Gigantamax Charizard, Venusaur, & Blastoise are TOUGH! But we got a Shiny Gigantamax! (Pokémon GO)

[@RhyperiorRanger]

Holy crap this is probably Niantic’s BIGGEST fumble in a long time because these raids have more negatives than positives

[@ERob1987]

I agree 100%, I do have to point out the positive which is that these are absolutely free. The mechanics of it sucks tho needing way too many trainers to take down

[@Samo-_-]

@@ERob1987it’s 800 dust to do one raid. You are limited to 1000 dust storage and can only collect 800 a day from stop and get 300 from walking 2k. This is far from free to play. It would be free to play if you could store up the dust like stardust.

[@ERob1987]

@Samo-_- actually not limited to 1000 more like 1260 but I get what u are saying

[@Challenged_pogo]

​@@Samo-_-My 10 accounts: 🗿

[@siroos_]

@@ERob1987 normal raids are also free, though? So they're just explicity worse because you need a huge group.

[@MrHaztastic]

When you're struggling to do a Gmax battle in the place where people play the most. You know it's gunna be rough for the rest of us. Especially in places like myself where there's a couple of people at most who play together. Max particles are a scam.

[@brianwenzel912]

How is he doing so many? I thought we were capped at 800 MP a day!!?

[@Poke_BobPlushie]

​@@brianwenzel912 with the power of paying for more max particles, you get to do more gigantamax raid 🔥

[@MrHaztastic]

@@brianwenzel912 I would guess buying more from the shop

[@khaleelmohammed9924]

​@@brianwenzel912 you can buy max particles in the shop

[@StevenGumboAppleton]

@@brianwenzel912 Bro splashing his money for content

[@k.k356]

Not only are the gmax raids a big PtW wall because of the cost to enter, but that they are only here for 2 days with no ways to remote raid is truly a horrendous way of introducing them into pokemon GO. Hopefully this will be fixed soon.

[@jwoods218]

yeah thinking these are PTW when you literally get particles each day is very stupid to say bud

[@MediumCheeseCurd]

​@@jwoods218Daily max you can get is about a thousand, so you can only do 1 a day with free particles. That means with the two days they're here, you can only get 2/3. Which is super inconvenient for f2p

[@Rejii16]

@@jwoods218because you only get one chance a day due to particle limit. So without paying you’re only able to do 1 per day if you win….bud

[@mattercolini7451]

@@jwoods218 Which are Mon are you going to get twice cuz with out spending money you get four this weekend for free

[@cal1k0]

@@jwoods218 you only get particles enough for one raid, so yeah its pay to win dumbass

[@TheDarkEclipxe]

Its crazy how they pushed this event when we were already struggling to solo even just falinks

[@The_Cherokee_Gypsy]

Still can’t get falinks lol that’s why me and my husband avoid dynamax like the plague

[@affi6064]

Yeah they should def give first us some decent rock type dynamax.. imagine how hard gengar will be cause we dont have single dark dynamax yet

[@t7entx]

Bro i beat a falinks solo day one but haven’t been able to do it since.

[@blanks7151]

@@affi6064we do, Grediant and Blastoise

[@TheDarkEclipxe]

@@affi6064 greedent, wooloo and blastoise have dark type moves but the only gigantamax/dmax dark type is grimmsnarl and Urshifu single strike

[@jiwkrab]

Niantic is nostalgic of the good old day when people flocked around to play Pokemon Go. Gigantamax is created to pull people together again but it' s a real pain in the ass to find 30-40 players at a spot these days. People have changed since Covid and these gigantamax raids just punish people in other areas. Only players benefit from this are big city players and spoofers.

