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FireSnow September 13th, 2016 2:20 PM

Who's your little (or big) buddy?
 
Well a new update allowing our trainer to have a buddy Pokemon walk around with us in order to gain candies has been released over the last couple days or so. Which Pokemon of yours are you most looking forward to having by your side as you look to be the very best like no one ever was?

I really like having Growlithe by my side as I walk personally. Just the perfect walking buddy I've found even though it may take a while to get all those kilometers, just having the adorable puppy by my side is rewarding enough. Vulpix and Mankey were close runner-ups but nothing beats Growlithe for me.

SonOfPickle September 13th, 2016 2:28 PM

My buddy is Graveler right now because I'm only 20 kms away from a Golem which will be my first 3 stage evolution.

Neltharion83 September 13th, 2016 3:51 PM

No update yet.

But i know which pokemon i will choose, at level 26 and with 2443 caught pokemon, i only ever got exactly one pikachu. No raichu. That pikachu has very nice IVs at 14/14/14. Also with this one you get 1 egg for 1 kilometer.

So its a no-brainer. I want to evolve that one to see if it gets good attacks and for the pokedex entry.

VisualJae September 13th, 2016 3:57 PM

Snorlax for my main account since I have a few higher IV Snorlax with lower CP that need some help.

My two alternate accounts are both rocking Charmander/Charmeleon since I don't have as many opportunities to rack up Charmander candies compared to the other starters.

Phoenixstarz September 13th, 2016 4:22 PM

I've gone for Charmander, it should take me about 3 weeks to get enough candy to evolve my charmeleon to charizard and in that time I expect to evolve the other Pokemon I need to get the 142 Pokemon

EthanoicAcid September 13th, 2016 5:02 PM

My buddy is a Jolteon for the moment, both because I love Jolteon and because I could really use those Eevee candies. I love the new buddy system; it really reminds me of HGSS.

Maserati777 September 13th, 2016 5:11 PM

I'd probably go with a Pokémon that I still need candy for and can only get from eggs. So Cubone, Machop, Ponyta, Mankey or whatever.


Or does it collect random candy?

Sheep September 13th, 2016 8:18 PM

Oddish because I'm so so close to evolving Gloom. Then I'm swapping to Squirtle because same deal for Blastoise ha.

stormivy September 13th, 2016 11:35 PM

Eevee. Need just a few candies and I finally get Flareon.

Adamw92 September 14th, 2016 2:25 AM

I've went with Pikachu since I now have 2, I chose the one with the better IVs and I'll evolve that one into Raichu once I have enough candy. I really want to get started on my Charmander evolutions but I'll get Pikachu out of the way first.

tranceking26 September 14th, 2016 4:27 AM

I picked Charmander as my buddy. Haven't taken him for walkies yet. :P

jstaylor62 September 14th, 2016 5:09 AM

I opted for Charmander since I need more fire types for gym fighting ... now to find a wild or hatched high IV Charmander to evolve up when the time comes

AliceBlaze September 14th, 2016 6:39 AM

Charmander. The first Pokemon I ever caught.

UltimateUmbreon September 14th, 2016 10:32 AM

Kabutops for me I have a relatively high IV kabuto I want to evolve into a nice strong Kabutops I can power up, only 35 more km (!!) to go.

Garfield1972 September 14th, 2016 11:35 AM

They don't actually walk by your side do they?

Knor September 14th, 2016 2:09 PM

I'm walking with Magikarp at the moment, because I'm at 300+ candies and I feel like the light's at the end of the tunnel!

I'll probably go with my Bulbasaur next, because Ivysaur is one of the few Pokémon that I've seen that's ran away, and I hate that void in my Pokédex. Afterwards, I'll roll with Eevee, because my 100% Jolteon needs as many candies as possible.

Youngblood73 September 14th, 2016 2:36 PM

voltorb - needed 3 candy. DONE!
now i have Grimer - need 4 candies.
then either Clefairy (21 candy) or Vulpix (25 candy)

mostly stuff needed for evolutions to add to my Pokedex.

UltimateUmbreon September 14th, 2016 4:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Garfield1972 (Post 9409369)
They don't actually walk by your side do they?

I don't believe any do, but I can say for sure that Kabutops does not.

Neltharion83 September 14th, 2016 5:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Adamw92 (Post 9408701)
I've went with Pikachu since I now have 2, I chose the one with the better I've and I'll evolve that one into Raichu once I have enough candy. I really want to get started on my Charmander evolutions but I'll get Pikachu out of the way first.

Unless you want to use one of them for arena fights, it does not matter which one you choose, you get pikachu candy in any case, which you can use to evolve pikachu or to power up any pikachu or raichu.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Garfield1972 (Post 9409369)
They don't actually walk by your side do they?

Nope, only you see it and only if you look at your player profile.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Maserati777 (Post 9408245)
I'd probably go with a Pokémon that I still need candy for and can only get from eggs. So Cubone, Machop, Ponyta, Mankey or whatever.

Or does it collect random candy?

You get the candy that you also need to power-up or evolve the pokemon you walk with. So, for example, it makes no difference if you walk with Magikarp or Gyarados because both give the same type of candy. The stats and the evolution stage do not matter, only the candy type of the pokemon matters.

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Update: I got the update now, walking with my pikachu, i have 8 pikachu candy, so its 42 kilometers to go until i can evolve it for 50 candy. I would suggest that you should first check if any of the 1km buddies can help you, there is obviously a big factor 3 jump between 1km for a candy and 3km for a candy.

FireSnow September 14th, 2016 10:37 PM

Looks like Charmander is a fairly popular one! I think i also may have to start walking with mine, It'd be nice to have a Charizard xD I also realize now my Squirtle and Magikarp would also be good to walk around with since I've stalled on them recently. I think once I'm done getting evolutions though, Growlithe will stay as my main companion :D

Adamw92 September 15th, 2016 7:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Neltharion83 (Post 9409685)
Unless you want to use one of them for arena fights, it does not matter which one you choose, you get pikachu candy in any case, which you can use to evolve pikachu or to power up any pikachu or raichu.

Oh I know. It's because I have my Pokemon listed by CP so the higher CP was the first one I came to when selecting, it just so happens it'll be the same one I evolve once I have enough candies (it could take a while as I need 40 more candies).

Omgimmad September 15th, 2016 10:49 AM

Jigglypuff. Haha, I only needed 9 candies when I started. Only 1 more and its at .8km out of 1 haha. Next will probably be either hitmonchan (because he's my favorite pokemon) or nidoran, because I really want a nidoking haha.

Lunar September 15th, 2016 12:32 PM

At the moment my buddy is Dratini, I only need two more candies to evolve it into a Dragonair and 10k isn't that far to walk so I should have that evolution soon :)

Esper September 15th, 2016 12:39 PM

First I had Gastly 'cuz I want a Gengar, but then I changed to Pikachu since I can sometimes find Gastly in the wild, but I'll never encounter enough Pikachu to get enough candies for a Raichu.

Benermerut September 15th, 2016 12:48 PM

Pidgey.
Just to boost my candy stockpile so I can get the absolute most out of the lucky egg that's burning a whole in my bag.


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