Another info bit. This app used very little Internet. I believe it was .02 gb data every hour. I wasted more data on a five minute RU-vid video than I did on a three hour Pokemon run.
Kenny Lee it crashes because there are more people using the servers than intended. Thousands of people from Canada, UK, etc, are joining other country's servers. The same thing happened with KH Unchained X when a bunch of people from the US and UK made a bunch of fake Japanese accounts.
Well on that note, I just hope Nintendo uses ALL THIS MONEY that they gotten and make some decent games/systems or something.. Or take advantage of this and come up with something Better......... or Fix the Glitches etc etc... I'm sorry for ranting. >;-p
Kenny Lee hopefully, Nintendo is pretty dense when it comes to console gaming. Since the NX won't compete with the new consoles Sony and Microsoft are making. If they don't make it third party friendly, they will keep having only Pokemon, Mario, and Zelda; which are great but...variety is the spice of life. I rather have the new God of War than another Mario or Pokemon game. tbh they should stop selling home consoles and just stick to the portables
The tip about the pulsating bar when you're facing the right direction is false. It doesn't work that way. The pulse happens whenever the Nearby distances are updated or a new Pokemon appears.
thanks, that's the conclusion i came to after experimenting and finding that the rectangle pulses due to time, not distance or direction, but i hadn't seen anyone else say so.
It's because the Pokemon is becoming closer therefore updating the nearby Pokemon distances, not because you are simply facing the correct cardinal direction if that makes sense. The idea is about right, but the exact reasoning is a little off.
I actually was able to track one the other day. Pikachu. It's really weird and hard to nail on the head but basically you keep the 9x9 Pokemon grid open while you're walking (it will vibrate if you're close enough to a Pokemon anyway) and watch that Pokemon you're tracking. If it's at the bottom right of the grid, it's as far as possible and close to being completely out of range. Start walking and it should move to the left as you get closer until it moves to second row. Then it will keep going to the left til it's in the first row. Then until it's in the first spot in the 9x9 grid. Then keep going. If it starts to fall back, go back to when it was in first place and go left or right. It should go down to two feet then 1. If not, you went the wrong way. You literally have to walk though. You can't drive down the street and hope to find one nearby. I found a Pikachu doing this at the mall. Read an article on Forbes about tracking and it worked. Worked for them, worked for me.
in the series the 3 guys who evolved eevee were called 'rainer', 'pyro' and 'sparky'. if you name your eevee one of these names than you can make it evolve into whichever evolution you want. Rainer being vaporeon, sparky being jolteon and pyro being flarereon
+agaertner4 the Pokemon still show up in the world, that's not broken. The tracker just tells you where they are. In terms of business this will stop people playing thus less people buying coins.
Here's some tips. Sometimes, two of the same Pokemon can have different attacks. Take that into consideration before you start transferring Pokemon just because it has lower Combat Power. Some Pidgeys will have Tackle and Aerial Ace, while other Pidgeys will have Tackle and Air Cutter, which is more powerful. Also, if you tap your Pokeball when you miss, you pick it up again and can re-use it. You can also mark your Pokemon as favorites using the star in the top right of their stat screen.
A tip for you. When you evolve a pokémon it's moveset is again randomly chosen and not influenced by what it had before. If it's evolution could have 4 different moveset build it's just pick random between them. Thus first evolution moveset doesn't matter.
True when catching fully evolved then it's worth having a look at. But otherwise just go for the highest CP and hope it gets a nice moveset in the evolution.
wish the game explained it better..at least the VERY Very basics.... sheesh. It's like telling a 4 year old to go Hunting in the Wilderness in hopes of Survival with limited tools and and a small book of "knowledge for Surviving." or something >___>
Another tip for leveling up: If you have some pokemon that you can evolve, but don't necessarily need to evolve right away, then wait until you have a lucky egg. This doubles your experience gains so if you save up a lot of evolutions (which give great exp, especially if the pokemon you evolve into is one you havnt caught before) then it can give you a HUGE boost. You'll get a lucky egg occasionally on level up, and they may well be worth your investment from defender bonus coins, if you aren't spending them all on incubators.
another tip is to try and use your infinite incubator on the small eggs, like the 2km ones, and the ones with only 3 uses on the big ones like the 5-10km eggs, so you don't burn through your limited incubators in just 6km of walking.
