pogo_discussion

[gusty flume]

Shiny shelmet

[strange bough]

https://tenor.com/view/we-dont-do-that-here-black-panther-tchalla-bruce-gif-16558003

[sweet root]

Who this?

Because I’m tryna do mirror palkia trades

[cerulean steppe]

Spoofing is against pogo ToS and as such our rules here. Please do not look for, or try to spoof/spoof trades

[sweet root]

I got u bro

[sweet root]

Ight I’ll try a different server

My bad bro

[grand canopy]

these current spawns are horrendous

both geodude forms, karrablast and shelmet, venipede???

[modest totem]

if i encounter another fucking shelmet im gonna cry

[worn barn]

Can anyone help me in the paklia raids im in a small town my trainer code is 144588911816 n I will apperictae it very much

[torpid fjord]

Idk if yall saw this yet

Makes sense though did like 20 raids for dialga

[woeful pulsar]

it wasn't ever fixed i think btw

[dusky garden]

I caught 6 shiny today with no moves on them 😭 😭

3 Dialga and 3 Palkia

[weary gorge]

Bro i founded a shiny before a Palkia with special rend

And i did like 15

Literally focusing on Palkia cuz i already have Roar of Time, with 700 coins to spare on passes and nothing

I love this game

[quiet kite]

yep thats the thing we already knew, indeed

[fossil basin]

https://twitter.com/fayemata/status/1954662712455365020

Faye Mata 🩵 (@FayeMata)

horse girls looking a little different today

X · Aug 10, 2025, 9:54 PM

If you know you know

[craggy venture]

Approved

[plucky sky]

[dusky garden]

Someone named theirs Earthmover

[supple scarab]

See, I did well… 2/4 shiniest for Dialga, 2 with roar of time and a hundo

Palkia though. No shiny. 8/10 caught and probably 4/8 with special rend

So I don’t know if things were fixed for Dialga and not Palkia at that point

[grand canopy]

thats insane dialga luck 😭

[dusky garden]

That is beautiful

[cerulean halo]

https://bsky.app/profile/leekduck.com/post/3lw6f4ydud227

Leek Duck (@leekduck.com)

To make up for the issue where Pokémon could not be caught when using Incense, all Trainers will receive 2x Daily Adventure Incense Duration and 3 Incense from August 13, at 12 am to August 20, 2025, at 11:45 pm local time.

The increased duration is expected to be 60 minutes.

Bluesky · Aug 12, 2025, 3:38 AM

just waiting on the dialga/palkia make up research now

[weary gorge]

I really hope they have the special moves

[unborn garden]

they better

feels like they wont tho

[weary gorge]

Yea i have that feeling too

[woeful pulsar]

Does that mean 1h long daily incense again

[craggy venture]

I hope so

[glad niche]

Looks like it
And i will use 3 mins of it when going out

[dusky garden]

Why is it a bad thing though lol

[weary gorge]

No one has said that?

[grand canopy]

oh wow for an entire week

love to see that

[dusky garden]

Despair emoji says otherwise

[craggy venture]

I would do some walking

But I'm not sure if I'm working this week

[dusky garden]

Finally image perms 😭

[winged axle]

I went on LEGO land

[craggy venture]

Those are some awesome pictures

[fossil basin]

A mysterious box has appeared.
Name is a test name
for 100 coins:
1 pokeball, 1 great ball

https://www.reddit.com/r/pokemongo/comments/1mojqps/what_is_this_amazing_bundle_in_the_shop/

oh rip that suffix doesnt work..

[fervent pewter]

i remember during pandemic there was ppl getting crazy daily boxes as testing phase

never made it to many lol

[weary gorge]

Picture in real life is back?

[woeful pulsar]

i was always trying to grab that 99 raid pass box

[fossil basin]

https://twitter.com/kenkenpokecame/status/1955467945750221119

Kenken@GOsnapshot (@kenkenPokecame)

この柄に惚れて靴買ったぜ 👟★

#GOsnapshot #ARofTheDay

X · Aug 13, 2025, 3:14 AM

Great AR shot!

[fossil basin]

https://twitter.com/rocketnews24go/status/1955500887121731913

ポケモンGO部＠ロケットニュース24 (@rocketnews24go)

WCS2025記念Tシャツがもらえるコードです。

Z3USC2JQS9LWN

WEBストアのページから入力してみてね！（サンジュン」

X · Aug 13, 2025, 5:25 AM

[grand canopy]

what the heck

[grand canopy]

shiny dondozo comes to go

[craggy venture]

:v

[glad niche]

Wasn't expecting the shiny to come with the debut but ok

I would rather have some other shiny release though

[fervent pewter]

that's pretty common when they milk em in raids 😂

[woeful pulsar]

it better be with the boosted shiny rates too

also damn wonder what that research will look like for those with 50+ raids

nvm i just saw it says shiny wonder how they're gonna do this

[grand canopy]

i wanna know if everyone gets it or just the people in the earlier timezones

because they announced pretty quickly that the shiny odds arent boosted but according to like every person who did the raids they never fixed the shiny odds

[craggy venture]

If it's anything with the UBS, then surely it'll be it

[woeful pulsar]

yeah they definitely never fixed the rate, so i'm pretty sure it should be for everyone

they usually specify by now if it's specific timezones

and they can't even do specific timezones anymore because remote raids

otherwise they're just doing it for everyone who did any raid before x time

[glad niche]

Oh its raid only
That's even worse

[fervent pewter]

free dailies is quite a few checks

and will maybe be in research i imagine

[north ivy]

Got this nice background

[wraith narwhal]

I have a potentially stupid question. I have a shadow Ho-oh that knows Sacred Fire as its TM move, if I purify, will it change that to return?

[sharp finch]

I hope I get it because I did over 10 raids

All palkia

[quiet kite]

just dont purify it

https://x.com/NianticHelp/status/1955697653267767676?ref_src=twsrc^tfw|twcamp^tweetembed|twterm^1955697653267767676|twgr^04e9c6da410f3b68a51e23d0f5d7a1155d3c7b3c|twcon^s1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fpokemongohub.net%2Fpost%2Fnews%2Fniantic-to-compensate-players-for-broken-shiny-odds-in-origin-raid-day%2F

Niantic Support (@NianticHelp)

The Timed Research will include encounters with Shiny Origin Forme Dialga and/or Shiny Origin Forme Palkia based on the number of Raid Battles completed. We apologize for the issue and will share more information soon. #PokemonGO (2/2)

X · Aug 13, 2025, 6:27 PM

[sharp finch]

I think I did 13 raids

[quiet kite]

it says encounters with "shiny" versions...

[sharp finch]

3 had its signature move

[quiet kite]

so hopefully theyll all be shiny and that'll give me a chance to get shiny Palkia with Spacial Rend

[sharp finch]

Yeah, I hope it does have the signature move, because I did 26 raids on its debute and never got it shiny or with the signature move

Only got it recently

[quiet kite]

https://tenor.com/view/pikachu-gif-13575853101874488635

[sharp finch]

That probably the most amount of raids I've done for any pokemon excluding deoxys or kartana

Both were the most annoying pokemon possible to get shiny

[quiet kite]

I think Necrozma takes the crown for me, or maybe Zamazenta

[loud gull]

this is so amazing, I want to know how I can do this for myself

[craggy venture]

Baseball

[dusky garden]

I must've done 49 or 50 raids I don't remember if 1 or 2 fled

[craggy venture]

I did only 3

[modest totem]

Damn bro no good luck i swear it’s has such a hard catch rate

[fossil basin]

I legit gave up and asked someone for one in exchange for a shiny mespirit lol

Its at pokemon home so ill wait for lucky trade to give mespirit in go

[fringe folio]

I need me some shadow kyogre TwT

I have so few legendaries

barely any are good

[gaunt horizon]

How do I get more team rocket balloons to show up faster?

