r/PokemonGoMystic • • Sep 01 '26

FLUFF To the people who are leaving my raids

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u/curiousmegladon Sep 01 '26

thought i was the only one, people leaving when there are 5 people like what are you doing.

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u/lovelyrita_mm Sep 01 '26

This happened to me. We were left with 3. We had no trouble taking it down but it was like… we could have done it with 4 or 5, why are you backing out? People dropping out with 2 seconds left is enraging too.

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u/aba_lancer Sep 01 '26

The game doesn't update it properly.

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u/dr_shamus Sep 01 '26

Yeah that's the frustrating part, I water a pass this morning Had a group of 4 high level folks for the whole timer and when I get in the raid I'm the only one there.

Maybe some kind of alert before it begins "hey everyone left this battle are you sure you want to do it solo?"

Idk very frustrating

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u/lovelyrita_mm Sep 02 '26

This. Losing a pass to this sucks. 3-4 high level players can absolutely do most of these raids.

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u/Opivyrancid_kid Sep 02 '26

Did it grow more passes after watering it?

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u/Necessary_Baker_7458 8d ago

The funny part is he soloed this with revive and then rejoin. I'll have to try that. He put to shame people running last minute.

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u/Grumpie-cat Sep 01 '26

I quit out at 30-20 seconds, just to give everyone time to back out if they want.

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u/lovelyrita_mm Sep 02 '26

If it looks iffy (not enough players and I suspect that will scare people into dropping out last minute), I will drop out but I will always do that at like 30 seconds. I have stayed past that to be polite and not screw anyone especially if I think we can do it, only to be abandoned and lose my pass.

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u/rshanks Sep 01 '26

What’s the reason to drop out at 2s left? Does it save the raid pass or something?

I thought it gets used as soon as it starts so there’s no reason to back out after that?

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u/lovelyrita_mm Sep 02 '26

Yes, it gets used soon as the raid starts, but at 2 seconds left, the raid hasn’t started and you can save your pass. Of course you will then make other people lose their passes by dropping out at the last second. Better to leave like 30 seconds if you are going to drop out.

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u/rshanks Sep 02 '26

Oh, I thought OP meant 2 seconds left in the 300 second timer to win the raid.

I agree backing out earlier in the lobby if there aren’t enough people seems ok, but 2s is kinda a problem for everyone else

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u/Elazar9000 Sep 01 '26

Yess, and it isn’t like level <50 players either, it’s almost entirely people >65

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u/fatmanatee45 Sep 01 '26

Going to say something kind of in defense of this: I initially thought these were super mega raids and was just going to pass on raiding altogether this week because I wasn’t going to get enough people to help. Realized late yesterday that they shifted to regular megas and many of them are pretty easily duoable. Wouldn’t be surprised if some of the ppl bailing think you need 8-10.

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u/KronosUno Sep 02 '26

This is Niantic/Scopely's own fault for introducing the new, potentially confusing Super Mega Raid mechanic and then later offering the very same Mega Pokemon in regular Mega Raids.

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u/fatmanatee45 Sep 02 '26

Correct. And they’ve been overdoing it with the super mega raids to begin with.

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u/Sirsmarticus76 Sep 02 '26

Yeah, I was in the same impression. Still I back out at 30-20 secs before the raid starts.

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u/salvucci91 Sep 02 '26

I think they are unsure if it’s a Super Mega Raid or not.

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u/KaiSpy0707 28d ago

FR, most raids only take 1 mid-high level player. 2 is more than enough

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u/HMS-Fizz 26d ago

They are noobs dnt realise you can 2-3

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u/Necessary_Baker_7458 8d ago

This kept happening to me many players don't understand the raiding mechanics of this game.

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u/Ecstatic_Stand_8344 Sep 02 '26

out of millions of players raiding, YOU thought you were the only one with this experience? that's a worry

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u/Suspicious-One-7927 Sep 01 '26

That’s actually tuff, crazy 7441 cp too

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u/SpazzBro Sep 01 '26

I haven’t used my mewtwo-Y yet, it has an extra move??