This kind of goes with what Lee said, but don't just don't transfer all your weaker Pokémon right away. Sure, that extra candy is nice, but if you get enough candy to make an extra evolution, evolve it! Get that extra exp in there! And make sure to pop the Lucky Egg if you have one!
Using AR mode definitely looks cool but it's a disadvantage in my opinion. If a Pokemon appears on the map while in an awkward location, like crossing the street when the walk sign is green, you don't really want to pause in the middle of the street and try and keep your camera pointed at a Pokemon. In non-ar mode you can just tap the pokemon on the map and the app will just keep it there in battle mode for quite a distance until you can find a comfortable/safe place to try and catch it.
It happened to me with a Paras and a Shelder they both displayed as three but when I clicked them to track them thy appeared next to me almost instantlym
One more for anyone who rides their bike and picks up pokeballs and items from the ... Poke stops? Whatever they're called; after spinning the landmark just hit the X button and collect all the items. No reason to bother clicking on all the stuff that flies out. Just hit X and you get them all. Super quick while riding a bike with one hand.
Do I have to wait until I see the items appear or can I just swipe then exit immediately? Thanks for the tip though 👍👍. Also, do you know what the maximum speed is that one can travel while the eggs are still being counted towards?
1. When choosing your first pokémon, walk away from Charmander, Bulbasaur and Squirtle three-four times to make Pikachu appear among them. 2. To choose an Eevee evolution name the Eevee "Sparky" for Jolteon, "Rainer" for Vaporeon or "Pyro" for Flareon before pressing the "evolve"-button. Worked for me all three times. 3. A lucky egg increases your XP when catching ald evolving pokémon (everyone probably knows that by now, but yeah)
+Trusty Typhlosion I tried naming mine Sparky. The first Sparky became a Vaporeon, the second a Flareon, the third Eevee named Sparky became a Jolteon though :-P
I do to........ I kind of wish they were more everywhere in my area, but I'm glad it's not... it would be too easy I'd say. It's good to have a good balance.
I agree somehow people in my area are like double my level and because of that there arent low enough levels in gyms in near me to battle, this is a major flaw in the game the stronger players get stronger as they win more battles but the newer players and the lower level ones struggle to level up as theyre only way is to catch pokemon and evolve them. I hope they will improve this by having battling between players instead of just gyms, having better training and team owned gyms or doin g what they do in the pokemon games and raise or lower pokemon to a certain level so its down to skill and luck not just who has a higher level.
Thanks for making a quick video that jumps from point to point and easily explains them. Far too many videos out there are 20 minutes long with clickbait titles.
Naming an Eevee either "Rainer", "Sparky" or "Pyro" after the original 3 Eevee brothers, will force the Eevee to evolve into either a Vaporeon, Jolteon, or Flareon, depending on which of the names you choose.
Pay attention to how full the curved bar above your Pokemon in the menu is; that reveals its potential- so if you have 2 Pokemon with the same CP, power up the one with the lower bar, as it can be done more times (when the bar is full you can't power them up any more).
only thing I wish they would of done different as of right now is the battles... I wish they were turn based like the actual games instead of a clicker hero game
Brandon Skk not at all but this game is meant to bring back your childhood which it does but it would make gyms ten times better if you got to choose abilities for your pokemon after you level them up and actually attack by turn not spam clicking
+CookieTown Vapes I think some people will be turned off if abilities, EV, and IV were put in this game. I agree with the the turn base system though. But I also wish they had stats in this game. Jolt eon with its high speed would be really attractive to get even without the turn base system.
2 tips: You can pick up missed pokeballs by tapping them before they roll off screen or disappear. You can evolve your Eevee into a specific Eeveelution by naming it either Rainer (Vaporeon) Sparky (Jolteon) and Pyro (Flareon).
Phoebe Foster i know right, a big hotel about 10 miles away has 6!!! pokestops and two gyms next to it, but god forbid that there would be some where people actually live
if you want to choose you Eevee's evolution then you name it Rainer for Vaporeon. Pyro for Flareon. i unfortunately cant remember the one for Jolteon. but it was the name of the three that Ash and them met in the cartoon where theywere trying to get their brother to evolve his Eevee. the good ol' days.
Another tip If the game freezes while catching a pokemon ( As in you thrown the ball and the pokemon was caught , though doesn't say it, just shows the pokeball ) , tap on the pokeball and leave for a few seconds, hopefully the white save pokeball will come up then restart the app. With some luck you will still have the pokemon you just caught.
