Tip 1: Pokemon Go gym are marked on the map as large colored towers and it's difficult to miss them as they truly stick out. In order to be able to access the Gym feature in the game, you require to be at least level 5.

Tip 2: Once you get to that level, you need to select your team: Blue, Red or Yellow and obviously the option you make does not affect the gameplay in any way other than for that you belong to that specific team and you can combat versus teams of the other colors.

Tip 3: You can communicate with it as you do with Pokestops when you get close to a Gym. You can inspect them out even if you are far from them, however you need to be close in order to in fact use them. You can train your Trainer there or place one of your Pokemon to protect the gym if they're owned by the very same team color. You can just place one Pokemon per player per Gym, so if you wish to make certain that a person is actually well secured, make certain to bring your pals there too and leave the Pokemon in. Have in mind that you will not have access to the pokemon at the gym while it's safeguarding, however it will be returned to you if it is beat by another player.

Tip 4: It is a smart idea to have as lots of Pokemon protecting Gyms as possible since every 20 hours you are rewarded Pokecoins and Stardust based upon the variety of Gyms you are safeguarding. It's a great concept to do a "Gym run" in the area prior to gathering your bonus in order to optimize gains.

Tip 5: In order to start assaulting a gym, all you need to do is to in fact go near it and tap it. You will get the option to pick up to 6 of your own Pokemon which will assault the protectors of the offered health club. Want that the Gym menu shows you the WEAKEST pokemon protecting it, so anticipate battles to obtain harder. You can get a clear concept of who's protecting the health club by swiping to the right-- this will reveal you all protectors one by one.

Tip 6: Tap Fast... This normally works much better than aiming to evade (which does not work well today due to the fact that of the lag, however may get repaired). Tapping rapidly generally offers you the benefit

Tip 7: Once your blue bar under the Pokemon's health fills,-- Tap and hold to let loose the special attack. It's generally a great idea to wait and release the special attack on a fresh pokemon, not one with diminished health, however if you're refraining from doing well either it's much better to just use it whenever to obtain the ensured high damage hit

Tip 8: The battles follow rock-paper-scissors mechanics, so it's extremely important to see exactly what kinds of Pokemon are protecting the gym so you can select the very best ones to eliminate them. Select the pokemons with the greatest CP as they are much better in battle, certainly.

Tip 9: Drain the Prestige of a Gym in order to take control of it. Once the status strikes zero (it may need numerous wins in your corner), it rejects the protecting team and turns grey/white. When you can assert it and end up being that health club's leader, that's. You are not ensured to continue to be leader: if another team member brings a pokemon with much better CP value, they will end up being the Gym's leaders. Right now, being the Gym Leader has no result on the gameplay.