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Sorry i misread the question.

Having only soloed tier 3s in private groups I didn't really had a chance to claim this raid attacker privilege, but I used to struggle with alakazam and Arcanine. A high 20s was all I needed to carry me over, but I couldn't have done it without the other player.

I don't think it was underwhelming at all, everyone started at level 1 unless they bought an account, and I don't think you are complaining at all.

Only once. I was on vacation and did an Electabuzz just to use up my daily raid pass. The other player was a young kid around 6 or 7 who admitted he couldn't do it himself. He was also amazed at my virtually complete Pokedex, which gave me a bit of an ego boost as well.

Apart from that, I've helped out a few people with raids that asked for assistance ahead of time that I wouldn't have normally done otherwise.

The person probably could have managed without you. Tier 2 raids aren't that hard and all their counters were appropriate for battle.

My niece (lv 23) has a team not at all optimized for battling that can handle all the tier 2s.

While I don't feel like I've "Made it as a raid attacker..." I do enjoy contributing to the Pokemon Community when/if I can. After all, isn't collaborative play supposed to be a pillar of the game?

Even back in the day there were occasions when I'd pay-it-forward by prestiguing a gym higher than needed to make room for another team member.

For better or worse there have definitely been some feel-good moments over the last year or so. Weakening a gym so that a kid (Level 9 Trainer) could not only defeat the gym (their first time) but add their own defender, a 200-something pidgeotto, is at the top.

I was in this situation the first time I attempted to solo Machamp. Someone jumped in with about 30 seconds left and I backed out to start a private group(which I didn't think about doing initially because I've never seen anyone else raid at this small park). I was determined to fight it by myself after the investment I'd just made in my top two Alakazams and best Espeon, but when I succeeded I felt kinda guilty. I've gone so far as to get my group to back out of Legendary Raids to let a youngster join in before, so I felt like a dick after purposely evading another would-be raider. I hope it wasn't a little kid...don't remember seeing any around or I probably would've put off my solo attempt.

Never had anyone join me at a raid apart from obviously lvl4 & 5 which tend to be pre arranged via our FB group. I would definitely not back out tho if someone did join, why would you?