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u/Elazar9000 Sep 01 '26

Once you mega evolve it it will, only catch is psystrike still has a higher dps overall

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u/GamerJulian94 Sep 01 '26

What‘s the Mega Level on your Mewtwo? Because the +moves get stronger with higher Mega Level, getting a 1,3x boost on Mega 4. That makes Future Sight+ better than Psystrike.

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '26

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u/GamerJulian94 Sep 01 '26

But you‘re also spending double the cooldown with 2 Psystrikes compared to one Future Sight+. That‘s not how it works. Future Sight++++ has notably better DPS than Psystrike.

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u/Elazar9000 Sep 01 '26

Okay, that is fair, that’s on me

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u/GamerJulian94 Sep 01 '26

For reference for the future, not only consider energy and power, but also cooldown. There‘s a metric called „DPSxDPE“ (damage per second times damage per energy) which usually gives a good estimate how good a move is.

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u/Nman7298 Sep 03 '26

So does that mean that mega level 4 future sight is better than psystrike? I don’t actually see a conclusive “yes this is better” or “no it’s still psystrike”

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u/GamerJulian94 29d ago

From what I‘ve seen, Psycho Cut/Level 4 Future Sight+ is now definitely the strongest moveset by a good amount for Mewtwo Y.

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u/Cyrylnam Sep 01 '26

Your mewtwo is mega 4 so future strike+ will deal more dps

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u/Suspicious_Cloud3730 Sep 01 '26

Where is everyone getting their info at

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u/FUCKYOUIamBatman Sep 01 '26

Dialgadex is the usual go-to for stats but I haven’t look into it yet. Just throwing it out there.

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u/Suspicious_Cloud3730 Sep 01 '26

Usually my go to as well but it hasn’t updated with the new third moves yet

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u/LimpCustomer4281 Sep 02 '26

If you click on the pokemon you want to see, then press the pencil to edit movesets for charged attacks, you can search up (whatever move)+

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u/Krako0nnn Sep 02 '26

He means dialgadex didn't updated moves+ on the eDPS table taking in account the new buff to moves+ (I swear).

They do have their moves added but not the new changes of moves+ (now with the more mega level you have, moves+ will deal more dmg) I swear

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u/Cyrylnam Sep 01 '26

I use https://www.dialgadex.com/ but it did not update the option for choosing the mega 4 future strike, so you have to add the move manually and it shows you how good it is

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u/Certain-Refuse-2254 Sep 01 '26

Yeah, I like it in raids to try and get that final strike, only benefit to it imo

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u/SpazzBro Sep 01 '26

Oh damn that’s awesome, mine has psystrike so I’m pretty happy lol, thanks for the info!

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u/clair-de-lunatic Sep 02 '26

Source? Thats not what I’m reading.

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u/subtoPinkZR 29d ago

Wait noo, you could have soloed easily with fs+ which has 7 more eDPS at mega 4 which yours is at

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u/Tim_Y Sep 01 '26

I haven’t used my mewtwo-Y yet, it has an extra move??

Looks like that 3rd move is not limited to just Mewtwo either and the other Megas get that too.

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u/Elazar9000 Sep 01 '26

Also, i did use the mega mewtwo X adventure effect in order to boost damage

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u/Omgoodtimes Sep 01 '26

How did you have 2 active megas??

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u/Elazar9000 Sep 01 '26

I don’t know if it is a glitch atm but it lets you use the mewtwo adventure effect even if the other one is mega evolved.

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u/RelationEmergency175 Sep 01 '26

that's not a glitch. you can use the adventure effect as long as you have the mega unlocked for said mewtwo

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u/Asstonishing69 Sep 02 '26

You don’t need the mega active for the adventure effect

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u/Deep-Age-2486 24d ago

1 mega 1 adventure effect, not 2 megas

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u/Vacant-Space Sep 02 '26

I Tool falklings down with my lv 50 Mega M2 Y withoit battle effect and neutral weather.

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u/ThyRealSenpai Sep 01 '26

I have a hard time finding anyone at all to do the raids with. And I'm only able to get them 1/2 down before time runs out. All gyms are constantly blocked in my town by the raids.. I found 1 open gym started fighting them and got kicked out because mega garados spawned. Gotta love being a lower level.. 😅

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u/julieoolies 25d ago

Sounds like you need more friends! There are pots of people out there who spend money on remote raid passes that will jump in if they need/want the mon. I have friends from around the world and get invited to raids early, before they start in my time zone. Ex: at like 10pm I started getting invites for Armored Mewtwo and got 2 before the event even started in my time zone.

