Pokémon Go - Applin Ever After!

[SneakyGremlin]

Here's shiny new thread! Anyone got a golden razz?

There you go! Thanks for the new thread.

With a slightly golden, more like brassy shnundo do?

Anybody else having trouble getting their friends list?

No. I couldn’t get my buddy history earlier today though.

I lost this thread about a year ago….i don’t know why I keep playing it annoys me so much.

I couldn't trade earlier. Maybe that was related.

I played loads a few weeks ago when I went to a conference in Belfast - trying to get as many new pokestops as possible! But haven't really felt as much into it since then.

Just realised I hadn’t posted on the shiny new thread!

But just wanted to say I’ll be full of gifts to send for the next few days. I’m dogsitting for a friend and she lives right beside a pokestop and I can sometimes just reach another depending on where in the house I am, so I’ll have loads to send each day. I’m here until Wednesday then it’s back to my boring not-near-a-pokestop house. 🤣

From the research!

Off to hit some pokestops so I can get more potions to bring back all my poor fallen mon. I've lost against Giovanni I think it must be what...a million times now 🤣

He can be so hard. But if it helps, he always starts with a Persian.

I usually use something like lucario as a sacrifice to wear down his shields

Yes, it needs to be a combo that will fire off charge attacks as quickly as possible. The fast ones don't have to be super effective. It's helpful to have a second attack that is a shield burner.

There are a few good guides out there, like this one.
Pokémon GO Giovanni Lineup and Counters (June 2025) https://share.google/R3yRwRMNRe3CxRz6k

I either open with a maxed out machamp (I'm working I the other fighting options!) or rhyperior, depending on the Persian's fast move. Sometimes the fighting types are squished far too easily.

I walked 30km today round Manchester for go fest! How's everyone else doing?

EEVIE³ I noticed we were in the same raid lobby today!

After realising that it's £43 for all 3 tickets, we've had a free to play weekend. It's quite liberating.

We did a loop around on the buses from our home in Durham to South Shields then back via Sunderland and didn't see a single occupied Zamazenta raid lobby. I got a hundo from a remote, though!

Oooh jealous, I got a shiny but no hundo

Just discovered there’s a PoGo thread - how have I missed this?

GoFest has been awesome so far - 1 hundo, 14 shinies, nearly 30 Zamazenta raids, 20k steps…. Roll on later for day 2 (really should go to sleep now). I’m in a small town but we had a reasonable group out and then went to Wetherspoons afterwards for social which was fun!

I'm just quietly wandering when I have a chance. DD and DS won't party up with me anymore so it can get a bit lonely. Got a shiny jang mo o the other day so pleased about that.

I missed out on so much of it this weekend. I’m in a huge fibro flare and spent most of the potential playing time just sleeping. I know my body needed it but I’m so disappointed I couldn’t get out to do anything.

. I hope you feel better soon. It was really too hot to go anywhere today so I appreciated the raid invites until I ran out of remote passes.

this made it all worth it

I'm not usually all that enthusiastic about costumes but this might be the best one ever. It's even better than the Gengar one with all the zips.

Look to see if you have a local community. I found ours on Facebook and am now at the final stages of applying to be a community ambassador! I organise regular meet ups etc with our local group and we even socialise together now. It’s been a real lifeline to me.

Agree! I couldn’t get the shiny sadly (I never have luck with shiny Falinks) but did get a 98 standard one.

@Tillow4ever
Just discovered there’s a PoGo thread - how have I missed this?

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