Question on attacking a gym thats already under attack.
Forgive my noobness.
So I saw a level 7 gym being attacked and decided to help out. Why is it when I join in the fight, my first fighter invariably takes a truck load of damage, or even faints?
And how do I prevent this from happening?
Should I just lead with a blissey next time and then swap out into a fighter?
Answers
If the first attacker uses something like Pidgey and it faints, your first Pokémon, even Blissey, will faint, too.
If the first attacker's Blissey has been taken away 50% of its total HP, your first attacking Pokémon's 50% HP will be taken.
If the first attacker's 5 Pokémon have fainted, you will have 5 Pokémon fainted in the battle.
That is really bad for you if the first attacker is like a level 5 trainer without any top tier Pokémon.
Are you sure this is how it works? I was told that a person joining a battle in progress will take the amount of raw damage inflicted to the original attacker, not a percentage of HP nor the number of pokemon that have fainted. If the first attacker used a Pidgey and it fainted, if you then join in with a Blissey it wouldn't faint - it'd just be down 40 HP or so.