I want shadow Giratina but I'm nowhere near pokestops when I'm living with my dad

[grand canopy]

rocket ballons appear every hour during the takeover event i think

cant get more of those

[gaunt horizon]

Oh ok

[lone scarab]

this seasons spawns are so fuckin strange

[sharp finch]

I keep getting Decidueye spawns

Like, a lot

[lone scarab]

I saw one today too haha

lots of starters, incensed a samurott and there was a sceptile or two on the nearby

[grand canopy]

i get like 3 sceptile and blissey every day, i dont mind the blissey candy tho

haven't seen samu in a bit

[sharp finch]

I have found a Decidueye almost every day during July

[honest laurel]

Been Trying to get platinum johto medal for shiny celebi research and only have few left to get. That being: raikou, suicune, entei, unknown aaand celebi. Just did some digging on how I might obtain a celebi so that I may progress in my research for a shiny one and now I'm kinda stumped. It's apparently only gotten from certain timed research and according to multiple different sites on the internet, the last and seemingly only one to be put out was in 2018. Sometime alongside a mew research, which I do actually have. But somehow not the celebi research. It seems celebi cannot be traded so I can't try that route and I have no research for it either. Is there really NO way for me to truly progress my own Paid research because of this?

[glad rover]

Celebi isn't a timed research you have to make enough progress in the Mew research to eventually unlock the Celebi research

https://www.serebii.net/pokemongo/specialresearch/arippleintime.shtml

So once you finish page 3 of the Mew research you'll get Celebi's

[woeful pulsar]

#all_helpers_pogo message i documented this a while back if anyone wants to know special research unlocks. i think meloetta, shaymin, diancie, marshadow are all just available without reqs

[crisp relic]

bgoproton (ID 152143685792825344)

[Message](#all_helpers_pogo message) in #all_helpers_pogo
Pogo lv15 -> Unlocks A Mythical Discovery (Mew)
When you get to part 7/8 of Mew -> Unlocks A Ripple in Time (Celebi)
When you get to part 7/8 of Celebi -> Unlock A Thousand-Year Slumber (Jirachi)
When you get to part 5/7 of Jirachi -> Unlock Victini research

Command triggered by bgoproton. Message from · Jan 15, 2025, 7:37 PM

[honest laurel]

Thanks for this. As usual, the internet was not very helpful in this case. I'm glad I could find my answers here instead

[lone scarab]

Moltres being almost 1/4 must suckkkkk for perfectionists lol

[autumn copper]

I can finally evolve the shadow and got the normal primeape a hour ago on my way back from work

[glad niche]

Since when did cradily become popular?

[cold saffron]

Quite some time

At least 2 seasons

[trail cloak]

Since the Rock Tomb buff

[fervent pewter]

and now it can abuse acid

[fervent pewter]

do u need help w the 30?

[autumn copper]

Yeah i do

[glad niche]

I see

[glad niche]

Right

[nocturne phoenix]

One message removed from a suspended account.

[woeful pulsar]

the elite tm one, or the pikachu?

[nocturne phoenix]

One message removed from a suspended account.

[woeful pulsar]

ttv pkmncast worked for me for the pikachu one

[nocturne phoenix]

One message removed from a suspended account.

[woeful pulsar]

yeah try closing all your twitch tabs and then opening one fresh. it stops tracking progress when its multiple streams

[nocturne phoenix]

One message removed from a suspended account.

[woeful pulsar]

yeah it's like specific co-streams for specific ones. because unite/GO/TCG all have drops

[nocturne phoenix]

One message removed from a suspended account.

[woeful pulsar]

both

[lone scarab]

tcgp isn't featured iirc but the actual tcg streams still have drops for hourglasses for tcgp

just kinda lumped in together for the time being

[quiet kite]

so am I all good for now?

seems I cant actually get a code yet

[fervent pewter]

@quiet kite is a very convoluted process

i havent even done it...

[fringe folio]

kyogre raids started

[woeful pulsar]

https://rewards.pokemon.com/ once you claim on twitch, this is where you go to actually get the code @fervent pewter

[fervent pewter]

ye aint doing that 😭

dont care for the etm and dont want to have to link an account for rewards :/

[unborn garden]

A perfect game with no bugs

[fringe folio]

I made a reservation for one, hopefully people in my area come to it

[sharp finch]

I mean there are some active people in my area, but they don't raid

[fringe folio]

I just wish pogo raids were solo-able the way SV ones or SwSh are

[craggy venture]

I would do some kyogre raids, but I can't atm

[fringe folio]

Because otherwise I have to find the abstract things that are friends

[craggy venture]

At least you can have no animation than have them on perma

sv

[grand canopy]

saw another bird, got some bird luck again

[cold saffron]

You could also try to host on PokeGenie or another raid app

[runic socket]

Been using pokegenie myself since no one in my area raids lmao

[grand canopy]

ofc my moltres is 13/10/12 😭

all 3 go pass birds have been horrible

[sharp finch]

I mean my last two were 11/10/11 and 12/10/10

So at least you're weren't the worst here

[woeful pulsar]

in my shop

[runic socket]

Saw this and bad decisions were almost made lmao

Might be making that bad decision on Friday

Can premium battle passes be used as remote passes?

[woeful pulsar]

sadly no, so deffo don't get it if you're doing remotes

[runic socket]

Damn 😭

I got like 13 premium passes rn just chilling lol, might use them and host

[fervent pewter]

always a good idea

i dont really use green passes been sitting on 100 for a few yrs now

[runic socket]

We got a lot of raid spots around where I live, just not people raiding lmao

[fervent pewter]

it was >1500 so glad it ran

[runic socket]

Chimken

I have yet to find one

[fervent pewter]

its boosted incense rn so worth the daily walk 👀

[woeful pulsar]

as you said that, a 2100 moltres spawns and fled from me

[runic socket]

Yeah I’ve been walking 😭 I think my problem is tho I use the poke catcher thing so I don’t always see what’s on my screen

[woeful pulsar]

[runic socket]

The pokeball plus

[fervent pewter]

good riddance 👍

[woeful pulsar]

was my final spawn of the incense so at least that's done now

yeahhhh. < 60CP or bust tbh

[fervent pewter]

i want a new one so bad lol...

1475

[runic socket]

Why do yall want less cp on them?

[fervent pewter]

i'm using it for battles i think bgo just wants an easy catch 👍

[runic socket]

Oh understandable

[fervent pewter]

it is my fav of the birds tho wish it had a better shiny

[woeful pulsar]

i like to get lv1s of stuff you can't get in main series games

i used my master ball on this last week

[silver otter]

well done Trainer! This is cooler than any armored Mewtwo out there!

[fervent pewter]

that's a cool one

i forgot abt sending like shiny lvl 1 tyranitar to home

[woeful pulsar]

yeahhhh that's what i do

[fervent pewter]

how many catches do you have

[glad niche]

You already got it? I only just passed halfway

[woeful pulsar]

like medal/total? or lv1 stuff

[fervent pewter]

total unless you have a ton of trades 😂

[woeful pulsar]

i'll look now, i don't really play outside of daily raid + CDs now usually

225k

[fervent pewter]

that is hella

[silver otter]

I'm trying to hunt an XXS CP10 Nundo Meowth but no luck yet. Honestly any Pokemon Nundo Lv.1 would be a pretty rare catch.

[woeful pulsar]

that's a hella specific hunt gl gl

i managed to grab myself a lv1 galarian meowth the other day since it's in the wild rn. so i have my lv1 perrserker

[fervent pewter]

lol i actually have one

[silver otter]

actually goated.