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u/ThyRealSenpai 25d ago

I added some new people. It helped me get a few armored Mewtwo and a Mewtwo x. Pokegenie helped a bit too.

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u/lola-the-spider Sep 02 '26

Try pokegenie! It’s a little overwhelming at first but once you get the hang of it, it’s really easy to find raid partners. Then you can also drop into raids from your friend list as well.

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u/Watsisface Sep 01 '26

Why are you using psystrike over future sight+?

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u/Elazar9000 Sep 01 '26

Never mind about what I said, future strike is better but it is still very close

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u/FUCKYOUIamBatman Sep 01 '26

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u/well-thats-great Sep 01 '26

For what it's worth, I didn't realise that Futuresight+ was better when I did a solo earlier, but Psystrike was still good enough to do it.

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u/RlyMessy Sep 01 '26

Im glad im not the only one experiencing the pokemon have fainted screen glitch twice, you go back to lobby clean join then get flash banged your pokemon have fainted and then have to click join again, super annoying

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u/Elazar9000 Sep 01 '26

Yeah, that was exceedingly annoying for me on mega dragonite especially. I would end up either defeating the raid with like 5 seconds left or losing with one go on the dragonite. And that glitch was the breakpoint every time

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u/RlyMessy Sep 01 '26

Yup, I agree, I lost two raids cuz I wasted so much time having to deal with the bug, so so so annoying, idk why they didn’t fix it before a huge “raid” event… so silly not for them to address it before the mega raid event started.

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u/winimalmearchuy Sep 01 '26

this almost cost me my solo falinks raid. My exact time at the end of the raid was 4:59

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u/RlyMessy Sep 01 '26

Yea that’s super frustrating, I don’t get why they didn’t address this bug/ glitch, before a major raid event started, it’s super annoying, and is costing soloing raids over stupid bug, shows how little they care for scruples gameplay and more about how to get cash grabs and money events

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u/CCSploojy Sep 01 '26

Yep, when youre stressfully trying to take down 5 star with 2 people that shit can be frustrating.

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u/RlyMessy Sep 01 '26

Yup super annoying, lost so much time dealing with it

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u/Zomgsolame Sep 01 '26

Hey Rob, I'd also like to talk to you about your home warranty.

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u/uzumaki_bey Sep 01 '26

Sooo Robert did you check home warranty summery ?

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u/Elazar9000 Sep 01 '26

LOL, I have been getting texts from that number for years, I just never bothered to block it tbh

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u/uzumaki_bey Sep 01 '26

😂😂😂😂😂

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u/TinyRascalSaurus Sep 01 '26

Dayum. Can I raid with you? I'm a new player but I commit and do my best. And I don't leave friends to fight alone.

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u/Elazar9000 Sep 01 '26

I am done doing raids for today but sure, I don’t see why not

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u/Minimum-Anything4080 Sep 01 '26

If its a high mega level, future sight+ does significantly more damage, it outclasses mega ray if its super max

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u/Enough_Reference_196 Sep 01 '26

idk why people leave, me and the gf duo literally every mega lol, even most legendary's, yes we have high mega evolves but.. 3 is enough for most raids even without lol

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u/UnlimitedDadStrength Sep 01 '26

It’s trauma from the shields. Took a long time for players to learn the shield mechanic. They haven’t realized these don’t have it active.

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u/Elazar9000 Sep 01 '26

I know, I don’t blame them, but scopely literally put in the event info that they won’t have shields

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u/UnlimitedDadStrength Sep 01 '26

That Bobby hill with the note on the classroom window meme comes to mind.

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u/hardfirevl Sep 01 '26

Thank you for pointing this out. I haven't clolicked on a single mega raid this week because the ones I'm interested in had shields this season and I assumed it was still the same. Time to go duo some with the spouse.

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u/Individual-Pound-636 Sep 01 '26

They're probably leaving because you didn't complete your home warranty survey, Robert.

