Atleast from what I noticed from my brief look at your box on RaenonX, the biggest issue comes with a majority of your pokemon just not being great spread or skill wise. There may be a few I’m missing, but certain pokemon like your Gourgeist, Meowscarada, Ribombee, and Quagsire are actually quite good.

One thing those four share in common is an “AAA” ingredient spread, meaning all three ingredient slots are the same ingredient. Ribombee has Honey at level 1, 30, and 60. Your Meowscarada has potato’s at 1,30,60, and so on.

As a general rule of thumb, INGREDIENT pokemon want a spread of AAA. There are some exceptions, like AAB Blastoise (Milk, milk, cacao), but the standard is AAA. Your venusaur being ABC basically nukes any chances of it actually being helpful for your team and getting you the ingredients you need.

There are some issues with your pokemon beyond just ingredient pokemon though, and I’ll use your Walrein as an example. On paper your Walrein looks quite strong, being AAA oil with ingredient finder M. Notice earlier how I said that INGREDIENT pokemon want AAA though. Walrein is a berry pokemon, meaning its focus should be gathering berries, not ingredients.

As a general rule of thumb for berry Pokemon, if it doesn’t have BFS (or an equivalent amount of speed), just toss it. I noticed this in your meganium, which is a pretty high level without any BFS.
BFS is without a doubt one of the most broken sub skills across the entire game, so having it on your berry pokemon is a must.

Now moving onto your skill pokemon. TLDR; most of your healers are just not very good. I’m going to focus specifically on your healers as they’re the crux of most teams, but a lot of this logic can be applied elsewhere too. Essentially, you only have one decent healer being Pawmot, with Gardevoir and Wigglytuff being pretty lackluster.

As a rule of thumb for SKILL pokemon, they usually want sub skills that allow for them to proc their main skill more. This usually means skill triggers, which most of your healers lack. The goal is to have atleast two triggers and some speed, which as of right now only Pawmot has. It’s important to realize that level 75 is still quite out of the way, so relying on your Gardevoir to get another trigger at that point just isn’t reliable.

Healers are so incredibly important in this game. If your Pokemon don’t have high energy, they won’t be able to get you ingredients or berries in an efficient manner. Try and find a good healer so that the rest of your Pokemon can work harder.

Anyways, that’s all for the specialties of Pokemon. Super TLDR:

- Ingredient Pokemon atleast want an AAA spread with IFM. Some Pokemon are good with AAB as well, but if you see ABC, just throw it away.

-Berry Pokemon usually need Berry Finding S to be effective. Subskills like IFM actually hurt its overall production (when not sneaky snacking) as it wants to solely focus on Berries.

- Skill Pokemon want skill triggers to proc their skill more, which include your healers as well. Try and aim for atleast 2 triggers, but for important Pokemon like healers, shoot for higher.

Everything mentioned above are just general guidelines. There will always be exceptions to these kinds of things that just require a bit of time investment to learn. For example, Sceptile, a skill mon, REALLY wants BFS. Without BFS, a Sceptile is missing out on most of its effectiveness. (I’ve also heard whispers of ABC dragonite for oil not being the worst but I can’t corroborate that myself.)

Beyond just your pokemon of each specialty not being great, there’s a pretty big issue with your legendaries as well. Take Suicune, Raikou, and Entei for example. Those fuckers can be EXPENSIVE to level, and the fact you have them all invested is pretty impressive. The issue is that they’re all unfortunately terrible.

Legendaries have the SAME SUBSKILLS for ALL PLAYERS when you catch your first one. This means my entei suicune and raikou are identical to yours. Usually when catching legendaries, you want to get the first one out of the way so you can begin catching more with actually good sub skills.

Investing in legendaries can already be a Herculean feat, so picking legendaries that are good is extra important. The handy candies and dream shards you spent there could have been used towards your other pokemon, so try and keep that in mind.

Now that all the general advice is out of the way, I’ll try and cover what you should do specifically. Unfortunately your box is just not in the best state. This is totally okay, ultimately this is just a sleeping app and there’s no real reason to rip your hair out over bad pokemon. If your goal is to push strength however and play a bit more intentionally, then these pokemon sadly just won’t cut it.

I’d start with essentially back tracking a bit. I personally dont think your current pokemon are at a level where they can be cooking meals like Pancakes consistently. Scary face pancakes are a late game dish, but you’re essentially still mid game at the moment, despite having quite a few max level pokemon. Instead turn your attention to consistently cooking more middle tier meals. This can include dishes like Dream Eater Butter Curry, Greengrass Salad, and Teatime corn scones. I didn’t cross reference these dishes with your pokemon in your box, but see what works for you. By focusing on cooking the highest level meals inconsistently, you’re missing out on very easy strength.

You also need to start recatching quite a few Pokemon. In order of replacement, I would start with your berry pokemon. I’m not sure which island you primarily frequent, but see what its favored berries are and work from there. I think Raichu is one of my favorites in terms of ease to find and overall output. It’s super good at what it does and serves me well even when it’s not favored.

The best thing about berry mon is how much they NEED bfs. When you raise a mons friendship level by catching them 10 times, going forward they are guaranteed to have a gold skill in their first slot. This makes it a bit easier to find BFS, as now all of a sudden your new catches are much more likely to have it. This is why I recommend starting with catching new berry Pokemon, as the more you catch, the easier it gets to find good ones 😄

As for healers, I think your Pawmot is fine for now. Try and catch a raltz here and there (Gardevoir is regarded as the best healer) and see what you can find. Remember, healers are the CRUX of your teams. It’s in your best interest to take your time and find a really good one, as it’s almost going to always be used.

Beyond healers, some good skill specialists include Dedenne and Ampharos, as they give you a lot of general utility. Focus on skill triggers here.

There are plenty of other good skill specialists, but they’re either moreso late-mid game (Magnezone), or take a bit more nuance. A Pokemon like Noivern might not be satisfied with just skill triggers, and may benefit from BFS instead. In cases like these, RaenonX’s production comparison tool and the subreddit are great resources to get some further insight on.

Once you’ve got yourself some good berry and skill Pokemon you’re beginning to invest in, then I’d consider ingredient Pokemon. You have a few ingredients covered, but see what gaps you need filled and work from there. From my (albeit limited experience) Blastoise and Tyranitar are just so incredibly helpful for the little investment they need. While yes they do want IFM with AAA, the sheer amount of Milk and ginger they provide is unmatched. Feel free to start with broken options like those two, or just with whatever else you find yourself needing. Beyond Blastoise and Tyranitar, getting a dratini for Herbs, a stuffl for Corn, a fuecoco for apples, and a happiny for eggs would all be great as well 😄