QUOTE(advgamer @ May 18 2018, 05:02 PM)
hi lvl25 casual player here who left the game since 2016.
Now come back to have some fun with my kids but feel like the meta and pokemon species change a lot.
play style is normal day catch some pokemon only weekend would participate 1-2 raid or gym battle.
i try to sync my outdated info with current latest game meta and database, unfortunately there are too much for me to learn...
make me blur blur when looking at them. not sure the info i get are still valid or not...
looking for a lot of guide from sifu here to help me back and enjoy the game.
How should i deal with my current old top Gen 1 pokemon? i have (some has use TM);
lvl27 Machamp IV100 Counter, DP
lvl28 Machamp IV89 BP, DP
lvl27 Gyarados IV93 WF,HP
lvl25 Exeggutor IV91 Confusion, Psychic
lvl25 Flareon IV100 Ember, FB
lvl19 Vaporeon IV87 WG, HP
lvl21 Lapras IV80 FB, Blizzard
lvl20 Arcanine IV91 FF, Flamethrower
lvl21 Rhydon IV82 MS,SE
lvl15 Gengar IV96 Hex, FB
1st should i power up Vaporeon as water attacker? i do not have mighty kyogre
2nd Flareon 100 & Arcanine 91, which should i focus train as fire attacker?
3rd Exeggutor with legacy MS, should i use TM to get solar beam? i do not have decent grass type attacker (only have 1 Venusaur CP1515 bad IV VW, Solar Beam)
4th shoud i continue power up Rhydon with only IV82...
5th what do you think about Lapras and Gengar?
thansk in advance for all the advise

My 2 cents is hold off powering up anything, build up your stardust/candy resources and focus on getting to level 30 so you can catch up to lvl35 Pokemons in the wild during weather boost.
Pay special attention to high level wild makuhita as they make excellent alternative to Machamps at less than half the candy cost.
They also have great use for the upcoming regi-trio raid boss and necessary for Tyranitar raids which is arguably more useful than hitting multiple latios/ho-oh.
Ttar is best non-legendary generalist in the game now.
Lastly.. Lapras got nerfed so bad that it's no longer relevant and the easily obtainable Walrein is stronger. Ice beam on Lapras is no longer available so u might wanna hold on to that for collection purpose.
Gengar with the now legacy shadow claw is still strongest ghost attk so hold on to it. That said it's not very meta relevant.
QUOTE(advgamer @ May 18 2018, 05:32 PM)
Beside Gen 1 i mention, next move on to new pokemon i obtain for the past two weeks after return back.
lvl20 Latios IV78 DB, Psychic
lvl20 Latias IV80 DB, Thunder
lvl15 Zapdos IV84 CB, ZC (catch from research quest)
lvl20 Beldum IV87 (walk as buddy would evo to metagross)
lvl20 Larvitar IV82 (obtain from egg)
1st, should i use TM for Latios/Latias in order to get Dragon moveset use as Dragon attacker? ( i dunt have D9....

even 1....

)
2nd, should i power up Zapdos with RC as electric type attacker?
3rd, metagross or tyranitar, which should i focus to get 1st?
as you all know my current lvl is low and without impressive strong monster which hardly for me to participate or have fun with most of the raid or battle... i need to build a "ok ok" army team 1st to open the door for me to access getting those great legendary.
else i would only see people catching big raid boss or wait luck to come for me....
kindly help ya.
The key to legendary raids are just the number of players and minimizing potion used ie dodging as much as possible.
QUOTE(alvintan84 @ May 18 2018, 10:44 PM)
Hi Guys,
I'm level 29 player & return player since 2016.
Curious to know what player level does you attempt for Raid Tier Level 4 & 5?
Managed to get 3 Zapdos & powered up some all type Pokemon during the leveling & quest process lately:
1. Dragonite CP 3031 Steel Wing & Hyper Beam
2. Gyarados CP 2758 Waterfall & Hydro Pump
3. Vaporeon CP 2674 Water Gun & Water Pulse
4. Snorlax CP 2632 Lick & Hyper Beam
5. Machamp CP 2590 Bullet Punch & Heavy Slam
6. Gyarados CP 2589 Bite & Dragon Pulse
7. Flareon CP 2444 Ember & Fire Blast
8. Rhydon CP 2233 Mud-Slap & Stone Edge
9. Jolteon CP 2109 Thunder Shock & Thunderbolt
10. Gengar CP 2084 Hex & Shadow Ball
Appreciate the feedback, thanks!
P.S: Who's joining the Charmander Community Day tomorrow?

As above... Build and hoard resources first. Focus in leveling up first.