I've found the key with gyms, especially training at a friendly (same color) gym, is getting good at dodging. I'm finding I make it a lot farther when I'm really paying attention to dodging. Here's a good video on technique. You only need to watch the first few minutes FYI, the rest is vlogging stuff.
Who are you hoping to get? As far as realistically obtainable water Mons, I'd love a Golduck. I saw a shadow of one at the lake 2 hours away. We're going again next week, that's my last chance! A Slowbro would be awesome too. It's not like I'm going to CATCH a Gyarados KWIM.
Oh gosh, a ton of them that everyone is talking about. Â Ponyta, Sandshrew, more Clefairy, Mankey, Growlithe, Machop, Magnemite, Voltorb, etc. Â There's more, obviously, but I feel like I see the same crap all the time! I mean, obviously I'm not the only one with that problem but that is part of what's making me lose interest. Â Womp womp!
Oh yeah I'd love to see some steel or electric Pokemon! Magnetite/ton, Voltorb & electrode, Raichu. Ground and rock too. Rhydon, onix, Dugtrio (only hatched 1 Diglett), Marowak (only have 2 Cubone). With all the 5k eggs I hatch, which are supposedly "random", I almost always hatch what I already catch in my small town. Where's my Porygon, Magnemite, Grimer, and Likitung? All supposedly in 5k eggs.
Oh yeah I'd love to see some steel or electric Pokemon! Magnetite/ton, Voltorb & electrode, Raichu. Ground and rock too. Rhydon, onix, Dugtrio (only hatched 1 Diglett), Marowak (only have 2 Cubone). With all the 5k eggs I hatch, which are supposedly "random", I almost always hatch what I already catch in my small town. Where's my Porygon, Magnemite, Grimer, and Likitung? All supposedly in 5k eggs.
I did get a likitung in an egg, but yeah, usually it's pretty meh. I hatch drowzees all the flipping time!
I hatch a ton of pidgey, rattata, Weedle, and Goldeen. My most frequent 2k egg is a pidgey, and most frequent 5k is Krabby. I could REALLY use the 5k's I never hatch. Beyond the ones I listed above that I've never seen, I could really use Growlithe, Cubone, or Rhyhorn (caught 2 of each).
Is it? I guess I always thought it was such a stupid one. Like..how much damage can a stupid little star do? lol
This cracked me up.
Like, even the little action it does when you touch it just looks so wimpy. And the Starmie just spins around. Show me some muscle you frickin thing. lololol
BUT at least Starmie is a very good water Pokemon! You can battle well with a good Starmie. I can't say the same for pidgey!
Is it? I guess I always thought it was such a stupid one. Like..how much damage can a stupid little star do? lol
Pretty darn good! You get a good CP boost on evolution, my 551 Staryu became a 1291 Starmie. It has decent HP, as much as my 1592 Flareon, which has 300 more CP. It can get water gun and hydro pump, the same great moves the best Vaporeon's have. Plus it's duel water/psychic type means it resists poison types (psychic is super effective again poison). He's a tough little star! A diamond in the rough, I think.
Is it? I guess I always thought it was such a stupid one. Like..how much damage can a stupid little star do? lol
Pretty darn good! You get a good CP boost on evolution, my 551 Staryu became a 1291 Starmie. It has decent HP, as much as my 1592 Flareon, which has 300 more CP. It can get water gun and hydro pump, the same great moves the best Vaporeon's have. Plus it's duel water/psychic type means it resists poison types (psychic is super effective again poison). He's a tough little star! A diamond in the rough, I think.
Wow. Well...the more you know, I guess! lol I saved a decent Staryu, I'll see what else I get, but maybe I'll end up powering it up and then evolving that one. I have two Starmies that are average.
Post by pizzanight on Aug 22, 2016 14:14:13 GMT -5
I had know idea Starmie was that powerful. I mostly saved it because it is pretty!
I hit level 24 yesterday! I was also able to get enough Bulbasaurs to evolve an Ivysaur, so that was cool. Also a Rhydon. I am really close to Vileplume, Tentacruel, and the final Bellsprout evolution (Victreebell?) - maybe this week.
When I have new things to evolve I hate waiting, but I will usually save things until the end of the day at least so that DD can do the evolutions. She likes to watch the animation and guess what they will look like. Also, hatch the eggs. We hatched a Dratini and she named him White Ears.
Oh gosh, a ton of them that everyone is talking about. Ponyta, Sandshrew, more Clefairy, Mankey, Growlithe, Machop, Magnemite, Voltorb, etc. There's more, obviously, but I feel like I see the same crap all the time! I mean, obviously I'm not the only one with that problem but that is part of what's making me lose interest. Womp womp!
Oh yeah I'd love to see some steel or electric Pokemon! Magnetite/ton, Voltorb & electrode, Raichu. Ground and rock too. Rhydon, onix, Dugtrio (only hatched 1 Diglett), Marowak (only have 2 Cubone). With all the 5k eggs I hatch, which are supposedly "random", I almost always hatch what I already catch in my small town. Where's my Porygon, Magnemite, Grimer, and Likitung? All supposedly in 5k eggs.
This is why I was asking the other day if eggs were actually linked to the area you get the Pokestop. I still think they might be, despite everyone saying no.
I had know idea Starmie was that powerful. I mostly saved it because it is pretty!
I hit level 24 yesterday! I was also able to get enough Bulbasaurs to evolve an Ivysaur, so that was cool. Also a Rhydon. I am really close to Vileplume, Tentacruel, and the final Bellsprout evolution (Victreebell?) - maybe this week.
When I have new things to evolve I hate waiting, but I will usually save things until the end of the day at least so that DD can do the evolutions. She likes to watch the animation and guess what they will look like. Also, hatch the eggs. We hatched a Dratini and she named him White Ears.
