PokemonGo #14. Rhydon Time, Rhy-Rhy- Rhydon Time...

cottonwool125 Thank you

With the levels, the higher the better, because the higher the level is the less stardust you need to spend powering it up. Anything under 20 you don’t really want to evolve even if it’s 100% IV because it would take too much stardust powering it up to be any good.

So you could make it amazing, but it would take hundreds of thousands of stardust to make it so, when it would cost you so much less to evolve a slightly lower percentage but higher level.

For example, take a couple of my Charmanders.

Charmander 1 is 618 CP, 67% IV and Level 29; high level and CP but low IV.

Charmander 2 is 458 CP, 87% IV and Level 20; lower CP and much lower level, but high IV.

If I were to evolve and power up Charmander 1 to Level 30, it would be 2,173 CP and it would take 10,000 stardust.

If I were to evolve Charmander 2 to Level 30, it would be 2,256 CP but it would take 75,000 stardust.

So although the IV is much higher, it would take far too much dust to power up Charmander 2 to be worth it.

TL;DR the higher the level, the less stardust you have to spend powering it up, so you want the highest level possible. Anything over 30 is brilliant.

So while IV percentage is important, you do have to weigh up the level and stardust cost. There’s no point evolving anything under 20 as it’s just too low. Level 20 is the bare minimum and I would always go with or wait for a higher level if you can.

(With your Mudkip, Swampert is a good Pokemon worth powering up, so if you’re not planning on powering it up all or most of the way, I would hold out for a better one. It would take well over 50,000 dust to power up to 30 and there’s not really any point only powering up a Pokemon a bit, as that’s just a waste of dust. If you’re not going to use it or power it up at all then it doesn’t matter though, but I would either commit to fully powering up or not at all; don’t just do a bit.)

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Murinae Thank you We did not get an ex-raid in our town unfortunately, despite following all the advice and targeting gyms. We’ll try again, but with me not being able to Pokemon I can’t help.

I think climbing over the fence is definitely worth it for the chance at a Mewtwo!

Get well soon and Congrats WhatToDoAboutThis2017 on your amazing red Gary. I don’t have a single one! Got my candies ready and waiting though for whenever one finally appears. Did you get a raid pass tonight? I didn’t but have hardly been put raiding these past few weeks. My group got one here again Input local park. I really must get out raiding more again. Trouble is park is locked up at 6 so I am hardly ever home from work in time. Also this legendary raid is at 6-6:45 when the parking shut! They will have to go in early and refuse to leave or climb over the fence. There is a turnstile to get out again.

Get well soon WhatToDo

Nothing overly exciting to report here either- caught a Baltoy this morning, which was a new 'dex edition. Up to 51 in the 'dex now, with a few still to evolve once I have a good enough Pokemon to do so.

Enjoying all of the Gen 3 hatches from eggs! Hatched 3 starters today- Chikorita (which must have been an old egg), Treeko and Mudkip! Now up to 150 Mudkip candies. I'm tempted to evolve the one I hatched today- 91% IV, but Level 20. I don't fully understand the whole 'levels' system, however it's the one with strongest IV so I will probably be the one I evolve. I doubt I would power it up to max anyway (I'm a bit of a Stardust whore and can never seem to go over 50,000 before spending it all ).

I'm assuming that the cactus is weather dependent as I am overrun by them too.

DoctorTwo Thank you

KadabrasSpoon Thank you I’ve been quite lucky with shiny Magikarp really as this is my third The other two were low levels (4 and 14) and awful IVs (59% and 69% - though I evolved the 69% one) so I’ve proper lucked out with this one.

I have 500 Gyarados candy; I nearly evolved my best the other day so I’m really glad I didn’t now! I think this red Gyarados will be my best Gyarados overall.

I haven’t seen a Cacnea yet I really want one as it’s so cute!

And I've been overrun with Cactus pokemon today despite never seeing one before

Get well soon WhattoDo and good news shiney came along to cheer you up.

I've still never seen a shiny anything. I have enough magicarp for another Gary but am hopeful for one. I don't see magicarp very often so it's hard work getting 400

Yes I’m over the moon!

I can’t actually Pokemon at the moment as I’ve just had an operation and can’t walk, so I was very happy to see it outside the hospital. It’s made all the pain worth it 😂

A decent CP and IV. Luckyl!

Look what I caught! A 93% shiny Magikarp! How lucky is that?!

Murinae You’re welcome Nice Crawdaunt! Camerupt (Numel’s Evolution) isn’t the greatest Pokemon; its stats are weak, but it does have good type coverage so could be used as a back up to tackle a grass/steel/bug or ice raid boss.

However, in the future it does have a pretty good Mega Evolution where its attack is pretty powerful and its defence is quite heavy (speed does take a hit here though), so I would definitely make sure you have lots of candies and a high CP, high IV one for then.

So I would personally wait and try and collect as many as you possibly can both for the candies and to find a great one.

KadabrasSpoon You’re welcome And I don’t think it’s possible to be too over invested

Thank you very much
I have a spreadsheet of what I need to get and how far it is to walk etc. I might be over invested in this game

WhatToDoAboutThis2017 thanks for that article I found it very interesting and useful.

I just evolved this crowdaunt. After our evening walk along the river in Lisbon I have enough Numad now to evolve too but no good ones. Should I wait or doesn’t it matter since it’s not a great Pokemon anyway?

KadabrasSpoon Hope this helps

m.imore.com/pokemon-go-gen-3

Does anyone have a guide of what's available now and how many candy to evolve? I'm getting all confused with these new ones.

I’ve been in Lisbon all weekend and caught new Pokemon that I’ve never seen before. I finally hatched a feebas too and caught loads of Aron and Numad

I want a Mawile, not even seen a raid for one myself, though I know others nearby have got them.

I took DD and DS1 to the park where I got my EX pass this afternoon to raid a Porygon - neither of them had one, and hopefully it'll trigger another EX raid there and DS will get a chance at Mewtwo - he's only level 16, so it might not happen but still.

Just did my first raid and caught a Mawile! Very low cp but got some golden raspberries too!

Talking of novelties, ds1 has just caught himself a nosepass in the town centre.

PickAChew Yeah, Lunatone is really just a novelty Pokemon so there’s no need for it to be awesome

I've got loads of mudkip candy but no high level mudkip with better than average IV. Frustrating. Still, by the time I find one, I'll have kissed enough frogs to be able to do some powering up.

Apart from whismur and a handful of Aron I've not had much luck with the new spawns, until this darling appeared in my garage, just now. Only "decent" but I don't care!

Hmmm I have an 80% level 32 Mudkip. Tempting, but patience is such a virtue in this game

I'm keeping it though, just in case ...