Scizor is the better choice, presuming that you have enough candies to get it powered up. A Scizor with two Bug attacks will shred through Exeggutors.
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Scizor is the better choice, presuming that you have enough candies to get it powered up. A Scizor with two Bug attacks will shred through Exeggutors.
LucidMomentum
Member
Right? I was excited until I realized it was all the stuff they've already added.
Scizor is cooler.
Tier wise, IDK.
Are Exeggutors even used that much anymore? I rarely see them in gyms much anymore. Same with Arcanines. They don't seem as much as a threat anymore.
They seem roughly equal to me. Both would be good if you got Blizzard, both would be kinda junk if you got any other Charge Move. If you get Blizzard then they are semi-viable Dragonite killers when powered up.
I would have a hard time being excited about either one, to be honest. The CP bump you get from evolving is not that significant, and it will take a ton of Dust/Candy to make them really viable attackers. Whichever one you have more candy for is probably the better choice. Or whichever one is more common in your area.
That's because they aren't. Even if you see one, Arcanine with Bite/Fire move absolutely massacres it.
At the end of the day, none of the stone evolutions are currently competitive in the meta. Maybe one or two will get the rhydon treatment and get juiced at a later date, so make sure you evolve a top tier guy who you can juice up in a pinch. Otherwise don't sweat it.
Exeggutors aren't as common as they used to be, which is kinda strange to me. I think it's because it's just harder and more costly to get their CP up to competitive levels......many towers now start at 2300-2400 and only go up. Easier to just find a 700CP Evee and hope it evolves into a 2300-2400 Vaporeon. It's still nice to have a high CP double bug attacker for those times when you do run into an Egg.
Yeah, I have no idea why Niantic tried to gate these new evolutions when none of them are really all that useful. Since they require a special item you'd think you're going to get something special when you use it. But instead the evolution items are just a really transparent attempt to gate your progress, and the end result is usually another 1200-1600CP Pokemon that isn't worth powering up.
Thanks for the answers.. I will go with Politoed then.. Have most candy and highest IV.. Hope for Blizzard!
Edit: here it is: Got Hydro pump..
IXI FalcoN
Member
Welp, caught my first wild Tyranitar last night.
It spawned in someone's neighborhood and the person who posted gave the exact address. There was a 3 car lineup outside this random person's house all catching the Tyranitar.
As for the specimen himself, 1197Cp, around 50% IVs, Bite & Fire Blast. Not good for much beyond a dex entry and a candy boost. Maybe I'll use it to prestige against some Eggs with psychic moves.
I've caught a Larvitar on this street before, so they don't have split biomes like the Dratini family. Kind of crazy to think that Dragonite and Tyranitar might share the same biome. This is only the 7th confirmed Tyranitar in the area though, we get about 5 Dragonites a day.
It spawned in someone's neighborhood and the person who posted gave the exact address. There was a 3 car lineup outside this random person's house all catching the Tyranitar.
As for the specimen himself, 1197Cp, around 50% IVs, Bite & Fire Blast. Not good for much beyond a dex entry and a candy boost. Maybe I'll use it to prestige against some Eggs with psychic moves.
I've caught a Larvitar on this street before, so they don't have split biomes like the Dratini family. Kind of crazy to think that Dragonite and Tyranitar might share the same biome. This is only the 7th confirmed Tyranitar in the area though, we get about 5 Dragonites a day.
The Broken Ska Record
Member
I finally have 50 Sunkern Candies, but I need a damn Sun Stone. I wish there was an easier way to get evolution items.
LucidMomentum
Member
As someone who has seen two Dratini in town since launch and zero Larvitar since gen 2:
Fuck you.
Grats!
I hope they aren't that mean. We need a st Patricks day event.
Just use a Lucky Egg and go for normal double exp? It's pretty easy to get tons of evolvable Pokémon in a week's time (next double exp event is most likely a week long), so you're just sitting on some free exp right now.
I have 700 Pokemon spots now, I'm good for a while. Actually, currently have 214 pidgeys on me now. All ready for mass evolution! Still have 100 more I can easily catch before I hit my limit. Hell, I'm sure I can shave off a good bit of other Pokemon too. I have like 50 Eevees ready to evolve as well.
LucidMomentum
Member
Yup. Everytime I hit 50-60 pokemon to evolve, I lucky egg it up.
You should go for 75. You are underusing it by a lot.
I have nothing to gain on the short term while I have to use any event as optimally as possible. One lucky egg on double xp could put me to the next level. If I have a supply I can maybe fit in three during that week.
