Gyms in my area turn over constantly, so typically I take down opposing gyms and am the first defender for my team. Despite claiming one or two local gyms almost daily for months, I have never held one for more than a few hours.
Since I have no chance of holding a gym long enough to collect more than once, I believe my approach to gyms varies from most trainers in the following ways:
I do not value CP as much. I want to hit hard as a defender. I avoid using defenders with clear counters (e.g. Rhydon or Gyarados).Basically with no hope of occupying a gym for long, I want to be as bruising and annoying to would-be attackers as possible. I do not have a Blissey, Tyranitar, Dragonite with new moves, or good defending Snorlax, so I often find myself using my C/IB Slowbro (CP 2281). I figure it is hard to counter and punishes missed dodges due to its strong damage output. Does anyone else regularly use Slowbro as a defender for these reasons? Also with the three points above in mind, is there a better option (maybe C/SoB Eggy) I am not considering?
I love Slowbro. Unlike you, I have both a Blissey and a Snorlax (only 1 of each), and also unlike you, I don't have a Slowbro good enough for me to invest in. I have some Confusion ones barely over 82%, but as every CP point matters for such a low CP mon, I don't want to max one before I get one with 96%+.
If I had one maxed I would definitely have used it a lot, though. For the same reasons I loved the old Bubble Poliwrath.
I'd try the eggy if I were you. You don't want to start a gym with a Pokémon like blissey or snorlax that isn't prestigeable. My exeggutors and scizor are lower cp than a lot of potential defenders, but I can say from experience strong gyms seem most likely to form around them. Haven't tried with slowbro, but it sounds viable too
