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Are raids unplayable for anyone else?

An hour ago, I tried solo-ing a Machamp raid. My team consisted of: 2466 Alakazam C/FS, 2338 legacy Gengar SC/SC, 3 Espeson at level 30 one with FS, the other 2 w/ Psychic, and Lugia 3107 Exts/FS. The timer starts at 171! Then my Alakazam couldn't get off his FS. Then I got network error 11 or 2. I forgot which one it was. It was probably both. lol. Then the GPS couldn't be found. (I'm in the city) Then again, my Pokemon couldn't do their charge moves. Then Machamp kept regenerating his health. The timer ran out on me. I tried again, but for whatever reason I'm limited on potions, so I couldn't heal my Pokemon all the way.

I'm mad. WHAT THE HEEEEEEEEEEEEELL?!!!!!

Asked by SirMikster7 years 8 months ago

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The glass cannons and Lugia as a buffer will work most of the time BUT I usually vary my lineup and don't dodge. I never count on avoiding a charge move. Looks like your Alakazam had Confusion, most raiders prefer PC on Ala to get the charge move off. If you don't have a Mewtwo, I'd use either 2 Espeons or 2 Exeggutors.
My typical one
Espeon 2511 C/FS
Mewtwo 3314 C/ShB
Dragonite 3213 DT/Hurr
Alakazam 2448 PC/FS
Exeggutor 2554 C/SoB
Lugia 3152 EX/SA

i don't think he was worried about his/her teams power but rather the fact the game is buggy as hell at the moment so that their team just isn't getting the damage they are supposed to.

To me Espeons, Alakazam, and Gengar are finesse battlers. I just think he should have Psycho Cut if he has trouble getting a Future Sight off and he is playing a finesse game. Develop the option to "Rocky it" if you don't trust the game's machinations

Yeah, my problem wasn't the damage. It was the bugged game. The timer ran out on me on my first try and Machamp had around 1% health, if even that much. And that was with my attacks not going through + the health regeneration from Machamp. I actually did get my charged bar for Alakazam charged all the way, the FS wasn't executing like it was suppose to.

If the Machamp had Close Combat, then yeah a victory should be guaranteed. Heavy Slam doesn't have the same kind of wiggle room, it could take a few times to get a better connection and make sure all your damage is registered

Yeah, he had Close Combat. I was so mad.

I get a lot of bugs on iOS if I try to swap out mons. Better to just let them faint in order (for me). Once it bugs I can no longer do any damage.

No, raids are not unplayable today. At least for me. I soloed a Machamp today, for only the second time. There is a lot of randomness in this game. You just have to live with it. Sometimes it helps you, but mostly it hurts you. Hang in there. Tomorrow is a new day. Pay attention to the fundamentals and eventually you will win more often (quite a bit more often) than you lose.

Maybe that's why I timed out against a ... Cloyster! Three times, no less. I didn't have ideal counters (no legendaries), but it's a tier 2! Lot's if errors etc.

I hope that's the reason, anyway....