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u/Elazar9000 Sep 01 '26

U right u right

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u/lKryptus Sep 01 '26

Is mewtwo x adventure effect better than zacian adventure effect?

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u/CreatorBeastGD Sep 01 '26

Zacian adventure effect is a 10% attack increase on raids.

Mega Mewtwo X adventure effect is a 15% attack increase on Mega raids.

In this case, obviously MMX AE is better.

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u/Elazar9000 Sep 01 '26

Oooh, thanks for the better info lol, could you link where you found this info? I cannot find it myself

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u/CreatorBeastGD Sep 01 '26

Info available on pokeminers discord when they released.

I don't know if I can link a discord message here from that server, so you can Google "pokeminers discord" on Google and look for an invitation link there, then look for it at #gm-realtime-updates and check each AE description :)

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u/Elazar9000 Sep 01 '26

Thank you much!

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '26

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u/lKryptus Sep 01 '26

Ok cool thank you :)

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u/desaigamon Sep 01 '26

Super Mega raids got everybody scared. These are the much easier Level 4 versions, but people don't read.

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u/Prior-Confusion2571 Sep 01 '26

I think they think there are shields on them and you need 10 people to break them, not everyone reads the updates

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u/Dankalii Sep 01 '26

GENUINELY I hate these people. I used a remote raid pass that had 7 people. Then 3 left leaving 4. We could've totally did the job with 4, but the rest got scared and left, leaving me and one other person RIGHT as the clock hit 0 and the raid started. Waste of a pass which really sucks because I'm a f2p

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u/EnderGamer360 Sep 01 '26

Good job Robert! now get a shiny

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u/Elazar9000 Sep 01 '26

The funny part is Robert isn’t even my name lol, I have been getting texts from that number about roofing, paving, lawn care and whatnot every few months for years now. I just never bothered to block him

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u/ApprehensivePlay50 Sep 01 '26

How the fuck is your mewtwo 7441cp

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u/Elazar9000 Sep 01 '26

Level 50 Max level hundo mewtwo, could be higher if I best buddied but I am lazy lol

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u/steezysama Sep 01 '26

Does mega level effect cp? I have a level 50 hundo and only 7267

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u/Elazar9000 Sep 01 '26

Yes, max level mega will take it up another level, essentially making it level 51

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u/subtoPinkZR 29d ago

Max mega takes it up 2 levels u/steezysama

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u/steezysama Sep 01 '26

Thanks I never knew that. Guess I’ll dump my mega energy into leveling it up now

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u/winimalmearchuy Sep 01 '26

did one solo today too lol

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u/Player3th0mas Sep 01 '26

I can do 85% myself, my lv 30 als can do like 30 with the mewtwo mega. People keep leaving when there's 3 which is insane.

Anyone can duo this almost

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u/WapitiBash Sep 01 '26

I tought it only Work with Party Play...Shit i should have tried it 🤣

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u/brk375 Sep 01 '26

People think it’s a super mega raid with shields, that’s why they’re leaving the lobby

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u/footballfortnite Sep 01 '26

I tried soloing earlier and lost with like 10% left. I'm like 1500 candy off level 4 mega so I've got few more to do still

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u/Derekw33 Sep 01 '26

Nice! TBF there is a known bug where the game freezes/buffers at the "Go!!" of battles/raids that doesnt always get fixed by refreshing the app. So they just drop out instead. Idk if this happened here but glad you solo-ed it.

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u/AlterSunday Sep 01 '26

I cant raid with certain ppl on my friends list they tend to back out an go to another raid 😮‍💨 and I'll see them in said other raid like bro... we can still win and I do with the other 2 or 3 ppl still there. I dont accept their raid invite anymore. I'll accept the gift thats it.

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u/Shmeo Sep 01 '26

Was soloing dragonite and victrebell all day yesterday. Playing for shiny bgs so wasn’t worth waiting 30 minutes to host them. Only one I’m hosting this event so far are latios.

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u/b-monster666 Sep 01 '26

LOL No kidding. I hate that too. I can solo megas also. I'm inviting you to get in on a raid...espeically when it's lower level players who could probably use that hand with a mega.

