5 Biggest Mistakes Noobs Make in Pokémon GO

[@ARandomPerson-q3b]

1 biggest mistake that pro's make: grinding so much that they stop having fun

[@ladislasayano9406]

Agree here. I play casually only try to grind when my favorite Pokemon are available that week so I am still ok

[@Halibel764]

I think it is true but it is only a point of view. For us, grinding is to complete a personnal objective like powering up Pokemons or hitting a certain level. For them, it's just the continuity of what they did : it feels right to play and they somehow have phobia to lose their playing habit. The balance between fun and grind is just seen differently by them. I guess that the very big advantage of PoGo is that it makes you meet other players IRL while playing so at least they stay connected to the community.

[@zenox0288]

What you consider a pro?

[@NotOliver89]

@@zenox0288level 40 and above some level 38 and above as well in my opinion

[@GahostyDaCat6859]

You got a good point. No one ever named their pokemon 😭

[@poeterritory]

I always transfer my valuable Pokemon to the professor so I know they're safe.

[@sigisoltau6073]

This is obviously sarcasm. You know you can't get them back, right? You transfer them, and they're gone.

[@nikolaiflensted3571]

@@sigisoltau6073 You sound like you would be fun at parties

[@sigisoltau6073]

@@nikolaiflensted3571 That I am, thanks so much for the compliment my friend, my bro brother, compadre.

[@yellowplaydough7894]

​@@sigisoltau6073 redditor

[@R0oki3626]

@@sigisoltau6073 do you not know what a "joke" is?

[@Stendh]

What if you live in the middle of nowhere and have no one to play with? You are basically locked from 60% of the game... no raids, no routes, no way to obtain pokecoins, no showcase... At that point you have to cheat to play that game for fuck sake

[@Kanapowiec_pospolity]

Well it depends... If you have stops & gyms then you can create routes, insta win showcases, host raids in apps like pokeraid... but if not, you can still grind to level 37, become a niantic wayfarer & create stops and gyms... but yea, no stops nearly equals no play

[@ladislasayano9406]

1. Make friends who will remote raid. I manage to get friends from all over and for goid raid I always can find one or two who will remote and raid with me. 2. Get people around you interested. I managed to get my mom and sister to play so we have a team of 3. If you use the party function before doing raids, each members can get boosted during the raids

[@graham999]

​@fowler0028 what happens when you have young children and work unsocial hours u spoof just to enjoy the catching still looking for shiny u don't take gyms down and don't do battle league so what wrong with that

[@brunoreis5879]

@@fowler0028you are just sad because you suck and spoofers not having to sweat their ass makes you mad. I live in a small city where no one plays this trash game, and you go tell me that I need to go with the hard way just because some people go? If niantic made an in game spoofer where you can’t compete in game league but could still catch pokemons, the game would be fun for everybody.

[@droffatsttocs]

@@fowler0028”low-hanging fruit”

[@jandgmodteam3754]

Nah. It’s noob-ish to not take advantage of the free cooldown for mega evolving. Save your energy for a time like an extended raid day where you need it up for longer than the 8 hours. It’s a worthwhile trade of your time, for more energy when you need it.

[@isaacfuqua7434]

Another thing with this: If you’re only working on one mega you can make it your buddy to get more mega energy after you’ve evolved it once. That way you can get the best mega stats while also keeping mega energy for raid days

[@21nGG]

Nah. Noobs don’t have 9000 energy and have to rely on the free energy cooldown/walk their buddies. The candy XL is worth it. Max out your megas, everyone. If you’re hurting on mega energy, isn’t that just proof you haven’t played the game long enough? Mega raids are free, twice a day.

[@iamalittleboat]

You can always get more mega energy, so I say spend it all and get to lvl 3 as fast as possible - unless you already have a more useful level 3 of that type, I guess.

[@connectionterminated7012]

@@21nGGmega raids are also impossible to solo if you’re a noob

[@allennewhausen2541]

Noobs also don't need any XL candy since they don't have any level 40 pokemon.

[@brucenh9076]

Biggest mistake - in my first couple of years of play I didn't pay attention to IV's at all. I just saved the ones with the highest CP. I shudder to think how many high IV/lowish CP I threw away in the early years.

[@Bluemander]

This is the true noobie move! 😭😂

[@brucenh9076]

@@Bluemander I also purified my high IV shadows early on thinking how smart I was getting even higher guys. I've got a maxed out 98% t-tar that's great in raids, but hate to admit that's because he was like a 91% shadow and I was a dummy.

