I can't decide if I should evolve this guy right.this.second or if I should wait til I use a lucky egg and see if I get a better one... Omg so excited.
I am also about 5k XP from lvl 21, I evolved a great nidoqueen and vaporeon with awesome movesets and powered them up. I'm waiting for a better clefairy to evolve my first clefable, working toward another arcanine , rapidash, hypno and rhydon. Slowly working to evolve a graveler (luckily wild caught a good one so I don't need to evolve another geodude). Ready with a good nidoran(male) to get nidoking and then caught a nk. Lol Top CP:
I can't decide if I should evolve this guy right.this.second or if I should wait til I use a lucky egg and see if I get a better one... View Attachment Omg so excited.
I would wait like a day (maybe) until you have a few more crap evolves to use a lucky egg to get to the next level. That's a pretty great pikachu, he's at 85% on his curve. Personally I wouldn't wait forever to catch a better one. If just wait a day to make the lucky egg use more worthwhile.
I'm three bellsprout away from being able to evolve my highest one all the way through, so of course I haven't seen any in days in the locations where I used to see them all the time. That's the only fun thing that I'm even close to since all of the areas around me that used to have diverse mons now seem to only have more stupid pidgeys, weedles, rattatas, and caterpies. Other than when we went out of town this past weekend, I haven't caught anything other than that in days. I'm hoping that it's just poor timing of my walks or something and not that the switching up of nests took away everything good in my area.
I need to know how people level up so quickly. Do you catch everything to accumulate the XP and just trash it (rats, pidgies, etc)?
Also, I feel like I never get strong CP Pokemon. I see everyone's line ups and I'm so jealous! Is it because y'all are higher levels? I am only 21 right now.
@supergreen, I feel like you would know the answer to this. lol
Poppy you CAUGHT a Nidoking?!? That's amazing! I've never seen a 3rd tier evolution in the wild! I only rarely see second tiers.
I know, it was really unusual. Especially since I hadn't evolved one yet. I almost didn't catch it because it was anti-climactic and I wanted to double the XP for the Pokédex addition.
I'm up to 341 Magikarp candies. I should be able to evolve by the end of the week hopefully. My top guy right now is CP 143, 31 HP, XL. Hopefully he becomes a good Gyrados!
I used a lucky egg last night and did about 25 evolutions. I should have saved it until I had closer to 50 because I still had 17 minutes left when I was done, but I get so impatient.
I evolved my new Vileplume which turned out to be 1662 with an okay move set. I had enough Eevees to get one of each evolution, but saved my 720 for a Vaporeon that is 1954, so I should easily be able to get him over 2k.
I am at 128k out of the 190k needed to hit level 26, so at least I am over the half way point.
I need one more Pikachu and I can get a Raichu.
This morning has been very frustrating, out of around 10 pidgeys and rats all but one poofed after one or two balls, wtf?!?!
What are you guys working towards now? I should have a Victreebel within a few days. I'm one catch away from a Persian. Next lucky egg session I'll evolve a Seadra. I'm working towards another Clefable and Parasect, I still don't have the best moveset on those. And I can't WAIT to see what my 10k egg will be!
I think I'm at the point where I should use a lucky egg to do a bunch of common evolutions (pidgey, rattata, ekans, spearow, sandshrew, zubat, krabby, omanyte, paras) to get some XP. I have between 100-200 candies for most of these things. I also have enough Meowth candies to evolve to a Persian. Meowths were all over the place when I was in California.
Basic question: If I'm not going to use an evolved pokemon to battle (like a Pidgeot or something), does it matter what CP I use as the base for my evolution? I mean I can go ahead and evolve a 100 CP pidgey if I'm just doing it for the XP, right?
I'm waiting to do most of my higher-level evolutions because I know I can find better pokemon to evolve. For example, my highest Evee is only 563 CP. I see a lot of 1800-2000 CP Evee evolutions around here. I do, however, have 3 Growlithes that are CPs 651, 634, and 632, and I have 192 Growlithe candies, so I should probably go ahead and evolve one of those into an Arcanine so I have a stronger pokemon for gym battles. I have a low-level Arcanine that I caught in the wild, but he's only CP 701, so useless for battles. I don't see too many Arcanines in gyms around here. There are tons of Snorlax, Gyrados, Exxecutors, and Evee evolutions.
