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[cheesedogg]

Just done my first one down the road from home. Was the only one there but defeated a 14000cp Electabuzz with 30 or so seconds to spare.
Then got to catch a 1400cp Electabuzz aswell as a dozen revives a few golden razzberries some gym token things & 3000xp.
Wish I realised before you can only do one per day

 

[timtamWB]

Under the raid tab it says '14:20~'

And it has for the last hour, does that mean there's 14 others there already?

Pretty sure that means that it starts at 2:20pm, 24 hour time makes the 14:20.

 

[Forward Press]

Just had a go at a gold one. Solo. 21000 Flareon and my team was full of 2800-3200 CP attackers with super effective attacks and/or resistance to fire.

Unable to beat it, still had one third health left when I timed out. Was only up to my fourth Pokemon so given enough time I think it can be done.

As it is, you need team help for the high level raids I concluded.

 

[Sharkey66]

Just done my first one down the road from home. Was the only one there but defeated a 14000cp Electabuzz with 30 or so seconds to spare.
Then got to catch a 1400cp Electabuzz aswell as a dozen revives a few golden razzberries some gym token things & 3000xp.
Wish I realised before you can only do one per day

you can do more than one, you need to buy a raid pass from the shop for 100 coins.
Two of us had a go at a 34000 cp ryhorn, didn't get close lol.
These raids whoud have been good when the player base was at its height, but im afraid there are just not enough players anymore to do these justice.
Game has really missed the boat in my opinion.
Also seems you cannot battle a gym while a raid is active, and with so many raids active atm anyone under lvl28 is locked out of a lot of gyms.

 

[Forward Press]

you can do more than one, you need to buy a raid pass from the shop for 100 coins.
Two of us had a go at a 34000 cp ryhorn, didn't get close lol.
These raids whoud have been good when the player base was at its height, but im afraid there are just not enough players anymore to do these justice.
Game has really missed the boat in my opinion.
Also seems you cannot battle a gym while a raid is active, and with so many raids active atm anyone under lvl28 is locked out of a lot of gyms.

Yeah it needs to be looked at - the best bet for taking down a gold raid is getting some friends together or going to the city where there may be some help around. Good thing your raiding party does not all have to be on the same team.

The whole countdown to a raid can be exploited if you care about coins - simply take down a gym and put your defender in before the raid is active and you are guaranteed more than an hour of not being touched.

 

[Zach Package]

Pretty sure that means that it starts at 2:20pm, 24 hour time makes the 14:20.

Yep, now I just look silly.

The raid ended up being a 18k odd Machamp that me and one other (pretty sure it was a spoofer, couldn't see anyone else around) took down with 2 seconds to spare. Was pretty difficult but even one other level 30 player would have made it so much easier.

Rewards were a charge TM, 12 premier balls and 8 rare candies which is pretty awesome and the Machamp ended up scaling down to 1650 CP and it's got counter and DP as well so a bloody good haul.

 

[Forward Press]

Yep, now I just look silly.

The raid ended up being a 18k odd Machamp that me and one other (pretty sure it was a spoofer, couldn't see anyone else around) took down with 2 seconds to spare. Was pretty difficult but even one other level 30 player would have made it so much easier.

Rewards were a charge TM, 12 premier balls and 8 rare candies which is pretty awesome and the Machamp ended up scaling down to 1650 CP and it's got counter and DP as well so a bloody good haul.

'Grats! Those TMs seem rare. Let us know how they work. Dammit need to find friends...I mean Pokemon Go playing friends.

 

[Cruyff14]

Anybody interested in this? I don't want it.

 

[dales.girl38]

The thing that I found annoying was when I took over a gym and put one in, my boyfriend wasn't able to add one or train it, as it said the gym was being battled (assuming by a spoofer as nobody else was around). Under the old system you could have people simultaneously battle and train a gym.

 

[Sharkey66]

The thing that I found annoying was when I took over a gym and put one in, my boyfriend wasn't able to add one or train it, as it said the gym was being battled (assuming by a spoofer as nobody else was around). Under the old system you could have people simultaneously battle and train a gym.

had that as well, i clicked off the gym and clicked back on and it was fine. seems to be a lot of lag at the moment, may have been the problem.

 

[Zach Package]

'Grats! Those TMs seem rare. Let us know how they work. Dammit need to find friends...I mean Pokemon Go playing friends.

Just go to popular spots where a lot of people play and I reckon you'll be right, if it's a raid that's really worth doing then I reckon there will be other people around, and if it's a lower level one you'll do it easy. I went past another one at Deakin Uni later on that was an 8500 Quilava, if you've got a team of 2k water pokemon you'll romp those ones in.

I used the TM on a 100 IV Arcanine that had Fire Fang/Bulldoze. You select the item select the pokemon and it says 'Arcanine will forget Bulldoze, are you sure' and then it randomizes a new charge move.

The options were Fire Blast/Wild Charge/Crunch and I got Crunch unfortunately. But I'll just keep using TMs on it until I get Fire Blast on it, I've been holding onto it since last August hoping for this.