[@Somecooluserr]

luckily, it only lasted 2 months for me

[@aasysquad3955]

one of the biggest mistakes beginners make are trying to hard, pokemon go is game which takes time, so go with the flow and do what u enjoy

[@cloudigor]

Agreed, I can't even have mega energy

[@grave.]

I normally wouldn't like spoofing either especially cause of the possibility of bans but living in a rural town and being homeschooled is genuinely one of the worst things ever for this game 😭 it takes forever to do stuff

[@anzalbaruwal302]

Literally 0 pokestosps in my town

[@khronic_fury]

Trading with an alt account on another phone is spoofing?

[@grave.]

@@khronic_fury I mean I personally wouldn't consider that to be spoofing since it's two different accounts and devices

[@izayak9767]

dude go spoofing (there is 2 good and safe app for ios and android) just respect cooldowns, people saying spoofing is bad either are jealous or they dont know what it is to be in the middle of nowhere or not having the time to go to crowded places. This man is playing pokemon go for a living he has all the free time he wants his take on spoofing means nothing

[@hedgehogpower194]

​@@khronic_fury that's literally what most people do in the mainline games lol

[@donaldtNS]

Another one of the "trash" spawns that's actually useful AND stupidly common since the biome update: Meowth. Sure, you can transfer it out straight away, but 500 Stardust a catch for a Meowth is one of the best ways to build stardust this side of GBL.

[@Mr._Mints]

Same goes for Paras and Shroomish!

[@coltweest]

NGL got back into the game recently after a couple years and totally forgot and have been avoiding meowth. Thank you lol

[@violetpatina708]

Starmie and shellder as well. I live near water so they're everywhere all the time.

[@liammalone6304]

I work next to a golf course and I think it's a Meowth nest all the time sometimes I get lucky once a month and it becomes an audino nest !

[@anyone6830]

@@Mr._Mints just got 96k stardust in an hour with shromish spotlight hour tonight.

[@xDRiTZx]

noobie mistake is renaming your eevee's to have every evolution before reaching lvl 41; lvl 42 requirements is to evolve eevee into each unique evolutions. that was my mistake =/

[@Man-singh_Gagan]

Same i reached 42 and took me 4 weeks because i already using my name trick!. 💀

[@ellenilazarides7820]

Wait that’s valuable information thank you. I can save my eevee candies from Joe

[@RaceBandit]

Some of us used this trick before levels 41-50 were even implemented.

[@PeterCaptainObvious]

I renamed all my eevees before lvl 41+ was introduced so it didn't make any difference to me lol. Plus, by the time I reached lvl 42 I had more than enough time to complete the requirements since they can be done at any time

[@gretzkyan]

Lol damn. Wish I knew this sooner 😂

[@thediamondpugg]

F2p players who don't really battle watching this video with no relatively nearby gyms: 👁👄👁

[@captain_Rinnrumpa]

Thats why i cheat lol

[@axua8570]

I spoof

[@Hutty_]

Biggest mistake is playing this money drain of a game that niantic have turned it into.

[@XXPRESSION]

Goated comment

[@TeemShayk]

hands down the best comment

[@Pokemonnotboss.]

Do you play it? If yes then dont whats the problem

[@UlyssesLiowarrior]

This comment deserves more likes

[@palealexformula6883]

@Pokemonnotboss ​Some people play just for the pokemon, if pokemon go didn't have that license it probably would've died by now tbh.

[@jasong6401]

On the mega evolution point, I personally find it extremely tedious to try to remember to mega every 7,5, and 3 days until it's maxed. Plus, I don't have people to do the mega raids with and have 0 energy for certain ones. I don't exactly need enough xl candy for every pokemon in the game. I'll enjoy my extremely casual experience slowly completing the pokedex. Not spending tons of money on raids, event tickets and shop boxes.

[@wingerwc]

I use an app called pokegenie. The app sorts people in cues into groups of 5, and plus the person hosting the group, = 6 people raiding. I am yet to fail a raid with pokegenie, and every now and then, someone from nearby sees my raid and joins it. which then equals 7 people raiding. hosting raids can be painful though, but since I live in apac, I usually focus more oh hosting, rather than joining so that I save pokecoins

[@PeterCaptainObvious]

Try the bonfire integration in the game, very handy since you can "host" and have 5 people join you

[@marchemaq0]

You can use poke genie to ORGANIZE raids. They use free raid passes for you

[@TylerPerry827]

During Covid, and before Niantic implemented all their changes-I was a spoofer. I couldn’t really go anywhere or do anything, and I had just moved for grad school so I didn’t have any friends to play with. I was all alone. So spoofing gave me a chance to do something and make trades with friends back home. I won’t say it was good, and I’ve stopped. But man it was such a different way to experience the game. I wish everyone could have tried it for a day

[@Wildez272]

1:58 Your buddy has brought you a gift!

