ivysaur somehow got bugged

any instance of the game trying to load ivysaur's model results in the game becoming unable to load any pokemon models other than gym leading pkmn in the overworld
wilds can't be engaged if the model isn't showing - tapped on the ring of where a wild pkmn would be positioned and nothing happens

how bad is tpunch raichu over thunder

thunder
pwr:100
full bar
cooldown 4.3 sec

thunder punch
pwr:40
3 segment bar
cooldown 2.4 sec

- about 25 uses minimum of spark to get a full bar ready
-- spark : en.gain 4x25=100, total cumulative dmg = 175
-- tshock : en.gain 7x15=105, total cumulative dmg = 75
-- spark fills 1 segment of tpunch in 9 uses
-- tshock fills 1 segment of tpunch in 5 uses

- if tpunch were a little faster/had 45 pwr like ice punch (and fire punch should've followed suit), it might've been closer to thunder DPS wise

- 3 shots of tpunch is equivalent to 1 shot of solar/hyper beam (40x3=120), slightly beats 2 shots of tbolt (55x2=110) and 3 shots of discharge (35x3=105), in it's very own way (total comulative dmg using up all 3 shots of the whole bar) this makes tpunch the strongest electric charge move in the game

- by this logic twister AKA the bane of every unlucky gyarados' existence shouldn't be so garbage (25x5=125) but it just takes too long to throw that many

- if only we could fire off the whole bar's worth of energy of multi-bar moves with damage multiplied by power value per segment of bar charged over as one strike, then maybe they could be made worthwhile at perhaps the cost of a longer charge time per bar or something
-- it would add to the simplistic battle system as a high risk-high reward sort of thing and give some pokemon more edge, and maybe more niche sets like bulldoze arcanine could grow to popularity
-- that might break some things though, at least without a few tweaks, a few 3 bar charge moves would become disgustingly strong (dig becomes 70x3=210 making it the strongest move in the game, however it has the longest cooldown and the only capable pkmn able to have it are raticate and marowak with the rest being NFEs)

- should've put in volt tackle as a 120 full bar move exclusive to the pikachu line, because mascot privileges

- why do i give a shit about raichu anyway
-- anything over its little yellow rat brother, its infant form, and its peanut gallery of pretenders that grows with every generation

so, mud slap/dig marowak

mud slap en.gain : 9

earthquake energy cost : 100 (full bar)
min mud slap count to charge : 12

dig energy cost : 33 (3 segment bar)
min mud slap count to charge per segment : 4

3 shots of dig, 70x3=210
2 shots, 70x2=140

so if i get this straight, i'd already shoot 2 digs within the amount of time it'd take to ready an earthquake, inflicting a cumulative 140 damage, 20 more than solar/hyper beam and 40 more than one earthquake

update is finally live

also raichu has its proper male model now
a banana sticker to niantic for that correction

my first 100%

cp1173 cloyster
HP 68
ATK 15/DEF 15/STM 15
HT 1.26m (avg. 1.5m)
WT 76.95kg [XS] (avg. 132.5kg)
ice shard/blizzard

hatched this shellder, blanche called it breathtaking with its best attribute matched with all 3 stats exceeding calculations
had a 150~ backload of shellder candy as it's been a while since i last seen a good shellder
evolved it on the spot sweating bullets, praying that it won't get fucked w/ icy wind

those scrublord dragons are gonna shit themselves at the sight of a top percentage frostbitten vagina clam

GOplus was a no-show at fred meyer, i'm guessing lamestop did their usual moneyhatting with nintendo in order to get the lion's share of the stock for a time period or something to that effect, so i just ordered the least scalpy listing possible on ebay (about $70.00)

anyone else had better luck?

i have a 100% IV score magikarp

and i'm absolutely never evolving it until moves can be controlled
my resulting disappointment from it ending up with twister is entire orders of magnitude too strong for this universe

this is how awful twister is
- 5 segment bar, 25 damage, 2.7 sec cooldown
- learned by NFE fodder like pidgey and spearow
- slapped on as a troll move for fearow and gyarados
- twister's non-STAB DPS is 9.3 and ranks #224 on pokemongodb.net
- even fast moves outdamage it, the 3 worst STAB fast attacks in the game (karate chop, fury cutter, quick attack) even outdamage it
- the only things worse than twister are other fodder moves reserved for NFEs like wrap

this data shows that if a gyarados gets twister then it might as well just stayed a magikarp

predicted GO stats of future gen pkmn based on core game base stats:
http://pokemongopokedex.site/#johto_pokemons

shuckle = will be between diglett and magikarp in CP score
smeargle = piss poor stats notwithstanding, how the hell will his moveset work
ho-oh = outranks mewtwo's CP limit
porygon2 = can't wait, have 2 high stat porygons ready
slowking = same CP as slowbro
ampharos and lanturn will be high-scoring electric types
kingdra = have several high-stat seadra and counting, can't wait

also actual dark types