[@justacouch7799]

I don’t know why Niantic made these so hard and annoying 1. You need at least 30 people to do these which is more than triple the amount of people you need for PRIMAL GROUDON 2. All of your Pokémon have to be powered up at least to lvl 2 moves which is very hard for all people to do 3. The rewards are DEFINETLY not worth it 4. The shiny should be EXTREMELY boosted for doing something so hard like maybe even 1/5 but no it’s not 5. You may not even catch it if it’s too hard and waste 800MP It shows how bad these things are when in TOKYO, people are struggling to take them down. Plus if you are free to play, you can only do ONE or if your lucky two a day in only 2 days. Overall, I think Gigantamax Pokémon in the future might be extremely rare due to how hard they are to do

[@krisronaldnicolas6982]

And i dont even see a single player with JT Valor on his gigantimax raid.

[@brianwenzel912]

Don't forget they're also pointless

[@der_koleriker1799]

we managed to beat a venasaur with only 14 people in the lobby, charizard even a bit less. You just need good communication and play with a strategy. We always had one person with a rather tanky mon that just spammed the heal and the rest made damage and we beat the charizard without a single pokemon fainting.

[@roguebricksngames]

I honestly disagree about the shiny odds thing. People in places like Japan, New York, and other very big areas for Pokemon go would probably be able to get lots like JT did here. If they were 1/5 it would be nothing special because so many people would be getting the shiny

[@roguebricksngames]

@@der_koleriker1799please teach me your ways. My community is very small and even a group of 14 players meeting up would be amazing. I need to know this to tell me community

[@MediumCheeseCurd]

As a bery rural player, i probably have zero chance of doing these. Love that.

[@angelaa1611]

Same. I'm not even gonna bother. Sucks bc I rearranged my schedule to do these raids today and I'm just gonna blow it off. There's absolutely no chance of 20+ ppl showing up.

[@wlodgaming9920]

Just spoof… niandick encourage it…

[@affi6064]

Dude this is even more crazy than gatekeep rural players. Even most city players are out of those gigantamax raids. I live small city and no way get +20 people show up raids. Not forgetting even this event brings lot casuals back in game they dont have any pokemon to use those raids cause they dont play all day long and do dynamax raids. This whole update such joke and show perfectly how niantic is any realism what game looks eye of average player

[@wilsonng7554]

>30 players, and we lost

[@arjavjain7229]

​@@wilsonng7554 you need actual powered up mons not base form starters unfortunately. GMax charizard has been done with 8 people

[@jamnotjelly5938]

I can't get 3 people for a zacian or zamazenta raid, there's no chance I'm doing any of these lol

[@lsndiwndjdjdowmdnd5398]

Not much I can say for max battles and shadow raids, but you can use pokegenie to get a lobby together for regular raids. The two dogs come back into rotation at the end of November

[@_BELMONT_]

its fine, u dont NEED these pokemon

[@ColtJames-qs9ox]

exactly bro, developers think everyone has community’s lmaoo

[@feraligatrcomedordecabeludo]

at least for raids you can invite people

[@duckymomo7935]

zacian and zamazenta are beatable with low numbers this gigantamax is not

[@CheeksE-yi8mt]

Welp Niantic continues their campaign to lock people out of content 😂😂 I can’t even do shadow raids around my way because of lack of players.. this is just hilarious at this point to me

[@raulromero2948]

Also dynamax raids freeze up often and don't let you back in

[@lotsobear123]

Same I’ve not once completed a shadow raid so I don’t think I’ll ever have the chance to do these new ones

[@hotdaern2166]

It feels like they want the game to die

[@BlaineBlizzle]

Me either man 😢

[@limemason]

Only way to do them is remote raids or have a buddy or two with max mons. Meant to extract money from us, they could change the mechanics if they wanted

[@joeybailey5127]

It’s going to be impossible to beat them since there is only 10 people who play in my town

[@ods_antiolf]

10? That's insane, out by my small town it's just me and my fiance had pokemon stuck in gyms for months lol and once a entire year

[@brianwenzel912]

​@@ods_antiolfNiantic wants everyone to be like JT and waste hundreds of dollars on pixels that he doesn't even own.