[@Laniebug1]

1 noob mistake I made was not waiting for the vehicle to slow down before catching a shiny pokemon only shiny pokemon I ever lost lol

[@greatatlas9494]

Shiny pokemon has 100% catch rate. U are spoofing, and cool-down not complete, hence the pokemon ran away.

[@SamKhosrow]

@@greatatlas9494 not in the wild

[@PeterCaptainObvious]

@@greatatlas9494 If you play in the car it definitely triggers the cooldown. I know this because i've tried playing in the car and on the train and it's impossible. Not because of spoofing tfym?

[@fullyactivated]

@@greatatlas9494if you are travelling fast enough to get the speed message, the guaranteed shiny catch aspect is removed.

[@captain_Rinnrumpa]

09:24 yeah but not everyone lives in a big city

[@liambarrett3341]

Fr

[@trecat5467]

7:20 starting Pokémon storage=300, 8000 added storage at 50 per upgrade is 160 upgrades to the storage. At 200 coins each upgrade (not considering deals) that’s 32,000 coins. If you buy the $100 pack from the webstore it gives you 15500 coins, so if you spend $200 that puts you at 31,000 coins so you’ll be a touch short but still

[@fertileplanet7756]

but (at least in my opinion) $200 is a lot to spend on a game

[@trecat5467]

@@fertileplanet7756 I wasn’t saying it wasn’t, I was just doing the math to let people decide for themselves :)

[@varunvij1805]

well it is very low in India. Here Pokecoins are dead cheap

[@cyansloth10]

Noobiest thing I’ve done is forgetting to check ivs before mass transferring and accidentally transferring a hundo spearow 😭😭

[@livingTox1n]

use the 1*,2*,3*,4* filter to avoid that problem

[@cyansloth10]

@@livingTox1n I know I just being lazy

[@S9999Frank]

How do you know it is a hundo, but have not protected it ?

[@godithdadrag]

Noobiest thing: Powering up random pokemon then transferring them and evolving something as soon as you can and not holding any extra candies for better ones

[@pokomega]

The noobist thing that I did was delete pokemon by their cp. I got rid of a hundo Kakuna that way😅...

[@violetpatina708]

I did the same thing back in 2017! I didn't know about the IV system for like 6 months and was just trashing low CPs. I wonder how many good pokemon I accidentally missed out on 😭

[@andgonito]

​@@violetpatina708😂😂😭😭 was literally doing this yesterday and found out later that night that I was throwing away good pokemon

[@pokemonfreak6669]

I don't think spoofers are that bad. They really need to implement a universal trading system. It would make the game 10x better imo

[@THEREALf0cbot]

Same

[@jordanwalker4243]

They have the GTS in the main line games, but not in Pokémon go. I think maybe it’s because I’ve heard a lot of Pokémon on the gts were hacked in but idk

[@jordanwalker4243]

I would love the gts in Pokémon go to be clear

[@andreaseidlitz5714]

I dont mind spoofers, I dont see it as cheating , I understand them , I also would like to travel the whole world from my flat :D .... but they should be at least decent .... I met already some really rude spoofers in the game , who were gym bullying realtime players and that aint OK

[@JacksonWootenOfficial]

1 international trade per month would work. I’m fine with that

[@HalfEaten_Bass]

I may or may not have purified a shiny charmander a few years ago😅

[@fertileplanet7756]

I purified a shiny scyther...

[@majordude]

What is wrong with that?

[@fertileplanet7756]

@@majordude Shadow pokemon are much stronger

[@_-TheOnePieceIsReal-_]

Same bro💀 and now I have shiny 98%(purified😭) scizor

[@vitezoman5]

One thing spoofing is good is when doing trades with someone. The trading feature is a good way to trade stuff with people from your community, but this becomes SIGNIFICANTLY more difficult in places where either 1) you don't see people playing or 2) theres not much of a community for that. I have a bunch of friends in my friends list who I got lucky friend on it, but it's more difficult to coodonate trading with them, which will come to the expense of wasting money just for a stupid lucky trade. I know spoofing is bad and such, but the person using it is not using to grind and more to trade with him, but Niantic doesn't understand that it's also risky ESPECIALLY when you don't know the person you are about to trade. One quick fix they could do is allow for the first trade of the day to have no distance limit with any friend of your choise, and afterwards the following trades wil remain the same, aka be in the vicinity of the person to trade.

