Finding a use for the unloved
I like to make use of a range of Pokemon, but there are always some that were useful when starting out, but just aren't that useful once you get up a few levels.
I didn't think I'd ever find a use for Voltorb, but my friendly gym had just had a 1100 Aerodactyl dropped in as it's lowest defender by a lvl17 player, with a lvl20 player having a 1695 Vaperon as the next tier up.
I struggled to work out what to prestige it with, when I remembered a pair of 1057 Voltorbs - their low cp was perfect and they easily dealt with both.
Any unloved Pokes that you've suddenly found a use for. Perfect prestigers?
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I tend to find creative uses for my ~1k 'second tier' pokemon as well, examples like:
985CP Bug Bite/Xscissor Parasect for Exeggutor
946CP Bugbite/Bugbuzz Butterfree for Exeggutor
1062CP Spark/Thunderbolt Electrode for Gyarados
905CP Spark/Thunder Raichu for Gyarados
1230CP Vinewhip/Solar Tangela for Vaporeon
1119CP Ember/Flamethrower Ninetales for Grass types
Does very well for prestiging indeed, the Raichu in particular can take down 2k-2.5k Gyaradoses with that boss moveset. The bugs also rip any 2k-Sub 2k exeggutors.
For gyms that I expect a high turnover, I'll take my throwaway pokemon that I've caught or evolved that may have a bad moveset, or are just plain useless, and rename them Gym. Slot them into a gym spot I've created, or a gym I captured. When they get killed, I transfer them rather than revive/heal. Yesterday it was my 1700 CP Acid/Moonblast Vileplume.
I think you mean an Electrode, right?
Personally I love using Raticate (Bite + Hyper Beam) or especially Pidgeot (Wing Attack + Hurricane) to prestige against Exeggutors, apart from all the bugs of which I keep nice collections.
Against Vaporeons I absolutely love using my collection of 10 Tangelas with Vine Whip + Solar Beam, they tear them apart so easily! And Seadra with Dragon Breath + Blizzard is one of my favourites to battle Dragonites.
I recently found that Marowak (Mud Slap + Earthquake) does surprisingly great against Fire types too.
Overall, I would say that no pokemon gets no love in my collection... apart from Dugtrio maybe haha
Fearow is one of the very few I can't find any use for. I tried one with Peck + Aerial Ace against Grass types, but even then it's just terrible. He's too weak.
Persian with Scratch + Play Rough, though, is pretty fun to prestige against lower level Dragonites imo. And I have a Seaking with Poison Jab + Megahorn that does actually well against Exeggutors!
I have already powered my best one up!
Tangela has actually become one of my favourite mons to use in this game lol. She's great indeed - I love how she's so cute and fluffy, until she wiggles her ass a little bit and a huge solar beam comes out of nowhere to obliterate the Vape that's in front of her. Tangela is a boss.
