Some battles in Pokémon GO can become quite costly. MeinMMO author Paul Kutzner has experienced this.
Recently, I accompanied my girlfriend to an appointment. Since I couldn’t participate in the appointment itself, I thought I would pass the waiting time outside with a round of Pokémon GO.
After visiting the first PokéStops and catching the first monsters, I saw a Dynamax raid with a monster that interested me and had not yet found a place in my collection. So I decided to engage in the battle. And it was going to be quite expensive.
Many resources, few attackers, one victory
What kind of Dynamax raid was it? The monster I wanted to defeat was a Riffex in its high form. This is a 4-star Dynamax raid. Since I really like this monster and had not had the chance to catch it before, I started the battle.
How did the battle go? First, I assembled my team consisting of Zamazenta (King of the Shield), Metagross, and Gengar. At that time, I had not leveled up a ground-type monster to Dynamax, which would have been a better attacker for the battle, so I started with this team.
All monsters were leveled up to the point that further level-ups would require XL candies. Metagross and Gengar had their Dynamax attack at the maximum level.
It was a tough battle, but at one point I realized that I would not win. However, as I saw the chance that the battle might end successfully if I adjusted my team a bit, I opened my Pokémon bag after the first unsuccessful battle.
As Metagross had served me well as a tank, I decided to level up a second Metagross. So I took a Dyna-Tanhel that I had on reserve, evolved it into Metagross, brought it to level 40, and upgraded the Dyna attack to level 3.
Then I picked up a Rotomurf, which had also been sitting unused in the bag. This monster was also evolved, brought to level 40, and the Dyna attack was raised to level 3.
Then I started the battle again. Since Riffex frequently used Acid Spray as an attack, my two Metagross could tank the attacks very well. After a few minutes and Dyna phases, I was able to come out of the battle victorious this time.
How much did the endeavor cost? This spontaneous battle, which thankfully ended successfully, was an expensive undertaking. In total, the spontaneous decision to prepare new monsters for the fight cost me the following resources:
- 408 Rotomurf candies
- 45 XL Rotomurf candies
- 493 Tanhel candies
- 50 XL Tanhel candies
- 471,400 Stardust
- 2,400 Dyna particles
- some TMs
Since I usually hoard quite a lot of resources in Pokémon GO, I could follow the spontaneous idea without any problems. Fortunately, I even had Dyna particle bags, without which it wouldn’t have worked.
Was the battle expensive? Yes. Did it hurt to use so many resources spontaneously? Yes. Was it worth it to obtain a monster that I like and to rejoice over the victory? Yes, yes, and yes again.
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