The BEST Pokémon to Power Up in Pokémon GO (2023 Guide)

[@AbsolTrainBest]

Disclaimer: as a GBL legend, I can say that you’ll lose more dust to GBL than you gain since you have to build so many Pokémon for each league

[@okk384i]

fr man I aint even legend still I have to spend 100s of thousands of stardust to power up the pokemon

[@gdnoahplayz]

GGs on legend I subbed to u

[@darshanale6109]

Yaa bro

[@ironpanda7383]

I powered up 9 pokemon and I've been fine since. I've made my dust back plus a TON more. You just need three for each league 🤷‍♂️

[@tyfighter3998]

@ironpanda7383 no not really when there is a premier cup or something that mon won't be legal and the mets will change

[@Norpthalomus]

Small correction- Megas power up the same type MOVES for Pokémon in raids, not the Pokémon type itself. So for example, if you come in with a Mega Charizard Y, your friends will get a Fire and Flying boost to their Fire and Flying attacks- even if they’re on Pokémon of different types.

[@blake7587]

So you’re saying it would power up moves like fire spin and blast burn but not dragon tail?

[@calebdrake3544]

As a complete pokemon noob(started 4 weeks ago), I'd almost need a list of these pokemons to watch out for

[@FluffyFistSoup]

Meltan is such a great budget master league monster. Free to power up to lv 50 and dominates, shame it wasn't mentioned

[@jaidevsingh7046]

Yo

[@warrenmiller2044]

Lots of sd and harder to trade for a lucky

[@elijahbl5745]

Btw the telegram giveaway thing is a scam, I got the same exact message but they say you have to pay 100 dollars delivery fee

[@48abhi]

2941 3180 4695 Add up if you play regular Pokémon go ❤️

[@420Blazei]

How do you get Meltan?

[@BigBrotherMateyka]

You're wrong, sir; XL candies are -- by far -- the most valuable resource, given their rarity and their specificity. You can always farm stardust, and if you're decent at GBL, dust farming is easy, but XL candies are essentially a hardcore paywall/stopgap for many; if you're strictly FTP, you will need to walk at least *ten kilometers* with a legendary buddy (excited) for the *_chance_* of farming *ONE* XL. Outside of that, random, nondesignated XLs are quite rare from raids. As I'm sure you're aware, you will need _296_ XLs to fully power up one, and *_360_* XLs for shadows; as they stand, unless you're willing to spend a Rockefeller amount of money in the game, XL grinds in Pokemon Go are Herculean tasks.

[@allenbuddy3101]

I’ve found that the difficulty of obtaining XL candy depends entirely on the Pokémon. Do Not sleep on the boosted XL chance a tier three mega can give you if you want candy for a Pokémon spawning in the wild. The guaranteed XL candy for each trade is also huge. For legendaries, it comes down to raids but you can farm coins at gyms and save up to buy raid passes if a legendary comes around that you really want to max

[@MidAtTheGamee]

So what’s going on when my gyarados that is the lowest friendship level gives me an XL every time I walk a kilometer? Is that weird?

[@brianfox340]

I got my first XL rare candy today. Genuinely didn't know they came from raids.

[@BigBrotherMateyka]

@@MidAtTheGamee Gyarados and 1km buddies are one thing...legendaries are entirely different.

[@MidAtTheGamee]

@@BigBrotherMateyka ah I got it Ty

[@pb99-z3r]

8:24 dragon types may not be super effective against a lot of typing, what makes them unique is their resistances. I mean top pokemon of various typings are mostly part dragons (reshiram, zekrom, dialga, garchomp, rayquaza, naganadel (in the future), both giratinas, kyurem, hydreigon and mega altaria) all benefit from resistance to element types.

[@s4rgentdash]

12:28 what I've found is that when running poison jab and brine, Toxapex (evolved form of marine) performs AMAZINGLY in Great leauge

[@-dodup-5970]

I figured with its low ass cp

[@dellithium]

Golisopod is one that I like a lot for taking down the psychic raids. It was especially good for the Hoopa raids

[@maestrotomberi6101]

Hoopa has double weakness towards bug. That's why.

[@chia0302]

心得文不是一般人在說

[@rickygardner4763]

Cresselia is a beast as well, tons of health and defense, decent damage, very hard to take down

[@LuisLopez-qw4cd]

I agree with the Megas i rather use it for gaining a lot of candy not raid counter since i rarely participate in raids & i feel is not hard to take down legendary pokemon with the right counters & high level pokemons.

[@smed5009]

Just got back in after 2ish years it's changed a lot but not terribly. This dragon event is cool and my shadow ttar budy has 1000km walked 😂.