[@chaotixu]

Ah yes, I am a noob because I play f2p and don't have enough pokecoins to buy raid passes to be able to do enough mega raids to get so much mega energy that I can mega evolve a pokemon every single day. Cool.

[@ladislasayano9406]

Hmmm but you do get one free pass each day... For most mega you just need to do 3 or 4 raids to get the enough to megs evolve one Pokemon. Then you just walk with that Pokemon and you will earn mega energy at the same time as candies. since the mega raid rotation once a week so you will have enough time to do the 3-4 raids without having to buy raid passes

[@asvegas777]

I’m mostly f2p as well. Once you start mega evolving the energy needed is low and can be supplemented by walking the Pokémon. I recently started prioritizing mega raids for this reason. Except rayquaza, they all gave me enough energy for evolving, in some cases multiple of the same mega (some need less than others too). I’m still not able to evolve everything every day and need energy for mons that need to come back to raids but it’s doable. I mostly play alone but I can host raids for others to join n remotely with the free or reward raid passes without spending money. Hope it helps!

[@cpt.zursee4430]

Except Rayquaza you literally get enough Mega Energy through one raid. After that you can earn it by walking with them.

[@xlJuGGylx]

Get gooder bra , 1000% skill issue . wat a nub

[@willturner8747]

You could also host raids in pokegenie....that way you've got help to defeat your mega raids.....and its free

[@1Thani]

I actually sent multiple emails to niantic asking them to add gyms-pokestops where I live, I even volunteered to tell them about local landmarks/places to add. Didn’t want money or anything, just wanted to actually play the game lol. But they wouldn’t listen. I then started spoofing for a while before I just stopped playing.

[@RabbiNeil]

Wait. That first day raid thing is exactly what I've experienced. I've only been playing for 5 weeks and I'm already getting frustrated with some raids. I had no idea it was a thing about Niantic mistakes and I've been really frustrated about wasted money.

[@eshxn4]

worst thing i did was not knowing about campfire and missing out on mega raquaza raids because i had nobody to raid with😂

[@subblivion4471]

Campfire?

[@eshxn4]

@@subblivion4471 in the top right corner of the game theres a map that has a gym icon and you can use that to join a queue of players that are trying to do remote raids

[@ryandietrich8604]

I hate the idea of “renting” mega pokemon. But you are right. I should be leveling my megas for the bonuses

[@CarlosRuiz-gs2pz]

1 biggest mistake that "pro's" make: talking down to people calling them "noobs" when they themselves didn't know shit about Pokemon until they started playing Pokemon GO and all of a sudden think they're experts.

[@octolotl]

"whats an EV bro?"

[@05weasel]

Yea, I live out in the country. Pokestops and gyms are far apart. I have to drive 10-15 minutes to get to a place where I can collect much at all. I get about 1 Pokémon spawn every 15-20 minutes at my house and I could maybe catch 10 on a walk around my neighborhood (but I would run out of balls because there are no stops). I don’t plan on cheating but I definitely understand why people do.

[@Staraptor-]

When you have 30 or less pokeballs use the daily incense that will grant you 30 pokeballs

[@jagged6373]

I spoofed in 2016 after a few months when the game started to get stale. Probably wasn’t as frowned upon then and I wanted a Mr mime. Also spoofed locally to nests for rare pokemon that I didn’t feel like driving to. Won’t risk it now

[@GrapeGoomba]

I way spoofing hard back in 2016 but still wasnt really getting anything different from now

[@voltagespark7341]

I wouldn’t call those who cheat a noob but rather smart

[@richi5291]

Spoofers are helpful, I can't even count how many times i have defeated a raid boss with the help of some spoofers, the only time when spoofers can actually affect your gameplay negatively is when you are defending a gym and in GBL, but not everyone plays GBL

[@basillah7650]

Doing mega every day is a noob mistake because get free mega evolution and can rotate a different mega for free mega evolution at no energy cost.

[@Nyquist182]

Yeah I do it about once a week when I remember😅 and I have I think 44 Max Megas now.

[@osk4r99]

​@@Nyquist182there are only 37 unique mega pokemon in go. Why would you max out so many dublicates

[@Nyquist182]

@@osk4r99 Shinys and some are dual typings...also then If I used one day I can use another the next day for 0 energy used....

[@eessppeenn001]

Noobiest thing I've done is live in an area where there are very few pokestops, where it's very cold for 4-5 months, so playing outside for more than 30 minutes isn't very fun, and without a pokestop at my doorstep. So I often run out of pokeballs, and often very tempted to buy the 200 pokeballs for 800 coins.

