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My current attacker squad comprises eight L30 wonders: DT/OR Dragonite, MS/SE Rhydon, RT/SE Golem, Count/DP Machamp, WG/HP Vaporeon, Conf/Solar Exeggutor, Bite/HP Gyarados and RS/DP Poliwrath. I have 4 Fast TMs, 2 Charged TMs, 47 Rare Candy (just spent 60 on Raikou) and 430K stardust.

Larvitar: Have walked a hatchling (13A/15D/13S) over 250km and now have 135 candy. Could already have the best attacker in the game at L30 (with enough TMs to guarantee optimal moveset) if I had not spent the Rare Candy on Raikou (but I will earn more from Entei raids).

Eevee: Obviously not a long-term solution, but mine with L28 12A/15D/14S would only need 10km, 19K stardust and perhaps some TMs to join my attacker squad. (Already have Sakura with 8A/15D/14S and worst moveset).

Machop: Rare in Singapore. Only have one because I found a huge nest at East Coast Park last March and walked one for 150km. Current candy count is 9 and Machoke is among the ~10 missing entries in my Gen 1 Living Wonder Dex.

Abra: Quite rare in Singapore (but not as rare as Machop). Currently have 33 candy and would need 17 more to power up my L23 15A/15D/14S Alakazam with Conf/SBall to L30.

Mareep: Currently have 43 candy after hatching two (one wonder). Never seen any in the wild. Ampharos is a good defender, but outclassed by Raikou as an attacker.

Togepi: Currently have 19 candy after hatching three (all wonders). Since I cannot catch them in the wild, walking and hatching are the only ways to earn enough candy for a Togetic.

Asked by hkn7 years 5 months ago
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Larvitar all the way

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Keep walking larvitar. 135 candy is nothing. I have 1k larvitar candy and I still think it's not enough.

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To take a larvitar from 20 to 40 and evolve to tyranitar is going to cost 373 candy. 248 candy to power up and 123 candy to evolve since u get 1 candy back for evolving.

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Despite reaching level 35 yesterday, I have yet to power up anyone beyond L30 (even during the CP-creep metagame) and am unlikely to do so in future. Stardust is the key constraint.

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Walk what you feel is what you lack and needed.

If the Pokemon is 95.6 or up IV, then I think it should be fine to level them up. Otherwise, be patient and save up your dusts until you get a better one.

Besides, you surely are getting by with your current set of attackers. So no need to rush.

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95.6%? I would have less than a handful caught of those per year, all species combined. I may have 2 useful species with such IV. Maybe city dwellers have the luck again.

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Just keep hatching and raiding they like up. I've only caught a small handful of 95+% mons from the wild as you say but the odds are with you from the other stuff.

I'm as rural as it gets...

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If you can access Tyranitar raids you shouldn't be walking a Larvitar. If you don't have an active raid scene in your area then by all means walk em! If you get a Tyranitar under 2060 then try your luck with a pineapple. Ive had a few run but I'd caught many at 20 candies a pop - or 100 km not walked. The same goes for any available raid boss. Especially if you can solo them.

Mareep is a good choice because its difficult to stockpile those candies. Some people would call this a waste. Those people shouldn't walk mareep.

I would consider walking anything that's hard to come by with a future evolution. Especially if you already have high IV candidates lined up.

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Larvitar by far. Even if you don't end up evolving that one, it's the most valuable candy you can be getting since you will want a powered up Tyranitar in the future. It's the safest investment you can make in the game besides Mewtwo. Larvitar was my buddy for 1000km.

Eevee: If you feel like you would actually use an Espeon, do that first. 10km is not much. I would not TM it though, unless you're really close to soloing Machamp but can't quite do it.

Machop: Hit raids, catch with pinaps. Much more efficient.

Abra: Not worth investing in really unless you want to solo some raids. And walking yourself another Espeon is more efficient for that purpose.

Mareep: Ampharos is strictly a dex entry. Jolteon is much better as an electric attacker and easily available. Vanity/liking the mon are the only reasons for putting any stardust into Amphy.

Togepi: You will hatch more eventually. You can also bet that Niantic will make Togepi candy more easily available come gen 4 if you're planning for the long term. I walked the last 15 candy myself but that was only because Togetic was literally the last pokemon missing from my regional dex.

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Thanks for the comprehensive answer. Think I will walk my wonder Eevee 10km, then continue with Larvitar until I reach 190 candy (or get Tyranitar from a raid, which is less likely) and perhaps even beyond then.

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