It's been a couple weeks since our last free chat, so I'm trying to remember what's changed among my crew since then...
Caught: A venusaur! (This guy was cranky as shit & I used up my ultraballs to catch him but he's in my pokedex. Pretty crappy IVs -- seems to be a running problem with non-hatched starters -- but I got him!)
Evolved: A nidoqueen and a wigglytuff! (So excited about the wigglytuff, you don't even understand!)
In other news, I've finally begun powering up the mon I decided I'd be keeping. I decided that waiting until level 30 was kind of silly. Even if I find mon with better IVs, how do I know I'll get the ideal moveset when I evolve them? *side eyes her gyarados with fucking twister* I have a 88.9% vaporeon with the perfect attacking moveset (water gun/hydro pump). Why not power her up? I also decided to power up my 97.8% vileplume and 86.7% nidoqueen. Their movesets aren't ideal like my vaporeon's, but they're decent. I've been using my vileplume as a defender and surprisingly, my nidoqueen's charge attack (Earthquake) does decent enough damage to dragonites twice as strong as her that I can finish them off with a vaporeon.
(Since I'm used to attacking with vaporeons, it's taking me a while to get used to the attacking rhythm of my nidoqueen, but I'm definitely getting better at the attack-dodge-attack attack-dodge beat.)
At the moment, I've set my powering up limits to 85% IVs with at least a decent moveset. It doesn't have to be perfect but it can't be freaking garbage like bite/twister. (I basically use that gyarados as cannon fodder.) I'm wondering if I'm being too stringent given my playing habits. I have two 80% exeggcutors, one with the perfect attacking moveset (zen headbutt/solar beam) and the other with a decent defensive moveset (confusion/seed bomb). I have an exeggcute to evolve -- bad IVs but high enough CP that I can use it in gyms right away -- but in terms of the long game, I'm wondering if I should invest in these other exeggcutors. Even if I get an exeggcute with better IVs down the road, there's never a guarantee that I'll get a good moveset while I know I have these that do.
Edited (minor text fixes) Date: 2016-09-10 04:36 pm (UTC)
Hee! Yes, I managed to catch a Venusaur in New York City; it just turned out to be 100 CP, so I ground him into candy. (I evolved one; that's one's in the 82%+ range.) Surprising amount of Bulbasaurs in NYC, actually -- I have 113 candy now, so the next GOOD Bulby will be on its slow way to evolution...
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Caught: A venusaur! (This guy was cranky as shit & I used up my ultraballs to catch him but he's in my pokedex. Pretty crappy IVs -- seems to be a running problem with non-hatched starters -- but I got him!)
Evolved: A nidoqueen and a wigglytuff! (So excited about the wigglytuff, you don't even understand!)
In other news, I've finally begun powering up the mon I decided I'd be keeping. I decided that waiting until level 30 was kind of silly. Even if I find mon with better IVs, how do I know I'll get the ideal moveset when I evolve them? *side eyes her gyarados with fucking twister* I have a 88.9% vaporeon with the perfect attacking moveset (water gun/hydro pump). Why not power her up? I also decided to power up my 97.8% vileplume and 86.7% nidoqueen. Their movesets aren't ideal like my vaporeon's, but they're decent. I've been using my vileplume as a defender and surprisingly, my nidoqueen's charge attack (Earthquake) does decent enough damage to dragonites twice as strong as her that I can finish them off with a vaporeon.
(Since I'm used to attacking with vaporeons, it's taking me a while to get used to the attacking rhythm of my nidoqueen, but I'm definitely getting better at the attack-dodge-attack attack-dodge beat.)
At the moment, I've set my powering up limits to 85% IVs with at least a decent moveset. It doesn't have to be perfect but it can't be freaking garbage like bite/twister. (I basically use that gyarados as cannon fodder.) I'm wondering if I'm being too stringent given my playing habits. I have two 80% exeggcutors, one with the perfect attacking moveset (zen headbutt/solar beam) and the other with a decent defensive moveset (confusion/seed bomb). I have an exeggcute to evolve -- bad IVs but high enough CP that I can use it in gyms right away -- but in terms of the long game, I'm wondering if I should invest in these other exeggcutors. Even if I get an exeggcute with better IVs down the road, there's never a guarantee that I'll get a good moveset while I know I have these that do.
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Hee! Yes, I managed to catch a Venusaur in New York City; it just turned out to be 100 CP, so I ground him into candy. (I evolved one; that's one's in the 82%+ range.) Surprising amount of Bulbasaurs in NYC, actually -- I have 113 candy now, so the next GOOD Bulby will be on its slow way to evolution...
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