Jae's Tryhard Degenerate Corner - Part II (Dex Complete: 238 / 251)

VisualJae · Dec 15, 2016

Hello again! I decided to start up a "part 2" for my Pokémon GO field journal with Generation II. Since I've completed the Kanto Dex (including all regional exclusives), I figured this would be a good time to reboot for a new journey. The original journal can be found here.

Anyway, as a brief intro/recap of my progress: I'm from New York. I live in the suburbs, but I work full-time in the city. I've always been an outdoors type of person even before Pokémon GO so this little mobile game just gave me even more of a reason to walk everywhere.

Fun Facts:

All of my Pokémon—with the exception of "ultra rares" like Snorlax, Lapras, Unown, Blissey, regional exclusives, and gimmicky ones like event Pikachu—have 80% IV ratings or higher
I currently own 20 Pokémon with perfect 100% IV rating or better:

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- Venusaur
- Butterfree
- Top Percent Rattata
- Persian
- Alakazam
- Victreebel
- Rapidash
- Magneton
- Dewgong
- Starmie
- 2x Pinsir
- Gyarados
- Omastar
- Dragonite
- Meganium
- Feraligatr
- Jumpluff
- Espeon
- Umbreon
Here are the statistics for each Pokémon I've encountered/caught (updated 4/21/17):

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Since the day I started playing (July 6, 2016), I've been in six countries (U.S., Canada, Australia, France, Spain, and Taiwan), and five states within the U.S. (New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, and Delaware)
Major landmarks with Gyms I've taken over include:

- Time Square (New York, U.S.)
- The Chrysler Building (New York, U.S.)
- The Empire State Building (New York, U.S.)
- The Intrepid Sea, Air, and Space Museum (New York, U.S.)
- Bryant Park (New York, U.S.)
- Citi Field (New York, U.S.)
- Rockefeller Center (New York, U.S.)
- The Arc de Triomphe (Paris, France)
- The Eiffel Tower (Paris, France)
- The Louvre Museum (Paris, France)
- Château de Vincennes (Vincennes, France)
- ...amongst others

Progress Overview:

Party last updated 4/21/17

PokéDex Progress:

Kanto (non-legendary): 100% (146/146)
Johto (all): 94.8% (238 / 251)
Pre-Ditto North America Completion Date: August 16, 2016
Australia Completion Date: August 22, 2016
Europe Completion Date: October 3, 2016
Asia Completion Date: December 7, 2016
Pre-Delibird/Smeargle Johto Completion Date: March 20, 2017

Recent Progress: April 21, 2017

Captures:

NOTES: I quickly captured my first shiny Magikarp soon after the update was implemented. I caught another shiny one not too long after that. Unfortuntely, both have such horrid IVs (both under 40%) that I just can't consider evolving them.

A couple weeks ago I went to visit Asia, with a few days included in Taiwan. There I caught another Corsola and Farfetch'd. Nothing too fancy about either of them, but they make for good collector additions. Fun fact, I nicknamed this Farfetch'd "Dinner" in Chinese. Corsola's nickname is just its official Chinese name, which translates to "sun coral."

Power-Ups:

NOTES: Main focus were my defensive and utility team members, most notably my newest Dragonite (97.8% IVs: 14/15/15) and second Tyranitar (95.6% IVs: 15/15/13). Both my Snorlax (91.1% IVs: 14/13/14 and 82.2% IVS: 11/11/15, respectively) also received some powerups, but there is little left for me to gain there. My second Blissey (95.6% IVs: 14/15/14) is more of a work in progress as I've switched walking for Larvitar candies to Chansey candies now.

Lastly, I've put a bit of powerups into my Heracross (88.9% IVs: 13/14/13) and Machamp (93.3% IVs: 14/15/13), enough to counter most Blissey I see in Gyms.

Ongoing Goals:

NOTES: Aside from the Blissey above, there are some other Pokémon I wish to power up in the meantime. The priority may be my most recent Gyarados (97.8% IVs: 15/15/14) with an optimal utility moveset. Perhaps pushing it to CP3000 would be ideal.

