Rygar 8 Bit
Jaguar 64-bit
going into the city tomorrow after i get off work at 830 am gonna be out all day getting them zapdos
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Pokémon Go |OT 3| "No Officer, I'm a Passenger"
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Moltres dropped around this time last week, but only in select locations, like Bellevue, it didn't reach my location til around 5 pacific.
jstevenson
Sailor Stevenson
can confirm
Robdraggoo
Member
Still see moltres everywhere on gymhuntr.
A quick look at tier 5 raids in gym hunter and it's like 12 Lugia 2 Moltres in my area, so yeah maybe Moltres is winding down now, it's usually the other way around.
jstevenson
Sailor Stevenson
sure, most raids out there are Moltres as they last for 2 hours,
but Zapdos has definitely taken over in LA. New spawns are Zapdos.
Robdraggoo
Member
Oh shit there it is!
LucidMomentum
Member
3 Zapdos in town atm.
Gonna be off work in about a half hour.
Gonna be off work in about a half hour.
PeakPointMatrix
Member
Yep, Zapados in Burbank. Can't get it right now though 
Rygar 8 Bit
Jaguar 64-bit
zapdos all over my facebook group page tomorrow he shall be mine
WhiteRabbitEXE
Member
Nah, left right is way worse.
Yep, way way worse.
Dusktildawn48
Member
Was 2/11 on moltres. 1/1 on Zapdos. Pretty hyped!
Zapdos isn't out here yet so we did a 40-man gym run in our small town in preparation for tomorrow. No spoofing. Legit going to gyms and taking them over. After a while it caught wind and we got some resistance, so we couldn't quite paint the whole town yellow. This was our best result:
Now let's go Zapdos!
Now let's go Zapdos!
jstevenson
Sailor Stevenson
1/1 with 93% IV.
prettttttty pretttttty good
prettttttty pretttttty good
Robdraggoo
Member
Wow, after a demoralizing moltres, I'm 2 for 2 on zapdos. The nanabberry trick really works.
Also helps that he's not as aggressive as moltres, no cheap attack, emmediatly attack again as soon as your fingers off the ball.
His movements arnt as erratic and he's much closer.
Also helps that he's not as aggressive as moltres, no cheap attack, emmediatly attack again as soon as your fingers off the ball.
His movements arnt as erratic and he's much closer.
jstevenson
Sailor Stevenson
maybe with the nanab berry, but Zapdos moves a ton more than the previous ones
Rygar 8 Bit
Jaguar 64-bit
been using nabab and golden raz its worked every time for me so far
Make sure you all have some Golems when fighting Zapdos cause it hits like a truck.
But yeah, using the Nanab berry is ideal especially if you have trouble just hitting the pokemon itself. I'm okay with a reduced catch rate using a Nanab berry than missing a throw all together because it is moving around a lot.
1/1 for Zapdos and it was 97%
But yeah, using the Nanab berry is ideal especially if you have trouble just hitting the pokemon itself. I'm okay with a reduced catch rate using a Nanab berry than missing a throw all together because it is moving around a lot.
1/1 for Zapdos and it was 97%
I did 8 legendary raids today with my roommate. 2 Lugia raids, 3 Moltres, and 3 Zapdos. I caught 1 Moltres and 1 Zapdos, which is fairly decent.
My rommate, on the other hand, went 1/3 on Moltres, 2/2 on Lugia, and 3/3 on Zapdos. I've honestly never even heard of someone having the kind of luck he had today.
My rommate, on the other hand, went 1/3 on Moltres, 2/2 on Lugia, and 3/3 on Zapdos. I've honestly never even heard of someone having the kind of luck he had today.
My tally:
Articuno 6/8
Zapdos 1/1
Moltres 7/8
I'm amazed every time I catch them. 😎
Lugia 0/1
What's this? Some trick I haven't heard about?
My only Zapdos from today escaped
Someone caught it with his first ball and it was even a critical catch lol, lucky. I'll try again tomorrow.LucidMomentum
Member
2/2 On Zapdos, got one with perfect Attack and HP so I'm happy with that for today.
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Finally got my Raichu today. Got enough buddy candy during my evening walk.
WhiteRabbitEXE
Member
Two Zapdos raids, caught one, the other got away. The one that got away? Perfect fucking stats. T_T
At my first Zapdos raid, I caught it on my first throw. Such a relief. Now I can do these raids just for fun. With Moltres I felt increasingly panicked and worried as the week went on, since I was thinking I might not catch it before Monday arrived.
What is the roadmap for future legendaries? Will there be a new one next week? Or will they just keep rotating the Bird Trio in and out on a weekly basis?
What is the roadmap for future legendaries? Will there be a new one next week? Or will they just keep rotating the Bird Trio in and out on a weekly basis?
WhiteRabbitEXE
Member
We have literally no idea what will happen after Zapdos ends. I don't believe we'll be getting any Legendaries for a while though, and I also am fairly certain the birds will be retired for quite a while, if not forever.
