Pokemon Go #17: Mankey Gone To Heaven

SneakyGremlins Congrats! Now if you’re pokehunting with someone else and they’re also over Level 30, whatever Pokémon you click on will be exactly the same for both of you, so you’ll both get the same IV, CP etc.

(Shinies are obviously still independent though.)

With going past level 29 as well, you’ll also be able to find up to Level 30 Pokemon in the wild (not weather boosted, up to Level 35 if weather boosted).

So now you’ll be hatching and catching better Pokémon it’s a good time to keep an eye on which Pokémon are good candidates to power up

I didn't catch Registeel BUT LOOK GUYS!

Meant to say I also caught Registeel today, with a very poor IV of 69%!

Congrats MeetMeInMontauk! I got another Mewtwo today too, but again, poor IV (79%). I’m bored of Mewtwo now; I just want one over 90%!

My collection of 100% IV Pokemon is growing; I have 12 now. I also added another two shinies to my collection as well; one new (Murkrow) and one I already have another of (Roselia, and this one is a poorer IV too). This brings my number of shinies up to 56.

Btw are people spending a lot/any IRL cash on PoGo, or are you mostly high level enough to earn what you need from gym control?

I’m just about to go up to level 38, and I do regularly buy the boxes when they come out. I’ve bought three ultra boxes so far this event so put £40+ in.

I take several gyms every day, but I just think 50 coins a day isn’t enough for what I want.

I don't regularly spend £15 on the ultra boxes oh no not me

I'm so close yet so far

Thanks @bettytaghetti - there was definitely some sweating going on when I was down to my last throw. Love your 'special needs' Mewie - it's all still relative, even a bumpf Legendary is a major asset to raiding.

Btw are people spending a lot/any IRL cash on PoGo, or are you mostly high level enough to earn what you need from gym control? Much as I like the game, I can't quite bring myself to spend actual money on it. I do miss the extra incubators though.

Guess who bought an ultra box

Congrats MeetMe! 89% is pretty good (especially after my special needs 69% Mewtwo from my last ex raid). I got 89% too today and that's only my second highest one.

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Mother of god...

So, I just captured him, on my last ball, with a dodgy throw that wasn't even a curveball. It was massively clutch, and I've no idea how it worked, but at least it did. IV is ok, nothing stellar (89) but I'm happy with what I rolled for a first EX raid. And, hey, it's Mewtwo. But the guys I tagged onto to raid with carried me 100% were some scarily hardcore players. Multiple accounts, max levels, 100 IVs left and right. Made me feel quite inadequate haha.

With Eevee community day coming up, I wouldn’t evolve any Eevee’s until then to ensure you get the special move.

Walking trick:

You need to walk 10km and collect 2 candies with the Eevee you want to evolve as your BuddyThe Eevee you want to evolve must be set as your current Buddy during evolutionEvolving the Eevee during the day will turn it into anEspeonEvolving the Eevee at night will turn it into anUmbreon

Naming trick:

For Flareon, name it “Pyro.” For Vaporeon, name it “Rainer.” For Jolteon, name it “Sparky.” For Espeon, name it “Sakura.” For Umbreon, name it “Tamao.”

It should be noted that each of these naming tricks would only work once for each form

If you evolve normally it's one out of Vaporeon, Flareon and Jolteon. To get the other two it's name trick or walk. I was very confused by this for some time - I've only ever got Vaporeon doing it randomly

Ooh thank you, wasn’t sure if it was just a fake fact! It’s just by chance that my two eveloved into different ones so will try and rename next time I want to evolve one.

There's an Eevee weekend coming up so if you're around for that you might want to wait for possible shineys!
For Unbreon and Espeon you need to walk with Eevee 10k then evolve whilst it's still your buddy at night or in the day for each. There's also a naming trick for those that can be used once.

Yes it works! I have one of each.

I reported a pokestop that wasn’t what it said anymore. Of course then it disappeared so that was daft.

It works! You can only use it once though. There is also a way to get more Umbreaons and Espeons which I've used as I needed to improve mine.

Can I ask with Eevie, has anyone tried the renaming trick I’ve just read about to get the evolution you want? I’ve managed to get a Vaporeon and a Flareon so wondered if it actually worked!

Exciting news about the raid boss change.

I have an EX Raid this lunchtime so hopefully there will be a raid with a new boss nearby. Is it weird that I'm more excited about Alola Raichu than new Regi?

*three

Raid Bosses have changed! New bosses are in bold.

Tier 1: Charmander, Makuhita, Meditite, Omanyte, Wailmer

Tier 2: Exeggutor-Alola, Kirlia, Magmar, Mawile, Sudowoodo

Tier 3: Porygon, Raichu-Alola, Donphan, Flareon, Machamp, Onix

Tier 4: Tyranitar, Houndoom, Marowak-Alola, Absol, Golem, Rhydon

Tier 5: Registeel

Most exciting obviously two new Alolan Pokemon but also chance to get shiny Makuhita and Meditite from Raids now