Is Tauros a good fighter? I caught one the other day that's 1086 CP with Zen Headbutt and Earthquake, which seems decent. I'm still new to gym battles, so I have no clue what I'm doing.
After looking at all of your lineups, I feel like there's a huge jump in the pokemon you can find between levels 21-24.
hi all! I've been reading along, decided to join in.
I chased a wild Nidaqueen in my neighborhood last night. 1,224 CP!! Fucker got away though, after letting me catch her like 5 times and then finally poofing. I wanted her so bad, too. But, two days ago I randomly caught a Vileplume in the wild. Only 529 CP, but still.
Probably a stupid question. If you assign a pokemon to a gym, does it have to be there a certain amount of time before you get coins? I had one at a gym (my first time I battled, lol!) but it only lasted a few hours, and I don't think I got anything. I just noticed later that day that the little icon was gone. I assigned one to a gym this morning that just happened to have an open slot.
Oh! One more question. Where do you all find out how much CP a pokemon will evolve to based on the current CP? I can't find a chart or calculator anywhere... ?
Oh! One more question. Where do you all find out how much CP a pokemon will evolve to based on the current CP? I can't find a chart or calculator anywhere... ?
Poppy you CAUGHT a Nidoking?!? That's amazing! I've never seen a 3rd tier evolution in the wild! I only rarely see second tiers.
It's rare, but it happens sometimes. Several levels ago, I caught this Dragonite. It came up as a triple-question-mark for me back then, and it was easily the highest thing I'd ever encountered in the wild at that time.
bl, I had the same problem today with some of the crappier ones poofing and playing hard to get (Magikarp, rats, and a Goldeen).
And bl, I had the same problem today. I hit up my usual place (Wegmans grocery store, with a lure) to farm crap Pokemon to evolve for XP, and a ton of Mons poofed on me.
Oh! One more question. Where do you all find out how much CP a pokemon will evolve to based on the current CP? I can't find a chart or calculator anywhere... ?
As I said two posts up, I hit up my usual spot to farm crap Pokemon for evolving for XP. So a bunch of pidgey, Weedle, and rattata. One random Drowsee (that makes 2 chilerellanos!) and THIS magnificent Jigglypuff who will eventually become my Wigglytuff. She's over TWICE the CP of the previous best one I had, she's at 95% of her arc. Will become a 1378 - 1412 Wigglytuff once I get enough candies!
Oh I also hatched a Voltorb, second Voltorb ever! Halfway to my 10k egg also.
I need to know how people level up so quickly. Do you catch everything to accumulate the XP and just trash it (rats, pidgies, etc)?
Also, I feel like I never get strong CP Pokemon. I see everyone's line ups and I'm so jealous! Is it because y'all are higher levels? I am only 21 right now.
@supergreen, I feel like you would know the answer to this. lol
Educate me!
Yes, I catch everything, for the XP and stardust. I farm (catch and evolve) crap Pokemon for the XP. Crap Pokemon for me are pidgey, Weedle, caterpie, rattata, and to a lesser extent Zubat and Venonat. Each evolution gets you 500 XP (1000 if you're using a lucky egg), even if you've evolved that particular Mon before. I have a 2-3 ball limit on crap Pokemon, as a rural player I can't afford to throw 10 balls on a fucking 335 pidgey KWIM? I save up at least 30 evolutions, use a lucky egg, and evolve them all at once. Huge XP gains that way.