To get curve balls really easily, slowly turn the Pokéball until it's upside down. When it's upside down and not spinning, throw it normally. It will go straight but will count as a curve ball for hitting the Pokémon upside down.
During the battles, watch the edge of the screen. When it flashes yellow, THAT'S when you dodge. Some attack animations are faster or slower depending on the move. If you have the patience to attack and dodge every single yellow flash, you can sweep gyms easy. My 417CP Tauros took down a 1020 Flareon after I figured this out. It took me 5 minutes, but I did it.
I love how because there is a Geordie twang to your accent some people say you speak too fast.Good work man, only one I can think is how to active a Lure Module on a Pokestop, there is a little white bar when you go on the Pokestop which allows you to set a Lure Module running :)
basically when it prompts you to choose between charmander, squirtle and bulbasaur, walk away from the area so that they disappear. they will re appear in your new location. Do this 4 times and a pikachu will appear. This isn't a joke, check it on other videos.
It emits a pulse-like wave with the yellow outline of the tracking box... If you mess with tracking a certain pokemon, once you're heading in the right direction, you'll see it pulsing like a heartbeat...
thats sadly bs, it pulses when it updates. Just google it. The right way to track a pokemon is by utilizing the fact that pokemon who are nearer to you than others are higher on the list. The pokemon nearest is on the high left corner, so even if all of them have 3 footprints its possible to tell if youre runnning in the right or wrong direction by observing if your wanted pokemon rises or falls in the list
Well, I'm not sure if Google has ever really played before, but I'm going by what I've seen while actually playing the game, & this has been accurate for me in my experience...
soo does the compass arrow show you the direction you have to walk in to obtain the pokemon you selected because sometimes i feel like just waking the distance will give me the pokemon and not that specific direction
+Edward Nygma I'll link the video when I get home. a young fella marked the spot of the pokemon on the ground with a bucket. then walked straight away and marked the places where the footprints changed. then switched apps to measure. it consistently came up within .5 of those numbers after many attempts
Yeah. You have to run from the selections your given a few times first. Found that out when I couldn't decide what I wanted. Would have loved a jiggly puff.
I'm not even that big of a Pokemon fan...but I was the first to admit that this title is one of the single greatest concepts in gaming history. In less than two weeks, it's helped bump up the NYSE numbers, sent folks scrambling to develop new rules of social etiquette, and gotten my hubby to walk about five miles. (Bonus: My dad, a doctor, noticed that groups of people looking through their cameras kept congregating at the entrance of the hospital. When I explained gyms and stops, he went, "Okay, that makes a LOT more sense now.") My old iPhone is due for an upgrade trade-in August 1. You can bet your sweet ass that this is the first thing I'm snagging. It's gonna get my fat butt outside and exercising!
it's hard to see, but I think that pulsating nearby box in the bottom right pulses white when it updates, and green when you the one your are tracking (you clicked on it and it has the blue circle) is in the general direction you're headed. The green color is very hard to tell, so I could be wrong on that one, but the white pulse is definitely with every update. 3 steps is not only the max distance, but it has the greatest range since it goes as far out as the game will register on your screen. It is the least reliable for gauging distance, but you can use it instead to tell if it is the closest to you. The pokemon in ninth position (bottom right corner) is the furthest, while each space going from right to left, bottom to top, is closer. the top left space is closest and is where you are guaranteed to see the steps change depending on distance. The steps on everything other space after that first one can change, but it is not guaranteed to change. The nearby box also takes time to register and update, so it could say that the pokemon being tracked is 2 steps away when it shows up for you to catch. It just hasn't caught up, but that's not a huge problem if you had the right heading. My question is if there is a way to force the game to update the nearby box by opening one of the in game screens and exiting out like you could in ingress.
33 seconds in and he calls it a Nintendo product. This sure is going to be informative. Here's some real shit you need to know. Trainer level is everything, Don't level up a single Pokemon for your first month. Always, always always have all your incubators full of eggs. Eggs are a good source of new pokemon (bonus exp for new species) and for strong Pokemon as you level. Incense kind of suck, lures are better but of course most people have to spend money on them. Pokemon aren't actually transferred to an inbox like a real Pokemon game, that button deletes them and gives you coins of their species in return. Delete 3/4 of your lowest level duplicate Pokemon. Gyms are a waste of time for the first month too. If you run out of inventory space, delete your weakest potions, never delete Pokeballs of any sort. The cooldown to re-use the same Pokestop is 5 minutes. The GPS radar for nearby Pokemon will leave them permanently at 3 steps away no matter where you go when the servers are lagging. The servers will be lagging 18 hours of every 24 hour day. Almost nothing you know about real Pokemon games apply in this game, because Niantic made this game for Nintendo, and Niantic re-used most of the concepts and all of the GPS coordinates from their last game Ingress, which has nothing to do with Pokemon and explains why people who actually go hiking and live on a farm will catch almost no Pokemon, and a lazy city dweller will catch 10 rares in a long night of eating pizza and drinking at a bar. And don't spend money on this game. It's a fun gimmick, it will help Nintendo sell their real Pokemon games you should be excited for: Pokemon Sun and Moon.