[@2x.Moreno]

This should’ve been a part 2 since you made a video about it already 😅

[@otrsn5553]

Spoofing isn’t really an issue I think an issue would be people ruining gyms that way. Essentially don’t challenge gyms over and over again but it doesn’t hurt others aside from that

[@Tormentros]

So i actually spoof, but my account was locked back in 2016, i raided with my wife and family 24/7 i was level 33, No reason account just could not get access to it, when i got in touch with niantic they couldnt do anything and i was told to restart, I spoofed a new account to replace my old one. I feel no shame in what i did because like you said they dont have to reinstate anything. So i feel like spoofing is a hot take and a double edged sword that ultimately reflects how they view the situation of spoofing themselves, they just ban and move on not needing to fix it.

[@Sage-kun]

yeah uhhh definatly spoofing, but in my defence i use it only when im sick to use my daily incense or to trade with people i can never meet because i hate socializing...

[@xUnicornzillax]

I actually didnt really understand what the point of mega evolve was so hadnt used it yet. Thanks for the explanation! Guess i am a noob 😂

[@h2onovid919]

I much rather spoof for raids then spend 2$ per raid or trying to solo raids cuz nobody in my area does raids

[@exia3375]

I watched a portion of this video and all im hearing is ‘if you cannot afford it, your a noob’

[@isaanajan]

8:09 Just send them to home!

[@santaabolina7235]

I live in sort of the middle of nowhere. There are some gyms and pokestops, but not a lot. Haven't cheated yet, but it is annoying that I can never get strong shadow pokemon from shadow gyms, have to always pay for raid pass to play it remotely, but on a plus side it is easy to get first place in showcases as often I'm the only participant there.

[@ericcollins6181]

Not abising the friendship sustem sooner. Now insend and open gifts optimally, rake in the XP, have all the Vivillian, and hatching those 7K eggs from Perth to help me get diatance in trades working on that Pilot medal.

[@evanlord6428]

I always transfer 1,2 star pokemon. I save my Shinies for trades. And not everyone has 3 million mega candies to dump every day

[@emilyerojas]

Same. My saved shortcut is basically “age0, 0,1,2*, not shiny, not shadow” and multiple times a day I just select all and dump. Usually cleans up 100-200 mons in a snap

[@JohnNeville617]

I transfer all my non-shiny and non-costume pokemon that are duplicates. I try to keep 1-2 of each pokemon and I keep the highest CP and the highest star rating of each. Then I keep 1-3 of the shiney pokemon and costumes. I really don't care about meta and I only really play to make my boring commutes into the office a bit more enjoyable with collecting. When I do xfer my pokemon that are shiney or pokemon that are a bit more rare in other games then I will send them to pokemon home and then move them into a game when that begins to fill up.

[@gaijininja]

I got to Level 40, saw what it takes to get to 41, and stopped playing. Crap rewards, heaps an heaps of the most common Pokemon as rewards for research, and the amount of time needed to play EVERY day means you need to have a really good job that pays well for minimal hours, or rich parents, because the average blue collar worker certainly can’t spend the amount of time needed to play. So I stopped playing.

[@vpois7725]

should i evolve a normal magikarp into my first gyarados for the research, or wait for the shiny?

[@KonekoPurrrfection]

Im too scared to spoof but im rural and there's literally NOTHING HERE

[@FruitVideos]

Mega evolve. Just type in mega1, mega2 or mega3. No tags needed!

[@Culingling]

I think Niantic is the noob one. I've been using spoofers for years and they can't even catch me 😂

[@AlexisHoeneß]

How ??? Teach me please!

[@dominiquebriscoe9681]

What spoofer do you use and is it on iOS

[@श्रीस्वामीसमर्थ-छ7ण]

Same lol

[@crailbench]

I spoofed for a long time (pre-covid) b/c normal game play became SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO BORING. Spoofing became exciting in all the cool ways and aspects you could play the game. And there was nothing more that I loved than taking someone's account, flying to an event overseas and bringing them back some really cool regionals and/or shinies. I quit playing shortly after covid and started back up again this Feb 2024. I spoofed again for a bit till I received my second strike and haven't risked it since. The remote raids have made it a bit more playable "normally" but it still gets VERY boring and monotonous (and shadow raids not remoteable SUCKS BIG TIME) when there's not much going on mid-event or if/when the way more than normal times shiny rates are absolutely terrible even when they're supposed to be "boosted".

[@CatsLilaSalem]

I only use the mega system for favorites, i really don't like watching the slow animation over and over onceor twice an day is enough for me

[@hgdias4952]

I got banned for the 6 th time now and it's just a 30days and consideration of my location where no one plays I will still continue to spoof

[@tinyblibblob6016]

The noobiest thing I ever did was make a second account to try and beat a pokemon in a gym that I wanted back before realizing you cant have 2 accounts on the same device and deleted it. I now live in constant fear.