[woeful pulsar]

man if only HOME didn't add +1 to IVs

[fervent pewter]

i have some fun 0%

[silver otter]

wait HOME adds a plus roll to mons from Pogo? That explain a lot.

[fervent pewter]

tropius, alolan marowak

[woeful pulsar]

IVs for GO mons is multiply by 2, and add 1

[silver otter]

Guy in my neighborhood encounter a cp22 shundo galarian zapdos and managed to catch it in an Ultra Ball. Ill try and ask for a screenshot when I see him again.

[woeful pulsar]

lv1 shiny gbirb would be nice. easy pokeball catch

[fossil basin]

Hah?! https://www.rxddit.com/r/TheSilphRoad/comments/1msbfxt/niantic_employee_trying_out_eternatus/

[quiet kite]

the top place in this showcase is a shiny XXL detective pikachu, omg

im so jealous

this event has been really great for reminding me why I dontPvP anymore

[fervent pewter]

10k dust for 2 wins 🔥

x 20 🔥

[restive turtle]

i just hit rank 30 😭

[grand canopy]

damn thats a big move update

[glad niche]

?

[fervent pewter]

big hype

gonna go finish my meloetta today 😄

[woeful pulsar]

no pve changes

[quiet kite]

thunder punch dragonite!?

https://tenor.com/view/groyper-bazoo-groyper-gif-17008611521977220483

[craggy venture]

If i have motivation

I would've probably got it done by this month

[grand canopy]

15/15/15 pls

[craggy venture]

[fervent pewter]

its getting a buff next szn so i kinda want to make it

just hoping its better than this one 🔥

[glad niche]

The game just screwed me out of finishing my collection challenge

I just got the bug grunt WITH grubbin in my balloon. Only to get karrablast as my pokemon to catch

Theres now 3 balloons left and ive just been out looking for grunts

[fervent pewter]

😭

i hate getting the 2nd roll

[glad niche]

I needed grubbin to finish it. Now I gotta either go out again which i don't wanna, or get lucky again

[fervent pewter]

same i need grubbin

[glad niche]

Why can you even get the 2nd. It's just 2 games of luck. Even 3. Getting the grunt you want, thw mon you want, and if you can get the 2nd mon, hope its not that

And its not even spawning that much in the wild

[fervent pewter]

yea quite annoying 🙁

[grand canopy]

another week of zacian and zamazenta, lets gooooo

[fervent pewter]

does it start w the max finale event?

[woeful pulsar]

yeee

[cloud ferry]

why would any one still want to do those two:(

[sonic niche]

That WC pose and fit looks dope. Gratz Beelzeboy

[grand canopy]

to be fair i need a few XLs for zama

background confirmation

probably the best one

[grand canopy]

go pass rewards

DAMN the premium has a lot of eternatus candy

[plucky sky]

I think we all knew that

It was just about exactly how much

We knew it would be a ton

If you want to build Eternatus, the premium pass seems very good

[fervent pewter]

i probably wont build one

[grand canopy]

i was hoping we'd get more encounters tbh

[fervent pewter]

well you get daily and weekly tasks still no?

[grand canopy]

not for this pass

but its 10pts per rank

[craggy venture]

So much for 50$

I probably do 60$ for good measure

I should probably get a better shadow kyogre today

[grand canopy]

i dont know if i wanna get some coins

still want that latias

[craggy venture]

Same

Just realized i need to make room for more mons

[grand canopy]

[craggy venture]

Indeed

[glad niche]

That's horrific

[fervent pewter]

i finally got one

[glad niche]

Nice
Hopefully you don't get the 2nd

[fervent pewter]

it was almost a 0% 🙁

0 1 0

i can finally finish this research 😂

[glad niche]

I just got my Volcanion

[fervent pewter]

i still need to walk the 40km w volcanion

[grand canopy]

wheres your meloetta

[fervent pewter]

biked this morning to play so couldnt research but going out to play tail end of rocket event soon

[grand canopy]

[lone scarab]

I hate this game

[vocal bolt]

I still need this to it’s so annoying llol

Nvm the event ends

[grand canopy]

ye i think i'll go for shiny latias again

thats the one, whatever is left goes into gmax mons

[fervent pewter]

haha that would be a cool way to drop them

[craggy venture]

Mhm

[woeful pulsar]

^^ @fervent pewter i think you didn't wanna link account stuff

[fervent pewter]

LFG

[sharp finch]

I'm trying to finish my shiny shaymin one yet

I'm on page 3 I think

Page 1 took forever

Turns out in the last year they rarely spawned johto and sinnoh pokemon

[sharp finch]

I don't see the encounter

[modest totem]

Feels so odd to see

[fervent pewter]

free tm for a code thanks boss

i watched the whole worlds stream its only right 😂

ive used 50~ etms kinda gross to think abt

granted i havent paid for any

but imagine being a new player

[woeful pulsar]

at least we'll get an idea of eternamax difficulty

anaheim getting it now

hmmm 90 cany

the exchange doubles all the rewards for 200 coins

[runic socket]

This is dmax right?

[woeful pulsar]

eternamax yahhh

[runic socket]

Bye

[woeful pulsar]

anaheim got early access to it for like the next 2 hours or so

[runic socket]

Oh wait 11 people?

It’s more than 4

?

[woeful pulsar]

dmax raids are 4 man lobbies
gmax raids (for not in-person events) are 40 person lobbies

i'm assuming eternamax will be 40 person lobbies too

[runic socket]

Oh there’s still hope

[woeful pulsar]

which is where it's easy get carried yeah

[devout shell]

Apparently its going to be 100 person lobbies for the main event

[runic socket]

Pls I need carried invite me to your raids 😂

[woeful pulsar]

as part of your prep btw

on uhhhh. thursday and friday. there's gonna be raid hours for crowned zacian and zamazenta

[runic socket]

Oooh

Can you catch them?

[woeful pulsar]

if you get energy from those to crown one of them. those can be used in max battles (and are some of the strongest options)

you catch them and they become non-crowned

but the raids give you energy. if you use 1k energy, you can permanently crown it

[runic socket]

Oh can I just use one of my zacians I have now?

[woeful pulsar]

ye

just need the energy

[runic socket]

[woeful pulsar]

crowning allows them to be used in max battles

[runic socket]

Oh my gosh that’s what I’m gonna do then

Between that and hopefully bagging eternatus

[woeful pulsar]

reminder eternatus in the raid isn't catchable just need to grind that pass

[runic socket]

Yeah

[fossil basin]

https://twitter.com/leekduck/status/1957286730127532445

Leek Duck 🦆🤝👖 (@LeekDuck)

It is now confirmed that Eternatus will require 8,900 Candy and 8,900 Candy XL to power up to the maximum CP.

Trainers will be able to earn large amounts of Candy and Candy XL by defeating Eternamax Eternatus in Max Battles and through the GO Pass.

X · Aug 18, 2025, 3:41 AM

[devout shell]

thats a lot of candy

[quiet kite]

its a clever way to get those who stock up on rare candy to buy the pass

[fossil basin]

https://twitter.com/leekduck/status/1957278737990303825

Leek Duck 🦆🤝👖 (@LeekDuck)

Starting with the Pokémon GO Fest: Max Finale, the maximum lobby size will be increased from 40 Trainers to 100 Trainers against a Gigantamax Pokémon or Eternamax Eternatus.

This change will apply worldwide and will remain in effect after the conclusion of the event.