niantic produced it for nintendo and uses the second most popular nintendo francise so hwo is it not a nintendo product? you give an advice for a complete month? sounds like you already played it for half a year......you can actually get lvl 9 in a day just by catching pokemon when you use lucky eggs and lures/incense and then get the free lucky egg to evolve as many pokemon as possible and then you are probably around lvl 12 and can go to hit on some weak gyms actually, so if you have NOTHING to do on a weekend thats enough, but a whole month? thats like super pessimistic you will miss out on so much and it wont be fun
"You can lose an entire day's charge in about 40 minutes" - what kind of shit phone do you have? Walking around ACTIVELY playing the game with the screen on, medium brightness and GPS on high accuracy I get a bit over 4 hours out of a full charge and I have a cheap-ass Motorola. Just playing the game on and off during a normal day of work or class I get through the whole day with one full charge, no problems.
A few corrections: razzberries only decrease the difficulty of a capture by one stage. If it's red, it goes to orange. Yellow, it goes to yellow green, and so on. It doesn't make them immediately green. Secondly, I had previously heard that Three footsteps was up to 2km away, two footsteps were within 100 feet, one footstep within 10 feet, and no footsteps was you practically on it. I haven't gotten to test it though since I started playing when the 3 step glitch was active. As for additional info, in the nearby pokemon list, the top left pokemon is the pokemon that is currently closest to you, where as the bottom right is the pokemon furthest away. You can use this to find out if you're homing in on the location of the pokemon you want. Also, the green grass rustles you see in the overworld indicate the most common spawn locations for the area. If you go to those when a pokemon is shown as being really close to you, you'll have a better chance of finding it.
I need some help here guys, Pokemon Go when in battle with a wild Pokemon, tells me, 'it cannot detect my phone's orientation.' This means that i cannot see any pokemon through the camera and so have to turn AR mode off. Does anyone know why this is?
They're adding more as they go but they really only put focus on populated areas where there work would prove fruitful. Over time they'll expand to every little nook and cranny.
Answered your own question there, your best bet is to hop over to ingress, and make sure there are portals nearby, and if there aren't, go find some "monuments" (loose word, lots of not so monument seeming things work), and send them in as suggestions, this will update Niantic's database of "monuments", which will eventually translate into places they can use in Pokemon GO. To explain, Niantic's other game, Ingress, has a lot in common with Pokemon GO, including the focus on "landmarks", however, in Ingress, Ingress being much more of a cult thing, it was possible for players to suggest locations, which means that they built up a massive database of "landmarks". When they obtained the licence from Nintendo to make a Pokemon game, they largely ported over those locations to become the pokestops and gyms, I say largely because there are a lot more portals than gyms/pokestops. Whether they will continue to update the Pokemon Go database based on the Ingress one, implement a separate system to work separately, or implement a new system, but keep bi-directional sharing, is unclear at this time.
If you live in an area where it hasnt been officially released you can still catch the starter but you may or may not see stops, gyms or pokemons so IF that's your case, check again later.