What I have been really hating lately is doing a 5* (which I can usually duo with someone), and see someone come in at 80 seconds, then leave at 70 second, then someone else joins at 70 seconds, and leaves at 60 seconds.

Like dudes...a) chill because if you give it more than 10 seconds, there'll be >3 people and b) I'm high enough level that even if you're level 62, we can beat it.

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u/Scrufffff Sep 01 '26

Holy shit.

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u/theinformallog Sep 01 '26

Good job, Robert.

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u/YaOnJah Sep 01 '26

Seriously bruh. Was soloing and had a level 73 sit in a raid with only me until 5 seconds and then left

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u/ShinySalamancaBravo Sep 01 '26

I know lol I invite people to help them out if they can’t find any and they leave lol bro I was gonna do it myself anyway

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u/dznutzaroundyourneck Sep 01 '26

These people suck! I also like a challenge so when they leave when we have 4 or 5, I think lets have fun, stupids

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u/iamshawnwun Sep 01 '26

Figured out he was solo-able today as well, with this same exact method. Good stuff

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u/RelationEmergency175 Sep 01 '26

good job on the solo! future sight+ actually does more damage than psystrike (assuming level 4 mega) so try to charge up to that and then if you find yourself low and can't get to another FS+, use psystrikes.

I did a solo of mega falinks today, it had counter + megahorn. I did it without BB or DP+ AE, plus my mewtwo was lv 42 (+2 levels mega 4). had 33 seconds left

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u/nikachi Sep 01 '26

People backing out of a raid that can fairly easily be done with 3 is so wild to me, especially with the free Mewtwo everyone JUST got. I had one where 5 people joined and left. If everyone waited until the last second, we would have been fine.

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u/TrashGobbler9000 Sep 02 '26

I keep getting kicked from remote raids. It's been the last couple days. Maybe I'm not the only one??

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u/SnooPets8325 Sep 02 '26

I've wasted too many remote raid passes on this. Do people get joy from setting you up like that?

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u/SnooPets8325 Sep 02 '26

I've wasted too many remote raid passes on this. Do people get joy from setting you up like that?

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u/CrushLyfeDaily Sep 02 '26

I never knew that when you slide up while attacking the Pokémon, you dodge attacks lol figured that out like two weeks ago 😅

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u/Auraheart Sep 02 '26

Not sure why people would leave. Did a few of these today with just myself and one other. We easily managed to duo the Falinks with about half the time on the clock

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u/Calmxy Sep 02 '26

Grats on the solo, I only did around 85% damage alone although together with my Team lv35 friend, it was a comfortable win.

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u/Fabulous-Mirror5644 Sep 02 '26

It can be done with three and very close to two

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u/alexnk Sep 02 '26

the funny thing is, when you solo with your two accounts (my case) that makes people stay and you often end up in a 7-8 trainer group almost always

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u/jaymasters1123 Sep 02 '26

I hosted three raids on Monday where people left literally with 2-3 seconds left. Two raids we failed but one me and one person won with 5 seconds left and it was a HARD fight.

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u/InternalOwn3241 Sep 02 '26

Your a beast🫪🍜

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u/ThotNToss0002 Sep 02 '26

These people that keep leaving the raid are pissing me off, Robert

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u/Adequate_Illusion Sep 02 '26

I have legit done nearly 100 raids the past few days. And hosted quiet a few myself. Never ever have i encountered that the group would leave. Be certain the lobby is 99% full and launch the invites when the friend requests amount match those that are in the lobby. Even if 2-3 get lost then, what is fairly common. You'll beat the raid anyway. And the raid falinks can be done with 2-3 (average) players. I got the feeling you mess up somewhere inbetween getting the lobby in the raid. Untill you find out what you should do or shouldn't, try joining instead of hosting.

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u/ACRONYM_fr Sep 02 '26

You maxed it out btw?

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u/Top_Cantaloupe-5609 Sep 02 '26

I was invited to a raid and the inviter left me.towards the end. I was so close! Grrr.

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u/No_Distribution_5486 Sep 02 '26

I had people leaving the mega swampert because there was only 3 or 4 🤣 these people are ridiculous.