[@startheangel9760]

The biggest newbie mistake is not knowing what shadow Pokemon are worth keeping over purifying for hundo. Sometimes even hundos are highly outclassed by its shadow counterpart for example shadow Moltres is the only one useful for raids whilst a regular is outclassed by every other fire type.

[@RemLasher77]

I wish during the Team GO Rocket takeover events, you are allowed to trade one & only Shadow Pokémon throughout entire the event similar how you can use Charged TMs to overwrite Frustration.

[@ICARUSrat]

personally itransfer shinies from Pokemon GO to other pokemon games. I get to enjoy them much more there instead of transfering them

[@S9999Frank]

Guilty of many things here, but one recent mistake - mega evolved my dynamax charizard, only to find out megas are not allowed in dynamax battles. Oh well :-)

[@Christmas12]

Noobiest thing (when I was first starting) I used all my Elite TM's [having no real idea what their value was, not understanding what a 'legacy move' was... there ought to be a in-game warning the first few times you try to use those] Trying to grind for certain Platinum medals like evolving pokemon etc (not the catch medals) even though I don't really need to waste the candies or resources Building expensive perfect PVP-IV pokemon even though I will never use most of them (like Lickitung, it's very cool.. I'm proud of the build but I never use him... and he's not even shiny).. I built a perfect lvl 50 Scrafty... and by the time I finished him the (very awesome looking) shiny variant released like a week later and I got a perfect IV Scraggy... and now I have to build him all over again... (similar story with Shiny flower crown Sylveon)... Scrafty wasn't my fault though... how could I really know Niantic were going to release my favourite little savage in shiny when they did 🤦‍♂ (but the Sylveon is definitely on me)

[@sushibebussinfr]

i want to spoof so bad because there is like no one around that plays and i dont have strong enough pokemon so the only raids i can complete are 1star difficulty raids and max battles

[@Deleted_account2343]

I grind to much it got boring

[@RealDacotiz]

if you wanna mega evolve everday just sort with mega1- it shows you already mega evolved lvl 1-3

[@Horizon24129]

without spoofing pokemon go is dead game - wise man and its true and dark truth

[@jacobivy2854]

Noobiest thing I’ve done? Burned multiple zero IV Pokémon because I thought they were trash and didn’t realize they are actually rarer than a hundo.

[@jillie__stanley9]

I definitely agree with transferring shinies to home. I transfer low level shinies from go to home. 1 to make room and 2 I'm making a living shiny dex so I work extra hard during community day to transfer shinies to home

[@IAmMissingnoMaster]

Maxing out Mega Levels hasn't become a strict daily part of my GO grind, but it's definitely something I've been chipping away at over time. Hell, this video reminded me to get moving on that today, and I just maxed out my Gardevoir's Mega Level as a result! I do have a lot of Mega Levels maxed out by this point, but no reason to not go for them all. ...I really need to get my Latias to walk with me one of these days. I used up every single ounce of Latias Mega Energy I had on the initial Mega Evolution.

[@Struggling_Engineer97]

A question I see a lot of people ask in the Pokemon Go community on cheating is "Are 3rd party apps like IV checkers and Raid lobbies considered cheating since all of these resources are already readily available and people argue that the only thing that goes against Niantic's guidelines for these apps is that they are unofficial 3rd party apps"

[@teamofone1219]

It's not fair that city folks gets to have a pokestop every block where rural and urban players get buttfucked by people who says the pokestops are too close this is one of the reason I have spoofed the game though I don't do it on my main account.

[@Stand.Your.Ground.]

Raid lobbies… def not cheating

[@JustJoshIsUnavailable]

@@teamofone1219Don’t know what that has to do with this but you ain’t wrong. The people that were given the ability to approve pokestops probably have one every 5 steps. Can’t share the fun with everyone else.

[@teamofone1219]

@@JustJoshIsUnavailable they are talking about 3rd party apps aka spoofing which is also shown in the thumbnail. My comment is on topic.

[@clipnex1-g2s]

@@teamofone1219 how do you spoof pleaseseeeee tell me

[@proto1825]

My biggest issue I have with niantic is when they decided to remove the free remote raid pass every weekend or however often it was. I basically lived off of that shit since I live pretty far out from any gyms or pokestops and while its true spoofers have an unfair advantage someone like me who cant go anywhere can use someone thats spoofing to access raids.