you can also use an incense and you should be able to catch a pokemon every 5 minuets or so no matter where you are. could be a bit of a waste of time but it worked out at my place when we were testing out the game
There were several experiments done on the range for each given footstep. The following was figured out; 3 footprints >= 90m, 2 footprints 60m - 90m, 1 footprint 40m - 60m, and 0 footprints < 40m away (in spawning range)
Tips and tricks that I have learned either myself or from other players along the way: 1. the 9 slots on the pokemon radar are arranged like this: 123 456 789 if a pokemon is in space 4 and it moves to space 3 you are getting closer to it. if it moves back into space 5 you are getting farther away from it. I have triangulated many pokemon this way. Keep in mind that pokemon do despawn and sometimes the radar doesnt update accordingly so if you search in every direction and the pokemon keeps getting farther away that's probably what happened. It's annoying as all hell but it's best just to give up becuase you can spend hours trying to catch what isn't there. 2. Lucky Egg leveling: Use a lucky egg and level up tons of pokemon all at onces to gain tons of xp really fast and potentially gain levels as well. 3. When the shield in the shop is finished cooling down it will stay that way until you use it so it is best to claim as many gyms as possible before clicking it. You can gain a lot of coins and star powder this way. 4. GPS drift is a thing in pokemon go. What I am talking about is when you stand still and you see your character run all over the place still. This can come in handy in some situations. I will tell you a story as to how: There is a park here where I live which is under construction so there is construction fences all the way around it that clearly state it is under construction and not to trespass. There is also a gym straight in the center of that park and it just so happens that the fences are perfectly out of GPS range to the gym so people have to jump the fence in order to capture it. However if the gym is your own color already you can just run toward the fence and gps drifts across to the middle where the gym is and you can throw a pokemon onto it without breaking the law. I had an incident with some bicycle police the other day doing this. They thought I might jump the fence and told me in a very stern voice "The gym is too far away!!" I reassured them of course that I wouldn't dare jump the fence. 5. GPS drift will count as walking which means it counts toward hatching your eggs. I was sitting in a restaurant with some friends the other day and I gained the last half kilometer I needed to hatch 2 eggs and my phone was just sitting on the table. 6. If a pokemon pops up and you don't want it to flee use razz berries. Each time it pops out of a ball you can use another one. 7. Use your lures in popular trainer hang outs. They will appreciate it and they will probably place lures there as well so you can keep benefiting from it after your's wears off. 8. Travel in groups. A huge group of people who are the same color can really cause a lot of mayhem on the opposing teams' gyms. 9. Buy a battery pack and bring extra cords for it. I have a battery pack that can charge up my phone 4 times over it lasts me all day and i can plug in two cords so other people can benefit from it too. Bringing the appropriate equipment to stay out longer is always a good thing. 10. If you are doing something that's questionably illegal like trespassing or distracted driving I will give you a heads up right now the police are watching all over the place, so watch yourself out there, also be careful not to walk into bad neighborhoods. I have already walked into a few questionable areas at night and seen a few fairly shady characters lurking about. Being a somewhat equally intimidating person at night I have been okay so far but I have been in situations already that made me feel uncomfortable in the wrong areas of town. So just be careful out there and have fun.
I've lost several 2 Pikachu's I've found at work, I catch them then there is no catching/stuggle animation, it just stares at the pokeball, though I have found that switching apps a few times and back and forth from pokemon go, forcing it to reconnect to the servers. then restarting the app sometimes saves these pokemon.
Apparently if your ball goes through the circle. you'll get a "nice" throw, which is worth more points. the smaller the circle (for the tougher pokemon) I've noticed they don't pop back out as much. Also the smaller the circle is when you throw your ball the more points you get (if you get the ball through that circle.) AKA "Great" throw.
Not true, it pulses when the list of nearby pokemon updates. The only way to properly track is to keep the list open and as they progress (bottom right to top left) then you know you're getting closer
Another tip- naming your eevee after one of the Eevee brothers forces it to evolve to whichever eevee that brother had. For example, if you name your eevee Pyro, you get a Flareon when you evolve it. If you name your eevee Rainer, then evolve it, you get Vaporeon. If you name your eevee Sparky, then evolve it, you get Jolteon. So eeveelution doesn't have to be completely random :)
How do you do your special attacks in gyms? The only thing that was responsive in the only gym battle that I actually got into was tapping my pokemon which spammed a basic attack.
As far as I've been able to test, the flash is the list updating spawns. Not sure if it's related to tracking a specific pokemon. REALLY wish this would have been more like the launch trailer where it told you a pokemon was nearby and pointed you in the direction.
there are less pokemon in neighborhoods/residential areas so they tend to be far away if you live in the suburbs. just go out to more of a city and you should find a bunch. if theyre still not spawning restart the app.
i could of got a jynx BUT it was hidding under the stop point so when ever i tried to click the jynx the stop point kept popping up instead so i had to let the jynx go :( and i missed it ;'(
Hey I was wondering if you were to place your pokemon at a gym after winning it, and then someone else goes and takes the gym and puts there pokemon there. Do you get your pokemon back??
How does the grass work (or well rather leaves)? Cuz i have heard from another infovideo that the rustling grass (leaves) that pop up from time to time on the screen are Pokémon, and if you go close enough they will pop up. However, this doesn't work for me at all? Suggestions?
