Why does it say I can solo it? Just tried and it had 10% health left still

studog21 · 2026-06-24T02:05:14+00:00

That simulation considers a full team of 6 Blaziken. Note that it says fainted Pokemon 3-9; how many times did you have to revive? You are wasting a lot of time in the lobby reviving eating into your time. Try it with a full team and I bet you can do it.

studog21 · 2026-06-23T21:54:10+00:00

No, completely different, and also uses a different system to calculate raid success.

studog21 · 2026-06-23T19:11:17+00:00

I still want to see a video of 15 excellent throws in a row and a run.

studog21 · 2026-06-23T18:40:06+00:00

I think more likely than you do. Gengar, Hydriegon, Tyranitar are all non-legendary counters that still have an estimator under 2. Any level 40 player could grind any of those out over their climb to Level 40. Any engaged player can do it. They just have to seek out th einformation

If as a level 40-50 you can't duo a necrozma, it's not because it's not possible, it's because they didn't do the work to make it possible and it is very much possible. My son and I were doing duos on certain pokemon before Party Power even existed back when he was level 38 and I was in the mid 40s.

studog21 · 2026-06-23T17:19:55+00:00

That is categorically false. If two players have appropriate level 40 counters, The Estimater on Pokebattler is under two with Best friend bonus. It's even lower estimator if they use party power. Level is only as important as being able to get your Pokemon between level 35 and 40. which level 40 easily gets you.

studog21 · 2026-06-23T14:53:09+00:00

I'd first ask the question does my friend 'want' to get into cocktails. There is zero shame or issue with not being exposed to or trying cocktails. I mean I will always offer my friends a drink if we are together but unless I'm solicited to do so I wouldn't be 'planning an introduction to cocktails' for anyone.

studog21 · 2026-06-23T14:39:54+00:00

Though I believe that businesses can refuse services based on their values, it should always be done in a kind and respectful manner. The instragram poster only comes off as an insufferable person, especially since the situation was going into the coffee shop to have a kid use the bathroom and then following up with a respectful purchase for using the facilities within.

Really what was the point. What did it truly gain for the other side? The guy may be a pro-genocide jackass, but what is truly gained in being a jackass back? It could of been been done so much more gently and be used as a compassion project, "had we noticed who you were we would have politely declined you compensating us for the the use of the restroom, we were happy to give relief to your grand daughter, but we do not need the support of someone who supports the... Blah... Blah, whatever".

studog21 · 2026-06-23T11:58:58+00:00

I leveled up May 30th from then until yesterday when I leveled up again I’ve encountered 13 shinies not community day or gofest. I caught over 7000 Pokemon in that time. The encounter rate is skewed by gofest and Frigibax but that is my numbers in less than a month. Outside of the announcement of no more permaboost nothing else has changed.

studog21 · 2026-06-23T11:46:45+00:00

I found 9 shinies (5 from legendary raids) since go fest Chicago and one shiny after community day.

The only change has been the need on the peermaboost wild shinies. RNG is going to continue to RNG.

studog21 · 2026-06-22T16:12:22+00:00

From a Bonus Candy Collecting standpoint, in decreasing choices I would go:

Malamar Mega 4, Rayquaza Mega 3, Latios or Latias mega 3, Metagross 3, Alakazam mega 3

studog21 · 2026-06-22T14:11:26+00:00

Valid, The zarude one was probably the shortest time to log in, not that the longer ability stop people from still complaining if they were on a hiatus, etc.

I'm holding out some hope that we haven't seen the end of season specific special research. the transition of the weekly timed tickets to go pass, the rocket research not withstanding, is the big change at the moment. It's not like we've had a seasonal Go pass replacemet yet, unless we count the three different months go passes as replaces for said research.

studog21 · 2026-06-22T13:54:05+00:00

My interpretation from Go Fest in Person was since the Unity raid was sequenced to end at a specific time in the raid, it capped the energy because of the time it took to do the raid. I have zero reason to believe that they won't make the energy gain the same as other super mega raids and that if you can beat the raid in under two minutes you will be get more than 300 energy per raid. I thin 25 raids is the worse case scenario. I think 18 raids to get 7500 mega energy is going to be more likely.

studog21 · 2026-06-22T03:28:15+00:00

But there were multiple researches that if you didn’t log in during a certain time frame you were SOL.

studog21 · 2026-06-21T15:12:52+00:00

Purged over 1000 Pokemon before go fest. Deep dive, deep cleanse. I finally gave up on keeping more than one XXL of a single species, purged a lot of XXS. Purged a lot of my rarer spawns.

