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Counterfactual

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I've been playing for a week. I know next to nothing, but am enjoying learning.

I'm happy to send gifts out if anyone wants to add me, while I have some.

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Well seems like Im gonna play for 6 hours non stop during this event. My strongest mon is Golduck :lol: I need metagross please.
Yeah Metagross is mega. You'll need an Elite TM though, cos I dont think Meteor Mash is available for normal evolving methods on the day and ultimately for how good it can be, it isn't if it doesnt have that
 

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Yeah Metagross is mega. You'll need an Elite TM though, cos I dont think Meteor Mash is available for normal evolving methods on the day and ultimately for how good it can be, it isn't if it doesnt have that
Yeah I read somewhere that the move is a must
Think that the Metagross evolved during the event gets Meteor Mash
I hope this will be the case. Dunno, never participated in any event
 

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He's right actually, the press release I had read didn't make mention of it, but just googled it and the one I have just seen does include it. So thats pretty good.

Think I have some good beldums lying around, so might take advantage of it if I can get enough candy. Have like 42 right now
 

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In the wild at the moment I'm finding quite a few evolved Pokemon like Lairon, which will be higher CP so they'll help. And on Sunday there's an event for Beldum which can be evolved into Metagross which is good for a few raids too.
Managed to find a high rated Lairon with IVs in the 9s and evolved it to a 2583 Aggron.
 

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Nice. That should fare you well.
Unfortunately Aggron is a bloody awful pokemon. Really low attack and high defence, and actually having one with a high CP can set you back when raiding as the app will try to put that in your party whenever its slightly appropriate. You'll do next to no damage with it, and likely piss experienced raiders off as you'll not be contributing, especially when its a legendary raid and numbers / time are tight. Just try to make sure you pull it from your raid party if it gets included if you want to keep it. Not a bad gym defender though
 

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Definitely worth newcomers installing Poke Genie, as it'll tell you what's good for different situations such as raids and PvP. Then again, you don't need to worry about the meta of the game too much either. I've been playing since the day it launched (on and off) and still don't fully grasp a lot of that stuff, or in many cases just forget it half the time. The aim of the game is to catch them all and I've just about done that while knowing very little about which are the best move sets and counters etc.
 
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@decorativeed would you mind trading 2 more Pokemon at any point? Can literally be anything. On Step 5 of the Jump-Start Research where you have to do 3 trades. Done the one with you and getting two more done would be handy to use a lucky egg to get 60k more XP when I get the rewards at same time as making someone Best Friend.
 

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Unfortunately Aggron is a bloody awful pokemon. Really low attack and high defence, and actually having one with a high CP can set you back when raiding as the app will try to put that in your party whenever its slightly appropriate. You'll do next to no damage with it, and likely piss experienced raiders off as you'll not be contributing, especially when its a legendary raid and numbers / time are tight. Just try to make sure you pull it from your raid party if it gets included if you want to keep it. Not a bad gym defender though
Seen so many Aggrons in raids lately :mad: Best thing to do with a high CP Aggron is transfer it.
 

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Well seems like Im gonna play for 6 hours non stop during this event. My strongest mon is Golduck :lol: I need metagross please.
It's honestly typical I waste 30 rare candies evolving mine then an event day happens :lol:
 

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@decorativeed would you mind trading 2 more Pokemon at any point? Can literally be anything. On Step 5 of the Jump-Start Research where you have to do 3 trades. Done the one with you and getting two more done would be handy to use a lucky egg to get 60k more XP when I get the rewards at same time as making someone Best Friend.
I would, but I'm fairly sure the trading distance is back down to 100m or so.
 

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4* too, so I could've got a fully powered meteor mash Metagross at the cost of 0 rare candies and 0 elite TMs :lol:
Thats such a big oof moment its actually funny :lol: . I wouldnt have known about the event if i didnt click on News menu, i swear the game didnt notify me about it at all.

Well at least you now have a perfect Metagross. Use the candies during event to power it up ;)
 
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Could use some more friends that i actually can comunicate with so feel free to add 1683 6031 9856

Also, you get guaranteed 3 xl candy from catching legendary/mythical now so a good tip is to use your meltanbox before they take it away again.
 

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I love my Aggron recommendations. Ever
Could use some more friends that i actually can comunicate with so feel free to add 1683 6031 9856

Also, you get guaranteed 3 xl candy from catching legendary/mythical now so a good tip is to use your meltanbox before they take it away again.
Yeah its great. Just gone from like 30 to almost 200 from 1 box, getting 4 in most cases

Sent you a friend request.

You as well @Counterfactual
 

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Ugh! I've just completed the 'send 151 gifts to friends' task (really difficult when so many people don't open their gifts) and seen the All-in-One #151 2/4 task list. This is going to take a while!
 

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Possibly stupid question but is there a way of seeing which Pokémon you have lots of candy for ie close to evolving?

I struggle keeping tabs on which Pokémon are close to evolution.
 

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Possibly stupid question but is there a way of seeing which Pokémon you have lots of candy for ie close to evolving?

I struggle keeping tabs on which Pokémon are close to evolution.
Put the following text in the search box: evolve

Edit: But that is only for those who have enough candy. Not sure about finding out who is close to the candy needed.