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Three tags made in Pokemon GO - one for raids, one for Team Rocket and one for fun

Pokemon GO’s Useful Tag System That I Don’t Use

January 20, 2021January 14, 2021 Medic 0 Comments feature, pokemon go, pvp, qol, quality of life, raids, tag, tagging, team rocket

The ability to better organize Pokemon has been a much-requested feature in Pokemon GO. With no such thing as boxes or PCs, your Pokemon are displayed in one big list. While this works fine with small groups of Pokemon, when you have over 1000 Pokemon available, things get iffy. A top-range phone can deal with this fine, but older phones can experience slowdown. Just scrolling through your Pokemon can be a little too tedious. Luckily, last year, we got some QOL features to help with organization. Some of these are more useful than others. There’s two features I want to… [Continue Reading]

Pokemon with second moves - Swampert, Altaria, Machamp, Melmetal, Lucario

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Pokemon You Should Definitely Give Second Moves To

December 13, 2020December 7, 2020 Medic 0 Comments charge move, moves, pokemon go, pve, pvp, raids, team rocket

Second Charge Moves have always been expensive in Pokemon Go. For a hefty chunk of stardust and a ton of candy, you can give your Pokemon a second Charge Move, opening up their available attacks and giving them more leeway. The problem is, aside from a handful of Pokemon, doing so costs a huge amount of stardust and don’t really offer much in return. Most of the time, second moves only really have a use in PvP, and are useless in PvE raids, Team Rocket fights and gyms. That being said, some Pokemon do really well with second moves. Or… [Continue Reading]

Community Day Exclusive Pokemon You Should Evolve

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On Not Playing in the Go Battle League At All

August 7, 2020August 1, 2020 Medic 0 Comments gbl, go battle league, pokemon go, pvp

It seems strange to write about something I’m actively not doing, but I feel like my thoughts may resonate with a lot of people. Despite the second season of the Go Battle League having come out back in June, I haven’t played a single match. I just don’t want to. And the reasons why are obvious. I have no interest in the GBL None at all. I haven’t played a single match this season and I genuinely don’t care. The only time I hit the Battle button is when I’m getting the Battle With Your Buddy heart for my current… [Continue Reading]

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Weedle Community Day – Stardust Heaven

June 21, 2020June 20, 2020 Medic 0 Comments bug type, community day, pokemon go, pvp, weedle

Weedle is the Pokemon that won last month’s Twitter vote, beating out the likes of Squirtle and Gastly. Mainly because we didn’t have a shiny Weedle yet, and people wanted something that hadn’t been in events. After all, we’d just had a bunch of Kanto events, not to mention party hat Gengar with two exclusive moves. Weedle’s shiny line is pretty cool, and it’s nice to get a Pokemon that didn’t have a shiny in the past. So, on June 20th, we got Weedle Community Day People weren’t THAT excited for Weedle Community Day. After all, it’s Weedle. It’s one… [Continue Reading]

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Stupid Tips for Pokemon Go’s GBL

June 13, 2020June 6, 2020 Medic 0 Comments advice, gbl, go battle league, pokemon go, pokemon go battle league, pvp, silly, tips

It’s pretty clear to me that I’m not the only person who hates the GBL. The handful of articles I’ve written about the Go Battle League constantly pop up with more views than average. In fact, my article about giving up on the GBL completely is one of the more highly-commented and viewed articles on the site. But enough negativity. the GBL is here to stay, so we might as well try and get something from it. Suck it up and use the same fucking meta all the fucking time. Just use meta Pokemon. Get yourself an Azumaril, get yourself… [Continue Reading]

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Some Parts of Pokemon Go’s PVP are Okay…

May 20, 2020May 15, 2020 Medic 0 Comments pokemon go, pokemon go battle league, pokemon go battling, pvp, team go rocket

To say that I’ve been rather critical of Pokemon Go’s PvP system and the Go Battle League isn’t entirely accurate. Originally, when PvP battles between friends and Team Rocket Grunts came out, I enjoyed it. In fact, fighting Grunts is probably one of my favourite things in Pokemon Go. But there is an awful lot of hit and miss with PvP and battling in general. Today, I think we should discuss some of these hits and misses about battling in general, ignoring the Go Battle League and its myriad of problems. Pro: For a mobile battle system, it’s deceptively deep.… [Continue Reading]

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Elite TMs, Rarity and the Problems with Too Much Choice

May 1, 2020April 24, 2020 Medic 0 Comments elite tm, gbl, pokemon go, pokemon go battle league, pvp, raids

According to the Silph Road, a list of all the moves on Elite TMs has been revealed. Over 100 Pokemon are going to be able to obtain legacy moves, via the Elite TM. That’s a lot of Pokemon. the list of moves and Pokemon is huge, so we’ve got a big question on our hands? What the hell do we use these Elite TMs on? What is worth it and what isn’t? Frankly, I don’t know. And the decision is even harder because these TMs are so inaccessible, and there are simply so many moves. You currently can only get… [Continue Reading]

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After 50ish GBL Fights, the Pokemon GO GBL still sucks

April 27, 2020April 22, 2020 Medic 0 Comments dialga, gbl, giratina, go battle league, kyogre, pokemon go, pokemon go battle league, pvp

After getting a perfect shiny Mewtwo, I realised that something was missing. My Mewtwo needed a second move. And what other move could I give it other than Shadow Ball? To do so though, I would need an Elite TM. But the problem is, aside from potentially buying one with actual money via an event… I’d have to play PvP. That meant wading back into the GBL. And getting to rank 7. That meant a lot of work. If I wanted an Elite TM, I had to earn it. Now, frankly, my first few games in GBL didn’t go great.… [Continue Reading]

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Completely Giving Up On The Pokemon Go Battle League

March 17, 2020July 23, 2021 Medic 17 Comments go battle league, pokemon go, pvp

I mentioned a while back that there was now a ranked battle league in Pokemon Go. I thought it was cool back then. But now? It sucks. To the point that I have given up on it completely. It’s just not worth your time or your Premium Passes. Why? There’s loads of reasons why! Weirdly Small Metas Despite there being so many Pokemon, there’s already a massive, established meta. If you don’t have the meta-relevant Pokemon, you’re going to struggle. Or you’re going to spend a lot of stardust powering Pokemon up. It’s not too awful in the Great League,… [Continue Reading]

The best fighters against Team Rocket Leaders

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The 5 best Team Rocket counters in Pokemon GO

February 20, 2020February 21, 2020 aabicus 0 Comments pokemon, pokemon go, pvp, team go rocket, team rocket go, tyranitar

We’ve discussed good gym defenders, good gym attackers, good legacy moves, and good Community Day Pokemon in Pokemon GO. (And Metagross appeared on every list!) But nowadays, there’s a whole new element to the PvE experience: fighting Rockets! Yes, those dastardly Rockets are everywhere nowadays, taking over our Pokestops and challenging well-to-do trainers at the drop of a hat. Team Rocket Leaders up the ante, bringing a full set of shields and some seriously dangerous Pokemon with them, and things boil to a head with Giovanni and his shadow legendary birds. The combat system for fighting rockets is so different… [Continue Reading]