Jul 14, 2016

I'm sure a lot of you know some of these already, but we should have a thread where we can all talk about our strategies n s---. Here's a few that have been really helpful to me so far.

1. Catch everything you see. Idc if you got 20 Rattatas, capture it for the XP & candies alone.

2. Wait to evolve. I like to stack up a bunch of Pokemon, pop a double XP egg and evolve them all at the same time. Just way more efficient in terms of earning XP.

3. Try to get the best releases when catching Pokemon. You get more points for Good, Nice, Great, and Excellent releases. You can throw a curveball by holding down and spinning the ball before throwing it.

4. Turn off AR. It's in the top right corner, and turning it off puts the Pokemon in the middle of the screen, rather than having to center your phone perfectly before tossing a pokeball.

These are just some off the top of my head. Feel free to post some more and I'll add them to OP.

 

Jul 14, 2016

If you're home or at work and can't leave and need an egg to hatch? Just leave the app (not turned off, just change to another app) and go back after a few mins. It'll try to locate where you are every time and it's never in the right place lol. Sometimes it'll locate you across the street and you'll see your avatar running back to your location. On the app the distance doesn't look that big, but sometimes it places you over a 100 meters away while it tries to pinpoint your location. I've moved like 400-500 meters this way without moving. Every little bit helps if you're at work or stuck at home

 

Jul 14, 2016

#catchemall

 

Jul 14, 2016

I noticed that too. If your character is running the distance doesn't count. Used to hate traffic but it's quality egg hatching time now.

 

Jul 14, 2016

You know what sucks? The game encourages you to move/walk but it doesn't recognize when you're on a treadmill

 

Jul 14, 2016

I go to the gym 4x a week and try to walk a lot during the days I don't go, so it sucks it doesn't recognize the treadmill lol. Also some people say it'll count when you travel by car and others say it doesn't. It hasn't worked for me personally

 

Jul 14, 2016

second this, I burn a lot more calories on a treadmill vs normal walking, and said treadmill is in a air conditioned room vs. being outside in 90 degree weather

 

Jul 14, 2016

Yea, it happens if you go under like 10 m/ph. Just happened to me

 

Jul 14, 2016

if you wanna be a real pokemon G and run cities/gyms like me you're gonna hve to step up. this is the best piece of advice you will get for pokemon go and it takes a bit of of willpower to do it but it's 100% the best/easiest/fastest way to level up your trainer (so you have higher cp mons and better encounters).

Basically if you have lucky eggs save those s----s. Next you wanna catcha f--- ton of pokemon, like legit around 100+. wait till you have a s--- ton of pokemon and then start transfering ones you don't need - you want to try and get as many pokemons ready to evolve as possible. The longer you wait/the more pokemons you build up (that are ready to be evolved) the more XP/levels you will get. A good amount to go for is around 20 pokemon ready to evolve. Once you have this, use a lucky egg and you'll become a Pokemon Go Plus member easy as.

the maths
- each evolution nets you 500xp with a bonus 500 xp if it's a pokemon you haven't seen/caught before. With a lucky egg active, you get 1000xp per evolution and another 1000xp if it's a new pokemon.
-20 x 1000 = 20,000 (the amount of exp needed to level up your trainer. at trainer levels 15+)

I did this two days ago after getting home from a day of pokemon go. went from level 13 to 15 in less than 30 minutes. You're welcome.

gonna thread this tbh.

 

Jul 14, 2016

posted this before in another thread. making a thread for it cause i wanna hear about some c---- here exploiting the s--- out of it to get to level 20 easy.

if you wanna be a real pokemon G and run cities/gyms like me you're gonna hve to step up. this is the best piece of advice you will get for pokemon go and it takes a bit of of willpower to do it but it's 100% the best/easiest/fastest way to level up your trainer (so you have higher cp mons and better encounters).

Basically if you have lucky eggs save those s----s. Next you wanna catcha f--- ton of pokemon, like legit around 100+. wait till you have a s--- ton of pokemon and then start transfering ones you don't need - you want to try and get as many pokemons ready to evolve as possible. The longer you wait/the more pokemons you build up (that are ready to be evolved) the more XP/levels you will get. A good amount to go for is around 20 pokemon ready to evolve. Once you have this, use a lucky egg and you'll become a Pokemon Go Plus member easy as.

the maths
- each evolution nets you 500xp with a bonus 500 xp if it's a pokemon you haven't seen/caught before. With a lucky egg active, you get 1000xp per evolution and another 1000xp if it's a new pokemon.
-20 x 1000 = 20,000 (the amount of exp needed to level up your trainer. at trainer levels 15+)

I did this two days ago after getting home from a day of pokemon go. went from level 13 to 15 in less than 30 minutes. You're welcome.

 

Jul 14, 2016

i love how everyone is taking this app so seriously but would get major rekt in an actual pokemon battle

 

Jul 14, 2016

hmmm, seems like team mystic are superior intellectuals or something. great minds think alike and all that

 

Jul 14, 2016

wait do u get rewards for walking alot?

cause my job has me walking like 30km a day so ima be eatin when it drops in canada if so

 

Jul 14, 2016

 

Jul 14, 2016

you get eggs that are 2km/5km/10km. basically gotta walk that far to hatch the eggs so yeah youll be ballin