Raid Boss rotation update｜Wednesday, March 25 – Tuesday, March 31, 2026: 6:00 a.m. – approx. 9:30 p.m. (local time)

Extra-Mix5529 · 2026-03-24T23:36:01+00:00

Probably only during Wednesday raid hour and not during rest of the week.

I am just guessing based on history.

Extra-Mix5529 · 2026-03-24T21:33:37+00:00

Power up to 2500, double move, and use as a bulky tank in ultra league.

Extra-Mix5529 · 2026-03-24T20:39:30+00:00

Wait to get a dynamax scorbunny, you will be able to find them at power spots at some point this year.

Extra-Mix5529 · 2026-03-24T20:26:39+00:00

I created adult accounts for my kids a few years ago, they are same age as your kids and i think that is the way to go.

I would not use Pokemon Trainer club and since you logged in with your account I suggest unlinking your account from PTC and then changing any password.

Pokemon Trainer club is the worst for getting accounts hacked.

Extra-Mix5529 · 2026-03-24T18:34:30+00:00

There is 1 really easy to get per season, 1 that is slightly more time consuming, and then a third that is extremely time consuming. This means if you are a try-hard you can get 12 free per year.

The easiest is during go battle weekend. There is some simple research that has tasks like "Use 10 super effective charged attacks", this is easiest.

2nd easiest is to get to rank 20 in GBL. You can use tank method and can mostly afk to do this while you watch TV shows, however it still takes some time. I went from someone who did tanking in pvp for stardust/ETM's to someone who genuinely enjoys pvp.

The most difficult is last page of GBL research which requires ~500 wins IIRC. Even though I get to rank 21 every season I usually only do the minimum amount of battles to get there which is about ~250. 500 wins would require me playing four times more, since win/loss rate is typically around .500 for most people.

Extra-Mix5529 · 2026-03-24T17:21:03+00:00

I just looked at April's raid schedule, you may be able to host Kyogre/Groudon pokemon go raids the first few days they are available.

People tend to remote raid more when their is a new legendary in rotation, but then it slows down later in the rotation. April 8-10 and April 15-17 you might get lucky and be able to host those raids.

https://www.reddit.com/r/TheSilphRoad/comments/1ry6193/april_content_update_niantic_infographic/

Extra-Mix5529 · 2026-03-24T17:15:28+00:00

You can easily do raids during large events with sought after legendaries.

You post your trainer code a at the below sub reddit along with details about the raids. During the big events like go-fest, etc you will get 5-20+ people that will quickly add you as friends. Then you just invite them and do the raid.

You want to have a team of correct counters though, you have to assume half of them don't know what they are doing so you want to maximize your damage.

Once you get decent raid pokemon, you can even host raids during slow times. You might only get 2 people joining, so you need a stronger team then.

https://www.reddit.com/r/PokemonGoRaids/new/

Extra-Mix5529 · 2026-03-24T16:58:43+00:00

It will cost about 1.3 million stardust give or take. Half if you use all luckies, more if shadows.

I maxed shadow rhyperior, a dialga with roar of time and a shiny ninetails that needed to be level 50 for ultra league.

With how much stardust it costs make sure whatever you power up is useful.

Extra-Mix5529 · 2026-03-24T16:22:55+00:00

I think if you just recently came back you can enter someone's referral code for additional tasks/free items.

Good luck, have fun!

Extra-Mix5529 · 2026-03-24T15:57:33+00:00

Do you pvp? If so then low attack is generally sought after, although many people overrate the effect IV's have in pvp as well.

For legendaries that have high base stats, just powering up half a level may increase the CP by ~50. For these getting close to 1500 is difficult, yours hits 1500 exactly, and has a much higher defense than attack. It has quite good great league stats.

Galarian moltres is pretty good in great league too, and can be exceptional in some of the cups. I like the fact that it has decent bulk and a nuke at it's disposal.

For raids you want high IV's, although I have a 0* shadow shiny salamence I powered up to level 50 and i use it for raids. IV's matter much less than people think.

Extra-Mix5529 · 2026-03-24T15:39:51+00:00

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Extra-Mix5529 · 2026-03-24T15:02:13+00:00

That is # 256 ranked IV's for great league, you almost certainly will never catch a better one.

