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New species: Wynaut
New 4000+ CP Pokemon: Groudon 4019
New 3000+ CP Pokemon: Rhydon 3012
New notable 2000+ CP Pokemon: Blissey 2636, Venusaur 2268/2258/2212/2206/2145/2030(Shiny), Mewtwo 2206, Tentacruel 2075, Lugia 2041/2033(Shiny)/2032/2022, Aerodactyl 2026, Primeape 2011, Starmie 2007(100%), Wailord 2006, Lapras 2002
New Shiny Pokemon: Bulbasaur 517/464, Ivysaur 909, Venusaur 2030, Lugia 2033
New 100% IV Pokemon: Sharpedo 327
New Medal: Breeder Gold
+2 Silver Gym Badges
Raids: 7 Lugia, 6 caught, now 13/15. And a Piloswine, caught.
Saturday, March 24th (4th EX Raid)
Went to my scheduled fourth EX Raid ahead of time, tried to take the gym for my team but failed as the Mystics were feeding. By the time we started there were enough people to split in two groups, Valor and Mystic-Instinct. Us Valors took it down fine, I got 10 Premier Balls (+1 for personal damage, +3 for team). Caught Mewtwo 2206 relatively easily, so there goes my fourth one. Not any good IVs but I don't mind, still more Mewtwo
Did my daily Lugia Raid (1) later in the day, caught Lugia 2022 thanks to it.
Nothing else remarkable for the day. I did not have much time to grind Stardust and preferred to stock up on supplies for the upcoming Community Day rather than spending excessive resources beforehand.
Sunday, March 25th (3rd Community Day)
Went to the regular farming spot a while before CD started. As soon as it did a friend who had a few Lures handy popped them up and we started catching everything we could, mostly focusing on Bulbasaur (which I caught almost exclusively with Pinap except shinies). I started off with 290 Bulbasaur Candy and reached the goal of 775, which meant I could evolve 6 Frenzy Plant Venusaur and 1 Ivysaur. I also managed to get 4 Shinies.
End result after evolutions: 6 Venusaur 2268/2258/2212/2206/2145/2030(Shiny) and 4 Shinies Bulbasaur 517/464, Ivysaur 909, Venusaur 2030
I'd say it went great enough even though we didn't get a shot at 100% IV. For the record we had two hours of Cloudy (boosting Bulbasaur) and one of Partly Cloudy.
After CD was over I did my daily Lugia Raid (2), didn't catch.
Grinded Stardust for the rest of the day. Overall this has been my best day with about 200.000 Stardust!
I did use some to max out my Groudon 4019, getting one more Pokemon in the 4000+ CP range after Kyogre. Also caught a boosted (Cloudy) Tentacool (nesting species) which I evolved into Tentacruel 2075, giving me one more species in the 2000+ CP range.
Monday, March 26th
Did my daily Lugia Raid (3), got Lugia 2041 which I caught! 91% 15/13/13, my best one so far (and probably until the end of this Lugia stint). Slightly better than my first one ever which was 91% 15/15/11, I most likely will be powering this one up.
I also hatched a Wynaut and got it registered in the Pokedex, which meant it was complete (I had all species currently available in my region) for a bit. But now I should get Mew as well to reach that point.
Grinded about 130.000 Stardust this day IIRC. Not as much as CD as I had a bit less time and resources.
Tuesday, March 27th
Did my daily Lugia Raid (4), got Lugia 2032 which is also 91% but 14 Attack IV.
Grinded about 120.000 Stardust this day IIRC. Slightly less than the previous one because of using less Star Pieces.
Wednesday, March 28th
Did my daily Lugia Raid (5), got a 1990ish Lugia which I caught and then soon transferred.
Got a lucky 100% Carvanha which I evolved into Sharpedo 327.
Grinded about 150.000 Stardust this day IIRC. Managed to catch a few more Pokemon than usual, I guess.
Thursday, March 29th
Weather was Sunny, Piloswine Raid spawned nearby, decided to solo it so I could get that final boosted Piloswine to have a Top 6 ready for Gen IV and so I did. Easy solo, just Kyogre/Gyarados needed. Easy catch too.
Decided to use a Premium Raid Pass for another Lugia Raid (6) so that I wouldn't miss the day. Another low IV which I caught and transferred.
Also got a very high CP Rhyhorn (1500+) which I evolved into Rhydon 3012.
Grinded about 120.000 Stardust this day IIRC.
Friday, March 30th (Introduction of Research Tasks)
Final day in Athens for a while as I'm now back in my hometown for Easter break to see family. This was essentially the last day I could reasonably get any Lugia Raids or Stardust grind in. Did my daily Lugia Raid (7) and got another Shiny Lugia 2033! Of course it was caught immediately with Pinap. And that sets the score at 13/15, which sets some extremes; best catch percentage, but also least sheer amount of Raids done on a single legendary species (except Mewtwo) so far, worse than Ho-oh's 18.
Grinded about 100.000 Stardust this day. Had less time than previous ones.
Unfortunately I was not able to do a Field Research Task in time during the last hour (they were introduced 11pm here) so no stamp for the day.