X · Aug 18, 2025, 3:09 AM

[runic socket]

Lowkey this kinda sucks cause there’s definitely not over 100 players in my town 😭

Wonder if pokegenie will post any of these

[fossil basin]

Shiny dmax grookey found https://www.rxddit.com/r/pokemongo/comments/1mt7c7b/shiny_grookey_release/

[runic socket]

Ooo

[restive turtle]

it is done

[fossil basin]

https://fxtwitter.com/itsaxn/status/1957206639024734671

AXN (@ItsAXN)

They didn't tell me to bring a jacket

Quoting Rob - DancingRob (@RobDancing)
︀
Four times World Champ Difference in the picture!
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︀︀@ItsAXN @PYekai0904 @_Beelzeboy

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FxTwitter · Aug 17, 2025, 10:23 PM

https://fxtwitter.com/itsaxn/status/1957281605623669157

AXN (@ItsAXN)

Rewards for eternatus raids aren't bad

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FxTwitter · Aug 18, 2025, 3:21 AM

[restive turtle]

this is still over 100 battles if you get 50-60 XL each time to get enough for lvl 50 after accounting for the XL candy you get from the deluxe pass

i do not know what the exact range is

im not gonna power mine up if the IVs aren't remotely good

[fossil basin]

Welp https://twitter.com/ciaishikawaboy/status/1957299926108610608

ISHIKAWABOY🇯🇵@Team🩲Captain (@CIAISHIKAWABOY)

ワロタ

X · Aug 18, 2025, 4:34 AM

@fervent pewter

Oh dear sorry ghost ping

@trail cloak ^

[quiet kite]

ridiculous the amount theyre charging for Max Finale Go Pass Deluxe

[grand canopy]

[quiet kite]

a one-week battle pass lmao

honestly has me thinking of retiring from Go, except when they drop exclusive shinies

[grand canopy]

dunno if we got confirmation yet but bg is possible on 1* max raids as well

[plucky sky]

I just spent $100 on a skin in another game last night, so a $15 BP is kinda ez for me to justify. But I know that's not the norm and everyone has different comfort levels with spending in games

[loud gull]

So they get to battle it but not catch it.

[quiet kite]

$10 what? USD?

also did you really need to ping me for this??

[plucky sky]

Honestly I think the eternatus BP is a better deal than the monthly ones unless you plan to never use them

[plucky sky]

I don't manually turn off pings for anyone. It wasn't an active decision

[quiet kite]

you should when replying to me

please

[plucky sky]

[quiet kite]

also, what currency are you talking about?

[plucky sky]

Ok Ill try to remember going forward

I meant $15 USD

Not $10

Typo

At least thats what it is in the online store

I havent checked in game

[grand canopy]

im currently waitin for my fren to come online

[plucky sky]

Ngl, I haven't done raids at all since crown form doggos. I'm excited for the gigantimax mons I missed, followed by Eternatus candy farm

[grand canopy]

do some magic

im going all in for latias

[plucky sky]

I definitely want a decent Gmax gengar and gmax charizard since I missed those originally before remotes were a thing

[grand canopy]

yeah gmax zard would be nice

[plucky sky]

I'm also finally gonna get the 3 roaming dogs through remote dmax battles (entei, suicune, raiku) I still need for shiny Celebi research/platinum johto badge

[grand canopy]

[plucky sky]

[unborn garden]

I got a caterpie with it

[grand canopy]

should def get a shiny wooloo w that background

[unborn garden]

ooo yeah that would be awesome

a shiny raikou with it

[grand canopy]

the johto dogs get 3 days

kanto birds and latinas only get 1 day each

[unborn garden]

I wont be able to go out for them at all 😔

[grand canopy]

i already saw a shundo bg latias on reddit

totally not jealous

[unborn garden]

Damnnn

[unborn garden]

Not at all

[fervent pewter]

quitting pogo over a battle pass is kinda wild, its really a nonfactor to power up eternatus

equivalent to me saying i quitting over not having max zygarde

[plucky sky]

Its like if I quit Pogo because I never touch pvp. Not every part of a game needs to be catered to you or will be something you enjoy. Its about finding that balance. I don't touch pvp, but I still have fun in pogo by doing all the other stuff I actually find fun. Some people love pvp and hate pve

[fervent pewter]

and people are expecting to cram all the eternatus candy into one event

like its gonna be back...

they just always have to milk the spenders before trickling it down to us plebs

[plucky sky]

[fervent pewter]

i gotta go raid the dogs today 🔥

[grand canopy]

nuh uh, latias or nuffin

although i need to raid like 10 more zama as well

[fervent pewter]

i still need a hundo of either

but i do want the shiny latias still

and gmax zard

[grand canopy]

thats not gonna happen

just keep in mind latias is only here today, dogs are here the entire week

[woeful pulsar]

I have like 2k rare candy stocked and none of that is going into etern

[fervent pewter]

def not worth

[runic socket]

So 10am is when this event kicks off today?

I saw something about Necrozma raids too

[plucky sky]

That's next week, after Finale stuff

August 25th to September 2nd

[fervent pewter]

the event stars formally today at 10am local yes

but the dynamax latis for example start at 9am

and zacian-zama when raids go live each day so like 6 am? idek

[quiet kite]

im just not a fan of this level of monetization, for this kind of content

[fervent pewter]

but its completely optional and you really arent missing out on much if any gameplay 🤔

[quiet kite]

now I know people are going to reply saying "oh but other mobile games are worse" fine, but I dont play other mobile games

or "its not that much to me" ok fine, it is to me

[fervent pewter]

lol they do like to make that jump

but i look at it from gameplay loop perspective

you can still play and get your eternatus 🙁

[runic socket]

I think it’s absolutely mental we need so many candies to level eternatus 😭

[fervent pewter]

i dont even see the option for buying my eternatus ticket yet but its still not live for me 🤔

[quiet kite]

or "its not necessary just skip it" ok well I dont want to skip it, I want to max out my Eternatus, and Im not happy that theyre dangling this expensive bullshit shortcut in my face

[plucky sky]

I've learned not to say that, but it really is up to each individual. We all have different thresholds and comfort levels with this stuff, and different levels of experience

Oops sorry, I didnt mean to tag

Its such an instinct to just hit send

[quiet kite]

you got lucky this time because I was already in this chat. no ping lol

[plucky sky]

I will seriously try to not do it in the future.

[fervent pewter]

i mean maybe you should just quit then 🤔

this game has always been heavily monetized and its definitely not changing...

[quiet kite]

its ¥2100 for the base pass in my region. for reference, a decent lunch is ¥800, or a bottle of soda is ¥140

its a lot

[plucky sky]

Yeah currency conversions make everything weird

[fervent pewter]

beggars cant be choosers

where is bgoproton when we need him

[plucky sky]

Mods

[grand canopy]

they'll most likely rerun the darkest day event, maybe turn it into a weekend event every year

[quiet kite]

the weak yen is killing me

[fervent pewter]

they have full custom assets

def coming back

[fervent pewter]

freelance in USD?

