PokemonGo #15. We're gonna rock down to Electrike Avenue

Level 1 and 2 raids are easily solo-able. Level 3s are also solo-able for competent high level trainers with a decent squad.

Eggz you may be able to take on low grade boss Pokemon to win raids. I’ve not found anyone to play with but can usually win raids which are suggested up to nine players. I’m level 29.

My Tyranitar was honestly a bit of a wet blanket with iron tail and fire last so I've treated it to the TMs that I've picked up from my quests. Might be useful for more than just sticking in a random gym I don't care about, now.

@Eggzandbacon yes. you need to actually 'fail' the raid though, if you quit out it won't work, you can also attempt the same raid multiple times and they will all count.

So for example, find a raid near hatch time, after hatch go straight in. Make one attack on the Raid boss and then exit to the lobby, STAY IN THE RAID LOBBY and wait for the raid timer to run down. then exit gym and repeat.

(this method will only use 1 raid pass and also helps minimise the need for revives/potions)

HTH

I've got to the evolve a magicarp stage. I have enough candy but dd doesn't and I have said I would wait for her!!!!!! AAAAAuuuughhhhhhh, she only has 83 candy!!!

Is it right if I just try and do a raid it will count for the research project?

Thanks Whattodo. I have tried hanging around when legendary raids are on but no-one else turns up and I just look like I'm loitering with intent! not quite sure what a middle aged mum would be intent on doing!

bettytaghetti Have a look on Facebook to see if there’s a local group Failing that, turn up to a couple of legendary raids and see if anyone arrives, then you can ask to join their group.

PickAChew You’re welcome Just thought I’d mention it in case you were planning to do another in the near future.

ugh I keep missing out of Ditto. Last night once I was all tucked up in bed three people on my local discord encountered 3 separate ditto.

and this morning I was in an interview for a new job and missed another 2. It's very frustrating!

Thanks, whattodo. I didn't have chance to look up what was best with ds2 bouncing around me or fiddle with my line up, but I have an awesome bite/crunch Gary that I shall deploy, next time.

Can I just say a big thank you to you all for all the helpful tips on playing? Another MAPPY (middle aged poké player) here just blundering her way through whilst walking the dog! (Someone's benefitting from hatching eggs!)
I haven't had much joy with doing raids because I don't know anyone else who plays. How do you find out about local groups? My only luck was when I was sent an ex raid pass a while back and realised afterwards I should have asked if they were in local groups, but it was in the middle of a park just before it was due to close and pitch black. If I'd told DH what I was doing he would have gone mad!! (But I did get a 96% Mewtwo so it was worth it!).

PickAChew Gengar raids heavily rely on your Pokemon having good movesets. It is dual type, ghost/poison, so your best bet is a high CP Tyrannitar with Bite/Crunch.

Other good counters are Gyarados with Bite as a fast move, Golems and Rhydons with ground moves and Espeon or Alakazam with psychic moves.

Your Umbreon did well because it (presumably) has dark moves, but Gengar is not weak to flying so Pidgeots won’t have occurred decent damage.

Thanks!

Can I ask how you are all finding out the IVs?

Efferlunt The majority of players use the PokeGenie app; it’s the best out there

Can I ask how you are all finding out the IVs? The calculator I was using doesn’t seem to work half the time

Umbreon which

A good golem is a proper asset, soup!

Did a gengar raid with ds1, this morning. Had a restless ds2 with me so had no time to faff on with choosing optimal pokies and dodging wasn't going to happen with me playing one handed. I drop my phone too often already.

Burnt through the first 3 pokies in no time, then an umbrella was awesome and did loads of damage and a couple of pigeots were surprisingly good. I think they both had hurricane, iirc.

Plus side of the "8 bit" graphics is that I sorted enough stuff out to last the half hour of my lucky egg and had 8 minutes left when I was done with it all! It's really speeds the game up!

Lovely little egg hatch today.

@MrsJoshDun they announced that it's here until the 7th.

I just caught my 11th perfect 100% mon. Woop woop.

Just a geo dude (now evolved to golem) but it was already level 30 too. So an excellent addition to the team.

I got 1 out of 4 Latias today, and it's crap. I'm glad I have the dex entry before I go back to work though!

I also levelled up, so I'm now level 35 and hatched a bagon, a snorlax and a feebas so quite a successful day.

Why aren’t they sorting the graphics out! Surely it was an April fools day joke?

Just managed to catch my ditto this evening between two Latias raids. Didn’t manage to catch them though. Never mind got a month!

Excellent day today! Caught a Ditto and three ghosts on the way to work and hatched both a Beldum and a Trapinch. So I’m only four ghosts off the next task! I would have had it all done by now if I hadn’t been at work everyday since the launch.

I did five Latias raids after work today and caught two. The first raid I did I caught it and it was 96% weather boosted! So very, very happy with that

We're nowhere near the ditto because we were away for the weekend and the weather was utterly filthy yesterday but I have a mass evolve to do tonight and about a kilometre of walking left to do to get through the 4th stage.

I'm another one who has been hoarding flappy candy for the elusive shiny so I've fished (ahem) Sir Flapalot out of retirement to save up for my next one and help with some of the candy tasks. Unfortunately, all the gen 3 I need to walk are 5k candy.