How does PokemonGo select the 6 Attackers???

[AstroTenor]

Sometimes I think the program knows what it's doing and sometimes I don't. Does it base it's decision on CP, moves, IVs, minor attack, major attack or something else. Is there any way to make it smarter?

 

[Youngblood73]

who knows.

i have 5 pokemon over 2000 cp.

it never picks these. it usually picks stuff in the 1200-1400 range. and most times, i'm at a big disadvantage cp-wise going in.
so i figured it was picking pokemon that would be effective. nope. keep getting the "not very effective" message repeatedly.

 

[jstaylor62]

I always pick my own and place them in order of combat ...

 

[MusiMasta]

I always pick my own and place them in order of combat ...

Me too. That way I can make sure I have the best combo possible.

 

[Kid=1412]

Is the Gym leader pokemon the only one considered when pre-selecting?

I noticed that a lot of my fire pokemons were pre-selected when an Exeggutor was the pokemon with the highest CP in a rival gym I attacked but the first few pokemons were actually water types so I had to change at least 2 to include electric type (generally with lower CPs as that of my other pokemons).

 

[AstroTenor]

Yes, kid, I noticed that too!