Still not pulling the trigger?
How many are still not pulling the trigger on evolves and power ups?
It appears that a lot has been exposed about the new gym structure and what we can expect, but there are still quite a few unknowns. I have always been the type to "play for today", but I did stop doing evolves and power ups about 4 weeks ago waiting to see the impact of the new gym scene.
With all my mons now returned (and I have quite a few that can be powered up) I see that some of my notes from before may no longer apply, and other mons may be of a higher priority. I think I'm going to continue to wait until I see the fallout of the gym changes in application.
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Definitely wait...Play for today doesn't mean literally "today" to me...
Gym update will be out there "soon" so in possibly a week or less, (my guess is less since they seem to be making a LOT of changes), we will soon know what will happen...esp since a lot of high (my guess is level 40) level players are hardcore and will post/vlog about the changes...
I doubt I'd be included in the beta (36+) and don't mind...Maybe 38+ can get the benefit.
These are two questions in one.
(1) Power ups
I am waiting until gym mechanics are revealed completely. I already have 200.000 dust, more than ever. :-)
(2) Evolves
Assuming, with the machines actual moves can be rolled but not the legacy ones, it would make sense to evolve everything that can evolve good moves -
now, they could become legacy at any time.
I blew most of my stardust maxing out returning defenders. With me being at level 37 and taking them this far, may as well max them.
And I powered up a Hypno. Well-rounded stats should serve him well in any gym structure and that combination of confusion/psyshock should be really annoying. No regrets! I have wanted to power one of these guys up for a very long time.
I'm waiting. I do get a lot of info from this site and definitely use their Gym defender and attacking tier list as a guide when making decisions... but it is just that... a guide.
I do a TON of gym battles. It is all I do. I gather significant info from my personal battles and give that more weight than this tier list. I also look at what my current gym meta looks like as our biome is quite unquie (tons of rock - Rhydons and Tyranitars in every gym).
So here is an example where I differ from game press Tier list.
My top attackers include Aquatail Vapes. I would take them 100% over Hydro pump Vapes. Why? AT allows me to dodge every Rhydon attack. Hydro pump opens you up to getting hit. I can bring a 3000CP AT Vape to a gym party and cruise through tons of Rhydons and Tyranitars so I put heavy weight on that.
So I will wait before powering anything up (defenders or attackers) to see what makes sense with the new meta.
