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Well it's not like I have no work to do. But I reckon I can get on average 50 pokestops a day at work done and the GPS glitch will make me move 1-1.5km

And well by the time you hit multiple 100k per level, the time it takes to get 60+ evolutions plus the actual evoltions will not even be a single level. Like from 25 to 26 will be 190k exp.

I only have 5km eggs atm and I have never gotten anything good from them, so I think I will see how many coins I have after I used my last free egg and what level I am on.

Why is it all the squirtles I seem to find have REALLY crap IVs?...

Also, need to ask guys but do most of the Pokemon you guys get from eggs have decent-good IVs? Seems to be the case for me. =l


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Guys, at what point do you start finding high CP Pokemon?

Highest wild CP Pokemon I've found are 2 just SLIGHTLY above 1,000CP Golbats (Around 1,062) and after that, highest pokemon is a 628CP Eevee...

So, yeah. Is rare for me to find anything with a CP above level 500...
And given I'm nearly level 22, I need better pokemon... most of my pokemon which are above 1,000 are pokemon you can evolve into 1,000+CP pokemon (Flareon, Jolteon, Vaporeon, Pidgeot etc...)

Also, am kicking myself today... found a wild Slowbro today (CP was only 111 but still) and it ran away after 1 great ball... =(
Should have used a Razberry an an ultra... but normally save my ultra balls for things like Squirtles. Which seem relatively common(ish) in my area...

I've had exactly the same issue. The one except was I found a CP 1400 Lapras in the wild. After that, I've hatched a CP 1280 Magmar and a CP 1700 Lapras (which I've powered to just under CP 2000.

Otherwise a few evolutions have been a decent amount. Have 12 pokemon over CP 1000 but half of them a bit useless.

I started finding higher CP at level 20 so maybe there's another trigger at lv 25?

Guys, at what point do you start finding high CP Pokemon?

Highest wild CP Pokemon I've found are 2 just SLIGHTLY above 1,000CP Golbats (Around 1,062) and after that, highest pokemon is a 628CP Eevee...

So, yeah. Is rare for me to find anything with a CP above level 500...
And given I'm nearly level 22, I need better pokemon... most of my pokemon which are above 1,000 are pokemon you can evolve into 1,000+CP pokemon (Flareon, Jolteon, Vaporeon, Pidgeot etc...)

Also, am kicking myself today... found a wild Slowbro today (CP was only 111 but still) and it ran away after 1 great ball... =(
Should have used a Razberry an an ultra... but normally save my ultra balls for things like Squirtles. Which seem relatively common(ish) in my area...

Guys, at what point do you start finding high CP Pokemon?

Highest wild CP Pokemon I've found are 2 just SLIGHTLY above 1,000CP Golbats (Around 1,062) and after that, highest pokemon is a 628CP Eevee...

So, yeah. Is rare for me to find anything with a CP above level 500...
And given I'm nearly level 22, I need better pokemon... most of my pokemon which are above 1,000 are pokemon you can evolve into 1,000+CP pokemon (Flareon, Jolteon, Vaporeon, Pidgeot etc...)

Also, am kicking myself today... found a wild Slowbro today (CP was only 111 but still) and it ran away after 1 great ball... =(
Should have used a Razberry an an ultra... but normally save my ultra balls for things like Squirtles. Which seem relatively common(ish) in my area...

I have 11, but 5 of them are Hynos and all of them are useless.

I do have a 95% IV Magikarp that I am able to evolve during my next cycle (I have the candies now, just waiting for 4 eggs to hatch during that) so hopefully I can get that one to close to 2000 with power ups (well hoping its movesets will be good).

I'm not really sure what the issue is here tbh, of course you're not going to catch any Pokemon 1000+ if they're not the evolved forms/don't evolve. I currently have 49 Pokemon over 1000 CP and I only caught around 7 of them at that CP. Those Pokemon are Magmar, Electabuzz, Tangela, Scyther, Lapras, Snorlax and Lickitung. None of these Pokemon can evolve and that's why they're such a high CP. If you catch a 1000+ Pidgey then you Pidgeot is going to be 3000 CP or some ****, not really sure what you guys are expecting tbh.

Also, what counts as a "high" CP is determined by the Pokemon you catch. For example, I can now catch Pidgeys at around 450 CP, which is very high, but a 1000 CP Dragonite is a terrible Dragonite and won't really be much use. As you level up, you'll run into higher CP Pokemon but if all you ran into were Pidgeys before, you're still only going to find Pidgeys, they'll just be a higher CP.

