GO Eevee-lutions in GO

[dragon_nataku]

So I've evolved two Eevees now and both of them ended up being Vaporeons. Anyone gotten more than one Eevee-lution when evolving their Eevees? Both times I evolved them after I got back home in my room and there's a canal behind my house (so my house is like "water area"), so I'm wondering if that's why I got two Vaporeons or if there's some other reason for this.

 

[LuxrayOfTheWild]

I had an Eevee with Tackle and Body Slam that also evolved into a Vaporeon. I think it has something to do with the second attack, though I thought Body Slam meant Jolteon.

 

[dragon_nataku]

My first one had Swift and the second Dig though.

 

[Falconwing]

Eeeveelutions, contrary to what the internet says, are decided randomly. I've gotten three vaporeon and one jolteon thus far, all with a variety of moves.

 

[dragon_nataku]

Oh, well, that explains that, I guess. Thanks m8

 

[Serpentsounds]

It is most definitely random, as best as I can tell. My evolution attempts have gone Vaporeon -> Flareon -> Vaporeon -> Flareon -> Jolteon -> Vaporeon. Though, Vaporeon is by far the strongest, and is probably one of the easiest high tier Pokemon to obtain (definitely the easiest in my area), so consider yourself better off with Vaporeon!

 

[dragon_nataku]

Eh, I'm just one of those crazy completionist people with OCD

 

[Tuoko]

Speaking of Eeveelutions... Flareon was nearby a few minutes ago.

Too dark out to hunt though.

 

[LuxrayOfTheWild]

Is it just me, or are a lot of gyms controlled by Vaporeon? I was out with my family and had the app opened. Out of the 12 gyms I saw on the way to where we were going, about 9 of those gyms were controlled by Vaporeon as the main.

 

[The Outrage]

Is it just me, or are a lot of gyms controlled by Vaporeon? I was out with my family and had the app opened. Out of the 12 gyms I saw on the way to where we were going, about 9 of those gyms were controlled by Vaporeon as the main.

Vaporeon is apparently one of the strongest Pokemon in GO

 

[Kadabra]

Apparently, there's an easter egg in Pokemon GO as far as Eeveelutions go. You can make them evolve into the type you want by naming them with reference to the anime:
Rainer -> Vaporeon
Sparky -> Jolteon
Pyro -> Flareon

Some say that you may need to restart the app for the name change to be properly registered, before you evolve 'em.

 

[LuxrayOfTheWild]

Apparently, there's an easter egg in Pokemon GO as far as Eeveelutions go. You can make them evolve into the type you want by naming them with reference to the anime:
Rainer -> Vaporeon
Sparky -> Jolteon
Pyro -> Flareon

Some say that you may need to restart the app for the name change to be properly registered, before you evolve 'em.

I tried this and it actually worked! I didn't need to restart the app or anything.

 

[TeaWest]

I was lucky enough to get 2/3 Eeveelutions on two eggs, now I can just name my third one Rainier and I'll have all three! Thanks for the tip

 

[LogiiczTV]

Speaking of Eeveelutions... Flareon was nearby a few minutes ago.

Too dark out to hunt though.

I love boku no hero academia

 

[KrystalDragon13]

Apparently, there's an easter egg in Pokemon GO as far as Eeveelutions go. You can make them evolve into the type you want by naming them with reference to the anime:
Rainer -> Vaporeon
Sparky -> Jolteon
Pyro -> Flareon

Some say that you may need to restart the app for the name change to be properly registered, before you evolve 'em.

Oh man, this is awesome! Thank you so much for this!

I know Vaporeon is apparently OP (Anyone care to explain why?) but I want a Jolteon because I absolutely adore that eeveelution. Screw da "most powerful", I just want all my favorites.

 

[Falconwing]

Vaporeon got a much needed nerf this week, so we'll likely see less of them guarding gyms.

 

[Zexy]

Vaporeon got a much needed nerf this week, so we'll likely see less of them guarding gyms.

I don't really like nerfs but I guess this one doesn't annoy me too much.
That's because I don't have a Vaporeon or any Eevee to begin with, though.

But Vaporeon was indeed much better than the other two. And Flareon was quite better than poor Jolteon.

 

[TeaWest]

Vaporeon got a much needed nerf this week, so we'll likely see less of them guarding gyms.

How was it nerfed? Did it's HP max get lowered?

 

[Slife]

How was it nerfed? Did it's HP max get lowered?

Water Gun's power was nerfed by 40% and Aqua Tail was nerfed by 10%.

 

[Serpentsounds]

While Water Gun did take a big hit in DPS, it's now simply more in line with the majority of other fast moves. Vaporeon still has the upper hand because of the extremely high HP, just not quite as much as before. Despite all my strongest Pokemon essentially amounting to a Vaporeon army, I can definitely agree with toning it down a little.

Despite the balance, Thunder Shock and the Speed stat are still really weak. This keeps Jolteon rather far behind, despite it being CP-wise the currently strongest available Electric type. Unless they balance Speed to be more significant, we're gonna have to wait for the likes of some of the slower offensive Electric types like Ampharos, Luxray, and Eelektross to be released before Electric can stand tall with the other types.