[@canadasown02]

I understand how a gigantamax pokemon is extremly strong and all its stats are buffed. But making these not remote, and requiring such a large number of people seems so poorly introduced for a new feature. There’s no way that at least 75% of players aren’t going to be blocked from doing these

[@godpenguin3640]

Just to let people know the cheer effect makes it so u can dynamax faster

[@rhyen610]

Btw, the pokeball indicates remaining Pokémons, not players

[@Django84]

Btw he didnt say anything different🙄

[@chelle6788]

​@Django84 9:10-9:20 "there's only 11 people left...there's only 10 of us left"

[@bongotm876]

I feel like spoofing would make the game way more fun for people in rural areas. Always feel bad for them missing out of a bunch of stuff

[@EDG_Eeyoree]

That’s exactly why I wanna spoof!

[@EDG_Eeyoree]

I live in fing Maine!

[@bongotm876]

@@EDG_Eeyoree i wouldnt blame anyone for spoofing if they are unable to use half the game mechanics because of their low player base 🫡

[@ods_antiolf]

I wish, out here in the countryside it's brutal to find people, I have to go into a city or town just to do anything in pokemon go, I've just had to accept I won't be able to do a lot of things in pokemon go.

[@AllMightyyyyyyy]

Been doing that for 5 years now

[@rinell2k3]

“ Are we cheering to the max?” got me🤣🤣🤣

[@janthomassrensen1065]

Pro Tip: if the Gigantemax has the hardest moveset (Ice Beam, Sludge Bomb) just jump out and re-enter the whole group. The Giga will have a different moveset :-) My group did 2 Gigantemax with 24 players, and another 2 with 18 players. Great fun and nice to see players back out in the real world socializing ;-)

[@iceybear7745]

I hate that Niantic does these stupid events that only people in city’s can do, the fact I rarely get 5 people in a legendary raid tells me I’m never getting one of these things, especially when people are struggling even with 40 people

[@affi6064]

You should say Very big/large citys.. im living city, but no way im gonna get +20 people show up doing raids.. only when see full raids are during go fest like so and even still few of them are joining remotely

[@iceybear7745]

@@affi6064 true, niantic has been doing a lot of dumb things even asking for 20 people to hop in the same raid is asking a lot

[@wilsonng7554]

30 players, not safe. Always lose. Only >40 players are safe

[@affi6064]

@@iceybear7745 Also what make worse even best scenario if this gigantamax would bring lot people back in game what they gonna do? I mean problem is they got no single pokemon use in gigantamax raids and cant do nothing about it cause all power spots are only gigantamax raids its not like you can do fast few squirtle dynamax raid and then do gigantamax charizard raid. Very badly planned and asking people grind practically 3 times same pokemon is insanity.

[@beastpanda129]

Honestly I think this even is great and honestly they are not that hard to beat. Today we had 15 players with none maxed out pokemon and we completed. Ppl are just mad bc they don’t want to use a little stardust or don’t want to evolve anything then complain when they lose.

[@LC-kp3vx]

Pokémon go isnt over saturated like it once was. To make this so challenging gatekeeps the casual player from obtaining these

[@jadentai336]

Went to one of the most famous malls in the state to only get a max of 29 people, which is good. Just do lose, be4 the health even hit red 🎉

[@randolphforgenie4211]

Our group had 17 people, the gameplay requires a lot of strategy with team members, that’s what made it fun… it was extremely difficult, but fun..

[@VEE3RDEYE]

WOW congrats on shiny blastoise!

[@bren_boigames2901]

They wouldn't be so hard if we didn't have to use only dynamax raided pokemon

[@duckymomo7935]

and the pool is so small let's see lets just take a gigantamax blastoise = you have to run rillaboom and venusaur which eats away candies, rillaboom you might not have farmed a lot of candy and venusaur becomes a suboptimal candy investment with no cd move don't run charizard or cinderace lol blastoise and intelleon are useless we also have falinx, metagross, gengar, dubwool and greedent all of which are useless this feature is uselss-impossible

[@bren_boigames2901]

@duckymomo7935 well metagross can be used as a tank to preserve g-max counters

[@anthonydenia6798]

Worst event and feature ever. Only for big big cities. On rural area we are doomed to get fked by niantrash

[@wilsonng7554]

i can tell you. even in big city, not east to have >30 players

[@anthonydenia6798]

@@wilsonng7554 feel you, must be frustrating to not even be able to do it in big city. I am the only player in my village so I dont put my hope on it

[@AyepNiel]

20:12 the answer is spoofing, Niantic wants us rural players to spoof

[@SirMopy]

dude congrats on the shiny! holy heck

[@SkylerRapier0]

You know that these gigantamax raids are absurd when you gotta blow money to go to japan at a chance at beating these.

