Today, I got a Bubble/DP 1648 CP Poliwrath in the wild! 10A/05D/13S (62%) IV, is it worth powering up?
I need more attackers into Blisseys, especially if they are in front of a Snorlax/Dragonite.
Poliwrath can also be a good backup against Tyrantiar.
14 Poliwag candies left, stardust is not a problem.
I know that some people would say: "Machamp is better" and "Tyrantiar is also a good option".
The problem is I am lacking candies on both.
It would take a massive amount time to get a good moveset on both Tyrantiar and Machamp.
104 candies away from my first Tyrantiar, and 1 candy away from my first Machamp.
i don't think poly gets strong enough to take on anything other then a baby blissey.
if you don't have a good machamp I have had good experience with flareon (if DG) and espeon (if psychic) into blissey of same level or a tad higher and these are easy to obtain just grab any high cp eevee and evolve eventually you'll get FS/OH and bobs your uncle.
I've been very lucky poliwrathwise in my latest mass evolution, evolved 2 with bubble/hydropump and one with rock smash/dynamic punch which I'm very excited about. But even at 96% IV I'm not sure I gonna power him up, machamp is indeed very much better vs blissey, but I live in a water biome and machop aren't common at all, so I may end up powering him up anyway. Your poliwrath would do a good prestiger vs snorlax IMO.
I wish poliwrath was more viable in this game but like everyone else is saying I believe machamp is the better option. I hate to say it because I have 3 of those guys and I love using them. Bubble generates so much energy and he's very tough. I honestly keep my 3 under 1900 and use them for prestigers that's where I think he shines unfortunately