Saturday, March 31st
As I was getting ready to go to the bus station so I could take a ride to my hometown, I got my first few Field Research tasks; catch 3 Poison-type Pokemon, another 3 Poison-type one but with a different reward, catch 10 Pokemon with weather boost. Did the 10 weather boost one easily, got the daily stamp. Got a new task to replace it, win a Gym battle.
Also got done with the first Special Research task, Mythical Discovery stage 1/8. Now at 2/8, got everything done except hatching one Egg, still need 900m
Oh, and got a lucky Blissey 2636 catch on the way! This is a great addition to the defender squad, getting investments on Blissey takes a looong while so getting some essentially for free is great.
Nothing else for the day as I didn't have much time of course, this was all on the way to the bus and in the bus.
Sunday, April 1st
Caught enough Poison-types to get done with another Task and get today's stamp. Also got done with the Gym Battle but don't Claim Reward yet so I can use it for tomorrow's stamp instead. Nothing else yet, but I might go to a nearby town later and hopefully find a few Raids so I won't need to waste my Passes.
... so, what else for this long update?
Just to put a few things into perspective, there's supposedly a weekly cap of 3.500 Pokemon caught in a given week, to prevent excessive catching by hardcore players and botting. I got very close to hitting this cap as I had 29.000 Pokemon caught in my Collector badge by Saturday and 32.400 by next Friday. So yes, I grinded A LOT of Stardust.
As for how I used said Stardust: Maxxing out Groudon, powering up my 2 non-maxed-out 100% Rayquaza until the point I had no Rayquaza Candies left, powering up my second 98% Tyranitar as much as possible according to my Larvitar Candy so I could maximize performance VS Lugia, and getting a few Pokemon the 1900 CP range to 2000 so I could add their species to my 2000+ CP living dex list. This is how I got Aerodactyl 2026, Primeape 2011, Starmie 2007, Wailord 2006, Lapras 2002. The rest of the Stardust I saved up for Lugia (will get my best one powered up to Level 31.5 which is the final Extrasensory breakpoint on Raid Machamp, as soon as it is gone and replaced by the next Legendary) and for whatever else may come; it was implied that Moltres might return soon as a Research Breakthrough encounter, which gives me hope in obtaining the legendary birds which I missed before; I'll need to power those up too.
Finally, thanks to all the hatches from the Eggstravaganza event, at some point I got Breeder Gold without even noticing it. And on some Gyms I Raided in I got 2 Silver Gym Badges for apparently as I counted them earlier.
New 4000+ CP Pokemon: Groudon 4019
New 3000+ CP Pokemon: Rhydon 3012
New notable 2000+ CP Pokemon: Blissey 2636, Venusaur 2268/2258/2212/2206/2145/2030(Shiny), Mewtwo 2206, Tentacruel 2075, Lugia 2041/2033(Shiny)/2032/2022, Aerodactyl 2026, Primeape 2011, Starmie 2007(100%), Wailord 2006, Lapras 2002
New Shiny Pokemon: Bulbasaur 517/464, Ivysaur 909, Venusaur 2030, Lugia 2033
New 100% IV Pokemon: Sharpedo 327
New Medal: Breeder Gold
+2 Silver Gym Badges
Raids: 7 Lugia, 6 caught, now 13/15. And a Piloswine, caught.
Saturday, March 24th (4th EX Raid)
Went to my scheduled fourth EX Raid ahead of time, tried to take the gym for my team but failed as the Mystics were feeding. By the time we started there were enough people to split in two groups, Valor and Mystic-Instinct. Us Valors took it down fine, I got 10 Premier Balls (+1 for personal damage, +3 for team). Caught Mewtwo 2206 relatively easily, so there goes my fourth one. Not any good IVs but I don't mind, still more Mewtwo
Did my daily Lugia Raid (1) later in the day, caught Lugia 2022 thanks to it.
Nothing else remarkable for the day. I did not have much time to grind Stardust and preferred to stock up on supplies for the upcoming Community Day rather than spending excessive resources beforehand.
Sunday, March 25th (3rd Community Day)
Went to the regular farming spot a while before CD started. As soon as it did a friend who had a few Lures handy popped them up and we started catching everything we could, mostly focusing on Bulbasaur (which I caught almost exclusively with Pinap except shinies). I started off with 290 Bulbasaur Candy and reached the goal of 775, which meant I could evolve 6 Frenzy Plant Venusaur and 1 Ivysaur. I also managed to get 4 Shinies.
End result after evolutions: 6 Venusaur 2268/2258/2212/2206/2145/2030(Shiny) and 4 Shinies Bulbasaur 517/464, Ivysaur 909, Venusaur 2030
I'd say it went great enough even though we didn't get a shot at 100% IV. For the record we had two hours of Cloudy (boosting Bulbasaur) and one of Partly Cloudy.
After CD was over I did my daily Lugia Raid (2), didn't catch.
Grinded Stardust for the rest of the day. Overall this has been my best day with about 200.000 Stardust!