 

[Forward Press]

Just go to popular spots where a lot of people play and I reckon you'll be right, if it's a raid that's really worth doing then I reckon there will be other people around, and if it's a lower level one you'll do it easy. I went past another one at Deakin Uni later on that was an 8500 Quilava, if you've got a team of 2k water pokemon you'll romp those ones in.

I used the TM on a 100 IV Arcanine that had Fire Fang/Bulldoze. You select the item select the pokemon and it says 'Arcanine will forget Bulldoze, are you sure' and then it randomizes a new charge move.

The options were Fire Blast/Wild Charge/Crunch and I got Crunch unfortunately. But I'll just keep using TMs on it until I get Fire Blast on it, I've been holding onto it since last August hoping for this.

You'd suspect the drop rates for TMs on lower level raids will be very low, though. But yeah I will have to poke around and see what's happening. I won't comment on whether they're good or not until I've experienced more than just one losing one.

 

[cheesedogg]

Lol there was just a raid event at a gym down the road from my place... 1100cp Magikarp

 

[Forward Press]

Lol there was just a raid event at a gym down the road from my place... 1100cp Magikarp

Already seen a few of the Magikarp events. Easy raid I suppose but surely the rewards would be puny.

 

[Forward Press]

Just completed my first raid, the Rare Candies and Golden Razz berries will be very handy. Level 3 raids are probably out of my reach but Level 2 11000CP Weezing was barely an issue. Wonder if you can ever get TMs from it...

Also:



Translation: I am upset I can no longer lock out dozens of gyms and get 100 coins every 21 hours with no problem. The new system encourages multiple accounts!

 

[cheesedogg]

Completed another raid a few hours ago. A 34000cp Tyranitar. I rocked up a few minutes before it started & there were already 3 cars there, then another 2 rocked up. Was like the early days of Pogo again.
In the end 11 of us battled it at once. Would have been no chance alone as it ko'd 4 of my mons before it went down.

 

[Forward Press]

Completed another raid a few hours ago. A 34000cp Tyranitar. I rocked up a few minutes before it started & there were already 3 cars there, then another 2 rocked up. Was like the early days of Pogo again.
In the end 11 of us battled it at once. Would have been no chance alone as it ko'd 4 of my mons before it went down.

Excellent! What were the rewards?

Did you catch the Tyranitar afterwards?

 

[kangle4]

As someone who never bothered with gyms before I'm really enjoying the new changes.

It's just been set and forget in my area.

 

[cheesedogg]

Excellent! What were the rewards?

Did you catch the Tyranitar afterwards?

From memory it was 6 golden razzberries, 12 revives & 2 rare candies.

I think the balls for the bonus round are shared based on team members in the battle. When the ranking chart came up it said most damage was done by team instinct & I was the only mystic there. All the yellows got 12 balls each & I got 6. The Tyrannitar knocked away 3 of them & broke out the others & fled. Wasn't too fussed though as it was 2100cp & I already have a 2800cp one with a 90odd% iv

 

[Forward Press]

From memory it was 6 golden razzberries, 12 revives & 2 rare candies.

I think the balls for the bonus round are shared based on team members in the battle. When the ranking chart came up it said most damage was done by team instinct & I was the only mustic there. All the yellows got 12 balls each & I got 6. The Tyrannitar knocked away 3 of them & broke out the others & fled. Wasn't too fussed though as it was 2100cp & I already have a 2800cp one with a 90odd% iv

Damn, for a beast like that you'd think a TM would be guaranteed. Or at least better rewards. Revives are everywhere and I got 2 berries and 3 candies for an easy to take down Pokemon. Randomised perhaps...

Cheers for the info.

 

[NTRabbit]

Why yes, I'm the guy with his dog who was standing in the middle of an oval at 6am, in fog so thick you couldn't see the fences, playing with a gym, why do you ask?

Unfortunately it seems I only held the gym for 28 minutes. At least I got 3 gold out of it.

All the gyms are yellow and counting down to a raid right now, but at least it seems slightly easier to actually conquer a gym than it used to be; and my roster of strange, 'useless for attacking/defending' pokemon is now useful, as there are no pokemon that are better enough at it to matter anymore, and most people don't have a nice Kingler or Ursuring to station on one.

 

[Zach Package]

Just tried to do a 4 star raid on my own....did not go well.

It was a Charizard and I was attacking with 6 rock type attackers all above 2200 CP but I reckon I did about 20% of the damage at most before I timed out, it's simply not possible unless you've got 4-5 other really solid players with you

 

[Walesy]

Just tried to do a 4 star raid on my own....did not go well.

It was a Charizard and I was attacking with 6 rock type attackers all above 2200 CP but I reckon I did about 20% of the damage at most before I timed out, it's simply not possible unless you've got 4-5 other really solid players with you

From testing so far, 1 and 2 stars are easy, 3 stars i reckon could be done, if you have perfect type match ups.

I don't have that though and could only get them down to about 3/4 health.

Haven't tried a 4* yet, but don't imagine that it would be pretty.

 

[cheesedogg]

Probably a dumb question, but how do you know how many stars they are?

 

[Walesy]

Probably a dumb question, but how do you know how many stars they are?

When you click on them in the gym, it shows how many monster heads it has- those are the stars

1 star has about 5k cp,
2 star, 12k
3 star, 19k
4 star, lots