I too am wary of of powering up defenders, so I don't invest anything in them. I just invest in and power up my best (or most enjoyable to use) attackers. When I get an extra attacker with an already high CP (e.g., Rhydon, Dragonite, Gyarados, Vaporeon), I use it as a defender. [By "extra," I mean an already powered up mon that I replace in my attacking lineup because I get another one of the same species with higher IVs or a new better moveset, or the older one's moveset is no longer optimal.]
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Defender Investment
With Niantic stating their intention to rework the current gym system, I am weary in which defenders to invest in until I know what that new system is.
Currently, CP is King, which is true in my area at least. So, I see a lot of the typical high CP, easy to take out, Double Weakness Defenders in gyms. So, to stay in gyms I was forced to invest in these type of defenders myself. If Niantic decides to go away from the CP tier system of gym placement, it would change a lot of things and maybe disgruntle those who invested in those high CP mons.
So, I guess my question is what is your current strategy of Defender Investment? Do you invest in true quality defenders? High CP Defenders? Defenders that can also serve as attackers? Or take the wait and see approach and hold off investment until we see what the new system is? I am considering just powering up and building my attackers for now. Thoughts anyone?
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I imagine CP is still going to have to count for something. There needs to be some way to distinguish between otherwise similar mons.
I never understood the knee-jerk over reaction some players take when Niantic says anything. There has never been a massive broad-sweeping game-altering change. To think that after players have spent nearly a year leveling up their mons that Niantic would just change everything, thereby making a lot of the hundreds of hours of progress by it's most devoted players useless, is a bit far fetched.
Go ahead and invest in whatever you want. I'm failing to see the logic in not playing the game as it is so you can wait (possibly indefinitely) for a change that nobody knows about to come at some point down the road - possibly never.
Just do as you have always done.
Or save for Doomsday. ;)
When the comments about restructuring came up I had already spent on a 3K defender squad. I have stopped raising up mons like Gyrados for the reasons you bring up.
For the time being I'm just maxing Dragonites with DT. If there is no CP change then I'll still have defenders. If not I have one hell of a murderous offensive squad. I think the same could hold true for Tyranitar but I've yet to evolve one with an offensive moveset. I did break down and power up a DG Blissey but I had resources to spare.
I'd still invest in mons if I could use them in gyms.
I'd hesitate to invest in Vaporeon since he's (notice 7/8 are male) still 7th on the CP rankings, but a Dragonite or Snorlax, I'd invest in since I don't have 10 solid defenders yet...(and have 0 Dragonites).
I'd probably hold off on Rhydon too since I already maxed quite a few sadly and people may want to hold off on Gyarados since he's a pretty weak defender.
I just hatched my 1st Snorlax, but he has Lick/Earthquake and poor (for me) IVs so I'm happy to get the candies, but will wait to power up another (attack was "only" 12).
I'd only powerup if you need them immediately and can collect dust/coins now.
Versatile moveset defenders ZH/HB or BS Lax, DT/any charge move Nite, Any Blissey combo w/o Physic ( she's a tank as an attacker lol), DT/ HP or O & B/HP Gary, HP or AT Vape, B/SE or C Tyrnaitar, and MS/ SE and Eq Don. All of those are high CP as defenders and can be turned into Destructive attackers on a seconds notice. I can't invest in defensive moveset so only learned my lesson w/ B/IP Poliwrath...