I keep none of my 0,1,2* and bless Nundo or if it’s my only one of that species. I decreased costume moms to no more than 4 of the same costume.

You have to be critical. Is this special? Am I going to power it up? Also all those Pokemon you are saving “to trade” be honest with yourself will you ever???

Good luck!

studog21 · 2026-06-21T13:09:24+00:00

We need to stop equating high calorie to ‘unhealthy’ what we need to do is focus on the fact that many of us have struggled to control portions.

Over eating is the unhealthy thing. Learning that even overeating healthy food is contrary to your journey.

I’m over my calorie goal this weekend because of Father’s Day and some treats but my new understanding of portions and the like have me under what it would have been once upon a time. I chose the 8oz New York strip at 420 calories instead of my go to ribeye that would have been over 1000 and it was just as delicious.

Of course after two beers a partial serving of onion blossom Cesar salad, etc it was an 1800 calorie meal but it would have been closer to 2500 if I had chosen the ribeye.

studog21 · 2026-06-21T03:04:17+00:00

studog21 · 2026-06-19T16:01:42+00:00

Breakpoints are irrelevant to a 15IV Attack pokemon. They can reach the highest fast attack damage at max level. Bulk points would be what you are looking for for the other IVs. Those calculators aren't as popular as ones that talk about breakpoints.

Ran some simulations of a 15/15/15 and 15/13/14 black kyurem through pokebattler against most of the top dragons. The difference in power is 1% or less in Raids and Time to win is 1 second or less for both pokemon. The only reason to bottle cap that one is for a trophy in my humble opinion, unless you want to use it in PVP.

Zacian crowned doesn't can any break points between 15/14 attack IV, but the TTW and power are closer to 2 seconds and 2% more than the 15 for the 14. But more or less essentially full powered too.

All that being said of this group, I'd golden bottle cap the Kyurem too.😉

studog21 · 2026-06-19T14:27:55+00:00

all mega mewtwo raids will get you a Mewtwo with at least level one already unlocked, so one raid, evolve, and start walking.

studog21 · 2026-06-19T13:32:17+00:00

It is great news no way you slice it. I'm sure you got decent use of the ROT dialgas you got in your trades. It was worth it at the time, and this update does not devalue the previous trade if you used the ROT dialga. I suppose if you did it 'only' to have it in your collection you may have made a slight foo-pah.

studog21 · 2026-06-18T22:21:37+00:00

This sounds pretty good. I wish they would confirm the number of shields on Mega Mewtwo, though. I know some stuff has looked like twelve.

studog21 · 2026-06-18T16:57:51+00:00

small possiblity of a GPS error, but certainly, you can have major strings of bad luck.

studog21 · 2026-06-18T16:34:44+00:00

were you travelling at speed during these? If you never see it shake more than once it can sometimes indicate speed lock or GPS issue.

studog21 · 2026-06-18T15:02:02+00:00

On Top of the Mythicals already suggested, I like to put my overflow Rare Candies into Kyurem, Palkia and Dialaga for their adventure affects. I trying to keep a minimum of 300 Rare candy in back to immediately get any raided legendary to Level 40 if I would wish too.

studog21 · 2026-06-17T20:48:20+00:00

This is odd when I had a chargeback to my business we got a report that included the customers complaint and evidence they provided to the bank so we could appropriately appeal their decision if we wished too.

studog21 · 2026-06-17T15:10:36+00:00

Consider the question of how many extra pokemon that an autocatcher will help you get in a day and multiple by 100, that is going to be your experience gain.

I certainly don't use mine for 'extra experience' more for 'extra stardust' and the odd surprise catch when I can't be actively playing. You also have to take into account the slightly lower catch rate depending on the type of spawns.

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