I don't know about the rest of you, but given its rarity I feel like I'd want to attack any gym it's in to try fighting it? So until it's novelty wears off, perhaps it's more of a target than an ideal defender?
Mine lasted for 3 hours or so on its first assignment. I would also attack any gym where I saw one, but I might not keep going after the first round.
EDIT: Why the downvotes? I'm interested in seeing how Togekiss does as a defender but I also want to give other people the chance to experience the novelty.
Depends on the attacker I guess. I would be interested in fighting it as a raid boss, but as a defender... it doesn't really matter, I mean no defender is actually challenging unless you are a new player.
For me the only motivation to attack a gym is coins and research tasks. Defenders are irrelevant, a party of top tier defenders with full motivation is between 5 and 10 minutes. Only real problem is remote golden berry feeding, but it has nothing to do with the defender anyway
It's easier to go through a Machamp or a Tyranitar 61 times before 30 minutes pass when attacking a gym, whereas you can't do that with a Blissey.
"Why 61?" you ask, baffled and ignorant of basic gym mechanics. Well, my cynic friend, assuming a gym is full, every trainer in it can remote feed each Pokemon only 10 times within a 30-minute cooldown capping the limit. That totals 60 GRBs to be used within 30 minutes. So, when attacking a gym, you have basically that amount of time to completely drain the defenders of their respective 10 golden razzes in order to kick each defending Pokemon back to Lavender Town. This can be done with the vast majority of species, while some can drag their battles long enough that the 30-minute cooldown is over before all trainers reach their cap and they can start over.
So no, defenders are not irrelevant, Mr. Lazy Answers. The list is very short tho
Greetings Mr. Lazy Reading! As you can see with minimal reading effort the berry feeding part of my reply was included in a paragraph about my PERSONAL playstyle when Attacking Gyms.
"B-b-but why does the defender have nothing to do with berry feeding for you?" you stutter, clearly shaken now that you realize you haven't spent any time at all developing your reading comprehension skill lately. Well, my smart ass friend, even though I live in the suburbs, there is usually another gym I can reach in 3 minutes (car) or 10-15 minutes (on foot). I personally give up after the second golden berry and hit another gym, cause what I mostly like about PoGo is walking around, not tapping my attacks for 20 minutes while someone is feeding their Pokemon from his sofa.
However what you said is very true for a stubborn player who wishes to win against the sofa berry feeder, or simply for a player with very few gyms in his vicinity who clearly has limited options when choosing which gym to attack. Your knowledge of game mechanics is excellent, I'll give you that.
So yeah, defenders can be irrelevant for some people, you should respect each trainer's playstyle and read more carefully before mocking others for sharing their opinion in a Q&A section.
