I would totally change Pidgeys to Spearows as the most common pokemon anyday! So sick of seeing Pidgeys all day here D: Magnemites used to be pretty common here back in July but from one day to another they vanished from existence... Now it's Sandshrew, Growlithe land here!
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I would totally change Pidgeys to Spearows as the most common pokemon anyday! So sick of seeing Pidgeys all day here D: Magnemites used to be pretty common here back in July but from one day to another they vanished from existence... Now it's Sandshrew, Growlithe land here!
FantasticMrFoxdie
Mumber
Don't think anyone answered my question:
it's weird it's like I got to test the new feature (which is pretty cool btw. miles better than before) but they took it away from me
it's weird it's like I got to test the new feature (which is pretty cool btw. miles better than before) but they took it away from me
Just look up IV calculators. I have both those and have yet to spend my dust on them (dust went to vap, exeggcutor, lapras, gyarados, polliwrath, arcanine, and saving rest for snorlax and dragonite).
Lee Chaolan
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We still get lots of Pidgeys. They're nice for the mass leveling.
Although, I could use Sandshrews and Growlithes! Never seen a wild Sanshrew here, just had one hatch from an egg, and occasional Growlithes pop up, but not nearly enough for me to even be half way to an Arcanine =/
Endorphineforeverybody
Member
Did already, pretty good ones. Just 20 candy away. Would like to have all you listed but waiting for some good iv.
Lee Chaolan
Member
Later that night a second Grimace spawned 5 minutes from here, and then after it de-spawned, it spawned right back in the same exact spot!
Yeah, not sure it's a coincidence, maybe Niantic is sending Grimer's around for some reason.
Oh, and congrats on the Snorlax.
Thanx! after many maaany depressing 10km eggs (i have a country of magmars) !Later that night a second Grimace spawned 5 minutes from here, and then after it de-spawned, it spawned right back in the same exact spot!
Yeah, not sure it's a coincidence, maybe Niantic is sending Grimer's around for some reason.
Oh, and congrats on the Snorlax.
about Grimer maybe he was too rare b4 and they decide to spread him more.. i wish i see more of him and ghastly :/
this week was very good in filling my pokedex, snorlax,grimer,lapras, and the guy with the long tongue
Maybe Niantic truly selects certain pokemon to spawn frequently depending the city and it's climate characteristics. My city it's mostly dry and hot through most of the year so... Sandshrews and Growlithes feel like home in here and pop out like crazy lmao. Maybe it's just pure coincidence but it's still a nice touch
Lee Chaolan
Member
Good chance of that. I live really close to Lake Erie, so we have a couple Squirtle Nests here, and right by the Lake changed from a Ponyta nest (weird) to a Staryu and Tentacool nest. So pretty water based.
Only ever seen one Wild Charmander ever, got super lucky with a Gengar last week and a couple Snorlax.
Oh yeah just googled this, apparently water pulse makes it good as a defender because the AI constantly spams it. I'll try to plant it at a gym sometime.
Went on an item re-stocking walk to a local park, and while there was nothing special in terms of wild Pokémon, my egg hatches were pretty good. I had a Charmander hatch from a 2K, which gave me just enough candies for a Charmeleon. Then my four 5Ks gave me two Psyduck, a Tentacool, and a Bellsprout. Those hatches got me my first Golduck and Tentacruel, along with being 3 candies away from Victreebel! My Pokédex now sits at 95 seen and caught!
It's such a nice touch finding Pokemon on certain locations according to it's type. The other day I catched a Charmeleon exactly in a gas station! So dangerous lol.
Gengar and Snorlax are one of my fave pokemon and I still don't have none of the two
Currently hatching a 10km egg so hoping for a Snorlax to pop out from there MegaKungFuRadio
Member
Your standards are too high if 87% isn't good enough for you.
Hamster Plugin
Member
I have a Vaporeon like that too! Water Gun, Water Pulse and my appraisal guy says that he can battle with the best of them which is the best response.
I guess I should power this one up? He's at CP 711 right now and Eevee Candies are common. Got like 78k star dust from saving it all, heh.
Yeah, it's hard to maintain perspective on the stats.
Especially for strong pokemon, the IVs are only a small fraction of their total stats. A Vaporeon with 50% IV is still like 96% as good in total as one with 100% IV
IXI FalcoN
Member
You're better off waiting to catch or hatch a 600+ Eevee with decent IVs and hope it gets Hydro Pump before dumping stardust into it. I have an 88% Vaporeon w/ Hydro Pump and it wrecks everything. He was about 670 CP as an Eeevee and after evolving and a few power ups is now at 2160.
Another golden rule it to not spend any stardust until you hit trainer level 20, as anything you invest in during the lower levels will be useless by that point and you will most likely catch a better wild variant. I would kill to get back the 30K or so I put into Pidgeot, Golduck, and other junk during the first week.
This is Eevee we're talking about. They have such a high spawn rate that it's really not difficult to get good specimen. On the other hand the opportunity cost to evolve is low. Personally, I'd only train a Vaporeon with 87% or lower perfection if it has Hydro Pump.
To everyone who says IVs give a negligible advantage: bollocks. At some point those few points will matter and you will be happy you waited and used stardust to train the higher IV species.