Level 24 for everybody! Huzzah! What is that, 5 of us that made 24 this weekend?
Have I mentioned how much this game sucks where I live*? I finally got to level 22 and now I can find nothing. I just walked 2 blocks to a mailbox and only saw 1 Venonat that poofed after one egg escape. My old apartment I'd always see at least 1 ratatta or pidgey walking 3 doors away to the mailbox. It's like a ghost town where I live. I'll be stuck at 22 forever. And thee GPS is acting up on my phone again so I go through waves of not being able to use it at all.
Guess I have to make a point to take DD to one of the big parks around town instead of being lazy like normal. And hope my GPS works at that time.
*my house specifically. Haven't explored the city enough.
Who are you hoping to get? As far as realistically obtainable water Mons, I'd love a Golduck. I saw a shadow of one at the lake 2 hours away. We're going again next week, that's my last chance! A Slowbro would be awesome too. It's not like I'm going to CATCH a Gyarados KWIM.
Oh gosh, a ton of them that everyone is talking about. Ponyta, Sandshrew, more Clefairy, Mankey, Growlithe, Machop, Magnemite, Voltorb, etc. There's more, obviously, but I feel like I see the same crap all the time! I mean, obviously I'm not the only one with that problem but that is part of what's making me lose interest. Womp womp!
Have you played at the Adler Planetarium yet? I got a Magnemite, Voltorb, Mankey, and Sandshrew there.
And a Pikachu. I choose you, Chicago!
Navy Pier was good, too, but Adler was my favorite. Everybody was playing there. I probably caught about 50 in under an hour.
Oh gosh, a ton of them that everyone is talking about. Ponyta, Sandshrew, more Clefairy, Mankey, Growlithe, Machop, Magnemite, Voltorb, etc. There's more, obviously, but I feel like I see the same crap all the time! I mean, obviously I'm not the only one with that problem but that is part of what's making me lose interest. Womp womp!
Have you played at the Adler Planetarium yet? I got a Magnemite, Voltorb, Mankey, and Sandshrew there.
And a Pikachu. I choose you, Chicago!
Navy Pier was good, too, but Adler was my favorite. Everybody was playing there. I probably caught about 50 in under an hour.
I have not! I actually have not been into the city since I started playing this game. I'm about 45-60 minutes outside of downtown Chicago. Might need to talk the husband into a little fun family day downtown this weekend. LOL
You could make a field trip of it, Kit! Maybe the whole family could have fun at the Planetarium.
Or you wouldn't even have to go inside. (I didn't.) Nice place to have a picnic and watch boats and people. Plenty of shade, too.
Honestly, it was pretty good just walking downtown. Even if there weren't rare Pokemon, at least there were stops everywhere to replenish your goods. My bag was full almost the whole time.
You could make a field trip of it, Kit! Maybe the whole family could have fun at the Planetarium.
Or you wouldn't even have to go inside. (I didn't.) Nice place to have a picnic and watch boats and people. Plenty of shade, too.
Honestly, it was pretty good just walking downtown. Even if there weren't rare Pokemon, at least there were stops everywhere to replenish your goods. My bag was full almost the whole time.
Perhaps I will present this idea to H! He's also playing, so he might like to go see what's new downtown. Plus I'm really craving Sprinkles, so it'd be super convenient. Ha!
Haha re Sprinkles, Kit! In our hotel room, if I walked to one corner, it would say I was at the Sprinkles cupcake wall mural, and I could spin the stop. LOL.
If you're ambitious (or crazy like I was, trying to make the most of my short time), I spent some time at Navy Pier and then walked all the way to Adler. It took two hours, but it was a pleasant two-hour stroll after lunch, which was good for my prediabetes and hatching eggs.
How do I post a photo? I just hatched a Grimer, you guys!
A Grimer?! That's awesome! Are you on Tapatalk or mobile? I take a screenshot, upload it to Google photos using their app. I then navigate to the photo album on the web, long press on the image and choose copy, which copies the URL. I put the URL here in image tags.
Haha re Sprinkles, Kit! In our hotel room, if I walked to one corner, it would say I was at the Sprinkles cupcake wall mural, and I could spin the stop. LOL.
If you're ambitious (or crazy like I was, trying to make the most of my short time), I spent some time at Navy Pier and then walked all the way to Adler. It took two hours, but it was a pleasant two-hour stroll after lunch, which was good for my prediabetes and hatching eggs.
Great job taking gyms chilerellanos! And holy cow that's an incredible Eevee! It will be a Jolteon 1444 - 1516, Flareon : 1776 - 1836, or Vaporeon : 1898 - 1971. Wow! Post and show us what you get!
ETA: the best I've seen is 660, from yesterday. Gave me a 1654 Flareon, which I actually really needed. I wonder now that I'm level 24 I'll start seeing ones over 700?
Have I mentioned how much this game sucks where I live*? I finally got to level 22 and now I can find nothing. I just walked 2 blocks to a mailbox and only saw 1 Venonat that poofed after one egg escape. My old apartment I'd always see at least 1 ratatta or pidgey walking 3 doors away to the mailbox. It's like a ghost town where I live. I'll be stuck at 22 forever. And thee GPS is acting up on my phone again so I go through waves of not being able to use it at all.
Guess I have to make a point to take DD to one of the big parks around town instead of being lazy like normal. And hope my GPS works at that time.
*my house specifically. Haven't explored the city enough.
I'm sorry kategm. I know how hard it is to play when nothing spawns at your house. I check the app in every parking lot and store I go to. I shop at stores that have pokestops, I lure them while I shop. I try to get kid-free time to play when I can.