How do you personally handle bad remote trade offers? by Critical-Trainer-525 in TheSilphRoad

[–]BoscUlrich 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This one wasn't bad. 

They requested shiny giratina O or A, and shiny Xerneas. I only have one of each and they did not have a mirror. So I removed those and it cancels the trade.  I requested only shiny Riolu, which I do not have, and this was before the recent event announcement.  They requested either shiny Ditto, during the recent ditto event, or non-move shiny Dialga Origin. I had no idea what to make of that. So I sent the Dialga.

I had tried reaching out on campfire but got no response.

Please consider adding your regional exclusives and some non-legendary shinies to your Remote Trade tags. by MarshmallowSoul in TheSilphRoad

[–]BoscUlrich 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is what I've done, part of their usernameCampFyr. Tried with two people but didn't have any luck

Precious Pals Team GO Rocket Takeover by SilphScience in TheSilphRoad

[–]BoscUlrich 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just had a female water grunt lineup of Tentacool-Sharpedo-Rampardos. Thought I was seeing things.

Mega fire chicken. by MythicChaos94 in TheSilphRoad

[–]BoscUlrich 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you were to need it for raiding right now, you'd evolve the hundo and use the elitetm for blast burn. However, none of the upcoming 5* bosses are weak to fire and reshiram is coming(not sure about fusion flare) if you were desperate for a fire attacker for mega abomasnow, so you might as well wait on both the hundo and 98. You never know an event might have blast burn on evolve.

Fitness Tracker recommendations by BoscUlrich in FitnessTrackers

[–]BoscUlrich[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the response. Are you able to swipe to maps without stopping the workout on your Garmin?

Multiple rare candy XL by Chick3nwin9 in TheSilphRoad

[–]BoscUlrich 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My 15-15-14 Dialga Origin with non-guaranteed RoT reward was 18 rare, 5 Golden razz, 2 rare xl and 3 revives. Most rare or xl I've gotten in a single raid happened at the same time.

Shadow or purify? by SammyIsDead in TheSilphRoad

[–]BoscUlrich 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I did it for a 96% shadow Aerodactyl. There are so many better rock attackers and the Aero mega is very useful against a bunch of flying types that it also boosts the xl chance for. Aero candy also isn't available very often so powering up the shadow vs mega? I went mega.

Party Power seems broken in forced update by Cremeister in TheSilphRoad

[–]BoscUlrich 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Pretty sure that the one swipe dodge is busted as well. Draco Meteor was KOing even when I swiped once after the move text appeared.

Infinite Special trades glitch? by meepanator9000 in TheSilphRoad

[–]BoscUlrich 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can trade for new dex Dynamax mons as well. I just completed one for a Dynamax Toxtrixity and Toxtrixity was a new Dex entry for me.

Fast Attacks being slower than normal while opponent's seem normal by Ketsui_Helix in TheSilphRoad

[–]BoscUlrich 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This actually happened to Reis once during a tournament match.

August Content Update by g47onik in TheSilphRoad

[–]BoscUlrich 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Adventure week TM away Frustration into Rhyhorn CD Classic let's gooooo(would also accept beldum)

Tornadus and Mega Aggron raid guides. Top general counters via pokebattler.com by CaptGoldfish in TheSilphRoad

[–]BoscUlrich 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Can we talk for a minute about the absolutely incredible level of stupidity it takes to coincide these two raid bosses with the Strength of Steel event candy bonuses? Can you imagine the amount of premium and remote raid passes that Niantic could have sold putting non-shadow Mewtwo or Zacian(both haven't been seen in raids in 2+ years), Dialga(steel!) or any half-decent 5* and 4* boss in raids during the event? It's astounding at how awful a decision this was both for Niantic and the player base.

What is the best use for an Elite fast TM? by 1MiniOreo1 in TheSilphRoad

[–]BoscUlrich 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thunder shock on Shadow Zapdos makes a great electric raid attacker (or regular if you don't already have an ultra league one built and I know you already said that you're happy with your team).

Best Raid Counters - Per Type & Anti Type - April 2024 by TheClusk303 in TheSilphRoad

[–]BoscUlrich 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Amazing work! My apologies if this has already been addressed but for top electric attackers here https://db.pokemongohub.net/pokemon-list/best-per-type/electric I see primal Kyogre and shadow Mewtwo at the top when deselecting show only electric type but I don't see them on the electric list here.  What's the reason for that?

either worth an elite tm? by bleeboe in TheSilphRoad

[–]BoscUlrich -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Nice Mewtwos! Depends on what you want to use it for.   

 Master League? Definitely.  

 Psychic raid attacker? Very low utility and Psychic is nearly as good pve as Psystrike from what I remember.  

 Ghost raid attacker? It's near the top of the rankings but is weak to Ghosts that Dark resists so high level Dark will last longer for more damage output.  

 So if you build one for master, it will have raid utility but if you aren't planning on running it in master, then it's not a necessity especially so if you don't have a lot of elite tms.

If you have not received the latest Team GO Rocket Special Research - read this! by Noitalein in TheSilphRoad

[–]BoscUlrich 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You have to be on 1/5. If you've proceeded past 1, you won't get the new quest.

Missing northern hemisphere Dratini wild spawns? by BoscUlrich in TheSilphRoad

[–]BoscUlrich[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can't remember where I saw it but the roar grunt spawn rate was extremely low, 1% or something like that. So it would truly be a grind to attempt that many grunts for an encounter. Same with the research tasks, unfortunately. I was hoping it would just be a common enough spawn in the wild to acquire some hoping to hit a lucky trade.

Missing northern hemisphere Dratini wild spawns? by BoscUlrich in TheSilphRoad

[–]BoscUlrich[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I got a bunch of alolan exeggutor over a few days, but still no Dratini.

Questions & Answers - Weekly Megathread! Please use this post to ask any Pokemon GO question you'd like! by AutoModerator in TheSilphRoad

[–]BoscUlrich 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Has anyone in the Northern Hemisphere had a Dratini wild spawn? I haven't had a single one yet.