[@seanmorris2869]

1 mistake not having unlimited money so u can do whatever u want in the game to be able to catch all these pokemon

[@N_as_a_RedPanda]

I dont mega evolve everyday because I dont always have energy and i only have mega blastoise, beedrill, sableye, and absol.

[@sahardlala3085]

I've got my main account banned, months after I quit spoofing, the irony .. and I quit spoofing cause they made the game better with submitting pokestops, well know its not like it was anymore.

[@jaguarpatrol]

Noobiest thing I ever did is thinking that a Pokémon was good solely based on its CP and not knowing how the appraisal system worked. I've estimated that I've probably transfered at least 100 3 stars since starting I '21

[@ladynoluck]

My bro and I got back into the game a year ago, and we saw the initial mega energy cost and assumed we should save mega evolution for big events. We didn’t get that, after the first time, it’s not like 400 energy every time. We just assumed everyone megaing so often was dropping big bucks on the game to do mega raids all the time. It felt realistic with how Niantic is lol. We found out the truth a few weeks ago and just put our heads in our hands. We are still working to get fully educated to use it well.

[@NTNDO]

if you live in a rural area it doesn't matter how many stops and gyms you make, there's never anyone around to win the raids. Also in order to set up stops and gyms getting to level 37 is rough, with nobody around to win raid battles your just catching commons and leveling takes forever. I don't think spoofers are cheaters, I think spoofing is a great way for people who make an average income and live in a rural area with very few people to play with to still enjoy the game. They don't get any pokemon free, they still have to catch and battle and spend money or play within the limits. Just a way for people who can't play the game to actually play it

[@Hyde472]

New to looking up videos on Go. I realize now how blessed I am that I had to make an alt to knock myself out of my town's gyms. I get 50 coins every single day. I'm up to almost 3k items and just over 3k storage. I usually keep 2 or 3 thousand coins just sitting for when they have a box I want. That 3 pack of both storage and super incubators and whatever else was an instant buy for all 3. If anyone sees this and lives where other people don't play, make an alt so you get 50 coins a day. Totally worth it.

[@TheAnthoy101]

Tbh what frustrates me is that if I was to pay for a raid pass, why is it that the Pokemon can still flee? I essentially paid for the Pokemon, not the experience of battling that Pokemon.

[@erickgarcia2758]

biggest noob mistake I've made as a day 1 player: Ignoring IVs I know IVs weren't a thing at the start of pokemon go, but about a year in after the IV function was dropped I was keeping pokemon only becuase of their naturally high CP. If I caught a wild pokemon that had an almost maxed out CP (like my arcanine I still use now), I would keep it, and i would delete any other pokemon. Only god knows how many hundos I have thrown away without realizing...

[@cooldino6155]

no one plays pogo in my country so i cant raid and my doesnt like pogo so without spoofing i would have nothing not a single good pokemon also there is a very low ammount of pokestops ik that it puts my acc on risk but i cant play without it is there a way to add more pokestops and gyms maybe people would start playing again

[@Raylansaur]

I don't have a lot of mega energy 😢

[@ladislasayano9406]

Walk with that Pokemon - you get 5 mega energy for that pre determine distance

[@supergalaticmaster]

You get a free mega use a few days after mega evolving the pokemon for the first time

[@Raylansaur]

@supergalaticmaster that's the thing don't have enough energy to mega the frist time

[@EggRo11s]

Just wait for them to come back around and use your free raid pass(es) to host them remotely, with the exception of a very few, most mega pokemon only require one raid to get enough mega energy to mega evolve.

[@RabbiNeil]

I genuinely didn't know this about the mega levels and XL candy. Thank you.

[@_iamowl_2208]

What app can I use to move around?

[@Alice_Haukea]

I don't play enough to justify doing Mega evolution. I simply don't do raids. I just don't. I don't have any friends to play with or call upon. So I have no way of getting more mega energy back. And ultimately that is the problem this game has. You can't experience all of this game without friends to play with. All the good stuff is tied to raids or pay wall. You mentioned that Shiny pokemon have no meta relevance. I need to clarify on that, are you referring to ALL shiny pokemon, or just the ones that aren't worth it? You said Pigeot is #8 in Ultra League. I assume the shiny version is still #8 in Ultra League right? At any rate, my goal is a living shiny dex. Though the raid problem I mentioned above means completing this goal is unlikely. Yeah, I do NOT support cheating and spoofing, but for what it's worth, as this is a video game first, I don't think it's a good customer service approach to have ticketed events that can only be played in certain locations. Sorry, but not many of us have the time or money to hop on a plane and fly across the world for this game. So to that end, I don't hate it. But yeah it's awkward. As for my noob mistakes.... Oh boy. Uh, using stardust all willy nilly early on. Randomly powering things up for the sake of it and not learning what pokemon are worth powering up. I know I'm still making noob mistakes to this day, but I think it's to a lesser degree at least.