LucidMomentum
Member
Those are both good points.
I'm at 30 now so I stopped being super optimal with my eggs. Keeping Pokémon around for a double XP event seems smart though.
Honestly I do lucky egg evos during my youtube / twitch watching so I rarely hit 100% efficiency on them.
Let's hope for an amazing one year anniversary event with double everything.
BigJonsson
Member
Should be green Pokemon spawn more often
Met him on my way home. Wasn't on the radar obviously. Ran away after fourth ultra ball+razz berry.
Oh, well... I'm 40 candy away from Tyranitar so it doesn't hurt that much. Walked 120km with my buddy Larva, hatched three of them, caught three as well. Hopefully I hatch one more soon.
UberTag
Member
Man, after a bit of a slow spell due to the weather, I made out like a bandit in an hour on my way to work today. Hatched a Dunsparce, Scyther, Qwilfish and Girafarig. Caught an Electabuzz and Shuckle. Scooped up an Up-Grade pickup (only my 2nd evolution item). Evolved a Nidorino. And leveled up to 21.
Pokedex now stands at 133. Not too shabby seeing where I was two weeks ago when I last posted in this thread.
Pokedex now stands at 133. Not too shabby seeing where I was two weeks ago when I last posted in this thread.
I won't go through my entire stats, but I'm pretty happy with:
Jogger: 2,472.3km walked/run
Collector: 12,955 pokemon caught
Backpacker: 16,998 pokestops visited
My gym battling/training stats are pretty low.
IXI FalcoN
Member
As someone who has seen two Dratini in town since launch and zero Larvitar since gen 2:
Fuck you.
Grats!
LOL, if it makes you feel any better, Lapras does not exist out here. I don't think a single one has been sighted in my area at all. I had to drive an hour away and camp at a lakefront park (it was pretty, so I didn't mind much) for 4 hours to get a shot at one.
We also have very few Chansey, Porygon, and the Hitmons. They spawn maybe once or twice a week.
But otherwise, the mountain biome is pretty bad ass. Most of my area is a combination of mountain and grass biome with the occasional small pockets of river biomes. Great spawn variety and we get lots of good stuff.
Aruarian Reflection
Chauffeur de la gdlk
This park in Chicago is one giant Bulbasaur nest right now
Level 34
Jogger: walked 2,340.7km
Kanto: 143 1st gen Pokémons
Collector: 17,808 Pokémon caught total
Scientist: 871 Pokémon evolved
Breeder: 739 eggs hatched
Backpacker: 29,539 stops spun
Battle Girl: 485 gym battles won
Ace Trainer: 2071 times trained my team
Pikachu Fan: 229 Pikachus caught
Fisherman: 86 big Magikarps caught
Johto: 66 2nd gen Pokémons
Youngster: 43 tiny Rattata caught
Schoolkid: 4029 normal-type
Black Belt: 542 fighting-type
Bird Keeper: 2356 flying-type
Punk Girl: 4894 poison-type
Ruin Maniac: 1178 ground-type
Hiker: 595 rock-type
Bug Catcher: 1607 bug-type
Hex Maniac: 543 ghost-type
Kindler: 740 fire-type
Swimmer: 5299 water-type
Gardener: 1850 grass-type
Rocker: 498 electric-type
Psychic: 1202 psychic-type
Fairy Tale Girl: 1068 fairy-type
Depot Agent: 86 steel-type
Skier: 51 ice-type
Dragon: 133 dragon-type
Delinquent: 80 dark-type
Jogger: walked 2,340.7km
Kanto: 143 1st gen Pokémons
Collector: 17,808 Pokémon caught total
Scientist: 871 Pokémon evolved
Breeder: 739 eggs hatched
Backpacker: 29,539 stops spun
Battle Girl: 485 gym battles won
Ace Trainer: 2071 times trained my team
Pikachu Fan: 229 Pikachus caught
Fisherman: 86 big Magikarps caught
Johto: 66 2nd gen Pokémons
Youngster: 43 tiny Rattata caught
Schoolkid: 4029 normal-type
Black Belt: 542 fighting-type
Bird Keeper: 2356 flying-type
Punk Girl: 4894 poison-type
Ruin Maniac: 1178 ground-type
Hiker: 595 rock-type
Bug Catcher: 1607 bug-type
Hex Maniac: 543 ghost-type
Kindler: 740 fire-type
Swimmer: 5299 water-type
Gardener: 1850 grass-type
Rocker: 498 electric-type
Psychic: 1202 psychic-type
Fairy Tale Girl: 1068 fairy-type
Depot Agent: 86 steel-type
Skier: 51 ice-type
Dragon: 133 dragon-type
Delinquent: 80 dark-type
WhiteRabbitEXE
Member
Just hatched another Dratini and now I FINALLY have a (shitty) Dragonite (and my first Dragonair, briefly). Now all I need from the non-exclusive gen 1 Pokémon is Muk (2 candy away) and fucking Aerodactyl. I'll get Muk like, tomorrow, but who the hell knows when I'll get an Aerodactyl. Never even seen one in the sightings.