I did use some to max out my Groudon 4019, getting one more Pokemon in the 4000+ CP range after Kyogre. Also caught a boosted (Cloudy) Tentacool (nesting species) which I evolved into Tentacruel 2075, giving me one more species in the 2000+ CP range.
Monday, March 26th
Did my daily Lugia Raid (3), got Lugia 2041 which I caught! 91% 15/13/13, my best one so far (and probably until the end of this Lugia stint). Slightly better than my first one ever which was 91% 15/15/11, I most likely will be powering this one up.
I also hatched a Wynaut and got it registered in the Pokedex, which meant it was complete (I had all species currently available in my region) for a bit. But now I should get Mew as well to reach that point.
Grinded about 130.000 Stardust this day IIRC. Not as much as CD as I had a bit less time and resources.
Tuesday, March 27th
Did my daily Lugia Raid (4), got Lugia 2032 which is also 91% but 14 Attack IV.
Grinded about 120.000 Stardust this day IIRC. Slightly less than the previous one because of using less Star Pieces.
Wednesday, March 28th
Did my daily Lugia Raid (5), got a 1990ish Lugia which I caught and then soon transferred.
Got a lucky 100% Carvanha which I evolved into Sharpedo 327.
Grinded about 150.000 Stardust this day IIRC. Managed to catch a few more Pokemon than usual, I guess.
Thursday, March 29th
Weather was Sunny, Piloswine Raid spawned nearby, decided to solo it so I could get that final boosted Piloswine to have a Top 6 ready for Gen IV and so I did. Easy solo, just Kyogre/Gyarados needed. Easy catch too.
Decided to use a Premium Raid Pass for another Lugia Raid (6) so that I wouldn't miss the day. Another low IV which I caught and transferred.
Also got a very high CP Rhyhorn (1500+) which I evolved into Rhydon 3012.
Grinded about 120.000 Stardust this day IIRC.
Friday, March 30th (Introduction of Research Tasks)
Final day in Athens for a while as I'm now back in my hometown for Easter break to see family. This was essentially the last day I could reasonably get any Lugia Raids or Stardust grind in. Did my daily Lugia Raid (7) and got another Shiny Lugia 2033! Of course it was caught immediately with Pinap. And that sets the score at 13/15, which sets some extremes; best catch percentage, but also least sheer amount of Raids done on a single legendary species (except Mewtwo) so far, worse than Ho-oh's 18.
Grinded about 100.000 Stardust this day. Had less time than previous ones.
Unfortunately I was not able to do a Field Research Task in time during the last hour (they were introduced 11pm here) so no stamp for the day.
Saturday, March 31st
As I was getting ready to go to the bus station so I could take a ride to my hometown, I got my first few Field Research tasks; catch 3 Poison-type Pokemon, another 3 Poison-type one but with a different reward, catch 10 Pokemon with weather boost. Did the 10 weather boost one easily, got the daily stamp. Got a new task to replace it, win a Gym battle.
Also got done with the first Special Research task, Mythical Discovery stage 1/8. Now at 2/8, got everything done except hatching one Egg, still need 900m
Oh, and got a lucky Blissey 2636 catch on the way! This is a great addition to the defender squad, getting investments on Blissey takes a looong while so getting some essentially for free is great.
Nothing else for the day as I didn't have much time of course, this was all on the way to the bus and in the bus.
Sunday, April 1st
Caught enough Poison-types to get done with another Task and get today's stamp. Also got done with the Gym Battle but don't Claim Reward yet so I can use it for tomorrow's stamp instead. Nothing else yet, but I might go to a nearby town later and hopefully find a few Raids so I won't need to waste my Passes.
... so, what else for this long update?
Just to put a few things into perspective, there's supposedly a weekly cap of 3.500 Pokemon caught in a given week, to prevent excessive catching by hardcore players and botting. I got very close to hitting this cap as I had 29.000 Pokemon caught in my Collector badge by Saturday and 32.400 by next Friday. So yes, I grinded A LOT of Stardust.
As for how I used said Stardust: Maxxing out Groudon, powering up my 2 non-maxed-out 100% Rayquaza until the point I had no Rayquaza Candies left, powering up my second 98% Tyranitar as much as possible according to my Larvitar Candy so I could maximize performance VS Lugia, and getting a few Pokemon the 1900 CP range to 2000 so I could add their species to my 2000+ CP living dex list. This is how I got Aerodactyl 2026, Primeape 2011, Starmie 2007, Wailord 2006, Lapras 2002. The rest of the Stardust I saved up for Lugia (will get my best one powered up to Level 31.5 which is the final Extrasensory breakpoint on Raid Machamp, as soon as it is gone and replaced by the next Legendary) and for whatever else may come; it was implied that Moltres might return soon as a Research Breakthrough encounter, which gives me hope in obtaining the legendary birds which I missed before; I'll need to power those up too.
Finally, thanks to all the hatches from the Eggstravaganza event, at some point I got Breeder Gold without even noticing it. And on some Gyms I Raided in I got 2 Silver Gym Badges for apparently as I counted them earlier.