[@nightmar_dorito3318]

imma keep it 100 i live in a small country in a small city and have like 1/2 stops near me i have no way of playing without spending all my money on remote passes or spoofing i try to spoof as littel as i can but with where i live i cant see myself not spoofing

[@DumsRals]

my bad, but i attemted to spoof because there's no any poke stop or gyms on my place, very sad

[@Lasertoast.22]

Back in like 2016 I spoofed and my account was banned. But then just one day I was able to sign back into my account again. Maybe they gave me a second chance. Idk I havent done it since though.

[@superzingsevolucionados8881]

Hi Mystic7, I once was playing in the battle league when suddenly there is no connection and I go out of the game and then back in to see if it improves. But when I went in I see that it says that I have won 80 matches more than I actually won, I collected the rewards thinking that I didn’t realize when I got them, but know I am worried that they will ban my account.😢😢

[@octolotl]

you wont, aslong as you didnt intend to cause the glitch

[@superzingsevolucionados8881]

I didn’t, but thanks

[@golddy10997]

Hey, I have questions 1. Where can I find size chart for shiny luck tee? 2. Would black XL shiny luck tee be restocked?

[@brentvanleeuwen5253]

Deleted all gen1 pokemon before gen2 came out and stopped playing till 22. Had to catch everything from scratch again. Maxed out all upgrades by spending 25€ a month to play and get the daily free coins to buy raidpasses and incubators. The only reason I'll ever consider spoofing us to catch the last 4 regionals I need. Still have 7 gaps in my dex in total, skiddo and gogoat from safari, Hoopa from raid/event and comfey, hawlucha, buffolant and sigilpyh as regionals. Just have to wait for them to rotate in the future.

[@RemLasher77]

Send shinies to either Pokémon Home or Let’s Go Pikachu/Eevee(for all Kanto Pokémon plus Meltan line)is a better option than transferring them since sending them to Home or Let’s Go also will get you candy.

[@thicktoploader]

I’ll trade a shiny but you won’t catch me dead transferring a shiny

[@teamofone1219]

I will only transfer a shiny to pokemon home if they are a duplicate.

[@basillah7650]

You don't do community day events if you never transfer shiny

[@thicktoploader]

@@basillah7650 I do. I have like 50 shiny charmanders.

[@thicktoploader]

@@basillah7650 literally said in the comment I trade them. I don’t care to lose them in a trade for something else even if it’s not shiny I just don’t transfer them

[@jonaykon]

The amount of Pokémon you can store in home is very limited unless you have the premium version so if you dont have a game you can transfer the Pokémon to its probably not a good idea

[@chasegaming2082]

Purifying your shadows for higher stats is one I did ALOT before I learned better.

[@scimmione_ballerino]

Started an account in 2018, was very fun but because I lived in a small town on mountain I literally had nothing near me so I started cheating for some months and received 2 bans the first on of 1-2 days I don't remember to the 1 month ban, after that I quit the game for about 3 years and after I moved with my family in a big city I restarted to play pokemon go rightfully because I had the possibility but after something even if I quit spoofing my account was permanently banned because of a ban wave that permanently banned all the account previously banned temporarly even if they weren't cheating anymore.

[@Johnnyversetti1]

Biggest mistake I’ve made in Go was transferring hundos/ sending a shundo to Pokémon Home. Fun times.

[@AlternateCyclizar1885]

If you have a hundo that would be good in VGC transfer it to home so it can have max IV’s in every staff

[@luisangelramosrocha4335]

@@AlternateCyclizar1885 IV's are not that special in VGC, with 6 bottle caps you can turn a Nundo in a Hundo in 30 seconds

[@sharma1571]

I m a spoofer and i m at lvl47 ,I really really want to play genuinely but in my city no one play pokemon go ,less gyms all r empty few pokestops , still i m afraid that niantic ban my account someday but i dont have any other way then spoofing to continuously play pokemon go😢

[@tomross3788]

I live in a nobody red neck town in Alaska there are only 4 gyms and 6 poke stops in the 21 mile span of the town and and I spoofed for shadow lugia

[@janlammers1000]

In Croatia there seems to be not really a community where spoofing is like the only way of lvling

[@nat0106951]

I am new player. I remember playing on 2016 and just got really lazy going out when the doc said to go out during the guide 😅

[@XiyuanFantin-kq3wt]

niantic thinks about money and banning players who cheat but I'm sure if they think about improving the game for players in the campaign there will already be a lot less cheating