[@luvkixx]

was able to do a max charizard with 17 yesterday. definitely tough, but having decent pokemon and having good communication with your teammates increases the odds that you can take one down.

[@bobbijodubelaar6151]

This is nuts. I know nobody in my community who has gotten them today. We don't even have 40 people in my town that still play. *sigh*

[@t4ngo_kilo]

Seems to be the true end game content some were wanting. I’m not mad at it.

[@teobuha2992]

Awesome japan video yt keep it up with the great content 😊🤠

[@grunklejustin9524]

Great watch! Thanks for this!

[@Schmom16]

Congrats on that crazy good shiny Blastouse! I'm hoping to do some tomorrow, but not sure there will be enough people in my area to take them down.

[@ITry2BeHappy]

I can't do them where I live we don't have a big enough community so kind of disappointing

[@GamingWithPatrick87]

I'm glad you mentioned rural players. I'm a rural player and I have 1 power spot near me. I'd love for these to eventually be remotable but knowing Niantic, they won't do it.

[@TheReal1Day]

This looks amazing, also hi JT

[@TheYorkshireGeordie]

My town got 17 people earlier ONLY just scraped the charizard but destroyed the venusaur

[@Angus71237]

Massive well done on the shiny!

[@sweetbabypls]

800 MP per raid? That’s like only 1 per day. But don’t forget everyone that JT Valor purchases MP from the shop to make his content. At least it’s his job and I don’t have to do this lol. Keep it up JT!

[@alexsnarr9363]

How many free raids do you get a day?

[@Revil0]

@@alexsnarr9363you can only get 800mp per day but up to 1000 if you collect them strategically so only 1 raid per day

[@sweetbabypls]

@@alexsnarr9363 none, they’re not raids they’re battles and you have to spend power dust or whatever it’s called to battle

[@blanks7151]

Did 21 raids, lost a charizard and also got Blastoise shiny. Blastoise and Metagross are amazing tanks and max guard is very useful

[@glenwoodlos6093]

Another slap in the face to the community and the company is laughing at the ppl who can’t do it…

[@dawkinakus8665]

So I basically have to fly to Japan to enjoy this feature?!.. A group of 30+ people is a bit too much of an ask! Thanks, Niantic!!

[@fenrael3021]

can be done with 8. but you need to know what you are doing

[@lelouchchanbc]

Those top management personnel in Niantic must be CRAZY! Did these huge updates by add in Gigantamax raid in Pokemon Go but comes out with extremely bad complaints by Pokemon Go players. Wrote a lot of negative complain in various social media. Also the after reward was irrelevant, for example 2 golden raspberries. Do you all still remember, Mega Raid was first introduced in Pokemon Go also received many negative feedback from players and why Niantic never learned from this lesson.

[@AngelPhoenixR83]

It’s ridiculous to think that the vast majority of people will be able to play the G-Max raids whether you’re in a big city or rural area. It’s just not feasible to round up that many people unless you’re able to remote in😔

[@ShadowSamaFN]

These should not only be less expensive but also remote raidable. 800 for 1 raid is ridiculous. Not everyone can spend insane amounts of money on a game like this. If they cost this much, at least make the shiny odds 1 in 10. Not whatever the current one is couse this is absurd. Not to mention the fact that they are imposible to take down. Not everyone lives in big cities. Niantic add stuff like this into the game and then they are suprised that people spoof. Like what do you expect

[@lemonviberr243]

It only spend if you beat it in case u don’t know

[@ShadowSamaFN]

@@lemonviberr243 i know, thats not the issue. The issue is the amount of particles for 1 raid. For a free to play player, you cant even get one of each couse you can only get 800 per day. Way too expensive

[@lemonviberr243]

@@ShadowSamaFN oh ok I only started last week

[@ShadowSamaFN]

@@lemonviberr243 good luck with the game then.

