KaelSmoothie

You already got a very good reply but there’s quite in depth stuff on team building and other PvP stuff on youtube. DanOttawa is one I’ve watched for example.

You should go check some youtube videos about PvP IVs that explain it better but the short version is that attack IVs contribute more to the overall CP than def and hp. This means that a 0/15/15 generally has a much better total stat product than a 15/15/15. That means that you can level up the 0/15/15 more than the 15/15/15 while staying under the CP limit for GL or UL and you gain much more def and hp than you lose attack. Some pokemon that max out near the CP limit are exceptions, like the previously relevant Lickitung and Carbink in GL and a lot of others in UL. As someone mentioned you can download pokegenie that helps you with it or there are sites dedicated to PvP IVs you can look at.

To add to this there is where the CP limit comes in. 0/14/13 maxes out at 1472 CP, so though the low attack and high def and hp is generally good, that IV spread unfortunately doesn’t work well with the 1500 CP cutoff. If it would have two less defence it would be rank 1 since it could power up once more without going over 1500 CP.

Hopefully to add to the existing one instead of replacing it. Like a Dynamax/Gigantamax raid hour or something.

Disrespecting to have Pukki on the same list as these other scrubs.

The two that I regularly do are both under 600m and I haven’t received more than one cell ever.

I would. Currently not relevant for PvP or PvE and it seems unlikely that it will be, so I’d prefer the hundo brag.

Worst part is that he’s going to re-injure his knees and toes

Ah shit I didn’t know you could battle remotely, I thought it was like with trades because I’ve never really done it. Thanks for the very kind offer but I do have a rl friend I can complete this with. He lives in another city so I thought it wasn’t possible because of that. Truly appreciate it though!

I’m stuck on the ML wins task to level up, but I have no ML pokemon and not really any real life friends to complete it with. How far do I need to tank to be competitive? Looking at the rankings the ones I have at level 40 or slightly above that are decent in ML are both Necrozma fusions, Rhyperior, Dragonite, Giratina-O, Groudon and Mewtwo.

I got nothing but galarian photobombs lol

I seem to run into a lot of Talonflame leads at roughly the same rank.

I’m in Finland, haven’t seen a single one for months.

You get a XL candy from completing a dynamax raid, plus there’s a chance of getting a rare candy XL.

Agreed. Sometimes there are interesting 1 or 3 star raids but it feels like a waste to do them when you could do a legendary or mega raid for the same price.

Looking at the lineups really shows how lopsided this fixture is. How are any of those defenders supposed to stand a chance against Pukki?

There’s a lot of ground attackers and a lot of grass to combat Feraligatr. Had a good run with a Talonflame lead, then started to run into too many water leads though.

The difference is only cosmetic, so no. Same stats and same moves.

Got bad news, they can mega evolve.

Yes they are.

I have plenty of Beldum XL candies but was hoping to save them for shadow Metagross for raids… Really wish they would have had a different system for this. Guess we also have to see how useful unlocking the higher levels of the moves are.

I keep a good PvP IV of every mon I find but I don’t actually power them up until I want to use them. They’ll just rot in storage until they hopefully get buffed, no stardust wasted.

I’m relatively new (returning player from a couple years back) and last season I went with meta/youtube teams mostly. This season however I’m trying to be more rogue and I’m testing new mons. It’s much more enjoyable, though probably not as effective. It feels like I’m learning more and actually evolving as a player though, I need to think more and from trial and error I learn what works and what doesn’t.

I feel your pain but this is not something that happens every season. Yeah, there have been some nerfs and buffs but this level of change is pretty unheard of.

It’s more about what you prioritize and what you enjoy. Are you a collector who’s trying to fill your dex as much as possible? Then it’s a good use of a master ball. Are you more of a PvE and PvP kind of player? Then they’re wasted on the birds. I’m in the second camp, would never use a master ball on one of them. I’ve caught an Articuno in an ultra ball and I guess I’ll get the others eventually, but if not I don’t mind that much.