[@lelouchchanbc]

Niantic nevertheless came out with amazing idea in catching Pokemon like Ditto disguise another type of Pokemon in the wild, Zorua disguise your Pokemon buddy. All Villion available to all trainers provided you had internationally friend list. Sadly Niantic came out more and more paid event and in game items I am expecting even more in 2023 later on. 😞

[@skyjack1]

Almost thought I got a dupe shiny bc of Zorua :/

[@alexhirschfeld5687]

You can also get xl candy and candy from trading too!

[@XxSorrelPawxX]

Every time I fight Giovanni I use machamp against Persian with cross chop and I use melmetal superpower to get those guards out of the way and then I'll either use vaporeon or mewtwo to kill the last pokemon xP

[@Justbecause7777]

In this comment section is a guy who supposedly hits Legend rank in gbl and he's giving pretty bad advice about stardust. I am someone who actually hits Legend every season and my advice is to build two teams for every league. One solid meta and one solid anti meta team. That's how I did it. I'm sitting on over fourteen million stardust at level 43 with a meta team and anti meta team for each league, and can consistently hit legend in every league. Do all your battles everyday and keep learning. Good luck guys.

[@redsix5165]

Can you share your anti meta teams?

[@n7x]

since shadows gain +20% attack, that means shadow rayquaza will have the same attack stat as mega rayquaza. The mega has much higher hp and defense though, and shadow has 20% less def.

[@dblum]

My first ever Rayquaza raid was a hundo. However, during the primal event, I had horrible luck, so it balances out.

[@Fatkidlovecake]

Yoo, i started go on the 18th of February I’m already rank 25 😂. Your channel is fire for new players it’s perfect.

[@scylla88shawn14]

As the Current Season is Guaranteed XL when trading, 100 trades a Day puts it at a minimum 9,000 XL Candy for 90 Days with Potentially 90+ Legendary/Ultra Beats XL for the Season

[@slowalkr9]

2023 is starting as an amazing pokemon year for me i caught a shadow shiny mawile like 5 minutes after midnight first mon of the year

[@Lucky69K]

Also if melmetal gets double iron bash which will be better version of meteor mash then it could have some play in raids

[@edlovesbfmv1]

Right, I'll go out and get shadow gible and shadow rhyhorn right now since you mentioned them, oh wait....

[@orucker4902]

I have a 100% IV Greninja! I hope they put Ash-Greninja in the game this year so I can have an absolute monster of a pokemon because based on one of your previous videos, Ash-Greninja will have an insane attack stat. Just waiting for that beautiful shiny

[@naokiezabalya1591]

is the name ASH on ash greninja refers to ash the trainer or ash for well.. greninja. if it refers to ash the trainer then the name ash greninja. then it doesn't really make sense really, it should be like greninja like if i have a greninja and turn it into ash greninja, it will be Arthur greninja. if it refers to a sort of mega form of greninja then well the godawful explenation of the name ash on ash greninja ^ is pointles

[@misterlittle665]

@@naokiezabalya1591it’s based on Ash Ketchums specific Greninja variant. Battle bond makes it a more powerful variant akin to a mega evolution. Hope that helps.

[@KabuTheFox]

Also forgot shadow golurk for ground types, it's the second best ground type dps in game only being beat out by shadow mamo recently when it gained high horsepower

[@Amon01234]

With what moveset?

[@oneonone8855]

@@Amon01234 i would not use shadow Golurk since its very glassy but Mud Slap + High Horsepower

[@harshtelang5354]

He forgot the goat Dialga

[@michaelross1464]

One dumb team that never dominates, but always does well.. honestly, for years now, still does good work, is raichu, ryhorn, and wigglytuff in great league. It's super cheap, they protect eachother's types well and with two tanks, its an easy enough way to muddle through. Never the best, but I break no less than 50% more often than not.

[@ilyaasarsala9147]

I got back into pokemon go this month and barely missed all the feb raids :(((

[@trystansargent296]

Mystic can you fly me out to Las Vegas please (HAPPY NEW-YEAR)

[@kameliahicklin8625]

2022 has been so good for me like I wafted in October and I got shadow mewtwo and that was hard!!! It was so good can’t wait for new years

[@Zenolight8992]

Also for the battling for star dust you can battle your friends and let let you win back and forth

[@johnhulland9488]

Thanks for making this vid this is going to help with raids

[@oneonone8855]

I recommend wachting Poke Daxi's - "top Pokemon to Power up" videos. He goes more in depth if you'd like to know even more.