Remember, most of us are level 24. The amount of XP to level up after 20 is INSANE. It's taking me at least 7 days per level from 20-24. So that's many, many, many days to have the opportunity to catch strong CP Pokemon. Many days to catch a zillion starter Pokemon, for example like my 703 Oddish, to evolve all the way through (125 candies!) to the 1700 Vileplume you're seeing in my lineup. That's dozens of Oddish caught over many many weeks to see the strong CP Mons in my lineup. The same goes for Eevee's to make my Eeveelutions, Nidorans to make my Nidoqueen, etc. Making those strong mons takes a long time. You'll get there! Don't worry! You're doing GREAT
Basic question: If I'm not going to use an evolved pokemon to battle (like a Pidgeot or something), does it matter what CP I use as the base for my evolution? I mean I can go ahead and evolve a 100 CP pidgey if I'm just doing it for the XP, right?
I'm waiting to do most of my higher-level evolutions because I know I can find better pokemon to evolve. For example, my highest Evee is only 563 CP. I see a lot of 1800-2000 CP Evee evolutions around here. I do, however, have 3 Growlithes that are CPs 651, 634, and 632, and I have 192 Growlithe candies, so I should probably go ahead and evolve one of those into an Arcanine so I have a stronger pokemon for gym battles. I have a low-level Arcanine that I caught in the wild, but he's only CP 701, so useless for battles. I don't see too many Arcanines in gyms around here. There are tons of Snorlax, Gyrados, Exxecutors, and Evee evolutions.
Is Tauros a good fighter? I caught one the other day that's 1086 CP with Zen Headbutt and Earthquake, which seems decent. I'm still new to gym battles, so I have no clue what I'm doing.
After looking at all of your lineups, I feel like there's a huge jump in the pokemon you can find between levels 21-24.
Question 1, no I don't think it matters what the CP of crap Pokemon are. Like right now, I have 85 pidgey candies saved up, to evolve 7 pidgeys (85/12) into Pidgeotto's. They vary in CP from 10 to 335. I don't care what their CP is, I'm going to transfer all 7 pidgeottos. With a lucky egg, that's 7,000 XP. I'll probably wait to use the lucky egg until I have at least 20 pidgey to evolve, for 20,000 XP. Plus other evolutions also.
For Mons I plan to battle with, yes I wait until I've caught a really good base Mon for evolution. For example, I don't evolve any Eevee's below 650. A lower CP Eevee would make a lower CP Eeveelution than I already have, KWIM? I wait and save my candies until I get a really good Eevee. Now that I'm level 24, that's probably a 700+ CP Eevee. I want base Mons to be at least 80% on their arc, preferably 90%, like the Jigglypuff I caught today (see pic upthread).
Check pogotoolkit.com to see if you'll get a high CP evolution. Like your 651 Growlithe will give you a 1477 - 1536 Arcanine. That's a great warrior, and you have plenty of candies, so I'd evolve you best Growlithe and then hold onto the rest of the candies until you catch an even BETTER one. Which will happen once you level up, KWIM?
Here's the Silph Road's research tools, which show the base stats (attack, defense, and stamina) for each species. You can see Tauros has good defense, okay attack, and okay stamina. But compare it to the Arcanine you're about to make, who has exceptional attack, defense, and stamina. One of the top Mons in the whole game! Focus your stardust on Mons who are inherently strong, or who counter popular gym defenders in your area. The gyms here are full of Vaporeons, so I'm trying to build a strong grass & poison lineup to counter water types.
I hope this helps! I'm happy to answer any more questions you have. Happy catching my friend!
This is random, but does anyone have a list/screenshot/image of what Pokemon come out of each level egg that they can post for me? I can't get on any gaming sites at work.
(thank goodness I can still get on to GBCN or I might actually die)
This is random, but does anyone have a list/screenshot/image of what Pokemon come out of each level egg that they can post for me? I can't get on any gaming sites at work.
(thank goodness I can still get on to GBCN or I might actually die)
That's awesome! Catch any good ones? How many candies did you get? I battle with my Clefable a lot.
I found 6 while I was there (less than an hour), and one of them had a CP of 575, so not awful, but I am sure I can find better. I'm going to try to go back later this week!
This is random, but does anyone have a list/screenshot/image of what Pokemon come out of each level egg that they can post for me? I can't get on any gaming sites at work.
(thank goodness I can still get on to GBCN or I might actually die)