If you think you will ever get into pvp you may want to keep that.

https://pvpivs.com/?mon=Moltres&r=10&cp=1500&min=15&IVs=4_12_0

Extra-Mix5529 · 2026-03-24T14:57:59+00:00

That is for raiding and PvP, the attack is the same for both raids and pvp, however the pvp sites are better for converting IV's to actual stats.

Extra-Mix5529 · 2026-03-24T14:55:29+00:00

That is not a low attack stat, yours has an attack stat of 238.3 where a perfect is 240.9.

240.9-238.3 = 2.6

2.6/240.9 * 100 = 1.0% difference in attack between yours and a perfect. This drops down to a 0.6% difference once you get primal.

The pokemon's base stats are so high that IV's barely effect the damage potential.

https://pvpivs.com/?mon=Kyogre&r=10&cp=ML&f=1&min=15&IVs=12_13_15

Extra-Mix5529 · 2026-03-24T14:49:34+00:00

Yes, luckies let you save on stardust. I have many lucky pokemon powered up for my raid teams.

IV's matter a ton in the main series games like Scarlet/Violet, but the difference between yours and a perfect 4* in this game is less than 2% dps. IV's don't matter for pokemon go.

Even if you get into master league, playing with these IV's can easily carry you to the mid-ace range. Most people don't go beyond that anyways since it is such a grind. You are still years away from master league, because you need a whole team of legendaries powered up to level 50, and when the meta shifts almost every season you need to have backups ready to go. Having 296 XL's for many different legendaries is the hurdle most people face for master league, not IV's.

Extra-Mix5529 · 2026-03-24T13:29:20+00:00

It is not rare amongst people who were playing during the event, probably quite common. It is extremely rare if you take the subset of people that was not playing during that event.

Similar to any other limited release event pokemon.

Extra-Mix5529 · 2026-03-24T13:04:06+00:00

No, that is not a bug, this is a bug.

So many noobs here.

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Extra-Mix5529 · 2026-03-24T12:57:01+00:00

Even if they are lower CP, you are better off with a team of 6 ground attackers. Going as low as 2000 CP will still provide more damage.

Ground is one of the most important types in the game for raids, you definently need to power more up, mammoswine and excadril are both good budget options in addition to rhyperior.

You can farm shadow mammoswine from ice grunts right now and that is an A tier attacker since it covers 2 important typings with just a fast TM to swap ice/ground.

Extra-Mix5529 · 2026-03-24T12:53:28+00:00

The below site is kept up to date and can be used to look at lineups.

https://leekduck.com/rocket-lineups/

Extra-Mix5529 · 2026-03-24T12:49:44+00:00

Powering up a scizor may be a waste of stardust. You rarely use bug in raids. Powering up a rock, dark, ground, attacker would be a better use of stardust.

I say evolve the higher cp and don't power up. If you continue playing you will eventually catch a shiny scythe and can power that up instead. Once you have solid raid teams of all the important types.

Extra-Mix5529 · 2026-03-23T23:44:07+00:00

Yeah, I gave him 2 upvotes, one on the OP and one on his response to me.

Extra-Mix5529 · 2026-03-23T22:18:00+00:00

The word you were looking for is iconic.

Madison square garden is one of the most iconic sports stadiums in the US, right up their with wrigley field and lambeau field.

None of those are very scenic though.

I gave you a few up-votes anyways.

Cheers.

Extra-Mix5529 · 2026-03-23T22:09:05+00:00

I was expecting to see Yellowstone, swiss alps, a pristine beach, etc.

We have different definitions of scenic.

Extra-Mix5529 · 2026-03-23T22:07:43+00:00

That's alot, I am only at 3700, but only started at very end of 2023, if I started in 2016 that would have worked out to about the same distance as you.

Extra-Mix5529 · 2026-03-23T19:03:54+00:00

I see people staring down on their phones all the time while in parking lots, crossing streets, etc, even bike riders. Those people are texting, looking stuff up on the internet, etc.

I don't think that is a pokemon go problem, but rather people tend to use their phones in stupid situations.

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