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jacodebeer said:
If that is the case of the buddy system then I can actually make my Scyther stronger, happy days
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yes, you can make your syther stronger.
but, its still a bug pokemon.

bug is weak to flying.
everyone has pidgey, pidgeyotto and pidgeyot.

I have a 1823 pincir.
when I put it in a gym, its so that we can level the gym quickly wiht pidgeyot and gain 1000 prestiege when beating it with a 900 CP flyer.

now add in that bug is also weak to fire and rock and suddenly the options to beat the syther just triple.

while I am not saying you should not be using the buddy system to make it stronger, what I am saying is that walking with a magicarp to get a gyrados might be a better use of your time.

I plan on leveling my dratini, my magicarp, my snorlax, getting the last few candies I need for my koffin, grimer, kabuto, omnimite, pikachu, squirtle and charmander.
 
Baxteen said:
yes, you can make your syther stronger.
but, its still a bug pokemon.

bug is weak to flying.
everyone has pidgey, pidgeyotto and pidgeyot.

I have a 1823 pincir.
when I put it in a gym, its so that we can level the gym quickly wiht pidgeyot and gain 1000 prestiege when beating it with a 900 CP flyer.

now add in that bug is also weak to fire and rock and suddenly the options to beat the syther just triple.

while I am not saying you should not be using the buddy system to make it stronger, what I am saying is that walking with a magicarp to get a gyrados might be a better use of your time.

I plan on leveling my dratini, my magicarp, my snorlax, getting the last few candies I need for my koffin, grimer, kabuto, omnimite, pikachu, squirtle and charmander.
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I thought about that, but I mean a Scyther, I was over the moon when it hatched and its IV is perfect according to the appraisal thingy.
I'm only lvl 18 atm, my pokemon only stay a few hours in a gym :(
 
jacodebeer said:
I thought about that, but I mean a Scyther, I was over the moon when it hatched and its IV is perfect according to the appraisal thingy.
I'm only lvl 18 atm, my pokemon only stay a few hours in a gym :(
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Keep in mind assuming Niantic ever add gen 2 Pokemon the candy you collect now with Scyther will then let you evolve into Scizor.
 
jacodebeer said:
I thought about that, but I mean a Scyther, I was over the moon when it hatched and its IV is perfect according to the appraisal thingy.
I'm only lvl 18 atm, my pokemon only stay a few hours in a gym :(
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I am level 27 and my pokemon only stay a few houts in a gym!

what I have done since the move when we got a bit of time to look around in our area is.
find a gym that is already quite a high level and your team, (unless your are a big group of people.) and find the pokemon that beats the bottom pokemon.
level the gym.
add pokemon.
find another and repeat.

I am now in 9 gyms.
7 of them are level 8 or above. 4 of them are level 10.

when the lone gunman gps spoofer with his 3000CP dragonite comes by, he sees the level 10 gym and figures its better to leave it.
the level 6 gym? that dies quickly.

I know the gap from level 7 to level 8 is massive and it take a long time to achieve, but honestly this is the best way to keep gyms.
 
Baxteen said:
I am level 27 and my pokemon only stay a few houts in a gym!

what I have done since the move when we got a bit of time to look around in our area is.
find a gym that is already quite a high level and your team, (unless your are a big group of people.) and find the pokemon that beats the bottom pokemon.
level the gym.
add pokemon.
find another and repeat.

I am now in 9 gyms.
7 of them are level 8 or above. 4 of them are level 10.

when the lone gunman gps spoofer with his 3000CP dragonite comes by, he sees the level 10 gym and figures its better to leave it.
the level 6 gym? that dies quickly.

I know the gap from level 7 to level 8 is massive and it take a long time to achieve, but honestly this is the best way to keep gyms.
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Also worth picking a gym that is not at a busy location.

If its at a mall or school its going to be targeted every day.

Also, load a few gyms then claim straight away. Most wont last till the next day.
 
if the gyms close to home change hands too quick, find the right time to claim.

before we moved we would take a drive at around 21:30 hit up 10 gyms claim for 10 and go home.
by 22:30 we would have 0.

but now I have 7 gyms I have not lost since I added to them, its a bit of a blur when that happened TBH, I think it was sunday night....
 
Anyone got systems in place for when to use berries and greatballs?

I'm using them too often, have a shyte load of pokeballs and almost no berries or greats.
 
ScottulusMaximus said:
Anyone got systems in place for when to use berries and greatballs?

I'm using them too often, have a shyte load of pokeballs and almost no berries or greats.
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I almost never use any great or ultra unless it's something new or big.

The smaller the coloured ring the higher the capture rate:

The effect of the colored ring size

The tl;dr version is you have to throw your ball when the coloured ring is at its smallest and it doesn't matter if the ball hits inside the coloured ring for the higher chance of capture as long as it's at its smallest and you hit inside the white ring.

The data doesn't show any significant increase in capture chance from getting a “Nice”, “Great” or “Excellent”, and if there is, it’s a small increase.
 
Yesterday's trainer tips video covers this very well. He shows the math in individual capture rate as well as the impact balls make.

He also states not enough research has been done to prove it
 
Soul Assassin said:
I almost never use any great or ultra unless it's something new or big.

The smaller the coloured ring the higher the capture rate:

The effect of the colored ring size

The tl;dr version is you have to throw your ball when the coloured ring is at its smallest and it doesn't matter if the ball hits inside the coloured ring for the higher chance of capture as long as it's at its smallest and you hit inside the white ring.

The data doesn't show any significant increase in capture chance from getting a “Nice”, “Great” or “Excellent”, and if there is, it’s a small increase.
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Thank you, I had that completely wrong.

Ok so from now on will use teeny circle on high CP/likely to run Pokemon and big circles on easy pokemon to get nice throws and a bit more XP.
 
My lapras has been in a gym since Friday. And within a 1km radius of that (rather hidden gym methinks) are very active gyms that switch every day and have extremely high Pokemon fighting it out. It really pays off to find a gym in a one way cul de sac hidden part of town! :) Are there any apps to look for other gyms close by within say a 5km radius?
 
So went with some peeps to try find a dragonite, and got nothing. After thinking about it, i'm starting to wonder if the spawns have changed slightly. Normally I see a lot of variety of Pokemon at my house, and some days bring 4-5 different pokemon. It now seems that the types that are spawning is different. I.E. im seeing Abra, Paras and Charmander, where as a week ago it was Venonats, Mankey and Sandshrew. Still seeing Zubats and Clefairys however.
 
BradleyKZN said:
So went with some peeps to try find a dragonite, and got nothing. After thinking about it, i'm starting to wonder if the spawns have changed slightly. Normally I see a lot of variety of Pokemon at my house, and some days bring 4-5 different pokemon. It now seems that the types that are spawning is different. I.E. im seeing Abra, Paras and Charmander, where as a week ago it was Venonats, Mankey and Sandshrew. Still seeing Zubats and Clefairys however.
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I think the Dragonite is just timing. I dont think we have set nests here. well I didnt.

we can only call it a nest if two of the same pokemon spawn on screen at the same time.
I have seen that with growlith and Meowth (and ratata, pidgey, zubat and paras)

but never with anything else.

I would reccomend finding a tracking site that is being updated in your area.
try the silph road, and also update what you find on there. weird people like me like looking at data in a bigger picture kind of way. I have multiple spawn locations through them.

I use a site called pokeview.co.za but it ONLY works if you are in pretoria and centurion and at that not all of pta....
 
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