Yep that's the secret pikachu , by memory you run when given the choice of Charmanda , Squirtle or Bulbasaur 3-4 times then he gives up and gives you Pikachu.
Gɑɱiɳg Fѳʀ Duɱɱiɛร yeah its completely true but you have to like not even started the game or rather not caught any of those three pokemon they just kinda give you
The best trick is the Eevie hack... Name your Eevie (Rainer before evolving and he'll turn into Vaporeon) (Sparky he'll turn into Jolteon) and (Pyro and he'll turn into Flareon)
You can decide specifically what Eeveelution you want by naming your Eevee after the 3 trainers from the first season who had the 3 evolved versions Sparky for Jolteon Rainer for Vaporeon Pyro for Flareon
I live next to the beach, no water pokemon but a shit ton of magnemite and voltorb. I've evolved 3 voltorb and 2 magnemite and its only be out a few days in the uk.
Opposite here. My town is screwed up. Found Krabby and Horsea in the middle of the street, no water anywhere. Went to a lake, zero water (barely anything for that matter).
Wait if u have Pokemon go and then like get a new phone or delete it and get it back will it just save all progress or will u have to restart everything.
+JustThatWWE Guy whatculture, Whatculture WWE and whatculture Gaming are all connected. See "Whatculture Gaming: top 10 WORST Fatalaties in MK History", i think you will reconize the voice.
What did he mean by something will pulse if you're facing the correct direction of a pokemon you're tracking? I need details on that. I know what the footsteps mean but i would just walk around and hope it gets closer
I noticed that some pokestops, when a lure is activated they much more often spawn rare pokemons (uhh rare, I don't mean legendary). So when you come across a pokestop with a pokemon like Jynx or Squirtle (or any other starter) it's best to visit that spot often :D
The rings change in size is actually just a skill shot. If you throw your ball into the ring you will score bonuses for the throw. These bonuses also increase the chance that throw has at catching the pokemon. The smaller the circle the better the bonus.
on tip 13. The bar will pulsate when you are facing the right direction? I can't seem to get it to work... it goes too fast in the video or I am not understanding something. Help? please! :D
If you're on the move, like a passenger in a car or right on the border of where a Pokemon is showing up, you can just click the Pokemon so it appears for you to catch and take your time from there. No worries about going out of range. They can't disappear if you take too long. (To clarify, that's not to say they can't run if you fail to catch it too many times.) Also, you don't need to click each item you get from a Poke Stop. Just flip the little image until items stop showing up and don't worry about missing any bubbles that float up. When they can't go up any further they just pop and you get the items anyway. What I do is just close the Poke Stop and everything instantly pops and I collect it all at once. No need to click each item.
I have a question. If you find a Pokemon and you move too far away, will you catch that Pokemon? I'm only asking because I was catching a Kakuna in the car and when I tried catching it, the ball didn't shake.
I forget the names but you can choose which evolution of eevee you want. It's a reference to an older episode. Also, I heard if your pokeballs drops on the ground when you miss, you can pick it back up
I haven't tried the Eevee evolution yet but when I do I'll confirm if its real or not, but here are the names Sparky for Jolteon Rainer for Vaporeon Pyro for Flareon And I've had no luck picking up pokeballs
pokestop reset every 5 min and 20 sec. and all items are random so if u want eggs, stay in a location that's close or your staying next to. if u max your eggs slot. u will only get potions pokeball or revives. I stayed in a pokestop for only 2 hours in a wedding party and I got all my eggs slots full and got 60 pokeball and many potions and revives.
The tip about the rings isn't complete. I can add that, depending on the size of the inner circle, if you hit inside the inner circle with the pokeball you'll see either "Nice", "Great", or "Excellent" and have an increased chance of catching the pokemon, along with an XP bonus (10XP, 50XP, and 100XP, respectively) if you do capture the pokemon with that throw. I do not know if a smaller circle without hitting the inside increases your chances by the same, less, or even at all. Either way, RNG seems to be a bigger factor in the process than the circles, no matter what size I try or whether or not I hit the inside. Because of RNG, it makes it very difficult to test these things, and it would be nicer if the game simply told us.
clicking the shield doesn't do anything for me except tell me that the "protector discount" or whatever doesn't apply becuase I don't have any Pokémon protecting a gym. can I only get the coins if I put the pokemon in a gym?
