So I already have a Dynamax Blissey that is fully maxed out. It's either 93 or 96% IV I think. It's not a shiny or anything but the Blissey shiny is kind of lame.

Am I the only one who can no longer see the adventure/challenge to evolve my mons? And see this instead?

Edit: I made it my buddy and the same thing happened.

Why are so many Pokémon GO players against remote trading?

It takes a long time to build friendships to Best Friends level, and it’s honestly a bit disappointing when you finally get there only to find that many people aren’t interested in trading. I now have over 20 Lucky Friends, and not a single one has tagged a Pokémon they’d like to trade.

With challenges like the one requiring you to obtain 50 Lucky Pokémon through trades, remote trading would be a huge help. Not only that, but Lucky Pokémon are some of the coolest and most valuable Pokémon in the game. They cost less Stardust to power up, often have great IVs, and give trainers a chance at getting a shlundo or a rare Pokémon they don’t already own.

After spending months, sometimes years, building friendships in the game, it seems like remote trading would be a great way to make those Lucky Friend interactions actually happen. So I’m genuinely curious: why are so many players opposed to it?

People on YouTube were saying that Crowned Sword Zacian and Crowned Shield Zamazenta raids were only available for the in-person events...

But it seems like we will get them globally... right...?

First time seeing this logo, and when I caught the pokemon it was seemingly pointing at there didn't didn't seem to be anything special with the mon.

What do you guys do if they have no pokemon or a campfire to message them do you just hope they will one day or no?

If u got em, show em off, right? 😅😁😎 Show yours if u want. Compare/contrast (tryna take up space to make this 100 characters)

Whoever works at Scopely Explore needs to do some looking into my account. I did 2 remote raids and when going to encounter the pokemon, i was thrown out of the encounter without given the chance to throw a single ball, basically wasting 2 remote raid passes. Extremely frustrating when you have to spend money on the passes

I have a shiny dunsparce that I have been training up for the GBL with a gold cap. Now I am at the final point in which I have 100 Pokémon left to catch to finish a task to catch 1500 to raise the final stat to be shundo which is defense. Looks like I might have screwed myself leveling him up earlier in the year and should have waited until these tasks were done and he was maxed out. My question is this. If I complete that task do you think that will put his CP over 1500. I think it will be a couple below 1500 which is ideal for me obviously. I believe his cp was 1484 without boost before he went up on the last task thst brought him to where he is now. I’m considering halting the hyper training and leaving him where he is. Lmk what you guys think

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Hit my 1 month today, free to play and I have fallen in love with the game. I wanted to ask if there’s anything specifically I should be doing or should know. My favorite thing to do is shiny hunt, and I was wondering if there’s anything specifically I can do to increase my chances of finding them. Thank you for the advice!

Hey all, I have had two palkias go uncaught in a row. I got mainly excellent and great shots, a couple of nice too. I have never encountered this happening before when doing a raid.

Is Palkia notoriously hard to catch or do I just suck/I am unlucky. Waste of remote raid passes lol.

I have yet to get enough crown energy to change the form on any of my many Zacian, so my friend traded me an already crowned one. If I make him my buddy, would I get crowned energy?

The types allowed (steel, dragon and fairy) are rather niche. Also, it's a narrow selection. These aren't the major types to appear during regular great league battles to begin with (only one of these in a group - occasionally). There are almost no common good or even decent enough pokemons that are achieveable in these types. Only top-tier, like Tinkatink, Melmental, Azumaril, Altaria - which require many 100s of candies of rare pokemons, 100,000s of star dust, and sometimes 100s of XLs and legacy moves. Don't have these? Then you don't stand a chance.

This is only my second season (but I'm in rank 21 and decent), and I have no worthy qualifying pokemons. Trying to use what I have failed. I tried UL for the first time. I only have 3 pokemons, that are not even good, but could yield mostly 1, occasionally 2 wins per rank. But I don't enjoy it. I don't invest in second attacks for a week, I don't know my pokemons or the opponents', and don't enjoy working with them.

They should have allowed at least one or two major types to participate. It's narrow, unbalanced, and unfair. Now I'm stuck an entire week without being able to play - and many are in the same position. Great league is the only accessible league. And I'm hugely into it, play the maximum every day and wait for midnight every day to play more.

I already have Charizard Y and Charizard X.
Also, if I should mega it, is X or Y better?
Thank you.

just hit lucky FFs with this guy. He’s my first ever level 80 forever friend, and I’m in awe. Is this what level 80 life is like? As a lowly level 75, I cannot comprehend.

And what should I ask for? What would you ask for? Getting to shop from this store only once every 90 days...argh

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I just got this from a trade. I havent even buddy'd it. What challenge is it referring to?? Should i just contact scopely?

Eta: thank you to everyone with helpful comments!!

Age old question of “what to use my masterball on” kind of. Anyways
Aside from the non shiny galarian birds that show up, are there any rare hard to catch pokemon I really need to watch out for? I don’t actually want to catch the birds in a masterball, since they pop up semi often for me (once a week if I remember to use my incense) I really want to try and catch them in a regular ultra ball. It would be way more rewarding for me.

The only other pokemon I can logically think of saving it for would be like a dream shiny but I can’t think of any that I wouldn’t be okay just risking it with a gold raspberry. My current plan for my masterball is to use it if I ever find a shiny bidoof or other equally goofy little guy, but before I deliberately waste my ball I just want to make sure I don’t actually mess up my chances of catching a different rare spawn.

This might be a dumb question, as I've only started playing again recently (1st time since 2017), but where are people getting all these mythical, legendary and shundo Pokémon? Is it all just raids?

Currently struggling with inventory and what pokemon I should be focusing on and what I should be transferring, I’m fairly new to the whole pokemon scene and would love some must have tips for new players you wish you knew before you started. 👀

Some of my faves so far from this October! Not necessarily matching my buddy but the vibes are cohesive!

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Evolving it right now and not waiting robs me of Blast Burn, which is a legacy move. However, I get to start building both mega levels ASAP. Thoughts?

I've been trying to do some raids. But Palkia is too much, my most powerful mon is a PC≈3000 Melmetal only. But seriously, is this an event or smth?