It’s about time. I get to make my first mega4 mon. Wish I could’ve hit on one of the shinies but I’ll gladly take this guy instead. Anybody have mons they’re waiting to invest in for mega4?

Tried to Google this, but no results for CP decreasing after evolution came up. Is this a glitch, or is this standard for this evolution??

Im just getting back into go after a loooong long break. I put a pokemon into a gym for the first time, honestly not realizing what I was doing. It was my strongest pokemon. A beeheeyem. Hes my favorite pokemon. Im very proud of him. I notice his cp is slowly lowering. When he gets beaten amd returned. Does he stay like that? Or will he regain his original power level?

Silvercap:

4attack,4defense& 4attack,4hp& 4defense,4hp& 0*,1*,2*,3*&shiny,legendary,mythical,ultrabeast

It also finds shadows but you would have to purify them first. I will leave a comment below with just the string for easy copying. Hope this helps

If anyone has any other useful search strings feel free to drop them below too!

Recently, during the Community Day: Zorua, I managed to catch a few Zorua’s, and of them, I managed to capture 2 Shiny and 2 3-Star. One of the 3-Stars, one I eventually evolved to a Zoroark, has a unique background and icon. The icon is similar to a shadow Pokémon that’s been purified, the little blue icon next to their portrait when looking at Pokémon you own. The background, however, is animated, and has fireworks going off every couple seconds. The weird thing is, I caught it the same day I caught the other 3, and none of them have a similar background or icon. Only this one. None of them were shadow Pokémon purified, either. I’m not sure why this one is unique.

Were the odds boosted this evening for the spotlight hour? I didn't think they usually were. I was bummed out because I was at a work event tonight so it was pretty much standing in one place at a venue, and only really played for about 30 minutes. How on Earth did I manage to snag three shinies?

Ok so me and my son were on a walk- both had daily incense running, he has 0 master balls, I have 3. Neither of us have any galarian birds and I haven't encountered any since getting master balls but had encountered a handful before who all fled.

He seems to get them almost weekly (we do daily routes) and they always flee.

So today on our walk, he comes across these two almost back to back- both fled. Nothing for me. Then I notice he isn't on a route- he forgot to start one, so is just on a daily incense only..

1) are galarian bird rates nerfed when you have MB in items?

2) what's the odds of two back to back galarians off the same incense?

3) I thought you had to be on a route WITH incense to get a galarian- did this change?

I’ve already mega evolved this ray, but it’s saying I need to use a meteorite again?? But why? I only had the one meteorite and I finally used it when I got this shiny

I just figured this information out on accident and im actually curious if yall think/know if this was planned or just a coincidence for the odds to end up the same as each other.

I debated posting this cause I kinda liked the idea of finding a lil Easter egg and didnt wanna ruin that whimsy for myself, but maybe it is just coincidence cause having the IV's split in 3 sections of 5 each seems straightforward and it wouldnt make sense for them to do it different than that.

Honestly how can you guys put up with GBL? I've been playing GBL for 4 years now (for stardust and rare candies) and although I've improved at it I still hate it just as much as I did on the first day.

Even after learning type matchups, the movesets, the meta shifts, fast move counting, breakpoints and etc nothing seems to make much difference because at the end of the day the game is just UNFAIR.

I don't believe the algorithm theory, but I do think something else is wrong with GBL (maybe just really poor game design). No knowledge or skill seems to change the outcome. I've been at 2300 ELO for the past week when suddenly I get hard countered 15 times in a row and drop to 2k. I get that me and most people will be at a approximate 50% winrate, that's normal. What's not normal is that the elo system put me at 2300 and I've stayed there for the past week, but now out of nowhere the same elo system says I super suck at the game and must drop to 2k.

I guess what frustrates me the most is that people actually think GBL is 5D chess or something, that skill will solve everything and luck isn't a factor, When in reality, and I'm sorry to say that, but luck is a much more important factor for GBL than skill (hence what I've mentioned above about getting countered, even though it's the same season, same meta and Im using the same team). Maybe at tournaments, in which you opponents bring 6 mons eland choose 3, skill is the determinant factor, but that is not the case for the everyday matches.

These same people sometimes think less of those who enjoy the PvE side of the game because the shinies, costumes, backgrounds and etc are just luck based. The way I see it, at least in PvE everyone knows it's just luck and it's fine with it and have fun with it. In pvp everyone is just "rolling an invisible dice" to see who counters who and thinks they are doing big brain stuff when they win.

I apologize for the long rant. I guess I'm just venting my own frustration but it would be nice to know if anyone else thinks this way.

Ehhh I haven’t played in 3-4 years and I really want help to maybe make a little raid team or understand what I’m doing T-Ti remember nothing

For the first 2 years I was actively looking for ditto, hand catching every pokemon ditto can transform into. And yet, no ditto in sight. 4 years and counting.

Hi everyone!

I bought the shiny Keldeo research, one of the challenges to complete is to earn the Unova medal. I checked and I’m missing 3 pokemon, the ones I’m missing are region exclusives. Besides going to these places, how can I get them?

My best meta-relevant mons are either non-shiny and already close to hundos (ie 98%) or shiny and missing many IVs in more than one area. If this lucky zacian was also a shiny, it would be a no-brainer for me... But it's not. I'm also not sure if I'll be able to secure a better one before the next silver bottlecap.

Thoughts?

I understand you need an event where this is available... but I fear that I am 6 years too late! Any ideas?

I caught my first shiny shadow pokemon today

Is it any good? I havent played in a while so I dont know if 3* is good

Just wanted to ask what level we’re all at these days I’m at level 72. I started on day one and took years off came back almost exactly 2 years ago and I’ve grind it out everything I can. I was at 36 wound up at 43 then with the update, I hit 56 and I’ve been grinding ever since just wanted to see what people were at these days.