Kyogre Raid Raikou
I seek advice concerning Raikou.
For Kyogre Raids I have the following Mons at my service:
Raikou 98%
Eggy 98%
Eggy 95%
Dragonite 100%
Dragonite 93%
Venusaur 95%
Vileplume 95%
Vileplume 93%
Groudon 100%
(not to mention Zapdos and Jolteon).
All are at very high levels.
I still have 2 lvl 20 Raikous (both 98%) sitting idle, and my question is, should I level one of them up in order to get more balls at raids or save my dust to develop a good Kyogre (have only 2 so far). I have just 100K dust left. What would you do?
Answers
You're quite low on dust, I would not put more resources into counters. Your roster is good against Thunder and HP Kyogre and should score you 2 damage balls consistently if your groups aren't too big for that. Blizzard Kyogre is going to wreck your team but so it will everyone else's team. I would personally not use any Solar Beam pokemon except Groudon against Blizzard, since they run a big risk of not connecting the charge move before dying. Better to throw in any Leaf Blade pokemon you have or Zapdos/Jolteon with TB, regardless if they're lower IV or level. At least they'll do some damage.
Yes, some people are just afraid. Last time we were 20 players and most did not want to divide in smaller groups. It was too cold and they just wanted to get back to their cars (I wonder how people in Finland can endure this). I ended up with 7 balls (caught Kyogre, nevertheless), one player even got 6 balls. I didn't know that was possible ......thanks for the input!
We split 9/12 by team on a blizzard. The 9 finished with a ton of time still on the clock. Not sure where the 12 finished. Anyway, 12 balls and 9 fainted Pokémon. Helped that the boss miraculously delayed charge move so long that lead off groudon got off 2 SoB. Anyway, 12 balls is better than 8...but everyone has to be willing to/able to revive a full squad and then some OR someone just has to say we’re doing it. (Also helps if there are 21+ accounts to force the issue).