Raid boss stats & weather
When is the Weather CP boost applied to a raid boss?
For example:
It's clear when the egg spawns,
Rainy when the boss comes out,
Cloudy when I start the fight,
And snowing during the catch chance.
Which boost would be applied during the battle/catch sequence?
And what if it's a Scizor (bug-flying type) raid and the weather changes from wind (flying boost) to rain (bug boost)?
Do the stats stay the same or get re-rolled?
Answers
If it is clear when the egg spawns, rainy when the boss comes out, cloudy when you start the fight and snowing during the catch chance, you should consider filing a bug report or moving to another city. Unless you are in Snow City, Jurong East, Singapore. As someone who lives on the other side of that island nation, I assure you that the game cannot keep up with our rapidly-changing weather.
I read somewhere that the weather only updates once an hour. Don't know if that is true but it would mean that there could only be one possible weather change in a raid.
I would suspect though when the first player creates a lobby, the weather is probably locked in for the duration of at least those players' fight and catch sequence.
Can't specifically answer this, but I just did a Cloyster raid, hoping that with the rain I'd get a buffed one. Took me 3 tries (remember, high CP trumps better matchups), and on the third one, the weather had shifted to partly cloudy. Confirmed when it started calling up Golems in auto select instead of Jolteons. Got a regular level 20 catch after the raid. It was more of a 'Can I do this' thing than anything else, so I'm only a little miffed at the weather change. Now, if I had fought to take down a Ho-Oh and lost the weather buff, ....