Taking up slots in my inventory like they have in game importance.
I have used a lot and it makes no noticeable difference in battle.
by 2ERIX
Pokemon Go
Taking up slots in my inventory like they have in game importance.
I have used a lot and it makes no noticeable difference in battle.
by 2ERIX
33 Comments
Not if you participate in shadow raids
They’re used in tier 3 and 5 shadow raids, across all the raid attackers, 8(? 10?) need to be used to subdue an enraged raid boss, lowering its attack and defence
They are not useless – if you have 10x of them, you don’t get shards from Grunts/Leaders, making the annoying post-battle summary quicker to get through 🤌🏻👌🏼
Not useless technically but depends on your playstyle. If you don’t do a lot of shadow raids (I don’t do any as they’re only in person and I cant invite anyone to help) they are useless. Lmao
You need to have your group on shadow raids pop 8 of them. Basically at 50% the shadow mon gets a massive buff and takes little damage/ deals heavily increased damage until 8 of those are used.
Their useful man, their affect appears when the opposing Pokémon becomes “subdued”, you can’t subdue a Pokémon while solo coz it takes 8 gems I think
Since I can’t raid shadow legendaries and sincevI don’t need them for tier 1 or 3 shadow raids they are pretty useless.
You are right, this is an useless item Niantic added to the game gust to reserve your item space. You got it 100% right.
You need to use 8 on a shadow raid to stop the “enraged” portion. The catch is a single player can only use 5 in 1 raid. The 1 star raids don’t need them but you will for 3 and 5 star raids so you need at least two people (probably at least four for 5 star) to get use out of them. So yeah, you don’t see them working because 1 player can’t use enough in 1 raid.
If you don’t like them, discard them instead of posting about it
They only seem useless because they are a complete waste of time and inventory space.
The kinda are useless,you don’t need them for a 1 star shadow raid,you can’t use enough to solo a 3 star shadow raid,(with 2 people you can beat a 3 star without them).
Just recently found out you can only use 5 per person?!? Fucking useless as I’ve never seen someone else join a local shadow raid
Supposedly, they are useful but only under specific circumstances. They are useless in solo because you can’t use enough yourself to subdue the boss; with larger groups (I think it’s 5+ people?), you have enough firepower to simply KO the boss while enraged. But even then, I believe there are people who did manage to successfully solo shadow the tier 3s Sneasel and Gligar?
Shadow raids are annoying and I can’t wait for them to be over
You need 8 gems used to subdue. As an individual you can use 5. So they matter pretty much for group raids. It will make a difference if you subdue.
Not useless in the slightest, they’re absolutely invaluable when battling team rocket raids. You absolutely can’t win a 5 star one without them but with them, they’re pretty easy
Just another short burn gimmick by Niantic. Shadow raids are so pointless now.
Haven’t had anyone join me for a shadow raid since Mewtwo, campfire is so useless..
I usually tend to save them for cdays or other in-person events where i can guarantee that there will be people in shadow raids. But i live in a big city and you may not have the same amount of people playing in your area, in any other case i’d just throw them away or keep them to speed up the post battle screen againsr grunts or leaders.
There are zero percent chance probabilities i can do 5 star shadow raids, as they weren’t made for us rural players. So yes, these are useless to me.
I never do any shadow raids above 1 star these things are useless
Well since we can’t do shadow raids remotely and most 3 star shadows are unsoloable.. most people don’t get to use them lol
Lmao try doing a 3* or 5* shadow raid without them, tell me how useless they really are.
Such a 4head post.
They are useful in shadow raids, which is like trying to defeat a drug addict: you gotta keep giving him the crystals until he calms down, and if he won’t get more, he becomes angry
The only practical use for these is 5 star shadow raids with only 3-5 people. I’ve defeated raids with 6 people after not using a single one
They are actually very helpful in shadow legendary raids
Shadow raids are the dumbest addition to this game since stickers
i redownloaded this game because i wanted to recapture the fun of 2016, it has improved in leaps and bounds in most areas but the team seems to have succumbed to monetization greed like any other mobile game.
a shame, because behind the monetization the game actually feels like they advertised it would back then.
We get Zapdos change over in a few days, no doubt diff tier 1 and 3 shadows too. First month people will want to raid shadow zapdos so they’ll be of use.
It’s only 10 spaces, if you’re struggling that much for space then Berry some gyms
Try doing a shadow raid without them
Tell me how useless they are when shadow Mewtwo raids come back…
I have 39 of those damn coins taking up inv space. There is no possible way to even trash them. This has to have more use than those