[@fenrael3021]

@@ShadowSamaFNsame as raid pass. you get 1 free a day

[@wimvangeel2208]

So… I’m never gonna get a g-Max Pokémon… Thanks niantic.

[@joed5410]

Also can stack max guard up to 3 times

[@josh3276]

Was fun meeting you today and discovering the channel :D (And thanks again for the trade!)

[@JTValor]

It was a pleasure to meet you as well 😁

[@wingmanology2505]

Thought they were fairly easy if you knew what you were doing . Loved the event and am ecstatic with my shiny Gmax Zard! I do agree remotes raids need to be implemented but other than that the Gmax raids were a blast.

[@Pokegamer876]

Cheering bring the dynamax up a lot

[@EwanTroioni]

I never had a chance to do these anyway since there is no Pokemon Go players around me here, but 800 particles? That is ridiculous. Even I travelled hours to do this I'd only be able to get 1

[@g0rgth3b0rg]

I was fortunate to be able to do 3 of these today each with 20 people. Got 1 of each. Caught the Blastoise on the last ball. Was pretty scared it was going to run.

[@ZechariahGomez]

Bro I live so rural that I have never seen anyone else in the lobbies

[@easye.2236]

This is harder than searching 7 chests at risky reels. 99% of player can’t do this bc there isn’t enough players.

[@MatticraftGHG]

Yeah I will DEFINITLY wil NEVER in my live win ANY of these

[@Connor-smith2024]

Same

[@Dandan13547]

Same bro why is it so hard

[@lordofpixels0623]

​@@Dandan13547cuz niantic fucking hates rural players and players with small communities

[@jookbaux1717]

Do gmax pokemon do anything? Or are they just dmax mons with a different model and better stats

[@MattAnderson-t5t]

We were able to compete a charizard and venusaur with 17 ppl today. You got to dodge and heal to survive

[@weatherdawg4728]

Seems like the group I did these with was lucky. Only needed 17 for Charizard. Blastoise we had 22 and only 5 fainted out by time we finished. Venusaur was a pain as some people did not have Metagross to tank Sludge Bomb. After we traded some beldums to those that needed the charge move changed to a grass attack, but we still won with 26. Just a heads up with Blastoise and Venusaur, Metagross is a good pokemon to use as an attacker to lead into the dynamax. It resists ice beam and sludge bomb easily.

[@chaosdragun1608]

Confirmed Niantic completely out of touch and only catering to the top 5% of players and the rest lf us are essentially just a paycheck for them. Im considering not even trying after seeing all these videos which is sad considering how fun they look. Theres a difference between fun and difficult and just outright ridiculous. We need remote raids for these to ensure everyone has at least a chance or the game will just be spoofers and ultra city players. Disheartening to say the least

[@ods_antiolf]

Honestly I've just accepted that niantic doesn't even want my money and or rual people money, why else they lock remote raids and increased the pricing. They don't want to make the game better, just to stop us from playing and make it impossible for us to enjoy. I've never even did shadow raids because it's just me and my fiance out where we live.

[@chaosdragun1608]

@ods_antiolf we have a decent community despite being rural but getting 40 people together all at the same time is a huge ask. If they were remotable up to 10 players let's say it might be a decent compromise

[@affi6064]

@@ods_antiolf You should just try do shadow raids. So far all of them are "Quite" easy to duo. I think lugia and zapdos are few which been thought beat on duos unless having very very effiency team to take em down and not sure was lugia possible even then. But other like mewtwo, moltres, articuno, ho-oh and all johto dogs are definely possible beat duo with 30 lvl mons + good mega. If either one of you got primal boost it make it even easier.

