Thanks to all the stardust (and candy) from the event, I made three additions to my previously-genwunner attacking squad, which currently stands at (all L30 wonders):
1. Dragonite with DT/OR
2. Raikou with TS/WC
3. Rhydon with MS/SE
4. Golem with RT/SE
5. Machamp with Count/DP (minor text fix)
6. Exeggutor with Conf/Solar
7. Vaporeon with WG/HP
8. Alakazam with Conf/SBall
9. Espeon with Conf/FS
10. Gyarados with Bite/HP
11. Poliwrath with RS/DP
My L20 Larvitar will definitely join my squad. 160 candy, 30 more to go. That means another 150km. Currently have 640k dust (saving 500k for Gen 3), 86 Rare Candy, 7 Fast TMs, 4 Charge TMs and some dilemmas.
Firstly, I have a L29 14A/14D/10S Gastly, a L24 13A/9D/13S Gengar with SC/SBall and 216 candy. Should I:
a) Evolve the Gastly, spend 10k dust and use TMs to get Hex/SBall?
b) Spend 51k dust on the Gengar despite it being a non-wonder?
c) Evolve the Gastly, then decide based on its moveset?
d) Touch neither since Gen 3 has better glass cannons?
Secondly, November ended with 8 Enteis caught and 27 candy (could earn 4 more by sending non-wonders to the professor). Ironically, the only one with FS/OH has the worst CP; the best has 11A/15D/13S with FF/OH (so only need 1 Fast TM). The current metagame is not kind to Fire-types, but they are crucial for soloing Scyther and attacking Blissey with DG (which Machamp, Dragonite and Tyranitar are weak to). Unsure whether my Arcanine, Charizard and Flareons (no Moltres) with 1600-2200 CP can get the job done.
Should I proceed to spend the Fast TM and Rare Candy? If so, when should I spend the 75k dust? If not, would a wonder Flareon with FS/OH be as good if powered up to L30? Would Gen 3 bring new uses for Fire-type attackers?
Which other species should I strive to add to my team? I have a L30 wonder Venusaur with VW/PB, but what use does it have other than soloing Omastar (which I will not build a grass army for) and attacking the occasional Vaporeon in a gym? As for Scizor, I do not have any; my only wonder Scyther is L17 (Scyther is rare here, so better to get them through solo raids). Could my L30 non-wonder Houndoom with Snarl/Crunch be a slightly worse Tyranitar while I continue to walk Larvitar?
Took Ho-Oh just ten seconds to knock out both my Raikou and Golem. Vaporeon and Gyarados lasted a little longer, before Dragonite held out long enough for the twenty-strong lobby to finish off the Ho-Oh (no damage balls). Could I have done better? Wonder what difference a Tyranitar with Bite/SE would have made. Last slot (unused) went to my Espeon, since my other attackers were at a type disadvantage.
Last but not least, how close is my squad to being able to solo:
i) Porygon?
ii) Scyther?
iii) Machamp?
iv) Gengar?