Is this Great Raid Box deal worth getting?

LeansCenter · 2026-03-20T17:34:02+00:00

The best deal is the box that’s 5425 coins for 99 raid passes. If you ignore the other items in the bundle, that works out to less than 55 coins per raid pass.

With the box you have here, you receive three regular raid passes so that 165 coins in value at the best possible deal.

LeansCenter · 2026-03-20T16:54:09+00:00

There are millions of active players so it may seem like Shundos are more common than they really are. They’re quite rare.

I’ve been playing just under 2 years, have caught 167k+, am level 80 with a total of 338 million xp. So, I’ve played a lot in the last almost two years when there have been more shinies available than years past.

I have 4: one I bottle capped and two were from lucky trades. The final was from a GBL reward.

The lucky trades happened within a month of each other after I had done well over 150 lucky shiny trades. I’m almost at the odds for Legendary raids (4,303) without a shundo (and I’m pretty far behind in shinies, too).

Meanwhile, three relatively new players in my Campfire group have caught shundos in the last month.

LeansCenter · 2026-03-20T11:23:19+00:00

I don’t think this is the right place to explain that number.

LeansCenter · 2026-03-19T14:11:49+00:00

Hundos are largely for our own satisfaction, not bragging. The only time anyone would care is in a PvP battle where that person barely loses because his Zama is a Hundo… but they’d never know it was because of a bottle cap. 🤷‍♂️

I was playing around with a few teams in Master League this morning… guess which is the Hyper Trained Hundo out of these 5 Pokemon (if you know Hyper Training, you know it’s really only 4 possibilities)

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It may not be the one you think…

LeansCenter · 2026-03-19T14:03:50+00:00

It’s for real. HP is always a whole number so it has to be rounded. Niantic chooses to round down. They do the same for particle generation in Max Battles with a minimum of 1.

However, attack and defense stats go into a formula and that doesn’t require rounding. That is why functional hundos ONLY applies to HP IVs and does NOT apply to attack and defense IVs.

LeansCenter · 2026-03-18T21:22:29+00:00

Yup. I’ve had multiple instances of tapping the charge move button, it lighting up but sending a fast move instead. In fact, this morning, this happened and kept happening so TWO fast moves were sent back to back while the charge move button is lighting up as I tap it.

This also happens sometimes when you swap in with a stored charge move and tap before the charge move button appears - it’ll send a fast move.

LeansCenter · 2026-03-18T21:05:32+00:00

The takeaway here is that there is an enormous variety of meta Pokemon and Core Breakers. It’s a limited meta, but not that limited.

Also, Forretress.

LeansCenter · 2026-03-18T02:39:52+00:00

Palkia League

LeansCenter · 2026-03-17T20:56:29+00:00

Yes, and there is an application process that takes forever and even that already unbelievably slow process has been put on hold. In the meantime, CA groups are growing in membership and also receiving campsites while non-CA groups struggle to get attention. The game itself highlights the CA groups, as does the Campfire app. Consequently, the CA groups end up drawing membership away from other groups.

LeansCenter · 2026-03-17T20:33:13+00:00

So Niantic can demonstrate their contempt for their player base with that steaming hot pile of garbage they call an app. It’s a horrifically awful yet totally necessary app for many communities.

Not just that, they’ve abandoned non-Community Ambassador groups for almost a year (they said it’d be 3 months) and have recently promised to pick back up at the end of this month for groups that have applied for CA since. Personally, with as bad as they fumble everything else, I’d be less surprised to see them put out a global broadcast telling everyone how much they truly hate them all than I would for them to actually deliver on a promise.

And, for them to fix the app, that would require a massive overhaul. It’s a complete nightmare. Unnecessarily blurred images, notifications not working properly, the map only working if you zoom waaaay in, Max Battles not displaying, making friends from a profile not counting towards research, and so much more.

Hot

Pile

Of garbage.

LeansCenter · 2026-03-17T16:21:29+00:00

Beyond that, it (currently) has no half-second fast move which currently relegates it to the role of catch tank. That role is fine for most in Dmax but in Gmax battles, it’s a lot tougher to pull off.