[@thekidj458]

Personally I won’t do as much of them. They’re likely to be featured at go fest irl and global. I’ll prob go to the US date. 100 player lobbies

[@Squirrel_Gorl]

Did you travel to Tokyo just for the Gigantimax raids? Smart!

[@DarthRubberDuck]

As a rural player, it’s hard enough to get 30 member of the community involved on a regular day.

[@mikemathis7528]

lucky you got pretty dense people around you, but unfortunately, where we live is no Tokyo.... I have not done any gmax raids yet because no people around me

[@Sniipez-]

We were 30+ people and did one of each, my Charizard turned out to be shiny 🥳 super happy. IV's are bad but I don't care I'll push it anyway

[@yukinarigg]

Not sure if you're going to be playing Day 2 of G-Max Kanto Start evolutions but if you do I look forward to watching the video!

[@janosiadam]

My first G-Max raid was a Venusaur, a 1554 CP (Hundo). It ran. (:

[@P_Diddler420]

I was chilling at a local park with 2 giganamax venusaurs right on top of me and I couldn’t do them (I have 2100 mp) but barely anyone plays in my area, they should 100% make them remote raidable, even if you need a special raid pass I would be fine with it they just need to make it to where everyone can get them and not just people in big cities

[@jaceypoo78]

Awesome. I can’t wait to not get these dynamax pokemon in my small town🙃 thanks for keeping the game inclusive niantic

[@freddyfazbear8626]

i was in a lobby with 39 people and with 90 pokemons in total we won with 14 pokemons left

[@solodd7155]

And this is how Niantic gets money. In a day you can collect +1000 MP and gigantomax raid uses 800 MP. I'd rather wait until they raise the MP collection limit and bring more pokemon gigantomax/dynamax

[@fenrael3021]

its the same as orange raid pass. you get 1 per day. you wan more, spend money

[@eliseland79]

Greetings JT, congratulations on the shiny Blastoise I got 2 shiny gmax Charizards one of them being a 96%, I was so lucky to also get a lucky gmax Blastoise. We were little over 300 people meeting from the Pokemon Go community in Oslo, Norway 🥰

[@pambulama973]

Well done & congrats on shiny I did: GIg Blastoise with 36 - failed Tried again after others evolved and powered up we beat it but I didn’t catch as it ran - grrr Next did Gig Charizard with over 30 we failed We did again this time we all in party play groups - down to 2 left but we won and I did catch Hard battles but fun to be in big groups again. Didn’t do more as wasn’t paying for the max particles. It was evident that most people were not prepared and didn’t have evolved or powered up D Max Pokémon.

[@CDoinWork]

What are the shiny odds on GMAX?

[@gavanator7]

From what I've seen, they're most likely 1/10 or 1/20

[@nikhilmm6352]

1/128

[@SirMopy]

@@nikhilmm6352BS…. it’s 1/10

[@kevinjamesmartin4307]

Obviously 1 in 10 they are legit everywhere I've seen 7 on stream out of maybe 30-35

[@PokeEZShark]

wouldn’t expect anything more from niantic🤣

[@katiewilliams2729]

Personally I'm skipping the Gigantimax raids unless they get easier but I'll continue to do the 1 star Dynamax raids until I get the full evolutionary lines and be done

[@MarshallRomney-cz4jm]

They should just make him stronger depending on how many people are fighting i feel like they should make it so if only one is fighting its possible to win with lvl 50s and weakness

[@yryuan83]

We took all 3 gmax down with 35 players, and i only fainted 2 mon in each raid.. I guess it is not that superhard if each players get the mon prepared before go in

[@Noahwilliam-lj9zc]

one of my friends got the Shundo blastois on his first G-Max battle🤯

[@pangoro-idns]

Came back for the Dynamax Mons but its ridiculously hard😅

[@starstealingirl4395]

It seems a lot of players not being prepared along with the ridiculous lobby size requirements is making this absurdly difficult. I’ll admit even I haven’t put too much into the Dynamax mon I’ve caught and only leveled and evolved a few Charizards. Sadly I’m not optimistic about Niantic fixing this to make it easier and well, realistic for most players.

