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Sorry if I haven't been accepting invites to raids though may still invite others as I've literally ran out of remote raid passes and coins and don't want to have to purchase more coins when I can earn them by having pokemon in gyms up to 500 minutes per day when they get taken down from gyms as I'm in more of a suburban area where gyms don't turnover as much as they would in cities.
I have yet to find an unown raid as they're very hard to find apparently and would only do it if I don't yet already have that particular letter yet though it's tempting to do just for shinies. Since my storage is getting tight, I've been trying to transfer or trade off as much of the unwanted stuff I already have even fully evolved stuff from first generation that I expect to no longer use since they've been outclasses by later generations.
I have yet to find an unown raid as they're very hard to find apparently and would only do it if I don't yet already have that particular letter yet though it's tempting to do just for shinies. Since my storage is getting tight, I've been trying to transfer or trade off as much of the unwanted stuff I already have even fully evolved stuff from first generation that I expect to no longer use since they've been outclasses by later generations.
And the featured Pokemon on Community Days in September and October will be determined by a poll. The candidates are:
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- Charmander
- Caterpie
- Grimer
- Porygon
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So basically, they're hedging the bets to ensure Charmander gets at least one of them. Who would possibly want a Community Day for one of the most common Pokémon in the game already, or a two-stage literal crapmon? Porygon is the obvious choice here, but having the poll go for top 2 means Charmander is practically guaranteed to be featured.
I actually missed the two previous Community Days without noticing and without much grief. Gastly and Magikarp, meh. When the weather is right, every ordinary day is Magikarp Day anyway, and Gastly has all of October practically to itself. I really miss the days when Community Days featured interesting Pokémon and not bottom-of-the-barrel Gen I junk that spawns on every street corner already.
I actually missed the two previous Community Days without noticing and without much grief. Gastly and Magikarp, meh. When the weather is right, every ordinary day is Magikarp Day anyway, and Gastly has all of October practically to itself. I really miss the days when Community Days featured interesting Pokémon and not bottom-of-the-barrel Gen I junk that spawns on every street corner already.
I'll be on the lookout for Bouffalant here in the suburbs of Fairfield County in Connecticut as I'm getting reports from numerous friends they've encountered and caught it in the wild, hopefully nowhere as impossible to find as deino and company. While it's not as useful for raiding, it's definitely got regional pokedex purpose in the event I travel and trade with others.
Also, didn’t Charmander already have a community day as well? Regardless, with COVID, I have not played Go in Months, so I’m not missing out on much.
The thought that there might be a brigade from the Cowboy Hat Caterpie Crew scares me.
Additional info about the Community Day voting options.
Voting done over the official Twitter page from 01:00 UTC August 23rd to 01:00 UTC August 24th.
The vote winner gets the September 20th slot, while the runner up get the October 17th slot.
Charmander's CD move would be Dragon Breath.
Caterpie's CD move would be Hurricane.
Grimer/A-Grimer's CD move would be Fire Punch. A-Grimer would be available in raids that day.
Porygon's CD move would be the previously unreleased Tri Attack, which has a chance to drop the opponent's attack and defense.
Welp, looks like Porygon will take one of the months. That drop chance would give Porygon some major battling appeal.
The other three I can see being close. Muk gets a Steel counter, Charmander gets a quick Dragon move, and Caterpie gets one of the strongest Flying moves in the game.
Voting done over the official Twitter page from 01:00 UTC August 23rd to 01:00 UTC August 24th.
The vote winner gets the September 20th slot, while the runner up get the October 17th slot.
Charmander's CD move would be Dragon Breath.
Caterpie's CD move would be Hurricane.
Grimer/A-Grimer's CD move would be Fire Punch. A-Grimer would be available in raids that day.
Porygon's CD move would be the previously unreleased Tri Attack, which has a chance to drop the opponent's attack and defense.
Welp, looks like Porygon will take one of the months. That drop chance would give Porygon some major battling appeal.
The other three I can see being close. Muk gets a Steel counter, Charmander gets a quick Dragon move, and Caterpie gets one of the strongest Flying moves in the game.
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I think it will be Porygon and Charmander (for Mega CharX)
Heatran will be back in raids from August 21st, 1pm PDT to September 10th, 1pm PDT
A practice poll on the Pokemon Go twitter suggests that'll be the outcome.
Last I checked both porygon and charmander had large leads which would've been my 2 preferences anyways since porygon doesn't have a shiny version yet and charizard's move is best for PvP among these choices. Since this will be Charmander's 2nd community day appearance I wonder if it will get one move over the other when we traditionally do the final community day in December as a recap for all past community day pokemon.
