pokemon go cont.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_universe#Kanto
http://www.polygon.com/2016/7/6/12105992/pokemon-go-guide-faq-ios-android
http://www.polygon.com/2016/7/11/12148448/which-pokemon-go-team-should-i-pick
https://www.buzzfeed.com/jarrylee/which-pokemon-go-team-did-you-join?utm_term=.pim260k8M#.nixlOmeQM
https://www.reddit.com/r/pokemongo/comments/4chmmn/poll_what_team_will_you_join_in_pokemon_go/
https://www.reddit.com/r/TheSilphRoad/comments/4jhqsn/does_anyone_catch_the_big_magikarp/
http://www.forbes.com/sites/insertcoin/2016/07/09/ten-things-i-wish-i-knew-when-i-started-pokemon-go/#619ebda61d8a
8. Evolve Non-Primary Duplicates For XP
You quickly learn that you will be shoving lots of extra Pokémon into the meat grinder for candy, once you start amassing a lot of low level duplicates. Once you have a max evolution version of a Pokémon, it seems like you’d want to just upgrade that and not look back. But, for some of the most common Pokémon near you, they can be a bonus source of significant XP. Say you evolved your Rattata into a Raticate but you keep finding eight zillion Rattatas. Well, save a few, and use all that candy (and zero stardust) to evolve them for 500 XP a pop. There are probably only a handful of Pokémon that you will find this often, but trust me, this is a great use of extra candy which costs you nothing of significance and will really help with leveling. Bonus trick: Save up a number of these XP evolutions to pair them with a lucky egg which will get you 1000 XP for even a 12 candy Pidgey evolution.
9. It’s Tough To Know When To Invest In Pokémon, And When To Hold Off
Pokémon GO’s leveling system sort of sucks. You’re encouraged to pump up Pokémon with expensive stardust infusions, but you will quickly learn that you can easily find another Pokémon at a higher level, and you’ve essentially wasted your resources. For example, I pumped up a 60 CP Drowzee from the start to 120, but later found a 140 one, so everything I invested was pointless. Usually, it seems like the smart play to keep your highest level base Pokémon and transfer the others. Either wait until you have the candy to evolve them, or until you find their evolved form in the wild, then once they reach their second or third stage, really begin to invest. For single-stage Pokemon, it’s hard to tell. I tried to pump up what I thought was a decent 250 Jynx, and lo and behold after spending a ton of stardust, I found a 380 one a few hours later. This aspect of the game can be really frustrating.
Update: Here’s another hint about leveling/evolving. If you want to evolve something to stage three, do not evolve it to stage two as soon as you’re able. Save up 125/75 candies instead to do both evolutions at once. In the time it takes you to get all those candies, you will level up and start finding higher stage one Pokémon that in turn can be evolved into higher second and third stage.
For example, you have a 200 Dratini, and finally get 25 candy to make it a ~400 Dragonair that may someday turn into a ~800 Dragonite. But, by the time it takes you to get to 100 candies for a Dragonite, you will probably have found a 400 Dratini, which could be an 800 Dragonair and then a 1600 Dragonite. I have wasted lots of candy learning this the hard way with a number of second stage evolutions.
http://www.polygon.com/2016/7/6/12105992/pokemon-go-guide-faq-ios-android
http://www.polygon.com/2016/7/11/12148448/which-pokemon-go-team-should-i-pick
https://www.buzzfeed.com/jarrylee/which-pokemon-go-team-did-you-join?utm_term=.pim260k8M#.nixlOmeQM
https://www.reddit.com/r/pokemongo/comments/4chmmn/poll_what_team_will_you_join_in_pokemon_go/
https://www.reddit.com/r/TheSilphRoad/comments/4jhqsn/does_anyone_catch_the_big_magikarp/
http://www.forbes.com/sites/insertcoin/2016/07/09/ten-things-i-wish-i-knew-when-i-started-pokemon-go/#619ebda61d8a
8. Evolve Non-Primary Duplicates For XP
You quickly learn that you will be shoving lots of extra Pokémon into the meat grinder for candy, once you start amassing a lot of low level duplicates. Once you have a max evolution version of a Pokémon, it seems like you’d want to just upgrade that and not look back. But, for some of the most common Pokémon near you, they can be a bonus source of significant XP. Say you evolved your Rattata into a Raticate but you keep finding eight zillion Rattatas. Well, save a few, and use all that candy (and zero stardust) to evolve them for 500 XP a pop. There are probably only a handful of Pokémon that you will find this often, but trust me, this is a great use of extra candy which costs you nothing of significance and will really help with leveling. Bonus trick: Save up a number of these XP evolutions to pair them with a lucky egg which will get you 1000 XP for even a 12 candy Pidgey evolution.
9. It’s Tough To Know When To Invest In Pokémon, And When To Hold Off
Pokémon GO’s leveling system sort of sucks. You’re encouraged to pump up Pokémon with expensive stardust infusions, but you will quickly learn that you can easily find another Pokémon at a higher level, and you’ve essentially wasted your resources. For example, I pumped up a 60 CP Drowzee from the start to 120, but later found a 140 one, so everything I invested was pointless. Usually, it seems like the smart play to keep your highest level base Pokémon and transfer the others. Either wait until you have the candy to evolve them, or until you find their evolved form in the wild, then once they reach their second or third stage, really begin to invest. For single-stage Pokemon, it’s hard to tell. I tried to pump up what I thought was a decent 250 Jynx, and lo and behold after spending a ton of stardust, I found a 380 one a few hours later. This aspect of the game can be really frustrating.
Update: Here’s another hint about leveling/evolving. If you want to evolve something to stage three, do not evolve it to stage two as soon as you’re able. Save up 125/75 candies instead to do both evolutions at once. In the time it takes you to get all those candies, you will level up and start finding higher stage one Pokémon that in turn can be evolved into higher second and third stage.
For example, you have a 200 Dratini, and finally get 25 candy to make it a ~400 Dragonair that may someday turn into a ~800 Dragonite. But, by the time it takes you to get to 100 candies for a Dragonite, you will probably have found a 400 Dratini, which could be an 800 Dragonair and then a 1600 Dragonite. I have wasted lots of candy learning this the hard way with a number of second stage evolutions.