[grand canopy]

do we know anything about the shiny galar starters btw? did they fix those or are they only available via the pass encounter or wats happening

[fervent pewter]

my japanese teacher must make a killing getting paid in USD living in naru

[plucky sky]

I actually play some games where people here in the US use vpns on the top up websites to go to Japan and pay in yen instead of usd for that reason

[grand canopy]

[fervent pewter]

you used to be able to do that in pogo 😅

used hehe

[grand canopy]

we dont do that

absolutely not

[fervent pewter]

that's where we got the meme turkish prince

[grand canopy]

[quiet kite]

honestly? respect

[fervent pewter]

ppl were using lira to get 10k pokemon coins for like nothing

[plucky sky]

Yeah, I've heard they've changed the pogo top up website security stuff a lot to prevent that stuff. But pretty sure its against ToS anyway, so we definitely wouldn't do it

[quiet kite]

lemme get a Darkest Day pass in Iraqi Dinar pls

[fervent pewter]

surely its patched

and you cant still do that if u wanted

[plucky sky]

Like hoyoverse games (genshin impact, honkai star rail, etc) all use a top up website that lets you do the yen stuff. And they don't seem to care. On the other hand, Niantic has specifically gone out of their way to prevent that stuff

[fervent pewter]

though im on iOS so if youre on android def dont look it up

[grand canopy]

ios is super easy 😭

[quiet kite]

thats shocking, youd think a Chinese company would have that shit on lock

[fervent pewter]

yes but i just dont know how androids work lol

so cant speak to them

i downloaded pokemon unite and talk abt an overloaded game

theres like 20 event tabs

[plucky sky]

Yeah, 100%. But maybe they're just making so much money anyway? Lol. I don't know why it's not a priority for them

[quiet kite]

id rather unite my forehead with a cinder block than play that game

[plucky sky]

I havent tried the other mobile pokemon games besides pogo and tcg pocket

[fervent pewter]

i play league of legends so unite is like playing with babies...

[plucky sky]

I know people who play unite and also masters ex

[fervent pewter]

yea i dont get masters ex at all

[plucky sky]

I guess different strokes for different folks

[fervent pewter]

you like collect trainers or smth lol

[plucky sky]

[fervent pewter]

tcg pocket is lit tho

[quiet kite]

being back Magikarp Jump

[quiet kite]

like Fate but with trainers

[fervent pewter]

hmm not familiar

[grand canopy]

i just ask friend to help me when it comes to the pogo things

help as in financial advice obviously

[fervent pewter]

dang the pass doesnt boost shiny latias ofc

still gonna get it but that was good to read before going into it

[grand canopy]

yep, only 1-4*

whatever a 4* dmax raid is

[quiet kite]

ridiculous for what youre paying

at that price it should give shiny Eternatus lol

[fervent pewter]

USD 👍

[quiet kite]

I need a homie in Argentina to hook me up

[grand canopy]

[fervent pewter]

its quite good value too

so many particles

[grand canopy]

😭

[fervent pewter]

nah thats a good one

[grand canopy]

first encounter from the pass

[woeful pulsar]

i've currently overstacked particles so i'm sitting on 3.1k for the weekdn

plus have particles to claim from pass and quests

[fervent pewter]

im at 2500 but dont have to do as many eternatus as i thought

[grand canopy]

i'll prob do zero

[fervent pewter]

ill get it to 40 at least

shouldnt be too many extra raids

[woeful pulsar]

the raids don't give as much candy as i was hoping

[grand canopy]

the deluxe pass does that no?

[fervent pewter]

38.5

[grand canopy]

oh damn

[fervent pewter]

so 1770 more candy

[grand canopy]

i just saw the 1.7k candy 😭

[woeful pulsar]

[grand canopy]

time for another latias raid

[grand canopy]

wanna join my latias raid?

[fervent pewter]

no remotes

[grand canopy]

i cant use my moms account if i have to invite randoms

[fringe folio]

I want to do zacian and zamazenta so badly but my pokemon suck at dealing with both fairy and fighting types 😭

and don’t even get me started on latias and latios dens

[fervent pewter]

need to get that team of metagross

[grand canopy]

got a stinker on both accounts 😭

got the background but who wants that if it isnt shiny

[fringe folio]

I only have one so far, it’s good but I could have more

and I only have enough to make another one, which would be decent unless I invest the extra candies

[fringe folio]

what’s a good app to post raids on

[unborn garden]

I use raid party

[grand canopy]

time to pick a new best buddy

[fringe folio]

me jealous TwT

[restive turtle]

groudon

primal energy

[gaunt horizon]

Why is the sky purple?

[modest totem]

One away…..

[restive turtle]

oh hi

[restive turtle]

i dropped my red 40 dye

[glad niche]

Wow
A lot of walking

[glad rover]

Does the new pass only get points from raids?

[grand canopy]

yes

[glad rover]

Dang, making Eternatus grinding more difficult

[sharp finch]

Making you pay money for a legendary

Makes me feel bad for rural and ftp players

[glad rover]

Also people have jobs so devoting an entire week to this pass for raids is kinda strange

[gaunt horizon]

Oh, it's like the Darkest Day

I thought it was gonna be like Legends Arceus when the sky turns red

I think we already had a Space Time Distortion event though

[lone scarab]

I'd rather not have an event where the sky changes colour anytime soon lol

The distortion sky makes it very very hard to see what's going on when it's bright out lol, just too dim

I feel like they toned it back from the first run but it was a yikes

[modest totem]

The amount of candies are insane

[grand canopy]

that helmet is prob gonna be real ugly

[craggy venture]

I don't need the helmet, I'm there for the candies only

[grand canopy]

[grand canopy]

ye the candy is nice

https://www.reddit.com/r/TheSilphRoad/s/hqBzUYjFgl

[glad niche]

Amazing

[grand canopy]

@fervent pewter lemme know if you do a few latias

[grand canopy]

@fervent pewter LETS GOOO

[glad niche]

Nice

[obtuse ermine]

Does anyone know if the dynamax raids can only be from your friends list? Not sure if there's a way to invite randoms

[woeful pulsar]

can't remote invite randoms

[obtuse ermine]

Damn ty

[sharp finch]

Gotta love the fact that through raid hosting services, a lot of people lie

Get in a lobby that says your members are level 40s and 50s but they lie

They are 30 and below

So in other words I lost a remote raid pass I grinded for

[runic socket]

You using poke genie for raids? I usually have good success with that and the people in lobbies

Granted I’m right there at level 37 so 😭 still doing the level 40 grind

[fervent pewter]

lol i get the worst ppl on pokegeine

i had ppl using tangela against shadow kyogre

[plucky sky]

Its always a tossup. Sometimes you get a good lobby, sometimes you don't unfortunately

I get the level 30 people using a level 1 Sobble, level 1 Wooloo, and level 1 Skovet against a Gigantamax Rillaboom....and then I get good lobbies.

It can go both ways

[forest saffron]

Does anyone know what the max finale premium pass boosted shiny odds are

[plucky sky]

I don't think they tell us the rates, and I doubt there is enough crowd sourced data to even estimate for this specifically

[sharp finch]

Dude I did 1 Latios and these people were using pokemon weak to it

I was literally the last alive by the first dynamax turn

And yet I managed to get it down to half health by myself

[runic socket]

I feel bad since I have no good dmax mons yet so I don’t join the raids 😂 my friends helped carry me through the latios one

[woeful pulsar]

eternatus is gonna be the new wooloo

[runic socket]

Wym by that what’s wrong with wooloo

[plucky sky]

Its fine as long as you aren't intentionally throwing. Like a low-mid level Intellion vs Cinderace is still sooo much better than the level 1 grooky people bring to grief

[runic socket]

Yeah I did my best to level what I had I have the latios now and plan on crowning one of my zacians. Just need a chansey/blissey so I can start working on that

I can’t imagine showing up with level 1 mons for those things 😭

[plucky sky]

Yeah you can honestly contribute more value to the max battle than most other people just by having a leveled dmax Blissey

The healing is huge

Since it heals the whole team

[runic socket]

Gonna walk around tomorrow and see if I can find any chansey raids. I heard they’re goated

[plucky sky]

Max heal scales off the hp stat of the pokemon doing the healing, and it heals other player's pokemons too. So a Blissey, which naturally has super high hp, is the perfect candidate for that. A Blissey with a few hundred hp can heal most other mons of other players (usually the actual dps that do the damage to win) to full hp or close to it in 1 max move burst

[runic socket]

What else do healers/tanks bring to those raids besides blissey? Or could you theoretically just have an entire team of blissey?