[@jimmyhogan5799]

I got a SHUNDO Venusaur from these today!!

[@Kkboss-su7eg]

I can’t fight the g-maxs but I got a my first shundo being a shundo pumpkaboo so that was insane

[@BloonsInstructor]

I was gone camping with family, which was fun, but I couldn’t do anything.

[@ZechariahGomez]

I live 1 hour from a big city but I can’t just go there whenever I want because I have a life 😭😭😭 I wish I didn’t have a life so I could play Pokemon as much as I want

[@vinuthakkar9155]

Whats gigantamax shiny odds?

[@Mr_Phantom880]

Does anyone have any idea of what the shiny odds are for the Gigantimax Raids?

[@kino1477]

You should come up to Sapporo in Hokkaido!

[@shinyhunter1056]

What are the shiny odds?

[@pish9503]

I literally did a gigantamax during a graduation ceremony and caught it

[@samuelkerr4912]

PtW? Check Limited time? Check Absolutely 0 chance for rural communities? Check Another classic move, thanks Niantic for gatekeeping a massive (no pun intended) feature for us rurals

[@WhiteLightningGames]

We couldn't compete these raids in NZ had 17 ppl all with level 40 -50 dynamax mons.. only managed to get venasaur to red health

[@fenrael3021]

means you all are not doing it right. if you have lv 50 dynamax, you can clear with 8 people

[@WhiteLightningGames]

@fenrael3021 yeah not everyone can afford to by heaps of particles

[@fenrael3021]

@@WhiteLightningGames you had months before these event to build a team. you just need a week of particle to max out a team

[@WhiteLightningGames]

@fenrael3021 yeah but who knew how hard they were going to be for people that live more remotely

[@JP-id7zq]

today we got so many new flying accounts

[@xHxSs]

The problem is that a lot of people only go in with freshly caught mons. I was in a lobby with 32 and we Almosed failed because my whole Team were just gasthly (i had the only evolved mons) and in the other teams it didnt Look better

[@Trevor-o7f]

I feel like Niantic had to debuff it at least a little bit, it is basically impossible for rural players to play, even ppl in urban communities are struggling.

[@AshieMC95]

I was going to do a few .... But there just isn't enough players in the local community. This type of battle is extremely inaccessible and difficult to even use. Is what it is.

[@lordofpixels0623]

Tbh with how things with gmax are going right now more and more people will spoof

[@AshieMC95]

@@lordofpixels0623 I would rather ignore this gimmick feature than risk my hard worked account. Just my opinion tho. :)

[@Darkx1x1x1]

Thats what im thinking if they dont nerf this right now there will be more and more spoofer and if they nerf it late the damage is already done

[@AshieMC95]

I won't spoof and ruin my hard work I've made in my account. I'd rather add this to the pile of useless cash grab features and carry on with things I can do

[@mewdreamer]

I really hate how difficult Niantic made Gigantamax Pokemon. Needing at least thirty people to take down one Pokemon is insane. You have to invest candies and Max Particles to make a limited amount of Pokemon strong enough to possibly take them down. Wanting to encourage more outdoor play is all well and good, but this is just a huge barrier for a lot of people. Unless they make these Pokemon much weaker or more likely eventually introduce a remote way to do these battles, there's no way I can get these Pokemon. As much as I don't like how expensive remote raid passes are, at least they still make the game a bit more accessible. I wouldn't have been able to get most Legendary Pokemon without remote raids and I suspect the same will be the case with Gigantamax Pokemon. It's a shame because I really like the Dynamax/Gigntamax mechanic in Sword/Shield.

[@sus_roke2049]

I wish u could remote raid this thing

[@Twentysped]

They better make gigantamax gengar 3 to 5 times easier to actually make it fun

[@PokeboyRG1011]

I live in an area where like nobody plays so I always miss out on these type of events 😢

[@sweetbabypls]

Have to watch these battles through you as no one in any other city whatsoever will be able to do these. Biggest mistake ever Niantic!