PhoenixDawn
Member
I really hope they take a break from legendaries for a while, like honestly a month or two. They're great and all but when they're happening you feel like you are forced to do them every day and at least in some areas it's stressful finding a group to do it with. I'd rather they just step away from it for a bit and just focus on normal gameplay for a while. Maybe have another event not related to raids to get people out there walking again sometime in August, then return in September/Fall with Ho-oh and the three dogs.
Doctor West
Member
I went 3/3 on Zapdos today. 78, 87 and 89 IVs. I except my luck to drop soon though. I started off 2/3 on Moltres and finished 3/12. At least Zapdos is so much easier to hit than Moltres was. There were so many times where my balls would fall short when I tried to land a curve on Moltres even when they looked dead on. It was really frustrating.
Aruarian Reflection
Chauffeur de la gdlk
This brings a tear to my eye
I had one of my best days of PoGo today. I was only planning on doing a couple raids after work, but I accidentally ran into a big Instinct group that was really efficient. Nice to see so much representation from Instinct now that our bird is finally out. I ended up staying until the last raid of the night and did 8 Zapdos raids in less than 3 hours. And I caught 6 out of 8! Feels like it's easier to get great throws because it's not as far as the other legendaries
I had one of my best days of PoGo today. I was only planning on doing a couple raids after work, but I accidentally ran into a big Instinct group that was really efficient. Nice to see so much representation from Instinct now that our bird is finally out. I ended up staying until the last raid of the night and did 8 Zapdos raids in less than 3 hours. And I caught 6 out of 8! Feels like it's easier to get great throws because it's not as far as the other legendaries
Chuckie
Member
I fucking hope not. Didn't get Moltress...fucker kept getting away.
I wouldn't worry about it too much.
They would never be able to attract new players if legendaries were a one and done scenario.
WhiteRabbitEXE
Member
It's not unprecedented for the series. If you save after failing to capture a legendary, they're gone forever unless you completely restart the game. More notably, you typically get one chance (or less!) per generation to obtain event Pokémon or you miss out in getting them in those games forever, unless you cheat. Celebi went, what, a decade without being legitimately obtainable outside of Japan?
I could see Niantic making legendaries a once ever thing.
Bedameister
Member
So how many people do you usually need to take down Zapdos.
I'm gonna play all evening today because it might be the only day I get the chance to catch it.
I'm gonna play all evening today because it might be the only day I get the chance to catch it.
Four is easy with Golems and T-Tars.
Rygar 8 Bit
Jaguar 64-bit
What's this? Some trick I haven't heard about?
My only Zapdos from today escaped
the nabab effect lasts 2 turns so you can use nabab to make him stand still for 2 turns so on the next turn put a golden raz on him and hit him with a curve excellent
Those T-Tars better be powreed up some, because ones used fresh from raids without any (2000cp) are insta death when its charge attack hits, and they can hit in multiple succession as well. I used a bunch of those (with bite/Stone Edge) and they all went in rapid succession withotu having a chance to use the SE.
Took 4 tries, but managed to catch the first one.
I had a strange experience trying to catch my Zapdos...
Joined a full raid and went to select my Pokémon team as normal, got into the match and my game kept loading and failing to start the battle. After about 30/40 seconds of watching the Poke-loading ball spinning I quickly closed and re-opened the app (not once, twice but thrice!)
After several failed attempts to try entering the gym/ battle again I randomly got the "You Win" prompt and got the chance to capture Zapdos (which I managed).
All's well that ends well I guess
Joined a full raid and went to select my Pokémon team as normal, got into the match and my game kept loading and failing to start the battle. After about 30/40 seconds of watching the Poke-loading ball spinning I quickly closed and re-opened the app (not once, twice but thrice!)
After several failed attempts to try entering the gym/ battle again I randomly got the "You Win" prompt and got the chance to capture Zapdos (which I managed).
All's well that ends well I guess
Benzychenz
Member
Caught 9/11 Zapdos today.
Best was 91% with perfect attack, happy with that one.
Best was 91% with perfect attack, happy with that one.
Bedameister
Member
I had a strange experience trying to catch my Zapdos...
Joined a full raid and went to select my Pokémon team as normal, got into the match and my game kept loading and failing to start the battle. After about 30/40 seconds of watching the Poke-loading ball spinning I quickly closed and re-opened the app (not once, twice but thrice!)
After several failed attempts to try entering the gym/ battle again I randomly got the "You Win" prompt and got the chance to capture Zapdos (which I managed).
All's well that ends well I guess
Once you're in the match you're in. Even if the game crashes and you restart, the game remembers. Once you go back you can catch it. That's one thing this game is really good at: it remembers everything even if it crashes.
There are models for the shiny legendaries in the game and no reports of anyone seeing or catching any, they aren't going away.
Im not sure what they did but I've seen two people at raids not get to go back in and catch. I've seen on Reddit that to avoid that happening you want to make any lineup change, wait before rejoining, or if it's almost dead don't rejoin.