That's a lot of pokestops.
JonathanEx
Member
Stats time?
Level 32
Kanto: 142 1st gen
Collector: 9,764 caught
Scientist: 1,614 evolved
Backpacker: 14,193 pokestops
Jogger: 940km walked (come ooon 1000km for gold)
Breeder: Hatched 386 eggs
Battle Girl: 180 battles won (I really don't find the gyms that fun)
Trainer: 152 times trained
Youngster: 111 tiny Rattata
Pikachu fan: 78 caught
Johto: 71
Fisherman: 28 big Magikarp
All my gold type ones...
Schoolkid: 5,087 normal
Birdkeeper: 4,103 flying-type
Punk Girl: 2,243 poison-type
Ruin Maniac: 403 ground
Bug Catcher: 844 bug type
Hex Mania: 432 ghost type
Swimmer: 2,185 water type
Gardener: 397 grass type
Rocker: 325 electric type
Psychic: 1,0002 psychic
Skier: 290 ice
Fairy Tale Girl: 372 fairy
Silver type ones...
Black Belt: 107 fighting
Hiker: 100 rock
Depot Agent: 131 steel
Kindler: 126 fire
And bronze
Dragon Tamer: 22 dragon
Delinquent: 43 dark (well, catching up...)
Rygar 8 Bit
Jaguar 64-bit
slowly going insane 3 7 day bonuses and about 350-400 stops and not a single upgrade item and about 20-25 eggs in a row and all gen 1 pokemon and mostly paras and goldeens
Bedameister
Member
Stats time!!!
Kanto: 143
Collector: 13000 (lol, what a coincidence)
Scientist: 1213
Backpacker: 14327
Jogger: 1828.5 (thx GPS-lag at work)
Breeder: Hatched 428 eggs
Battle Girl: 565 battles won
Trainer: 434 times trained
Youngster: 201 tiny Rattata
Pikachu fan: 46 caught
Johto: 52
Fisherman: 43 big Magikarp
Also getting a Exeggcute from a 2km egg feels sooooo good.
Kanto: 143
Collector: 13000 (lol, what a coincidence)
Scientist: 1213
Backpacker: 14327
Jogger: 1828.5 (thx GPS-lag at work)
Breeder: Hatched 428 eggs
Battle Girl: 565 battles won
Trainer: 434 times trained
Youngster: 201 tiny Rattata
Pikachu fan: 46 caught
Johto: 52
Fisherman: 43 big Magikarp
Also getting a Exeggcute from a 2km egg feels sooooo good.
Level 27 (90797 / 250000)
Kanto: 125
Collector: 3,016 caught
Scientist: 484 evolved
Backpacker: 2,841 pokestops
Jogger: 428,3km walked
Breeder: Hatched 265 eggs
Battle Girl: 109 battles won
Trainer: 106 times trained
Johto: 50
Fisherman: 10 big Magikarp
Youngster: 42 tiny Rattata
Pikachu fan: 25 caught
Schoolkid: 1,722
Bird Keeper: 1,206
Punk Girl: 918
Bug Catcher: 875
Swimmer: 427
Ruin Maniac: 107
Hex Maniac: 63
Gardener: 191
Rocker: 63
Psychic: 170
Fairy Tale Girl: 72
Black Belt: 21
Hiker: 35
Depot Agent: 16
Kindler: 46
Skier: 41
Delinquent: 24
Dragon Tamer: 7
I started playing in July, but never bothered using scanners or actively hunting. I like playing this on my bike, or whenever I have spare time to kill in a city.
