Anyone else sick of Mewtwo?
tomorrow will be my 5th Ex-raid, i heard the ex-raid passes for next week went out. sure mewtwo is strong but its a pain in the ass to power up and i think it's overrated since it best moves aren't even STAB related
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Got my 3rd EX Pass for 22nd May, I'm relieved it's not for 19th because I want to go to a different park for extra large spawns on CD. I already have a Mewtwo so win or lose, I'll participate. If it's better than my current one, I'll keep that one instead of this one. Good thing I didn't level him up yet. In fact, I haven't leveled up any of my legendaries. I put my resources in non-legends for solos.
I think they should come up with a different EX boss. Mewtwo has been out for awhile now and many people have them. Regarding IVs, when the IV boosting items come out, there won’t be much point in trying to get one with higher IVs. I do think they should do something with the people in rural areas however, that can’t get him. Maybe through a special research IF you don’t already have him. But I think they should make the next one Deoxys. That way you would get a different form randomly and everyone can try to get all four forms. That would make more sense. Have a time limit (maybe 3-6 months) then switch to like Arceus. Something that is powerful but not necessary.
This week will be my 8th, it's a free raid and there's the small chance to score a hundo so I don't mind them.
It's a very powerful pokemon like several other legendaries, them being hard to power up is a major balancing factor. With SB it's a great generalist that can go in many raid teams and basically handles everything in gyms that Machamp doesn't do so well against. I don't think it's overrated, my maxed out Mewtwo has seen a lot of use.
Sick not, even after 12 Mewtwo, but I bother less with chasing EX gyms. Even though I did raids at an EX gym this week and previous week, those gyms got surpassed by other EX gyms activity wise later in the week, I didn't bother to raid there and therefore didn't get an invite for the second week in a row.
I'm sick of EX raids. I'm sick of my town not having any EX eligible gyms. I've gotten 2 passes: one early in the test phase and one during the "accidental" EX wave to a gym I had spun once 100 miles away (I couldn't attend). I'm thrilled that I have my one 78% Mewtwo, but I have zero prospects of getting another. Remember me, the others in my town, and others in similar towns when you say that you're sick of Mewtwo.
I did not get my first EX pass until the end of January despite most casual players in my area getting several before me. I will not complain about getting more passes. Its a free raid pass. Its a great pokemon. Much better than the current latios/latias.
I would encourage you to still go if you can. For some it may be their first pass and they may need help beating it.
I have a feeling that the next pokemon event in Chicago will bring a new EX boss. I also think they will make a research quest for a Mewtwo so that everyone has a chance to get one.
Same account I’ve gotten 15 EX invites Jan 30th to May 21st. Total I have done 320 legendary raids and 215 regular raids, so not an extreme outlier in raids completed. I raid at some EX gyms to help convince others to show up early, also to roll my eyes when I hear of 18 cells and 20 cells and 17 cells—I have not the remotest clue what any of that means
I think the way mew was released avoided many of the problems with ex-raids, and would be a good way to handle the release of extra special mons, in the future. Everyone gets one, and no one gets summoned to a crucial event that may, or may not be convenient for them.
As to multiple raids, I'm used to raiding the same legendary for a month, or so, to try to cull the best ones. By the end of the month, I'm usually kind of bored with the current legendary and am raiding more to meet friends, chat, etc than to catch yet another of the same boss.
Ex-raids are the same way, the thrill wears off over time. I'll still go , if I can, but I don't care as much as I used to.
I have had only 3 invites, 2 of which I could go. I only caught the first one, because I used pinaps for the first 5 balls on my second one.
But I don't care, 1 Mewtwo is enough for me anyway. It's currently at L35 with PC/SB. For now, it's just a filler for the 6th slot in Latios now. It has helped me solo Alakazam (PC/FB) though.
I use my shadow ball Mewtwo alongside my 28 lvl Psychic one for Machamp and the current event lvl 3 raids. Not everyone has a 6 man team for every raid yet and it has many good uses outside of that (namely all psychic bosses and gengar). Personally I use it on Pinsir and Granbul (only have research tasks Moltres). Pretty sure other raids too.