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brightknightie) wrote2016-09-06 10:50 pm
brightknightie) wrote2016-09-06 10:50 pm
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PokéGo hitmonlee catch
To my delight, I caught a hitmonlee before work this morning! I caught a hitmonchan weeks ago. I've felt it an imbalance in my pokédex, having one and not the other.
Both are rare here. My hitmonchan is the only one I've seen. My hitmonlee is the second; the first got away. This capture brings my caught:seen back down to 86:87. (A wild raichu is the remaining unredeemed escapee. He appeared immediately after I leveled up to 20 and received my first ultra balls; I suspect he was meant to teach me to use the ultra balls. Oops.)
However, while my hitmonchan has acceptable 73% IVs (15/8/10), my new hitmonlee has flunking 49% (15/0/7). (Love PokeAssistant's IV calculator!)
I'm aiming to evolve only 82.2% and up ("amazing," as Candela, the Team Valor leader, calls them). Of course starting CP and HP matter, too! But I figure that, with patience and perseverance, I can eventually power up almost any pokémon, so, at this stage in my game, when I'm lucky enough to have more than one of a kind, I focus on selecting the right one(s) to carry forward... and to transfer for candy. Which means IVs and move sets!
So now that I think I understand individual values (as bonuses over species base stats), it's time to start learning about move sets and type advantages. Hmmmm.
Both are rare here. My hitmonchan is the only one I've seen. My hitmonlee is the second; the first got away. This capture brings my caught:seen back down to 86:87. (A wild raichu is the remaining unredeemed escapee. He appeared immediately after I leveled up to 20 and received my first ultra balls; I suspect he was meant to teach me to use the ultra balls. Oops.)
However, while my hitmonchan has acceptable 73% IVs (15/8/10), my new hitmonlee has flunking 49% (15/0/7). (Love PokeAssistant's IV calculator!)
I'm aiming to evolve only 82.2% and up ("amazing," as Candela, the Team Valor leader, calls them). Of course starting CP and HP matter, too! But I figure that, with patience and perseverance, I can eventually power up almost any pokémon, so, at this stage in my game, when I'm lucky enough to have more than one of a kind, I focus on selecting the right one(s) to carry forward... and to transfer for candy. Which means IVs and move sets!
So now that I think I understand individual values (as bonuses over species base stats), it's time to start learning about move sets and type advantages. Hmmmm.
- My hitmonlee has rock smash (fighting) and brick break (fighting), for double S.T.A.B. efficacy.
- My hitmonchan is divided: bullet punch (steel) and brick break (fighting).