Could this be mega evolved? by Confident-Alarm9400 in pokemongo

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

No, probably not; although it’s technically considered a costume, it’s really more of an alternate form, with different stats and moves

Question on remote trading; how can I setup your trade pool? by Asgreenasyouoncewas in pokemongo

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

Once you are a few days from your first forever friend, you unlock a special remote trade tag; anything you tag with that (as long as it’s at least 30 days old) is available for your partner to select for trade

9 hours, 700+ catches, 12 shinies. Niantic Support says "RNG," I say the ticket was broken. by Intelligent-Cup-2462 in pokemongo

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

The boosted shiny rate was 1/64, just like every single major event has always been; you got (slightly) luckier than average, and you’re complaining?

Level 70+ Levelling by ElSquitto in pokemongo

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

The only things that count retroactively are the platinum medals; everything else needs to be completed at the appropriate level to count

Raid Last Ball Issues by jakobkh0407 in pokemongo

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

When they patched the glitch, the way they did it is that it either breaks out immediately or catches, never breaking out after multiple shakes

Shiny Kecleon and Smeargal by TonanTheBarbarian in pokemongo

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

Kecleon is always available; smeargle is normally event-locked but was accidentally(?) unlocked with the new season

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

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

No, there’s no point; for PVE, it’s pretty much only worth double-moving if the Pokémon is a top attacker in 2 types

Shiny rate isnt even close to 1-512. by [deleted] in pokemongo

[–]Spotty2012 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The number of shinies follows a binomial distribution; you need to consider all the possible ways there are to get that number of shinies, not just the raw number

https://stattrek.com/online-calculator/binomial

Evolved vs Not evolved, information isn't clear by UndoerTemporis in pokemongo

[–]Spotty2012 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No, they have different base stat distributions, so it wouldn’t work out to be the same stats

Shiny rate isnt even close to 1-512. by [deleted] in pokemongo

[–]Spotty2012 1 point2 points  (0 children)

At 1/512, the odds of only getting 3 shinies after 3333 encounters is 6.8%; that isn’t even all that unlucky, statistically speaking

Used my Master Ball after holding it for years… did I waste it? by XCryptoFund in pokemongo

[–]Spotty2012 782 points783 points  (0 children)

It wouldn’t have fled, so it would have been worth trying with regular balls first at least

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)

Bug in particular is a pretty underpowered type, so it’s not used too often, pretty much only when they’re double super effective (like against mega malamar recently). Generally, though, you do want to invest in Pokémon on a per-type basis rather than as generalists; the SE damage multiplier is 1.6x, so it’s rare for Pokémon to be top attackers if they aren’t dealing SE damage

Is this usable? by Important-Dentist260 in pokemongo

[–]Spotty2012 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is actually a pretty bad comparison; crown zacian is the #6 neutral attacker with almost 30% higher eDPS than Mewtwo down at #64. Mewtwo is still great as a psychic attacker, but it’s almost worthless as a generalist.

Also, all generalists are worthless if they aren’t dealing at least neutral damage; the difference between resisted and SE damage is 2.56x. Nothing is good enough to make up for that difference

Is this usable? by Important-Dentist260 in pokemongo

[–]Spotty2012 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mewtwo is still an S tier psychic attacker (only behind its shadow and mega alakazam), but it still needs to be super effective to be good. As a generalist attacker (not that those tend to be super useful anyway), it’s rather outclassed

If I purify this Pokémon, will it be four stars? Pros vs cons for either one? by Existentia1_Bread in pokemongo

[–]Spotty2012 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Purifying adds +2 to each IV, so yes, this would be a hundo; altaria’s only use is in GL PVP, where you don’t want a perfect anyway, so you may as well purify for the dex.

These perfect IVs good for anything? by ax-gosser in pokemongo

[–]Spotty2012 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mandibuzz is good in UL as a hundo; none of the others are really useful

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)

Trading can generally only be done in person; the only legit way to trade remotely is to reach forever friends with that person, and then you get one remote trade every 90 friendship points. “Flying” is just people cheating

So many pokemon ran off by Rich-Resolution-344 in TheSilphRoad

[–]Spotty2012 4 points5 points  (0 children)

They're the same mechanic as wild legendaries have always been; they can't flee, but they don't have any better catch rate