The Murkrow issue...
Ever since February I hated Murkrows, being of what I thought, no practical use and a waste of balls. I started to just ignore them.
Then came the raids with Tyranitars and I realized I only had the bronze medal of dark. Two months later I'm almost there but it wasn't fun.
What's your biggest miscalculation so far in the game?
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Barely silver on dragon and fighting.
Only dratini for dragon type and fighting type is extremly rare here.
I did the same with murkrow but took me like 2 months to get from bronze to gold as they spawn so frequently.
Steel is about halfway gold just because i culdnt go to the magnemite nest bacause it was Raining for like 3 weeks.
I avoid catching Murkrows like the plague and rather focus on stuff like Houndour whenever they nest. I've caught a 100% IV Murkrow just 1 day after I've made my account, and I'm keeping it until Honchrow is released.
I have been neglecting medal catch bonuses for quite a long time until I actually bothered to wonder how they work. I'm 26 dark pokemon away from a gold medal on it.
One time I was trying to catch the Murkrow, saw its CP, then fled. After that I checked the possible IV combination, it was a 0% IV one! I should have caught it, if I really did, as my second 0% IV Pokémon.
Today, I encountered a 31 CP Natu, I powered up it once to check its IV, 6.67%! Immediately transferred.
During the lull before the fire/ice event I happened to stumble upon a future gen evolution chart and saw some gnarly CPs so I started catching all that crap. Rhyhorn, murkrow, tangela, electabuzz, magmar, etc. got my dark gold a long time ago. Certainly helped when raids came out. Now I'm almost done my last three; ghost (154), steel (164), and dragon (101) to finish.