Current Gym Team:

Offense:
Pokémon selected to attack and take down opposing Gyms

Defense:
Pokémon selected to defend friendly Gyms

Utility:
Pokémon that can fill both offensive and defensive roles

Notes:
Offensive Tyranitar ("Kaijū"): 97.8% IVs (14/15/15)
Offensive Dragonite ("A New Hope"): 91.1% IVs (15/15/11)
Offensive Charizard ("Deep Fried"): 97.8% IVs (14/15/15)
Offensive Flareon ("Napalm"): 91.1% IVs (15/11/15)
Offensive Alakazam ("HAL 9000"): 95.6% (15/15/13)
Offensive Heracross ("Greek God"): 88.9% IVs (13/14/13)
Offensive Machamp ("Beater"): 93.3% IVs (14/15/13)
Offensive Arcanine ("Bork"): 86.7% IVs (13/11/15)
Offensive Venusaur ("Perfectsaur"): 100% IVs (15/15/15)
Offensive Jolteon ("GottaGoFast"): 88.9% IVs (15/10/15)
Offensive Lapras ("Blizzaga"): 84.4% IVs (15/13/10)

Defensive Dragonite ("Perfectnite"): 100% IVs (15/15/15)
Defensive Dragonite ("Flying Cow"): 91.1% IVs (15/11/15)
Defensive Tyranitar ("REPTAR"): 95.6% IVs (15/15/13)
Defensive Dragonite ("Sleeper"): 88.9% IVs (15/10/15)
Defensive Snorlax ("Butters"): 91.1% IVs (14/13/14)
Defensive Snorlax ("Big Bertha"): 82.2% IVs (11/11/15)
Defensive Espeon ("エーフィ"): 100% IVs (15/15/15)
Defensive Blissey ("Lucky"): 95.6% IVs (14/15/14)
Defensive Exeggutor ("WE R LEGION"): 88.9% IVs (14/11/15)
Defensive Blissey ("Great Wall"): 95.6% IVs (14/15/14)
Defensive Exeggutor ("Fetus Colony"): 93.3% IVs (13/14/15)
Defensive Lapras ("Nessie"): 80.0% IVs (13/12/11)

Utility Dragonite ("Derpgon"): 97.8% IVs (14/15/15)
Utility Dragonite ("Baby God"): 91.1% IVs (15/14/12)
Utility Rhydon ("O.G."): 91.1% IVs (14/13/14)
Utility Gyarados ("Not a Dragon"): 80.0% IVs (15/11/10)
Utility Vaporeon ("O hey"): 86.7% IVs (13/11/15)
Utility Vaporeon ("O hi"): 91.1% IVs (13/14/14)
Utility Vaporeon ("Miffed"): 95.6% (15/15/13)
Utility Exeggutor ("Exeggutioner"): 95.6% IVs (15/15/13)
Utility Omastar ("PerfectHelix"): 100% IVs (15/15/15)
Utility Gyarados ("Fake Dragon"): 97.8% IVs (15/15/14)
Utility Scizor ("Edward"): 97.8% IVs (15/14/15)

Next Goals
- Obtain all gold medals

VisualJae · Dec 17, 2016

December 14, 2016 Recap:

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December 17, 2016:

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VisualJae · Dec 20, 2016

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VisualJae · Dec 22, 2016

December 22, 2016:

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MizEileen · Dec 22, 2016

I've seen three Christmas Pikachu and caught two. Pikachu are extremely rare where I live but I was hunting in slightly different places and when I caught my first festive Pikachu it was right before a thunder storm.

VisualJae · Dec 27, 2016

December 26, 2016: Post-holiday Progress

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VisualJae · Dec 27, 2016

December 27, 2016:

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VisualJae · Jan 6, 2017

January 5, 2017:

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VisualJae · Jan 12, 2017

January 11, 2017:

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VisualJae · Jan 21, 2017

January 21, 2017:

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VisualJae · Mar 20, 2017

March 20, 2017:

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I haven't updated here in two months, but that doesn't mean I haven't been playing! The current Dex is almost completed—sitting at 237 obtained—as Tyrogue is the only Pokémon that's still available to obtain. Beyond that, it's the unreleased Smeargle, Delibird, and the legendaries. So without any new Pokémon to capture, it's back to the daily grind.

Edit:

DEX COMPLETE:

The current Dex has been completed with this hatch.

Power-Ups:

NOTES: If I'm going out of my way to catch something, it's almost always going to be for candy purposes that I can throw into power-ups. With the exception of Larvitar candies as I'm working toward a second Tyranitar for Gyms.

For team powerups, a lot has changed in the last two months since I've updated my progress here. Two months ago, I only had five Pokémon above CP3000 (4x Dragonite and 1x Rhydon). Now I have eight above CP3000, with 5x Dragonite, 1x Rhydon, 1x Snorlax, and 1x Tyranitar.

I've also put quite a bit of focus on my 100% IV Espeon, one of my pride and joy since it also came with a nasty defensive moveset (honestly, try fighting a Confusion/Psybeam Espeon without dodging. It's quite painful).

