Good decision?
I used my first Sinnoh stone to evolve a 15 13 13 Lv 32 2897 Rhydon to a Rhyperior, was it a good decision. If it was you would you have done the same?
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I'm not really sure where the hype comes from. Anyway, it's a better decision than most other options. Keep in mind it's on par with tyranitar if I read it correctly. I personally wouldn't pick it as my first evolve, unless you missed out on the community day for Larvitar or if it's a personal favourite, I would have spend it on something else. E.g., Togekiss 😏
Originally solely for defense purposes, because it is a personal favourite. For the reason that candies are rare and togepi has always been a quite unique Pokemon. Furthermore, it forces an attacker to switch machamp, what I personally strong dislike.
Now that I got granted with Dragon typing Hidden power I will also use it as an attacker, because i like having alternatives.
At the end of the day no Pokemon plays a significant role anymore, except for 1 Machamp and single generalist to clear gyms. Tier 5 raids is determined by the number of players mostly. To me, only tier 3 raids make significant differences in what specie to power up.
It's not really much better on defence than Gardevoir. Serves the same purpose. Maybe a bit tougher but it really doesn't matter.
I agree on the importance of Tier 3. Still some 4s and 5s play a part since sometimes we are a bit low on players. But the importance of tier 3 is my point - there are no real uses for a Togekiss ATM (apart from Machamp which should be covered by now). And we don't know what the next ones will be.
I'm not saying your decision was wrong or bad. I'm just asking what do you intend on using it. After all, the best one to evolve is the one you need the most.
Edit: I disagree with the notion that no pokemon has any importance. Some tier 3 solos and tier 4 duos require a player to have the right pokemon to succeed.
Thank you for your reply. My original reply was written when I was quite in a hurry so I'll do my best to be more clear on this one.
I didnt evolve togekiss for attacking purposes as I'm perfectly aware its DPS it too low compared to counter parts. What I meant was that I will use it for attacking purposes just to vary a bit with Pokemon, so more for fun basically.
I think it will serve purposes in defense, just like Gardevoir does, in the sense that it forces the attacker to switch from Pokemon which leads to precious seconds of time waste which is the entire purpose of defending gyms these days. That might prevent someone from attacking a gym every now and then.
On your "Edit" part. I fully agree, but perhaps my rush-English wasn't clear enough on that part as I was meant to say the same.
Edit: I've just read the new article on the Sinoh stones on this website and based on what I read, to me this was the best evolution based on the fact that there is no immediate need for other alternatives.
Weavile is a good Giratina counter, but if you already have a team of dragons/Gengar/Mewtwo, you have no need for it. Any grass or water mon will destroy Rhyperior due to the double weakness, it's not like you need a top DPS option. Togekiss on the other hand is also soft to Metagross, Raikou and SD Tyranitar and honestly goes down fine with a Jolteon if you're pushed for counters.
Like I said, they don't exactly make much of a difference right now.
lol what?
The only way to get shiny Magmar and subsequently shiny Magmortar is by evolving a shiny Magby. Magmar cannot appear in the wild as shiny and (I assume) Magmortar doesn't spawn at all. You'd be one of the few with a shiny Magmortar if you chose to evolve it all the way but that's up to you.
Do you like Rhyperior? The yes it was a good decision. My first Sinnoh evolve was a 15/14/14 L34 Roselia to Roserade. Sure I don't have an immediate need for it but for me the same can be said about any of the available Gen 4 evolves.
My next one I plan to evolve is a 14/15/15 Togepi. Here's hoping the resulting Togekiss gets a worthy HIdden Power type.