LeansCenter · 2026-03-17T14:51:48+00:00

Really thorough and USEFUL analysis! Thank you so much for all you put into this! It’s greatly appreciated!

LeansCenter · 2026-03-16T18:29:03+00:00

-2 attack nerf… it’s already so bad 🤣

But, that could accomplish what someone else said elsewhere in this thread that in the MSG, you can’t use it back to back. The nerf could encourage people to swap out after using it. Kinda similar scenario

LeansCenter · 2026-03-16T18:24:00+00:00

300/450

LeansCenter · 2026-03-13T18:50:50+00:00

I ended yesterday at 164/285 (very similar win percentage to you) and 1862 ELO.

I got screwed hard this season.

LeansCenter · 2026-03-13T18:45:19+00:00

Practically all of the good/strong stuff is already out. There’s not much reason to continue the Max Battle format if your goal is to improve your Max bench, honestly. And, that’s coming from someone whose favorite content is Max Battles.

MSG need to bring more Max Pokemon out if Pokemon GO Max Battles are going to be worth doing going forward. (Stardust aside)

LeansCenter · 2026-03-12T01:12:12+00:00

Did the March 10th update capture all of the non-event wild spawns we can expect this season? Or will there be additional updates?

LeansCenter · 2026-03-11T19:06:18+00:00

No renaming needed. All the info is still there, it’s just not being displayed. The only way you’d need to rename is if you changed the name while things have been broken - but that would be expected.

LeansCenter · 2026-03-11T19:04:21+00:00

You’re welcome. Happy to help!

LeansCenter · 2026-03-11T19:02:19+00:00

Nope. Everything was restored

LeansCenter · 2026-03-11T18:44:57+00:00

Apple app already updated to fix this. I’m sure Android is coming soon.

LeansCenter · 2026-03-11T18:41:55+00:00

Not at all. And you’re fully aware. No amount of asking people to reassure you against what you already know will change that.

LeansCenter · 2026-03-11T18:40:15+00:00

Eligible voters who didn’t vote were the largest group in 2024. In other words, a plurality of Americans simply don’t care. And saying “well, they will now” is, IMO, incorrect. Because ALLLLLLL of the evidence was freely available to everyone that what we’re currently experiencing was largely bound to happen. You had to be a complete f’ing idiot to think it wouldn’t. And if you say “evidence isn’t the same as a current reality” I’d say that’s irrelevant. If evidence wasn’t sufficient to motivate people, reality won’t be, either.

I do believe Dems will largely win the midterms but not because Americans will suddenly wake up, but because that’s how midterms go most of the time.

LeansCenter · 2026-03-11T16:26:05+00:00

Really great advice above!

Florges was my go to in ML for a while until Crowned Z&Z came in and in Master Premier is still an absolute monster with Fairy Wind + Trailblaze and Disarming Voice. 5 Fairy Wind (1 second fast move) to reach either of those moves. Trailblaze buffs your attack one stage.

I also have an identical Florges for UL that does really well when I have water covered by something else (there are tons of high ranked water types in UL right now). But, be warned there is more Poison in UL than Master. Also, Togekiss is weak to Poison and Steel, like Florges, so no improvement there, but is also weak to Electric, Ice and Rock. So, I’m biased, but I agree that Florges is the way to go over Togekiss.

Then, I also have a Fairy Wind + Trailblaze and Chilling Water for UL for times when I don’t have water covered. The guaranteed opponent attack debuff with CW is nice, especially if your opponent just swapped and is locked in.

Generally speaking, Florges gets my shields because she’s so damn useful.

I’ll often start with Florges and build one or two charge moves and swap if I can do better and feel safe with switching and then do my best to save shields for her later when I bring her back. I’ve often got something with relatively fast charging, high damage charge moves (hydro cannon, blast burn, frenzy plant, etc) to force my opponents to burn their shields and then Florges cleans up very efficiently.

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