[plucky sky]

You could bring multiple Blissey or bring 2 dps as well just in case

Or like Zama for tanking

[runic socket]

Never enjoyed doing DPS but I do like healer/tank classes

I see

[plucky sky]

And you actually dont want to use Blissey's charged move. You just spam the fast move instead because it generates more max energy for the team without downtime

Most max mons actually dont use their charged move

Especially because most of the damage comes from the max move

[runic socket]

Yeah that’s what my one friend told me about blissey spam I mean

[plucky sky]

Yeah, energy is king

You want to get back into the max phase asap

[runic socket]

Next time I raid I plan to do more spam and no charge moves

Has anyone ever done gmax raids on poke genie? How does that work? It’ll group you with multiple groups of 4, right?

Was planning on catching gmaxes during the weekend

[plucky sky]

Yeah, they match you with like 11-21+ other people and the host invites you all

It works fairly well. I did the gmax starters on there

[runic socket]

Oh nice to know

[fervent pewter]

two blissey is likely overkill

i dont even use the one most of the time

healing is kinda mid, it def has its use cases but most of the time you cant even heal the good targets bc everyone is swapping to their healthy dps

it has use cases but i wouldnt invest in a blissey if you are short on dust

[fervent pewter]

and yea +1 to it works well

also how tf is your name two tone?

[runic socket]

It’s a role in this server

And yea I’m always short on dust these days

[quiet kite]

every raid I do is Zama/Blissey/(supereffective Max Attack)

[runic socket]

So is zama better than zacian for d max raids?

[fervent pewter]

nah its a good tank tho

happens to be the best tank

[runic socket]

I’ve been farming the crap out of these doggos since I missed all their other appearances 😭

[fervent pewter]

the crowned forms are coming back so can wait to go hard on those 🤔

[plucky sky]

Yeah everyone has a different strategy or different playstyles, but I find that newer players who can't contribute much damage often can offer more to the team with a Blissey with way less investment. If you have the right counters, then yeah that's ideal.

Zama is the best tank, Blissey is the best healer, And the counter dps depends on the raid. Which roles you bring depends on you though

Some people want 2 tanks and a healer, some want 2 healers. Some go full 3 dps

It really depends

Honestly, as long as you're not griefing the group with level 1 Wooloo comps, and are actually trying, I dont care what someone else brings

[runic socket]

Bruh someone brought those exact mons to my last zacian raid 😭 a lil grookey and a nidoran LMAO

[weary gorge]

Doing that route thing 7 days does nothing

Good to know lmao

[fossil basin]

Stats mid but do i care no

https://www.rxddit.com/r/pokemongo/comments/1mu3yqh/eternatus_maxxed_to_l50_is_not_worth_it_change_my/

[modest totem]

What?? How they catching the kanto birds rn

Nvm

[fossil basin]

Yeah the max battles lol

https://www.rxddit.com/r/pokemongo/comments/1mu4nqu/psa_false_strike_warning_for_ios_26_public_beta/

[grand canopy]

hard to believe articuno and latias are both 5* raids when articuno is so easy 😭

[unborn garden]

Easier typing and wayyyyy squishier

[trail cloak]

Should have roughly the same bulk (with no good Rock Max mons yet), it's just easier to tank Articuno's moves than Latias's

[quiet kite]

I was looking at Moltres max battles today like 😭

[grand canopy]

articuno was similar to 4* toxtricity tbh i dont mind tho, easy raid is pretty nice

[quiet kite]

Coalossal where ya at

[grand canopy]

i'll try zapdos soon, thats prob the hardest of the kanto birds

[unborn garden]

A good zama can tank latias pretty easy from what Ive seen

[grand canopy]

ye this is pretty easy

i love gmax gengar

although zap cannon ohko'd my moms zama w 3 shields, is only like lvl30 tho

[glad niche]

Might try one but then again I have a high chance of losing

[unborn garden]

inv 3 people and youve pretty much got it

if they join aha

[glad niche]

I know for a fact that nobody is gonna join remotely

[unborn garden]

try a hosting app

[grand canopy]

why the heck does it cost 800 particles to fight toxtricity

[plucky sky]

Its kinda funny that not a single person in the comments on the same ios version has had the same issue. I always find the "I didnt cheat, I swear. This is a false ban" posts suspicious in every game, since 90% of the time, they did cheat. But I genuinely have no idea if they did or not definitely skeptical though

Wouldn't put it past Niantic, but also wouldn't be surprised at all if they did cheat

[plucky sky]

Because its toxic

[grand canopy]

[plucky sky]

[grand canopy]

costs the same as the legends

isnt fair

[plucky sky]

We lack particles

I honestly wish the particle storage limit was just higher

[grand canopy]

they shouldve gives us more particles considering this entire event is just dynamax raid week

[plucky sky]

So we could save up more

[plucky sky]

Yeah fr

They expect people to spend coins on both particles and remote raids passes though

[grand canopy]

i used like 10k particles yesterday on latias 😭

[plucky sky]

So they make double the money

[grand canopy]

yeah but thats so annoying

havent lost a single raid tho, even with pokegenie fellas

[quiet kite]

yeah I never believe those people

especially on reddit. its an easy way for people to farm attention

[fervent pewter]

ofc there are false flags but yes 99% of these are ppl with actual bad accts 😂

[plucky sky]

Yeah its always gonna be impossible to know. Not like we can check their logs. But I'm always skeptical because of how many people have been proven to be lying about it in the past

[quiet kite]

"hey guys watch out" is like, prime Reddit bait

[grand canopy]

just sayin, a @raid ping wouldve been pretty sweet for this event

[sharp finch]

I mean I have been false warned randomly. I think it was because of the flight I went on and how frequent they were.

I get how that can be confused for spoofing

Then again, why spoof to a random part of Rhode Island

[craggy venture]

Mhm

[rugged wing]

I have all 3 galar starters with their attacking moves lv 2-3, is it worth leveling up guard or spirit? If so which one?

[woeful pulsar]

generally you don't want to be fielding them during non max phases, you want a tank like blissey/zamazenta/snorlax to have max guard/spirit. and you just switch to your attacker for max phases

i've not bothered with guard/spirit on attackers

[runic socket]

Yall think I should wait for the weekend for gmaxes instead of investing in the galar starters right now? I did evolve a scorbunny to cinderace and leveled to like 2000~ CP but I don’t wanna sink all my resources in it

[grand canopy]

yeah i wouldnt put candy/dust in the regular/dmax galar starters

the gmax ones are just way better

i mean if you cant do the gmax raids on the weekend the dmax ones are still good

[fervent pewter]

the regular ones are pretty much useless w the gmax ones available

[runic socket]

I’m gonna do the raids on poke genie hopefully. I just needed a few things leveled so I have something to fight with during those gmax raids

[fervent pewter]

im doing birds today w a group of 3

[runic socket]

Like I don’t wanna leech if I can help

[fervent pewter]

why couldnt i have that for latias

[grand canopy]

i was waiting for your ping to join raids

[fervent pewter]

i wouldnt even waste the resources, i doubt its make or break

[fervent pewter]

didnt get to play yesterday

[grand canopy]

[runic socket]

I’ll prob chill with what I have now and save resources for the big stuff I did level my latios

[fervent pewter]

need my eternatus candy

crown forms and gmax are so standout

that everything else pretty meh

def do gmax gengar

[grand canopy]

what are like must have gmax mons

[fervent pewter]

galar starters, gengar are the big standouts 🤔

[grand canopy]

galar starters cant be shiny so i'll do those whenever we get the shiny

isnt machamp pretty good

[fervent pewter]

yea idk if fighting is tho 🤔

def for things like chansey and stuff

oh yea its good

[runic socket]

I need a blissey and a gmax gengar still

[fervent pewter]

zard is the last one ill name drop

[grand canopy]

oh yeah zard my beloved

[fervent pewter]

very good too think cinder is barely better,but zard can be shiny 👀

[grand canopy]

and has 2 megas

[fervent pewter]

excadrill is also really good one to get and budget friendly

[grand canopy]

i really like shiny gmax venu but its not that useful

[runic socket]

Oh I have a drillbur I’ll catch some more for better IVs

[fervent pewter]

they are the only thing ive powered up really 😂

[grand canopy]

gimme that metagross

[fervent pewter]

its a 12 11 10

[grand canopy]

perfect for a lucky trade

[runic socket]

Gimmie your shiny excadrill

[fervent pewter]

do you want bird invites or passing on them?

