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Should i power up my Mewtwo?

I just caught my very first Mewtwo today.
12/10/11, 73 iv
Shall i power it up by using the rare candies or else which pokemon i should the rare candies?
Thanks!

Asked by GTJayChow6 years 9 months ago
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by TTT 6 years 9 months ago

I got a 10/10/11 Mewtwo, so my choice was easier, but I'd say you should do the same and not power it up.

Rare candies are super valuable. While Mewtwo is rare, it's always possible to do another raid (unlike say, kyogre who just left us and probably won't be around again for at least 6 months if not more). I'd ideally want a 90+ iv Mewtwo, but even 82+ (i.e. average) is acceptable to power up. Anything below average? You've got a good chance at getting a better one next time, so prioritize ex eligible gyms every day and try to get another invite.

Regis are terrible anyways, so you can skip a t5 raid to do an ex eligible instead, try to hit 4-7 different ex eligible gyms in a week and try to get lucky?

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by Kazlu 6 years 9 months ago

If you don't have one powered up, I am tempted to say the question "Should I power up Mewtwo?" should be answered by "Yes" without further details.

To go a little more in depth: there is no such thing as a bad Mewtwo. Even a 10/10/10 Mewtwo is still a fantastic fighter. Considering it can have different uses it's even useful to have several ones if possible. I myself have only two, powered up the first one with PC/SB and considering powering the second one with C/P as a psychic specialist (standby for now cause I don't really need it). Several things can get to lean towards "do" or "don't":

* Do you need Mewtwo as a very strong generalist and don't have a Rayquaza? If yes, do.
* Do you need Mewtwo as a specialist? If so, do you need it now? If yes, do, if not just wait until you need it and then power up your best one.
* If you just got your very first Mewtwo, are you likely to be able to attend more EX raids in the future or was it a coincidence? If you have a chance of getting another one and don't need it right now, don't.

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This is the most sound advice. I powered up the first one I caught which was way back during field testing because I didn't believe I would get another one soon. While it was only 78% (11/11/13) it was a sound investment since I didn't get another EX invite until maybe 5 months later?

Despite catching 6 more since then, I've yet to power up another since my only one in the upper 80's only has a 10 attack IV. Now I get invites to more EX raids than I can actually attend (damn Niantic for putting them out during regular business hours!), so I figure I'll get a better one eventually. Plus I don't really need another one right now, I use PC/SB for any raid weak to ghost in addition to Machamp. Maybe one day I'll get a good C/P one to replace someone in my Machamp raid squad..

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PC/SB Mewtwo is good in a Machamp raid. C/P Mewtwo is a revelation. Way better for taking down everyone's favorite four-armed pal. Of course, if you have strong psychics anchored by Lugia and/or Ho-Oh, then you may not need it anyway.

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I think it's as simple as this...do you have a regular EX gym? If the answer is yes, then no. I was in the same situation with my first Mewtwo, which was also a 73%. But knowing I had that gym in a busy area, I waited. My next one was 87% with pc/sb, the moveset I wanted, so I'm in the process of powering it up. (FYI I am 4 for 4 on Mewtwo on 2 accounts, so he seems fairly easy to catch.)

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Nice advice also.

Easy to catch? Well that's what most people say in my raid group but not what I experienced myself. My first one escaped afert 10-11 balls (GRB great throws mostly, although I took some time getting used to Mewtwo's attack animation and lost 3-4 balls in the process). It was weather boosted, which can explain this... and further my frustration! The next one was caught at the 13th ball, after maybe 3-4 pinap great thows and then only GRB great throws. By the way, thanks a lot you guys and gamepress for the information I got here that helped me build a high DPS team and reach 3 balls for individual contribution in a group of 7 players! So for me Mewtwo is hard to catch. But with only 3 raids done that may be just bad luck.

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