Kanto: 125
Collector: 3,016 caught
Scientist: 484 evolved
Backpacker: 2,841 pokestops
Jogger: 428,3km walked
Breeder: Hatched 265 eggs
Battle Girl: 109 battles won
Trainer: 106 times trained
Johto: 50
Fisherman: 10 big Magikarp
Youngster: 42 tiny Rattata
Pikachu fan: 25 caught
Schoolkid: 1,722
Bird Keeper: 1,206
Punk Girl: 918
Bug Catcher: 875
Swimmer: 427
Ruin Maniac: 107
Hex Maniac: 63
Gardener: 191
Rocker: 63
Psychic: 170
Fairy Tale Girl: 72
Black Belt: 21
Hiker: 35
Depot Agent: 16
Kindler: 46
Skier: 41
Delinquent: 24
Dragon Tamer: 7
I started playing in July, but never bothered using scanners or actively hunting. I like playing this on my bike, or whenever I have spare time to kill in a city.
Icyflamez96
Member
i would never tell you guys something as personal as my stats
LucidMomentum
Member
Shit I forgot to post my stats:
LucidMomentum
Team Instinct
Level 30
192706 / 500000 XP
Start Date: 7/10/2016
Medals:
Kanto (133)
Collector (5034)
Scientist (777)
Backpacker (5484)
Jogger (407)
Breeder (260)
Battle Girl (599)
Ace Trainer (208)
Youngster (53)
Johto (42)
Fisherman (5)
Pikachu Fan (44)
Schoolkid (2092)
Black Belt (243)
Bird Keeper (1281)
Punk Girl (1016)
Ruin Magic (665)
Hiker (320)
Bug Catcher (856)
Kindler (487)
Swimmer (465)
Gardener (805)
Psychic (316)
Rocker (125)
Fairy Tale Girl (86)
Hex Maniac (48)
Depot Agent (37)
Skier (13)
Delinquent (33)
Dragon Trainer (5)
LucidMomentum
Team Instinct
Level 30
192706 / 500000 XP
Start Date: 7/10/2016
Medals:
Kanto (133)
Collector (5034)
Scientist (777)
Backpacker (5484)
Jogger (407)
Breeder (260)
Battle Girl (599)
Ace Trainer (208)
Youngster (53)
Johto (42)
Fisherman (5)
Pikachu Fan (44)
Schoolkid (2092)
Black Belt (243)
Bird Keeper (1281)
Punk Girl (1016)
Ruin Magic (665)
Hiker (320)
Bug Catcher (856)
Kindler (487)
Swimmer (465)
Gardener (805)
Psychic (316)
Rocker (125)
Fairy Tale Girl (86)
Hex Maniac (48)
Depot Agent (37)
Skier (13)
Delinquent (33)
Dragon Trainer (5)
I don't think I'll ever upgrade that, just need to upgrade my item bag, I'm level 30 and I still make sure my Pokemon never get above 150 lol.
Sudowoodo, Mantine, Gligar
Rygar 8 Bit
Jaguar 64-bit
level: 32
pokedex: 195 caught 201 seen
kanto: 143
collector: 7,243
scientist: 1,155
breeder: 970
backpacker: 4,272
jogger: 702.8
battlegirl: 861
ace trainer: 105
youngster: 109
pikachu fan: 88
johto: 52
fisherman: 48
pokedex: 195 caught 201 seen
kanto: 143
collector: 7,243
scientist: 1,155
breeder: 970
backpacker: 4,272
jogger: 702.8
battlegirl: 861
ace trainer: 105
youngster: 109
pikachu fan: 88
johto: 52
fisherman: 48
Pobably have the least impressive stats for someone Level 30:
Caught:
Total - 6,266
Normal - 1,946
Flying - 1,167
Poison - 2,151
Ground - 261
Bug - 977
Fire - 213
Water - 1,318
Grass - 914
Psychic - 351
Fairy - 464
Ghost - 154
Rock - 78
Electric - 95
Steel - 10
Dark - 40
Ice - 5
Dragon - 3
Pokestops - 7,254
Walked - 645KM
Pokedex - 190/207
Highest (Went with a hybrid wrestling/hip-hop naming theme):
Caught:
Total - 6,266
Normal - 1,946
Flying - 1,167
Poison - 2,151
Ground - 261
Bug - 977
Fire - 213
Water - 1,318
Grass - 914
Psychic - 351
Fairy - 464
Ghost - 154
Rock - 78
Electric - 95
Steel - 10
Dark - 40
Ice - 5
Dragon - 3
Pokestops - 7,254
Walked - 645KM
Pokedex - 190/207
Highest (Went with a hybrid wrestling/hip-hop naming theme):
spyroflame0487
Member
Android here, seem to have some trouble getting into the game. The loading bar isn't moving on both my wifi (which is fine, I'm typing this out on it) or 4G.
Curious: how many Rattatas have you caught in total?