[grand canopy]

i'll pass

saving coins for either gmax or eternatus i think

[sharp finch]

Dude yall are getting cool shiny dynamax ones while I'm sitting on a shiny greedent and butterfree

[fervent pewter]

good call

[runic socket]

Only shiny dynamax I have right now is my latios

[fervent pewter]

just doing em cuz i got asked to play irl on the rare occasion

they just need my counters

[sharp finch]

To be fair, the butterflies is GMAX so..

[fervent pewter]

yea i would want that

i got shiny gmax lapras too

[sharp finch]

But it's 12/11/10

[fervent pewter]

hoping to get the shiny gengar

[runic socket]

So the galar starter gmaxes can’t be shiny then?

[sharp finch]

Yep

Pretty sure

[runic socket]

Man that’s kinda a bummer

[fervent pewter]

its why ill be passing on them this tjme

[sharp finch]

Only reason the starters themselves are available shiny is probably because of a bug

Because it wasn't revealed that they would be shiny during the event

Though it would have been nice

Also did get the premium pass, only for the candies

[grand canopy]

[runic socket]

Gimmie your latias

[grand canopy]

heck no

[runic socket]

[grand canopy]

i spent like 8k or 10k particles on that yesterday 😭

you can have the gastly tho if global trading ever becomes a thing

already have the gmax

[runic socket]

How about the wooloo

Bruh I’ve caught so many wooloo and still haven’t seen a shiny

[grand canopy]

im a wooloo expert

[runic socket]

Omg there was an event wooloo?

[supple scarab]

Got some remote passes if anyone is raiding 🐦 🐦‍🔥

[grand canopy]

i think @fervent pewter is doing some bird raids

[grand canopy]

yep, was only available via incense tho

[fervent pewter]

ye ill be doing some birds

[supple scarab]

Please could I join in some?

Tried hosting Zapdos but ancient power mutilated everything I had

[fervent pewter]

sure i can ping you

[supple scarab]

🙏

[weary gorge]

I see some Zacian raids

But i guess those don't give energy?

[grand canopy]

only if its the crowned form

regular zacian/zama raids dont gibe energy

[weary gorge]

I saw them crowned

[grand canopy]

ye those give energy

[weary gorge]

But maybe my eyes were making fun of me

I'm gonna double check

[grand canopy]

i think theres some raid hour thingy going on before the weekend

and weekend is just crowned forms

i have to buy particles again

[glossy sapphire]

y'all how do i get more remote passes?

[devout shell]

you buy them

[glossy sapphire]

a

that's a shame

[glad niche]

Or you could get lucky with your research breakthrough

[glossy sapphire]

that's the daily one, rite?

[glad niche]

You get it weekly

[glossy sapphire]

i meant the daily progression, sorry

[plucky sky]

Yeah the daily progress that results in a reward after 7 days. It has the low low chance to give a remote pass, but I wouldn't rely on that

[lone scarab]

I think this might be the worst designed event in pokemon go history lol

Just so many inconveniences

[frozen badge]

Right>

?

[lone scarab]

Max raids were so fun at release they've really ruined it imo

[frozen badge]

How so?

Personally it's nbd for me, but yeah

[lone scarab]

When it first came out ya had to start with weak mons to fight weak mons, so ya got to deal with a new form of progression

Now it's just like oh yeah gmax raids take 20+ people and legendaries require a coordinated 4 man effort and the mons that aren't gmax or legendaries aren't particularly good so yeah good luck

I miss the excitement of soloing a beldum or a falinks for the first time :(

Eternatus feels like it should've come out years from now

[grand canopy]

they released the good gmax mons like gengar/tox and especially crowned zacian/zama too early

i wouldve loved gmax eevee/pika as the first gmax mons

not that i could've gotten those but

i still like dmax raids tho, latias was fun

[lone scarab]

I do like the legends more than gmax they're actually feasible with a friend or 2 when they've got good counters and that's a fun day out

But like even zapdos still has no counters lol, all the ice or rock types besides cryogonal (which sucks) are weak to electric lol

[grand canopy]

gmax is just tapping simulator

[lone scarab]

Oh sorry, fuckin shuckle exists

[woeful pulsar]

this looks so derpy lmaoooo

[fervent pewter]

one of the lamest megas lol

(aesthetically)

https://tenor.com/view/pokemons-megaevolution-mega-pokemon-megametagross-gif-18658585

soon™

[grand canopy]

was hoping we'd get the shark

[lone scarab]

I feel like mega gyarados exists so that nobody ever thinks about mega sharpedo lol

[fervent pewter]

sharpedo is lit

but i think they holding out for camel?

[grand canopy]

the can do the camel the week after

drop metagross end of next season

[lone scarab]

yeah gotta hold out as long as possible they can't go introducing a strong water dark or ground fire mega to the game they'd be a little op

[frozen badge]

I woulda loved a Gmax eevee

I still want a Gmx eevee

I would do so many of those

[sharp finch]

A lot of megas are pretty lame

Lots of them hardly change

[grand canopy]

shark attack

[fervent pewter]

i like when they do it as raid days

i need xls !

[grand canopy]

also counts towards bisharp/kubfu evo requirements (mega gyarados raids as well)!

[grand canopy]

[glad niche]

How does that work?
Come on Scopely

[quiet kite]

even if this is real, people should know what they're vetting into when they decide to use beta firmware

do they not know what "beta" even means?

[fossil basin]

Me when i posted it a while ago

the first warning

Guess they did mention about it in the post

[fossil basin]

https://www.rxddit.com/r/TheSilphRoad/comments/1mv5u45/maximize_mp_collection_once_you_hit_level_20_go/

[supple scarab]

Anyone up for helping with Moltres? 🙏

[craggy venture]

Ehhh

I have everyone, but mew and mewtwo

[glad niche]

Pogo is saying necrozma is taking over for raid hour. I don't think it is

[fervent pewter]

yay a kanto event

i do need shiny mr mime tho lol

but its gonna be in eggs 🤦‍♂️

[queen torrent]

I thought I was crazy when I saw that notification lol

[grand canopy]

i hatched like 4 of those so far

the baby one

dont even know if mr mime can be shiny

[glad niche]

Take a guess

[grand canopy]

it can be shiny with 1/500 odds?

[glad niche]

Idk the odds but yes its shiny as is every gen 1, 2 and 3 mon

[sharp finch]

Why hasn't is reset?

