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

Murinae Yeah, that’s the thing; despite being a starter there aren’t too uncommon (although whether they may become so in the future remains to be seen as I haven’t seen a wild Squirtle or Totodile in a very long time despite living in an area with high water spawns)

I would advise against powering up that particular Swampert as it will take a very lot of stardust; I wouldn’t be surprised if it was well over 100k due to the low level.

Has potential!

No I’m grateful for your help. I have 157 mudkip candies and there are loads of mudkip around where I work so I’m not too worried about it’s level. I’ve not decided whether or not to power it up yet. At least it is potential!

Murinae While your Swampert is a brilliant IV percentage it is unfortunately an exceptionally low level at only 15.

My Level 34 Mudkip if I evolved it would come out at 2488, but it’s only 74% so I’m waiting.

I think it’s the same with your Shiftry too; while it might be a good percentage I think it’s a low level as its CP is very low; if I evolved mine at Level 29 it would come out at about 1800, which would still be too low for me so I’m hanging on for over Level 30 at least.

Your Gardevoir, however, while it might be a low IV is a high level, hence the CP.

A lot of the time you do have to weigh up the IV vs CP; don’t always go with the highest of one or the other.

I would also never advise anyone to evolve a Pokemon under Level 20, as Level 20 really is the minimum a Pokemon should be before it’s evolved.

I’m not trying to tell you or anyone how to play, by the way, please don’t feel that Just trying to offer advice for those who are interested in getting the best out of their Pokemon.

Just checked my swamped and leafy thing are both good but my gardavoir is a bit rubbish

Yeah that’s it, by powering up higher level ones you do save on stardust so it can be worth going for a slightly lower CP but higher levelled one. It really can be very complex!

Ooh congrats A weather boosted Mewtwo is amazing!

Yes, stardust is so precious that the elusive high IV/high level combination is worth holding out for if it's a pokemon that's useful enough to consider powering up.

My Mewtwo was weather boosted

PikachuHeadgear You’re welcome I have nearly 200 Mudkip candies but my two best are 76% Lv 34 and 80% Lv 31.

Both IVs are far too low (and Lv 31 too low too) but the Level 34 one is tempting simply because the level is so high. I’m gonna keep waiting and hope for a 90%+ Lv 34 one

Congrats on your Mewtwo as well!

That's so helpful WhatToDo, thanks for that. I've got lots of Mudkip candies but I'm holding out evolving for a really good one, so good to know Swampert is worth the wait.

I got my Mewtwo btw, chuffed to bits with him. I'm going to try to woman up a bit more and go to more group raids.

Here are the best of Gen III’s Pokemon that are the ones you want to focus on powering up.

I will start by saying that Slacking (first form: Slakoth) is debatable as while it has huge CP its unique moveset means its primary attack doesn’t actually do anything.

• Gardevoir (first form: Ralts) is like a new Alakazam, but it’s not just psychic, it’s fairy/psychic, which means it isn’t weak to dark or bug which is what people bring to fight psychic. It’s only vulnerable to ghost, steel and poison which aren’t the types people have heavy hitters in.

• Aggron (first form: Aron) worth powering up as it’s like Golem but with a better type combination; it’s part steel, which is one of the best defensive types in the game. It also makes it a steel Pokemon that isn’t vulnerable to fire as it’s cancelled out by rock.

• Walrein (first form: Spheal) is like a Gen III Lapras. It can learn double ice to be good against dragon but it can also be double water. It’s good in two type categories that there isn’t a lot of competition in. Spheals are also everywhere and it rains a lot here, so it’s easy to get amazing weather boosted ones.

• Hariyama (first form: Makuhita) is like Machamp mark two but is more defensive and a lot easier to evolve and power up as it only requires 50 to evolve.

• Swampert (first form: Mudkip) is a pretty powerful water Pokemon and there aren’t a lot of those outside of legendaries so that’s worth it.

• Shiftry (first form: Seedot) might be worth powering up but only if you need a good dark Pokemon. It learns double dark moves to get the STAB bonus and it’s weighted towards attack.

All legendaries are of course worth powering up too.

TL;DR: Gardevoir, Aggron, Walrein, Hariyama and Swampert are definitely worth powering up. Shiftry maybe if you need a good dark Pokemon, while Slacking is debatable and I wouldn’t automatically do it just because it has high stats.

I hope this helps

I also converted rare candies for my high IV legendaries and Mewtwo

Slaking max CP is 4000+ so am hoarding candy for when I find a decent IV one.

Which ones are the good gen 3 and worth using the rare candies for?

Good morning, how are you doing getting the gen3? I’ve got a few of the new ones got a cute new one this morning. Can’t remember it’s name . I used to know all the names now there are so many new ones I don’t think I’ll ever learn them!

I’m still walking my whale. Nearly half way there though not sad to realise the wailord prize at the end isn’t all that good!

After the last update, Pokemon sizes were altered. It’s not specific Pokemon species that have changed but rather every Pokemon seems to be a different size.

So on the community day for example, there were small pikachus and large pikachus, and it doesn’t seem to equate to the size they are when you click on them (I clicked on a small Pikachu yet it was XL).

I also have close to a million stardust, even though I’ve already powered a lot up. I’m waiting to hit a million before I power up my 96% Groudon.

I have a 100% Wailmer but at the moment I don’t see myself powering that up as Wailord, while good, isn’t an amazing Pokemon.

They've done something to the sizes. Natu is massive now!

Am I just remembering wrong or have the spoinks shrunk?!

I have tons of stardust, I hardly ever power up because most of my mon are hopeless! I hatched a 100% wailmer last week though so a fair chunk is reserved for that once I evolve it.

And once I decide where to spend my rare candy, I'll power up some of my legendaries and then tyranitars etc too.

Congrats on Mewtwo 👍🏻👍🏻

Rue 1.7 million stardust?!

Also, congrats on Mewtwo

Congrats RueDeWakening!

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Walked 13km today and hatched lots of eggs! Added Corphish to my dex as well as Lileep and Baltoy, so it’s now up to 300

Still waiting for better IVs to evolve a few more though.

I keep on getting Gulpin and Zigzagoon.

I want the babies or a decent Slakoth

So long as they're not all skitty!