They don't have that high of a spawn rate everywhere though, especially not here. They're actually closer to rare than common here. Like now I have a Vaporeon but only 17 extra candies, and that's my total since I started playing. Whenever there's an eevee nearby I make sure to get it. For me right now that 87% was good enough. But soon I'm heading out to a park that's known to be an eevee nest, I really want to stock up on them. But closeby? There's no place where I can find a bunch of them in a short time.
tbh I even want an eevee out of a 10 km egg, so I have a higher chance of getting a high IV one.
It shows up quite often these days
Speak for yourself... saw one in July, never seen one since.. I'm not that far from completing the pokedex but Mr. Mime feels like the one that's going to stop me from doing it for a long time.
ReyBrujo
Member
Rainy day, could only control a gym from the bus so claimed 10 gold coins today. Then didn't walk to/from work, which means 30k less experience, 50/70 less pokemon. Was kind of down, but then this buddy was waiting for me at home.
Second time a Snorlax spawns at home. Waiting for Dragonite now.
Second time a Snorlax spawns at home. Waiting for Dragonite now.
mangasus90
Member
Yeah, after raising some poke at 75% or more since i dont really care about perfection and already have a team, i guess its time to invest in a real 95-100% with best move one.
Im just lv 23 now so theres plenty of time to find such poke when pvp comes out haha.
Gotta save those dust
mangasus90
Member
Yeah...
Guess i'll stock up his candies from now on until the dev show some love for him lol.
3 Gyarados are already enough for me haha
U have a Pokestop at home... Wtf.Rainy day, could only control a gym from the bus so claimed 10 gold coins today. Then didn't walk to/from work, which means 30k less experience, 50/70 less pokemon. Was kind of down, but then this buddy was waiting for me at home.
Second time a Snorlax spawns at home. Waiting for Dragonite now.
PSFan
Member
Was out Pokemon hunting with my niece, and as we approached a Pokestop, I looked down at my nearby list and saw a shadow I had never seen before. My niece sees it and goes "THAT'S A MAGMAR!!"
We drove around the area and eventually found him:
Is Ember and Fire Blast good moves for him?
We drove around the area and eventually found him:
Is Ember and Fire Blast good moves for him?
I think that's its best moveset. I caught a 1400 CP 96% Magmar yesterday but it has Karate Chop and Fire Blast.
dreamlongdead
Member
There's certainly a difference between 0% and 100% IV, but 100% is not a major improvement over 87% at all.
I simply evolve when they are at least 80%. The stats are no longer lopsided at that point.
I'd like to see a map of which cities have the most active players, seems to be dying out here in UK, maybe except London.
My local gym seems to alternate about three times a week between the same few Valor and Instinct players nowadays.
The variety of Pokemon is sooo trash.
My local gym seems to alternate about three times a week between the same few Valor and Instinct players nowadays.
The variety of Pokemon is sooo trash.
MegaKungFuRadio
Member
Well yeah, I wouldn't have trained that Eevee either, but that has nothing to do with its IV and everything to do with the moveset. It could have been 100% with that moveset and I wouldn't power it up. I had a 100% Dragonite that I left at 17.5 (used one powerup to confirm it was 100%) forever since I had no want for a defensive Dragonite until last week.
But you said those stats are nothing special, and that's just false.
ForsakenLotus
Member
It's much more likely you were better or worse at dodging during the battles than a few extra stats being the difference between dying and living. If/when they properly balance the game and we see what the meta game is like, maybe people can make the argument that 98% is noticeably better than 76%, but I doubt it will ever come to that without significant changes to the core game and it's algorithms.
As for if it makes a big difference now? I absolutely dont believe it does. It's more about aesthetics than it legitimately being the difference between winning and losing.
Yeah... I know that feel, would be nice if you could get at least a bit of prestige then when its so close. Specially as a lot of the time its just weird gym/battle lag that screws you, or it just wasn't counting any of your hits.
Rygar 8 Bit
Jaguar 64-bit
decent day overall finished my omastar and that puts me at 135 caught and i also leveled to 29
mangasus90
Member
Wonder when can i reach 25 and 100 register to Dex haha
Such a long way, but i should be enjoying it slowly
DrForester
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11 days and my Aerodactyl has returned to me. I stashed it in a tiny town in Colorado's eastern plains.
Originally stashed 3. One lasted 5 days. This one lasted 11.
My brave Rapidash survives.
Originally stashed 3. One lasted 5 days. This one lasted 11.
My brave Rapidash survives.
Rygar 8 Bit
Jaguar 64-bit
Wonder when can i reach 25 and 100 register to Dex haha
Such a long way, but i should be enjoying it slowly
youll get there my main problem started once i hit 120 in my dex started to get new pokemon drought and you go days without getting anything new
and it looks like my main problem will be chansey she is my only real cock block all the rest that i need i can use that buddy system and grind the rest of the candy needed out for them
MegaKungFuRadio
Member
One downside of having like eight pokemon in level 10 gyms is that when one is sent back to you after a few days, but the gym wasn't taken down, I have no idea where to go to put it back. I'm going to start renaming them after I place them.
Lee Chaolan
Member
Seen my first ever Dragonair today a couple hours after a rare Dratini for my city showed up.
12 Dratini Candies...
...Dragonite's gonna take a while =/
12 Dratini Candies...
...Dragonite's gonna take a while =/
mangasus90
Member
mangasus90
Member
haha ive never seen a Chansey before
.My dex just reached 92 and i already considered its a very good achievement haha
Gotta speed up a little more before Gen 2 arrives or else i'll be thrown into oblivion of despair lol