It's been way longer than a day now

[sharp finch]

Ah

Thanks

[grand canopy]

[unborn garden]

Please shiny mew ticket

[runic socket]

I wish I had the zacian task. I have too many doggos

[craggy venture]

Same

[runic socket]

Gotta burn through all these premium passes I acquired over my time playing 😭

[craggy venture]

I have a lot of zaican, but less on zama

[runic socket]

I got an equal mix of both but moreso zacian

[sharp finch]

Dude, I've been getting lots of bird on the incense and none have been articuno

The game knows I want it

[runic socket]

I need to use my daily incense still

[woeful pulsar]

if you get a lv1 gbirb i call dibs

[runic socket]

Shi I don’t even have any birbs yet 😭

Can you catch multiple?

[craggy venture]

I have zero birbs unfortunately 😭

[woeful pulsar]

yeah just tiny spawn chance on daily incense at all times

[runic socket]

Inchresting

[grand canopy]

are any of the dmax johto beasts good/useable?

like i know theres the gmax but is suicune good as a tank for example?

[craggy venture]

I don't even know myself

[runic socket]

Idk I just know I want one

[grand canopy]

which one

[runic socket]

Entei

[grand canopy]

i think if all 3 stink i want suicune

[craggy venture]

I will try to get one of each, if not

Suicune

[runic socket]

I mean I wouldn’t complain about a suicune either

[grand canopy]

entei is also really cool, thats true

[plucky sky]

Yeah, gonna try for 1 of each for the Johto Platinum medal so I can finally move on from step 1 of the Shiny Celebi research after like a year

[craggy venture]

I'm missing...uhhhhh

Magby?

[runic socket]

I’m still trying to get my shiny mew 😭 only 3 more levels

[plucky sky]

Yeah, just the dogs for me

[plucky sky]

Shiny Mew research rerun when

Id pay for that 100%

[craggy venture]

I nearly completed gen 1-6

And hisui

[runic socket]

Honestly they should do a rerun, they’d prob make a lot of money from it

[craggy venture]

Agreed

[runic socket]

As long as I can double dip

[sharp finch]

Dude u have gotten 2 birds on every incense for a week now

No shiny, no articuno

Trying to get me to use my master ball so then when I finally do use it, it's going to appear afterwards

Like it did last time

[runic socket]

Can they flee even if they’re shiny?

[plucky sky]

Afaik, no. But they are still super hard to catch. I've heard people will throw like 50+ ultra balls at them. Never seen a shiny bird myself though

[runic socket]

Man wtf 😭

[lone scarab]

yeah they can't run but if you get soft banned or your game crashes or you fat finger the run button after spending 10 mins catching the thing, could disappear

I spent probably like 5mins trying to catch my moltres and even that was stressful af

[modest totem]

🤦‍♂️

[craggy venture]

Oof

[restive halo]

do g birds have increased spawns rn?

[grand canopy]

no

[modest totem]

What’s the strongest dynamax or gigantamax pokemon I could solo? I got max mushroom and no adventure effects

[trail cloak]

Definitely no Gigantamax mons, probably no Dyna legendaries.

[grand canopy]

shuckle

[trail cloak]

Toxtricity with Excadrill is probably the limit

[modest totem]

alr

also how did he catch an entei??

[glad niche]

Dynamax raids

[modest totem]

oh i didnt know they were in rotation

[glad niche]

They most likely are in areas where it is now Thursday

Seeing as it was the birds yesterday and today

[fossil basin]

Yeah the cats and dogs are running wild where i am rn

[sharp finch]

I went to ultra league for one battle and the guy lead eternatus

😐

[runic socket]

I finally have a collection of dmax chansey

I should just focus on leveling the healing move for my blissey right?

[plucky sky]

Max Heal > Level > everything else

Level raises hp so that helps with healing

Max Heal is the most important aspect though, yeah

[woeful pulsar]

I generally find I don't end up ever maxing with blissey. So all I did was pump 2 of them to 40 for bulk

[runic socket]

Good to know I’ll focus on leveling the healing move first then. Got it to level 1 at least

I’ll prob go hunt more chansey tomorrow

[runic socket]

So when you leave Pokémon in power spots, is the max amount of candies they can collect there 5?

[lone scarab]

Yeah same, it can be good to heal things up but unless you're irl with people and can coordinate when to heal, most people aren't charging energy with their attackers so theyre at full health when maxing

It's really satisfying when you like full heal someone's zacian tho lol

[fossil basin]

https://twitter.com/pokemongoapp/status/1958212535271723439

Pokémon GO (@PokemonGoApp)

Mega Gyarados makes a splash as it arrives for a Raid Day in Pokémon GO!

If you’re lucky, you may encounter a Shiny one. ✨

https://t.co/gsFJexknuf

X · Aug 20, 2025, 5:00 PM

Hahahaha https://twitter.com/mattyoukhana_/status/1958212886905430110

Matt (@mattyoukhana_)

@PokemonGoApp Not only is it a repeat event, but you couldn't be bothered to get a unique image for it, or make an infographic lmao

X · Aug 20, 2025, 5:01 PM

[fossil basin]

?!?!?!?! https://fxtwitter.com/thepokemodgroup/status/1958341940686233740

The Pokemod Group (@thepokemodgroup)

Let’s continue the datamine - we’ve got quite a bit about remote trades, weekly party play, and Best Friends Plus.
︀︀
︀︀To start:
︀︀The Best Friends+ tutorial screen will have two parts.
︀︀Remote trades will only be allowed for Best Friends+.
︀︀
︀︀pokemod.dev
︀︀#Datamine #PokemonGO

Quoting The Pokemod Group (@thepokemodgroup)
︀
Several new tutorials have been added:
︀︀
︀︀WEEKLY_CHALLENGE_TUTORIAL
︀︀BEST_FRIENDS_PLUS_TUTORIAL
︀︀REMOTE_TRADE_TUTORIAL
︀︀REMOTE_TRADE_TAG_TUTORIAL
︀︀REMOTE_TRADE_LONG_PRESS_TUTORIAL
︀︀REMOTE_TRADE_TAG_POPUP_TUTORIAL
︀︀
…

FxTwitter · Aug 21, 2025, 1:34 AM

[grand canopy]

i love tutorials

[grand canopy]

got a lucky trade w my mom, do i take the shiny SR palkia?

otherwise theres purified shiny kyogre

[runic socket]

Yall think this one would be worth crowning? it’s my best shiny one

Still no hundo one

[grand canopy]

absolutely

i crowned my 15/14/15 non-shiny from 2022 because i didnt get hundo or a 15atk shiny

[runic socket]

I’ve been farming these doggos tonight for the sword energy 😭 I got this one from one of the crowned battles

Gathering that sword energy sucks big time

[grand canopy]

thats a really really good one

[runic socket]

Ty I don’t wanna farm this energy again lmao, so I want to make sure it goes to the best doggo

[plucky sky]

Honestly any 3 star is good enough imo. Shiny 3 star and I'm happy

So yeah, I think thats more than good to use

[runic socket]

Thanks yall I’ll crown it as soon as I have the energy

[fossil basin]

FOR THOSE WHO GET ZACIAN RAID HOUR LATER PLS BE CAREFUL! only local raid hour time gives it apparently https://www.reddit.com/r/pokemongo/comments/1mw40fh/psa_from_nz_crowned_zacian_not_giving_any_crowned/

[runic socket]

Oh wow that’s wack

[fervent pewter]

probably just for nz itll get fixed in next 12 hours

[loud gull]

So far the best pokemon I can think of is excadrill against Eternatus

[plucky sky]

Yeah I feel like that's the usual lol. NZ and other early timezone locations get the bug, and its fixed by the time it reaches the rest of the world. If it isnt, we get compensation

[fervent pewter]

yep our little guinea pigs

[loud gull]

Yikes I feel bad

[quiet kite]

Latios too

[bleak skiff]

Yeah Im NZ and im waiting on the dialga compensation haha

[quiet kite]

yeah I need it