With Heatran in raids, it makes me wonder that the best counter for Genesect gets its raids after it is most needed, so thanks Niantic for the after thought until Genesect may ever return in raids again.
With Heatran in raids, it makes me wonder that the best counter for Genesect gets its raids after it is most needed, so thanks Niantic for the after thought until Genesect may ever return in raids again.
Voting has ended. Porygon wins with 55.3% of the vote and Charmander finishes second with 36.6% of the vote. Porygon will be featured on September 20th and Charmander on October 17th.
So predictable :D
September events details are out.
Quick run-down:
Quick run-down:
- Research breakthrough reward: Alolan Raichu (shiny available)
- Legendary Raids
- August 21st, 1:00pm to September 10th, 1:00pm PDT: Heatran
- September 10th, 1:00pm to September 18th, 1:00pm PDT: Cresselia
- September 18th, 1:00pm to September 25th, 1:00pm PDT: Articuno
- September 25th, 1:00pm to October 2nd, 1:00pm PDT: Zapdos
- Spotlight Hours at 6:00pm local time every Tuesday
- September 1st: Eevee; double catch XP
- September 8th: Houndour; double catch Candy
- September 15th: Tentacool; double transfer Candy
- September 22nd: Spearow; double evolution XP
- September 29th: Skitty; double catch Stardust
- GO Battle Night: September 24th, 6:00pm to 11:59 local time. Double victory Stardust for winning battles, completing sets of battles, and ranking up in GO Battle League. Increased sets of battles from 5 to 20.
- Victini Special Research: end of September. Receive Victini if you don't have one, and get more candy if you already do.
- Jessie and James leave Pokémon GO on September 30th
Eevee? Can be in spotlights?!
Well, time to prepare... Eeh, it'll be hard since that's Glaceon Day and I'm doing art....
And here we go again with questionable research breakthrough content....
Well, time to prepare... Eeh, it'll be hard since that's Glaceon Day and I'm doing art....
And here we go again with questionable research breakthrough content....
I just caught a Weedle, and it suddenly says on its stat screen that it (or I?) has zero "Beedrill Mega Energy". Are Megas being implemented already?
EDIT: Going through the list of Mega-eligible Pokémon, the following 'mons seem to display their "Mega Energy" counter:
EDIT: Going through the list of Mega-eligible Pokémon, the following 'mons seem to display their "Mega Energy" counter:
- Venusaur (200 Mega Energy to evolve)
- Charizard (Same - only one button, which is interesting)
- Blastoise (Same)
- Beedrill (100 Mega Energy)
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Mega are in starting today ! Expect Raid 6* to gain some Mega Energy I guess ?
Official announcement about mega evolutions.
Quick rundown:
Quick rundown:
- Mega Energy, obtainable from Mega Raids, is required for Mega Evolution.
- The faster you defeat the Raid Boss, the more Mega Energy you'll receive.
- Venusaur, Charizard, Blastoise, and Beedrill can be mega evolved for now.
- The more you mega evolve a Pokemon, the less Mega Energy will be required for the next time you mega evolve that Pokemon.
- You can only have one mega evolved Pokemon at a time. Mega evolving another Pokemon will revert the first one back to its original form.
- Mega Pokedex available.
- You can battle (in raids, gyms, Team GO Rocket, friends) with your mega evolved Pokemon, and make it your buddy too.
- Mega evolution special research available now.
- Mega evolution-themed event in September:
- September 1st to September 7th: complete as many Mega Raids as possible.
- September 11th to September 17th: Participate in gym battles, Team GO Rocket battles, and battle your friends.
- September 22nd to September 28th: Become buddies with mega evolved Pokemon
Looks like I'll be prioritizing Mega Venusaur raids since I use Venusaur as a grass counter to Sierra when her lapras has a water fast move (use heatran when it has an ice fast move). Was almost going to mega evolve a beedrill just to test it out but got discourage when it indicated 4 hours it'd be like that. While the demand for these mega raids exceeds that of a possible shiny heatran as a most useful fire type (flamethrower > overheat in PvP/TR battles), I've been using those blastoise/charizard/venusaur as disposable gym defenders too bad they don't get community day moves which would've been very nice as well.
Not really a fan of the whole Mega Raid thing, though I get that it's just another gimmick to sell Raid Passes. Would like to see some kind of system where you can get Mega Energy by walking with your Pokemon like with Candy. Also maybe the higher your friendship level, the less Mega Energy required for mega evolution, because of course mega evolution is supposed to be the proof of a bond between a Pokemon and its trainer.
But that would make too much sense for Niantic, I suppose.
But that would make too much sense for Niantic, I suppose.
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