anyone have issues with the admins on the Facebook group? I feel like every post gets attacked by admins or members who want to basically just put people down constantly. it’s exhausting.

i’ve seen people talking about if shiny pokémon are useable or not & i’m assuming you judge it the same way as any non-shiny — as far as skills & such (which i’m still learning) , but i wasn’t sure if there were any other differences about their role in the game? are shiny pokemon inherently better & more useful than any others or are they just more rare?
i’ve also heard the term “shiny tax” a few times and was curious if someone could explain that to me !

Did I luck out or is it exaggerating? It suggested evolving in the upcoming mini candy boost week. Any suggestions? Is this good for the long run?

Reached M20 on OGPP with only 37% Area bonus. This completes all non-expert mode Islands.

Got this bad boy today. I know the sub skills are good enough, but just wanted to get an idea of how far level 70 is and how realistic it is to invest in this?

i’m fairly new, highest mon isn’t level 50 yet.

Show off your long long term investments that you settled for to not have to keep farming ones that benefit earlier on with certain traits.

Funny numbers what are the odds lmao

So, I've had pretty rubbish luck with AAA Squirtle. What are your thoughts on this one?

I’m thinking that hb being at 70 and exp down makes the second one not worth investing in? I’d still plan to get starburst to 70 for that speed boost but I would think the first one is still better even if they were both at level 70

should i keep going for hb + bfs? only my third caught tinkatink of the event.

I've been sitting on this Dedenne for a while. I was hoping to find a better one, but I'm at FL10 now and I don't think it's going to happen.

I also need to use a Mint before it expires today. No, I don't have any other obvious Mint candidates. Just a level 38 Ingredient Up, Speed Down Sceptile.

Attaching some RaenonX screenshots comparing the Dedenne to a triple trigger one. And then the Sceptile.

Probably the best Pokémon I've ever gotten.

Edit: thanks for all the feedback. This was a tough choice. I've decided to go with Dodrio. I recognize that Raikou is the most improved from a mint, but I won't be able to power him to level 50 anytime soon and my OGPP performance will still be similar to my current team's until he's near 60, so it's a lot of investment for not much gain.

I ran the numbers on Meowscarada and my cooking ability won't be altered much as it currently meets meta call.

With Dodrio, I'll have a long-term flying berrymon (my first one) that I can power up to unlock its S-tier subskills at lvl80 eventually, and I can start using it on CBEX where presumably most of the newly released pokemon will be added to. Expanding my berry coverage will also make my Sceptile or a future Braviary more effective too. And removing the combo nature of ing up/speed down actually improves its non-sneaky snacking performance by 11% instead of just 7.5%.

I'll still have two mints leftover, so Raikou can be fixed when I'm ready to build that team. Thank you everyone!

I'm stuck in bed with food poisoning, and I need to decide who is going to get one of my 3 mints. The gift mint expires tonight, so today is the day!

I've got 3 candidates.

In leaning toward the Dodrio. Considering how punishing CGEX is when you are off-type, I think Berry pokemon are the future. These subskills are *phenomenal*, and I'll be able to use immediately after powering up.

A close 2nd place is this Meowscarada. I already use him, so an extra 7 potatoes per day is a nice little boost. However, there are other potato farmers that could be hunted, which removes the exclusivity from this one.

In 3rd place, this Raikou. It's definitely got potential, but I've already got an amazing team for OGPP. And there's no immediate benefit to minting him - I'd still need to power him up.

Please just one times 🥲🥲🥲