[@48abhi]

2941 3180 4695 Add up if you play regular Pokémon go ❤️

[@mitchhuppert5579]

Disclaimer 4:07 if you don’t live in the region the Pokémon is not easy to catch… I haven’t seen a native rhyhorn in months

[@mattyboy7272]

Walrien!!! Friggin murders with the ice attacks

[@ridensroom6957]

Thanks for the mega trick for stardust. I had no idea

[@hahardridge]

My pvp and Pokémon knowledge is subpar so I always wait until 2 days before the season ends to abuse the skill based match making. Last season for example I went from level 1-14 in 2 days and gained around 125k stardust and lots of rewards.

[@Xylophi_yt]

Fact: the first ever mewtwo I got was a hundo and didn’t even notice till I had 2 more and was gonna transfer it

[@lukedarden5361]

Is Mismagius a good ghost type to grind for??

[@jazchuuuuuv]

I'm just getting started and i'm overwhelmed 😂

[@AbdellahZ_BS]

I just got shiny steelix on accident from the raid

[@by_nico]

He mentioned so many shadow mons that are not even out yet 😂😂

[@bojansmeh4395]

Got a hundo shadow tyranitar slowly powering up to lv 50 and best buddy but getting xl candy is virtually impossible. Its either walk long distances for a very long time and also hatch 12km eggs and hope to hatch larvitar and spend lots of money on raids.

[@ryanthemechanic]

This is so helpful because I’m level 22 and a noob and have crappy Pokemon Wish I had friends to play with 😅

[@Lucky69K]

You should make video for budget powerups

[@dino-whiz6239]

Thank god gible is one because yesterday i got a 100% from an egg

[@sticks2462]

I have my doubts for ash greninja because they just got rid of ash greninja in the newest main series games

[@psykodo2161]

I’ve odly noticed my 4 star drifblim with hex and avalanche is a monster in the mega league

[@zoff.him1]

Any recommendations? I use shadow scizor and shadow politoed what should be my third mon for great league

[@rioluwu5921]

I’ve been predicting shadow Rayray ever since the eons went away and Hoenn tour was teased, even saved one of my rocket radars for it. Yep, I’m predicting that this will be the next best shadow pokemon. (Provided it gets dragon ascent or something, hell maybe ever V-create eventually)

[@AlexH96]

I've got 2 radars saved for it, mainly because I was only ever able to do 2 raids for Ray, both times 12+ excellent curveball golden razz and never caught it.

[@Weav576]

Mega will in the end be superior in the end just like mega Mewtwo is going to be superior to shadow Mewtwo, not saying that shadow Mewtwo still won't be great as it still will be excellent to have a few shadow Mewtwo to go along with the mega as the same will be likely with shadow Ray along with Mega Ray. But js overall Mega Ray is Dragon King

[@joelgrebinsilvestri]

i have a question... do you power up pokemon with good ivs? or for pvp with low attack iv??? because gettin dust is really difficult so i dont wanna waste dust ... shouid i power up pokemon with 3 stars IV or pokemon with low atack IV but good hp and def for pvp??? THAAANKS

[@Crispy_DAWG]

The investment of star dust into the battle league is worth it. My cousin has grinded millions of star dust from the league alone. That should always be your first goal in my opinion. If you want to get more technical, you can watch videos or apps for optimal iv’s to cap your CP as close to the max as possible.

[@elijahbl5745]

Max mega leveled my mega Charizard two days ago, I'ma make bank on stardust and exp for a fire type com day

[@jaredlaughlin3703]

It's ironic that this video shows up a day after I did a mass level-up. But hey, I'm quite solid on my ability to get ready for the future, especially with certain incoming evolutions from Hisui and Paldea.

[@GustoFormula]

waiting for the dudunsparce with bated breath

[@DeactivateMe27]

Saw a Beldum a day before watching this video and didn’t want to catch it because I was low on pokeballs, but really regret it now:/

[@Azhureus]

Metagross is one of my tops. Really good mon, I can second that.

[@zachplaysrl]

People keep mentioning the thing about the Hydreigon being the top dark type Pokémon in the game makes me feel lucky I made it a goal randomly to get a full team of 6 of them. I’m a new player so I had no idea.

[@sevourn]

they are only top with the moveset of bite and brutal swing

[@jimnasium3208]

I haven't seen Rhyhorn in the wild since 2017

[@JungleEddie]

Is it better to have one level 50 or two level 40? I have four different pokemon where one is level 40 (cp3800 to cp3600) an another is cp3300 to cp3200. They are Dragonite, Ursaluna, Salamence and Hydreigon. Where should I put my dust? I also have a 98% Charizard but with no candy dust does no good.

[@mooshroommoon]

I got a Galarian Moltres spawn on daily incense! But then it fled after I used a ultra ball and razz very.