Ongoing Goals:

NOTES: Of course, with how easy it is to demolish opposing Gyms late in the game, it's all about how much of your opponents' time you can waste. That simply means assembling as many obnoxious Blissey as possible for the team. I'm currently working on two of them, both of which are at identical 95.6% IVs (14/15/14 for Attack/Defense/Stamina).

But with the Blissey metagame around, that means room to build up some Fighting-type Pokémon for once, which is what I'm doing with my Floridan Heracross (88.9% IVs: 13/14/13) and Machamp (93.3% IVs: 14/15/13). Having more options to shred opposing Snorlax and Tyranitar faster doesn't hurt either.

And finally, there's yet another Dragonite I want to power up to standards (i.e. past CP3000), with its IVs at a disgusting near perfect 97.8% (14/15/15) with the now best overall moveset for both offense and defense. I won't be able to ignore that. That little Dratini I had came a long way.

Other News:

- PokéDex complete (238 out of the 238 currently available)
- Gold medals for all 18 Pokémon types obtained
- Reached level 30+ on my second account (Valor)
- Crossed 20,000+ lifetime captures
- Crossed 3,000+ lifetime evolutions
- Crossed 25,000+ lifetime PokéStops spun
- Crossed 1,500+ lifetime eggs hatched
- Caught 8,000th Normal-type Pokémon
- Caught 5,000th Flying-type Pokémon
- Caught 6,000th Poison-type Pokémon
- Caught 1,000th Ground-type Pokémon
- Caught 3,000th Bug-type Pokémon
- Caught 1,000th Fire-type Pokémon
- Caught 7,000th Water-type Pokémon
- Caught 2,000th Grass-type Pokémon
- Caught 1,000th Psychic-type Pokémon
- ...Caught 2,000th Pidgey and 1,000th Rattata :|

VisualJae · Apr 21, 2017

April 21, 2017:

Another month, another update. This time highlighted by the shiny update as well as a short trip to Asia, including a short stop in Taiwan. I was not able to capitalize much on the Easter event, though I managed to get some value out of it at least.

Captures:

NOTES: I quickly captured my first shiny Magikarp soon after the update was implemented. I caught another shiny one not too long after that. Unfortuntely, both have such horrid IVs (both under 40%) that I just can't consider evolving them.

A couple weeks ago I went to visit Asia, with a few days included in Taiwan. There I caught another Corsola and Farfetch'd. Nothing too fancy about either of them, but they make for good collector additions. Fun fact, I nicknamed this Farfetch'd "Dinner" in Chinese. Corsola's nickname is just its official Chinese name, which translates to "sun coral."

Power-Ups:

NOTES: Main focus were my defensive and utility team members, most notably my newest Dragonite (97.8% IVs: 14/15/15) and second Tyranitar (95.6% IVs: 15/15/13). Both my Snorlax (91.1% IVs: 14/13/14 and 82.2% IVS: 11/11/15, respectively) also received some powerups, but there is little left for me to gain there. My second Blissey (95.6% IVs: 14/15/14) is more of a work in progress as I've switched walking for Larvitar candies to Chansey candies now.

Lastly, I've put a bit of powerups into my Heracross (88.9% IVs: 13/14/13) and Machamp (93.3% IVs: 14/15/13), enough to counter most Blissey I see in Gyms.

Ongoing Goals:

NOTES: Aside from the Blissey above, there are some other Pokémon I wish to power up in the meantime. The priority may be my most recent Gyarados (97.8% IVs: 15/15/14) with an optimal utility moveset. Perhaps pushing it to CP3000 would be ideal.

Other News:

- Reached level 37
- Crossed 25,000 lifetime captures
- Caught 9,000th Normal-type Pokémon
- Caught 6,000th Flying-type Pokémon
- Caught 2,000th Electric-type Pokémon
- Caught 1,000th Steel-type Pokémon

Jae's Tryhard Degenerate Corner - Part II (Dex Complete: 238 / 251)

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Progress Overview:​

PokéDex Progress:

Recent Progress: April 21, 2017

Captures:

Power-Ups:

Ongoing Goals:

Current Gym Team:

Offense: Pokémon selected to attack and take down opposing Gyms

Defense: Pokémon selected to defend friendly Gyms

Utility: Pokémon that can fill both offensive and defensive roles

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December 14, 2016 Recap:

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December 17, 2016:

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December 26, 2016: Post-holiday Progress

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December 27, 2016:

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March 20, 2017:

DEX COMPLETE:

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April 21, 2017:

Captures:

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Other News:

Progress Overview:

Offense:
Pokémon selected to attack and take down opposing Gyms

Defense:
Pokémon selected to defend friendly Gyms

Utility:
Pokémon that can fill both offensive and defensive roles