Having one or two Hypnos isn't terrible but yea it does feel like you need one high CP pokemon. Presume you haven't used any stardust yet though? I added like 300 CP by using stardust which makes a big difference.

A 2k Gyarados would be pretty impressive..

I've got a 15/15/14 Magikarp which I could power into a 1750 Gyarados but only at 200 candies

I'm not really sure what the issue is here tbh, of course you're not going to catch any Pokemon 1000+ if they're not the evolved forms/don't evolve. I currently have 49 Pokemon over 1000 CP and I only caught around 7 of them at that CP. Those Pokemon are Magmar, Electabuzz, Tangela, Scyther, Lapras, Snorlax and Lickitung. None of these Pokemon can evolve and that's why they're such a high CP. If you catch a 1000+ Pidgey then you Pidgeot is going to be 3000 CP or some ****, not really sure what you guys are expecting tbh.

Also, what counts as a "high" CP is determined by the Pokemon you catch. For example, I can now catch Pidgeys at around 450 CP, which is very high, but a 1000 CP Dragonite is a terrible Dragonite and won't really be much use. As you level up, you'll run into higher CP Pokemon but if all you ran into were Pidgeys before, you're still only going to find Pidgeys, they'll just be a higher CP.

Quite right, but not really what we were complaining about I think.

I was more thinking along the lines of "get a great IV Pokemon that is worth spending stardust and candies on". I have a 1400 odd Joleteon but its IVs are mediocre so no point wasting stardust on it.

I just want more pokemon which have the ability to become CP 1500-2000 (since I'm level 22) whether by evolution or stardust.

My first tip would be to not spend any amount of time, candy or stardust on a Jolteon. They (along with all electric Pokemon in this game) are damn useless. Even the good ones are terrible, just because of how the game has been set up.

I do understand your frustration though, catching Pokemon with good IVs can be a giant pain in the arse. When I was evolving my Charmanders and Squirtles I tried waiting for one with good IVs but I didn't find one over 60% :/.



You live in London, where there are tonnes of nests. Go visit a Growlithe nest, catch a 750 Growlithe and enough to get 50 candy and you'll have a 1700 Arcanine. It'll probably take you 2-3 hours to do. Or go to any of the nests for the starter Pokemon, it will take a little longer (usually ~6 hours) but you can easily get a 1500+ Pokemon there. Or a Machop nest, you'll get an easy Machamp of 1700 or so. Or Poliwag, Exeggcute, Magikarp etc. Walking along the Thames for a couple of hours will net you a few Dratini and about a million Magikarp (well, maybe not a million ;D).

Well the IV calc estimates if I max it, to get to 1954. But I heard it depends a bit on the evolution?

And wow, I have almost 800 candies! The Magikarp's just love our main station that I frequent oftenly.

And yes I sometimes used stardust to power up just to get a more accurate IV calculation but other than that I have saved them. Am on ca. 150k atm.

My first tip would be to not spend any amount of time, candy or stardust on a Jolteon. They (along with all electric Pokemon in this game) are damn useless. Even the good ones are terrible, just because of how the game has been set up.

I do understand your frustration though, catching Pokemon with good IVs can be a giant pain in the arse. When I was evolving my Charmanders and Squirtles I tried waiting for one with good IVs but I didn't find one over 60% :/.

You live in London, where there are tonnes of nests. Go visit a Growlithe nest, catch a 750 Growlithe and enough to get 50 candy and you'll have a 1700 Arcanine. It'll probably take you 2-3 hours to do. Or go to any of the nests for the starter Pokemon, it will take a little longer (usually ~6 hours) but you can easily get a 1500+ Pokemon there. Or a Machop nest, you'll get an easy Machamp of 1700 or so. Or Poliwag, Exeggcute, Magikarp etc. Walking along the Thames for a couple of hours will net you a few Dratini and about a million Magikarp (well, maybe not a million ;D).

Which IV calculator do you use? The pokeassistant one is more accurate now since you can use the appraise function to get more information (which stat(s) is the best).

Lucky sod..



Surely an Electabuzz/Jolteon with Thunder/Thunder shock would be worth having as an attacker for gyms? The STAB and weaknesses bonus should give them enough boost? Maybe it's just the gyms near me which are full of water types. Def could do with a Zapdos!

Haha even if I live in London, I don't have the time to disappear for 3-6 hours.

I'm not too far from the Thames so maybe I could manage the Dratinis.. a Machamp would be awesome to take down all these damn Snorlax..