[@jamieschannel2709]

Hmm, didn't know the megas could be leveled up. Never even looked at them after the one time I mega evolve them, because why I?

[@davido4622]

What’s the best poison,fairy type to power up plz

[@LulsSato]

Today i evolved my hundi Galaglade but which attack should i use für hyperbattles im not shure

[@Planetmango48]

0:16 Stardust candies?

[@herohour6496]

For me, PVP sucks (cuz I suck), but I raid like $20 USD a week. Remote, cuz it's cold in NYC.

[@RandomFunnyGamer]

So Even though the Pokémon IV might suck you can still appraise them and it’ll be good???

[@lacodhiguera6029]

So I forgot if the holiday event rn includes evolving ivysaur for frenzy plant..does it?

[@SlickedOut12]

Yesterday had a moltres spawn beside me I was do hyped, then the first throw literally ended up being a regular curved and It broke out and ran off, literally yelled so hard

[@Pokebattleleague]

I have snorlaxative with lick? And it's totally broke I can double tap and its move is half the time so is that exclusive to gengar?

[@Stonebrek]

I feel like depending on the location you live in, your gaming experience differs. Everything in my area is ass, raids are always low tier pokemon and wild pokemon are just basic. My pokedex is pretty pathetic despite playing on and off over the years.

[@LBGaming155]

I actually got a hoopa on my bday

[@B1gZackTV]

Is a shadow with bad ivs worth leveling up

[@Maad_City]

@MYSTIC7 Can you make a video that dives into the best team rocket shadow pokemon 2023?

[@alanhouse9439]

Azumaril has been meta relevant in the Great League for a long time

[@michaelbriggs9257]

3 references to shadow garchomp??? I wish

[@oneonone8855]

I have the XLs stocked up for the Gible..

[@48abhi]

2941 3180 4695 Add up if you play regular Pokémon go ❤️

[@owenforschler5326]

I got a perfect mewtwo when it was in EX raids

[@spejdermciscool]

Nice video 😊

[@BluntculturE42]

How do you put this into order? I have no idea where to start lol.

[@TheJitBob]

@mystic do you spoof? All the location are around the world. Not against it just wondering. Vids been out long enough let me know

[@guybuddy]

If you have a good mudkip WAIT UNTIL HOENN TOUR TO EVOLVE. That way you can get the com day move!

[@loganryan1317]

Rayquaza will be bck in February?! Not just in Vegas tho right??

[@TheMightyTREEPUNCHY]

Happy new year!

[@0totodile82]

Great video

[@zlatkokoprivnica3566]

Today i just catched a hundo Gible.😎

[@luxor5919]

hey mystic7 can u tell me what iv pokemon should i power up for normal and shadow. because i only want to power up pokemon that are the best in ivs

[@ruhizard9593]

togakiss and moltres i domanaite in ultra league and i got shiny moltres on my first raid

[@MasonBarrett_PHOTOGRAPHY]

I have a 98% mamoswine non shadow should i power it up?

[@apfeltee34]

If you wanna use it in masterleague do it but in raids shadow is always way better

[@cole7695]

is a 12 8 13 shadow mewtwo worth power uo

[@honkedbacon8670]

Do you have a shiny dito

[@santiagoarrieta4083]

Which is the web to see the stats of each pokemong and their rank in PvP?

[@issacdray8611]

Hey mystic love the vids keep it upp

[@gerry6523]

No bug or poison types Mystic?

[@brandonnewby178]

I actually have not one but two perfect IV ice Darramitans ... ... I spelt that wrong... Darmanitans... I fixed it

[@KingMunkie]

I noticed at 1:46 it shows the date of my birthday :)!!! Happy Hunting everyone!!!

[@nathanieledwards5561]

where do you find the stats for what rank a pokemon is in the battles as well as what it wins against and loses against as he mentions at 11:43 ?

[@fabiansolorzano3822]

What's it called bro?

[@NiimM420]

My first shundo was shadow beldum 😅

[@CushionLord]

Bastiodon, but it's so bulky

[@TheBoys_United]

Dude, my shadow mewtwo somehow jumped out of ball 5 times today, I couldn’t catch it so no powering it up any time soon

[@guybuddy]

Totally agree with using megas for candy, wayy more worth it.

[@haoni9932]

So lucky to have a 98% IV shadow feraligatr (not sure if I spelled that right)

[@vibraniumsmuggler1789]

Homie does Pokémon for a living but still pronounces multiple wrong smh

[@Ebola-Jones]

Does "Shundo" mean Shadow Hundo? Or Shiny Hundo?

[@JbsoSomoove]

Literally have no shadows 😅but when I do they’re 0* 1* besides 1 I got today machop