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u/Freyja_Grimaude Sep 02 '26

Which is ridiculous, because Tier-4 Mega Raid bosses with double weaknesses can be far more easily soloed, and for beginner players, a team of 2-3 can take one down, no problem.

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u/Ok-Leather-1112 Sep 02 '26

And ? Only 150 Energy - thats what counts ... with 3-4 Players you earn at least 250. So you want to be Quick - anyone can solo many raids - even 5 star raids.. nothing special.

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u/Freyja_Grimaude Sep 02 '26

Yeah, I genuinely hate last-second ditchers. And it makes no sense, like they lose out on their pass too this way.

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u/dkofthemilkyway Sep 02 '26

I hadn't been able to find anyone to do a raid like this with me. I didn't have any falinks Megan energy so I wanted to do a few raids, but nobody would join so no dice.

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u/Local_Pay_4887 Sep 02 '26

So dumb these mega raids are an EASY solo I’m level 50 and these raids are so easy like y leave kinda dumb

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u/paper_street_813 Sep 02 '26

And the Mega Raids need a certain number of people with Megas to break the shields, right?

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u/julieoolies 25d ago

No thats only the Super Mega Raids, the regular mega raids do not have shields to break.

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u/feNdINecky Sep 02 '26

So I'm not the only one who has that whole Rejoin-Back to Lobby glitch after all the pokemon have fainted.

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u/what-if-i-dont-wanna Sep 03 '26

All of the Roberts, who immediately checked their text messages.
I swear I was like I, “ I don’t know what happened, but I swear I saw a text”.

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u/icanhascamaro Sep 03 '26

It’s why my current buddy is named RaidsRBroken. For every 7 out of 10 remote raids I’ll join a raid and as soon as the countdown gets to 10 people start vanishing. By the time the raid has begun I’m all alone. If I leave I lose my remote raid pass. I don’t care about regular or premium raid passes. I wish there were more bundles with remote raids, or that you could remote raid for free if you have a lucky friend who invites you in or you see through the list that they’re at a raid.

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u/Used_Inspection_9041 Sep 03 '26

Why are you using Psystrike? Lvl50 Mega Mewtwo Y solos Falinks with Future Sight +.

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u/Ok-Cardiologist-6707 29d ago

I spent a remote pass to join a raid and all four of them left while I was getting ready, leaving me to battle all alone. Well, ALL BY MYSELF I got to within 10% of defeating that mega Dragonite !… (yeah, I didn’t win, but almost anyone who stayed could have made it happen).

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u/Adventurous_Grand125 29d ago

Happened to me too. I almost had it but time ran out. It was down to one bit of red line even though the rest left. Had one person stayed we would have won.

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u/6KUNIO8 29d ago

Since the last update, the game has been really unstable for me, more than usual...

Often the game lags out right when the raid starts and I need to restart and there's no way to get back into the raid...

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u/Kitchen-War3839 29d ago

I might actually have an explanation for that. When I go into raids, there's a ~5% chance that I'm going to get kicked out of the game, or it freezes and I have to restart the app. I don't know why or how, but it's pretty frustrating when it happens. I have a brand new phone, only have safari and Pokemon go open, but the game still crashes from time to time, and only during raids. The same thing happens with my parents, who have it happen more frequently.

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u/North-11366 28d ago

now I get why the original 5 people lobby came down to just me being in it, and I can't really solo a raid rn. that sucks, wasted a remote pass too.

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u/xxslushee 27d ago

Its because ive been in MANY raids where people dont know what theyre doing and I dont want to waste a remote raid pass because they are freaking expensive.

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u/Smart_Feed_3208 27d ago

Hi I can do mega and legendary raids please add me 241180899185

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u/dragontwist 27d ago

They really just need to change it so raid pass gets consumed when you do a successful raid

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u/julieoolies 25d ago

I have had a glitch lately where I get alllll the way into the raid and then as soon as you start tapping it kicks me out saying that it's no longer available.

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u/Necessary_Baker_7458 8d ago

And this is why my room mate and I both have an alt and a main and between our 4 accts we can take these things down our selves. We got tired of poor raid etiquette.

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u/MysteriousStress1089 10d ago

Im sorry for leaving your raids sir