything too exclusive to there but still :P)
1. It is swapped for the foreseeable future. It might swap back in the fall or next spring; we have no way of knowing. Niantic just does what it wants with this stuff (they swapped Seviper and Zangoose over a year ago and still haven't swapped them back).
2. Nope, no ways to boost your shiny chances. The rate is 1 in 450 actually (for most wild Pokemon) but it's not unheard of to go over 1000 encounters without seeing a shiny. RNG gonna RNG. Don't forget to play during Community Day tomorrow though, as the shiny rate is increased to 1 in 25ish during those 3-hours for the featured Pokemon. Good way to get some easy shinies.
3. The passes get sent out periodically, usually on a Tuesday, I think. Just keep raiding at EX gyms and you will get one soon enough.
Thanks. Think I'm quite far from evolving him currently lol.
The pattern lately is new EX Raid invites get sent out about 11 AM Pacific time the day before previously scheduled EX raids. These invites are normally sent 8-9 days in advance but there have been a few that went as far as a week and a half in advance recently.
Or if your in Europe its around 18:00 / 19:00 *two* days before the next scheduled EX-raid - any eggs on a selected gym at the time of the draw can block your chance so all you can do is keep raiding at eligible gyms
Next one is March 28th so they should go out March 26th
Ah, indeed; EX Raid invites are sent out at the same time globally but the EX Raids themselves conform to local time, so the further east from the US the longer the effective advance notice.
It just occurred to me Asia/Australia/etc. don't even have to deal with the eggs blocking EX Raids since the invites go out at an hour they don't have raids.
Thanks for the info! I will try to catch the Lunatone during my vacation in Japan at least. Also hoping for a nice event for Golden Week while I'm there :)
Also, yeah I guess I'll keep raiding at those gyms and be patient.
Weather-focused Limited Research, featuring Lotad!
Trainers,
Professor Willow is looking to conduct Limited Research on the impact of weather on Pokémon, with a focus on the Water- and Grass-type Pokémon Lotad. Spin Photo Discs at nearby PokéStops to obtain Field Research tasks that lead to encounters with this Water Weed Pokémon. While you're completing research, keep an eye out for other Pokémon that could be impacted by weather conditions, such as Castform! See more details below:
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Remember, Trainers! As long as you've collected the Limited Research during the event window, you can complete it at any time. Don't forget—you'll need to venture onward to many PokéStops in order to get new Field Research tasks and encounter as many Lotad as possible!
We're looking forward to seeing you out in the field! Stay safe and happy exploring!
—The Pokémon GO team
https://pokemongolive.com/post/fieldresearch-mar2019
Trainers,
Professor Willow is looking to conduct Limited Research on the impact of weather on Pokémon, with a focus on the Water- and Grass-type Pokémon Lotad. Spin Photo Discs at nearby PokéStops to obtain Field Research tasks that lead to encounters with this Water Weed Pokémon. While you're completing research, keep an eye out for other Pokémon that could be impacted by weather conditions, such as Castform! See more details below:
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- Mar. 30, 2019, from 11:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. in your local time zone.
Features
- Pokémon that appear due to weather conditions will appear more frequently during the event.
- Limited Research tasks will be available when you spin Photo Discs at PokéStops.
- Completing the Limited Research tasks will award you encounters with Lotad.
- If you're lucky, you may encounter Shiny Lotad and Shiny Castform in its Normal form!
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- The move Weather Ball for Castform will be permanently added to the game.
Remember, Trainers! As long as you've collected the Limited Research during the event window, you can complete it at any time. Don't forget—you'll need to venture onward to many PokéStops in order to get new Field Research tasks and encounter as many Lotad as possible!
We're looking forward to seeing you out in the field! Stay safe and happy exploring!
—The Pokémon GO team
https://pokemongolive.com/post/fieldresearch-mar2019
I wonder what the other pokemons are that appear more in the wild. The clam event had tons of water pokemons, if it's that extensive there could be rare ones that I'm missing in gen2 and 3, but im pretty sure im only missing legendaries and regional ones.
Wow for the entire day huh? Feel like that's how the Feebas and Clamperl research should've been handled in the first place. Limiting it to a few hours isn't ideal as quests are involved.
I'll have to do this since I love Ludicolo and want that shiny.
I'll have to do this since I love Ludicolo and want that shiny.
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