Finally: the Moltres Solo!

[@Halibel764]

3:35 "Game never works 5 minutes in a row" that is unfortunetely so true!

[@frealafgb]

@Halibel764 I know right? 🤣 It shouldn't be like this. But #niantic know about phantoms and boss HP regen amd they simply choose not to fix it

[@joetheplumber22]

Impressive. So frustrating with the glitches, makes it feel worthless to power up at all since you're stuck inviting remotes anyway and the fine details on your damage contribution almost doesn't matter.

[@alexanderosorio7559]

PERIODT QUEEN

[@Poke-Raids]

Well done solo...I usually reduce tapping on screen to avoid glitches. Ancient power is more challenging to solo. But you have strong shadow pokemons❤

[@raphaeld4313]

Nice! With time to spare too ^^

[@chickenmanlol776]

Idk if Diance is good I just got mine which is a 96, should I start to power it up. I haven’t even conpleted the task for the mega energy yet so does anyone know is the last task gives me candy or if I should use rare candy?

[@frealafgb]

@chickenmanlol776 I used rare candy on mine, and took it to level 40. I don't have any regrets. I don't recall how much candy is given but not enough to power up and 2nd move. Mega Diancie is over 30 seconds faster than mega aerodactyl and over 40 seconds faster than mega tyranitar (vs moltres, all at 40, weather boosted) so absolutely it's "good" and I would invest in any IV, let alone a 96%! A level 40 mega Diancie is also still over 20 seconds faster than a level 50 mega aerodactyl! So you don't need to use rare XL candy if you don't want to.

[@gov-on]

Hey, I’m a level 33 trainer with a full team of 3200cp plus (3 are 3500cp plus) and I want to fight with a level 22 trainer with a team of 2600cp (2 are 3000cp plus)plus do you think we can win this raid or no thanks anyway and good vid!

[@gov-on]

Sorry on the level 22 one is 3000cp and the other are between 2200-2600cp 😅

[@frealafgb]

@gov-on hey! Your trainer level doesn't really matter, it's about your pokemon, friendship levels, and how you do the raid. Are the pokemon you're describing rock type pokemon with rock moves? What are the teams you're hoping to use? I would recommend getting help from at least 1 more experienced player if possible. But it may be possible depending on what the pokemon are that you are wanting to use I would also recommend making a battle party where you select your best pokemon (for moltres that is always rock types with rock moves). Then when doing the raid, you can revive your pokemon and re enter the raid with the same party

[@gov-on]

@@frealafgbwell yeah I have a lot of rock type Pokémon’s and I am ultra friends with my trainer

[@gov-on]

@@frealafgbthanks for the info!

[@frealafgb]

@gov-on check out www.pokebattler.com/raids/defenders/MOLTRES/levels/RAID_LEVEL_5/attackers/levels/35/strategies/CINEMATIC_ATTACK_WHEN_POSSIBLE/DEFENSE_RANDOM_MC?sort=ESTIMATOR&weatherCondition=NO_WEATHER&dodgeStrategy=DODGE_REACTION_TIME&aggregation=AVERAGE&includeLegendary=false&includeShadow=false&includeMegas=false&attackerTypes=POKEMON_TYPE_ALL&primalAssistants=&friendLevel=FRIENDSHIP_LEVEL_3&numParty=1, you can check level 30 instead of level 35 if these pokemon are bigger than what you have You need to have pokemon that are under 600 "time to win" if you want to duo with your friend If it's partly cloudy it will help. It's certainly possible if you make sure you use rock pokemon with rock moves and make a battle party which you revive and re-use

[@zaion8917]

How do you manage to dodge this consistently? I usually struggle with it

[@frealafgb]

@zaion8917 a LOT of practice... and particularly about being careful about when I'm tapping- if you tap too fast, your pokemon is often busy doing an extra fast move, and can't dodge I can do a video purely about dodging if you're interested?

[@zaion8917]

@@frealafgb By tapping too fast, you mean some kind of buffered attack that would prevent your dodge?

[@frealafgb]

@zaion8917 yes, exactly! If you double tap, the game does 2 moves, so it basically queues the 2nd move for you. I believe you can also queue a charged move. That's usually what happened when you try to swipe and the pokemon doesn't jump to the side. The other main thing that happens is not swiping at the right time. There's a flash on the screen when the move is going to hit you and do the damage. That doesn't happen at the same time as the log says "moltres used fire blast". Each move has a different "damage window". That's the gap between the log message (when the move starts) and the damage hitting. The flash means a circle of white radiating lines coming out towards the edges of the screen, and the ground turns yellow. If you start looking out for that, that's the correct time to swipe.

[@zaion8917]

@@frealafgb Ty, I was aware of the flash but my Pokémon would not dodge in time if I did not stop way before, probably because of buffer then.

[@frealafgb]

@zaion8917 yeah sounds like over tapping then. You can Google "gamepress smack down" and the gamepress site will show you the move cooldown for smack down. Then search gamepress for fire blast, and get the damage window. You'll be able to then see how many smack downs can be done during the time before that fire blast is going to hit. Often, you will be able to fit 1 or 2 fast moves in. It varies from move to move - sometimes you can fit 6, and sometimes you can't fit any at all!