Adjusting to the new meta
So I see a lot of people running low on dust. As a casual L32 player with about 500k dust spared I realize there has to be some trade-offs regarding the near future. My goal is to solo most T3 raids and today I evolved some L28-30 mons to get a nice attack team. Here is what I got:
Lvl 28 Abra -> Alakazam C/FS (yes!)
Lvl 28 Macop -> Machamp BP/DP (yes DP!)
Lvl 29 Geodude -> Golem RT/RB (double rock!)
Lvl 28 Exeggute -> Exeggutor ES/P (well....)
Lvl 25 Rhyhorn -> Rhydon RS/MH (big sigh)
Lvl 28 Houndour -> Houndoom S/C (ok, I guess)
I intend to spend approx 200 k dust to get a lvl 20 Golem MS/EQ, a lvl 28 Rhydon MS/EQ, a lvl 30 Espeon C/PB, another Espeon (lvl 28, still an Eevee), a couple of high level Vaporeons WG/HP and the above mentioned mons to lvl 30. Together with a lvl 32.5 Tyranitar B/SE, a lvl 32.5 Tyranitar B/C, a lvl 32.5 Dragonite DT/O and 2 lvl 32.5 dragonite SW/HB (with two charge TMs) I hope to be able to solo some T3 raids.
Do you think it is possible?
Answers
I don't need the exact figure. Golem lvl 20 is 85 k dust, the rest between 10-20k dust/mon to reach lvl 30. Thing is, it's impossible for me to take high IV bosses from lvl 20 to 30 to max my team. This way I can raise 30-40 67-80% IV wild caught mons instead.
Don't intend to do 30-40, just enough to solo T3 and then slowly max the 100%-ers caught.
I don't think you will make it.
My advice is to try to focus on the 1-2 easier lvl 3 and MAX the 6-10 mons you'll use for these raids.
Easier lvl 3 should be Machamp and Gengar, so I think you should max out:
- Rhydon MS/EQ (gengar)
- Alakazam C/FS (gengar and machamp)
- Espeon (gengar and machamp)
- Tyranitar B/C (the best for gengar)
- 2nd Tyranitar B/SE (charge not super effective, but high dps)
- Dragonite DT/O (not super effective but high dps)
Also Snorlax with L/HB works well against gengar.
Gengar with SC/SB (legacy moveset) is the best dps and is good for gengar raid.
Slowblo/Slowking have a good tank and with psychic moves are good for Machamp raids.
Anyway, I think lvl 32 is too low for soloing lvl 3 raids, but I'd be glad to be wrong (I'm lvl 35 and failed a couple of solo lvl3, but I'm missing damn Tyranitar)
Taking a mon from 30 to 35 costs 32K stardust and 64 candies. Taking a level 20 to 35 costs 137K dust and 130 candies. So its slightly less than 2 for one trade off. If you power up 5 level 20s from eggs/raids your looking at spending 685K dust vs with level 30s you can power up 10 mons!!!!
Im currently trying deepen my raid counters and plan on powering up 3 machamps, 3 RT/SE Gollems, Espeon FS, Alakazam FB, Scizor, Starmie and 2 wild caught level 30 Tyranitars(BSE,ITSE). For a total of 12 mons all of which are over 50% IVS. Instead of just picking 6 of those and using who knows how many TMs since most of my 30's have ideal movesets already.
I did power up a 2 TTar and 1 Dnite with 90%+ ivs to max level for me which is L37 so I do have my high IV stuff. Id just rather have all supreme counters and not be dust poor. Over a period of years the difference in the mons of a player who plays this way vs a players who is stuck in IVs will be drastic. One downside IV people always say is on occasion my low IV mons may die one or 2 hits early vs same IV same level although most likely they will be higher level anyways and last longer not shorter. Since I will have multiples my #2-6 will do way more damage as well.
