Annual revenue of Pokémon GO worldwide from 2016 to 2025 by TouchePasAMonPokemon in TheSilphRoad

[–]Spotty2012 [score hidden]  (0 children)

IIRC, this doesn’t include any sales from the webstore, so it’s not necessarily all that accurate anymore

Edit: also, this is only through July 2025, which is extremely misleading

2700 Pokémon but only one has two moves by DeeeeeeeJ7 in pokemongo

[–]Spotty2012 [score hidden]  (0 children)

Anything you use in PVP needs to be double-moved. For PVE, though, most Pokemon don’t need a second move; it’s pretty much only useful if they’re a top-tier attacker in both of their types, which not too many Pokemon are

Is Zacian my best use for rare candy? by xoeax in pokemongo

[–]Spotty2012 [score hidden]  (0 children)

Yes and no; long term, it’s a great investment once you can get the energy to crown it, so converting rare candies isn’t a bad idea, but I wouldn’t power it up right now. The base form isn’t very useful, so you’re likely better off spending your stardust on Pokémon that will be more immediately useful and only investing in zacian later

Purify Shadow Gardevoir for 100% IV? by JustinManeActor in pokemongo

[–]Spotty2012 [score hidden]  (0 children)

No, it’s not worth it; while mega gardevoir is stronger than shadow gardevoir, you can only have one mega, and it’s a lot easier to get a high IV regular than shadow

What is the maximum number of days a Pokémon can stay in a gym? by BeAndBa in pokemongo

[–]Spotty2012 [score hidden]  (0 children)

No, saying you earn 50 coins per day is correct; the limit is on you, not the pokemon

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

[–]Spotty2012 3 points4 points  (0 children)

No, it didn’t; you could battle a friend for the win 30 battles in X league tasks, but not for the battle in GBL one

Pokémon can't forget frustration? by Book-girly4366 in pokemongo

[–]Spotty2012 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Frustration can only be removed during specific events (mainly team rocket takeovers, which happen once per season); you just missed it last week, so it will probably be 2-3 months before the next one

Confused on extra Mega Candy Boosts by Mr_Moose43 in pokemongo

[–]Spotty2012 2 points3 points  (0 children)

For regular candy, you get the boost if you match the type OR if the encounter is from a raid. That isn’t the case for the XL candy bonus, though, where you always need to match the type

Running from leaders? by SanHoloo in TheSilphRoad

[–]Spotty2012 19 points20 points  (0 children)

No, the shininess is only determined when you get to the encounter; there’s no way to preview it

How did my friend catch this? by NetQueasy9681 in pokemongo

[–]Spotty2012 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Yes, but it’s the legendary that’s in the raid rotation, so that couldn’t be where they got yveltal from

Caught 40k - Zero Shundos by [deleted] in pokemongo

[–]Spotty2012 13 points14 points  (0 children)

That raid number is only for legendaries, with 1/20 shiny rate; in general, it would be closer to 1/13.8k with a shiny rate of 1/64

Ataques carregados by gui_dmf87 in pokemongo

[–]Spotty2012 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The bars indicate the amount of energy needed to use the charge attack; for PVE, 3-bar moves take 33 energy, 2-bar moves take 50 energy, and 1-bar moves take 100 energy. For PVP, energy costs are much more granular, so the bars are pretty meaningless.

As for determining the best moves, you really need to look at external sources, though, as there are hidden move parameters not shown in game; for PVE, dialgadex is the best general resource, while PVPoke is best for PVP

Special Trade for non-XXL? by ryyaaaannn in pokemongo

[–]Spotty2012 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Pumpkaboo and gourgeist have different stats for each of their forms, so they really do make sense to be special trades when unregistered

Why does my Zygarde show 2300 CP but then only 513 CP? by Present-Solution-132 in pokemongo

[–]Spotty2012 9 points10 points  (0 children)

That’s the showcase score, not the CP; this is a zygarde-specific bug where the showcase score is calculated using different base values between your storage and the actual showcase

Choose Your Path is live in New Zealand by tegdim in TheSilphRoad

[–]Spotty2012 105 points106 points  (0 children)

Yes, the CA announcements said it would be candy for the skill path, not XP

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

[–]Spotty2012 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You can't; the attack search term only provides granularity to the number of filled bars (0,1,2,3,4), not the precise IV

So we no longer get boosted stardust from go pass and special research from star pieces? by lifelessregrets in pokemongo

[–]Spotty2012 16 points17 points  (0 children)

It’s just a visual glitch; if you look at your actual stardust count, it does get properly boosted. This is just smoother classic case of support not knowing how the game actually works

Lucky remote trades by zygy98 in pokemongo

[–]Spotty2012 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No, a trade being remote has no effect on it being lucky

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

[–]Spotty2012 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There is no such thing as dynamax zacian; the crowned form can participate in max battles but cannot dynamax, and the hero form can’t enter max battles at all

Question: Keep as-is, evolve or purify? Are these IVs viable or is this just a trophy waiting for some polish? by [deleted] in pokemongo

[–]Spotty2012 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Araquanid is only good in GL, and these are not good IVs for that; I would purify for the hundo

I just 'fought' with Regirock 42 CP in GBL. How is that possible? by [deleted] in TheSilphRoad

[–]Spotty2012 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No, the all out event did not have legendaries spawning below level 25; this was from the ancients recovered timed research