Veetus

Hey, welcome to the game! It's great to hear that Pokemon Go propelled you into playing PRO, I hope you'll enjoy your experience here! Your team sounds pretty balanced at the moment. I might suggest dropping Growlithe or Charmeleon since both of them provide the same type coverage, and adding Gastly instead - Gengar (Gastly's final evolution) is extremely potent at the Kanto Elite 4, due to its versatile move coverage. In PRO, evolved Pokemon require more EXP to level up; that's why it's recommended not to evolve them until you're done training them, for max efficiency. If the Pokemon you're training evolves by leveling up, all you need to do is evolve at Level 98 or 99 if you're trying to get it to 100 - you'll get the evolution window prompt each time you level, so no worries about missing out on evolution. (Unless you accidentally misclick "No" at a crucial time, or the server crashes and your evolution data gets rolled back. This is why it's recommended to evolve one level before the maximum cut-off, to allow yourself more wiggle room if something goes wrong.) You can refer to this guide here for a breakdown of helpful information about the game. There's also the Kanto/Johto story walkthrough in case you're stuck at any point throughout the game's plot. If you've got further questions, please feel free to ask here in General Support, or just look around in the Game Guides section. There's lots of great information over there, and the community is always more than willing to provide assistance should you need it. I hope that helps! Best of luck with your game. :) P.S. Please be sure to keep the language PG, as the same rules about using family-friendly language in game do apply here on forums as well. Thanks for all the reply and info! This is all helpful. One part to clarify - and this is my PokeNoobness peaking out I am sure - but when you say accidentally misclicking no at a crucial time - what would that crucial time be? Do you have an example? Sorry about the language, the word I used I had no idea was a curse word on here. - Veetus

Hello! I have found this wonderful game by means of being interested in Pokemon GO. That being said, Pokemon GO was my first Pokemon game I've ever played, and now I am playing this one. I see there are tons of guides, pedias, etc. out there but is there anything that is simply laid out for me? What I should do, what I shouldn't? I just don't want to make the typical noob mistakes. What is a good team of 6 I should aim for, as in what types? Right now I am rocking (all below level 30) a Pikachu, Geodude, Growlithe, Charmeleon, Granbull and Poliwag. I also heard there is some downsides to evolving Pokemon until almost the last level because it takes a lot more XP to level otherwise. But then I also heard you can only evolve when it prompts you to evolve? So what's the point then? Just a super confused noob. Enjoying this game a lot. I don't want to screw up. I don't mind the grind but I also would prefer the shortest grinding path if possible. I don't want to make epic mistakes. I already killed a shiny Ekans and realized it was shiny after the fact. :( Thanks! - Veetus

"I cannot believe I just killed my first shiny instead of capturing it." I am still livid.